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peer-reviewed research article

Big vein disease of lettuce in Imperial Valley

authors

Demetrios G. Kontaxis, Imperial County

publication information

California Agriculture 32(7):16-17. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v032n07p16. July 1978.

author affiliations

Demetrios G. Kontaxti is Farm Advisor (Plant Pathology Nematology) Cooperative Extension, Imperial County (Courthouse, El Centro, California 92245).

abstract

Only 12 percent of the lettuce plants infected with big vein develop into a marketable crop. A systemic fungicide controls the disease, whereas fumigants appear t o favor big vein of lettuce.