Rust disease continues to threaten California garlic crop

In 1998, following the very wet El Nino weather event, a devastating outbreak of rust disease severely damaged the garlic crop in California. The disease also occurred in 1999 and 2000, indicating that rust may have developed into an annual problem. We identified the pathogen as Puccinia allii. In o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Steven Koike, Richard Smith, R. Michael Davis, J. Joe Nunez, Ron E. Voss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2001-09-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v055n05p35