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Reduced sensitivity of the mushroom pathogen Verticillium fungicola to prochloraz-manganese in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2005

Francisco J. GEA
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación, Experimentación y Servicios del champiñón, Apdo. 8, ES-16220 Quintanar del Rey (Cuenca), Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
María J. NAVARRO
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación, Experimentación y Servicios del champiñón, Apdo. 8, ES-16220 Quintanar del Rey (Cuenca), Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
Julio C. TELLO
Affiliation:
Dpto. de Producción Vegetal, Escuela Politécnica Superior II, Universidad de Almería, ES-04120 Almería, Spain.
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Abstract

105 isolates of Verticillium fungicola from Spanish mushroom crops collected between 1992 and 1999 were tested in vitro for their sensitivities to prochloraz-manganese. Dose response relationships for inhibition of mycelial growth by the fungicide were assessed in radial growth experiments on fungicide-amended malt extract agar. The ED50 values recorded for all 105 isolates studied ranged between 0.8 ppm in 1992 and 8.8 in 1998, with an average of 2.9. 86% of the isolates tested were more sensitive to prochloraz-manganese and had ED50 values below 5 ppm, while the other 14% were slightly tolerant with ED50 values equal or above 5 ppm. Of those tested from 1999, 60% (21 isolates) grew with 50 ppm and 40% (14) also at 100 ppm, although mycelial growth was inhibited at least by 82 and 87%, respectively. The resistance factor calculated ranged from low fungicide resistance (RF=3.0) in 1992 to moderate resistance (RF=12.6) in 1998. These data confirm that the sensitivity of V. fungicola to the prochloraz-manganese gradually diminishes.

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Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2005

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