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Bioassay for Quantification of Pythium aphanidermatum in Soil. M. E. Stanghellini, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721; W. C. Kronland, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721. Phytopathology 75:1242-1245. Accepted for publication 9 July 1985. Copyright 1985 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-75-1242.

A potato baiting technique was developed that provided a rapid, inexpensive, and quantitative means of assessing the absolute inoculum potential of populations of Pythium aphanidermatum in naturally infested field soils.