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Bioassimilable sulphur provides effective control of Oidium neolycopersici in tomato, enhancing the plant immune system.
Eugenio Llorens
1 ,
Carlos Agustí-Brisach
2 ,
Ana I González-Hernández
1 ,
Pilar Troncho
1 ,
Begonya Vicedo
1 ,
Teresa Yuste
2 ,
Mayte Orero
2 ,
Carlos Ledó
2 ,
Pilar García-Agustín
1 ,
Leonor Lapeña
1
May 2017
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Abstract
Developments of alternatives to the use of chemical pesticides to control pests are focused on the induction of natural plant defences. The study of new compounds based on liquid bioassimilable sulphur and its effect as an inductor of the immune system of plants would provide an alternative option to farmers to enhance plant resistance against pathogen attacks such as powdery mildew. In order to elucidate the efficacy of this compound in tomato against powdery mildew, we tested several treatments: curative foliar, preventive foliar, preventive in soil drench and combining preventive in soil drench and curative foliar.