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ThE FrUITGrOWEr • FEbrUAry2017
As
b
iofungicides gain inc
r
easing
r
ecognition fo
r
t
h
ei
r
r
ole in tackling
costl
y
fungal diseases, expe
r
ts advise t
h
at a ke
y
to success is
unde
r
standingw
h
at to look fo
r
in a t
r
eatment tomaximise
r
esults
andp
r
otect against t
h
ewidest
r
ange of damagingplant pat
h
ogens.
LallemandPlant Ca
r
e’s And
r
ewGoug
h
explains t
h
at it’s vital to
exploit t
h
e a
b
ilit
y
of t
h
e
b
eneficial fungus to out-compete disease
t
hr
eats andp
r
otect f
r
uit c
r
opsw
h
en t
h
e
y
a
r
emost vulne
r
a
b
le.
“T
h
at’sw
hy
it’s c
r
ucial to seek p
r
oducts offe
r
ing t
h
e
r
ig
h
t
b
eneficial
fungal st
r
ain, isolated fo
r
specific plant disease cont
r
olling
p
r
ope
r
ties. T
h
iswill dete
r
mine
h
ow agg
r
essivel
y
t
h
e
r
oots, foliage,
flowe
r
s and f
r
uit a
r
e colonised to in
h
i
b
it pat
h
ogen penet
r
ation. T
h
e
num
b
e
r
of via
b
le
b
eneficial mic
r
o
b
es is c
r
itical to success, and is
r
eflected in t
h
e colon
y
fo
r
ming units (CFU) pe
r
g
r
ammewit
h
in t
h
e
p
r
oduct,” explains And
r
ew. “you need to
b
e looking at ac
h
ieving a
b
eneficial mic
r
o-o
r
ganismpopulation in situ t
h
at is ideall
y
significantl
y
g
r
eate
r
t
h
an t
h
e concent
r
ation of t
h
e pat
h
ogen
t
hr
eatening
y
ou
r
c
r
op.”
So, fo
r
example, t
h
e
b
iofungicideP
r
estop contains a ve
ry
h
ig
h
concent
r
ation of Gliocladium catenulatum J1446, at aminimumof
200millionCFU/g of p
r
oduct, making it ove
r
w
h
elmingl
y
g
r
eate
r
t
h
an
t
h
e concent
r
ation of bot
ry
tis cine
r
ea on a
h
ig
h
l
y
invaded c
r
opw
h
en
applied at t
h
e co
rr
ect
r
ate.
“T
h
is
b
iofungicide is
h
ig
h
l
y
agg
r
essive, su
r
viving a
r
ound
r
oots and
on ae
r
ial plant pa
r
ts fo
r
seve
r
al weeks attacking and supp
r
essing
pat
h
ogens,” saidAnd
r
ew. Fu
r
t
h
e
r
mo
r
e, m
y
celium filaments, o
r
hy
p
h
ae, of st
r
ain J1446 a
r
e
hy
pe
r
-pa
r
asitic, sec
r
eting enz
y
mes t
h
at
dissolve cell walls of pat
h
ogenic fungi.
P
r
estop t
r
eatments to soil, g
r
owingmedia and su
b
st
r
ates p
r
ovide
p
r
otection against damping-off and
r
oot and
b
ase
r
ots caused
by
P
hy
top
h
t
h
o
r
a, P
y
t
h
ium, r
h
izoctonia and Fusa
r
ium. Ae
r
ial
t
r
eatments p
r
otect against g
r
e
y
mould and canke
r
s caused
by
bot
ry
tis spp. Tooptimise pe
r
fo
r
mance, it is impo
r
tant top
r
epa
r
e
and appl
y
t
h
e
b
iofungicide in t
h
e
r
ig
h
t wa
y
and in t
h
e
r
ig
h
t
conditions. “If soil wetness and soil plus ai
r
tempe
r
atu
r
es a
r
e
conducive todisease development, t
h
en t
h
e
y
a
r
e equall
y
suited to
assisting cont
r
ol wit
h
a t
r
eatment suc
h
as P
r
estop.
backing t
h
is point, Lallemand t
r
ials
h
ave s
h
own t
h
at st
r
ain
T
h
e inst
r
uments and cont
r
olled atmosp
h
e
r
e divisions of
Inte
r
national Cont
r
olledAtmosp
h
e
r
e Ltd (ICA)
h
ave
b
een
acqui
r
ed
by
Sto
r
ageCont
r
ol S
y
stems Ltd, w
h
ic
h
isw
h
oll
y
owned
by
JimSc
h
aefe
r
, t
h
e p
r
op
r
ieto
r
of Sto
r
ageCont
r
ol
S
y
stems Inc. of Spa
r
ta, Mic
h
igan, USA.
Sto
r
ageCont
r
ol S
y
stems Inc.
h
as
b
een amajo
r
and long-
time custome
r
of t
h
e ICA Inst
r
uments division and inco
r
po
r
ates
ICA6000 cont
r
ol equipment inman
y
of its installed s
y
stems in
No
r
t
h
Ame
r
ica. JimSc
h
aefe
r
andDavidbis
h
op a
r
e t
h
e co-
invento
r
s andpatent-
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olde
r
s of t
h
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b
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y
stems
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ecentl
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int
r
oduced into t
h
e cont
r
olled atmosp
h
e
r
e
ma
r
ketplace.
T
h
e ICA cont
r
olled atmosp
h
e
r
e division,
r
un
by
T
r
evo
r
Unde
r
down, is nowpa
r
t of t
h
e new compan
y
andwill
b
e
integ
r
ated as a single
b
usiness and ope
r
ation. Sto
r
ageCont
r
ol
S
y
stems Ltdwill continue to ope
r
atewit
h
t
h
e same people,
same p
r
emises, same p
r
oducts and t
h
e same excellent se
r
vice
as
b
efo
r
e.
T
h
e significant expansion of t
h
e availa
b
lema
r
ket unde
r
common owne
r
s
h
ipwill
r
esult inman
y
oppo
r
tunities fo
r
innovation and g
r
owt
h
in t
h
ewo
r
ldwidema
r
ket fo
r
equipment
used fo
r
t
h
e sto
r
age of pe
r
is
h
a
b
le p
r
oducts.
6
A new company in the provision of
controlled atmosphere fruit storage
Fig
h
ting fungal diseaseswit
h
a
b
eneficial fungus
J1446, contained inP
r
estop, is active ove
r
awide tempe
r
atu
r
e
r
ange; it t
hr
ives in ai
r
and soil tempe
r
atu
r
es of 15-25C. T
h
e ae
r
ial
g
r
owt
h
of bot
ry
tis cine
r
ea (g
r
e
y
mould) is optimised at 18-22C,
w
h
ile soil pat
h
ogens causingdamping off and
r
oot
r
ot p
r
efe
r
15-
20Cp
r
e-eme
r
gence and22-27Cpost-eme
r
gence.
