Adjusting sprinkler angle reduces spread of disease in pistachio
oleh: Themis Michailides, David Morgan, William Olson, Joseph Grant
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1993-09-01 |
Deskripsi
During summer, especially in pistachio orchards irrigated with high-trajectory-angle sprinklers, sprinkler water spreads fungal inocula of Botryosphaeria blight disease to fruit clusters, shoots and leaves. In tests, altering the sprinkler irrigation trajectory angle from 23 degrees to 12 degrees prevented release and spread of spore inoculum and significantly reduced the disease in three commercial pistachio orchards in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys.