ISSN:
1365-3059
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Amongst 489 mass isolates of Botrytis cinerea obtained from protected crops in Humberside during 1989, 67.3% were resistant to benomyl and 45.6% to vinclozolin. Two isolates resistant to dichlofluanid were obtained with EC50 values for mycelial growth on agar of 21.45 and 19.78 μg dichlofluanid/ml, respectively, compared with values of 1.55-2.56 μg/ml for sensitive isolates. EC50 values for germ tube emergence and length were much lower than for mycelial growth. In population studies carried out on tomatoes in a polythene tunnel, resistance to dichlofluanid and to vinclozolin declined over a 12-week period in the absence of fungicides. Field isolates of B. cinerea resistant to dichlofluanid were also resistant to vinclozolin. but strains resistant to dichlofluanid and sensitive to vinclozolin were obtained during population studies. Examination of a number of features of dichlofluanid-resistant strains revealed a degree of lack of fitness as compared with sensitive strains. There is no indication that resistance to dichlofluanid poses a great threat to the control of grey mould in Humberside at present.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.1991.tb02419.x
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