No correlation was found between calcium applied at an equivalent rate of either 897 or 1,793 kg/ha in an artificial medium and the amount of pod breakdown incited by either Pythium myriotylum or Rhizoctonia solani. R. solani appeared to be the dominant organism although the isolates tested exhibited a wide range of pathogenicity to peanut pods.

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1Contribution No. 270. Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061.

American Peanut Research and Education Society
1974
American Peanut Research and Education Society