redcore

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noun

An oomycete, (Phytophthora fragariae) that causes root rot in strawberries.

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noun
  1. An oomycete, (Phytophthora fragariae) that causes root rot in strawberries.

    Similarly reduced movement of soil might limit the spread of redcore disease or other soil-infecting fungi.

    1966, J. D. Fryer, Herbicides in British Fruit Growing, page 20
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    The incidence of redcore (Phytophthora fragaria) root rot after planting in a valley ( — 1 in.) on the flat, and on low (+1 in.), moderate (+2 in.), and high ridges (+3 in.) with Red Gauntlet (fairly resistant) and Solana (susceptible) was examined.

    1965, New Zealand Dept. of Agriculture. Research Division, Annual Report of Research Division, page 132

    Cases of special interest, now receiving particular attention are fruit-tree viruses (linked to national certification procedures), fireblight (the most serious plant quarantine threat in Europe), potato cyst nematodes, and strawberry redcore disease.

    1981, British Crop Protection Council, 10th International Congress of Plant Protection, page 26

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