Article / Synergies project: controlling Fusarium in vegetable (melon and garlic) production systems in various production areas

Soucemarianadin, L., Balanant, T., Chabert, A., Ducourouble, C., Fito, L., Forzani, C., Leyronas, C., Lhote, J.-M., Pellat, J., Prigent-Combaret, C., Rey, M., Steinberg, C., Tanchon, L., Torres, M., (2024) Synergies project: controlling Fusarium in vegetable (melon and garlic) production systems in various production areas. Innovations Agronomiques, 94, 155-172. https://doi.org/10.17180/ciag-2024-vol94-art11

Abstract: The SYNERGIES project aimed at testing different agroecological levers, depending on the pedoclimatic context and cropping systems, and at providing advisors with decision-making tools to control soil-borne diseases caused by Fusarium spp. in garlic and melon crops. A characterisation of the health status of soils and crops (soil analyses and survey of practices) was carried out in a network of plots presenting varying levels of Fusarium wilt attack. An initial inventory of the levers mobilised made it possible to select those that could be tested in the project. The effectiveness of different agroecological levers for theprotection of garlic and melon crops was thus evaluated under semi-controlled conditions and in the field. At the same time, plant samples from these trials were used to understand the processes involved in the protection of these crops. The synthesis of knowledge acquired from surveys, analyses, and trials, combined with literature analysis and the opinion of experts made it possible to develop prototypes ofoperational tools for Fusarium wilts management. These are designed to recommend agroecological levers adapted to pedoclimatic contexts, cropping systems and technical itineraries.