Uso de bacterias del género <i>bacillus spp.</i> en el control de la moniliasis (<i>moniliophthora roreri</i>) en el cultivo de cacao

Abstract

This study was carried out by means of a bibliographical investigation in order to know the effectiveness of the antagonist microorganisms belonging to the genus Bacillus spp., as biocontrollers of the Moniliasis disease (Moniliophthora Roreri) in the crop of cocoa. Cocoa production plays a very important role in the economy of the Ecuador, it carries with it different pathologies thus generating great economic losses. This has allowed the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals, leaving great damage to the environment and thus creating resistance in pathogenic organisms that attack the crop. That is why at present we are looking for other means to counteract these pathogens, being the antagonistic microorganisms that work as biocontrollers a very viable alternative, one of these genera is Bacillus spp. Which through different experiments has proven to be a good controller of the Moniliasis one of the diseases that occupies an important item in the cultivation of cocoa in the country. It has been determined a wide scientific participation and interest in the biological control of pathogens, focusing on the antagonist microorganisms of the genus Trichoderma spp., and Bacillus spp., for the control of M. roreri, the main investigations concerning the issue met in Colombia. Fungi and bacteria for biocontrol were extracted from the rhizospheric soil, the pathogen was obtained from fruits sporulated oocysts or strains. The results of the Bacillus spp. were low in scientific papers.