Twenty-four years of Dutch Trig® application to control Dutch elm disease

Since 1992 elm trees have been treated with a biological control product Dutch Trig® to protect them from infection by Ophiostoma novo-ulmi causing Dutch elm disease (DED). The active ingredient of the biocontrol product consists of the fungus Verticillium albo-atrum strain WCS850. A conidiospore suspension of this fungus is injected into the vascular system of elm trees at a height of 1.3 m. This biocontrol product prevents healthy elm trees from fungal infection transmitted by elm bark beetles. Dutch Trig®, however, does not protect already infected trees or trees connected with diseased tre... Mehr ...