INJECTION TREATMENT FOR CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES

摘要

A method of treatment for diseased plants, particularly trees or vines, against fungal attack of Chondostereum purpureum (silverleaf) and Eutypa lata (dead arm disease) in particular. The method of treatment comprises drilling a hole into the central region or heartwood of the stem, trunk, or branches of the tree or vine, and subsequently injecting an effective amount of a solution comprising low solubility acid or a salt thereof into said hole or holes to prevent, limit, control or cure an infection of the treated tree or vine without a phytotoxic reaction. The preferred form of low solubility acid is salicylic or its equivalent as salicylate.