Field investigation of topsoil moisture and temperature as drivers for decomposition or germination of sclerotia (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) under winter-killed cover crops

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dc.contributor.authorEuteneuer, P.
dc.contributor.authorWagentristl, H.
dc.contributor.authorPauer, M.
dc.contributor.authorKeimerl, M.
dc.contributor.authorSchachinger, C.
dc.contributor.authorBodner, G.
dc.contributor.authorPiepho, H-P
dc.contributor.authorSteinkellner, S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-19T05:00:20Z
dc.date.available2022-10-19T05:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-26
dc.descriptionAcknowledgements: Many thanks to all our colleagues and students of the experimental farm for their help. Special thanks to Karin Baumgartner who produced a thousand and one sclerotia. Conceptualisation: Euteneuer, P., Wagentristl, H., Methodology: Euteneuer, P., Bodner, G., Piepho, H.-P.; Formal analysis and investigation: Euteneuer, P., Pauer, S., Keimerl, M., Schachinger, C.; Writing – original draft preparation: Euteneuer, P.; Writing – review and editing: Euteneuer, P., Steinkellner, S.; Resources: Wagentristl, H.; Supervision: Steinkellner, S. The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 2021, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09064710.2021.2018034 . © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Keywords: Field trial; soil-borne fungi; nonmetric dimensional scaling; disease control; Europe; Austria; semi-arid climate. white mould
dc.description.abstractCover cropping provides versatile benefits for sustainable agriculture, but many cover crops are potential host plants for pathogens such as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary. Therefore, 14 cover crops were investigated for their interaction with sclerotia, topsoil moisture and temperature in two consecutive field trials in East Austria. In July, after the cover crops were sown, sclerotia were inoculated at 3 cm soil depth in two mesh tubes per plot with 1×1 mm and 3×10 mm mesh size and remained until March. Cover crops did not affect decay of sclerotia, but sclerotia declined faster in 3×10 mm mesh compared to 1×1 mm (75.7 and 54.7%; respectively). Degree days reached the required 500 °C for apothecia development in September in both years, but only in year 1 was topsoil moisture sufficient for apothecia development. Nonmetric dimensional scaling revealed that, among others, topsoil temperature in March was significant for sclerotia germination in spring and was independent of plant biomass. There are indications that Poaceae such as sorghum × Sudan grass and Sudan grass can stimulate early germination under cover crops, causing vulnerability of sclerotia to degradation. This could reduce the pathogen pressure for the subsequent irrigated cash crops.
dc.identifier.citationP. Euteneuer, H. Wagentristl, S. Pauer, M. Keimerl, C. Schachinger, G. Bodner, H.-P. Piepho & S. Steinkellner (2022) Field investigation of topsoil moisture and temperature as drivers for decomposition or germination of sclerotia (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) under winter-killed cover crops, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 72:1, 527-537, DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2021.2018034
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2021.2018034
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14096/47
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group - Informa UK Limited
dc.titleField investigation of topsoil moisture and temperature as drivers for decomposition or germination of sclerotia (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) under winter-killed cover crops
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