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Examples of peach leaf curl in a Sentence
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Those are your best weapons against peach leaf curl and other common fungal diseases.
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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
Application of Liqui-Cop is recommended for preventing peach leaf curl.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
Spray peach trees with approved fungicides to combat peach leaf curl and shothole.
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oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2022
Curled and disfigured leaves on peaches and nectarines are peach leaf curl, caused by a fungus.
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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
Treat peaches four weeks after leaf fall spray for peach leaf curl and shothole diseases.
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oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
If leaves on peaches, nectarines and other stone fruits look curled and disfigured, that’s probably peach leaf curl, caused by a fungus.
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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2021
Sulfur is a fungicide that controls fungal diseases like apple and pear scab and peach leaf curl.
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Kym Pokorny | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2020
However, most varieties of both are susceptible to a terrible disease called peach leaf curl, which destroys most of their leaves and severely limits fruit production.
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Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
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First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
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“Peach leaf curl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peach%20leaf%20curl. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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