“…Several studies have also demonstrated the efficiency of phosphites in the inhibition of pathogen growth, such as Alternaria alternata (Reuveni, Sheglov, & Cohen, 2003), Penicillium expansum (Amiri & Bompeix, 2011), Venturia pirina (Percival, Noviss, & Haynes, 2009), Monilinia fructicola (Moreira & May-De-Mio, 2009) and oomycetes in different crops (McDonald et al, 2001;Silva, Santos, Dalla Pria, & May-de-Mio, 2011). The disease control provided by phosphites seems to be the result of the resistance inducer effect of these products (Dalio et al, 2012;Daniel & Guest, 2006;Eshraghi et al, 2011;Gadaga, Abreu, Resende, & Ribeiro Júnior, 2017; and/or their direct effect on pathogens (Costa et al, 2014;Dalio et al, 2012;King et al, 2010;Nojosa et al, 2009) Resende, Medeiros, Zhang, & Paré, 2009;Santos et al, 2007).…”