Epidemiology of sclerotinia stem rot of rapeseed in Saskatchewan
Epidemiology of sclerotinia stem rot of rapeseed in Saskatchewan
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10.1080/07060668209501319
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发表时间:
1982-06
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R. Morrall;J. Dueck
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作者:
R. Morrall;J. Dueck
Materials and methodsThe study was done in the Melfort region of east-central Saskatchewan, a traditional area of rapeseed cultivation with a history of severe sclerotiniastem rot. Twenty-five fields with a mean size of 40 ha were studied in 1977 and 29 with a mean size of 60 ha were studied in 1978. These were selected in May or early June when the plants were still in the seedling or rosette stages and disease was absent. Whenever possible, the following agronomic data were obtained from the farmers: cultivar, seed origin and treatment, seeding date and rate, fertil izer and herbicide applications, cultural practices in the previous 12 months, crop history of the field for the previous 4 years, crop history of adjacent fields. In autumn the dates on which the crops had been swathed (cut and placed in windrows) and com bined, and the farmers' estimates of yield were compiled for all study fields. From early or mid June until late August or early September, ie shortly before the crop was swathed, each field was visited at about weekly intervals to monitor (a) the frequency of apothecia of S. sclerotiorum on the soil surface,(b) the inci dence of stem rot infection, and (c) plant phenol ogy. For the first two purposes the same four widely separated areas in the field were utilized each time as destructive sampling sites. At each site on each date the numbers of apothecia or clusters of apothecia found by one person searching for 5 min were recorded. These figures were later reduced to crude estimates of overall abundance of apothecia in each field. After disease was first noticed in a field, groups of 200 plants were scored for infection on each date, normally at each sampling site. Separate counts were made of basal stem lesions (no healthy tissue between the infected portion and the soil surface) and aerial lesions (healthy tissue below the infected portion of the stem). It was initially believed that basal stem lesions might result from a distinctive inoculum source, namely sclerotia in the soil situated very close to rapeseed stems and capable of causing infection through superficial myceliogenic germination. The approx imate mean stage of plant development in each field was assessed according to a growth stage key (7) at each visit.In 1977 daily rainfall data were used from the nearest Environment Canada meteorological sta tion to each field. The stations were up to 40 km from the fields. In 1978 rain gauges were placed in the study fields during the period of regular moni toring. Approximate weekly rainfall totals for the entire growing season were compiled for each field by interpolation from the rain gauge records in comparison with daily figures from Environment Canada stations, and by direct use of the Environ ment Canada data for the early and late parts of the growing season.