Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose bacterial strains as a replacement for thiabendazole in disease control.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Outcome
- reliable replacement instead of Thiabendazole0
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Verbatim
t0“apple (Malus domestica)”
e0“bacterial strains could not only control the disease but also be a reliable replacement instead of Thiabendazol.”
Title
S Peighami-Ashnaei; A Sharifi-Tehrani; M Ahmadzadeh; et al. PubMed 2009
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation P. fluorescens P-35 showed the strongest inhibition of B. cinerea in dual culture.
- Observation B. subtilis B-16 showed the strongest inhibition of B. cinerea in dual culture.
- Intervention effect P. fluorescens P-5 reduced grey mould on apple fruit from 100% to less than 35% after ten days.
- Intervention effect B. subtilis B-3 reduced grey mould on apple fruit from 100% to less than 35% after ten days.
- Intervention effect P. fluorescens P-5 decreased disease from 100% to less than 65% after twenty days.
- Intervention effect B. subtilis B-16 decreased disease from 100% to less than 65% after twenty days.
- Intervention effect Thiabendazole reduced disease incidence to 30% after ten days.
- Intervention effect Thiabendazole reduced disease incidence to 60% after twenty days.
- Observation Disease control did not differ significantly among thiabendazole and bacterial treatments.