The behavior of the mandarin 'Ponkan', tangor 'Murcot' and orange 'Valência', artificially inoculated with two isolates of the Dothiorella gregaria, was evaluated under different seasons of the year an under nutritional and phenological states. During the period between december and november, in a subsequent phase of harvesting of the fruits, the plants had showed more affected by the isolated fungus. 'Ponkan' revealed to be more affected, followed by 'Murcot' and 'Valência'. The suscetibility of the species showed more severity of the disease under favorable conditions. The plants showing lower contents of Ca and Zn reached the highest rates of lesion, and they were in the subsequent phase of harvesting. The results indicated the effect of the inoculation time in the severity of gomosis caused by D. gregaria and confirm the predisposition of the weakened plants nutritionaly.
citrus species; gummosis; Botryosphaeria dothide; nutrition; predisposition
