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Science 10 October 1980:
Vol. 210. no. 4466, pp. 147 - 153
DOI: 10.1126/science.210.4466.147
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The War Against Blue Mold

G. B. Lucas 1

1 Professor of plant pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27650

An epidemic of blue mold of tobacco unexpectedly attacked crops in the United States and Canada in 1979, causing an estimated loss of almost a quarter billion dollars. The disease, caused by a fungus, apparently started in Cuba where half the crop was destroyed in 1979 and 90 percent in 1980. Control of blue mold is difficult and expensive. Resistant cultivars become susceptible within a few years. A therapeutic fungicide, metalaxyl, gives efficient control, but resistant strains of the fungus may soon appear. Blue mold is an international problem that will require the collaboration of scientists, governments, and Industries for an adequate solution.


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