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Red Raspberry Root Rot In Northern Utah, Robert L. Powelson
Red Raspberry Root Rot In Northern Utah, Robert L. Powelson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
During the last few years, red raspberry growers in Utah have been finding that plantings gradually lose vigor and are not profitable. In the largest raspberry growing area in Utah, Utah County, figures taken from the U.S. census from 1930 to 1950, show a decrease in acres of raspberries grown from 401 in 1930 to 190 in 1950 (2). In many instances this deterioration of raspberry plantings in Utah has not been definitely associated with known plant pathogenic fungi or virus infections. Neither can the expansion of suburbs account for this decrease. In certain cases it has been obvious that …