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Resistant cultivars, fungicides combat downy mildew of spinach

authors

Steven T. Koike, Monterey County
Richard Smith, San Benito County
Kurt F. Schulbach, Monterey County

publication information

California Agriculture 46(2):29-30. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v046n02p29. March-April 1992.

abstract

The recent outbreak of spinach downy mildew, caused by a new race of the pathogen, left California growers without resistant cultivars and with few chemical controls. However, two fungicides have proved effective against the pathogen and two new resistant cultivars are now commercially available on a limited basis.

author affiliations

S. T. Koike is Farm Advisor, Monterey County; R. F. Smith is Farm Advisor, San Benito County; K. F. Schulbach is Farm Advisor, Monterey County.

author notes

This work was supported in part by the California Spinach Mildew Research Committee. The authors also thank Jim Correll, Mike Davis, Jack Hills, A1 Paulus and Mike Rooney.


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