Claim · model-written summary
Mean EC50 for P. expansum was 0.03 μg mL−1.
- Taxon
- P. expansum
Penicillium expansume0 - Outcome
- mean EC50se0
- Value
- 0.03e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“mean EC50s were 0.03, 0.12, 0.19, and 0.51 μg mL−1 for P. expansum (n = 31), P. paneum (n = 9), P. solitum (n = 52), and P. crustosum (n = 5), respectively”
Title
Madan Pandey; Clayton L. Haskell; Juliette D. Cowell; et al. Journal of Fungi 2025. doi:10.3390/jof11010061
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- Observation Penicillium spores and mycelia had similar in vitro difenoconazole sensitivity across species.
- Observation Mean EC50 ranged from 0.01 for P. psychrosexuale to 1.33 μg mL−1 for P. palitans.
- Observation Mean EC50 for P. paneum was 0.12 μg mL−1.
- Observation Mean EC50 for P. solitum was 0.19 μg mL−1.
- Observation Mean EC50 for P. crustosum was 0.51 μg mL−1.
- Intervention effect Recommended difenoconazole rate controlled P. expansum isolates on Fuji apples after five months at 1.5 °C.
- Intervention effect Recommended difenoconazole rate controlled P. roqueforti isolates on Fuji apples after five months at 1.5 °C.
- Intervention effect Recommended difenoconazole rate did not control all isolates of four other Penicillium species on Fuji apples.
- Intervention effect DIF + fludioxonil controlled dual-sensitive isolates among six species.
- Intervention effect DIF + fludioxonil controlled DIF single-resistant isolates among six species.
- Intervention effect DIF + fludioxonil did not control FDL-resistant isolates.
- Intervention effect DIF + fludioxonil did not control dual DIF/FDL-resistant isolates.
- Observation Four mutations at four residues marked CYP51 polymorphism among non-expansum species.
- Observation Penicillium species had variable difenoconazole sensitivity despite no previous exposure.