Response of Selected Camellia reticulata Cultivars to Glomerella cingulata, Cause of Contagious Camellia Dieback and Canker. L. W. Baxter, Jr., Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631. Susan G. Fagan, Agricultural Science Assistant, and Mary G. Owen, Agricultural Aide, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631. Plant Dis. 66:1023-1024. Accepted for publication 2 March 1982. Copyright 1982 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-66-1023.

Seventeen clones of Camellia reticulata and three C. reticulata hybrids were susceptible to Glomerella cingulata isolate Bayshore II, the cause of contagious camellia dieback and canker. No resistance was detected.

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