Four key aspects of the relationship between predatory hoverflies and the aphid pest Brevicoryne brassicae L. on broccoli were investigated in the Willamette Valley, Oregon USA: 1) the relationship between aphid density and hoverfly oviposition, 2) the larval voracity of key hoverfly species, 3) the preferences of hoverflies and broccoli pests for candidate insectary plant species, and 4) the role of insectary plantings in enhancing hoverfly oviposition in aphid colonies in broccoli fields. Hoverfly oviposition at two commercial broccoli field sites increased at aphid densities greater than 50 aphids per plant, but did not peak at the highest aphid densities. A logistic regression model, selected with Akaike's Information Criterion, of the odds of oviposition in relation to aphid density included effects for sampling date and aphid species (B. brassicae and Myzus persicae (Suizer)). The magnitude of the response was similar for B. brassicae and M persicae. The oviposition response was greater in the upper part of the plant canopy, and different on individual leaves from that seen on whole plants. The voracity and development rate of Scaeva pyrastri (L.) were greater than those of Eupeodes fumipennis (Thomson), and both exceeded Syrphus opinator Osten Saken and Sphaerophoria suiphuripes (Thomson). Both E. fumipennis and S. opinator reduced aphid populations to low levels on plants over two weeks, but E. fumipennis spent much of the time foraging away form the caged plants. Alyssum (Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.), coriander (Coriandrum sativa L.), buckwheat (Fagropyrum esculentum Moench), and phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.) were screened for arthropod visitation frequency. The three pest species Pieris rapae (L.), Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata Mannerheim, and Lygus hesperus Knight visited phacelia the most frequently, while the hoverfly species visited mostly coriander, which was possibly influenced by competition from other foragers. Hoverfly oviposition was increased near within-field blocks of alyssum in broccoli fields at the end of the season however, hoverflies arriving at the field had pollen in their guts and were oviparous four to five weeks before their eggs were detected in aphid colonies. This late oviposition may have occurred because threshold densities for oviposition were not reached until this stage. / Graduation date: 2006

Submitted by (lucia.rodrigues@ufrpe.br) on 2017-03-27T16:20:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Viviane Jurema Lopes Borges Rodrigues.pdf: 780077 bytes, checksum: c60257b425b95e0377eca176e4335872 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-27T16:20:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Viviane Jurema Lopes Borges Rodrigues.pdf: 780077 bytes, checksum: c60257b425b95e0377eca176e4335872 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-03-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata ), cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis), Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinnensis) and broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) have high economic expression in the Agreste region in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. However, the occurrence of foliar diseases such as Alternaria black spot, caused by Alternaria brassicicola, represent great worry in farming systems areas. Thus, this research aimed to analyze the epidemiology of Alternaria black spot on Taibyo cultivar of Chinese cabbage in different farming systems (conventional, organic and protected); at four transplant seasons and two irrigation systems under organic farming; at three transplant spacing under conventional farming; as well as analyze the comparative epidemiology of Alternaria black spot in 22 brassica cultivars being nine broccoli, five Chinese cabbage, four cauliflower andfour cabbage, under conventional and organic farming systems. Evaluations of the beginning of initial symptoms (BIS) and severity of the disease on every leaf of 10 plants were made. Disease progress curves were ploted, and epidemiology were compared through by BIS, maximum disease severity (ymax), disease progress rate (DPR), and the area under disease progress curves (AUDPC) in all experiments. The October 2000 transplant season was the most propitious to Alternaria black spot, while the July 2001 transplant season was unfavorable to disease development, since it took longer for the symptoms to show, and the values of ymax and DPR were lower than in other periods. Comparing the three farming systems, the highest values of ymax, DPR and AUDPC were observed in organic farming, indicating that this condition was the most favorable to Alternaria black spot. Trickle irrigation compared to the sprinkle system showed lower development of Alternaria blackspot, represented by lower values of ymax, DPR and AUDPC. As far as spacing is concerned, the combination 0.33 x 0.50 m showed the lowest values of ymax and AUDPC. All brassicacultivars evaluated were susceptible to A. brassicicola. In most situations, significative difference was detected among cultivars grown in the same farming system. Higher disease intensity was obeserved in organic farming system. Chinese cabbage (Tropical Pride and Tropical Delight), cauliflower (Arfak), and cabbage (Fuyutoyo and Rubro) had the lowest disease levels. . On all situations, significative correlations were noted among the severity of Alternaria black spot disease and both the highest temperature average and the relative air humidity in the 14 days prior to the disease evaluation. / O cultivo de repolho (Brassica oleracea var. capitata ), couve-flor (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis), couve-chinesa (Brassica pekinnensis) e brócolis (Brassica oleracea var. italica) têm grande expressão econômica na região Agreste do Estado de Pernambuco. No entanto, a ocorrência de doenças foliares como a alternariose, causada por Alternaria brassicicola, representa grande preocupação ao sistema de produção das áreas de plantio. Neste contexto, este trabalho teve como objetivos analisar a epidemiologia da alternariose em couve-chinesa, cv. Taibyo, em diferentes sistemas de cultivo (convencional, orgânico e protegido), em quatro épocas de plantio e dois sistemas de irrigação no cultivo orgânico, em três espaçamentos de plantio no cultivo convencional, bem como analisar a epidemiologia comparativa da alternariose em 22 cultivares de brássicas, sendo nove de brócolis, cinco de couve-chinesa, quatro de couve-flor e quatro de repolho, nos sistemas de produção convencional e orgânico.Foram avaliados o início do aparecimento dos sintomas (IAS) da alternariose e a severidade da doença em todas as folhas de 10 plantas por parcela. Curvas de progresso da doença foram plotadas e as epidemias comparadas em relação ao IAS, severidade máxima (ymax), taxa estimada de progresso da doença (TPD) e área abaixo da curva de progresso da doença (AACPD) em todos os experimentos. Na comparação entre os três sistemas de cultivo, no orgânico foram observados os maiores valores de ymax, TPD e AACPD, indicando que este sistema propiciou condições mais favoráveis para a alternariose. O transplantio em outubro de 2000 foi o mais propício para a alternariose da couve-chinesa no cultivo orgânico, enquanto o realizado em julho de 2001 foi desfavorável ao desenvolvimento da doença, pois os sintomas apareceram mais tardiamente e os valores de ymax e TPD foram menores que nos outros períodos. No cultivo irrigado por gotejamento ocorreu menor desenvolvimento da alternariosedo que no irrigado por microaspersão, representado pelos valores inferiores de ymax, TPD eAACPD. Com relação ao espaçamento, na combinação 0,33 x 0,50 m foram registrados os menores valores de ymax e AACPD. Todas as cultivares de brássicas avaliadas foram suscetíveis a A. brassicicola, embora na maioria das situações tenha sido detectada diferença significativa entre as cultivares dentro de um mesmo sistema de cultivo. Em geral, foram constatados maiores níveis de intensidade da alternariose no sistema orgânico que no convencional. As cultivares de couve-chinesa Tropical Pride e Tropical Delight, de couve-flor Arfak e de repolho Fuyutoyo e Rubro merecem destaque pelos menores níveis de alternariose apresentados nos dois sistemas de cultivo. Em todas as situações analisadas foram constatadas correlações significativas entre a severidade da alternariose e as médias da temperatura e da umidade relativa do ar nos 14 dias que antecederam a avaliação da doença

<p>U ovom radu su ispitani hemijski sastav i biolo&scaron;ka aktivnost vrsta&nbsp;<em> Brassica oleracea&nbsp; </em>i<em>&nbsp; Brassica rapa</em>&nbsp; poreklom iz organskog i konvencionalnog sistema proizvodnje. Ispitivanja hemijskog sastava su obuhvatila određivanje volatilnih komponenata primenom headspace GC-MS tehnike, kvalitativnu analizu sokova ispitivanih vrsta pomoću LC-DAD-MS/MS tehnike, kvantifikaciju odabranih fenolnih jedinjenja&nbsp;pomoću LC-MS/MS tehnike i spektrofotometrijsko određivanje sadržaja ukupnih glukozinolata, fenola i flavonoida i sadržaja ukupnih monomernih antocijana. Biolo&scaron;ka aktivnost povrća je ispitana određivanjem antioksidantnog potencijal, antimikrobne i antitumorske aktivnosti sokova. Dobijeni rezultati pokazuju da su glavne volatilne komponente ispitivanih vrsta degradacioni proizvodi masnih kiselina i organosumpornih jedinjenja od kojih neke od identifikovanih komponenata predstavljaju ključne mirisne komponente. Na osnovu njihove distribucije nije bilo moguće utvrditi uticaj sistema proizvodnje na miris i ukus ispitivanih vrsta. Pomoću LC-DAD-MS/MS i LC-MS/MS tehnike je utvrđeno prisustvo primarnih metabolita, slobodnih hidroksibenzoevih i hidroksicimetnih kiselina, derivate hinske kiseline&nbsp;sa hidroksicimetnim kiselinama, glikozida flavonola, biflavonoida, i kumarina u sokovima spitivanih vrsta. Pored toga u svim sokovima subili prisutni kondenzacioni proizvodi degradacionih proizvoda indolnih glukozinolata sa askorbinskom kiselinom-&nbsp; askorbigen i metoksiaskorbigen. U sokovima crvenog kupusa su bili prisutni antocijani. Najveći sadržaj ukupnih glukozinolata je određen u brokoliju, dok je crveni kupus sadržao najveći sadržaj ukupnih fenola ukupnih flavonoida kao i hinske kiseline. Crveni kupus je bio varijetet koji je ispoljio najvi&scaron;i antioksidantni kapacitet u svim primenjenim testovima, brokoli i karfiol su ispoljili najjaču antimikrobnu aktivnost, dok je kelj bio varijetet sa najjačim antitumorskim delovanjem. Na osnovu analize hemijskog sastava i biolo&scaron;ke aktivnosti vrsta <em>B</em>. <span id="cke_bm_177S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><em>oleracea</em><span id="cke_bm_177E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span> i&nbsp;<em> B. rapa</em>&nbsp; može se <span id="cke_bm_178E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>zaključiti da u zavisnosti od primenjenog tipa&nbsp;proizvodnje mogu biti pobolj&scaron;ane neke od karakteristika ispitivanih vrsta i da je uticaj sistema proizvodnje značajan za pojedine varijetete, a nikako za celu vrstu. U konačnom obliku može se zaključiti da bi potencijalna kombinacija sokova crvenog kupusa, brokolija, karfiola i kelja mogla ostvariti značajno hemopreventivno i hemoterapeutsko delovanje, ispoljavajući istovremeno antioksidantnu, antimikrobnu i antitumorsku aktivnost.</p> / <p>Chemical composition and biological activity of<em>&nbsp; Brassica oleracea</em>&nbsp; and&nbsp; <em>B. rapa&nbsp;</em> species were investigated in the present work. Investigation of chemical composition&nbsp; encompassed determination of volatile compounds by headspace GC-MS technique, qualitative analysis of juices of investigated vegetables by LC-DAD-MS/MS technique, quantification of selected phenolic compounds by LC-MS/MS technique and spectrophotometric determination of total content of glucosinolates, phenolic compounds and flavonoids and total content of monomeric anthocyanes. Biological activity of vegetables was investigated by determination of antioxidant capacity, antimicrobial and antitumorigenic effect of juices. Obtained results showed that main volatile compounds were degradation products of fatty acids and organo-sulphur compounds among which some of the identified components were the key aroma compounds. Based on their distribution it was not possible to evaluate influence of cropping system on aroma and taste of investigated species. By LC-DAD-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS techniques, it was determined the presence of primary metabolites, freehydroxybenzoic and hydroxycinnamic acids, derivatives of quinic acid and hidroxicinnamic acids, flavonol glucosides, biflavnoids&nbsp; and a cumarin in juices of the investigated species. Furthermore, condensation products of degradation products of indole glucosinolates with ascorbic acid-&nbsp; ascorbigen and metoxiascorbigen were present in all juices. Anthocyanes were present in juices of red cabbage. The highest total content of glucosinolates was determined in broccoli, while red cabbage had the highest total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, as well as content of qunic acid. Red cabbage was a variety that showed the highest antioxidant capacity measured by different assays. Broccoli and cauliflower expressed the highest antimicrobial potential, while Savoy cabbage was a variety with the highest antitumor effect. Investigation of chemical composition and biological activity showed that applied cropping conditions may be useful for improving some of the characteristics of investigated species and significance of cropping system only&nbsp; for particular varieties, but not for the whole species in general. As the conclusion, potential&nbsp; combination of juices of red cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and Savoy cabbage could be potent chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent, expressing simultaneously antioxidant, antimicrobial and antitumor activity.</p>