Detection of a broad range of potato viruses in a single assay by mechanical inoculation of herbaceous test plants

To optimize mechanical inoculation of test plants as part of the regulated post-entry quarantine testing of stolon- and tuber-forming Solanum spp. (including potato), nine test plant species have been screened for their ability to detect 22 potato-infecting viruses. These included all the common mechanically transmissible potato viruses and most of the viruses found in potato incidentally. The symptoms observed after mechanical inoculation are shown for each combination of test plant species and virus. Under given conditions, Nicotiana occidentalis -P1 and Nicotiana hesperis -67A were found to detect reliably 20 and 18 out of 22 viruses respectively. These and former results on the seed-transmissible viruses and Andean potato mottle virus demonstrate that these Nicotiana species are very suitable for post-entry quarantine testing. Addition of either Chenopodium amaranticolor or Chenopodium quinoa to these two species may slightly extend the range of viruses. Therefore, using C. amaranticolor / C. quinoa , N. hesperis -67A and N. occidentalis -P1 for the biological screening of imported Solanum spp. will improve both the efficiency and the quality of post-entry quarantine testing.     

北京地区棚栽台湾青枣品种抗冷性研究

为了探讨台湾青枣各品种在北京地区进行大棚栽植的的抗冷性,本研究对引种到北京地区的11个台湾青枣品种进行了连续6个月的生理指标测定,其中包括叶片含水量、叶绿素含量、叶片电导率、叶片可溶性糖含量及过氧化氢酶活性。结果表明台湾青枣在北京地区进行设施栽培能够正常越冬,综合5个生理指标,9号的抗冷性在11个品种中表现最为突出。