| evaluation of leaf wetness duration models for operational use in strawberry disease-warning systems in four us states. | leaf wetness duration (lwd) plays a key role in disease development and is often used as an input in disease-warning systems. lwd is often estimated using mathematical models, since measurement by sensors is rarely available and/or reliable. a strawberry disease-warning system called "strawberry advisory system" (sas) is used by growers in florida, usa, in deciding when to spray their strawberry fields to control anthracnose and botrytis fruit rot. currently, sas is implemented at six locations, ... | 2016 | 27180263 |
| host range and genetic relatedness of colletotrichum acutatum isolates from fruit crops and leatherleaf fern in florida. | isolates of colletotrichum acutatum were collected from anthracnose-affected strawberry, leatherleaf fern, and key lime; ripe-rot-affected blueberry; and postbloom fruit drop (pfd)-affected sweet orange in florida. additional isolates from ripe-rot-affected blueberry were collected from georgia and north carolina and from anthracnose-affected leatherleaf fern in costa rica. pathogenicity tests on blueberry and strawberry fruit; foliage of key lime, leatherleaf fern, and strawberry; and citrus fl ... | 2009 | 19351258 |