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  2. Bull. Spec. CORESTA Congress, Lisbon, 2000, p. 121, P1

    Population dynamics and race structure of the black shank pathogen in North Carolina tobacco fields

    SHEW H.D.; SULLIVAN M.; MELTON T.A.
    North Carolina State University, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Raleigh, NC, USA
    Black shank, caused by the soilborne pathogen Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae , is an important root and crown rot disease of flue-cured and Burley tobacco in North Carolina. The most common race of the pathogen in both tobacco types is...
  4. Tob. Sci., 1998, 42-04, p. 18-26, ISSN. 0082-4523

    Residues of iprodione and dimethomorph on flue-cured and burley tobacco

    LEIDY R.B.; MELTON T.A.; HOUSE J.S.; SHEETS T.J.; SHOEMAKER P.B.
    Departments of Toxicology, Plant Pathology and Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA; Aspen Systems Corp., Oak Ridge, TN, USA; Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station, Fletcher, NC, USA
    Residue studies were conducted over a two-year period to determine residues of two fungicides, iprodione and dimethomorph, on flue-cured and burley (1992, only) tobacco. A single application of 1.12 kg/ha of iprodione to flue-cured tobacco resulted...
  6. Tob. Sci., 1996, 40-19, p. 125-129, ISSN. 0082-4523

    Evaluation of bare-root and float system tobacco transplants for survivability in Phytophthora oarasutuca var. Nicotianae infested soil

    CSINOS A.S.; MELTON T.A.
    Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, USA; Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
    A large percentage of tobacco growers are producing float system, greenhouse grown, tobacco transplants instead of conventionally field produced, bare-root plants. A study was initiated to determine the effects of bare-root and float system plants on...
  7. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, Oxford, 1995

    Forecasting the transport of spores and the possible spread of tobacco blue mold

    MAIN C.E.; DAVIS J.M.; KEEVER T.; MELTON T.A.
    North Carolina State University, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Raleigh, NC, USA
    Blue mold of tobacco ( Peronospora tabacina ) is a foliar fungus disease disseminated by tiny, microscopic spores in the atmosphere. the U.S. forecasting system located at N.C. University provides agricultural extension personnel, reseachers and...
  9. Bull. Spec. CORESTA Congress, Harare 1994, p. 18, A 9

    Progress in No-Tillage Tobacco Production in the U.S

    WORSHAM A.D.; YELVERTON F.H.; SMITH W.D.; PEEDIN G.F.; MELTON T.A.; SHOEMAKER P.B.; SASSCER C.M.
    North Carolina State University, Dept. of Crop Science, Raleigh, NC, USA
    Tobacco is an intensively managed crop in the U.S. It is cultivated several times for weed and disease management. Tillage and cultivation, however, also greatly increase soil erosion. A study in the Coastal Plain of N.C. showed that 90 times more...
  10. Tob. Sci., 1990, 34-13, p. 44-49, ISSN. 0082-4523

    Comparative host sensitivity and efficiency of selected tobacco cultivars to Meloidogyne species and populations

    BARKER K.R.; MELTON T.A.
    Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
    Tobacco cultivars, resistant and susceptible to Meloidogyne incognita (MI), were tested for sensitivity to M. arenaria (MA), M. hapla (MH), M. javanica (MJ) and MI in a greenhouse and three microplot experiments. Three susceptible ('Coker 319',...