ABSTRACT
Bacterial blight of coffee (Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae) is an important coffee disease and can be controlled using antibiotics and copper-based compounds. However, copper-based compounds raise doubts among coffee growers regarding bacterial blight control efficiency and phytotoxic potential. In this work, coffee plants were sprayed with different copper molecules in order to study their efficiency on bacterial blight control and the phytotoxic potential. Seven copper formulations, cuprous oxide, copper oxychloride, copper nitrate, copper hydroxide 1 (water-dispersible granules) and 2 (concentrated suspension), copper sulfate 1 (complexed with gluconic acid) and 2 (Bordeaux mixture) were studied. The copper formulations efficiency was compared with the antibiotic kasugamycin, saline solution, and control. In controlled environmental conditions of temperature, relative humidity, and photoperiod, coffee seedlings were sprayed with the treatments and after 24 hours they were inoculated with Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae suspension. Disease incidence and severity assessments were performed in a 2-day interval during a 16-day period. Phytotoxicity incidence and severity, mapping, and quantification of copper on the leaf tissue surface, dried leaves weight, and total copper leaf content were assessed 16 days after pathogen inoculation. Data were submitted to the Scott-Knott test (p < 0.05). Cuprous oxide and copper sulfate 2 proved most efficient to bacterial blight control, causing lower phytotoxicity effect, best covering, and persistence on leaf tissues. Copper nitrate and copper sulfate complexed with gluconic acid were more phytotoxicity compared to other copper formulations.
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Copper/toxicity , Copper/pharmacology , Pseudomonas syringae , Anti-Bacterial AgentsABSTRACT
In recent years coffee productivity has been harmed by diseases caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Cg), for example, anthracnose, dieback and blister spot. Therefore, it has become necessary to develop alternative measures to control these diseases, since there are no fungicides registered in Brazil for their control. The aims of this work were: to evaluate the effect of potassium phosphite on the germination, fungal appressorium formation and mycelial growth of Cg and to verify this action in the reduction of disease severity of anthracnose in coffee leaves. The treatments used in an in vitro experiment were: potassium phosphite at doses of 1.25, 2.50, 5.0 and 10.0 mL.L-1, Acibenzolar-S-methyl at dose 0.1g.L-1 and Chlorothalonil fungicide at dose 2.0 g.L-1. In an in vivo experiment, beyond the treatments used in the in vitro experiment, we used a control sprayed with water without inoculation and another inoculated with Cg. Potassium phosphite at doses of 5.0 mL.L-1 and 10.0 mL.L-1 and the Chlorotalonil fungicide showed greater inhibition of conidial germination, greater inhibition of appressorium formation and further reduction of mycelial growth of the pathogen. In the in vivo experiment, Potassium phosphite at a dose of 10.0 mL.L-1 provided a greater reduction in disease severity, around 62.5%. This work demonstrated the potential of potassium phosphite in the management of diseases caused by fungi from the Colletotrichum complex in coffee plants.
Nos últimos anos a produtividade de café tem sido prejudicada por doenças causadas por Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Cg), como por exemplo, antracnose, seca de ponteiros e mancha manteigosa. Portanto torna-se necessário desenvolver medidas alternativas de controle para essas doenças, visto que não existem fungicidas registrados no Brasil para seu controle. O presente trabalho teve como objetivos: avaliar o efeito do fosfito de potássio na germinação, formação de apressórios e no crescimento micelial de Cge verificar a ação do mesmo na redução da severidade da antracnose em folhas de cafeeiro. Os tratamentos utilizados no experimento in vitro foram: fosfito de potássio nas doses de 1,25; 2,50; 5,0 e 10,0 mL.L-1; acibenzolar-S-metil 0,1g.L-1; fungicida clorotalonil 2,0 g.L-1. Já in vivo, além dos tratamentos anteriores, foi utilizada uma testemunha pulverizada com água sem inoculação e outra inoculada com Cg.O fosfito de potássio nas doses de 5,0 mL.L-1 e 10,0 mL.L-1 e o fungicida clorotalonil proporcionaram maior inibição da germinação de conídios, maior inibição da formação de apressórios e maior redução do índice de velocidade de crescimento micelial do patógeno. No experimento in vivo, o fosfito de potássio na dose de 10,0mL.L-1 proporcionou maior redução na severidade da antracnose, em torno de 62,5 %.Este trabalho demonstrou o potencial do fosfito de potássio no manejo de doenças causadas por fungos do complexo Colletotrichum em cafeeiro.