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At this Institute over the last 6 years Coniothyrium minitans and Trichoderma isolates have been tested for ability to control Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on glasshouse lettuce and celery. Initially, a wheat grain preparation of C. minitans was incorporated into soil containing sclerotia of S. sclerotiorum before planting each of three consecutive lettuce crops. This treatment gave 85% disease reduction or greater when 30-50% disease was present in control plots, comparable with fortnightly sprays of Ronilan (vinclozolin) (Lynch and Ebben, 1986).
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Whipps, J.M. (1992). Use of Mycoparasites for Biological Control of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum in the Glasshouse. In: Tjamos, E.C., Papavizas, G.C., Cook, R.J. (eds) Biological Control of Plant Diseases. NATO ASI Series, vol 230. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9468-7_61
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