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Sterol biosynthesis inhibitors that inhibit the yeast-hyphae conversion inOphiostoma ulmi suppressed Dutch elm disease development in two elm clones. After curative treatment with fenpropimorph-sulphate of 27 ‘Vegeta’ elms which had previously been inoculated withO. ulmi, 25 trees did not show disease symptoms by the end of the second season. All 41 control trees, inoculated withO. ulmi only, were clearly diseased. In an experiment with ‘Commelin’ elms three fenpropimorph salts and thiabendazole were compared. Injection of the trees three weeks after inoculation withO. ulmi gave by the end of the second season no symptoms of Dutch elm disease in any of the trees injected with fenpropimorph-phosphate or thiabendazole, and in most trees injected with fenpropimorph-acetate or-sulphate. Similar treatments with the free base of fenpropimorph and fenpropidin-sulphate were less effective due to insufficient uptake of the fenpropimorph emulsion and phytotoxicity of fenpropidin-sulphate, respectively. Injection of fenpropimorph-sulphate or thiabendazole six weeks after inoculation withO. ulmi did not result in significant differences from the control group inoculated withO. ulmi only.
Fenpropimorph-phosphate and-sulphate completely suppressed Dutch elm disease upon injection of only 7.5 or 10 g per tree (average tree diameter 28 cm). Residue analyses showed only a slow decrease in concentration of the fungicide over two growing seasons and an apparent transport into the new annual ring, other prerequisites for a possible future use for control of Dutch elm disease.
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De iepeziekte kan onderdrukt worden door sterolbiosyntheseremmers die de overgang vanOphiostoma ulmi van de gistvorm in de hyfevorm remmen. Aan het eind van het tweede seizoen na een curatieve behandeling van 27 ‘Vegeta’ iepen met fenpropimorfsulfaat bleken 25 bomen geen symptomen van iepeziekte te vertonen. Alle controlebomen, die alleen metO. ulmi geïnoculeerd waren, waren duidelijk ziek. In een proef met ‘Commelin’ iepen werden drie fenpropimorfzouten en thiabendazool vergeleken. De zouten werden drie weken na de inoculatie metO. ulmi geïnjecteerd. Aan het eind van het tweede seizoen vertoonden geen van de bomen die met fenpropimorffosfaat of thiabendazool geïnjecteerd waren en slechts enkele bomen die met fenpropimorfacetaat of-sulfaat geïnjecteerd waren iepeziektesymptomen. Behandelingen met fenpropimorf (vrije base) en fenpropidinsulfaat werkten minder goed door de slechte opname van de fenpropimorfemulsie en de fytotoxiciteit van fenpropidin. Injectie met fenpropimorfsulfaat of thiabendazool zes weken na inoculatie leidde niet tot significante verschillen met de controlegroep die alleen metO. ulmi geïnoculeerd was.
Een dosis fenpropimorffosfaat of-sulfaat van 7.5 of 10 g per boom met een gemiddelde boomdiameter van 26 cm bleek de iepeziekte volledig te kunnen onderdrukken. Uit residue-onderzoek bleek dat de concentratie van het fungicide gedurende de twee groeiseizoenen slechts langzaam afnam en dat het middel naar de nieuwe jaarring werd getransporteerd, twee voorwaarden voor een toepassing op praktijkschaal van fenpropimorf voor de bestrijding van de iepeziekte.
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Scheffer, R.J., Brakenhoff, A.C., Kerkenaar, A. et al. Control of Dutch elm disease by the sterol biosynthesis inhibitors fenpropimorph and fenpropidin. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 94, 161–173 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01978005
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