Effect of fungicide treatments and sanitation practices on brown rot blossom blight incidence, phytotoxicity, and yield for organic sour cherry production

Plant Disease

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1164-1170

  Holb, I J ^a   Schnabel, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown rot incidence; rdi botermo; IFOAM; Prunus vulgaris; jfeh rt i f rt s

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FUNGICIDES; LIME; SULFUR;

BROWN ROT INCIDENCE; IFOAM; ORGANIC SOUR CHERRY PRODUCTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LIME; PLANTS; SULFUR;

MONILINIA LAXA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS CERASUS;

EID: 27544495540     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-89-1164     Document Type: Article

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