Objetivou-se determinar a taxa de transporte de população de fungos associados às sementes de pinhão manso, a patogenicidade desses microrganismos a plântulas e frutos e a transmissibilidade fruto-semente e semente-plântula. Avaliaram-se a taxa de transporte, por meio de blotter test, de sementes produzidas nos estados de Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Bahia e Tocantins. As sementes foram submetidas aos tratamentos: sem desinfestação com tegumento (SDCT), sem desinfestação sem tegumento (SDST), com desinfestação com tegumento (CDCT) e com desinfestação sem tegumento (CDST). A incidência (%) dos fungos foi avaliada sob microscópio estereoscópico binocular. Para o teste de patogenicidade em plântulas e frutos inocularam-se suspensões de 10(6) esporos e discos de BDA com micélio, respectivamente. Para os fungos fitopatogênicos avaliaram-se a transmissibilidade fruto-semente e semente-plântula. O tratamento SDCT permitiu a detecção de maior número de fungos. Os fungos identificados foram Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, C. capsici, Curvularia sp., Verticillium sp., Fusarium sp., Penicillium sp., Aspergillus sp., A. niger e Rhizopus sp. Apenas as espécies de Colletotrichum são patogênicas às plântulas e frutos. Para ambas espécies há transmissibilidade fruto-semente, entretanto não é observada transmissão semente-plântula.
The species known as physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) has become important as one of main sources of feedstock for biodiesel production. The aims of this study were characterizing two different isolates of Colletotrichum spp. obtained from seeds of this species, through morphological, cultural, and molecular analyses; as well as assessing pathogenicity of both isolates on leaves and fruit of this plant species. For morphological analysis, length and width of 30 spores of each isolate, produced on medium Malt Extract-Agar (MEA), at 25 ± 1 ºC, and under constant light, were measured. Cultural analysis was performed by the fungus growth on PDA medium, through daily measurements of the mycelial growth, and the color of colonies after seven days incubation. DNA of the isolates was extracted and specific oligonucleotides primers (region ITS4) were identified by PCR and used to identify C. capsici (CcInt) and C. gloeosporioides (CgInt). Pathogenicity of isolates was assessed on plants aged 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 days after sowing and fruits at six maturation stages. Based on these analyses, isolates were identified as C. gloeosporioides and C. capsici. Young plants and the older fruits were more susceptible to infection by the two fungus species.
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