Surfactant effects on wettability of Penicillium frequentans formulations to improve brown rot biocontrol
BACKGROUND Penicillium frequentans can be used in the management of brown rot caused by Monilinia spp. Competition is the primary mode of biocontrol activity of P. frequentans, which must therefore cover most of fruit surface to avoid pathogen infection. Our objective was to optimize the efficacy of P. frequentans by maximizing fruit surface coverage and retention with the antagonist formulation by surfactant incorporation. RESULTS Sixteen surfactants were assessed for the management of brown rot at 3–5 different concentrations. Nine surfactants increased the droplet surface up to 2.5 times compared with water on an inert surface, with or without the presence of P. frequentans in each drop. Eight surfactants increased P. frequentans on the fruit surface, enhancing colony forming units after run off or lateral spray application uptake by 50% compared to the control without surfactants. But only some doses of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, gelatin, Tween 20, sorbitan alkyl esters, synthetic latex, polyethylene glycol isotridecyl ether, and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose could show the same covered fruit surface after run off or lateral spray application. There were also no phytotoxic side-effects on five different species of stone fruit. CONCLUSIONS The efficacy of P. frequentans dry conidia can be enhanced by optimizing the composition of the formulation with surfactants.
Main Authors: | Guijarro Díaz-Otero, Belén, Larena Nistal, María Inmaculada, Melgarejo, P., De Cal Cortina, Antonieta |
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Format: | journal article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018
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Subjects: | Spray application, Surface retention, Fruit coverage, Biofungicide, Monilinia spp, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/562 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/293598 |
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