Abstract:Peach trees, which were pruned annually, had each pruning cut sprayed to wetness with 0.8% captafol immediately after pruning. After 4 years, 17.2%of these trees showed silver-leaf symptoms compared with 70% of trees in which pruning cuts had been left unsprayed. Nursery apple trees were decapitated and the cuts immediately sprayed to run-off with either 0.8% captafol or water. All trees were inoculated 1 h later by spraying the cuts with spores of Chondrostereumpurpureum (syn. Stereum purpureum) produced in p… Show more
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