Annual report for the year 1966

Abstract

irrigation of vegetables; weed control in raspberries, strawberries, cabbages, swedes and red beet; sowing date and spacing trial with red beet; seedling production, variety and spacing trials with brussels sprouts; cabbage variety trial; calabrese trial; sowing date and variety trials with cauliflowers; celery variety trial; french bean variety trial; autumn sowing of peas; variety cum spacing trial with swedes; apple variety and rootstock trials; nutrition and variety trials with raspberries; control of Botrytis cinerea on raspberries; defoliation, cold storage of runners and Botrytis control trials with strawberries; blueberry variety trial. Mycology (pp. 27-38): Studies on grey mould of strawberries and raspberries; stamen blight (Hapalosphaeria deformans) of raspberries; cold storage of strawberry runners; red core (Phytophthora fragariae) of strawberries; cavity spot of carrots in relation to Ca deficiency. Plant Breeding (pp. 39-48): Work on french beans; resistance of black currants to mildew, leafspot and midge; studies to determine whether black currant yellows variegation is a genetic abnormality or a virus infection; new brussels sprouts varieties; different maturity dates in cabbage; selection of early colouring, bolting-resistant strains of carrot; disease-resistant lilies; raspberry selection. Plant Physiology (pp. 49-56): Hormone regulation of growth in strawberries; effect of growth substances on lettuce rooting; control of fruit growth in strawberries; raspberry propagation; hormone regulation of growth and flowering in fuchsias; growth analysis of brussels sprouts; the effects of soil and site on growth and yield of strawberries; control of strawberry runner development; cold storage of strawberry plants. Virology (pp. 57-65): Studies on pea early-browning virus, parsnip yellow fleck virus, resistance-breaking strains of raspberry ring spot virus, strawberry latent ringspot virus, Augusta disease of tulips; raspberry bushy dwarf, viruses in black raspberries and parsnip mosaic virus. Zoology (pp. 67-71): Nematode investigations in strawberries and raspberries; work on raspberry aphids, viruses, beetle (Byturus urbanus of ScotlandUnit (pp. 72-6): Strawberry breeding.