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Reduction of Sulphur Dose in the Control of Powdery Mildew of Grapevine through Silicate and Equisetum arvense Foliar Applications and Effect on Yield and Berry Quality
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: Received: 2 February 2024 / Approved: 2 February 2024 / Online: 2 February 2024 (15:06:53 CET)
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Calzarano, F.; Pagnani, G.; Seghetti, L.; Di Marco, S. Reduction of Sulphur Dose in the Control of Powdery Mildew of Grapevine through Silicate and Equisetum arvense Foliar Applications and Effect on Yield and Berry Quality. Preprints2024, 2024020164. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0164.v1
Calzarano, F.; Pagnani, G.; Seghetti, L.; Di Marco, S. Reduction of Sulphur Dose in the Control of Powdery Mildew of Grapevine through Silicate and Equisetum arvense Foliar Applications and Effect on Yield and Berry Quality. Preprints 2024, 2024020164. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0164.v1
Calzarano, F.; Pagnani, G.; Seghetti, L.; Di Marco, S. Reduction of Sulphur Dose in the Control of Powdery Mildew of Grapevine through Silicate and Equisetum arvense Foliar Applications and Effect on Yield and Berry Quality. Preprints2024, 2024020164. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0164.v1
APA Style
Calzarano, F., Pagnani, G., Seghetti, L., & Di Marco, S. (2024). Reduction of Sulphur Dose in the Control of Powdery Mildew of Grapevine through Silicate and Equisetum arvense Foliar Applications and Effect on Yield and Berry Quality. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0164.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Calzarano, F., Leonardo Seghetti and Stefano Di Marco. 2024 "Reduction of Sulphur Dose in the Control of Powdery Mildew of Grapevine through Silicate and Equisetum arvense Foliar Applications and Effect on Yield and Berry Quality" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0164.v1
Abstract
The protection of grapevine from the diseases is now particularly focused on the development of environmentally friendly strategies. Although sulphur is not in itself a toxic substance, a large use towards powdery mildew, in organic vineyards especially, may cause problems to environment, health and safety of viticultural workers and plant phytotoxicity. The activity on powdery mildew of sulphur applied at doses reduced up to 50% in tank mixtures with silicates and Equisetum arvense based products, never tested on grapevine, was assessed. Two-year trials were carried out applying the products every 7-9 days in the period of greatest risk for spring ascosporic infections, in two organic vineyards in the Abruzzo region, Italy. The effectiveness towards the disease of the mixtures was demonstrated, often to a greater extent than that of full-dose sulphur, normally used in the vineyards. Furthermore, in vines treated with the mixtures, increases in yield quantity and quality, such as higher contents of soluble solids and lower levels of total acidity, have been shown. Due to the strong efficacy demonstrated on the leaves, silicon-based products + sulphur mixtures can also be recommended in eradicative applications, aimed at reducing the inoculum of the disease. The great activity of the mixtures demonstrated in this study suggests confirmation through further investigations on different cultivars and vine-growing areas at different levels of infection, also testing the effectiveness of individual silicon products against the disease.
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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