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Fungitoxic properties of an antibiotic against dutch elm disease
Author(s) -
Costonis A. C.,
Davis H. F.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1976.tb00498.x
Subject(s) - dutch elm disease , ceratocystis , biology , inoculation , antibiotics , ulmaceae , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture , fungus
A formulation containing solubilized Nystatin called Ceratocide, is fungitoxic to Ceratocystis ulmi (Buis.) Moreau as shown in laboratory studies. In controlled inoculations studies in eight‐year‐old elm saplings, Ceratocide was shown to have prophylactic utility in Dutch elm disease control when injected 2, 4 or 10 days before a challenge inoculation with C. ulmi . Therapeutic control was not obtained with a single injection of Ceratocide. Most infected trees succumbed to Dutch elm disease either during the same year of treatment or a year later.