Angeli Dario, Maines Loris, Sicher Carmela, Murru Gianpiero, Butterini Nicola, Abou Assaf Haya, Mamoci Erjon, Longa Claudia, Simeone Vito, Pertot Ilaria
Several alternatives to chemicals such as horticultural oils, salts, plant extracts and many potential BCAs have been evaluated in order to reduce the use of pesticides against Erysiphe necator on grapevine. Until present none of them is widely used in commercial vineyards. During this research we tested new alternatives to chemicals against grapevine powdery mildew possibly more effective than the existing ones. Among the tested experimental microorganisms a yeast and, a bacterium isolates and Bacillus subtilis (Serenade) showed effective and consistent suppression of E. necator under greenhouse controlled conditions. Among the non synthetic fungicides tested in greenhouse, milk and milk derivates, salts and a vegetable oil gave promising results in reducing the disease. In the vineyard, only salts had a high efficacy against powdery mildew. However, milk derivates, vegetable oils and tested microbial agents significantly reduced powdery mildew infections.
Angeli Dario, Maines Loris, Sicher Carmela, Murru Gianpiero, Butterini Nicola, Abou Assaf Haya, Mamoci Erjon, Longa Claudia, Simeone Vito, Pertot Ilaria
Several alternatives to chemicals such as horticultural oils, salts, plant extracts and many potential BCAs have been evaluated in order to reduce the use of pesticides against Erysiphe necator on grapevine. Until present none of them is widely used in commercial vineyards. During this research we tested new alternatives to chemicals against grapevine powdery mildew possibly more effective than the existing ones. Among the tested experimental microorganisms a yeast and, a bacterium isolates and Bacillus subtilis (Serenade) showed effective and consistent suppression of E. necator under greenhouse controlled conditions. Among the non synthetic fungicides tested in greenhouse, milk and milk derivates, salts and a vegetable oil gave promising results in reducing the disease. In the vineyard, only salts had a high efficacy against powdery mildew. However, milk derivates, vegetable oils and tested microbial agents significantly reduced powdery mildew infections.