scholarly journals Growth and Nutrition of Mollicute-Infected Maize

Plant Disease ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 86 (9) ◽  
pp. 945-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth de Oliveira ◽  
Paulo C. Magalhães ◽  
Reinaldo L. Gomide ◽  
Carlos A. Vasconcelos ◽  
Isabel R. P. Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Nutrient Uptake ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Insect Vector ◽  
Potted Plants ◽  
Corn Stunt ◽  
Growth And Nutrition ◽  
Corn Stunt Spiroplasma

Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma (MBSP) and corn stunt spiroplasma (CSS) diseases are widespread in Brazil. The leafhopper Dalbulus maidis is the insect vector for these pathogenic mollicutes. The effects of these diseases on the development of maize plants and the possible interaction of soil water availability on these effects were evaluated in two experiments carried out on potted plants. Experiment 1 was carried out in a 2 × 4 factorial, where factor 1 corresponded to healthy and mollicute-infected plants and factor 2 to the maintenance of 40, 60, 80, and 100% of the total soil water availability. Leafhoppers collected from a field with high incidence of these diseases were used to inoculate plants with mollicutes. There were three treatments in experiment 2: healthy plants, plants infected with phytoplasma, and plants infected with spiroplasma. MBSP was predominant in experiment 1. The infected plants grew less and lowered nutrient uptake, in distinct proportions, indicating a differential effect of mollicutes on nutrient uptake independent of available soil water. Soil water availability did not significantly affect plant growth and nutrient uptake or mollicute infection. The results indicated that plants infected by mollicutes contained less protein than healthy plants. Experiment 2 showed a reduction in growth of plants infected with mollicutes and less nutrient uptake by spiroplasma-infected plants. The results showed a detrimental effect of the spiroplasma on Mg uptake. Both experiments showed more water retention by infected plants than by healthy ones. These experiments clearly demonstrated that reduced plant growth and nutrient uptake are major effects on plants infected with MBSP and CSS.

scholarly journals Clonal Behavior in Response to Soil Water Availability in Tempranillo Grapevine cv: From Plant Growth to Water Use Efficiency

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 862
Author(s):  
Ignacio Tortosa ◽  
Jose M. Escalona ◽  
Guillermo Toro ◽  
Cyril Douthe ◽  
Hipolito Medrano
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Net Photosynthesis ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Use Efficiency

Climate change threatens worldwide grapevine production, especially in Mediterranean areas. To assume this challenge, the replacement of plant material to choose one more adapted to the new environmental conditions has been proposed as one of the possible solutions. Thus, the study of genetic variability in water-use efficiency (WUE) is needed to guarantee the survival of viticulture in those critical areas. In this study, the variability of WUE in 23 Tempranillo clones growth in pots and submitted to well-watered conditions and moderate water stress was studied along two consecutive years. Leaf net photosynthesis (AN), stomatal conductance (gs), and plant growth parameters were measured, in addition the instrisic WUE (AN/gs), biomass production, and water consumed were calculated. Results show a clear genotype effect for most of the studied parameters, but, with an important year by year variability. We identified different clonal behavior in response to soil water availability, that permits to classify them as water-savers vs water-spenders. In general, there was no found relationship between leaf and plant WUE, even some genotypes as 232 or 1048 were coincident in higher leaf WUE showed highly productive in terms of biomass accumulation per unit of water applied.

scholarly journals Characterizing Growing Season Length of Subtropical Coniferous Forests with a Phenological Model

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Yuan Gong ◽  
Christina L. Staudhammer ◽  
Susanne Wiesner ◽  
Gregory Starr ◽  
Yinlong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Longleaf Pine ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Phenological Model

Understanding plant phenological change is of great concern in the context of global climate change. Phenological models can aid in understanding and predicting growing season changes and can be parameterized with gross primary production (GPP) estimated using the eddy covariance (EC) technique. This study used nine years of EC-derived GPP data from three mature subtropical longleaf pine forests in the southeastern United States with differing soil water holding capacity in combination with site-specific micrometeorological data to parameterize a photosynthesis-based phenological model. We evaluated how weather conditions and prescribed fire led to variation in the ecosystem phenological processes. The results suggest that soil water availability had an effect on phenology, and greater soil water availability was associated with a longer growing season (LOS). We also observed that prescribed fire, a common forest management activity in the region, had a limited impact on phenological processes. Dormant season fire had no significant effect on phenological processes by site, but we observed differences in the start of the growing season (SOS) between fire and non-fire years. Fire delayed SOS by 10 d ± 5 d (SE), and this effect was greater with higher soil water availability, extending SOS by 18 d on average. Fire was also associated with increased sensitivity of spring phenology to radiation and air temperature. We found that interannual climate change and periodic weather anomalies (flood, short-term drought, and long-term drought), controlled annual ecosystem phenological processes more than prescribed fire. When water availability increased following short-term summer drought, the growing season was extended. With future climate change, subtropical areas of the Southeastern US are expected to experience more frequent short-term droughts, which could shorten the region’s growing season and lead to a reduction in the longleaf pine ecosystem’s carbon sequestration capacity.

Screening optimum population density in response to soil water availability in dryland wheat: From laboratory to field

2021 ◽  
Vol 257 ◽  
pp. 107147
Author(s):  
Sai-Yong Zhu ◽  
Zheng-Guo Cheng ◽  
Tao Tian ◽  
Dong-Shan Gong ◽  
Guang-Chao Lv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Optimum Population

scholarly journals Ecometabolic mixture design-fingerprints from exploratory multi-block data analysis in Coffea arabica beans from climate changes: elevated carbon dioxide and reduced soil water availability

2021 ◽  
pp. 129716
Author(s):  
Gustavo Galo Marcheafave ◽  
Cláudia Domiciano Tormena ◽  
Amelia Elena Terrile ◽  
Carlos Alberto Rossi Salamanca-Neto ◽  
Elen Romão Sartori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Coffea Arabica ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Elevated Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Mixture Design ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Block Data

scholarly journals Establishment of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, under levels of soil water availability in stages of growth of the plants

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 1405-1411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Coelho de Araujo ◽  
Patrícia Menezes Santos ◽  
Fernando Campos Mendonça ◽  
Gerson Barreto Mourão
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Brachiaria Brizantha ◽  
Stages Of Growth

scholarly journals Yield Component Responses of the Brachiaria brizantha Forage Grass to Soil Water Availability in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Camila Thaiana Rueda da Silva ◽  
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva ◽  
Tonny José de Araújo da Silva ◽  
Everton Alves Rodrigues Pinheiro ◽  
Jefferson Vieira José ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Soil Water Potential ◽  
Yield Component ◽  
Forage Yield ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Brachiaria Brizantha

Brazil is one of the world’s largest producers of beef cattle and dairy products, which requires high forage yield to attend grass-fed animals’ demand. Among the grass species adopted in the forage production system in Brazil, the Brachiaria genus stands out. This genus comprises nearly 85% of all planted forage area. In general, forage production systems in Brazil are essentially rainfed, and thus susceptible to seasonal soil water stresses. Selecting the suitable Brachiaria cultivar for lands susceptible to periodic waterlogging and dry spells is crucial to enhance forage yield, and consequently, to reduce the environmental footprint of the livestock sector. In this research, we investigated the performance of three recent commercial Brachiaria brizantha cultivars (Piatã, BRS Paiaguás, and MG13 Braúna) extensively adopted in Brazil’s grazing systems subjected to different ranges of soil water potential. For three cutting periods, yield related-variables (e.g., plant height, leaf area, dry biomass, and water use efficiency) were measured. Our results point to the existence of a low drought-resistant trait among cultivars, indicating the need for releasing better-adapted cultivars to cope with reduced soil water availability. All cultivars achieved higher performance at soil water pressure head between −15 kPa and −25 kPa; and in general, the cultivar. Piatã showed slightly superior results to most of the treatments.

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