The Plant Pathology Journal

The Korean Society of Plant Pathology (한국식물병리학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Effects of Solar Heating for Control of Pink Root and Other Soil-borne Diseases of Onions

  • Lee, Chan-Jung (Division of Applied Microbiology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Tae (Onion Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services) ;
  • Moon, Jin-Seong (Onion Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services) ;
  • Ha, In-Jong (Onion Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services) ;
  • Kim, Hee-Dae (Onion Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services) ;
  • Kim, Woo-Il (Onion Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services) ;
  • Cheon, Mi-Geon (Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
  • Published : 2007.12.31
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

These experiments were carried out to examine efficacy of soil solarization for control of pink root disease by means of mulching with transparent polyethylene sheets in the hot season. The effects of soil solarization on incidence of pink-root disease caused by Pyrenochaeta terrestris and on onion growth and on populations of soil fungi were investigated. Solarization was dramatically effective in reducing pink root incidence in onion seedling and harvested onion bulb. A 30-day and 40-day solarization treatment significantly improved seedling survival and increased yield of 'Changnyeong-deago' onion while decreasing incidence of pink root. Populations of soil fungi from fields planted to onion were assayed on selective media. Solarization treatment was effective in reducing populations of P. terrestris, Pythium spp., and Rhizoctonia sp. in soil. Increase of yield of onion bulbs was associated with control of soil-borne pathogenic fungi. Soil solarization had beneficial effects on yield, bulb diameter, or incidence of pink root.

Keywords

References

  1. Davis, G. N. and Henderson, W. J. 1937. The interrelation of the pathogenicity of a Phoma and a Fusarium on onions. Phytopathology 27:763-772
  2. Hansen, H. N. 1929. Etiology of the pink-root disease of onions. Phytopathology 19:691-704
  3. Gorenz, A. M., Walker, J. C. and Larson, R. H. 1948. Morphology and taxonomy of the onion pink root fungus. Phytopathology 38:831-840
  4. Henis, Y., Ghaffar, A., Baker, R. and Gillespie, S. L. 1978. A new pellet soil-sampler and its use for the study of population dynamics of Rhizoctonia solani in soil. Phytopathology 68:371-376 https://doi.org/10.1094/Phyto-68-371
  5. Jeffers, S. N. and Martin, S. B. 1986. Comparison of two media selective for Phytophthora and Pythium species. Plant Dis. 70: 1038-1043 https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-70-1038
  6. Katan, J. 1980. Solar pasteurization of soils for disease control: status and prospects. Plant Dis. 64:450-454 https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-64-450
  7. Katan, J., Greenberger, A., Alon, H. and Grinstein, A. 1976. Solar heating by polyethylene mulching for the control of diseases by soilborne pathogens. Phytopathology 76:683-688
  8. Katan, J., Rotem, I., Finkel, Y. and Daniel, J. 1980. Solar heating of the soil for the control of pink root and other soilborne diseases on onions. Phytoparasitica 8:39-50 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986234
  9. Kim, Y. K., Lee, S. B., Shim, H. S., Lee, C. J. and Kim, H. D. 2003. Pink root of onion caused by Pyrenochaeta terrestris (syn. Phoma trrestris). Kor. J. Plant Pathol. 19:195-199 https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.2003.19.4.195
  10. Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI). 2005. The Prospect of agriculture. pp. 411-426
  11. Kreutzer, W. A. 1941. Host-parasite relationships in pink root of Allium cepa: II. The action of Phoma terrestris on Allium cepa and other hosts. Phytopathology 31:907-915
  12. Lacy, M. L. and Roberts, D. L. 1982. Yields of onion cultivars in Midwestern organic soils infested woth Fusarium oxsporum f. sp. Cepae and Pyrenochaeta terrestris. Plant Dis. 66: 1003-1006 https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-66-1003
  13. Martyn, R. D. and Hartz, T. K. 1986. Use of soil solarization to control Fusarium wilt of watermelon. Plant Dis. 70:762-766 https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-70-762
  14. Papavizas, G. G. 1967. Evaluation of various media and antimicrobial agents for isolation of Fusarium from soil. Phytopathology 57:848-852
  15. Porter, I. J., Merriman, P. R. and Keane, P. T. 1989. Integrated control of pink root (Pyrenochaeta terrestris) of onions by dazomet and soil solarization. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 40:861-869 https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9890861
  16. Pullman, G. S., DeVay, J. E. and Garber, R. H. 1981a. Soil solarization and thermal death: A logarithmic relationship between time and temperature for four soil-borne plant pathogens. Phytopathology 71 :959-964 https://doi.org/10.1094/Phyto-71-959
  17. ullman, G. S., DeVay, J. E., Garber, R. H. and Weinhold, A. R. 1981b. Soil solarization: Effects of Verticillium wilt cotton and soil-borne populations of Verticillium dahliae, Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia solani and Thielaviopsis basicola. Phytopathology 71:959-964 https://doi.org/10.1094/Phyto-71-959
  18. Punithalingam, F. and Holliday, P. 1973. Pyrenochaeta terrestris. CMI descriptions of pathogenic fungi and bacteria. No. 397, CMI, Kew, England
  19. Rabinowitch, H. K., Katan, J. and Rotem, I. 1981. The response of onions to solar heating, agricultural practices and pink-root disease. Scientia Hort. 15:331-340 https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4238(81)90087-X
  20. neh, B., Netzer, D. and Krikun, J. 1974. Isolation and identification of Pyrenochaeta terrestris from soil on dilution plates. Phytopathology 64:275-276 https://doi.org/10.1094/Phyto-64-275
  21. Strobel, N. E. and Lorbeer, J. W. 1990. A novel differential medium for the quantification of Phoma terrestris in organic soils. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 80:1008
  22. Sumner, D. R. and Bell, D. K. 1982. Root diseases of com induced by Rhizoctonia solani and Rhizoctonia zeae. Phytopathology 72:86-91 https://doi.org/10.1094/Phyto-72-86
  23. Vauhan, E. K. and Siemer, S. R. 1971. Soil fumigation for onion pink root. Down to Earth 26: 1-4
  24. Watson, R. D. 1961. Rapid identification of the onion pink root fungus. Plant Dis. Rptr. 45:289

Cited by

  1. Response of different intermediate-day onion hybrids to natural infestation by Phoma terrestris and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae in Ciudad Real, Spain with assessment of different soil disinfestation methods vol.134, pp.4, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-012-0054-x