An Etiological and Host Range Study of Celery Mosaic in Utah

Author

Dennis H. Hall, Utah State University

Date of Award:

5-1950

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Plants, Soils, and Climate

Department name when degree awarded

Botany and Plant Pathology

Committee Chair(s)

E. L. Waldee

Committee

E. L. Waldee

Abstract

Celery mosaic is a virus disease of major economic importance in Utah. In years of severe epiphytotics, it has been a limiting factor in celery production. In 1947 losses due to this disease were estimated to exceed 8 per cent of the total crop. This estimate does not include losses resulting from reduction in grade or from plants discarded in the packing sheds. The celery acreage in Utah dropped from a high of 950 acres in 1946 to 750 acres in 1947 and dropped again in 1948 to 420 acres. Leaders in the industry attributed this reduction in acreage, in part at least, to losses incurred by the growers from celery mosaic.

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Recommended Citation

Hall, Dennis H., "An Etiological and Host Range Study of Celery Mosaic in Utah" (1950). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2133.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2133