Growth-regulating acylcyclohexanediones such as prohexadione-calcium and trinexapac-ethyl have been shown to be effective in controlling fire blight infections on shoots. Since blossoms represent the primary site of infection for the fire blight pathogen, Erwinia amylovora, trinexapac-ethyl and prohexadione-calcium were evaluated for their ability to reduce fire blight infection on apple and pear flowers. Field experiments and experiments under controlled conditions were conducted on apple flowers for 4 years. A reduction of up to 50% of blossom blight was observed in treated plants. In addition, treatment with trinexapac-ethyl reduced up to the 77% the percentage of fireblight-affected flowers from which disease progressed into shoots. On pear, numbers of flower infections were reduced by a quarter and flower infections leading to diseased shoots was reduced by up to 50%. Mechanisms underlying diseased reduction following treatment with the two acylcyclohexanediones was studied using a confocal laser scanning microscope combined with a gpf-labelled strain of E. amylovora. These non-invasive techniques demonstrated bacterial migration was reduced by up to 60 and 66% in apple and pear xylem, respectively.
Potential and limits of acylcyclohexanediones for the control of blossom blight in apple and pear caused by Erwinia amylovora / F. Spinelli; J. L. Vanneste; F. Ciampolini; M. Cresti; W. Rademacher; K. Geider; G. Costa. - In: PLANT PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 0032-0862. - STAMPA. - 56:(2007), pp. 702-710. [10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01614.x]
Potential and limits of acylcyclohexanediones for the control of blossom blight in apple and pear caused by Erwinia amylovora
SPINELLI, FRANCESCO;COSTA, GUGLIELMO
2007
Abstract
Growth-regulating acylcyclohexanediones such as prohexadione-calcium and trinexapac-ethyl have been shown to be effective in controlling fire blight infections on shoots. Since blossoms represent the primary site of infection for the fire blight pathogen, Erwinia amylovora, trinexapac-ethyl and prohexadione-calcium were evaluated for their ability to reduce fire blight infection on apple and pear flowers. Field experiments and experiments under controlled conditions were conducted on apple flowers for 4 years. A reduction of up to 50% of blossom blight was observed in treated plants. In addition, treatment with trinexapac-ethyl reduced up to the 77% the percentage of fireblight-affected flowers from which disease progressed into shoots. On pear, numbers of flower infections were reduced by a quarter and flower infections leading to diseased shoots was reduced by up to 50%. Mechanisms underlying diseased reduction following treatment with the two acylcyclohexanediones was studied using a confocal laser scanning microscope combined with a gpf-labelled strain of E. amylovora. These non-invasive techniques demonstrated bacterial migration was reduced by up to 60 and 66% in apple and pear xylem, respectively.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.