| TITLE |
An integrated control of white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) of beans, with emphasis on recent advances in biological control |
| AUTHOR |
J. C. Tu
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre, Harrow, Ontario N0R 1G0, Canada |
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| ABSTRACT |
This article states the importance of white mold disease in bean production worldwide; briefly discusses the etiology and epidemiology of the fungus and the disease; and reviews an integrated control measure that includes a) site selection, b) no-till and rotation, c) seed treatment, d) resistant cultivar, e) plant type, f) row width and plant density, g) chemical control and h) biological control for which various bioagents are summarized and the recent advances in two high profile bioagents Gliocladium virens and Coniothyrium minitans are discussed further. |
| KEYWORD |
Bean; Biological control; Integrated control; Sclerotinaia sclerotiorum; White mold; |
| ARTICLE INFO |
Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 38 Number 2 April 1997, page 73-76, 4 pages |
| PUBLISHER |
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
