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Biotic and abiotic resistance inducers for controlling white rust in rocket (Eruca sativa)

Indutores de resistência bióticos e abióticos para controle de ferrugem branca em rúcula (Eruca sativa)

ABSTRACT:

Induced resistance emerges as an alternative method for controlling plant diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of biotic and abiotic resistance inducers for controlling white rust in rocket (Eruca sativa), as well as biochemical changes (peroxidase) and fitness costs. The experiments were developed with the abiotic inducers acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) (12.5, 25, and 50 mg ai L-1) and citrus biomass (CB) (0.1, 0.25, and 0.5%), as well as with the biotic ones Saccharomyces cerevisiae (25 mg mL-1), Bacillus thuringiensis (25 mg p.c. mL-1), Saccharomyces boulardii (25 mg mL-1), and phosphorylated mannan oligosaccharide (PMO) (0.25%), in preventive and curative interventions. Fungicide mancozeb (1.6 g ai L-1), Bordeaux mixture (1%), and water were the control treatments. Leaf samples were collected 3, 7, 11, 15, and 19 days after the treatments to determine peroxidases and assess the severity and production. Concerning abiotic inducers, all doses of ASM and CB 0.5% (preventive) and CB 0.25% (curative) reduced the severity of white rust, whereas, among biotic inducers, only PMO applied preventively controlled the disease. Peroxidase activity was higher for CB 0.25% and ASM 50 mg L-1. Bordeaux mixture induced higher peroxidase activity.

KEYWORDS:
Albugo candida; alternative control; Eruca sativa; inducted resistance

RESUMO:

A indução de resistência surge como um método alternativo para o controle de doenças em plantas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a eficiência de indutores de resistência bióticos e abióticos no controle de ferrugem branca em rúcula (Eruca sativa), bem como alterações bioquímicas (peroxidase) e o impacto na produção. Foram desenvolvidos experimentos com os indutores abióticos acibenzolar-S-metil (ASM) (12,5; 25 e 50 mg i.a. L-1) e biomassa cítrica (BC) (0,1; 0,25 e 0,5%), e os bióticos Saccharomyces cerevisiae (25 mg p.c. mL-1), Bacillus thuringiensis (25 mg p.c. mL-1), Saccharomyces boulardii (25 mg p.c. mL-1) e manano-oligossacarídeo fosforilado (MOF) (0,25%), sendo aplicados preventiva e curativamente. Como controles foram utilizados o fungicida mancozeb (1,6 g i.a. L-1), calda bordalesa (1%) e água. Amostras de folhas foram coletadas aos 3, 7, 11, 15 e 19 dias após os tratamentos para a determinação de peroxidases, e avaliações de severidade e produção. Entre os indutores abióticos, todas as doses de ASM e BC 0,5% (preventivamente) e BC 0,25% (curativamente) reduziram a severidade da ferrugem branca, enquanto entre os indutores bióticos, apenas o MOF aplicado preventivamente, controlou a doença. A atividade de peroxidase foi superior para BC 0,25% e ASM 50 mg L-1. O tratamento com calda bordalesa também incrementou a atividade de peroxidase.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE:
Albugo cândida; controle alternativo; Eruca sativa; indução de resistência

INTRODUCTION

Rocket or arugula (Eruca sativa Miller) is an annual herbaceous vegetable, originated and domesticated in the Mediterranean and West Asia (REGHIN, 2005REGHIN, M.Y.; OTTO, R.F.; OLINIK, J.R.; JACOBY, C.F.S. Efeito do espaçamento e do número de mudas por cova na produção de rúcula nas estações de outono e inverno. Ciência e Agrotecnologia, Lavras, v.29, n.5, p.953-959, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-70542005000500006
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). White rust is one of its main diseases, often affecting this crop. It is caused by the biotrophic pathogen Albugo candida (MEENA et al., 2005MEENA, R.L.; JAIN, K.L.; RAWAL, P. Evaluation of rapessed-mustard genotypes for resistance to white rust (Albugo candida). Resistant Pest Managemente Newsletter, East Lansing, v.14, n.2, p.29-30, 2005.), which belongs to the family Albuginaceae. In some cases, the damages are substantial due to the pathogen aggressiveness and the lack of effective control measures.

The principal loss related to white rust on rocket is the non-possibility of commercialization of the symptomatic leaves, leading to significant damage to production, given the depreciation and rejection by the consumer market. Preventing the penetration and establishment of the pathogen in the cultivation area is still the best way to control the disease (STANGARLIN; IURKIV, 2008STANGARLIN, J.R.; IURKIV, L. Ferrugem branca ataca rúcula. Revista Campo & Negócio, Uberlândia, n.59, p.6-6, 2008.).

Induced resistance is a method that consists of increasing the plant resistance level using biotic or abiotic agents before infection by pathogens, and without any change in the plant genome (PASCHOLATI; DALIO, 2018PASCHOLATI, S.F.; DALIO, R.J.D. Fisiologia do Parasitismo: como as plantas se defendem dos patógenos. In: AMORIM, L.; REZENDE, J.A.M.; BERGAMIN FILHO, A. Manual de fitopatologia: princípios e conceitos. Ouro fino: Agronômica Ceres, 2018. p.423-452.). Many studies have been developed intending to find non-antibiotic protective compounds capable of activating host defense mechanisms in various plants (MÉTRAUX, 2007MÉTRAUX, J.P. Induced defenses in plants. In: RODRIGUES, F.A.; ROMEIRO, R.S. Indução de resistência em plantas a patógenos. Viçosa: Suprema, 2007. p.7-24.). Therefore, the great potential of such compounds is recognized as a new generation of products for disease control, reducing the use of fungicides and enabling the use of biocontrol agents (LYON; NEWTON, 1997LYON, G.D.; NEWTON, A.C. Do resistance elicitors offer new opportunities in integrated disease control strategies? Plant Pathology, Washington, v.46, n.5, p.636-641, 1997. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3059.1997.d01-63.x
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).

Peroxidases (EC1.11.1.7) are enzymes often related to the induced resistance process (CAVALCANTI et al., 2005CAVALCANTI, L.S.; BRUNELLI, K.R.; STANGARLIN, J.R. Aspectos bioquímicos e moleculares da resistência induzida. In: CAVALCANTI, L.S.; DI PIERO, R.M.; CIA, P.; PASCHOLATI, S.F.; RESENDE, M.L.V.; ROMEIRO, R.S. (Eds.). Indução de resistência em plantas a patógenos e insetos. Piracicaba: FEALQ, 2005. p.81-124.), participating in the final stage of lignin synthesis (TAIZ; ZEIGER, 2004TAIZ, L.; ZEIGER, F. Fisiologia Vegetal. Metabólitos secundários e defesa vegetal. 3. ed. Porto Alegre: Artmed, 2004.). This substance or lignification process can influence the growth of pathogens through chemical changes in host cell walls (VAN LOON; VAN STRIEN, 1999VAN LOON, L.C.; VAN STRIEN, E.A. The families of pathgenesis-related proteins, their activities, and comparative analysis of PR-1 type proteins. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, v.55, n.2, p.85-97, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1006/pmpp.1999.0213
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). Peroxidases have also been associated with several defense-related processes, such as hypersensitivity responses, suberization, and production of phytoalexins (NICHOLSON; HAMMERSCHMIDT, 1992NICHOLSON, R.L.; HAMMERSCHMIDT, R. Phenolic compounds and their role in disease resistance. Annual Review of Plant Pathology, Palo Alto, v.30, p.369-389, 1992. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.py.30.090192.002101
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).

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of biotic and abiotic products in the control of white rust on rocket and the induction of peroxidases by these treatments, in addition to their influence on plant yield.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Two experiments were carried out under field conditions using 1.5 × 0.8 m experimental plots. Seeds of rocket were sown in 0.2 m spaced lines, maintaining 0.05 m between seedlings after thinning. The two central lines were considered a useful plot area, disregarding 0.1 m at the ends.

The abiotic inducers were acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) (12.5, 25, and 50 mg L-1) and citrus biomass (CB) (0.1, 0.25, and 0.5%), whereas the biotic ones were Saccharomyces cerevisiae [25 mg commercial product (cp) mL-1], Bacillus thuringiensis (25 mg cp mL-1), Saccharomyces boulardii (25 mg cp mL-1), and phosphorylated mannan oligosaccharide (PMO) (0.25%). The control treatments were water and fungicide mancozeb (1.6 g L-1), and water and Bordeaux mixture (1%) for abiotic and biotic inducer assays, respectively. The treatments were applied both preventively and curatively.

The evaluation of the preventive effect consisted of treating 50% of the plants of each plot 19 days after sowing (DAS) by foliar spraying. The second application of the products in these plants coincided with the first application in the remaining plants when the first symptoms of the disease appeared (curative effect) (32 DAS).

Three days after the first treatment (DAT), all plants of the experimental plot were inoculated using a suspension with 1 × 104 sporangia mL-1 [made with water plus Tween 80 (100 µL L-1)]. After the onset of the first symptoms, the plants were evaluated for disease severity every two days, using a diagrammatic scale made for this purpose.

Leaf samples were collected 3, 7, 11, 15, and 19 DAT to assess the enzymatic peroxidase activity and total protein content. At each treatment replication, 10 leaf discs with 1.5 cm in diameter were collected and stored at -20°C. The leaf samples were homogenized in 2 mL of phosphate buffer 0.01 M (pH 6.0), using previously cooled porcelain mortar. The homogenate was centrifuged at 6,000 g for 20 minutes, and the supernatant, which contained soluble proteins, was stored at 4°C for later biochemical analyses.

Peroxidase activity was determined at 30°C using the direct spectrophotometric method by HAMMERSCHMIDT et al. (1982HAMMERSCHMIDT, T.R.; NUCKLES, E.M.; KUĆ, J. Association of enhanced peroxidase activity with induced systemic resistance of cucumber to Colletotrichum lagenarium. Physiological Plant Pathology, Berlin, v.20, n.1, p.77-82, 1982. https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-4059(82)90025-X
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) by mixing 2.9 mL from substrate to enzyme [306 µL hydrogen peroxide, 12.5 mL of 2% guaiacol, and 87.5 mL phosphate buffer 0.01 M (pH 6.0)] and 0.1 mL of the sample. The absorbance (abs) was measured at 470 nm for 2 minutes, and the peroxidase activity was established by the variation of the extreme values present in the linear increment range. This variation was expressed as Δ abs/min-1/mg protein-1.

To identify the total protein content, 600 µL phosphate buffer 0.01 M (pH 6,0), 200 µL of the sample, and 200 µL Bradford reagent were stirred, and, after 5 minutes of incubation, the absorbance was measured at 595 nm. Data were plotted on a standard protein curve and expressed as mg protein mL-1 (BRADFORD, 1976BRADFORD, M.M. A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Analytical Biochemistry, v.72, p.248-254, 1976. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/abio.1976.9999
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).

Five whole plants were collected per plot to evaluate the rocket yield, as well as the fresh and dry masses and the number of leaves. Fresh mass was evaluated immediately after harvest, whereas for dry mass, the samples were kept at 60°C until constant weight. The number of leaves considered the ones greater than 5 cm per plant.

We analyzed the data by variance and, when significant, performed the Tukey test at 1% error probability, using the software Sisvar (FERREIRA, 2011FERREIRA, D.F. Sisvar: a computer statistical analysis system. Ciência e Agrotecnologia, Lavras, v.35, n.6, p.1039-1042, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-70542011000600001
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). When necessary, data were transformed into the root of x + 1.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Regarding white rust severity in rocket (Table 1), both preventive and curative treatments with abiotic inducers were efficient in controlling the disease. Although no treatment provided full control, all doses of ASM (both preventive and curative), CB 0.5% (preventive), and CB 0.25% (curative) presented very satisfactory control, not differing from the fungicide (Table 1).

Table 1.
Severity of white rust (Albugo candida) in rocket (Eruca sativa) treated with abiotic resistance inducers*.

RODRIGUES et al. (2006RODRIGUES, A.A.C.; BEZERRA NETO, E.; COELHO, R.S.B. Indução de resistência a Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tracheiphilum em caupi: eficiência de indutores abióticos e atividade enzimática elicitada. Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.31, n.5, p.492-499, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582006000500009
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) obtained similar data when evaluating the efficacy of abiotic resistance inducers in the control of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. tracheiphilum in cowpea. The authors found that ASM 5.0 mg mL-1 showed significantly lower severity.

COSTA et al. (2007COSTA, M.J.N.; ZAMBOLIM, L.; RODRIGUES, F.A. Avaliação de produtos alternativos no controle da ferrugem do cafeeiro. Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.32, n.2, p.150-155, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582007000200010
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) evaluated alternative products in the control of coffee rust and verified the efficacy of ASM (1 g L-1) and CB (0.25 mL L-1), as ASM reduced 77% of the infection caused by Hemileia vastatrix. However, ROSA et al. (2007ROSA, R.C.T.; COELHO, R.S.B.; TAVARES, S.C.C. DE H.; CAVALCANTI, V.A.L.B. Efeito de indutores no controle de míldio em Vitis labrusca. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.33, n.1, p.68-73, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-54052007000100010
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) studied the effects of inducers on mildew control in Vitis labrusca and reported that CB 1.5 mL L-1 was not effective. At the same time, CAVALCANTI et al. (2006CAVALCANTI, F.R.; RESENDE, M.L.V.; ZACARONI, A.B.; RIBEIRO JÚNIOR, P.M.; COSTA, J.C.B.; SOUZA, R.M. Acibenzolar-S-metil e Ecolife® na indução de respostas de defesa do tomateiro contra a mancha bacteriana (Xanthomonas vesicatoria). Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.31, n.4, p.372-380, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582006000400007
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) revealed that ASM (5 mL L-1) was 47.7% effective against Xanthomonas vesicatoria in tomato plants.

DANTAS et al. (2004DANTAS, S.A.F.; OLIVEIRA, S.M.A.; BEZERRA NETO, E.; COELHO, R.S.B.; SILVA, R.L.X. Indutores de resistência na proteção do mamão contra podridões pós-colheita. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.30, n.3, p.314-319, 2004.) investigated the efficacy of resistance inducers in papaya protection against postharvest rot, reporting a significant reduction in the incidence and the area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC) of anthracnose with ASM (50 and 100 µg L-1). The same was observed for Lasiodiplodia, as it reduced the incidence of the disease by 50%, on average, in addition to being effective in the control of Fusarium rot.

Nevertheless, results obtained by SOARES et al. (2004SOARES, R.M.; MARINGONI, A.C.; LIMA, G.P.P. Ineficiência acibenzolar-S-metil na indução de resistência de feijoeiro comum à murcha-de-Curtobacterium. Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.29, n.4, p.373-377, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582004000400002
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) evidenced that ASM (100 µg mL-1) was ineffective, both in inducing resistance to Curtobacterium wilt in the susceptible bean cultivar IAC Carioca and increasing resistance levels in cultivars IAC Carioca Akytã and IAC Carioca Pyatã.

Concerning biotic inducers (Table 2), the PMO (0.25%) and Bordeaux mixture (1%) treatments significantly reduced the severity of the disease compared to water control when applied preventively. Although not significantly lower, the disease control of the S. cerevisiae (25 mg mL-1), B. thuringiensis (25 mg mL-1), and S. boulardii (25 mg mL-1) treatments presented average severity about 52% lower than that of water control. With respect to curative control, only Bordeaux mixture (1%) presented significantly reduced severity (Table 2).

Table 2.
Severity of white rust (Albugo candida) in rocket (Eruca sativa) treated with biotic resistance inducers*.

ROSA et al. (2007ROSA, R.C.T.; COELHO, R.S.B.; TAVARES, S.C.C. DE H.; CAVALCANTI, V.A.L.B. Efeito de indutores no controle de míldio em Vitis labrusca. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.33, n.1, p.68-73, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-54052007000100010
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) evaluated the effect of inducers on mildew control in Vitis labrusca and revealed that the application of Agro-Mos + Crop-Set (1 and 0.1 mL L-1) resulted in greater disease control, reducing the severity by 37, 36, and 18% in the three areas studied.

DANTAS et al. (2004DANTAS, S.A.F.; OLIVEIRA, S.M.A.; BEZERRA NETO, E.; COELHO, R.S.B.; SILVA, R.L.X. Indutores de resistência na proteção do mamão contra podridões pós-colheita. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.30, n.3, p.314-319, 2004.) verified the efficacy of Agro-Mos (500 and 750 µL mL-1) in the control of anthracnose in papaya; however, the same treatments were not effective in controlling Lasiodiplodia rot.

PICCININ et al. (2005PICCININ, E.; DI PIERO, R.M.; PASCHOLATI, S.F. Efeito de Saccharomyces cerevisiae na produtividade de sorgo e na severidade de doenças foliares no campo. Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.30, n.1, p.5-9, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582005000100001
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) evaluated the effect of S. cerevisiae on sorghum yield and the severity of leaf diseases and noted that weekly applications reduced the speed of progress of anthracnose disease in magnitude similar to that of treatment with a fungicide. Productivity increased using the same treatments compared to the inoculated control. In a field inoculated with Exserohilum turcicum, the amount of disease decreased even with a single application to the yeast. However, there was no significant increase in productivity.

Studying the presence of elicitors in S. cerevisiae and their activity as resistance inducers, LABANCA (2002LABANCA, E.R.G. Purificação parcial de elicitores presentes em Saccharomyces cerevisiae: atividade como indutores de resistência em pepino (Cucumis sativus) contra Colletotrichum lagenarium e da síntese de gliceolinas em soja (Glycine max). 2002. 107p. Dissertation (Master’s degree in Agronomy) - Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, 2002.) found them ineffective against Microsphaera diffusa in soybean plants. Nonetheless, cucumber seedlings treated with protein fractions from this yeast, obtained by affinity chromatography, showed reductions between 50 and 70% in severity caused by Colletotrichum lagenarium and increase in peroxidase activity.

JESUS et al. (2006JESUS, C.O.; LUCON, C.M.M.; GUZZO, S.D.; PASCHOLATI, S.F. Efeito de isolados de Bacillus thuringiensis e de proteína harpina no controle de Phyllosticta citricarpa em frutos de laranja. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.32 (suplemento), p.81-81, 2006.) investigated the potential of three different Bacillus thuringiensis isolates and harpin protein in controlling Phyllosticta citricarpa in orange fruits and observed that both were able to control the disease, decreasing the development of new lesions by up to 54% and the number of pycnids by up to 95%. Additionally, coffee plants treated with B. thuringiensis (4.5 × 108 cells mL-1) and harpin protein (3%) showed a decrease in the symptoms of rust, reaching 66.3% for Bt (JESUS et al., 2008JESUS, C.O.; GUZZO, S.D.; HARAKAVA, R. Indução de resistência em cafeeiro a Hemileia vastatrix por isolados de Bacillus thuringiensis e proteína harpina. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.34 (suplemento), p.54-54, 2008.).

The sum of the specific peroxidase activity for abiotic inducers (Fig. 1) in the different sampling days was statistically superior for CB 0.25% and ASM 50 mg L-1. This finding indicates a potential induction by these treatments since they were effective in controlling the disease when compared to the water treatment.

Figure 1.
Specific peroxidase activity in rocket (Eruca sativa) treated with abiotic inducers and inoculated with Albugo candida (1 × 104 sporangia/mL-1).

Peroxidase activity was superior in the ASM 50 mg L-1 treatment in relation to water control three days after treatment (Fig. 2), not differing, however, from CB 0.25% and ASM 12.5 mg L-1. Statistical difference was identified again on the second day after the second treatment, i.e., when the pathogen was already present in the plants, with superiority for CB 0.25% and CB 0.5% (Fig. 2).

Figure 2.
Sum of peroxidase activities in rocket (Eruca sativa) treated with abiotic inducers and inoculated with Albugo candida (1 × 104 sporangia mL-1).

RODRIGUES et al. (2006RODRIGUES, A.A.C.; BEZERRA NETO, E.; COELHO, R.S.B. Indução de resistência a Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tracheiphilum em caupi: eficiência de indutores abióticos e atividade enzimática elicitada. Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.31, n.5, p.492-499, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582006000500009
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) assessed the effect of β aminobutyric acid, ASM (5.0 mg ai mL-1), and chitosan on the activity of pathogenesis related-proteins (PR-proteins) in cowpea plants inoculated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ­tracheiphilum and identified a significant increase in peroxidase activity in the cultivars IPA-206 and BR-17 Gurguéia ten days after inoculation.

CAVALCANTI et al. (2006CAVALCANTI, F.R.; RESENDE, M.L.V.; ZACARONI, A.B.; RIBEIRO JÚNIOR, P.M.; COSTA, J.C.B.; SOUZA, R.M. Acibenzolar-S-metil e Ecolife® na indução de respostas de defesa do tomateiro contra a mancha bacteriana (Xanthomonas vesicatoria). Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.31, n.4, p.372-380, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582006000400007
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) revealed that tomato plants sprayed with ASM and CB, without inoculation with Xanthomonas vesicatoria, showed a significant increase in peroxidase activity in leaves four hours after spraying (HAS). In plants sprayed with CB, a sharp rise in peroxidase activity, about 4-fold over control treatments, was observed within 8 to 24 HAS, followed by a decrease in 48 HAS.

Bean cultivars with different levels of resistance sprayed with ASM, both on the leaf and the stem, showed higher peroxidase activity than non-treated ones. At the same time, the product was ineffective in the control of Curtobacterium wilt, which may indicate that other mechanisms or compounds could be involved in the induced resistance in this pathosystem (SOARES et al., 2004SOARES, R.M.; MARINGONI, A.C.; LIMA, G.P.P. Ineficiência acibenzolar-S-metil na indução de resistência de feijoeiro comum à murcha-de-Curtobacterium. Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.29, n.4, p.373-377, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582004000400002
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).

The sum of the specific peroxidase activity for biotic assays (Fig. 3) was superior in the Bordeaux mixture (1%) treatment. When analyzing the different sampling days (Fig. 4), the same treatment showed superiority over the others on the sixth day after the first treatment and the second day after the second treatment, indicating an induced peroxidase activity, which could have interfered with the severity of the disease.

Figure 3.
Specific peroxidase activity in rocket (Eruca sativa) treated with biotic inducers and inoculated with Albugo candida (1 × 104 sporangia mL-1).

Figure 4.
Sum of peroxidase activities in rocket (Eruca sativa) treated with biotic inducers and inoculated with Albugo candida (1 × 104 sporangia mL-1).

LABANCA (2002LABANCA, E.R.G. Purificação parcial de elicitores presentes em Saccharomyces cerevisiae: atividade como indutores de resistência em pepino (Cucumis sativus) contra Colletotrichum lagenarium e da síntese de gliceolinas em soja (Glycine max). 2002. 107p. Dissertation (Master’s degree in Agronomy) - Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, 2002.) used purified elicitors from S. cerevisiae and detected an increase in the peroxidase activity in cucumber seedlings treated and inoculated with C. lagenarium. This increase was verified in the second and third days after inoculation.

Few studies investigated induced resistance in plants by the application of S. boulardii. SCHULZ et al. (2008SCHULZ, D.G.; STANGARLIN, J.R.; FRANZENER, G.; KUHN, O.J. Influência do tempo de cultivo de Saccharomyces boulardii na indução de fitoalexinas em soja e sorgo. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.34 (suplemento), p.13-14, 2008.) identified the ability of yeast of inducing phytoalexin in sorghum mesocotyls and soybean cotyledons, reaching 163 and 192% increment in relation to the control, respectively. STANGARLIN et al. (2010STANGARLIN, J.R.; SCHULZ, D.G.; FRANZENER, G.; ASSI, L.; SCHWAN-ESTRADA, K.R.F.; KUHN, O.J. Indução de fitoalexinas em soja e sorgo por preparações de Saccharomyces boulardii. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, v.77, n.1, p.91-98, 2010.) also verified the induction of phytoalexin glyceollin in soybean cotyledons and deoxyanthocianidin in sorghum mesocotyls using S. boulardii.

Regarding fresh mass, dry mass, and number of leaves, the treatments presented no significant difference in both trials (data not shown), indicating that despite the induced peroxidase activity responses of the plant, production did not decrease. Similar data were reported by SOARES et al. (2004SOARES, R.M.; MARINGONI, A.C.; LIMA, G.P.P. Ineficiência acibenzolar-S-metil na indução de resistência de feijoeiro comum à murcha-de-Curtobacterium. Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.29, n.4, p.373-377, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582004000400002
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), who found no difference between the reduction in dry mass of bean plants sprayed (32.88%) and unsprayed (32.20%) with ASM (100 mg mL-1) and inoculated with Curtobacterium ­flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens.

CAVALCANTI et al. (2006CAVALCANTI, F.R.; RESENDE, M.L.V.; ZACARONI, A.B.; RIBEIRO JÚNIOR, P.M.; COSTA, J.C.B.; SOUZA, R.M. Acibenzolar-S-metil e Ecolife® na indução de respostas de defesa do tomateiro contra a mancha bacteriana (Xanthomonas vesicatoria). Fitopatologia Brasileira, Brasília, v.31, n.4, p.372-380, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-41582006000400007
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) studied the efficacy of ASM and CB in inducing tomato defense response against bacterial wilt and declared that the growth of plants sprayed with ASM (0.2 g L-1) did not differ from that of the control plants (healthy). However, tomato plants sprayed with CB showed a reduction in shoot growth, both in the relative growth rate (1.12 versus 2.10 cm day-1 in health plants) and the fresh crown mass accumulation (14.35 versus 24.05 g in healthy plants) 20 days after inoculation.

Aiming to verify the effectiveness of ASM in controlling potato blight, TÖFOLI et al. (2005TÖFOLI, J.G.; KUROZAWA, C.; DOMINGUES, R.J. Ação de fungicidas em diferentes fases do ciclo da pinta preta do tomateiro em condições controladas. Summa Phytopathologica, Botucatu, v.31, n.2, p.125-132, 2005.) reported that the addition of a resistance inducer in the mixture of chlorothalonil and mancozeb increased the disease control and productivity in tubers. For the cultivar Baraka, treatments with mancozeb resulted in a relative increase by up to 66.7%. Similarly, the cultivar Asterix presented increases by up to 43.9% with chlorothalonil and 46.7% with mancozeb.

CONCLUSION

Acibenzolar-S-methyl, citric biomass, and phosphorylated mannan oligosaccharide can potentially control white rust in rocket and increase peroxidase activity.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Not applicable.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    14 Aug 2020
  • Date of issue
    2020

History

  • Received
    25 Feb 2019
  • Accepted
    05 May 2020
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