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Evaluating different approaches in the application of phosphonates for the control of apple root diseases

Evaluating different approaches in the application of phosphonates for the control of apple root... Phosphonate fungicides are registered on various tree crops in South Africa for the management of oomycete root rot pathogens, but not on apple trees. The study investigated several phosphonate treatments previously evaluated independently by technical advisors in South Africa. A replicated orchard trial was conducted in non-bearing asymptomatic orchards; tree roots were infected by oomycetes but foliar symptoms were absent. Phosphonate foliar-, trunk paint- and soil drench treatments were equally effective, and consistently resulted in a significant reduction in Phytophthora cactorum and Pythium irregulare root DNA quantities relative to the non-treated control. The latter was not always true for phosphonate trunk spray treatments. Trunk paint applications applied at an annual dosage of 40 g phosphorous acid/tree yielded significantly higher root phosphite (breakdown product of phosphonates) concentrations than the soil drench and trunk spray applications; the latter were applied at lower annual dosages of 7.5 g a.i./tree and 20 g a.i./tree, respectively. Foliar sprays applied at a low annual dosage (1.8 to 3.0 g a.i./tree) often outperformed the soil drench and trunk spray treatments in root phosphite concentrations. No clear association was evident between root phosphite concentrations and pathogen suppression. Root phosphite typically peaked at 8-weeks post-treatment for winter applications, and between 2- to 4-weeks for summer applications. A rapid decline in root phosphite was evident over the 12-week summer period, but not for winter applications. Monitoring root growth in the untreated control plots showed that root growth was continuous but that it peaked in summer, with reduced growth in winter. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australasian Plant Pathology Springer Journals

Evaluating different approaches in the application of phosphonates for the control of apple root diseases

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 by Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.
Subject
Life Sciences; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Entomology; Ecology
ISSN
0815-3191
eISSN
1448-6032
DOI
10.1007/s13313-019-00647-x
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Abstract

Phosphonate fungicides are registered on various tree crops in South Africa for the management of oomycete root rot pathogens, but not on apple trees. The study investigated several phosphonate treatments previously evaluated independently by technical advisors in South Africa. A replicated orchard trial was conducted in non-bearing asymptomatic orchards; tree roots were infected by oomycetes but foliar symptoms were absent. Phosphonate foliar-, trunk paint- and soil drench treatments were equally effective, and consistently resulted in a significant reduction in Phytophthora cactorum and Pythium irregulare root DNA quantities relative to the non-treated control. The latter was not always true for phosphonate trunk spray treatments. Trunk paint applications applied at an annual dosage of 40 g phosphorous acid/tree yielded significantly higher root phosphite (breakdown product of phosphonates) concentrations than the soil drench and trunk spray applications; the latter were applied at lower annual dosages of 7.5 g a.i./tree and 20 g a.i./tree, respectively. Foliar sprays applied at a low annual dosage (1.8 to 3.0 g a.i./tree) often outperformed the soil drench and trunk spray treatments in root phosphite concentrations. No clear association was evident between root phosphite concentrations and pathogen suppression. Root phosphite typically peaked at 8-weeks post-treatment for winter applications, and between 2- to 4-weeks for summer applications. A rapid decline in root phosphite was evident over the 12-week summer period, but not for winter applications. Monitoring root growth in the untreated control plots showed that root growth was continuous but that it peaked in summer, with reduced growth in winter.

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Australasian Plant PathologySpringer Journals

Published: Jun 6, 2019

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