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京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第24910号 / 農博第2573号 / 新制||農||1102(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科応用生命科学専攻 / (主査)教授 小川 順, 教授 栗原 達夫, 教授 森 直樹 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

O fungo fitopatogênico hemibiotrófico Moniliophthora perniciosa, causador da doença Vassoura-de-Bruxa no cacaueiro (Theobroma cacao), é um dos maiores responsáveis pela contribuição do declínio da produção brasileira de cacau e constitui um problema fitopatológico em todas as regiões cacauicultoras. O gênero Solanum, do qual faz parte o tomate, berinjela, batata entre outros, é bem conhecido na literatura por conterem compostos que exibem atividade biológica tais como antifúngica, antiviral, moluscida, anticancerígena entre outras. O presente trabalho explorou o potencial de extrato bruto de folhas de Solanum lycopersicum como agente inibidor no controle de crescimento e desenvolvimento de três biotipos de M. perniciosa (cacau, solanácea e liana). Através de ensaios biológicos e métodos cromatográficos foi identificado o metabólito secundário -tomatina como responsável pela atividade antifúngica. Este glicoalcalóide, que apresentou potente atividade antifúngica em ensaios in vitro, foi utilizado como agente de controle no desenvolvimento do fungo e manifestação dos sintomas em plantas in vivo, onde foi verificado uma redução significativa no número de plantas com sintomas. / The hemibiotrophic phytopathogenic fungi Moniliophthora perniciosa, agent of witches broom disease of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is one of the major responsible for the Brazilian cocoa production decay and it is a phytopathological problem in every cocoa yield area. Solanum genera, from each belongs tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, among others, is well known as producer of biological activity such as antifungal, antiviral, anti mollus, anticancer, etc. This study explored the potential of crude extract leaves from Solanum lycopersicum as an inhibitor agent for the control of growing and development of three M. perniciosa biotypes. By the use of biological assays and chromatography, -tomatine, a secondary metabolite was identified as responsible for antifungal activity. This glycoalcaloid presented great antifungal activity on in vitro assays and it was used on the control and development of witches broom symptoms in vivo, where a significant reduction of symptomatic plants could be observed.

O fungo fitopatogênico hemibiotrófico Moniliophthora perniciosa, causador da doença Vassoura-de-Bruxa no cacaueiro (Theobroma cacao), é um dos maiores responsáveis pela contribuição do declínio da produção brasileira de cacau e constitui um problema fitopatológico em todas as regiões cacauicultoras. O gênero Solanum, do qual faz parte o tomate, berinjela, batata entre outros, é bem conhecido na literatura por conterem compostos que exibem atividade biológica tais como antifúngica, antiviral, moluscida, anticancerígena entre outras. O presente trabalho explorou o potencial de extrato bruto de folhas de Solanum lycopersicum como agente inibidor no controle de crescimento e desenvolvimento de três biotipos de M. perniciosa (cacau, solanácea e liana). Através de ensaios biológicos e métodos cromatográficos foi identificado o metabólito secundário -tomatina como responsável pela atividade antifúngica. Este glicoalcalóide, que apresentou potente atividade antifúngica em ensaios in vitro, foi utilizado como agente de controle no desenvolvimento do fungo e manifestação dos sintomas em plantas in vivo, onde foi verificado uma redução significativa no número de plantas com sintomas. / The hemibiotrophic phytopathogenic fungi Moniliophthora perniciosa, agent of witches broom disease of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is one of the major responsible for the Brazilian cocoa production decay and it is a phytopathological problem in every cocoa yield area. Solanum genera, from each belongs tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, among others, is well known as producer of biological activity such as antifungal, antiviral, anti mollus, anticancer, etc. This study explored the potential of crude extract leaves from Solanum lycopersicum as an inhibitor agent for the control of growing and development of three M. perniciosa biotypes. By the use of biological assays and chromatography, -tomatine, a secondary metabolite was identified as responsible for antifungal activity. This glycoalcaloid presented great antifungal activity on in vitro assays and it was used on the control and development of witches broom symptoms in vivo, where a significant reduction of symptomatic plants could be observed.

Mettre en place des stratégies de lutte contre les ravageurs, indépendantes des produits chimiques est un objectif fondamental pour une protection durable des cultures contre les ravageurs et la conservation d’un environnement sain pour les populations humaines en zone rurale. L’objectif principal de ce travail était de contribuer à la mise en place d’une lutte biologique par gestion des habitats à l’échelle du paysage de la noctuelle polyphage Helicoverpa armigera, principal ravageur de cotonnier dans le nord Bénin. Cette thèse visait à analyser l’influence des pratiques agricoles et de l’organisation du paysage sur l’abondance et l’origine trophique de H. armigera. L’analyse biochimique d’individus élevés en laboratoire, nous a permis de confirmer le fait que le gossypol est un bon marqueur pour identifier les adultes qui ont passé leur vie larvaire sur le cotonnier. Au contraire de la tomatine qui ne peut être considérée comme un marqueur de la tomate car la tomatine a été détectée seulement chez les larves d’H. armigera et non chez les adultes. Notre étude sur le terrain au nord Bénin dans 40 parcelles, a montré que les pratiques agricoles avaient un fort effet sur l’infestation larvaire. La date de semis et la fréquence de sarclage étaient négativement corrélées à l’infestation larvaire. La proportion de cotonniers dans le paysage et celle de tomate ont influencé positivement l’infestation en larves d’H. armigera. Nous avons également montré qu’un précédent cultural tomate présentait une abondance larvaire en moyenne trois fois supérieur à un précédent cultural maïs. Ensuite, dans des rayons de 100 m, 250 m et 500 m, nous avons étudié les effets de la composition et de l’hétérogénéité du paysage d’une part sur l’abondance des adultes d’H. armigera et d’autre part sur leur origine trophique. L’hétérogénéité du paysage en plantes hôtes est le facteur paysager principal qui a influencé positivement l’abondance des adultes. Les isotopes stables de Carbone nous ont permis d’identifier les individus dont la larve s’était nourrie sur des plantes de type photosynthétique C3 (cotonniers, tomates, ...) ou C4 (maïs, sorgho, …). L’origine trophique, plantes hôtes C3 ou C4, est reliée positivement à la proportion de plantes hôtes respectivement C3 ou C4 dans un rayon de 500m. Seulement 10% des individus ayant consommés des plantes en C3 ont été détecté positif au gossypol. La proportion de cotonniers dans le paysage ne semble pas expliquer la proportion d’individus détectés positif au gossypol. Nous formulons des propositions de gestion de l’assolement et des rotations culturales pour contribuer à la régulation d’H. armigera. Ainsi, il faudrait éviter que le cotonnier soit semé sur un précédent cultural tomate. Il serait important de décaler les dates de semis entre les parcelles de cotonniers voisines et de respecter la fréquence de sarclage minimale qui est de trois. Par ailleurs, il serait judicieux de préférer un environnement paysager homogène autour d’une parcelle de cotonnier, en privilégiant par exemple, le maïs. / The development of strategies independent of pesticides is a fundamental objective for sustainable crop protection against pests as well as for maintaining of a healthy environment for human populations. The rationale of the research presented here was to improve our ability to control the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera by non-pesticide methods via habitat conservation. We analyzed the influence of agricultural practices and landscape composition and diversity on the abundance and trophic origin of H. armigera and assessed gossypol and tomatine in individual H. armigera as cotton and tomato biomarkers respectively. Gossypol was shown to be a stable cotton biomarker, even in adult H. armigera 12 days after emergence. In contrast, tomatine was only detected in larvae of H. armigera and not adults; thereby tomatine can not be considered as a marker of tomato plants. Subsequently, in north Benin, the abundance of H. armigera larvae and adults was monitored in cotton fields. We found a strong effect of agricultural practices on H. armigera larvae abundance. Delay sowing date and increase frequency of weeding reduced the abundance of H. armigera in cotton fields; whereas the proportion of cotton and tomato in the landscape increased. This study also highlights the role of the previous landcover in the infestation of a cotton field: A previous tomato landcover increased infestation three times more than a previous maize landcover. At nested scales ranging from 100 m, 250 m to 500 m, we studied the effects of landscape composition and diversity firstly on the abundance of adult H. armigera and secondly on their trophic origin. We found that, landscape diversity was the main factor that influenced both the abundance adult and their trophic origin at 500 m scale. Analyses of stables isotopes of Carbone showed that proportion of hosts plants with C3 photosynthetic pathway in the landscape was positively related to H. armigera moths with C3 trophic origin signal at 500 m scale. Only 10% of moths were positive to gossypol signal. The proportion of cotton in the landscape seems not important to explain the trophic origin of individual which were positive to gossypol signal. Therefore, for integrated management of H. armigera our results suggest it is necessary to consider the following agricultural practices and crop diversity regimes (in regard to the resource use strategies of this polyphagous pest). A tomato previous landcover should be avoid; shift sowing date between cotton fields, and have at less three manual weedings. In additional, we suggest employing maize around cotton fields rather than other crops.