Abstract
Fruit rots are some of the most important diseases of grape and strawberry. With recent public concern regarding pesticide residues on fruit, there is a need for alternative disease management practices that will reduce the risk to consumers. The main aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the commercial product BOTRY-Zen (active ingredient Ulocladium oudemansii [U3 strain]) to control strawberry and grape fruit rots. BOTRY-Zen at 6 g/L reduced significantly the percentage of rotted fruit in comparison with the untreated control. However, its effectiveness was significantly less than that of the fungicide Switch 25/37.5 WG (fludioxonil: cyprodinil) at a rate of 1 g/L (recommended by producer). There was no significant difference between the BOTRY-Zen at rate of 4 g/L and untreated plants. The results of this study showed that the commercial product BOTRY-Zen, at 6 g/L, could be a useful tool to control fruit rots of strawberry and grape in biological fruit production systems.
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