Reducing bacterial canker damage in French prunes
James E. DeVay, University of California
Harley English, University of California
Benjamin F. Lownsbery, University of California
Frank J. Schick, University of California
California Agriculture 37(5):10-11. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v037n05p10.
Backhoe-fumigation treatments were extremely effective. Peach rootstock also was beneficial.
James E. DeVay is Professor, Department of Plant Pathology University of California, Davis. Harley English is Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology University of California, Davis. Benjamin F. Lownsbery is Professor, Department of Nematology. University of California, Davis. Frank J. Schick is Staff Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology University of California, Davis.
This research was partially funded by the California Prune Board. The authors thank Farm Advisors William H. Olson and Joseph Osgood, Harold Lembright of the Dow Chemical Company, and growers Mario Brusachetti, Chalmer Johnson, William D. Jones, and Walter Stile, Jr., for their cooperation.