Integrated Control of Botrytis Cinerea on Greenhouse Tomatoes

Nicot, Philippe C.; Baille, Alain

doi:10.1007/978-0-585-34164-4_11

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“…Plant health management is also favoured by protected cultivation and Nicot and Baille (1996) note that with enhanced environmental control in greenhouses, chemical pest management can be replaced by integrated pest management much more easily than in the open air.…”

Section: Greenhouse Production: General Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental impact of greenhouse tomato production in France

Boulard¹,

Raeppel

Brun³

et al. 2011

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

115

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The environmental impact of greenhouse production in France is poorly documented. Environmental benefits versus drawbacks of greenhouse production are not well known. Assessments that intregrate pesticide toxicology and transfer of mass and energy are scarce. Here, we compared the main types of tomato production, heated, year-round production in plastic houses or glasshouses, and seasonal production under polytunnel. Environmental impacts where assessed by life cycle analysis. Analyses were performed after the construction of a database relating the integrality of matter and energy fluxes, regarding the structure of the system, the inputs for production, and the waste products. Results show that greenhouse heating had the highest environmental impacts, including toxicological impact. For instance, the mean environmental impact of heated crops under plastic or in glasshouses was 4.5 times higher than in tunnels. Furthermore, pesticides in tunnels had a 3-to 6-fold higher impact in terms of terrestrial or aquatic ecotoxicology or human toxicology. Our results were compared with data from other temperate production regions.

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Section: Greenhouse Production: General Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental impact of greenhouse tomato production in France

Boulard¹,

Raeppel

Brun³

et al. 2011

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

115

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“…The resulting stem cankers may girdle the stem over time, causing early death of the plants and significant yield reduction in long-season production systems (O'Neill et al, 1997). In a survey conducted in 15 greenhouses in southern France, the incidence of plants with stem infections ranged from 32 to 100% and plant mortality as high as 46% was observed (Nicot and Baille, 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

Improved leaf pruning reduces development of stem cankers caused by grey mould in greenhouse tomatoes

Decognet¹,

Ravetti²,

Martin³

et al. 2010

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of grey mould, is considered as a major burden on greenhouse tomato production. In heated greenhouses, where leaf pruning is a routine practice and microclimatic conditions are favourable for grey mould development, infections of the pruning wounds result in stem cankers that can rapidly kill the plants. Chemical control is not always sufficiently effective and growers face increasing demands for reducing their dependency on pesticides. Several techniques can be used for the removal of leaves. They differ mainly on the presence or absence and the size of petiole stubs remaining on the stems after pruning. In this study, leaf pruning techniques were compared in an experimental greenhouse and the results validated in four commercial greenhouses, in a variety of agronomic conditions and in various situations of inoculum pressure. All experiments clearly showed that a careful removal of the leaves without leaving any petiole stubs on the stems can significantly decrease the incidence of stem cankers even under high disease pressure. As up to 10-fold differences were observed, this suggests the possibility of improving pruning practices in tomato greenhouses by removing leaves systematically close to the stem. This environmentally-friendly cultural practice appears compatible for integration with other preventative methods for the objective of sustainable crop protection in greenhouse tomatoes. grey mould / Solanum lycopersicum / integrated pest management / sustainable crop protection

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“…The fungal pathogen infects stems, flowers and fruits by direct penetration or through wounds caused by cultivation practices (Peng et al, 1996;Elad, 2004). Pruning wounds infected by germinated spores of B. cinerea often develop stem cankers, which may eventually girdle the stem, resulting in plant death (Nicot and Baille, 1996). Recent laboratory studies showed that B. cinerea was highly resistant towards dicarboximide and benzimidazoles, the main anti-Botrytis fungicides used in Tunisia.…”

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confidence: 99%

First report on the use of moderately halophilic bacteria against stem canker of greenhouse tomatoes caused byBotrytis cinerea

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Experiments were conducted to study the effect of moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from different Tunisian Sebkhas (hypersaline soils), on stem canker caused by Botrytis cinerea on tomato plants grown under greenhouse conditions. Treatments performed with moderately halophilic isolates of Bacillus subtilis J9 and Halomonas sp. K2-5 significantly reduced stem lesion expansion by B. cinerea on tomato plants under greenhouse conditions. The use of such bacteria may constitute an important alternative to synthetic fungicides, which failed to suppress the development of the fungal pathogen.

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Integrated Control of Botrytis Cinerea on Greenhouse Tomatoes

Cited by 20 publications

References 79 publications

Environmental impact of greenhouse tomato production in France

Environmental impact of greenhouse tomato production in France

Improved leaf pruning reduces development of stem cankers caused by grey mould in greenhouse tomatoes

First report on the use of moderately halophilic bacteria against stem canker of greenhouse tomatoes caused byBotrytis cinerea

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