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Comparative control of soybean rust by a triazol fungicide or a mix of triazol + strobylurin

Abstract:

Triazol and their mixtures with strobylurins are the main fungicides used to control Asian rust on soybeans. Shifting in fungal sensibility to fungicides demands continuous monitoring on the efficacy of such compounds. In this research a comparative study on rust control was carried out with the fungicide tebuconazol (triazol) and the mixture of epoxiconazol + pyraclostrobin (triazol + strobylurin), which were sprayed once, twice or three times from different plant growth stages (V9, R4, or R5.3). A total of 64 randomized plots of Nidera 5909 AG soybeans were assessed for number of lesions and ubkp_redia, later converted into percent severity for each third part of the plant (lower, medium, and upper). Rust severity was over 40% on non-treated plants. Disease progress was higher at the lower third. Spray applications began at V9 (main stem with nine trifolia) resulted in better rust control. The mix of triazol + strobylurin was more efficacious than the triazol alone. Disease increase was mainly driven by the amount of lesions, since the number of ubkp_redia per lesion did not vary significantly among treatments.