Some traditional and newel protection methods were evaluated against fig die-back fungal pathogens Botryodiplodia theobromae , Fusarium solani and Alternaria alternata ) under greenhouse conditions in Egypt during the two successive years , 2006 and 2007. The chemical control is still the easier method to control of plant diseases. Benlate was the best fungicide against fig die-back fungal disease followed by Topsin-M ,Kema- Z and Kocide 101, where the disease severity under these applications were 14.95 , 19.70, 20.43 and 22.87 % , respectively.
Calcium supper phosphate and potassium sulphate has an important role on growth and development of fig tree and decrease the fig die-back disease severity, while Ammonium sulphate increased it ( 18.1 and 20.5 and 22.3 % disease severity , respectively when the fertilizers input 15 days before infection ). The bioagents and biocides gave promising antagonistic effect against fig die-back pathogens. The bioagent, Bacillus subtilis was more efficient than the commercial biocides , Bio-ARC and Bio-Zeied , where their efficiency were 51.4, 48.7 and 42.4 % , respectively.
Some resistance inducers were evaluated. Sodium monophosphate was the best tested elicitor ( 21.78 % disease severity ) compared with salicylic acid ( 49.58 % disease severity ).