ARTICLES

Sclerotinia Blight Development in Peanut Vines Injured by Tractor Tires¹

Authors: D. M. Porter , N. L. Powell

  • Sclerotinia Blight Development in Peanut Vines Injured by Tractor Tires¹

    ARTICLES

    Sclerotinia Blight Development in Peanut Vines Injured by Tractor Tires¹

    Authors: ,

Options

Abstract

Peanut plants injured by tractor tires during the application of pesticides were infected by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum more frequently than similar uninjured plants. Percentage of infection in injured plants was more than twice that in uninjured plants. Pod yields were less in injured plants infected with S. sclerotiorum than in uninjured plants infected with S. sclerotiorum. The relationship between tire injury and subsequent infection by S. sclerotiorum was clearly shown on aerial infrared photographs.

Available as PDF only - Use Download Feature

Keywords: Arachis hypogaea, false color infrared photography, Groundnut, soil-borne fungus, predisposition, wound-disease interaction

How to Cite:

Porter, D. & Powell, N., (1978) “Sclerotinia Blight Development in Peanut Vines Injured by Tractor Tires¹”, Peanut Science 5(2), p.87-90. doi: https://doi.org/10.3146/i0095-3679-5-2-8

308 Views

186 Downloads

Published on
30 Jun 1978
Peer Reviewed
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0

Author Notes

1Cooperative investigations of Federal Research, Science and Education Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Agronomy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Contribution No. 356, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, VPI & SU. Research supported in part by the NASA Wallops Flight Center (under NASA Contract No. NAS6 2388) the Virginia Agricultural Foundation, and the Virginia Peanut Growers Association, Inc.