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Relationship of Number of Cytospora Infections on Prunus domestica to Rate of Expansion of Individual Cankers. A. W. Helton, Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83843; J. W. Braun, Former Graduate Fellow, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow 83843. Phytopathology 60:1700-1701. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-60-1700.

Two-year-old Italian prune trees were infected simultaneously with Cytospora cincta at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 locations per tree. Subsequent development of cankers suggested that the rate of canker expansion varies inversely with number of infections initiated in a single tree.