Acibenzolar-S-methyl, methyl jasmonate and K2HPO4 (potassium phosphate), at 0.2 g/L, 0.1 mL/L and 0.1 M respectively, were tested in cotton seedlings cv. 'BRS Cedro' (susceptibility standard) for controlling Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum. One and two applications on the seedlings were tested with and without the pathogen. The treatment with methyl jasmonate (two applications) showed the lowest disease index. Samples of leaves and stem were quantitatively evaluated for β-1,3-glucanase, peroxidase and chitinase. The controls without pathogen inoculation showed higher activity of the enzymes peroxidase and β-1,3-glucanase in the stem. In the leaves, the activity of peroxidase and chitinase was highest for methyl jasmonate (one application with inoculation) treatment. There was no chitinase activity observed in the stem.
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum; elicitors; PR proteins
