Controle E Condições Climáticas Favoráveis À Antracnose Do Mamoeiro

Control and favourable weather for anthracnose of papaya Anthracnose and stem-end rot (SER) are the main post harvest diseases of papaya (Carica papaya) in Brazil. The effectiveness of 11 treatments (mg.l-1 a.i.) on the their control was evaluated: 1chlorothalonil WP (1500); 2-chlorothalonil SC (2000); 3-chlorothalonil + copper oxychloride WP (875 + 1050); 4-thiofanate-metil + chlorothalonil WP (400 + 1000); 5thiofanate-metil WP (700); 6tolylfluanid WP (750); 7-tebuconazole EC (200); 8-triadimenol EC (250); 9-fluazinam SC (500); 10-iminoctadine F (300) and 11unsprayed control. A trial was arranged in a completely randomized block design with four replications and eight plants / plot, using ‘Improved Sunrise Solo Line 72/12’, in Linhares-ES. From the beginning of flowering (March 1997) to March 1998, biweekly to monthlly sprays were applied. From September on, 12 harvests of nine fruits/plot were accomplished. Ten to 12 days after the harvest, the incidence of anthracnose and SER was evaluated and the severity of anthracnose was estimated visually using a scale from 0 to 4. The correlation between incidence and severity of anthracnose was high (r = 0,86). The use of fungicides did not reduce the incidence of SER. Except for treatments 7 and 8, the average incidence was reduced from 26,4 to 41,2% compared to unsprayed controls. On the third day of evaluation fungicides reduced the anthracnose incidence up to 73,6%. The highest anthracnose incidence and the lowest degree of fungicide effectiveness occurred between November and January 15th, which correspond to the highest rain frequency (505 mm in 16 days).