ABSTRACT
Induced systemic resistance may present promising benefits for the management of various diseases of plants. In soybeans and corn this tactic could bring benefits such as reduction of damage and lower production costs. In order to evaluate the effects of the application of acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) on soybeans and corn for the control of Phakopsora pachyrhizi H. Sydow & P. Sydow and Cercospora spp. (C. zeae-maydis Tehon & Daniels, Zeina C. Crous & U. Braun and C. sorghi var. Maydis Everh & Ellis), four field experiments were conducted with these crops. In soybeans, the experiment was conducted in Maracaju/MS, Brazil, on the variety CD 219 RR with the application of 5 different treatments consisting of the spraying of herbicide, insecticides and fungicides with and without the association of ASM at different stages of the crop. In corn, 2 experiments were conducted in the 2008 off-season in Aral Moreira-MS (hybrid Somma) and Maracaju/MS (hybrid 2B710) with the application of ASM alone and in combination with azoxystrobin + cyproconazole at 2 different stages of plant development. Another test was conducted with corn in the summer of 2008/2009 with the hybrid AG 9040 in Maracaju/MS, also with the application of ASM alone and in combination with azoxystrobin + cyproconazole sprayed on up to 3 different stages of the corn plants. None of the experiments conducted showed benefits of using ASM either alone or in mixture with fungicides for the control of soybean rust and gray leaf spot in maize; only the use of chemical fungicides controlled the fungus, regardless of the addition of ASM.
KEY WORDS
SAR; Asian soybean rust; gray leaf spot of maize; Bion
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