Effect
Increased other
Frontiere + Botrisine treated Strawberry, cv. Alba/Romina, grown in a polytunnel on the field had after 4 days of shelf-life on average 10.8 % less decay incidence, a 16.8 % lower decay severity, a 24.5 % lower infection index and the same fruit quality in terms of colour and firmness as compared to the untreated control.
Trial details
outdoor, plastic hill culture production system, soil grown, usual cultivation
Italy
Crop
Strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment at flowering, followed by 5 treatments with a 5-days interval
Rate
1+3 mL/L; 1000 L/ha spraying volume
2015
Preharvest treatments with chitosan and other alternatives to conventional fungicides to control postharvest decay of strawberry
Carbohydrate Polymers
132
111-117
Crop group
