Reaction of sugarcane genotypes to Pratylenchus brachyurus and P. zeae

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Agressividade comparada de Pratylenchus brachyurus com P. zeae e eficácia de métodos de controle de nematoides em cana-de-açúcar

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Aggressiveness of pratylenchus brachyurus to sugarcane, compared with key nematode p. zeae

Pratylenchus zeae, Meloidogyne javanica and M. incognita are considered key species of nematodes in sugarcane in Brazil, but P. brachyurus is also frequently found. This study was conducted to determine the aggressiveness of P. brachyurus compared with P. zeae to sugarcane. Plants were grown in pots (100 L) in an open area with initial inoculation of 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000/plant for P. brachyurus and P. zeae. The nematode inocula were from in vitro, carrot-cylinder cultures. Sampling was performed every 60 days until 300 days after inoculation. At harvest, we evaluated the population dynamics of the nematodes and plant growth characteristics. The population for the initial levels of 10 and 100,000 specimens/plant, for P. brachyurus and P. zeae at 300 days after inoculation were similar. This fact shows that, upon detection of nematodes in a certain place during the planting of sugarcane, the ratoon on this area should be treated so as to control populations of P. brachyurus and/or P. zeae. The damage caused by the initial population of 10 specimens of P. brachyurus was similar to those of 10.000 specimens of P. zeae. The variety CTC 2 was classified as susceptible to P. zeae and intolerant to P. brachyurus. Compared to the control, the losses as measured by the volume and fresh weight of shoots by the nematode species were 29.82% and 40.34%, respectively. Pratylenchus brachyurus was more aggressive than P. zeae to the CTC 2 sugarcane variety.

Reação de porta-enxertos de videira a Pratylenchus brachyurus e Pratylenchus zeae

Nesse trabalho, o objetivo foi avaliar a reação de oito porta-enxertos de videira aos nematoides das lesões radiculares. As estacas dos porta-enxertos Kober, SO4, 101-14, R99, 420-A, Rupestris du Lot, Riparia do Traviú e Telek 5C, cedidas pelo Centro APTA de Frutas/IAC, foram plantadas em vasos contendo mistura de solo:areia na proporção 2:1 (v:v) e mantidas em casa de vegetação. Após quatro meses, os porta-enxertos foram inoculados com 1.200 espécimes de Pratylenchus brachyurus ou P. zeae, e o milho foi usado para comprovar a viabilidade do inóculo. Aos 180 dias após a inoculação, avaliou-se o número de nematoides por sistema radicular e em 100 cm³ de solo. O milho foi avaliado aos 90 dias após a inoculação e cada vaso recebeu uma nova planta, que foi avaliada juntamente com os porta-enxertos. No milho, as populações finais de P. brachyurus e P. zeae foram respectivamente iguais a 8.040 e 6.940 indivíduos. Todos os porta-enxertos comportaram-se como imunes a P. brachyurus e P. zeae, isto é, a população final dos nematoides e o fator de reprodução foram iguais a zero. Recuperaram-se seis e 11 espécimes de P. zeae nas amostras de solo cultivadas com os porta-enxertos Kober e 420-A, respectivamente. Conclui-se que os porta-enxertos estudados apresentam potencial para serem usados em áreas infestadas com esses nematoides das lesões.

Potencial in vitro de rizobactérias para o controle de nematóides-chave da cana-de-açúcar, dinâmica populacional e manejo de Pratylenchus zeae

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Impact of tillage and residues from rotation crops on the nematode community in soil and surface mulch during the following sugarcane crop.

The impact of three cropping histories (sugarcane, maize and soybean) and two tillage practices (conventional tillage and direct drill) on plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes in the following sugarcane crop was examined in a field trial at Bundaberg. Soybean reduced populations of lesion nematode (Pratylenchus zeae) and root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) in comparison to previous crops of sugarcane or maize but increased populations of spiral nematode (Helicotylenchus dihystera) and maintained populations of dagger nematode (Xiphinema elongatum). However the effect of soybean on P zeae and M. javanica was no longer apparent 15 weeks after planting sugarcane, while later in the season, populations of these nematodes following soybean were as high as or higher than maize or sugarcane. Populations of P zeae were initially reduced by cultivation but due to strong resurgence tended to be higher in conventionally tilled than direct drill plots at the end of the plant crop. Even greater tillage effects were observed with M. javanica and X. elongatum, as nematode populations were significantly higher in conventionally tilled than direct drill plots late in the season. Populations of free-living nematodes in the upper 10 cm of soil were initially highest following soybean, but after 15, 35 and 59 weeks were lower than after sugarcane and contained fewer omnivorous and predatory nematodes. Conventional tillage increased populations of free-living nematodes in soil in comparison to direct drill and was also detrimental to omnivorous and predatory nematodes. These results suggest that crop rotation and tillage not only affect plant-parasitic nematodes directly, but also have indirect effects by impacting on natural enemies that regulate nematode populations. More than 2 million nematodes/m(2) were often present in crop residues on the surface of direct drill plots. Bacterial-feeding nematodes were predominant in residues early in the decomposition process but fungal-feeding nematodes predominated after 15 weeks. This indicates that fungi become an increasingly important component of the detritus food web as decomposition proceeds, and that that the rate of nutrient cycling decreases with time. Correlations between total numbers of free-living nematodes and mineral N concentrations in crop residues and surface soil suggested that the free-living nematode community may provide an indication of the rate of mineralisation of N from organic matter.

Densidade populacional de pratylenchus spp. em pastagens de brachiaria spp. e sua influência na disponibilidade e na qualidade da forragem

The aim of this work was to evaluate the population density of Pratylenchus brachyurus and Pratylenchus zeae associated with Brachiaria brizantha, B. decumbens and B. humidicola and their influence on forage availability and quality. The experiment was conducte in the Hisaeda Farm, Terenos, MS, Brazil. Soil, roots and plant aerial part were harvest with ten replications each, in one square meter randomized sets encompassing three treatments: Good, Intermediary and Bad, visually characterized, considering the percentage of green material. P. brachyurus and P. zeae density were evaluated in soil and plant roots. Dry matter of green, dead and re-growth materials, plant nutritional status and forage quality were assessed in the aerial plant part. Soil fertility was determined in all harvested samples. Both nematode species were identified from all samples, with a larger numbe in the roots (between 87-311 P. brachyurus and 1-61 P. zeae.10 g-1) than in the soil (0-8 P. brachyurus and 1-39 P. zeae.200 cm-3), however, no significant differences were found in the number of specimens between treatments. Considering that these forage species are perennial and host Pratylenchus spp, there is a tendency to increase the population of these pathogens over time, becoming a serious phytosanitary problem.

Respostas biométricas e fotossintética de plantas de milho a Pratylenchus spp. e avaliação da resistência de genótipos de milho e sorgo a esses nematóides e a Meloidogyne spp

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Controle químico de nematoides em canaviais implantados com Tecnologia Plene

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Curvas de progresso de doenças foliares do milho, sob diferentes tratamentos fungicidas

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Caracterização morfológica, morfométrica e multiplicação in vitro das seis espécies mais comuns de Pratylenchus Filipjev, 1936 que ocorrem no Brasil

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Protocolo usado na Embrapa Trigo para produção de peritécios de Gibberella zeae em grãos de trigo.

2007

Susceptibilidad a Fusarium verticillioides, Gibberella zeae y Diplodia maydis en líneas e híbridos pre-comerciales de maíces templados y tropicales

Las podredumbres de espiga (causada por Fusarium verticillioides y Gibberella zeae) y tallo (causada por F.verticillioides) provocan importantes pérdidas de rendimiento y calidad del grano en maíz (Zea mays L.), por lo que es importante mantener actualizado el conocimiento sobre la variabilidad genotípica de la especie para la tolerancia a las mismas así como la posible relación entre la presencia de una y otra podredumbre. Con estos objetivos se evaluaron (i) 438 líneas y 84 híbridos precomerciales de origen templado para resistencia a ambas podredumbres, y (ii) 84 líneas de origen templado y tropical para resistencia a podredumbre de la espiga por Diplodia maydis. Ambos ensayos fueron conducidos en un DBCA en Fontezuela (33.9 ºS, 60.47º O), Argentina, durante 2009-2010. Los tratamientos empleados fueron inoculación artificial e infección natural. Se encontraron diferencias significativas entre ambas para incidencia (I: porcentaje de plantas afectadas en el surco), Severidad (S: porcentaje promedio de podredumbre de las espigas sobre el total de espigas afectadas) y S×I, tanto para híbridos como para líneas. Existió una correlación positiva entre el tratamiento control sin inocular y el inoculado para todas las enfermedades. Se detectó una pequeña influencia de los caracteres morfológicos de la espiga y el grano sobre la resistencia a podredumbre de espiga por F.verticillioides y D. maydis, respectivamente. No se encontró G. zeae en el control, por lo que no pudieron realizarse los análisis correspondientes para esta enfermedad. La asociación entre el tratamiento inoculado con fusariosis de espiga y el control para fusariosis de tallo, y viceversa, nunca fue consistente, por lo tanto puede emplearse un tratamiento como control del otro. Los materiales de origen tropical fueron más resistentes a D. maydis que los templados, aunque las diferencias entre grupos heteróticos no resultaron altamente significativas. Se determinó que la inoculación artificial empleando infección natural como control es una práctica recomendable en el mejoramiento de maíz por resistencia a enfermedades. La inoculación artificial puede generar mayor variación en las respuestas, permitiendo observar y comparar el comportamiento de distintos materiales frente a la infección de patógenos.

Flowchart for the production of perithecia of Gibberella zeae in wheat grains.

2016

Methodology to determine the number of infection points of Gibberella zeae in wheat spikes.

2016