Grapevine downy mildew control in organic farming

Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci. 2005;70(3):371-9.

Abstract

Cupric products at low dose and alternative compounds have been tested to control the downy mildew in an organic vineyard. It has found that copper compounds control downy mildew in a satisfactory way, reducing, at the same time, the dose of copper metal. The alternative products were not satisfactory to control Plasmopara viticola.

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture / methods
  • Consumer Product Safety
  • Copper / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Food, Organic*
  • Fungicides, Industrial / pharmacology*
  • Oomycetes / drug effects*
  • Oomycetes / growth & development
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology*
  • Salts
  • Vitis / microbiology*

Substances

  • Fungicides, Industrial
  • Salts
  • Copper