AbstractBenodanil, triadimefon or triadimenol, prepared as solutions (30 g litre−1) in a mixture ofN‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone and xylene(1+ 9 by volume), or benodanil, prepared by diluting an emulsified concentrate with water, were applied to the surface of stumps produced by removing branches from apple trees. The active ingredients penetrated in fungitoxic amounts at least 6 cm below the wound surface, except when diluted benodanil e. c. was used. No such penetration occurred when the stumps were treated with acrylic paints containing the same ingredients. Triadimefon and triadimenol persisted within the wood for at least 273 days. No treatment inhibited callus formation but none appeared to enhance it. There were more saprophytic fungi in samples taken from treated than from untreated stumps, and the number of microorganisms present in the wood decreased with distance from the wound surface. Only one basidiomycete fungus was present in wood samples taken 273 days after treatments were carr
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