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Fungicides protect apricot trees against dieback
Authors
William J. MollerDavid E. Ramos
W. Harley English
Norman W. Ross
Don Rough
Lonnie C. Hendricks
Ross R. Sanborn
Authors Affiliations
William J. Moller is Plant Pathologist and Pomologist, respectively; David E. Ramos is Plant Pathologist and Pomologist, respectively. Cooperative Extension; W. Harley English is Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis; Norman W. Ross is U. C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, and Contra Costa counties, respectively; Don Rough is U. C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, and Contra Costa counties, respectively; Lonnie C. Hendricks is U. C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, and Contra Costa counties, respectively; Ross R. Sanborn is U. C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, and Contra Costa counties, respectively.Publication Information
Hilgardia 31(7):10-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n07p10. July 1977.
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Abstract
California produces more than 95 percent of the nations apricot crop and this versatile tree fruit is also a favorite for home orchards. Limb dieback is a major cause of premature tree decline and death in the northern part on the state. The causal fungus, Eutypa armeniacae (impf. Cytosporina), spreads by means of spores carried in the air during rainstorms, and, when the spores find their way into fresh pruning wounds, the disease begins. Unpruned apricots are not affected.
Moller W, Ramos D, English W, Ross N, Rough D, Hendricks L, Sanborn R. 1977. Fungicides protect apricot trees against dieback. Hilgardia 31(7):10-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n07p10