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New Alternative for Treating Peach and Pecan Fungal Diseases

Natural bacterial extracts — X. bovienii and P. luminescens (VS) bacterial compounds — offer peach and pecan growers a safe and effective alternative to chemical fungicides in treating diseases such as brown rot in peaches and pecan scab. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Byron, Georgia, developed these natural pesticides to control pecan and [...]