• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 1999

Ethaboxam is the first proprietary fungicide developed in Korea, registered in 1998 and commercialized in 1999 by LG Chemical Ltd., Korea. It is a derivative of aminothiazole carboxamide and formulated into 25% wettable powder for practical application in fields. Ethaboxam effectively controlled cucumber downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis, potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans, and pepper Phytophthora blight caused by P. capsici, and was superior or comparable to the commercial standards, when foliarly sprayed 3∼5 times until dripping off at approximately 7-day intervals during the growing season. Ethaboxam was required at least 125 mg/liter and 250 mg/liter for effective control of cucumber downy mildew, and potato late blight and pepper Phytophthora blight, respectively. There was not phytotoxicity observed o leaves, stems or fruits of cucumber, potato and pepper from any trial.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 1998년도 Proceedings of International symposium on Recent Technology of Chemical Control of Plant Diseases
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• pp.50-69
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• 1998

Dimethomorph is a novel fungicide with a high level of activity against diseases induced by certain Oomycetes, including fungal populations that are resistant to other products. In several ways, this fungicide illustrates the opportunities and challenges presented by many modern pesticides. The specific mode of action, which affects cell wall formation, is associated with a very high level of performance and low dose rates under field conditions. These low dose rates, combined with a low level of toxicity to non-target organisms present an outstanding safety profile. This same highly-specific mode of action, however, limits the spectrum of activity and suggests the need for a resistance management plan, both of which must be addressed in new product development. In addition, the biological and physiochemical properties of this, and other new products are not adequately described by the traditional classification of fungicides into“protectant”and“systemic”types. These unique profiles provide novel and useful products for disease control.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.303-308
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• 2006

Ethaboxam is a fungicide controlling plant diseases caused by Oomycetes. Efforts were made to improve its fungicidal activity applying formulation technology. Fungicidal activity of ethaboxam against cucumber downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis was improved by incorporating polyoxyethylene cetyl ether (PCE) in a wettable powder formulation. It was found that the optimum combination ratio of PCE and ethaboxam was 3:1, and a tank-mix of $150{\mu}g/ml$ of ethaboxam and $450{\mu}g/ml$ of PCE would be as good as the standard 25 % WP formulation diluted to $250{\mu}g/ml$ ethaboxam without PCE in controlling cucumber downy mildew. Based on this results, a wettable powder (WP) co-formulation containing 15% of ethaboxam and 45% of PCE was developed in this study, and tested for its performance in the fields. This co-formulation showed significant improvement in persistence of fungicidal activity and curative efficacy of ethaboxam against cucumber downy mildew. The improved control efficacy was also confirmed for control of grape downy mildew caused by Plasmopara viticola and potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans in the field tests.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2004년도 The 2004 KSPP Annual Meeting & International Symposium
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• pp.36-38
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• 2004

Ethaboxam is a new fungicidal active ingredient that inhibits growth of plant pathogens specifically belonging to Oomycetes with protective, curative, systemic and translaminar activity in plants. Modes of action studies revealed that ethaboxam simultaneously inhibits cytoskeleton formation and mitochondrial respiration of Phytophthora infestans at low concentrations. There have been no indications of resistance development when tested for baseline resistance monitoring to 261 isolates of P. infestans in Korea and Europe and 150 populations of Plasmopara viticola populations in Europe for 3 years since 2000. In a selective study with vine trees artificially inoculated with P. viticola repeatedly for 10 generations in greenhouse, there have been no changes in sensitivity to ethaboxam among four natural populations of P. viticola. Furthermore, ethamoxam has not shown any cross resistance with azoxystrobin, mefenoxam, dimethomorph and cymoxanil. Based on the study results from modes of action and resistance development, ethaboxam appears to be unlikely to develop resistance in field applications.

• Mycobiology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.333-342
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• 2023

Phytophthora species, classified under Oomycota, cause significant damage to various crops and trees. The present study introduced Phytophthora species, P. nagaii and P. tentaculata, new to Korea, which pose notable risks to their respective host plants. Our research provided a comprehensive description of these species taking into account their cultural features, morphological characteristics, and molecular phylogenetic analysis using the internal transcribed spacer rDNA region and cytochrome c oxidase subunit mtDNA genes (cox1 and cox2) sequences. In addition, this study first evaluated the sensitivity of P. nagaii and P. tentaculata to five anti-oomycete fungicides, finding both species most responsive to picarbutrazox and P. tentaculata resistant to fluazinam. The data can guide targeted treatment strategies and offer insights into effective control methods. The findings expand our understanding of the diversity, distribution, and management of Phytophthora species in Korea.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.422-428
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• 2005

배추 유묘를 Plasmodiophora brassicae 오염토에 이식하고 약제 용액을 폿트(35 $cm^2$)에 관주처리 하는 방법으로 기존 살균제 44종의 배추 뿌리혹병에 대한 방제효과를 실험하였다. 뿌리혹병 방제용 살균제인 fluazinam, flusulfamide 및 cyazofamid는 폿트 당 0.63 mg 처리구에서 모두 90% 이상의 방제가를 나타냈다. 난균류 병해 살균제인 ethaboxam과 cymoxanil은 폿트 당 5 mg 처리 시에 배추 뿌리혹병을 완전히 방제하였다. 그러나 cymoxanil은 고농도 처리에서 배추에 심한 약해를 유발하였다. 잿빛곰팡이병 방제용 살균제인 dichlofluanid와 procymidone도 폿트 당 2.5 mg 처리 시에 배추 뿌리혹병을 효과적으로 방제하였다. 광범위살균제인 chlorothalonil, quintozene과 trichlamide도 2.5 mg 처리 시에 각각 85%, 100%, 100%의 방제가를 나타냈다. 스테롤 생합성 저해제는 대부분 배추 뿌리혹병에 우수한 방제효과를 나타냈으나, 이들은 배추 유묘의 생육을 억제하는 약해를 나타냈다. 이상의 결과로부터 선발된 7종 살균제의 배추 뿌리혹병 방제효과를 비교하여 실험한 결과, 이들 중 ethaboxam은 가장 우수한 방제효과를 나타냈으며 fenarimol, pocymidone, nuarimol, chlorothalonil 순으로 우수한 방제효과를 보였다.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.41-41
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• 2015

Oomycetes belong to the kingdom Straminipila, a remarkably diverse group which includes brown algae and planktonic diatoms, although they have previously been classified under the kingdom Fungi. These organisms have evolved both saprophytic and pathogenic lifestyles, and more than 60% of the known species are pathogens on plants, the majority of which are classified into the order Peronosporales (includes downy mildews, Phytophthora, and Pythium). Recent phylogenetic investigations based on DNA sequences have revealed that the diversity of oomycetes has been largely underestimated. Although morphology is the most valuable criterion for their identification and diversity, morphological species identification is time-consuming and in some groups very difficult, especially for non-taxonomists. DNA barcoding is a fast and reliable tool for identification of species, enabling us to unravel the diversity and distribution of oomycetes. Accurate species determination of plant pathogens is a prerequisite for their control and quarantine, and further for assessing their potential threat to crops. The mitochondrial cox2 gene has been widely used for identification, taxonomy and phylogeny of various oomycete groups. However, recently the cox1 gene was proposed as a DNA barcode marker instead, together with ITS rDNA. To determine which out of cox1 or cox2 is best suited as universal oomycete barcode, we compared these two genes in terms of (1) PCR efficiency for 31 representative genera, as well as for historic herbarium specimens, and (2) in terms of sequence polymorphism, intra- and interspecific divergence. The primer sets for cox2 successfully amplified all oomycete genera tested, while cox1 failed to amplify three genera. In addition, cox2 exhibited higher PCR efficiency for historic herbarium specimens, providing easier access to barcoding type material. In addition, cox2 yielded higher species identification success, with higher interspecific and lower intraspecific divergences than cox1. Therefore, cox2 is suggested as a partner DNA barcode along with ITS rDNA instead of cox1. Including the two barcoding markers, ITS rDNA and cox2 mtDNA, the multi-locus phylogenetic analyses were performed to resolve two complex clades, Bremia lactucae (lettuce downy mildew) and Peronospora effuse (spinach downy mildew) at the species level and to infer evolutionary relationships within them. The approaches discriminated all currently accepted species and revealed several previously unrecognized lineages, which are specific to a host genus or species. The sequence polymorphisms were useful to develop a real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay for detection of airborne inoculum of B. lactucae and P. effusa. Specificity tests revealed that the qPCR assay is specific for detection of each species. This assay is sensitive, enabling detection of very low levels of inoculum that may be present in the field. Early detection of the pathogen, coupled with knowledge of other factors that favor downy mildew outbreaks, may enable disease forecasting for judicious timing of fungicide applications.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.73-96
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• 2024

Root and stem rot caused by Phytophthora palmivora is one of the most serious diseases affecting durian production in Thailand where metalaxyl, an effective fungicide against oomycetes, has been used extensively for a long period to control this disease. Although field isolates of P. palmivora resistant to metalaxyl exist in Thailand, a molecular basis for P. palmivora has not yet been elucidated regarding metalaxyl resistance. The current study tested whether P. palmivora RPA1 (the DNA-directed RNA polymerase I subunit gene), a homolog gene of RPA190 associated with metalaxyl resistance in some isolates of Phytophthora infestans, had a role in the resistance mechanism toward metalaxyl. In total, 40 durian-derived isolates of P. palmivora were assessed for metalaxyl sensitivity using a mycelial growth inhibition assay. The effective concentrations for 50% mycelial growth inhibition values for all isolates tested were in the range 0.01-872.88 mg/L. The isolates were clustered into three groups: sensitive (n=23), moderately resistant (n=11), and resistant (n=6) groups. No polymorphism was revealed based on multiple alignment analysis of the amino acid sequences translated from the corresponding DNA sequences in the region of RPA1 of the metalaxyl-sensitive (n=5), moderately resistant (n=2), and resistant isolates (n=6). Furthermore, investigation of the RPA1 expression among these representative isolates (n=3, each group) indicated that RPA1 expression may not be involved in the regulation of P. palmivora resistance to metalaxyl. Based on this line of evidence, there was no detected relationship regarding metalaxyl resistance and P. palmivora RPA1.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2005

Ethaboxam[(RS)-N-(a-cyano-2-thenyl)-4-ethyl-2-(ethylamino)-1,3-thiazole-5-carboximide]은 난균강 미생물에 대하여 우수한 살균활성을 보이는 신규 살균제이다. Ethaboxam 원제와 몇 가지 ethaboxam 제형의 배추 뿌리혹병에 대한 방제효과를 조사하였다. Ethaboxam을 관주처리 하였을 때, 토양 1 L 당 8.33 mg 농도 처리구는 배추 뿌리의 혹 형성이 완전히 억제되었으며, $EC_{50}$ 값은 2.65 mg/L 토양이었다. Ethaboxam 5개 제형(10% 액상수화제, 15% 액상수화제, 2% 입제, 5% 입제, 25% 수화제) 그리고 ethaboxam과 metalaxyl 합제 제형(3%+1% 입제)의 배추 뿌리혹병 방제효과는 우수하였다. 이들 중 토양 관주처리 한 ethaboxam의 10% 및 15% 액상수화제, 토양 혼화처리 한 ethaboxam 2% 입제 제형은 다른 제형보다 배추 뿌리혹병에 대하여 더 우수한 방제효과를 보였다. 이들의 배추 뿌리혹병에 대한 $EC_{50}$ 값은 원제기준으로 토양 L 당 각각 3.72 mg(10% 액상수화제), 1.10 mg (15% 액상수화제), 4.95 mg (2% 입제) 이었다. 그러므로 실험한 ethaboxam 6개 제형 중에 15% 액상수화제가 배추 뿌리혹병에 대하여 가장 우수한 방제효과를 나타냄을 알 수 있었다. 이들 결과로부터 ethaboxam은 포장에서도 배추 뿌리혹병을 효과적으로 방제할 수 있으리라 생각되었다.