Abstract
Abstract Resistance of different cultivated and wild tomato plants (Lycopersicon spp.) to Botrytis cinerea Pers. 20 provenances of different cultivated and wild tomato plants (Lycopersicon spp.) were screened for resistance to Botrytis cinerea Pers. using an in vitro‐leaf necrosis test.The Botrytis resistance decreased with increasing age of the leaves corresponding to their insertion height (relative youth resistance respectively senescence susceptibility).The 6 B. cinerea‐isolates used for inoculation differed significantly in virulence. With increasing inoculum age a virulence reduction of the various B. cinerea‐isolates occurred. Within the investigated test plant collection 2 wild species –L. columbianum and L. hirsutum– proved to be resistant in each stage of development to all B. cinerea‐isolates and additionally showed field resistance.
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