Modern agriculture has to be able to generate high quality and healthful products in order to attend the requirement for environmental sustainability, food security and economic liability

TAVARES, S. C. C. de H.

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VII International Mango Symposium, 22-27 September, 2002, Recife, Brazil.BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MANGO CROP DISEASES INBRAZILSelma Cavalcanti Cruz de Holanda TavaresEmbrapa Semi-Árido, C.P. 23, 56300-970, Petrolina, PE, Brazil,selmaht@cpatsa.embrapa.brModern agriculture has to be able to generate high quality andhealthful products in order to attend the requirement forenvironmental sustainability, food security and economic liability. Inthis contest, biological control of crop diseases plays an important rolein either cropping systems. For mango crop in Brazil, biologicalcontrol has been tested in the following situations: 1) In pre-harvest,testing products in conventional cropping system with experimentaldesign, a rnix of Trichoderma spp. (BIOMIX) has shown good resultson controlling Oidium mangiferae - Erysiphe polygoni, being anoption for integrated crop management; 2) In pre-harvest, with organiccropping system, the same mix of Trichoderma applied as spray hascontributed to stabilize disease incidence in the orchard, which ischecked by disease monitoring through the Integrated Fruit Production(IFP); 3) In post- harvest, biological control has been done byevaluating its efficiency for controlling Botryodiplodia theobromae,using epiphytic yeasts, actonomycets and rnix of Trichoderma spp. asantagonistic. Results obtained do not show a 100% control, which isdesirable in post harvest, probably due to fungus artificial inoculationthat was done through scratches on the fruit.Program and Abstracts 58

Biological control of mango crop diseases in Brazil.

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Biological control of mango crop diseases in Brazil.

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