Management of almond leaf scorch disease: Long-term data on yield, tree vitality, and disease progress

Plant Disease

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1037-1044

  Sisterson, Mark S ^a   Ledbetter, Craig A ^a   Chen, Jianchi ^a   Groves, Russell L ^c   Higbee, Bradley S ^b   Daane, Kent M ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Paramount Farming   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PRUNUS DULCIS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84863743726     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-08-11-0693-RE     Document Type: Article

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