抗咯菌腈禾谷镰刀菌的紫外诱导及其生物学特性

为评估玉米茎腐病病原菌禾谷镰刀菌(Fusarium graminearum)对咯菌腈的室内抗药性风险,本研究通过室内紫外照射获得抗咯菌腈突变体,分析抗性突变体对咯菌腈的抗药性、遗传稳定性和生物学特性,及其对咯菌腈、戊唑醇、苯醚甲环唑、嘧菌酯的交互抗性。结果表明,经紫外照射5min,获得17株抗咯菌腈突变体,其对咯菌腈的EC50为72.78~290.09μg/mL,是亲本菌株的4 000~17 000倍;抗性突变频率为1.7×10-6,可稳定遗传;最适生长温度均为25℃,最适pH均为8,与亲本菌株相同;菌落生长速度低于亲本菌株;在含有0.9mmol/L NaCl的PDA培养基中培养的菌落形态与不含NaCl的PDA培养基中的相比,亲本菌株和4号抗性菌株色素沉积减少,而1号和16号抗性菌株色素沉积增加。推测禾谷镰刀菌对咯菌腈存在中等或高等的室内抗药性风险。室内抗药性测定表明抗性突变体对咯菌腈和苯醚甲环唑均产生了抗性。     

河北省设施番茄灰霉病菌对啶酰菌胺和咯菌腈的敏感性

 为明确河北省设施番茄灰霉病菌对啶酰菌胺和咯菌腈的敏感性,2013-2016年,采用菌丝生长速率法测定了采自河北省八个地区的2 425株灰霉病菌对啶酰菌胺和咯菌腈的敏感性。2013-2016年监测数据显示,河北省设施番茄灰霉病菌对啶酰菌胺和咯菌腈的敏感性呈下降趋势。2016年从河北省不同地区采集的番茄灰霉病菌对啶酰菌胺具有相似的敏感性,且对啶酰菌胺产生了低水平的抗性,仅在唐山地区检测到了啶酰菌胺的高抗菌株;而不同地区采集的灰霉病菌对咯菌腈的敏感性具有差异,但均为咯菌腈的敏感菌株。因此,啶酰菌胺和咯菌腈仍可用于番茄灰霉病的防治,但应严格控制其使用频率,监测灰霉病菌对其敏感性变化动态。     

抗啶酰菌胺蔬菜灰霉病菌突变体的诱导及其生物学性状

为评价蔬菜灰霉病菌对啶酰菌胺的抗性风险,采用紫外线照射和药剂驯化相结合的诱导方法,对蔬菜灰霉病菌D9、L17、J9亲本敏感菌株进行了室内啶酰菌胺抗性诱导,并采用菌落直径法比较了抗、感菌株在生物学性状方面的差异。结果显示,共获得不同抗性水平的突变体23株,其中突变体D9-4的抗性倍数为253.76倍,达高抗水平。突变体菌丝生长速率较敏感菌株有所下降,抗、感菌株的适宜生长温度均为25 ℃,敏感菌株最适pH为5,突变体最适pH为7,突变体适应酸碱度和温度变化的能力较敏感菌株差;低抗突变体产孢量和孢子萌发率与敏感菌株无显著差异,但高抗突变体产孢量和孢子萌发率较敏感菌株显著降低;在无药条件下,敏感菌株致病力强于抗性突变体,而在药剂胁迫下,突变体表现出一定的耐药性,致病力强于敏感菌株;6株突变体无药继代培养15代后,突变体抗性稳定遗传。此外,蔬菜灰霉病菌对啶酰菌胺与其它5种杀菌剂之间没有交互抗性。研究表明,蔬菜灰霉病菌抗啶酰菌胺突变体适合度较低,但在药剂选择压力下容易形成啶酰菌胺抗性群体,在生产中需引起注意。     

辽宁省不同地区番茄灰霉病菌对咯菌腈的敏感性

为明确辽宁省不同地区间番茄灰霉病菌对咯菌腈的敏感性是否存在差异,以及咯菌腈与其他杀菌剂之间是否存在交互抗性,采用菌丝生长速率法测定番茄灰霉病菌对咯菌腈、腐霉利、多菌灵的敏感性。结果表明,从辽宁省6个不同地区分离的番茄灰霉病菌菌株对咯菌腈的平均EC50差异不显著,番茄灰霉病菌菌株对咯菌腈的敏感性频率呈正态分布,咯菌腈对不同地区共117株番茄灰霉病菌的EC50平均值为(0.007 3±0.004 5)μg/mL,且咯菌腈与腐霉利和多菌灵之间均不存在交互抗药性。     

连续施药及室内药剂驯化对番茄灰葡萄孢对咯菌腈敏感性的影响

为了解连续施药对番茄灰葡萄孢对咯菌腈敏感性的影响,在温室条件下,从灰霉病发生初期开始,按推荐剂量(有效成分67.5 g/hm2)定期向番茄苗喷施咯菌腈,通过菌丝生长速率法检测灰葡萄孢对咯菌腈的敏感性。结果表明,在番茄1个生长季节中连续施药7次后,病菌对咯菌腈仍表现敏感,其EC50值在0.004 7～0.046 2 μg/mL之间。在含咯菌腈的PDA培养基上对30个灰葡萄孢敏感菌株进行药剂驯化7代后,共产生2个抗药性突变体(Rg-12和Rdz-28),其中Rg-12对咯菌腈的EC50值是其亲本菌株g-12的46倍,Rdz-28的EC50值大于500 μg/mL,2个抗性突变体在菌丝生长速率、产孢量和产菌核能力方面均显著低于其亲本菌株。推测灰葡萄孢可能不易对咯菌腈产生抗性,咯菌腈可作为防治番茄灰霉病的理想候选药剂。     

辽宁省番茄灰霉病菌对氟吡菌酰胺的敏感性

从辽宁省番茄产区未使用过琥珀酸脱氢酶抑制剂的温室采集番茄灰霉病样本,经分离、鉴定并纯化,得到病原菌(Botrytis cinerea Pers.)单孢菌株206株,采用菌丝生长速率法测定氟吡菌酰胺的有效抑制中浓度EC50,建立了敏感基线,并调查了氟吡菌酰胺与咯菌腈、啶酰菌胺、嘧霉胺、腐霉利、异菌脲之间的交互抗性情况.结...     

辣椒根腐病菌对咯菌腈的敏感性及其抗性突变体的生物学性状

为明确辣椒根腐病致病菌腐皮镰孢Fusarium solani对咯菌腈的抗性风险,采用菌丝生长速率法测定了采自未使用过咯菌腈的5个省份的102株腐皮镰孢对咯菌腈的敏感性。结果表明：咯菌腈对102株腐皮镰孢的EC₅₀范围为0.029 0～0.183 4 mg/L,平均EC₅₀为(0.106 2±0.031 5)mg/L,敏感性频率分布为连续单峰曲线,所以可将其作为供试5个省份腐皮镰孢对咯菌腈的敏感基线。通过药剂驯化和紫外诱导并结合抗性遗传稳定性最终共获得4株腐皮镰孢抗咯菌腈突变体,抗性水平在6.94～32.43倍之间,突变频率分别为3.51×10^-4(SDWF1914-Y336和SDWF1914-Y017)和7.41×10^-9(SDWF1914-ZR717和JSXZ1906-ZR496)。腐皮镰孢抗咯菌腈突变体生物学性状的研究表明,抗性突变体在菌丝生长速率、产孢量与致病力方面与亲本菌株不存在显著差异。交互抗性测定结果显示,腐皮镰孢对咯菌腈与嘧菌酯、醚菌酯、多菌灵和福美双均无交互抗性。结果表明,供试腐皮镰...     

8种杀菌剂对番茄灰霉病菌的毒力及田间番茄灰霉病菌对咯菌腈的敏感性

为了解决番茄灰霉病菌的抗性问题,筛选出理想的替代药剂,采用菌丝生长速率法测定了山东寿光和河北徐水两地番茄灰霉病菌对不同类型杀菌剂的敏感性。两地的番茄灰霉病菌对咯菌腈、氟啶胺均高度敏感,对其他不同作用方式的杀菌剂表现出不同的敏感性。用同样方法检测了不同地区的106株番茄灰霉菌对咯菌腈的敏感性,结果显示其EC50值分布在0.003 9～0.044 9μg/mL之间,平均EC50值为(0.014 2±0.008 1)μg/mL。咯菌腈可作为防治番茄灰霉病的候选药剂。     

山东省玉米纹枯病菌对噻呋酰胺的敏感性及其抗性突变体的生物学性状

为明确山东省玉米纹枯病菌对噻呋酰胺的敏感性及其抗药性风险,采用菌丝生长速率法分别测定了采自山东泰安、临沂、潍坊、莱芜、日照及青岛6个地区的102株玉米纹枯病菌对噻呋酰胺的敏感性。结果表明:其EC₅₀值分布范围为0.010～0.194 μg/mL,平均EC₅₀ 值为 (0.086 ± 0.004) μg/mL,且敏感性呈连续单峰曲线分布。通过紫外诱导与药剂驯化的方法各获得5株耐药性菌株 (TA3-X2、TA17-X6、LY8-3、QD14-Y7和WF6-A2) 和1株抗性突变体 (QD2-Y4),其抗性水平在6.46～20.08倍之间,突变频率分别为0.87%和0.52%。对抗性突变体生物学性状的研究表明,紫外诱导获得的5株耐药性菌株其耐药性不能稳定遗传,而经药剂驯化获得的1株抗性突变体QD2-Y4的抗药性可稳定遗传;耐药性菌株TA3-X2的菌丝生长速率高于亲本菌株,其余菌株与亲本菌株差异不明显;5株耐药性菌株和1株抗性突变体的菌丝干重和菌核干重均低于亲本菌株;TA3-X2、WF6-A2及QD2-Y4的致病力低于亲本菌株,TA17-X6、LY8-3及QD14-Y7的致病力与亲本菌株无明显差异。交互抗性测定表明,噻呋酰胺抗性突变体与戊唑醇、丙环唑、咯菌腈、井冈霉素、苯醚甲环唑和多菌灵之间均无交互抗性,与啶酰菌胺和氟唑菌苯胺之间则存在交互抗性。研究表明,山东省6个地区的玉米纹枯病菌对噻呋酰胺比较敏感,推测噻呋酰胺可作为防治玉米纹枯病的理想候选药剂。     

蔬菜灰霉病菌对腐霉利抗药性变异及其治理

蔬菜灰霉病菌（Botrytis cinerea）分生孢子经紫外光灯照射，可获得10^-4～10^-5频率的腐霉利抗药性突变体。获得的13个抗性突变体的抗性水平平均EC50值为18.45ug/ml,EC90值为305.17ug/ml。抗性突变体的可溶性蛋白谱带比其亲本敏感菌株多2～4条，其中Rf=0.38的蛋白谱带是抗性菌株所拥有而敏感菌株所共同缺乏的。抗性菌株对腐霉利抗药性稳定遗传，具有与亲本菌株相同的致病性。苗期抗、感测定结果表明，灰霉克杀菌剂对腐霉利突变体具有明显的克抗作用。田间抗性菌治理使用灰霉克400～800倍对大棚番茄灰霉病平均防效为95.93%～75.8%,优于腐霉剂600倍的平均防效(61.32%)。     

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.     

Multiple resistance of Botrytis cinerea from kiwifruit to SDHIs,QoIs and fungicides of other chemical groups

BACKGROUND: Botrytis cinerea Pers.: Fr. is a high‐risk pathogen for fungicide resistance development that has caused resistance problems on many crops throughout the world. This study investigated the fungicide sensitivity profile of isolates from kiwifruits originating from three Greek locations with different fungicide use histories. Sensitivity was measured by in vitro fungitoxicity tests on artificial nutrient media. RESULTS: Seventy‐six single‐spore isolates were tested for sensitivity to the SDHI fungicide boscalid, the QoI pyraclostrobin, the anilinopyrimidine cyprodinil, the hydroxyanilide fenhexamid, the phenylpyrrole fludioxonil, the dicarboxamide iprodione and the benzimidazole carbendazim. All isolates from Thessaloniki showed resistance to both boscalid and pyraclostrobin, while in the other two locations the fungal population was sensitive to these two fungicides. Sensitive isolates showed EC₅₀ values to boscalid and pyraclostrobin ranging from 0.9 to 5.2 and from 0.04 to 0.14 mg L^?1 respectively, while the resistant isolates showed EC₅₀ values higher than 50 mg L^?1 for boscalid and from 16 to > 50 mg L^?1 for pyraclostrobin. All QoI‐resistant isolates carried the G143A mutation in cytb. Sensitivity determinations to the remaining fungicides revealed in total eight resistance phenotypes. No isolates were resistant to the fungicides fenhexamid and fludioxonil. CONCLUSION: This is the first report of B. cinerea field isolates with resistance to both boscalid and pyraclostrobin, and it strongly suggests that there may be a major problem in controlling this important pathogen on kiwifruit. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

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.     

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.

     

Sensitivity ofFusarium graminearum to fungicide JS399-19:In vitro determination of baseline sensitivity and the risk of developing fungicide resistance

The baseline sensitivity ofFusarium graminearum Schwade [teleomorph =Gibberella zeae (Schweinitz) Petch] to the fungicide JS399-19 (development code no.) [2-cyano-3-amino-3-phenylacrylic acetate] and the assessment of risk to JS399-19 resistancein vitro are presented. The mean EC₅₀ values for JS399-19 inhibiting mycelial growth of three populations of wild-typeF. graminearum isolates were 0.102±0.048, 0.113±0.035 and 0.110±0.036 μg ml⁻¹, respectively. Through UV irradiation and selection for resistance to the fungicide, we obtained a total of 76 resistant mutants derived from five wild-type isolates ofF. graminearum with an average frequency of 1.71 × 10⁻⁷% and 3.5%, respectively. These mutants could be divided into three categories of resistant phenotypes with low (LR), moderate (MR) and high (HR) level of resistance, determined by the EC₅₀ values of 1.5–15.0 μg ml⁻¹, 15.1–75.0 μg ml⁻¹ and more than 75.0 μg ml⁻¹, respectively. There was no positive cross-resistance between JS399-19 and fungicides belonging to other chemical classes, such as benzimidazoles, ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors and strobilurins, suggesting that JS399-19 presumably has a new biochemical mode of action. Although the resistant mutants appeared to have comparable pathogenicity to their wild-type parental isolates, they showed decreased mycelial growth on potato-sucrose-agar plates and decreased sporulation capacity in mung bean broth. Nevertheless, most of the resistant mutants possessed fitness levels comparable to their parents and had MR or HR levels of resistance. As these studies yielded a high frequency of laboratory resistance inF. graminearum, appropriate precautions against resistance development in natural populations should be taken into account. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting August 7, 2008.     

Adaptation to pyrrolnitrin in Botrytis cinerea and cost of resistance

The objective of this work was to estimate the risk of a decrease in the efficacy of biocontrol as a result of selection pressure exerted by biocontrol agents on Botrytis cinerea, focusing on pyrrolnitrin, an antibiotic identified in diverse biocontrol agents having an effect on B. cinerea. To evaluate a possible decrease in sensitivity to pyrrolnitrin, 10 successive generations of five isolates of B. cinerea were produced in vitro in the presence of a sublethal dose (10 μg L^?1) of the antibiotic. For one isolate, a significant reduction in the sensitivity to pyrrolnitrin at the fifth generation was observed with a resistance factor of c. 11. The production of 10 additional generations for four of these isolates, with increasing doses of pyrrolnitrin (100–4000 μg L^?1), resulted in the development of variants of B. cinerea with high levels of resistance to the antibiotic (RF > 1000) and a reduced sensitivity in vitro to a pyrrolnitrin‐producing bacterium. Reverse adaptation of resistant variants after 10 additional generations in the absence of selection pressure was not observed, suggesting stability of the resistance. Comparison of the pyrrolnitrin‐resistant generations and their sensitive parental isolates for mycelial growth, sporulation and aggressiveness on plant tissues revealed that the high level of resistance to pyrrolnitrin resulted in a high fitness cost. Mycelial growth was reduced between 1·7 to 3·6 times and sporulation reduced 3·8 to 6·6 times that of sensitive parental isolates. Similarly, aggressiveness was 7 to 10 and 3 to 10 times lower for resistant isolates on tomato and apple, respectively. This study provides evidence that a fungal plant pathogen is able to gradually build up resistance to an antibiotic produced by a biocontrol agent.     

Genetic structure and fungicide sensitivity of Botrytis cinerea populations isolated from grapevine in northern Italy

Grey mould, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is a disease severely affecting grape production in northern Italy. However, little information is available on the variability of B. cinerea populations associated with grapevine. The mode of reproduction, sensitivity to fungicides, and for the first time in Italy, the genetic structure of B. cinerea populations isolated from grapevine in a northern Italian region are reported. Botrytis cinerea isolates (317) were completely genotyped for six microsatellite loci and characterized for the presence of the transposable elements Boty and Flipper, for the mating type and for resistance to cyprodinil, fludioxonil, boscalid and fenhexamid. All the isolates were found to belong to B. cinerea Group II, indicating the absence of B. pseudocinerea in the investigated areas. The populations possess a high genotypic diversity, different frequencies of transposable elements and a mixed mode of reproduction. At a regional level, B. cinerea populations belong to a large and interconnected pathogen population that includes the major grape‐growing districts. The populations were generally sensitive to fungicides, with a low proportion (8%) of isolates resistant to cyprodinil, fludioxonil and boscalid. A small genetic distance was found between B. cinerea populations. However, the populations geographically isolated from the others by a mountain range showed a small but statistically significant genetic differentiation and a different pattern of fungicide resistance. The results show that northern Italian B. cinerea populations possess a high evolutionary potential and adaptive capacity.     

Characterisation of QoI‐resistant field isolates of Botrytis cinerea from citrus and strawberry

BACKGROUND: In 2004, field isolates of Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr., resistant to strobilurin fungicides (QoIs), were first found in commercial citrus orchards in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Subsequently, QoI‐resistant isolates of this fungus were also detected in plastic strawberry greenhouses in Saga, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures, Japan. Biological and molecular characterisation of resistant isolates was conducted in this study. RESULTS: QoI‐resistant isolates of B. cinerea grew well on PDA plates containing kresoxim‐methyl or azoxystrobin at 1 mg L^?1, supplemented with 1 mM of n‐propyl gallate, an inhibitor of alternative oxidase, whereas the growth of sensitive isolates was strongly suppressed. Results from this in vitro test were in good agreement with those of fungus inoculation tests in vivo. In resistant isolates, the mutation at amino acid position 143 of the cytochrome b gene, known to be the cause of high QoI resistance in various fungal pathogens, was found, but only occasionally. The heteroplasmy of cytochrome b gene was confirmed, and the wild‐type sequence often present in the majority of resistant isolates, indicating that the proportion of mutated cytochrome b gene was very low. CONCLUSION: The conventional RFLP and sequence analyses of PCR‐amplified cytochrome b gene are insufficient for molecular identification of QoI resistance in B. cinerea. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry     

浙江省果蔬灰葡萄孢对啶酰菌胺的抗性

以2004—2006年从浙江、江苏等地采集的灰葡萄孢对啶酰菌胺的敏感性基线[EC₅₀ = (1.07 ± 0.11) mg/L]为依据,采用菌丝生长速率法连续监测了浙江省果蔬灰葡萄孢群体对啶酰菌胺的敏感性变化。结果表明:浙江省果蔬灰葡萄孢对啶酰菌胺的抗性发展迅速,2012—2013年和2017—2018年的平均EC₅₀值分别为 (5.23 ± 7.79) 和 (24.30 ± 49.33) mg/L。其中,2012—2013年的抗药性菌株频率为15.3%,且均为低水平抗性 (LR) 菌株;而2017—2018年的抗药性频率上升至53.2%,并出现了7.5%的中等水平抗性 (MR) 菌株和1.3%的高水平抗性 (HR) 菌株。啶酰菌胺抗性菌株的菌丝生长速率、产孢量、产菌核数和致病力与敏感菌株相比均无显著差异。抗药性分子机制研究表明:啶酰菌胺抗性菌株的琥珀酸脱氢酶B亚基 (SDH B) 均发生了点突变,共包括H272R、P225F和N230I 3种类型,其中H272R型突变占88.5%;其SDH A和SDH D均未发生点突变;而SDH C的突变 (G85A + I93V + M158V + V168I) 与对药剂敏感性之间无明显联系。     

Nested PCR‐RFLP is a high‐speed method to detect fungicide‐resistant Botrytis cinerea at an early growth stage of grapes

BACKGROUND: Grey mould caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr. is one of the major diseases in grapes. The use of fungicides is a simple strategy to protect grapes against B. cinerea disease. However, phenotypes exhibiting resistance to fungicides have been detected in B. cinerea populations. The variation of fungicide‐resistant B. cinerea isolates renders B. cinerea disease control difficult in grapevine fields. RESULTS: The authors have developed a nested polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR‐RFLP) method to detect fungicide‐resistant B. cinerea isolates at an early growth stage of grapes in grapevine fields. The nested PCR‐RFLP method was carried out to detect benzimidazole‐, phenylcarbamate‐ and/or dicarboximide‐resistant B. cinerea isolates from grape berries and leaves at Eichorn–Lorenz growth stage 25 to 29. This method successfully detected fungicide‐resistant B. cinerea isolates at an early growth stage of grapes. In addition, only 8 h was required from tissue sampling to phenotyping of fungicide resistance of the isolates. CONCLUSION: It is proposed that the early diagnosis of fungicide‐resistant B. cinerea isolates would contribute to further improvement of integrated pest management against B. cinerea in grapevine fields, and that the nested PCR‐RFLP method is a high‐speed, sensitive and reliable tool for this purpose. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry