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CONTROL OF APPLE SCAB IN ORGANIC FARMING<br />

Anna La Torre, Lucia Donnarumma, Daniele Lolletti, Giancarlo Imbrogli ni<br />

Istituto Sperimentale per la Patologia Vegetale – Via C. G. Bartero, 22 - Roma<br />

Introduction<br />

Apple scab, which is caused by Venturia inequalis (Cke.) Wint., is considered the mayor <strong>di</strong>sease of apple. In<br />

organic agriculture, formulations of synthetic origin for defence are not admitted and plant protection is<br />

essentially based on the use of mineral products as copper and sulphur. Copper is more effective than sulphur<br />

(sulphur is ineffective at below 10°C, phytotoxic over 28°C and it has greater persistence). Use of copper<br />

involves several problems: it accumulates in soil, causes phytotoxicity phenomena, when employed on full<br />

vegetation, it gives rust phenomena on some varieties of apples. It is necessary to find protection alternatives<br />

strategies, limiting the negative effects of use formulations of this element and assuring, at the same time,<br />

sufficient protection against the <strong>di</strong>seases.<br />

Fig. 1: - Spilocea pomi coni<strong>di</strong>a Fig. 2: - Experimental field<br />

Materials and Methods<br />

The trial has been done in a farm near Latina (Latium, central Italy), which as been converted, in 1993, to the<br />

method of organic farming (cv Royal Gala grafted on M9). Treatments and doses are in<strong>di</strong>cated in table 1. Some<br />

compounds, for their formulation, release low amounts of copper. They are: Cuivrol, commercialized like<br />

fertiliser (18% of copper metal); Cuprobenton, composed by copper oxychloride and copper sulfate hydrate<br />

(15% of copper metal) coformulated with benthic clay (70%); Blue Copper Formula 2, made up with copper<br />

hydroxide (24% in shape of crystals of the <strong>di</strong>mension of 0,35 mµ). As alternative products have been tested<br />

Myco-sin (sulphureous clay, yeasts, equisetum extracts) and calcium polysulphide. The trials have been<br />

conducted as recommended in EPPO/OEPP PP 1/5(3). The esteem of the infectious risk has been assessed on<br />

the Mills criteria, monitoring instrumentally the climatic parameters by a thermoigrograph and a pluviometer.<br />

The assessments to estimate therapeutic efficacy have been carried out on 4 central plants of every parcel<br />

estimating the number of leaves for every treatment and percentage of leaves surface interested by apple scab,<br />

using a scale with 5 classes of attack. Results obtained, after arc sin trasformation, have been evaluated by<br />

Duncan test.<br />

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