Tat Heel tobacco grow e rs
can save much of the S2O mil*
lion that they lost from diseas
es in 1969 by following eight
disease control steps in 1970.
The steps were outlined by
Fumey Todd, an extension to
bacco disease specialist at N.
C. State Univetsity.
Step No. 1 is to plan and
follow a rotation system, said
Todd. A well-planned rota -
tion system reduces losses to
all major diseases!
black shank, Granville wilt,
mosaic, Futarium wilt, black
root rot and brown spot.
Step No. 2 is to consider the
level of disease resistance that
a tobacco variety has in mak
ing a variety selection. All
varieties available for farmer
planting have been evaluate d
for resistance to the most com
mon diseases. Varieties are
either listed as susceptible to
a disease or they are said to
have low, medium or high re
sistance. Some varieties also
have resistance to root knot
nematodes and some shew mere
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tolerance to brown spot/ than
others, although there is no
resistance to this disease.
Step No. 3 is to caxtrol the
plant bed diseases and prevent
the spread of mosaic. Pro -
ducing plenty of healthy to
bacco plants is the first step
toward a successful crop. The
major plant bed diseases-blue
mold, antfaracnose and darqdtg
off can be controlled with
fungicides. A milk treatment
can be used to control mosaic.
Step No. 4 is to use a ne -
maticide if needed. Where
the population of nematodes is
moderate to high, the use of
a pre-plant nematicide can in
crease the value of the tobac -
co crop by as much as S2OO
to SSOO per acre.
Step No. 5 is to consider
the use of "multi-purpose" di
sease control treatments. Cer
tain phemical soil treatments
have been found to be effect -
ive in reducing losses to black
shank, Granville wilt, black
root rot and certain other di
seases in addition to nematodes
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Max Green, LouellaHoneycutt
Lillie Miller, Effie Ledford
Yvonne Renfro
These materials, combined
with the use of resistant va -
rleties, have increased the
value of tobacco grown in in
fested fields by as much as
S2QO to .S6OO per acre.
Step Noi 6 is to applychem
icals to the soil correctly. The
chemical soil treatments dif
fer in their make-up & method
of controlling disease. There-
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The faculty at Cane River
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in preparation for an evalua -
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Each department in the chod
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fore, each one must be applied
according to the directions for
that particular chemical.
Step No. 7 is to control the
brown spot disease, which was
the most costly tobacco disease
in 1969. Brown spot losses can
be reduced by keeping tobacco
plants healthy, practicing crop
rotation, cleaning up old to -
bacco fields immediately after
harvest, controlling nematodes
and other diseases, using pro -
per amounts of fertilizer, in
creasing the rate of harvesting
when the disease appears, and
spacing plants so they can re
ceive adequate sunlight.
Step No. Bis to clean up
old tobacco fields immediate
ly after harvest. This step is
referred to as Operation R-6-P,
meaning reduce six pests. The
stalks should be cut immediate'
ly after harvest. Stubbles mist
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ROBERTS
CHEVROLET-BUICK-JEEP
Burnsville, N.C.
be plowed out, and all old to
bacco refuse should be plowed
under two weeks later. Then
a cover crop should be seeded.
Tests have shown that Opera -
tion R-6-P will cut losses from
brown spot, mosaic, nematedg
budworms, homworms and flea
beetles.
In giving these disease cob
sol steps for 1970, Todd point
ed out that tobacco growers lost
slightly over 4 percent of their
crop in 1969 from diseases.
Brown spot accounted for
the biggest loss, $5.6 million.
Nematode losses amounted to
$4.7 million and black shank
cases were put at $4 million.
Mosaic losses were nearly $3
million.
Growers abo experienced
losses from six other diseases,
pushing the total disease bill
up to $20.250.000.