咪鲜胺对水稻恶苗病菌及其抗药突变体生长发育的影响

采用菌丝生长速率法和显微镜观察,研究了咪鲜胺对水稻恶苗病菌Fusarium fujikuroi生长发育及菌丝形态的影响。结果表明:咪鲜胺对水稻恶苗病菌敏感菌株及其抗药性突变体的菌丝生长、孢子萌发、芽管伸长均有明显的抑制作用,而对产孢量无影响。当咪鲜胺浓度为0.5 μg/mL时,能够完全抑制敏感菌株菌丝的生长,而不能抑制不同抗性水平抗性菌株的菌丝生长。随抗性倍数从24倍增加到112倍,药剂对抗药突变体菌落扩展的影响逐渐减小。咪鲜胺对敏感菌株菌丝生长的EC50 值为0.047 μg/mL,最小抑制浓度(MIC) 为 0.5 μg/mL。 20.00 μg/mL咪鲜胺可完全抑制亲本敏感菌株的孢子萌发,而对不同抗药突变体孢子萌发和芽管伸长的抑制率分别为84.1% ~89.0%和58.5％ ~65.8%,表明抗药突变体在菌丝生长、孢子萌发、芽管伸长等阶段对药剂的敏感性与亲本菌株相比都有了不同程度的降低。10 μg/mL咪鲜胺处理菌丝12 h后,亲本菌株菌丝顶端膨大畸形,抗药突变体的菌丝顶端膨大,并在菌丝上长有许多细小分枝,表明药剂对抗药突变体次生菌丝生长的抑制作用不明显。     

Mechanism of resistance to fenarimol in Aspergillus nidulans

Mycelial uptake of [¹⁴C]fenarimol (10 μg/ml) by 20 fenarimol-resistant mutants of Aspergillus nidulans was compared with uptake by wild-type strain 003. Uptake of the fungicide during the initial 10 min of incubation was significantly lower in all mutant strains than in the wild-type strain indicating that resistance is related with reduced uptake. Upon prolonged incubation a gradual decrease of accumulated radioactivity in the wild-type strain was observed. A few mutants displayed resistance to unrelated chemicals such as p-fluorophenylalanine or d-serine; this phenomenon appeared not to be due to a decreased uptake of the corresponding natural amino acids. Incorporation of [³H]adenine and [¹⁴C]leucine by mycelium of mutant M193 was hardly inhibited after 5 hr of incubation with the fungicide, whereas a distinct effect was found with the wild-type strain. At this time also fungitoxicity to the wild-type strain became apparent. Probably, this effect is indirectly caused by inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis. Mycelium of mutant M193 incorporated [¹⁴C]acetate slightly less effectively than the wild-type strain. After 2 hr of incubation with this radiochemical leakage of [¹⁴C]acetate metabolites from mycelium of the mutant strain was observed. This indicates that resistance might be correlated with increased excretion of fungal metabolites, which in turn may be related with reduced fitness of fenarimol-resistant mutants.     

Resistance to triforine: A nonexistent problem?

Permanent resistance to triforine in Cladosporium cucumerinum was obtained after UV irradiation of spore suspensions and selection of resistant strains in the presence of triarimol or triforine. About 50 strains were examined for mycelial growth on malt agar, viability upon routine subculturing, growth and inhibition by triforine in thin-layer chromatographic bioassays, and virulence towards cucumber seedlings. In addition, sporulation and spore germination, as well as effects of ergosterol were investigated in a restricted number of strains. Although all strains differed considerably from each other in these characteristics, they were quite similar in a reduced overall-fitness. These triforine-resistant mutants of C. cucumerinum might, therefore, have a greatly reduced chance of survival in competition with the wild-type strain, as was actually demonstrated for two strains in greenhouse experiments with mixed-inoculations of cucumber seedlings. Such a reduced chance of survival might also explain why under practical conditions development of resistance to triforine has not been observed yet.The triforine-resistant C. cucumerinum strains showed cross-resistance to a number of systemic fungicides known or supposed to inhibit ergosterol biosynthesis, viz. Denmert, fenarimol, imazalil, triadimefon and triarimol. The practical implications and potential hazards of such cross-resistance for the use of already established fungicides are discussed.     

Accumulation of SBI fungicides in wild-type and fenarimol-resistant isolates of Penicillium italicum

Fenarimol-resistant laboratory isolates of Penicillium italicum exhibit a high degree of cross-resistance to triazoles, a low degree of cross-resistance to imazalil and a low degree of negatively-correlated cross-resistance to morpholines. The cross-resistance to triazoles is ascribed to a differential accumulation level of these SBI fungicides in wild-type and fenarimol-resistant isolates. As in the case of fenarimol, the relatively low accumulation level of triazoles in resistant isolates is probably caused by the operation of a constitutive, energy-dependent efflux from mycelium, which hinders the triazoles from reaching their site of action in sterol biosynthesis. The accumulation level of imazalil and morpholines did not differ among wild-type and fenarimol-resistant isolates. This may be related to the fact that these fungicides at physiological pHs occur in a protonated form. The lack of a differential accumulation level can be the reason for the deviating cross-resistance patterns of these fungicides.     

In vitro selection of sterol-biosynthesis-inhibitor (SBI)-resistant mutants in Monilinia fructicola (Wint.) Honey

The inherent resistance risk forMonilinia fructicola against sterol-biosynthesis inhibitors (SBIs) was estimated inin vitro andin vivo laboratory studies. Several mutant strains were selected on media amended with the triazole fungicides penconazole, etaconazole or the morpholine fungicide fenpropimorph.The potential forM. fructicola to develop resistance to the triazoles or to the morpholines was similar.The level of resistance attained did not differ for the two classes of fungicides after a single cycle of treatment with nitrosoguanidine (NTG). Attemps to select mutants with a higher level of resistance to penconazole after successive mutagenic treatments were successful. Most of the mutants were less fit than wild-type strains. Mutants with a low level of resistance had an almost normal mycelial growth rate, whereas growth of mutants with a higher level of resistance was significantly reduced. Spore production was highest in the wild-type strains, similar to the latter in a few resistant strains and less in most others. Only one mutant with an intermediate level of resistance could successfully compete in a mixed population with a wild type strain during successive infection cycles on peaches. Resistance was not stable in highly resistant mutants. Cross resistance to the inhibitors of 14-methylsterol demethylation (DMIs) tested was confirmedin vitro andin vivo for all mutant strains. One DMI-resistant mutant was also resistant to fenpropimorph and two fenpropimorph-resistant mutants were resistant to penconazole.     

啶酰菌胺不同抗性类型多主棒孢的生物学特性

由多主棒孢Corynespora cassiicola引起的黄瓜棒孢叶斑病是黄瓜上的重要病害。本研究测定了对啶酰菌胺不同抗性类型多主棒孢的生物学特性差异和环境适合度,旨在为探明多主棒孢对啶酰菌胺的抗性变化机制提供生物学研究基础。随机选取不同地区24株对啶酰菌胺具有不同抗性类型的多主棒孢,分析了7种类型抗性突变体对几种不同琥珀酸脱氢酶抑制剂类 (SDHIs) 杀菌剂的交互抗性、不同抗性类型多主棒孢在无药剂选择压力下的抗性遗传稳定性,以及抗性突变体在不同碳源、氮源、温度等环境条件下的生物学特性及适合度。结果表明:除突变类型SdhB-H278Y及SdhB-H278R对啶酰菌胺与氟吡菌酰胺之间存在负交互抗性外,其他突变类型对啶酰菌胺与吡噻菌胺、氟吡菌酰胺及萎锈灵之间均表现为正交互抗性;所有突变类型菌株的抗药性均能稳定遗传;不同突变类型菌株之间致病性存在差异,其中SdhD-D95E突变体的致病力最强;利于所有突变类型菌株生长的碳源是麦芽糖,氮源种类则对突变体的生长影响不显著;各突变类型菌株的最适生长温度范围为25~30 ℃,其中突变体SdhD-D95E在高于30 ℃条件下菌丝生长速率大于其他突变体;耐热性研究中,抗性突变体经65 ℃高温处理45 min后无法存活,同时发现,60 ℃条件下突变体能正常生长,而敏感菌株不能生长;各质量浓度NaCl处理下,SdhD-D95E突变菌株菌丝生长速率快于其他突变菌株,而SdhB-H278Y突变菌株慢于其他突变菌株;葡萄糖对SdhB-H278R突变菌株的生长较为重要。研究表明,对啶酰菌胺不同抗性类型多主棒孢突变菌株的生物学特性及适合度存在差异,SdhD-D95E突变菌株适合度有所提高,表明该突变类型多主棒孢在田间具有较强的竞争力,容易形成优势种群。     

Cross-resistance relationships between benzimidazole fungicides and diethofencarb in Botrytis cinerea and their genetical basis in Ustilago maydis

After nitrosoguanidine- or UV-mutagenesis, three different benzimidazole-resistant phenotypes were isolated on media containing benomyl or a mixture of carbendazim and diethofencarb from wild-type strains of Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr. and Ustilago maydis (D.C.) Corda. Mutants of B. cinerea with moderate (MBr) or low (LBr) resistance to benzimidazoles and high resistance to diethofencarb (Dr) were isolated from the fungicide-mixture-containing medium in low frequency (7–1 × 10^?8). Only benzimidazole-resistant strains highly sensitive to diethofencarb (HBrDs) were identified on benomyl-containing medium at a frequency of 6.6 × 10^?6. Fitness-determining characteristics such as sporulation, germination and germ-tube elongation, were found to be reduced significantly in the mutants of B. cinerea that were resistant to both benzimidazoles and diethofencarb. However, pathogenicity of a MBrDr mutant strain on cucumber seedlings was equal to that of the wild type and a carbendazim + diethofencarb mixture was found to control grey mould caused by the wild type, but was not effective when the plant cotyledons were infected by the mutant strain. Three benzimidazole-resistant phenotypes (HBrDs, HBrDr, MBrDr) were isolated easily in U. maydis from a benomyl-containing medium. In contrast with B. cinerea, only one-tenth of the benzimidazole-resistant strains were sensitive to diethofencarb. Genetic analysis of benzimidazole resistance in U. maydis showed that the three benzimidazole-resistant phenotypes were due to three allelic mutations in a single gene and one of them was responsible for the negative cross-resistance between benzimidazoles and diethofencarb.     

Negatively correlated cross-resistance to dodine in fenarimol-resistant isolates of various fungi

The majority of fenarimol-resistant laboratory isolates ofAspergillus nidulans, Cladosporium cucumerinum, Penicillium expansum, P. italicum, andUstilago maydis testedin vitro, displayed a moderate degree of negatively correlated cross-resistance to dodine. A limited number of isolates also possessed an increased sensitivity to guazatine. Colonies of fenarimol-resistant isolates ofA. nidulans with increased sensitivity to dodine showed sector formation on dodine-amended agar. Subcultures from these sectors appeared to have the wild-type sensitivity to dodine and fenarimol. The results indicate that fenarimol resistance and increased sensitivity to dodine are closely linked. The potential practical significance of the results is discussed.     

番茄叶霉病菌对氟唑菌酰羟胺敏感基线的建立及氟唑菌酰羟胺田间防病效果评价

氟唑菌酰羟胺(pydiflumetofen)是一种新型SDHI类杀菌剂,目前在中国仅登记用于防治小麦赤霉病和油菜菌核病,为明确其对番茄叶霉病的防治潜力,测定了番茄叶霉病菌Passalora fulva不同发育阶段以及山东省不同地区采集的菌株对氟唑菌酰羟胺的敏感性,并验证了其田间防治效果.结果表明:氟唑菌酰羟胺对番茄叶霉...     

Characterization of Laboratory Mutants of Botrytis cinerea Resistant to QoI Fungicides

Mutants of Botrytis cinerea with moderate and high resistance to pyraclostrobin, a Qo inhibitor of mitochondrial electron transport at the cytochrome bc ₁ complex, were isolated at a high mutation frequency, after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis and selection on medium containing pyraclostrobin and salicylhydroxamate (SHAM), a specific inhibitor of cyanide-resistant (alternative) respiration. Oxygen uptake in whole cells was strongly inhibited in the wild-type strain by pyraclostrobin and SHAM, but not in the mutant isolates. Cross-resistance studies with other Qo and Qi inhibitors (QoIs and QiIs) of cytochrome bc ₁ complex of mitochondrial respiration showed that the mutation(s) for resistance to pyraclostrobin also reduced the sensitivity of mutant strains to other QoIs as azoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, trifloxystrobin and picoxystrobin, but not to famoxadone and to the QiIs cyazofamid and antimycin-A. An increased sensitivity of pyraclostrobin-resistant strains to the carboxamide boscalid, an inhibitor of complex II, and to the anilinopyrimidine cyprodinil, a methionine biosynthesis inhibitor, was observed. Moreover, no effect of pyraclostrobin resistance mutation(s) on fungitoxicity of the hydroxyanilide fenhexamid, the phenylpyrrole fludioxonil, the benzimidazole benomyl, and to the phenylpyridinamine fluazinam, which affect other cellular pathways, was observed. Study of fitness parameters in the wild-type and pyraclostrobin-resistant mutants of B. cinerea showed that most mutants had a significant reduction in the sporulation, conidial germination and sclerotia production. Experiments on the stability of the pyraclostrobin-resistant phenotype showed a reduction of resistance, mainly in moderate resistant strains, when the mutants were grown on inhibitor-free medium. However, a rapid recovery of the resistance level was observed after the mutants were returned to a selective medium. Studies on the competitive ability of mutant isolates against the wild-type parent strain, by applications of a mixed conidial population, showed that, in vitro, all mutants were less competitive than the wild-type strain. However, the competitive ability of high resistant mutants was higher than the moderate ones. Pathogenicity tests on cucumber seedlings showed that all mutant strains tested exhibited an infection ability similar with the wild-type parent strain. Preventive applications of the commercial product of F-500 25EC (pyraclostrobin) were effective against lesion development on cotyledons by the wild-type, but ineffective, even at high concentrations, against disease caused by the pyraclostrobin-resistant isolates. Boscalid (F-510 50WG) was found equally effective against the disease caused by the wild-type or pyraclostrobin-resistant mutants. This is the first report indicating the appearance of B. cinerea strains resistant to QoI fungicides by the biochemical mechanism of site modification and the risk for field resistance.     

球孢白僵菌不同分离株的生物学特性的研究

为了明确不同白僵菌菌株的生物学特征,对15株白僵菌菌株的ITS片段进行测序分析,并对这些菌株的菌落生长速率、产孢量、孢子萌发率、单芽管孢子萌发比例、单芽管平均长度和长芽管平均长度等多项生物学指标进行测定。结果表明,单芽管孢子萌发比例变化范围在11．91％～96．03％;单芽管平均长度和双芽管平均长度分别为6．28-21．43μm和10．338～19．902μm;各菌株间孢子萌发率差异很大,变化范围22．09％-86．32％。对菌株的培养特性（孢子萌发率、产孢量和菌落生长速率）与孢子萌发特性（单芽管孢子萌发比例、芽管总平均长度和芽管整齐度）这两个主因子进行典型相关分析,两性状集团总体相关不显著（P=0．341）,而孢子萌发率与单芽管孢子萌发比例相关显著,菌落生长速率与芽管总平均长度呈显著相关。     

六种三唑类杀菌剂对番茄叶霉病菌的毒力及其安全性和田间防效评价

为筛选出有效防治番茄叶霉病的药剂,采用生长速率法及平板涂布法测定6种三唑类杀菌剂对番茄叶霉病菌菌丝生长及分生孢子萌发和芽管伸长的毒力,评价其对番茄植株的安全性和对叶霉病的田间防效。结果表明,己唑醇、苯醚甲环唑、戊唑醇和氟硅唑对番茄叶霉病菌菌丝生长的毒力均较高,EC_(50)分别为0.50、0.55、0.80、2.42 mg/L,其次为腈菌唑和四氟醚唑,EC50分别为6.92、15.08 mg/L。6种杀菌剂抑制病菌分生孢子萌发及芽管伸长的作用均较弱,对芽管伸长的抑制活性高于对孢子萌发的抑制活性;戊唑醇和四氟醚唑抑制孢子萌发的作用相对较强,100 mg/L处理的抑制率为60%~70%,戊唑醇、四氟醚唑和己唑醇抑制芽管伸长的作用相对较强,100 mg/L处理的抑制率均在70%以上。己唑醇和戊唑醇200 mg/L处理番茄植株,显著抑制其株高,苯醚甲环唑和腈菌唑对其影响相对较小,这4种杀菌剂对番茄植株的叶色及形态均无明显影响;且这4种杀菌剂对番茄叶霉病的田间预防效果均高于治疗效果,其中150 mg/L己唑醇的预防效果和治疗效果均最高,分别为90.67%和85.58%;苯醚甲环唑的最低,300 mg/L时预防效果为80.16%,治疗效果为71.68%。     

盾壳霉抗菌核净菌株的诱导及其特性初步研究

为筛选可与菌核净配合防治作物菌核病的盾壳霉菌株,进行了紫外线辐射和药剂驯化试验,分别得到4个和2个盾壳霉抗菌核净突变菌株,并研究了其生物学特性。结果表明:除菌株D-1外,其余突变菌株生长速率(菌落直径57.00 ~62.75 mm,生物量6.38 ~8.63 mg/mL)均大于亲本菌株(菌落直径54.00 mm,生物量5.91 mg/mL);大部分突变菌株产孢量(对数值7.33 ~8.16)小于亲本菌株(8.40);菌核净对突变菌株的EC50值是亲本菌株的2.23 ~191.84倍;突变菌株D-3、U-6有微弱的几丁质酶活性,且除U-4外的突变菌株葡聚糖酶活性增强(亲本菌株8.96 U,突变菌株9.18 ~17.61 U)。综合分析,U-6菌株既有较高的葡聚糖酶活性又有几丁质酶活性,并能保持较快的生长速率,是值得开发的优良菌株。     

Impact of fludioxonil resistance on fitness and cross-resistance profiles of Altrenaria solani laboratory mutants

Sensitivity and inherent resistance risk of Alternaria solani to fludioxonil, cross-resistance profiles and the potential implications of resistance mutations on fitness parameters were investigated. Fludioxonil was highly effective against a wild type A. solani field strain both in vitro (EC₅₀?=?0.05 μg/mL) and in preventive applications on artificially inoculated tomato fruit. Mutants with low [Resistance factor (Rf): 15 based on EC₅₀], medium (Rf: 150–300) and high (Rf: > 1000) levels of phenylpyrrole resistance were isolated from the wild type strain at high frequencies following mutagenesis with UV irradiation and selection on fludioxonil containing medium. Resistant isolates retained their resistance levels even after 9 subcultures on fungicide-free growth medium while they could express their resistant phenotypes in planta. Investigation of cross-resistance relationships showed that fludioxonil resistance mutations also reduce the sensitivity of mutant strains to the aromatic hydrocarbon fungicide quintozene as well as the dicarboximides iprodione and vinclozolin. No cross-resistance was observed between fludioxonil and fungicides with different modes of action such as the sterol biosynthesis inhibitors (DMIs) imazalil and flusilazole and the carboxamide boscalid. All fludioxonil resistant isolates were more sensitive to the anilinopyrimidine pyrimethanil, while only two isolates were less sensitive to the QoI pyraclostrobin compared to the wild-type strain. Study of fitness determining parameters showed that resistance mutation(s) had no adverse effects on mycelial growth, conidial germination and sensitivity to osmotic stress while they had a pleiotropic effect on virulence and conidia production in resistant mutants. Results of the present study indicate that fludioxonil is a highly effective fungicide against A. solani, while the risk of resistance development to this fungicide is considered to be medium making fludioxonil an ideal alternative to high risk fungicides such as boscalid and pyraclostrobin whose performance against early blight has already been compromised by resistance development.

     

Effect of Phenylpyrrole-resistance Mutations on Ecological Fitness of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Botrytis cinerea</Emphasis> and their Genetical Basis in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ustilago maydis</Emphasis>

Mutants of Botrytis cinerea and Ustilago maydis highly resistant to fludioxonil were isolated at a high frequency, after nitrosoguanidine or UV mutagenesis, respectively, and selection on media containing fludioxonil. Tests on the response of mutant strains to high osmotic pressure resulted in the identification of two fludioxonil-resistant phenotypes (FLD_osm/s and FLD_osm/r), regarding the sensitivity to high osmolarity. Approximately 95% of fludioxonil-resistant mutants were found to be more sensitive to high osmotic pressure than the wild-type parent strains. Genetic analysis of phenylpyrrole-resistance in the phytopathogenic basidiomycete U. maydis, showed that fludioxonil-resistance was coded by three unlinked chromosomal loci (U/fld-1, U/fld-2 and U/fld-3), from which only the U/fld-1 mutation coded an osmotic sensitivity similar to that of the wild-types. Cross-resistance studies with fungicides from other chemical groups showed that the mutations for resistance to phenylpyrroles affect the sensitivity of mutant strains to the aromatic hydrocarbon and dicarboximide fungicides, but not to the benzimidazoles, anilinopyrimidines, phenylpyridinamines, hydroxyanilides or the sterol biosynthesis inhibiting fungicides. A study of fitness parameters in the wild-type and fludioxonil-resistant mutants of B. cinerea, showed that all osmotic sensitive (B/FLD_osm/s) isolates had significant reductions in the characteristics determining saprophytic fitness such as mycelial growth, sporulation, conidial germination and sclerotial production. Contrary to that, with the exception of mycelial growth, the fitness parameters were unaffected or only slightly affected in most of the osmotic resistant (B/FLD_osm/r) isolates. Tests on cucumber seedlings showed that the osmotic-sensitive strains were significantly less pathogenic compared with the wild-type and B/FLD_osm/r strains of B. cinerea. Preventative applications of the commercial products Saphire 50 WP (fludioxonil) and Rovral 50 WP (iprodione) were effective against lesion development on cotyledons by the wild-type and the mutant strains of B. cinerea that were resistant to the anilinopyrimidine cyprodinil (B/CPL-27) and to the hydroxyanilide fenhexamid (B/FNH-21), but ineffective, even at high concentrations, against disease caused by the fludioxonil-resistant isolates (B/FLD) and a mutant strain resistant to the dicarboximide iprodione (B/IPR-1). Experiments on the stability of the fludioxonil-resistant phenotype showed a reduction of resistance, mainly in osmotic-sensitive isolates, when the mutants were grown on inhibitor-free medium. A rapid recovery of the high resistance was observed after mutants were returned to the selection medium. Studies on the competitive ability of mutant isolates against the wild-type parent strain of B. cinerea, by applications of a mixed conidial population, showed that, in vitro, all mutants were less competitive than the wild-type strain. However, the competitive ability of osmotic-resistant mutants was higher than the osmotic-sensitive ones. Furthermore, competition tests, in planta, showed a significant reduction of the frequency of both phenylpyrrole-resistant phenotypes, with a respective increase in the population of the wild-type strain of the pathogen.     

Characterization and genetic analysis of laboratory mutants of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cochliobolus heterostrophus</Emphasis> resistant to dicarboximide and phenylpyrrole fungicides

 Laboratory mutants of Cochliobolus heterostrophus resistant to iprodione were obtained after chemical mutageneses. All the mutants were able to grow on the medium amended with iprodione 100 μg/ml. They showed positive cross-resistance to procymidone and fludioxonil and were sensitive to high osmolarity. Crosses between the mutant and a wild-type strain revealed that the fungicide resistance and osmotic sensitivity traits were inherited by their offspring in a 1 : 1 mutant/wild type ratio, indicating that the mutant phenotypes in these strains were due to alteration at a single gene locus. Results from allelism tests indicated that three genes (Dic1, Dic2, Dic3) conferred the mutant phenotypes. Among them, Dic1 mutant strains were classified into three types on the basis of their phenotypes. The first type was moderately resistant to the fungicides and less sensitive to osmotic stress than the other Dic1 mutant strains. The second type showed moderate fungicide resistance, but growth was inhibited under lower osmotic stress (50 mM KCl). The other Dic1 mutant strains grew well on medium containing iprodione and fludioxonil even at a concentration of 100 μg/ml and were highly sensitive to osmotic stress. The Dic2 and Dic3 mutant strains had moderate resistance to the fungicides with low-level osmotic sensitivity. The Dic1 gene was epistatic to Dic2 and Dic3 for fungicide resistance and hypostatic to them for osmotic sensitivity. These results suggest that the osmoregulatory system is involved in fungicide resistance in laboratory mutants of C. heterostrophus. Received: March 14, 2002 / Accepted: August 13, 2002     

An energy-dependent efflux mechanism for fenarimol in a wild-type strain and fenarimol-resistant mutants of Aspergillus nidulans

Uptake of [¹⁴C]fenarimol (30 μM) by mycelium of wild-type Aspergillus nidulans was characterized by a rapid initial accumulation during the first 10 min of incubation with the fungicide and a subsequent gradual release with time. Uptake appeared to be the result of influx and efflux. Influx of fenarimol could not be inhibited by low temperature, anaerobiosis, starvation of mycelium, or incubation with several respiratory inhibitors and is, therefore, a passive process. Under identical test conditions efflux activity was severely inhibited and should, therefore, be regarded as an energy-dependent mechanism. After prolonged incubation (90 min) an equilibrium between influx and efflux was established, resulting in an energy-dependent permeability barrier, since uptake could instantaneously be enhanced by addition of oligomycin or N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. It also indicates that efflux activity is inducible; this hypothesis is supported by the observation that pretreatment of mycelium with unlabeled fungicide prevented subsequent uptake of [¹⁴C]fenarimol. Uptake by fenarimol-resistant mutants J146, M193, and R264 of A. nidulans, all possessing the imaB gene for resistance, was relatively low and almost constant in time. In this case, uptake appeared to be considerably enhanced by low temperature, anaerobiosis, starvation of mycelium, and incubation with respiratory inhibitors. Low uptake by these mutants is ascribed to a higher energy-dependent efflux activity for fenarimol compared with the wild-type strain. Upon inhibition of the barrier activity, net uptake resulted from remaining passive influx, which in that case may be as high as in the wild-type strain. The results suggest that both wild-type and fenarimol-resistant mutants possess an energy-dependent efflux mechanism with different efficiencies to excrete fenarimol and probably other chemicals to which cross-resistance or collateral sensitivity is present.     

Stepwise development of laboratory resistance to DMI-fungicides in Penicillium italicum

Isolates ofPenicillium italicum with differential levels of resistance to imazalil were obtained via step-wise mass selection of conidia of the fenarimol-resistant isolate E300-3 on imazalilamended PDA. Three out of five selection steps were successful. The resistance level to imazalil of isolates acquired after the two last selection steps was on average 122 and 197. The differential level of resistance was also apparent in decay control on oranges by imazalil inoculated with the various isolates. The isolates showed a similar cross-resistance pattern to other fungicides which inhibit C-14 demethylation of sterols (DMIs), although the level of resistance to these fungicides was significantly higher. All isolates displayed negatively-correlated cross-resistance to tridemorph and dodine. Most isolates had a normal virulence on oranges. In competition experiments with mixed-inocula of the wild-type and a resistant isolate, the proportion of the wild-type increased in successive generations on untreated oranges and the proportion of the resistant isolate increased on imazalil-treated oranges. The lower competitive ability of the resistant isolate on untreated oranges may be due to a decrease in spore production as compared with the wild-type.Since isolate E300-3 was obtained in two selection steps on fenarimol-amended PDA, the isolates obtained in the last selection steps on imazalil-amended PDA may have at least five different genes for resistance to DMIs. This is consistent with resistance to DMIs being under polygenic control, with the genes involved having an additive interaction, although this is not the only possible explanation of the results.     

The Role of Ethylene Production in Virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pvs. glycinea and phaseolicola

ABSTRACT The importance of ethylene production for virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pvs. glycinea and phaseolicola was assayed by comparing bacterial multiplication and symptom development in bean and soybean plants inoculated with ethylene-negative (efe) mutants and wild-type strains. The efe mutants of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea were significantly reduced in their ability to grow in planta. However, the degree of reduction was strain-dependent. Population sizes of efe mutant 16/83-E1 that did not produce the phototoxin coronatine were 10- and 15-fold lower than those of the wild-type strain on soybean and on bean, and 16/83-E1 produced very weak symptoms compared with the wild-type strain. The coronatine-producing efe mutant 7a/90-E1 reached fourfold and twofold lower population sizes compared with the wild-type strain on soybean and bean, respectively, and caused disease symptoms typical of the wild-type strain. Experiments with ethylene-insensitive soybeans confirmed these results. The virulence of the wild-type strains was reduced to the same extent in ethylene-insensitive soybean plants as the virulence of the efe mutants in ethylene-susceptible soybeans. In contrast, the virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola was not affected by disruption of the efe gene.     

Antagonistic Interactions Between Strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

ABSTRACT The ability of some phytopathogenic bacterial strains to inhibit the growth of others in mixed infections has been well documented. Here we report that such antagonistic interactions occur between several wild-type strains of the rice bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. In mixed inoculations, a wild-type Philippine strain was found to inhibit the growth of a wild-type Korean strain. Furthermore, a nonpathogenic mutant of the Philippine strain maintained these antagonistic properties. Growth curve analysis indicated that both the wild-type Philippine strain and its nonpathogenic mutant inhibited the growth of the Korean strain 2 days after infection and prior to the onset of disease symptoms. When mixed with the nonpathogenic mutant, 10 out of 18 diverse wild-type X. oryzae pv. oryzae strains did not cause disease. Conversely, three of the strains that were not affected by the nonpathogenic mutant were found to inhibit the growth of both the wild-type and mutant Philippine strains, indicating that antagonism is widespread and strain specific. The observed growth inhibition occurred only in planta and did not correlate with bacteriocin activity in vitro. Antagonistic interactions also were found to affect resistance (R) gene-mediated resistance. The R gene Xa21 was capable of protecting rice plants coinoculated with nonantagonistic virulent and avirulent strains; however, when avirulent strains were coinoculated with virulent antagonistic strains, disease ensued. Taken together, these results indicate that X. oryzae pv. oryzae has evolved strategies to compete with rival strains in a fashion that allows virulent strains to evade R gene-mediated protection even when avirulent strains are present in the inoculum.