The 2010 Call for Papers is closed.
Abstract submission fee: $50 U.S. dollars per abstract submitted (non-refundable)Method of payment: Credit card only
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Capitalize only the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns, (e.g., Effect of pesticides on recovery of Didymella bryoniae from cucurbit vines). The title is limited to 150 characters including spaces. (Approximately 30 word count.) Registered names and trademarks are not permitted in title.
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Italic words or phrases must be enclosed by the start coding <i> and the stop coding </i>, e.g., <i>words</i>.
Subscript characters must be enclosed by the start coding <sub> and the stop coding </sub>, e.g., H<sub>2</sub>O.
Superscript characters must be enclosed by the start coding <sup> and the stop coding </sup>, e.g., E=MC<sup>2</sup>.
Symbols (Greek, math, etc.) must be spelled out, e.g., Beta.
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Didymella bryoniae, the fungus that causes gummy stem blight, survives between crops in cucurbit debris. A pesticide that eliminates the fungus from infested debris would reduce initial inoculum for subsequent crops planted in infested fields. Naturally infected, 5-cm muskmelon vine sections were sprayed with field-equivalent rates of three herbicides, four fungicides, six salts, three botanical extracts, or three organic pesticides. After 3 days, vine sections were cut into 1-cm pieces and cultured on 1/4 PDA plus antibiotics. Each pesticide was tested 2 to 4 times with 10 to 20 vine sections per treatment. Chlorothalonil, mancozeb, sodium bisulfite, and pyraclostrobin + boscalid (Pristine) consistently reduced recovery of D. bryoniae to an average of 63, 57, 41, and 8% of vine pieces, respectively, compared to a water-treated control (99%). The other pesticides did not significantly reduce recovery of the fungus. Using Pristine to treat debris at the end of the season is not advisable, because of the risk of resistance to this fungicide. However, a non-specific material, such as a broad-spectrum fungicide or a salt, could e used to reduce the amount of surviving inoculum.
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