User talk:Annawesthaver4340/Apple scab

Hi Anna, your page looks great! I think the Disease Cycle section is really well developed and concise, and I enjoyed the addition of detection systems and the history of it. You can add some more sources to the history section in terms of who theorized that it was due to humans that it spread and which sources say that it is a global disease. Other than that it looks great! Stefanija Kovacevic (talk) 16:55, 26 February 2020 (UTC)Stef :)

Thanks Stef! I will be sure to add more to the distribution section. I was thinking that I need a few more references anyways, just to further support what I have written.Annawesthaver4340 (talk) 23:28, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey Anna, here's my peer review if you're interested. I didn't have any major suggestions so feel free to ignore it if you feel confident you know what you need to edit! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stefanija_Kovacevic/sandbox/Peer_Review_Apple_Scab Stefanija Kovacevic (talk) 01:25, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Anna, I read through your "apple scab" article. It looks great! Here are a few suggestions for improvement:

1. If possible do you think you could make a diagram showing the life cycle of apple scab. Diagrams are so much easier to visualize and I think it would really add to your "Disease Cycle" section.

2. The title "Predictions" is not a very descriptive title. Could you rename it? Maybe something like "Predicting infection"

3. I would revise the sentence "A variety of cultural controls may be used to reduce the incidence of new infections". You are only talking about pruning and debris removal as controls so variety does not seem to be the correct term. To me variety would refer to more than 2!

4. The section on chemical controls could still use some more revisions. In the first paragraph it states that apple scab is resistant to Benzimidazole and implicitly indicates that this is not readily used anymore. It is confusing that the second paragraph indicates that it is used to treat apple scab and then indicates that resistance can easily develop. This is redundant, since the first paragraph already addressed problems of resistance. The second paragraph could be combined with the first since the second paragraph describes the ban on this chemical. Lastly, potassium bicarbonate is listed as an organic option but you should also indicate whether sulfur, copper etc are options for organic growers.

Great job! I am very impressed :) Michelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sustainable pest (talk • contribs) 01:08, 25 March 2020 (UTC)