Annals of Applied Biology (2008) 152, 29-39

F.R.A. Patrício, I.M.G. Almeida, B.C. Barros, A.S. Santos and P.M. Frare (2008)
Effectiveness of acibenzolar-S-methyl, fungicides and antibiotics for the control of brown eye spot, bacterial blight, brown leaf spot and coffee rust in coffee
Annals of Applied Biology 152 (1), 29-39
Abstract: This study was carried out to evaluate the potential of acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM), combined or not combined with fungicides and antibiotics for the control of brown eye spot (Cercospora coffeicola) and bacterial blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae) in coffee seedlings, and ASM combined with conventional fungicide application schedules for the control of coffee rust (Hemileia vastatrix) and brown leaf spot (Phoma costaricensis) under field conditions in two coffee crops in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. ASM protected coffee seedlings against C. coffeicola when applied at the rates of 2.5 and 5 g of active ingredient per hectolitre of water (g a.i. hL⁻¹), providing 34-55% of disease control, and against bacterial blight, when applied at the rates of 2.5, 10 and 20 g a.i. hL⁻¹, with 38-57% of disease control. Tebuconazole (100 g a.i. hL⁻¹) and azoxystrobin (10 g a.i. hL⁻¹) showed the best results for brown eye spot control. Oxytetracycline + streptomycin, kasugamycin hydrochloride, oxytetracycline + metallic copper, copper oxychloride and mancozeb + copper oxychloride also controlled bacterial blight in levels similar to those shown by ASM. In the field experiments, all fungicide application schedules tested, cyproconazole (December, February, April), epoxiconazole (December, March), tetraconazole (December, February, April), cyproconazole (December, February) and azoxystrobin (January, March) were effective for coffee rust control and provided partial control of brown leaf spot. The results also showed that for all experiments, there was no synergistic effect of the combination of ASM with azoxystrobin, cyproconazole or cupric fungicides.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Hemileia vastatrix	Coffee (Coffea)	Brazil (south)
	Cercospora coffeicola	Coffee (Coffea)	Brazil (south)
	Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae	Coffee (Coffea)	Brazil (south)
	Phoma costaricensis	Coffee (Coffea)	Brazil (south)
	Pseudomonas syringae