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Snow mold is one of the most serious diseases of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and grasses in Alaska and other high latitute regions (1–9). Snow mold disease can be caused by one or more of several low temperature parasitic fungi (7, 9). In Alaska, Sclerotinia borealis (=Myriosclerotinia borealis) and a sclerotial low temperature basidiomycete (sLTB) (identified as Coprinus sp. by Traquair in 1980 [10]) are the most prevalent pathogens (5,9). These fungi infect host plants in late fall or winter when the soil is not yet frozen. During long winters, under a thick snow layer, these fungi proliferate and spread in host tissues because of the dark, humid conditions. Death of the plant is due to depletion of carbohydrate reserves (11,12) and maceration of plant tissues (13,14) (McBeath and Adelman, unpublished data).
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McBeath, J.H., Mehdizadegen, F., Lockwood, H. (1990). Anther Culture Selection to Enhance Snow Mold Disease Resistance in Winter Wheat. In: Nijkamp, H.J.J., Van Der Plas, L.H.W., Van Aartrijk, J. (eds) Progress in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2103-0_39
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