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Conidial dispersal by Alternaria brassicicola on Chinese cabbage ( Brassica pekinensis ) in the field and under simulated conditions
Author(s) -
Chen L. Y.,
Price T. V.,
ParkNg Z.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00880.x
Subject(s) - conidium , spore , biological dispersal , brassica , biology , horticulture , leptosphaeria maculans , field experiment , botany , alternaria brassicicola , agronomy , population , biochemistry , demography , sociology , arabidopsis , gene , mutant
This study investigated conidial dispersal in the field, and effects of simulated wind and rain on the dispersal of A. brassicicola on Chinese cabbage ( Brassica pekinensis ). Spores were sampled using a Burkard volumetric spore sampler and rotorod samplers in a Chinese cabbage crop. Disease incidence in the field was well fitted by a Gompertz curve with an adjusted r 2 of >0·99. Conidia of A. brassicicola were trapped in the field throughout the growing season. Peaks of high spore concentrations were usually associated with dry days, shortly after rain, high temperature or high wind speed. Diurnal periodicity of spore dispersal showed a peak of conidia trapped around 10·00 h. The number of conidia trapped at a height of 25 cm above ground level was greater than that at 50, 75 and 100 cm. Conidial dispersal was also studied under simulated conditions in a wind tunnel and a rain simulator. Generalized linear models were used to model these data. The number of conidia caught increased significantly at higher wind speeds and at higher rain intensities. Under simulated wind conditions, the number of conidia dispersed from source plants with wet leaves was only 22% of that for plants with dry leaves. Linear relationships were found between the number of conidia caught and the degree of infection of trap plants.