Using Contans (Coniothyrium minitans) for White Mold Management on Organic Farms Webinar

Watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1wztPM6cEg

About the Webinar

This webinar took place on March 4, 2014.

Alex Stone explains what white mold is, and how to diagnose it on the farm. She discusses the life cycles of the biocontrol agent, Contans (Coniothyruium minitans), and the white mold pathogen (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum). Farmers will learn how to incorporate Contans into an integrated white mold management program.

Alex Stone is a Vegetable Cropping Systems Specialist at the Oregon State University Department of Horticulture. She formerly worked as an organic vegetable farmer in Massachussetts.

Slides from the webinar as a pdf handout

Published September 11, 2013

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