Agrobio is a liquid biofertilizer made from fresh cattle manure, water, molasses and minerals, which are fermented under room temperature in open containers for 56 days. This product has been widely used by organic and conventional farmers throughout Rio de Janeiro State for the control of several plant pathogens in different crops. Greenhouse bioassays showed that Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in pepper (Capsicum annuum) transplants were satisfactorily controlled when concentration of Agrobio was 5%. in vitro assays using concentrations of 2, 5, 10 and 50% showed that concentrations above 5% were capable of controlling the pathogen. However, the levels of control of Agrobio were lower than those of copper sulfate and streptomycin sulfate.
antagonistic effect; agroecology; green pepper tillage (Capsicum annuum L.)
