Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Bacillus lichineformis applied as field preharvest sprays reduced avocado stem-end rot.

A claim from Biocontrol of avocado postharvest diseases · 1989

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Bacillus lichineformis applied as field preharvest sprays reduced avocado stem-end rot.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Treatment
field preharvest sprayse0
Interactor
Bacillus lichineformise0biocontrol_agent
Outcome
stem-end rote0
Direction
reducede0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Persea americana
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Verbatim

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“Antagonists Bacillus lichineformis and B subtilis effectively reduced stem-end rot, anthracnose and the Dothiorella/Colletotrichum fruit rot complex, when applied as field preharvest sprays, as well as packhouse postharvest dip treatments.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 213–452
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“avocado”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 14–21

Title

Biocontrol of avocado postharvest diseases

Lisé Korsten; Johannes Jurgens Bezuidenhout; J. M. Kotzé 1989

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application · disease · Persea americana (avocado)Positive and negative results

12 papers: 7 positive, 5 negative or no effect

6 papers in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    Dipping avocado fruit in prochloraz increased the incidence of some types of rots.

    Postharvest rots of avocados: improved chemical control by using different application methods · 1996

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Foliar cyproconazole, flusilazol or copper ammonium carbonate were less effective than copper-oxychloride and benomyl in controlling sooty blotch on avocado.

    Evaluation of systemic fungicides as pre-harvest treatments of avocados · 1992 · compared with copper-oxychloride and benomyl

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Three soluble potassium silicate drenches gave root rot similar to uninoculated trees.

    INHIBITION OF Phytophthora ROOT ROT OF AVOCADO WITH POTASSIUM SILICATE APPLICATION · 2007 · compared with uninoculated control trees

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Ethyl ester NAA at 0.3% to 1.0% caused new growth to wilt.

    Reduction of Rootstock Sprouts on Young Grafted Avocados with NAA1 · 1979

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    A metalaxyl soil drench failed to control root rot.

    LOSS OF CONTROL OF AVOCADO ROOT ROT BY METALAXYL · 1984

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Ridomil drenched around established avocado nursery plants controlled root rot for at least four months.

    Fungicidal control in pineapple and avocado of diseases caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi · 1980

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Etridiazole and metalaxyl applied as soil drench controlled root rot of avocado seedlings inoculated with P. cinnamomi-C that had not been exposed to metalaxyl.

    EVALUATION OF APPLICATION TECHNIQUES OF FOUR FUNGICIDES FOR THE CONTROL OF PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT ON AVOCADO SEEDLINGS · 1983

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Pre-harvest sprays with copper oxychloride and B. subtilis integrated with copper oxychloride significantly reduced black spot and sooty blotch at Omega Estate in 1992

    CONTROL OF AVOCADO PRE-HARVEST DISEASES WITH BACILLUS SUBTILIS AND FUNGICIDE SPRAYS · 1994

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.