Autor(es)

Primiano, Isabela Vescove ; Barbosa Junior, Jonas Tadeu ; Bassanezi, Renato Beozzo

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PLANT DISEASE; v. 108, n. 9, p. 10-pg., 2024-08-17.

Resumo

One strategy to reduce huanglongbing (HLB) is controlling its insect vector, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) Diaphorina citri, by preventive insecticide sprays. The recommendation is to spray insecticide in all rows (conventional spray [CONV]), but some growers empirically spray in alternate rows (ALT) to increase the spray frequency without increasing the operating cost. Therefore, this work compared the effect of ALT with CONV on the ACP population and HLB incidence. The spray deposition (amount of metallic copper per leaf area), coverage (percentage of water-sensitive paper area covered by spray), and efficacy (ACP mortality) of each treatment were also evaluated on both sides of the trees. Two field trials were performed: Trial #1 compared ALT every 7 days (ALT7) with CONV every 14 days (CONV14), and trial #2 compared different spray frequencies of ALT with CONV every 7 days (CONV7). In trial #1, no differences were observed in the ACP population or HLB progress between ALT7 and CONV14 after 5 years. In trial #2, ALT7 presented the highest percentage of ACP and cumulative HLB incidence than CONV7 and ALT every 3 to 4 days, after 2 years. Hence, when the frequency of ALT was half the frequency of CONV, similar results were observed. Spray deposition, coverage, and efficacy were similar between tree sides in CONV, but they were uneven in ALT, resulting in higher values on the tree side that directly received the spray. Insecticide spray should be performed with the frequency enough to keep new shoots protected during their growth. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/19481-5 - Avaliação de medidas de controle para redução da dispersão e inoculação primárias de HLB em pomares de citros
• Beneficiário: Isabela Vescove Primiano
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 17/21460-0 - Medidas para a redução das infecções primárias no manejo integrado de Huanglongbing no cinturão citrícola de São Paulo: viabilidade técnica e econômica
• Beneficiário: Renato Beozzo Bassanezi
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático