A utilização de genótipos de soja tolerantes é uma alternativa muito promissora no manejo da ferrugem asiática da soja (FAS), uma vez que a resistência qualitativa mostra-se instável devido à grande variabilidade do patógeno. Este estudo objetivou avaliar o potencial de populações formadas por 64 cruzamentos biparentais (gerações F2, F3 e F4) de um dialelo parcial 8 x 8 para produtividade de grãos (PG) e tolerância à ferrugem. Quinze genitores compreenderam linhagens experimentais desenvolvidas pelo Departamento de Genética/ESALQ/USP e um genitor envolveu uma cultivar comercial. Em 2012/13, dois experimentos foram conduzidos: o primeiro com as populações dos 64 cruzamentos (geração F2) e três testemunhas comuns, enquanto que o segundo envolveu os 16 genitores e as mesmas três testemunhas comuns. Em 2013/14 e 2014/15, a fim de se estimar o efeito ferrugem (EF), ou seja, o nível de tolerância dos genótipos, por meio da diferença entre as médias ajustadas de PG e peso de cem sementes (PCS), foram conduzidos quatro experimentos, sendo dois com as populações dos 64 cruzamentos (gerações F3 e F4) e outros dois com os 16 genitores; cada dupla de experimentos compreendeu dois manejos distintos de doenças com fungicidas. No manejo O&P foram feitas duas aplicações sucessivas de Opera e uma de Priori Xtra, para o controle da ferrugem e outras doenças de fim de ciclo (DFC); no manejo D foram feitas aplicações de Derosal para controle de DFC, exceto a ferrugem. No estádio R5, cinco plantas competitivas de cada parcela foram avaliadas para a severidade, enquanto que no estádio R8, cada parcela foi avaliada para caracteres agronômicos. Os dados obtidos foram analisados (programas computacionais R e Genes). A análise dialélica apresentou significância (p<0,001) dos quadrados médios de CGC e CEC. Para PG, considerando os parâmetros genéticos (heterose, herdabilidade, depressão por endogamia, CGC e CEC), os melhores genitores foram USP 02-16.122 (2), USP 04-17.027 (4), USP 04-17.039 (5), USP 231-4124-04 (6), USP 04-17.011 (10), USP 231-2228-01 (11), USP 231-2224-12 (13) e USP 231-2222-12 (16); tais genitores devem possuir maiores quantidades de genes favoráveis e com complementações genéticas apropriadas, com destaque de USP 04-17.027 (4). Oito (12,5%) cruzamentos sobressaíram com alto desempenho agronômico. A avaliação da severidade foi mais eficiente com o aumento da infecção (NF2). Os genitores USP 04-18.092 (1) e TMG INOX (9) foram resistentes à ferrugem. Com base nas perdas de PG e PCS, os genitores mais tolerantes foram USP 02-16.122 (2), USP 02-16.045 (3), USP 04-17.027 (4), USP 231-2132-04 (12), USP 231-1228-09 (15) e USP 231-2222-12 (16). Ao considerar em conjunto PG e PCS, quinze (23%) cruzamentos revelaram-se tolerantes ou resistentes de acordo com o contraste entre EF e NF2, respectivamente. Concluiu-se que houve forte associação entre CGC e CEC para os destaques reportados; a tolerância estimada pelo PCS e PG apresentaram baixa correlação entre si; assim, a combinação dos dois parâmetros melhorou a eficiência da seleção para tolerância. Ganhos adicionais em PG e tolerância à ferrugem poderão ser obtidos com a seleção entre e dentro de cruzamentos a partir da geração F5. / The use of tolerant soybean genotypes is a very promising alternative for the management of Asian soybean rust (FAS), since qualitative resistance proves to be unstable due to the high variability of the pathogen. This study aimed evaluate the potential of populations composed of 64 two-parental crosses (F2, F3 and F4 generations) of a partial diallel 8 x 8 to seed yield (PG) and tolerance to rust . Fifteen parents understood experimental lines developed by the Department of Genetics / ESALQ / USP and one parent involved a commercial cultivar. In 2012/13, two experiments were conducted: the first with the populations of the 64 crosses (F2) and three common checks, while the second involved 16 parents and the same three common checks. In 2013/14 and 2014/15, it was estimated the rust effect (EF), or the tolerance level of the genotypes using the difference between the adjusted mean of seed yield (PG) and one hundred-seeds weight (PCS), four experiments were conducted, two with populations of 64 crosses (generations F3 and F4) and two with 16 parents; each pair of experiments comprised two different managements of diseases with fungicides. In the management O&P has been made two successive applications of Opera and Priori Xtra in order to control rust and other late season leaf diseases (DFC). In the management D, applications of Derosal were made to control DFC, except rust. In R5 stage, five competitive plants from each plot were evaluated for rust severity, while at the R8 stage, each plot was evaluated for agronomic traits. The data were analyzed through the software R and Genes. The diallel analysis showed significance (p <0.001) of mean squares of GCA (general combining ability) and SCA (specific combining ability). For PG, considering the genetic parameters (heterosis, heritability, inbreeding depression, GCA and SCA), the best parents were USP 02-16.122 (2), USP 04-17.027 (4), USP 04-17.039 (5), USP 231-4124-04 (6), USP 04-17.011 (10), USP 231-2228-01 (11), USP 231-2224-12 (13) and USP 231-2222-12 (16); these parents must have larger amounts of favorable genes and appropriate genetic complementation, particularly USP 04-17.027 (4). Eight (12.5%) crosses stood out with high agronomic performance. The assessment of severity was more efficient with the increase of infection (NF2). The parents USP 04-18.092 (1) and TMG INOX (9) were resistant to FAS. Based on PG and PCS losses, the most tolerant parents were USP 04-18.092 (1), USP 02-16.122 (2), USP 02-16.045 (3), USP 04-17.027 (4), USP 231-3225-11 (7), USP 231-2132-04 (12) e USP 231-1228-09 (15). By considering together PG and PCS, fifteen (23%) crosses revealed tolerance or resistance to rust, according to the estimates of the EF and NF2, respectively. It was found a strong association between GCA and SCA for the reported genotypes. The estimated tolerance by PCS and PG showed low correlation between each other; thus, the combination of the two parameters improved selection efficiency for tolerance. Further gains in PG and rust tolerance may be obtained from the selection among and within crosses in the generation F5.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo estimar a natureza e a magnitude dos parâmetros genéticos, principalmente a heterose dos híbridos F1 e as capacidades geral e específica de combinação em cruzamentos dialélicos parciais de pimentão (Capsicum annuum). Os genitores incluíram dois diferentes grupos de linhagens. O primeiro tem quatro linhagens resistentes ao PVY (AF3267, AF3269, AF3270 e AF3278) e o segundo grupo seis linhagens suscetíveis a esta virose (AF3248, AF3249, AF3252, AF3254, AF3255 e AF3256). Os 24 híbridos obtidos, os dez genitores e o híbrido-padrão Magali-R foram testados em um delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições, em campo aberto, na Estação Experimental da Sakata Seed Sudamérica Ltda, localizada em Bragança Paulista-SP, no período de 18/10/99 a 17/03/00. Cada parcela experimental teve dez plantas totais e cinco plantas úteis. O espaçamento utilizado foi o de 0,50m entre plantas dentro das parcelas e de 1,40m entre as parcelas. Foram avaliados os seguintes caracteres: altura de planta na maturidade (APM), número de dias para o florescimento (NDF), número de dias para a maturidade (NDM), produção de frutos por planta (PFP), número de frutos por planta (NFP), peso médio de fruto (PMF), comprimento de fruto (CF), diâmetro de fruto (DF), espessura de pericarpo de fruto (EP) e número de lóculos por fruto (NL). As análises estatístico-genéticas foram feitas utilizando-se a metodologia de análise dialélica de Gardner & Eberhart (1966) adaptada por Miranda Filho & Geraldi (1984). Os principais resultados foram: 1)Valores significativos de heterose em relação à média dos genitores foram encontrados para os caracteres: altura de planta na maturidade (-13,61 a 7,15%), produção de frutos por planta (até 18,11%), número de frutos por planta (14,22%), peso médio de fruto (até 18,06%), comprimento de fruto (-12,52 a 19,53%), diâmetro de fruto (5,79%), espessura de pericarpo de fruto (até 9,38%) e número de lóculos por fruto (6,11%); 2) Foram obtidos valores significativos de heterose em relação ao genitor resistente ao PVY para os caracteres altura de planta na maturidade (-16,03 a 35,84%), produção de frutos por planta (até 60,21%), número de frutos por planta (até 47,39%) e espessura de pericarpo de fruto (até 18,38%); 3) Ocorreram valores significativos de heterobeltiose para os caracteres peso médio de fruto (até 10,37%), comprimento de fruto (até 15,74%) e diâmetro de fruto (5,60%); 4) Houveram valores significativos de heterose em relação ao híbrido-padrão Magali-R para os caracteres produção de frutos por planta (29,27%), peso médio de fruto (até 25,73%), comprimento de fruto (até -25,28%), diâmetro de fruto (até 23,58%), espessura de pericarpo de fruto (até 32,97%) e número de lóculos por fruto (13,35%); 5) Houve maior predominância dos efeitos gênicos aditivos para os caracteres altura de planta na maturidade, número de dias para o florescimento, produção de frutos por planta, número de frutos por planta, espessura de pericarpo de fruto e número de lóculos por fruto. Os efeitos gênicos não-aditivos foram mais importantes para os caracteres : número de dias para a maturidade; peso médio, comprimento e diâmetro de fruto; 6) Valores significativos das heteroses média, do grupo 2 e específica foram observados para os caracteres : altura de planta na maturidade, peso médio e comprimento de fruto, indicando a contribuição de ambas capacidade geral e específica de combinação. / This research aimed to estimate the nature and magnitude of genetic parameters, mainly the heterosis of F1 hybrids and both general and specific combining ability in a partial diallel crossing system of pepper (Capsicum annuum). The parents included two different groups of lines : the first one has four PVY resistant lines (AF3267, AF3269, AF3270 and AF3278), and the second group of parents has six susceptible lines for this virosis (AF3248, AF3249, AF3252, AF3254, AF3255 and AF3256). The 24 obtained hybrids, the ten parental lines and the check cultivar Magali-R were tested in a randomized block design, with four replications, under field conditions, at Sakata Seed Sudamérica Ltda Research Station, located in Bragança Paulista, state of São Paulo, during the 10/18/99 to 03/17/00 period. Each experimental plot had ten total plants and five useful plants. The spacing used was 0.50m between plants inside the plot and 1.40m between plots. The following characters were evaluated : plant height at maturity (APM), number of days to flowering (NDF), number of days to maturity (NDM), fruit yield per plant (PFP), number of fruits per plant (NFP), average fruit weight (PMF), fruit length (CF), fruit diameter (DF), fruit pericarp thickness (EP) and number of locules per fruit (NL). The statistic-genetical analysis were done by using the methodology of diallel system of Gardner & Eberhart (1966) adapted by Miranda Filho & Geraldi (1984). The main result were: 1) Significant values of heterosis in relation to mid parent values were found out to the characters: plant height at maturity (-13.61 to 7.15%), fruit yield production (up to 18.11%), number of fruits per plant (14.22%), average fruit weight (up to 18.06%), fruit length (-12.52 to 19.53%), fruit diameter (5.79%), fruit pericarp thickness (up to 9.38%) and number of locules per fruit (6.11%); 2) They were obtained significant values of heterosis in relation to PVY resistant parent to the characters plant height at maturity (-16.03 to 35.84%), fruit yield per plant (up to 60.21%), number of fruit per plant (up to 47.39%) and fruit pericarp thickness (up to 18.38%); 3) Significant values of heterobeltiosis occurred to the characters fruit length (up to 15.74%), average fruit weight (up to 10.37%) and fruit diameter (5.60%); 4) There were significant values of heterosis in relation to the standard Magali-R to the characters fruit yield per plant (29.27%), average fruit weight (up to 25.73%), fruit length (up to -25.28%), fruit diameter (up to 23.58%), fruit pericarp thickness (up to 32.97%) and number of locules per fruit (13.35%); 5) There was higher predominance of additive genetic effects to the characters plant height, number of days to flowering, fruit yield per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit pericarp thickness and number of locules per fruit. The non-additive genetic effects were more important to the characters: number of days to maturity, average weight, length and diameter of fruit; Significant values of medium, from group 2 and specific heterosis were observed to the characters: plant height at maturity, average weight and length of fruit, indicating the contribution of both general and specific combining ability.

O trabalho iniciou um ciclo de seleção recombinando linhagens tolerantes à ferrugem asiática, com o intuito de estimar parâmetros genéticos úteis aos programas de melhoramento, incrementar a tolerância e predizer os cruzamentos mais promissores para extração de linhagens superiores. Foi realizado um dialelo completo, sem recíprocos, entre dez linhagens tolerantes à ferrugem, desenvolvidas pelo Setor de Genética Aplicada às Espécies Autógamas da ESALQ-USP. A geração F2 foi avaliada em covas, sendo estimados parâmetros relacionados aos caracteres agronômicos importantes, sem avaliação de reação à ferrugem. Na geração seguinte, progênies F2:3 foram avaliadas em três ambientes, Anhembi, Areão e ESALQ. A reação à ferrugem foi medida por dois caracteres: notas de reação à ferrugem e diferença de produtividade de grãos (PG) em experimentos com fungicidas distintos. Os resultados evidenciaram que os genitores possuíam alelos de resistência à ferrugem que podem garantir o sucesso da seleção recorrente. A metodologia do contraste de fungicidas discriminou eficientemente os genótipos com tolerância dos genótipos com suscetibilidade. O número de dias para a maturidade influenciou nas notas de reação à ferrugem; então, o grupo de maturação dos genótipos foi estimado para melhor avaliar o comportamento das progênies. Com base nos parâmetros da capacidade geral de combinação para PG e da reação à ferrugem, o genitor USP 191-104-11 (10) apresentou maior potencial de gerar progênies promissoras. Os cruzamentos USP 02-16.045 (2) x USP 16.015 (4), USP 16.015 (4) x USP 97-10.046 (6), USP 11-38 (5) x USP 97-10.046 (6) e USP 02- 16.045 (2) x USP 191-104-11 (10), destacaram-se pelo maior número de progênies com alta PG e tolerantes ou moderadamente tolerantes à ferrugem asiática. / This work started a cycle of selection throughout crosses among soybean lines with tolerance against soybean rust. The objectives were to increment the plant tolerance, to estimate useful genetic parameters for soybean breeding programs and to predict the most promising crosses to extract high yielding lines. A complete diallel, without reciprocal, among 10 rust tolerant lines was performed. Those lines were developed by the Sector of Genetics Applied to Autogamous Species from ESALQ-USP. The F2 generation was evaluated in hill plots and genetic parameters related to important agronomic traits were estimated, without evaluating the rust reaction. In the next generation, F2:3 progenies were evaluated in three environments, Anhembi, Areão and ESALQ. Rust reaction was evaluated throughout two main ways: according to the visual scores of rust reaction and contrasts in seed yield (PG) with fungicide experiments. The results showed that the parents have rust resistance alleles that can guarantee the success of the recurrent selection. The methodology of the fungicide contrasts efficiently discriminated the tolerant from the susceptible genotypes. The number of days to maturity influenced the rust reaction scores; so, the maturity groups of the genotypes were estimated for better evaluation of the performance of the progenies. According to the general combining ability (GCA) for yield and rust reaction, the parent USP 191-104- 11 (10) has the highest potential to generate high yielding lines. The crosses USP 02- 16.045 (2) x USP 16.015 (4), USP 16.015 (4) x USP 97-10.046 (6), USP 11-38 (5) x USP 97-10.046 (6) and USP 02-16.045 (2) x USP 191-104-11 (10) exceeded due the higher number of progenies with high yield and with tolerance or moderate tolerance to asian soybean rust.

O tomateiro (Solanum lycopersicum L.) é uma das plantas cultivadas de maior importância no mundo, sendo uma das principais hortaliças em importância econômica no Brasil. A murcha-bacteriana é uma doença dentre as mais limitantes para a cultura do tomateiro e o uso de cultivares resistentes à Ralstonia spp. é uma das únicas alternativas para evitar as perdas causadas por esse patógeno. Contudo, existem raríssimos estudos sobre a base genética de genótipos resistentes aos principais isolados de Ralstonia spp. Objetivou-se nesse trabalho estudar parâmetros genéticos da resistência à murcha-bacteriana em linhagens e híbridos usados como porta-enxertos de tomateiro, por meio de abordagens complementares que envolvem desde o ajuste das metodologias para indução artificial da doença, até estimativas das capacidades de combinação e a heterose entre linhagens, visando identificar cruzamentos promissores para o estabelecimento de um programa de melhoramento genético para resistência à murcha-bacteriana em tomateiro para porta-enxertos. Comparando-se quatro métodos de indução da resistência verificou-se que o método da lesão das raízes do torrão com objeto cortante (bisturi) e pulverização de 5 mL da suspensão bacteriana no torrão, comparativamente aos outros métodos avaliados, apresenta fácil execução, requer quantidades reduzidas de suspensão bacteriana e proporciona boas quantidades de plantas de tomateiro com sintomas de murcha-bacteriana, sendo o mais adequado entre os métodos testados. Foi estimada a heterose e capacidade de combinação entre linhagens de tomateiro para um isolado do biovar 2 de Ralstonia solanacearum em estágio de plântulas, em ambiente protegido, e em um solo naturalmente infestado por Ralstonia spp. Entre as linhagens avaliadas, apenas o genótipo Hawaii 7996 apresentou níveis aceitáveis de resistência, sendo necessário encontrar novas fontes de resistência para o início de um programa de melhoramento. Verificou-se que nenhuma das progênies derivadas dos cruzamentos desse estudo apresentaram resistência superior ao parental superior Além disso, foi verificada a importância dos efeitos aditivos e, consequentemente, os cruzamentos de genitores com alta CGC para o caráter e a seleção recorrente seriam as melhores alternativas no melhoramento para resistência à murcha-bacteriana. Finalmente, foram estudados os genitores e seus híbridos, utilizados como porta-enxerto em condições de campo e em ambiente protegido visando o aumento da resistência à murcha-bacteriana causada por Ralstonia spp., e incremento dos parâmetros produtivos de um híbrido comercial utilizado como copa. Verificou-se influência dos diferentes porta-enxertos em caracteres de produção e massa dos frutos e no desenvimento de copa. Caracteres relacionados ao sistema radicular dos porta-enxertos apresentaram heterose em relação aos seus genitores, com efeitos aditivos e não aditivos importantes, mostrando o desempenho das linhagens e sua contribuição para a produção de híbridos superiores. Por fim, este estudo possibilitou o melhor entendimento sobre a base genética da resistência em genótipos de tomateiro que possuem uso potencial como porta-enxertos resistentes à murcha-bacteriana. / The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most important cultivated plants in the world, being one of the main vegetables of economic importance in Brazil. The bacterial wilt is one of the most limiting diseases for the tomato crop and the use of resistant cultivars to Ralstonia spp. is one of the only alternatives to avoid losses caused by this pathogen. However, there are very few studies on the genetic basis of genotypes resistant to the main isolates of Ralstonia spp. The objective of this work was to study the genetic parameters of resistance to bacterial wilt in lines and hybrids used as tomato rootstocks, through complementary approaches that range from the adjustment of the methodologies for artificial induction of the disease, to estimates of the combining abilities and heterosis among lines, aiming to identify promising crosses for the establishment of a rootstock genetic breeding program for resistance to bacterial wilt in tomatoes. Comparing four resistance induction methods, it was verified that the method of injuring roots with cutting object (scalpel) and spraying 5 mL of the bacterial suspension in the clod compared to the other\'s methods evaluated, is easiest to perform, requires less amounts of bacterial suspension and provides good amounts of tomato plants with wilt symptoms, being the most suitable among the methods tested. The heterosis and combining ability of tomato lines for a strain of biovar 2 of Ralstonia solanacearum in greenhouse at seedling stage and in soil naturally infested by Ralstonia spp were estimated. Among the lines evaluated, only the Hawaii 7996 genotype showed acceptable levels of resistance, and it is necessary to find new sources of resistance for the beginning of a breeding program. It was verified that none of the progenies derived from the crosses of this study presented superior resistance to the superior parental. In addition, the importance of the additive effects was verified and, consequently, the crossings of parents with high CGC for the character and the recurrent selection would be the best alternatives in the improvement for resistance to bacterial wilt. Finally, we studied the parents and their hybrids, used as rootstocks under field conditions and in a protected environment aiming the increasing resistance to bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia spp., and increasing of the yield parameters of a commercial hybrid used as a scion. The influence of the different rootstocks was verified in characters of yield and mass of the fruits and in the development of the scion. Characteristics related to the root system of rootstocks showed heterosis in relation to their parents, with important additive and non-additive effects, showing the performance of the lines and their contribution to the production of superior hybrids. Finally, this study allowed a better understanding of the genetic basis of resistance in tomato genotypes that have potential use as bacterial wilt resistant rootstocks.

O tomateiro (Solanum lycopersicum L.) é uma das plantas cultivadas de maior importância no mundo, sendo uma das principais hortaliças em importância econômica no Brasil. A murcha-bacteriana é uma doença dentre as mais limitantes para a cultura do tomateiro e o uso de cultivares resistentes à Ralstonia spp. é uma das únicas alternativas para evitar as perdas causadas por esse patógeno. Contudo, existem raríssimos estudos sobre a base genética de genótipos resistentes aos principais isolados de Ralstonia spp. Objetivou-se nesse trabalho estudar parâmetros genéticos da resistência à murcha-bacteriana em linhagens e híbridos usados como porta-enxertos de tomateiro, por meio de abordagens complementares que envolvem desde o ajuste das metodologias para indução artificial da doença, até estimativas das capacidades de combinação e a heterose entre linhagens, visando identificar cruzamentos promissores para o estabelecimento de um programa de melhoramento genético para resistência à murcha-bacteriana em tomateiro para porta-enxertos. Comparando-se quatro métodos de indução da resistência verificou-se que o método da lesão das raízes do torrão com objeto cortante (bisturi) e pulverização de 5 mL da suspensão bacteriana no torrão, comparativamente aos outros métodos avaliados, apresenta fácil execução, requer quantidades reduzidas de suspensão bacteriana e proporciona boas quantidades de plantas de tomateiro com sintomas de murcha-bacteriana, sendo o mais adequado entre os métodos testados. Foi estimada a heterose e capacidade de combinação entre linhagens de tomateiro para um isolado do biovar 2 de Ralstonia solanacearum em estágio de plântulas, em ambiente protegido, e em um solo naturalmente infestado por Ralstonia spp. Entre as linhagens avaliadas, apenas o genótipo Hawaii 7996 apresentou níveis aceitáveis de resistência, sendo necessário encontrar novas fontes de resistência para o início de um programa de melhoramento. Verificou-se que nenhuma das progênies derivadas dos cruzamentos desse estudo apresentaram resistência superior ao parental superior Além disso, foi verificada a importância dos efeitos aditivos e, consequentemente, os cruzamentos de genitores com alta CGC para o caráter e a seleção recorrente seriam as melhores alternativas no melhoramento para resistência à murcha-bacteriana. Finalmente, foram estudados os genitores e seus híbridos, utilizados como porta-enxerto em condições de campo e em ambiente protegido visando o aumento da resistência à murcha-bacteriana causada por Ralstonia spp., e incremento dos parâmetros produtivos de um híbrido comercial utilizado como copa. Verificou-se influência dos diferentes porta-enxertos em caracteres de produção e massa dos frutos e no desenvimento de copa. Caracteres relacionados ao sistema radicular dos porta-enxertos apresentaram heterose em relação aos seus genitores, com efeitos aditivos e não aditivos importantes, mostrando o desempenho das linhagens e sua contribuição para a produção de híbridos superiores. Por fim, este estudo possibilitou o melhor entendimento sobre a base genética da resistência em genótipos de tomateiro que possuem uso potencial como porta-enxertos resistentes à murcha-bacteriana. / The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most important cultivated plants in the world, being one of the main vegetables of economic importance in Brazil. The bacterial wilt is one of the most limiting diseases for the tomato crop and the use of resistant cultivars to Ralstonia spp. is one of the only alternatives to avoid losses caused by this pathogen. However, there are very few studies on the genetic basis of genotypes resistant to the main isolates of Ralstonia spp. The objective of this work was to study the genetic parameters of resistance to bacterial wilt in lines and hybrids used as tomato rootstocks, through complementary approaches that range from the adjustment of the methodologies for artificial induction of the disease, to estimates of the combining abilities and heterosis among lines, aiming to identify promising crosses for the establishment of a rootstock genetic breeding program for resistance to bacterial wilt in tomatoes. Comparing four resistance induction methods, it was verified that the method of injuring roots with cutting object (scalpel) and spraying 5 mL of the bacterial suspension in the clod compared to the other\'s methods evaluated, is easiest to perform, requires less amounts of bacterial suspension and provides good amounts of tomato plants with wilt symptoms, being the most suitable among the methods tested. The heterosis and combining ability of tomato lines for a strain of biovar 2 of Ralstonia solanacearum in greenhouse at seedling stage and in soil naturally infested by Ralstonia spp were estimated. Among the lines evaluated, only the Hawaii 7996 genotype showed acceptable levels of resistance, and it is necessary to find new sources of resistance for the beginning of a breeding program. It was verified that none of the progenies derived from the crosses of this study presented superior resistance to the superior parental. In addition, the importance of the additive effects was verified and, consequently, the crossings of parents with high CGC for the character and the recurrent selection would be the best alternatives in the improvement for resistance to bacterial wilt. Finally, we studied the parents and their hybrids, used as rootstocks under field conditions and in a protected environment aiming the increasing resistance to bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia spp., and increasing of the yield parameters of a commercial hybrid used as a scion. The influence of the different rootstocks was verified in characters of yield and mass of the fruits and in the development of the scion. Characteristics related to the root system of rootstocks showed heterosis in relation to their parents, with important additive and non-additive effects, showing the performance of the lines and their contribution to the production of superior hybrids. Finally, this study allowed a better understanding of the genetic basis of resistance in tomato genotypes that have potential use as bacterial wilt resistant rootstocks.

Ces travaux de thèse se concentrent sur la conception d'amplificateur de puissance MMIC large-bande haut rendement en technologie GaN pour des applications militaires de type radar et guerre électronique. Les objectifs principaux sont de proposer des structures innovantes de combinaison de puissance notamment pour réduire la taille des amplificateurs actuels tout en essayant d'améliorer leur rendement dans le même temps. Pour cela, une partie importante de ces travaux consiste au développement de combineurs de puissance ultra compactes et faibles pertes. Une fois ces combineurs réalisés et mesurés, ils sont intégrés dans des amplificateurs de puissance afin de prouver leur fonctionnalité et les avantages qu'ils apportent. Différents types d'amplificateur tant au niveau de l'architecture que desperformances sont réalisés au cours de ces travaux. / This work focus on the design of wideband and high efficiency GaN MMIC high power amplifiers for military applications such as radar and electronic warfare. The main objectives consist in finding innovative power combining structures in order to decrease the overall size of amplifiers and increasing their efficiency at the same time. For these matters, an important part of this work consisted in the design and realization of ultra compact and low loss power combiners. Once the combiners realized and measured, they are integrated into power amplifiers to prove their functionality and the advantages they bring. Several kind of amplifiers have been realized whether regrind their architecture or their performances.

In this thesis we extend BDI logics, which are normal multimodal logics with an arbitrary set of normal modal operators, from three different perspectives. Firstly, based on some recent developments in modal logic, we examine BDI logics from a combining logic perspective and apply combination techniques like fibring/dovetailing for explaining them. The second perspective is to extend the underlying logics so as to include action constructs in an explicit way based on some recent action-related theories. The third perspective is to adopt a non-monotonic logic like defeasible logic to reason about intentions in BDI. As such, the research captured in this thesis is theoretical in nature and situated at the crossroads of various disciplines relevant to Artificial Intelligence (AI). More specifically this thesis makes the following contributions: 1. Combining BDI Logics through fibring/dovetailing: BDI systems modeling rational agents have a combined system of logics of belief, time and intention which in turn are basically combinations of well understood modal logics. The idea behind combining logics is to develop general techniques that allow to produce combinations of existing and well understood logics. To this end we adopt Gabbay's fibring/dovetailing technique to provide a general framework for the combinations of BDI logics. We show that the existing BDI framework is a dovetailed system. Further we give conditions on the fibring function to accommodate interaction axioms of the type G [superscript k,l,m,n] ([diamond][superscript k] [superscript l] [phi] [implies] [superscript m] [diamond][superscript n] [phi]) based on Catach's multimodal semantics. This is a major result when compared with other combining techniques like fusion which fails to accommodate axioms of the above type. 2. Extending the BDI framework to accommodate Composite Actions: Taking motivation from a recent work on BDI theory, we incorporate the notion of composite actions, [pi]-1; [pi]-2 (interpreted as [pi]-1 followed by [pi]-2), to the existing BDI framework. To this end we introduce two new constructs Result and Opportunity which helps in reasoning about the actual execution of such actions. We give a set of axioms that can accommodate the new constructs and analyse the set of commitment axioms as given in the original work in the background of the new framework. 3. Intention reasoning as Defeasible reasoning: We argue for a non-monotonic logic of intention in BDI as opposed to the usual normal modal logic one. Our argument is based on Bratman's policy-based intention. We show that policy-based intention has a defeasible/non-monotonic nature and hence the traditional normal modal logic approach to reason about such intentions fails. We give a formalisation of policy-based intention in the background of defeasible logic. The problem of logical omniscience which usually accompanies normal modal logics is avoided to a great extend through such an approach.

<p>Today wireless transmission of data is becoming more and more popular and the need for faster transmission rates is increasing. Since the bandwidth is limited it is important to try to use it to the fullest. CDMA is a technology that allows multiple accesses on the same frequency and time thus making it very bandwidth efficient. The CDMA technology was first introduced in the second generation’s cellular systems but has since then been improved and is reused in today’s 3G systems as Wideband CDMA. ISY is interested in getting a behavioural model of a W-CDMA system since they had developed a DSP processor called BBP1 and were thinking about adding W-CDMA support for it. Even though our system is not implemented on the BBP1 it should provide a good base for future implementations. This thesis project will describe the construction of a behavioural model of a W-CDMA system following the standard specified by 3GPP. The system simulates W-CDMA transmission and reception and has an optional channel used to simulate real world interference. The receiver uses a rake combiner to improve the performance of the system.</p>

Maize is susceptible to biotic and abiotic stresses. The most important abiotic stresses in Africa are drought and low soil fertility. Aflatoxin contamination is a potential problem in areas facing drought and low soil fertility. Three studies were conducted to evaluate maize germplasm for tolerance to stress. In the first study, fifteen maize inbred lines crossed in a diallel were evaluated under drought, low N stress, and well-watered conditions at six locations in three countries to estimate general (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA), investigate genotype x environment interaction, and estimate genetic diversity and its relationship with grain yield and heterosis. GCA effects were not significant for grain yield across environments. Lines with good GCA effect for grain yield were P501 and CML258 across stresses. Lines CML339, CML341, and SPLC7-F had good GCA effects for anthesis silking interval across stresses. Additive genetic effects were more important for grain yield under drought and well-watered conditions. Heterosis estimates were highest in stress environments. Clustering based on genetic distance calculated using marker data from AFLP, RFLP, and SSRs grouped lines according to origin. Genetic distance was positively correlated with grain yield and specific combining ability. In the second study, synthetic hybrids were evaluated at seven locations in three countries to estimate GCA and SCA effects under low N stress and optimal conditions and investigate genotype x environment interaction. GCA effects were significant for all traits across low N stress and optimal conditions. The highest yielding synthetic hybrids involved synthetics developed from stress tolerant lines. Synthetics 99SADVIA-# and SYNA00F2 had good GCA for grain yield across low N stress conditions. Heterosis was highly correlated with grain yield. Optimal environments explained more variation than stress environments. The third study evaluated the agronomic performance and aflatoxin accumulation of single and three-way cross white maize hybrids at five locations in Texas. Inbreds CML343, Tx601W, and Tx110 showed positive GCA effects for grain yield. Significant GCA effects for reduced aflatoxin concentration were observed in lines CML269, CML270, and CML78 across locations. Differences in performance between single and three-way crosses hybrids were dependent mostly on the inbred lines.

The well-known Dijkstra's algorithm uses weights to determine the shortest path. The focus here is instead on the opposite problem, does there exist weights for a certain set of shortest paths? OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is one of several possible protocols that determines how routers will send data in a network like the internet. Network operators would however like to have some control of how the traffic is routed, and being able to determine the weights, which would lead to the desired shortest paths to be used, would be a help in this task.The first part of this thesis is a mathematical explanation of the problem with a lot of examples to make it easier to understand. The focus here is on trying to combine several routing patterns into one, so that the result will be fewer, but more fully spanned, routing patterns, and it can e.g. be shown that there can't exist a common set of weights if two routing patterns can't be combined.The second part is a program that can be used to make several tests and changes to a set of routing patterns. It has a polynomial implementation of a function that can combine routing patterns. The examples that I used to combine routing patterns, showed that this will increase the likelihood of finding and significantly speed up the computation of a “valid cycle”. / Egentligen 30p/45hp, men det fanns inte som alternativ.