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The thesis deals with important pathogens affecting winter wheat, in particular the speckled glume and leaf blotch on wheat(Phaeosphaeria nodorum), septoria leaf blotch on wheat(Mycosphaerella graminicola)and tan spot on wheat(Pyrenophora trtici-repentis. It outlines the biology, symptoms that appear on wheat plants, and economic importance of these diseases and emphasizes the climatic conditions needed for their development and spread .The conclusion sumarizes the occurence data of the above-mentioned 3 diseases from 3 production(corn, beetroot and potato) areas and 4 districts (2 Moravian and 2 Bohemian districts per each production area) in the period of 1971 to 2010 and compares their frequency of occurrence. That work also includes the occurrence data of the diseases from 2012 when their occurrence on winter wheat was monitored at the training experimental station of the Mendel University in Brno in Žabčice.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The Chemical control of diseases is the most used practice in wheat. The increase in mineral nutrition with foliar fertilizers has been a promising alternative for the plant resistance against leaf diseases. However, foliar fertilizers have been applied in association with fungicides and can change the performance of the fungicide on diseases control. This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of foliar fertilizer in combination with azoxystrobin + cyproconazole fungicide in wheat, based on biochemical, physiological , nutritional and yield parameters and determine the interference caused by the fertilizer on the evolution of leaf diseases in wheat. Isolated application rates of fertilizer and application in combination with the fungicide were performed on field and in the greenhouse works. The application of fertilizer increased the plant growth, green leaves and enhanced pigments levels (Chl a, Chl b and carotenoids). When the fungicide was applied with fertilizer, it reduced the stresses effect generated by fungicide application; it increased parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence, Fv / Fm and ETR. The levels of N, P and K in the leaves increased after fertilizer application. The fertilizer mixed with fungicide did not reduce the fungicide uptake. The diseases control was better when fertilizer was mixed with fungicide. The fertilizer applied alone had no effect on the diseases. Yield parameters were increased due to application of fungicide and foliar fertilizer. / O controle químico de doenças com o uso de fungicidas é umas das práticas mais empregadas na cultura do trigo em função da eficácia de controle. Incrementos na adubação mineral com fertilizantes foliares tem sido uma alternativa promissora em busca de maior resistência as doenças. Entretanto, fertilizantes foliares são comumente aplicados associados a fungicidas e podem interferir no desempenho de controle do produto. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a aplicabilidade do fertilizante foliar em mistura com o fungicida azoxistrobina + ciproconazol na cultura do trigo, com base em parâmetros bioquímicos, fisiológicos, nutricionais e produtivos e determinar a interferência causada pelo fertilizante sobre a evolução de doenças foliares na cultura. A partir da aplicação isolada de doses do fertilizante e da aplicação em associação com o fungicida foram realizados trabalhos a campo e em casa de vegetação. A aplicação do fertilizante refletiu em maior crescimento das plantas, manutenção de folhas verdes e maiores teores de pigmentos (Chl a, Chl b e carotenóides). Quando aplicado junto ao fungicida, o fertilizante teve efeito mitigatório dos estresses gerados pela aplicação do fungicida, com reflexos positivos em parâmetros da fluorescência da clorofila a, Fv/Fm e ETR. Houve aumento dos teores de N, P e K nas folhas em função do fertilizante foliar. Não houve redução da absorção do ingrediente ativo azoxistrobina + ciproconazol em mistura com o fertilizante. Houve melhor resposta de controle das doenças em função da mistura do fertilizante com o fungicida. O fertilizante isolado não teve nenhum efeito sobre as doenças. Parâmetros produtivos foram incrementados em função da aplicação do fungicida e do fertilizante foliar.

Master of Science / Department of Plant Pathology / William W. Bockus / The effects of tan spot on lipid profiles in wheat leaves were quantified by mass spectrometry. Inoculation with Pyrenophora tritici-repentis significantly reduced the amount of many lipids, including the major lipids monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), in leaves over time. These two lipids accounted for 89% of the mass spectral signal of detected lipids in wheat leaves. Reductions in amounts of lipids were at much higher rates over time for susceptible cultivars compared with resistant cultivars. Furthermore, data show that cultivars resistant to tan spot have different lipid profiles when compared with susceptible cultivars. Resistant cultivars had more MGDG and DGDG than susceptible ones, even in non-inoculated leaves. Using linear models that were fit to data, non-inoculated cultivars with a rating of 1 (highly resistant to tan spot) were calculated to have 66.1% more MGDG and 52.7% more DGDG signal than cultivars with a rating of 9 (highly susceptible). These latter findings are indirect evidence that the amounts of some lipids in wheat leaves may be determining factors in the resistance response of cultivars to tan spot.

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The blast and the yellow leaf spot are the major rice and wheat, respectively, both are commonly found as for its destructive potential. Because of this, proving the efficiency of control methods through experiences is of paramount importance, since these results will be used as reference for technicians and producers. The precision is related to the choice of suitable design (local control), the number of repetitions, the sample size in the field, among others. In the case of control experiments involving fungicides, which is the main method of controlling both diseases, leaf sampling in installments is necessary because measuring the entire population becomes unviable. Sampling generates a new error (sampling) within the plot, and this should be minimized by appropriate sampling strategy. Thus, this study aimed to determine sample sizes needed to assess the severity of rice leaf blast and the yellow spot of wheat. For this reason, results of chemical control experiments performed during harvests and 2009/2010 2010/2011 were used. The procedure for collection and analysis of data was identical in all experiments, regardless of culture. In all, the diseases were measured at seven, 14 and 21 days after application of fungicides by sampling 10 leaves in the plots. The variables were disease severity and area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC). Data were subjected to analysis of variance to obtain the experimental and sampling errors, and so, by hypothesis test to check whether the sample dimension and the number of repetitions were adequate. The departure from randomness of variable severity was tested in order to determine whether the methodology used to calculate the sample size was adequate. The departure from randomness test showed that both diseases behaved were distinct, both among treatments between assessments, sometimes distributing randomly in the field, sometimes not. Thus, the combination of theoretical distributions (indicating random or clustered distribution of the disease in the field) to the formula used to calculate the sample size is inadequate. The sample size necessary to measure the average disease severity in the plots was not the same in all treatments and between assessments. This result is expected since, in most of the experiments, the average of the disease was different between treatments and between evaluations. This result leads to a constant change in the relationship between the variance and the mean, which is indicative of the disease in the field of dispersion, this dispersion that is related to the sample intensity. Finally it was observed that, to measure the average AUDPC variable, it is necessary to evaluate fewer leaves in the plots. / A brusone da folha e a mancha amarela são as principais doenças do arroz e do trigo, respectivamente, tanto por serem comumente encontradas quanto pelo seu potencial destrutivo. Devido a isso, a comprovação da eficiência de métodos de controle através de experiências é de suma importância, uma vez que estes resultados serão usados como referência por técnicos e produtores. A precisão experimental está relacionada com a escolha adequada do delineamento (controle local), do número de repetições, do tamanho da amostra na parcela, entre outros. No caso de experimentos de controle envolvendo fungicidas, que é o principal método de controle de ambas as doenças, a amostragem de folhas nas parcelas é necessária, pois mensurar toda a população torna-se inviável. A amostragem gera um novo erro (amostral) dentro da parcela, e este deve ser minimizado através de um dimensionamento amostral adequado. Deste modo, o presente trabalho teve por objetivo determinar tamanhos de amostra necessários para avaliar a severidade da brusone da folha do arroz e da mancha amarela do trigo. Para isso, foram utilizados resultados de experimentos de controle químico realizados durante as safras 2009/2010 e 2010/2011. O procedimento de coleta e análise dos dados foi idêntica em todos os experimentos, independente da cultura. Em todos eles, as doenças foram mensuradas aos sete, 14 e 21 dias após a aplicação dos fungicidas através da amostragem de 10 folhas nas parcelas. As variáveis estudadas foram a severidade das doenças e a área abaixo da curva de progresso das doenças (AACPD). Os dados foram submetidos a análise de variância para a obtenção dos erros experimental e amostral, e assim, através do teste de hipótese, verificar se o dimensionamento amostral e o número de repetições foram adequados. O afastamento da aleatoriedade da variável severidade foi testado com o objetivo de determinar se a metodologia utilizada no cálculo do tamanho da amostra foi adequada. O teste de afastamento da aleatoriedade mostrou que ambas as doenças comportaram-se de foram distintas, tanto entre os tratamentos quanto entre as avaliações, ora distribuindo-se de forma aleatória no campo, ora não. Desse modo, a associação de distribuições teóricas (que indicam distribuição aleatória ou agregada da doença no campo) à formula utilizada no cálculo do tamanho da amostra é inadequado. O tamanho de amostra necessário para mensurar a média da severidade das doenças nas parcelas não foi o mesmo em todos os tratamentos e entre as avaliações. Este resultado era esperado, uma vez que, na grande maioria dos experimentos, a média das doenças foi distinta entre os tratamentos e entre as avaliações. Este resultado levou a uma constante mudança na relação entre a variância e a média, que é um indicativo da dispersão da doença no campo, dispersão esta que esta relacionada com a intensidade amostral. Por fim observou-se que, para mensurar a média da variável AACPD, é necessário avaliar menos folhas nas parcelas. Deste modo, recomenda-se que, sempre que possível, utiliza-se a variável AACPD como forma de comparação entre os tratamentos.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Leaf rust and leaf spots caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana and Drechslera tritici-repentis, are diseases that dramatically reduce the productivity of wheat. Depending on the difficulty in having cultivars resistant to all diseases, chemical control is an alternative, technically and economically viable. To maximize the residual of fungicides is necessary to optimize the factors related with spray minimizing the losses due to disease incidence. The goal of the work was to determine the influence of the number of drops in the penetration of fungicides and its control efficacy at various stages of application. The experimental design used was randomized block in Split plot design, totaling 20 treatments and four replications. The treatments were two wheat cultivars (Fundacep Cristallino and Fundacep Nova Era); three spray tips (XR 11002, TJ 60-11002 and TX 8002); 3 fungicides: Pyraclostrobin + Epoxiconazol; Epoxiconazol and Pyraclostrobin, and a control without any application. It was evaluated the density of drops per square centimeter, DMV, DMN, severity of disease, weight of hectoliter and productivity of the crop. The use of fungicides pyraclostrobin and epoxiconazol + piraclostrobia, respectively, provided the better control of diseases, higher productivity and greater weight of hectoliter in Nova Era cultivar. On the other hand, Cristalino cultivar with lower impact of the diseases did not show difference on efficacy of the fungicides used. The control of diseases was influenced by the DMV/DMN ratio due to the use of different spray tips. Tips with thin/medium drop spectrum performed better coverage at the lower part of the canopy, providing fewer establishments of the diseases. The correlation between the variables showed that the second application of fungicides was the one that crashed in the calculation of the area under the curve of progress of diseases (AACPD), hectoliter weight and yield. The greater disease pressure at flowering can explain this result. / A Ferrugem da folha e as manchas foliares causadas por Bipolaris sorokiniana e Drechslera tritici-repentis, são doenças capazes de reduzir drasticamente a produtividade da cultura do trigo. Em função da dificuldade em dispor de cultivares resistentes a todas as doenças, o controle químico é uma alternativa viável, técnica e economicamente. Para maximizar o residual dos fungicidas é necessário otimizar os fatores relacionados à tecnologia de aplicação minimizando os danos em função da incidência das doenças. O objetivo do trabalho foi determinar a influência do número de gotas na penetração dos fungicidas e na sua eficácia de controle em diferentes momentos de aplicação. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi de Blocos ao acaso em parcelas subsubdivididas, totalizando 20 tratamentos em quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram constituídos por duas cultivares de trigo (Fundacep Cristalino e Fundacep Nova Era); três pontas de pulverização (XR 11002, TJ 60-11002 e TX 8002); 3 fungicidas: Piraclostrobina + Epoxiconazol; Epoxiconazol e Piraclostrobina, mais uma testemunha sem aplicação. Foi avaliada a densidade de gotas por centímetro quadrado, diâmetro mediano volumétrico (DMV), diâmetro mediano numérico (DMN), severidade das doenças, peso do hectolitro e produtividade da cultura. A utilização dos fungicidas epoxiconazol+ piraclostrobina e piraclostrobina, respectivamente, proporcionaram o melhor controle de doenças, melhor produtividade e maior peso do hectolitro na cultivar Nova Era. Por outro lado, na cultivar Cristalino submetida a um menor impacto das doenças, não houve diferença com relação aos fungicidas utilizados. O controle de doenças foi influenciado pelo espectro de gotas proporcionado devido a utilização das diferentes pontas de pulverização. Pontas com espectro fino/médio apresentaram melhor cobertura do terço inferior do dossel, proporcionando menor estabelecimento das doenças. A correlação entre as variáveis mostrou que a segunda aplicação dos fungicidas foi a que mais impactou no calculo da área abaixo da curva de progresso das doenças (AACPD), produtividade de grão e peso do hectolitro. Esse resultado pode ser explicado pela maior pressão de doença no estádio de florescimento.

Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr) is the necrotrophic fungus responsible for tan spot of wheat (Triticum aestivum). Ptr causes disease on susceptible wheat cultivars through the production and secretion of host-selective toxins (HSTs). HSTs are compounds that are only known to be produced by fungi and considered to be primary determinants of pathogenicity. Infiltration of these toxins into sensitive wheat elicits the same symptoms as the pathogen, which simplifies investigations of host- pathogen interactions due to exclusion of the pathogen. These characteristics make HSTs ideal molecules to dissect molecular plant-microbe interactions. Known HSTs of Ptr include Ptr ToxA (ToxA), Ptr ToxB (ToxB) and Ptr ToxC (ToxC). ToxA is the most characterized toxin of Ptr, as well as the first proteinaceous HST identified. The proposed mode-of-action for ToxA includes internalization into sensitive wheat mesophyll cells, localization to the chloroplast, photosystem perturbations and elicitation of high amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS), all of which lead to necrosis. However, it is still unknown how ToxA is transported to the chloroplast. To identify additional interacting components involved in ToxA symptom development, genes were silenced in tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) using the tobacco rattle virus (TRV) virus-induced gene-silencing (VIGS) system. Four genes were identified that potentially could play a role in ToxA-induced cell death: a 40S ribosomal subunit, peroxisomal glycolate oxidase (GOX), a thiamine biosynthetic enzyme (Thi1), and the R-gene mediator, Sgt1. Ptr exhibits a complex race structure determined by the HST(s) produced and the symptom(s) elicited on sensitive wheat cultivars. Currently, there are eight characterized races and other HSTs and races have been proposed. Isolate SO3 was discovered in southern Oregon and elicits ToxA-like symptoms on a wheat differential set, yet lacks the ToxA gene. The transcriptome of SO3 was sequenced, assembled, and aligned to a ToxA-producing isolate, Pt-1C-BFP, which will aid in the identification of the protein(s) that may be responsible for these ToxA-like symptoms. SO3 contains a set of 497 sequences that were not found in the ToxA-producing isolate Pt-1C-BFP (BFP). These sequences should be further investigated to identify those that encode small secreted proteins (SSPs) and could potentially serve as HSTs and pathogenicity factors of SO3. / Graduation date: 2013