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Quinoa crop (Chenopodim quinoa Willd.) is native to the Peruvian Andes, nutritious food and it has become very important for agroexport. In Piura, the downy mildew disease appeared causing economic losses, were set as objectives: detect the primary inoculum, describe the symptoms and evaluate the effect of defense inductors in the control of downy mildew. The direct detection methodology was used to observe oospores, the treatments were; Biosar, 3Tac, Agromos + Soil set, Action FP/Pare, Metalosate and control, Area Under the Disease Progress Curve (ABCPE) was evaluated, comparisons of means were made of the Tukey test (α = 0.05). Oospores were detected in all the quinoa samples, being with greater number the var. INIA-altiplano with 96 and with lower var. passankalla with 8 oospores/100 units of seed. As a symptom, yellowish spots were observed on the upper side and gray sporulation on the underside of the leaves. The highest value of ABCPE was obtained by the control with 2,161.02; the lower values and that better controlled the mildew disease in quinoa, they were obtained with Action FP/Pare (0.5 / 0.5 L / 200L water) and Agromos + Soil set (0.25 + 0.25 L / 200 L water), with 939.8 and 1040.7 respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the work was to evaluate the development of Podosphaera xanthii (Castagne) U. Braun & Shishkoff in pumpkin crop during the years 2018 - 2019. The crop (Cucurbita pepo L.) (hybrid pumpkin material, Gray Zucchini) was established on a surface of 1 500 m2 where 25 plants were randomly selected, and three leaves per plant were labeled, in which incidence and severity were evaluated weekly using a degree scale. Weather variables were recorded. These results indicate that P. xanthii is present at 14 days after transplantation in the sowing from February to April; while from May to July, it is present after seven days, coinciding with the rainy season, conditions that indirectly favor the increase of relative humidity (23-63 %), causing the progress of the disease. The development of the disease was similar in both years (2018-2019), but not between the two sowing dates, with the first symptoms appearing seven days earlier, and with a severity of 0-9 %, at the second sowing time (May-July). The comparison of major components showed a relationship of temperature with the incidence and severity of the pathogen, but not with rainfall, since this factor does not condition the emergence of the disease. As an important result for Tehuacán region, it is suggested the month of February as the most appropriate date for planting the crop, with a low incidence and severity of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]