Age-related resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is associated with the transition to flowering in Arabidopsis and is effective against Peronospora parasitica

As plants mature it has been observed that some become more resistant to normally virulent pathogens. The ability to manifest the Age-Related Resistance (ARR) response in Arabidopsis to Pseudomonas syringae pathovars tomato (Pst) coincided with the transition to flowering in plants both delayed and accelerated in the transition to flowering. ARR was also associated with a change in PR-1 gene expression, such that young plants expressed PR-1 abundantly at 3 days post inoculation (dpi) while mature plants expressed much less. The Arabidopsis ARR response requires SA accumulation via isochorismate synthase (ICS1) [24]. ICS1 was expressed one dpi with virulent and avirulent Pst in both young and mature plants. The ARR response was also effective versus avirulent Pst providing an additional 4-fold limitation in bacterial growth. Arabidopsis ARR was found to be ineffective against two necrotrophs, Erwinia carotovora subspecies carotovora (bacterium) and Botrytis cinerea (fungus) and one obligate biotroph, Erysiphe cichoracearum (fungus). However, mature wild type, SA-deficient sid2 and NahG plants supported little growth of the obligate biotrophic oomycete, Peronospora parasitica. Therefore ARR to P. parasitica appears to be SA-independent, however the level of ARR resistance was somewhat reduced in these mutants in some experiments. Thus, there may be numerous defence pathways that contribute to adult plant resistance in Arabidopsis.     

Expression of the tobacco β-1,3-glucanase gene, PR-2d, following induction of SAR with Peronospora tabacina

Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is induced following inoculation of Peronospora tabacina sporangia into the stems of Nicotiana tabacum plants highly susceptible to the pathogen. Previous results have shown that accumulation of acidic β-1,3-glucanases (PR-2's) following induction of SAR by P. tabacina may contribute to resistance to P. tabacina. We showed that up-regulation of the PR-2 gene, PR-2d, following stem inoculation with P. tabacina, is associated with SAR. Studies using plants transformed with GUS constructs containing the full length promoter from PR-2d or promoter deletions, provided evidence that a previously characterized regulatory element that is involved in response to salicylic acid (SA), may be involved in regulation of PR-2d following induction of SAR with P. tabacina. This work provides evidence that regulation of PR-2 genes during P. tabacina-induced SAR may be similar to regulation of these genes during infection of N-gene tobacco by TMV or following exogenous application of SA, and provides further support for the role of SA in regulation of genes during P. tabacina-induced SAR.     

Three-dimensional representation of downy mildew development in a spinach crop

The development of downy mildew on spinach (Peronospora farinosa f. sp.spinaciae) was stratified according to leaf layers and represented in three-dimensional computer graphics, in which percentage diseased leaf area was plotted against time for each leaf layer. Distinction was made between a point source and an area source. Inoculations were made at three growth stages of the crop.More information could be gathered on the course of disease development on the upper leaf layers, for the first true leaf pair sporulates longer and more intensively, masking the disease development on the other leaf layers in this way.Samenvatting De ontwikkeling van valse meeldauw op spinazie (Peronospora farinosa f. sp.spinaciae) werd geanalyseerd aan de hand van drie-dimensionale grafische voorstellingen, waarbij percentage ziek bladoppervlak per bladetage werd uitgezet tegen tijd. Onderscheid werd gemaakt tussen de ontwikkeling vanuit een puntbron en vanuit een oppervlaktebron, bij inoculatie in drie groeistadia van het gewas.Het bleek dat hierbij meer informatie kon worden verkregen over het verloop van de ziekte-ontwikkeling op de bovenste bladetages, omdat het eerste echte bladpaar langduriger en heviger sporuleert, en zo de ziekte-ontwikkeling op de overige bladetages maskeert.     

Appearance of race Pfs:5 of spinach downy mildew fungus, Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae, in Japan

The races for the causal agent of spinach downy mildew Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae were identified by inoculation of race-differential cultivars. One isolate was identified as Pfs:5s and the others belonged to a new race. This is the first report of race Pfs:5 and another new race in Japan.     

解淀粉芽孢杆菌对元胡霜霉病拮抗效果的试验研究

解淀粉芽孢杆菌对2年旱连作的元胡霜霉病的拮抗效果很好,每667 m~2做基肥施用2 kg剂量的益菌多可增产88%以上,元胡素含量提高5.26%。每667 m~2 3 kg为最佳经济剂量,可实现元胡的增产和提质。建议在生产中实践并推广应用。     

Selection for partial resistance to downy mildew in peas by means of greenhouse tests

Summary A partially downy mildew resistant pea line was back-crossed to a susceptible cultivar with more pods per node and lower seed weight. Breeding lines with different degrees of infection in a greenhouse test were selected. These lines and the two parental lines were investigated in field trials and tested in the greenhouse for four generations. Significant genetic variation among lines was found for infection of seedlings in greenhouse tests, and infection of pods, pod set and seed weight in field-trials. Infection of seedlings in the greenhouse was correlated with infection of pods in the field. In greenhouse tests, the non-genetic variance component was large in comparison with the genetic component and a significant genotype trial interaction was found. Significant repeatability was obtained for downy mildew on seedlings and pods, number of pods per node and seed weight. An unfavourable correlation between susceptibility to downy mildew and number of pods per node was found. No single breeding line showed the ideal combination of good resistance, high number of pods per node and small seeds. However, one line showing better resistance than the susceptible parent, with smaller seeds and more pods per node than the resistant parent was found. The susceptible parent also carries some resistance factor that is not present in the resistant parent.     

中国东北霜霉菌的一个新记录种

报告了中国东北霜霉菌一新记录种：大戟霜霉菌ＰｅｒｏｎｏｓｐｏｒａｅｕｐｈｏｒｂｉａｅＦｕｃｋ．，其寄主植物铁苋菜ＡｃｌｙｐｈａａｎｓｔｒａｌｉｓＬ．为霜霉菌属的世界新记录寄主，研究标本保存于吉林农业大学真菌标本室。     

Characterization and inheritance of partial resistance to downy mildew, Peronospora parasitica, in breeding material of broccoli, Brassica oleracea convar. botrytis var. italica

Twenty doubled haploid broccoli lines from breeding material were evaluated for resistance to Peronospora parasitica at the seedling stage. All lines supported sporulation of the pathogen but to varying extents and intensities. Partial resistance of the more resistant lines,‘br8’and ‘br9′, reduced conidia production on cotyledons by 50-70% compared with the most susceptible lines. Inoculation of the two most resistant lines with 13 isolates of different geographical origins revealed that ‘br9′, showed a rather uniform level of resistance to all isolates while ‘br8’showed some isolate specificity Partial resistance was evaluated in six of the broccoli lines in a half diallel set of crosses. Disease assessment of seedlings showed that additive genetic effects explained 45.8% and 31.8% of the total variation of sporulation score and conidia production, respectively This suggests that recurrent selection for partial resistance to P. parasitica in early generation in breds or in populations of broccoli will be efficient to obtain cotyledon resistance.     

大白菜霜霉病菌寄生霜霉对氟吡菌胺的敏感性

为探明大白菜霜霉病病原菌寄生霜霉Peronospora parasitica对氟吡菌胺的敏感性,采用凹玻片保湿法和离体子叶浸泡法测定了氟吡菌胺对寄生霜霉不同生长发育阶段的抑制作用。结果表明:氟吡菌胺对寄生霜霉孢子囊萌发、芽管伸长、病斑扩展、孢囊梗形成及孢子囊产生均有不同程度的抑制作用,其中对孢子囊萌发和芽管伸长的抑制效果最显著,EC50值分别为0.113 3和0.291 8μg/m L;当氟吡菌胺质量浓度为8.00μg/m L时,对病斑扩展和产孢量的抑制率分别达到86.08%和72.48%,且对孢囊梗的产生也有显著的抑制作用。选用离体子叶浸泡法,测定了氟吡菌胺对从山东省不同地区采集分离的60株寄生霜霉菌株的毒力,发现菌株之间对药剂的敏感性差异较小,敏感性频率呈近似正态分布,其EC50值范围为0.163 2~0.802 2μg/m L,因此可以将其EC50平均值0.405 3μg/m L作为寄生霜霉对氟吡菌胺的敏感基线。