Biological and chemical control of target spot of float-grown dark fire-cured tobacco seddlings

Tobacco is an important crop in Tennessee and the Southeastern United States. Farmers received $34 million in revenue in 1991 from dark tobacco alone. Increasingly, tobacco seedlings are produced in float beds in the greenhouse. Float beds have several advantages over conventional seed beds; however, conditions in the greenhouse are often conducive to the spread of plant disease. Target spot (Rhizoctonia leaf spot) is a recently-described disease of float-grown tobacco and is caused by the soilborne fungus Thanatephorus cucumeris (anamorph Rhizoctonia solani). In Tennessee, significant losses in tobacco transplants grown in float systems have resulted from target spot. There also has been an increase in the number of reports of target spot on field plants, which may be related to the increase in production of transplants by the float system. Currently there are no control measures recommended for target spot on float plants except for proper sanitation and cultural practices. In this study the effect of four chemicals and four biological control agents for control of target spot on two dark-fire tobacco cultivars (DF485 and TR Madole), planted by direct-seeding or seeding-and-transfering, was evaluated. In 1993, one biological control agent, Bacillus sp. strain BA55, and two fungicides, fluazinam, and Dithane®, applied as foliar sprays, provided substantial control of target spot on cultivars DF485 and TR Madole, across both planting methods. In 1994, several biologicals and chemicals were tested for control of target spot on direct-seeded plants of cultivars DF485 and TR Madole. Three fungicides, two formulations of fluazinam, and Dithane® significantly reduced target spot severity on both cultivars. The fungicide dimethomorph and the biological Bacillus sp. BA55 provided control only on one cultivar, DF485. Another fungicide, Rovral, also provided control of target spot; however, phytotoxicity was observed also in both years. In 1993, direct-seeded plants of both dark-fire cultivars treated with BA55 and fluazinam, or receiving no treatment, were transplanted to the field and evaluated for further development of target spot, and the effect of disease control treatment on crop index, grade index, yield, and revenue. Environmental conditions were not conducive for further target spot development in 1993. In general, cultivar DF485 yielded more pounds per acre than TR Madole. Across both cultivars, there were no differences in crop index, grade index, yield, and revenue in plants treated with BA55 or fluazinam, or untreated. The effects of host age, cultivar, and BA55 on target spot severity was studied also. Across five age groups, ranging from 2 to 6 wk, BA55 significantly controlled target spot. The seedlings treated at two weeks had significantly less target spot than the other age groups. The effect of fluazinam concentration on target spot severity was studied also. Different concentrations of fluazinam, ranging from 200 to 1000 ppm, were applied weekly as foliar sprays to seed-and-transfer tobacco seedlings. Fluazinam concentration had no effect on percent diseased foliage due to low disease pressure. Based on the results from these experiments, fluazinam and Dithane® are potential candidates for control of target spot in float beds. The biological agent, BA55, has potential as for controlling target spot if the consistency of its performance can be improved. A leaf disk assay was designed to prescreen bacteria for biocontrol of target spot. One hundred forty-three bacterial isolates from long-term tobacco field soils were tested in this assay. Inoculum of Rhizoctonia solani was placed on sterile, moistened Terralite™ horticultural mix in multi-well tissue culture plates. Disks (12 mm) were cut with a cork borer from newly emerged tobacco leaves, surface-sterilized, dipped into bacterial suspensions, and placed in the tissue culture wells. The prescreening assay was optimized for several parameters including form and age of R. solani inoculum, and length of assay incubation time. Using Bacillus sp. BA55 as a test organism, growth medium and incubation time for the bacterial test strains were optimized also. The optimized assay consisted of oat inoculum of Rhizoctonia solani placed on the surface of the Terralite™, and incubated for 1 day. Bacillus sp. BA55 was grown for 2 days in Nutrient Broth Yeast Extract (NBY). The 143 bacteria isolated from tobacco field soils at Greeneville, TN, were evaluated for their ability to inhibit colonization of R. solani on tobacco leaf disks. Bacillus isolates BA22, BA27, BA93, BA122, and BA139 significantly reduced colonization of the leaf disks by R. solani compared to a sterile Tween-20 control. All isolates were tested also with in vitro antibiosis assays against Geotrichum candidum, a nonpathogenic soil fungus, and Rhizoctonia solani. Bacteria were spotted onto Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and NBY plates, and oversprayed with G. candidum. Five isolates (BA27, BA29, BA57, BA83, and BA125) produced inhibition zones against G. candidum ≥ 5 mm on PDA while 12 isolates (BA8, BA27, BA28, BA29, BA40, BA44, BA91, BA95, BA96, BA118, BA120, BA121) produced similar results on NBY. In the inhibition assay against R. solani, each bacterium was streaked also across the center of three NBY plates, and two agar plugs of 2-wk-old R. solani were placed on either side of the streak. Eight isolates (BA4, BAB, BA19, BA27, BA29, BA58, BA96, BA111) substantially inhibited R. solani (inhibition zone ≥ 5 mm)

Prospectus, October 26, 1983

LEARNING LAB IS A LIFE SAVER; News Digest; What to do about childhood stress; Braille room fills needs of the blind; PC Happenings; Did you know that?; How to reorganize homemaking chores; TV results; Pumpkin Contest; Health Information; C.A.A.R.; WPCD quizzes high schools; Register for spring semester; Apples remain fave fruit; Be cool in case of fire; Rural Illinois growth increases; Cowboy Brock programs sports; Pulitzer winner visits C-U; Quality circles solve problems; Oktoberfest is today; Around Parkland; The truth behind Halloween is haunting; Brighten a Soldier\u27s Christmas; Interesting story ideas brighten series; Passion at Krannert; Zelig restores Allen\u27s stature; Classified; Krannert adds on; Fast Freddy statistics; Fast Freddy Contest; Bowling scoreshttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1983/1007/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, August 30, 1983

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Prospectus, February 27, 1985

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Prospectus, November 23, 1983

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First Constraints on Source Counts at 350 Microns

We have imaged a $\sim$6 arcminute$^2$ region in the Bo\"otes Deep Field using the 350 $\mu$m-optimised second generation Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Camera (SHARC II), achieving a peak 1$\sigma$ sensitivity of $\sim$5 mJy. We detect three sources above 3$\sigma$, and determine a spurious source detection rate of 1.09 in our maps. In the absence of $5\sigma$ detections, we rely on deep 24 $\mu$m and 20 cm imaging to deduce which sources are most likely to be genuine, giving two real sources. From this we derive an integral source count of 0.84$^{+1.39}_{-0.61}$ sources arcmin$^{-2}$ at $S>13$ mJy, which is consistent with 350 $\mu$m source count models that have an IR-luminous galaxy population evolving with redshift. We use these constraints to consider the future for ground-based short-submillimetre surveys.Comment: accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journa

Bostonia: The Boston University Alumni Magazine. Volume 32

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Analytical approaches for transplant research

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73605/1/j.1600-6135.2004.00402.x.pd