Effets de divers herbicides sur la croissance mycélienne de souches de Botrytis cinerea pers et de Penicillium expansum Link, sensibles ou résistantes à certains fongicides

Effects of various herbicides on mycelial growth of strains of Botrytis cinerea. Pers. and Pénicillium expansum Link, sensitive or resistant to certain fungicides Of seventy herbicides tested, thirty-eight were slightly toxic to B. cinerea (CI50, concentration giving 50% inhibition of the speed of mycelial growth, exceeding or equal to 100g of herbicide/ml of nutrient solution) and, of those, ten had no effect even at 1000 g/ml. The most active products (CI50 less than 10 g/ml) were Chlorthiamid, dichlobénil, nitrofen, propyzamide and phenolic derivatives (DNOC, ioxynil, PCP). In most cases P. expansum was less sensitive than B. cinerea except to endothal, propachlor, prynachlor and certain substituted ureas. Strains resistant to the benzimidazole fungicides (carbendazim, thiabendazole etc.) show increased sensitivity to certain carbamade herbicides (barban, chlorbufam etc.), this indicates the existence of a negative cross resistance between these groups of antimitotic pesticides. Strains resistant to the cyclic-imide fungicides (iprodionc, procymidone, vinclozolin) and to various aromatic compounds (biphenyl. chloroneb, dicloran etc.) may also be resistant to bipyridilium, dinitroanilinc and diphenylethcr herbicides, to chlorthamid. dichlobénil and oxadiazon. This cross resistance between pesticides with different biochemical modes of action has yet to be explained.     

Dissipation of three organochlorine and four pyrethroid pesticides sprayed in a greenhouse environment during hydroponic cultivation of gerbera

A wide range of pesticides (insecticides, acaricides and fungicides) is used in the hydroponic cultivation of gerbera. The fate and behaviour of some of these commonly used pesticides (organochlorine and pyrethroid insecticides/acaricides) in a greenhouse installation was investigated. The concentrations of endosulfan, dicofol, tetradifon, permethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and deltamethrin in the air of the greenhouse were related to their physicochemical properties and respective application rates. Of these compounds, endosulfan exhibited the highest concentration in the greenhouse air 2 h after application (10 microg m(-3)), due to its highest volatility; afterwards, up to 12 h post-application, a rapid decrease was recorded which finally led to a concentration of 0.41 microg m(-3) at 6 days post-application. Dicofol exhibited the same trend of dissipation in the greenhouse air; its concentration decreased from 0.27 microg m(-3) immediately after the application to 0.12 microg m(-3) at 6 days post-application. Tetradifon, bifenthrin and permethrin were found at concentrations lower than 0.1 microg m(-3) at 2 h post-application, and cypermethrin and deltamethrin could not be detected. The concentrations of all the above pesticides in the drain water of the open hydroponic system were relatively high immediately after application and decreased rapidly during the following 3 days. In the closed hydroponic system, all the pesticides accumulated in the nutrient solution during the first 24 h after application and slowly decreased in concentration over the following 3 days. The spray operators applying these pesticides were exposed to rather high concentrations and the spray deposits were monitored on the chest and forehead of the operator. Endosulfan exhibited the highest concentrations of the seven pesticides. The organochlorine pesticides (endosulfan, dicofol and tetradifon) were usually detected at higher concentrations on the chest than on the forehead of the operator; pyrethroids were detected at higher concentrations on the forehead than on the chest of the operator.     

Tracking the evolution of a hydrothermal event plume with a RAFOS neutrally buoyant drifter

The migration and evolution of a deep ocean hydrothermal event plume were tracked with a neutrally buoyant RAFOS float. The float remained entrained in the plume for 60 days, and the plume vorticity was calculated directly from the anticyclonic motion of the float. Concentrations of suspended particles, particulate iron, and dissolved manganese in the plume did not decay significantly during the 60 days, which indicates that event plumes would be easily detectable a year after formation.     

Essais de lutte chimique contre Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.)

Les essais de lutte chimique contre Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.) sur citronniers en Sicile ont été réalisés à l'aide d'une série de produits organo-phosphoriques en partie mélangés avec des huiles blanches, et compareés à l'efficacité des huiles blanches appliquées seules. II est apparu que les meilleurs résultats sont obtenus contre les larves et les jeunes femelles, alors que pour les femelles matures il n'a pu être enregistré une mortalité suffisante. L'analyse statistique n'a pas révélé de différences significatives entre l'efficacité de l'huile blanche et celle des autres produits testés.     

ESSAIS EN PLEIN CHAMP DE DESHERBAGE SELECTIF DES BETTERAVES PAR LE CHLORO-AMINO-PHENYL-PYRIDAZONE (PCA)

Résumé. Les auteurs poursuivant leurs études concernant les possibilités d'application de désherbants chimiques sélectifs en culture de betterave industrielle relatent les résultats qu'ils ont obtenus en utilisant dans ce but le chloro-amino-phénylpyridazone (PCA) associé ou non à la cyclo-octyl-diméthylurée (OMU).
La méthode expérimentale est décrite en détail. L'appareil épandeur d'herbicide est le pulvérisateur logarithmique conçu par Dr H. G. van der Weij.
Les résultats obtenus avec le PCA sont en accord avec ceux mentionnés par Fischer (1963). Le PCA n'est pas phytotoxique pour les betteraves, excepté pendant le stade dit'cotylédons étalés'. Le mélange PCA + OMU est phytotoxique appliqué en post-émergence.
L'effet de ces deux herbicides est satisfaisant. La dose minimum de 2,5 kg/ha pour le PCA et celle de 1,6 kg/ha de PCA + 0,4 kg/ha d'OMU s'est révélée efficace dans les conditions de nos expérimentations.
Feldversuche zur selektiven Unkrautbekämpfung im Zuckerrübenbau durch Chlor-Aminophenylpyridazon