«Нова система землеробства» І.Є. Овсинського: наукові ідеї в історичному вимірі

У статті на основі історико-наукового аналізу показано значення ідей І.Є. Овсинського про безвідвальний обробіток ґрунту, а також їх складний шлях утвердження до сьогодення. Його учні та послідовники продовжили і розвинули це вчення, значно доповнили та удосконалили. Ще наприкінці ХІХ ст. І.Є. Овсинський далекоглядно запропонував не просто нову систему обробітку ґрунту, а систему землеробства, яку сьогодні б назвали самовідновлюваним органічним землеробством. Ці ідеї так чи інакше зустрічаються у системах обробітку ґрунту по всьому світу.В статье на основании историко-научного анализа показано бессмертное значение идей И.Е. Овсинского о безотвальной обработке почвы, а также их сложный путь утверждения до сегодняшнего дня. Его ученики и последователи продолжили и развили это учение, значительно его дополнив и усовершенствовав. Еще в конце ХІХ в. И.Е. Овсинский предложил не просто новую систему обработки почвы, а систему земледеия, которую сегодня бы назвали самовосстанавливающимся органическим земледелием. Эти идеи так или иначе встречаются в системах обработки почвы по всему миру.In the article on the basis of historical and scientific analysis shows immortal value of ideas I.E. Ovsinsky of moldboard tillage, and their difficult path to approval today. His learned and followers continued and developed this theory, it is much updated and improved. In the late nineteenth century. I.E. Ovsinsky offered not just a new system of tillage, and the system of agriculture, which today would be called a resettable organic farming. These ideas are somehow found in soil treatment systems in the whole world

Identification of a major QTL for Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni resistance in apricot

Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni causes bacterial spot of stone fruit resulting in severe yield losses in apricot production systems. Present on all continents, the pathogen is regulated in Europe as a quarantine organism. Host resistance is an important component of integrated pest management; however, little work has been done describing resistance against X. arboricola pv. pruni. In this study, an apricot population derived from the cross “Harostar” × “Rouge de Mauves” was used to construct two parental genetic maps and to perform a quantitative trait locus analysis of resistance to X. arboricola pv. pruni. A population of 101 F1 individuals was inoculated twice for two consecutive years in a quarantine greenhouse with a mixture of bacterial strains, and disease incidence and resistance index data were collected. A major QTL for disease incidence and resistance index accounting respectively for 53 % (LOD score of 15.43) and 46 % (LOD score of 12.26) of the phenotypic variation was identified at the same position on linkage group 5 of “Rouge de Mauves.” Microsatellite marker UDAp-452 co-segregated with the resistance, and two flanking microsatellites, namely BPPCT037 and BPPCT038A, were identified. When dividing the population according to the alleles of UDAp-452, the subgroup with unfavorable allele had a disease incidence of 32.6 % whereas the group with favorable allele had a disease incidence of 21 %, leading to a reduction of 35.6 % in disease incidence. This study is a first step towards the marker-assisted breeding of new apricot varieties with an increased tolerance to X. arboricola pv. pruni

Morphogenic variability of some autochthonous plum cultivars in western Serbia

A study conducted over a period of two years in a Western Serbian valley included in situ identification of autochthonous plum cultivars. Observation and recording of their phenological and pomological traits were performed using IBPGR and UPOV methodologies. Fifteen cultivars derived from Prunus domestica L. and two cultivars derived from P. insititia L. were identified. Flowering started between 24 March and 7 April and fruit ripening between 12 July (Petrovača) and 16 September (Trnovača). Fruit weight ranged from 6.79± 0.018 to 36.62± 0.251 g and stone weight from 0.14± 0.002 to 1.95± 0.023 g. The cultivars were classified as being extremely small in terms of fruit size. Rounded fruit shape and light-yellow ground colour were dominant. Skin colour ranged from amber to black. Yellow green was a dominant flesh colour and medium flesh firmness predominated. The fruits of the above cultivars could be processed, particularly into plum brandy, or they could be used fresh or dried. The selected plum cultivars can be used both in breeding programmes and as rootstocks as well as in further disease-related systematic studies under field and laboratory conditions

Grape vines nematode management.

Nematodes affecting grapevines are very diverse and this crop suffers from major nematode pests belonging to both the Tylenchida and Dorylaimida.ICN 2022

Development of a real-time PCR method for the detection of the dagger nematodes<i>Xiphinema index</i>,<i>X. diversicaudatum</i>,<i>X. vuittenezi</i>and<i>X. italiae</i>, and for the quantification of<i>X. index</i>numbers

International audienceThe ectoparasitic dagger nematodes Xiphinema index and Xiphinema diversicaudatum, often at low numbers in the soil, are vectors of grapevine nepoviruses, which cause huge agronomical problems for the vineyard industry. This study reports a method, based on real-time PCR, for the specific detection of these species and of the closely related non-vector species Xiphinema vuittenezi and Xiphinema italiae. Specific primers and TaqMan probes were designed from the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), enabling the specific detection of single individuals of each of the X.index, X.diversicaudatum, X.italiae and X.vuittenezi species whatever the nematode population. The specificity of detection and absence of false positive reaction were confirmed in samples of each species mixed with the three other Xiphinema species or mixed with nematodes representative from other genera (non-plant-parasitic Dorylaimida, Longidorus sp., Meloidogyne spp., Globodera spp. and Pratylenchus sp.). The method was shown to be valid for the relative quantification of X.index numbers through its use, from crude nematode extracts of soil samples, in a greenhouse assay of grapevine accessions ranging from highly susceptible to resistant. As an alternative to time-consuming microscopic identification and counting, this real-time PCR method will provide a fast, sensitive and reliable diagnostic and relative quantification technique for X.index nematodes extracted from fields or controlled conditions