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Biological and Physiological Responses of Root-knot Disease Development on Five Cucurbits Exposed to Different Concentrations of Sulfur Dioxide
oleh: Tanveer Fatima Rizvi, Mujeebur Rahman Khan
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Diterbitkan: | MDPI AG 2023-03-01 |
Deskripsi
A study was undertaken in order to investigate the effects of SO<sub>2</sub> (25, 50, and 75 ppb) exposure for five hours on alternate days for three months on the susceptibility of five cucurbits to the infection of <i>Meloidogyne incognita</i>, causing root-knot disease. Four-week-old cucurbit plants were inoculated with 2000 J<sub>2</sub> of <i>M. incognita</i>. SO<sub>2</sub> levels of 50 and 75 ppb caused noticeable injury to foliage and reduced the plant growth parameters and biomass production of cucurbits (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05). Nematode-inoculated plants caused characteristic oval, fleshy and large galls. The galls were formed closely, and as a result they coalesced, giving bead-like impressions especially in pumpkin and sponge gourds. Disease severity became aggravated on plants exposed to SO<sub>2</sub> at 50 or 75 ppb concentrations. The nematode and SO<sub>2</sub> interaction varied with the levels of SO<sub>2</sub> and the response of the plant to <i>M. incognita</i>. SO<sub>2</sub> at 50 or 75 ppb concentrations stimulated the pathogenesis of <i>M. incognita</i> on cucurbit species. The combined effect of 75 ppb SO<sub>2</sub> and <i>M. incognita</i> suppressed plant length by 34% against the sum of decreases observed by <i>M. incognita</i> and SO<sub>2</sub> individually (14–18%). At 50 ppb SO<sub>2</sub>, the fecundity of <i>M. incognita</i> was decreased and combined effect of SO<sub>2</sub> and <i>M. incognita</i> was more than the sum of their singular effects. The study has proven that root-knot disease might become aggravated in the regions contaminated with elevated levels of SO<sub>2</sub>.