Uncontrolled bacterial blight has been shown to cause yield losses up to 20 %.
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Bacterial blight is endemic to green bean crops grown east of the Rocky Mountains.
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The primary treatment of bacterial blight is applications of copper before the crop is fully mature.
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The synthetic " Xa27 " construct conferred resistance against Xanthomonas bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak species.
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Bacterial blight develops on the upper leaves of during periods of cool, wet weather, after the plants have reached the boot stage.
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Bacterial blight of rice has high epidemic potential and is destructive to high-yielding cultivars in both temperate and tropical regions especially in Asia.
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But then came a bacterial blight, and in the 1940s the industry almost became extinct, with only a handful of boats still operating.
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Since bacterial blight of soybean can be transmitted via infected seeds, one of the most efficient control method is to use clean seeds.
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Crop rotation has also been shown to be effective in limiting both the spread and the severity of bacterial blight outbreaks in soybean fields.
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Research on bacterial blight of rice was commenced in Japan as early as in 1901, and the efforts were focused mainly on ecological studies and chemical control.