Clarke, Joy, McGuinness, Brian, Fitzpatrick, David, Kavanagh, Kevin and Grogan, Helen (2024) Response of the mushroom pathogen Cladobotryum mycophilum to the fungicides prochloraz and metrafenone and two Bacillus-based biological control agents in mushroom crop trials. Crop Protection, 177. p. 106530. ISSN 0261-2194
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Abstract
Cobweb disease caused by members of the Cladobotryum genus is a major problem for growers of the white
button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). Synthetic fungicides such as prochloraz and metrafenone have been very
successful at targeting and eliminating the pathogens that cause mushroom disease. However, prochloraz can no
longer be used in the European Union (EU) from June 2023 and over-reliance on metrafenone has resulted in
putative resistant pathogenic strains emerging. Prochloraz still showed good control of two different isolates of
Cladobotryum mycophilum with efficacy values consistently reaching 70%. Metrafenone inhibited the growth of
C. mycophilum isolate 618, which was isolated before metrafenone was introduced (efficacy 96%), but it failed to
control C. mycophilum 1546, which was isolated after metrafenone was introduced, and which should now be
classified as resistant. Two further C. mycophilum isolates from mushroom farms in 2019 also showed metrafenone resistance in vitro. In this work two biological control agents (BCAs) were investigated as potential environmentally sustainable alternatives to the fungicides prochloraz and metrafenone. The BCA Bacillus velezensis
QST 713 was unsuccessful in controlling cobweb disease caused by C. mycophilum isolate 1546 while the BCA
Bacillus velezensis Kos showed moderate control over two trials reaching 30–40% efficacy. Lower inoculum
concentrations resulted in slightly lower but not significantly different disease levels across all treatments. Future
trials with BCAs need to look at alternative methods to evaluate efficacy.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Agaricus bisporus; Cobweb disease; Biocontrol; Bacillus velezensis; fungicide resistance; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Human Health Institute |
Item ID: | 18971 |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106530 |
Depositing User: | David Fitzpatrick |
Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2024 11:57 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Crop Protection |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/18971 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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