Higher fitness and competitive advantage of Pyricularia oryzae Triticum lineage resistant to QoI fungicides.

BACKGROUND: Quinone outside inhibitor (QoI) fungicides have not been effective in controlling the wheat blast disease [Pyricularia oryzae Triticum lineage (PoTl)] in Brazil. The first report of resistance of PoTl to QoIs in this country occurred in 2015. This study aimed to test hypotheses about the changes in fitness parameters and competitive advantage of the QoI-resistant (R) PoTl isolate group compared to the sensitive (S) isolate group. Mycelial growth on PDA medium and in vivo conidial production, incubation period and disease severity were analyzed as fitness parameters. The competitive ability was measured on wheat leaves and heads inoculated with mixtures of R:S isolates at the following proportions: 0S:100R, 20S:80R, 50S:50R, 80S:20R, 100S:0R, and 0S:0R. RESULTS: The QoI-R isolate group had significantly higher fitness than the sensitive isolate group, considering both in vitro and in vivo parameters. The highest in vivo conidial production on wheat leaves and the highest leaf and head disease severity were detected when resistant strains were predominant in the isolate's mixtures (20S:80R or 0S:100R proportions), in the absence of fungicide pressure. Conidia harvested from wheat blast lesions on leaves inoculated with 20S:80R and 0S:100R mixtures were resistant to QoIs in vitro assays based on discriminatory doses of the fungicide. CONCLUSION: Therefore, QoI resistance facilitated a higher fitness and a competitive advantage in PoTl, which contrasts with the evolutionary theory that associates a fitness cost to fungicide resistance. We discuss the evolutionary and ecological implications of the higher fitness as found in the fungicide-resistant adapted populations of the wheat blast pathogen. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.

Copper formulations in bacterial blight control and toxic effects on coffee seedlings

Bacterial blight of coffee (Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae) is an important coffee disease and can be controlled using antibiotics and copper-based compounds. However, copper-based compounds raise doubts among coffee growers regarding bacterial blight control efficiency and phytotoxic potential. In this work, coffee plants were sprayed with different copper molecules in order to study their efficiency on bacterial blight control and the phytotoxic potential. Seven copper formulations, cuprous oxide, copper oxychloride, copper nitrate, copper hydroxide 1 (water-dispersible granules) and 2 (concentrated suspension), copper sulfate 1 (complexed with gluconic acid) and 2 (Bordeaux mixture) were studied. The copper formulations efficiency was compared with the antibiotic kasugamycin, saline solution, and control. In controlled environmental conditions of temperature, relative humidity, and photoperiod, coffee seedlings were sprayed with the treatments and after 24 hours they were inoculated with Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae suspension. Disease incidence and severity assessments were performed in a 2-day interval during a 16-day period. Phytotoxicity incidence and severity, mapping, and quantification of copper on the leaf tissue surface, dried leaves weight, and total copper leaf content were assessed 16 days after pathogen inoculation. Data were submitted to the Scott-Knott test (p < 0.05). Cuprous oxide and copper sulfate 2 proved most efficient to bacterial blight control, causing lower phytotoxicity effect, best covering, and persistence on leaf tissues. Copper nitrate and copper sulfate complexed with gluconic acid were more phytotoxicity compared to other copper formulations.

Effect of Center-Pivot Irrigation in the Rust and Brown Eye Spot of Coffee.

Incidence of rust (caused by Hemileia vastatrix) and brown eye spot (caused by Cercospora coffeicola) of coffee was evaluated for 2 years in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, in a center-pivot-irrigated coffee crop with different water application levels. Treatments consisted of six water levels of 0 (nonirrigated), 60, 80, 100, 120, and 140% applied according to class A evaporation pan (CAE). Progress of disease was influenced significantly by different water levels; the highest incidence of rust occurred with lower water levels-0 (nonirrigated), 60, and 80% CAE-whereas the lowest incidence was detected with larger water levels: 120 and 140% CAE. There was one peak of rust incidence in August. The highest incidence of brown eye spot occurred with water levels of 100 and 140% CAE and the lowest incidence was found in the nonirrigated treatment. Two incidence peaks occurred in March and June. This study identified that irrigation methods and water levels can decisively affect the epidemiological behavior of diseases and, therefore, their management.

Caracterização morfológica, genética e patogenicidade de isolados de Rhizoctonia solani provenientes de algodoeiros no Brasil / Morphological, genetic characterization and pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia solani isolates from cotton in Brazil

A espécie Rhizoctonia solani é um patógeno importante na cultura do algodão associada a doenças conhecidas como tombamento e mela. A variabilidade entre os isolados são extremamente importantes, porque existem diferenças entre os grupos de anastomose, tomadas como aqueles isolados capazes de trocar informações genéticas entre si. A caracterização morfológica, quando confirmada pela a caracterização genética fornece informações concretas sobre a distribuição do isolados quando agem como um agente patogênico. O objetivo foi identificar e caracterizar os grupos de anastomose no Brasil e confirmá-los pela caracterização genética. Foram consideradas 51 isolados de Rhizoctonia solani com o objetivo de caracterizar os grupos de anastomose e determinar a patogenicidade. A caracterização morfológica foi realizada observando-se o número de núcleos, morfologia da colônia e identificação de grupos de anastomose (AG). Na caracterização genética foram sequenciados e analisados os fragmentos genômicos contendo as regiões 5.8 S, ITS1 e ITS2, comparando-se os isolados listados no GenBank. A patogenicidade foi avaliada utilizando a escala de infecção com graus que variam de 1 a 4. Considerando-se o AG foram identificados 36 de 51 isolados como AG-4 e dois isolados como AG-7, 13 isolados não tiveram classificação. Em análises moleculares foram confirmados os 36 isolados identificados pela caracterização morfológica e mais 10 isolados como AG-4. Todos os isolados AG-7 foram confirmados e encontrado mais um nas análises moleculares. Para a patogenicidade verificou-se que cinco isolados não diferem do controle. A virulência intermediária e alta virulência foram observadas em 16 e 24 isolados, respectivamente, com médias 2,52-3,3 e 3,4-3,9.

The Rhizoctonia solani is an important pathogen in cotton crop associated with damping-off disease. The variability among isolates are extremely important, because differences exist between anastomosis groups, taken as those isolates capable of exchanging genetic information with each other. Morphological characterization, when confirmed by genetic characterization provides concrete information about the isolates distribution when it acts like a pathogen. Our study was to identify and characterize the anastomosis groups in Brazil and confirm them by genetic characterization. We considered 51 Rhizoctonia solani isolates aiming to characterize the anastomose group and determine their pathogenicity. The morphological characterization was done observing the number of cores, colony morphology and identification of anastomosis groups (AG). In genetic characterization were sequenced and analyzed the genomic fragments containing the 5.8 S, ITS1 and ITS2 regions and compared them to Rhizoctonia isolates listed in the GenBank. The pathogenicity was evaluated for the disease severity, using the scale of infection with grades ranging from 1 to 4. Considering the AG we identified 36 of 51 isolates as AG-4 and two isolates as AG-7 and 13 isolates were listed as unrated. In molecular analyses were confirmed those 36 isolates and were identified more 10 isolates as AG-4. All the AG- 7 isolates were confirmed and we found one more considering the molecular analyses. For the pathogenicity was found that five strains did not differ from the control. Intermediate virulence and high virulence were observed in 16 and 24 isolates, respectively with averages from 2.52 to 3.3 and from 3.4 to 3.9.

Influência da temperatura sobre isolados de Rhizoctonia solani (Kühn) obtidos em áreas produtoras de algodão nos estados brasileiros / Influence of temperature on the Rhizoctonia solani (Kühn) strains obtained from cotton fields on the brazilian states

A temperatura é importante para estudos com Rhizoctonia solani por ser um patógeno cosmopolita e polífago. Nas temperaturas adequadas o patógeno pode ser favorecido, o qual obtém sucesso no processo doença. Já em temperaturas inadequadas, o seu crescimento e desenvolvimento pode ser retardado. O objetivo foi avaliar a influência da temperatura no crescimento micelial, na produção de escleródios e na patogenicidade de isolados de R. solani. Obtiveramse 18 isolados de plântulas de algodão, oriundos dos estados de Minas Gerais (8), Bahia (3), Goiás(2), Mato Grosso (4) e Mato Grosso do Sul (1), que foram testados nas temperaturas de 15°C, 18°C, 21°C, 24°C, 27°C e 30°C. Para o crescimento micelial, os isolados foram dispostos em placas de Petri (9 cm de diâmetro), contendo meio batata-dextroseágar. As placas foram acondicionadas em câmaras de germinação com fotoperíodo de 12 horas. Realizaram-se medições ortogonais do diâmetro da colônia, diariamente, por 8 dias e quantificou-se o índice de crescimento micelial (ICM). As placas foram mantidas por três meses nas respectivas câmaras de crescimento para análise da produção de escleródios. Para a determinação de patogenicidade e a avaliação da severidade da doença, seguiu-se o método descrito por Oliveira et al. (2008). Os dados obtidos foram submetidos à analise de variância. Houve interação significativa entre isolados e temperaturas. Quanto aos oito isolados de Minas Gerais, um apresentou maior ICM a 24ºC e três a 27°C, observando-se relação com o modelo quadrático. Três isolados apresentaram melhor ajuste ao modelo linear e um não diferiu estatisticamente para as temperaturas avaliadas. Os isolados de GO apresentaram maior ICM nas temperaturas de 24°C e 27°C. Para os isolados do MT, dois tiveram ajuste ao modelo linear, enquanto os outros dois tiveram ao modelo quadrático, nas temperaturas de 21°C e 24°C. Já o isolado do MS foi ajustado ao modelo quadrático a 27°C, enquanto todos os três isolados da BA foram ajustados ao modelo linear. O maior número de escleródios foi observado nas temperaturas de 15°C e 18ºC com exceção do isolado do MS, o qual obteve o maior número a 27ºC. Verificou-se que 14 isolados (6 de MG, 2 da BA, 2 de GO, 3 de MT e 1 de MS) apresentaram maior severidade entre 24°C e 27°C, ajustandose ao modelo quadrático, enquanto três isolados (2 de MG e 1 de MT) não diferiram significativamente para as temperaturas avaliadas e apenas um isolado (BA 2 ­ I01) ajustou-se ao modelo linear.

The temperature is important for studies of Rhizoctonia solani (Kühn), since it is a cosmopolitan and polyphagous pathogen. Appropriate temperatures can favor the pathogen, which starts the infection process. On the other hand inappropriate temperatures can impose a delay to its growth and development. The objective were evaluate the influence of temperature on mycelial growth, sclerotia production and pathogenicity of R. solani strains. In the fields were obtained 18 strains from cotton seedlings on the States of Minas Gerais-MG (8), Bahia-BA (3), Goias-GO (2), Mato Grosso-MT (4) and Mato Grosso do Sul-MS (1), which were tested at temperatures of 15°C, 18°C, 21°C, 24°C, 27°C and 30°C. For mycelial growth, strains were placed in Petri dishes (9 cm diameter) containing potato-dextrose-agar (PDA). The dishes were placed into a germination chamber with a photoperiod of 12 hours. There were orthogonal daily measurements of the diameter of the colony during 8 days and the rate of mycelial growth was quantified afterwards. The dishes were kept for three months in the respective growth chambers for the sclerotia production analysis. For the pathogenicity determination and evaluation of disease severity the method described by Oliveira et al. (2008) was followed. The data were subjected to analysis of variance. There was significant interaction between isolates and temperatures. Among the eight strains of Minas Gerais, one had a higher rate of mycelial growth at 24 ° C and three at 27 ° C, adjusting to the quadratic model. Three strains showed better fit to a linear model and did not differ statistically for the temperatures. Strains from GO had a higher rate of mycelial growth temperatures of 24°C and 27°C. Concerning about the strains from MT, two were fit to a linear model, while the other two had the quadratic model at temperatures of 21°C and 24ºC. Strains from MS was adjusted to quadratic model at 27°C, while all three strains from BA were fitted to the linear model. The largest number of sclerotia was observed at 15°C and 18°C except for MS strain, which obtained the highest number at 27ºC. It was found that 14 strains (six from MG, two from BA, two from GO, three from MT and one from MS) showed a higher severity between 24°C and 27°C, adjusting to the quadratic model, while three isolates (two from MG and one from MT) did not differ significantly for the temperatures evaluated and only one isolate (BA 2 - I01) had set better to the linear model.

Comparison and validation of diagrammatic scales for brown eye spots in coffee tree leaves / Comparação e validação de escalas diagramáticas para cercosporiose em folhas de cafeeiro

A diagrammatic scale with six levels (0.1-3.0; 3.1-6.0; 6.1-12.0; 12.1-18.0;18.1-30.0; 30.1-49.0 percent) was developed, compared, and evaluated along with two other scales to measure the severity of brown eye spots in coffee trees leaves. The scale was designed based on two others already in use in order to increase the efficiency of evaluation and for estimation values to approach as close as possible to their actual values. Two evaluations were performed using each of the three diagrammatic scales and one was performed without a diagrammatic scale, in seven day intervals. Using the proposed scale, the evaluators demonstrated better precision levels, accuracy, reproducibility, and repeatability in the estimations, when compared to the evaluators who did not use the diagrammatic scale, or who used existing scales. The proposed diagrammatic scale provided a reliable estimation to evaluate brown eye spot severity on coffee tree leaves.

Foi desenvolvida, comparada e avaliada com outras duas escalas uma escala diagramática com seis níveis (0,1-3,0; 3,1-6,0; 6,1-12,0; 12,1-18,0; 18,1-30,0; 30,1-49,0 por cento), para medir a severidade da cercosporiose em folhas de cafeeiro. A escala foi construída baseada em outras duas já existentes, procurando aumentar a eficiência da avaliação e aproximar os valores estimados o mais próximo dos valores reais. Foram realizadas duas avaliações com a utilização de cada uma das três escalas diagramáticas e uma avaliação sem o seu auxílio, em intervalos de sete dias. Com o emprego da escala proposta, os avaliadores apresentaram melhores níveis de precisão, acurácia, reprodutibilidade e repetibilidade nas estimativas, quando comparados aos avaliadores que não utilizaram a escala diagramática, ou que utilizaram as escalas existentes. A escala diagramática proposta demonstrou fornecer uma estimativa confiável para avaliar a severidade da cercosporiose em folhas de cafeeiro.

Modelagem geoestatística da sigatoka-negra e sua relação com a fertilidade do solo / Geostatistical modeling of black-sigatoka and relation to soil fertility

Objetivou-se, com a realização do presente trabalho, caracterizar a variabilidade espacial da sigatoka-negra, utilizando-se metodologia de análise geoestatística para verificar sua relação com a fertilidade do solo na cultivar Grande Naine. O experimento foi realizado no município de Registro, SP. Demarcou-se, no campo, uma malha regular de 30 x 30 m, totalizando-se 30 pontos amostrais georreferenciados com aparelho de GPS. Foram realizadas avaliações da severidade da sigatoka-negra, com auxílio de uma escala diagramática. Coletaram-se amostras de solo na camada de 0-20 cm, para análise de fertilidade. Com base na análise do semivariograma isotrópico, verificou-se a forte dependência espacial da severidade da doença, com alcance de 25,28 m. Os mapas de krigagem demonstraram um padrão agregado e da relação negativa da severidade da doença com os teores de potássio e positiva com teores de enxofre no solo.

The objective in this research was to characterize the spatial variability of the Black Sigatoka disease, using the geostatistic analysis methodology to identify its relation to soil fertility in the Grande Naine cultivar. The experiment was conducted in the city of Registro, São Paulo state, Brazil. A regular 30 x 30m field mesh was demarcated, using a Geographical Positioning System in the experimental field, composed of a total of 30 sampling points or georeferences. Evaluations of the severity of the Black Sigatoka were conducted using a diagrammatic scale. Soil samples were collected in the 0 - 20cm layer for fertility analysis. Based on the isotropic semivariogram, a clustered spatial dependence of the disease severity, with a range of 25.28m was verified. The kriging maps demonstrated an aggregate pattern and negative relationship of the severity of the disease to potassium and positive with levels sulphur in the soil.

Efeito de fungicidas sistêmico e protetores aplicados em diferentes estádios fenológicos no controle da ferrugem asiática da soja / Effect of protectant and systemic fungicides applied at different growth stages on the control of soybean Asian rust

Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, verificar o efeito dos fungicidas oxicloreto de cobre, tiofanato metílico, tiofanato metílico + clorotalonil e clorotalonil em diferentes estádios fenológicos V6, R1, R5, V6 + R1, V6 + R5 e R1 + R5 no controle da ferrugem asiática da soja. O estudo foi conduzido na área experimental do Departamento de Agricultura da Universidade Federal de Lavras. Observou-se efeito significativo de controle da ferrugem asiática para todos os fungicidas avaliados. A aplicação de pyraclostrobin + epoxiconazole em R1 proporcionou o controle efetivo da doença, não diferindo estatisticamente de V6 + R1 e R1 + R5. As aplicações em R5 e V6 + R5 apresentaram elevada severidade, no entanto, com rendimento de grãos semelhante a aplicações do mesmo fungicida nos estádios R1, V6 + R1 e R1 + R5.

The aim of this work was to verify the effect of the fungicides dicopper chloride trihydroxide, thiophanate methyl, chlorothalonil+thiophanate methyl, chlorothalonil, and pyraclostrobin+epoxiconazole applied at the stages V6, R1, R5, V6+R1, V6+R5, R1+R5 on the control of the Asian rust and on the agronomic characteristics of the soybean. The experiment was carried out at the experimental area of the Agriculture Department, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras MG, Brazil. Significant effects were observed for all fungicides on Asian rust control, in comparison with the control. The treatments with fungicide sprays pyraclostrobin + epoxiconazole at the growth stage R1 provided the effective control of the disease, no significant differences were observed between V6 + R1 and R1 + R5. The sprays at R5 and V6 + R5 showed high disease severity however, with grain yield similar to the applications of the same fungicide at the stages R1, V6 + R1 and R1 + R5.

Scanning electron microscopy applied to seed-borne fungi examination.

The aim of this study was to test the standard scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as a potential alternative to study seed-borne fungi in seeds, by two different conditions of blotter test and water restriction treatment. In the blotter test, seeds were subjected to conditions that enabled pathogen growth and expression, whereas the water restriction method consisted in preventing seed germination during the incubation period, resulting in the artificial inoculation of fungi. In the first condition, seeds of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), maize (Zea mays L.), and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) were submitted to the standard blotter test and then prepared and observed with SEM. In the second condition, seeds of cotton (G. hirsutum), soybean (Glycine max L.), and common bean (P. vulgaris L.) were, respectively, inoculated with Colletotrichum gossypii var. cephalosporioides, Colletotrichum truncatum, and Colletotrichum lindemuthianum by the water restriction technique, followed by preparation and observation with SEM. The standard SEM methodology was adopted to prepare the specimens. Considering the seeds submitted to the blotter test, it was possible to identify Fusarium sp. on maize, C. gossypii var. cephalosporioides, and Fusarium oxysporum on cotton, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium sp., Rhizopus sp., and Mucor sp. on common bean. Structures of C. gossypii var. cephalosporioides, C. truncatum, and C. lindemuthianum were observed in the surface of inoculated seeds.

Diferenças na intensidade e na expansão da pústula da ferrugem do cafeeiro em dois acessos de Hemileia vastatrix / Differences in the intensity and pustule expansion of coffee rust for two Hemileia vastatrix accesses

Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, estudar, em ambiente controlado, as diferenças na intensidade de doenças e na expansão da pústula de dois acessos de Hemileia vastatrix, coletados em plantas da cultivar Catuai das cidades de Coromandel (COR2), no Alto Paranaíba e de Ijaci (IIJ1), no Sul de Minas Gerais. As plantas inoculadas foram submetidas a três temperaturas (15, 20 e 25ºC) e três períodos de molhamento foliar (24, 48 e 72 horas de molhamento foliar), em esquema fatorial com três repetições. Ambos os acessos apresentaram maior severidade da doença quando submetidos a 24 horas de molhamento foliar, após a inoculação. A maior freqüência de infecção do IIJ1 foi a 15ºC, no entanto, a temperatura não influenciou essa variável para COR2. Houve maior severidade da ferrugem em COR2 a 25ºC. A maior expansão da pústula, em folhas inoculadas com IIJ1, foi a 15ºC com 7,59cm², e a menor a 25 ºC, com 5,37cm², enquanto para COR2 houve aumento à medida que se elevou a temperatura de 15 para 25ºC, de 1,44 para 6,62 cm², respectivamente. Accessos provenientes de Ijaci e de Coromandel apresentaram diferenças na intensidade da ferrugem e na expansão das pústulas em ambiente controlado.

The aim of this work was to study, under controlled environment, the differences in the disease intensity and pustule expansion of two Hemileia vastatrix accesses, sampled in cultivar Catuai coffee (Coffea arabica L.) plants from Coromandel (COR2) and Ijaci (IIJ1), towns located respectively in the West and South of Minas Gerais State. The inoculated plants were submitted to three temperatures (15, 20 and 25ºC) and three leaf wetness durations (24, 48 e and 72 hours) in a factorial scheme with three replicates. Both accesses presented a higher disease severity when submitted to 24h leaf wetness duration after inoculation. The higher infection frequency for IIJ1 was at 15ºC, while the temperature did not influence this variable for COR2. There was a higher severity for COR2 inoculated plants when incubated at 25ºC. The higher pustule expansion, for leaves inoculated with IIJ1 was at 15ºC with 7.59cm² and a lower at 25ºC, with 5.37cm², while for COR2 when temperature raised from 15 to 25ºC, there was an increase in the pustule expansion from 1.44 to 6.62 cm², respectively. Fungal lines from Ijaci and from Coromandel presented differences in the intensity and pustule expansion of rust, under controlled environment.

Intensidade do oídio Microsphaera diffusa Cke. & Pk. em cultivares de soja [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] sob diferentes temperaturas e períodos de molhamento foliar / Effects of temperature and leaf wetness period in powdery mildew Microsphaera diffusa Cke. & Pk. intensity in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars

Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, verificar o efeito da temperatura e do período de molhamento foliar no progresso da severidade do oídio Microsphaera diffusa Cke. & Pk., nas cultivares de soja Conquista e Suprema [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. As plantas foram inoculadas em casa-de-vegetação por agitação de plantas doentes sobre plantas sadias no estádio vegetativo V3. Em seguida foram colocadas, ao acaso, em câmaras de crescimento vegetal, nas temperaturas de 15, 20, 25 e 30°C e períodos de molhamento foliar de 0, 6, 12, 18 e 24 h. Dados da severidade foram utilizados para avaliar o progresso da doença e integrados ao longo do tempo por meio da área abaixo da curva de progresso da severidade (AACPS). Modelos de regressão não-linear foram ajustados para AACPS. O progresso da intensidade do oídio (AACPS) nas cultivares Conquista e Suprema foi favorecido por temperaturas próximas a 23ºC e 24ºC, respectivamente. Períodos de molhamento foliar de 8h proporcionaram o progresso máximo da severidade da doença na cultivar Conquista sob temperatura de 23ºC. Temperaturas próximas de 30ºC e de 15ºC reduziram a intensidade da doença.

In this study the effects of temperature and leaf wetness period in the severity progress of Powdery Mildew Cke. & Pk. in soybean cultivars Conquista and Suprema [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] were evaluated. Plants at the V3 stage were inoculated in greenhouse. Subsequently, they were conditioned into growth chambers at temperatures of 15, 20, 25 and 30°C and leaf wetness periods of 0, 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours. Severity data were integrated in time by the disease progress curve for severity (AUDPCS). Non-linear regression models were adjusted for the disease intensity. Temperatures near 23ºC and 24ºC favored the powdery mildew intensity progress (AUDPCS) in Conquista and Suprema cultivars, respectively. Leaf wetness period of 8 h allowed the maximum progress of the disease in Conquista at temperatures of 23ºC. Temperatures near 30ºC and 15ºC reduced powdery mildew intensity.

Variabilidade em dez populações de Hemileia vastatrix em relação à germinação e ao comprimento do tubo germinativo em quatro temperaturas / Variability in ten populations of Hemileia vastatrix for germination and germinative tube length under four temperatures

Neste trabalho, objetivou-se verificar o efeito da temperatura na germinação e no comprimento do tubo germinativo em diferentes populações de H. vastatrix (PHVs), sob quatro temperaturas. Realizou-se um bioensaio com dez PHVs, com suspensão de urediniósporos a 0,5mg/mL em solução aquosa (0,05 por cento) de tween 80. Duas gotas de cada suspensão foram depositadas em lâminas de microscópio recobertas com camada de poliestireno e colocadas em gerbox contendo papel de filtro umedecido para constituir câmara úmida. Os gerboxes foram mantidos fechados, no escuro, a 15ºC, 20ºC, 25ºC e 30ºC, por 24 horas. O ensaio foi conduzido em fatorial 10 x 4, sendo dez isolados, quatro temperaturas e duas repetições. Avaliaram-se a germinação e o comprimento do tubo germinativo. Houve variabilidade entre as PHVs quanto à temperatura ótima para germinação e alongamento do tubo germinativo.

The objective of this work was to verify the effect of temperature in germination and germ tube length in different populations of H. vastatrix (PHVs) temperatures. A bioassay was performed with ten PHVs, using an urediniospore suspension of at 0.5mg/mL in aqueous solution (0.05 percent) of tween 80. Two drops of each suspension was deposited on a microscope coverslip, covered with a polystyrene layer and incubated in gerbox containing a watered filter paper to work as a wet chamber. The gerbox was kept closed, in the dark, at 15, 20, 25 and 30ºC for 24 hours. The assay was carried out in a factorial design 10 x 4, with ten isolates, four temperatures and two replicates represented by two drops of the suspension. Germination percentage and germ tube length were assessed. There was variability among PHVs for the optimum temperature for germination and elongation of the germ tube.

Metodologias de inoculação de Rhizoctonia solani na cultura da cenoura / Inoculation methodology of Rhizoctonia solani in carrot

Rhizoctonia solani pode causar diferentes tipos de doenças em cenoura (Daucus carota L.). Para a avaliação de métodos de controle geralmente se utiliza inoculação artificial. Objetivou-se neste trabalho, ajustar uma concentração de inóculo de R. solani (AG-4) no cultivo de cenoura. Utilizou-se delineamento experimental em blocos ao acaso, com 5 repetições sendo a unidade experimental um vaso de 3L com 40 sementes. Como substrato, utilizou-se solo/areia (3:1). Os tratamentos em esquema fatorial 4 x 3 sendo, 4 densidades de inóculo (9; 18; 36; 72; mg de inóculo·kg-1 de solo) e 3 métodos de infestação artificial (incorporados a todo o solo; incorporados na superfície; contato direto com as sementes) e uma testemunha adicional. O experimento foi conduzido em câmara de crescimento a 20(0)C, com fotoperíodo de 12 h. As avaliações foram realizadas diariamente do 8º ao 30º dia após a semeadura, registrando-se o estande e o número de plântulas com tombamento. Analisou-se o índice de velocidade de emergência, porcentagem média de tombamento pré e pós emergência. A densidade de 72 mg de inóculo·kg-1 de solo incorporado na superfície foi o método mais eficiente.

Rhizoctonia solani may cause different diseases in carrot (Daucus carota L.). To test control methods, artificial inoculation is generally employed. This work aimed to adjust a methodology to inoculate R. solani (AG-4) in carrot. A randomized block outline with five replicates was used, with an experimental unit of a 3L-pot with 40 seeds and a substact composed by a mixture of soil/sand (3:1 v/v). Treatments were those in a factorial experiment 4 x 3, with 4 inoculum densities (9; 18; 36; 72 mg of inoculum.kg-1 of soil) and three forms of artificial infestation (incorporated to the substract as a whole; incorporated on the surface; with direct contact with seeds) and an additional control. The experiment was carried out in a growth chamber at 20(0)C and a 12h photoperiod. The evaluations were daily performed from the 8th to the 30th day after sowing, recording plant stand and number of seedlings with damping-off. The emergence index, averge percentage of pre and post emergence. Were analyzed the density of 72 mg of inoculum·kg-1 of soil, incorporated on the surface of the susbtract was the most efficient inoculation method.

Bactérias endofíticas como agentes promotores do crescimento de plantas de tomateiro e de inibição in vitro de Ralstonia solanacearum / Endophytic bacteria as agents of plant growth promotion in tomato and inhibition in vitro of Ralstonia solanacearum

A partir de 150 isolados de bactérias endofíticas obtidos de folhas, caules e raízes de tomateiros sadios, 53 destacaram-se quanto à habilidade em promover o crescimento de plantas de tomateiro (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Submetidos a uma nova seleção, os isolados UFV-E17, UFV-E22, UFV-E25, UFV-E26, UFV-E27, Bacillus cereus (UFV-E29), UFV-E49, UFLA 06-LS, UFLA 08-LS e UFLA 11-LS apresentaram maior promoção do crescimento. Avaliações semanais de altura e número de folhas e folíolos das plantas aconteceram durante 45 dias. Após a sexta avaliação, mensurou-se a área foliar e o peso da matéria fresca e seca da parte aérea e da raiz das plantas. O isolado UFV-E49 apresentou melhor resultado para altura, área foliar, número de folhas e peso da matéria fresca e seca, tanto da parte aérea quanto da raiz. Dos isolados selecionados, somente dois apresentaram efeito inibitório direto in vitro a Ralstonia solanacearum.

Out of one hundred and fifty isolates of endophytic bacteria from leaves, stems and roots of healthy tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.), fifty three showed ability to promote tomato plant growth, among these, ten isolates UFV-E17, UFV-E22, UFV-E25, UFV-E26, UFV-E27, Bacillus cereus (UFV-E29), UFV-E49, UFLA 06-LS, UFLA 08-LS and UFLA 11-LS, provided the largest plant growth promotion. Weekly assessment of plant height and number of leaves and leaflets were carried out during 45 days. After the sixth evaluation, the leaf area and the fresh and dry weight of the aerial part of plants and of the roots were measured. Isolate UFV-E49 provided the largest values of height, leaf area, number of leaves and fresh and dry weight of the aerial part of plants as well as the root. From the selected isolates, only two presented antimicrobial activity against Ralstonia solanacearum.

Influência das variáveis ambientais no progresso da antracnose do feijoeiro e eficiência de tiofanato metílico + clorotalonil no controle da doença / Influence of the environmental variables in the progress of anthracnose of bean and efficiency of thiophanate methyl + chlorothalonil in the control of the disease

Em Minas Gerais a antracnose destaca-se como uma das principais doenças foliares do feijoeiro comum, pela sua ocorrência em diversas épocas de plantio e redução na produção. No presente trabalho avaliou-se a ocorrência, o progresso da doença e a eficiência do controle químico da antracnose. Foram avaliadas parcelas com e sem tratamento fungicida (Tiofanato metílico + Clorotalonil, 240 + 600g i.a./ha) em cinco épocas de avaliação da doença em 24 plantios da cultivar carioca, de 04/96 à 03/97. Não se constatou a ocorrência da antracnose no período de fevereiro a março de 1997. O tratamento com fungicida resultou em menor severidade da doença e maior produção, principalmente nos meses de maior severidade dela. A severidade da doença correlacionou-se com as variáveis ambientais de temperatura máxima e mínima e umidade relativa aos 43, 57 e 71 dias após a emergência. Houve correlação negativa entre severidade da doença e produtividade do feijoeiro.

In Minas Gerais the anthracnose is one of the most important leaf diseases of the common bean due to occur at various planting time and to reduce the production. The present experiment was performed aiming to evaluate occurrence, progress of the disease and the efficiency of fungicide on the control of bean anthracnose. Plots with and without fungicide treatment (Thiophanate methyl + Chlorothalonil, 240 + 600g a. i./ha) were evaluated in five times of evaluation during 24 sowing times of bean cultivar Carioca, between April/96 and March/97. The occurrence of the anthracnose was not verified during february and march of 1997. Treatment with fungicide resulted in the lower disease severity and higher yield, mainly in the months of higher severity of the disease. There was significant correlation between the severity and the maximum and minimum temperature and relative humidity 43, 57 and 71 days after emergency. There was a negative correlation between severity of the disease and yelds.

Efeito do tipo de substrato e da presença de adubação suplementar sobre o crescimento vegetativo, nutrição mineral, custo de produção e intensidade de cercosporiose em mudas de cafeeiro formadas em tubetes / Effects of substrate type and supplementary fertilization on vegetative growth, mineral nutrition, production costs, and brown eye spot of coffee seedlings in stiff plastic containers

A utilização de tubetes para produzir mudas de cafeeiro (Coffea arabica L.) tornou-se uma realidade. Objetivando avaliar o uso de substratos adubados ou não com fertilizante de liberação gradual e seus efeitos na nutrição, na formação, na cercosporiose e nos custos de produção de mudas de cafeeiro em tubetes, conduziu-se um experimento em viveiro, em esquema fatorial (4x2) com quatro substratos combinados com duas adubações, tendo quatro repetições. As parcelas foram constituídas por 16 tubetes de 120 mL, considerando-se como plantas úteis as seis centrais. Os tratamentos consistiram dos substratos S1= Substrato comercial I, S2 = Substrato comercial II, S3 = Substrato de eucalipto e S4 = 80 por cento esterco de curral + 20 por cento terra de subsolo, todos com e sem adubação com fertilizante de liberação gradual. No geral, os melhores substratos para formação de mudas de cafeeiro em tubetes foram os substratos não comerciais ou orgânicos, independentemente de receberem ou não adubação suplementar. Observou-se redução da cercosporiose com a nutrição mineral, principalmente com o cálcio. Com a utilização de todos os substratos houve ganho econômico em relação ao custo por milheiro de mudas. A maior economia foi obtida com o substrato S4, seguida do substrato S3, com melhor relação custo/benefício.

The utilization of stiff plastic containers for producing coffee seedlings (Coffea arabica L.) is a reality. Aiming to evaluate the effects of substrate type enriched or not with slow-release fertilizer on vegetative growth, mineral nutrition, production cost and, brown eye spot of coffee seedlings, an experiment was conducted in the plant nursery. The experimental design was a factorial scheme with four substrates in the presence and absence of supplementary fertilization, with four replicates. The plots were made of 16 containers of 120 ml, using six central plants for evaluation. The treatments consisted of S1 = Commercial Substrate I, S2 = Commercial Substrate II, S3 = Eucalyptus Substrate and S4 = 80 percent bovine manure + 20 percent subsoil material with and without fertilization. In general, the best substrates for formation of coffee seedlings were not commercial substrates or organic, regardless of fertilization. The brown eye spot was reduced with balanced nutrition, mainly with calcium. All substrates provide economic return. The largest economy was found in substrate S4, followed by S3, showing the highest coast/benefit rate.