Au cours de cette thèse, un isolat de sol de désert, Saccharothrix algeriensis NRRL B-24137, a été évalué pour ses propriétés bioactives contre le champignon phytopathogène Botrytis cinerea, pour sa colonization sur Vitis vinifera L., et Arabidopsis thaliana ainsi qu’en vue d’étudier les méchanismes de résistance systémique induite (ISR) contre B. cinerea. Les résultats obtenus nous ont permis premièrement de montrer que Sa. algeriensis NRRL B-24137 peut présenter des activités antifongiques contre B. cinerea et que des métabolites peuvent être responsables de cette activité antifongique. Bien que ces métabolites soient encore en cours d’étude et que cette étude mérite d’être approfondie, nous avons démontré ensuite les propriétés de colonisation de l’isolat du sol du désert chez la vigne. Les résultats ont permis de montrer que la souche peut former des populations rhizosphèriques ainsi que des sous-populations endophytiques chez des plants de vigne (Cabernet Sauvignon sur porte-greffe 44-53 M) à des étapes précoces de colonisation. Puis nous avons démontré que la souche bénéfique peut induire une résistance systémique contre B. cinerea. Bien que les mécanismes impliqués ne soient pas encore compris, des parties préliminaires de ces travaux démontrent que les expressions de gènes responsables de la production de glucanase, chitinase ainsi qu’un inhibiteur de polygalacturonase ne semblent pas potentialisés pendant le phénomène de résistance systémique. Enfin nous avons démontré l’interaction entre Sa. algeriensis NRRL B-24137 et Arabidopsis thaliana qui résulte dans une association intime dûe également à colonisation rhizosphèrique et endophytique de la plante modèle. La souche bénéfique peut églement induire un phénomène de résistance systémique sur A. thaliana contre B. cinerea et les analyses de plantes mutées ont permis de determiner des parties des mécanismes impliqués dans l’ISR aini que des nouveaux mécanismes impliqués qui peuvent être induits par des microbes bénéfiques / In this thesis, the desert soil isolate, Saccharothrix algeriensis NRRL B-24137, has been evaluated for its bioactive properties towards the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, for its colonization of Vitis vinifera L., and Arabidopsis thaliana as well as to study the mechanisms of induced systemic resistance (ISR) towards B. cinerea. The results obtained allowed us firstly to show that Sa. algeriensis NRRL B-24137 can exhibit strong antifungal properties towards B. cinerea and that some metabolites can be responsible of this antifungal activity. Although these metabolites are still under consideration and that this study needs further works, we have demonstrated then the colonization properties of the desert soil isolate with grapevine plants. The results showed that the strain can form rhizospheric as well as endophytic subpopulations with grapevine plants (Cabernet Sauvignon cultivar graffed on 44-53 M rootstock) at early step of colonization. Then we have demonstrated that the beneficial strain could induce a systemic resistance towards B. cinerea. Although the mechanisms are not yet well understood, preliminary parts of this work demonstrated that the genes responsible of glucanase production, chitinase as well as inhibitor of polygalacturonase activity do not seems to be primed during the systemic resistance phenomenon. Finally we demonstrated that the interaction between Sa. algeriensis NRRL B-24137 and Arabidopsis thaliana plants results in a close association due also to a rhizo- and endophytic colonization of the model plant. The beneficial strain can also induce a systemic resistance in A. thaliana towards B. cinerea and analyzes of plant mutants have allowed to determine parts of the mechanisms involved in ISR as well as new mechanisms that could be trigerred by beneficial microbes

Le monoxyde d’azote (NO) régule un grand nombre de processus physiologiques tel quele développement ou les réponses aux modifications des conditions environnementales. Dans cetravail, la production de NO et ses effets ont été étudiés dans le contexte des interactions plante –pathogène. La production de NO générée chez Arabidopsis thaliana par les oligogalacturonides(OGs), eliciteur endogène des réactions de défense, a été mesurée par la sonde fluorescente 4, 5-diamino fluoresceine diacetate. L’utilisation d’approches pharmacologiques et génétiques ontpermis d’étudier les sources enzymatiques de la production de NO et son rôle dans l’interactionA. thaliana/Botrytis cinerea. Nous avons montré que le NO est produit par une voie dépendantede la L-arginine ainsi que d’une voie impliquant la Nitrate Réductase. La production de NOinduite par les OGs est dépendante du Ca2+ et modulée par les formes activées de l’oxygène(produites par AtRBOHD). La production de NO est également régulée par les CDPKs mais estindépendante des activités MAPKs. A l’aide d’une approche transcriptomique nous avons ensuitedémontré que le NO participe à la régulation de l’expression de gènes induits par les OGs tels quedes gènes codant pour des protéines PR ou des facteurs de transcription. La sur-représentation decertains éléments régulateurs (par exemple de type W-box) dans les régions promotrices desgènes cibles du NO suggère également l’implication de facteurs de transcription spécifiques dansla réponse au NO. Enfin, des plantes mutantes, affectées dans l’expression de gènes cibles de NO,ainsi que des plantes de type sauvage (Col-0) traitées par le piégeur de NO, cPTIO, sont plussensibles à B. cinerea. L’ensemble de ces résultats nous a permis de mieux comprendre lesmécanismes liant la production de NO, ses effets et la résistance d’A. thaliana à B. cinerea,confirmant que le NO est un élément-clé des réactions de défense des plantes / Nitric oxide (NO) regulates a wide range of plant processes from development toenvironmental adaptation. In this study, NO production and its effects were investigated in aplant-pathogen context. The production of NO following Arabidopsis treatment witholigogalacturonides (OGs), an endogenous elicitor of plant defense, was assessed using the NOsensitive probe 4, 5-diamino fluorescein diacetate. Pharmacological and genetic approaches wereused to analyze NO enzymatic sources and its role in the Arabidopsis thaliana /Botrytis cinereainteraction. We showed that NO production involves both a L-arginine- and a nitrate reductase(NR)-pathways. OGs-induced NO production was Ca2+-dependent and modulated RBOHDmediatedROS production. NO production was also regulated by CDPKs activities, but workedindependently of the MAPKs pathway. Using a transcriptomic approach, we further demonstratedthat NO participates to the regulation of genes induced by OGs such as genes encoding diseaserelatedproteins and transcription factors. The over-representation of certain regulatory elements(e.g. W-BOX) in promoter sequences of target genes also suggests the involvement of specifictranscription factors in the NO response. Mutant plants impaired in several selected NOresponsivegenes, as well as Col-0 plants treated with the NO scavenger cPTIO, were moresusceptible to B. cinerea. Taken together, our investigation deciphers part of the mechanismslinking NO production, NO-induced effects and basal resistance to Botrytis cinerea. Moregenerally, our data reinforce the concept that NO is a key mediator of plant defense responses

Contre la pourriture grise et les maladies du bois (MdBs), qui sont des maladies cryptogamiques majeures de la vigne, la lutte biologique a un potentiel de développement considérable dans le contexte actuel de réduction des intrants chimiques en viticulture.L’objectif de cette thèse est de sélectionner et d'étudier des souches bactériennes antagonistes de Botrytis cinerea (Pourriture grise) et de deux champignons pathogènes clefs liés aux MdBs: Phaeomoniella chlamydospora et Neofusicoccum parvum. Les expériences de screening principales sont réalisées in vivo et in planta sur 46 souches bactériennes isolées dans le vignoble bordelais. Le niveau de protection par les souches antagonistes dépend significativement de la souche bactérienne, de l’espèce de champignon pathogène ciblée, du tissu ou organe végétal hôte, mais aussi pour N. parvum, du mode d’application de la souche bactérienne et, pour B. cinerea, du génotype lié aux transposons : transposa ou vacuma.Une réduction significative de 40 à 64% de la taille des nécroses dues à P. chlamydospora et/ou N. parvum est induite par trois souches bactériennes Pantoea agglomerans (S1), Paenibacillus sp. (S19) et Bacillus pumilus (S32) sur des boutures de vigne non greffées. Ces souches ont fait l'objet d'investigations approfondies pour déterminer leurs principaux modes d’action : Antibiose, production de composés volatils qui ont été identifiés et/ou induction de différents gènes de défense de la vigne.Concernant B. cinerea, les souches Enterobacter cowanii (S22), Enterobacter sp. (S23), Bacillus ginsengihumi (S38) et Bacillus sp. (S43, S46) présentent un pouvoir antagoniste important par production de composés volatils et diffusibles anti-Botrytis, ainsi que par compétition pour les nutriments par E. cowanii (S22). / Biological control of gray mold and grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs), which are major fungal diseases of grapevine, has a considerable potential development in the current context of reduction of chemical input in viticulture.The aim of this study was to select and study bacterial strains for antagonism against Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of gray mold, and two key pathogens involved in GTDs: Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and Neofusicoccum parvum. The main screening experiments for antagonistic activity of 46 bacterial strains, isolated from Bordeaux vineyards, have been carried out under different in vivo and in planta conditions. The efficacy of protection by the antagonistic strains significantly depended on the bacterial strain, the targeted pathogen species, the host plant tissue or organ and, for N. parvum, also on the application mode of the bacterial strain and, for B. cinerea, on the transposon genotype: transposa or vacuma.A significant reduction in length of necrosis due to P. chlamydospora and/or N. parvum, ranging between 40 and 64% in non-grafted vine cuttings, resulted from three bacterial strains: Pantoea agglomerans (S1), Paenibacillus sp. (S19) and Bacillus pumilus (S32). These strains were thoroughly further investigated to determine their major modes of action by i) Antibiosis ii) production of antifungal volatile organic compounds, which have been identified, and/or iii) induction of different grapevine defense genes. Concerning B. cinerea, Enterobacter cowanii (S22), Enterobacter sp. (S23) Bacillus ginsengihumi (S38), Bacillus sp. (S43, S46) were of prime importance in the biocontrol by producing anti-Botrytis volatile and diffusible compounds or by competing for nutrients (case of E. cowanii S22).

La sélection naturelle constitue un processus clé de l'adaptation des populations à leur environnement, favorisant les variants présentant les meilleures valeurs sélectives. Les champignons présentent généralement des traits biologiques (diversité des modes de reproduction, grandes tailles de populations, fortes capacités de dispersion, entre autres) qui favorisent leur adaptation à des environnements variés. La compréhension des mécanismes qui sous-tendent l'évolution de leurs populations sous les contraintes, naturelles et anthropiques, qu'elles subissent constituent donc un enjeu majeur pour la protection des plantes, en particulier dans le contexte actuel de durabilité des méthodes de lutte. Dans cette thèse, nous avons décrit la structure et la diversité des populations Botrytis cinerea à l'aide de marqueurs neutres et sélectionnés et d'un échantillonnage emboîté, et avons proposé des mécanismes pouvant expliquer les résultats observés. Puis nous avons analysé la réponse adaptative des populations de B. cinerea en Champagne, aux applications de fongicides. Premièrement, nous avons montré que la pourriture grise était causée par un complexe de deux espèces cryptiques, vivant en sympatrie sur des hôtes communs. De plus, les populations françaises de B. cinerea sont structurées en cinq dèmes, caractérisés par le système de culture (sélection directionnelle), la plante-hôte (adaptation écologique), et dans une moindre mesure, par la géographie. Sur vigne, nous avons mis en évidence une entité dont l'isolement génétique semble lié à un isolement temporel. Par ailleurs, nous avons montré que l'application de fongicides conduit à la sélection de phénotypes résistants spécifiquement à quasiment tous les modes d'action homologués, selon des proportions variant suivant les vignobles et les usages. Plus particulièrement, la résistance aux fongicides inhibiteurs de la succinate déshydrogénase (SDHI) est causée par au moins sept mutations affectant les gènes encodant la protéine cible de ces fongicides, déterminant ainsi une grande variété de phénotypes. Enfin, nous avons montré que les fongicides ne modifiaient pas la structure neutre des populations mais qu'ils pouvaient conduire à une perte de richesse allélique dans les populations traitées ainsi qu'à un équilibre sélection-migration détectable dans certaines situations sous forme de clines au loci sous pression de sélection contemporaine tels que ceux déterminant la résistance multidrogues. La modélisation de l'évolution des fréquences de résistance hivernale a permis d'estimer le coût de la résistance pour quatre loci déterminant la résistance aux fongicides. Cette thèse a permis d'appréhender le fonctionnement des populations de B. cinerea et de comprendre et quantifier partiellement les mécanismes sélectifs opérant in natura. Ces informations seront utilisées pour raisonner des stratégies anti-résistance adaptées localement et durables.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:32:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 764829 bytes, checksum: 8dbd03463c4800428f75900ca1340eb0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-23 / The use of logistic regression modeling as a tool for modeling statistical probability of an event as a function of one or more independents variables, has grown among researchers in several areas, including Phytopathology. At about the dichotomous logistic regression in which the dependent variable is the type binary or dummy, is the extensive number of studies in the literature that discuss the modeling assumptions and the interpretation of the analyzes, as well as alternatives for implementation in statistical packages. However, when the variable response requires the use three or more categories, the number of publications is scarce. This is not only due to the scarcity of relevant publications on the subject, but also the inherent difficulty of coverage on the subject. In this paper we address the applicability of the model polytomous ordinal logistic regression, as well as differences between the proportional odds models, nonproportional and partial proportional odds. For this, we analyzed data from an experiment in which we evaluated the potential antagonistic fungus Clonostachys rosea in biocontrol of the disease called "gray mold", caused by Botrytis cinerea in strawberry and tomato. The partial proportional odds models and nonproportional were adjusted and compared, since the proportionality test score accused rejection of the proportional odds assumption. The estimates of the model coefficients as well as the odds ratios were interpreted in practical terms for Phytopathology. The polytomous ordinal logistic regression is introduced as an important statistical tool for predicting values, showing the potential of C. rosea in becoming a commercial product to be developed and used in the biological control of the disease, because the application of C. rosea was as or more effective than the use of fungicides in the control of gray mold. / O uso da regressão logística como uma ferramenta estatística para modelar a probabilidade de um evento em função de uma ou mais variáveis explicativas, tem crescido entre pesquisadores em várias áreas, inclusive na Fitopatologia. À respeito da regressão logística dicotômica, na qual a variável resposta é do tipo binária ou dummy, é extenso o número de trabalhos na literatura que abordam a modelagem, as pressuposições e a interpretação das análises, bem como alternativas de implementação em pacotes estatísticos. No entanto, quando a variável resposta requer que se utilize três ou mais categorias, o número de publicações é escasso. Isso devido não somente à escassez de publicações relevantes sobre o assunto, mas também à inerente dificuldade de abrangência sobre o tema. No presente trabalho aborda-se a aplicabilidade do modelo de regressão logística politômica ordinal, bem como as diferenças entre os modelos de chances proporcionais, chances proporcionais parciais e chances não proporcionais. Para isso, foram analisados dados de um experimento em que se avaliou o potencial do fungo antagonista Clonostachys rosea no biocontrole da doença denominada mofo cinzento , causada por Botrytis cinerea em morangueiro e tomateiro. Os modelos de chances proporcionais parciais e não proporcionais foram ajustados e comparados, uma vez que o teste score de proporcionalidade acusou rejeição da pressuposição de chances proporcionais. As estimativas dos coeficientes dos modelos bem como das razões de chances foram interpretadas em termos práticos para a Fitopatologia. A regressão logística politômica ordinal se apresentou como uma importante ferramenta estatística para predição de valores, mostrando o potencial do C. rosea em se tornar um produto comercial a ser desenvolvido e usado no controle biológico da doença, pois a aplicação de C. rosea foi tão ou mais eficiente do que a utilização de fungicidas no controle do mofo cinzento.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:44:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PGPV13MA109.pdf: 557511 bytes, checksum: d2cb3e9e50b7e2f27e43a1b3f1a189c1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The family of Brassicaceae plays an important role in Brazilian horticulture, having the species of cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower the higher at consumption by the population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of high dilutions preparation for production under organic system of cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. Experiments were conducted in the greenhouse and under fields conditions. For greenhouse, the experimental design was completely randomized. For field experiments the experiment design were randomized complete block design. Both designs were with four replications and nine treatments. For greenhouse, trays had of 64 plants from with 20 plant were taken as experiment plot. Each plot consisted of 20 plants for each specie and repetition. Ten plants distributed in double line was the plot in the field experiment. The treatments consisted of homeopathic preparations of Arnica montana, Silicea terra, Carbo vegetabilis, and Sulphur at 6CH and 30CH. For control water was used. The experiments were conducted separately for each species. In greenhouse, the treatments were applied every four days until transplanting (seven applications). Under field conditions, the treatments were applied every fifteen days until harvest (four applications). Shoot fresh mass, root fresh mass, shoot dry mass, root dry mass, plant height, root length, and stem diameter for seedlings were evaluated. For field, shape index, rate of the length of the heart and longitudinal diameter (C / D) for cabbage field crop were evaluated. Plant height and stem diameter for broccoli were evaluated. Fresh mass and dry mass of cabbage heads and broccoli inflorescences were also evaluated. The disease incidence of black-rot and alternaria and the occurrence of cabbage aphid and damage caused by diamondback moth were evaluated. The preparations of Sulphur at 6CH increased the shoot dry mass, root dry mass for seedlings and production of cabbage heads. The preparations of Sulphur at 6CH increased the plant height, root length, and stem diameter for broccoli. Silicea terra at 30CH increased the fresh mass and dry mass of broccoli inflorescences. Sulphur at 6CH reduced the aphid occurrence for cabbage and diamondback moth damage percentage for broccoli. Sulphur at 30CH increased the shoot dry mass, root dry mass, and height for cabbage seedlings. Sulphur at 30CH increased the shoot dry mass, root dry mass, and stem diameter. Aphid occurrence, alternaria; and black rot incidence were decreased when broccoli was treated by Sulphur at 30CH. Silicea terra at 30CH increased the shoot dry mass, root dry mass, height plant, stem diameter, and root length for broccoli seedlings. Silicea terra at 30CH also increased the shoot dry mass, root dry mass, and stem diameter of cauliflower seedlings. The preparations of Silicea terra at 30CH increased the production of cabbage heads and reduced the black rot incidence for broccoli. The high dilution preparations have influence on the yield and management of pests and diseases of cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower growth under organic production system / A família Brassicaceae ocupa papel destacado na olericultura brasileira, sendo as espécies de repolho, brócolis e couve-flor de maior consumo pela população. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o uso de preparados em altas diluições na produção em sistemas orgânicos de repolho, brócolis e couve-flor. Os experimentos com repolho, brócolis e couve-flor foram realizados em casa de vegetação e a campo na Epagri e na comunidade de Pedras Brancas, Lages, SC. O delineamento foi inteiramente casualizado em casa de vegetação e de blocos ao acaso, a campo. Ambos os delineamentos foram com quatro repetições e nove tratamentos. Em casa de vegetação, as bandejas foram constituídas por 64 plantas por parcela para cada hortaliça. A parcela útil foi composta por 20 plantas centrais das 64 plantas da parcela. A campo, cada parcela de repolho e brócolis foi constituída por 10 plantas distribuídas em dupla linha. Os tratamentos utilizados, tanto para casa de vegetação como para campo, foram os preparados homeopáticos de Arnica montana, Silicea terra, Carbo vegetabilis e Sulphur na 6CH e 30CH; e água como testemunha. Os experimentos foram delineados em separado para cada uma das hortaliças e conduzidos em duplo cego. Em casa de vegetação, os tratamentos foram aplicados a cada quatro dias, sobre as mudas até seu transplante, totalizando sete aplicações. No campo, após o transplante das mudas, os tratamentos foram aplicados a cada quinze dias, sobre as plantas até sua colheita, totalizando quatro aplicações. Foram avaliadas, em mudas, características de massa fresca e seca da parte aérea e radicular, altura da planta, comprimento de raiz e diâmetro do caule. A campo, no momento da colheita, foram avaliadas as características de índice de formato, a relação do comprimento do coração e do diâmetro longitudinal (C/D) para repolho; para o brócolis, altura da planta e diâmetro do caule. Massa fresca e seca das cabeças em repolho e das inflorescências de brócolis também foram avaliadas. A incidência de alternariose e podridão-negra, bem como, a ocorrência do pulgão e dos danos da traça-das-crucíferas foram avaliadas em repolho e brócolis. O preparado de Sulphur na 6CH aumentou a massa seca da parte aérea e radicular em mudas e a produção de cabeças de repolho, bem como o incremento da massa fresca e seca das inflorescências em brócolis. O preparado de Sulphur na 6CH reduziu também a ocorrência do pulgão em plantas de repolho e brócolis e o percentual de danos da traça-das-crucíferas em brócolis.O preparado de Sulphur na 30CH aumentou a massa seca da parte aérea e radicular e altura da plântula em mudas de repolho, bem como o incremento da massa seca da parte aérea e radicular e diâmetro do caule em mudas de couve-flor. A ocorrência do pulgão, a incidência da alternariose e a podridão-negra foram reduzidas quando tratadas como o preparado de Sulphur na 30CH em plantas de brócolis. O preparado de Silicea terra na 30CH incrementou a massa seca da parte aérea e radicular, altura da plântula, comprimento de raiz e diâmetro do caule, em mudas de brócolis, bem como a massa seca da parte aérea e radicular e diâmetro do caule em mudas de couve-flor. O preparado de Silicea terra na 30CH aumentou a produção de cabeças de repolho e reduziu a incidência da podridão-negra em plantas de brócolis. Conclui- se que preparados em altas diluições influenciam na produção e no manejo de insetos-praga e doenças de plantas de repolho, brócolis e couve-flor, sob sistema orgânico

L’étude des communautés microbiennes de la baie de raisin dans des conditions de production à l’échelle de la parcelle montre une dynamique temporelle des populations cultivables, qui se traduit par une augmentation des niveaux de population à partir des stades de début véraison et début maturité. Concernant la communauté bactérienne cultivable, 44 espèces appartenant à 21 genres ont été identifiées. Parmi les huit genres identifiés pour la population fongique, les espèces appartenant au genre Aureobasidium sont les plus abondantes, contrairement aux espèces fermentaires qui restent minoritaires. L’incidence des facteurs biotiques et abiotiques sur différents paramètres de population microbienne tels que la structure, la densité et l’activité métabolique a été analysée. Nous avons observé que les zones climatiques plus fraîches et humides, favorisent le développement des microorganismes. Ces travaux mettent en évidence l’impact écotoxique du cuivre sur la communauté microbienne, en particulier dans sa fraction bactérienne. Le développement de Botrytis cinerea sur la grappe modifie la communauté microbienne des baies de raisin sain : le nombre d’espèces bactériennes augmente ainsi que leur diversité. La communauté bactérienne de la baie de raisin est proche de celle des feuilles d’un point de vue de sa structure, et mais éloignée de celles des écorces et du sol, avec des indices de diversité et de richesse plus faibles. / The study of microbial communities associated with wine grapes under field conditions revealed changes in the size and structure during the berry ripening process, with levels rising gradually and reaching their highest value when the berries were over ripe. During this work several bacteria and fungi species, including fermentative yeast, have been isolated and identified. From cultured bacteria, over 44 species were identified from 21 genera. Concerning fungi population, among eight genera identified, the genus Aureobasidium was the most abundant. Our study reveals the impact of different abiotic and biotic factors over microbial community structure, density and metabolic activity. Comparing different vineyards in the same region, we observed that areas presenting more humid and colder climate favor the growth of microorganisms. Our results also show that the farming system has a clear impact on the microbial community, especially in the bacterial fraction. One of the reasons is the inhibiting effect of copper-based fungicides, frequently used in both organic and conventional farming systems. The presence of Botrytis cinerea in grape berries without visual symptoms of infection can change the microbial community of the grapes, increasing bacterial population density and diversity.

La pourriture grise, causée par le champignon Botrytis cinerea, est l'une des principales maladies aériennes fongiques sur diverses cultures d’importance agronomique. La diversité génétique de B. cinerea est très forte et la capacité rapide d’adaptation de ce champignon à une pression sélective est également avérée. Ce champignon est ainsi capable de développer des résistances à une grande variété de composés fongicides de synthèse ou d'origine naturelle. Des méthodes alternatives de lutte ont de ce fait été développées ces dernières années : divers agents de lutte biologique (ALB) présentant différents modes d’actions ont été identifiés et pour certains d’entre eux commercialisés pour contrôler B. cinerea. Cependant la durabilité de la lutte biologique est un domaine encore très peu étudié. La perte d'efficacité d'un ALB pourrait résulter de la préexistence d’isolats moins sensibles de pathogènes dans les populations naturelles et/ou de la capacité de l’agent pathogène à produire, sous une pression de sélection continue exercée par l’ALB, des mutants ayant une sensibilité réduite. L'objectif global de la présente étude est d'évaluer le risque potentiel de perte d'efficacité de la lutte biologique vis-à-vis de B. cinerea. Dans cette étude, les efforts ont été concentrés sur la pyrrolnitrine, un antibiotique produit par divers ALBs, dont certains sont efficaces contre B. cinerea. Les objectifs spécifiques de l'étude étaient (i) d’évaluer la diversité de la sensibilité à la pyrrolnitrine au sein de la population naturelle de B. cinerea, (ii) d'estimer le risque de perte d'efficacité des ALBs produisant la pyrrolnitrine due à la pression de sélection exercée par la pyrrolnitrine et (iii) d'étudier le mécanisme de résistance à la pyrrolnitrine chez B. cinerea. Parmi 204 isolats de B. cinerea, une gamme importante de sensibilité à la pyrrolnitrine a été observée, avec un facteur de résistance de 8,4 entre l’isolat le plus sensible et l'isolat le moins sensible. La production de 20 générations successives pour 4 isolats de B. cinerea, sur des doses croissantes de pyrrolnitrine, a abouti au développement de mutants avec des niveaux élevés de résistance à l'antibiotique, et à une réduction in vitro de la sensibilité à la bactérie productrice de pyrrolnitrine Pseudomonas chlororaphis PhZ24. La comparaison entre les mutants résistants à la pyrrolnitrine et leurs parents sensibles pour la croissance mycélienne, la sporulation et l'agressivité sur plantes a révélé que la résistance à la pyrrolnitrine est associée à un fort coût adaptatif. Des observations cytohistologiques sur tomates ont confirmé que l’isolat sensible à la pyrrolnitrine attaque le pétiole rapidement et envahit la tige, alors que le mutant résistant à la pyrrolnitrine ne s'étend pas au-delà du pétiole. De plus, ce dernier mutant forme un mycélium anormal et des cellules ressemblant à des chlamydospores. Les résultats ont d'autre part révélé que les mutants de B. cinerea résistants à la pyrrolnitrine sont résistants au fongicide iprodione, suggérant ainsi qu'une pression exercée par la pyrrolnitrine sur le champignon conduit à une résistance au fongicide. Réciproquement, la production de générations successives sur iprodione conduit à une résistance à l'antibiotique. Afin d'étudier les déterminants moléculaires de la résistance de B. cinerea à la pyrrolnitrine, le gène histidine kinase Bos1, impliqué entre autres dans la résistance aux fongicides chez B. cinerea a été séquencé chez les souches sensibles et les mutants résistants. La comparaison des séquences a mis en évidence des mutations ponctuelles différentes chez les mutants de B. cinerea obtenus sur la pyrrolnitrine et ceux obtenus sur l'iprodione. De plus, les résistances à la pyrrolnitrine et à l'iprodione ne sont pas systématiquement associées à une mutation ponctuelle dans le gène Bos1. Enfin, aucune modification n'a été détectée dans la taille des allèles de neuf locus microsatellites quelle que soit la pression sélective exercée et quelle que soit le phénotype du mutant produit. Cette étude montre qu'un champignon pathogène des plantes est capable de développer progressivement une moindre sensibilité à un agent de lutte biologique mais que cette moindre sensibilité est associée à une forte perte de fitness / Gray mould, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is a severe disease on a wide range of crops. Disease control generally relies on chemicals, although biological control strategies have been intensively studied over the last decades. This pathogen can withstand a wide variety of fungitoxic compounds including fungicides and natural molecules. This capacity to adapt to different stress might, potentially, compromise the durability of biological control methods. The global purpose of that work was to estimate the potential of B. cinerea to overcome the efficacy of biological control agents. Knowledge on the potential development of resistance to biological control agents can help to devise or improve resistance management strategies. In this work, efforts have been focused on the antibiotic pyrrolnitrin produced by various bacteria described as potential biological control agents against B. cinerea. The specific objectives of the study were (i) to evaluate the diversity in susceptibility to pyrrolnitrin among natural population of B. cinerea, (ii) to estimate the risk of loss of efficacy of pyrrolnitrinproducing biological control agent due to selection pressure exerted by pyrrolnitrin and (iii) to study the mechanism of resistance to pyrrolnitrin in B. cinerea. An important range of sensitivity to pyrrolnitrin with an 8.4-fold difference in EC50 values between the most sensitive and the least sensitive isolates was observed within the 204 isolates tested. The production of 20 generations, for 4 isolates of B. cinerea, on increasing doses of pyrrolnitrin, resulted in the development of mutants of B. cinerea with high levels of resistance to the antibiotic and a reduced sensitivity in vitro to the pyrrolnitrin-producing Pseudomonas chlororaphis PhZ24. Comparison of the pyrrolnitrin-resistant mutants and their sensitive parent isolates for mycelial growth, sporulation and aggressiveness on plant tissues revealed that the high level of resistance to pyrrolnitrin has resulted in a high fitness cost. Additional cytohistological investigations revealed that while the sensitive isolate spread throughout the petiole and rapidly invaded the stem via the abscission zone, the pyrrolnitrinresistant mutant failed to extend beyond petiole to invade the stem. Moreover, the pyrrolnitrin-resistant mutant formed abnormal mycelium and chlamydospore-like cells. The comparison of resistance to pyrrolnitrin and to the iprodione fungicide in B. cinerea revealed that fungicide pressure exerted on the fungus is able to build-up resistance to pyrrolnitrin. Comparison of sequences of the osmosensing class III histidine kinase encoding gene bos1 revealed different mutations in pyrrolnitrin- and iprodione-resistant mutants. However, resistance to pyrrolnitrin and to iprodione was not systematically associated with a point mutation in the Bos1 gene. Finally, no changes were observed in the allele size at nine microsatellite loci whatever the four selective pressure endured by the fungus despite their phenotypic changes. This study provides evidence that a fungal plant pathogen is able to gradually build-up resistance to an antibiotic produced by a biocontrol agent

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Thesis (MScAgric)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Various studies revealed that Botrytis cinerea, the causal pathogen of Botrytis bunch rot, is mostly associated with pedicels, rachises, laterals and berry bases, and not with berry skins as previously understood. Provided that sufficient coverage of inner bunch parts was achieved, laboratory studies have shown that fungicides can effectively reduce the amount of B. cinerea at the various positions in bunches, and prevent infection and symptom expression at all growth stages. The same efficacy was, however, not achieved with the same fungicides when using conventional spraying methods in vineyards. Poor disease control on fruit and leaves in vineyards is attributed to inappropriate timing of fungicide applications and/or insufficient coverage of susceptible tissue. Previously, spray coverage evaluations in South Africa were based on the use of water-sensitive cards. A variety of other methods have been used to assess spray coverage in vineyards, but none of these methods could assess spray deposits on a very small, three-dimensional area of interest such as the susceptible grape bunch parts. The methods were furthermore dependent on human objectivity, which lacks quantitative measuring and speed of measurement. Suitable technology to determine spray coverage on susceptible bunch parts is, therefore, not available. The aim of this study was to develop a protocol to visualise and quantify spray deposits in grape bunches, specifically on the inner bunch parts and to use the protocol to determine the effect of different levels of spray cover on artificially inoculated B. cinerea grape bunches, in order to facilitate future determination of minimum effective coverage levels for effective B. cinerea control. A spray coverage assessment protocol using fluorometry, photomicrography and digital image analyses was developed to measure spray coverage on susceptible grape bunch parts. Among several fluorescent pigments tested, a yellow fluorescent pigment (SARDI Fluorescent Pigment) from Australia was selected on the basis of its small particle size (2.45 - 4.90 μm). Bunches were sprayed at pea size and bunch closure with different volumes of a mixture of fenhexamid and the yellow fluorescent pigment. Sprayed parts from bunches were illuminated under black light (UV-A light in the 365 nm region) and visualised under a stereo microscope at 20 x magnification. Photos of the berry skin, pedicel and rachis were taken with a digital camera (Nikon DMX 1200). Image analysis of photos was done with Image- Pro Discovery version 4.5 for Windows (Media Cybernetics) software. The total area of deposited pigment in selected areas of interest (AOI) was calculated. The percentage area covered was subsequently calculated for each AOI. Good correlation was evident between the parameters, sum of objects and percentage area covered. Bunch parts at pea size generally had higher coverage values than at bunch closure. Spray applications earlier in the season would therefore result in higher and more effective spray coverage of the susceptible bunch parts. Similar deposition trends were observed on the inner bunch parts (pedicel and rachis). These were, however, significantly different from berry skins, which had significantly higher levels of spray deposits than the inner bunch parts. The variance component analysis indicated that the highest variance was observed for berries and bunches, and substantially less for image readings. For the same accuracy, means for percentage coverage values of at least 10 bunches per treatment (1 part per bunch and 3 readings per part) will be sufficient. In order to determine the biological efficacy of different levels of spray coverage on B. cinerea incidence on grape bunches, bunches were sprayed at pea size and bunch closure with different volumes of a mixture of fenhexamid and a yellow fluorescent pigment and the percentage fluorescent pigment coverage on pedicels was determine. Bunches were subsequently dusted with dry airborne conidia of B. cinerea in a settling tower and incubated for 24 h at high relative humidity (98%). Infection was determined by estimating the amount of B. cinerea infections occurring on sprayed bunch parts with isolations on to paraquat and Kerssies mediums. Linear regressions for the part x stage combinations of percentage B. cinerea incidence on different bunch parts were fitted on mean coverage levels. An increase in spray cover caused linear reductions in levels of B. cinerea on susceptible bunch parts. Higher B. cinerea incidences were recorded at pea size. Furthermore, higher B. cinerea incidences were found on paraquat medium for both stages, than on Kerrsies medium. The information gathered from this study will be used to facilitate future determination of minimum effective coverage levels for effective B. cinerea control in grape bunches. In these validation experiments, the results clearly showed that the protocol can be used to determine the effect of different levels of spray coverage on B. cinerea incidence and that an increase in spray coverage will decrease B. cinerea incidence. The information gathered from this study will be used to facilitate future determination of minimum effective coverage levels for effective B. cinerea control in grape bunches and subsequently be used as benchmarks to evaluate spray application in vineyards. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vaalvrot by wingerde word veroorsaak deur Botrytis cinerea. Verskeie studies het getoon/gewys dat die oorsaaklike patogeen meestal geassosieer word met die pedisel, ragis, laterale en die korrelbasis, en nie met die korrelskil soos voorheen beweer nie. Laboratorium studies het getoon dat swamdoders wel effektief is om B. cinerea by alle trosdele te verminder en simptoomontwikkeling te voorkom tydens alle groeistadia, mits die binne-trosdele voldoende spuit bedekking ontvang het. Dieselfde effektiwiteit is egter nie gevind in wingerde met konvensionele spuittegnieke nie. Onvoldoende siektebeheer van vrugte en blare van wingerde kan toegeskryf word aan verkeerde spuit skedulering en/of swak spuitbedekking van vatbare gasheerweefsel. Evaluering van spuitbedekking is voorheen in Suid Afrika deur middel van water-sensitiewe papier gedoen. Verskeie ander metodes is al gebruik om spuitbedekking te evalueer in wingerde, maar nie een van hierdie metodes kan gebruik word om spuitbedekking op ’n baie klein, drie-dimensionele oppervlak, soos die vatbare trosdele, te evalueer nie. Verder was die tegnieke afhanklik van menslike objektiwiteit, en gevolglik ontbreek kwantitatiewe meting en metingspoed. Daar is dus nie geskikte tegnologie vir die evaluering van spuitbedekking op vatbare trosdele nie. Die doel van hierdie studie was die ontwikkeling van ‘n protokol vir die visualisering en kwantifisering van spuitbedekking op spesifiek die binne-tros dele en om die protokol dan te gebruik om die effek van verskillende vlakke van spuitbedekking op B. cinereageinokuleerde druiwetrosse te bepaal, Protokol vir evaluasie van spuitbedekking op vatbare druifdele is ontwikkel deur gebruik te maak van fluorometrie, fotomikrografie en digitale beeldanalise. Van die verskillende fluoresensie pigmente wat getoets is, is ‘n geel flouresensie pigment (SARDI Flourescent Pigment) van Australië gekies op grond van sy klein partikelgrootte (2.45 - 4.90 μm). Druiwetrosse is gespuit tydens ertjie- en trostoemaakstadia met verskillende volumes van ’n mengsel van fenheksamied en die geel fluorosensie pigment. Die gespuite druifdele is dan verlig onder swartlig buise (UV-A lig in die 365 nm spektrum) en gevisualiseer deur ’n stereo mikroskoop by 20x vergroting. Foto’s van die korrelskil, pedisel en ragis is met ‘n digitale kamera (Nikon DMX 1200) geneem. Beeldanalise is gedoen met ImagePro Discovery weergawe 4.5 vir Windows (Media Cybernetics) sagteware. Die totale area neerslag van die pigment is in geselekteerde areas bereken. Die presentasie area bedek is bereken vir elkeen van hierdie areas. Goeie korrelasie is gevind tussen die parameters aantal fluoresserende partikels en die persentasie bedekte area. Trosdele tydens ertjie-stadium het in die algemeen hoër waardes gehad as by trostoemaak. Dit blyk dus dat spuittoediening vroeg in die seisoen meer effektief sal wees vir die bedekking van vatbare trosdele. Soortgelyke bedekkings patrone is gevind by die binne trosdele (pedisel en ragis). Dit het egter betekenisvol verskil van die korrelskil, wat betekenisvol meer spuitbedekking as die binne trosdele gehad het. ’n Variasie komponent analise het getoon dat die meeste variasie gevind is tussen korrels en trosse, en heelwat minder vir die beeld analise lesings. Om dieselfde akkuraatheid te behou, is ten minste 10 trosse per behandeling (1 deel per tros en 3 lesings per deel) nodig. Vir die bepaling van biologiese effektiwiteit van verskillende vlakke van spuitbedekking op B. cinerea voorkoms op druiwe, is druiwe gespuit tydens ertjie- en trostoemaak-stadia met verskillende volumes van ’n mengsel van fenheksamied en die geel fluorosensie pigment. Die persentasie fluoresensie pigment is bepaal op die pedisels. Trosse is vervolgens geinokuleer met droë luggedraagde konidia van B. cinerea in ’n inokulasietoring en geïnkubeer vir 24 h by hoë relatiewe humiditeit (98%). Die voorkoms van B. cinerea infeksie op gespuite tros dele is bepaal deur middel van isolasies op paraquat en Kerssies medium. Liniêre regressies vir trosdeel x stadium kombinasies van persentasie B. cinerea voorkoms op verskillende trosdele is gepas vir gemiddelde bedekkings waardes. ’n Verhoging in spuit bedekking het ‘n liniêre vermindering van B. cinerea voorkoms op vatbare trosdele veroorsaak. Verder is hoër vlakke van B. cinerea op paraquat medium as op Kerssies medium vir beide die groeistadia gevind. Die kennis wat verkry is uit hierdie studie sal gebruik word om minimum effektiewe spuitbedekkingsvlakke vir die beheer van B. cinerea op druiwetrosse te bepaal.