Photosynthetic performance in soybean leaves caused by Epoxiconazole + Pyraclostrobin and Acibenzolar-S-Methyl and Phakopsora pachyrhizi infection

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Barros, Aline Vieira de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: eng
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Palavras-chave em Português: Soja; Análise foliar; Fotossíntese; Folhas - Efeito de fungicida; Phakopsora pachyrhizi; Ferrugem da soja; Fitopatologia
• Link de acesso: http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/16628

Asian soybean rust (ASR), caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is one of the most important foliar diseases affecting soybean production worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the photosynthetic performance (leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence images and photosynthetic pigment pools) of soybean plants sprayed with Acibenzolar-S-Methyl (ASM) and with the fungicide Epoxiconazole + Pyraclostrobin (Epo + Pyr) and further inoculated with P. pachyrhizi. The ASR symptoms progressed much faster on the leaves of plants from the control treatment (water spray) in comparison to the ASM and Epo +Pyr treatments. In general, the values for the leaf gas exchange parameters net carbon assimilation rate, stomatal conductance to water vapor, internal CO 2 concentration and transpiration rate increased for the infected plants sprayed with ASM or Epo +Pyr in comparison to plants from the control treatment. The values for the parameters initial fluorescence, maximal fluorescence, maximal photosystem II quantum efficiency, effective photosystem II quantum yield (Y(II)) and quantum yield of regulated energy dissipation (Y(NPQ)) were consistently higher for the ASM and Epo +Pyr treatments in comparison to the control treatment at advanced stages of fungal infection. By contrast, the values for the parameter quantum yield of non-regulated energy dissipation (Y(NO) were significantly lower for the ASM and Epo +Pyr treatments. The curves for Y(II) decreased while the curves for Y(NPQ) and Y(NO) increased for plants from the control, ASM and Epo +Pyr treatments as a function of the photosynthetic photon flux density. The concentrations of total Chl and carotenoids significantly increased for the infected plants from the ASM and Epo +Pyr treatments in comparison to plants from the control treatment. In conclusion, the results of the present study demonstrat that the spray of either soybean plants with Epo + Pyr or ASM, but especially the former, contributed to reduce the negative effects caused by P. pachyrhizi infection and allowed a good photosynthetic performance of the infected plants.