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Growing Sunflowers, HYG-1228-92
... . Diseases and Pests A common disease of sunflowers is Sclerotina or white mold, which causes stalk and head rots. Disease spores can live for many years in the soil. Other common diseases ...
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Botrytis Fruit Rot "Gray Mold" of Strawberry, Raspberry and Blackberry, HYG-3017-94
... the most serious and common fruit rot diseases is gray mold. The gray mold fungus can affect petals, flower stalks (pedicels), fruit caps, and ... large numbers of microscopic spores (conidia) on the surface of old plant (leaf) debris in the row. Spores are spread by wind ... Thus, the most critical period for applying fungicides to control gray mold is during bloom. This is an important point to remember ...
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Botrytis Bunch Rot or Gray Mold of Grape, HYG-3025-95
... Sheet Plant Pathology 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1087 Botrytis Bunch Rot or Gray Mold of Grape HYG-3025-95 Michael A. Ellis Botrytis bunch rot is caused by the ... known as sclerotia. The fungus then produces spores (conidia) that spread the disease. These spores are produced throughout the growing season. As blooms die, the spores germinate and colonize dead flower parts. Using ...
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Botrytis Gray Mold in Greenhouse Floral Crops HYG-3070-96
... ). Germinating spores rarely penetrate actively growing tissue directly. However, penetration of actively growing tissue can take place through wounds. Cutting stubs are particularly susceptible to gray mold infection. ... movement to release spores out into the greenhouse. Fungicide Treatments There are a variety of labeled fungicides that will offer good control of gray mold disease in the ...
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Slime Molds on Turfgrass, HYG-3074-96
... may reoccur in the same location each year. Slime mold on leaf blade. Slime mold on turf. Causal Organism Slime molds are 'primitive' ... grayish-white to blue-gray or ash colored and contain purple spores. Some slime molds appear as thin, white, yellow, or gray ... returns. The recommendation for areas experiencing light to moderate slime mold infestations is to simply let nature take its course. Heavy ...
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Late Blight of Potato and Tomato, HYG-3102-95
... in potato tubers (culls, volunteers), be reintroduced on seed potatoes or tomato transplants, or live spores must blow in with rainstorms. Disease development is favored by cool, moist weather. Nights in ... on leaves within 3-5 days of infection, followed by the white mold growth soon thereafter. Spores formed on the mold are spread readily by irrigation, rain and equipment. They are easily dislodged ...
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Fusarium Dry Rot and Seed-Piece Decay of Potato, HYG-3107-95
... or wrinkled, and rotted tissues appear brown or gray to black. A white or pink mold is sometimes visible on tuber surfaces. When tubers are cut, internal cavities within rotted tissues ... . These fungi are common in most soils where potatoes are grown and survive as resistant spores free in the soil or within decayed plant tissues. Although some infections may develop on ...
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Phytophthora Blight of Pepper and Cucurbits, HYG-3116-96
... dark brown or black. A fine, grayish-white to tan mold may also become evident over the lesion on the fruit surface ... The fungi that cause Phytophthora blight survive as thick-walled, resistant spores (oospores) in the soil and as mycelium in infected plant tissues ... seed or transplants. Once stem infection occurs, the fungi produce spores on infected stem tissues, which are then carried by splashed ...
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