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Assessment of yield loss caused by mycosphaerella blight in field pea crops in western Canada

Abschätzung von Ertragsverlusten durch die Ascochyta-Brennfleckenkrankheit an Felderbsen in Westkanada

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The relationship between yield and disease severity of Mycosphaerella pinodes on field pea was analyzed and linear yield loss models were derived using the relationship between yield ratio and disease severity ratio, which integrated data from different seasons. Yield ratio and disease ratio were introduced to assess actual yield loss.

The relationships between yield, 1000-seed weight and disease severity (final severity ratings, area under disease progress curve (AUDPC)) were established in field trials in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 2002 and 2003; the relationship between yield and AUDPC in Morden, Manitoba, Canada in 1994 and 1995 was derived from the published data. Yield reduction was linearly related to the final disease severity or AUDPC in 2002 and 2003, while 1000-seed weight was not correlated to final disease severity or AUDPC except in 2003, when it was significantly related to final severity. No significant relationship occurred between yield or 1000-seed weight and AUDPC in 1994 and 1995.

The relationship between yield ratio and AUDPC ratio was derived from the equation of yield and AUDPC relationships from the Morden and Edmonton trials. Significant relationships occurred between the yield ratio or 1000-seed weight ratio and the AUDPC ratio for both sites. The relationships between 1000-seed ratio and AUDPC ratio were not significantly different between the Edmonton and Morden trials, and were also not significantly different from that between yield ratio and AUDPC ratio in Edmonton trials. These integrated relationships derived from different seasons can provide a method for prediction of actual yield loss in situations where relationships between yield and disease severity change from season to season due to environmental conditions.

Zusammenfassung

Der Zusammenhang zwischen Ertrag und Befallsstärke wurde an mit Mycosphaerella pinodes befallenen Felderbsen untersucht. Lineare Ertragsverlustmodelle, die die Daten unterschiedlicher Vegetationsperioden integrierten, wurden mit Hilfe der Beziehung zwischen Ertragsanteil und Befallsstärkenanteil abgeleitet. Ertragsanteil und Befallsanteil wurden zur Abschätzung aktueller Ertragsverluste verwendet.

Der Zusammenhang zwischen Ertrag, Tausendkorngewicht (TKG) und Befallsstärke (letzte erhobene Befallsstärke und Fläche unter der Befallskurve (AUDPC)) wurde in Feldversuchen in Edmonton, Alberta, Kanada in den Jahren 2002 und 2003 ermittelt; der Zusammenhang zwischen Ertrag und AUDPC in Morden, Manitoba, Kanada in den Jahren 1994 und 1995 wurde aus publizierten Daten abgeleitet. Ertragsverluste korrelierten linear mit den letzten erhobenen Befallsstärken oder der AUDPC während der Jahre 2002 und 2003, während das TKG mit Ausnahme des Jahres 2003, als es signifikant mit den letzten erhobenen Befallsstärken korrelierte, nicht mit den finalen Befallsstärken oder der AUDPC in Beziehung stand. Der Ertrag und das TKG oder die AUDPC korrelierten nicht in den Jahren 1994 und 1995.

Der Zusammenhang zwischen Ertragsanteil und AUDPC-Anteil wurde aus der Gleichung der Beziehung zwischen Ertrag und AUDPC der in Morden und Edmonton durchgeführten Feldversuche abgeleitet. Ertragsanteil oder TKG-Anteil korrelierten an beiden Standorten signifikant mit dem AUDPC-Anteil. Die Beziehungen zwischen dem TKG- und dem AUDPC-Anteil unterschieden sich nicht signifikant zwischen den Standorten, und ebenfalls nicht von denen zwischen Ertrags- und AUDPC-Anteil der in Edmonton durchgeführten Versuche.

Diese integrierten, aus unterschiedlichen Vegetationsperioden abgeleiteten Beziehungen können zur Prognose aktueller Ertragsverluste in Situationen verwendet werden, in denen die Beziehungen zwischen Ertrag und Befallsstärke von einer Vegetationsperiode zur nächsten aufgrund varriierender Umweltbedingungen schwanken.

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Su, H., Hwang, S.F., Chang, K.F. et al. Assessment of yield loss caused by mycosphaerella blight in field pea crops in western Canada. J Plant Dis Prot 113, 267–274 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03356192

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