Coniothyrium minitans controls Sclerotinia in F&V and arable crops
- Fruits and Vegetables, arable / EU/ Coniothyrium minitans/ Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Sclerotinia minor
- Effectively parasitizing and killing off of sclerotia (persistent survival structures Sclerotinia) in infected soils, without environmental impact
- Technical result: 70-80% of sclerotia are killed, providing a long term accumulative control over several cropping cycles
- Economic result: when implemented strategically into the crop rotation the biocontrol agent keeps disease incidence low, even for susceptible crops in problematic situations. This results in yield increase, often with a better appearance of the fresh produce (eg. Carrot, lettuce).
- Sustainability (ecological, social and economical) Gains:
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- Enables regenerative land use practices reclaiming soils with high disease pressure for production
- Increased biodiversity (no non-target effects) enabling resilient cropping systems
- Reduction in chemical pesticides
- Enables regenerative land use practices reclaiming soils with high disease pressure for production
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- Enables worker health and safety: no negative impact on the worker’s health
- Promotes quality nutritious fruit and vegetable production
- Enables worker health and safety: no negative impact on the worker’s health
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- Supports farmers’ livelihoods, reduction of yield losses and better storage
- Improves financial viability and stabilizing the farmer’s income
- Supports farmers’ livelihoods, reduction of yield losses and better storage
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Fungal diseases
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