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The effects of host carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water supply on the infection of wheat by powdery mildew and aphids
Author(s) -
THOMPSON G. B.,
BROWN J. K. M.,
WOODWARD F. I.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1993.tb00487.x
Subject(s) - powdery mildew , nitrogen , mildew , biology , shoot , agronomy , plant physiology , nitrogen fertilizer , carbon dioxide , botany , horticulture , chemistry , fertilizer , ecology , organic chemistry
In two experiments, winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum cv. Cerco) was grown in 350 (ambient) and 700 μmol mol ‐1 (elevated) atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. In the first experiment, plants were grown at five levels of nitrogen fertilization, and in the second experiment, plants were grown at three levels of water supply. All plants were infected with powdery mildew, caused by the fungus Erysiphe graminis. Plants grown in elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations had significantly reduced % shoot nitrogen contents and significantly increased % shoot water contents. At elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, where plant nitrogen content was significantly reduced, the severity of mildew infection was significantly reduced, and where host water content was significantly increased, the severity of mildew infection was significantly increased. In a moderate water supply treatment, the plants grown in elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations had significantly reduced nitrogen contents (9·9%) and significantly increased water content (4%), the amount of mildew infection was unchanged. The severity of mildew infection appeared to be more sensitive to host water content than to host nitrogen content.