Effects of synthetic and environmentally friendly fungicides on powdery mildew management and the phyllosphere microbiome of cucumber.

ABSTRACT: Modern agricultural practices rely on synthetic fungicides to control plant disease, but the application of these fungicides has raised concerns regarding human and environmental health for many years. As a substitute, environmentally friendly fungicides have been increasingly introduced as alternatives to synthetic fungicides. However, the impact of these environmentally friendly fungicides on plant microbiomes has received limited attention. In this study, we used amplicon sequencing to compare the bacterial and fungal microbiomes in the leaves of powdery mildew-infected cucumber after the application of two environmentally friendly fungicides (neutralized phosphorous acid (NPA) and sulfur) and one synthetic fungicide (tebuconazole). The phyllosphere α-diversity of both the bacterial and

SUBMITTER: Wu PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994715 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature