Re: [compost_tea] Re: More on CT's for strawberries

From: Robert Norsen <bnbrew_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:44:45 -0700 (PDT)

Them's hills, Steve. We've got Mountains, Seattle Wa Bob

Steve Diver <steved_at_ncatark.uark.edu> wrote:Hey, I'm in Arkansas... Fayetteville,AR,
in the beautiful Ozarks mountains.

Talk to me if you want to network with
names and contacts and we'll start from
there.

Steve Diver
ATTRA
steved_at_ncat.org
http://www.attra.org
479-442-9824



--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Robert Norsen <bnbrew_at_y...> wrote:
> Are you from there or know anyone in TEA who is in that region? Bob
>
> Steve Diver <steved_at_n...> wrote:Whoa, CT researchers have a good
project in front
> of them... way down in the humid southeast, in
> Florida.
>
> "Due to high disease pressure from Botrytis fruit
> rot and other diseases in Florida, disease
> management has been heavily reliant on fungicides.
> Growers in Florida can apply captan, a protectant
> fungicide, up to 24 times (2.3 to 3.4 kg a.i./ha)
> during the season. Botrytis fruit rot can still
> cause severe losses on highly susceptible cultivars."
>
> Source:
> An Economic Anaylsis of Preharvest Fungicide
> Applications to Control Botrytis Fruit Rot
> in Annual Strawberies in Florida.
> HortScience. Vol. 38 (1): 124-127. 2002.
>
> Again, a reminder there are vast differences
> in the Humid East and the Arid West when it
> comes to organic fruit production, largely due
> to climate-related pest and *disease* pressure.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Diver
>
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