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Noun
redcore
- An oomycete, (Phytophthora fragariae) that causes root rot in strawberries.
1965, New Zealand Dept. of Agriculture. Research Division, Annual Report of Research Division, page 132:The incidence of redcore (Phytophthora fragaria) root rot after planting in a valley ( — 1 in.) on the flat, and on low (+1 in.), moderate (+2 in.), and high ridges (+3 in.) with Red Gauntlet (fairly resistant) and Solana (susceptible) was examined.
1966, J. D. Fryer, Herbicides in British Fruit Growing, page 20:Similarly reduced movement of soil might limit the spread of redcore disease or other soil-infecting fungi.
1981, British Crop Protection Council, 10th International Congress of Plant Protection, page 26:Cases of special interest, now receiving particular attention are fruit-tree viruses (linked to national certification procedures), fireblight (the most serious plant quarantine threat in Europe), potato cyst nematodes, and strawberry redcore disease.
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