10- Cotton and Fiber Crop Disease:

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Breeding to develop resistant varieties has been the only effective method to reduce losses. PPATHRI has played an instrumental role in cooperation with the Cotton Research Institute of the ARC in developing resistant varieties. Currently, all commercially used resistant cotton varieties. Currently, all commercially used resistant cotton varieties developed in Egypt have been screened for resistance to Fusarium wilt. As a result, during the last ten years no serious outbreaks of wilt disease have occurred. The original screening process is followed up annually with yearly screening and comparison of resistant characteristics of each variety.</B></div> <div> <B>Sooty mold is another economically significant disease of cotton recently identified, and successful control measures have been established. In 1991, a severe epidemic of sooty mold, caused by </B><I><B>Cladosporium </B></I><B>sp., greatly reduced productivity, cotton bolls did not mature, and quality correspondingly decreased. Research by PPATHRI led to the use of thiocarbamate compounds, which gave good disease control.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id90_m.htm" TITLE="10 Cotton and Fiber Crop Disease:"><U><B><IMG SRC="1cd533c0.gif" border=0 width="83" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1ae1e1e0.gif" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial Black" ><B>Back</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial Black" ><B>To</B></FONT><B> Home</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>