Integration of partial resistance,plant density and use of fungicide for management of white mould in common bean

In-row plant densities have not been studied for common beans with type II growth habit and contrasting reactions to white mould. Advanced breeding lines with partial resistance or susceptibility to white mould were combined with 4, 7, 10 or 13 plants m⁻¹ and with or without fungicide at a constant between-row spacing of 0.5 m in five sprinkler-irrigated field trials conducted during the autumn–winter season in Brazil. White mould pressures in the trials covered the whole range from zero to moderate/high (46–60% of white mould severity index). In all trials, means of white mould incidence, severity and yield did not vary significantly between 7 and 13 plants m⁻¹ for the partially resistant line, regardless of the fungicide levels. For the susceptible line, 13 plants m⁻¹ increased white mould incidence and severity under moderate disease, regardless of the fungicide levels, and decreased yield compared with 10 plants m⁻¹ when fungicide was applied twice under moderate/high disease pressure. For the susceptible line, 7 or 10 plants m⁻¹ maximized yield in all trials, with or without fungicide applications. The results suggest that the current recommendation of 11–13 plants m⁻¹ could be used for type II beans with partial resistance to white mould in either a conventional or organic system. For susceptible genotypes, 7–10 plants m⁻¹ seems to be the most appropriate in-row plant density. This study may improve the recommendation of in-row plant density for type II beans cultivated under white mould pressure.     

不同猕猴桃品种对细菌性溃疡病的抗病性及其聚类分析

通过田间定点抗病性调查,结合前人的研究结果得出:不同猕猴桃品种对细菌性溃疡病的抗性存在明显差异。金魁和两种雄株中华软、美味硬最为抗病,早鲜次之,魁蜜稍抗。华美2号、海沃德中感。秦美、金丰最感病。用最长距离法对安徽省9个猕猴桃品种进行抗细菌性溃疡病系统聚类,可以将9个品种划分为5类。在谱系图上,抗病性相同的品种大致划分在同一个类中,第1类中华软、美味硬(8、9)为免疫品种;第2类早鲜、金魁(6、7)为高抗品种;第3类魁蜜(5)为中抗品种;第4类为中感品种,华美2号(4)为偏抗病,海沃德(3)为感病品种;第5类则为感病品种,金丰(1)为高感品种,秦美(2)为感病品种。其结果与实际抗性调查情况基本相符。     

Traditional and commercial apple and pear cultivars as sources of resistance to fireblight1

In Hungary, fireblight research programmes were initiated on pear in 1999 and on apple in 2000, with the aim of evaluating the susceptibility or resistance of commercial cultivars. Sources of resistance for future breeding were also sought among traditional apple cultivars collected from Ukraine and pear cultivars in the Hungarian gene bank (Szigetcsép). Experiments were done under secure conditions. Inocula were mixtures of characteristic Erwinia amylovora isolates from pear and apple in Hungary. Host responses (symptom development, disease severity and multiplication rate of bacterial cells in host tissues) were assessed on shoots, flowers and fruits. About 30 pear and 30 apple cultivars, and 35 apple hybrids, were tested and grouped into four categories for pear and three for apple. Of the pear cultivars tested, 50% were susceptible, 30% moderately susceptible and only 10% of low susceptibility. Different plant organs occasionally displayed different responses. Members of the last two groups might serve as useful candidates for growing under IPM conditions. Among the traditional Hungarian varieties tested, we found high resistance in ‘Sikulai’ and ‘Szemes alma’, which could be used as sources of fireblight resistance in breeding programmes and also grown in organic orchards. Furthermore, among the offspring of the apple ‘Prima’ (scab‐resistant), we have found highly resistant lines.     

Characterization of white mold disease avoidance in common bean

White mold, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a devastating fungal disease of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) worldwide. Physiological resistance and disease avoidance conferred by plant architecture-related traits contribute to white mold field resistance. Our objective was to further examine white mold disease avoidance in common bean. A comparative map composed of 79 quantitative trait loci (QTL) for white mold resistance (27), disease avoidance traits (36) and root traits (16) was generated. Thirteen white mold resistance QTL, six with strong and seven with weak associations with disease avoidance traits, were observed. Root length and lodging QTL co-located in three regions. Canopy porosity and height, and lodging were highly correlated with disease severity score in field screening trials conducted from 2000 to 2011. Resistance to lodging was extremely important for reducing disease severity in both dry and snap bean (r?=?0.61 across 11 trials). Avoidance traits were less effective in reducing disease severity in trials with heavy disease pressure. Dry bean lines with physiological resistance in combination with disease avoidance traits did not require fungicide application to protect yield potential under moderate and heavy disease pressure. Given the complexity of disease resistance as evidenced by the comparative QTL map, marker-assisted breeding for disease avoidance is not recommended at this time. Instead, selecting for resistance to white mold in the field, in combination with high yield potential and acceptable maturity, is the recommended strategy for improving both disease avoidance and physiological resistance to white mold in cultivars with commercially acceptable agronomic traits.     

Detection of resistance to Diaporthe toxica in asymptomatically infected lupin seedlings based on an immunoassay for phomopsin

An immunoassay for the detection of phomopsin was used to detect levels of the mycotoxin in epidermal peels from resistant and susceptible lupin cultivars asymptomatically infected with Diaporthe toxica. Quantifiable levels (> 6,25μg/kg) of phomopsin were detected in susceptible lupin cultivars, but not in very resistant breeding lines or in the control. These differences reflect the differences in resistance observed in microscopical assays and mature plants in the field.     

Virulence and Molecular Diversity within Colletotrichum lindemuthianum Isolates from Andean and Mesoamerican bean Varieties and Regions

Virulence on a standard set of 12 common bean differential varieties, DNA sequence of repetitive-elements (Rep-PCR) and random amplified microsatellites (RAMS) were used to assess the genetic variability of 200 Colletotrichum lindemuthianum isolates collected from Andean and Mesoamerican bean varieties and regions. High levels of pathotypic (90 pathotypes) and genetic diversity (0.97) were identified among 200 isolates, revealing that C. lindemuthianum is a highly diverse pathogen. Although a significant number of pathotypes were common to Andean and Mesoamerican regions, many more were only found in the Mesoamerican region. Cluster analysis of virulence and molecular data did not separate isolates into groups that were structured with common bean gene pools. No genetic differentiation (G _ST=0.03) was apparent between Andean and Mesoamerican isolates of C. lindemuthianum. The diversity exhibited by C. lindemuthianum does not appear to cluster according to common bean gene pools, and the high diversity found in the Mesoamerican region seems to indicate that C. lindemuthianum originated and was disseminated from this region. Due to the high genetic variation exhibited by C. lindemuthianum, stacking major resistance genes appears to be the best option for developing cultivars with durable anthracnose resistance.     

Identification of Resistance to Common Bacterial Blight Disease on Bean Genotypes Grown in Turkey

Common bacterial blight (CBB) in edible beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), incited Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli, reduces bean yields and seed quality. The main objective of this study was to determine resistance to common bacterial blight in bean genotypes. Twenty-two bean genotypes grown in Turkey including common and snap bean cultivars/lines were collected from different parts of Turkey and tested for resistance against to Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli strain MFD-11. All the common and snap bean lines/cultivars tested were moderately susceptible, susceptible or highly susceptible, except AG-7117 which was found resistant to Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli. This is the first report of a resistance source in a common bean line (AG-7117) against Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli.     

Resistance in water yam (Dioscorea alata) cultivars in the French West Indies to anthracnose disease based on tissue culture-derived whole-plant assay

Reactions of 60 water yam ( Dioscorea alata ) cultivars to three isolates of the yam anthracnose fungal pathogen ( Colletotrichum gloeosporioides ) were evaluated using tissue culture-derived whole-plant assay. Three disease parameters: single score on a scale of 0–6 at the seventh day after inoculation (SD7); area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC); and disease progress rate ( R _d) were compared, and cultivars were classified into disease-response groups using a rank-sum method based on AUDPC scores for the two most virulent isolates. A wide range of variation in resistance of the D. alata cultivars, and significant effects of pathogen isolate and isolate–cultivar interactions, were observed for all disease parameters. The three disease parameters were positively correlated; however, four cultivars showed great dispersions from the regression lines for comparisons of SD7 with the multiple assessments based AUDPC and R _d. The 60 cultivars were separated into resistant ( n  = 12), moderately resistant ( n  = 19), moderately susceptible ( n  = 18) and susceptible ( n  = 11) groups. The potential of the tissue culture-derived whole-plant assay to resistance breeding programmes and further understanding of the yam anthracnose pathosystem is discussed.     

甘蔗优良新品种(系)抗褐锈病基因Bru1的分子检测及自然抗性评价

甘蔗褐锈病是目前中国蔗区发生最普遍、危害最严重的病害之一,选育和种植抗病品种是防治该病最为经济有效的措施。为明确近年国家甘蔗体系育成的50个新品种(系)对甘蔗褐锈病的抗性,确定其应用潜力,本研究通过在甘蔗褐锈病高发蔗区云南德宏、保山2个区域化试验站,采用田间自然抗性调查与分子标记辅助鉴定抗性基因的方法,于2014年和2015年对中国近年选育的50个优良新品种(系)及2个主栽品种进行抗褐锈病基因Bru1的分子检测及自然抗性评价。田间自然发病调查结果表明,50个优良新品种(系)及2个主栽品种中,高抗至中抗的有34个,占65.38%。其中15个材料表现高抗,占28.85%,16个材料表现抗病,占30.77%,3个材料表现中抗,占5.77%;分子检测结果显示,共29个抗病材料含有抗褐锈病基因Bru1,出现频率为55.77%,表明中国近年选育的优良新品种(系)中抗褐锈病性主要由Bru1控制;其余5个抗病材料均不含抗褐锈病基因Bru1,暗示除了Bru1外,可能还有其他抗褐锈病基因存在。不同系列品种田间感病品种的频率和含抗褐锈病基因Bru1的频率不同,粤糖系列品种感病品种的频率最高达到60%,含Bru1的频率最低,只有30%,抗性最弱;云蔗系列品种感锈病品种的频率最低只有12.5%,含Bru1的频率最高,达到81.25%,抗性最好。本研究结果为深入开展甘蔗抗褐锈病育种,选育和推广优良抗病品种,有效防控甘蔗褐锈病提供了科学依据和优良抗性新品种(系)。     

不同葡萄品种对霜霉病的抗性

葡萄霜霉病是葡萄生产上重要的病害之一,通过对辽宁省不同葡萄品种进行室内离体叶片接种和田间自然发病情况调查,以期为葡萄抗性品种的选育和葡萄霜霉病的防治提供科学依据。结果表明,在供试品种中,没有对霜霉病完全免疫的品种,室内离体叶片接种和田间调查结果基本一致,不同品种间霜霉病的抗性存在差异。供试的65个品种中,室内离体叶片接种评价高抗品种3个,抗病品种23个,感病品种24个,高感品种15个;田间自然发病调查评价高抗品种1个,抗病品种19个,感病品种35个,高感品种10个。欧美杂交品种(系)相对欧亚杂交品种(系)较抗病。     

Nature of resistance of seven melon lines to Sphaerotheca fuliginea

The nature of resistance of Sphaerotheca fuliginea Poll. race 1 was investigated in leaves of susceptible, moderately resistant and resistant genotypes of Cucumis melo . For this purpose three different tests were carried out. The first one was designed to assess whether resistance was caused by pre- or post-infectional mechanisms, and the other two tests were focused to determine if any differences were present in the progression ratio of the disease, measured as the delaying time in conidiophore and conidia formation, among the different cultivars which were tested. The results showed that in the resistant controls ('PMR5' and 'PI 124111'), the resistant reaction was probably due to pre-infectional mechanisms, or at least very near to the moment of infection, while in the moderately resistant and resistant Spanish local cultivars it was clearly due to post-infectional mechanisms characterized by an important delay in the growth and development of the fungus when compared with the susceptible cultivars. Suggestions are made for the development of more successful breeding programmes.     

四川省育成小麦品种和高代品系对条锈病的抗病性评价

四川省不仅是条锈菌冬繁区,也是我国东部麦区重要的春季初侵染菌源地和毒性变异地。准确评价四川小麦新育成品种和高代品系对条锈病的抗性水平,能为合理培育和使用抗病品种提供重要依据。利用当前条锈菌优势小种和4个地点的成株期鉴定圃对来自四川省的115份小麦育成品种和299份高代品系进行苗期和成株期抗病性鉴定。结果表明,新育成品种苗期对优势小种的高抗CYR32、CYR33和CYR34的比例发生不同程度的变化,对CYR32的高抗比例为40.9%、对CYR34的高抗比例为17.4%,而供试高代品系高抗比例从52.3%降至46.2%;中抗类型育成品种从20.0%增加到40.9%,高代品系从19.6%增加至33.2%。表明条锈菌优势小种更替后一些材料仍保留了部分抗性,后期选育的高代品系兼顾对新小种的抗病性。育成品种在四川成都和甘肃清水成株期鉴定,高抗品种所占比例较低,分别为13.9%和3.5%,但高代品系高抗类型比例较高,分别为42.2%和8.5%,表明甘肃和四川条锈菌的致病类型和发病环境条件存在较大差异,近年来四川小麦成株抗条锈病育种取得显著进展。     

A refined inoculation method to evaluate false smut resistance in rice

False smut, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, is a serious disease of rice worldwide. To evaluate false smut resistance in rice, we developed a method combining the cultivation of the main culm of rice plants in the greenhouse and rapid preparation of a conidial suspension to inject into the leaf sheath. The method was used to evaluate false smut resistance in 18 varieties/lines of rice. For comparison, field trials were also carried out in 2007 and 2008. The results indicated that the greenhouse method was more reproducible than field trials: commercial varieties tested were resistant; almost all the forage varieties were highly susceptible; and blast-resistant varieties/lines were mostly resistant to false smut. Thus, this inoculation method will be useful for determining the level of false smut resistance in rice and for breeding resistant varieties.     

不同小麦品种(系)对赤霉病的抗性和麦穗组织中DON毒素积累分析

 为明确不同小麦品种(系)对赤霉病的抗性和麦穗组织中DON毒素积累水平,培育和利用抗赤霉病和DON毒素积累的品种提供资源和依据,本研究采用单小花滴注接种法对河南省的106个小麦品种(系)抗赤霉病性进行鉴定分析,并用ELISA测定了病穗组织中DON毒素水平。结果表明不同小麦品种(系)对赤霉病的抗性有显著差异,106个小麦品种(系)中未发现抗病和中抗材料,中感品种(系)有华育198、郑麦103和春丰0021等14个,占13.2%;感病的有曌式2010-06、百农898和中麦63等92个,占86.8%。不同小麦品种(系)籽粒、颖壳和穗轴中DON毒素积累水平有显著差异,籽粒中DON毒素水平在(0.70~287.63)mg/kg之间,其中郑03876、豫保1号和中麦63 的DON毒素水平在2 mg/kg 以下,为抗毒素材料;其他的103个品种DON毒素水平大于2 mg/kg;颖壳和穗轴中的DON毒素水平在(51.03~392.87)mg/kg之间,普遍比籽粒中DON毒素含量高。籽粒中DON毒素水平与小麦品种(系)的平均病害严重度间呈极显著正相关。     

Variation in the resistance of Vicia faba to Ascochyta fabae in relation to disease development in field trials

The epidemic development of Ascochyta fabae in artificially infected field trials was studied in order to define resistance criteria and assess the variation in resistance of infected lines of faba bean. Large differences were demonstrated among French winter lines during the 1985/86 and 1986/87 growing seasons. All the scoring systems allowed the differentiation of very susceptible and resistant material, but disease indices, which account for the number and intensity of lesions, were more precise. The different phases of the epidemic are described on the basis of the variation in disease incidence on foliage and on pods during the 1986/87 cropping season in Brittany. There were three phases in disease development: initiation, spread throughout foliage, and pod infection, and these were all influenced by host resistance. On a very susceptible line, the disease spread was seen as an increase in the number and size of lesions and rapidly developed up the plant. Low disease indices observed on the resistant line 29 H were due to the small size and low frequency of lesions, resulting in a reduced area of foliage affected.     

Reaction of genotypes from several species of grain and forage legumes to infection with a French pea isolate of the oomycete <Emphasis Type="Italic">Aphanomyces euteiches</Emphasis>

The susceptibility/resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches of various genotypes (cultivars and breeding lines) of several grain legume species was assessed in controlled conditions. A total of 279 genotypes from the major grain legumes grown in temperate climates (faba bean, chickpea, lentil, lupin and common vetch) and three other legumes frequently cultivated in France (French bean, clover and alfalfa) were screened with one pea-infecting isolate from France. Four different categories of susceptibility/resistance were identified among the legume species/cultivars tested with the pea A. euteiches isolate: (1) susceptible legume species (lentil, alfalfa, French bean) among which low levels of partial resistance was observed; (2) legume species including susceptible genotypes and genotypes with high levels of resistance (common vetch, faba bean and clover), (3) species with a very high level of resistance (chickpea) and (4) species displaying no symptoms (lupin). It is therefore important to consider pathogen-species and pathogen-genotype interactions when defining the host specificity of A. euteiches and considering the possible role of different legume species in increasing or decreasing the soil inoculum potential.     

Novel metrics to classify fire blight resistance of 94 apple cultivars

Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora), a potentially devastating disease in apple, can cause floral, fruit and structural damage and even tree death. Most commercial apple cultivars are susceptible and the resistance/susceptibility of many modern cultivars has not been evaluated. Fire blight resistance/susceptibility is difficult to phenotype due to quantitative resistance, impacts of tree vigour and environment on susceptibility, and the erratic nature of the disease. Resistance/susceptibility levels were determined for 94 apple cultivars and important breeding parents. In 2016 and 2017, multiple actively growing shoots per tree (about three trees per cultivar) were challenged with E. amylovora Ea153n via a cut-leaf inoculation method. Proportion of current season's shoot length blighted (SLB) was calculated for each shoot. To classify cultivar responses, estimated marginal SLB means were compared to four controls, representing highly susceptible (HS) to highly resistant (HR), via Dunnett's tests. Cultivar responses ranged from HS to HR with estimated marginal SLB means of 0.001–0.995 in 2016 and 0.000–0.885 in 2017. Most cultivars demonstrated similar resistance/susceptibility levels in both years (ρ = 0.657, P < 0.0001). K-means clustering was used to classify cultivars into three resistance/susceptibility groups based on incidence, average severity (SLB), and maximum severity values (maximum SLB and age of wood infected). Sixteen cultivars were consistently moderately resistant (MR) to HR while the remainder ranged from HS to MR. An updated comparison of susceptibility of important cultivars is provided. Resistance/susceptibility information gained could be used to identify genetic loci associated with resistance/susceptibility and/or inform parental selection in apple scion breeding programmes.     

云南籼稻主栽品种对白背飞虱的抗性筛选

为明确云南籼稻主栽品种对白背飞虱Sogatella furcifera(Horváth)的抗虫性及其影响产量的水稻关键生育期,为抗虫品种选育和推广提供参考依据,本文利用苗期和分蘖盛期单株接虫鉴定、成株期(移栽期—乳熟期)田间自然种群发生鉴定等方法,测定了云南籼稻区31个水稻主栽品种对白背飞虱的抗虫性及其产量。结果表明,苗期有7个品种表现高抗,23个品种表现中抗—中感,1个品种表现高感;分蘖期有20个品种表现高抗,有11个表现中抗—中感;成株期田间自然种群鉴定,31个品种成株期白背飞虱田间自然种群的累计虫量都超过了对照品种TN1,均表现为感虫。单株接虫鉴定多数品种表现抗虫,而大田期自然种群鉴定则全部表现为感虫,一定程度说明了云南籼稻区主栽品种对白背飞虱具有耐害性而无抗生性。移栽期、孕穗期、抽穗期百丛虫量与有效穗数呈显著的负相关性;移栽期、孕穗期和抽穗期的百丛虫量是造成有效穗数少和产量低的关键因子。移栽期、孕穗期和抽穗期是防治白背飞虱的关键时期。     

Susceptibility of Broccoli Cultivars to Bacterial Head Rot: In Vitro Screening and the Role of Head Morphology in Resistance

Head rot is a major disease of broccoli caused by the soft rot pathogens Pseudomonas fluorescens and Erwinia carotovora. Two in vitro pathogenicity tests were evaluated as a methods to identify broccoli cultivars susceptible or resistant to bacterial head rot. One test used mature heads excised from the plant and inoculated with squares of cotton lint which had been soaked in a bacterial suspension. The other test involved stab-inoculating axenically grown seedlings. With the excised head test, susceptible cultivars showed a black soft rot, whilst less susceptible or moderately resistant cultivars showed only watersoaking, or browning and slight softening of the tissue. No cultivar was completely resistant. Ten cultivars were tested, and their susceptibility ratings corresponded with previously recorded field data, with one exception. This laboratory test could be used to screen for susceptibility to head rot in broccoli breeding programmes. The seedling test distinguished differences in aggressiveness among bacterial isolates but not cultivar susceptibility. Increasing head size correlated negatively with disease resistance. Head shape, i.e. cultivars which showed a domed shape rather than a flat shape, was positively correlated with disease resistance. Thus small domed heads are more resistant to head rot than large flat heads. Other morphological characteristics, viz. floret prominence and number, and sepal stomatal number were not correlated with host resistance.     

Breeding tomatoes for resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl begomovirus

Tomato yellow leaf curl begomovirus (TYLCV) can be devastating to tomato crops in tropical and subtropical regions. The development of resistant cultivars is the best option for the control of TYLCV. The TYLCV-resistance level of a new breeding line, TY172, alongside that of commercial cultivars known to be resistant to the virus, was evaluated in a field test by comparing the yield performance of inoculated plants with that of uninoculated plants of the same line or cultivar. There were substantial differences among the different entries tested in the extent of yield loss relative to the corresponding uninoculated control plants. This comparison between inoculated and uninoculated plants of the same entry provides a quantitative assay for resistance level. All resistant commercial cultivars tested developed different levels of disease symptoms. Only line TY172 showed no symptoms of the disease. A low level of viral DNA was detected in infected TY172, showing that it is a symptomless carrier of TYLCV. When TY172 was crossed with susceptible lines, the hybrids exhibited milder symptoms than the susceptible parent, yet higher than that of TY172, suggesting a partial dominance for TY172 resistance. Upon inoculation of F₂ populations, the amount of symptomless individuals appeared in a ratio approximating 7:64. This suggests that at least three genes appear to account for the resistance.