Showing papers in "Crop Protection in 2011"

TL;DR: The use of metal silo should be encouraged in order to prevent storage losses and enhance food security in developing countries, including Africa, Asia and Latin America.

TL;DR: It is indicated that the selected actinomycete isolates have the potential for biological control of Fusarium wilt disease in chickpea.

TL;DR: In this article, a review analyzes the most recent studies related to these techniques and their combinations and identifies the most effective ones, focusing on a description of agricultural factors and practices, rather than on biological processes.

TL;DR: The efficacy of microbe-fortified composts for use in control of the studied root diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi is revealed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study conducted from 2004 to 2007, tested materials that might replace copper in organic viticulture, under controlled greenhouse and field conditions at two locations in Europe (northern Italy and Switzerland).

TL;DR: Investigations indicated that A. gossypii is affected by contact with both conidia and fungal metabolites, which indicates that these fungi may have a role in regulating insect pest populations.

TL;DR: It is indicated that the prophylactic use of insecticides on soybeans does not result in higher productivity in the field and that this practice merely requires larger amounts of pesticides, which can impair the sustainability of the soybean crop.

TL;DR: The results proved that application of different biocontrol agents not only has a lethal effect on nematode, but also enhances the plant growth, supplying many nutritional elements and induction the systemic resistance in plants.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that some plant extracts can be used for biocontrol of lupine damping-off and wilt diseases and ethereal extracts were highly effective in reduction of diseases than the other tested extracts.

TL;DR: Use of virus-resistant wild Solanum species and genetic transformation techniques will provide new virus- resistant varieties in the future to further enhance control of potato viruses in China.

TL;DR: Soil inversion by tillage to bury weed seeds below their maximum depth of emergence, use of crop residue as mulch and early flooding of the crop could serve as important tools for managing E. crus-galli and other weed species with similar germination requirements, however, would need to be compatible with other crop management requirements.

TL;DR: The ability of 28 Trichoderma isolates to promote the growth of tomato seedlings and to induce systemic resistance (ISR) against Xanthomonas euvesicatoria and Alternaria solani, the causal agents of bacterial spot and early blight, respectively, was evaluated.

TL;DR: Investigating if the selection of B. tabaci with acetamiprid would give a broad-spectrum of cross-resistance and to genetically classify the resistance suggested that resistance could be controlled by a single factor is of some concern.

TL;DR: Increased nitrogen applications to crops influence plant–insect interactions and potentially increase herbivore population growth and Fecundity and longevity of both species were positively correlated with N-fertilizer application.

TL;DR: Cry1Ab has limited effects on fall armyworm; whereas Cry1F demonstrated significant reductions in foliar injury and lower survivorship compared to that on non-Bt corn tissues, suggesting selection pressures across the farmscape could be affected.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the AM fungus helps bajra plants to perform better under moderate salinity levels by enhancing the antioxidant activity and proline accumulation as compared to non-mycorrhizal plants.

TL;DR: The laboratory fludioxonil mutants were less fitter than their parental isolates in terms of mycelial radial growth, pathogenicity and sclerotial production, and on PDA amended with NaCl, the laboratory fluds grew more slowly than their fludoxonil-sensitive parents, especially at lower concentrations of NaCl.

TL;DR: Fungicides are commonly applied to control foliar fungal diseases of winter wheat in the central Great Plains of the United States and often are routinely recommended; however, economic benefits from fungicide application in winter wheat have rarely been quantified in this region.

TL;DR: The use of camera vision to automatically detect head blight (scab) on wheat ears could provide information about the severity of this dangerous disease and help meet future food traceability requirements.

TL;DR: Cry1Ab resistance in D. saccharalis was incompletely dominant on commercial Bt corn hybrids, however, both experimental lines with pyramided genes of Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 provided complete control of all three insect genotypes in both leaf tissue and intact plant tests.

TL;DR: Five monoterpenoids, which are natural components of the essential oils of Aframomum melegueta and Z. officinale essential oils and their components could be suitable as safer repellents or fumigants against T. castaneum and R. dominica, showed the repellent properties of the compounds as both beetles spent less time in the olfactometer arm containing the test stimuli.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the potential of AMF and a strain (PR11) of Trichoderma asperellum to promote cacao growth and induce resistance against Phytophthora megakarya.

TL;DR: Treatment with strain mixture promoted plant growth in terms of enhanced corm and cormel production and flowering and reduction in disease incidence under greenhouse conditions occurred through induction of defence gene products such as chitinase, β-1,3-glucanase, peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase.

TL;DR: The application of organic amendments followed by soil plastic mulching can be a good option for control of P. capsici in protected pepper crops under temperate climate, possibly resulting in pathogen suppression.

TL;DR: Chlorantraniliprole and etofenprox seem the most promising compounds for use against S. frugiperda whilst preserving populations of D. luteipes.

TL;DR: There was a linear reduction in the severity of downy mildew and a significant improvement in the LAI with an increase in the rate of phosphite applied and two fungicide applications following phosphite application significantly improved the control of Asian soybean rust and powdery mildine, yield and seed weight when compared to a single fungicide application.

TL;DR: Under greenhouse conditions, amendments of chitin and CFCW along with isolate CRB20 significantly enhanced plant height, fresh weight, number of fruits per plant and average weight of fruit compared to the untreated control.

TL;DR: The results suggest that resistance of P. paradoxa to pinoxaden is due to an altered target site and different mutations cause different resistance levels, which means chemical tools should be carefully used within integrated weed management strategies.

TL;DR: It is found that there has been a downward trend over time in damages to almonds and grapes, and damages from bird and rodent damage to many crops and are likely to be economically significant within the state of California.

TL;DR: It is indicated that yield increases are possible using below threshold applications of fungicides and insecticides, however, growers may not benefit from such applications if input costs are higher than the economic returns of the increased yield.