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| Author(s): |
Ana Raquel Soares
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2008-04-16 |
| Examining board members: |
Lilian Amorim;
Nelson Sidnei Massola Júnior;
Marise Cagnin Martins Parisi
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| Advisor: | Lilian Amorim |
| Abstract | |
The main causal agents of Anthracnose in guava are Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum. Although anthracnose is the main postharvest disease affecting guava, little is known about the influence of environmental variables on its development. Consequently, the objective of the present study was to determine the influence of environmental factors on in vitro development and on colonization and infection processes of C. gloeosporioides and C. acutatum fungi in guava. The germination and apressorium formation were determined at temperatures of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 °C, with wetness durations of 6, 12 or 24 hours under continuous darkness. The in vivo experiments involved puncturing the skin of the Kumagai and Pedro Sato varieties of guava with a needle followed by inoculation with conidial suspensions of C. gloeosporioides and C. acutatum. Fruits were then incubated in growth chambers at temperatures of 15, 20, 25 and 30 °C with wetness duration of 6 and 24 hours. Assessments were made of the following: incidence of disease, lesion diameter, rate of disease progress, as well as incubation and latency periods. In the Kumagai variety, the influence of maturity on disease progression was also evaluated. There was no germination at 40 oC in any of the species. The germination and apressorium formation rate were rather high in the range of 15 to 30 ºC for C. gloeosporioides, with a maximum at 25 ºC and of 20 to 25 ºC for C. acutatum, with a maximum at 20 ºC. For the species C. acutatum, germination rate was more sensitive to variations in wetting periods, thus significantly smaller with 6 hours on 12 and 24 hours. Temperatures of 25 and 30 °C were found to be more favorable for the variables analyzed in the in vivo experiments of Kumagai variety. The maximum lesion diameter recorded in this variety was 4.0 cm for C. gloeosporioides and 4.1 cm for C. acutatum in harvest ready fruit that had been incubated at temperatures lower than 25 °C. The highest incidence of the disease (100%) occurred 10 days after inoculation, at 30 º C and 24 hours of wetting. The lowest incubation period for both species was 7 days at 30 °C and the lowest latency period of 9 days for C. gloeosporioides and 10 days for C. acutatum at temperatures between 25 and 30 °C. For the Pedro Sato variety, temperatures between 20 and 30 °C with a 24 hour wetness period were found to be the most favorable conditions. The maximum lesion diameter was 3.3 cm for C. gloeosporioides and 3.2 cm for C. acutatum at temperatures below 25 °C. The highest incidence of the disease (100%) occurred 10 days after inoculation, at 25 and 30 º C and 6 hours of wetting. The lowest incubation period for both species was 7 days at temperatures between 20 and 30 °C and the lowest latency period of 8 days for C. gloeosporioides and 9 days for C. acutatum at temperatures between 25 and 30 °C. In conclusion, development conditions for Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Colletotrichum acutatum were similar, although the range of conditions favorable for the Pedro Sato variety was wider than that of the Kumagai cultivar. (AU) | |