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Title Seed Treatment Gives Tomatoes a Fresh Start
Author Myers, Elizabeth
Date 2010
Description Five years ago, bacterial canker was a growing threat to New Jersey's $28 million fresh market tomato industry. IPM researchers have introduced growers to a seed heat treatment that eliminates seed as the primary inoculum source.
Keywords tomato, tomatoes, seeds, bacterial canker, heat treatment, rotation, new jersey, fresh market, wyenandt, holmstrom, Rutgers, vegetable-solanaceae, tomato, diseases, bacterial canker, insights
URL http://www.northeastipm.org/about-us/publications/ipm-insights/tomato-seed-treatment-prevents-bacterial-canker/
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