Re: Pathogens
Mr Kg Christensen (kgchr2@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au)
Fri, 8 Jul 94 14:47:20 EST
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> > > The primary non-insect pest I've seen in gray mold/mildew which
> > > usually appears when a plants dormancy requirements haven't been
> > > met.
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> > Any idea as to why this occurs? (Plant resistance is low, etc).
> > I'm surprised that I've never seen any reference to a blight, or a
> > viral infection, or any major pathogen. Could this be due to a lack
> > of knowledge about the plants, and that we don't know that the plant
> > was infected, or because there is little that attacks CP? (besides
> > those damned moths).
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> I think it is probably because no-one has really looked. I think the
> main problem is with Botrytis when dead plant material is not removed
> but I have found Powdery Mildew on my Cephalotus. While strictly not
> a plant pathogen, Sooty Mould occurs yearly on my S.minor on the
> sugary exudate on various parts of the pitcher.
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> Cheers Terry
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> bertozzi.terry@pi.sa.gov.au
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I too have had a problem with a white powdery growth on my
Cephalotus, it looks like corrosion on a battery. THe plant was
healthy for a while but when winter got closer the plant looked as
though it was about to die, all the pitchers turned a yellow,
orange colour, and became soft. I thought this was very strange,
cause my other two plants, both of them growing in the same area as
the sick plant, didn't get the powdery stuff, and they still look
healthy.
The only thing that i can think of is that i sprayed the plants
with benlate, cause it came not long after i did this, but it
onjly occured on the one plant.
bye
keith