Germicidal ultraviolet light is effective at killing a damaging fungus that infects table beets, adding an important organic tool to fight the growing problem of fungicide resistance, according to a new Cornell study.
While UV light is already used to fight powdery and downy mildew in grapes, powdery mildew in strawberries, and a contagious bacteria that causes fire blight in apples, pears, and members of the family Rosaceae, this is the first proof that the germicidal light can work in a vegetable.
https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PDIS-12-23-2715-RE
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