Summer pruning of apple: impacts on disease management

Pruning, including summer pruning, of apples can have a positive impact on disease management in two basic ways: through removal of dead tissue and inoculum, and through alteration of the canopy microclimate. Summer pruning can also increase diseases if it is done when disease risk is high. However...

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Main Authors: D.R. Cooley, W.R. Autio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2013-05-01
Series:Advances in Horticultural Science
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ahs/article/view/2958