Occurrence and fungicidal control of groundnut rust in Mauritius

Code (CO)	MSI99P0448
Author (AU)	Felix, S. Ricaud, C.
Title - English (ET)	Occurrence and fungicidal control of groundnut rust in Mauritius
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1977
Series (SE)	Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice
Source (SO)	56: 110-114
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En Fr
Abstract (AB)	An epidemic of rust (Puccinia arachidis) developed on groundnut in Mauritius, after the reintroduction of the fungus in the island in 1975. All varieties cultivated, Virginian and Spanish types were highly susceptible and the disease appears to be a potential threat to groundnut production if uncontrolled. Losses from groundnut rust, which have been found to be of the order of 70 per cent in some trials, were considerably reduced through weekly applications of Dithane M-45 (zinc and manganese ethylemebisdithiocarbamate, 80 per cent) or Daconil 2787 (chlorothalonil - tetrachloroisophthalonitrile, 75 per cent).
Descriptors - English (DE)	GROUNDNUTS PUCCINIA ARACHIDIS RUST DISEASES FUNGAL DISEASES FUNGICIDES DISEASES
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Groundnut: diseases and disease management
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Fungal diseases: Rust
Date record entered (DA)	1992-02-24
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	PATH