[Mycoparasites effect on reproductive ability of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum sclerotia.].

The ability to parasitise Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and the effect on apothecia production was evaluated for the following antagonists: Trichoderma harzianum; Trichoderma koningii; Gliocladium roseum and Chaetomium globosum. Plastic trays were filled with of steam-sterilized soil. Each one of them was infested with sclerotia of S. sclerotiorum and the culture of the antagonists. The trays were kept in a greenhouse and after 30, 60 and 90 days, evaluations were made. The rates of carpogenic germination, myceliogenic germination, mycoparasitism and destruction were evaluated. To assess carpogenic germination, the sclerotia were put in a growth chamber over moistened filter paper at 20 -/+ 2 degrees C and 12 light hours. The rates of myceliogenic germination and mycoparasitism were evaluated on Petri dishes with 2% APD. Antagonists effect on carpogenic germination was observed one month after the start of the assay. In the evaluation made at 60 and 90 days, T. harzianum; T. koningii and G. roseum kept inhibitory properties. Such inhibition was not observed in the trays containing C. globosum. In the evaluations made at 30 days, mycoparasitism rate was high in the trays with T. harzianum; T. koningii and G. roseum. G. roseum and T. harzianum destroy S. sclerotiorum sclerotia.