Blog article outlines survey of Santa Maria growing region for four major soilborne pathogens

In 2021, an effort began to determine which of the four major soilborne pathogens of strawberry are most common in the three major growing districts of California: Watsonville-Salinas (WS), Santa Maria (SM), and Oxnard. WS was surveyed in 2021 (presented in a previous blog article) and SM was surveyed in 2022. While the WS district is comprised only of fall-planted strawberry fields, SM has both fall- and summer-planted fields.

Read full article by former Center Master's student Mary Steele @ https://strawberrycenterblog.com/2024/04/25/which-soilborne-pathogens-are-most-common-in-california-strawberry-fields-part-2-santa-maria-district/
Mary is currently a Plant Pathology Ph.D. student at Washington State University (Pullman, WA).
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