Seasonal development of phomopsis shoot blight of peach and effects of selective pruning and shoot debris management on disease incidence

Plant Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 565-568

  Uddin, W ^a   Stevenson, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canker; Cultural control; Prunus persica; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

GEORGIA; PEACH; PHOMOPSIS SHOOT BLIGHT; PRUNING;

PHOMOPSIS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0031923383     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1998.82.5.565     Document Type: Article

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