早熟苦瓜新品种春研2号的选育

春研2号苦瓜是以强雌系A94为母本、自交系B8为父本育成的早熟苦瓜一代杂种,表现早熟、丰产、连续结果能力强、抗逆性强、品质优等优良特性。果实青白色,棒形,单果约重400g,粒瘤,富有光泽,苦味适中,口感脆嫩,外观商品性及风味品质佳。可露地早熟栽培或春季保护地栽培,一般产量60000～90000kg/hm2,前期产量、总产量、品质性状优于蓝山苦瓜。     

Control of Helminthosporium leaf blight of spring wheat using seed treatments and single foliar spray in Indo-Gangetic Plains of Nepal

Four fungicides for seed treatments and one as foliar spray were tested in replicated field experiments in a strip plot design to determine the effect of fungicides on Helminthosporium leaf blight (caused by Cochliobolus sativus and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) severity and grain yield of wheat. Wheat seed cv. RR 21 was treated with fungicides, carbendazim (Areestin), triadimenol (Baytan), tebuconazole (Raxil), and carboxin + thiram (Vitavax 200B). Single foliar application of propiconazole (Tilt) was sprayed at flowering stage. Controls were included for both factors and treatments were replicated four times. Triadimenol and carboxin + thiram increased seed germination in both years. Triadimenol, tebuconazole, and carboxin + thiram reduced the number of infected seedlings and seedling root rot severity in both years. Number of tillers was higher in carboxin + thiram treated plots compared to other seed treatments. Compared to the control, carboxin + thiram increased grain yield by 9% and 8% in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and triadimenol by 6% in both years. The foliar spray of propiconazole significantly reduced Helminthosporium leaf blight severity and increased thousand-kernel weights. Propiconazole spray increased grain yield by 15% and 14% in 2004 and 2005, respectively. Therefore, seed treatment either with triadimenol or carboxin + thiram in combination with single post-flowering foliar spray of fungicides should minimize grain yield loss due to wheat foliar blight in South Asia. The findings of this study could be useful in developing strategies to manage Helminthosporium leaf blight in South Asia and other warm wheat growing regions of the world.     

拱棚叶类蔬菜复种水稻试验研究

为了充分利用宁夏富足的光、热资源,改革创新种植业耕作模式,提高农田复种指数和产出率,宁夏原种场对在水稻插秧前加种一茬全生育期为40～45 d的速生叶类蔬菜进行了试验研究。结果表明:参试的四季小白菜、菠菜、油菜、生菜、茴香、茼蒿等6种蔬菜均达到了商品菜标准,净产值在11 760.0～43 860.0元/hm2,具有很大的推广价值。     

川化-018在水稻白叶枯病综防中的应用

1982—1984年在安徽进行的研究表明,川化-018用于秧苗处理预防白叶枯病最为经济有效,纯收益合投资的30倍。早稻和中稻本田用该药喷洒可获得较好的防治和较高的产量,纯收益分别合投资的2.55倍及2.2倍。本田发病中心用该药处理获得满意的效果。因此,在白叶枯病的综防中,对中抗和中感的栽培品种扩大秧苗处理而减少本田防治面积是合理可行的。     

Simulation of pressure caused by multiplication and swelling of Erwinia amylovora in intercellular space of host tissue

WhenErwinia amylovora grows, in an intercellular space of a host, and fills this space, further multiplication or swelling may create a pressure, and may cause tearing of host tissue. Theoretically, this bacterial pressure equals the actual water potential of the host tissue minus the water potential at which the bacterial biomass would completely fill the intercellular space, but without exerting pressure.Simulation runs indicate that, when the pressure increases, the extracellular slime ofE. amylovora shrinks by releasing water, thus allowing further production of bacterial dry matter. The slime remains around the bacterial cells as a dense substance, low in water content, having a strong capacity to swell when the pressure induces tearing apart of the host tissue. Simulation runs show that the pressure attains its highest values at evening and night.Some fire blight symptoms that illustrate the evidence of bacterial pressure are discussed.     

新疆大蒜叶疫病的研究:Ⅱ病菌越冬致病性病害流行因素及防治

 试验结果表明,本菌(Stemphylium vesicarium(Wallr.) Simons)以病残体上分生孢子和菌丝体在田间和冷藏室越冬,9月至翌年6月检查,分生孢子萌发率为16.4~41.3%。人工接种试验指出,不论有无伤口,病菌均可侵染大蒜,但洋葱与大葱在伤口接种条件下病情较重。在自然条件下,大蒜的斑点型病状出现于6月下旬,7月为病情高峰期。影响病情的天气因素,主要是7月份温度和7月中旬的降水量(r=0.69)。如果7月雨次多、雨时长,病情即极为严重,可导致蒜田绝收。化学防治试验结果,以腐霉利防效最佳。从7月上旬开始,每间隔10~13天喷药1次。喷药2~3次即可取得较好的防治效果。     

山西省高粱的青霉颖枯病

“早衰”是高粱生产和育种上存在的普遍现象。长期以来被认为是一种生理性病害。经4年研究证明它是草酸青霉(Penicilliem axalicum)和纤细交链孢霉(Allernaria allernala)于初花期浸染而引起的一种高粱穗部病害。主要症状是颖壳及与其连接的枝梗组织坏死,阻止了养分、水分向上输导,造成籽粒秕瘦变小。一般减产10％以上。这是国内首次报道的高粱新病害,定名为高粱青霉颖枯病,此病在初花期用多菌灵防治有较好效果。     

Correlation between intercepted radiation and yield of potato crops infested by Phytophthora infestans in central Africa

It became apparent from chemical late blight control data on large numbers of genotypes of the Rwandese late blight screening programme, that yields were linearly related to the amount of intercepted radiation by the crop. Measures which affected the total amount of intercepted radiation such as the use of contact and systematic fungicides, or of different genotypes, did not affect the radiation use efficiency of the canopy. Genotypes that started to tuberize at relatively low values of intercepted radiation partly escaped the effect of late blight infection of the foliage on tuber yields. This characteristic could be useful to identify early late blightresistant genotypes for central Africa, where farmers grow two crops per year and earliness is required.Samenvating De chemische bestrijding van de aardappelziekte in grote aantallen genotypen van het Rwandese veredelingsprogramma voor aardappelziekteresistentie heeft aangetoond dat opbrengsten zich lineair verhouden tot de hoeveelheid door het gewas opgevangen zonnestraling. Maatregelen die van invloed waren op de totale hoeveelheid opgevangen straling, zoals het gebruik van contact- of systemische schimmelbestrijdingsmiddelen, of van verschillende genotypen, waren niet van invloed op het rendement van het gebruik van zonnestraling door het blad. Genotypen die een knolaanleg vertoonden bij verhoudingsgewijze lage waarden van opgevangen straling, ontsnapten gedeeltelijk aan het effect van bladaantasting op knolopbrengst. Dit kenmerk zou van nut kunnen zijn om vroege genotypen te zoeken met resistentie tegen de aardappelziekte in centraal Afrika, waar vroegheid van belang is omdat boeren twee gewassen per jaar telen.     

Effectiveness of Coniothyrium minitans and Trichoderma atroviride in suppression of sclerotinia blossom blight of alfalfa

The effects of the mycoparasites Coniothyrium minitans and Trichoderma atroviride on the suppression of alfalfa blossom blight caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were evaluated under indoor and field conditions. When T. atroviride (9·0 × 10⁴ conidia/floret) + S. sclerotiorum (6·0 × 10³ ascospores/floret) or C. minitans (9·0 × 10⁴ conidia/floret) + S. sclerotiorum (6·0 × 10³ ascospores/floret) were applied to detached young alfalfa florets, T. atroviride effectively inhibited saprophytic growth of S. sclerotiorum, whereas C. minitans showed no inhibition under the same conditions. When T. atroviride (6·9 × 10⁴ conidia/floret) + S. sclerotiorum (6·0 × 10³ ascospores/floret) or C. minitans (6·9 × 10⁴ conidia/floret) + S. sclerotiorum (6·0 × 10³ ascospores/floret) was applied to young alfalfa petals in vivo just after pollination, the percentage of pod formation was higher for T. atroviride+S. sclerotiorum than that for C. minitans+S. sclerotiorum, and the percentage of pod rot was lower for T. atroviride+S. sclerotiorum than that for C. minitans+S. sclerotiorum. However, when they were applied to senescent petals attached to developing pods of alfalfa at 9·2 × 10⁴ conidia/floret together with S. sclerotiorum at 4·5 × 10³ ascospores/floret at 14 days after pollination, C. minitans was more effective than T. atroviride in suppressing sclerotinia pod rot and seed rot of alfalfa. Field experiments showed that three applications of C. minitans (5·4 × 10⁶ conidia mL⁻¹) or T. atroviride (5·4 × 10⁶ conidia mL⁻¹) at a 7-day interval to blossoms of alfalfa effectively suppressed sclerotinia pod rot in two out of three annual trials. Coniothyrium minitans effectively suppressed sclerotinia seed rot in all three years, whereas T. atroviride was not effective against seed rot in any of the trial years. The efficacy of C. minitans was not significantly different (P > 0·05) from benomyl (250 µg ai mL⁻¹). This study suggests that C. minitans has potential as a biocontrol agent to control blossom blight of alfalfa caused by S. sclerotiorum.     

Erwinia amylovora populations resistant to oxolinic acid in Israel: prevalence, persistence and fitness

Oxolinic acid (OA) has been the only bactericide used against fire blight in pear and quince orchards in Israel since 1998. OA-resistant Erwinia amylovora strains (Ea-OA^R) were detected in several orchards in two restricted areas in the northern Galilee region during 1999–2001. In the following years, resistant strains could not be detected in some of these locations. Documenting the fate of Ea-OA^R strains in commercial orchards at eight sites in northern Israel during 2000/03 revealed that the resistant population appeared irrespective of the number of sprays applied and the severity of the disease. The persistence of the Ea-OA^R populations varied from site to site, ranging from 4 to 20 months; these differences could be attributed to the fire blight management activities of growers. Comparative studies on the fitness of Ea-OA^R and E. amylovora strains sensitive to OA (Ea-OA^S) were conducted in vitro and in planta using two strains of each group. In four of the six comparisons, disease incidence on detached blossoms inoculated with Ea-OA^S was significantly higher than that on blossoms inoculated with Ea-OA^R. In two experiments conducted on 8-year-old pear trees grown under netting, the colonization of Ea-OA^S in blossoms, annual shoots and perennial spurs was significantly higher than that of the Ea-OA^R. In two experiments conducted on 2-year-old trees grown under netting in an experimental station, the incidence of shoots exhibiting fire blight symptoms and the rate of symptom progress within the branches were significantly higher in trees inoculated with Ea-OA^S than in those inoculated with Ea-OA^R. The results of this study suggest that OA-resistant E. amylovora strains have lower fitness than wild-type strains. These findings may have implications for fire blight management.