The activity of metalaxyl, fosetyl-Al, dimethomorph, and cymoxanil against Phytophthora crown rot of peach trees was examined. Application of fosetyl-Al or metalaxyl by painting the trunk (150 g/l) of 3-year-old PR204 trees was inhibitory to growth of the fungus but neither dimethomorph nor cymoxanil were eective. Application of metalaxyl as a soil drench suppressed canker development when the treated trees were subsequently inoculated with Phytophthora cactorum. Fosetyl-Al signi®cantly reduced the growth of fungus compared with cymoxanil, dimethomorph and control but it was not as eective as metalaxyl. Again, dimethomorph and cymoxanil did not in¯uence canker development. Both metalaxyl and fosetyl-Al were active for at least 21 days after applications. Strips of trunk bark were removed from trees, that had been drenched with the tested chemicals 20 days before, and inoculated on the cambium side with P. cactorum. Metalaxyl was the most eective fungicide and fosetyl-Al signi®cantly reduced the development of fungus compared with dimethomorph, cymoxanil and the untreated strips. Colonization of strips treated with dimethomorph was signi®cantly less than untreated strips. In contrast, cymoxanil did not inhibit the growth of fungus. Application of metalaxyl or fosetyl-Al as trunk paint or a soil drench appear to be eective procedures for preventing Phytophthora rot of peach trees.
SPIROU Co., 5 Marconi Str., 142 22 Athens (Greece)Seedlings of tomato (19) and cucurbits (33), previously selected as rootstocks for commercial cultivars, were evaluated for their resistance to verticillium wilt under glasshouse conditions. Disease scoring was based on foliar symptoms, but in plants with no visual or ambiguous symptoms the presence of the pathogen was confirmed by isolations or PCR using specific DNA primers. Five of the cucurbit rootstocks showed resistance to infection, 11 were moderately infected, 11 were susceptible, while the remaining six were very susceptible. In general, Cucurbita pep0 (courgette, pumpkin) and Lagenaria siceraria tolerated infection, Cucumis melo rootstocks were susceptible and Citrullus vulgaris was the most susceptible. When inoculated with race 1 of the pathogen, one of the tomato rootstocks was very resistant, three moderately resistant, nine tolerant, ten susceptible and one very susceptible. Pathogenicity tests with race 2 showed that none of the rootstocks exhibited high tolerance, but that there was some variation in susceptibility. Research is under way to evaluate the reaction of commercial cultivars to verticilliurn wilt when grafted onto resistant rootstocks.
During the last three years, a new disease was observed in northwestern Greece on Minneola trees, hybrid of mandarin and grapefruit. On May small brown necrotic leaf spots surrounded by yellow halo areas of various sizes appeared and covered a major portion of the leaves with extension of necrosis into the veins. On young fruits small, slightly depressed black spots were the first symptoms, which later became 2-7 mm in diameter. Brown spots were observed on the leaves and fruits in several orchards in the same area, causing leaves and fruits to drop. In some orchards over 50% of the fruits were affected. From the fruit and leaf spots the typical small-spore species Alternaria alternata was isolated. Pathogenicity tests were performed by artificially inoculating fruits of Minneola, common mandarin and Clementine. The symptoms of the disease were reproduced only on fruits of Minneola hybrids by the specific strain of the fungus Alternaria alternata pv. citri. Different citrus susceptibility tests indicated that mandarins Minneola, Nova and Page were very susceptible to tested isolates while Clementine SRA and Poros Clementine were not. All lemons and lime Seedless were not susceptible. Grapefruit New Hall was not susceptible, while the Star Ruby was. Orange Lane Late, Navel Late, Oval Poros, Olinda, Navel Athos were not susceptible and only Moro showed reaction being slightly susceptible only to one isolate.
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