MANAGEMENT OF PEAR LEAF-CURLING MIDGE ON PEAR, 2013

Effect of Salicylic Acid on Pear Leaf Induced Resistance to Pear Ring Rot

To reveal the mechanism of resistance of pear against ring rot induced by SA, the influence of SA treatment on disease severity and plant defense enzymes were studied with Pyrus bretschneideri cv. Yali and Physalospora piricola Nose as the materials. It is interesting to note that the resistance of pear to P. piricola could be greatly increased by the treatment of 0.2 mM SA. In the present stud...

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The PEAR proposition.

For more than a quarter century, the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory has engaged in a broad range of experiments on consciousness-related physical anomalies and has proposed a corresponding selection of theoretical models that have combined to illuminate the fundamental nature of the provocative phenomena that emerge. Productive pursuit of this topic has inescapably i...

Pear Skin Stain Caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola on Niitaka Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai)

Pear skin stains on 'Niitaka' pears, which occur from the growing stage to the cold storage stage, reportedly negatively influence the marketing of pears. These stains on fruit skin are likely due to a pathogenic fungus that resides on the skin and is characterized by dark stains; however, the mycelium of this fungus does not penetrate into the sarcocarp and is only present on the cuticle layer...

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