Biochar as a strategy to manage plant diseases caused by pathogens inhabiting the soil: a critical review

Phytoparasitica - The current agricultural scenario faces a range of challenges, with phytosanitary ones being paramount. In most cases, plant diseases are treated with chemicals; however, they...     

Lethal and sublethal effects of chemical constituents from essential oils on Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in cowpea stored grains

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - The recent use of essential oils has been considered an important approach in pest management programs for stored products. Regarding essential oils, it...     

Anastomosis groups and sensitivity to fungicides of Rhizoctonia solani strains isolated from potato in Russia

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - A survey of Rhizoctonia solani isolates from potato tubers and stems grown in European and Far Eastern regions of Russia in 2012–2020 was conducted....     

Effect of high-pressure treatment on rheological,thermal and structural changes in Basmati rice flour slurry

Rheological, thermal and structural changes in high pressure (HP) treated Basmati rice flour dispersions were studied as function of pressure level (350–650 MPa), slurry concentration (with 1:5, 1:3 and 1:2 flour-to-water ratios) and holding time (7.5–15 min). Rice flour dispersions exhibited a gradual liquid–solid gel transformation as they gelatinized and/or denatured and behaved as viscoelastic fluid following HP treatment. Mechanical strength (G′) of pressurized gel increased with applied pressure and rice concentration. Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) thermograms of rice slurry measured after pressure treatment indicated a reduction in peak enthalpy in proportion with the extent of gelatinization and/or denaturation of starch and proteins. Pressure-treated rice samples had a progressively lower gelatinization temperature. A 15 min pressure treatment at 550 MPa was found sufficient to complete gelatinization of protein free isolated rice starch while the slurry required 650 MPa. The presence of proteins might have been responsible for the slower starch gelatinization in the rice slurry during pressure treatment. The sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy results indicated some minor changes in protein subunits and secondary structure of rice protein. This study has provided complementary information on pressure-induced changes in physical (thermal stability, overall structure) and molecular level (secondary structure) of rice protein.     

A comparison of physical properties, oxalate-oxalic acid soluble substances, protein content, and in vitro protein digestibility of the blue-green algaNostoc commune Vauch. from the Philippines and Japan

The physical properties, amount of oxalate-oxalic acid soluble substances (OOSS), protein and in vitro protein digestibility ofNostoc commune from the Philippines and Japan were determined. The samples were the spherical type from the Philippines (PS), the dry field discoid type from the Philippines (PD), and the dry field discoid type from Japan (JD). The discoid types, PD and JD, regardless of origin showed higher settling volume in water (SV) and bulk density than PS. The OOSS values obtained for all samples were directly related to SV and bulk density. The WHC level was highest in PS. This desirable characteristic makes PS a technologically potential sample for large-scale food production applications in the future. Protein and in vitro protein digestibility varied significantly among all samples. In general, the algal samples examined posses desirable physical properties which are expected to be related to physiological functions.     

Resistance to the potato nematode Heterodera rostochiensis Woll. in clones derived from Solanum vernei

Previous research had shown that the diploidS. vernei clone EBS181 contained at least two genes for resistance to the golden nematode. Resistant tetraploids obtained by backcrossing to tuberosum clones, with selection against Race A, possessed only one gene. Crosses between these tetraploids produced evidence that at least two genes exist within this set of tetraploids. Crosses between tetraploids with resistance from vernei EBS181 and tetraploids with resistance from andigena CPC1673 produced results that can be explained by one of the genes from EBS181 segregating at the same locus as the one from CPC1673.     

Störung der Krebsresistenz der Kartoffel nach mutagener Behandlung

Zusammenfassung Knollen einer krebsresistenten Sorte wurden mit γ-Strahlen, Nitrosomethylharnstoff und mit beiden Mutagentien kombiniert behandelt. Im Ergebnis traten Nachkommen mit unterschiedlichem Anf?lligkeitsgrad auf. Bei einem Teil ‘normalisierte’ sich die Resistenz in der vM₃ bzw. vM₅. Unter 550 untersuchten Subklonen waren 3 Mutanten (0,55%), die noch nach 6 Prüfjahren (vM₈) Defekte im Resistenzmechanismus zeigten.     

Ergebnisse einer Diallelanalyse zur Vererbung der Resistenz gegenSynchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc., Pathotyp 1 (Dl) bei Kartoffeln (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Zusammenfassung Die Nachkommenschaften eines Diallels mit 10 Eltern, ohne reziproke Kreuzungen, wurden gegen Pathotyp 1 (Dl) des Kartoffelkrebses geprüft. Aufgrund der Aufspaltung in resistent und anf?llig lassen sich 5 genotypische Gruppen unterscheiden. Zwei Gruppen entsprechen in ihrer Resistenzvererbung dem einfaktoriellen Modell bei Autotetraploiden auf duplexer bzw. simplexer Basis. Der Nachweis von zwei weiteren Genotypen, die sich nicht einordnen lassen, l?\t eine h?here genetische Varianz erkennen, als nach dem autotetraploiden Modell theoretisht zu erwarten ist. Die M?glichkeit der Identifizierung weiterer Genotypen wird nicht ausgeschlossen.

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Summary The progeny of a diallel cross between 10 clones of table potatoes were tested for resistance toSynchytrium endobioticum Pathotype 1. Of the 10 parent clones, 9 were resistant, based on the characteristic defence necrosis, and one was very susceptible. In total 45 hybrid and 10 selfed progenies were tested with 60–100 genotypes in each case. The mean performance of each clone was assessed using the percentages of resistant genotypes for all 9 combinations with other clones, and the selfs. The 10 clones are arranged in Table 1 according to their rankings for this parameter. Five groups of genotypes (I–V) can be recognized; these are significantly different from one another. The mean values of the selfs for individual groups, and the combinations with the susceptible parent are also given. From these results it can be concluded that the clones in Groups I–III inherited resistance as if controlled by a single major dominant gene in the simplex or duplex condition in the autotetraploid. The susceptible parent gave a nulliplex-type. The corresponding test results given in Table 2 confirm these conclusions. According to Table 1, clones (4) and (9) do not fit into Groups I and III. They have another genotype. Since the parents used here cover only a small range of possible genotypes, no generally valid statements can be made about the number of groups and the frequency of the genotypes in the groups for all cultivars and clones ofSolanum tuberosum. Inheritance studies of wart resistance by other authors confirm the assumption that further genotype groups may be identified. Greater genetic variation can be expected than is theoretically possible in the single factor model of autotetraploidy.

     

Changes of the lipid catabolism in potato tubers from cultivars differing in susceptibility to autolysis during the storage

Summary The activities of lipolytic acyl-hydrolases (LAH) and lipoxygenases (LOX) were compared in stored tubers of potato cultivars resistant (Acresta, Eba, Pentland Envoy) and susceptible (Kastor, Pana, Tasso) to post-wounding autolysis. In most cultivars, LAH activities had reached a maximum by the end of December but in cv. Kastor activity continued to increase throughout the storage period. LOX activities increased during most of the storage period except in cv. Tasso. The level of the fatty acid hydroperoxides, assumed from determinations of the malonaldehyde level, also increased during storage. This work was supported by Project CPBP 05.02.2.10 financed by the Polish Academy of Science.     

More about the potato nematode,Heterodera rostochiensis Woll., in Peru

Thirteen resistant selections ofS. tuberosum hybrids bred in the U.S.A. and Europe and 44 diploid clones derived fromS. vernei, S. spegazzinii, S. neohawkesii, andS. sanctaerosae each with resistance to one or more pathotypes ofH. rostochiensis were tested for their resistance to three Peruvian populations of this nematode. Only one diploid clone ofS. sanctatrosae was found to be resistant to the three populations of nematodes, but several clones were resistant to one or another of the nematode populations. More clones were found to resist the nematode population collected near Cuzco than those populations collected near Huancayo or Otuzco. Morphometric measurements of body length, stylet length, and distance of median valve to excretory pore, of second stage larvae showed great variation and no clear difference among the three populations. The measurements obtained were closer to pathotype E from England than to any other recognized pathotypes.