Efficacy of postharvest treatments by nebulisation of biological control organisms against Botrytis cinerea fruit rot on pear

Storage diseases of pome fruits are caused by different fungal species. Disease management to control storage diseases includes several treatments with different fungicides in the weeks prior to harvest. However, residues on fruits becomes more and more a public and governmental concern. In order to reduce the chemical residue on fruits to a minimum, more research is done on alternative disease management. In this respect, in 2013, a project on ‘Nebulisation of biological control organisms in cold storage rooms to control storage diseases’, which is funded by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (vlaio), has started at the pcfruit institute in collaboration with ILVO and the Catholic University of Leuven. Here the efficacy of several biological control organisms (BCOs), which were applied through specific atomization in the cold storage room, was examined against Botrytis storage diseases on pear.

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Efficacy of postharvest treatments by nebulisation of biological control organisms against Botrytis cinerea fruit rot on pear () Poster

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Activity type

Participation in scientific conference

Activity work package

Reduction in pesticide residues

Activity number

PcFruit-WP3-A5

Activity contact

Wendy Van Hemelrijck; Proefcentrum fruitteelt vzw, Fruittuinweg 1, 3800 Sint-Truiden, Belgium. [email protected];
Tanja Vanwalleghem; Proefcentrum fruitteelt vzw, Fruittuinweg 1, 3800 Sint-Truiden, Belgium. [email protected]

Activity partner

Proefcentrum Fruitteelt vzw

Activity country

Germany

Last edit

07-11-2017