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Phytoalexins, Resistance Inducers, and Sustainable Control Measures in Crop Protection Strategies—2nd Edition

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1016

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Prof. Dr. Francesco Calzarano

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Department of Bioscience and Technologies for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Interests: grapevine; crop protection; plant pathology; phytopathology; plant disease management; fungal plant pathology; fungal infection
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Dear Colleagues,

In-depth knowledge on plant defense mechanisms in response to pathogens will facilitate the development of crop protection strategies based on the induction of effective defense responses in disease control. To achieve this, research on different substances to be used as resistance inductors, in order to improve plant defense responses, will prove very important. This could allow a higher and faster synthesis of phytoalexins, and/or other defense compounds, in growth stages in which the pathogen is more virulent, providing a real contribution to disease control. Similarly, the objective of environmentally friendly and sustainable control can be achieved using biological and natural products instead of chemical applications. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to collect articles from both themes mentioned which have the same objective of avoiding or reducing the use of chemical plant protection products.

Prof. Dr. Francesco Calzarano
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable crop protection
  • resistance induction
  • biological products
  • natural products
  • disease management

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Infection Risk-Based Application of Plant Resistance Inducers for the Control of Downy and Powdery Mildews in Vineyards
by Othmane Taibi, Giorgia Fedele, Irene Salotti and Vittorio Rossi
Agronomy 2023, 13(12), 2959; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13122959 - 30 Nov 2023
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Plant resistance inducers (PRIs) are potential alternatives for controlling grapevine downy (DM) and powdery (PM) mildews in vineyards. In a 3-year field study, we evaluated the field efficacy of six commercial PRIs of chemical and natural origin against DM and PM diseases when [...] Read more.
Plant resistance inducers (PRIs) are potential alternatives for controlling grapevine downy (DM) and powdery (PM) mildews in vineyards. In a 3-year field study, we evaluated the field efficacy of six commercial PRIs of chemical and natural origin against DM and PM diseases when applied at designated vine growth stages in a mixture with low doses of copper and sulfur, and only when advised by weather-driven disease models. The disease severity and incidence were evaluated for each season at key growth stages (i.e., the end of flowering, berries pea-sized, veraison, and pre-harvest), and areas under the disease progress curves (AUDPC) were calculated and compared with those of nontreated vines. These risk-based applications resulted in a 41% and 61% reduction of interventions against DM and PM, respectively, compared to the official advice for integrated pest management in the growing area. These applications provided a disease control efficacy of 88% for DM and 93% for PM; the disease severity on bunches never exceeded 5%. Overall, when the disease severity was expressed as AUDPC, we observed higher efficacy of all the PRIs for PM, and of laminarin and cerevisane for DM. We also found that potassium phosphonate and fosetyl-Al (commonly used against DM) were effective against PM, and cos-oga (used against PM) was effective against DM. These results broaden the application and integration of PRIs in viticulture. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phytoalexins, Resistance Inducers, and Sustainable Control Measures in Crop Protection Strategies—2nd Edition)
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