Reduction of fungal disease spread in cultivar mixtures: Impact of canopy architecture on rain-splash dispersal and on crop microclimate

Autor: Brigitte Durand, Anne-Lise Boixel, Laurent Huber, Sébastien Saint-Jean, Claude de Vallavieille-Pope, Tiphaine Vidal
Přispěvatelé: Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, BIOlogie et GEstion des Risques en agriculture (BIOGER), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), ANR-13-AGRO-0008,WHEATAMIX,Augmenter la diversité génétique au sein des parcelles de blé pour renforcer la multifonctionnalité et la durabilité de la production dans le Bassin Parisien(2013)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
0106 biological sciences
Canopy
short susceptible cultivar was used. The resistant companion was either short (homogeneous) or tall (heterogeneous). Two proportions of resistant cultivar were tested in homogenous mixture. Mixtures were compared to pure stands of component cultivars. The level of resistance of each cultivar was assessed through disease measurements in pure stand. A diversity of canopy architecture was obtained at the flowering stage: the leaf area index ranged from 2.2 to 4.4 m2/m2 and flag leaf insertion height from 0.65 m (standard height) to 1.20 m (tall plants). Spore fluxes were measured during two rain events and microclimate variables including air temperature
could provide a strategy to enhance disease reduction in cultivar mixtures in the case of splash-dispersed diseases
Atmospheric Science
which led to a microclimate favorable to disease development. Leaf wetness duration was in fact longer in the pure stand constituted of standard height resistant plants
Microclimate
[SDV.SA.AGRO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy
Context (language use)
whereas their architecture is rarely taken into account. However
Plant disease resistance
Biology
canopy architecture has an impact on spore dispersal and microclimate
relative humidity and leaf wetness duration were recorded from the booting stage onwards. Disease assessments were carried out weekly in mixtures and pure stands. Disease on susceptible plants was significantly lower in heterogeneous mixtures than in pure stands. In homogeneous mixtures
01 natural sciences
disease reduction was similar. On the other hand
respectively. Our results suggest that the impact of canopy architecture on microclimate and spore dispersal can significantly contribute to the reduction of disease propagation in cultivar mixtures. We therefore suggest that taking cultivar architecture into account
caused by Zymoseptoria tritici. Each cultivar mixture was composed of a susceptible and a resistant cultivar. A single
spore dispersal and the propagation of splash-dispersed disease
Cultivar
Leaf area index
which had the densest canopy. In the two homogeneous mixtures that differed by the proportion of resistant plants
Leaf wetness
2. Zero hunger
Global and Planetary Change
septoria tritici blotch
fungi
food and beverages
Forestry
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15. Life on land
Mixtures of cultivars with different disease resistance levels make it possible to manage plant disease in a context of fungicide reduction. The cultivars composing a mixture are often chosen for their contrasted disease resistance levels
Plant disease
[SDV.BV.PEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Phytopathology and phytopharmacy
a high proportion of resistant plants was associated with high canopy density
Agronomy
heterogeneous mixtures had a lower canopy density and lower spore fluxes than homogeneous mixtures. Compared to the susceptible pure stand
040103 agronomy & agriculture
in addition to the level of resistance to disease
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forestry
and fisheries

both of which contribute to disease development. Disease spread by rain-splash occurs over short distances and is expected to be modulated by canopy structure. Our objective was to assess the impact of wheat cultivar mixtures that differ by their canopy architecture on crop microclimate
the area under the disease progress curve of susceptible plants was reduced by 68% in the heterogeneous mixture and by 32% and 34% in the homogeneous mixtures with 75% and 25% of resistant plants
[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Agronomy and Crop Science
010606 plant biology & botany
Zdroj: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Elsevier Masson, 2017, 246, pp.154-161. ⟨10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.06.014⟩
ISSN: 0168-1923
Popis: International audience; Mixtures of cultivars with different disease resistance levels make it possible to manage plant disease in a context of fungicide reduction. The cultivars composing a mixture are often chosen for their contrasted disease resistance levels, whereas their architecture is rarely taken into account. However, canopy architecture has an impact on spore dispersal and microclimate, both of which contribute to disease development. Disease spread by rain-splash occurs over short distances and is expected to be modulated by canopy structure. Our objective was to assess the impact of wheat cultivar mixtures that differ by their canopy architecture on crop microclimate, spore dispersal and the propagation of splash-dispersed disease, septoria tritici blotch, caused by Zymoseptoria tritici. Each cultivar mixture was composed of a susceptible and a resistant cultivar. A single, short susceptible cultivar was used. The resistant companion was either short (homogeneous) or tall (heterogeneous). Two proportions of resistant cultivar were tested in homogenous mixture. Mixtures were compared to pure stands of component cultivars. The level of resistance of each cultivar was assessed through disease measurements in pure stand. A diversity of canopy architecture was obtained at the flowering stage: the leaf area index ranged from 2.2 to 4.4 m2/m2 and flag leaf insertion height from 0.65 m (standard height) to 1.20 m (tall plants). Spore fluxes were measured during two rain events and microclimate variables including air temperature, relative humidity and leaf wetness duration were recorded from the booting stage onwards. Disease assessments were carried out weekly in mixtures and pure stands. Disease on susceptible plants was significantly lower in heterogeneous mixtures than in pure stands. In homogeneous mixtures, a high proportion of resistant plants was associated with high canopy density, which led to a microclimate favorable to disease development. Leaf wetness duration was in fact longer in the pure stand constituted of standard height resistant plants, which had the densest canopy. In the two homogeneous mixtures that differed by the proportion of resistant plants, disease reduction was similar. On the other hand, heterogeneous mixtures had a lower canopy density and lower spore fluxes than homogeneous mixtures. Compared to the susceptible pure stand, the area under the disease progress curve of susceptible plants was reduced by 68% in the heterogeneous mixture and by 32% and 34% in the homogeneous mixtures with 75% and 25% of resistant plants, respectively. Our results suggest that the impact of canopy architecture on microclimate and spore dispersal can significantly contribute to the reduction of disease propagation in cultivar mixtures. We therefore suggest that taking cultivar architecture into account, in addition to the level of resistance to disease, could provide a strategy to enhance disease reduction in cultivar mixtures in the case of splash-dispersed diseases.
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