Avocado root rot: Two-phase series of experiments to determine control methods

Zentmyer, G; Klotz, L

Avocado root rot: Two-phase series of experiments to determine control methods

Authors

George A. Zentmyer
L. J. Klotz

Authors Affiliations

George A. Zentmyer is Assistant Plant Pathologist, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside; L. J. Klotz is Professor of Plant Pathology and Plant Pathologist in the Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 2(6):7-7. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n06p7. June 1948.

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Abstract

Avocado root rot occurs primarily on soils that tend to stay wet for varying periods, and is a disease with which the soil-inhabiting cinnamon fungus—Phytophthora cinnamoni—is usually associated.

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