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[compost_tea] Re: More on CT's for strawberries
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@ncat.org
http://www.attra.org
479-442-9824
--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, Robert Norsen <bnbrew@y...> wrote:
> Are you from there or know anyone in TEA who is in that region? Bob
>
> Steve Diver <steved@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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