Submitted by MARCOS LEANDRO TEIXEIRA DE OLIVEIRA (marcosteixeira@ufv.br) on 2018-09-18T13:33:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2023955 bytes, checksum: c00bada9d7cdc721128642c40a1fc2a1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-18T13:33:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2023955 bytes, checksum: c00bada9d7cdc721128642c40a1fc2a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-31 / Na natureza, um fitopatógeno geralmente está sob influência de um complexo de microrganismos, que associados garantem o equilibrio ecológico estável. Com foco no fungo nematófago Pochonia chlamydosporia, começamos investigando sua compatibilidade com Bradyrhizobium japonicum em soja e a influência dessa interação sobre o controle do nematoide das galhas e sobre a absorção de nutrientes pela planta. Constatou-se que a aplicação conjunta desses dois organismos não prejudica a ação de controle de nematoides por P. chlamydosporia e nem a fixação de N 2 por B. japonicum. Adicionalmente, quando os dois agentes estavam juntos, ocorreu maior produção de nódulos da bactéria nas raízes e aumento do conteúdo de Fe na parte aérea das plantas de soja. No segundo capítulo, a compatibilidade dos agentes de controle biológico de nematoides, P. chlamydosporia e P. penetrans foi avaliada. A co-aplicação dos microrganismos possibilitou maior redução do número de ovos do nematoide do que a aplicação em separado e foi possível observar a associação do fungo nas raízes infectadas por nematoides colonizados por P. penetrans. Pesquisamos ainda, no terceiro capítulo, a presença de vírus em isolados de P. chlamydosporia. Dos dezoito isolados avaliados, apenas um (Pc-M4) estava infectado por dois virus, um com genoma de RNA fita dupla (dsRNA) e outro de RNA fita simples sentido negativo (-ssRNA). Os nomes propostos para os micovírus são Pochonia chlamydosporia chrysovirus 1 (PcCV1) e Pochonia chlamydosporia negative-stranded RNA virus 1 (PcNSRV1). Ensaios biológicos do isolado fúngico Pc-M4 revelaram que este foi capaz de parasitar ovos, produzir metabólitos e proteases letais aos juvenis e reduzir a reprodução do nematoide de galhas M. javanica. Os resultados apresentados indicam que o fungo P. chlamydosporia é capaz de interagir com diferentes organismos sem perder a capacidade de controlar o nematoide de galhas e de promover o crescimento vegetal, o que faz dele um excelente agente de biocontrole de nematoides. / In nature, a plant pathogen is usually under the influence of a complex of microorganisms, which guarantees stable ecological balance. Focusing on the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia, we started investigating its compatibility with Bradyrhizobium japonicum in soybean. We also looked at the influence of this interaction on the control of the root knot nematode and on the nutrient uptake by the plant. It was found that the joint application of these two organisms does not affect the action of control of nematodes by P. chlamydosporia nor the fixation of N 2 by B. japonicum. In addition, when the two agents were together, there was a higher production of nodules of the bacteria in the roots and an increase in the Fe content in the aerial part of the soybean plants. In the second chapter, the compatibility of biological control agents of nematodes, P. chlamydosporia and P. penetrans was evaluated. The co-application of the microorganisms allowed a greater reduction in the number of nematode eggs than the separate application. It was possible to observe the association of the fungus in the roots infected by nematodes colonized by P. penetrans. We also investigated the presence of viruses in isolates of P. chlamydosporia in the third chapter. Of the eighteen isolates evaluated, only one (Pc-M4) was infected by two viruses, one with double-stranded RNA genome (dsRNA) and the other with RNA single-stranded sense negative (-ssRNA). The proposed names for the mycoviruses are Pochonia chlamydosporia chrysovirus 1 (PcCV1) and Pochonia chlamydosporia negative-stranded RNA virus 1 (PcNSRV1). Biological assays of the fungal isolate Pc-M4 revealed that it was able to parasitize eggs, produce metabolites, lethal proteases to juveniles and reduce reproduction of M. javanica. The results indicated that the fungus P. chlamydosporia is capable of interacting with different organisms without losing the ability to control the root knot nematode and to promote plant growth. This makes it an excellent biocontrol agent for plant parasitic nematodes.

Diazotrophs supply legumes such as soybean (Glycine max L. Merr) with nitrogen (N) needed for protein synthesis through biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). Through BNF, these bacteria such as Bradyrhizobium that reside in soybean root nodules, convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into ammonia (NH3/ NH4), a form that is biologically available for use by the plants, in return for photosynthate carbon from the plant. Abiotic stresses such as drought disrupt BNF and subsequently affects soybean yield. In addition, increasing demand for soybean is leading to supplementing its growth with synthetic N fertilizer. However, fertilizer application is known for its detrimental effects on the environment causing waterways eutrophication contributing to global warming. On the other hand, diazotrophs can supply soybean with up to 90% of N need. As such, improving the understanding and exploiting the relationship between soybean and diazotrophs is key to promoting the sustainable growing of soybean. This dissertation here investigates three main questions. First, how the soybean-diazotrophs respond to changes in water such as rainfall and irrigation. Second, how changes in these bacterial diazotrophs are related to levels of BNF, and N-related soybean molecular markers. Finally, as my colleagues and I found non-diazotrophs in the nodules of some soybean plants, I was curious about the role they are playing inside the nodules in concert with the diazotrophs. The main hypotheses tested in this dissertation are that root nodule bacterial community (bacteriome) would (1) vary by plant type, (2) respond to changes in water, and (3) be related to BNF. To answer the research questions, I devised the dissertation as follows. In Chapter 2, my colleagues and I used nine commercial cultivars of soybean that vary in drought tolerance and agronomic traits. We show that soybean sometimes, but not always, harbor a consortium of non-nitrogen fixing bacteria belonging to Pseudomonadaceae and Enterobacteriaceae families. However, as expected, nodules diazotrophs rather than non-diazotrophs responded most to changes in soil water status. In chapter 3, I used a collection of 24 genotypes of soybean that vary in their ability to fix nitrogen. The results revealed that the bacteriome diazotroph alpha diversity metrics, phylogenetic richness and evenness, was correlated with changes in BNF. Moreover, few N-related molecular markers were associated with some of the bacteria. However, we have also observed a strong effect of the environment on the diazotroph driven process of BNF (i.e. 39%-75%). For chapter 4, we sequenced three of the Pseudomonas spp. strains that were subsequently recovered again from a diversity of soybean nodules in field trials. I found that one of the strains has the ability to adapt to the nodule's unique hypoxic conditions, supporting Bradyrhizobium nodulation and possibly nodule iron. The results include the draft assembly of the proposed Pseudomonas nodulensis sp. nov. as a novel species of nodule adapted bacteria belonging to the P. fluorescens complex. The results of this dissertation contribute to the basic knowledge needed to advance sustainable breeding and management of soybean. Nodule diazotrophs are sensitive to water status e.g. drought, and other experiments have shown that the nodule bacteriome is the driver of BNF. Thus, improving the understanding and exploiting the nodule bacteriome will support developing more resilient cultivars of soybean that are efficient in BNF, and tolerant of stress. Identifying and testing diazotrophs and atypical nodule bacteria will provide a platform for developing new inoculants and biofertilizers. / Doctor of Philosophy / Soybean, the top harvested crop in the USA and 4th worldwide, is an important protein input of the livestock industry and an affordable alternative protein source for human consumption. Soybean depends on Nitrogen (N), provided by bacteria helpers, diazotrophs, that reside in nodules on soybean roots, to synthesize protein. While N makes up 80% of air, it is not suitable in its breathable form for use by most living organisms. Diazotrophs, converts this N to ammonium, a form more useful by soybean, through a process called biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). Root nodules provide a special habitat to support BNF, where soybean provides the diazotrophs with carbon as an energy source in return for the fixed ammonium. BNF is sensitive to environmental stress such as drought, which in turn affects soybean yield. While synthetic fertilizer supplementation may help reduce yield loss, it contributes to global warming and water systems pollution. Understanding the associations between soybean and diazotrophs has the potential to improve the sustainable growing of soybean. In this dissertation, we first determine the changes in the soybean root nodule bacteria in response to different water treatments. We then study how the bacterial community inside the nodules change based on different rates of BNF. After that, we look for the connections between soybean-based nitrogen molecular markers and these bacteria. Finally, we take a deeper look at how some different types of bacteria can help support N fixation. Our results have revealed that soybean hosts non-nitrogen fixing bacteria, and in high abundances. These bacteria seem to be supporting soybean growth. However, the soybean-diazotroph relationship is more sensitive to changes in water. We also found variation in nodule bacterial diversity that is related to N fixation. As well, we found that these, previously undescribed, non-nitrogen fixing bacteria are capable of living inside the nodules and they could help support the diazotrophs, under certain conditions. We provide some possible explanations to how these, previously undescribed and novel, bacteria may have adapted to the nodules. These results are very useful in the development of new inoculation products that would serve as biofertilizers for soybean, thus improving the sustainability of the agriculture industry.

Drought, salinity, and low soil fertility have negative impacts on agricultural productivity, resulting in food scarcity and nutritional insecurity, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] has seen increased interest as a short-duration and drought tolerant legume crop, capable of atmospheric N₂ fixation. Mungbean is a protein and iron-rich legume and can be used as vegetable or grain for human consumption or multipurpose crop. At present, few studies have simultaneously explored the best agronomic practices for mungbean cultivation and evaluated its potential for increasing crop yields via intercropping systems and improving soil fertility through biological N₂ fixation. To understand the agronomic practices and soil physical properties limiting mungbean production, the impacts of two mungbean cultivars (Berken and OK2000) with and without inoculation with Bradyrhizobium spp. grown in loamy sand and silt loam soils on mungbean growth and yield were investigated under glasshouse conditions. Promising results from this study led to the introduction of mungbean into pearl millet systems in Senegal and evaluation of the effects of intercropping on growth, yields, land equivalent ratio (LER), canopy cover estimates, and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). Finally, we evaluated plant growth and N₂ fixation of five mungbean genotypes grown in two soil textures using the ¹⁵N natural abundance technique leading to recommendations for those with the greatest overall benefit to the cropping system. The literature review shows mungbean often proposed as a strategic crop for increasing legume diversification within current cropping systems and providing increased food security as well as market diversification and economic sustainability. The greenhouse study revealed that OK2000 cultivar produced significantly higher yield when inoculated and planted on a silt loam soil than other treatments, indicating the importance of inoculation and soil texture in mungbean establishment. Intercropping mungbean and millet significantly (p≤ 0.05) increased combined yields (35% to 100% increase) and LER compared to sole millet cropping systems. Canopy cover estimates and NDVI values significantly increased up to 60% and 30%, respectively, in millet-mungbean intercropping over millet alone. The N2 fixation study showed that %Ndfa of mungbean was higher when grown in the loamy sand soil (27% increase). However, soil N uptake (235 mg plant⁻¹) and amount of N fixed (67 mg plant⁻¹) were greater in the silt loam soil. Among genotypes, IC 8972-1 significantly (p≤ 0.05) derived less N from the atmosphere (23%) but took more soil N (155 mg plant⁻¹) which yielded significantly greater dry biomass (7.85 g plant⁻¹) and shoot N content (200 mg plant⁻¹). The results from the N₂ fixation study indicated that choice of mungbean genotype can contribute to reducing N needs of agricultural systems. Overall, this research project demonstrated that mungbean has the potential for diversifying smallholder agriculture and adding biologically fixed N into soils, in line with transformative adaptation strategies being promoted for sustainable agriculture. Further research and development programs on good cultural practices, adaptation to cropping systems, and nutritional benefits for human consumption can promote mungbean cultivation in SSA. / Doctor of Philosophy / Global population growth is expected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050 while climate change is predicted to reduce food production. Sustainable solutions are needed for increasing food availability and satisfying nutritional needs under changing climatic conditions. Mungbean is a viable option because it is a legume crop capable of restoring soil fertility and has low water requirements. Mungbean also contains high levels of protein and iron and can, therefore, provide a nutritious and healthy food. Although the agronomic benefits of mungbean have been studied, best cultural practices and its impact on farming systems and soil fertility are scattered. The objectives of this research were to identify the best agronomic practices for mungbean production, assess its effects when grown together with millet, and measure its nitrogen contribution to the soil. The results showed that selecting the best genotypes to be grown in a particular soil texture can significantly increase mungbean growth and yield. In addition, incorporation of mungbean into cereal-based farming systems demonstrated its capacity for improving agricultural production in a low-input environment. Assessment of nitrogen fixation by mungbean showed that it can naturally add nitrogen into the soils, the most limiting plant nutrient, reducing nitrogen application needs. Thus, the ability of mungbean to diversify farming systems, improve soil fertility, and deliver nutritious food will provide agronomic, environmental, and economic benefits to farmers, especially in food-insecure households. However, exploitation of the full potential of mungbean won't be achieved without understanding the major factors influencing mungbean cultivation and production.

Maximizing productivity and profitability are the primary reasons for double-cropping soybean with small grain in the Mid-Atlantic, USA. Reduced double-crop yield can be attributed to: delayed planting that results in a shortened growing season and less vegetative growth; later-maturing cultivars that terminate main stem growth after flowering and have less growth and nodes; less soil moisture and plant-available nutrients due to small grain uptake; greater air and soil temperatures during vegetative stages that reduce early-season growth; and more favorable conditions for disease development during pod and seed formation. Field experiments were conducted in 2012 and 2013 in eastern Virginia to 1) evaluate cultivar stem growth habit, seeding rate, seed-applied inoculant, starter nitrogen (N) applied at planting, and foliar fungicide on soybean vegetative growth, total N uptake (TNU), seed yield and quality, and yield components; 2) determine the effect of starter N rate, applied with and without inoculant, on soybean vegetative growth, TNU, seed yield and quality, and yield components; and 3) evaluate the response of maturity group (MG) IV and V soybean cultivars to foliar fungicide. Greater seeding rates, inoculant, N, and fungicide typically were not required together to increase yield. Although cultivar interacted with other factors, early-maturing indeterminate 95Y01 yielded more than late-maturing determinate 95Y20 at 4 of 6 locations. Seeding rate interacted with other factors, but the greater seeding rate increased MG IV yield at 1 of 6 locations and decreased MG V yield at 2 of 6 locations. Starter N increased seed yield by 6 kg ha-1 per kg N applied until yield plateaued at 16 kg N ha-1, which continued to 31 kg N ha-1. When N rate was increased greater than 31 kg N ha-1, yield decreased. Fungicide increased yield for MG IV and V cultivars at 4 of 6 and 3 of 6 locations, respectively and prevented yield loss via mid- to late-season disease control, delayed leaf drop, and greater seed size. Optimum fungicide timing depended on environment and disease development. These data assisted in understanding agronomic inputs' combined or individual effects on double-crop soybean growth, canopy, N uptake, seed yield, and yield components. / Ph. D.

La mer Méditerranée est une des zones océaniques les plus oligotrophes de la planète pour laquelle la fixation biologique d’azote a été proposée comme jouant un rôle important dans les flux de carbone et d’azote. Comme les organismes planctoniques potentiellement responsables de cette activité n’y ont jamais été étudiés, les objectifs de cette thèse étaient de caractériser la diversité (abondance et richesse spécifique), la distribution spatio-temporelle, et les facteurs de contrôle des diazotrophes, en s’axant particulièrement sur les cyanobactéries unicellulaires (UCYN). Pour cela, des hybridations in situ (TSAFISH)sur différentes fractions de taille en combinaison avec des comptages microscopiques et des analyses phylogénétiques sur les gènes 16S ADNr et nifH ont été réalisées, à la fois lors d’un cycle saisonnier à la station côtière SOMLIT de Marseille, et lors du transect Méditerranéen BOUM. Alors que les cyanobactéries filamenteuses Richelia intra cellularis et Trichodesmium sp. ont été détectées seulement ponctuellement dans le temps et dans l’espace, en très faible concentration (0.02 filament.ml-1), la communauté des cyanobactéries diazotrophes était dominée à 99,9% par du picoplancton hybridé avec la sonde Nitro821, spécifique aux UCYN. Ces cellules, de petite (0.7-1.5 μm) ou de grande (2.5-3.2 μm)taille, ont été retrouvées en faible concentration (1-6 cellule.ml-1) dans toute la Méditerranée et tout au long de l’année, à l’exception de l’été 2006 lorsque la concentration des petites cellules a atteint 5300 cellule.ml-1 au cours d’un évènement exceptionnel de pollution atmosphérique urbaine. Des efflorescences similaire sont été observées suite à des enrichissements en poussières sahariennes à une station côtière en Corse et au large au centre de la Méditerranée, simultanément avec des augmentations de l’activité de fixation d’azote.L’affiliation des petites cellules aux UCYN-A a été confirmée par phylogénie dans les eaux du large de la Méditerranée occidentale. Les librairies de clones nifH de la fraction de taille picoplanctonique étaient dominées par des séquences d’α-protéobactéries appartenant à un nouveau groupe marin de Bradyrhizobium. D’autres groupes de rhizobia et des γ-protéobactéries ont été détectés ponctuellement.Alors que l’absence de Trichodesmium sp. au large pourrait être liée aux faibles concentrations en phosphate et en fer, les facteurs inhibant le développement des UCYN-B et –C restent inconnus. Lesdiazotrophes picoplanctoniques (Bradyrhizobium, rhizobia, UCYN-A) pourraient avoir développé des stratégies spécifiques, telles que des associations avec des eucaryotes ou des particules inertes, et/ou la capacité de photosynthèse, pour acquérir le carbone nécessaire au soutien du processus de la diazotrophie / The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most oligotrophic marine areas on earth where nitrogenfixation has been formally believed to play an important role in carbon and nitrogen fluxes. Although thisview is under debate, the diazotrophs responsible for this activity have still not been investigated. The aimsof this PhD were to characterise the diversity (abundance and species richness) and the spatio-temporaldistribution of diazotrophs, as well as factors controlling their development, with a particular focus onunicellular cyanobacteria. A combination of microscopic counts with size fractionated in situ hybridization(TSA-FISH), and 16S rDNA and nifH phylogenies were done, either over a year and a half seasonal cycle atthe coastal SOMLIT station off Marseilles, and across the entire Mediterranean Sea during the BOUMtransect. Low concentrations of diazotrophic cyanobacteria were detected and this community wasdominated at 99.9% by picoplankton hybridized with Nitro821 probe, specific for unicellular diazotrophiccyanobacteria (UCYN). Among filamentous cyanobacteria, only 0.02 filament ml-1 of Richeliaintracellularis and Trichodesmium sp. were detected sporadically in time and space. Small (0.7-1.5 μm) andlarge (2.5-3.2 μm) Nitro821-targeted cells were recovered in low concentrations (1-6 cell ml-1) across theentire Mediterranean Sea and all the year long, except over a month period in summer 2006 whenconcentrations of small cells reached 5300 cell ml-1, during an exceptionally high urban pollution event.Similar blooms of small and large cells were reported after Saharan dust inputs off Corsica and at open Sea,simultaneously with increases in N2 fixation rates. The affiliation of the small Nitro821-targeted cells toUCYN-A was confirmed by 16S and nifH phylogenies offshore in the western Mediterranean Sea. Rhizobiasequences, including the ones of a new marine group of Bradyrhizobium, were dominating nifH clonelibraries from picoplanktonic size fractions. A few sequences of γ-proteobacteria were also detected incentral Mediterranean Sea. While low phosphate and iron concentrations could explain the absence ofTrichodesmium sp. offshore, the factors that prevent the development of UCYN-B and C remain unknown.It is proposed that the dominating Mediterranean picoplankters (Bradyrhizobium, rhizobia, UCYN-A)probably developed specific strategies, such as associations with protists or particles, and/or photosyntheticactivity, to acquire carbon for sustaining diazotrophy.

Biological filtration (biofiltration) of drinking-water is gaining popularity due the potential for biodegradation of an array of contaminants not removed by traditional drinking-water processes. However, previous research has suggested that biomass growth on biofilter media may lead to increased headloss, and thus, greater energy and water requirements for backwashing. Research has suggested that the main cause of headloss might be due to extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) rather than the bacterial cells themselves. As EPS production has been shown to increase under nitrogen- and phosphorus-limited or -depleted conditions, the goal of this research was to add to the body of knowledge regarding biofiltration by studying the relationship between EPS production and nutrient limitations in drinking-water. Batch experiments with a synthetic groundwater were run with a mixed community of drinking-water bacteria under nutrient-balanced (a molar carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus ratio [C:N:P] of 100:10:1), nutrient-limited (e.g., C:N:P of 100:10:0.1), and nutrient-depleted conditions (C:N:P of 100:0:1 or 100:10:0). After 5 days, growth was measured as the optical density at 600 nanometers (OD600), and the concentrations of free and bound carbohydrates and proteins, the main components of EPS, were measured. In batch experiments with 2.0 and 0.2 g/L as carbon (mixture of acetic acid, mannitol and sucrose) increases in EPS production per OD600 and decreases in growth were noted under nutrient-depleted conditions. When the same experiments were conducted with a pure culture of Bacillus cereus, bound polysaccharides normalized to OD600 increased under nitrogen- and phosphorus-depleted conditions. Since previous research suggested that Bradyrhizobium would be an important player in EPS production in drinking-water biofilters, similar batch experiments were conducted with Bradyrhizobium. However, due to experimental challenges with Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110, differences in EPS production under nutrient limitations could not be reliably assessed. Additional work is required with Bradyrhizobium. Recommendations for future work include the replication of these batch conditions in steady-state chemostats containing biofilm attachment media and in bench-scale columns. Additionally, future work should include experiments at carbon concentrations as low as 2 mg/L to match typical carbon concentrations in drinking-water biofilters. / text

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-07-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:35:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 moreira_wmq_me_jabo.pdf: 763719 bytes, checksum: 21d0bf3b9a629afa4e42b015a9f29722 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O Brasil é o segundo maior produtor de soja no mundo, cuja cultura requer o elemento nitrogênio em quantidades elevadas para manutenção do alto teor protéico dos grãos. A entrada de nitrogênio nos sistemas agrícolas pode ocorrer pela adição de fertilizantes nitrogenados ou por processos naturais como a Fixação Biológica do Nitrogênio, que se constitui como supridor de nitrogênio mais viável para a cultura da soja, tanto economicamente como ecologicamente. Este processo ocorre graças à simbiose que ocorre entre esta leguminosa e as bactérias do gênero Bradyrhizobium, resultando na formação de nódulos radiculares onde se dá a obtenção de todo o nitrogênio que a cultura necessita para alta produtividade. A introdução destas bactérias no solo se dá através da utilização de inoculantes comerciais, que incluem as bactérias Bradyrhizobium elkanii e Bradyrhizobium japonicum em sua composição. Aspectos relacionados à formulação e fabricação dos inoculantes comerciais reúnem os fatores mais importantes para a obtenção de um produto de qualidade, obedecendo à legislação vigente. Tendo em vista a análise de qualidade de inoculantes comerciais para soja em diferentes períodos de armazenamento, um estudo do metabolismo respiratório de bradirrizóbios foi realizado in vitro e em simbiose. Inoculantes comerciais com 12, 27 e 48 meses de idade foram analisados quanto suas características bioquímicas e fisiológicas, assim como testados em casa de vegetação. Adicionalmente, os mesmos testes foram realizados com Bradyrhizobium elkanii sob diferentes condições de oxigênio. Análise da expressão gênica indicou que um processo de expressão de genes relacionados à fixação biológica de nitrogênio (genes sensores a baixas tensões de oxigênio) foram expressos, entretanto não ocorrendo expressão do gene nifH, este só expresso em condições... / Brazil is the second major soybean producer in the world, whose culture requires the element nitrogen in large amounts for the maintenance of the high protein content in grains. The input of nitrogen in agricultural systems can occur by adding nitrogen fertilizer or by natural processes such as biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). BNF is the most feasible way to delivery nitrogen for the soybean crop, both economically and ecologically. This process occurs through the symbiosis between the legume and the bacteria of the genus Bradyrhizobium, resulting in the formation of root nodules where all nitrogen that the crop needs for high productivity is acquired. The introduction of these bacteria in soil is given by use of commercial inoculants, which include the bacteria Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Bradyrhizobium elkanii in its composition. Aspects related to formulation and manufacture of inoculants include the most important factors affecting the product quality, according to law. In order to analysis of the quality of commercial inoculants for soybean in different storage periods, a study of respiratory metabolism of bradyrhizobia was performed in vitro and in symbiosis. Inoculants with 12, 27 and 48 months old were analyzed accessing their biochemical and physiological characteristics, and tested at greenhouse. In addition, the same tests were conducted on cultures of Bradyrhizobium elkanii under different oxygen conditions. Analysis of gene expression have indicated that genes related to biological nitrogen fixation (genes sensors at low oxygen tension) were intensively expressed, but not occurring nifH gene expression which is only expressed under symbiosis. Similar data were found for the expression of these genes when B. elkanii grown at different oxygen tensions. These data indicate that as the oxygen level is reduced some genes related to nitrogen fixation are expressed... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

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Submitted by Marco Antônio de Ramos Chagas (mchagas@ufv.br) on 2018-10-02T14:54:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 9497526 bytes, checksum: 32a3724ae22cdf943f9542a81e2b735c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-02T14:54:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 9497526 bytes, checksum: 32a3724ae22cdf943f9542a81e2b735c (MD5) Previous issue date: 1991-02-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos da aplicação de doses de fósforo em um solo sobre a atividade da enzima fosfatase alcalina dos bacteróides extraídos dos nódulos de plantas de soja inoculadas com estirpes de Bradyrhizobium japonicum e plantas de feijão inoculadas com estirpes de Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Phaseoli, foram conduzidos experimentos em casa de vegetação, utilizando-se plantas crescidas em amostras de um Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo de Viçosa. Plantas de soja variedade 'Uberaba', inoculadas com B. japonicum estirpes Br 29, Br 52-a, Br 33 e Br 96 e cultivadas em vasos com solo contendo quatro doses de fósforo (50, 100, 200 e 400 mg P/kg solo). Aos 45 dias do plantio, determinou-se o peso de nódulos frescos e avaliou-se a atividade de fosfatase alcalina dos bacteróides extraídos desses nódulos, avaliando-se também a produção de matéria seca da planta. teor e acumulação de nitrogênio e fósforo na parte aérea. No experimento com feijão. conduzido de modo semelhante ao experimento com soja, utilizou-se a variedade Negro Argel' inoculada com R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli estirpes Br 266, Br 10008, Br 322 e Br 281, procedendo-se as mesmas avaliações ao final de 45 dias após o plantio. Os resultados levaram às seguintes conclusões: - A atividade de fosfatase alcalina avaliada nos bacteróides extraídos dos nódulos de soja e feijão variou com as doses de fósforo no solo. - A atividade de fosfatase alcalina em bacteróides dos nódulos de feijão (R., leguminosarum bv. phaseoli foi mais elevada do que a atividade dos bacteróides dos nódulos de soja (B. japonicum). - A resposta às doses de fósforo utilizadas no solo foi positiva para produção de matéria seca da parte aérea e raiz e peso de nódulos frescos, tanto para a soja, como para o feijão. - O conteudo de nitrogênio nas plantas de feijão e soja foi dependente da concentração de fósforo no solo. / CPF não encontrado

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Final Ewerton Gewehr.pdf: 999222 bytes, checksum: f1b7c9952c0b914fad5652702ae2a3c3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-02 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / O objetivo do trabalho foi analisar o efeito da aplicação do molibdênio associado ao inoculante via tratamento de sementes em soja e sua função nos caracteres agronômicos, qualidade fisiológica e atividade da enzima nitrato redutase. O experimento foi em delineamento de blocos casualizados em um modelo bifatorial com quatro repetições, onde o primeiro fator de tratamento foram as doses de molibdênio (Mo) utilizando como fonte molibdato de Sódio (solução 127g.L-1). As doses que constituíram os tratamentos foram: zero; 16; 32; 48; 64 g.100kg-1 de sementes combinadas com o segundo fator de tratamento que foi a presença e a ausência de inoculante, via tratamento de sementes em soja, no período de safra 2013/2014. No primeiro trabalho o experimento foi conduzido até a fase de maturação de campo, sendo posteriormente realizado a avalição dos caracteres agronômicos e a qualidade fisiológica das sementes produzidas. No segundo trabalho, durante a condução do experimento, foram realizadas coletas de folhas em diferentes estádios fenológicos para avaliação da atividade de enzima nitrato redutase. Os resultados das analise da atividade da nitrato redutase foi correlacionada com os dados de caracteres agronômicos e de qualidade fisiológica de sementes obtidos no primeiro capitulo. No primeiro trabalho, verificou-se, que a adição de inoculante proporciona uma melhora na qualidade fisiológica de sementes, em relação ao vigor das sementes produzidas, evidenciado uma maior porcentagem no teste de envelhecimento acelerado, além de proporcionar um aumento no comprimento e massa seca de parte aérea e de raiz. Também influenciou positivamente na altura de planta, numero de legumes por planta, numero de sementes por planta e peso de mil sementes. As sementes produzidas mediante a aplicação de molibdênio na semeadura, também promoveu benefícios no vigor das sementes, contribuindo para um crescimento linear do comprimento e massa seca de parte aérea e raiz, conforme o aumento da dose. Além disso, o aumento da dose de molibdênio afetou de forma benéfica os caracteres agronômicos, comprovando um maior peso de mil semente ao final do ciclo da cultura, e uma maior altura de planta. No segundo trabalho, verificou-se que o molibdênio com a presença de inoculante influencia positivamente na atividade da enzima nitrato redutase, tanto no estádio vegetativo como no reprodutivo. As doses de molibdênio sem a presença do inoculante proporcionam um aumento crescente da atividade da enzima nitrato redutase ate a maior dose (64 g Mo. 100 kg-1 de semente). A atividade da enzima nitrato redutase apresenta uma correlação positiva com os testes de vigor e com os caracteres agronômicos. / The objectives of this work were to analyze and compare the effects of molybdenum associated with inoculant as seed treatment in soybeans and its role in agronomic performance, physiological quality and nitrate reductase enzymeactivity . The experiment was arranged with in a randomized complete block design with four replications. The treatments were set up in a factorial design, where the first treatment factor were the doses of molybdenum (Mo) from source of sodium molybdate (127g.L-1 solution). The following doses were used: zero; 16; 32; 48; 64 g.100kg-1 and these doses were combined with the second seed treatment factor. Therefore, the second factor was the presence and absence of inoculant via soybean seed treatment in the crop season 2013/2014. In the first study, the experiment was conducted until crop maturation phase, and subsequently were performed evaluation of agronomic performance and physiological seed quality. In the second study, during the experiment, leaf samples were taken at different growth stages to evaluate the nitrate reductase enzyme activity. The results of nitrate reductase activity were correlated with the data of agronomic performance and physiological quality of seeds obtained in the first chapter. In the first study, it was found that the addition of inoculant provides an improvement in the physiological quality of seed vigor compared to seeds produced, increase percentage of germinated seeds in the accelerated aging test as well as providing an increase in the length and mass of shoot and root. Also had a positive effect on plant height, number of pods per plant, seed number per plant and thousand seed weight. The seeds produced by molybdenum application at sowing also promoted benefits in seed vigor, contributing to a linear increase in length and dry weight of shoot and root, with increasing dose. Furthermore, increasing doses of molybdenum provide beneficial effects on agronomic characters, showing a higher thousand seed weight at the end of the cycle, and a larger plant height. In the second study, it was found that molybdenum in the presence of inoculant show positive influence on the nitrate reductase enzyme activity in the vegetative and reproductive stages. The molybdenum doses without the presence of inoculant provide a growing increase in nitrate reductase activity up to the highest dose (64 g Mo. 100 kg-1 seed). The nitrate reductase activity show a positive correlation with vigor tests and agronomic characters.