Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-08-10Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:19:53Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 faria_tm_me_ilha.pdf: 2501450 bytes, checksum: 35741ba09de4fee809d4e55df75c6446 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / A competição entre as plantas é uma concorrência constante entre as espécies que vivem em comunidades, porém a capacidade de certas espécies interferirem na germinação de sementes e desenvolvimento de plantas por meio dos efeitos alelopáticos provenientes de substâncias que liberam na atmosfera ou, quase sempre, no solo, ainda é pouco compreendida no meio agronômico. Muitas destas espécies vegetais podem influenciar a vegetação de um local, sucessão de plantas, indução de dormência, preservação e germinação de sementes, atividade microbiana, produtividade de culturas, entre outros fatores. Visando melhor entender possíveis interferências de restos vegetais nos cultivos subseqüentes, este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar os possíveis efeitos alelopáticos de sorgo (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) milheto (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown) e soja (Glycine max L.), como cobertura vegetal, sobre a emergência, micorrização, atividade microbiana e crescimento de milho (Zea mays L.), soja (G. max L.) e feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Os experimentos foram conduzidos nas dependências da fazenda experimental da UNESP/Campus de Ilha Solteira. Foram avaliadas a emergência de plântulas e sua taxa de crescimento, população final da cultura, ocorrência, identificação e quantificação de plantas daninhas nas áreas, produção de grãos, colonização micorrízica e número de esporos, carbono de CO2 liberado. Os compostos alelopáticos liberados na decomposição das coberturas de milheto, sorgo e soja, interferirem positivamente na COL micorrízica em milho e negativamente em feijão e soja. As coberturas vegetais testadas liberam aleloquímicos que desestabilizam o meio, proporcionado um aumento na esporulação micorrízica nas culturas testadas. Os agentes aleloquímicos liberados pelas coberturas vegetais... / The competition between plants species that lives in the same community is constant. However some species can interfere in the seed germination and plant development through allelophatic effects that occurs because plants release substances in atmosphere or in the soil. This capacity that certain species have is not well understood in the agricultural area. Many of those species can influence the local vegetation, ensuing plantations, dormancy, preservation and seed germination of seeds, microbial activity, cultures productivity and other factors. To a better understanding of possible interferences of vegetable rests in ensuing croop, this work aims to evaluate possible allelophatic effects of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown) and soy (Glycine max L.) when used as vegetable covers under mycorrhization, microbial activity and the growth of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). The experiments were carried out in the experimental farm of UNESP/Campus de Ilha Solteira and could evaluate the seedling emergence and its growth rate, final population of croop; occurrence, identification and quantification of weed plants in the area, seed production, mycorrhizal colonization, spore number and carbon of CO2 released. In the decomposition of the covers millet, sorghum and soy some allelophatic compounds were released and interfered positively in the mycorrhizal harvest of corn but interfered negatively for bean and soy. The vegetable covers that were tested released allelochemics that destabilized the environment providing an increase of mycorrhizal fungi in tested cultures. The allelochemic agents released by the vegetable covers interfered negatively in the carbon of CO2 released. When used as a dead cover sorghum interferes negatively... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent an ancient and critical symbiotic partner with the majority of land plants, understood to promote ecosystem productivity and biodiversity and are also important to ecologically sound land management practices. The fungus is thought to be over 400 million years old, and due to a lack of an observable sexual cycle, has been placed into a select group of eukaryotes called 'ancient asexuals', which seemingly defy evolutionary theory by persisting for an extended period of time in the absence of sexual reproduction. Recently however, molecular evidence has accumulated which may suggest AMF harbour a cryptic sexual cycle. In the first chapter of this thesis, entitled "Searching for clues of sexual reproduction in the genomes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi", I review evidence supporting this notion of a cryptic sexual cycle in AMF which includes: the presence of recombinational events, meiosis-specific genes as well as mating-specific transcription factors called SexM and SexP of the MATA_HMG protein family which are otherwise found only in the genomes of sexual fungi. In the second chapter, I present the main research of my MSc work where I used bioinformatic, population genetic, molecular and experimental approaches to build on this existing evidence of sexuality in AMF. These findings include the presence of a dramatically expanded family of MAT-HMG genes which are present in several isolates of the Rhizophagus irregularis and also harbour significant allele variation amongst these isolates, some of which resembles variation expected at MAT-genes in other fungi. Q-RT-PCR procedures revealed that at least some of these genes tend to increase in expression during crosses of R. irregularis isolates. We also uncovered the presence of a unique genomic region where at least three of these genes are located in tandem. Finally, several tests of recombination support the presence of intraisolate as well as interisolate recombination events occurring between these MAT-HMG genes.

La plupart des espèces végétales terrestres vivent en symbiose avec les champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules (MA). Il s’agit d’une symbiose très ancienne datant de plus de 400 millions d’années. Les champignons MA sont des champignons du sol qui appartiennent aux Gloméromycètes. Ils sont présents dans la plupart des écosystèmes terrestres. Ainsi, ils peuvent être considérés comme une composante intégrale des racines des plantes. Ils forment dans les cellules racinaires corticales des structures fonctionnelles essentielles appelées arbuscules où ils apportent à la plante des minéraux nutritifs en échange de sucres. L’auxine est une phytohormone impliquée dans de nombreux processus de développement des plantes, y compris la dominance apicale, les tropismes, la structuration vasculaire et la formation de racines latérales. Le principal objectif de notre travail était d’étudier de manière approfondie le rôle de l’auxine dans le processus de développement des mycorhizes. On sait déjà que la symbiose MA stimule la formation de racines latérales dans les plantes hôtes, ce qui pourrait être due à une modification du métabolisme de l’auxine, de son transport ou de sa perception. Les microARNs (miARNs) sont des molécules d’ARN non codantes de ~ 21 nucléotides capables de réprimer l’expression de gènes en ciblant et clivant spécifiquement leur ARNm correspondant. Plusieurs miARNs interagissent avec la signalisation de l’auxine et parmi eux miR393 qui cible les récepteurs à l’auxine. Nous avons étudié le rôle de miR393 dans la colonisation mycorhizienne. Nous mettons en évidence que chez Solanum lycopersicum (Solanacées), Medicago truncatula (Fabaceae) et Oryza sativa (Poaceae), l’expression des précurseurs de miR393 diminue lors de la mycorhization. En outre nous montrons que DR5-GUS, un gène rapporteur de réponse à l’auxine, est préférentiellement exprimé dans les cellules de la racine contenant les arbuscules. En sur-exprimant miR393 dans les racines et donc en régulant négativement l’expression des gènes de récepteurs à l’auxine, nous montrons également que les arbuscules ne se développent pas normalement. En tant que composantes des complexes récepteurs d’auxine, les protéines Aux/IAA jouent un rôle majeur dans la voie de signalisation de l’auxine en réprimant l’activité des facteurs de transcription de type ARF. Nous avons vérifié dans des racines de tomate mycorhizées l’expression de 25 gènes AUX/IAA. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur IAA27 dont l’expression est induite lors des premiers stades de la symbiose MA. Nous observons qu’une répression par ARNi de l’expression de IAA27 dans des plants de tomate conduit à une forte diminution de la colonisation MA et du nombre des arbuscules. Puis nous montrons par des approches différentes que la régulation positive de la mycorhization par IAA27 est liée à la biosynthèse des strigolactones. Globalement, ces résultats appuient fortement l’hypothèse selon laquelle la signalisation de l’auxine joue un rôle important aussi bien dans le stade précoce de la mycorhization que dans la formation des arbuscules. / Most land plant species live in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. This is a very ancient symbiosis dating back to 450 million years. AM fungi are soil fungi that belong to the Glomeromycota. They are present in most terrestrial ecosystems. Thus they can be considered as an integral root component of plants. They form essential functional structures called arbuscules in root cortical cells at which mineral nutrients are released to the plant in exchange of sugars. The phytohormone auxin is involved in many developmental processes in plants, including apical dominance, tropisms, vascular patterning and lateral root formation. The main objective of our work was to investigate further the role of auxin in the mycorrhizal developmental process. We already know that AM symbiosis stimulates the lateral root formation in host plants, which could be due to modification of auxin metabolism, transport or perception. The microRNAs (miRNAs) are ~21-nucleotides noncoding RNAs that target corresponding mRNA transcripts for cleavage and transcriptional repression. Several miRNAs interact with auxin signaling and among them miR393 that targets auxin receptors. We investigated the role of miR393 in AM root colonization. In Solanum lycopersicum (Solanaceae), Medicago truncatula (Fabaceae) and Oryza sativa (Poaceae), expression of the precursors of the miR393 was down-regulated during mycorrhization. In addition DR5-GUS, a reporter for auxin response, was found to be preferentially expressed in root cells containing arbuscules. By over-expressing miR393 in roots and therefore down-regulating auxin receptor genes, arbuscules could not develop normally. As components of auxin receptor complexes, Aux/IAA proteins play a major role in auxin signaling pathway by repressing the activity of ARF type transcription factors. We checked the expression of 25 AUX/IAA genes in AM roots. Among them, we focused on IAA27 that was significantly up-regulated during the early stages of AM symbiosis. IAA27 down-regulation in plants led to a strong decrease of AM colonization and arbuscule abundance. We showed by different approaches that the positive regulation of mycorrhization by IAA27 was linked to strigolactone biosynthesis. Overall these results strongly support the hypothesis that auxin signaling plays an important role both in the early stage of mycorrhization and in the arbuscule formation.

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Climate and agricultural practice interact to influence both crop production and soil microbes in agroecosystems. Here, we carried out a unique experiment in Central Germany to simultaneously investigate the effects of climates (ambient climate vs. future climate expected in 50–70 years), agricultural practices (conventional vs. organic farming), and their interaction on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inside wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots. AMF communities were characterized using Illumina sequencing of 18S rRNA gene amplicons. We showed that climatic conditions and agricultural practices significantly altered total AMF community composition. Conventional farming significantly affected the AMF community and caused a decline in AMF richness. Factors shaping AMF community composition and richness at family level differed greatly among Glomeraceae, Gigasporaceae and Diversisporaceae. An interactive impact of climate and agricultural practices was detected in the community composition of Diversisporaceae. Organic farming mitigated the negative effect of future climate and promoted total AMF and Gigasporaceae richness. AMF richness was significantly linked with nutrient content of wheat grains under both agricultural practices.

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The study examined interactions between morogo plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Fusarium species. Morogo refers to traditional leafy vegetables that, together with maize porridge, are dominant staple foods in rural areas of the Limpopo Province such as the Dikgale Demographic Surveillance Site (DDSS). Morogo plants grow either as weeds (often among maize), occur naturally in the field or are cultivated as subsistence crops by rural communities. Botanical species of morogo plants consumed in the DDSS were determined. Colonisation of morogo plant roots by AMF and Fusarium species composition in the immediate soil environment were investigated in four of eight DDSS subsistence communities, Isolated AMF were shown to belong to the genera Acaulospora and Glomus. Twelve Fusarium species were isolated from soil among which Fusariurn verticilliodes and Fusarium proliferaturn occurred predominantly. Greenhouse pot trials were conducted to examine the effect of AMF on morogo plant growth (cowpea; Mgna unguiculata) and Fusarium proliferatum levels in soil, Interaction between plants and AMF, as well as tripartite interactions of cowpea plants, AMF and Fusarium proliferatum were investigated. Non-inoculated cowpea plants served as controls for the following inoculations of cowpea in pots: (i) Fusarium proliferatum; (ii) commercial AMF from Mycoroot (PTY) Ltd. (a mixture of selected indigenous Glomus spp referred to commercial AMF for the purpose of this study); (iii) indigenous AMF obtained from DDSS soil (referred to iocal AMF for the purpose of this study); (iv) commercial AMF plus Fusarium proliferatum; (v) local AMF plus Fusariurn proliferatum. Results showed reduced root colonization by local as well as commercial AMF when Fusarium proliferatum were present. Local AMF significantly enhanced cowpea growth while commercial AMF apparently reduced the level of Fusarium proliferatum in the rhizosphere and surrounding soil. Results suggest that AMF may have potential as biological growth enhancers and bioprotective agents against Fusarium proliferatum. / Thesis (M. Environmental Science (Water Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

L'utilisation des champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules (CMA) pourrait constituer une alternative potentielle aux traitements fongicides conventionnels pour lutter contre les maladies cryptogamiques des plantes. Notre travail a consisté à étudier l'éventuel effet protecteur de la mycorhization arbusculaire chez le blé tendre (triticum aestivum L.) contre Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), un champignon biotrophe responsable de l'oïdium, une maladie affectant les parties aériennes de la plante. L'inoculation mycorhizienne du blé avec le CMA Funneliformis mosseae (FM), en conditions controlées et optimisées, nous a permis d'obtenir parallèlement à un taux de mycorhization de 38% des plants de blé, une amélioration significative de la biomasse et un taux de protection contre Bgt estimé à 78%. Ces résultats suggèrent l'induction d'une résistance systémique des réactions de défense du blé par mycorhization (Mycorrhiza-Induced Resistance, MIR). Cette protection serait liée à une accumulation de composés phénoliques et de preoxyde d'hydrogène dans les cellules épidermiques des feuilles de blé mycorhizé, au niveau du site de pénétration de Bgt. Une surexpression des gènes POX, PAL, CH11 et NPR1 codant pour des marqueurs de défense a également été mise en évidence dans les feuilles en absence d'infection par Bgt. Enfin, nos travaux ont également souligné l'intégration de divers paramètres pour optimiser l'utilisation des CMA comme agents de biocontrôle chez le blé. La meilleure protection contre l'oïdium a été obtenue aec un apport en phosphore réduit de 5 fois par rapport à celui préconisé au champ et un inoculum mycorhizien à base de Fm, que ce soit chez un cultivar modérément sensible ou un cultivar plus résistant. / The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) could be an innovative alternative to chemicals against fungal plant diseases. Our work aimed at studying the possible protective effect of arbuscular mycorrhization in the bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) against Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), a biotrophic fungi responsible of wheat powdery mildew, a disease affecting the aerial plant organs. Wheat mycorrhizal inoculation by Funneliformis mosseae (Fm), under controlled and optimized conditions, allowed us to obtain concomitantly a micorrhizal rate of 38%, a significant increase of plant biomass and a protection level against Bgt estimated at 78%. These results suggest the induction of systemic wheat defense reactions resulting from mycorrhization (Mycorrhiza-Induced Resistance - MIR). This protection is linked to an accumulation of phenolic compounds and hydrogen peroxide at the Bgt penetration sites in epidermal leaf cells of mycorrhized wheat plants. Up-regulations of POX, PAL, NPR1 and CH11 genes encoding for defense markers were also pointed out in leaves of mycorrhizal wheat in the absence of Bgt infection. Moreover, our study highlighted the importance of taking into account various parameters to optimize the use of AMF as biocontrol agents. The highest protection against powdery mildew was obtained with a 5-fold reduced phosphorus input compared to that recommended in the field and with the mycorrhizal inoculum Fm, in both a moderately susceptible or a more resistant cultuva

Orientador: Ana Maria Rodrigues Cassiolato / Banca: Marco Eustaquio de Sa / Banca: Martha Regina Lucizano Garcia / Resumo: A competição entre as plantas é uma concorrência constante entre as espécies que vivem em comunidades, porém a capacidade de certas espécies interferirem na germinação de sementes e desenvolvimento de plantas por meio dos efeitos alelopáticos provenientes de substâncias que liberam na atmosfera ou, quase sempre, no solo, ainda é pouco compreendida no meio agronômico. Muitas destas espécies vegetais podem influenciar a vegetação de um local, sucessão de plantas, indução de dormência, preservação e germinação de sementes, atividade microbiana, produtividade de culturas, entre outros fatores. Visando melhor entender possíveis interferências de restos vegetais nos cultivos subseqüentes, este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar os possíveis efeitos alelopáticos de sorgo (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) milheto (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown) e soja (Glycine max L.), como cobertura vegetal, sobre a emergência, micorrização, atividade microbiana e crescimento de milho (Zea mays L.), soja (G. max L.) e feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Os experimentos foram conduzidos nas dependências da fazenda experimental da UNESP/Campus de Ilha Solteira. Foram avaliadas a emergência de plântulas e sua taxa de crescimento, população final da cultura, ocorrência, identificação e quantificação de plantas daninhas nas áreas, produção de grãos, colonização micorrízica e número de esporos, carbono de CO2 liberado. Os compostos alelopáticos liberados na decomposição das coberturas de milheto, sorgo e soja, interferirem positivamente na COL micorrízica em milho e negativamente em feijão e soja. As coberturas vegetais testadas liberam aleloquímicos que desestabilizam o meio, proporcionado um aumento na esporulação micorrízica nas culturas testadas. Os agentes aleloquímicos liberados pelas coberturas vegetais... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The competition between plants species that lives in the same community is constant. However some species can interfere in the seed germination and plant development through allelophatic effects that occurs because plants release substances in atmosphere or in the soil. This capacity that certain species have is not well understood in the agricultural area. Many of those species can influence the local vegetation, ensuing plantations, dormancy, preservation and seed germination of seeds, microbial activity, cultures productivity and other factors. To a better understanding of possible interferences of vegetable rests in ensuing croop, this work aims to evaluate possible allelophatic effects of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown) and soy (Glycine max L.) when used as vegetable covers under mycorrhization, microbial activity and the growth of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). The experiments were carried out in the experimental farm of UNESP/Campus de Ilha Solteira and could evaluate the seedling emergence and its growth rate, final population of croop; occurrence, identification and quantification of weed plants in the area, seed production, mycorrhizal colonization, spore number and carbon of CO2 released. In the decomposition of the covers millet, sorghum and soy some allelophatic compounds were released and interfered positively in the mycorrhizal harvest of corn but interfered negatively for bean and soy. The vegetable covers that were tested released allelochemics that destabilized the environment providing an increase of mycorrhizal fungi in tested cultures. The allelochemic agents released by the vegetable covers interfered negatively in the carbon of CO2 released. When used as a dead cover sorghum interferes negatively... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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