Environment-Friendly Control of Pear Scab and Rust Using Lime Sulfur

Environment-Friendly Control of Pear Scab and Rust Using Lime Sulfur

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Pear scab and rust are the major diseases causing severe epidemics in organic cultivation of pear trees.Incidences of 3 Pack Ribbed Tank pear scab and rust were compared in organically managed plots and conventionally managed plots to obtain optimum application schedule of environment-friendly control agents in organically managed plots.Organically cultural practice with 10 time-applications of lime sulfur and Bordeaux mixture showed higher than 40% of control efficacies of pear scab and rust compared to conventionally cultural practice.

Organically cultural practice with 8 time-applications of lime sulfur considering weather condition showed higher than 30% of control efficacies of pear scab compared to conventionally cultural practice.The results suggest that Descaler proper application of environment-friendly control agents such as lime sulfur considering weather condition will enable effective control of the major diseases for organic cultivation of pear.