Citronella essential oil in the control and activation of coffee plants defense response against rust and brown eye spot

Ciência e Agrotecnologia

Ricardo Borges Pereira²  Gilvaine Ciavareli Lucas¹  Fabiano José Perina¹  Pedro Martins Ribeiro Júnior¹  Eduardo Alves¹ 

[1],Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa AgropecuáriaGama DF ,Brasil

关键词: Hemileia vastatrix;    Cercospora coffeicola;    Cymbopogon nardus;    induced resistance;    alternative control of plant disease;    Hemileia vastatrix;    Cercospora coffeicola;    Cymbopogon nardus;    indução de resistência;    controle alternativo de doenças de plantas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-70542012000400001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The rust and brown eye spot are the main coffee diseases. The losses are due to intense defoliation of plants, which has reduced its production and longevity. The brown eye spot also occurs in fruits, with negative effects on the beverage quality. Some essential oils have presented promising results in the control of plant diseases, as an alternative to the use of fungicides. The objective of this study was to evaluate citronella essential oil in the control of rust and brown eye spot and in the activation of coffee plants defense responses. Twelve-month-old plants were sprayed with citronella oil 1000 µL L-1, acibenzolar-S-methyl 200 mg L-1 and tebuconazole fungicide 200 mg L-1. Plants were inoculated with Hemileia vastatrix and Cercospora coffeicola seven days later. The application was repeated after 30 days. Plants with five months were sprayed with the same treatments to assess the induced defense responses. Citronella oil controlled rust and brown eye spot with efficiencies of 47.2% and 29.7%, respectively, while tebuconazole presented control of 96.5% and 90.5%, respectively. Acibenzolar-S-methyl reduced brown eye spot by 55.9% and showed no significant control of rust. Citronella oil increased peroxidase and chitinase activities in five months coffee plants 336, and 24 and 336 hours after spraying, respectively. Acibenzolar-S-methyl increased peroxidase, chitinase and ββ-1,3-glucanase activities 192, 288 and 336; 24 and; 240 hours after spraying, respectively. The treatments did not increase accumulation of phenols, but a significant increase in lignin was observed in plants sprayed with citronella oil.

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