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        Studies on mechanisms of splash dispersal of spores, using Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides spores

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        Fitt, Bruce D.L.
        Lysandrou, M.
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        2299/11107
        Abstract
        Simulated raindrops, 4 or 5 mm in diameter, fell 13 m onto target water films, with Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides spores incorporated into either drops or targets. Resulting splash droplets were collected on fixed photographic film and numbers of droplets, spore-carrying droplets and spores determined. The patterns of dispersal of splash droplets, spore-carrying droplets and spores with distance and droplet size were similar for 4 mm and 5 mm incident drops with spores incorporated into either targets or drops. Numbers of droplets, spore-carrying droplets and spores decreased with increasing distance from targets and none were collected at 1 m. However, more spores were dispersed by 5 mm than by 4 mm drops and with spores in targets than with spores in incident drops. Whereas most splash droplets were in the smallest size category (0–100 μm), most spore-carrying droplets were 200–400 μm and most spores were in droplets with diameter greater than 1000 μm. Regressions of square root (number of spores) on droplet diameter were significant (p < 0.001) in all cases. The slopes of regression lines were greater when spores were in targets than when they were in incident drops. Splash droplets were collected up to a height of 70 cm, with most between 15 and 20 cm. The dye experiment showed that most splash droplets contained liquid from both incident drop and target film.
        Publication date
        1984
        Published in
        Journal of Phytopathology
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0434.1984.tb00777.x
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        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/11107
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