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Effect of irrigation regimes and artificial mycorrhization on insect pest infestations and yield in tomato crop

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A 2-year field experiment was carried out to test the effect of root symbionts treatments in combination with different watering levels on tomato yield and pest infestation rates. A split-plot experimental design was followed, where the main treatments were three irrigation regimes, and the subplot factor was the mycorrhizal treatment (two mycorrhizal treatments [M1 and M2] and the control). The M1 treatment consisted in the use of a commercial preparation (Micosat F; CCS Aosta, Italy) containing a mixture of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM), bacteria of the rhizosphere and saprophytic fungi, while M2 treatment used only arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Insect pests sampled in the field during the 2 years of experiment were all sap-feeders (Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Frankliniella occidentalis and an unidentified species of leafhopper). Results did not show any impact of root symbionts on pests, whereas water deficit significantly reduced plant infestation rates. Both mycorrhization treatments and water supply resulted in a significantly positive effect on crop yield.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Policies (MIPAF), research project PROM (Progetto di Ricerca per potenziare la competitività di Orticole in aree Meridionali – Research Project to strengthen competitiveness of vegetables in southern areas –funds C.I.P.E., Resolution 17/2003, Scientific coordinator: Dr. Agostino Falavigna); and by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Scientific Research (MIUR), research project PRIN (Pratiche agronomiche e qualità della pianta: influenza sul secondo e terzo livello trofico – [Agronomic practices and plant quality: influence on the second and third trophic level] Scientific coordinator: Prof. Donatella Battaglia).

We express our appreciation to Paolo Putignano and Cosimo Danzi for their valuable help in conducting experimental trials and collecting agronomic data. We thank Prof. Luciana Tavella for taxonomic determination of Macrolophus pygmaeus.

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    Tonia Colella & Donatella Battaglia

  2. Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Scuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari ed Ambientali, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Vincenzo Candido & Ippolito Camele

  3. Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Istituto Sperimentale per l’Orticoltura, Sezione di Monsampolo del Tronto, 43030, Monsampolo, AP, Italy

    Gabriele Campanelli

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Colella, T., Candido, V., Campanelli, G. et al. Effect of irrigation regimes and artificial mycorrhization on insect pest infestations and yield in tomato crop. Phytoparasitica 42, 235–246 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-013-0356-3

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