Apple Scab

Apple scab - Venturia inaequalis is available on my.apsnet.org as download and DVD-ROM Format.

Running time: 7:45 minutes

This educational video provides fascinating insights into the biology of apple scab and how this disease can be controlled using integrated pest management (IPM) practices. Using stunning computer animation blended with real-life in-field footage, this educational video impressively illustrates the life cycle of the apple scab fungus Venturia inaequalis.

Students and extension audiences will gain a clear understanding of the development and epidemiological spread of this disease and how it can be controlled using integrated pest management (IPM) practices.

Apple Scab Venturia inaequalis is an authoritative presentation of a disease that is found in most of the world’s apple-growing regions. This video is dedicated to Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Günter Martin Hoffmann (1923–2013), one of the fathers of Integrated Pest Management. He was a full professor of plant pathology at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan, Germany. His research and teaching focused on the epidemiology of fungal pathogens of major crops and their integrated control by developing several IPM prognosis models.

Professor Hoffmann was an enthusiastic apple grower. 2021 AGROFILM Jury Award AGROFILM is an international festival of films and video programs primarily on themes from the spheres of agriculture and rural development. Competing films are judged by an international jury. Purchase

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