Pathogenicity and mycotoxin production by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium proliferatum</Emphasis> isolated from onion and garlic in Serbia

Fusarium proliferatum can occur on a wide range of economically important vegetable plants but its role in disease is not always well established. In 2000 and 2001, from forty-one field samples of wilting onion and garlic plants in Serbia, F. proliferatum as the predominant fungal species was isolated from root and bulbs. Seventy isolates were firstly characterized for their sexual fertility and were shown to be mostly members of Gibberella intermedia (sixty-seven of seventy isolates, the remaining three isolates were unfertile), the sexual stage of F. proliferatum (syn. mating population D of G. fujikuroi complex). A selected set of eleven F. proliferatum isolates from both hosts were also tested for their pathogenicity and toxigenicity. Although onion and garlic plants were susceptible to all isolates, onion plants showed a significantly higher disease severity index. Six of the eleven isolates of F. proliferatum produced fumonisin B₁ from 25 to 3000 μg g⁻¹, and beauvericin from 400 to 550 μg g⁻¹; ten isolates produced fusaric acid from 80 to 950 μg g⁻¹ and moniliformin from 50 to 520 μg g⁻¹. Finally, all isolates produced fusaproliferin up to 400 μg g⁻¹. These results confirm F. proliferatum as an important pathogen of garlic and onion in Europe and that there is a potential mycotoxin accumulation risk in contaminated plants of both garlic and onion.     

蒙椒3号甜椒的选育

蒙椒３号是用从美国加州大甜椒中选出的自交系８６０３ ７作母本,从吉林微辣型甜椒中选出的自交系８６０６ １作父本配制而成的甜椒一代杂种。该品种早熟,定植后３５ｄ（天）左右开始采收,植株生长势强,果实微辣、深绿色、灯笼形,中抗ＴＭＶ,每６６７ｍ２产量为２５００～３７００ｋｇ。适合于露地早熟覆膜及小拱棚栽培。     

早熟紫长茄新品种玫茄1号的选育

玫茄１号的母本是从台湾紫长茄中选育出的自交系２１－３,父本是从福建地方品种红茄中选育出的自交系２１－４,其杂种一代表现早熟,比对照闽茄１号早收７ｄ（天）,果长３０～３３ｃｍ,稍弯,果径４ｃｍ,单果重１８０ｇ,果皮鲜紫色,果肉乳白色,肉质细嫩,商品性好。一般每公顷产３０～４５ｔ,比对照增产１９．５％。该品种已在闽、浙、赣、粤等省推广,种植面积达３２００ｈｍ２。     

一串铃南瓜的选育

一串铃是利用Ｓ－０１为母本,Ｈ－０１为父本配组杂交而成的以采食嫩瓜为主的杂一代早熟南瓜第一朵雌花着生于主第蔓第６－８节。嫩瓜圆球形,外皮深绿色间花纹。单瓜重０．４－０．５ｋｇ嫩瓜上市早,老熟瓜扁圆形,黄棕色,单反省理１．８－２．０ｋｇ品质优。     

昆甘2号甘蓝的选育

昆甘２号是由２个稳定的自交不亲和系８０１４－１２－１２－１和８０４８配制的中晚熟甘蓝杂交一代,叶球紧实,扁圆型,主要作春甘蓝栽培,亦可作秋冬甘栽培,产量８０００～１００００ｋｇ／６６７ｍ＾２,在历年的区试及示范中表现出丰产,抗病（抗黑斑病,霜霉病）冬性强和品质好的特点。     

抗病毒剂对烟草花叶病毒与烟草叶绿体互作的影响

通过测试被烟草花叶病毒（ＴＭＶ）侵染的烟叶片叶绿素含量与荧光光谱特征的变化,发现叶绿素含量随ＴＭＶ侵染时间的延长而降低,Ｆ６８５／Ｆ７４０比值随ＴＭＶ侵染时间的延长而增加。用叶绿素含量、荧光光谱特征可作为筛选抗植物病毒剂的指标。实验结果表明：８种植物抽提物中,紫草、月季抽提物抑制ＴＭＶ与叶绿体的结合活性高。     

乌兰布和荒漠人工绿洲小气候效应研究

通过对乌兰布和荒漠东北边缘人工绿洲内和荒漠对照区各小气候因子连续１２年的同步观察,采用模糊综合评判方法,全面定量分析了防护森体系不同时期的小气候效应及变化规律,评价结果表明,绿洲防护要体系对各气象因子有前显的影响,特别是降低风速,抑制蒸发,提高空气湿度等方面尤为突出,综合小气候效应明显,１２年间效益值增加了０．７４６,增长率为３１％,绿洲防护林体系对小气候的改善作用各时期不同,从综合效益值来看,初     

Pesticide use and residues on Queensland wool

Objective To determine practices for control of louse infestation and blowfly strike in Queensland sheep flocks that are associated with organophosphorous and synthetic pyrethroid residues on wool.
Design Information on residues was obtained from a survey of Queensland wool clips. Information on pesticide use was obtained from a trace-back postal survey. The association between pesticide use and residues was assessed using generalised linear models, controlling for potential confounding by flock location.
Procedure Between 1995 and 1997 Queensland wool clips were randomly sampled. Samples were tested for the presence and amount (mg per kg of greasy wool) of organophosphorous and synthetic pyrethroid pesticides. A questionnaire seeking information on flock characteristics and pesticide use was sent to the manager of each flock from which a wool sample was tested.
Results The median amount of OP and SP residue was 0.8 and 0.25 mg/kg, respectively, and 91 and 95% of wool samples contained < 8 mg/kg of OP and SP residues, respectively. The frequency of OP pesticide use for louse control was significantly (P = 0.005) associated with mean OP residue amount, and the timing of SP use for louse control, in relation to shearing, was significantly (P < 0.001) associated with mean SP residue amount.
Conclusion Most Queensland wool clips have acceptable amounts of residues after the use of OP and SP pesticides, but wool growers can further reduce residues by effectively controlling louse infestation with pesticide applications early after shearing and the use of non-chemical methods of ectoparasite control.     

Effects of delmadinone acetate on pituitary-adrenal function, glucose tolerance and growth hormone in male dogs

Objective To characterise the effects of delmadinone acetate on the pituitary-adrenal axis, glucose tolerance and growth hormone concentration in normal male dogs and dogs with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Design A prospective study involving nine normal male dogs and seven with prostatic hyperplasia.
Procedure Delmadinone acetate was administered to six normal male dogs and seven dogs with benign prostatic hyperplasia at recommended dose rates (1.5 mg/kg subcuta-neously at 0, 1 and 4 weeks). Three normal controls received saline at the same intervals. Blood concentrations of ACTH, cortisol, glucose, insulin and growth hormone were measured over 50 days. Intravenous glucose tolerance and ACTH response tests were performed before and after treatment in the nine normal animals.
Results A substantial suppression of basal and 2 h post-ACTH plasma cortisol secretion was demonstrated after one dose in all dogs given delmadinone acetate. Individual responses after the second and third administration varied between recovery in adrenal responsiveness to continued suppression. Plasma ACTH concentration was also diminished after one treatment. No effects were evident on glucose tolerance or serum growth hormone concentrations.
Conclusion Delmadinone acetate causes adrenal suppression from inhibition of release of ACTH from the pituitary gland. Treated dogs may be at risk of developing signs of glucocorticoid insufficiency if subjected to stressful events during or after therapy. Neither glucose intolerance nor hyper-somatotropism seems likely in male dogs given delmadinone acetate at the recommended dose rate, but the potential for excessive growth hormone secretion in treated bitches remains undetermined.     

Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 3 infection in Poll Dorset sheep

Objective To study the clinical signs following bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 3 infection in Poll Dorset sheep.
Design A clinical and pathological study.
Procedure Twenty Poll Dorset sheep were inoculated with bluetongue virus serotypes 1 or 3, each inoculum having a different passage history. The sheep were examined daily and their clinical appearance and rectal temperatures recorded. Heparinised and non-heparinised blood samples were taken at intervals for virological and serological study. Gross pathological findings were recorded for several sheep at necropsy and tissue samples were collected from three sheep for virological studies.
Results All inoculated sheep developed clinical disease. The clinical signs and gross pathological changes varied considerably but were consistent with damage to the vascular endothelial system. There was a decline in the titres of infectious bluetongue virus and of antigen in tissues collected between 7 and 12 days after infection.
Conclusions The severity of disease was related to the speed of onset and duration of pyrexia and not the development or titre of viraemia. Generally, those animals with sensitive mouths, depression, coronitis, recumbency and reluctance to move were the most debilitated. Whole blood was the most reliable source of infectious virus from acutely and chronically infected and convalescent animals. However, tissue samples particularly spleen, collected from dead or killed animals suffering from either peracute or acute forms of disease were most appropriate for the rapid confirmation of a clinical diagnosis.