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Studies on Stem End Rot of Pears Caused by Phacidiopycnis piri (Fuckel) Weindlmayr

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Title Studies on Stem End Rot of Pears Caused by Phacidiopycnis piri (Fuckel) Weindlmayr
 
Creator Sood, Deepika
 
Subject 634.13 Pears
 
Description Among delectable temperate fruits. Pears (Pyrus communis & P. pyrifolia rank next to apple in acreage, production and varietal diversity. Pears are grown extensively in countries like Australia. England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and USA. The estimated production of pears in the world during the year 2000 was 16,465,456 metric tonnes out of which India contributed 178,000 metric tonnes (FAO, 2000). The fruit can be grown from foothills to high hills (600-2700 m amsl) experiencing 500-1500 chilling hours. In India, scattered plantations of acclimatised cultivars of Pyrus communis and its hybrids with other species are found in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. In Himachal Pradesh, pears occupy all area of 7398 ha approximately yielding 7674 tonnes annually (Anonymous, 1997).
 
Date 2001
 
Type Thesis
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Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/243/1/12869.pdf
Sood, Deepika (2001) Studies on Stem End Rot of Pears Caused by Phacidiopycnis piri (Fuckel) Weindlmayr. PhD thesis thesis, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry.