THE EFFICACY OF MILK FOR MANAGING POWDERY MILDEW IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS | ||
| IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S.F.M. Al-Naseri; D. Godfrey | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of diluted milk in managing powdery mildew (Oidium sp.) in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Six greenhouse experiments were conducted, the results showed that milk, when applied to tomato plants weekly at a concentration of 0.1 was as effective as higher concentrations of milk and the fungicide control, Ecocarb® (3 g L-1). The efficacy of milk was improved by increasing the treatment frequency when milk was applied at concentration of 0.1 and 0.05. However, sunlight had no effect on the efficacy of milk to control powdery mildew when milk was applied biweekly at 0.05 concentrations to shaded tomatoes and tomatoes under ambient sunlight. Milk had protective and curative antifungal properties when milk 0.05 was sprayed before and after disease onset. | ||
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