Tob. Sci., 1984, 28-18, p. 64-66, ISSN. 0082-4523
An investigation of metalaxyl soil treatments for tobacco blue mold control on the incidence and development of TMV and Granville wilt
Southern Region, ARS, USDA, Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory, Oxford, NC, USA; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Different rates of metalaxyl (Ridomil) were tested for phytotoxicity and alteration of host response to TMV or Pseudomonas solanacearum infection. Metalaxyl was nonphytotoxic to healthy tobacco cultivars at suggested field rates but resulted in the...