Evaluation location: Texas, United States
Beta Rhizomania Evaluation Experiment Type: Greenhouse GREENHOUSE Exp. Design: Randomized Block Hardiness Zone: 6 Soil texture: Topsoil:Sand (1:1) % Sand: 50 Min temperature: 25 Max temperature: 35 Avg temperature: 28 Irrigation type: Overhd Irrigation days: 120 Fertilizer type: 1:1:1 Total fertilizer: 1 T/gal kg/ha Year started: 05/05/1992 Year planted: 05/11/1992 Year ended: 09/08/1992 Experiment length: 120 Comment: 3-4 sd were planted in each of 7 cone-tainers, and thinned to 2 plants/tube. Soil in tubes was infested with approx. . Rhizomania inoculum. Soil was kept moist. Approx. 12 wks aft planting, seedlings were harvested and scored for colonizati using a 0-9 scale. ELIZA was also run.