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Effect of wetness duration and temperature on the development of anthracnose on selected almond tissues and comparison of cultivar susceptibility.
Phytopathology - 1 Aug 2011
Diéguez-Uribeondo J, Förster H, Adaskaveg J E
Abstract excerpt
Blossoms, leaves, fruit, and woody tissues of almond can be affected by anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum acutatum. Because the disease occurs throughout rainy spring seasons, the effect of temperature and wetness duration on disease development was evaluated in controlled studies. The lowest inoculum concentration where disease developed on leaves was 10(4) conidia/ml. Longer wetness durations were needed for...
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