不同油茶种和品种对炭疽病的抗性观察

在林间调查了广东省内栽培的高州油茶、广宁红花油茶和39个品种的普通油茶对油茶炭疽病的抗病性,并在室内研究了高州油茶、广宁红花油茶和9个品种的普通油茶叶片对炭疽病的抗病性。林间自然状态下调查结果表明,广宁红花油茶对炭疽病的抗病性最强,普通油茶‘粤韶77-1号’、‘铁城1号’和‘湘林1号’抗性中等,其他品种均表现为感病;室内测定结果表明,广宁红花油茶属于抗病种类,‘铁城1号’和‘粤韶77-1号’属于中度抗病品种,其他为感病品种。     

抗白背飞虱新品种──赣早籼28号

抗白背飞虱新品种──赣早籼２８号刘尧高，邱志窨朔（江西赣州地区农科所，３４１０００）赣早籼２８号是江西省赣州地区农科所植保研究室用浙丽一号与湘早籼３号杂交选育而成。该品种抗白背飞虱兼抗稻瘟病，且丰产性、稳产性好。１９９１年通过地区科委组织的专家鉴...     

中国南方主要梨产区果生炭疽菌对苯醚甲环唑的敏感性

为明确苯醚甲环唑对果生炭疽菌Colletotrichum fructicola不同发育阶段的毒力,并建立中国南方主要梨产区(湖北、安徽、江西、江苏、浙江和福建)果生炭疽菌对苯醚甲环唑的敏感基线,采用孢子萌发法测定了苯醚甲环唑对6个代表性菌株孢子萌发和芽管伸长的影响,采用离体叶片接种法评价了苯醚甲环唑对该病菌的防治效果,采用菌丝生长速率法测定了120株果生炭疽菌对苯醚甲环唑的敏感性。结果表明:苯醚甲环唑对果生炭疽菌菌丝生长和芽管伸长的抑制效果较强,而对分生孢子萌发的抑制效果较弱,其平均EC50值分别为(0.33±0.03)、(2.61±0.26)和(29.87±1.31)μg/mL。160μg/mL的苯醚甲环唑对梨果生炭疽病的保护作用和治疗作用防效分别为92%和79%,而1000μg/mL的多菌灵则分别为51%和23%。来源于中国南方主要梨产区的120株果生炭疽菌对苯醚甲环唑均表现为敏感,EC50值范围0.27~1.12μg/mL,敏感性频率分布呈连续单峰曲线,符合正偏态分布,其平均EC50值(0.59±0.02)μg/mL可以作为我国南方主要梨产区果生炭疽菌对苯醚甲环唑的敏感基线。本研究结果为监测梨果生炭疽菌对苯醚甲环唑的田间抗药性发展奠定了基础,并为梨产区应用该药剂防治炭疽病提供了依据。     

山茶炭疽菌CcSnf1基因参与调控山茶炭疽菌的生长发育和致病力

 油茶炭疽病是油茶上的重要病害,山茶炭疽菌(Colletotrichum camelliae)是该病害的优势病原菌。本研究以山茶炭疽菌中丝氨酸/苏氨酸类蛋白激酶SNF1蛋白复合体的核心组分CcSnf1为研究对象,研究其在山茶炭疽菌的营养生长、产孢量、孢子萌发、附着胞形成、对环境胁迫因子的响应、对不同碳源的利用、致病力等方面的生物学功能,为油茶炭疽病的防控提供理论依据。研究结果表明,山茶炭疽菌CcSnf1基因编码的蛋白为719个氨基酸,含有一个蛋白激酶催化结构域、一个泛素相关结构域和一个腺苷酸感应器结构域。CcSnf1是果生炭疽菌CfSnf1和胶孢炭疽菌CgSnf1的高度同源物。该基因的敲除体菌丝生长减慢,分生孢子产量显著降低,对不同碳源、细胞壁完整性因子和渗透压胁迫因子有不同程度的敏感性。侵染早期阶段的孢子萌发率和附着胞形成率显著受影响,随后CcSnf1的敲除体对油茶果实和叶片的致病力明显减弱。本研究表明CcSnf1在山茶炭疽菌的菌丝生长、产孢、胁迫因子响应、对特定碳源的利用和致病力具有重要的作用。     

成都市洒金珊瑚炭疽病病原鉴定及 潜在侵染源初探

为明确引起成都市洒金珊瑚炭疽病的病原菌种类和潜在侵染源, 采集疑似为炭疽病的洒金珊瑚叶片, 采用组织分离法进行分离, 单孢纯化后得到22株代表菌株?结合形态学特征和多基因系统发育树的构建, 将致病菌鉴定为暹罗炭疽菌 Colletotrichum siamense?隐秘炭疽菌 C. aenigma?喀斯特炭疽菌 C. karstii 和果生炭疽菌 C. fructicola?将成都市园林植物上分离获得的炭疽菌接种洒金珊瑚, 结果表明:供试菌株都可侵染洒金珊瑚, 表现出强弱不同的致病性, 来自其他寄主的炭疽病菌可能会成为洒金珊瑚炭疽病的潜在侵染源?     

福建省大豆炭疽病病原菌的分离与鉴定

为明确引起福建省大豆炭疽病的病原菌种类,2018—2019年从福建省福州、三明、莆田、泉州和南平市采集具有大豆炭疽病症状的大豆豆荚,采用组织分离法分离病原菌,结合形态学特征和多基因系统发育分析对病原菌进行鉴定。结果表明,从采集的豆荚样本中共分离获得152株炭疽菌菌株,经形态学初步鉴定分属于3种类型,从3种类型的病原菌中分别选取3株代表菌株进行多基因系统发育分析,这9株代表菌株分别与Colletotrichum plurivorum、平头炭疽菌C.truncatum和胶孢炭疽菌C.gloeosporioides聚在一起。形态学和多基因系统发育分析结果表明,引起福建省大豆炭疽病的病原菌有3种,分别为C.plurivorum、平头炭疽菌和胶孢炭疽菌,其占比分别为10.53%、50.00%、39.47%。致病性测定结果表明,C.plurivorum、平头炭疽菌和胶孢炭疽菌对大豆均有致病作用,但不同的菌株致病力存在差异。表明平头炭疽菌是引起福建省大豆炭疽病的主要病原菌,而C.plurivorum为引起我国大豆炭疽病的新纪录种。     

83份西农系小麦品种（系）抗性鉴定及抗病基因分子检测

为西北农林科技大学小麦新育成品种（系）在黄淮麦区的大面积推广,该研究对83份西农新育成的小麦品种（系）进行苗期抗条锈病和白粉病鉴定,成株期抗条锈病、白粉病、叶锈病和赤霉病鉴定,并在田间自然环境下对其抗性进行鉴定及对相关抗病基因进行分子检测。结果显示,在苗期人工接种鉴定中,有63、29和16份小麦品种（系）分别对条锈菌Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici生理小种CYR32、CYR33和CYR34表现出抗性,9份小麦品种（系）对3个条锈菌生理小种均表现出抗性;有10、3和0份小麦品种（系）分别对白粉菌Blumeria graminis f.sp.tritici生理小种E15、E09和A13表现出抗性。在成株期人工接种鉴定中,有23、15、28和62份小麦品种（系）分别对条锈病、白粉病、叶锈病和赤霉病表现出抗性。在83份小麦品种（系）中有6份在苗期和成株期均对小麦条锈病表现出抗性。在田间抗性鉴定中,有57、6、65和40份小麦品种（系）分别对条锈病、白粉病、赤霉病及叶锈病表现出抗性。在83份小麦品种（系）中,3份含有Yr5基因,22份含有Yr9基因,3份含有Yr17基因,2份含有Pm24基因,14份含有Lr1基因,所占比例分别为3.6%、26.5%、3.6%、2.4%和16.8%。     

油茶内生拮抗细菌的筛选、鉴定及防效

为筛选出对油茶炭疽菌有拮抗效果的生防菌株，以油茶健康叶为对象，平板对峙法筛选，利用形态和生理生化特征以及16S rDNA基因和gyrA基因序列对菌株进行鉴定，测定其抑菌活性，并将该菌株与枯草芽胞杆菌Y13复配进行林间防效试验。结果表明，对油茶炭疽病菌拮抗作用效果较强的内生菌株为HBMC—B05；菌落为乳白色，不透明，边缘不整齐，中间有凸起；分子鉴定结果显示菌株HBMC—B05为贝莱斯芽胞杆菌Bacillus velezensis，其对果生炭疽菌Collectotrichum fructicola，抑菌率可达到81.31%，对另外3种油茶炭疽病病原菌抑菌率可达到70%以上，对其他4种致病菌也有抑制作用；复合菌剂对油茶病害的田间防治效果达到59%以上。该菌株的抑菌具有广谱性，可为油茶病害的生物防治扩充菌种资源，具有广泛的应用前景。     

成株期小麦对荻草谷网蚜的田间抗蚜性和耐蚜性评价

为拓展和获取对荻草谷网蚜Sitobion miscanthi表现稳定的小麦抗源,以我国146个小麦品种（系）为材料,利用2020年麦田蚜虫发生严重的机会,采用有蚜株蚜害级别计算抗蚜指数,采用耐蚜值（调查株蚜害级别/千粒重损失率）计算耐蚜指数,以此评估小麦的抗蚜性水平和耐蚜性水平;2022年利用人工辅助接蚜的方法对2020年表现稳定的部分小麦品种（系）的评估结果进行验证。结果显示,在自然感蚜条件下2个试验点6次调查中仅山农116、泉麦31和濮麦116表现稳定的抗蚜性,在人工接蚜时仅郑麦132表现稳定的抗蚜性;中育1220、泰禾麦2号和瑞华1408在自然感蚜时蚜量较低,千粒重损失率低于5.00%,人工接蚜亦表现良好的耐蚜性,表明其兼具耐蚜性和一定的抗蚜性;泰麦601、瑞华592、轮选166和中农麦4007在自然感蚜的高蚜量情况下和人工辅助接蚜时均能保持较低的千粒重损失率（小于15.00%）,表明成株期小麦的抗蚜性减弱是一种普遍现象,耐蚜性是比抗蚜性更稳定的遗传特征。     

草莓果生炭疽菌LysM效应子CfLysM2的致病功能分析

果生炭疽菌Colletotrichum fructicola侵染引起的草莓炭疽病是草莓生产中的重要病害。前期研究发现一个在果生炭疽菌侵染阶段高表达的含LysM结构域的候选效应子CfLysM2。为进一步研究CfLysM2的致病功能,运用同源重组方法构建CfLysM2缺失突变株ΔCfLysM2和回补菌株CfLysM2c。致病力测定结果表明,接种后15 d,ΔCfLysM2接种的草莓叶片病情指数显著下降。荧光定量PCR分析表明CfLysM2基因在果生炭疽菌接种草莓叶片后24 h相对表达量最高。利用转录组技术对野生型菌株(wild-type strain, WT)和ΔCfLysM2接种后24 h的草莓叶片样品进行比较分析,获得差异表达基因109个。CfLysM2的缺失导致宿主代谢途径尤其是次生代谢物生物合成通路的激活,说明CfLysM2可能在果生炭疽菌侵染草莓过程中通过靶向黄酮醇合成酶等代谢相关基因,抑制植物次生代谢产物合成及其介导的抗真菌免疫,保证其顺利侵染。该研究为揭示CfLysM2机理及对果生炭疽菌和草莓互作研究奠定了理论基础。     

广东省甘薯疮痂病病原菌鉴定及国内主要菜用甘薯种质抗性评价

为明确广东省甘薯疮痂病病原菌种类及当前国内主要菜用甘薯种质对疮痂病的抗性,结合形态学特征和rDNA-ITS序列分析对病原菌进行鉴定,并通过病圃诱发结合人工喷雾接种法对来自9个省区30个菜用甘薯种质进行连续2年的抗性鉴定.结果 显示,共获得15株形态学特征及培养性状相似的菌株,其中代表菌株CRI-CJ的形态学特征与甘薯痂...     

Influence of silicon on some components of resistance to anthracnose in susceptible and resistant sorghum lines

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of silicon (Si) rates on some components of sorghum resistance to anthracnose. Two 2×5 factorial experiments, consisting of two sorghum lines (BR005 and BR009, resistant and susceptible, respectively) and five Si application rates (0, 0.06, 0.12, 0.24 and 0.30 g Si kg⁻¹ of soil) were arranged in a completely randomised design with three replications. Plants from both lines were inoculated with a conidial suspension of Colletotrichum sublineolum (1×10⁶ conidia ml⁻¹) 30 days after emergence. The incubation period (IP), latent period (LP₆₀), area under relative infection efficiency progress curve (AURIEPC), area under anthracnose index progress curve (AUAIPC), final disease severity (FDS), percentage of pigmented leaf area (PLA), and percentage of necrotic leaf area (NLA) were evaluated. Silicon and calcium (Ca) content in leaf tissue of both lines was also determined. The content of Si in leaf tissue increased relative to the control by 55 and 58%, respectively, for the susceptible and resistant lines. There was no significant change in Ca content in leaf tissue for either of the lines; therefore the variations in Si accounted for differences in the level of disease response. The IP for the resistant line was not affected by Si application rates. The LP₆₀ was not evaluated in the resistant line due to the absence of acervuli. For the resistant line, Si application rates had no significant effect on AUAIPC, FDS, percentage of PLA, and percentage of NLA. On the susceptible line, a quadratic regression model best described the effect of Si application rates on IP, LP₆₀, AURIEPC, AUAIPC, FDS, percentage of PLA, and percentage of NLA. The correlation between Si content in leaf tissue of the susceptible line and the AURIEPC, AUAIPC, FDS, PLA, and NLA was negatively significant (r = −0.57, −0.37, −0.40, −0.67, and −0.77, respectively). There was no correlation between Si content and IP or LP₆₀. The correlation between the percentage of PLA with the percentage of NLA was negatively significant (r = −0.74). In conclusion, the results from this study underscore the importance of Si in sorghum resistance to anthracnose particularly for the susceptible line.     

玉米抵御玉蜀黍尾孢菌侵入的生理机制

为深入探讨玉米抗灰斑病的机制,以抗/感玉米灰斑病自交系78599-1、OH43Ht N和掖478、K12为材料,采用比色皿法和RT-PCR法相结合研究了接种玉蜀黍尾孢菌毒素后玉米叶片中防御酶活性、丙二醛(MDA)含量及防御酶合成相关基因SOD、CAT、APX和GR的表达量。结果显示,接种该病菌毒素后,抗、感材料叶片中防御酶活性均升高,多数在接种7 d时达到峰值,且抗病材料防御酶活性峰值高于感病材料;供试材料叶片中MDA含量均降低,且抗病材料低于感病材料;供试材料叶片中SOD、CAT和GR的表达量均上升,其中CAT的表达量在78599-1、掖478和K12接种5d时达到峰值,灰度值分别为228.67、161.33和178.00,与其酶活性变化趋势一致;SOD和GR的变化规律与其酶活性变化不一致;APX的表达量仅在OH43Ht N中上升,接种7 d后达到峰值。表明抗病材料调控防御酶活性的能力强,防御酶基因的表达与其酶活性变化存在关联性。     

兼抗麦长管蚜和大麦黄矮病毒的小麦种质田间鉴定筛选

为鉴定筛选兼抗麦长管蚜和大麦黄矮病毒(Barley yellow dwarf virus, BYDV)的小麦种质,采用自然感蚜/感病系数法,对36个外引和远缘杂交选育的小麦种质材料进行了2年的田间鉴定,并分析了感虫性与感病性的相关关系。结果表明,2年中均兼抗麦长管蚜和BYDV的种质仅有KOKIPPCAS、KOK、Amigo-3和PI137739共4个材料,占总鉴定材料的11.11%;对二者均敏感的有98-10-35q-9、186Tm39、Tam200e12-14a、Tam200(27)7、小偃22、西农1376和小偃6号共7个材料,占19.44%。其它材料仅抗虫或仅抗病,或仅在一年中表现抗病或抗虫,如材料98-10-30和98-10-35a8抗麦长管蚜,但对BYDV敏感;材料Tam200(13)G和PIG23(2)C感蚜,但对BYDV有抑制作用。BYDV发生普遍率(发病株率)和严重度(病情指数)与有蚜株率显著相关,严重度还与感蚜指数显著相关,但感病植株的病级均值与有蚜株率无显著相关性。表明自然界长期的进化和选择使许多抗病虫基因得以保存下来,但较多抗性基因只在抗病或抗虫的某一方面表现有效,需给予更多关注。     

Induction of systemic resistance to<Emphasis Type="Italic">Colletotrichum lindemuthianum</Emphasis> in bean by a benzothiadiazole derivative and rhizobacteria

Plants have developed mechanisms to resist secondary infection upon inoculation with a necrotizing pathogen, chemical treatment as well as treatment with some non-pathogenic microorganisms such as rhizosphere bacteria. This phenomenon has been variously described as induced systemic resistance (ISR) or systemic acquired resistance. In the present study, the chemical benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid-S-methyl ester (BTH, acibenzolar-S-methyl), and the rhizobacteriaPseudomonas aeruginosa KMPCH andP. fluorescens WCS417 were tested for their ability to induce resistance toColletotrichum lindemuthianum in susceptible and moderately resistant bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). BTH induced local and systemic resistance when bean leaves were immersed in 10⁻³ to 10⁻⁷ M BTH 3 days before the challenge inoculation. At a high concentration (10⁻³ M), BTH induced resistance of the same order as resistance induced by the pathogenC. lindemuthianum, although at this high concentration BTH appeared to be phytotoxic. Soil and seed treatment with 1 mg kg⁻¹ BTH protected beans against anthracnose. BTH-mediated induced resistance was effective in susceptible and moderately resistant plants.P. aeruginosa KMPCH induced resistance in bean againstC. lindemuthianum only in a moderately resistant interaction. KMPCH-567, a salicylic acid mutant of KMPCH, failed to induce resistance, indicating that salicylic acid is important for KMPCH to induce resistance in the bean—C. lindemuthianum system.P.fluorescens WCS417 could induce resistance toC. lindemuthianum in a susceptible and in moderately resistant interactions. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Jan. 16, 2002.     

Histological and ultrastructural characterization of the leaf infection events of Colletotrichum fructicola on Malus domestica ‘Gala’

Glomerella leaf spot (GLS), characterized by black necrotic spots and severe defoliation, is a destructive foliar disease of apple. Widely grown cultivars such as Gala and Golden Delicious are highly susceptible to GLS. Currently, the infection biology of the causal pathogen, Colletotrichum fructicola, on apple leaves is unclear. In the present study, the penetration and colonization processes of C. fructicola were characterized on apple (cv. Gala) leaves using light and transmission electron microscopy. C. fructicola conidia produced germ tubes 4 hours post-inoculation (hpi) and appressoria at 8 hpi. In melanized appressoria, funnel-shaped appressorial cones formed around the penetration pore. At 12 hpi, C. fructicola produced secondary conidia. After penetration, C. fructicola began to develop infection vesicles at 36 hpi. At 48 hpi, the primary hyphae of C. fructicola were produced from infection vesicles within host epidermal cells; the host epidermal cell plasma membrane remained intact, indicating a biotrophic association. Subsequently, secondary hyphae penetrated epidermal cells and destroyed cell components, initiating necrotrophic colonization. C. fructicola also produced biotrophic subcuticular infection vesicles and hyphae. Together, these results demonstrate that C. fructicola forms special infection structures and colonizes apple leaves in a hemibiotrophic manner, involving intracellular as well as subcuticular colonization strategies. Detailed characterization of the infection process of C. fructicola on apple leaves will assist in the development of disease management strategies and provide a foundation for studies of the molecular mechanism of the C. fructicola–apple leaf interaction.     

Identification of resistance to Cercospora leaf spot of cowpea

Twelve selected cowpea cultivars were screened for resistance to Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) disease caused by Pseudocercospora cruenta and Cercospora apii s. lat. under artificial epiphytotic conditions in a replicated field trial, with the objective of developing a quantitative measure of disease resistance. CLS incidence, leaf spotting score, lesion density, lesion size, proportion of nodes infected, diseased leaf area, conidia number mg⁻¹ and fascicle density were assessed in 12 cowpea genotypes at crop maturity. Proportion of nodes infected and leaf spotting score were best able to quantitatively differentiate between the levels of resistance, and allow the exploitation of quantitative resistance to the disease. Both lesion density and lesion size were important in determining the final leaf spotting score but the former was epidemiologically more important than the latter, indicated by its correlation to most of the CLS symptom measures. There was differential resistance to the P. cruenta and C. apii s. lat. among the cowpea varieties screened. Among the cowpea lines screened, resistance to P. cruenta was more common than resistance to C. apii s. lat. Nevertheless, P. cruenta was considered the more aggressive and epidemiologically more important than C. apii s. lat. on the varieties tested evidenced by the strong correlation of P. cruenta incidence with acropetal spread of CLS, intensity of leaf spotting, conidia number mg⁻¹ and fascicle density. The highly susceptible varieties namely VRB7, Los Banos Bush Sitao no.1 and CB27 were susceptible to both Cercospora pathogens. The cowpea variety VRB-10 was completely resistant to both pathogens and is a useful source of resistance in CLS breeding programmes.     

Concentrations of constitutive alk(en)ylresorcinols in peel of commercial mango varieties and resistance to postharvest anthracnose

Mature green mango fruits of commercially important varieties were screened to investigate the levels of constitutive antifungal compounds in peel and to assess anthracnose disease after inoculation with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. High-pressure liquid chromatography was used to quantify the levels of 5-n-heptadecenylresorcinol and 5-n-pentadecylresorcinol in the peel extracts. The fruit peel of the varieties ‘Kensington Pride’ and ‘Keitt’ were observed to have the highest levels of both 5-n-heptadecenylresorcinol (107.3–123.7 and 49.9–61.4 μg/g FW, respectively) and 5-n-pentadecylresorcinol (6.32–7.99 and 3.30–6.05 μg/g FW, respectively), and the fruits of the two varieties were found to have some resistance to postharvest anthracnose. The varieties ‘Kent’, ‘R2E2’, ‘Nam Doc Mai’, ‘Calypso’ and ‘Honey Gold’ contained much lower concentrations of resorcinols in their peel and three of these varieties were found to be more susceptible to anthracnose. Concentrations of 5-n-heptadecenylresorcinol were significantly lower at the ‘sprung’ and ‘eating ripe’ stages of ripening compared to levels at harvest. Concentrations of 5-n-pentadecylresorcinol did not differ significantly across the three stages of ripening. The levels of these two resorcinols were found to be strongly inter-correlated (P<0.01, r²=0.71), with concentrations of 5-n-heptadecenylresorcinol being an average 18 times higher than those of 5-n-pentadecylresorcinol. At the ‘eating ripe’ stage, significant relationships were observed between the concentrations of each type of alk(en)ylresorcinol and anthracnose lesion areas following postharvest inoculation, P<0.001, r²= 0.69 for 5-n-pentadecylresorcinol, and P<0.001, r²= 0.44 for 5-n-heptadecenylresorcinol.     

Factors influencing biological traits and aggressiveness of Colletotrichum species associated with cashew anthracnose in Brazil

Anthracnose is the main fungal disease on cashew orchards in Brazil, occurring on both vegetative and reproductive organs of cultivated and noncultivated host plants. Understanding the effect of physical and chemical exogenous factors on the biological traits of Colletotrichum spp. and determining their host range are key to developing appropriate anthracnose control measures. The present study aimed to estimate the optimum temperatures for mycelial growth, sporulation, and conidial germination of seven Colletotrichum species (C. chrysophilum, C. fragariae, C. fructicola, C. gloeosporioides, C. queenslandicum, C. siamense, and C. tropicale) associated with cashew anthracnose in Brazil. Their aggressiveness on cashew leaves and six alternative host fruits, and their sensitivity to three fungicides were also investigated. The optimum temperatures for mycelial growth, sporulation, and conidial germination ranged from about 25 to about 33°C. All Colletotrichum species induced anthracnose symptoms on wounded cashew leaves, but none of them caused lesions on intact leaf surfaces. The Colletotrichum species, except for C. fragariae and C. fructicola, were pathogenic to wounded fruits of avocado, banana, guava, mango, and papaya, and some isolates also produced lesions on nonwounded fruit tissues. No symptoms were observed on passion fruits, regardless of the inoculation method. Mycelial growth, sporulation, conidial germination, and/or appressorial formation of the seven Colletotrichum species were inhibited by azoxystrobin, difenoconazole, and thiophanate-methyl to varying degrees. The present study will contribute to the development of forecasting models based on prevailing weather of cashew cropping zones and improve cashew anthracnose management in Brazil.     

Susceptibility and resistance of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Beta vulgaris</Emphasis> subsp. <Emphasis Type="Italic">maritima</Emphasis> to foliar rub-inoculation with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Beet necrotic yellow vein virus</Emphasis>

Four lines (designated MR0, MR1, MR2, and M8) from 13 accessions of Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima were selected on the basis of phenotypes produced after foliar rub-inoculation with Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV). The susceptible phenotype developed bright yellow local lesions, whereas the resistant phenotype had symptoms ranging from no visible lesions to necrotic lesions at the inoculation site. MR1 and MR2 lines had a resistant phenotype depending on the isolate and the MR0 line was susceptible to all isolates of BNYVV tested. The M8 line was highly susceptible; the virus spread systemically and caused severe stunting. These plant lines will be useful for distinguishing BNYVV isolates having different pathogenicities, especially those controlled by RNA3 and/or RNA5.