In greenhouse and field tests, 46 accessions of Chinese cabbage ( Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis (Lour.) Olsson), recently introduced from Japan and the People's Republic of China (PRC), were evaluated for resistance to 3 major strains of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV-Cl, TuMV-C2, and TuMV-C3) and one of cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV-1). Immunity and/or resistance to the TuMV strains was found among Chinese plant introductions (PI), whereas in Japanese cultivars sources of immunity or resistance were confined to the strains TuMV-C1 and TuMV-C2. None of the 46 cultivars was resistant to CaMV-1. PI 391560(1), PI 418957, PI 418959, and PI 419069 from the PRC were immune or resistant to each of the 3 strains of TuMV, representing valuable germplasm material for intra- and interspecific gene transfer. In early fall of 1979, an isolate of TuMV was recovered from a systemically infected plant of PI 391560(1). Although uncommon, resistance to this newly recognized strain (TuMV-C4) was found in plants of PI 418957. Strain specificity must be considered in developing TuMV-resistant cultivars, since their performance will depend upon the presence and distribution of the virus strains in a given locality.
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