Application of a putative fatty-acid binding protein to discriminate serologically the two European quarantine root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax, from other Meloidogyne species

Two major proteins, Mcf-A67 and Mcf-B66, were identified by mini two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in order to distinguish the two European quarantine root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax, from eight other species. These quarantine proteinic markers have been microsequenced after enzymatic digestion. The internal amino acid sequences exhibit similarities to members of a family of low molecular weight intracellular lipid-binding proteins. Moreover, to explore a simple, rapid, and inexpensive way to identify the two quarantine nematodes, dot blot hybridizations were performed using an antiserum (A67) produced from the longest amino-acid sequence of the protein Mcf-A67. Although several proteins stained on the M. chitwoodi and M. fallax western blot membranes, the two nematodes were easily distinguished from other root-knot nematodes, on dot blot assays with soluble proteins extracted from a single female. Because of its specificity and sensitivity, the use of the A67 antiserum to improve the diagnosis of the two European quarantine root-knot nematodes is discussed.     

New severe strains of Melon necrotic spot virus: symptomatology and sequencing

New strains of Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV), designated MNSV-YS and MNSV-KS, caused much more severe growth retardation on melon plants than MNSV-NH, which was previously reported as the most severe strain of MNSV in Japan. MNSV-YS spread much more quickly than MNSV-NH in infected plants, and induced more severe growth retardation, even though the appearance of necrotic lesions on inoculated cotyledons was much slower. MNSV-KS had properties intermediate between those of the other two strains. The results suggest that faster-spreading strains can multiply more rapidly as a result of lower levels of activity in inducing necrotic lesions in melon plants. The complete sequences of MNSV-YS and MNSV-KS were determined, and an RT–PCR–RFLP method based on these sequences was successfully developed to detect and discriminate between the three strains.     

Molecular characterization of Erwinia amylovora strains from different host plants through RFLP analysis and sequencing of hrpN and dspA/E genes

A total of 73 Erwinia amylovora strains obtained from 13 Maloideae host species and from Rubus spp., and isolated from different geographic areas, were assessed using RFLP and DNA sequencing analysis of the 3' hrp N gene and/or of a fragment of 1341 bp of the dsp A/E region. An Erwinia pyrifoliae strain, used as outgroup, was checked in the same way. For the three strains isolated from Rubus spp. and for one strain from Amelanchier sp., RFLP analysis of the hrp N gene using the Rsa I enzyme yielded a PCR product 60 bp smaller than that of all the other strains. Sequence analysis of the gene revealed this was due to the absence of a 60 bp fragment in the noncoding region downstream of the gene. The strain PD 2915, isolated from Amelanchier sp. grown in Canada, showed five same-sense substitutions and one missense substitution at position 868 of the hrp N gene, converting aspartic acid into asparagine. Also, restriction analysis of a fragment of 613 bp of the dsp A/E region with Cfo I revealed an RFLP pattern suitable for differentiating the E. amylovora strains isolated from Rubus spp. and Amelanchier sp. from all the others. In the dsp A/E coding region, the four strains showed 13–14 missense point mutations, in some cases yielding drastic amino acid substitutions. In addition, partial sequencing of the dsp A/E region of PD 2915 from Amelanchier sp. indicated a higher similarity to E. amylovora strains isolated from Rubus spp. than towards strains from other Maloideae hosts. The E. pyrifoliae strain showed 23 single nucleotide substitutions along the hrp N gene and 88% of nucleotide identity with E. amylovora strains in the portion of dsp A/E region. Artificial inoculations on immature pear fruits and young shoots of Maloideae and Ruboideae showed a restricted pathogenicity for the strains from Rubus and Amelanchier , with the latter inciting blight symptoms only on Amelanchier .     

苹果茎沟病毒部分分离物的生物学特性与分子鉴定

通过昆诺藜接种鉴定和ELISA检测,从梨和苹果上分离获得苹果茎沟病毒(Apple stem grooving virus,ASGV)23个分离物.采用TC-RT-PCR对这些分离物进行扩增,均获得特异的扩增片段,PCR产物经5%PAGE电泳,出现大小约500、530和600bp的3种迁移率不同的泳动带型.根据PCR产物电泳迁移率的差异,选取3个来源于梨的分离物P-L4、P-6-1-17和P-3-2-67的PCR产物进行克隆与序列测定.经BLAST搜索,3个分离物的扩增片段与苹果分离物P-209的CP基因3′端核苷酸序列同源性分别为92.2%、90.4%和88.4%.3个分离物间的核苷酸序列也有较大差异,P-L4/P-6-1-17为95.5%、P-L4/P-3-2-67为90.4%、P-6-1-17/P-3-2-67为88.6%.     

一株禽流感病毒全基因的序列分析

通过反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)技术对禽流感病毒A/Turkey/Wisconsin/1/66(H9N2)的8个基因片段即PA、PB1、PB2、NS、NP、M、HA、NA分别进行扩增,然后将其克隆到PMD18-T载体后进行序列测定和拼接;并将克隆到的8个基因片段与以下毒株各个基因的相应序列进行比较分析:Duck/HongKong/Y280/97(DHKY280/97)、Duck/HongKong/YT439/97(DHKY439/97)、Quail/HongKong/G1/97(QHKG1/97)、A/Chicken/Beijing/1/94(CBJ1/94)、Chicken/HongKong/G9/97(CHKG9/97)、A/Turkey/California1/66(TC/1/66).结果表明:我们克隆到的TW1/66株的8个基因片段均含有相应病毒基因的完整开放阅读框架:TW1/66的各基因与TC/1/66株相应各基因同源性最高(NS基因除外,同源性只有(67.4%).与其它各毒株各基因同源性均较低,但与DHKY439/97各基因同源性高于与DHKY280/97、QHKG1/97、CBJ1/94、CHKG9/97各基因同源性.     

应用赤眼蜂蛹人工饲养尼氏钝绥螨的研究初报

本文首次报导应用赤眼蜂蛹作为替代食料人工饲养尼氏钝绥螨。日食蛹量,幼螨为0.18头,产卵前期成螨达1.18头,而产卵期成螨则为0.95头左右。在25℃饲养条件下,每雌产卵达45粒,卵历期48小时,孵化率近92％,幼螨存活率88％,成螨雌性占55％,雌成螨寿命25天。用赤眼蜂蛹连代饲养的尼氏钝绥螨在桔园释放,对柑桔全爪螨具有明显的控制作用。     

昆虫病原斯氏和异小杆线虫人工大量培养的研究概况

昆虫病原斯氏和异小杆线虫的大面积田间应用要求线虫有效地生产，本文介绍业已建立线虫大量培养方法及合适于大规模生产线虫的工厂化培养系统及有关的技术参数，并讨论其优化管理问题。     

载有集中质量梁的振动频率

本文所讨论的是载有集中质量的梁的振动频率.假设粱的一端由恒定刚度的弹簧铰定,另一端是自由的.通过频率方程求解,发现了极值频率定理.理论证明:如果集中质量很小(对梁的质量而言),当集中质量的位置改变,位于无载梁的某次简正振动的节点(腹点),振动频率具有极大(极小)值.极大频率就是梁在该次的简正振动的频率,与集中质量的大小无关;极小频率却与质量有关.最后在改变边界条件的情况下,梁振动的极值频率定理也被研究是成立的.所以本定理具有普遍意义.     

Detection of papillomavirus-DNA in mesenchymal tumour cells and not in the hyperplastic epithelium of feline sarcoids

Abstract We examined 12 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded feline skin tumours which had the histopathological features of fibropapillomas for the presence of papillomavirus (PV) DNA using touchdown polymerase chain recation (PCR), DNA sequencing and nonradioactive in situ hybridization. Nine of the tumours contained a 102-bp PCR product demonstrated using consensus PV primers that amplify a portion of the L1 gene. The nucleotide sequences are closely related, but not identical to that of ovine PV type 2, rabbit oral PV and reindeer PV. The deduced amino acid sequences had strong homologies with the major capsid protein L1 of deer PV, bovine papillomavirus (BPV) 1 and BPV 2, and European elk PV. Although PV antigens were not detected in any of the tumours by immunohistochemistry, PV DNA was demonstrated in individual mesenchymal cells or cell nests of 4/12 tumours by in situ hybridization. A nonproductive infection of mesenchymal fibroblast-like tumour cells with a papillomavirus would explain the lack of PV antigen expression and the absence of PV DNA in the hyperplastic epithelium. Because these tumours and their pathogenesis are similar to equine sarcoids, we suggest that they should be reclassified as 'feline sarcoids' instead of fibropapillomas.     

Electron Microscopy and Molecular Characterization of Phytoplasmas Associated with Strawflower Yellows in the Czech Republic

Strawflower (Helichrysum bracteatum) with symptoms resembling those associated to phytoplasma infection were observed in several areas in the Czech Republic during the period 1994–2001. Plants with leaf bronzing, reddening and necrosis, proliferation of secondary shoots, flower abnormalities and dwarfing died in advanced stages of the disease. The disease incidence ranged from 2% to 70% and caused significant loss to the flower and seed production. Transmission electron microscopy showed phytoplasmas in sieve cells of affected plants, but not in healthy ones. Association of phytoplasmas with the disease was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using phytoplasma universal ribosomal primers R16F2n/R16R2. An amplification product of the expected size (1.2 kb) was observed in all samples of the symptomatic strawflowers. The restriction profiles obtained following separate digestion with three endonucleases (AluI, HhaI, MseI) showed that phytoplasmas infecting strawflowers from different localities in the Czech Republic were uniform and undistinguishable from aster yellows (subgroup 16SrI-B). Sequence analysis of 1771 bp of the ribosomal operon amplified with primers P1/U3, R16F2n/R2 and 16R758/P7 indicated that the closest related phytoplasmas were those associated with 'Rehmannia glutinosa var. purpurea', both originating from Bohemia. This is the first report on the occurrence of a phytoplasma-associated disease of strawflower in the Czech Republic.