Field occurrence of vinclozolin resistance in Monilinia fructicola

Strains of Monilinia fructicola resistant to vinclozolin were isolated from fruit affected by brown rot from an orchard where the fungicide had been used over four seasons. Resistant isolates were pathogenic to peach fruit, and resistance of one isolate was confirmed following dipping of inoculated fruit in fungicide suspensions. In culture, one of four resistant isolates was identical in colony morphology and sporulation to sensitive isolates from different geographic areas. The other resistant isolates produced dark mycelium on PDA and were slower growing. Vinclozolin-resistant isolates were resistant in vitro to two other dicarboximide fungicides, iprodione and procymidone.