Controle alternativo da podridão radicular (Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.) em feijão-caupi [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] (Fabaceae)

Abstract

The cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., is known as feijão-de-corda and feijão-verde , among others, is one of the main cultures exploited by small producers of the Northeast region of Brazil. Among the phytopathogens that affects its productivity, Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. is noteworthy, causing the stem rot in several cultures around the world. The objective of this work was to evaluate the alternative control of S. rolfsii Sacc. in saplings of V. unguiculata (L.) Walp. trough the biocontrol of antagonists, organic residues incorporation to the soil, utilization of essential oils, plant extracts and mineral nutrition. The work was developed in the Laboratory de Phytopathology and in the vegetation house of CECA/UFAL. The pathogen was obtained trough the isolations of cowpea with symptoms of the disease and, afterwards, it was cultivated in sterilized rice. For in vitro control, the antagonists isolates were matched with the pathogen in PDA medium, for the purpose of evaluating the reduction of growth and the hyperparasitism. For the biofumigations of the soil, the organic materials poultry litter, mussel, sugar cane bagasse, bean residue, cassava scuff were dehydrated in stove at 55ºC for 96h, grinded in the concentrations of 10% and 20% (v/v) and incorporated to the substrate, infested for 20 days and compared to the group treated with methyl thiophanate and to the control. After thirty days, the seedlings were evaluated about the incidence and the suppression of the disease. In the in vivo control the seeds were microbiolized with antagonists (C110, C21, ENF24, R14 and Trichoderma harzianum), the fungicide and saline solution for the control. The substrate was infested with the pathogen, two days after the sow, and after 30 days were evaluated. For the natural substances, 21 days old seedlings were pulverized with cassava flour wastewater extract (40%), eucalyptus oil (1%), peppermint (1%), Ecolife® (2%), methyl thiophanate (0,7 g/L) and water for the control and after two days, the substrate was infested with the pathogen. Six days after the inoculation, a new pulverization was done. The mineral fertilization was done in the sow trough Sarruge solution and doses of calcium silicate and sodium, 50, 100, 500 and 1000mg/L-1 and water for the control. The substrate was infested two days after that and a second fertilization was done 10 days after the sow. After 30 days the evaluations took place. The antagonists R14, C16, ENF 24 and T. harzianum inhibited the pathogen with RC from 42 up to 57%. Trichoderma has the hyperparasitic capacity. The incorporation of organic material was not efficient in the control of the disease. The in vivo antagonists reduced the incidence of the disease, but it was effective in the suppression. The oils and plant extracts were not efficient in reduced the incidence. The mineral fertilizations was not able to suppress the disease.