Treatment

Severity in untreated fruit^a

Percent efficacy^b

Preventive sprays in the field (benomyl + copper oxychloride)

5.1

58

Preventive sprays in the field (benomyl + mancozeb)

6.4

89

Preventive sprays in the field (benomyl + mancozeb)

11.5

92.5

Preventive sprays in the field (ferbam + copper hydroxide)

12.9

92.7

Eradicant sprays in the field (750 ppm prochloraz, following six low-level infection periods)^c

1.15

69.6

Postharvest dip in the water, 53 °C, 3 min

0.514

82.1

Postharvest dip in the water, 53 °C, 3 min

12.5

48.3

Postharvest dip in 750 ppm prochloraz, ambient temperature

12.5

94

Postharvest dip in 750 ppm prochloraz, ambient temperature

27.7

43.2

Postharvest dip in 250 ppm prochloraz, 53 °C, 3 min

0.514

98.8

Postharvest dip in 250 ppm prochloraz, 53 °C, 3 min

12.5

98.5

Postharvest dip in 500 ppm prochloraz, 53 °C, 3 min

27.7

96.6

^aAverage percent fruit area diseased. ^bPercent disease reduction relative to control.

^cEstimated 10% of conidia forming dark appressoria, according to the model developed by [28].