Claim · model-written summary
Garlic rust caused 51% yield losses in the California outbreak.
- Taxon
- garlic
Allium sativume0 - Interactor
- rust diseasee0pathogen
- Outcome
- yield lossese0
- Value
- 51%e0
- Setting
- Californiae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“rust disease severely damaged the garlic crop in California, resulting in yield losses of 51%”
Title
Characterization and Control of Garlic Rust in California
Steven T. Koike; Richard F. Smith; R. Michael Davis; et al. Plant Disease 2001. doi:10.1094/pdis.2001.85.6.585
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation The garlic rust outbreak caused a 27% economic loss to the industry.
- Observation Garlic rust also occurred in 1999 and 2000.
- Observation Spore and paraphysis features identified the garlic rust pathogen as Puccinia allii.
- Observation Garlic rust isolates infected onion in inoculation tests.
- Observation Garlic rust isolates infected chives in inoculation tests.
- Observation Garlic rust isolates did not infect leek, elephant garlic or shallot in inoculation tests.
- Observation Plants grown from cloves of diseased garlic did not develop rust.
- Intervention effect Currently registered fungicides gave unsatisfactory garlic rust control.
- Intervention effect Tebuconazole sprayed at 10-day intervals gave good garlic rust protection.
- Intervention effect Azoxystrobin sprayed at 10-day intervals gave good garlic rust protection.
- Observation Garlic selections varied in rust severity.
- Observation No garlic cultivar had acceptable rust resistance.