Stone fruits on peach root resist bacterial canker

Day, L

Stone fruits on peach root resist bacterial canker

Author

Leonard H. Day

Author Affiliations

Leonard H. Day is Associate Pomol-ogist in the Experiment Station, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 1(10):1-3. DOI:10.3733/ca.v001n10p1a. September 1947.

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Abstract

Stone fruit growers should consider the use of peach roots in areas where bacterial canker—commonly known to growers as Sour Sap and bacterial gummosis—is a major problem.

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