In vitro quantification of barley reaction to leaf stripe

An in vitro technique was used to quantify the infection level of leaf stripe in barley caused by Pyrenophora graminea. This pathogen penetrates rapidly through subcrown internodes during seed germination of susceptible cultivars. Quantification was based on the percentage of the pieces of subcrown internodes that produced fungal hyphae cultured on potato dextrose agar media. The disease severity was evaluated among five cultivars with different infection levels and numerical values for each cultivar were obtained. A significant correlation coefficient (r = 0.91, P < 0.02) was found among the in vitro and field assessments. In addition, the results were highly correlated (r = 0.94, P < 0.01) among the different in vitro experiments, indicating that this testing procedure is reliable. The method presented facilitates a rapid preselection under uniform conditions which is of importance from a breeder's point of view. Significant differences (P < 0.001) were found for the length of subcrown internodes between inoculated and non‐inoculated plants with leaf stripe. Isolate SY3 was the most effective in reducing the subcrown internode length for all genotypes.     

Rapid-cycle PCR detection of Pyrenophora graminea from barley seed

Sixty RAPD primers were used to screen for a diagnostic marker that could be used to identify Pyrenophora graminea , a fungal seedborne pathogen that causes leaf stripe on barley. Primer pairs were designed to differentiate P. graminea from other Pyrenophora spp. using a sequence-characterized amplified region (SCAR) approach. A pair of P. graminea -specific primers (PG2 F/R) was obtained that amplified a single fragment from 37 isolates of P. graminea tested, but not from 29 isolates of other Pyrenophora spp. or 12 saprophytes isolated from barley seed. Rapid PCR detection was achieved using a LightCycler, in which the emission of fluorescence from the binding of SYBR Green I dye to the PCR products is measured. The P. graminea -specific product resulting from amplification with PG2 F/R can be distinguished from any nonspecific products by post-PCR melting point analysis. The PCR assay involves 40 amplification cycles of PCR, and the total PCR test including melting point analysis takes 25 min to complete. The rapidity of this test, combined with the closed 'in-tube' detection of PCR products, which reduces the potential for contamination, offers significant advantages compared with conventional laboratory and PCR analyses.     

甘肃省大麦条纹病菌遗传多样性及致病力差异

为了解甘肃省大麦条纹病病原菌Pyrenophora graminea的遗传多样性及致病力差异,运用RAPD分子标记技术对大麦条纹病菌不同菌株进行遗传多样性分析,并采用三明治法进行菌株致病力差异研究。结果表明:17个RAPD标记从45个菌株中扩增出126条带,平均每个标记7.41条带,遗传相似系数范围为0.468 3～0.984 1,平均值为0.830 8,当遗传相似系数为0.723 6时,可将供试菌株划分为4个类群,分别包含41、2、1和1个菌株;致病力测定结果显示菌株QWC较菌株QQ致病力强,两菌株除在品种‘甘啤2号’和‘GP-3’上无致病力外,在其他供试品种上致病力均存在差异。表明大麦条纹病菌不同菌株间存在遗传差异,且菌株QWC和菌株QQ存在致病力差异。     

Evaluation and Importance of Genetic Resistance to Leaf Stripe in Western European Barleys

Abstract

Several varieties of spring barley were tested in the greenhouse for resistance to leaf stripe (Drechslera graminea) following exposure to high levels of inoculum in the field, or by using the sandwich inoculation method. Pedigree analyses confirmed that most highly resistant varieties have obtained their resistance from a gene in the landrace Hordeum laevigatum via the variety ‘Vada’, while the remaining few may have it from the donor ‘Ricardo’, or from the cumulative effect of partial resistance. Experiments with fungicide seed treatment of ‘Golf’ and ‘Triumph’, which represent highly resistant, and susceptible genotypes, respectively, showed that the former always remained healthy, and does not benefit from seed treatment, whereas the latter requires treatment every year to avoid any seed loss.     

Haplotype structure around the nud locus in barley and its association with resistance to leaf stripe (Pyrenophora graminea)

The naked/hulled kernel trait is controlled in barley by a single gene called nud, on chromosome 7H. The first aim of this work was use bulked segregant analysis to find, new PCR‐based markers linked to nud for marker‐assisted selection (MAS). A new SCAR marker (sJ14) was developed, which is useful for introgressing the naked trait. This, and three other SCARs, were placed on the ‘Proctor’ × ‘Nudinka’ map to detail a 0.9‐cM fragment tagging nud. In order to evaluate the haplotypes around the nud locus, a phenotypically differentiated collection of naked/hulled genotypes was characterized by means of the above markers. Eight different marker haplotypes were found in the breeding germplasm, and a new allele for the marker sKT7 was found. The same barley collection has been surveyed for resistance/susceptibility to leaf stripe (Pyrenophora graminea), in order to investigate any possible association between this and other traits. The naked/hulled seed trait was not associated with resistance/susceptibility to the fungus.     

我国大麦条纹病菌(Pyrenophora graminea)群体遗传多样性AFLP分析

条纹病是重要的种传真菌病害之一,能对大麦生产造成严重产量损失。本研究利用AFLP方法对来自青海、河南等10省份大麦种植区的条纹病菌菌株进行遗传多样性分析,从分子水平上揭示我国不同大麦产区的条纹病菌群体遗传差异。结果显示,利用8对AFLP选择性引物组合对19份大麦条纹病菌进行了全基因组多态性扩增,共获得144条可统计的条带,其中112条具有多态性,多态性条带占77.8%。在相似系数为0.83时,可将19份大麦条纹病菌菌株划分为4个类群,多数菌株聚类在类群Ⅰ和类群Ⅱ中,类群Ⅲ和类群Ⅳ中仅各包含1个菌株,且与其他2个类群中的成员亲缘关系较远。因此,我国大麦条纹病菌群体中存在一定程度的遗传变异。另外,发现菌株间亲缘关系远近与其分布地域无明显规律。     

芒和五节芒的核型研究

分析禾本科芒属(Miscanthus Anderss.)2种植物的核型。结果为:2种植物染色体数目均为38,芒(M.sinensis)的核型为:2n=38=28 m 10 sm;五节芒(M.floridulus)的核型为:2n=38=24 m 14 sm。2个种均无随体染色体出现,核型都属于2B类型。芒和五节芒的核型均为首次报道。     

Localization of a resistance gene and identification of sources of resistance to barley leaf stripe

In order to determine more precisely the location of the barley leaf stripe gene, called the ‘Vada-resistance gene’, on barley chromosome 2, 63 chromosome-doubled barley lines were tested. Using data on known chromosome 2 genetic markers, the ‘Vada-resistance gene’ was estimated to be located between the markers MSU21 and Xris45b, and at a distance of about 20% recombination from the powdery mildew resistance gene MILa. We suggest that the ‘Vada-resistance gene’ is designated Rdg1a and that all former leaf stripe resistance gene designations should be rejected. To identify possible new sources of resistance, 11 barley cultivars/lines known to possess leaf stripe resistance and originating from different parts of the world, were tested with one Danish and two Syrian isolates of the leaf stripe fungus. Three apparently genetically different sources of race-specific resistance were found. The ‘Vada-resistance’ in the cultivar ‘Golf was effective against seven out of eight isolates’ populations of the leaf stripe fungus differing in geographical origin.     

Barley—Pyrenophora graminea interaction: QTL analysis and gene mapping

Pyrenophora graminea is a seed-borne pathogen and is the causal agent of the barley leaf stripe disease. Our aim is to study the genetic basis of barley resistance to leaf stripe. A qualitatively acting resistance factor has been identified in the cultivar ‘Vada’ and the partial resistance of the cultivar ‘Proctor’ to a P. graminea isolate has been demonstrated to be dominated by a major quantitative trait locus (QTL), mapped on barley chromosome 1. Map colinearity between the leaf stripe ‘Proctor’ resistance QTLs,‘Vada’ resistance to leaf stripe, and other disease resistance loci have been investigated in this work using molecular markers. Moreover, since inoculation of barley rootlets by the fungus had been shown to induce the accumulation of several PR (pathogen-related) mRNA families, seven barley PR genes have been mapped as RFLPs, and one assigned to a chromosome arm via ditelosomic analysis to verify possible map associations with resistance QTLs. This work discusses the genetic relationships between the known leaf stripe resistance loci, resistance loci towards other seed-borne pathogens and defence gene loci.