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Heijne, Bart; Jong, Peter Frans de; Wenneker, Marcel; Jansonius, Pieter Jans. |
European fruit tree canker, caused by Nectria galligena, is a major disease in organic apple cultivation. No copper can be used in Denmark and the Netherlands to control the disease. Removal of cankers is the only remaining method to control the disease. Slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) was applied at 50 or 100 kg/ha three times during the leaf fall period to protect apple trees against the disease. Experiments under high inoculum pressure showed a reduction in newly formed cankers of 57, 35 and 60 % with respect to untreated for 3 years respectively. The chemical standard thiophanate-methyl further reduced the number of newly formed cankers by 99, 60 and 89 % with respect to untreated for these 3 years respectively in these experiments. These results... |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/4355/3/Heijne_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.doc |
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