To estimate the sensitivity of Fusarium moniliforme to ipconazole, a sterol biosynthesis inhibitor (SBI), minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were determined for isolates which were collected before the launch of ipconazole as a rice seed disinfectant. Research institutes from various prefectures in Japan supplied 211 isolates (group I) from their collections, and 84 isolates (group II) were isolated from rice paddy fields in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. In group I, the MIC ranged from 0.10 to 6.25 μg/ml with a peak at 0.39 μg/ml. In group II, MIC values had the same range as group I, but the main peak was at 0.20 μg/ml. Ipconazole sensitivity did not differ significantly among groups I and II. Though the ranges of MIC values for ipconazole, pefurazoate and triflumizole were different in 60 isolates randomly chosen from group I, positive correlations were observed in their sensitivities to SBIs, suggesting a common mechanism in F. moniliforme for lowering sensitivities to SBIs. Among the 14 isolates tested, isolates with MIC values lower than 0.78 μg/ml for ipconazole were pathogenic to rice seedlings, and all the isolates with MIC values higher than or equal to 1.56 μg/ml were not pathogenic in the nursery test. Good protection against isolates causing “Bakanae” disease was obtained by dipping seeds for 24 hr in ipconazole. The pathogenic isolates can be controlled by the seed treatment with the practical dosage of ipconazole because of the adequate margin between the highest MIC value for the pathogenic isolates and the treatment concentration. In addition, the low or lack of pathogenicity of the isolates less sensitive to ipconazole may also contribute to the stable efficacy of ipconazole.
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Received 8 November 1999/ Accepted in revised form 18 April 2000
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TATEISHI, H., CHIDA, T. Sensitivity of Fusarium moniliforme Isolates to Ipconazole. J Gen Plant Pathol 66, 353–359 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00012977
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