RESUMO:Os subprodutos de plantas medicinais têm sido estudados como uma alternativa para o controle de doenças de plantas visando amenizar e/ou reduzir o uso abusivo de agrotóxicos, principalmente em condições pós-colheita. Assim, este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar, in vitro e in vivo, o controle de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, agente causal da antracnose do mamão em pós-colheita, por óleos essenciais (OEs) de Cymbopogon citratus, Eucalyptus citriodora, Mentha arvensis e Artemisia dracunculus. Para inibição do crescimento micelial in vitro, os OEs foram incorporados ao BDA (Batata-dextrose-ágar) tendo-se observado a inibição total ou parcial do crescimento micelial e da esporulação deste fitopatógeno, dependendo do óleo essencial utilizado. No ensaio in vivo utilizaram-se os OEs de C. citratus (1%) e E. citriodora (1%). A inoculação com o fitopatógeno foi concomitante e 24 h após os tratamentos alternativos, que foram: óleos essenciais de C. citratus e de E. citriodora (1%) e biomassa cítrica (150 mL 100 L -1 ) (Ecolife®). Os parâmetros avaliados foram severidade da doença, redução da massa, diâmetro, comprimento final dos frutos, pH e a concentração de sólidos solúveis totais (ºBrix). Pode-se observar que, no controle da doença, os frutos tratados e imediatamente inoculados com o fitopatógenos apresentaram maior AACPD (Área Abaixo da Curva do Progresso da Doença). Porém, frutos tratados e inoculados 24 h após os tratamentos apresentaram maior controle da doença, confirmando o potencial dos óleos essenciais testados no presente trabalho.Palavras-chave: óleos essenciais, antracnose, mamão, controle alternativo, plantas medicinais ABSTRACT: Essential oils on postharvest control of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in papaya fruit. The products from medicinal plants have been studied as an alternative in the control of plant diseases in order to mitigate and / or reduce pesticide abuse mainly in postharvest. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate, in vitro and in vivo, the control of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, the causative agent of papaya anthracnose, in postharvest using essential oils (EOs) of Cymbopogon citratus, Eucalyptus citriodora, Mentha arvensis and Artemisia dracunculus. For mycelial growth inhibition in vitro, the EOs were incorporated into PDA (potato dextrose agar) and there was total or partial inhibition of mycelial growth and sporulation of plant pathogen, depending on the essential oil used. For the in vitro test, EOs of C. citratus (1%) and E. citriodora (1%) were employed. The plant pathogen inoculation was concomitant at 24 hours after the alternative treatments, which were: essential oils of C. citratus and E. citriodora (1%) and citrus biomass (150 mL 100 L -1

RESUMOEste trabalho teve como objetivos avaliar, in vitro, a fungitoxicidade dos extratos brutos aquosos (EBAs) de Achillea millefolium, Artemisia camphorata, Cymbopogon citratus e Rosmarinus officinalis contra Alternaria solani e o efeito protetor destes extratos em plantas de tomateiro em casa-de-vegetação. Para verificar a atividade antifúngica, os EBAs foram incorporados ao BDA e avaliadas a inibição do crescimento micelial, a esporulação e a germinação de conídios. O efeito protetor em plantas foi avaliado através da pulverização preventiva (72h antes da inoculação) dos EBAs, nas concentrações de 10 e 20%, nas duas primeiras folhas. A severidade da doença foi verificada 15 dias após a inoculação. Verificou-se que os EBAs não inibiram o crescimento micelial, mas tiveram efeitos significativos na redução da esporulação e da germinação de conídios, principalmente os EBAs de A. camphorata, C. citratus e R. officinalis, a partir da concentração de 20%. Já em relação à proteção das plantas verificou-se uma redução no número de lesões em relação à testemunha, nas folhas acima das tratadas, observando o efeito sistêmico dos extratos. Os extratos estudados podem ser promissores no controle da pinta-preta em tomateiro. Palavras-chave: Alternaria solani, controle alternativo. ABSTRACT Antifungal activity and protection of tomato plants by extracts of medicinal plantsThe present work aimed to evaluate, in vitro, the fungitoxicity of aqueous crude extracts (ACEs) of Achillea millefolium, Artemisia camphorata, Cymbopogon citratus and Rosmarinus officinalis to Alternaria solani and their protective effect on tomato plants under greenhouse conditions. To evaluate the antifungal activity of ACEs, they were incorporated into potato-dextrose-agar medium and the inhibition of mycelial growth, sporulation and conidia germination was evaluated. The protective effect in plants was evaluated by means of preventive spraying (72 hours before inoculation) with ACE, at concentrations of 10 and 20%, in the first two leaves. Disease severity was verified 15 days after inoculation. It was observed that ACEs did not inhibit mycelial growth, but they had significant effects on the reduction of germination and sporulation, especially the ACEs of A. camphorata, C. citratus and R. officinalis, at concentrations up to 20%. A reduction was observed in the number of lesions in relation to the control, in leaves above those treated, observing the systemic effect of the extracts. The extracts from the studied plants may be promising in the control of early blight on tomato plants.

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The bacterial spot of tomato, caused by Xanthomonas spp., is a very important disease, especially in the hot and humid periods of the year. The chemical control of the disease has not been very effective for a number of reasons. This study aimed to evaluate, under greenhouse conditions, the efficacy of leaf-spraying chemicals (acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) (0.025 g.L−1), fluazinam (0.25 g.L−1), pyraclostrobin (0.08 g.L−1), pyraclostrobin + methiran (0.02 g.L−1 + 2.2 g.L−1), copper oxychloride (1.50 g.L−1), mancozeb + copper oxychloride (0.88 g.L−1 + 0.60 g.L−1), and oxytetracycline (0.40 g.L−1)) on control of bacterial spot. Tomatoes Santa Clara and Gisele cultivars were pulverized 3 days before inoculation with Xanthomonas perforans. The production of enzymes associated with resistance induction (peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, β-1,3-glucanase, and protease) was quantified from leaf samples collected 24 hours before and 24 hours after chemical spraying and at 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 days after bacterial inoculation. All products tested controlled bacterial spot, but only ASM, pyraclostrobin, and pyraclostrobin + metiram increased the production of peroxidase in the leaves of the two tomato cultivars, and increased the production of polyphenol oxidase and β-1,3-glucanase in the Santa Clara cultivar.

ABSTRACT. In banana, fruit rot is incited by Colletotrichum musae which has been the most serious post-harvest disease of immature and mature fruit. The usual control by fungicides prohibited in many countries reduces their commercial value. Therefore, two experiments were conducted to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of alternative products to the synthetic fungicides. First, berries naturally infected by anthracnose were immersed into Azadirachta indica and citric extracts at 2 and 4% (v/v) for 3 minutes and stored for 11 days under environmental conditions. Next, other berries were immersed into essential oil emulsions of Allium sativum, Copaifera langsdorfii, Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Eugenia caryophyllata at 5% for 3 minutes but stored for 11 days. Berries immersed into distilled water were used as control-treatments. The percentage of disease incidence observed in the control-treatment was similar to the ones observed in the extract of A. indica at 2%. The control-treatment showed disease severity of 75.13% and the percentage of disease control was 20.85%. Fruit immersed into distilled water presented less effectiveness than the ones immersed into citric extracts, which promoted the highest effectiveness. Citric extract at 4% was the most efficient treatment because the disease incidence was 19.44%, the disease severity was 9.34% and the disease control was 90.16%. Less severity and, consequently, more disease control were achieved by immersing the berries into the emulsion of essential oil of A. sativum, followed by treatments with C. langsdorfii, E. caryophyllata and C. zeylanicum. Keywords:Colletotrichum musae, alternative control, plant extract, essential oil. RESUMO: Extratos de plantas para controle pos-colheita da antracnose da Banana. Em pós-colheita, a podridão dos frutos causada por Colletotrichum musae é a doença mais importante da banana (Musa spp.), sendo presente em frutos verdes e maduros, tornando o produto pouco apresentável e inadequado à comercialização. Considerando-se os efeitos prejudiciais à saúde do tradicional método químico de controle e a proibição da utilização de fungicidas em muitos países, objetivou-se no presente trabalho avaliar bioprodutos com atividade antimicrobiana, considerados alternativos para o controle de antracnose em banana em pós-colheita. Os experimentos foram realizados com frutos de banana naturalmente infectados com Colletotrichum musae, submetidos à imersã, em extratos da planta Azadirachta indica e extratos cítricos (Ecolife), nas concentrações de 2 e 4% (v/v), permanecendo por 11 dias em condições ambientes. A emulsão composta de óleos essenciais das plantas Allium sativum, Copaifera langsdorfii, Cinnamomum zeylanicum e Eugenia caryophyllata também foi avaliada quanto a sua eficácia no controle do patógeno, permanecendo em condição ambiente por 11 dias. Frutos tratados com água destilada constituíram o tratamento controle. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que frutos submetidos ao extrato aquoso de A. indica na concentração de 2% (88,89%) não diferiu ...

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The control of tomato bacterial spot by the application of chemicals was evaluated on field condition during two trials. Thirty days after transplanting and every 14 days the tomato plants PA-529 hybrid were sprayed with acibenzolar-S-methyl (2.5 g·100) and water (control), totaling five applications during the crop cycle. Forty days after transplanting, the plants were inoculated with a Xanthomonas perforans isolate (10 7 UFC·mL -1 ), disease severity was assessed (10, 19, 29, and 36 days after inoculation), and the area under the disease progress curve was calculated. All chemicals controlled the disease, but better results for total mass and number of fruit was obtained for fluazinam, pyraclostrobin, pyraclostrobin + metiram, copper oxychloride, and mancozeb + copper oxychloride in the first trial, and pyraclostrobin and pyraclostrobin + metiram in the second trial. The average fruit weight, °Brix, pH and total acidity were not affected by the application of the chemicals. The enzymatic activity of the polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase was higher in the first trial, but in the second, only the polyphenoloxidase had the highest activity in the treatments with acibenzolar-S-methyl, pyraclostrobin, and pyraclostrobin + metiram on tomato leaves. Products containing pyraclostrobin increased the activity of some enzymes without reducing the productivity.

El uso de los extractos vegetales con actividad antimicrobiana para controlar enfermedades en pre o poscosecha es una alternativa promisoria frente al uso de fungicidas sintéticos. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el efecto de extractos vegetales y aceites esenciales en manzanas infectadas naturalmente con Penicillium spp., agente causal del moho azul. Se sumergieron manzanas en extractos de cítricos y de neem (Azadirachta indica) en concentraciones de 0,5 y 1,0% (v/v) y se almacenaron a 25 °C y 90% de humedad relativa. Después de 21 días se midió incidencia y severidad de la enfermedad. También se evaluó el efecto de los aceites esenciales de Thymus vulgaris, Origanum vulgaris, Mentha piperita y Melaleuca alternifolia por fumigación. La fruta se almacenó a 25±2 °C y 90±5% de humedad relativa durante 21 días. Frutos tratados con agua destilada estéril constituyeron el tratamiento control. Los frutos sin tratar presentaron los valores más altos de incidencia (100%) y severidad (99,98%) de moho azul, así como el menor porcentaje de control (4,56%). Todos los tratamientos mostraron efecto antifúngico de Penicillium spp, sin embargo, los extractos cítricos y de A. indica en la concentración de 1,0% proporcionaron los mayores niveles de control de la enfermedad (99,57% y 98,33%, respectivamente). Los frutos tratados con aceites esenciales mostraron menor incidencia, menor severidad y mayor control de la enfermedad. Se ha demostrado que el extracto y aceites esenciales estudiados tienen actividad antifúngica y potencial para uso en poscosecha como una alternativa al control químico.