
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kable, PF 
T1  - Brown rot of stone fruits on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas.  II. Aetiology of the disease in Trevatt apricot trees
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1969
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
SP  - 317
EP  - 323
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9690317 
N2  - Blossom blight is of economic importance in apricots on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas (MIA), but fruit rot is not. Monilinia fructicola generally does not overwinter effectively in apricot trees in the MIA, the inocula for primary infections coming from nearby peach plantations. Blighted blossoms in apricot trees, which flower a week before peaches, may provide inoculum for blighting of flowers in the latter crop. In apricot trees, unlike peach, there is a continuous infection chain from flowering till harvest. Inoculum may pass from apricot to peach in December and January, thus bridging a gap in the infection chain in peach. The infection chain in apricot is described. Latent and quiescent infections were observed. The implications of the exchange of inoculum between peach and apricot are discussed. 
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