An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp.
As a severe danger to potato plants, potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) are regulated quarantine pests in many countries. Adhering soils to potato or other tuber crops provoke the uncontrolled spread of the pest after their industrial processing. The disinfection of soil tares to inactivate PCNs is theref...
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| description | As a severe danger to potato plants, potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) are regulated quarantine pests in many countries. Adhering soils to potato or other tuber crops provoke the uncontrolled spread of the pest after their industrial processing. The disinfection of soil tares to inactivate PCNs is therefore compulsory. In the present study, we test whether the viability and formation of PCN cysts are suppressed after treatment with γ and β irradiation. In a first experiment, nematode cysts were treated with γ or β irradiation without soil matrix to determine the minimum dose parameters in a range between 0–12 kGy. Subsequently, two representative soils that included cysts were irradiated. Irradiation effects on PCN viability and the formation of new cysts were evaluated via hatching tests and bioassays with susceptible potato plants, respectively. In addition, maize seedling growth was tested in irradiated soil tares. We found that next to γ also, β irradiation suppressed the hatch of PCN juveniles and its formation of cysts when placed in soil tares. The growth of maize seedlings was not impaired in irradiated soils compared to control soils. Both γ and β irradiation treatment offer an organism group selective and effective phytosanitary measures to disinfect soil tares from PCNs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d12905e5ea0b44b2b0a8b095bec544962023-11-23T18:22:31ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-02-0112246410.3390/agronomy12020464An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp.Beatrice Berger0Lisa Schumann1Matthias Daub2Stephan König3Julius Kühn Institute (JKI)—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, GermanyJulius Kühn Institute (JKI)—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, GermanyJulius Kühn Institute (JKI)—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Dürener Str. 71, 50189 Elsdorf, GermanyJulius Kühn Institute (JKI)—Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, GermanyAs a severe danger to potato plants, potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) are regulated quarantine pests in many countries. Adhering soils to potato or other tuber crops provoke the uncontrolled spread of the pest after their industrial processing. The disinfection of soil tares to inactivate PCNs is therefore compulsory. In the present study, we test whether the viability and formation of PCN cysts are suppressed after treatment with γ and β irradiation. In a first experiment, nematode cysts were treated with γ or β irradiation without soil matrix to determine the minimum dose parameters in a range between 0–12 kGy. Subsequently, two representative soils that included cysts were irradiated. Irradiation effects on PCN viability and the formation of new cysts were evaluated via hatching tests and bioassays with susceptible potato plants, respectively. In addition, maize seedling growth was tested in irradiated soil tares. We found that next to γ also, β irradiation suppressed the hatch of PCN juveniles and its formation of cysts when placed in soil tares. The growth of maize seedlings was not impaired in irradiated soils compared to control soils. Both γ and β irradiation treatment offer an organism group selective and effective phytosanitary measures to disinfect soil tares from PCNs.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/464quarantine pestsoil tarepotato cyst nematodesγ and electron beam irradiationphytosanitary measures |
| spellingShingle | Beatrice Berger Lisa Schumann Matthias Daub Stephan König An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp. Agronomy quarantine pest soil tare potato cyst nematodes γ and electron beam irradiation phytosanitary measures |
| title | An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp. |
| title_full | An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp. |
| title_fullStr | An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp. |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp. |
| title_short | An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from <i>Globodera</i> spp. |
| title_sort | evaluation of irradiation treatment to disinfect soil tare from i globodera i spp |
| topic | quarantine pest soil tare potato cyst nematodes γ and electron beam irradiation phytosanitary measures |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/464 |
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