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peer-reviewed research article

New hope for Verticillium control in cotton

authors

Lee J. Ashworth, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
Oen C. Huisman, University of California, Berkeley

publication information

California Agriculture 34(10):19-20. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v034n10p19. October 1980.

abstract

San Joaquin Valley cotton growers can now keep Verticillium wilt fungus levels low enough to obtain satisfactory yields by monitoring fungus buildup and rotating fields to other crops.

author affiliations

Lee J. Ashworth, Jr., is Plant Pathologist, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier; Oen C. Huisman is Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley.

author notes

The assistance of D. M. Bassett, D. M. Harper and L. K. Stromberg is deeply appreciated.