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Resumo -O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a aplicação de quitosana no controle da podridão-amarga da maçã em pós-colheita e seus efeitos sobre Colletotrichum acutatum e a atividade da peroxidase nos frutos. Frutos previamente infectados com o patógeno foram imersos em suspensões de quitosana com diferentes concentrações e pHs. Para estudar possíveis mecanismos de ação envolvidos no controle da doença, foram realizados testes in vitro, para avaliar o efeito da quitosana sobre a germinação de conídios de C. acutatum e sobre o crescimento micelial. Foi avaliada a capacidade da quitosana de induzir a síntese de enzimas relacionadas à defesa da planta (peroxidases), por meio de ensaio espectrofotométrico. Houve efeito de doses e de pH da quitosana sobre a redução da severidade da podridão-amarga em maçã. A suspensão de quitosana a 10 g L -1 e pH 4 foi a mais apropriada tecnicamente para o controle da doença, pois reduziu a severidade em 26%. O polissacarídeo não elevou a atividade de peroxidases nos frutos, mas reduziu a germinação de conídios e o crescimento micelial do patógeno. A quitosana aplicada em pós-colheita é uma medida alternativa aos fungicidas para o manejo da podridão-amarga.Termos para indexação: Colletotrichum acutatum, antibiose, controle alternativo, indução de resistência. Reduction of the severity of apple bitter rot by fruit immersion in chitosanAbstract -The objective of this work was to evaluate the aplication of chitosan on the control of apple bitter rot in postharvest conditions and its effects on Colletotrichum acutatum and fruit peroxidase activity. Apple fruit previously infected with the pathogen were immersed in chitosan suspensions with different concentrations and pHs. To study some possible action mechanisms, in vitro tests were carried out to evaluate the effect of chitosan on spore germination and mycelial growth of C. acutatum. The capacity of chitosan to induce the synthesis of defense enzymes (peroxidases) was evaluated in fruits by spectrofotometric assay. Different doses and pH of chitosan were found to be effective in the reduction of the disease severity. Chitosan at 10 g L -1 (pH 4) had the most technical viability for the control of the disease and reduced the severity in 26%. Considering the action mechanisms, chitosan did not increase peroxidase activity in the fruits; however, it reduced both spore germination and mycelial growth of the pathogen. Chitosan applied at postharvest is an alternative to reduce bitter rot severity.

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Cercospora leaf spot (Cercospora beticola) is the most important disease of table beet in the world. In this study, the preventive application of chitosan or acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) to control the disease was evaluated, and the involvement of pathogenesis-related proteins in the plant-pathogen interaction was verified. Beet plants cultivar Early Wonder were sprayed with distilled water, HCl 0.05 N, chitosan at 2 mg/mL or 4 mg/mL and ASM at 25 mg/L, and 24 h or three days later, inoculated with the pathogen. Leaf samples were collected at different times after spraying and enzymatic activities were quantified spectrophotometrically. It was observed that chitosan and ASM reduced disease severity in table beet leaves by 76% and 68%, respectively, on the average of two experiments, and ASM promoted the accumulation of peroxidases and β-1,3 glucanases in beet leaves. Thus, both inducers reduce cercospora leaf spot in table beet, and the effect of ASM is associated with the activation of PR-proteins, whereas chitosan act by a still unknown mechanism.

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