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The role of conidia in the dispersal of Ascochyta rabiei
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020.
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Abstract
- Ascochyta rabiei asexual spores (conidia) were assumed to spread over short distances (∼10 m) in a combination of rain and strong wind. The potential distance of conidial spread was investigated in three rainfall and three sprinkler irrigation events. Chickpea trap plants were distributed at the distances of 0, 10, 25, 50 and 75 m from infected chickpea plots before scheduled irrigation and forecast rainfall events. Trap plants were transferred to a controlled temperature room (20 °C) for 48 h (100% humidity) after being exposed in the field for 2–6 days for rainfall events, and for one day for irrigation events. After a 48 h incubation period, trap plants were transferred to a glasshouse (20 °C) to allow lesion development. Lesions on all plant parts were counted after two weeks, which gave an estimate of the number of conidia released and the distance travelled. Trap plants at all distances were infected in all sprinkler irrigation and rainfall events. The highest number of lesions on trap plants were recorded closest to the infected plots – the numbers decreased as the distance from the infected plots increased. There was a positive relationship between the amount of rainfall and the number of lesions recorded. A generalised additive model was developed that efficiently described spatial patterns of conidial spread. With further development, the model can be used to predict the spread of A. rabiei. This is the first systematic study to show that conidia distribute A. rabiei over longer distances than previously reported.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Irrigation
Humidity
Greenhouse
Plant Science
Horticulture
Biology
Trap (plumbing)
01 natural sciences
Spore
Conidium
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
Biological dispersal
Ascochyta rabiei
Agronomy and Crop Science
010606 plant biology & botany
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b5c8a8e3f25d13c570b6c1f03f9b558b
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.12.091827