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A comparison of fungicides for the control of raspberry spur blight
Author(s) -
BURCHILL R. T.,
SWAIT A. A. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1975.tb01649.x
Subject(s) - fungicide , benomyl , biology , blowing a raspberry , powdery mildew , blight , botrytis cinerea , captan , horticulture , sphaerotheca , chlorothalonil , disease control , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology
SUMMARY Effective control of raspberry spur blight (Didymella applanata) and increased crop yields in the following season were obtained in a plantation of cv. Mailing Jewel with a programme of four or five sprays commencing when the new canes first appeared. Treatments were applied at 14‐day intervals and continued until c. 2 wk before harvest. Thiram (0.16% a.i), benomyl (0.025% a.i.), dichlofluanid (0.10% a.i.) and captan (0.10% a.i.) gave good control of the disease but as benomyl and dichlofluanid were also effective in controlling powdery mildew (Sphaero‐theca macularis) and Botrytis cinerea on the berries these fungicides appear to be the most suitable.