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dc.contributor.authorElderfield, J.
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Ruiz, Fran
dc.contributor.authorVan Den Bosch, F.
dc.contributor.authorCunniffe, N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T04:43:05Z
dc.date.available2018-08-08T04:43:05Z
dc.date.created2018-08-08T03:50:46Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationElderfield, J. and Lopez-Ruiz, F. and Van Den Bosch, F. and Cunniffe, N. 2018. Using epidemiological principles to explain fungicide resistance management tactics: Why do mixtures outperform alternations? Phytopathology. 108 (7): pp. 803-817.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69991
dc.identifier.doi10.1094/PHYTO-08-17-0277-R
dc.description.abstract

Whether fungicide resistance management is optimized by spraying chemicals with different modes of action as a mixture (i.e., simultaneously) or in alternation (i.e., sequentially) has been studied by experimenters and modelers for decades. However, results have been inconclusive. We use previously parameterized and validated mathematical models of wheat Septoria leaf blotch and grapevine powdery mildew to test which tactic provides better resistance management, using the total yield before resistance causes disease control to become economically ineffective (“lifetime yield”) to measure effectiveness. We focus on tactics involving the combination of a low-risk and a high-risk fungicide, and the case in which resistance to the high-risk chemical is complete (i.e., in which there is no partial resistance). Lifetime yield is then optimized by spraying as much low-risk fungicide as is permitted, combined with slightly more high-risk fungicide than needed for acceptable initial disease control, applying these fungicides as a mixture. That mixture rather than alternation gives better performance is invariant to model parameterization and structure, as well as the pathosystem in question. However, if comparison focuses on other metrics, e.g., lifetime yield at full label dose, either mixture or alternation can be optimal. Our work shows how epidemiological principles can explain the evolution of fungicide resistance, and also highlights a theoretical framework to address the question of whether mixture or alternation provides better resistance management. It also demonstrates that precisely how spray tactics are compared must be given careful consideration.

dc.publisherAmerican Phytopathological Society
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleUsing epidemiological principles to explain fungicide resistance management tactics: Why do mixtures outperform alternations?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume108
dcterms.source.number7
dcterms.source.startPage803
dcterms.source.endPage817
dcterms.source.issn0031-949X
dcterms.source.titlePhytopathology
curtin.departmentSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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