Óleos essenciais e silício para controle da murcha bacteriana do tomateiro

Abstract

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs) is one of the most important tomato diseases in Brazil. The effectiveness of ginger and melaleuca at 1%, rosemary at 0.50% and bergamot, lemongrass, clove, citronella, eucalyptus, sweet orange, palmrose and sage at 0.14% (v/v) essential oils was evaluated in vitro and via biofumigation of the soil infested with Rs. It was analyzed the in vitro growth; the population of Rs in soil before and seven days after biofumigation; and the components of resistance to disease and the growth of tomato plants cv. TY 2006, 15 days after transplanting. The clove oil was fractioned and its major chemical component was compared with the essencial oil in relation to the variables already cited. The in vitro growth of Rs was reduced by 100% with rosemary, lemongrass, citronella, clove, eucalyptus and palmrose oils. The population of Rs in soil was reduced by rosemary, clove, lemongrass, ginger, melaleuca and palmrose oils, with emphases for clove oil, which reduced Rs populations by 42.3%. The biofumigation with clove oil reduced the disease incidence, bacterial wilt index (BWI), and area under the disease curve progress (AUDPC) by 90.2, 97 and 98.8%, respectively and elevated the latent period by 10 days compared as the control with tween 20. The eugenol was the major constituent (87%) of the clove oil showing the same reduction effects of the components of disease resistance. The clove oil and the eugenol acetate did not reduce the height, and the fresh and dry biomass of plants. In asecond experiment, it was also evaluated the effect of silicon (Si) supplementation on the production of tomato transplants cultivars (cvs.) Santa Clara, TY 2006 and Yoshimatsu 4-11. The transplants were produced in substrate without Si (-Si) or with 3 g of calcium silicate de calcium/kg of substrate (+Si) and transplanted to Rs infected soil. After 15 days of growing it was evaluated the resistance components; the plant growth by measuring height, and the fresh and dry biomass of plants; the chlorophyll index; the Si content in plant tissues; the Rs population in stem base; and the enzymatic activity of phenylalanine amonia-lyases (PAL), β-1,3 glucanases (GLU) and peroxidases (POX). The Si supplementation on cvs. Santa Clara and TY 2006 reduced severity (33.2 and 42%), AUDPC (23.1 and 19.2%) and BWI (21.7 and 10%), respectively. The Si supplementation in the substrate did not affect plant growth, the chlorophyll index; the Si content in plant tissues and the Rs population in stem. Higher activities of PAL and GLU were evidenced on +Si plants. Therefore, the soil biofumigation with clove oil at 0.14% and the production of tomato transplants in substrate with Si have the potential to be integrated in the bacterial wilt management.