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| Author(s): |
Renata Moreschi Mesquini
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2013-01-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Armando Bergamin Filho;
Luciana Celeste Carneiro
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| Advisor: | Armando Bergamin Filho |
| Abstract | |
Soybean is the most important grain crop in Brazil. The production of 2010/11 occupied an area of 24 million hectares, becoming the most important oilseed produced and consumed worldwide. Some factors, such as diseases, may limit soybean production. The target spot caused by Corynespora cassiicola is frequent in all soybean producing regions in Brazil and in the past years, an increasing loss has been assigned to it. The aims of the present study were to determine the ideal temperature range for mycelial growth of different isolates of C. cassiicola; verify the sporulation in relation to the culture medium; evaluate the conidia germination under different periods of leaf wetness; study the effect of the temperature and the leaf wetness on the monocyclic components and carry out studies of crop loss in the field. In order to evaluate the effect of the temperature on the mycelial growth, different isolates were cultivated at the temperatures of 5°C, 10°C, 15°C, 20°C, 25°C, 30°C and 35°C. The minimum and maximum estimated temperature by the beta function to provide C.cassiicola mycelial growth was 6.9 °C and 33 °C, respectively. The sporulation was analyzed in PDA and Czapek culture media. The results obtained were compared through the Scott-Knott test (P <0.05). The conidia production varied according to each isolate on both PDA and Czapek medias. The germination test was carried out in soybean leaves using different leaf wetness periods (0, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours). The germinated conidia measurement was done in a scanning electron microscope. The conidia germination on the leaves surface was observed from 6 hours. The temperatures used to study the monocyclic components were 10 º C, 15 º C, 20 º C, 25 º C and 30 º C and the leaf wetness periods were 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours. The variables quantified were severity, number and diameter of lesions. The data were adjusted to the generalized beta and monomolecular functions. The minimum, maximum and optimum temperature able to promote the development of target spot in soybean leaves were 18 ° C, 32 ° C and 27 ° C, respectively. The 48- hour leaf wetness resulted in greater development of the disease. For damage quantification, commercial cultivars were sown in two sowing times. The components evaluated in the field were: severity, leaf area, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and grain yield (kg ha-1). Using these data, it was calculated the area under disease progress curve (AUDPC), area under the leaf area index progress curve (AULIAPC), leaf area index (LAI), healthy leaf area index (HLAI), healthy area duration (HAD) and healthy area absorption area (HAA). The severity values up to 37% in the lower canopy do not cause crop loss in C.cassicola - soybean pathosystem .The variables HLAI and AULAIPC correlated with grain yield and may be useful for future studies of crop loss for this pathosystem. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/15722-6 - Monocyclic components, photosynthetic efficiency and grain yield in the Corynespora cassiicola - Soybean pathosystem |
| Grantee: | Renata Moreschi Mesquini |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |