La formation de cals et même de racines (cas de la courgette et du concombre) assure à la feuille une survie d'environ 2 mois (4 mois si elle n'est pas contaminée par l'oïdium). Après isolement d'une souche donnée, son repiquage « in vitro », à l'aide d'un pinceau, d'une feuille infectée à une feuille saine ne pose aucune difficulté.Cette technique est comparée aux diverses méthodes utilisées pour la conservation des parasites obligatoires.Mots clés additionnels : Sphaerotheca fuliginea, Erysiphe cichoracearum, Leveillula taurica, formation de cals, rhizogenèse, culture de tissus, courgette, concombre, tabac, piment, HgCl 2 , technique de désinfection.
SUMMARYPowdery mildews of cucurbits. II. A method for preserving isolates in axenic culture.The following powdery mildews were preserved actively on detached adult leaves of different plants in a culture medium, in axenic conditions : Sphaerotheca fuliginea on squash or cucumber ; Erysiphe cichoracearum on squash, cucumber or tobacco ; Leveillula taurica on pepper. Detached leaves were first disinfected by soaking for 3 minutes in an aqueous solution of 0.05 % HgC' 2 , and their petioles planted into an agar medium (tissue culture). Leaves were then sprayed with spores of different powdery mildews, disinfected by an original technique involving HgC' 2 for less than 2 min. Spores were readily transferred from diseased to healthy leaves with a soft paint brush in axenic conditions. Callus and root formation (with cucumber and squash) allowed the leaves to survive as long as 2 months, or 4 months if not infected with powdery mildews. This technique is compared with other methods of conservation already in use for obligate parasites.