Synergism in fungicide mixtures againstPseudoperonospora Cubensis

Mixtures of cymoxanil with mancozeb (Mancur) or with mancozeb plus oxadixyl (Pulsan, Sandocur-M) were effective in controlling either metalaxyl-sensitive (MS) or -resistant (MR) isolates ofPseudoperonospora cubensis on cucumbers (cv. ‘Elem’) in growth chambers. Metalaxyl+mancozeb (Ridomil-MZ) and oxadixyl+mancozeb (SAN-518) mixtures were effective against the metalaxyl-sensitive but less so against the metalaxyl-resistant isolate. Fungicide mixtures were far more effective in controlling either the sensitive or the resistant isolates than were the individual components applied alone, thereby representing significant levels of synergistic interactions. Increased efficacy of mixtures relative to their combined components (synergy factor) was calculated by the Wadley method. Mixtures containing cymoxanil showed high synergy factors against the resistant isolate, whereas Ridomil-MZ and SAN-518 did not evince this phenomenon. We concluded that cymoxanil mixtures might be suitable for the control of downy mildew incited by a metalaxyl-resistant isolate ofP. cubensis.     

Sensitivity ofPhytophthora Infestans to cymoxanil

The efficacy of cymoxanil, Pulsan (oxadixyl + mancozeb + cymoxanil, 1:7:0.4) and Sandocur-M (oxadixyl + mancozeb + cymoxanil, 1:7:2) in controlling late blight was examined in potatoes (cv. ‘Alpha’). Nine oxadixyl-sensitive and seven oxadixyl-resistant isolates ofPhytophthora infestons from six countries were tested. ED₉₀ values of cymoxanil ranged between 64 and 467 mg a.i./l. No relationship was observed between sensitivity to cymoxanil and sensitivity to oxadixyl. Isolate S6A (1305) from California was the most sensitive to cymoxanil (ED₉₀ = 64 mg/l), whereas isolate R11 from Israel was the least sensitive (ED₉₀ = 467 mg/l). Most isolates from Israel were less sensitive (ED₉₀ = 151–467 mg/l) than isolates from Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Mexico or California (ED₉₀ = 64–152 mg/l). Three-way mixtures of cymoxanil with mancozeb and oxadixyl were more inhibitory than cymoxanil alone, regardless of the isolate. Sandocur-M was, for most isolates, more effective than Pulsan. The correlation coefficient between sensitivity to cymoxanil and sensitivity to Sandocur-M was 0.67, while that between cymoxanil and Pulsan was 0.76.     

Control of late blight in potato by full and reduced rates of oxadixyl mixtures

The effect of oxadixyl-based fungicidal mixtures on the development of late blight and the buildup of resistance ofPhytophthora infestans to oxadixyl was studied in potato crops (cv. Alpha) grown in plastic houses. Half-rates of SAN 518F (mancozeb + oxadixyl) applied weekly provided better disease control and reduced resistance buildup more effectively than the full rates of the mixture applied biweekly. Mancozeb applied weekly at full rate was less effective than SAN 518F at half-rate. The data suggest that lowering the dosage together with shortening the interval between sprays is an efficient strategy to combat mixed populations — sensitive and resistant to phenylamides — ofP. infestans when phenylamide-based fungicidal sprays are used.     

霜脲氰与不同杀菌剂混配对两种霜霉病菌的增效作用

采用叶盘法（定量喷药）测定霜脲氰与不同杀菌剂混配对黄瓜和葡萄霜霉病菌抗甲霜灵菌株的增效作用,证实了霜脲氰加代森锰锌或二者再加恶霜灵以不同比率混配对黄瓜、葡萄霜霉病菌均明显增效,发现了霜脲氰与碱式硫酸铜1：8混配对黄瓜霜霉病菌增交,代森锰锌（1：8）或再加恶霜灵（1：8：1）对葡萄霜霉病菌的增效作用随着供试菌株对甲霜灵抗性水平的提高而增强。霜脲氰与代森锰锌1：7混配以保护、治疗、铲除方式处理黄瓜叶盘,对黄瓜霜霉病菌均表现增效。     

Selection for metalaxyl resistance in potato crops infected with Phytophthora infestans: effects of fungicides and initial frequency of resistant sporangia

Potato crops (cv. Alpha) were grown in walk-in plastic tunnels (33 m²) in winter 1987 and spring 1988. Crops were left untreated or treated (four sprays at intervals of 2 weeks) with either metalaxyl, Ridomil-MZ (metalaxyl+ mancozeb) or Ridocym (metalaxyl +mancozeb+cymoxanil). Crops were inoculated with sporangial suspensions of Phytophthora infestans containing 01, 1 or 10% metalaxyl-resistant sporangia. Disease progress and percentage resistant sporangia in tunnels were estimated for a period of 50 days. In the treated crops cumulative disease, rate of disease progress and increase in frequency of resistant phenotypes (selection coefficient) were higher in metalaxyl-treated crops than in Ridomil-MZ or Ridocym-treated crops. Cumulative disease, rate of disease progress and increase in frequency of resistant phenotypes were unaffected by the frequency of resistant sporangia in the original inoculum. Metalaxyl, Ridomil-MZ and Ridocym speeded up the selection for resistance by 92, 29 and 17%, respectively, relative to untreated crops. The time interval required for the resistant subpopulation to predominate in treated crops was inversely related to initial resistance. It was longest in crops inoculated with 0.1 % resistant sporangia and treated with Ridocym. Results indicated that metalaxyl mixtures were advantageous over metalaxyl alone, both in delaying the buildup of resistance and in improving disease control, but did not prevent resistant subpopulations increasing from 01 to 100% in a single season.     

Control of potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) with systemic fungicides

A mixture (‘Fubol’) of metalaxyl with mancozeb, performed better than mixtures of propamocarb (as the hydrochloride) or the experimental fungicide cymoxanil with mancozeb, when applied as sprays to control potato blight in a small-scale field trial conducted in 1978. Another experimental fungicide, 2-chloro-N-(2-oxotetrahydrofuran-3-yl)acet-2″,6′-xylidide (RE 20615), applied at a greater rate but without mancozeb, was as effective as ‘Fubol’. The mixture of mancozeb and propamocarb or cymoxanil performed no better than mancozeb alone. In 1979, when blight incidence was greater, use of RE 20615/dithiocarbamate mixtures allowed the extension of spray intervals to 21 days, compared with a 14-day schedule for the dithiocarbamate alone. RE 20615, applied in 1979 to the soil within the furrows at planting time as a controlled-release granular formulation, gave adequate control of late blight up to early September, after which disease development accelerated. Yield was not significantly different from that obtained with a standard dithiocarbamate treatment.     

防治大豆疫霉根腐病的药剂筛选

在离体条件下测定了 8种内吸性杀菌剂对大豆疫霉菌菌丝生长的抑制作用。甲霜灵、甲霜灵锰锌、安克锰锌、杀毒矾、霜脲锰锌、克露和加瑞农为有效杀菌剂 ,霜霉威不具有抑菌效果。甲霜灵的 EC50 值为0 .4 870 μg/ m L,抑菌效果最好 ,安克锰锌、甲霜灵锰锌的 EC50 值分别为 1.4 2 6 1μg/ m L和 1.76 97μg/ m L,效果次之。在活体条件下 ,甲霜灵和甲霜灵锰锌能完全抑制大豆疫霉菌对感病大豆品种的侵入 ,并具有较长的药效期 ,安克锰锌、杀毒矾和霜霉威虽然具有明显的防治效果但药效期很短。大豆疫霉菌菌株间对甲霜灵锰锌的敏感性存在差异 ,但这种差异与菌株来源没有相关性 ,EC50 平均值为 1.830 2μg/ m L ,没有发现耐药性菌株。在我国黑龙江省目前缺乏有效抗病品种的情况下 ,建议应用甲霜灵锰锌防治大豆疫霉根腐病。     

In-vivo evaluation of adjuvants for more effective control of celery leaf-spot (Septoria apiicola) and powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis) of wheat with fungicides

The effects of seven adjuvants (at 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 g litre^?1) on the efficacies of four fungicides al 0.5 g litre^?1 were studied in the laboratory for the control of leaf-spot in celery (caused by Septoria apiicola) and powdery mildew on winter wheat (caused by Erysiphe graminis). The most effective fungicides for controlling leaf-spot were: tebuconazole + triadimenol = flutriafol > mancozeb + oxadixyl > prochloraz. However, addition of adjuvant to the fungicides gave a modified pattern of effectiveness. The efficacy of flutriafol was strongly enhanced by addition of all adjuvants, but those of prochloraz and mancozeb+oxadixyl only partially so. The tested adjuvants were mineral oil + surfactant, a polymer/alkoxylated alkyl ether blend, an ethoxylated alkylphenol, an ethoxylated hexitan ester blend, an ethoxylated nonylphenol and an alkylpolysaccharide- based adjuvant mixture. However, the addition of adjuvants to tebuconazole + triadimenol had a negative effect. Of all the adjuvants tested, the nonylphenol ethoxylate and a mixture of mineral oil /surfactant and alkylpolysaccharides gave the highest efficacy with the fungicides, while the mineral oil/surfactant and the alkylpolysaccharides alone were less effective. There was a positive relationship between high concentrations of adjuvants and their effectiveness, but there were some exceptions. The most effective fungicides for control of powdery mildew in wheat were prochloraz, mancozeb + oxadixyl and tebuconazole + triadimenol. There was a linear relationship between the high efficacy of the fungicide and the concentration of adjuvants to control powdery mildew in wheat. The highest concentration of adjuvant (2-0 g litre^?1) gave the highest efficacy for the fungicides.     

Toxicity of propamocarb to the late blight fungus on potato

Propamocarb (Previcur-N; propyl-[3-dimethylamino-propyl] carbamate-monohydrochloride) was testedin vivo against 32 field isolates ofPhytophthora infestans from six countries. Fungicide dosages required to achieve 90% control of the blight ranged between 676 and 1530 ppm a.i. in potted potato (cv. ‘Alpha’) plants and between 1135 and 2648 ppm in potato tuber slices. Isolates from Israel were less sensitive to the fungicide than isolates from Europe or North America. Toxicity of propamocarb was not related to resistance or sensitivity to phenylamide fungicides (e.g. metalaxyl). Nevertheless, most metalaxyl-resistant isolates from Israel were less sensitive to propamocarb than most metalaxyl-sensitive isolates from this country. Monocyclic epidemics conducted with the 20 Israeli isolates in the field showed that 1081–2012 ppm of the fungicide was required to achieve 90% control of the disease. Laboratory experiments revealed that the fungicide was poorly active against sporangial germination and had a limited curative efficacy. It exhibited a translaminar translocation in leaves but a poor acropetal or basipetal systemicity from foliage. Propamocarb + mancozeb mixtures (1:1, v/w) were synergistically effective in controlling the blight. Growers in Israel use tank mixtures of propamocarb (Dynone) and mancozeb to combat late blight in potato fields where phenylamide-resistant isolates ofP. infestans are prevalent.     

Commercial Fungicide Formulations Induce In Vitro Oospore Formation and Phenotypic Change in Mating Type in Phytophthora infestans

ABSTRACT A wide range of commercially formulated fungicides cause in vitro effects on mating behavior in specific isolates of Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight of potato and tomato. Four isolates of P. infestans representing each of the four common US genotypes, US-1, US-6, US-7, and US-8 and varying in their sensitivity to metalaxyl, were exposed to a variety of fungicides used to control late blight in petri dish assays at concentrations ranging from 1 to 100 mug a.i./ml. Exposure of each of these normally heterothallic single mating type isolates of P. infestans to 9 of the 11 commercial fungicide formulations tested resulted in the formation of oospores after 2 to 4 weeks. The highest numbers of oospores were formed on media amended with Ridomil 2E (metalaxyl) and Ridomil Gold EC (mefenoxam) at 0.1 to 10 mug a.i./ml, averaging as many as 471 and 450 oospores per petri dish, respectively. Several other fungicides including Maneb, Manzate (Mancozeb), Curzate (cymoxanil + mancozeb), and Acrobat MZ (dimethomorph + mancozeb) also induced oospore formation, producing from 0 to 200 oospores per plate at fungicide concentrations from 0.1 to 10 mug a.i./ml. The metalaxyl resistant isolates formed oospores in response to the fungicides more often than the metalaxyl sensitive isolates. No oospores were formed on media amended with Bravo (chlorothalonil) or Tattoo C (chlorothalonil + propamocarb HCl) and these compounds completely suppressed growth of the isolates at 0.1 and 1 mug a.i./ml. Three metalaxyl resistant A2 isolates mated with both A1 and A2 isolates after exposure to the fungicides Ridomil 2E and Ridomil Gold EC. Alterations in mating type expression were also observed in a metalaxyl sensitive A1 isolate after exposure to Benlate (benomyl). Copious amounts of chemicals are applied annually to potato and tomato production areas to control late blight. Our results indicate that a wide range of chemically diverse fungicides can induce normally heterothallic metalaxyl resistant isolates of P. infestans to form oospores in vitro after short exposures to the fungicides.     

Resistance to metalaxyl in isolates of the sunflower pathogen Plasmopara halstedii

Plasmopara halstedii isolates showing an atypical reaction to metalaxyl were collected in France, in 1995 and 1996, and tested in the laboratory for their level of sensitivity to this fungicide. Primary and secondary infections caused by one of these isolates were not controlled by the metalaxyl concentration registered for seed treatment. The EC₅₀ of this isolate was 12 800 mg a.i. kg^-1 compared with 22 mg a.i. kg^-1 for sensitive isolate, indicating a 582-fold decrease in sensitivity to the compound. There was no reduction in the agressiveness of the resistant isolate. Using other anti-oomycete fungicides, it appeared that propamocarb, contact fungicides (fluazinam, folpet, mancozeb) and the mixed formulations dimethomorph + mancozeb, cymoxanil + mancozeb and ofurace + folpet were effective against primary infections made with metalaxyl resistant and sensitive isolates, but not against secondary infections. Metalaxyl mixed with fluazinam, folpet or mancozeb was more effective against primary infections with the resistant isolate than metalaxyl alone. The EC₅₀ of five other isolates ranged from 5 800 to 32 900 mg a.i. kg^-1, indicating a variability in metalaxyl sensitivity of resistant sunflower downy mildew isolates. This is the first report of physiological resistance to metalaxyl in Plasmopara halstedii.     

葡萄霜霉病菌和马铃薯晚疫病菌对三种杀菌剂的抗药性风险研究

 葡萄霜霉病菌经UV诱导4次得5个抗烯酰吗啉菌株,其适合度较原菌株B951差,竞争力较弱,该菌经药剂驯化7代对恶霜灵产生抗性,但未对烯酰吗啉及霜脲氰产生抗性,UV诱导4次对霜脲氰及恶霜灵均未产生抗性。相比之下,马铃薯晚疫病菌经UV诱导11次得7个抗恶霜灵菌株,其中菌株UO1适合度好于其原菌株,竞争力较强。马铃薯晚疫病菌经过药剂驯化3代对恶霜灵产生了抗性,但是经UV诱导8~11次和药剂驯化30代对烯酰吗啉和霜脲氰仍保持敏感。     

Synergistic interaction between BABA and mancozeb in controlling<Emphasis Type="Italic">Phytophthora infestans</Emphasis> in potato and tomato and<Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudoperonospora cubensis</Emphasis> in cucumber

Spray mixtures consisting of the plant activator BABA (DL-3-aminobutyric acid) and the protectant fungicide mancozeb were significantly more effective than BABA or mancozeb alone in controlling late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in potato and tomato and downy mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) in cucumber. A mixture composed of 5 parts BABA and 1 part mancozeb (w/w, a.i.) exhibited a higher synergy factor than the 1+1 or the 1+5 (BABA + mancozeb) mixtures. No synergistic interaction was detected between BABA plus mancozeb in controlling sporangial or cystospore germination, nor mycelial growth ofP. infestans in vitro. The results showed enhanced effect of mancozeb in BABA-induced plants, suggesting, therefore, that lower dosages of this fungicide may be sufficient to control late blight or downy mildew under field conditions. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting July 15, 2003.     

霜脲氰和代森锰锌对马铃薯晚疫病菌的离体活性及混合增效作用

测定霜脲氰、代森锰锌对马铃薯晚疫病菌不同生长发育阶段的毒力,发现霜脲氰抑制马铃薯晚疫病菌菌丝生长的活性明显高于代森锰锌,抑制孢子囊和游动孢子萌发及孢子囊释放游动孢子的活性明显低于代森锰锌;两药抑制游动孢子游动的活性很低。以1∶7、1∶8混配对游动孢子萌发及菌丝生长的抑制表现增效,以1∶1~1∶10混配对抑制孢子囊萌发的增效系数为1.55~5.39,其中1∶5的增效系数高达5.39。     

The effect of phenylamide fungicides on the control of potato late-blight (Phytophthora infestans) in England and Wales from 1978 to 1992

During the period 1978–1992, phenylamide fungicides in co-formulation with the dithiocarbamate fungicide mancozeb were tested for the control of potato late-blight in 51 separate field experiments in England and Wales. Whilst there was a general trend over all the experiments which indicated that foliage blight was less severe where the phenylamide + dithiocarbamate mixture had been used, the benefit was more marked in some than in others. Despite the detection of phenylamide resistance, at some sites the mixture gave better control of foliage blight than the dithiocarbamate alone. At one site where continuous data were available, the additional benefit of the phenylamide compound for control of foliage infection was lost after 1986 coinciding with a rise in phenylamide resistance from 31.7% in 1986 to 81% in 1987. Where foliar blight epidemics occurred, yield responses to fungicide programmes compared with unsprayed controls ranged from 0 to +118.5% with a mean response of +30.2%. This is equivalent to 30.8 and 12.92 t/ha respectively. Standardized yield differences were calculated to allow inter-trial and inter-year comparisons and showed no benefit from the phenylamide fungicide applied at 14-day intervals in 33 out of 38 experiments where foliar blight epidemics occurred. At one site, Cusum analysis of standardized yield differences following treatment with the phenylamide + dithiocarbamate mixture and the dithiocarbamate alone showed a mean benefit from the phenylamide mixture of 2.23 t/ha during the period 1978 to 1986. From 1987 to 1992, the yield benefit dropped to a mean level of 0.68 t/ha a decrease of 69.5%. In experiments where blight was not recorded, fungicide treatments had no deleterious effect on yields. Over all the trials, there was no effect of fungicide treatment on the incidence of tuber blight at harvest.     

抑制番茄早疫病菌活性化合物的 高通量筛选方法研究

以OD 630 值作为评价指标,在高通量筛选设备上建立了番茄早疫病菌Alternaria solania的高通量定量筛选方法,并对嘧菌酯、百菌清、 NFDA1 醚唑、霜脲氰、甲霜灵、代森锰锌、福美双和咪鲜胺8种常用杀菌剂对番茄早疫病菌孢子萌发和菌丝生长的抑制效果进行了评价,结果与孢子萌发法和目测筛选法所得结论基本一致。     

Efficacy of metalaxyl for blue mould control and its persistence on tobacco

Foliar sprays of metalaxyl, benalaxyl, and cymoxanil plus mancozeb gave better control of blue mould (Peronospora tabacina) than mancozeb alone applied as a spray, or metalaxyl applied to the soil. Before flue-curing, the mean values of metalaxyl residues in tobacco leaves were significantly higher from foliar spray treatments (5.09 μg g⁻¹), than from soil treatments (0.93 μg g⁻¹). Residues had decreased after flue-curing (foliar spray treatment 2.51 μg g⁻¹; soil treatment 0.69 μg g⁻¹), especially on samples taken in September. Curing considerably reduced metalaxyl residues in all cases. Residues of mancozeb ranged from 59.5 to 224.2 μg g⁻¹ before flue-curing and from 11.0 to 22.1 μg g⁻¹ after flue-curing. All these residues were calculated on a dry weight basis. Imidazolidine-2-thione (ethylenethiourea) residues from mancozeb were always below the sensitivity limit of the method used.     

5种杀菌剂对青贮玉米3种病害的田间防治效果

为有效防治青贮玉米Zea mays Linn.锈病、小斑病和大斑病, 筛选出低毒、无公害的高效防治杀菌剂, 选用哈茨木霉水分散粒剂(1亿cfu/g)、枯草芽孢杆菌可湿性粉剂(1 000亿孢子/g)、37%苯醚甲环唑水分散粒剂、15%三唑酮可湿性粉剂和80%代森锰锌可湿性粉剂5种杀菌剂进行田间药效试验。结果表明, 1亿cfu/g哈茨木霉WG对青贮玉米3种病害的田间防效最优, 37%苯醚甲环唑WG对小斑病的防效最好, 15%三唑酮WP对锈病的防效最理想, 80%代森锰锌WP对大斑病的防效最优。     

1,2-苯二硫酚衍生-高效液相色谱法检测二硫代氨基甲酸酯类化合物的方法改进

通过添加抗氧化剂四氢呋喃和抗坏血酸,对传统的二硫代氨基甲酸酯类化合物检测方法——1,2-苯二硫酚衍生-高效液相色谱法进行了优化和改进,并用4种常用二硫代氨基甲酸酯类杀菌剂[70%代森锰锌可湿性粉剂(WP)、68%精甲霜锰锌水分散粒剂(WG)、68%霜脲锰锌WG和55%唑醚代森联WG]对该方法进行了验证。结果表明:当1,2-苯二硫酚浓度为12 mmol/L、代森锰锌用乙二胺四乙酸二钠(EDTA,p H 9.3)及代森联用二乙基三胺五乙酸(DTPA,p H 10.0)解络合、且同时添加体积分数为4%的四氢呋喃和40 mg/L的抗坏血酸时衍生化条件最优。除55%唑醚代森联WG外,其他3种商品杀菌剂待测液在衍生化后48 h内均保持稳定且相对标准偏差5%,满足测试要求。该方法操作简便快捷,检出目标物明确,不受二硫代氨基甲酸酯类杀菌剂常见代谢物乙撑硫脲及二硫化碳的影响,检测效率高,适用于该类杀菌剂的批量测试。     

Synergistic interactions between phenylamide fungicides and respiration inhibitors in controlling phenylamide-resistant populations ofPhytophthora infestans on potato tuber disks

The efficacy of mixtures of respiration inhibitors and phenylamide fungicides (oxadixyl and metalaxyl) in controlling late blight was investigated using potato tuber disks. Results showed that uncoupling agents(e.g. DNP), inhibitors of ATP formation(e.g. oligomycin), ionophores(e.g, valinomycin) and inhibitors that block specific carriers in the electron transport chain(e.g. rotenone, antimycin A) increased significantly the control efficacy of both metalaxyl and oxadixyl towards populations ofPhytophthora infestons when applied to tuber slices pretreated with sublethal doses of both fungicides. When applied alone at the same doses, respiration inhibitors did not inhibit the development of the late blight fungus. Increased control efficacy of mixtures was not noted against phenylamide-sensitive populations of the fungus.