Design of an acoustical particle counter and its use in phytopathological research
Material type: ArticleLanguage: English Description: 71(2):152-156Subject(s):- Phaseolus vulgaris
- LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
- Uromyces phaseoli
- Epidemiology
- Research
- Mycoses
- DISEASES AND PATHOGENS
- Pests
- Phaseolus vulgaris
- EXPERIMENTOS DE LABORATORIO
- Uromyces phaseoli
- Epidemiologia
- INVESTIGACION
- Micosis
- ENFERMEDADES Y PATOGENOS
- Plagas
- Frijol
- Beans
- Journal articles
- Artículos en revistas
- Electronic documents
- Documentos electrónicos
- Journal article
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Se utilizo un contador acustico de particulas y probadores de barra giratoria (rotor) para detectar esporas de Uromyces phaseoli var. typica en la habichuela cv. Bountiful durante el transcurso de 4 epidemias en camaras de ambiente controlado. En el contador acustico, las particulas llevadas por el aire son conducidas a traves de una seccion capilar de un elemento acustico tubular, donde particulas de diametro mayor a 5 micra m producen vortices a medida que son aceleradas con menos rapidez que el aire circundante. Los cambios de presion originados por estas alteraciones en el flujo laminar producen ondas de sonido detectables mediante un microfono electreto. Los conteos acusticos y los del rotor se correlacionaron altamente (r = 0.98), con aprox. un conteo acustico por cada 26 conteos del rotor. El aumento de la enfermedad medido por una escala de clasificacion visual se correlaciono altamente con los conteos acusticos (r = 0.94) y los del rotor (r = 0.96). La lectura digital inmediata, la sencillez del diseno y el gran vol. de muestreo son ventajas que posee el contador acustico en comparacion con otros metodos para el conteo de particulas para algunas investigaciones fitopatologicas. (RA- CIAT)
An acoustical particle counter and rotorod samplers were used to monitor spores of Uromyces phaseoli var. typica on snap bean cv. Bountiful during the course of 4 epidemics in controlled environment chambers. In the acoustical counter, air-borne particles are drawn through a capillary section of a tubular acoustical element, where particles larger than 5 micro m in diameter shed vortices as they are accelerated less rapidly than the surrounding air. Pressure changes caused by these disturbances in the laminar flow cause sound waves detectable with an electret microphone. Acoustical counts and rotorod counts were highly correlated (r = 0.98), with approx. 1 acoustical count for every 26 rotorod counts. Disease increase as measured by a visual rating scale was highly correlated with both acoustical counts (r= 0.94) and rotorod counts (r= 0.96). Immediate digital readout, simplicity of design, and large sampling vol. give the acoustical counter advantages over other particle counting methods for some phytopathological investigations. (AS)