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Deciduous Fruit for North Florida
... not well-adapted to Florida because of their high chilling requirement. Fire blight, a bacterial disease, is particularly damaging throughout the southeastern United States and prevents successful production of most ... There is an opening or eye at the apex of the false fruit through which disease organisms and insects can enter, causing souring and splitting. However, cultivars do differ in the ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

The Threat of Dutch Elm Disease
... resistance. In this way, the elms of Asia established a natural equilibrium with the disease. Dutch elm disease only became an epidemic in the early part of this century when the fungus ... would survive in a few dead trees and would be relatively harmless, like many other disease organisms. Unfortunately for the elm trees, however, North American and European elm bark beetles travel from ...
gardenline.usask.ca

Disease Control by Seed Treatment
... which soil-borne organisms can not penetrate. The young seedling is protected from attack until it is capable of outgrowing attacks from soil-borne pathogens. Some plant disease organisms are carried inside the seed. As the seed germinates, the fungus grows along with the developing seedling, eventually causing disease symptoms in the mature plant. ...
plantpathology.tamu.edu

Non Chemical Methods Plant Diseases
... plant debris in the fall will reduce future plant disease populations. Debris serve the disease as an excellent home for the disease to overwinter. Rotten peaches left under the tree can ... environmental stresses. Cultivating flower beds and the vegetable garden will expose soil insects and disease organisms to the weather and birds. Mulching can reduce plant diseases by preventing splashing of ...
www.ces.ncsu.edu

Glossary for Plant Disease Information Notes
... Carboxin Conidium (pl. conidia) asexual spore of a fungus Dieback plant disease symptom where one or more individual stems or branches start ... name, most fungicides only slow down or prevent the spread of disease; only a few actually kill the fungus. Latent period the ... leaves. Vector a plant or animal, often an insect, that carries disease organisms Last update to this web page on 06 May 1996 by M ...
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Foot-and-mouth disease highlights need for biosecurity on farms
... 2001 Foot-and-mouth disease highlights need for biosecurity on farms Foot-and-mouth disease is bringing increased attention to biosecurity, or farm measures to keep disease organisms from spreading. But biosecurity may be more important to control other diseases on Minnesota farms such as bovine leukosis, cryptosporidia and Johne's disease, says ...
www.extension.umn.edu

Plant Pathology: Disease Management: Biological Control
... (disease suppressive soils). NATURAL CONTROL All biological communities are complex ecosystems in which the abundance of any organism is dependent on its food supply, its environment and other organisms ... the production of antimicrobial substances. Often, several mechanisms act together. Competition exists between organisms that require the same resource for growth and survival. Use of the resource ...
bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au

Plant Pathology: Disease Management: Cultural Management Practices
... addition of organic amendments to the soil can also reduce disease influence by increasing the activity of competing or predatory micro-organisms in the soil, although it can also increase the ... encourage disease, and in some cases it can be used to actively reduce the level of inoculum and retard disease development. Alternate drying and wetting of soil encourages the activity of micro-organisms ...
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Taste of Gardening-Disease Control
... Disease Control Composting Disease Control Growing Transplants Harvesting Vegetables Herbs Insect Control Planning a Garden Planting Storing Vegetables Credits Disease Control Diseases That Plague Garden Plants ... usually possible to distinguish disease from insect damage. Diseases that attack vegetable plants are caused mostly by fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. These organisms are spread by ...
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu

Open Directory - Science: Agriculture: Forestry: Pests and Diseases
... upcoming meetings of forest pathology. Forestry Images - Quality photographs of forest insects and disease organisms. Contains image search or browse by categories. Gypsy Moth - A short account ... the distribution of the disease. Plant disease diagnostics (Minnesota) - Plant disease diagnostics by the University of Minnesota Extension Service. Mainly designed for plant disease problems in yards and ...
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