Situada no sul de Minas Gerais, principal região cafeeira do país, a Clínica Fitossanitária da Universidade Federal de Lavras tem auxiliado os produtores, dando suporte na diagnose de doenças de origem biótica e abiótica, de modo a gerar subsídios para minimizar as perdas na produção. Nos últimos doze anos, foram analisadas 378 amostras de café. Em 78,6% das amostras, foram detectados fungos, destacando-se Colletotrichum sp. (29%), Rhizoctonia solani (18%), Cercospora coffeicola (13%), Phoma sp. (13%) e Fusarium sp (11%). Ocorreram ainda em números representativos casos de fitotoxidez, deficiência de nutrientes e problemas no sistema radicular. Devido à localização da Clínica, a maior parte das amostras foi proveniente de localidades na região sul do Estado (63%), seguido do Triângulo Mineiro (12%) e Zona da Mata (10%).

The Phytossanitary Clinic of the Federal University of Lavras, situated in the south of the State of Minas Gerais has given support to coffee producers providing diagnoses of biotic and abiotic diseases, to generate subsidies to minimize losses in production of this crop. During the last twelve years, 378 samples have been analyzed. Fungi were detected in 78,6% of the samples. The major fungi found were Colletotrichum sp. (29%), Rhizoctonia solani (18%), Cercospora coffeicola (13%), Phoma sp. (13%), e Fusarium sp (11%). Other incidences were caused by phytotoxity, mineral deficiency and bad formation of the roots. Due to the location of the Phytossanitary Clinic, most of the samples came from locations of South of Minas Gerais (63%), followed by Triângulo Mineiro (12%) and Zona da Mata (10%).

Com o presente trabalho objetivou-se analisar os diagnósticos realizados na Clínica Fitossanitária do Departamento de Fitopatologia da Universidade Federal de Lavras, no período de 1990 a 1999. Foram analisadas 85 espécies de hospedeiros, num total de 1429 amostras. Os fungos, com 70,5%, as bactérias, com 12,9% e as viroses, com 1,2%, foram os agentes etiológicos de doenças bióticas encontrados com maior freqüência. A deficiência nutricional e a fitotoxidez representaram 15,4%. O fungo de maior ocorrência foi o gênero Fusarium, associado a 25,5% das doenças, seguido de Colletotrichum (16%), Rhizoctonia (11%), Alternaria (5%), Cercospora (4%), espécies do grupo Helminthosporium (4%) e Phoma (3,5%). Os demais gêneros de fungos representaram 32% das amostras. Entre os agentes etiológicos bacterianos, destacou-se o gênero Erwinia, com 35% das amostras, seguida pelos gêneros Streptomyces (30%), Ralstonia (13,5%), Pseudomonas (11,5%), Xanthomonas (9,5%) e Agrobacterium (0,5%). As manchas foliares foram os sintomas de maior ocorrência, encontrados em 40% das amostras recebidas, seguidas das murchas (22%), cancros e sarnas (17%), podridões (14%) e tombamento (3%). Outros sintomas totalizaram 4% das amostras recebidas. Entre os hospedeiros, as hortaliças destacaram-se com 27% das ocorrências, os grãos, com 24%, as frutíferas tropicais, com 17%, as ornamentais, com 15%, as frutíferas temperadas, com 3%, forrageiras, com 2%, oleaginosas, com 2% e outros, com 10%.

This work had as objective analyzes the diagnoses accomplished at the Plant Disease Clinic of the Plant Pathology Department at the Federal University of Lavras, between 1990 to 1999. Eighty five hosts were analyzed, in 1429 samples. The fungus with 70.5%, the bacteria with 12.9% and the viroses with 1.2% were the etiologic agents found more frequently. The fungi etiologic agent of larger occurrence was the genera Fusarium associated to 25.5% of the diseases, followed by Colletotrichum (16%), Rhizoctonia (11%), Alternaria (5%), Cercospora (4%), Helminthosporium (3.5%) and Phoma (3%), the other fungi agents represented 31% of the samples. The bacterial etiologic agent of larger occurrence was the Erwinia genera with 35% of samples, followed to genera Streptomyces (30%), Ralstonia (13,5%), Pseudomonas (11.5%), Xanthomonas (9.5%) and Agrobacterium (0.5%). The leaves spots were the symptoms of larger occurrence, with 40% of the samples, followed by wilts (22%), cankers and scab (17%), rots (14%) and damping-of (3%). Concernings the hosts, the vegetables stood out with 27% of the occurrences, the grains with 24%, the tropical fruits with 17%, the ornamental ones with 15%, the temperate fruits with 3%, forage with 2%, oleaginous with 2% and other with 10%.

The foreign body ingestion ocurrs often with children, olds, psychiatrics patients, prisoners or after excessive alcoholic ingestion. Most of foreign bodies (80-90%) passes spontaneously, 10 a 20% have to be removed by endoscopy and only one per cent (1%) needs to be removed by surgery. The authors report a case of a 49-year-old woman who swallowed a needle which impacted in cecum. The patient had psychosis maniac-depressive and swallowed the foreign body aiming self-damage. The presence of foreign body in cecum is rare because of physiologic straitments in the gastrointestinal tract. The ingestion of needle corresponds six percent (6%) of swallowed objects aiming self-damage. Colonoscopy served for localization the foreign body and its withdrawal with success. Colonoscopy for removing foreign bodies is a safe and cheap procedure.