Overhead Irrigation Encourages Wet-Weather Plant Diseases

Authors

W. C. Snyder
R. G. Grogan
R. Bardin
M. N. Schroth

Authors Affiliations

William C. Snyder is Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley; R. G. Grogan is Professor of Plant Pathology, U.C., Davis; Roy Bardin is Plant Pathologist, Office of the Agricultural Commissioner, Monterey County; M. N. Schroth is Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, U.C., Berkeley.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 19(5):11-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v019n05p11. May 1965.

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Abstract

This report confirms previous research showing that such wet-warm-weather diseases as halo blight, anthracnose, black rot, downy mildew, leaf spot, early blight, bacterial spot, and other similar diseases, will disappear from warm-season, sprinkler-irrigated crops in California's coastal and interior valleys when the water is applied by furrow irrigation.