Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland

Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland

Botrytis porri Buchw. was found to be a common and economically significant pathogenic fungus on leeks in storage. The increase in the number of fungi caused a linear decrease in the number of marketable leeks when stored at 0.5° C. B. porri was found to spoil leeks even at —0.5° C. Spraying with be...

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Main Author: Risto Tahvonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 1980-07-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Science
Online Access:https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72037
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spelling doaj-bd1d598c46e947cba67774193b28d2ca2020-11-24T21:08:00ZengScientific Agricultural Society of FinlandAgricultural and Food Science1459-60671795-18951980-07-01524Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland Risto Tahvonen0Department of Plant Pathology, University of Helsinki, SF-00710 Helsinki 71, Finland, Botrytis porri Buchw. was found to be a common and economically significant pathogenic fungus on leeks in storage. The increase in the number of fungi caused a linear decrease in the number of marketable leeks when stored at 0.5° C. B. porri was found to spoil leeks even at —0.5° C. Spraying with benomyl and thiophanatemethyl one or two weeks before harvesting significantly decreased the numbers of the fungus and the amount of damage caused during storage. Botrytis allii Munn and Fusarium avenaceum Sacc. rarely caused spoilage of leeks.https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72037
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title Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland
title_short Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland
title_full Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland
title_fullStr Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland
title_full_unstemmed Botrytis porri Buchw. on leek as an important storage fungus in Finland
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publisher Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland
series Agricultural and Food Science
issn 1459-6067
1795-1895
publishDate 1980-07-01
description Botrytis porri Buchw. was found to be a common and economically significant pathogenic fungus on leeks in storage. The increase in the number of fungi caused a linear decrease in the number of marketable leeks when stored at 0.5° C. B. porri was found to spoil leeks even at —0.5° C. Spraying with benomyl and thiophanatemethyl one or two weeks before harvesting significantly decreased the numbers of the fungus and the amount of damage caused during storage. Botrytis allii Munn and Fusarium avenaceum Sacc. rarely caused spoilage of leeks.
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