Replication Data For: Integration Of Mathematical Modeling And Target-based Application Of Biocontrol Agents For The Control Of Botrytis Cinerea In Vineyards

Biocontrol agents (BCAs) were used both in calendar- (based on four growth stages, i.e., flowering, pre-bunch closure, veraison, and before harvest) and predictive model-based strategies (only when Botrytis cinerea infection risk was predicted by the model). The BCAs applied during the seasons were selected considering the grapevine growth stages. Treatments performed with BCAs were compared with synthetic fungicide treatments and an untreated control. The trials were conducted in three experimental vineyards with four epidemics. To evaluate the level of gray mold control of each treatment, disease severity was assessed at harvest and the presence of latent infection was evaluated.The integrative use of the predictive model and BCAs provided satisfactory levels of gray mold control, with gray mold severity levels significantly lower than those of the untreated control, which had severity values similar to those observed with synthetic fungicides following both calendar and model-based strategies.
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