The relative toxicity of the insecticides organophosphates methyl-chlorpyrifos, disulfoton, ethion, methyl-parathion, the organochlorinate endosulfan and the mixture of the fungicide triadimenol and the insecticide disulfoton and the sterol demethylation inhibiter fungicide (triadimenol and tebuconazole) to the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin was evaluated. Concentrations which inhibited radial mycelium growth (99%) of B. bassiana were 0.42; 1.69; 6.53; 14.42; 31.75; 7,028.96; 10,326.76 e 763,959.86 mg i.a/ml of tebuconazole, methyl-parathion, triadimenol, triadimenol + disulfoton, methyl-chlorpyrifos, ethion, endosulfan and disulfoton, respectively. The effects of these products were evaluated based on percentage of inhibition of radial mycelium growth of B. bassiana on potato dextrose-agar impregnated with them, after seven days. Tebuconazole, methyl-parathion and methyl-chlorpyrifos were highly toxic to B. bassiana; endosulfan and triadimenol + disulfoton were moderated toxic; while triadimenol, ethion, and disulfoton were selective to this fungi.
Toxicity; natural enemy; coffee berry borer; biological control
