Peculiarities of chemical composition of main types of silage prepared from grasses, legumes, and small grain crop mixtures
Lauksmė Merkevičiūte-Venslovė, Alvyra Šlepetienė, Jurgita Cesevičienė, Audroné Mankevičienè, Eimantas Venslovas
Zemdirbyste-Agriculture
Abstract
Colletotrichum spp. is a significant strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) pathogen causing yield losses of up to 80%.Due to the changing agrometeorological conditions, pathogens are able to spread in cooler climate countries.Essential oils (EO), as one of the environmentally friendly plant protection products, can be used to control plant pathogens.They possess antibacterial and antifungal properties.Because of the low toxicity and biodegradability, EO can be used in plant protection against pathogens instead of chemical products.This study aimed to determine the pathogenicity of strawberry C. acutatum and evaluate five essential oils at different concentrations as potential bio-fungicides against strawberry anthracnose (Colletotrichum acutatum).The C. acutatum pathogenicity was evaluate