Detection of resistance to sterol demethylation-inhibiting (DMI) fungicides in<Emphasis Type="Italic">Cercospora beticola</Emphasis> and efficacy of control of resistant and sensitive strains with flutriafol |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">G?S?KaraoglanidisEmail author D?A?Karadimos P?M?Ioannidis |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Pathology Laboratory, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece;(2) Plant Protection Dept., Hellenic Sugar Industry S.A., 51110 Larissa, Greece;(3) Plant Protection Department, Hellenic Sugar Industry S.A., 59032 Plati Imathias, Greece |
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| Abstract: | Single-lesion isolates ofCercospora beticola (n=150) were collected in 1998 from sugar beet fields in the area of Serres, N. Greece. In this area, sterol demethylation-inhibiting
(DMI) fungicides have been used for almost 20 years to control sugar beet leaf spot. The sensitivity of these isolates to
the DMI fungicides flutriafol and difenoconazole (EC50 values) was determined on the basis of inhibition of mycelial growth at several fungicide concentrations. The relative growth
(RG) of isolates was correlated at all tested concentrations with the respective EC50 values, indicating that RG provides a reliable estimate for the sensitivity of the isolates. The highest correlation coefficients
were obtained for concentrations of 1 μg ml−1 flutriafol and of 0.05 μg ml−1 difenoconazole, respectively. Consequently, they are proposed for monitoring of DMI sensitivity inC. beticola populations, as single discriminatory concentrations in a simplified test method. Based on the RG values at the discriminatory
concentration of 1 μg ml−1 flutriafol,C. beticola isolates were classified as either resistant or sensitive. The efficacy of flutriafol, applied at the commercially recommended
dose, in controlling Cercospora leaf spot was examined in field experiments conducted during 1999 and 2000. Disease incidence
in plots artificially inoculated with resistant isolates and treated with flutriafol was significantly higher than in similar
plots inoculated with sensitive strains. These results suggest that poor disease control after application of flutriafol may
be based on the presence of resistant strains within the pathogen population in northern Greece. This emphasizes the risk
of the development of practical resistance if there is increased frequency of such strains within the population.
http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting July 13, 2003. |
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| Keywords: | Fungicide resistance sterol demethylation inhibitors sugar beet Cercospora leaf spot |
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