Abstract
To select scab resistant breeding materials, the degree of resistance of 171 cultivars including 24 species, which have collected in all temperate regions of the world, mainly Pyrus pyrifolia, P. ussuriensis, P. communis and P. bretschneideri were examined with conidial suspension (1x10^5 conidia/ml) four weeks after artificial infection. Scab resistance could be classified into four groups. Most P. aromatica, P. betulaefolia, P. calleryana, P. dimorphophylla, P. lindleyi, P. pashia, P. phaeocarpa, P. sinkiangensis, P. sohayakinensis, and P. communis including its hybrid cultivars except ‘Mustafabey’ were evaluated highly resistant (HR) with no symptom. Local cultivars such as ‘Hwangsilri’ and ‘Yeongmokri’ included in P. ussuriensis, and ‘Kinchaku’ and ‘Chanxixueli’ belonging to P. pyrifolia showed resistant (R) with yellow or necrotic lesions on several leaves. However most cultivars of P. bretschneideri such as ‘Yali’ and ‘Cili’, P. pyrifolia such as ‘Niitaka’, ‘Whangkeumbae’, and P. ussuriensis as ‘Bongri’ were designated as being susceptible (S) having sparsely sporulating lesions on some leaves and highly susceptible (HS) with abundance of sporulating lesions on several leaves.