草莓轻型黄边病毒3'末端序列多态性研究

 The 930 bp segment in 3' terminal region of Strawberry mild yellow edge virus(SMYEV) genome was amplified by 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends(RACE).Ten Chinese isolates were sequenced,and 7 of them were the same.Nucleotide and amino acid identities and phylogenesis were analyzed between Chinese isolates and 24 isolates from other regions of the world.Sequence analysis of the 878 nt stretch within 3' terminal region of SMYEV genome showed that nucleotide acid identities ranged from 79.5% to 100%,deduced amino acid sequences of coat protein gene identity were 86.4% to 100%.Phylogenetic analysis showed that all isolates of SMYEV fell into four clades.To a certain extent,the clades were related with the geological distribution of SMYEV.Chinese isolates SY01 and SY04 lay in the same clade with European and American isolates,but formed a small separate branch.Isolates SY03 and SY02,derived from Fragaria×ananassa cv.Changhong-2 and F.pentaphylla respectively,had a far relationship with other isolates and fell into one clade.They were likely to be the special isolates that existed only in China.     

小西葫芦黄花叶病毒山东南瓜分离物的分子特性

 Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) was detected by RT-PCR from pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) plant showing yellowing and mosaic symptom from Liaocheng, Shandong Province. The 3'-termial 1 684 bp genomic sequence covered 633 bp of NIb encoding sequence, 840 bp of cp gene and 211 bp of 3'-untranslated region of the isolate ZYMV-Liaocheng was determined. The cp gene of ZYMV-Liaocheng shared identities of 81.4%-98.8% and 89.4%-99.5% at nucleotide and amino acid levels, respectively, with other ZYMV sequences available in the GenBank. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that ZYMV could be clustered to 6 genotypes. ZYMV-Liaocheng belonged to genotypeⅠ, which contained isolates from Asia, Europe and America. Genotypes Ⅲ and Ⅴ were unique and contained only isolates from East Asia. The isolates from East Asia had the highest variability.     

甘蔗花叶病毒福建分离物外壳蛋白基因的克隆及序列分析

 A fujian isolate of Sugarcane mosaic virus named SCMV-FJ was isolated from infected sugarcane. Cloning and sequence analysis of the coat protein gene of this isolate was carried out. A pair of primers was designed and synthesized based on the nucleotide sequences of coat protein genes of sugarcane mosaic viruses reported. The coat protein gene of SCMV-FJ was amplified from the extracted total RNA of the infected sugarcane by using RT-PCR, and cloned into the pMD18-T vector. The sequencing result indicated that the cloned segment included a 1137 bp open reading frame(ORF) and a 228 bp 3' untranslated region, in which the ORF comprised the whole coat protein and part of the nuclear inclusion b. The nucleotide and the deduced amino acid sequences of the coat protein gene were compared with those of the other isolates or strains of SCMV subgroup reported in GenBank. The result showed that it shares 56.8%-97.1% and 55.3%-99.4% homology in nucleotide and the putative amino acid sequences, respectively, with the highest amino acid homology of 99.4% with SCMV-D. Thus it was identified as a SCMV-D. This experiment provided a rapid, sensitive and relatively inexpensive method for RT-PCR detection of SCMV. At the same time, the cloning of SCMV-FJ coat protein gene provided the foundation for plant gene engineering against SCMV.     

云南甘蔗宿根矮化病调查及种茎温水处理脱菌效果检测

 Based on the specific primer from the nucleotide sequences between 16S-23S rDNA, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) approach for detecting Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli (Lxx) was established. The approach was applied to detect Lxx from 30 cultivars collected from two main sugar cane producing areas in Yunnan and 10 hot-water treatment samples. The results showed that 80% of the cultivars were infected by Lxx and hot-water treatment was proved to be an efficient measure to control but not completely eliminate Lxx in sugar cane tissues. The PCR products amplified from six infected cultivars were cloned and sequenced, six sequences were acquired and analyzed. It indicated that the six sequences were identical and showed 100% similarity with the isolates from Brazil, Australia and Fujian, and 99.54% with the isolate from Louisiana.     

大麦条纹花叶病毒中国株三基因盒(TGB)序列对比分析

 The tripe gene block (TGB)genes of Barley stripe mosaic virus China strain (BSMV-CH)were amplified from cDNA of BSMV-CH RNAβ (GenBank accession No:AY789694)by PCR with special primer pairs, and cloned into pMD18-T vector for sequencing. Analysis of the sequences showed that the full length of BSMV-CH TGB1, TGB2 and TGB3 were 1 539, 396 and 468 bp, with deduced 512, 131 and 155 amino acids, respectively. BSMV-CH TGB1 shared 94.1%-95.4% nucleotide identities and 91.0%-94.5% amino acid identities with that of other BSMV strains, BSMV-CH TGB2 shared 96.5%-97.2% nucleotide identities and 98.5%-99.2% amino acid identities with that of other BSMV strains, and BSMV-CH TGB3 shared 95.7%-96.6% nucleotide identities and 94.2%-96.8% amino acid identities with that of other BSMV strains. Phylogenetic tree based on the amino acid of Hordeiviruses TGB genes showed that BSMV-CH was relatively closed to CV17 in genetic relationship. Therefore, BSMV-CH was deduced to be a recombined strain of CV17 and CV42.     

引起玉米粗缩病的水稻黑条矮缩病毒山东分离物的分子特性

 Four isolates of Rice black-streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) were collected from the maize plants showing rough dwarf symptom in Linyi and Tai'an,Shandong province.The S10 genomic sequences of these isolates were determined and compared with those of 14 other RBSDV isolates.All of the four sequences were 1 801 base pairs (bp) long including the 5'-UTR of 21 bp and the 3'-UTR of 103 bp.They all contained an open reading frame of 1 677 bp (22-1698),encoding the coat protein (CP) of 558 amino acids.The sequences of these four RBSDV isolates and those of the major cp gene of 14 other isolates available in the GenBank were divided into two groups in the phylogenetic tree.Recombination analysis indicated that the isolate Lym2 was likely a recombinant of isolates Lym1 and Zhjs.     

甘蔗黄叶病毒复制酶基因的克隆及序列分析

 The gene of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) was cloned by RT-PCR from Sugarcane yellow leaf virus-Fuzhou isolate (CHN-FJ1) and then cloned into pMD18-T vector. The sequence showed that the fragment comprised 1 212 nucleotides including part gene of ORF1 and ORF2. The ORF2 was involved the RdRP gene consisted of 995 nucleotides and encoded putative protein of 331 amino acids. Compared the nucleo-tide sequence and encoded putative protein of CHN-FJ1 with the other isolates from different countries, they shared the homology above 92.0%. Phylogenetic tree suggested that the sixteen isolates were classified into four types according to the amino acid sequence of the RdRP. One of the groups contained CHN-FJ1 and the other isolates from China, American, Brazil, Australia and Colombia;however, there was the closest relation between CHN-FJ1 and BRA-YL1 isolate from Brazil.     

中国不同地理来源稻曲病菌rDNA-IGS的初步分析

 The rDNA-IGS of 11 Ustilaginoidea virens isolates from different geographical regions in China were amplified by PCR and sequenced. The results showed that the rDNA-IGS fragments consisted of one cen-tral variable region and two lateral conservative regions. The two conservative sequences among the11 isolates shared the sequence similarity of 99.44%. The variable region consisted of 2, 4, or 6 of 77 bp-length-repeats in the isolates and the sequences of the repeat units were high conservative. Primers UIGS Ⅲ and UIGS IV were designed for amplification of the variable region in the rDNA-IGS.     

云南甘蔗杆状病毒的分子检测及其对甘蔗品质和产量的影响

 Sugarcane bacilliform virus(SCBV) was detected by PCR from sugarcane showing chlorosis and mottle symptom from Kaiyuan, Yunnan Province.Part sequence of replicase gene of the isolate SCBV-Kaiyuan was determined.Sequence analysis indicated that the 589 bp of SCBV-Kaiyuan shared identities of 73.2%-74.0% and 83.1%-84.1% at nucleotide and amino acid levels with SCBV-Australia respectively, 66.7%-68.4% and 65.6%-67.7% with SCBV-Morocco.The quality and yield of the sugarcane infected with SCBV-Kaiyuan was also investigated.The juice extraction, sucrose content, gravity purity and average stalk weight were decreased 1.55%, 1.24%, 2.22% and 0.26 kg in plants infected with SCBV-Kaiyuan, but reducing sugar was increased by 0.21% in infected plants.     

Hymenopteran Parasitoids on Fruit-infesting Tephritidae (Diptera) in Latin America and the Southern United States: Diversity, Distribution, Taxonomic Status and their use in Fruit Fly Biological Control

We first discuss the diversity of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of the Neotropics. Even though the emphasis is on Anastrepha parasitoids, we also review all the information available on parasitoids attacking flies in the genera Ceratitis, Rhagoletis, Rhagoletotrypeta, Toxotrypana and Zonosemata. We center our analysis in parasitoid guilds, parasitoid assemblage size and fly host profiles. We also discuss distribution patterns and the taxonomic status of all known Anastrepha parasitoids. We follow by providing a historical overview of biological control of pestiferous tephritids in Latin American and Florida (U.S.A.) and by analyzing the success or failure of classical and augmentative biological control programs implemented to date in these regions. We also discuss the lack of success of introductions of exotic fruit fly parasitoids in various Latin American countries. We finish by discussing the most pressing needs related to fruit fly biological control (classical, augmentative, and conservation modalities) in areas of the Neotropics where fruit fly populations severely restrict the development of commercial fruit growing. We also address the need for much more intensive research on the bioecology of native fruit fly parasitoids.     

Brief Guide for Authors

正Journal of Arid Land(JAL)is an international journal(ISSN 1674-6767;CN 65-1278/K)for the natural sciences,sponsored by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography,Chinese Academy of Sciences and Science Press.It is published by Science Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg bimonthly.JAL publishes original,innovative,and integrative research from arid and semiarid regions,ad     

The parasitoid complex ofLiriomyza cicerina on chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

Liriomyza cicerina (Diptera: Agromyzidae) is an important pest on chickpea in Turkey. The objective of this study was to determine the parasitoids and rates of parasitism ofL. cicerina on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) during the 2005 and 2006 seasons in ?anl?urfa province, Turkey. Leaves with mines were sampled weekly and kept in the laboratory to observe and count emerging leafminer and parasitoid adults. Eight parasitoid species were collected: the braconidsOpius monilicornis Fischer andOpius tersus Foerster and the eulophidsDiaulinopsis arenaria (Erdös) andNeochrysocharis formosa (Westwood), which occurred in both the winter and summer seasons;Diglyphus crassinervis Erdös,Neochrysocharis ambitiosa Hansson,Neochrysocharis sericea (Erdös) andPediobius metallicus (Nees), which occurred only in the summer growing areas.Diaulinopsis arenaria was the predominant parasitoid with 4–7.7% parasitism rate whileN. ambitiosa andO. monilicornis were the second and third most predominant species. The results of these trials show that sinceDia. arenaria occurred throughout every season, it could potentially be used for control of the leafminerL. cicerina.     

Plant–herbivore asynchrony necessitates augmentative releases of the exotic beetle,Zygogramma bicolorata,to enhance the biological control of P arthenium hysterophorus

Systematic information on the quantitative impact of Z ygogramma bicolorata on the biology of P arthenium hysterophorus is crucial as the seeds of this weed continue to germinate from the accumulated soil seed bank throughout the year in the form of different germinating flushes, while the activity of the beetle ceases during winter as it enters diapause. Therefore, plant–herbivore interactions need to be explored to develop predictions of the overall impact of the introduced beetle on the weed. The findings revealed that defoliation by Z . bicolorata had a significant impact on the plant height, density and flower production in flushes F ₃, F ₄ and F ₅, but not in F ₁ and F ₂ that exhibited longer periodicity, profuse branching, a longer flowering period and maximum flower production and contributed mostly to the existing seed soil bank. Therefore, total depletion of the existing soil seed bank was not possible. Consequently, the effect of augmentative field releases of laboratory‐reared beetles was explored on F ₁ and F ₂ in February for three consecutive years (2011–2013). Before initiating the trial, random soil samples were taken from the plots that were assigned to the paired treatments (i.e. with the beetle and without the beetle [insecticide‐treated]) and it was found that the seed bank in those samples did not differ. The single release of Z . bicolorata adults at five per plant at the six‐leaf stage significantly reduced the soil seed bank, compared to without the biocontrol agent, irrespective of the flushes at the end of the season.     

Effects of the saprophytic leaf mycoflora on growth and productivity of winter wheat

The effects of the saprophytic mycoflora and its interference with cereal aphids on growth and yield of winter and spring wheat was studied in field experiments in 1980, 1981 and 1982.Yields varied between 5000 and 8000 kg dry matter of kernels per ha. The effect of the saprophytic mycoflora on yield was determined in different treatments: A) no control measures against cereal aphids and saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi, B) no control of cereal aphids, control of saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi, C) control of cereal aphids and control of saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi, D) control of cereal aphids and stimulation of saprophytic mycoflora and E) control of cereal aphids, no control of saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi nor stimulation of saprophytic mycoflora.Considerable differences in top densities of saprophytic mycoflora (10 times as large in A and D as in B and C) were determined. The consequences of these differences for the growth and productivity of wheat were minor. A negative effect of saprophytic mycoflora on the yield could not be detected in 1981 and 1982, whereas a small positive significant effect was found in 1980. This stimulation may have been due to competition between necrotrophic fungal pathogens and saprophytic mycoflora. As a result of favourable weather conditions necrotrophic fungal pathogens were very numerous in 1980 and could form an important yield reducing factor. Yield levels may effect the importance of the necrotrophic and saprophytic mycoflora as yield reducing factors. Additionally, in the presence of aphid honeydew captafol was found to be relatively ineffective against saprophytic fungi.     

Relationship Between Production of the Phytotoxin Prehelminthosporol and Virulence in Isolates of the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana

A gas chromatographic method was developed to quantify the phytotoxin prehelminthosporol, which is a sesquiterpene metabolite of the plant pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana. The toxin was extracted from mycelium or culture filtrates, pre-cleaned using solid phase extraction, and analyzed by gas chromatography as a trimethylsilyl-derivative. The detection limit of the method was 5ngl^–1 (signal to noise ratio 4:1) which corresponds to ca. 15ng prehelminthosporol per mg dry weight of mycelium or 15ng prehelminthosporol per ml culture filtrate. The total amount of prehelminthosporol (mycelium plus culture filtrate) increased with cultivation time when examined in six isolates of B. sorokiniana after 6, 9, 12 and 15 days of incubation. The screening experiment of 17 isolates for prehelminthosporol production after 8 days of incubation revealed significant differences in the toxin production between the isolates. The isolates with low toxin production had lower virulence towards barley roots compared to those with higher production of the toxin. However, the virulence did not increase with prehelminthosporol level among the high producing isolates. Prehelminthosporol was also analyzed in a number of related Bipolaris and Drechslera species. In addition to B. sorokiniana, three out of six Bipolaris species (B. setariae, B. zeicola, B. victoriae) produced prehelminthosporol, which indicates that ability to produce prehelminthosporol is conserved among closely-related Bipolaris species.     

Effect of botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins on the gut enzyme of the rice leaffolderCnaphalocrocis medinalis

The effect of botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins on gut enzyme activity of larvae of the rice leaffolderCnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was investigated. Gut enzyme activities were affected by botanical insecticides and bacterial toxin individually and in combination. When fed a diet of rice leaves treated with botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins, in bioassays the activities of gut tissue enzymes — acid phosphatases (ACP), alkaline phosphatases (ALP) and adenosine triphosphatases (ATPase) — of rice leaffolder larvae were affected. When combined, the effect was more severe at a low concentration. Larvae that were chronically exposed to botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins showed a reduction in weight (59–89%) and exhibited a significant reduction in ACP, ALP and ATPase activities. The combination ofBacillus thuringiensis kurstaki and botanical insecticides caused a decrease of twofold in enzyme activity even at reduced concentration. A synergistic effect was found when botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins were combined at low doses. These effects were most pronounced in early instars. Clear dose-response relationships were established with respect to enzyme activity. In conclusion: (i) biopesticides are relatively safe and biodegradable; (ii) a synergistic effect of botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins was found; (iii) less expensive, readily available and naturally occurring biopesticides could be an alternative for organic and inorganic pesticides in controlling RLF. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Sept. 28, 2004.