Sclerotinia

Contributor: AgriNewTech
Date Compiled: 2024
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Image copyright: Don Ferrin, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Bugwood.org

Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Avoid water stagnation
From Sowing/Planting to Harvest
Destroy diseased plants and residues of the previous crop
Pre-season
Wide crop rotations
Pre-season
Carry out soil disinfestation (where it is possible)
Pre-season

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Use resistant or tolerant varieties
Sowing/Planting

Control

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Solarize the ground with transparent PE film with a thickness of mm 0.035-0.050 during the months of June-August for at least 50 days.
Pre-season

Solution Product Category Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale) Max nb. of a. i. application/year Application Details and Notes (commercial product example) Risk resistance (FRAC Code)
Application of suppressive compost in nursery or in open field
From Pre-season to Planting
Coniothyrium minitans strain CON/M/91-08
Microbiological fungicide
To be applied 2 - 3 months before of the sclerotinia attack
1 (per crop cycle)
(CONTANSĀ® WG) Dosage: In the first 10 cm of soil: 2 - 4 kg/ha in greenhouse and 1 - 2 kg/ha in open field. In the first 20 cm of soil: at 3 - 6 kg/ha greenhouse and 2 - 3 kg/ha in open field.
Trichoderma asperellum & Trichoderma gamsii
Microbiological fungicide
Apply by wetting the substrate in pre-sowing or pre-transplanting and repeat at planting or transplanting.
2 per crop cycle
(REMEDIER) Dosage: 2,5 kg/ha
Resistance not known (BM02)
The information made available here has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by CABI to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. Anyone acting or relying on such information does so entirely at their own risk. The efficacy of the IPM methods included above will depend on local conditions and might not always be suitable everywhere within the specified country.