The aim of this work was to assess the effect of selected fungicides on the control of coffee blister spot in the field and to verify the climatic effects on the progress of the disease. Trials were carried out with coffee plants of cultivar Catucaí Vermelho, approximately 8 years old. The fungicides tested were tetraconazol (1L/ha), triadimenol (12Kg/ha), chlorothalonil (3Kg/ha), and mancozeb (2Kg/ha). Climatic data were collected daily from October 2004 to May 2006. The fungicides chlorotalonil and triadimenol provided the best efficiency results on the control of the progress of die-back and the number of fruits, with an increase in the cherry production. The increase of die-back during the period from October to January was possibly induced by the rainfall. Tetraconazol and mancozeb were not efficient. Coffee trees affected by blister spot, even if treated with fungicides, had significant decrease in the fruit production and the untreated healthy trees had their yield 95% higher than of those treated.
Fungicides; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Coffea arabica
