Molecular identification of Fusarium spp. associated with bakanae disease of rice in Italy and assessment of their pathogenicity

Between 2006 and 2008, 146 isolates of Fusarium spp. were obtained from bakanae‐diseased rice plants and seeds from the major rice‐growing regions of Italy. These isolates were identified based on translation elongation factor (EF‐1α) sequence and pathogenicity tests were used to assess their aggressiveness against the susceptible rice cultivar Galileo. Use of the EF‐1α sequence gave reliable identification and showed that Fusarium fujikuroi, the causal agent of bakanae disease, was the most abundant Fusarium spp. isolated. These data were confirmed by inoculation of the isolates to rice seeds which were then germinated in the greenhouse, showing that only F. fujikuroi isolates were able to cause bakanae disease. Pathogenic isolates were identified with different levels of aggressiveness. Phylogenetic analysis based on EF‐1α sequences generated a tree which separated the various Fusarium species into different clusters with high bootstrap values.     

氯氟醚菌唑对西红花球茎腐烂病原菌尖孢镰刀菌的生物活性

水稻恶苗病是水稻生产中的重要种传真菌病害,其在我国的主要致病菌为藤仓镰孢菌Fusarium fujikuroi。本研究采用菌丝生长速率法和孢子萌发法,测定了102株藤仓镰孢菌对新型脱甲基酶抑制剂氯氟醚菌唑的敏感性,明确了其敏感性分布,同时测定了氯氟醚菌唑对藤仓镰孢菌菌丝和孢子形态、细胞膜通透性、细胞壁和细胞膜完整性、麦角甾醇和毒素合成的影响。结果表明：氯氟醚菌唑对藤仓镰孢菌菌丝生长和孢子萌发的EC₅₀值范围分别在0.0305~0.7579 μg/mL和0.1091~1.6870 μg/mL,平均EC₅₀值分别为 (0.2469 ± 0.0167) μg/mL和 (0.6397 ± 0.0324) μg/mL。此外,用EC₅₀浓度的氯氟醚菌唑处理,可使藤仓镰孢菌菌丝扭曲破裂、孢子皱缩扁平,可破坏菌丝细胞壁和细胞膜完整性,显著降低了麦角甾醇含量,影响毒素合成。研究结果证实了氯氟醚菌唑对藤仓镰孢菌的生物活性,可为水稻恶苗病的田间防治以及氯氟醚菌唑的科学合理使用提供依据。

     

Management of bakanae and bacterial seedling blight diseases in nurseries by irradiating rice seeds with atmospheric plasma

The control of seedborne rice seedling diseases in the seed beds is important to avoid epidemics in rice nurseries and paddies, which may result in severe yield loss. Recently, irradiation with plasma containing electrons, creating positive or negative ions and neutral species, has been shown to have an antimicrobial effect, probably via generation of reactive oxygen species. This study examines whether two seedborne rice seedling diseases, bakanae disease caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi, and bacterial seedling blight caused by Burkholderia plantarii, are suppressed by irradiation of infected rice seeds with atmospheric plasma. Seed germination and seedling growth were not inhibited in plasma‐treated healthy seeds. When F. fujikuroi‐infected rice seeds were irradiated with plasma after being immersed in sterile distilled water, bakanae disease severity index and the percentage of plants with symptoms were reduced to 18.1% and 7.8% of non‐irradiated control, respectively, depending on the duration of plasma irradiation. The bacterial seedling blight disease index was also reduced by plasma irradiation in vacuum‐inoculated seeds to 38.6% of the non‐irradiated control, and in infected seeds harvested from spray‐inoculated heads of rice plants to 40.1% of the control. Therefore, plasma irradiation seems to be effective in controlling two independent seedborne rice seedling diseases.     

CO2浓度倍增对水稻和褐飞虱蜜露中游离氨基酸浓度的影响

测定了CO2浓度倍增对水稻植株和褐飞虱蜜露中游离氨基酸浓度的影响。结果表明,CO2浓度对稻茎中游离氨基酸的总量没有影响,不同CO2浓度处理间游离氨基酸浓度的大小排序基本相同;CO2浓度倍增显著增加稻茎伤流液和褐飞虱蜜露中的游离氨基酸总量,游离氨基酸浓度在CO2浓度处理间存在明显差异。因此,CO2浓度倍增对稻茎中游离氨基酸的影响甚微,对褐飞虱取食后稻茎伤流液和褐飞虱蜜露中游离氨基酸的含量和组成存在明显影响,从而不利于褐飞虱种群的增长。     

Fusarium crown rot under continuous cropping of susceptible and partially resistant wheat in microcosms at elevated CO2

This study examines the CO₂‐mediated influence of plant resistance on crown rot dynamics under continuous cropping of partially resistant wheat line 249 and the susceptible cultivar Tamaroi. Disease incidence, severity, deoxynivalenol and Fusarium biomass were assessed after each cycle in microcosms established at ambient and 700 mg kg^?1 CO₂ using soil and stubble of these wheat lines from a field experiment with free to air CO₂ enrichment. Monoconidial isolates from wheat stubble were collected initially, and after five cropping cycles, to compare the frequency and aggressiveness of Fusarium species in the two populations. Aggressiveness was measured using a high‐throughput seedling bioassay. At elevated CO₂, the higher initial incidence in Tamaroi increased with cropping cycles, but incidence in 249 remained unchanged. Incidence at ambient CO₂ did not change for either line. Elevated CO₂ induced partial resistance in Tamaroi, but not in 249. Increased Fusarium biomass in wheat tissue at elevated CO₂ matched raised deoxynivalenol of the stem base in both lines. After five cycles of continuous wheat cropping, aggressiveness increased in pathogenic F. culmorum and F. pseudograminearum by 110%, but decreased in weakly pathogenic F. equiseti and F. oxysporum by 50%. CO₂ and host resistance interactively influenced species frequency, and the highly aggressive F. pseudograminearum became dominant on Tamaroi irrespective of CO₂ concentration, while its frequency declined on 249. This study shows that induced resistance at elevated CO₂ will not reduce crown rot severity, or impede the selection and enrichment of Fusarium populations with increased aggressiveness.     

Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on interactions of grapevine and powdery mildew: first results under phytotron conditions

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - This study reports the effect of increased CO2 and temperature on powdery mildew (Erysiphe necatrix) of grapevine evaluated under controlled conditions....     

Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on interactions of grapevine and powdery mildew: first results under phytotron conditions

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - This study reports the effect of increased CO2 and temperature on powdery mildew (Erysiphe necatrix) of grapevine evaluated under controlled conditions....     

气候变化对内蒙古马铃薯晚疫病流行的影响

分析内蒙古近几十年气候变化与马铃薯晚疫病流行相关资料,发现,随着全球气候变暖,内蒙古地区6~7月份平均最高、最低气温不断升高,已超过马铃薯晚疫病病原菌侵染发病的适宜温度范围。但是阴雨天的温度和空气相对湿度为马铃薯晚疫病真菌菌丝形成和孢子囊繁殖提供了最佳环境条件。依此建立的内蒙古地区马铃薯晚疫病发生程度的气象预测模型可很好预测其流行规律。     

Effect of temperature on head blight of wheat caused by Fusarium culmorum and F. graminearum

The effect of small temperature differentials (16 vs. 20°C) on the pathogenicity of deoxynivalenol producing single isolates of Fusarium culmorum and F. graminearum and on the fusarium head blight (FHB) response of eight wheat cultivars was examined. Fusarium culmorum inoculation caused greater visual disease symptoms at 20°C than at 16°C, both overall and on an individual cultivar basis (overall AUDPC = 13·5 and 9·6, respectively) ( P  < 0·05). In contrast, F. graminearum inoculation caused greater overall visual disease symptoms at 16°C than at 20°C, both overall and at the individual cultivar level (overall AUDPC = 12·8 and 10·9, respectively) ( P  < 0·05). Results showed both F. culmorum and F. graminearum inoculations caused a greater loss in yield at 20°C (54·3 and 46·9% relative 1000-grain weight, respectively) compared with 16°C (73·3 and 66·9% relative 1000-grain weight, respectively) ( P  < 0·05). Fusarium culmorum -inoculated heads contained similar amounts of fungal DNA at both 16 and 20°C (1·9 and 1·7 ng mg⁻¹ of plant material, respectively) (not significant), while for F. graminearum inoculation, plants contained higher amounts of fungal DNA at 20°C (2·0 and 1·0 ng mg⁻¹ of plant material, respectively) ( P  < 0·05). Overall, there was a significant negative correlation between AUDPC and percentage relative 1000-grain weight at both 16 and 20°C ( r  =−0·693 and −0·794, respectively, P  < 0·01).     

Impacts of chemical crop protection applications on related CO2 emissions and CO2 assimilation of crops

BACKGROUND: A major global challenge is to provide agricultural production systems that are able to sustain growing demands for food, feed, fibre and renewable raw materials without exacerbating climate change. Detailed and reliable data on the CO₂ balance of different agricultural management activities and inputs as a basis to quantify carbon footprints of agriculture are still lacking. This study aims to fill this gap further by quantifying the net balance of emitted and assimilated CO₂ due to the application of crop protection treatments on the farm, and by assessing their partial contribution to GHG emissions and mitigation in agriculture. The study focuses on key agricultural crops including wheat, corn, oilseeds and sugar crops. RESULTS: The final CO₂ balance, considering GHG emissions due to on‐farm CPP treatment in comparison with CO₂ storage in additional biomass, CO₂ protected with respect to agrotechnical inputs and land inputs and CO₂ saved with respect to associated global land use changes, is positive and may reach multiples of up to nearly 2000. CONCLUSION: The results highlight the importance of the positive yield effects of the CPP programme applications on the farm, resulting in additional assimilated biomass at the farm level and less land use changes at the global level, and thus lower pressure on environmentally important indicators of overall agricultural sustainability. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry     

生防菌与茄病镰刀菌在黄瓜根际动态变化

应用荧光定量PCR和稀释分离法检测了枯草芽孢杆菌Bacillus subtilis和木霉菌Trichoderma spp.与茄病镰刀菌Fusariumsolani f.sp.cucurbitae在黄瓜根际动态变化及其对黄瓜根腐病的防治效果。结果表明,施用500×木霉菌肥、100×枯草芽孢杆菌7d后对黄瓜根腐病的防效分别为100%和92.5%,14和28d的防效分别为96.71%、86.76%和85.35%、79.24%;100×枯草芽孢杆菌初始拷贝数为130787 copys/μL,7d内枯草芽孢杆菌拷贝数下降到51161 copys/μL,14和28d时数量开始上升到295139和680556 copys/μL。木霉菌肥的变化趋势与枯草芽孢杆菌相同;用枯草芽孢杆菌和木霉菌肥防治黄瓜根腐病后,茄病镰刀菌变化趋势一致,初始拷贝数分别为2.61和15.34 copys/μL,7d内茄病镰刀菌DNA拷贝数增加明显,100×枯草芽孢杆菌和木霉菌DNA拷贝数分别为11.22和20.9 8copys/μL,之后茄病镰刀菌数量保持平稳。经过稀释分离法分离2种生防菌和茄病镰刀菌的数量,变化趋势与荧光定量PCR检测趋势相似。因此使生防菌快速定殖是提高其对土传病害防治效果的重要因素之一。     

气候变化情景下基于MaxEnt的麦瘟病在全球及中国的适生性分析

麦瘟病是小麦生产上的一种毁灭性真菌病害, 过去仅在南美洲流行?2016年该病害在亚洲的孟加拉国首次出现, 给世界尤其我国小麦生产带来重大潜在威胁?本研究基于麦瘟病当前在全球(包括孟加拉国)的分布数据和生物气候数据, 采用MaxEnt生态位模型和ArcGIS软件, 预测了当前气候条件下麦瘟病在全球特别是在我国的潜在适生区, 以及RCP2.6?RCP4.5?RCP6.0和RCP8.5 4种气候变化情景下2030s?2050s和2070s麦瘟病在中国潜在适生区分布范围, 进而以刀切法分析了影响其分布的主要气候因子, 并采用ROC对预测结果进行检验?结果表明, 在当前和未来不同气候情景下, 麦瘟病在中国的中风险和高风险区面积将呈增加趋势, 未来情景下与当前气候情景下相比, 中风险和高风险区的面积比例增加范围为0.08%~1.63%, 其中温度和湿度条件对麦瘟病的潜在分布区影响最大?此研究结果对于我国麦瘟病的检疫和防控提供了技术支撑?     

襄阳地区小麦条锈菌越冬潜伏菌源量与病情的关系研究

 在小麦条锈病菌(Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici,PST)越冬区的湖北襄阳、宜城和枣阳3个地区同一时间定点(GPS定位)采样,应用双重real-time PCR定量测定方法进行潜育侵染测定,并于春季在相应取样点进行病情调查。取样区域按照镇/区划分成不同的区域。每个区域的分子病情指数(MDI)和病情指数(DI)由该区域内所有样品和调查点数据取平均值得到。由MDI转换成风险指数(RI),并做RI与春季病情指数的相关性分析。同时,也通过坐标数据进行了空间分析。结果显示,PST潜伏侵染量与春季病情呈显著相关,并且两者均与其分布区域距汉江水系的距离相关。     

Complex interplay of future climate levels of CO2, ozone and temperature on susceptibility to fungal diseases in barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) was grown in different climatic environments with elevated [CO₂] (700 vs 385 ppm), [O₃] (60/90 vs 20 ppb) and temperature (24/19 vs 19/12°C day/night) as single factors and in combinations, to evaluate the impact of these climatic factors on photosynthesis and susceptibility to powdery mildew and spot blotch disease. No significant increase in net CO₂ assimilation rate was observed in barley grown under elevated [CO₂] at ambient temperature. However, this rate was positively stimulated under elevated temperature together with a slightly higher potential quantum efficiency of PSII, both at ambient and elevated [CO₂], suggesting that photosynthesis was not limited by [CO₂] at ambient temperature. When growing under elevated temperature or [O₃], infection by the biotrophic powdery mildew fungus decreased, whereas disease symptoms and growth of the toxin‐secreting hemibiotrophic spot blotch fungus increased compared to ambient conditions, implying that climate‐induced changes in disease severity could be linked to the trophic lifestyle of the pathogens. Elevated [CO₂] decreased powdery mildew infection but had no effect on spot blotch disease compared to ambient condition. However, the effect of elevated [CO₂], [O₃] and temperature did not act in an additive manner when combined. This led to a surprising disease development in the combination treatments, where powdery mildew infection increased despite the individual reducing effect of the climatic factors, and spot blotch disease decreased despite the individual promoting effect of temperature and ozone, emphasizing the importance of conducting multifactorial experiments when evaluating the potential effects of climate change.     

Influence of relative humidity on development and egg-laying in Panonychus citri under controlled conditions

The influence of relative humidity on several aspects of the biology of citrus red mite, Panonychus citri , has been analysed. Five constant RH values (45, 55, 65, 75, 85%), with a fixed constant temperature of 25±2°C, have been studied. An RH of 65% was optimal for mite development and egg-laying potential, providing a maximum r_m value of 0.145.