Two rapid asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) screening methods, in sand culture and vitro, were tested to evaluate the response of young seedlings against F. oxysporum f. sp. asparagi (isolate Foa1). Root morphological parameters evaluated correlated with symptomatology expression defense-related genes at 5 7 dpi. In cultivation, Foa1-inoculated cultivars showed no visible disease symptoms on...