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Reports on investigations into the trouble known as “dying vines”, which annually caused the premature death of a small number of irrigated grape vines in the Murray Valley.
In most cases the death apparently begins during the dormant period and is first noticed when affected vines fail to produce new growth in the following spring.
On splitting open the stem of an affect vine, a brown discoloured area with a characteristic sour odour is found in the wood at the base of the stem, usually appearing to originate from a tillage injury.
An unidentified fungus was isolated from most of the affected vines examined, however healthy vines inoculated with this fungus have made normal growth and it is thought probable the trouble is primarily physiological.
“Dying Vines” in the Murray Valley
1940, Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, vol 13, iss 3, month 8, pages 183 – 186
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