Low temperature requirement for saprophytic flax rust cultures

Abstract

Melampsora lini (Pers.) Lév., races Nos. 3 and 210, grow better at 16 °C than at 17–17.5 °C. Mycelial cultures of race No. 3 were seriously damaged and most of them stopped growing altogether after being kept at 24 °C for 30 to 45 min for transfer.