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BIOCONTROL
Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 85-99Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014466903941
Keywords
antagonist; biological control; grey mould; strawberry; Botrytis cinerea; Cryptococcus albidus
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The yeast Cryptococcus albidus, originally isolated from mature strawberry fruits, was tested for antagonistic activity against Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of grey mould in strawberries. Conidial germination and germ tube growth of conidia of B. cinerea were inhibited by a cell suspension of the antagonist in aqueous strawberry fruit pulp suspension (1%) after 6 and 24 hours of incubation. Application of a cell suspension (1 x 10(6) cells/ml) on detached strawberry leaf disks incubated at 10degreesC reduced incidence and conidiophore density of B. cinerea by 86 and 99%, respectively, but effectiveness was reduced at higher temperatures. Treatments with C. albidus during bloom of strawberries reduced incidence of grey mould on ripe strawberry fruits after harvest by 33, 28 and 21% in three years of field trials. The effectiveness of the yeast was increased when formulation substances (alginate, xanthan and cellulose) were added to the cell suspension.
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