Caracterização molecular e inoculação de Ralstonia solanacearum em Eucalyptus spp

• Autor(a) principal: Fonseca, Natália Risso
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4412
• topic: Murcha bacteriana; Ralstonia solanacearum; Eucalipto; Resistência; Bacterial wilt; Ralstonia solanacearum; Eucalyptus; Resistance; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::FITOSSANIDADE::FITOPATOLOGIA

The Ralstonia wilt of eucalyptus, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is potentially one of the major disease of culture. Because of its high genetic and phenotypic variability, currently R. solanacearum is considered a "species complex", subdivided into four taxonomic levels: species, filotipo, sequevar and clone. In order to understand the variability among isolates of R. solanacearum from eucalyptus and develop a protocol for inoculation and screening of resistant clones of eucalyptus to Ralstonia wilt this work was performed. The work was divided into two articles: (i) Molecular characterization of isolates of Ralstonia solanacearum in Eucalyptus spp. and (ii) Method of inoculation and evaluation of resistant clones of Eucalyptus spp. to Ralstonia wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum. In Article 1, 19 isolates were analyzed from different regions of eucalyptus in Brazil based on new classification (filotipo and sequevar) and its genetic variability. A product of 372 bp generated by multiplex-PCR amplification using primers Nmult permitted the identification of all isolates analyzed as pertaining to filotipo II. Eighteen isolates were grouped in subclade IIA and just one isolate in IIB. The phylogenetic tree generated from the endoglucanase (egl) gene sequences confirmed the classification of the isolates in filotipo II and separated them into sequevares. The strains AMC22, IBSBF2568 and IBSBF2576 were grouped into a single clade, as well as isolates UFV18 and UFV20, with 89% and 78% posterior probability, respectively, forming two new possible sequevares not defined yet. We also identified isolates belonging to sequevar 41 (100% probability) and 37 (88% probability). However, most of the isolates did not fit in any of previously described sequevar, or formed defined clades. The analysis of results of obtained fragments amplified by ERIC-PCR technique suggested a great genetic diversity among the isolates analyzed in this work. In addition, a high correlation between the geographical origin of isolates and the similarity showed by them was observed. In Article 2, three methods of inoculation and resistant of Eucalyptus spp. clones to Ralstonia wilt was evaluated: (i) soil infestation with R. solanacearum, (ii) dipping of sectioned roots in bacterial suspension, and (iii) injection of a bacterial suspension in the base of the stem. The injection method of a bacterial suspension at the stem base was the most efficient inoculation method of R. solanacearum on eucalyptus. Four, out of 21 clones tested for Ralstonia wilt resistance by this method, were classified as resistant by not showing symptoms of wilt and bacterial exudation up to 30 days after inoculation.