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Inactivation of Verticillium dahliae in peppermint stems by propane gas flaming

Creator:

McIntyre, John Lee

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The fungus Verticillium dahliae Kleb. causes a wilt disease of peppermint, Mentha pipertita L. Propane flaming of peppermint stubble is widely used to control Verticillium wilt in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, but little is known about the temperature required for effective control of the fungus. The purposes of this...

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Masters Thesis

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Privacy C. E. Horner The fungus Verticillium dahliae Kleb. causes a wilt disease of peppermint, Mentha
Production of polygalacturonase and macerating enzymes by Phoma menthae

Creator:

Melouk, Hassan Aly

Abstract:

The fungus Phoma menthae Strasser causes black lesions and cankers on stems and rhizomes of Mentha piperita L. The purpose of this thesis was to: 1) study the production of polygalacturonase (PG) and macerating enzymes (ME) by P. menthae in vivo and in vitro, 2) study the effects of phenolic...

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Dissertation

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MACERATING ENZYMES BY PHOMA MENTHAE Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy C. E. Horner The fungus Phoma
Nature of resistance to Verticillium dahliae Kleb. in strains of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) developed by irradiation

Creator:

Sherrod, Leslie Lynn, 1940-

Abstract:

Verticillium dahliae Kleb. causes a wilt disease of peppermint. Attempts to control the disease by soil fumigation, crop rotation, flaming of stubble, and deep plowing have met with only limited success. Development of resistant varieties through conventional breeding procedures is difficult because commercial peppermint is male-sterile. Several strains of commercial...

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Dissertation

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. ) DEVELOPED BY IRRADIATION Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: C. E. Horner Verticillium dahliae Kleb