黑龙江省马铃薯干腐病菌种类鉴定及致病性

本研究将采自黑龙江省不同地区的马铃薯干腐病病样进行分离和病原菌纯化,得到27个镰刀菌菌株,通过致病性鉴定,其中的18个菌株具有致病性。运用培养性状和形态特征综合分析的方法,对上述18个菌株进行鉴定,结果显示为6种镰刀菌,分别为拟枝孢镰孢(Fusarium sporotrioides)、茄镰孢(F.solani)、接骨木镰孢(F.sam-bucinum)、拟丝孢镰孢(F.trichothecioides)、燕麦镰孢(F.avenaceum)和茄病镰孢蓝色变种(F.solanivar.coerule-um)。同时对上述6种镰刀菌进行致病性测定,结果表明不同种类镰刀菌致病性不同,以接骨木镰孢、燕麦镰孢和拟丝孢镰孢致病力最强,拟枝孢镰孢致病力最弱。     

甘肃省马铃薯镰刀菌干腐病优势病原的分离鉴定

 为明确甘肃马铃薯镰刀菌干腐病的优势病原,2006 年12 月~ 2007 年3 月由西至东从甘肃张掖、天祝、永登、临洮、渭源和西和等6 县市的马铃薯贮藏窖中采集表现有镰刀菌干腐病症状的马铃薯薯块,以组织分离法分离病原,单孢纯化镰刀菌(Fusarium spp. )菌株后,以形态学为基础,参照Nelson 镰刀菌分类系统进行鉴定。结果表明:6 个采样区共分离到293株镰刀菌菌株,其中以接骨木镰刀菌(F. sambucinum)和茄病镰刀菌(F. solani)出现频率高,是优势种。分析发现第一优势种随采样区而异,张掖、天祝和渭源采集的样品中茄病镰刀菌分离频率分别为42. 6% 、42. 1% 和32. 4% ,接骨木镰刀菌分离频率分别为14. 8% 、5. 3% 和26. 5% ,茄病镰刀菌为第一优势种;永登、临洮和西和采集的样品中接骨木镰刀菌分离频率分别为52郾1% 、50. 9% 和55. 2% ,茄病镰刀菌的分离频率分别为23. 3% 、32. 7% 和20. 7% ,接骨木镰刀菌为第一优势种。本文进一步对其在PDA、CLA 上的培养特征进行了观察和描述。按照柯赫氏法则用混合菌株接种法对大西洋(Atlantic)、夏波蒂(Shepody)以及一地方品种进行致病性测定,证实了优势菌种对块茎的致病性。利用EF鄄1琢基因引物(EF鄄1H 和EF鄄2T)对接骨木镰刀菌菌株GAUF鄄F12 进行基因组DNA 的PCR 扩增,将PCR 产物回收测序后在GenBank 上比对,菌株GAUF鄄F12 与GenBank 登记的接骨木镰刀菌5 个菌株的同源性均达99% ;用DNASTAR 分析软件将同源性较高的登记菌株的序列与GAUF鄄F12 菌株构建同源性树,结果表明:该菌株与以上5 个接骨木镰刀菌菌株均位于同源性树的同一分支,聚为一类,与形态学的鉴定结果一致。     

绳状青霉P-19不同固体发酵浸提液对马铃薯镰刀菌根腐病病原菌的抑制作用

近年来,由镰刀菌引起的马铃薯根腐病严重影响我国马铃薯产业的发展。本研究通过比较不同发酵产物的抑菌活性,筛选绳状青霉Penicillium funiculosum P-19 菌株最适的固体发酵培养基配方,并通过平板对峙试验测定了其对马铃薯根腐病病原菌尖孢镰刀菌Fusarium oxysporum、接骨木镰刀菌F.sambucinum、茄病镰刀菌F.solani、木贼镰刀菌F.equiseti和锐顶镰刀菌F.acuminatum的抑制作用。结果表明,绳状青霉P-19对尖孢镰刀菌、接骨木镰刀菌、茄病镰刀菌、木贼镰刀菌、锐顶镰刀菌的抑制率分别为38.85%、45.07%、38.92%、28.13%、64.32%。不同培养基发酵后其浸提液对5种镰刀菌的拮抗作用存在较大差异,其中配方为甘草∶玉米粉∶木屑=5∶4∶1时发酵产物对尖孢镰刀菌的抑制率最高,为67.89%,板蓝根∶玉米粉∶木屑=3∶5∶2时对接骨木镰刀菌的抑制率最高,为67.00%,板蓝根∶玉米粉∶木屑=3∶5∶2时对茄病镰刀菌的抑制率为64.48%,甘草∶板蓝根∶葡萄皮渣∶玉米粉=2∶2∶10∶5时对木贼镰刀菌的抑制率为50.20%,甘草∶玉米粉∶木屑=3∶5∶2时对锐顶镰刀菌的抑制率达到78.25%。本研究为马铃薯镰刀菌根腐病的防控以及青霉菌生防制剂的开发和应用奠定了基础。     

陕西省小麦茎基腐病病原菌鉴定及其致病力分析

为明确陕西省小麦茎基腐病病原菌的组成及其致病力,于2019年小麦灌浆期在陕西省宝鸡市、咸阳市、西安市和渭南市共63个采样点采集具有茎基腐病典型症状的病株,对其进行组织分离,结合培养性状和形态学特征,以及利用ITS和EF-1α序列分析鉴定分离菌株所属类群,并对不同病原菌进行致病力分析。结果表明：共分离到224株菌株,基于形态学特征和分子生物学鉴定结果,其中201株菌株鉴定为假禾谷镰刀菌Fusarium pseudograminearum,3株菌株鉴定为禾谷镰刀菌F. graminearum,14株菌株鉴定为三线镰刀菌F. tricinctum,6株菌株鉴定为层出镰刀菌F. proliferatum,其中假禾谷镰刀菌占总分离菌株的89.73%,是陕西省小麦茎基腐病的优势病原菌。不同种的镰刀菌对小麦植株均有一定的致病性,但假禾谷镰刀菌的致病力最强,而且分离自不同地区或者同一地区的假禾谷镰刀菌株间的致病力也存在一定分化。     

宁夏马铃薯镰刀菌根腐病病原菌的ISSR-PCR标记体系建立及其遗传多样性分析

为明确宁夏马铃薯镰刀菌根腐病病原菌种内的遗传差异与亲缘关系,利用ISSR-PCR技术对影响PCR扩增效果的因素和ISSR引物进行优化和筛选,建立适合马铃薯镰刀菌根腐病病原菌的ISSR-PCR反应体系,并通过ISSR分子标记技术对30株地理来源不同的镰刀菌进行遗传多样性分析。结果显示：马铃薯镰刀菌根腐病病原菌的ISSR-PCR扩增最适引物为807,20 μL反应体系中2×Easy Taq PCR Super Mix为8 μL、引物浓度为0.6 μmol/L、DNA模板浓度为56 ng/μL,循环次数为36次,退火温度为54℃。在选用的18条ISSR引物中有13条对30株镰刀菌扩增出84条条带,大小多分布在250~2 000 bp之间,其中多态性条带为82条,多态性比例平均为98.3%。30株镰刀菌的遗传相似系数在0.349~0.976之间,在0.478水平上可划分为2个类群,其中类群I包括尖孢镰刀菌Fusarium oxysporum、木贼镰刀菌F.equiseti、茄病镰刀菌F.solani和锐顶镰刀菌F.acuminatum;类群II全部为接骨木镰刀菌F.sambucinum;在0.976水平上30株镰刀菌可被全部区分开。ISSR类群划分与菌种分类之间存在一定相关性,同一类群不同菌株之间的遗传相似性与菌株地理来源存在一定的相关性;分离自同一地区的同一菌种,其菌株间也存在一定的遗传差异性。     

河北和内蒙古马铃薯干腐病菌种类鉴定

为明确河北和内蒙古马铃薯干腐病菌种类和优势种群,从两省采集300块具干腐病症状的样品,通过分离培养、形态鉴定、TEF-1α序列分析及致病性测定等,对马铃薯干腐病菌种类进行了系统研究.结果表明,两省马铃薯干腐病共存在4种病原菌,即接骨木镰刀菌Fusarium sambucinum、锐顶镰刀菌F.acuminatum、尖孢镰刀菌F.oxysporum和芬芳镰刀菌F.redolens,分别为149、80、3、3株.其中,河北省的优势种群为接骨木镰刀菌和锐顶镰刀菌,其发生频率分别为50％和48.68％;内蒙古的优势种群为接骨木镰刀菌,发生频率为87.95％.     

浙江省铁皮石斛根腐病病原真菌的鉴定

为明确铁皮石斛根腐病病原真菌,于其主产地浙江省金华市武义县收集铁皮石斛根腐病病株,采用平板分离方法对病原真菌进行分离,使用镰刀菌种特异性引物并结合ITS和TEF序列分析及形态学鉴定确定该镰刀菌的分类地位。结果表明,共分离纯获得真菌117株,其中有105株镰刀菌;经分子生物学分析及形态学鉴定结果显示,分离出的镰刀菌为层出镰刀菌Fusarium prolife‐mum、茄病镰刀菌F. solani、尖孢镰刀菌F. oxysporum和厚垣镰刀菌F. chlamydosporum四个种,其中层出镰刀菌在数量上具有优势地位,占总镰刀菌数的44.8%;茄病镰刀菌、尖孢镰刀菌、厚垣镰刀菌分别占总镰刀菌数的21.0%、15.2%和19.0%。在致病性测定中发现层出镰刀菌和茄病镰刀菌并不具备致病性,尖孢镰刀菌的致病性明显弱于厚垣镰刀菌,表明厚垣镰刀菌为浙江省金华市武义县铁皮石斛根腐病的主要致病菌。     

五味子茎基腐病发生初报

通过对辽宁省多个地区的调查,发现此病害发生普遍,尤其是二年生的五味子茎基腐病发生严重。五味子茎基腐病在5月上旬开始出现,6月初为发生盛期。本文对五味子茎基腐病进行了症状描述,并对不同地点采集的病样分别进行木质部和韧皮部病原物的分离、纯化。对分离得到的菌株按照柯赫氏法则进行致病性测定并对病原菌进行鉴定,结果表明,此病害可由木贼镰刀菌(Fusarium equiseti)、茄腐镰刀菌(F.solani)、尖孢镰刀菌(F.oxysporum)和半裸镰刀菌(F.semitectum)4种镰刀菌属真菌引起。针对此病害的发生特点,提出了相应的防治措施。     

呼和浩特市苜蓿根腐病病原菌鉴定及致病性测定

为确定引起呼和浩特市苜蓿根腐病的病原菌种类,采用常规组织分离法对采集的疑似苜蓿根腐病病样进行病原菌分离与培养,利用形态学观察结合分子生物学方法对分离物代表菌株进行鉴定,并采用土壤接种法对代表菌株的致病性进行测定。结果表明,共分离获得6类形态学特征不同的分离物,各随机选择1株代表菌株进行鉴定,结合分子生物学鉴定结果确定呼和浩特市苜蓿根腐病病原菌有6种,分别是麦根腐平脐蠕孢菌Bipolaris sorokiniana、立枯丝核菌Rhizoctonia solani、木贼镰刀菌Fusarium equiseti、变红镰刀菌F. incarnatum、锐顶镰刀菌F. acuminatum和织球壳枯萎菌Plectosphaerella cucumerina,分别分离到1、7、14、26、7和14株菌株,占总分离菌株数的1.45%、10.14%、20.29%、37.68%、10.14%和20.29%。其中,立枯丝核菌的致病力最强,接种苜蓿幼苗发病的病情指数达82.67,其次为木贼镰刀菌、变红镰刀菌、锐顶镰刀菌、麦根腐平脐蠕孢菌和织球壳枯萎菌,病情指数分别为72.67、62.67、58.67、52....     

河北廊坊大豆枯萎病病原镰刀菌的分子鉴定

 为明确河北廊坊中国农科院植保所试验基地大豆孢囊线虫病田内大豆枯萎病病原镰刀菌的种类,对362份罹病枯萎大豆植株进行病原真菌分离,得到335株真菌;使用镰刀菌通用引物鉴定出镰刀菌(Fusarium spp.) 279株,占分离菌株83.3%;镰刀菌特异性引物、测序等分子生物学技术结合形态学特征进一步鉴定镰刀菌种类,鉴定出尖孢镰刀菌(F. oxysporum)189株,占分离菌株56.4%;茄病镰刀菌(F. solani)67株占20.0%、禾谷镰刀菌(F. graminearum)16株占4.8%、木贼镰刀菌(F. equiseti)3株、层出镰刀菌(F. proliferaum)2株、燕麦镰刀菌(F. avenaceum)和厚孢镰刀菌(F. chlamydosporum)各1株;致病性测试结果表明数量最多的尖孢镰刀菌(F. oxysporum)中约92.8%菌株具有不同程度的致病力;这些结果表明该试验基地大豆枯萎病的优势病原菌为尖孢镰刀菌(F. oxysporum);研究结果可为大豆枯萎病的防治提供科学依据,并为大豆孢囊线虫与尖孢镰刀菌复合侵染大豆的研究奠定基础。     

Tumours of Begonia and some other ornamentals,induced by Corynebacterium fascians

In 1975 many tumours were observed in plants ofBegonia Schwabenland grown in Aalsmeer. Submersion of the roots ofNicotiana megalosiphon seedlings in a homogenate of tumorous tissue, induced tumours after two weeks. Short periods of submergence yielded results similar to those obtained after longer periods. Tumour homogenates lost their infectivity after ten min at 50°C. Aphids transmitted the infectious agent.Treatment with propylene oxide did not inhibit infectivity completely. Filtration through a 450 nm filter removed the infectious agent.Tobacco tumor virus or a viroid could not be isolated. Cultures ofCorynebacterium fascians, isolated from tumours ofN. megalosiphon were highly infectious and induced tumours in healthyN. megalosiphon andBegonia. Tumorous tissue homogenates ofPelargonium zonale, Dahlia sp.,Gladiolus sp., andLilium sp. also caused tumours inN. megalosiphon, from whichC. fascians was isolated. It was not possible to produce tumours inN. megalosiphon with homogenates from roses with symptoms of bud proliferation.Samenvatting In 1975 werden vele tumoren waargenomen inBegonia Schwabenland op Aalsmeerse bedrijven (Fig. 1). De infectiositeit van tumorweefsel kon goed en snel worden vastgesteld door de wortels van zaailingen vanNicotiana megalosiphon in een homogenaat van tumorweefsel te dompelen. Tumoren ontstonden na twee weken, de eindbeoordeling geschiedde na een maand (Fig. 2). Ook verschillende andereNicotiana spp.,Melilotus officinalis (Fig. 3) enPisum odoratum (Fig. 4) werden aangetast.Bij de infectiositeitstoets gaven zeer korte dompeltijden even goede resultaten als langere (Tabel 1). Infectieus sap verloor zijn infectievermogen na 10 min verhitting bij 50°C. Bladluizen brachten de smetstof over. Propyleenoxide verminderde de infectiositeit wel, doch onderdrukte deze niet totaal. Bij filtratie door een 450 nm filter bleef het infectieuse agens op het filter achter. Het tumor-inducerende agens was ook aanwezig in die delen van planten met tumoren welke gezond leken en het ging voor een gering deel over met zaad (Tabel 2).Uit tumoren konden wij geen tabakstumorvirus of een viroïde isoleren. Culturen vanCorynebacterium fascians, geïsoleerd uit tumoren vanN. megalosiphon bleken zeer infectieus en veroorzaakten tumoren inN. megalosiphon enBegonia. Homogenaten van tumorweefsel vanPelargonium zonale, dahlia (Fig. 5), gladiool (Fig. 6) enLilium Mid Century Hybrid Enchantment (Fig. 7) veroorzaakten ook tumoren opN. megalosiphon, waaruitC. fascians werd geïsoleerd. Met sap van kroeskopzieke rozen konden wijN. megalosiphon niet besmetten.     

Plant Viruses Transmitted by Whiteflies

One-hundred and fourteen virus species are transmitted by whiteflies (family Aleyrodidae). Bemisia tabaci transmits 111 of these species while Trialeurodes vaporariorum and T. abutilonia transmit three species each. B. tabaci and T. vaporariorum are present in the European–Mediterranean region, though the former is restricted in its distribution. Of the whitefly-transmitted virus species, 90% belong to the Begomovirus genus, 6% to the Crinivirus genus and the remaining 4% are in the Closterovirus, Ipomovirus or Carlavirus genera. Other named, whitefly-transmitted viruses that have not yet been ranked as species are also documented. The names, abbreviations and synonyms of the whitefly-transmitted viruses are presented in tabulated form together with details of their whitefly vectors, natural hosts and distribution. Entries are also annotated with references. Whitefly-transmitted viruses affecting plants in the European–Mediterranean region have been highlighted in the text.     

Epidemiology and simulation of population development of Sitobion avenae in winter wheat

The epidemiology ofSitobion avenae and its natural enemies in winter wheat was studied in 1975, 1976 and 1977. Immigration was important until the end of flowering. The alate immigrants had apterous offspring. These became the driving force in population growth. Their offspring were mostly alatae which usually left the field. A model of the epidemic was developed. Quantitative relations between the aphids and their environment were obtained from literature or established in laboratory trials. The model simulated population development and population composition from the beginning of June till the population peak at the end of June or early in July. Because quantitative data on relations between aphids and their natural enemies and pathogens are scarce, and since the knowledge on wing formation is still limited, the population collapse could not be predicted. In the future, prognosis over a period of three weeks seems possible.Samenvatting De toenemende betekenis van graanbladluizen (vooralSitobion avenae) gepaard gaande met een sterke toename van het gebruik van insecticiden op granen maakte verbetering van de prognose over het schadelijk optreden wenselijk. Door gedetailleerde tellingen in het veld (Fig. 1–7) werden gegevens verkregen over het verloop van de epidemie en het optreden van natuurlijke vijanden in 1975, 1976 en 1977.Een immigratieperiode tot in de bloei kon worden vastgesteld. Daarna lijkt de aantrekkelijkheid van het gewas voor alate luizen te verminderen. De alate immigranten krijgen aptere nakomelingen. Deze vormen de stuwende kracht van de populatiegroei. De nakomelingen van apteren zijn merendeels alaat. Zij verlaten het gewas.Een model van de populatieontwikkeling gedurende de epidemie werd opgesteld. De relatiediagrammen Fig. 9 en 10 laten groei en ontwikkeling vanS. avenae en een predator (Syrphus corollae) zien. Kwantificering van de betrekkingen werd mogelijk door literatuurgegevens en laboratoriumexperimenten.Met het model kon de populatieontwikkeling vanS. avenae vanaf begin juni tot aan de populatiepiek in 1975, 1976 en 1977 vrij goed worden gesimuleerd (Fig. 12). Ook de populatieopbouw kon worden gesimuleerd (Fig. 14). De teruggang van de populatiedichtheid blijkt moeilijker te voorspellen door het ontbreken van gegevens over natuurlijke vijanden.Het lijkt waarschijnlijk dat in de toekomst met het model een prognose over de piek van de bladluispopulatie circa 3 weken tevoren mogelijk zal zijn.     

Relationships of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Barley yellow dwarf virus</Emphasis>-PAV and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cereal yellow dwarf virus</Emphasis>-RPV from Iran with viruses of the family <Emphasis Type="Italic">Luteoviridae</Emphasis>

Barley yellow dwarf disease is one of the most important problems confronting cereal production in Iran. Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV (BYDV-PAV) and Cereal yellow dwarf virus-RPV (CYDV-RPV) are the predominant viruses associated with the disease. One isolate of BYDV-PAV from wheat (PAV-IR) and one isolate of CYDV-RPV from barley (RPV-IR) were selected for molecular characterisations. A genome segment of each isolate was amplified by PCR. The PAV-IR fragment (1264 nt) covered a region containing partial genes for coat protein (CP), read through protein (RTP) and movement protein (MP). PAV-IR showed a high sequence identity to PAV isolates from USA, France and Japan (96–97%). In a phylogenetic analysis it was placed into PAV group I together with PAV isolates from barley and oats. The fragment of RPV-IR (719 nt) contained partial genes for CP, RTP and MP. The sequence information confirmed its identity as CYDV. However, RPV-IR showed 90–91% identity with both RPV and Cereal yellow dwarf virus-RPS (CYDV-RPS). Phylogenetic analyses suggested that it was more closely related to RPS. These data comprise the first attempt to characterise BYD-causing viruses in Iran and southwest Asia. The nucleotide sequence data reported appear in the EMBL, GenBank and DDBJ Nucleotide Sequence Databases under the accession numbers AY450425 and AY450454     

Broad bean mottle virus in Morocco; curculionid vectors,and natural occurrence in food legumes other than faba bean (Vicia faba)

Broad bean mottle virus (BBMV) was transmitted from infected to healthy faba-bean plants by the curculionid weevilsApion radiolus Kirby,Hypera variabilis Herbst,Pachytychius strumarius Gyll,Smicronyx cyaneus Gyll, andSitona lineatus L. The latter appeared to be an efficient vector: acquisition and inoculation occurred at the first bite, the rate of transmission was c. 41%, and virus retention lasted for at least seven days.S. lineatus transmitted the virus from faba bean to lentil and pea, but not to the three genotypes of chickpea tested. This is the first report on the generaHypera, Pachytychius, andSmicronyx as virus vectors, and onA. radiolus, H. variabilis, P. strumarius, andS. cyaneus as vectors of BBMV.Out of 351 samples of food legumes with symptoms suggestive of virus infection, 16, 11, 19, and 17% of the samples of chickpea, lentil, pea, and common bean, respectively, were found infected when tested for BBMV in DAS-ELISA. This is the first report on the natural occurrence of BBMV in chickpea, lentil, pea, and common bean. The virus should be regarded as a food-legume virus rather than a faba-bean virus solely, and is considered an actual threat to food legume improvement programmes.     

Identification,incidence and characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium proliferatum</Emphasis>on ornamental palms in Spain

During a survey conducted from 1998 to 2002, Fusarium proliferatum was found associated with young and adult palms belonging to the genera Chamaerops, Phoenix, Trachycarpus and Washingtonia showing symptoms of wilt and dieback. The fertility and toxicological profile of 36 strains representing different locations and hosts were studied. All of them except two, which were infertile, belonged to mating population D. Both mating types (MATD-1 and MATD-2) were isolated from the same host species, showing a high potential of genetic recombination in the field. Additionally, eight strains were fertile once crossed as female. Toxin analysis showed differences in the ability of strains to produce fumonisin B₁, moniliformin, beauvericin, fusaric acid and fusaproliferin. Only 17 of them produced all the toxins analyzed. Pathogenicity tests were conducted on Phoenix dactylifera and P. canariensis using nine F. proliferatum Spanish strains and two reference strains from Saudi Arabia. Eight months after inoculation all strains caused disease, with palms showing lesions on the bases of leaves and development of wilt symptoms similar to those originally observed in affected plants. This is the first report on the occurrence of F. proliferatum on P. dactylifera in Spain and also the first report of this pathogen on C. humilis, P. canariensis, P. reclinata, T. fortunei, W. filifera and W. robusta.     

A new <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizoctonia</Emphasis> sp. closely related to <Emphasis Type="Italic">Waitea circinata</Emphasis> causes a new disease of creeping bentgrass

Isolates of an unidentified Rhizoctonia sp. (UR isolates) were obtained from creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass with reddish brown sheath and foliar rots. Because the UR isolates anastomosed with isolates of three varieties of Waitea circinata (var. oryzae, var. zeae, and var. circinata), colony morphology, hyphal growth rate at different temperatures, pathogenicity, sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) region of ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) were compared. The colony color of mature UR isolates was distinct from isolates of the other three varieties of W. circinata. In pathogenicity tests on creeping bentgrass, the severity of the disease caused by UR isolates was significantly higher than that caused by the three varieties of W. circinata. Sequence similarities of the rDNA-ITS region between UR isolates and between isolates within each variety were high (97–100%), but they were lower among isolates from UR and the varieties of W. circinata (88–94%). In a phylogenetic tree based on the rDNA-ITS sequences, UR isolates formed a cluster separate from each of the clusters formed by the three varieties of W. circinata. These results indicate that the UR isolates clearly differ from the three varieties of W. circinata. We therefore propose that the UR isolates be classified as new Rhizoctonia sp. that are closely related to W. circinata and that the disease on creeping bentgrass should be called Waitea reddish-brown patch disease (Sekikasshoku-hagusare-byo in Japanese).     

Recent observations on leafy gall in Liliaceae and some other families

Corynebacterium fascians, which causes leafy gall, has been shown to be responsible for the unusual symptoms recently found in lilies. The symptoms are described and the different bacterial isolates compared by biochemical, serological and pathogenicity experiments. No evidence could be found for the existence of specialized strains even though considerable variation in virulence could be demonstrated. Although the role of variation in susceptibility of the different lily cultivars should not be underestimated, it would appear that high inoculum levels ofC. fascians in the soil may be largely responsible for these outbreaks.Also included in this study are the results of biochemical, serological and pathogenicity experiments ofC. fascians which has been isolated fromKalanchoe, Euphorbia, Brodiaea, Hebe andVerbascum.Samenvatting Reeds een aantal jaren was in lelies een woekering in stengelbollen bekend, die echter sporadisch voorkwam en economisch van weinig betekenis was. Tijdens de zomer van 1977 echter trad de ziekte op één enkel perceel zo ernstig op dat zeer aanzienlijke oogstderving het gevolg was. Behalve de stengelbol kan ook de hoofdbol misvormd zijn. Bovendien kunnen misvormde stengelbollen lange spruiten vormen, zgn. sabeltandvorming. Soms is het wortelstelsel gereduceerd; in de kas zijn verdikte stengels waargenomen. De ziekte staat nu bekend onder de naam woekerziekte.Door de PD te Wageningen en het LBO te Lisse werd de bacterieCorynebacterium fascians (Tilford) Dows. uit het zieke materiaal geïsoleerd. In gezamenlijk onderzoek werd nagegaan of de bacterie de veroorzaker is van bovengenoemde symptomen en of hier sprake is van een op lelie gespecialiseerde stam.Biochemische en serologische vergelijkingen tussen isolaten vanC. fascians uit lelie,Kalanchoe, Euphorbia, Brodiaeea, Hebe enVerbascum laten zien dat er zeer weinig verschillen bestaan. Alle isolaten reageren op een standaard antiserum met titers variërend tussen 1: 640–1: 5120.Een oriënterende inoculatieproef werd uitgevoerd op het LBO in 1977. Daarna werden op de PD 10 van de 25 isolaten uit lelie en 8 uit andere waardplanten getoetst op lelie, chrysant en lathyrus. Uit de inoculatieproeven blijkt, dat de bacterie de veroorzaker is van de waargenomen symptomen. Tussen de isolaten blijkt een groot verschil in pathogeniteit te bestaan (12–100% aantasting), zonder dat dit aan herkomst gebonden is. Het voorkomen van op lelie of andere waardplanten gespecialiseerde stammen is daarom niet aan te nemen.In hoeverre de hevige aantasting een gevolg is van een opbouw van de bacterie-populatie door een te nauwe vruchtwisseling en mechanische rooimethoden moet worden nagegaan.     

Pathogenic fungi involved in root rot of peas in the Netherlands and their physiological specialization

Research on root rot pathogens of peas in the Netherlands has confirmed the prevalence ofFusarium solani, F. oxysporum, Pythium spp.,Mycosphaerella pinodes andPhoma medicaginis var.pinodella. Aphanomyces euteiches andThielaviopsis basicola were identified for the first time as pea pathogens in the Netherlands. Other pathogens such asRhizoctonia solani andCylindrocarpon destructans were also found on diseased parts of roots. F. solani existed in different degrees of pathogenicity, and was sometimes highly specific to pea, dwarf bean of field bean, depending on the cropping history of the field.A. euteiches was specific to peas, whereasT. basicola showed some degree of physiological specialization.     

Nematicidal Activity of Chrysanthemum coronarium

Organic amendments and green manure are potential alternatives to the harmful chemical control means currently used against plant-parasitic nematodes. In this work, Chrysanthemum coronarium was applied to the soil as a green manure to control the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica. Chrysanthemum coronarium significantly reduced nematode infection of tomato roots and improved plant-top fresh weight, both in the greenhouse and in microplots. Other green manures, derived from Anthemis pseudocotula, wild chickpea (Cicer pinnatifidum), Geranium spp. and wheat, were not as effective as C. coronarium. Chrysanthemum coronarium, retained its nematicidal activity even when applied as a dried material. Only mature C. coronarium plants, in their flowering stage, exhibited nematode control activity, but the green plant parts were more effective than the flowers. An aqueous extract of C. coronarium exhibited in vitro, nematostatic activity towards M. incognita and M. javanica second-stage juveniles and inhibited their hatching from eggs and egg-masses; its nematostatic activity was expressed also against other phytonematode species such as Heterodera avenae and Pratylenchus mediterraneus, but did not affect the beneficial entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae.