Control of red thread, a disease of grasses caused by Laetisaria fuciformis.

Hims, M. J.; Dickinson, C. H.; Fletcher, J. T.

A severe outbreak of red thread disease, caused by Laetisaria fuciformis, on reclaimed heathland is described and factors most likely to have favoured this epidemic are discussed. The efficacy of several fungicides and fertilizer treatments for control of the pathogen were examined in experiments which also involved a new method for assessing the distribution and spread of the pathogen at established foci. The most successful fungicides were benodanil and anilazine. Applications of nitrogen had no discernible effects in the 3 weeks following treatment.

FUNGICIDES; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; AGRICULTURAL chemicals; NITROGEN; PLANT diseases; CORTICIUM fuciforme; CORTICIUM; LOLIUM perenne; ORCHARD grass

Plant Pathology, 1984, Vol 33, Issue 4, p513

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Academic Journal

10.1111/j.1365-3059.1984.tb02875.x