Les recherches menées au cours des dernières années ont permis de mettre en évidence les nombreuses fonctions écologiques des composés organiques volatils (COVs) émis par les plantes. Cette thèse a eu pour objectif d'utiliser ces connaissances dans un cadre de protection des cultures. Nous avons essayé de poser les bases d'une stratégie de type « Push-Pull » contre la mouche du chou (Delia radicum) en utilisant des sources d'odeurs synthétiques (diffuseurs de COVs) ou des sources d'odeurs naturelles (plantes compagnes). A partir d'observations menées en plein champ nous avons sélectionné plusieurs brassicacées présentant des taux d'infestations contrastés vis-à-vis de la mouche du chou. Des expérimentations de laboratoires combinant des études comportementales et des analyses chromatographiques ont permis (i) d'établir un lien entre l'infestation et l'attractivité de certaines plantes (ii) d'identifier de nouveaux COVs potentiellement impliqués dans les prises de décisions comportementales de D. radicum. En parallèle, des études de terrain ont permis de tester l'efficacité de diffuseurs de COVs synthétiques au sein de parcelles expérimentales, que ce soit (i) pour favoriser le recrutement d'ennemis naturels (ii) attirer (composante « Pull ») ou repousser (composante « Push ») la mouche du chou. Enfin, l'utilisation de plantes pièges concentrant le ravageur semble être intéressante pour modifier la répartition de la mouche du chou à l'échelle de la parcelle en vue de protéger des cultures d'intérêt telles que le brocoli. / Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by plants are used by phytophagous, predatory and parasitoid insects to adjust behavioral decisions in complex environments. We aimed at using these ecological functions of VOCs in crop protection. We developed the first steps of a "Push-Pull" strategy toward the cabbage root fly (Delia radicum) with both dispensers of synthetic VOCs and natural blends of VOCs released by plants. We conducted a field study to select brassicaceous plants exhibiting contrasted levels of infestation toward the cabbage root fly. Laboratory bioassays combining behavioral observations and gas chromatographic analyses allowed to (i) investigate the relation between plant infestation and plant attractiveness (ii) identify novel VOCs involved in behavioral decisions of the cabbage root fly. Parallel field experiments were used to test the potential of dispensers of synthetic VOCs to (i) enhance natural enemies recruitment (ii) modify cabbage root fly behavior, attracting ("Pull" component) or repelling the pest ("Push" component). Finally, we demonstrated that attractive plants are promising for a trap crop approach enabling to redistribute cabbage root fly density at the field scale in order to protect main crop such as broccoli.

Increasing temperatures resulting from climate change have within recent years been shown to advance phenological events in a large number of species worldwide. Species can differ in their response to increasing temperatures, and understanding the mechanisms that determine the response is therefore of great importance in order to understand and predict how a warming climate can influence both individual species, but also their interactions with each other and the environment. Understanding the mechanisms behind responses to increasing temperatures are however largely unexplored. The selected study system consisting of host plant species of the Brassicaceae family and their herbivore Anthocharis cardamines, is assumed to be especially vulnerable to climatic variations. Through the use of this study system, the aim of this thesis is to study differences in the effect of temperature on development to start of flowering within host plant species from different latitudinal regions (study I), and among host plant species (study II). We also investigate whether different developmental phases leading up to flowering differ in sensitivity to temperature (study II), and if small-scale climatic variation in spring temperature influence flowering phenology and interactions with A. cardamines (study III). Finally, we investigate if differences in the timing of A. cardamines relative to its host plants influence host species use and the selection of host individuals differing in phenology within populations (study IV). Our results showed that thermal reaction norms differ among regions along a latitudinal gradient, with the host plant species showing a mixture of co-, counter- and mixed gradient patterns (study I). We also showed that observed differences in the host plant species order of flowering among regions and years might be caused by both differences in the distribution of warm days during development and differences in the sensitivity to temperature in different phases of development (study II). In addition, we showed that small-scale variations in temperature led to variation in flowering phenology among and within populations of C. pratensis, impacting the interactions with the butterfly herbivore A. cardamines. Another result was that the less the mean plant development stage of a given plant species in the field deviated from the stage preferred by the butterfly for oviposition, the more used was the species as a host by the butterfly (study IV). Finally, we showed that the later seasonal appearance of the butterflies relative to their host plants, the higher butterfly preference for host plant individuals with a later phenology, corresponding to a preference for host plants in earlier development stages (study IV). For our study system, this thesis suggest that climate change will lead to changes in the interactions between host plants and herbivore, but that differences in phenology among host plants combined with changes in host species use of the herbivore might buffer the herbivore against negative effects of climate change. Our work highlights the need to understand the mechanisms behind differences in the responses of developmental rates to temperature between interacting species, as well as the need to account for differences in temperature response for interacting organisms from different latitudinal origins and during different developmental phases in order to understand and predict the consequences of climate change. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 4: Manuscript.</p>

Boechera is a large genus of flowering plants whose taxa are found primarily in North America. Boechera vivariensis (S.L. Welsh) W.A. Weber (the Park rockcress) is restricted to the Uintah Basin on Weber sandstone substrates in the vicinity of Dinosaur National Monument and Blue Mountain. The nomenclature of Park rockcress is significantly impacted by the discovery that the type collections of the taxon represent a rare, apomictic diploid resulting from the hybridization between B. thompsonii and an undescribed sexual diploid (to be called Boechera caeruleamontana sp. nov. Allphin and Windham). As a result, greater information is needed regarding how B. vivariensis and B. caeruleamontana. are distributed geographically in the region of Dinosaur National Monument and surrounding areas. Thus, we performed genetic analyses on leaf samples taken from over 50 individuals at known sites of B. vivariensis throughout its geographic range. Individuals from each site were also compared morphologically. We also compared associated plant communities at each site and characterized the soils. In our thorough sampling, we did not pick up B. vivariensis. All individuals sampled belonged to B. caeruleamontana, suggesting that most individuals previously assigned to B. vivariensis, are actually representative of B. caeruleamonanta. Populations of B. caeruleamontana were genetically diverse compared to other Boechera species, most likely indicative of its insect pollination strategy. However, all populations had lower heterozygosity than expected based upon Hardy-Weinberg expectations. Reproductive and genetic data indicated that populations are showing signs of inbreeding. The population at Jones Hole Fish Hatchery was most unique genetically, morphologically, and reproductively.

Licentiatavhandling Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 2006. / Härtill 3 uppsatser.

Orientador: Edson Luiz Furtado / Banca: Marli Teixeira de Almeida Minhoni / Banca: Cesar Junior Bueno / Banca: Juliana Cristina Sodário Cruz / Banca: Kátia Regiane Brunelli / Resumo: Dentro do setor de horticultura, as plantas da família Brassicaceae são de grande expressão, tanto em volume, como em valor agregado na comercialização, por isso, destaca-se o cultivo intensivo de brassicas, como as variedades de Brassica oleraceae L. (Couve, repolho, Couve-flor, Brócolos, Couve de Bruxelas), Brassica napus L. e Brassica oleraceae L. var. pekinensis L. (Couve chinesa), sendo a base de sustentação econômica dos pequenos e médios produtores de hortaliças. Como outras culturas de plantio intensivo, as brassicas também enfrentam inúmeros problemas com doenças, dentre estes está a "hérnia das crucíferas", doença de enorme risco potencial ao produtor, visto seu difícil ou inexistente controle e por condenar a área, impedindo futuros cultivos de brassicas. O agente causal da "hérnia das crucíferas" (Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin) é um endoparasita obrigatório, pertencente ao reino Protozoa, habitante do solo, sendo um dos fitopatógenos de solo menos estudados no mundo, mas sabe-se que este apresenta raças patogênicas, ou patotipos, sendo que algumas dessas já são conhecidas, principalmente os que ocorrem na Europa e no Japão sabem-se, também, que estas raças "quebram", com certa freqüência, a pouca resistência que os melhoristas conseguem incorporar nas variedades comerciais, fazendo com que quase não haja variedade resistente disponível no mercado, principalmente ao mercado brasileiro onde, possivelmente, haja raças ainda não relatadas. O objetivo deste estudo visou conhecer a variabilidade genética e patogênica de isolados de P. brassicae oriundos das principais regiões produtoras de Brassicas do estado de São Paulo, utilizando para isso: a) testes em variedade diferenciais, nacionais e importadas, com isolados monospóricos e não monospóricos para determinação das raças; b) estudo da agressividade dos isolados frente... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Within the horticulture sector, the plants of the Brassicaceae family are widespread in both volume and value-added marketing, so we highlight the intensive cultivation of brassicas, such as varieties of Brassica oleracea L. (Kale, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts), Brassica napus L. and Brassica oleracea L. var. pekinensis L. (Chinese cabbage), and the basis of economic support for small and medium producers of vegetables. Like other intensive planting crops, the brassicas are also facing many problems with diseases, among these is the club root, disease of great potential risk to the producer, because its difficult or no control and order the area, preventing future crops brassicas. The agent causal of the club root (Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin) is an obligatory endoparasites belonging to the kingdom Protozoa, inhabitant of soil, being one of the pathogens in soil less studied in the world, but it is known that this presents pathogenic races, or pathotypes, and some of these are already known, especially those taking place in Europe and Japan knows it, too, that these races "break" with some frequency, the little resistance that breeders can incorporate into commercial varieties, making that almost no resistant variety available in the market, especially the Brazilian market where perhaps there is not race related. This study aimed to investigate the genetic variability and pathogenic isolates of P. brassicae come from the main producing regions Brassicas state of Sao Paulo, using for this: a) testing range differential, domestic and imported, with no single spores and spore for the determination of races, b) study of the aggressiveness of the isolates in the face of cultivars available in the market, c) study of genetic variability within and between populations, using markers RAPD and Microsatellite d) genetic characterization through sequencing of genetic regions... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

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This thesis summarizes the documented information on the distribution of Cardamine dentata Schult. of the family Brassicaceae in the Czech Republic; it deals with the chromosome numbers and with ploidy levels of this species. Microsatellite markers were used to evaluate the potential relationships of C. dentata with other species of the group C. pratensis. Using a revision of available herbarium material it was found that the optimal conditions for the occurrence of C. dentata in the Czech Republic are in the phytogeographical regions of Thermophyticum and Mezophyticum at altitudes of 150-650 m a.s.l. No karyological data on this species were previously published from the area of the Czech Republic; using the flow cytometry and chromosomes counting it was revealed that in the area of the Czech Republic, populations with decaploid and undecaploid levels of ploidy occur. With help of microsatelite markers, it was confirmed that plants of C. dentata are genetically different from the other species of the C. pratensis group. Keywords: Cardamine, Cruciferae, microsatelite markers, chromosome numbers, geographical distribution, Czech Republic

The topic of this thesis is focused on the testing of resistance of selected Brassica species to the black rot infection and viral mosaics caused by economically important pathogens of Brassicaceae family. The theoretical part describes characteristics of causal pathogens - Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) and Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV), and summarize the current state of a resistance study of these pathogens in the Brassicaceae family. The thesis also describes modern molecular methods used for the detection of bacterial and viral pathogens. In the experimental part, the detections of Xcc, TuMV and TYMV pathogens were optimized by PCR and RT-PCR. For bacterium Xcc, the Real-time PCR targeting a part of the zur gene sequence was designed using a TaqMan® probe. This detection system was subsequently processed in the form of a certified methodology for use in diagnostics. To increase the specificity, Real-time PCR targeting zur gene was involved in the Multiplex Real time PCR reaction. Then the dynamics of the Xcc infection was monitored in 6 hybrid cabbage cultivars. The testing of resistance to the black rot disease was optimized by the procedure including artificial inoculations using the suspension of the Xcc isolates HRIW 3811, 3971A and 1279A and the SU1 isolate originated from the Czech Republic. In a four-year experiment, the total of 42 homozygous breeding lines and 4 hybrid cultivars were tested, where 5 lines were recommended for breeding for resistance to the black rot disease. For the detection of TuMV and TYMV viruses, Real-time RT-PCR approaches based on the TaqMan® probe and SYBR Green dye were tested. The target region of both detections was the coat protein. The TuMV detection has been optimized for SYBR Green approach; for the TYMV detection, the use of the TaqMan® probe has been recommended. Detection systems were used to evaluate artificial inoculations of 6 cabbage cultivars by individual viruses. The tested plants did not show visual symptoms of infection therefore the presence of viruses was evaluated by Real-time RT PCR. The system designed for TYMV detected the presence of virus in all tested samples, TuMV was detected only in two samples. Negative detection results are probably in connection with the absence of TuMV symptoms which indicates unsuccesful plant inoculation. For both detection systems, it was recommended the verification on a wider range of viral isolates prior to standard use in diagnostics

The evolutionary relevance of homeotic alterations for the origin of new taxonomic entities is still a controversial objective in plant sciences. In this context, the discovery of a floral homeotic variant of Capsella bursa-pastoris in natural populations offers the unique opportunity to elucidate the evolutionary significance of homeotic mutants in the wild. Since all petals are transformed into additional stamens, the variant was termed Stamenoid petals (Spe). In this thesis, a combination of ecological and molecular characterisation of the variant was performed, to improve the understanding of evolutionary processes in plant populations. Molecular markers were used to analyze genetic differentiation among known provenances and also within a large sympatric population of wild-type and homeotic mutant. The results clearly suggest a repeated evolution of the novel flower morphology. Furthermore, genetic analyses provided substantial evidence, that the two floral variants are well-defined into flower-type dependent sub-samples within one population. The evaluation of phenotypic traits elucidated that the homeotic variant is not hampered in fitness. In greenhouse and field experiments, a significant ecological differentiation in the onset of flowering was detected among variants. Finally, the novel floral phenotype shows a co-dominant inheritance, and a marker-assisted mapping approach exposed a single locus in a genetic map. In conclusion, the comprehensive study of ecological and molecular aspects indicates that the floral homeotic variant may be treated as an established taxonomic entity and proved the predicted role as model for evolutionary objectives. Since morphological alterations like Spe are discussed as a result of macroevolution, the homeotic variant of C. bursa-pastoris provides the opportunity to survey a (macro)evolutionary novelty in association with continuous micro-evolutionary adaptation

Raps wurde als Fallstudie für eine Kulturpflanze ausgewählt, die sich außerhalb des Anbaus spontan etablieren kann und so als Quelle für Neophyten dient. In einer regionalen Studie im Osnabrücker Land wurde basierend auf Kartierungen (2004-2008) und kernkodierten Mikrosatellitenmarkern die Herkunft, Persistenz und genetische Variation verwilderter Rapspopulationen untersucht. Die wichtigsten Quellen für die erhöhte genetische Variation in verwilderten Rapspopulationen waren die mehrfache Einschleppung verschiedener Sorten und Hybridisierungen zwischen diesen. Raps tritt im Osnabrücker Land mit einer Reihe nah verwandter Arten, darunter Brassica rapa und Raphanus raphanistrum, sympatrisch in verwilderten Populationen auf. Hybride zwischen Raps und diploiden Rübsen konnten nachgewiesen werden. Tetraploider Rübsen wurde als Kreuzungspartner von Raps erstmals in dieser Studie untersucht. In Kreuzungsversuchen und in einem Freilandversuch konnten interspezifische Hybridisierungen zwischen tetraploiden Rübsen und Raps nachgewiesen werden. Unter natürlichen Bestäubungsbedingungen im Freilandversuch mit tetraploiden Rübsen-Mutterpflanzen wurde eine Hybridisierungsrate von 16,2% abgeschätzt. Die Untersuchungen zeigen, dass verwilderte Rapspopulationen durchaus ein Potenzial zu evolutiven Entwicklungen besitzen. Verwilderte Rapspopulationen können als Trittsteine für intra- und interspezifischen Genfluss dienen und dadurch beim Anbau transgener Rapssorten die Koexistenz verschiedener Anbauformen erschweren. Sie können die Etablierung von Transgenen außerhalb des Anbaus ermöglichen, die Transgenausbreitung fördern und Introgression in nah verwandte Arten vermitteln. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Hybridisierungen zwischen Raps und Rübsen (diploid und tetraploid) könnte verringert werden, wenn vermieden würde, diese kreuzkompatiblen Arten gemeinsam in Saatgutmischungen zu verwenden.