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Characteristics Of Cercospora Nicotianae With Reduced Sensitvity To Azoxystrobin, William Barrett Barlow
Characteristics Of Cercospora Nicotianae With Reduced Sensitvity To Azoxystrobin, William Barrett Barlow
Theses and Dissertations--Plant Pathology
Burley and dark tobacco production are important to agriculture in Kentucky, worth $145.1 and $94.4 million in 2020, respectively. The price received for a tobacco crop is influenced by leaf quality, determined by multiple characteristics including leaf damage. Frogeye leaf spot (FLS), caused by Cercospora nicotianae, has historically been a minor disease of tobacco. However, when FLS infections reach the upper canopy of tobacco, lesions are seen as damage that negatively influence leaf quality. Fungicides are regularly used to manage foliar diseases of tobacco, and the only systemic fungicide active ingredient labeled for tobacco is azoxystrobin. Azoxystrobin belongs to the …