Bacterial Disease Efficacy Summary & Literature Review – 2021

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Research Summary Abstract

From 2008 to 2020, 70 products were tested through the IR-4 Environmental Horticulture Program as drench or foliar applications against bacterial pathogens. In addition to research collected through the IR-4 program, this summary includes a review of experiments conducted from 2005 to 2017, mainly on tree crops. Species tested included: Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Erwinia amylovora, E. chrysanthemi, Pseudomonas cichorii, P. marginalis, P. syringae, Pseudomonas sp., Xanthomonas axonopodis, Xanthomonas campestris, and Xanthomonas spp. In general, all products, including the standard copper containing bactericides (Camelot, CuPRO, Cuprofix, Cuprofix MZ, Junction, Kocide, MasterCop, Phyton 27, ReZist, etc.), mancozebs (Dithane, Penncozeb, Protect) and biologicals (Cease, Regalia, Rhapsody and Serenade), provided variable efficacy on these bacterial pathogens. Several new products that looked promising based on their efficacy relative to standards including, CG100, Citrex, HM-0736, Insimmo, Regalia, Taegro, Tanos and ZeroTol. Further research is needed to obtain additional efficacy data to recommend actions to register or amend labels for these pests.

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