Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-01-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:39:15Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 santos_aa_me_ilha.pdf: 676511 bytes, checksum: f49f6d1a9f6dfba6539f793f9e93426c (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O solo é um meio que engloba diferentes substâncias químicas e colóides e uma alta diversidade biológica. Estes componentes apresentam íntima relação funcional para sustentabilidade dos ecossistemas e, sua degradação, geralmente causada pela ação antrópica, acarreta um grande prejuízos ambientais e socioeconômicos para as gerações atuais e um enorme risco para as gerações futuras. Para reverter um processo como este, são necessárias intervenções por meio de estratégias como a revegetação. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar crescimento e colonização micorrízica do pinhão manso em solo decaptado que recebeu inoculo de fungos micorrizicos arbusculares, hidrogel e materiais orgânicos. O experimento foi conduzido de maio de 2008 a maio 2009, na Fazenda de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão (FEPE) da UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Ilha Solteira, no município de Selvíria-MS. O delineamento experimental foi o em blocos casualizado, em esquema fatorial 4x2x2, ou seja, 3 tratamentos com material orgânico (aguapé, composto e aguapé+composto), 2 tratamentos com hidrogel (com e sem adição) e 2 tratamentos de inoculação (com e sem inoculação) empregando solo proveniente de uma área preservada de cerrado como fonte de microrganimos, incluíndo fungos micorrízicos arbusculares, com 4 repetições e 5 plantas por tratamentos. O composto foi preparado com materiais de poda e esterco de bovino. Avaliou-se: o crescimento das plantas em 7 épocas diferentes, a caracterização química e número de esporos em 4 épocas, além da porcentagem de colonização micorrízica, presença de flores, número de ramos e de folhas e peso fresco e seco da parte aérea. O tratamento com hidrogel não mostrou interferência no crescimento de plantas, mas, assim como o solo-inóculo, aumentou a esporulação, a colonização micorrízica e a produção de matéria seca... / The soil is a medium that contain different chemical substances and colloids and a high biological diversity. These components have functional relationship on the sustainability of ecosystems and their degradation, usually caused by human action, which causes great socio-economic damage to the present generations and an enormous risk for the future generations. To reverse such process, action is needed using strategies, such as, revegetation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth and mycorrhiza colonization of Jatropha on decapitated soil that received organic materials and hydrogel. The experiment was conducted from May 2008 to May 2009, the Farm Education, Research and Extension (FEPE), UNESP - Univ. Estadual Paulista, Ilha Solteira Campus, located at Selvíria city-MS, Brazil. The experimental design was randomized blocks in factorial scheme 3x2x2, i.e., 3 treatments with organic materials (water hyacinth, compost and water hyacinth + compost), 2 hydrogel treatments (with and without addition) and 2 inoculations treatments (with and without inoculation) using natural soil from a preserved ‘cerrado’ area as a source of microorganisms, including mycorrhizal fungi, with 4 replications and 5 plants per each. The compound was prepared with materials pruning and cow dung. The growth of plants in 7 different times, the chemical characterization and number of spores in 4 times, and the percentage of mycorrhizal colonization, presence of flowers, branches and leaves and fresh and dry weight of air part was evaluated. Treatment with hydrogel showed no interference with the growth of plants; however, as well as the soilinoculum, they increased sporulation, root colonization and production of dry matter. The organic materials treatments positively altered the condition of the ground, plant growth, mycorrhizal colonization and sporulation; the improved performances... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Algumas actinobactérias habitantes da rizosfera são produtoras de substâncias capazes de combater micro-organismos patogênicos às plantas, o que as torna potenciais agentes de controle biológico, passíveis de serem utilizadas como princípio ativo de inoculantes de sementes e mudas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo isolar e avaliar o potencial de isolados de actinobactérias no controle de doenças causadas por fungos nas espécies arbóreas Araucaria angustifolia (Araucária) e Pinus elliottii (Pinus). Além disso, foi iniciado o estudo do processo de elaboração de inoculante a base de actinobactérias antagônicas. Foram isoladas 215 estirpes de actinobactérias do rizoplano da Araucária, das quais 13 apresentaram, em testes in vitro, potencial como antagonistas contra os fungos fitopatogênicos Fusarium oxysporum, Cylindrocladium candelabrum, C. pteridis e Armillaria sp., e apenas os isolados Ac136 e Ac202 apresentaram os maiores valores de inibição nos testes com os quatro patógenos. Na avaliação de produção de algumas substâncias antimicrobianas, apenas celulases, quitinases e sideróforos foram produzidas pelos isolados, sendo este último o mais frequente. Nos testes de interação com organismos foi verificado que, embora os isolados de actinobactéria tenham inibido a germinação de esporos do fungo micorrízico arbuscular (FMA) Gigaspora rosea em teste in vitro, no experimento in vivo, em que foi utilizado o milho como planta hospedeira para inoculação com o FMA e os isolados A43, Ac136 e Ac202, os isolados Ac136 e Ac202 estimularam a colonização das raízes pelo FMA. Estes mesmos isolados também estimularam a germinação de sementes e desenvolvimento inicial de plântulas de Pinus, porém prejudicaram a germinação e desenvolvimento inicial de Araucária. Estes mesmos isolados foram capazes de reduzir a mortalidade de plântulas de Pinus em cerca de 25%, e esta diminuição foi atribuída à inibição de Fusarium sp.. No teste de viabilidade dos isolados em diferentes veículos o isolado que mostrou maior sobrevivência foi o Ac202, mantendo um número de propágulos viáveis correspondente a 5,48 log UFC mL-1, enquanto que o veículo mais apropriado para a elaboração de inoculante com actinobactérias foi a glicerina. A análise molecular mostrou que os isolados mais promissores apresentaram maior similaridade com S. kasugaensis. Dentre todos isolados Ac202 (S. kasugaensis) foi o mais promissor obtido neste trabalho para o uso como agente de biocontrole de doenças causadas por fungos, apresentando forte antagonismo contra os quatro patógenos testados, promovendo a germinação e desenvolvimento inicial de Pinus e aumentando a sobrevivência de plântulas contaminadas com fungos fitopatogênicos. / Some actinobacteria that inhabits the rhizosphere are producers of substances that are capable of combating plant-pathogenic microorganisms, what makes them potential biological control agents, which can be used as the active ingredient of seeds and seedlings inoculants. This study aimed to isolate and evaluate the potential of actinobacteria isolates in controlling diseases caused by fungi in Araucaria angustifolia and Pinus elliottii. In addition, the study initiated the process of elaboration of an actinobacteria-based inoculant. 215 actinobacterial strains were isolated from the Araucarias rhizoplane, and 13 of them showed potential as antagonists against the phytopathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum, Cylindrocladium candelabrum, C. pteridis and Armillaria sp. in in vitro tests, and only the Ac136 and Ac202 strains showed the highest inhibition in the tests against the four pathogens. Among the antimicrobial substances tested, only cellulases, chitinases and siderophores were produced, with the latter being the most frequent. In the interaction tests with other organisms it was found that although the actinobacterial strains have inhibited the germination of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Gigaspora rosea spores on the in vitro test, the in vivo experiment, with maize as host plant, inoculated with the AMF and A43, Ac136 and Ac202 actinobacterial strains, Ac136 and Ac202 stimulated root colonization by AMF. These strains also stimulated Pinus seed germination and seedling early development, but hindered the germination and early development of Araucaria. In addition, the same strains were able to reduce the mortality of pine seedlings by about 25%, and this decrease was attributed to the inhibition of Fusarium sp.. In the viability test of the strains in different vehicles the strain that showed the greatest shelf-life was Ac202, with 5.48 log CFU mL-1, and the most appropriate vehicle for the actinobacteriabased inoculant development was glycerin. Molecular analysis showed that the most promising isolates showed the greatest similarity with S. kasugaensis. Among all strains Ac202 (S. kasugaensis) was the most promising one for the use as biocontrol agent of fungal diseases, exhibiting a strong antagonism against the four pathogens tested, promoting germination and early development of Pinus and increasing survival of seedlings infected with pathogenic fungi.

Les plantes vivent en association avec une grande diversité de microorganismes qui forment son microbiota. Ce microbiote fournit des fonctions clés qui influencent tous les aspects de la vie d'une plante, de l'établissement à la croissance jusqu'à la production. Cette thèse a pour intention de déterminer les règlent d'assemblage du microbiote et ses conséquences pour le phénotypel l'adaptation et l'évolution des plantes. Pour atteindre cet objectif nous avont utilisé différentes approches expérimentales comprenant des plantes clonales comme organismes modèles ainsi que des mésocosmes prairiaux pour analyses à l'échelle des communautés. Nos résultats ont démontré i) que les Champignons Mycohiziens à Arbuscules induisent d'important es variations phénotypiques pour les traits des plantes clonales impliqués dans l'exploration de l'espace et l'exploitation des ressources. Ces changements dépendent de l'identité des symbiontes et altèrent les capacités des plantes à développer des réponses plastiques à l'hétérogénéité environnementale. ii) Les plantes ont évolué un méchanisme permettant la transmission d'une partie de leur microbiote a leur descendance, assurant la qualité de leur habitat. iii) Le contexte spécifique des communautés de plantes est un facteur majeur structurant l'assemblage du microbiota des plantes à échelle locale. L'abondance de certaines espèces de plante dans le voisinage d'une plante cible augmente ou diminue la diversité de son microbiote, déterminant in fine ses performances. De manière générale, cette thèse démontre l'importance des organismes symbiotiques dans la compréhension de l'adaptation et de l'évolution des plantes. / Plants live in association with a wide diversity of microorganisms forming the microbiota. The plant microbiota provides a variety of key functions that influence many aspects of plant's life comprising establishment, growth and reproduction. The present thesis aims at determining the assembly rules of the plant microbiota and its consequences for plant phenotype, adaptation and evolution. To fulfill this objective, we used different experimental approaches using either clonal plants as model organisms or grassland mesocosms for community-wide analyses. Our results demonstrated i) that Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi induce important phenotypic variations in clonal plants traits involved in space exploration and resources exploitation. These changes depended on the identity of the symbionts and altered the plants ability to produce plastic responses to environmental heterogeneity. ii) Plants have evolved a mechanism allowing the transmission of a part of their microbiota to their progeny, ensuring thus their habitat quality. iii) The plant community context is a major factor structuring local plant microbiota assembly. Particular plant species identity in the neighborhood increase or decrease the microbiota diversity and ultimately determine the focal plant performance. This thesis overall demonstrates the importance of symbiotic microorganisms in the understanding of the plant adaptation and evolution. From the knowledges acquired we developed a novel understanding of symbiotic interactions in clonal plants by extending the holobiont theory to the meta-holobiont theory.

La phytoremédiaton assistée par les champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules (CMA) compte parmi les méthodes émergentes de remédiation des sols pollués en raison de son adéquation avec le développement durable. Cette phytotechnologie présente un intêret à la fois dans la protection des plantes contre la phytotoxicité des polluants organiques tels que les hydrocarbures et dans leur dissipation. Cependant, son efficacité reste à prouver dans les sols historiquement multi-pollués. De plus, les mécanismes de dégradation et de tolérance mis en oeuvre par la symbiose mycorhizienne sont peu connus. Ainsi, ce travail de thèse avait pour premier objectif d'étudier chez les partenaires symbiotiques Medicago truncatula/Rhizophagus irregularis cultivés in vitro, l'expression de gènes potentiellement impliqués dans la tolérance au benzo[a]pyrène (B[a]P), un hydrocarbure aromatique polycyclique (HAP) de haut poids moléculaire fréquemment détecté dans les sols pollués. Pour cela, les expressions de gènes codant pour des enzymes antioxydantes, de détoxification des polluants et de réparation de l'ADN ont été mesurées par PCR quantitative en temps réel. Nos résultats ont montré une corrélation positive entre l'induction des systèmes antioxydants au niveau génique et enzymatique et la production d' H₂O₂ induite par l'accumulation de B[a]P dans les racines non mycorhizées et le CMA. En revanche, lorsque les racines sont colonisés par le CMA, celui-ci agirait comme une barrière physique en limitant l'accumulation de B[a]P et la production d'H₂O₂ dans les racines, et provoquerait la répression des systèmes antioxydants racinaires. Le second objectifs de cette thèse a consisté à évaluer l'apport d'un amendement mycorhizien dans la dégradation de deux types d'hydrocarbures : les HAP et les alcanes, présent dans un sol historiquement multi-pollué (site de l'Union). L'étude a été conduite en microcosmes en présence de blé (Triticul aestivum) inoculé ou non par R. irregularis. Une contribution positive de cette inoculation dans la biodégradation des hydrocarbures après 16 semaines de culture a été démontrée. Cette meilleure dégradation serait liée notamment à la stimulation de la microflore bactérienne du sol mais également aux capacités métaboliques de la plante. / Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)-assisted phytoremediation is one of innovative method for the remediation of polluted soils due to its relevance to sustainable development. This phytotechnology presents benefits both in the protection of plants against the phytotoxicity of organic pollutants such as hydrocarbons and in their dissipation. However, its efficiency remains to be proved in the aged multi-polluted soils and the mechanisms of degradation and tolerance implemented by the mycorrhizal symbiosis are poorly known. Thus, the thesis aims firstly to study in the symbiotic partners Medicago truncatula/Rhizophagus irregularis cultivated in vitro, the expression of genes potentially involved in the tolerance to benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) frequently detected in polluted soils. Expressions of genes encoding for antioxidant, pollutant, detoxification and DNA repairing enzymes were measured by real time PCR. Our results showed a positive correlation between the induction of antioxidant systems (genes and enzymes) and the production of H₂O₂ induced by the accumulation of B[a]P in non-mycorrhizal root and the AMF. In contrast, when the roots are colonized by the AMF, this one would act as a physical barrier limiting the accumulation of B[a]P and H₂O₂ production of in the roots and would cause the repression of root antioxidant systems. The second objective of the thesis consisted of evaluating the contribution of the arbuscular mycorrhizal amendment in the degradation of two types of hydrocarbons : the PAH and the alkanes, present in an aged multi-polluted soils (site of Union). The study was carried out in microcosms in the presence of non-inoculated or inoculated wheat (Triticul aestivum) by R. irregularis. A positive contribution of the mycorrhizal inoculation in the hydrocarbon biodegradation after 16 weeks of culture was demonstrated. This better degradation is related especially to the simulation of the bacterial microflora but also to the plant metabolic abilities.

Alder (Alnus glutinosa L. Gaertn.) is a species of a pioneer plant usually colonizing sites in the early stage of ecological succession, such as spoil heaps after open-cast brown coal mining in the Sokolov mining district in north western Bohemia, Czech Republic. These spoil heaps are very poor in nutrients available for plants, yet alders grow in a mutualistic relationship with actinomycetes Frankia, which live in root nodules of the alder plants. Frankia are able of fixing atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) molecules, which can be then assimilate by alders, via enzyme nitrogenase. Thus, in the early stages of succession, alders have a competitive advantage to other non- fixing plant species living only on nitrates (NO3 - ) and ammonia ions (NH4 + ) present in soils. The aim of this study was to conduct and assess two greenhouse experiments. The first experiment studied the response of alder growth to presence of Frankia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of order Glomerales. The performance of alder growth was significantly higher when alders were inoculated with both Frankia and mycorrhizal fungi in comparison to when alders have grown on their own or only with a mycorrhizal symbiont - both on 14 and 60 years old soils from Sokolov mines. In the second experiment, soil pH and iron (Fe) and...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in improving the growth of a vast majority of plants. Past researchers have discovered that agricultural practices have a significant negative effect on the diversity of AMF. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are reported to enhance plant nutrient uptake, stress tolerance, and soil aggregate formation which are key aspects of productive low-input farming. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of four pesticides on the ability of AMF to colonize the roots of okra plants (Abelmoschus esculentus). The pesticides being tested include two synthetic chemicals (glyphosate and carbaryl) and two organic chemicals (neem oil and citrus oil). The tested parameters included crop yield, plant biomass, leaf matter CNP, and the percentage of mycorrhizal colonization in roots. The results of this study show that the organic chemicals had no significant effect on AMF colonization while the synthetic chemicals did have somewhat of a negative effect on colonization.

La thèse porte sur l'impact de changements globaux sur la diversité taxonomique et fonctionnelle des champignons du sol. L'impact de l'intensification agricole sur les champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules a été évalué par comparaison des communautés fongiques présentes sur des sites Européens soumis à différents niveaux d'intensification dans l'usage des terres. La diversité taxonomique a été appréciée par « métabarcoding » sur l'ADN de sol. L'effet de l'intensification apparait lié au contexte local. L'adaptation aux conditions environnementales locales ainsi que des processus stochastiques semblent jouer un rôle important dans le modelage des communautés fongiques. L'effet des changements climatiques en zone Méditerranéenne a été évalué sur les sols d'un site expérimental où une réduction de la pluviométrie a été établie. Nous avons réalisé une approche de séquençage haut débit de 4 familles géniques, 3 d'entre elles codant des enzymes actives sur la biomasse végétale. La date d'échantillonnage, et non la réduction de pluviométrie, a un fort impact sur la diversité béta. Nous formulons l'hypothèse que les communautés fongiques présentes sur des sites soumis à de fortes et récurrentes variations climatiques ont développé des stratégies adaptatives leur conférant une résistance à des variations d'une plus forte intensité. Enfin, une technique indépendante de la PCR (« solution hybrid selection capture ») a été adaptée pour étudier la diversité fonctionnelle des communautés eucaryotes à partir d'ARN de sol. Cette approche, testée sur une famille génique codant des endoxylamases a permis l'isolement d'ADNc complets produisant des enzymes fonctionnelles dans la levure / In this thesis we assessed the impact of two drivers of global change on the taxonomic and functional diversity of soil fungi. The impact of changes in land use on symbiotic Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) was evaluated comparing AMF communities from European sites with different levels of land use intensification. AMF taxonomic diversity was assessed by metabarcoding using soil-extracted DNA. The effect of land use intensification was found to be context-dependent. Adaptation to local environmental conditions and stochastic processes may play important roles in shaping these communities. The effect of climate change in the Mediterranean area was assessed in soils collected from an experimental forest where a rainfall reduction experiment had been established. A parallel high-throughput metabarcoding on soil-extracted RNA was performed on four transcribed fungal genes, 3 of them encodind enzymes involved in plant biomass degradation. Analyses indicated that sampling time had a strong impact on beta-diversity indices, while rainfall reduction had not. We hypothesized that microbial communities present in environments which naturally experience strong and recurrent climatic variations have developed adaptive strategies to cope with these variations and may be to some extent resistant to further climate changes. Finally, an original PCR-independent technique (“solution hybrid selection capture”) was adapted to study the functional diversity of eukaryotic microbial communities using soil RNA. The approach, tested on an endoxylanase gene family, allowed the efficient recovery of full-length cDNA which could be expressed as functional proteins in yeast

Submitted by Ricardo Cedraz Duque Moliterno (ricardo.moliterno@uefs.br) on 2015-11-17T22:52:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTA??O CD EIRYANNE UEFS.pdf: 1137680 bytes, checksum: c8146db40e5cf5c055b38dd228bd86d9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-11-17T22:52:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTA??O CD EIRYANNE UEFS.pdf: 1137680 bytes, checksum: c8146db40e5cf5c055b38dd228bd86d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-20 / The grapevine is one of the most important crops in the San Francisco Valley, to be an important generator of income and social development. It is noteworthy production for the domestic and foreign market, whose requirements demand the need for competitive development of new genetic material to the producer. In this case, the breeding program for cultivation in tropical conditions has employed the crossing of varieties of seedless grapes, using as support embryo rescue technique, which enables the acquisition of hybrid course. Moreover, the cytogenetic characterization of hybrids and parental emerges as a tool that can generate important data for the breeding programs of the grapevine. Counterpart, micropropagation, which is the wider applicability of the technique of tissue culture, has, as one of the many advantages, the large scale production of plants in less time than usual and pathogen-free. During the acclimatization phase of grapevine micropropagation significant losses occur. The various benefits they provide, mycorrhizal fungi are an alternative because they reduce losses, making the transition less stressful conditions in vitro to ex vitro. This study aimed to evaluate cytogenetically vine varieties and hybrids, as well as study the mycorrhizal association in ex vitro establishment of plantlets, trying to select isolates effective in promoting growth and nutrient uptake in apirenic hybrid grapesvines. / A videira representa uma das mais importantes culturas no Vale do S?o Francisco, por ser importante gerador de renda e desenvolvimento social. Destaca-se a produ??o para o mercado interno e externo, cujas exig?ncias em competitividade demandam a necessidade de desenvolvimento de novos materiais gen?ticos para o produtor. Nesse caso, os programas de melhoramento gen?tico para a cultura em condi??es tropicais tem empregado o cruzamento de variedades de uvas apir?nicas, utilizando como suporte a t?cnica de resgate de embri?es, que possibilita a obten??o de h?bridos. Por outro lado, a caracteriza??o citogen?tica de h?bridos e parentais surge como ferramenta que pode gerar dados importantes para os programas de melhoramento gen?tico da videira. Contraparte, a micropropaga??o, que ? a t?cnica de maior aplicabilidade da cultura de tecidos, tem, como uma das muitas vantagens, a produ??o em larga escala de plantas em tempo menor que o habitual, e com garantia fitossanit?ria. Por outro lado, durante a fase de aclimatiza??o da micropropaga??o da videira ocorrem perdas significativas. Nessa fase, pelos v?rios benef?cios que proporcionam, os fungos micorr?zicos arbusculares surgem como alternativa de uso, pois reduzem as perdas, tornando menos estressante a passagem das condi??es in vitro para ex vitro. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar citogeneticamente variedades e h?bridos de videira, bem como estudar a associa??o micorr?zica no estabelecimento ex vitro de mudas micropropagadas, buscando selecionar isolados eficientes em promover o crescimento e absor??o de nutrientes em h?brido apir?nico de videiras.

Algumas actinobactérias habitantes da rizosfera são produtoras de substâncias capazes de combater micro-organismos patogênicos às plantas, o que as torna potenciais agentes de controle biológico, passíveis de serem utilizadas como princípio ativo de inoculantes de sementes e mudas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo isolar e avaliar o potencial de isolados de actinobactérias no controle de doenças causadas por fungos nas espécies arbóreas Araucaria angustifolia (Araucária) e Pinus elliottii (Pinus). Além disso, foi iniciado o estudo do processo de elaboração de inoculante a base de actinobactérias antagônicas. Foram isoladas 215 estirpes de actinobactérias do rizoplano da Araucária, das quais 13 apresentaram, em testes in vitro, potencial como antagonistas contra os fungos fitopatogênicos Fusarium oxysporum, Cylindrocladium candelabrum, C. pteridis e Armillaria sp., e apenas os isolados Ac136 e Ac202 apresentaram os maiores valores de inibição nos testes com os quatro patógenos. Na avaliação de produção de algumas substâncias antimicrobianas, apenas celulases, quitinases e sideróforos foram produzidas pelos isolados, sendo este último o mais frequente. Nos testes de interação com organismos foi verificado que, embora os isolados de actinobactéria tenham inibido a germinação de esporos do fungo micorrízico arbuscular (FMA) Gigaspora rosea em teste in vitro, no experimento in vivo, em que foi utilizado o milho como planta hospedeira para inoculação com o FMA e os isolados A43, Ac136 e Ac202, os isolados Ac136 e Ac202 estimularam a colonização das raízes pelo FMA. Estes mesmos isolados também estimularam a germinação de sementes e desenvolvimento inicial de plântulas de Pinus, porém prejudicaram a germinação e desenvolvimento inicial de Araucária. Estes mesmos isolados foram capazes de reduzir a mortalidade de plântulas de Pinus em cerca de 25%, e esta diminuição foi atribuída à inibição de Fusarium sp.. No teste de viabilidade dos isolados em diferentes veículos o isolado que mostrou maior sobrevivência foi o Ac202, mantendo um número de propágulos viáveis correspondente a 5,48 log UFC mL-1, enquanto que o veículo mais apropriado para a elaboração de inoculante com actinobactérias foi a glicerina. A análise molecular mostrou que os isolados mais promissores apresentaram maior similaridade com S. kasugaensis. Dentre todos isolados Ac202 (S. kasugaensis) foi o mais promissor obtido neste trabalho para o uso como agente de biocontrole de doenças causadas por fungos, apresentando forte antagonismo contra os quatro patógenos testados, promovendo a germinação e desenvolvimento inicial de Pinus e aumentando a sobrevivência de plântulas contaminadas com fungos fitopatogênicos. / Some actinobacteria that inhabits the rhizosphere are producers of substances that are capable of combating plant-pathogenic microorganisms, what makes them potential biological control agents, which can be used as the active ingredient of seeds and seedlings inoculants. This study aimed to isolate and evaluate the potential of actinobacteria isolates in controlling diseases caused by fungi in Araucaria angustifolia and Pinus elliottii. In addition, the study initiated the process of elaboration of an actinobacteria-based inoculant. 215 actinobacterial strains were isolated from the Araucarias rhizoplane, and 13 of them showed potential as antagonists against the phytopathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum, Cylindrocladium candelabrum, C. pteridis and Armillaria sp. in in vitro tests, and only the Ac136 and Ac202 strains showed the highest inhibition in the tests against the four pathogens. Among the antimicrobial substances tested, only cellulases, chitinases and siderophores were produced, with the latter being the most frequent. In the interaction tests with other organisms it was found that although the actinobacterial strains have inhibited the germination of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Gigaspora rosea spores on the in vitro test, the in vivo experiment, with maize as host plant, inoculated with the AMF and A43, Ac136 and Ac202 actinobacterial strains, Ac136 and Ac202 stimulated root colonization by AMF. These strains also stimulated Pinus seed germination and seedling early development, but hindered the germination and early development of Araucaria. In addition, the same strains were able to reduce the mortality of pine seedlings by about 25%, and this decrease was attributed to the inhibition of Fusarium sp.. In the viability test of the strains in different vehicles the strain that showed the greatest shelf-life was Ac202, with 5.48 log CFU mL-1, and the most appropriate vehicle for the actinobacteriabased inoculant development was glycerin. Molecular analysis showed that the most promising isolates showed the greatest similarity with S. kasugaensis. Among all strains Ac202 (S. kasugaensis) was the most promising one for the use as biocontrol agent of fungal diseases, exhibiting a strong antagonism against the four pathogens tested, promoting germination and early development of Pinus and increasing survival of seedlings infected with pathogenic fungi.

Symbiosis with endomycorrhiza is found in a majority of plant-fungal symbioses. The symbiosis helps with various stressors such as drought and malnutrition. This study looked at how four different field, meadow and brook plants - Centaurea cyanus, Galium verum, Viscaria vulgaris and Veronica beccabunga - are affected by mycorrhiza and fertilizer treatment. The hypotheses tested whether mycorrhiza occurrence and fertilizer treatment affected the total number and number of mature and open flowers in C. cyanus as well as whether mycorrhiza occurrence and fertilizer treatment affected the aboveground biomass and the underground biomass of the four plant species. The study looked at 160 plants and a total of 40 plants of each species were planted. Per species, there were 10 control plants, 10 pots with mycorrhiza and 10 pots with fertilizer as well as 10 pots with both mycorrhiza and fertilizer. The pot arrangement was randomized. Mycorrhizal fungi were collected together with plant roots from different grass and forest habitats. The fertilizer treatment was applied once a week and lasted for six weeks. Two-way ANOVA was used in the analyses of the number of flowers in C. cyanus and three-way ANOVA was used in the analyses of aboveground and underground biomass. Fertilizer treatment had statistically significant effects on both the total number of flowers and the number of mature and open flowers. Fertilizer treatment also increased the aboveground of the selected species as well as the underground biomass of C. cyanus. The underground biomass of the other species decreased. However, the study could not find any significant effect of mycorrhiza treatment nor any significant interaction between mycorrhiza treatment and fertilizer treatment. The study did not test whether or how much of the mycorrhiza colonization was successful and the nonsignificant result may be due to several reasons. More research is needed to confirm the results in this study. / Symbios med endomykorrhiza återfinns hos en majoritet av växt-svampsymbioser. Symbiosen hjälper vid olika typer av stress såsom torka och näringsbrist. Denna studie tittade på hur fyra olika åker-, ängs- och bäckväxter - Centaurea cyanus, Galium verum, Viscaria vulgaris och Veronica beccabunga - påverkas av mykorrhiza och gödsling. Hypoteserna testade om mykorrhizaförekomst och gödsling påverkar det totala antalet och antalet utslagna blommor hos C. cyanus samt ovanjordsbiomassan och underjordsbiomassan hos de fyra växterna. Undersökningen tittade på 160 plantor och totalt planterades 40 plantor av varje art. Per art fanns 10 kontrollplantor, 10 krukor med mykorrhiza och 10 krukor med gödsling samt 10 krukor med både mykorrhiza och gödsling. Krukorna planterades ut slumpmässigt. Mykorrhizasvampar samlades in tillsammans med växtrötter från olika gräs- och skogshabitat. Kvävebehandlingen skedde en gång i veckan och varade i sex veckor. Två-vägs-ANOVA användes vid analys av antal blommor hos C. cyanus och tre-vägs-ANOVA användes vid analys av ovanjords- och underjordsbiomassa. Kvävebehandling kunde signifikant visas öka både det totala antalet blommor och antalet utslagna blommor. Kvävebehandling ökade även ovanjordsbiomassan hos de utvalda arterna samt underjordsbiomassan hos C. cyanus. Underjordsbiomassan minskade hos de andra arterna. Studien kunde emellertid inte hitta någon signifikant effekt av mykorrhizabehandling och inte heller någon signifikant interaktion mellan mykorrhizabehandling och kvävebehandling. I studien testades inte om eller hur mycket av mykorrhizakoloniseringen var framgångsrik och det icke-signifikanta resultatet kan ha haft flera orsaker. Mer forskning behövs för att bekräfta resultaten i denna studie.