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Downy Mildew of Broccoli - Promising New Fungicides for Disease Control

Downy mildew of broccoli, caused by the fungus Peronospora parasitica, is a perennial disease problem affecting winter broccoli production in Arizona. During 1985-87, potential systemic fungicides were evaluated in the field for disease control. In the 1985-86 season, a period of high disease incidence, lesion development was significantly reduced by fosetyl-Al (44 %), phosphorous acid (42 %), oxadixyl + mancozeb (35 %), chlorothalonil (33 %), metalaxyl + mancozeb (30 %) and metalaxyl + chlorothalonil (28 %). During the 1986 -87 growing season, disease incidence was low and lesion development was significantly reduced by phosphorous acid (82 %), fosetyl -Al or oxadixyl + chlorothalonil (77 %), metalaxyl + chlorothalonil (68 %) and chlorothalonil (54 %). Fosetyl-Al, phosphorous acid and oxadixyl were as effective as currently available fungicides ( metalaxyl and chlorothalonil) for control of downy mildew of broccoli in Arizona.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/221432
Date05 1900
CreatorsMatheron, M. E., Matejka, J. C.
ContributorsOebker, Norman F., Kingdon, Lorraine B.
PublisherCollege of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Article
RelationSeries P-70, 370070

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