A.B. Campbell's scientific contributions

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The Cobb scale and the modified Cobb (U.S.D.A.) scale were devised for estimating, by means of diagrams, the proportion of the area of a leaf or stem occupied by rust pustules. Existing diagrams illustrating these scales are inadequate in being arranged in intervals that are too large and irregular, and in not depicting a sufficient range of pustul...

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... After the manifestation of diseases on susceptible control varieties, an assessment (2-3 times) of rust resistance was carried out. Leaf and yellow rust resistance of wheat accessions was evaluated using the modified Cobb scale (Peterson et al., 1948;McIntosh et al., 1995). The scoring was based both on disease severity (proportion of the leaf area infected) and on the plant response to infection (reaction type). ...