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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

Bacterial <strong>Diseases</strong><br />

Bacterial gall of ole<strong>and</strong>er.<br />

Galls may develop on all aboveground<br />

parts of the plant, including the flowers.<br />

BIOLOGY & IDENTIFICATION 294<br />

No. diseases in Australia 294<br />

Some distinctive features 294<br />

Life cycle 294<br />

Classification 295<br />

Identification 295<br />

Symptoms 295<br />

List of some bacterial diseases 297<br />

Nutrition <strong>and</strong> parasitism 299<br />

How bacteria infect host plants 299<br />

Distribution within a plant 299<br />

Disease cycle 299<br />

Overwintering, oversummering 300<br />

Spread 300<br />

Conditions favouring 301<br />

INTEGRATED DISEASE MANAGEMENT (IDM) 302<br />

Control methods 302<br />

Legislation 302<br />

Cultural methods 302<br />

Sanitation 302<br />

Biological control 302<br />

Resistant, tolerant varieties 303<br />

Plant quarantine 303<br />

Disease-tested planting material 303<br />

Physical <strong>and</strong> mechanical methods 303<br />

Bactericides 303<br />

EXAMPLES OF BACTERIAL DISEASES 304<br />

Crown gall 304<br />

Bacterial canker of stone fruit 307<br />

Bacterial leaf spots 310<br />

REVIEW QUESTIONS & ACTIVITIES 312<br />

SELECTED REFERENCES 312<br />

Bacterial diseases 293

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