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E Marsilii
Efficacy of the fungicide valiphenal against crown rot of rose caused by Phytophthora citrophthora
Crown and root rot caused by soilborne species of Phytophthora are common diseases of container-grown ornamental plants in nursery. Crown rot of Rose caused by P. citrophthora has been recently reported in Sicily (southern Italy). Valiphenal (IR 5885) is a systemic dipeptide fungicide of the valinamide class of compounds and is active against Oomycetes. This new fungicide is under development by the italian agrochemical company ISAGRO against powdery mildews of grapevine, potatoes and vegetables. In this study, the efficacy of Valiphenal and other experimental active ingredients was tested for the first time against crown rot of Rose. Phosetyl-Al (Aliette) was used as a reference product. M…
Efficacia del Valifenalate contro specie terricole di Phytophthora patogene di piante ornamentali
I risultati confermano che il valifenalate su piante erbacee e arbustive è un prodotto sistemico e dimostrano che questo p.a., proposto come antiperonosporico, può essere efficace anche contro i marciumi radicali di piante ornamentali causate da specie terricole di Phytophthora.