The influence of temperature on the exudation of nutrients from cotton seeds and on preemergence damping-off by Rhizoctonia solani

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1663-1669 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Hayman

Evidence is presented suggesting that increased seed exudation is a major factor contributing to increased preemergence damping-off of cotton seedlings by Rhizoctonia solani at low temperatures.About seven and three times as much total amino acids and sugars were exuded at 18 and 24 °C, respectively, as at 30 °C, by germinating cotton seeds of equivalent physiological age. Sixteen amino acids and five sugars were exuded. Seed exudation is not related to rate of germination or to respiration.Accumulation of seed exudate at low temperatures was related to increased pathogenesis in vitro and in soil. This appeared to be because R. solani competitively used this exudate to increase its inoculum potential near the germinating seed, thereby becoming more virulent on the susceptible juvenile tissues of the seedling.

Plant Disease ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 100 (12) ◽  
pp. 2427-2433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Arabiat ◽  
Mohamed F. R. Khan

Rhizoctonia damping-off and crown and root rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani are major diseases of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) worldwide, and growers in the United States rely on fungicides for disease management. Sensitivity of R. solani to fungicides was evaluated in vitro using a mycelial radial growth assay and by evaluating disease severity on R. solani AG 2-2 inoculated plants treated with fungicides in the greenhouse. The mean concentration that caused 50% mycelial growth inhibition (EC50) values for baseline isolates (collected before the fungicides were registered for sugar beet) were 49.7, 97.1, 0.3, 0.2, and 0.9 μg ml−1 and for nonbaseline isolates (collected after registration and use of fungicides) were 296.1, 341.7, 0.9, 0.2, and 0.6 μg ml−1 for azoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, penthiopyrad, and prothioconazole, respectively. The mean EC50 values of azoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin, and pyraclostrobin significantly increased in the nonbaseline isolates compared with baseline isolates, with a resistant factor of 6.0, 3.5, and 3.0, respectively. Frequency of isolates with EC50 values >10 μg ml−1 for azoxystrobin and trifloxystrobin increased from 25% in baseline isolates to 80% in nonbaseline isolates. Although sensitivity of nonbaseline isolates of R. solani to quinone outside inhibitors decreased, these fungicides at labeled rates were still effective at controlling the pathogen under greenhouse conditions.


1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (9) ◽  
pp. 1407-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed S. El-Abyad ◽  
Amira M. Abu-Taleb ◽  
Tarek Abdel-Mawgood

Pyradur applied to soil at 0.6–2.4 µg∙g−1 active ingredients suppressed infection of three sugarbeet cultivars by Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotium rolfsii. In the absence of Pyradur, R. solani was more virulent than S. rolfsii against 'Raspoly' and 'TOP', whereas S. rolfsii was more virulent than R. solani against ‘Tribel’. Virulence was directly correlated with the activities of cell wall degrading enzymes produced by mese pathogens in vivo and on cell walls in vitro. Reduced virulence of R. solani and S. rolfsii under Pyradur stress was due to decreased inoculum potential of the two pathogens at the utilized concentrations of herbicide in situ and to reduced production of cell wall degrading enzymes in vitro and in host tissues. In addition, shifts in the pH of cell wall amended media, because of changes in the nature of metabolic products of the pathogens under Pyradur stress, suggest possible repression or stimulation of the activity of the enzymes involved in degradation in vivo, of which cellulase and polygalacturonase are favoured by acid conditions, and galactanase, mannase, and pectate lyase are favoured by alkaline conditions. Keywords: sugarbeet, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotium rolfsii, Pyradur, metolachlor, chloridazon, growth activities, pathogenicity, virulence, cell wall enzymes.


HortScience ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 468B-468
Author(s):  
J.O Becker ◽  
U.K. Schuch

A rapid screening system was developed to identify plant-beneficial rhizobacteria useful in protecting nursery seedlings against damping-off caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ornamental and agricultural crops were planted into 100 soil samples that were collected from various fields throughout California. More than 7000 bacterial strains from the rhizosphere of these crops were isolated and tested in vitro for antibiosis against R. solani AG4. In a second tier, 600 active strains were tested in planting trays seeded with radish (Raphanus sativus `Cherry Belle'). Each planting cell filled with commercial potting mix contained millet-grown R. solani inoculum in the center and eight radish seeds at the periphery. Bacteria were cultured for 24 hr at 25°C in 10% tryptic soy broth and were applied as a drench at 1 × 107 cfu/cc to each cell. Trays were incubated in a growth chamber at 21°C and a 10-hr photoperiod. Post-emergence damping-off occurred within 8 to 9 days after planting, and no further losses were observed after 14 days. Approximately 0.5% of the original 7000 bacterial strains tested reduced damping-off significantly. Fifteen bacterial strains controlled Rhizoctonia damping-off by 30% to 60% compared to the non-treated control.


2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (10) ◽  
pp. 1334-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya R. Copley ◽  
Konstantinos A. Aliferis ◽  
Suha Jabaji

Many studies have investigated the effect of biochar on plant yield, nutrient uptake, and soil microbial populations; however, little work has been done on its effect on soilborne plant diseases. To determine the effect of maple bark biochar on Rhizoctonia damping-off, 11 plant species were grown in a soilless potting substrate amended with different concentrations of biochar and inoculated or not with Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group 4. Additionally, the effect of biochar amendment on R. solani growth and metabolism in vitro was evaluated. Increasing concentrations of maple bark biochar increased Rhizoctonia damping-off of all 11 plant species. Using multivariate analyses, we observed positive correlations between biochar amendments, disease severity and incidence, abundance of culturable bacterial communities, and physicochemical parameters. Additionally, biochar amendment significantly increased R. solani growth and hyphal extension in vitro, and altered its primary metabolism, notably the mannitol and tricarboxylic acid cycles and the glycolysis pathway. One or several organic compounds present in the biochar, as identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, may be metabolized by R. solani. Taken together, these results indicate that future studies on biochar should focus on the effect of its use as an amendment on soilborne plant pathogens before applying it to soils.


Author(s):  
WALDINEY Xavier Ferreira ◽  
ALINE Figueiredo Cardoso ◽  
CASSIA Cristina Chaves Pinheiro ◽  
TELMA Fatima Vieira Batista ◽  
GISELE Barata da Silva

2011 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 198-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
Jia Hui Ma ◽  
You Le Qu ◽  
Xian Wang ◽  
Li Li

In order to evaluate the high-value application of squid by-products yielded hydrolysate, the process of preparation and purification technology, chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activity of the hydrolysate were investigated. The optimal conditions of papain hydrolysis were obtained by single-factor experiments and orthogonal test with the DPPH• scavenging ratio as index, amino acid composition was analysed by automatic amino acid analyzer, the hydrolysate was isolated with a Sephadex G-25 column. Based on single-factor experiments, the hydrolysate with the DPPH• scavenging ratio being 53.96 % was gained under the optimal condition of enzymolysis temperature of 45 °C, enzymolysis time of 3 h, total enzyme dose of 1.2 %, and the pH value of 7. The protein content of the hydrolysate reached up to 17.53 %, and the essential amino acids were accounted for 51.06 % of total amino acids. The largest content amino acid was glutamic acid, which accounted for 10.74 % of total amino acids. Compared with the amino acid profiles recommended by FAO/WHO, the quality of the protein hydrolysate was high, as it was rich in essential amino acids, including isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine and cystine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine, which covered 88 %-100 % of the FAO/WHO recommended. The hydrolysate was divided into three fractions (F1-F3) using a Sephadex G-25 column, the F1 possessed the highest antioxidation activity with the reducing power, •OH and DPPH• scavenging ratio being 0.236, 18.13 % and 63.85 % at the concentration of 5 mg/mL. Compared with the retention time of the reduced glutathione chromatomap, the relative molecular mass of F1 was higher than 307, F2 and F3 was lower than 307. The result revealed that the protein hydrolysate from squid by-products by papain had strongly antioxidant capacity in vitro and high nutrition, and this finding provided a new way of advanced exploitation of squid scrap resources.


1994 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Reddy ◽  
R. K. Hynes ◽  
G. Lazarovits

One hundred and twenty diverse bacterial strains were screened under greenhouse conditions for their ability to protect white bean seedlings from preemergence damping-off caused by Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani and postemergence root rot by Fusarium solani f.sp. phaseoli. Preemergence mortality or root rot increased with an increase in the inoculum concentration of fungal isolates. For further testing, 200 propagules/g soil of P. ultimum, 3 propagules/g soil of R. solani, and log 3 conidia/g vermiculite of F. solani f.sp. phaseoli were used, as these rates provided an optimal level (approximately 50%) of disease severity. Bacterial strains suspended in sterile distilled water were added to pathogen-amended soil or vermiculite at log 7 colony-forming units/g soil or vermiculite prior to seeding. Final healthy stand and root rot were recorded 4 weeks after planting. Nine bacterial strains on P. ultimum, five on R. solani, and nine on F. solani f.sp. phaseoli provided significant (P = 0.05) suppression of disease severity compared with the nonbacterized control. Bacterial strains were also tested in vitro against the mycelial growth of the fungi on solid and liquid media. There was no relationship between the ability of bacterial strains to inhibit fungal vegetative growth on solid culture media and their ability to suppress pathogen activity in the greenhouse, but, for a few strains, the reduction in disease was linked to reduced growth of the pathogens in liquid media.Key words: White bean, damping-off, root rot, Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium solani f.sp. phaseoli.


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