Claim · model-written summary
Leucosporidium scottii At17 controlled blue and gray mold of two apple cultivars.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Material
- two apple cultivarse0
- Interactor
- Leucosporidium scottiiLeucosporidium scottiie0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- blue and gray molde0
Verbatim
t0“apple (Malus × domestica)”
e0“an isolate of Leucosporidium scottii, designated At17, was identified as a good biocontrol agent for blue and gray mold of two apple cultivars”
Title
Silvana Vero; Gabriela Garmendia; M. Belén González; et al. FEMS Yeast Research 2012. doi:10.1111/1567-1364.12021
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation At17 produced soluble antifungal substances inhibitory to apple pathogens.
- Mechanism Siderophore production did not appear to contribute to pathogen inhibition.
- Observation At17 formed a biofilm in apple juice.
- Observation At17 was resistant to commonly used postharvest fungicides.
- Recommendation The authors suggest combining low-dose fungicide with the biocontrol agent.