M. E. Menna, J. N. Parle
Feb 1, 1972
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
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Abstract The increasing use of substituted benzimidazoles as pasture sprays to control the toxic fungus Pithomyces chartarum warranted study of their effects on other members of the mycoflora of herbage. An examination was made of the in vitro effects of thiabendazole, benomyl, and Fuberidazol on fungi frequently recovered from pasture plant leaves, and also on a group of fungi of medical and veterinary interest and some associated with viticulture. Cephalosporium spp., Cladosporium herbarum, Fusarium nivale, Aspergillus amstelodami, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Bolrytis cinerea were the most sensitive of the fungi examined, being inhibited by 1 ppm of at least two of the three fungicides. Phycomycetes, fermenting yeasts, Colletotrichum graminicola, and Rhyncosporium orthosporum were the least sensitive and were inhibited, if at all, by saturated solutions only. Thiabendazole applied to pasture at a rate of 2 lb/acre, either once or repeatedly, did not reduce the total number of mou...