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- Determining the susceptibility
of apple cultivars and rootstocks to fire blight, a major bacterial
disease.
- Evaluating efficacy and usefulness of
bacterial antagonist, systemic-resistant action (SRA) compounds
and improved formulations of copper compounds for management
of fire blight in apple and pear orchards.
- Evaluating mode of action and residual efficacy
of new fungicides for control of major apple, pear, and stone
fruit diseases.
- Determining the most feasible disease management strategies
for tree fruit, including disease-prediction models and precision
in application timing.
- Refinements in expert systems orchard management
programs to improve diagnosis and management of tree fruit
pests and diseases. Investigations to evaluate the potential
of developing transgenic Prunus rootstocks with resistance
to the tomato ringspot virus will be conducted.
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