Claim · model-written summary
Many walnut buds were colonized by a yeast and a whitish bacterium.
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t0“CONTROL WALNUT BLIGHT”
e1“many buds were colonized by a yeast and a whitish bacterium”
Title
NEW APPROACHES TO CONTROL WALNUT BLIGHT
M. N. Schroth; Mavis Chong; J. B. Bahme; et al. 1988
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Two chemical additives, CB2 and CB3, greatly increased the effectiveness of copper in killing blight bacteria in laboratory tests.
- Observation Approximately 20% of walnut buds colonized by the yeast and whitish bacterium contained no blight bacteria.
- Observation Copper-tolerant walnut blight bacteria could still be killed at higher dosages of copper.
- Observation Copper tolerance of the blight bacteria appears to be somewhat transient and not to remain for long periods.
- Recommendation A reduced amount of copper could be used to control walnut blight.
- Mechanism Two chemical additives, CB2 and CB3, are thought to affect the ability of the blight bacteria to take up copper ions.