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PROHEXADIONE CALCIUM – A TOOL FOR REDUCING SECONDARY FIRE BLIGHT INFECTION

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489_103
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597 – 600
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Apple trees are highly susceptible to fire blight when actively growing, but this period of susceptibility can be reduced to 1 to 2 weeks with a single high-rate application of the growth retardant prohexadione calcium (BAS 125W, Apogee). Prohexadione calcium inhibits the biosynthesis of gibberellin.
Inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis results in an early cessation of growth and reduced risk of infection by Erwinia amylovora. Trees treated with 250 mg·L-1 prohexadione calcium late in the bloom period were found to have a significantly lower incidence of secondary shoot blight than unsprayed trees.
Also, infections were suppressed on shoots inoculated 7 days after treatment with 250 mg.L-1 prohexadione calcium.
Two applications of 125 mg.L-1 prohexadione calcium were not as effective as one 250 mg·L-1 application in suppressing infection or secondary spread.
Prohexadione calcium appears to offer a new and novel approach to fire blight control that does not involve the use of antibiotics.

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W.G.D. Fernando, A.L. Jones
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