RESUMOA eficiência de formulações contendo quitosana e os adjuvantes glicerol, sorbitol, oleato de sorbitano, Tween 80 ou estearato de magnésio foi avaliada para o controle do mofo azul em frutos de macieira. Maçãs da cv. Fuji foram desinfestados, feridos e imersos por três minutos nas suspensões. Após a secagem do revestimento por 2 h, os frutos foram inoculados com Penicillium expansum e armazenados, sob alta umidade relativa, a 25+1 °C. Avaliou-se, periodicamente, a severidade da podridão e a incidência aos 16 dias após a inoculação. A incidência do mofo azul em frutos imersos em quitosana foi reduzida em, aproximadamente, 40%. Houve uma redução de 53% e 72%, em média, na severidade observada em frutos imersos em quitosana a 0,25% e 0,5%, respectivamente, quando comparado às testemunhas. Dentre as formulações, a que continha quitosana a 0,5%, estearato de magnésio a 0,3% e Tween 80 a 0,1% mostrou-se a mais promissora para o controle do mofo azul, reduzindo em 75% a incidência e em 97,7% a severidade da podridão. A adição dos adjuvantes sorbitol e oleato de sorbitano à suspensão de quitosana não contribuiu para aumentar significativamente os níveis de controle da podridão. Palavras-chave: Malus domestica, Penicillium expansum, pós-colheita, revestimentos. ABSTRACT Chitosan and adjuvants for the control of blue mold in applesThe efficiency of formulations containing chitosan and the adjuvants glycerol, sorbitol, sorbitan oleate, Tween 80 and magnesium stearate was evaluated for the control of blue mold in apple fruits. Apples of cv. Fuji were disinfested, wounded and immersed for 3 minutes in the suspensions. After drying for 2 h, fruits were inoculated with Penicillium expansum and stored under high relative humidity, at 25+1 °C. The disease severity was evaluated periodically and the blue mold incidence was measured at 16 days after inoculation. The blue mold incidence in fruits immersed in chitosan was reduced by around 40%. On average, a reduction of 53% and 72% in severity was observed on fruits immersed in chitosan at 0.25% and 0.5%, respectively, compared to the control. Among the formulations, the one containing chitosan 0.5%, magnesium stearate 0.3% and Tween 80 0.1% was the most promising for controlling blue mold. It reduced the decay incidence in 75% and the disease severity in 97,7%. The addition of adjuvants sorbitol and sorbitan oleate to the chitosan suspension has not contributed significantly to increase the levels of decay control.
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