Are there alternatives to copper for controlling grapevine downy mildew in organic viticulture?

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 776-788

  Dagostin, Silvia ^a   Schärer, Hans Jakob ^b   Pertot, Ilaria ^a   Tamm, Lucius ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agent; Biopesticide; Organic production; Plant extracts; Plasmopara viticola

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; COPPER; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FUNGAL DISEASE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT EXTRACT; VINE; VINEYARD; VITICULTURE;

ITALY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; HYPOCREA LIXII; OOMYCETES; PERONOSPORACEAE; PLASMOPARA VITICOLA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; VITIS; YUCCA SCHIDIGERA;

EID: 79955923694     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.02.031     Document Type: Article

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