Abstract
ABSTRACT In the present study, onion plants were tested under controlled conditions for the development of a climate model based on the influence of temperature (10, 15, 20 and 25°C) and leaf wetness duration (6, 12, 24 and 48 hours) on the severity of Botrytis leaf blight of onion caused by Botrytis squamosa. The relative lesion density was influenced by temperature and leaf wetness duration (P <0.05). The disease was most severe at 20°C. Data were subjected to nonlinear regression analysis. Beta generalized function was used to adjust severity and temperature data, while a logistic function was chosen to represent the effect of leaf wetness on the severity of Botrytis leaf blight. The response surface obtained by the product of two functions was expressed as ES = 0.008192 * (((x-5)1.01089) * ((30-x)1.19052)) * (0.33859/(1+3.77989 * exp (-0.10923*y))), where ES represents the estimated severity value (0.1); x, the temperature (°C); and y, the leaf wetness (in hours). This climate model should be validated under field conditions to verify its use as a computational system for the forecasting of Botrytis leaf blight in onion.
Highlights
No presente trabalho foram estudadas, em condições controladas para o desenvolvimento de um modelo climático baseado na influência da temperatura (10, 15, 20 e 25°C) e da duração do molhamento foliar (6, 12, 24 e 48 horas) na severidade da queima das pontas da cebola incitada por Botrytis squamosa
Botrytis leaf blight of onion, caused by Botrytis squamosa, is an important disease for the onion crop throughout Brazil since it can reduce by 50% the seedlings used for transplanting, and the number of surviving leaves per plant is small [10], indirectly affecting the normal development of the bulb
The aim of this study was to develop a climate model based on the relationship between different values of temperature and leaf wetness duration on the severity of Botrytis leaf blight of onion
Summary
No presente trabalho foram estudadas, em condições controladas para o desenvolvimento de um modelo climático baseado na influência da temperatura (10, 15, 20 e 25°C) e da duração do molhamento foliar (6, 12, 24 e 48 horas) na severidade da queima das pontas da cebola incitada por Botrytis squamosa. Botrytis leaf blight of onion, caused by Botrytis squamosa, is an important disease for the onion crop throughout Brazil since it can reduce by 50% the seedlings used for transplanting, and the number of surviving leaves per plant is small [10], indirectly affecting the normal development of the bulb.
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