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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

1965

Passion fruits

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Brown Spot Of Passion Fruit, R F. Doepel Jan 1965

Brown Spot Of Passion Fruit, R F. Doepel

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Brown Spot is a serious fungal disease of passion fruit in this State.

Successful crop production is dependent on adequate disease control in the plantation.

BROWN SPOT is found in plantings throughout Western Australia. Severe outbreaks of the disease have occurred in most districts, including Serpentine, Manjimup, Nannup and Denmark.

Although isolated young plantings may remain healthy for two or three years, the disease eventually becomes established in the vines.


Grease Spot Of Passion Fruit, R F. Doepel Jan 1965

Grease Spot Of Passion Fruit, R F. Doepel

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

PROLONGED wet periods during the winter months favour serious development of the bacterial disease grease spot in passion vine plantations.