date:Oct 12, 2012
To establish possible relationships between some major climatic parameters and the occurrence of initial epidemics of bacterial canker of yellow-fleshed kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) in Latium region, climatic data (maximum, minimum and average temperature as well as rainfall) were recorded by weather stations established in the areas of yellow-fleshed kiwifruit cultivation and related to epidemiological investigations. A recent paper, issued by the Journal of Plant Pathology, reports on a stu