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| Author(s): |
Wellington Ivo Eduardo
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Jaboticabal. 2018-03-05. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal |
| Defense date: | 2018-02-07 |
| Advisor: | Arlindo Leal Boiça Júnior; Michael Joseph Stout |
| Abstract | |
There are few studies on the use of resistant soybean genotypes in the management of Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1781) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and with the increase of their attack in the last few seasons, these study become necessary, being important a standardization of the research methods to obtain these genotypes, as well as, studies on the defense mechanisms and the resistance induction of these plants against the attack of this pest. Thus, the aims of this work were to evaluate research methodologies for resistance tests in the categories, non-preference for feeding, non-preference for oviposition and antibiosis, and to classify the soybean genotypes in resistance levels against H. virescens in these categories; besides verifying the expression of induced resistance under injuries levels and time after the injuries caused by H. virescens, and to analyze some possible morphological and chemical mechanisms involved with the constitutive and induced resistance of these genotypes. In the research methodology experiments for resistance tests in the non-preference for feeding category was possible to observe that the density of nine caterpillars neonates and two caterpillars with six-day old per genotype; new leaf of plants in vegetative stage plants were the most indicated for the performance of resistance tests with genotypes soybean. In the non-preference for oviposition category, the couples densities released per genotype did not influence in the distition of the soybean genotypes; in parallel, the amount of lay eggs per female at densities of two couples per genotype did not differ from the densities of one and three couples, in this way the density of two couples was selected for the resistance tests in the non-preference for oviposition category with the genotypes soybean against H. virescens; in relation to the choice of the most appropriate plant structure for evaluation of the resistance tests, there was also no differentiation between the resistant and susceptible genotypes, thus choosing to count the eggs of all structures of the plant in the later resistance tests of this category; the phenological stage in which the plant was used also did not interfere in the differentiation of the genotypes, using, at the later resistance tests, plants at the vegetative stage by the speed in obtaining and ease in the management of the plants. In turn, in the research methodology tests in the antibiosis category, it was determined the use of the density of a caterpillar per containers of 150 ml, for providing greater differentiation between the resistant genotype of the susceptible, mainly in the larval viability at 12 days and larval viability; in the tests to determine the plant structure more suitable for resistance tests, the leaves alone were choose because in these structures there was a greater differentiation of the resistant genotype than susceptible genotype in the parameters larval weight at 12 days, larval viability and pupal weight. Based on these results, constitutive resistance tests of soybean genotypes to H. virescens were performed in the categories non-preference for feeding, no preference for oviposition and antibiosis, using larvae and couples densities, container size, plant structure and plants in phenological stage determined previously by the research methodology tests. In the tests of the non-preference for feeding category, among the 26 genotypes evaluated, the genotypes IAC-100, Dowling, UFUS Impacta, UFUS Capim Branco and UFUS viii Millionaria were the genotypes most resistant, while genotypes BR-16, CD-208, UFUS Xavante and M8230RR were classified as susceptible to H. virescens. These genotypes classified as resistant and susceptible were submitted to constitutive resistance tests in the non-preference for oviposition category and the UFUS genotype. Impacta was noted for expressing resistance to this pest. In the antibiosis category the UFUS Xavante and IAC-100 genotypes expressed resistance to H. virescens, while the CD-208 genotype was classified as highly susceptible. In the induced resistance tests to determine the level of injury required for soybean plants to be induced to express resistance against H. virescens was observed that all injury levels tested were sufficient for these plants to express resistance to this pest We also determined that in the period of 72 to 144 hours after the plants were be injured by H. virescens was respnsable by greatest expression of resistance against this pest occurred among the times tested. In the attempt to elucidate these results, morphological and chemical analyzes of the plants were carried out, being possible to relate the trichomes density with the lowest oviposition of H. virescens; the concentrations of fiber and lignin, as well as the flavonoids rutin and hesperidin with the constitutive resistance of soybean plants to this pest; in addition, we noticed that there was an increase of the phenolic compounds with the increase of the time after the injuries in plants. It is concluded that the densities of H. virescens caterpillars that best differentiate susceptible and resistant soybean genotype are nine and two neonates and six-day old caterpillars, respectively; new folioles of plants in vegetative stage better discriminate the susceptible and resistant genotype; in the non-preference for oviposition tests there is no differentiation of the resistant and susceptible materials for the different densities of couples, plant structures and phenological stages; the density of a H. virescens caterpillar and the plastic container with a volume of 150 ml as well as the leaves are best discriminated against susceptible soybean genotypes susceptible in antibiosis resistance test; in the non-preference category for feeding the IAC-100 and UFUS Millionaria genotypes are highly resistant and the Dowling, UFUS Capim Branco and UFUS Impacta genotypes are moderately resistant to H. virescens; in the non-preference category for oviposition the genotype UFUS Impacta is resistant to H. virescens; in the antibiosis category the UFUS Xavante genotype is highly resistant and the IAC-100 genotype is moderately resistant to H. virescens; soybean plants of the Davis 84 genotype express induced resistance to H. virescens after suffering 25, 50 and 75% injuries in the older trefoil by this pest; soybean plants of the Davis 84 genotype express induced resistance to H. virescens from 36 hours of the attack of this pest, increasing resistance up to 200 h after the attack, decreasing after this period; trichomes are one of the possible defense mechanisms related to oviposition of moths and not feeding on young caterpillar pods; the low content of tannins and total phenolic compounds are related to the preference of caterpillars for developing grains rather than leaves; Neonates and six-day-old caterpillars of H. virescens prefer to feed on leaves with lower fiber and lignin concentrations; the flavonoids rutin and hesperidin are related to resistance of the non-preference category for feeding in genotypes IAC-100, Dowling, UFUS Capim Branco, UFUS Impacta and UFUS Millionaire by H. virescens. 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| FAPESP's process: | 14/08373-3 - Research methodology and levels in the resistance categories in soybean genotypes to Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1781) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) |
| Grantee: | Wellington Ivo Eduardo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |