EFFECTIVENESS OF METALAXYL, FOSETYL-AL, DIMETHOMORPH, AND CYMOXANIL AGAINST PHYTOPHTHORA CACTORUM AND P. CITROPHTHORA OF PEACH TREE

Metalaxyl, fosetyl-Al, dimethomorph and cymoxanil were applied as a soil drench to evaluate their ability to control in vitro and in vivo Phytophthora cactorum and P.citrophthora, agents of crown rot of peach tree.In the in vivo assays, metalaxyl, applied as soil drench at 2 g/tree, was the most effective, reducing growth of P.cactorum and P.citrop