Date of Award:

5-1956

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Plants, Soils, and Climate

Department name when degree awarded

Botany and Plant Pathology

Committee Chair(s)

Orson S. Cannon

Committee

Orson S. Cannon

Abstract

Verticillium wilt, caused by the fungus, Verticillium albo-atrum, is a destructive disease of tomatoes in many areas. Due to the seriousness of this problem, Cannon and Waddoups (1) have developed resistance to this disease in some commercial varieties grown in Utah.

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