Damping-off, Root rot and Stem rot

Pythium spp.
Contributor: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries
Date Compiled: 2025
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Prevention

Solution Production stage (if possible with reference to BBCH scale)
Avoid waterlogging
From Sowing/Planting to Harvest
Crop rotations

Monitoring

Solution
Observation: presence/absence

Control

Regulations surrounding chemical products can change rapidly – always verify chemicals recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
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) Chemical Group Risk resistance (FRAC Code)
Propamocarb
Synthetic fungicide
Start of treatments since there are favorable conditions for the development of infection. Suspend treatments 7 days before harvest
2 (per crop cycle)
(PREVITER) Dosage: 1,5 L/ha
Carbamates
Low to medium risk (28)

Regulations surrounding biological products can change rapidly – always verify products recommended here with the most recent legislation and lists of products registered for your country
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)
Trichoderma harzianum rifai (strain T-22)
Microbiological fungicide
1
(TRIANUM-G) Dosage: 10 - 15 kg/ha
Clonostachys rosea strain J1446 (Gliocladium catenulatum, strain J1446)
Microbiological fungicide
BBCH 10 - 15
1
(LALSTOP G46 WG® ) Dosage: 1,5 - 2,5 Kg/ha
Trichoderma asperellum (strain T25) & Trichoderma atroviride (strain T11)
Microbiological fungicide
1-5
(TUSAL® ) Dosage: 0,5 - 1 Kg/ha
Trichoderma asperellum (strain TV-1)
Microbiological fungicide
Incorporation before or during planting or transplanting
1
(XEDAVIR® ) Dosage: 5 kg/ha
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.