32份木薯种质对疫霉根腐病的抗性评价和农艺性状分析

通过田间自然发病和室内离体接种方法对32份木薯种质进行了棕榈疫霉根腐病抗病性评价,结果表明,供试的32份木薯种质中,高抗种质7份,抗病种质7份,中感种质8份,感病种质7份,高感种质3份。其中高抗种质为‘H360’、‘华南11号’、‘华南8号’、‘H588’、‘桂热3号’、‘H873’和‘H971’;抗病种质为:‘F556’、‘H502’、‘GR911’、‘C-4’、‘F10’、‘南植188’和‘H47’。对其中14份抗棕榈疫霉根腐病木薯种质的农艺性状进行了鉴定和评价,结果表明‘华南8号’、‘GR911’、‘F556’、‘C-4’、‘H360’可以进一步加以利用。     

锦鲤源铜绿假单胞菌的分离鉴定及药敏试验

对从发病锦鲤分离出的病原菌主要形态与生理生化特性、16S rRNA基因序列及耐药特性等进行了研究,旨在为锦鲤疾病防治提供理论依据,对铜绿假单胞菌的进一步研究提供基本资料。发病锦鲤体长37~42 cm,体重1.5~2.0kg,眼球脓肿凸出,鳃丝被轻微腐蚀,其上可见附着物,肛门红肿并伴有黄色粘液流出。健康锦鲤体长7~10cm,体重(25±3)g。分离到的1株形态一致优势生长菌株（记为HL2）呈现圆形光滑、边缘整齐、中央隆起、略透明、乳白色,直径约1.4mm。分离菌经革兰氏染色镜检,均为革兰氏阴性、短杆状。肌肉注射感染后,供试健康锦鲤14d内全部死亡,并在试验后期注射部位轻微出血,眼球周边有白浊及化脓的现象。HL2有运动性,精氨酸脱羧酶、鸟氨酸脱羧酶、精氨酸双水解酶阳性,苯丙氨酸脱羧酶阴性,发酵麦芽糖、甘露醇、蔗糖、半乳糖等,不发酵侧金盏花醇与阿拉伯糖等。分离株HL2的序列长度为1461bp(GenBank登录号为KF413420),在系统发育树上与铜绿假单胞菌（KC959478）聚为一支。头孢曲松、卡那霉素、四环素等35种药物有效抑制HL2,庆大霉素、强力霉素、头孢拉定等5种药物具有一定的抑菌作用,青霉素G、氨苄西林、头孢唑林等15种药物无效。使用抗生素时必须更加科学、合理、有效;从药物选择、使用剂量、用药疗程等方面着手,以减少耐药菌株的产生。     

猪支原体肺炎发生的品种敏感差异及分子基础

【目的】检测并验证猪支原体肺炎发生的品种敏感差异,筛选相关差异表达基因,探究猪支原体肺炎发生的分子遗传基础,为猪该病发生的分子机制研究提供依据。【方法】以对肺炎支原体易感的梅山猪、耐受的长白猪及二者杂交选育的苏钟猪为材料,设立试验组（15头/品种）和对照组（5头/品种）,试验组猪接种肺炎支原体 Js 强毒株,对照组猪注射等量生理盐水,所有猪隔离、无抗生素饲养,监测临床表现;处理后18、28 d测定日增重、抗体水平及肺部病变,28d试验结束时集中屠宰,评定肺部损伤,检测病原,确定肺炎支原体感染情况;选择肺炎支原体感染的梅山、长白、苏钟猪各2头,未感染猪各2头,构成芯片杂交试验猪群,应用Agilent猪表达谱基因芯片及品种内、品种间双重比较法,筛选差异表达基因,结合Gene Ontology（http://www. geneontology.org）及KEGG (http://www.genome.jp/kegg/)分析差异基因涉及的信号通路及调控网络。【结果】肺炎支原体处理后1-18d,试验组猪平均日增重显著低于对照猪 (0.01＜P＜0.05),尤以梅山猪较为典型;19-28d,体重出现负增长,平均日增重极显著低于对照猪(P＜0.01)。同时,病原处理后18d,长白猪和苏钟猪抗体水平变化不大,仍表现为阴性(s/p＜0.3),而梅山猪抗体水平则迅速上升至阳性水平(s/p ≥ 0.4),并显著高于长白、苏钟猪(均为0.01≤P＜0.05);处理后28d,梅山猪抗体水平高达（0.97±0.26）,极显著高于长白(0.15±0.10)、苏钟猪(0.46±0.20)(均为P＜0.01)。而试验组猪在病原接种后的18d,梅山猪有11头表现出明显的支原体肺炎临床症状,长白猪仅2头出现轻微咳嗽,苏钟猪则有5头出现咳嗽、精神萎靡等初期病状;处理后23d,试验组1头梅山猪死于肺炎支原体感染;处理后28d,试验组梅山猪全部表现出支原体肺炎症状,长白猪7头出现初期感染症状;苏钟猪5头症状典型,6头稍有咳嗽,其余无明显异常。猪肺炎支原体检测与上述结果大体一致。试验猪的肺部X-ray透射及病理剖检结果则表明：处理后18d,试验组15头梅山猪肺部均见云絮状阴影,其中6头为典型的肺炎感染影像特征;长白猪仅1头出现肺炎影像特征,4头现少量云絮状阴影;苏钟猪病变数量和程度介于长白、梅山猪之间。处理后28d,梅山猪全部表现为典型的肺炎感染影像特征,长白猪和苏钟猪则分别有7头、13头出现肺炎影像特征。肺部病理剖检评分显示,梅山猪极显著高于长白猪(P＜0.01),显著高于苏钟猪( 0.01≤P＜0.05)。表达谱芯片筛选结果表明,支原体肺炎患猪较健康对照猪表达上调基因49个,下调基因70个,涉及免疫反应、补体凝集、类固醇合成及代谢等18条信号调控通路。【结论】猪支原体肺炎的发生确实存在明显的品种间敏感差异,先天性免疫缺陷调控通路、Toll样受体信号通路及类固醇代谢通路在猪支原体肺炎感染炎症反应调控过程中发挥重要作用。     

Variability in infection and reproduction of Meloidogyne javanica on tomato rootstocks with the Mi resistance gene

The response of 10 commercial or experimental tomato rootstocks with the Mi resistance gene to an initial inoculum of a Mi‐avirulent population of Meloidogyne javanica was determined in pot tests conducted in spring and summer. In a field test, the rootstocks were subjected to continuous exposure to high initial population densities (2050 ± 900 second‐stage juveniles (J2) per 250 cm³ soil) of the nematode. The presence of the Mi locus in the resistant rootstocks and cultivars was confirmed using the PCR co‐dominant markers REX‐1 and Mi23. Nematode infectivity (egg masses) and reproduction (eggs g^?1 root) were highly variable in the spring tests. Rootstocks PG76, Gladiator and MKT‐410 consistently responded as highly resistant, with nematode multiplication rate (Pf/Pi) < 1 and reproduction index (RI) < 10%, and they were as efficient as standard resistant tomato cultivars at nematode suppression. The relative resistance levels of rootstocks Brigeor, 42851, 43965, Big Power and He‐Man varied depending on the susceptible standard used for reference or the duration of the test. Rootstocks Beaufort and Maxifort were susceptible to M. javanica (Pf/Pi > 50 and RI > 50%). Rootstocks PG76 and He‐Man, and the resistant tomato cv. Caramba showed high levels of resistance in the test conducted in summer, whereas MKT‐410 and 42851 and the resistant tomato cv. Monika were moderately resistant. In the field, seven rootstocks showed high levels of resistance and one (He‐Man) showed an intermediate level, whereas Beaufort and Maxifort were susceptible.     

Susceptibility of European bread and durum wheat cultivars to Tilletia indica

Representative European wheat cultivars were tested under quarantine containment for their susceptibility to Tilletia indica, the cause of Karnal bunt of wheat. Fifteen winter and 15 spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) and 11 durum wheat ( Triticum durum ) cultivars were inoculated by boot injection just prior to ear emergence to test their physiological susceptibility. Selected cultivars were then re-tested by spray inoculation after ear emergence to determine their morphological susceptibility, which is a better predictor of field susceptibility. At maturity, the ears and seeds were assessed for incidence and severity of disease. For the physiological susceptibility tests, 13/15 winter wheat cultivars were infected and the percentage of infected seeds ranged from 1 to 32%. For spring cultivars, 13/15 cultivars were infected and the percentage of infected seeds ranged from 1 to 48%. For the durum cultivars, 9/11 were infected and the percentage of infected seeds ranged from 2 to 95%. Across all cultivars, 35/41 were infected. Based on historical Karnal bunt susceptibility categories using coefficients of infection, one cultivar was classed as highly susceptible, three as susceptible, 11 as moderately susceptible, 20 as resistant and only six as highly resistant. The spray-inoculation morphological susceptibility tests broadly confirmed the physiological susceptibility results, although lower levels of infection were observed. Overall, the range of susceptibility was similar to that found in cultivars grown in Karnal bunt affected countries. The results demonstrate that European wheat cultivars are susceptible to T. indica and thus could potentially support the establishment of T. indica if introduced into Europe.     

Assessing and managing data‐limited ornamental fisheries in coral reefs

Coral reefs support numerous ornamental fisheries, but there are concerns about stock sustainability due to the volume of animals caught. Such impacts are difficult to quantify and manage because fishery data are often lacking. Here, we suggest a framework that integrates several data‐poor assessment and management methods in order to provide management guidance for fisheries that differ widely in the kinds and amounts of data available. First, a resource manager could assess the status of the ecosystem (using quantitative metrics where data are available and semi‐quantitative risk assessment where they are not) and determine whether overall fishing mortality should be reduced. Next, productivity susceptibility analysis can be used to estimate vulnerability to fishing using basic information on life history and the nature of the fishery. Information on the relative degree of exploitation (e.g. export data or ratios of fish density inside and outside no‐take marine reserves) is then combined with the vulnerability ranks to prioritize species for precautionary management and further analysis. For example, species that are both highly exploited and vulnerable are good candidates for precautionary reductions in allowable capture. Species that appear to be less vulnerable could be managed on a stock‐specific basis to prevent over‐exploitation of some species resulting from the use of aggregate catch limits. The framework could be applied to coral reef ornamental fisheries which typically lack landings, catch‐per‐unit‐effort and age‐size data to generate management guidance to reduce overfishing risk. We illustrate the application of this framework to an ornamental fishery in Indonesia.     

First report of Shewanella sp. and Listonella sp. infection in freshwater cultured loach,Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

A novel disease outbreak occurred among cultured loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus in China. The diseased fish displayed lethargy, loss of appetite, black discolouration, anasarca and ventral skin hyperaemia. Clinical signs were observed in most of the fish examined, which consisted of discoloured liver, swollen spleen and petechial haemorrhage in the intestine and peritoneal membranes. The causative agent was found to be two species of bacteria by experimental infection, identified as Shewanella sp. and Listonella sp. The result showed that these were likely to be Shewanella putrefaciens and Listonella anguillarum respectively. Bacterial identification consisted of physiological and biochemical tests as well as 16S rRNA sequence analysis. In addition, antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed, revealing that Shewanella putrefaciens and Listonella anguillarum were susceptible to enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, pipemidicacid and norfloxacin. This is the first report of S. putrefaciens and L. anguillarum from cultured loach.     

全基因组关联分析鉴别白色杜洛克×二花脸F2资源家系中猪阴囊疝易感基因位点的鉴定

【目的】通过基于单倍型的病例-对照全基因组关联分析(GWAS)鉴别白色杜洛克×二花脸F2资源家系中影响猪阴囊疝的易感位点及位置功能候选基因,并在远缘纯种猪阴囊疝三联体核心家系（Trio）群体中进行重复验证。【方法】利用Illumina porcine 60K SNP芯片对1 020头白色杜洛克×二花脸F2资源家系阴囊疝群体(包含19个阴囊疝患病个体)进行扫描获取基因型。通过Plink v1.07软件对基因型数据进行质量控制;剔除个体基因型检出率< 90%的个体,剔除SNP位点检出率< 90%、哈迪温伯格平衡卡方检验P≤10-3和最小等位基因频率< 0.05及性染色体上和无法定位的SNP位点。质控合格的SNP位点用PHASEBOOK构建出F2资源家系中每个个体的单倍型,并采用隐马尔可夫模型将其归类到数目预先定义的祖先单倍型中。使用基于广义线性混合模型的GLASCOW软件进行利用祖先单倍型的病例-对照全基因组关联分析。采用保守的Bonferroni校正方法得到基因组显著水平和染色体显著水平的阈值。对F2资源家系中达到染色体显著水平的易感SNP位点在包含237个患病个体的远缘纯种猪阴囊疝三联体核心家系(Trio)群体中进行同样的质控,并利用Haploview软件对质控合格的SNP位点分别展开基于单点和基于单倍型的传递不平衡分析(TDT),进行重复验证。【结果】白色杜洛克×二花脸F2资源家系中全部个体的38 033个SNP标记通过质控。在GWAS分析中,共发现108个达染色体显著水平(P<2.63×10-5)的猪阴囊疝关联SNP位点,分别位于染色体2、8和17上,最强相关的SNP位点位于17号染色体上。在远缘三联体核心家系群中,724个个体的96个SNP位点通过质控。对质控合格的SNP位点进行基于单点的TDT分析,结果发现5个显著相关的SNP位点得到重复验证(P<0.05),其中2号染色体上有1个SNP位点和17号染色体上有4个SNP位点,分别位于IQGAP2,CHMP4B,SERINC3,ZNF334 等4个基因内或其上下游。基于单倍型的TDT验证分析发现两个易感单倍型框,其中与基于单点TDT验证分析有重合的仅有SSC17上CHMP4B内及下游的两个易感位点。结合疝气发生机制及TDT分析结果,推测IQGAP2和CHMP4B可能是影响猪阴囊疝发生的两个重要的位置功能候选基因。【结论】本研究利用基于小样本的GWAS分析和较大样本群验证分析,在SSC2和SSC17上分别鉴别1个和4个阴囊疝易感位点,在SSC17上鉴别到两个易感单倍型。易感位点附近的2个基因IQGAP2和CHMP4B可能是影响猪阴囊疝发生的位置功能候选基因,值得进一步研究。