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Boron, zinc and manganese suppress rust on coffee plants grown in a nutrient solution

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Providing adequate nutrition to coffee plants is required to maintain plant health. The effect of five doses (0.05, 0.25, 0.50, 1.0, 2.0 and 4.0 mg L−1) of boron (B), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) on the severity of rust on coffee plants grown in nutrient solution was evaluated. Micronutrients were supplied to seedlings having two pairs of fully developed leaves. The seedling plants were inoculated with spores (106 ml−1) of the coffee rust pathogen (Hemileia vastatrix). Five assessments of the severity of the rust symptoms were made starting on the 43rd day after inoculation. The area under the disease progress curve for severity (AUDPCS) was calculated. There was a statistical difference in AUDPCS (p < 0.05) with all micronutrients tested. With B and Mn, there was a 15.1% and 52.3% reduction in severity of coffee rust at doses of 4.00 and 0.25 mg L−1, respectively. With Zn there was a 78.0% decrease in AUDPCS. The three micronutrients significantly affected the concentration of total soluble phenols, nevertheless, only Mn influenced the concentration of lignin.

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The authors extend their gratitude to the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES Foundation for the scholarship granted. The authors are also grateful to the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Minas Gerais – (FAPEMIG) and the INCT Café for the financial support.

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  1. Department of Fitopatologia, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, 37200-000, Brazil

    Cristian David Plaza Pérez, Edson Ampélio Pozza, Andreane Bastos Pereira, Ana Cristina Andrade Monteiro & Mário Lúcio Vilela de Rezende

  2. Department of Ciência do Solo, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, 37200-000, Brazil

    Adélia Aziz Alexandre Pozza & Daniel da Silva Gomes Guimarães

  3. Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), New Haven, CT, 06504, USA

    Wade H. Elmer

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Pérez, C.D.P., Pozza, E.A., Pozza, A.A.A. et al. Boron, zinc and manganese suppress rust on coffee plants grown in a nutrient solution. Eur J Plant Pathol 156, 727–738 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-019-01922-9

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