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Diaporthe perniciosa associated with plum dieback
Author(s) -
HARRIS D. C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1988.tb02123.x
Subject(s) - biology , outbreak , inoculation , fungus , horticulture , botany , spring (device) , virology , mechanical engineering , engineering
An outbreak of dieback on plum trees at the Institute of Horticultural Research, East Mailing, in the summer of 1983 resembled a disease prevalent in Britain earlier this century attributed to Diaporthe perniciosa. Numerous isolates of this fungus were obtained from diseased tissues but an attempt to reproduce the disease by inoculation was unsuccessful. Dieback appeared following exceptionally wet spring weather.