Evaluation of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for biological control of pythium root rot of cucumbers grown in rockwool and effects on yield

Three strains ofPseudomonas fluorescens (63-49, 63-28, and 15), one strain ofPseudomonas corrugata (13) and one strain ofSerratia plymuthica (R1GC4) were tested on rockwool-grown cucumbers for their ability to reduce Pythium root-rot caused byPythium aphanidermatum. These strains were previously selected for biocontrol ability from collections of >4000 bacteria. Strains 63-49 and 63-28 were tested on cucumber plants grown in rockwool in two replicatedPythium-inoculated trials conducted in British Columbia (B.C). Another inoculated, replicated trial was conducted in Quebec with all five strains. Cucumber yields (fruit number and weight) were measured over a ten-week harvest period. Strain 63-49 caused an early promotion of plant growth and increased cucumber yields at early harvests. No measurable effect ofPythium inoculation on disease development was observed in the Quebec trial, due to unfavourable cool weather. However, 63-49 significantly increased the total number of cucumbers (12%) and cucumber weight (18%), compared to the non-treated control. Strains 13, 15 and R1GC4 slightly increased the cumulative cucumber yields, but strain 63-28 had no effect. In the B.C. trial, inoculation withP. aphanidermatum reduced the number and weight of cucumbers by 27%. Treatments ofPythium-inoculated cucumbers with 63-49 significantly increased fruit number and weight by 18%, compared to thePythium-inoculated control. Strain 63-28 increased the cumulative number of cucumbers over time, compared to thePythium-inoculated control, but the increase was less than with 63-49. The use ofPseudomonas spp. in rockwool-grown cucumbers can increase yields, both in the presence and absence of Pythium root rot, and with variable seasonal conditions and disease pressures.     

浙江西兰花花球头腐病的病原鉴定

为明确近年来浙江省宁波市部分地区发生的西兰花花球头腐病的病原,通过田间症状观察、致病性测定、Biolog和脂肪酸(fatty acid methyl ester,FAME)分析将分离到的病原菌鉴定为荧光假单胞菌Pseudomonas fluorescens.利用16S rDNA和核糖体DNA内转录间隔区(internal transcribed spacer,ITS)序列构建的系统发育树也都显示分离的西兰花菌株与假单胞菌聚合成群,其中与荧光假单胞菌的亲缘关系最近,序列同源性分别为99%和98%.表明浙江省西兰花花球上发生的细菌性头腐病由荧光假单胞菌引起.     

山东省小麦根腐病病原菌的分离鉴定

为明确山东省小麦根腐病的病原菌种类,于2012—2014年从山东省10个地市采集小麦病株,通过组织分离法获得了185株分离物,利用形态学鉴定方法,结合基于5.8S r DNA-ITS序列或TEF-1α基因序列分析的分子鉴定方法对分离物进行了鉴定。结果表明:分离物中共得到135株麦根腐平脐蠕孢Bipolaris sorokiniana,占分离病原菌总数的72.97%,属优势种群;50株镰孢属Fusarium菌株,其中14株尖孢镰孢菌Fusarium oxysporum、19株层出镰孢菌Fusarium proliferatum和17株黄色镰孢菌Fusarium culmorum;按照柯赫氏法则进行致病性测定,证实了4种病原菌对鲁麦21号具有致病性,麦根腐平脐蠕孢的致病力较强,病情指数显著高于镰孢菌属真菌。研究表明,山东小麦根腐病主要是由麦根腐平脐蠕孢和镰孢属真菌侵染引起的,麦根腐平脐蠕孢为优势菌群。     

Phytophthora root and crown rot of raspberry in Bulgaria

Root and crown rot of raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) was observed in a plantation at the experimental station of small fruits in Kostinbrod, Bulgaria. Isolates ofPhytophthora spp. were obtained from diseased plants. Colony morphology, growth rates, features of asexual and sexual structures were studied and as a result twoPhytophthora species were identified:Phytophthora citricola Saw. andPhytophora citrophthora (R.E. Sm. & E.H. Sm.) Leonian. Their pathogenicity was confirmed in artificial inoculation experiments. The isozyme (-esterase) patterns ofP. citrophthora andP. citricola isolates from raspberry and from the collection of the CBS, Baarn the Netherlands were compared, using micro-gel electrophoresis. Both species are reported for the first time as pathogens of raspberry in Bulgaria. This is only the second report in phytopathological literature ofP. citrophthora on raspberry, the first being from Chile [Latorre and Munoz, 1993].     

117个玉米品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性鉴定及根腐病对苗势与产量的影响

为评价东北地区玉米主推品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性水平,探究根腐病发生与苗势、产量损失间的关系,采用人工接种方法鉴定东北地区117个玉米主推品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性水平,应用室内盆栽试验分析自交系LN810在施用氮、磷、钾及复合肥后对禾谷镰孢根腐病发生和苗势的影响,在田间对先玉335接种禾谷镰孢菌Fusarium graminearum后探究根腐病发生程度对其苗势及产量的影响。结果显示,117个玉米品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性差异明显,鉴定出高抗品种14个,抗病品种44个,中抗品种47个,感病品种12个,其中表现中抗以上的品种占89.74%,且中早熟材料均表现为抗性。与未施肥相比,施用磷钾肥后玉米禾谷镰孢根腐病发生率最低,为22.03%。按照禾谷镰孢根腐病发生程度从轻到重将先玉335群体划分为一、二、三类苗,级别越高苗势越弱,产量测定发现二、三类苗的平均产量较一类苗的平均产量分别下降了39.97%和76.39%。表明东北地区主推玉米品种大部分对禾谷镰孢根腐病表现出抗性,但仍有部分品种存在较大感病风险,且该病害的发生程度与幼苗长势和产量呈负相关,施用磷钾肥可降低该病害的发生率。     

Biological control of pythium root rot of chrysanthemum in small-scale hydroponic units

The capacity of several strains of root-colonizing bacteria to suppressPythium aphanidermatum, Pythium dissotocum and root rot was investigated in chrysanthemums grown in single-plant hydroponic units containing an aerated nutrient solution. The strains were applied in the nutrient solution at a final density of 10⁴ CFU ml⁻¹ and 14 days later the root systems were inoculated withPythium by immersion in suspensions of 10⁴ zoospores ml⁻¹ solution. Controls received no bacteria, noPythium, or one of thePythium spp. but no bacteria. Strain effectiveness was estimated based on percent roots colonized byPythium and area under disease progress curves (AUDPC). In plants treated respectively withPseudomonas (Ps.)chlororaphis 63-28 andBacillus cereus HY06 and inoculated withP. aphanidermatum, root colonization by the pathogen was 83% and 72% lower than in the pathogen control, and AUDPC values were reduced by 61% and 65%. ForP. dissotocum, the respective strains reduced root colonization by 87% and 91%, and AUDPC values by 70% and 90%. In plants treated respectively withPs. chlororaphis Tx-1 andComamonas acidovorans C-4-7-28, root colonization byP. aphanidermatum was 84% and 80% lower than in the controls and AUDPC values were reduced by 66% and 57%; these strains did not suppressP. dissotocum. Burkholderia gladioli C-2-74 andC. acidovorans OCR-7-8-38, respectively, suppressed colonization of roots byP. dissotocum by 74% and 86%, and reduced AUDPC values by 60% and 70%, but were ineffective againstP. aphanidermatum. C. acidovorans OCR-7-8-39 reduced colonization and AUDPC values ofP. aphanidermatum by 57% and 42%, respectively.Pseudomonas corrugata 13,Ps. fluorescens 15 and JZ12, and three additional strains ofC. acidovorans were weakly or nonsuppressive againstP. aphanidermatum. Strains that reduced AUDPC values forP. aphanidermatum orP. dissotocum when applied at 10⁴ CFU ml⁻¹ were 11%–39% less effective at 10³ CFU ml⁻¹. Four tested strains (Ps. chlororaphis 63-28,Ps. chlororaphis Tx-1,B. cereus HY06, andB. gladioli C-7-24) in most instances suppressed root colonization and lowered AUDPC values ofP. aphanidermatum when applied at 14, 7 or 0 days before inoculation, but reduction of the respective variables was generally greater when the strains were applied at 14 days (63%–87% and 75%–78%) or 7 days (44%–47% and 31%–88%) than at 0 days (14%–31% and 23%–62%) before inoculation.Ps. chlororaphis Tx-1,Ps. chlororaphis 63-28 andB. cereus HY06 significantly suppressedP. aphanidermatum whether the temperature of the nutrient solution was high (32°C) or moderate (24°C). Taken together, the observations suggest thatPs. chlororaphis 63-28,B. cereus HY06,Ps. chlororaphis Tx-1,B. gladioli C-2-74 andC. acidovorans OCR-7-8-38 have the potential for controlling Pythium root rot in hydroponic chrysanthemums. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Jan. 24, 2007.     

枸杞根腐病病原菌鉴定及其拮抗菌的筛选

为了针对根腐病实施有效的生物防治,分离鉴定枸杞根腐病病原菌及其拮抗菌,采用组织分离法获得腐根上的病原菌,结合形态学与分子生物学特征鉴定病原菌;利用稀释涂布、滤纸片法和共培养法从健康根际土壤筛选拮抗细菌,通过形态学观察、生理生化鉴定和16S rDNA序列分析对拮抗效果较好的菌株进行鉴定。结果表明：从枸杞根腐病分离得到腐皮镰刀菌（Fusarium solani）和尖孢镰刀菌（Fusarium oxysporum）两种主要致病菌,从健康枸杞根际土壤中分离获得12株对两种镰刀菌具有拮抗作用的细菌,其中J7-3、J7-8、J7-9和J10-8对腐皮镰刀菌的抑菌率均在80%以上,J7-3和J10-8对尖孢镰刀菌的抑菌率均在70%以上。菌株J7-3和J10-8对根腐病病原菌的抑菌作用较好,分别鉴定为解淀粉芽孢杆菌（Bacillus amyloliquefaciens）和枯草芽孢杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）,其中J10-8的拮抗作用和溶菌效果最好,可作为研发微生物菌剂的菌种资源。     

黄瓜嫁接苗与接种哈茨木霉菌黄瓜直根苗对根腐病防效及根系生理响应

为探明黄瓜嫁接栽培与木霉菌使用提高黄瓜幼苗抗根腐病的能力及生理调节的差异,利用哈茨木霉菌DQ002和根腐病病原菌孢子悬浮液对黄瓜直根苗根部接种与根腐病病原菌孢子悬浮液对黄瓜嫁接苗进行根部接种处理,测定黄瓜直根苗和黄瓜嫁接苗病害发生率及根系生理变化。结果表明：哈茨木霉菌DQ002通过激发黄瓜直根苗根系中POD、PPO、SOD活性而抑制了H₂O₂积累和O^-₂的产生速率,并促进了黄瓜直根苗根系PAL、几丁质酶、β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性以及类黄酮含量升高,提高了抗病性;接种根腐病菌,黄瓜嫁接(T2)提高了根系中POD活性、培养前期PPO活性及培养后期SOD的活性,降低了H₂O₂的积累和O^-₂产生速率,促进了PAL、几丁质酶及培养后期的β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性,但H₂O₂的积累和O^-₂产生速率显著高于哈茨木霉菌DQ002处理的黄瓜直根苗,而PAL、几丁质酶、β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性以及类黄酮含量明显低于木霉菌处理的直根苗;T3(先接种病原菌后接种木霉菌)和T4(先接种木霉菌后接种病原菌)处理的黄瓜直根苗根腐病的发病率分别为22.39%和17.87%,病情指数分别为23.03%和14.33%,明显低于CK1(清水处理直根苗)和T1（单独病原菌处理直根苗）处理的发病率(35.82%和57.39%)和病情指数(37.10%和46.97%),以及黄瓜嫁接苗(T2)的发病率(42.90%)和病情指数(40.47%),但哈茨木霉菌使用时间不同则效果有异。黄瓜嫁接和哈茨木霉菌DQ002处理直根苗能提高黄瓜苗对根腐病的抗性,但是二者对黄瓜苗根系生理的调节作用存在差异,可能是导致根腐病发生存在差异的生理原因之一。     

太子参根腐病病原菌的鉴定及防治药剂筛选

为有效防控太子参根腐病,本研究于2017年3月-2019年6月自福建省宁德市柘荣县太子参主产区采集具有典型根腐病症状的植株和块根病样,分离纯化获得病原菌,利用形态学特征、分子生物学特性及致病性测定对其进行鉴定;同时通过测定平板抑制率和扫描电镜观察分析6种杀菌剂对太子参根腐病病原菌菌丝生长的抑制效果。结果表明：太子参根腐病典型症状为苗期和生长期植株萎蔫、根部和茎基部褐变;块根表皮呈现开裂、组织褐变和干腐状。分离纯化后获得22株培养性状一致的菌株,结合菌株的形态学特征、EF-1α基因序列和特异性引物FOF1/FOR1检测,将该病原菌鉴定为尖孢镰刀菌Fusarium oxysporum。致病性测定结果表明其发病症状与田间表现一致,且符合科赫氏法则。经筛选6.6%嘧菌酯·1.1%咯菌腈·3.3%精甲霜灵悬浮种衣剂和25%吡唑醚菌酯乳油对该病原菌有良好的抑制效果,稀释至2 000倍液的抑制率分别为78.52%和75.36%;扫描电镜观察显示这2种杀菌剂处理组的菌丝体发育畸形、断裂、表面皱缩或消解,未见产孢细胞;而无菌水对照处理组的菌丝体生长正常,可见产孢细胞。表明筛选到的2种杀菌剂可用于防治由尖孢镰刀菌引起的太子参根腐病。     

Pathogenic fungi involved in root rot of peas in the Netherlands and their physiological specialization

Research on root rot pathogens of peas in the Netherlands has confirmed the prevalence ofFusarium solani, F. oxysporum, Pythium spp.,Mycosphaerella pinodes andPhoma medicaginis var.pinodella. Aphanomyces euteiches andThielaviopsis basicola were identified for the first time as pea pathogens in the Netherlands. Other pathogens such asRhizoctonia solani andCylindrocarpon destructans were also found on diseased parts of roots. F. solani existed in different degrees of pathogenicity, and was sometimes highly specific to pea, dwarf bean of field bean, depending on the cropping history of the field.A. euteiches was specific to peas, whereasT. basicola showed some degree of physiological specialization.     

河北省甘薯镰孢菌腐烂与溃疡病的病原鉴定

为明确河北省甘薯镰孢菌腐烂与溃疡病的症状特点和病原种类,在不同种植区采集储藏期和育秧期病样,描述其症状特征;对病原菌进行分离纯化,采用柯赫氏法则回接验证,依据病原菌的形态特征和基因序列确定病原菌种类。结果表明,在储藏期甘薯发病可导致薯块表面腐烂的占总病薯的59.09%,端部腐烂的占40.91%;薯块带有褐色轮纹病斑的占61.36%,病斑没有轮纹或者轮纹不明显的占38.64%;发病初期薯块内部病斑浅、黑褐色的占27.27%,发病后期薯块内部形成空腔、布满白色菌丝的占72.73%;病斑带有苦味的占59.09%,病斑没有苦味或苦味不明显的占40.91%;在育秧田发病导致薯秧溃疡,表现为主茎基部呈点片发生黑色或者褐色病斑,部分有开裂。分离的病原菌能够同时侵染薯块和薯秧;病原菌单瓶梗产孢,大型分生孢子稍弯,两端钝圆,多数3~7个分隔,顶细胞钝圆,基细胞足跟较明显。其rDNA-ITS、EF-1α、β-tubulin基因序列与茄镰孢菌Fusarium solani的同源性分别为97%、99%和98%。初步确定甘薯镰孢菌腐烂与溃疡病的病原菌为茄镰孢菌F.solani。     

Bioassay to assess root rot in pea and effect of root rot on yield

Infection of pea roots by soil-borne pathogens causes foot and root rot. In 1985 research was started to develop a method to predict the root rot likely to occur in prospective pea fields. In a bioassay the pea cultivar Finale was sown in a composite soil sample from each field in pots under standardized conditions in the greenhouse. The plants were removed at the green bud stage and the severity of root rot recorded. Between 1985 and 1988 approximately 200 field pea crops were monitored for root rot development. Forty-eight fields were bioassayed in 1986, 51 in 1987 and 30 in 1988. Each year, root rot readings in the bioassay and disease severity readings at field sampled plants at flowering and green pod were linearly correlated (P<0.001). As the degree of root rot in the field crop increased, there was a proportional lower yield. In heavily infested fields, up to a 50% yield reduction occurred.The bioassay in pots proved to be a reliable method for predicting root rot severity in sampled pea fields.     

浙江省铁皮石斛根腐病病原真菌的鉴定

为明确铁皮石斛根腐病病原真菌,于其主产地浙江省金华市武义县收集铁皮石斛根腐病病株,采用平板分离方法对病原真菌进行分离,使用镰刀菌种特异性引物并结合ITS和TEF序列分析及形态学鉴定确定该镰刀菌的分类地位。结果表明,共分离纯获得真菌117株,其中有105株镰刀菌;经分子生物学分析及形态学鉴定结果显示,分离出的镰刀菌为层出镰刀菌Fusarium prolife‐mum、茄病镰刀菌F. solani、尖孢镰刀菌F. oxysporum和厚垣镰刀菌F. chlamydosporum四个种,其中层出镰刀菌在数量上具有优势地位,占总镰刀菌数的44.8%;茄病镰刀菌、尖孢镰刀菌、厚垣镰刀菌分别占总镰刀菌数的21.0%、15.2%和19.0%。在致病性测定中发现层出镰刀菌和茄病镰刀菌并不具备致病性,尖孢镰刀菌的致病性明显弱于厚垣镰刀菌,表明厚垣镰刀菌为浙江省金华市武义县铁皮石斛根腐病的主要致病菌。     

蓝莓根腐病生防真菌的筛选鉴定及其生防机制分析

为筛选对蓝莓根腐病有良好防效的生防真菌资源,通过组织分离法和平板对峙法从蓝莓组织中分离筛选蓝莓根腐病病原菌——尖镰孢菌Fusarium oxysporum的拮抗真菌,对拮抗效果较好的菌株进行形态学和分子生物学鉴定,并采用平皿培养法和液相色谱-质谱联用法测定拮抗菌株代谢产物的抑菌活性及其成分,观察其重寄生现象,测定其胞外水解酶活性以及室内盆栽防效。结果显示,分离筛选到2株菌株G18和MG6对蓝莓根腐病病原菌有较好的拮抗作用,对病原菌菌丝生长的抑制率分别为60.24%和62.65%;结合形态学特征和核糖体转录间隔区（internal transcribedspacer,ITS）序列分析,最终将菌株 MG6 鉴定为球孢瓶束霉 Ascodesmis sphaerospora;菌株 G18 和MG6的发酵代谢物对蓝莓根腐病病原菌的抑制率分别为39.85%和42.86%,挥发性代谢物对其抑制率分别为21.39%和18.50%;从2株菌株发酵液中检测到了芥酸酰胺、邻苯二甲酸二丁酯和α-姜黄烯等13种已知具有抑菌活性的物质;同时发现2株菌株均可以分泌β-1,3-葡聚糖酶、纤维素酶和蛋白酶等水解酶;显微观察发现2株菌株均使病原菌菌丝出现明显的溶解、裂解等现象;菌株G18和MG6对蓝莓根腐病的防效明显,分别为65.33%和61.33%;接种菌株G18和MG6后蓝莓幼苗根中过氧化氢酶（catalase,CAT）活性最高,较清水对照组分别显著提高了1.01倍和1.02倍,接种菌株MG6后蓝莓过氧化物酶（peroxidase,POD）活性最高,在根和叶中的POD活性较清水对照组分别显著提高了 1.10 倍和 1.09 倍,先接种菌株 G18 后接种病原菌的蓝莓中超氧化物歧化酶（superoxidedismutase,SOD）活性最高,在根和叶中分别达559.61 U/g和422.68 U/g;接种菌株G18和MG6后蓝莓幼苗的叶绿素含量分别为1.036 mg/g和1.038 mg/g,均高于清水对照组。表明菌株MG6和G18是具有较好应用前景的蓝莓根腐病生防资源。     

青海省青稞根腐病调查及病原菌鉴定

为明确青海省青稞根腐病发生情况及其病原菌,于2016年6—9月对青海省海北藏族自治州海晏县、刚察县,海东市互助土族自治县苗期及成株期青稞上根腐病发生情况进行调查,采集19份根腐病样品,采用常规组织分离法对样品进行分离,并对分离菌株进行致病性测定,通过形态学特征及分子生物学方法对其进行鉴定。结果显示,青海省青稞根腐病分布广泛,发病率较高,为10%～20%;发病植株长势弱、发黄,茎基部缢缩腐烂,穗白粒瘪,茎秆发褐或黑红;19份样品中共分离纯化得到93株病原菌菌株,其中73株为燕麦镰孢Fusarium avenaceum,9株为木贼镰孢F. equiseti,11株为锐顶镰孢F. acuminatum;木贼镰孢的绝对病情指数最强,为79.43,燕麦镰孢次之,为50.90,锐顶镰孢最弱,为23.70,各病原种间及种内致病性差异显著。根据分离率及各病原菌致病性综合确定燕麦镰孢为青海省青稞根腐病的优势病原菌。     

Suppression of Rhizoctonia root-rot of tomato by Glomus mossae BEG12 and Pseudomonas fluorescens A6RI is associated with their effect on the pathogen growth and on the root morphogenesis

Rhizoctonia solani root-rot is a major soilborne disease causing growth and yield depression. The ability of Glomus mosseae BEG12 and Pseudomonas fluorescens A6RI to suppress this soilborne disease in tomato was assessed by comparing the shoot and root growth of plants infested with R. solani 1556 when protected or not by these beneficial strains. The epiphytic and parasitic growth of the pathogenic R. solani 1556 was compared in the presence and absence of the biocontrol agents by microscopical observations allowing the quantification of roots with hyphae appressed to epidermal cells (epiphytic growth) and of roots with intraradical infection (parasitic growth). The root architecture of the tomato plants under the different experimental conditions was further characterized by measuring total root length, mean root diameter, number of root tips and by calculating degree of root branching. G. mosseae BEG12 and P. fluorescens A6RI fully overcame the growth depression caused by R. solani 1556. This disease suppression was associated with a significant decrease of the epiphytic and parasitic growth of the pathogen together with an increase of root length and of the number of root tips of inoculated tomato plants. The combined effects of G. mosseae BEG12 and P. fluorescens A6RI on pathogen growth and on root morphogenesis are suggested to be involved in the efficient disease suppression.     

Variable response of open-pollinated seedling progeny of avocado to Phytophthora root rot

Phytophthora root rot, caused byPhytophthora cinnamomi Rands, is the most important disease of avocado (Persea americana Miller). In an attempt to identify root rot-resistant rootstocks that could ultimately be used under conditions in southern Florida, we screened open-pollinated progeny of avocado from the National Germplasm Repository in Miami. From 1996 to 1998, a total of 2,355 seedlings from 51 accessions were examined in potting mix artificially infested withP. cinnamomi. Most seedlings developed severe root rot, but tolerance was observed in some families (i.e., progeny of certain accessions). Although the most susceptible families developed mean disease ratings of up to 97% root necrosis, mean ratings for the most tolerant families were less than 60%. There was also a strong relationship between the racial background of the female parent and the tolerance of seedlings. Seedlings of the West Indian race and hybrids between it and the Guatemalan race were significantly more tolerant than those from other parents (P< 0.05). Individuals in several families developed < 50% root necrosis, the arbitrary standard of tolerance in this study. Twelve families accounted for 82% (188 of 229) of the tolerant seedlings, and only two of these did not have a West Indian or Guatemalan × West Indian pedigree. Broad-sense heritability for PRR tolerance was 0.45. This is the first report on the inheritance of PRR tolerance in avocado and on the influence of genotype and racial pedigree under controlled conditions.     

呼和浩特市苜蓿根腐病病原菌鉴定及致病性测定

为确定引起呼和浩特市苜蓿根腐病的病原菌种类,采用常规组织分离法对采集的疑似苜蓿根腐病病样进行病原菌分离与培养,利用形态学观察结合分子生物学方法对分离物代表菌株进行鉴定,并采用土壤接种法对代表菌株的致病性进行测定。结果表明,共分离获得6类形态学特征不同的分离物,各随机选择1株代表菌株进行鉴定,结合分子生物学鉴定结果确定呼和浩特市苜蓿根腐病病原菌有6种,分别是麦根腐平脐蠕孢菌Bipolaris sorokiniana、立枯丝核菌Rhizoctonia solani、木贼镰刀菌Fusarium equiseti、变红镰刀菌F. incarnatum、锐顶镰刀菌F. acuminatum和织球壳枯萎菌Plectosphaerella cucumerina,分别分离到1、7、14、26、7和14株菌株,占总分离菌株数的1.45%、10.14%、20.29%、37.68%、10.14%和20.29%。其中,立枯丝核菌的致病力最强,接种苜蓿幼苗发病的病情指数达82.67,其次为木贼镰刀菌、变红镰刀菌、锐顶镰刀菌、麦根腐平脐蠕孢菌和织球壳枯萎菌,病情指数分别为72.67、62.67、58.67、52....     

Management of resident plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria with the cropping system: a review of experience in the US Pacific Northwest

In view of the inconsistent performance of single or mixtures of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strains formulated for commercial use, and the high cost of regulatory approval for either a proprietary strain intended for disease control or a crop plant transformed to express a disease-suppressive or other growth-promoting PGPR trait, management of resident PGPR with the cropping system remains the most practical and affordable strategy available for use of these beneficial rhizosphere microorganisms in agriculture. A cropping system is defined as the integration of management (agricultural) practices and plant genotypes (species and varieties) to produce crops for particular end-uses and environmental benefits. The build-up in response to monoculture cereals of specific genotypes of Pseudomonas fluorescens with ability to inhibit Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici by production of 2,4-diacetylphoroglucinol (DAPG), accounting for take-all decline in the US Pacific Northwest, illustrates what is possible but apparently not unique globally. Other crops or cropping systems enrich for populations of the same or other genotypes of DAPG-producing P. fluorescens or, possibly and logically, genotypes with ability to produce one or more of the five other antibiotic or antibiotic-like substances inhibitory to other soilborne plant pathogens. In the U.S Pacific Northwest, maintenance of threshold populations of resident PGPR inhibitory to G. graminis var. tritici is the centerpiece of an integrated system used by growers to augment take-all decline while also limiting damage caused by pythium and rhizoctonia root rot and fusarium root and crown rot in the direct-seed (no-till) cereal-intensive cropping systems while growing varieties of these cereals (winter and spring wheat, barley and triticale) fully susceptible to all four root diseases.     

Horizontal transmission and host-virulence attenuation of totivirus in violet root rot fungus Helicobasidium mompa

Monokaryotic strains of Helicobasidium mompa were used as vectors of a mycovirus between various H. mompa isolates to examine the transmissibility of one of the mycoviruses, totivirus (HmTV1–17 virus) in the hypovirulent isolate V17 of H. mompa. The isolates that acquired HmTV1–17 virus were also examined for any alteration in the virulence. Twelve dikaryotic isolates of H. mompa, belonging to 11 mycelial compatibility groups (MCGs) and being mycelially incompatible with isolate V17, were used as recipients of HmTV1–17 virus. Two monokaryotic isolates that were mycelially incompatible with isolate V17 and all of the recipients were also used as vectors of HmTV1-17 virus between isolate V17 and the recipients. When isolate V17 and recipients were directly paired on plate media, HmTV1-17 virus was transmitted from isolate V17 into 2 of the 12 recipients (i.e., 2 of the 11 MCGs). Two monokaryotic strains were paired with isolate V17, and the monokaryotic strains that acquired HmTV1-17 virus were then used as new virus donors. When the monokaryotic strains containing HmTV1-17 virus were paired with the 12 recipients, HmTV1-17 virus was transmitted into 7 of the 12 recipients from the monokaryotic strains (i.e., 7 of 11 MCGs). Based on these results, we concluded that monokaryotic strains could act as vectors to transmit HmTV1-17 virus into H. mompa isolates. When four of the H. mompa isolates that acquired HmTV1-17 virus were used to inoculate apple rootstock Malus prunifolia, the virulence of all of the isolates was attenuated from that of their parental isolates. Moreover, because the DNA fingerprints of the fungal isolates that acquired HmTV1-17 virus were the same as those of their parental isolates, the infection with HmTV1-17 virus is considered the cause of virulence attenuation of H. mompa.