Epidemiology, damage assessment and management of quiescent diseases and pests of tropical and subtropical fruits

• Grant number: 03/10025-9
• Support type: PRONEX Research - Thematic Grants
• Duration: July 01, 2004 - October 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Cooperation agreement: CNPq - Pronex
• Principal researcher: Lilian Amorim
• Grantee: Lilian Amorim
• Home Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Fruit trade in Europe was standardized and only fruits that have been produced under the integrated production approach are allowed for the commerce. "Integrated pest management" is the basic strategy of fruit protection in integrated production systems. Recently in Brazil the "integrated pest and disease management" has also been suggested for integrated fruit production systems. However, the philosophy of the integrated pest management is not appropriate for quiescent diseases for which there is no economic damage threshold, the comer-stone of integrated management. The tactics employed in the control of quiescent diseases are based on the identification of the critical period for infection and on the post-harvest management. This project intends to develop and evaluate tactics for quiescent disease management in guava, citrus and peach, and to test and validate the biological control of pests in citrus. This project will operate as an embryo for the implementation of management systems that can be used in integrated fruit production. Experiments in vitro and in vivo for identification of the favorable environment for infection of citrus, guava and peach by Guignardia citricarpa, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and Monilinia fructicola, respectively, are proposed. Additionally, the spatio-temporal epidemic dynamics of citrus black spot, guava anthracnose, and brown rot of peach will be investigated. Assessment of damage caused by these diseases will be performed and disease forecast and warning systems will be developed and validated. The post-harvest management of guava anthracnose will be tested. The tactics employed in pest control include the distributions of natural enemies, for mites, pheromone traps, for citrus fruit borer, and disease forecast and warning systems, for Orthezia. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ANGELI, STHELA SIQUEIRA; MAY DE MIO, LOUISE LARISSA; AMORIM, LILIAN. Comparative analysis of Monilinia fructicola and M-laxa isolates from Brazil: monocyclic components of peach brown rot. Ciência Rural, v. 47, n. 6 2017. Web of Science Citations: 3.

ANA RAQUEL SOARES-COLLETTI; SILVIA DE AFONSECA LOURENÇO. Effect of temperature, wetness duration and cultivar on the development of anthracnose in guava fruits. Summa Phytopathologica, v. 40, n. 4, p. -, Dez. 2014.

FISCHER, IVAN HERMAN; LOURENCO, SILVIA AFONSECA; SPOSITO, MARCEL BELLATO; AMORIM, LILIAN. Characterisation of the fungal population in citrus packing houses. European Journal of Plant Pathology, v. 123, n. 4, p. 449-460, APR 2009. Web of Science Citations: 5.

FISCHER, IVAN HERMAN; FERREIRA, MARCOS DAVID; SPOSITO, MARCEL BELLATO; AMORIM, LILIAN. CITRUS POSTHARVEST DISEASES AND INJURIES RELATED TO IMPACT ON PACKING LINES. Scientia Agricola, v. 66, n. 2, p. 210-217, 2009. Web of Science Citations: 14.

ANA R. SOARES; SILVIA A. LOURENÇO; LILIAN AMORIM. Infecção de goiabas por Colletotrichum gloeosporioides e Colletotrichum acutatum sob diferentes temperaturas e períodos de molhamento. TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY, v. 33, n. 4, p. -, Ago. 2008.

MARISE CAGNIN MARTINS; LILIAN AMORIM; SILVIA AFONSECA LOURENÇO; ANITA SOUZA SIAS GUTIERREZ; HÉLIO SATOSHI WATANABE. Incidência de danos pós-colheita em goiabas no mercado atacadista de São Paulo e sua relação com a prática de ensacamento dos frutos. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, v. 29, n. 2, p. 245-248, Ago. 2007.