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Safflower Germ Plasm Resistant to Fusarium Wilt. J. M. Klisiewicz, Agricultural Research, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis 95616. Plant Dis. 64:876-877. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1980. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-876.

Selections from 14 safflower introductions were resistant to race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. carthami. Five other selections were of value for breeding. Use of a spore inoculum in screening tests enhanced selection of resistant plants.