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H'sease. One variety is doing Yocum, and it may be
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use in two years. A few other
varieties “look good” as far
as disease resistance is
concerned, but are poor in
yield. The leaves are quite
small.
According to Yocum, etch
is more of a problem to
Pennsylvania tobacco
growers than black shank
disease. Spread by aphids
initially, the etch problem
continues to grow via
viruses. The researcher
claimed he hasn’t seen a
single field of tobacco this
year which did not have
some level of infestation with
the virus. Fortunately, he
pointed out, the disease does
not continue once the crop is
hung in the shed.
John Baylor, forage crops
specialist from the
University, was on hand to
discuss alfalfa growing
problems with visitors. He
noted that anthracnose has
10.155 M 4.76% 483 F
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become a signifcant problem
in the state within the past
half-dozen years or so and
pointed out that it is a
disease which is most often
found in high humidity, high
temperature regions.
Quite a few alfalfa
varieties are being tested,
with the three showing the
most promise for an
thracnose tolerance in this
area being WL 311, Saranac
AR, and Arc. He told visitors
that they should expect to
keep alfalfa stands for four
years.
Aside from the an
thracnose problem, Baylor
also expressed a good bit of
concern for the potato leaf
hopper which is devastating
quite a few fields. The
specialist explained that
farmers often do not
recognize the problem, since
symptoms are similar to
those of boron deficiency or
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Optimist
Veiy Good &
Prod. Qual. (May/76)
Sire: Lakefield Fond
Hope EX (93)
& GM
Dam: Glenafton
Symbol N
Bonheur VG
(89)
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Sire: Superb Adonis
EX
Dam: Ann Arbor
Sables Ginger
VG
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 7,197&
drought. Discolorations in
terms of reds and yellows
take place and growth is
stunted. The leaf hopper is a
tiny insect which is blown in
John Yocum, tobacco researcher and superin
tendent at Penn State’s field research farm near
Landisville, points out characteristics of an ex
perimental tobacco plant which shows good
resistance to etch virus disease.
by the wind every year. One
good thing, “it’s easy to
control through chemicals,”
concluded Baylor.
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