The potential of increasing disease problems through the use of recycled irrigation water in horticultural operations is a serious concern, yet basic research on waterborne plant pathogens in Virginia is lacking. In this work seasonal fluctuations and locations of Pythiaceae in a recycled water irrigation system at a container nursery were determined. <i>Pythium</i> spp. were recovered more frequently and in greater numbers than <i>Phytophthora</i> spp. Species of <i>Phytophthora</i> recovered in filtering assays were identified as <i>P. capsici, P. citricola, P. citrophthora, P. cryptogea, P. drechsleri,</i> and <i>P. nicotianae. P. cryptogea</i> and <i>P. drechsleri</i> were the only <i>Phytophthora</i> spp. recovered from baits placed on the surface of the irrigation reservoir, whereas a greater diversity of species was recovered from baits placed at depths. Hymexazol-amended medium was found to have limitations in recovery of <i>Phytophthora</i> spp. In pathogenicity tests, <i>P. cactorum, P. capsici, P. citrophthora,</i> and <i>P. nicotianae</i> caused significant mortality of <i>Salvia officinalis</i> and <i>P. cactorum</i> showed limited pathogenicity on <i>Gerbera jamesonii</i>. Asymptomatic (aboveground) plants were found to harbor inoculum long after <i>Phytophthora</i>-inoculation. Fresh weight analyses of roots and shoots of asymptomatic plants demonstrated that <i>Phytophthora</i> inoculation may either reduce or stimulate plant shoot growth, but little effect is apparent on roots. Irrigation with naturally infested irrigation water reduced plant growth. This research provides data for prioritizing development of detection technology and management practices for plant pathogens in irrigation water. The results may also lead to improvements in conventional water assay protocols for plant pathogens. / Master of Science

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-02-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:05:55Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 aguiar_rl_dr_jabo.pdf: 130693 bytes, checksum: facda5e5a2148436998cad65879831e5 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundecitrus / A mancha preta dos citros (MPC), causada pelo fungo Guignardia citricarpa, produz lesões nos frutos que os depreciam para o mercado interno e os restringem para a exportação. O grande período de suscetibilidade dos frutos, em adição ao fato do patógeno causar infecções latentes, dificulta o entendimento do período de incubação da doença. O objetivo do trabalho foi determinar se o período de incubação da mancha preta do citros. Inoculou-se frutos de laranjeira ‘Valência’ em diferentes estádios fenológicos e também foi determinado a importância das pulverizações de fungicida cúprico, da fase de queda das pétalas e, até sete meses após, no controle da mancha preta dos citros. Os resultados obtidos indicaram uma relação linear negativa entre o período de incubação da MPC e o diâmetro dos frutos inoculados. O período de incubação em frutos inoculados, ainda imaturos (2,0, 2,5 e 3,0 cm de diâmetro), foi longo, sendo de 266 dias nos de menor diâmetro menor, enquanto que em frutos já desenvolvidos (5,0 e 7,0 cm de diâmetro) o período para expressão de sintomas foi mais curto, sendo de cerca de 30 dias. A mancha preta em frutos cítricos apresenta período de incubação variável, dependente do estádio fenológico em que os frutos tornaram-se infectados. A concentração do inóculo de Guignardia citricarpa não interfere no período de incubação da doença. Em relação à incidência da MPC, mesmo com seis pulverizações de cobre a cada 28 dias, 53,3% dos frutos expressaram sintomas da doença. Quanto à severidade, não há diferença de resposta entre os tratamentos. Portanto, os dados mostraram que as infecções precoces interferem na qualidade visual do fruto, porém não na produção. Com o crescimento dos frutos, as infecções interferem negativamente na produção, levando a um aumento na queda de frutos / The citrus (Citrus spp.) black spot, caused by Guignardia citricarpa produces lesions on the fruit that depreciate the domestic market and to restrain them for export. The great period of susceptibility of the fruits in addition to the fact that the pathogen causing latent infection of complicates the understanding of the incubation period of the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the incubation period of the citrus black spot is constant or variable, inoculating fruits of 'Valência' orange at the different phenological stages and was also given the importance of copper fungicide sprays, stage of petal drop and up to seven months in the control of citrus black spot The results indicate a negative linear relationship between the incubation period of the CBS and the diameter of the fruits inoculated. The incubation period observed in fruits inoculated still immature (2,0, 2,5 and 3,0 cm diameter) was long, smaller in diameter occurred around 266 days, and fruits already developed (5,0 and 7,0 cm diameter) for the disease expression was shorter in diameter occurred in approximately 30 days. The citrus black spot has a variable incubation period depends on the phenological stages in which fruit is inoculated. The concentration of inoculum of Guignardia citricarpa not interfere with the incubation period of the disease. Regarding the incidence of CBS, even with six copper sprays every 28 days, 53.3% of the fruit expressed disease symptoms. For severity, there is no difference in response between treatments. Therefore, the data showed that early infections influence the visual quality of the fruit, but not in production. With the growth of the fruit, infections can affect negatively the production, leading to an increase in fruit drop