SummaryVerticillianl dahliae causes potato (Solarium tuberosam) early dying disease. Interspecific hybrids containing S. tuberosunl, S. berthaaltii, S. bukasovii, S. chacoense, S. gourlayi, S. sparsipilum and S. tarijense were identifed with resistance to V. dahliae. Clones were grown in replicated trials for three years in a plot containing approximately 50 colony forming units (cfu) V. dahliae per g soil. Clones were evaluated for vine maturity, early dying symptoms and stem colonization. Five resistant 2x clones were identified with early maturity and low levels of stem colonization. A single maturity score and one disease score, each obtained in mid-August, were sufficient to distinguish among clones. An effective threshold level for considering a stem to be infected was determined to be 25 cfu/100 ial sap. Early dying symptoms did not correlate strongly with stem colonization. Numerous stems must be sampled when making resistance assessments. The average cfu/100 IJI sap correlated strongly with the number of infected stems.