The efficiency of captan (120, 90 and 60g.a.i. 100kg-1), thiram (140), formulated as WP and SC, thiabendazole (20), thiram SC + thiabendazole (75 + 10), and carboxin + thiram (75 + 75) was studied for the treatment of corn seeds of the cultivar BR 106. The following characteristics were evaluated: seed health, seedling emergence in the field, in sterile soil, in the field cold test, and in soil artificially infected with the following pathogens: Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans, Phytium aphanidermatum, and Rhizoctonia solani. The efficiency of the fungicides varied with all evaluated characteristics, except for thiabendazole that was inefficient in relation to the main characteristics. Seed germination was not affected by the presence of F. moniliforme var.subglutinans, but in cold and humid soil the fungi P. aphanidermatum, F. moniliforme var. subglutinans, and R. solani, caused reduction in corn seed germination.
Zea mays; Fusarium moniliforme; germination; seed pathology
