Claim · model-written summary
None of the treatments was phytotoxic or adversely affected harvested fruit quality.
- Taxon
- Apple
Malus domesticat0 - Outcome
- phytotoxic to leaves and fruite0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“Apple Scab”
e0“All treatments were neither phytotoxic to leaves and fruit nor did they adversely affect quality parameters of harvested fruit”
Title
Umit Arslan Journal of Phytopathology 2016. doi:10.1111/jph.12491
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- Intervention effect Boric acid inhibited Venturia conidial germination and germ-tube elongation in vitro.
- Intervention effect Monopotassium phosphate reduced V. inaequalis conidia germination by 22.1% at the highest concentration.
- Intervention effect Monopotassium phosphate reduced V. inaequalis germ-tube elongation by 28.8% at the highest concentration.
- Intervention effect Sodium metabisulfite completely inhibited the fungal endpoints at 0.01%.
- Intervention effect Fluopyram plus tebuconazole completely inhibited the fungal endpoints at 0.035%.
- Intervention effect Boric acid completely inhibited the fungal endpoints at 0.2%.
- Intervention effect Boric acid significantly reduced apple scab incidence and severity on leaves and fruit versus water treatment in both years.
- Intervention effect Fluopyram plus tebuconazole significantly reduced apple scab incidence and severity on leaves and fruit versus water treatment.
- Observation Boric acid and fluopyram plus tebuconazole had similar orchard efficacy.
- Recommendation The authors propose boric acid as an alternative apple scab control chemical.