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Evaluation of qualitative and quantitative parameters of entomopathogenic fungus \kur{Beauveria bassiana} related to the inoculum production temperature
RYBAROVÁ, Kateřina
Bachelor thesis is focusing on the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana strain GHA, which is contained in the commercial bioproduct Botanigard. Botanigard is a product used in biological control in many countries around the world to control a wide range of pests of various plant species. In this thesis, "in vitro" (radial growth, spore production) and "in vivo" parameters (virulence) of the GHA strain of Beauveria bassiana were tested at various temperatures on different nutrient media. The most optimal temperature for radial growth of the GHA strain was 25 °C, on media with a nitrogen to carbon ratio of 20:20. The GHA strain produced the largest amount of conidia on the medium with a nitrogen/carbon ratio of 20:40 at temperature 25 °C. On the contrary, the smallest conidia production was obtained on medium PDA and nitrogen/carbon medium in ratio 5:10. The temperature of 25 °C was also the most optimal for the infection of larvae of Tenebrio molitor. Thesis also deals with the comparison of blastospores production of GHA strain with other strains of B. bassiana isolated from different geographical areas. The strain isolated in Argentina had the highest production of blastospores on MEB medium.
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Tree-ring chronologies of Norway-spruce on west-east longitudinal gradient in the mountain ranges of central Europe
Ponocná, Tereza ; Treml, Václav (advisor) ; Kolář, Tomáš (referee) ; Vejpustková, Monika (referee)
The Earth's climate system has recently experienced substantial warming which likely impacts temperature-limited communities close to their distribution margins. The alpine treeline ecotone represents upper distributional limit of montane/subalpine forests. This biogeographic boundary relies mainly on decreasing temperature with increasing elevation. Surprisingly the response of treeline ecotone to ongoing warming has varied a lot and the reasons of this variability are poorly understood. The aim of this dissertation thesis is the assessment of growth trends and tree ring response of Norway spruce (Picea abies[L.] Karst.) to climatic oscillations at treelines and montane forests of East-Central Europe. This dissertation deals with both inter-regional and intra-regional (aspect, elevation) variability of tree growth. The presented results are based on an extensive data set of growth curves for almost 1400 trees. All study sites revealed close relationship between tree ring widths and growing season temperatures as well as the temperatures of October preceding to ring formation season. The main site-dependent differences in growth trends and temperature responses were attributed to elevation, the effect of aspect was relatively less significant. At treelines between the Krkonoše Mts. and Nízké Tatry...
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Research on inflence of SO2 and NOx on spruce growth
Hruška, Jakub ; Oulehle, Filip ; Kolář, Tomáš
Radial growth of Norway spruce (Picea abies) in Krušné and Jizerské Mts.responded qiuckly on the decline of SO2 and NOx emissions and S deposition. At the end of 1990´s it was equal to growh measured before the period of high emissions. The best correlation was founded with ambient SO2 concentrations, then with S atmosperic deposion and less important correlation was found with soil chemistry as it is correlated with deposition levels. At present there is no evidence of influence of SO2 and NOX on decline of radial growht. Observed decline in last decade is most probably attributed to climatic conditions.
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Tree-ring chronologies of Norway-spruce on west-east longitudinal gradient in the mountain ranges of central Europe
Ponocná, Tereza ; Treml, Václav (advisor) ; Kolář, Tomáš (referee) ; Vejpustková, Monika (referee)
The Earth's climate system has recently experienced substantial warming which likely impacts temperature-limited communities close to their distribution margins. The alpine treeline ecotone represents upper distributional limit of montane/subalpine forests. This biogeographic boundary relies mainly on decreasing temperature with increasing elevation. Surprisingly the response of treeline ecotone to ongoing warming has varied a lot and the reasons of this variability are poorly understood. The aim of this dissertation thesis is the assessment of growth trends and tree ring response of Norway spruce (Picea abies[L.] Karst.) to climatic oscillations at treelines and montane forests of East-Central Europe. This dissertation deals with both inter-regional and intra-regional (aspect, elevation) variability of tree growth. The presented results are based on an extensive data set of growth curves for almost 1400 trees. All study sites revealed close relationship between tree ring widths and growing season temperatures as well as the temperatures of October preceding to ring formation season. The main site-dependent differences in growth trends and temperature responses were attributed to elevation, the effect of aspect was relatively less significant. At treelines between the Krkonoše Mts. and Nízké Tatry...
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Vzájemná kompatibilita entomopatogenní houby \kur{Isaria fumosorosea} s dalšími druhy entomopatogenních hub
OUŠKOVÁ, Šárka
This thesis is focused on evaluation of the compatibility of entomopathogenic fungus Isaria fumosorosea with different species of entomopathogenic fungi and mycoparasitic fungi at different temperatures. The strains of species Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Lecanicillium muscarium, Coniothyrium minitans and Clonostachys rosea f. catenulata were selected for experiments base on compatibility. The results showed that combination of I. fumosorosea with species L. muscarium is compatible. The species do not limit to each other in the environment at all temperatures (15, 23 and 25 °C). On the other side, fungus I. fumosorosea in combination with other species have affected their growth and spore production. The efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi against larvae Tenebrio molitor was evaluated. The most effective species against larvae were species I. fumosorosea, B. bassiana and M. anisopliae. On the contrary, the smallest effective was observed after infection larvae by L. muscarium. Mycoparasitic fungus C. rosea f. catenulata was not able to directly infect larvae of T. molitor. This species did not infect healthy larvae. However it is able to infect weakened individuals or is growing as saprotrophs on the cadavers.
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