We screened 108 cultivars of grapevine (Vitis spp.) for resistance to grape ripe rot, caused by Colletotrichum acutatum and C. gloeosporioides. We evaluated the resistance to ripe rot of berries and vine leaves from grape cultivars by measuring the lesion size after inoculation with C. acutatum and C. gloeosporioides. ‘Aki Queen’ (Table grape) and ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ (Wine grape) were shown to be moderate resistant against inoculation of C. acutatum both in berries and leaves. ‘Emperatriz’, ‘Honey Red’, ‘Honey Venus’, ‘Izumo Queen’, and ‘Rosario Rosso’ in table grapes, and ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’, ‘Chancellor’, ‘Chardonnay Decoupe’, and ‘Ventura’ in wine grapes, were shown to be resistant to C. gloeosporioides both in berries and leaves of them. Grape cultivars were classified into four classes based on its level of resistance to C. acutatum and C. gloeosporioides. The present data for determining ripe rot resistance will be very useful in developing effective disease management strategies in the vineyards and selecting grape genetic resources to be used in disease resistant grape breeding programs.

Crude extracts from several medicinal plants were investigated for their antimicrobial activities against Colletotrichum spp. in grapevines Extracts of sweet wormwood, cockscomb flowers, asian plantain flowers, and peach tree resin showed in vitro antifungal activity on growth of Colletotrichum acutatum. To test inhibition effects of ripe rot development by C. acutatum and C. gloeosporioides, grapevine leaves were sprayed with each extract (500 fold diluted) from sweet wormwood and cockscomb flower and leaves, asian plantain flower and peach tree resin. The crude extracts of medicinal plants displayed remarkable in vivo antimicrobial activities with inhibition of lesion development by 22.5 to 67.5 % in ‘Blanc seedless’ and 2.12 to 53.2% in ‘Thompson seedless’ inoculated with agar block of C. acutatum and by 19.2 to 61.5% in 'Blanc seedless' and 19.6 to 78.3% in ‘Thompson seedless’ grapevines inoculated with spore suspension of C. acutatum compared with the untreated control. The crude extracts of medicinal plants showed remarkable inhibition of ripe rot by 26 to 64.8 % in ‘Blanc seedless’ and 25.5 to 76.5% in ‘Thompson seedless’ grapevine leaves inoculated with C. gloeosporioides agar block inoculation and by 23.1 to 61.5% in 'Blanc seedless' and 18.8 to 25% in ‘Thompson seedless’ grapevine leaves inoculated with C. gloeosporioides spore suspension compared with uninoculated control. These findings indicate that medicinal plant extracts could be used as possible candidates to control ripe rot disease environment friendly in grapevines.

(1) 위조독소(Fusaric acid)를 생성하는 참깨, 시들음병균(Fusarium oxysporun f. vasinfectum)의 배양여액이 참깨, 밀, 목화, 벼 등의 종자의 발아에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위하여 본시험에 착수하였다. (2) 공시균의 10종의 계통의 배양여액을 첨가한 발아상에 있어서의 참깨, 목화, 밀, 벼 등의 종자의 발아상태를 조사한 결과 공시균의 몇 가지 계통의 배양여액은 이들 작물종자의 발아에 뚜렷한 경향을 주지 않지만 대부분의 계통의 배양여액은 참깨, 목화, 밀, 벼 등의 종자발아를 완전히 조지하거나 혹은 발아지연 또는발아율의 저하를 초래한다는 것을 알았다. a. 공시균의 10종의 계통중 201호균의 배양여액은 참깨, 목화, 밀, 벼 등의 종자발아를 거의 완전히 저지하고 있으며 발아를 유제하는 독성에 있어서 작물간차이는 볼 수 없었으나 이 밖의 281, 321호균 등의 배양여액은 참깨, 목화. 밀, 벼 등 종자의 발아를 억제하는 독성에 있어서 작물간 차이를 볼 수 있었다. b. Fusarium oxysporum f. vasinfectum의 첩양여액이 종자발아를 억제하는 독성에 대하여 참깨가 가장 감수성이 강하고 벼는 감수성이 가장 약하며 밀, 목화 등의 감수성은 참깨와 혀의 그것의 중간에 속한다. (3) Fusarium oxysporum f. vasinfectum 여러 가지 계통균이 혼재하는 토양에서는 밀, 벼 등 비기주작물도 이 균이 토양중에 생성하는 Fusaric acid에 의하여 종자발아나 발아후의 생육이 저해될 가능성이 있다.