Isolation and antifungal activity of lignans from Myristica fragrans against various plant pathogenic fungi

BACKGROUND: In a search for plant extracts with potent in vivo antifungal activity against various plant diseases, we found that treatment with a methanol extract of Myristica fragrans Houttyn (nutmeg) seeds reduced the development of various plant diseases. The objectives of the present study were to isolate and determine antifungal substances from My. fragrans and to evaluate their antifungal activities. RESULTS: Three antifungal lignans were isolated from the methanol extract of My. fragrans seeds and identified as erythro-austrobailignan-6 (EA6), meso-dihydroguaiaretic acid (MDA) and nectandrin-B (NB). In vitro antimicrobial activity of the three lignans varied according to compound and target species. Alternaria alternata, Colletotrichum coccodes, C. gloeosporioides, Magnaporthe grisea, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Acidovorax konjaci and Burkholderia glumae were relatively sensitive to the three lignans. In vivo, all three compounds effectively suppressed the development of rice blast and wheat leaf rust. In addition, EA6 and NB were highly active against the development of barley powdery mildew and tomato late blight, respectively. Both MDA and NB also moderately inhibited the development of rice sheath blight. CONCLUSION: This is the first study to demonstrate the in vitro and in vivo antifungal activities of the three lignans from My. fragrans against plant pathogenic fungi.     

抗霉菌素“120”与杀灭菊酯混用防治效果试验

抗霉菌素“120”是一种新的农用抗菌素,防治农作物上多种病害都有效。实验室试验证明;本剂与杀灭菌酯混用,对防治病害和虫害的效果没有不良影响,因此可以减少打药次数,有一定经济意义。     

Screening extracts of Achyranthes japonica and Rumex crispus for activity against various plant pathogenic fungi and control of powdery mildew

Methanol extracts of fresh materials of 183 plants were screened for in vivo antifungal activity against Magnaporthe grisea, Corticium sasaki, Botrytis cinerea, Phytophthora infestans, Puccinia recondita and Erysiphe graminis f sp hordei. Among them, 33 plant extracts showed disease-control efficacy of more than 90% against at least one of six plant diseases. The methanol extracts of Achyranthes japonica (whole plant) and Rumex crispus (roots) at concentrations greater than 11 g fresh weight of plant tissue per litre of aqueous Tween 20 solution effectively controlled the development of barley powdery mildew caused by E graminis f sp hordei in an in vivo assay using plant seedlings. At a concentration of 300 g fresh weight of plant tissue per litre of Tween 20 solution, the two extracts were as efficient as the fungicide fenarimol (30 mg litre(-1)) and more active than the fungicide polyoxin B (100 and 33 mg litre(-1)) against Sphaerotheca fuliginea on cucumber plants in glasshouse trials.     

广东省新推广大豆品种病害的初步调查

本文采用普查和定点调查以及传统的植物病害鉴定方法,在2006年6月至2010年10月对广东省新推广高产优质大豆品种的病害种类、发生危害及分布进行了调查.发现病害共有12种,其中真菌病害9种,分别是锈病、霜霉病、红冠腐病、丝核菌叶枯病、炭疽病、白绢病、白粉病、镰刀菌根腐病和煤烟病;细菌性病害、线虫病害和病毒病害各1种,分别为细菌性叶斑病、根结线虫病和花叶病.主要病害为锈病、霜霉病、红冠腐病、花叶病、丝核菌叶枯病和炭疽病等.不同季节大豆的主要病害发生情况不同.春大豆以霜霉病发生较为严重;而夏大豆则以红冠腐病、锈病、花叶病毒病和丝菌核叶枯病发生较严重.     

Shoot Blight and Leaf Spot of Blueberry Anthracnose Caused by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Colletotrichum acutatum</Emphasis>

Shoot blight and leaf spots were found on highbush blueberry trees in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, in 1999. The causal fungus was identified morphologically as Colletotrichum acutatum Simmonds ex Simmonds. This is the first report of blueberry anthracnose caused by C. acutatum in Japan. Received 16 November 2001/ Accepted in revised form 22 March 2002     

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%。     

近10年农作物主要病虫害发生危害情况的统计和分析

2006-2015年,我国农作物病虫草鼠害总体处于严重发生状态,各类病虫害年发生面积在4.603 5亿~5.075 3亿hm2次,年均挽回粮食损失9 684.68万t,占全国粮食总产的17.35%;年均实际损失粮食1 965.49万t,占全国粮食总产的3.53%。五大粮食作物中每年通过防治挽回损失的比例,水稻、小麦、玉米、大豆和马铃薯分别占55.18%、21.29%、18.97%、1.88%和2.68%,实际造成损失的比例分别占33.67%、23.31%、35.13%、2.11%和5.79%。影响全国粮食生产最为重要的10种(类)病虫害依次为稻飞虱、水稻纹枯病、稻纵卷叶螟、玉米螟、小麦蚜虫、二化螟、稻瘟病、小麦纹枯病、小麦赤霉病、小麦白粉病;某一个病虫暴发危害时最高可实际造成200万t以上的粮食损失,总损失可达2 200万t,占某类粮食总产的12%左右,对国家粮食安全影响巨大。最具暴发和流行危害特点的种类主要有稻飞虱、稻纵卷叶螟、稻瘟病、小麦条锈病、小麦赤霉病和黏虫等6种。本文运用大量翔实的历史数据统计分析了近10年来水稻、小麦、玉米三大粮食作物病虫害的危害损失和暴发危害情况。     

Biological evaluation of neopeptins isolated from a Streptomyces strain

BACKGROUND: Microbial secondary metabolites are a rich source of antifungal agents and have merit as alternatives to synthetic fungicides. To develop disease control agents against powdery mildew, the lipopeptide antibiotic neopeptins were identified from the culture broth of a Streptomyces sp., and in vivo control efficacy of the compounds was evaluated on cucumber plants under glasshouse conditions. RESULTS: The Streptomyces sp. KNF2047 antagonistic against powdery mildew development in cucumber plants was isolated from a soil sample. Antifungal compounds were purified from the culture broth and identified as neopeptin A and B. In vitro microtitre assays revealed the inhibitory activities of the compounds in the range 128-512 microg mL(-1) against the mycelial growth of Alternaria mali, Botrytis cinerea, Cladosporium cucumerinum, Colletotrichum lagenarium, Didimella bryoniae and Magnaporthe grisea. Although neither compound showed remarkable in vitro antifungal activity against other plant pathogenic fungi, a mixture of neopeptins (484 mg of neopeptin A and 290 mg of neopeptin B per gram of partially purified powder) showed potent protective and curative activity against cucumber powdery mildew in vivo. The disease control activity of the neopeptins at a concentration of 2.4 mg L(-1) was 92.1%, which was similar to that of the commercial fungicide fenarimol (89.3% at 63 mg L(-1)) and that of the commercial biocontrol agent Actinovate (67.4% at 2 x 10(7) cfu L(-1)). CONCLUSION: Neopeptin mixtures isolated from Streptomyces sp. KNF2047 showed potent disease control activity against powdery mildew development on cucumber plants. .     

Laboratory and greenhouse evaluation of a new systemic fungicide,N,N'-bis-(1-formamido-2,2,2-trichloroethyl)-piperazine (CELA W 524)

The new systemic fungicide N,N'-bis-(1-formamido-2,2,2-trichloroethyl)-piperazine (CELA W 524) was shown to display a moderate to distinct fungitoxic activity in vitro towards several pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi. Depending on the inert ingredients present², the available formulations proved to be either rather phytotoxic or virtually non-phytotoxic. Pre-infectional spraying with the non-phytotoxic formulation provided complete protection of barley, bean, cucumber, pea and tomato plants against barley powdery mildew, bean rust, cucumber powdery mildew and cucumber scab, pea powdery mildew and tomato leaf mould, respectively. some suppression of disease symptoms —although only at high concentrations of CELA W 524 — was observed in the case of leaf spot in pea plants. Upon post-infectional treatment disease control was less pronounced, although powdery mildew diseases and tomato leaf mould were effectively suppressed. When applied via the roots CELA W 524 proved to be systemically active, successfully protecting barley plants against powdery mildew, and cucumber plants against powdery mildew and cucumber scab.Samenvatting Het nieuwe systemische fungicide CELA W 524 (C. H. Boehringer Sohn, Ingelheim am Rhein, Duitsland) bleek een matige tot duidelijke fungitoxische werking in vitro te vertonen tegenover verschillende pathogene en niet-pathogene schimmels. Eén van de beschikbare formuleringen bleek vrij sterk fytotoxisch, de andere was nagenoeg niet fytotoxisch. Bespuiting vóór inoculatie met de niet-fytotoxische formulering resulteerde in volledige bescherming van gerst, bonen, komkommers, erwten en tomaten tegen respectievelijk gerstemeeldauw, boneroest, komkommermeeldauw en vruchtvuur, erwtemeeldauw en bladvlekkenziekte bij tomaat. Enige onderdrukking van ziektesymptomen trad ook op bij erwten, geïnoculeerd metAscochyta pisi, tenminste, wanneer hoge concentraties van CELA W 524 werden gebruikt. Bij bespuiting na inoculatie was het effect geringer, hoewel meeldauwziekten en bladvlekkenziekte bij tomaat toch doeltreffend bestreden werden. Toegediend via de wortels bleek CELA W 524 systemisch actief; het beschermde aldus gerst tegen meeldauw en komkommers tegen meeldauw en vruchtvuur.     

Inhibition of fungal spore adhesion by zosteric Acid as the basis for a novel, nontoxic crop protection technology

ABSTRACT To explore the potential for nontoxic crop protection technologies based on the inhibition of fungal spore adhesion, we have tested the effect of synthetic zosteric acid (p-(sulfo-oxy) cinnamic acid), a naturally occurring phenolic acid in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) plants, on spore adhesion and infection in two pathosystems: rice blast caused by Magnaporthe grisea and bean anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. We have shown that zosteric acid inhibits spore adhesion to model and host leaf surfaces and that any attached spores fail to develop appressoria, and consequently do not infect leaf cells. Low concentrations of zosteric acid that are effective in inhibiting adhesion are not toxic to either fungus or to the host. The inhibition of spore adhesion in the rice blast pathogen is fully reversible. On plants, zosteric acid reduced (rice) or delayed (bean) lesion development. These results suggest that there is potential for novel and environmentally benign crop protection technologies based on manipulating adhesion.     

新型杀菌剂氯苯肟唑对蔬菜主要病原菌的抑制作用及田间防病效果

对新化合物氯苯肟唑作为农用杀菌剂的效果进行了评价。分别采用孢子萌发法、含毒介质法、离体叶片法和盆栽试验法,测试了氯苯肟唑对不同蔬菜病原真菌的抑制作用;此外,还进行了20%氯苯肟唑水乳剂防治黄瓜白粉病和黑星病的田间药效试验。室内毒力测定结果显示,氯苯肟唑对供试的几种病原菌均具有较高的杀菌活性,其中500 mg/L的处理对番茄枯萎病菌、辣椒疫病菌、黄瓜黑星病菌的活性与对照药剂相当,对菜豆菌核病菌、黄瓜灰霉病菌和黄瓜白粉病菌的抑制率虽然低于对照药剂,但抑菌效果均在80%以上。田间试验中20%氯苯肟唑水乳剂40 mg/L药液对黄瓜白粉病和黄瓜黑星病的防效可分别达80％和84％。室内生物活性测定结果与田间试验结果一致。     

新型杀菌剂苯噻菌酯的抑菌活性及生物学特性

报道了新型Qo I类杀菌剂苯噻菌酯(试验代号Y5247)的生物学特性。在含50μg/m L水杨肟酸(SHAM)旁路氧化专化性抑制剂的AEA培养基上,该杀菌剂抑制水稻纹枯病菌、稻瘟病菌、油菜菌核病菌及草莓灰霉病菌菌丝生长的有效中浓度(EC50)分别为0.004、0.009、0.016和0.023μg/m L;其抑制辣椒炭疽病菌和草莓灰霉病菌孢子萌发的EC50值分别为0.448和0.019μg/m L。苯噻菌酯对防治小麦白粉病具有保护和治疗作用,EC50值分别为0.991和1.823μg/m L。其在小麦叶片上内吸输导性差,但具有一定的渗透性、良好的粘着性、耐雨水冲刷和较长的持效期。用有效成分为25μg/m L的苯噻菌酯药液喷雾处理的麦苗,14 d后接种小麦白粉病菌,其防效仍达72.48%。     

Evaluation of the systemic activity of simeconazole in comparison with that of other DMI fungicides

The systemic activity of simeconazole (RS-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-3-trimethylsilylpropan-2-ol) in plants was compared with those of eight other sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides. Simeconazole prevented the infection of Blumeria graminis (DC) Speer f sp hordei Marchal on barley leaves within a radius of several centimeters from the edge of local treatment on the leaves when the compound was separated from the leaves by glass coverslips. This reveals that simeconazole has prominent vapour-phase activity. Simeconazole showed excellent curative activity against barley powdery mildew when treated 1-3 days after inoculation. Furthermore, this indicates that simeconazole has notable translaminar activity because, when the compound was applied onto either the adaxial or abaxial leaf surface, it showed excellent efficacy against powdery mildew on the opposite side of the leaf surface of barley and cucumber. Simeconazole also showed excellent efficacy against barley powdery mildew by soil drench 24h after inoculation. This suggests that simeconazole was absorbed very quickly into the barley plant after treatment. The permeability of the compound through cuticular membranes prepared from tomato fruits was about 20% at 22 h after the treatment and was much superior to that of the other DMI fungicides tested.     

杂交稻对稻瘟病和稻白叶枯病的抗性鉴定

对广东省将推广的54份杂交稻组合对稻瘟病和白叶枯病的抗病性进行了鉴定。对稻瘟病的抗病性鉴定表明:抗病组合共49个,占90.7%;其中,高抗(抗性比≥91%)组合30个,占55.6%。对稻白叶枯病的抗病性鉴定表明:没有高抗(HR)和抗(R)的组合,仅有一个杂交稻组合(西胜2175)表现为中抗(mR),仅占1.9%,其余53个组合都表现感病,占98.1%。进一步分析表明:对稻瘟病表现高抗的30个杂交稻组合都不抗白叶枯病,而中抗白叶枯病的杂交稻组合西胜2175对稻瘟病表现为中抗,抗性比为74%。     

Paecilomyces farinosus destroys powdery mildew colonies in detached leaf cultures but not on whole plants

Since 2001, several isolates of Blumeria graminis, the causal agent of cereal powdery mildew, maintained on detached leaves at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, have spontaneously become infected with an unknown filamentous fungus whose mycelia have quickly overgrown the powdery mildew colonies and destroyed them completely. A total of five isolates of the contaminant were obtained and identified as Paecilomyces farinosus based on morphological characteristics and rDNA ITS sequence data. To determine whether these P. farinosus isolates can be considered as biocontrol agents (BCAs) of powdery mildews, we studied the interactions between P. farinosus and the following four powdery mildew species: B. graminis f.sp. hordei infecting barley, Oidium neolycopersici infecting tomato, Golovinomyces orontii infecting tobacco and Podosphaera fusca infecting cucumber. The powdery mildew colonies of all these four powdery mildew species were quickly destroyed by P. farinosus in leaf cultures but neither conidial suspensions nor cell-free culture filtrates of P. farinosus isolates could suppress the spread of powdery mildew infections on diseased barley, tomato, tobacco or cucumber plants in the greenhouse. It is concluded that P. farinosus cannot be considered as a promising BCA of powdery mildew infections although it can destroy powdery mildew colonies in detached leaf cultures and can be a menace during the maintenance of such cultures of cereal, apple, cucurbit and tomato powdery mildew isolates.     

Isolation and antifungal activity of kakuol, a propiophenone derivative from Asarum sieboldii rhizome

An antifungal substance active against Colletotrichum orbiculare (Berk & Mont) Arx was isolated from the methanol extracts of Asarum sieboldii (Miq) Maek rhizomes. High-resolution MS, NMR and UV spectral data confirmed that the antifungal substance is kakuol, 2-hydroxy-4,5-methylenedioxypropiophenone. Colletotrichum orbiculare was most sensitive to kakuol, with MIC of 10 microg ml(-1). Kakuol also completely inhibited the mycelial growth of Botrytis cinerea Pers ex Fr and Cladosporium cucumerinum Ellis & Arthur at 50 microg ml(-1) and 30 microg ml(-1), respectively. However, no antimicrobial activity was found against yeast and bacteria even at 100 microg ml(-1). Kakuol exhibited a protective activity against the development of anthracnose disease on cucumber plants. The control efficacy of kakuol against the anthracnose disease was in general somewhat less than that of the commercial fungicide chlorothalonil. This is the first report to demonstrate in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity of kakuol against C. orbiculare infection.     

对甲氧基肉桂醛的抗真菌活性及田间药效分析

通过对植物香料产物对甲氧基肉桂醛的抗真菌活性研究,发现该化合物对鞭毛菌亚门卵菌纲、子囊菌亚门和半知菌亚门的8种植物病原真菌,番茄晚疫病菌(Phytophthora infestans)、水稻纹枯病菌(Rhizoctonia solani AG-1IA)、油菜菌核病菌(Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)、西瓜枯萎病菌(Fusarium oxysporum)、番茄灰霉病菌(Botrytis cinerea)、草莓褐色轮斑病菌(Phomopsis obscurans)、草莓炭疽病菌(Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)和烟草赤星病菌(Alternaria alternata)具有高效、广谱的特性;田间药效试验表明其对黄瓜霜霉病和水稻纹枯病具有较高的防治效果。这为其在植物病害防治中的应用以及进一步开发提供了依据。     

Genetics of resistance to wheat leaf rust, stem rust, and powdery mildew in Aegilops sharonensis

Aegilops sharonensis (Sharon goatgrass) is a wild relative of wheat and a rich source of genetic diversity for disease resistance. The objectives of this study were to determine the genetic basis of leaf rust, stem rust, and powdery mildew resistance in A. sharonensis and also the allelic relationships between genes controlling resistance to each disease. Progeny from crosses between resistant and susceptible accessions were evaluated for their disease reaction at the seedling and/or adult plant stage to determine the number and action of genes conferring resistance. Two different genes conferring resistance to leaf rust races THBJ and BBBB were identified in accessions 1644 and 603. For stem rust, the same single gene was found to confer resistance to race TTTT in accessions 1644 and 2229. Resistance to stem rust race TPMK was conferred by two genes in accessions 1644 and 603. A contingency test revealed no association between genes conferring resistance to leaf rust race THBJ and stem rust race TTTT or between genes conferring resistance to stem rust race TTTT and powdery mildew isolate UM06-01, indicating that the respective resistance genes are not linked. Three accessions (1644, 2229, and 1193) were found to carry a single gene for resistance to powdery mildew. Allelism tests revealed that the resistance gene in accession 1644 is different from the respective single genes present in either 2229 or 1193. The simple inheritance of leaf rust, stem rust, and powdery mildew resistance in A. sharonensis should simplify the transfer of resistance to wheat in wide crosses.     

茉莉酸诱导小麦抗病虫性初步研究

初步研究了茉莉酸诱导对小麦苗抗病虫能力的影响,结果显示,小麦在喷施茉莉酸后能够提高植株对麦长管蚜和小麦白粉病菌、小麦叶锈病菌的抵抗能力,可显著降低小麦白粉病、叶锈病的发病级别和病斑数量,对麦长管蚜则在体重和产仔数量上有显著的抑制作用。