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Commercial prototype topping system reduces mechanical transmission of Ralstonia solanacearum
Clemson University, Dept. of Entomology Soils and Plant Sciences, Pee Dee REC, Florence, SC, USA
Mechanical flower removal (topping) has played a major role in the spread of bacterial wilt in the southeastern USA. Once a topping blade removes a Ralstonia olanacearum infected flower the blade is contaminated with the bacterium and the pathogen...