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Cutting off irrigation early may reduce almond hull rot

authors

Beth L. Teviotdale
Themis J. Michailides
David A. Goldhamer
Mario Viveros
Lisa Schmidt
Valeshia Hines

publication information

California Agriculture 48(3):33-36. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v048n03p33. May-June 1994.

abstract

Cutting off irrigation two weeks before harvest substantially reduced the damage caused by hull rot in a Kern County almond orchard trial. The extent of leaf death was affected by the stage of hull split at which the fruit were inoculated, but not by the concentration of inoculum.

author affiliations

Beth Teviotdale is Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology, based at Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis. Themis Michailides is Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, based at Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier, UC Davis. David A. Goldhamer is Extension Specialist, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, based at Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier, UC Davis. Mario Viveros is Farm Advisor, Kern County, UC Davis Summer Undergraduate Affirmative Action Program, Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier. Lisa Schmidt was participants in the UC Davis Summer Undergraduate Affirmative Action Program, Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier. Valeshia Hines was participants in the UC Davis Summer Undergraduate Affirmative Action Program, Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier.

author notes

The authors wish to thank the Almond Board of California for its generous support of this project, Paramount Farming Company for the use of their orchard, Carol Adams for assistance with statistical analysis, and Dennis Harper, Don Self, Peggy Schrader and Woody Affleck for their technical assistance.


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