Laboratory production of oospores of Peronospora parasitica (crucifer downy mildew) and the recovery and characterization of sexual progeny from crosses between isolates with different host specificity

The production of viable oospores of Peronospora parasitica under laboratory conditions and the recovery of isolates (referred to as sexual progeny) from these oospore populations are described. Oospores were produced when isolates of opposite sexual compatibility type, specialized to the same or different Brassica species, were grown together in seedling cotyledons of a host line capable of supporting growth of both isolates. Recovery of sexual progeny from oospore populations produced from two out of four pairings between isolates specialized to the same host species (homologous pairings) proved relatively easy. On the basis of their characterization with respect to virulence, response to phenylamide fungicides, sexual compatibility type and isoenzyme polymorphisms, there was evidence that the sexual progeny from these homologous pairings could be of hybrid origin. For the first time in a member of the Peronosporaceae, it proved possible to recover and successfully characterize a few sexual progeny from pairings between isolates specialized to different host species (heterologous pairings). However, the majority of such isolates sporulated weakly and as a consequence proved difficult to maintain and were lost. Nevertheless, some evidence for the hybrid nature of progeny from heterologous pairings was obtained.     

苎麻疫霉抗甲霜灵突变株对棉苗的致病力及其遗传

研究了苎麻疫霉抗甲霜灵(Mt^r)突变株对棉苗的致病力及其遗传,结果显示,抗性突变株对棉苗的致病力与其野生型亲本间无显著差异。而Mt^r突变株XC-6-2对棉苗的致病力在其无性第1代(ZG₁)单孢株间及其与亲本间均存在极显著差异,且XC-6-2对棉苗的致病力性状在单游动孢子第2代(ZG₂)持续发生分离;XC-6-2单卵孢第1代(OG₁)对棉苗的致病力间亦存在极显著差异。上述结果提示,抗甲霜灵突变株对棉苗的致病力在无性单孢和单卵孢子后代间均不能稳定遗传。对比研究发现,野生型亲本菌株XC-6对棉苗的致病力在单游动孢子和单卵孢后代有相似的遗传规律,且单游动孢子群体对棉苗致病力的变异系数较其单卵孢株间的变异系数大。     

苎麻疫霉对棉苗致病力的遗传与变异研究

 以分离自江苏省棉铃疫病病组织的苎麻疫霉(Phytophthora boehmeriae Sawada)野生型菌株JS-5为亲本,采用菌丝块创伤接种法测定了苎麻疫霉对棉苗致病力在游动孢子无性系和卵孢子后代的遗传。结果表明,苎麻疫霉对棉苗的致病力在单游动孢子无性系连续两代稳定遗传,而在单卵孢第1代(OG₁)则发生连续性变异。从OG₁中选致病力强、弱2个单卵孢株为亲本,分别建立单卵孢第2代(OG₂)和单游动孢子无性系,并测定其对棉苗的致病力。结果为上述2个单卵孢株的游动孢子后代对棉苗的致病力均与其各自亲本相似,而在它们的单卵孢株群体(即OG₂)中对棉苗的致病力继续发生复杂的连续性变异。上述结果表明,苎麻疫霉对棉苗的致病力可能由细胞核杂合多基因控制。     

稻瘟病菌对稻瘟灵抗性遗传研究

在离体条件下就稻瘟病菌对稻瘟灵抗性的诱导、抗性水平和遗传进行了研究。结果表明,供试３个小种（ＺＡ_４９、ＺＦ_１和ＺＤ_１）４个菌株分别经稻瘟灵５０μｇ／ｍｌ、１００μｇ／ｍｌ和稻瘟灵１００μｇ／ｍｌ＋亚硝基胍０.５μｇ／ｍｌ的３种处理诱变,均得到了抗稻瘟灵突变株,在含稻瘟灵的培养基中加入诱变剂亚硝基胍可显著提高稻瘟病菌对稻瘟灵抗性的突变率。上述３个不同处理获得的突变株的抗性水平相似,为野生型亲本的２.８～８.８倍。突变株对稻瘟灵的抗性在单分生孢子无性系后代可以稳定遗传。     

恶疫霉有性杂交后代的生物学研究

 将2个带有不同抗药性标记的恶疫霉菌株配对,培养36 d后诱导其卵孢子萌发,从3760个单卵孢株中,获得50株带有双亲标记的杂交个体。对其中32株杂交个体的生长速率、有性和无性繁殖能力、卵孢子和游动孢子萌发率、致病力及对高温的耐受力等生物学性状进行测定。结果显示,测试的32株杂交个体在LBA培养基上均能较好地生长,有24株的杂交个体的生长速率介于2亲本之间;在LBA和SL培养基上,大多数杂交个体均能产生较大数量的卵孢子,有37%的杂交个体在SL培养基上产卵孢子能力显著大于双亲,仅有1个杂交个体不产生卵孢子;在人工培养条件下,大多数供试杂交个体可以产生较大数量的孢子囊,其中15株杂交个体产孢子囊能力处于双亲之间;被测的杂交个体产生的卵孢子或游动孢子均可以萌发形成有效的单孢株,有22株的杂交个体的卵孢子萌发率大于50%;被测的杂交个体接种在苹果上都有较强的致病力,有16株杂交个体的致病力显著大于双亲。表明在群体水平上恶疫霉有性杂交后代具有较强的生活能力,提示同宗配合恶疫霉不同菌株间的有性重组,对该种的群体遗传多样性可能具重要作用。     

Genetic Mapping of Pathogenicity and Aggressiveness of Gibberella zeae (Fusarium graminearum) Toward Wheat

ABSTRACT Gibberella zeae is the major fungal pathogen of Fusarium head blight of wheat and produces several mycotoxins that are harmful to humans and domesticated animals. We identified loci associated with pathogenicity and aggressiveness on an amplified fragment length polymorphism based genetic map of G. zeae in a cross between a lineage 6 nivalenol producer from Japan and a lineage 7 deoxynivalenol producer from Kansas. Ninety-nine progeny and the parents were tested in the greenhouse for 2 years. Progeny segregated qualitatively (61:38) for pathogenicity:nonpathogenicity, respectively. The trait maps to linkage group IV, which is adjacent to loci that affect colony pigmentation, perithecium production, and trichothecene toxin amount. Among the 61 pathogenic progeny, the amount of disease induced (aggressiveness) varied quantitatively. Two reproducible quantitative trait loci (QTL) for aggressiveness were detected on linkage group I using simple interval analysis. A QTL linked to the TRI5 locus (trichodiene synthase in the trichothecene pathway gene cluster) explained 51% of the variation observed, and a second QTL that was 50 centimorgans away explained 29% of the phenotypic variation. TRI5 is tightly linked to the locus controlling trichothecene toxin type. The two QTLs, however, were likely part of the same QTL using composite interval analysis. Progeny that produced deoxynivalenol were, on average, approximately twice as aggressive as those that produced nivalenol. No transgressive segregation for aggressiveness was detected. The rather simple inheritance of both traits in this interlineage cross suggests that relatively few loci for pathogenicity or aggressiveness differ between lineage 6 and 7.     

Variation in growth rates and aggressiveness of naturally occurring self‐fertile and self‐sterile isolates of the wilt pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus

Ceratocystis albifundus is the most important fungal pathogen of black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) grown in plantations in southern and eastern Africa. It is a homothallic fungus but also undergoes unidirectional mating type switching. As a result, the ascospore progeny can be either self‐fertile or self‐sterile. The only apparent difference between these mating types is the deletion of the MAT1‐2‐1 gene in self‐sterile isolates. There is some evidence suggesting that self‐sterile isolates grow more slowly than self‐fertile isolates, but this has not been tested rigorously. The aim of this study was to determine whether self‐sterile isolates are less fit by examining growth rate, relative germination rate and pathogenicity. Five self‐sterile isolates were generated from each of five self‐fertile isolates of C. albifundus and these 30 isolates were compared. The results showed that the self‐sterile isolates grew consistently slower and were less pathogenic than the self‐fertile isolates. The germination ratio of self‐fertile to self‐sterile isolates from single ascospores collected from the ascomata of five self‐fertile isolates was on average 7:3. This could be a consequence of the self‐sterile isolates having a lower germination rate. This observation, and the lower growth and pathogenicity levels, suggests that self‐sterile isolates are not likely to compete effectively in nature, raising intriguing questions regarding their role and value to C. albifundus and other fungi having a similar mating system.     

连作条件下土壤中甘蓝枯萎病菌的致病力变化和种群遗传结构分化

 枯萎病菌致病力的变化可能是连作条件下甘蓝枯萎病严重发生的重要原因之一。本研究在建立适度感染的人工病圃的基础上连续种植甘蓝5茬,每茬收获后随机采集土样。利用驹田氏培养基通过稀释平板法对连作土壤中尖孢镰刀菌种群数量的监测结果表明,连作后尖孢镰刀菌的数量由第二茬后的3.047×10⁴ cfu·g^-1土壤增加到第五茬收获后的1.608×10⁵ cfu·g^-1 土壤。对各茬后所分离30株甘蓝枯萎病菌（Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, Foc）的培养性状的观察结果表明,连作后Foc菌株在菌落形态、菌落扩展速率和产孢量等方面均发生明显的变化。用浸根法进行的致病力测定结果表明,随着连茬次数增加,弱致病力菌株占总供试菌株的比例逐渐变小,到第三茬后由第一茬的6.7%下降为0;而强致病力菌株的比例逐渐上升,由第一茬后的6.7%上升到第四茬后的16.7%。利用11条寡聚核苷酸随机引物对受试菌株进行PCR-ISSR扩增,结果显示从第三茬后Foc群体遗传结构出现分化。UPGMA聚类分析结果表明,第三、四和五茬后的Foc菌株都分为A和B两个类群,每个类群又分为Ⅰ和Ⅱ两个亚类群,但同一类群和亚类群中包含不同致病力的菌株,未发现病菌的致病力变化与遗传结构分化之间的相关。     

Interactions of four pathotypes of Diplocarpon rosae with species and hybrids of Rosa

The interactions of four pathotypes of Diplocarpon rosae with 34 species and hybrids of Rosa were compared in an ongoing search for criteria of potential relevance to rose breeding. There were greater similarities in the resistance‐susceptibility interactions of these roses to the pathotypes DA1, CW1 and ZM1, than to a fourth pathotype, DA2. Among the species roses, only those of the section Cinnamomeae were susceptible to DA2 and this susceptibility was transmitted in several cases to hybrid progeny. CW1 had the greatest pathogenicity of the four pathotypes. In a cross between R. rugosa cv. Scabrosa, which was resistant and R. rugosa f. alba, which was susceptible to all pathotypes, the progeny were tested for resistance to pathotypes DA1, CW1 and ZM1. Each of the 20 progeny was susceptible to all three pathotypes. This shows that, unlike the well characterized Rdr1 gene for resistance to D. rosae, the resistance of R. rugosa cv. Scabrosa is not determined by a dominant major gene. The diploid hybrid, R. rugosa cv. Martin Frobisher × cv. Mistress Quickly, was resistant to all four pathotypes, but an induced tetraploid of this hybrid was susceptible to all pathotypes. The relevance of these findings to the breeding of roses for resistance to black spot disease is discussed.     

Characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium oxysporum</Emphasis> f. sp. <Emphasis Type="Italic">melongenae</Emphasis> isolates from eggplant in Turkey by pathogenicity,VCG and RAPD analysis

Fusarium wilt is an economically important fungal disease of common eggplant (Solanum melongena) cultivated in the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey. Seventy-four isolates of Fusarium oxysporum isolated from diseased eggplant displaying typical Fusarium wilt symptoms were screened for pathogenicity on the highly susceptible cv. ‘Pala’. All the isolates tested were pathogenic to eggplant and designated as Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae (Fomg). Genetic diversity among a core set of 20 Fomg isolates that were selected based upon geographic locations, were characterized by using pathogenicity, vegetative compatibility grouping (VCG), and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. The area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC) was calculated for each Fomg isolate until 21 days after inoculation (DAI). The most virulent isolate was identified as Fomg10 based on AUDPC, disease severity and vascular discoloration measurements at 21 DAI. At this date, a good correlation was observed between disease severity and AUDPC values for all isolates (r = 0.73). UPGMA (unweighted pair group method with arithmetic average) cluster analysis of RAPD data using Dice’s coefficient of similarity differentiated all the Fomg isolates tested, and indicated considerable genetic variation among Fomg isolates, but isolates from the same geographic region were grouped together. There was no direct correlation between clustering in the RAPD dendrogram and pathogenicity testing of Fomg isolates. Twenty isolates of Fomg were assigned to VCG 0320.     

Role of host specificity in the speciation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ascochyta</Emphasis> pathogens of cool season food legumes

Ascochyta/legume interactions are attractive systems for addressing evolutionary questions about the role of host specificity in fungal speciation because many wild and cultivated cool season food legumes are infected by Ascochyta spp. and most of these fungi have described teleomorphs (Didymella spp.) that can be induced in the laboratory. Recent multilocus phylogenetic analyses of a worldwide sample of Ascochyta fungi causing ascochyta blights of chickpea (Cicer arietinum), faba bean (Vicia faba), lentil (Lens culinaris), and pea (Pisum sativum) have revealed that fungi causing disease on each host formed a monophyletic group. Host inoculations of these fungi demonstrated that they were host-specific, causing disease only on the host species from which they were isolated. In contrast to the strict association between monophyletic group and host observed for pathogens of cultivated legumes, Ascochyta fungi causing disease on wild bigflower vetch (Vicia grandiflora) were polyphyletic. Genetic crosses between several pairs of closely related, host-specific, and phylogenetically distinct Ascochyta fungi were fully sexually compatible. Progeny from these crosses had normal cultural morphology and segregation of molecular markers indicating a lack of intrinsic, post-zygotic mating barriers between the parental taxa. However, when progeny from a cross between a faba bean-adapted isolate (A. fabae) and a pea-adapted isolate (A. pisi) were assessed for their pathogenicity to the parental hosts, almost all progeny were non-pathogenic to either faba bean or pea. These results suggest that although these fungi have retained the ability to mate and produce progeny with normal saprophytic fitness, progeny are severely compromised in parasitic fitness. The host specificity of these fungi, coupled with the inability of hybrid progeny to colonize and reproduce on a host, may constitute strong extrinsic, pre-zygotic and post-zygotic mating barriers in these fungi and promote the genetic isolation and speciation of host-specific taxa. A phylogeny of the host plants is also being developed, and with more extensive sampling of pathogens and hosts from sympatric populations in the centre of origin, the hypothesis of cospeciation of pathogens and hosts will be tested. The objectives of this review are: (1) to summarize recent phylogenetic, host specificity and speciation studies of Ascochyta fungi, and (2) to suggest how current and future research using these pathosystems may lead to a better understanding of the role of host specificity in the speciation of plant-pathogenic fungi and the cospeciation of pathogens and their hosts.     

Sprinkling irrigation enhances production of oospores of phytophthora infestans in field-grown crops of potato

ABSTRACT Two field experiments were conducted to study the effect of overhead sprinkling irrigation on oospore formation by the late blight fungus Phytophthora infestans in potato. Total rain (natural + sprinkling) accumulated in treatments of experiment 1 (winter 1997 to 1998) were 765, 287, and 219 mm and treatments of experiment 2 (winter 1999 to 2000) were 641, 193, and 129 mm. Sporangia from 11 isolates of P. infestans were combined in eight pairs, seven of A1 and A2 and one of A2 and A2 mating type, and were sprayed on field-grown potato crops (42 plants per plot at 7 m(2) each) and examined for their ability to form oospores in the host tissues. In experiment 1, oospores were recorded in a total of 132 of 1,680 leaflets (7.9%), 24 of 105 stems, and 2 of 90 tubers. In experiment 2, oospores were recorded in 40 of 519 leaflets (7.7%), but not in any of the 90 stems or the 45 tubers examined. Both the proportion of leaflets containing oospores and the number of oospores per leaflet increased with time after inoculation and were dependent on the rain regime, the position of leaves on the plant, and the isolate pair combination. In both field trials, increasing the rainfall significantly enhanced oospore production in leaves. Leaf samples collected from the soil surface had significantly more oospores than those collected from the midcanopy. Two pairs in experiment 1 were more fertile than the others, whereas the pair used in experiment 2 was the least fertile. The total number of oospores per leaflet usually ranged from 10 to 100 in experiment 1, but only from 2 to 10 in experiment 2. Maximal oospore counts in the field were 200 and 50 in experiments 1 and 2, respectively, but ranged from approximately 2,000 to 12,000 oospores per leaflet in detached leaves in the laboratory. We concluded that P. infestans can produce oospores in the foliage of field-grown potato crops, especially when kept wet by regular overhead sprinkling irrigation, but production was far below that in the laboratory.     

疫霉菌对霜脲氰抗性遗传及对霜脲氰和甲霜灵的交互抗性

就疫霉菌对霜脲氰抗性的产生和遗传，以及疫霉菌对霜脲氰和甲霜灵的交互抗性进行了研究。结果表明，苎麻疫霉容易对霜脲氰产生抗药性突变，但抗性在连续３代单游动孢子分离过程中逐渐丧失。大雄疫霉对霜脲氰不易产生抗性突变，恶疫霉、大雄疫霉和苎麻疫霉对甲霜灵和霜脲氰不存在交互抗性     

向日葵黄萎病菌突变体库的建立及其阳性转化子的鉴定

为揭示向日葵大丽轮枝菌Verticillium dahliae Kleb.的致病机理,利用农杆菌介导法将带有潮霉素抗性标记和绿色荧光蛋白报告基因的双元载体转入大丽轮枝菌的分生孢子中并获得阳性转化子,以野生型菌株为对照,对随机挑取的阳性转化子的菌落形态、菌丝生长速率、产孢量、粗毒素分泌量和致病力进行了研究。结果表明,共获得800株阳性转化子,随机选取的40株阳性转化子中有2株的菌落只产生白色气生菌丝,不能形成黑色微菌核。与对照相比,40株转化子的生长速率均有不同程度降低,其中转化子A1生长速度降低最显著,菌落直径仅为3.28 cm,比对照下降了38.92%。40株转化子中有3株的产孢量高于对照,其中转化子A9的产孢量最高,为3.50×10~7个/mL,比对照提高1.10倍;转化子A1的产孢量最低,仅为1.35×10~7个/mL,比对照下降了19.16%。40株转化子中有4株的粗毒素分泌量较对照显著升高,占测定菌株的10%,有24株较对照显著降低,占60%,其余12株与对照无显著差异。40株转化子中有3株的致病力较对照显著增强,占测定菌株的7.5%;有7株的致病力较对照显著降低,占17.5%;其余30株与对照无显著差异。     

Isolation of Pathogenicity Mutants of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis by Insertional Mutagenesis

Restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI) mutagenesis was used to isolate mutants of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis impaired in pathogenicity. The race 2 strain Mel02010 was transformed with linearized pSH75, conferring resistance to hygromycin B, with or without the enzyme used to linearize the plasmid. Addition of restriction enzymes did not affect the transformation frequency. A total of 2929 REMI transformants were tested for pathogenicity to three melon cultivars, Amus, Ogon 9 and Ohi. The race 2 strains are pathogenic to Amus and Ogon 9, but not to Ohi. Of 43 transformants with reduced pathogenicity on susceptible melon cultivars, 12 mutants were examined in detail for pathogenicity, vegetative growth and integrative mode of pSH75. The levels of pathogenicity varied among these mutants. Two mutants (B48 and B137) almost completely lost pathogenicity to both susceptible cultivars, and the others had reduced pathogenicity. Mutants B48, B241, B886 and X36 were also impaired in vegetative growth. Mutant B809 was a biotin auxotroph. By DNA gel blot analysis, nine mutants were found to contain a single copy of the transformation vector. These mutants may thus be useful in isolating genes involved in pathogenicity. Received 22 December 2000/ Accepted in revised form 16 April 2001     

Isolation of pathogenicity- and gregatin-deficient mutants of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Phialophora gregata</Emphasis> f. sp. <Emphasis Type="Italic">adzukicola</Emphasis> through <Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium tumefaciens</Emphasis>-mediated transformation

Phialophora gregata f. sp. adzukicola, a causal agent of brown stem rot in adzuki beans, produces phytotoxic compounds: gregatins A, B, C, D, and E. Gregatins A, C, and D cause wilting and vascular browning in adzuki beans, which resemble the disease symptoms. Thus, gregatins are considered to be involved in pathogenicity. However, molecular analyses have not been conducted, and little is known about other pathogenic factors. We sought to isolate nonpathogenic and gregatin-deficient mutants through Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) for cloning of pathogenicity-related genes. The co-cultivation of P. gregata and A. tumefaciens for 48 h at 20°C with 200 μM acetosyringone resulted in approximately 80 transformants per 10⁶ conidia. The presence of acetosyringone in the A. tumefaciens pre-cultivation period led to an increase in T-DNA copy number per genome. Of 420 and 110 transformants tested for their pathogenicity and productivity of gregatins, one nonpathogenic and three gregatin-deficient mutants were obtained, respectively. The nonpathogenic mutant produced gregatins, whereas the gregatin-deficient mutants had pathogenicity comparable to the wild-type strain. This is the first report of ATMT of P. gregata. Further analysis of these mutants will help reveal the nature of the pathogenicity of this fungus including the role of gregatin in pathogenesis.     

辣椒疫霉产毒缺陷与抗药性突变体筛选及其遗传特性

采用MNNG诱变与自交（S1－S3）纯合的方法,从辣椒疫霉的游动孢子群体中,筛选出1株带有抗霜脲氰标记的产毒缺陷突变体、2株抗甲霜灵的产毒突变体。产毒缺陷菌体和产毒菌株均对茄门甜椒致病,但产毒缺陷菌株的致病力降低一半,证明辣椒疫霉的致病显症过程与毒素作用有关,病菌毒素是重要的致病因子。此外,突变菌株的抗药性和产毒缺陷表型在无性游动孢子后代和有性孵孢子后代群体中均可稳定遗传。在姐妹配对F2代卵孢子群体中,辣椒疫霉毒素产生和对甲霜灵的抗性为不完全显性基因所控制,而对霜脲氰的抗性为完全显性基因所控制。     

Biological and genetic characterization of Phytophthora capsici mutants resistant to flumorph

Baseline sensitivity to flumorph, a carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicide used to control some oomycetes, was examined using 83 Phytophthora capsici isolates, resulting in a unimodal distribution of effective concentration for 50% inhibition of mycelial growth ranging from 0·716 to 1·363, with a mean of 1·033 ± 0·129 μg mL^?1. To assess the potential risk of developing flumorph resistance, 13 flumorph‐resistant mutants of P. capsici were obtained using ultraviolet irradiation. Most of these mutants and their progeny had high levels of fitness, including mycelial growth, sporulation and virulence. The resistance to flumorph changed slightly, either increasing or decreasing, after 10 transfers on agar media. Cross‐resistance was found between flumorph and other CAA fungicides (dimethomorph and iprovalicarb), but not between flumorph and non‐CAA fungicides (cymoxanil, metalaxyl, azoxystrobin and cyazofamid). To investigate the genetics of the flumorph resistance, 619 progeny were obtained by self‐crossing and sexual hybridization. Segregation of sensitivity to fungicide was measured as a ratio of sensitive (S) to resistant (R) isolates. Segregation of the progeny, from self‐crossed isolate PCAS1 (flumorph resistant), was 1:15 in the first generation; and 0:1 or 1:15 in the second generation. In sexual hybridization, segregation of progeny was 0:1 and 1:7 for R × R hybridization; and 1:3 for R × S hybridization. Therefore, the resistance of P. capsici against flumorph was controlled by two dominant genes.     

稻瘟病菌营养体亲和配对筛选及其亲和能力遗传

 在白米玫瑰红培养基上对江苏省的稻瘟病菌Magnaporthe grisea(Hebert) Barr.不同小种间营养体亲和菌株配对组合进行了筛选。当不同小种的菌株对峙接种,在21±1℃、黑暗中培养18 d后,部分配对组合的菌落交界处出现一条肉眼明显可见的菌丝融合带,且具有稳定的重复性。出现菌丝融合带的配对菌株在玻璃纸上对峙微培养2~3 d后,镜检观察到菌丝融合现象普遍存在;未出现明显菌丝融合带的菌株组合经对峙微培养,菌丝融合现象未见或较少。从ZA₄₉、ZG₁、ZF₁和ZD₁ 4个小种的12个菌株中筛选出3对营养体亲和性强的小种间菌株配对组合。以所选菌株为亲本建立单分生孢子无性系,测定营养体亲和能力在单孢后代的遗传。结果是,营养体亲和能力在单孢后代遗传不稳定,与另一亲本的单孢株配对产生融合带的百分率为53%~74%之间。进一步研究发现,来自同一个分生孢子不同细胞的单芽管株与配对菌株的营养体亲和能力相同;亲和能力在单芽管株的单孢株后代继续发生分离。     

Pathogenic diversity of soybean rust in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the cause of soybean rust, is an economically important pathogen of soybean in South America. Understanding the pathogenicity of indigenous fungal populations is useful for identifying resistant plant genotypes and targeting effective cultivars against certain populations. Fifty-nine rust populations from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay were evaluated for pathogenicity in three cropping seasons, 2007/2008–2009/2010, using 16 soybean differentials. Only two pairs of P. pachyrhizi populations displayed identical pathogenicity profiles, indicating substantial pathogenic variation in the rust populations. Comparative analysis of 59 South American and five Japanese samples revealed that pathogenic differences were not only detected within South America but also distinct between the P. pachyrhizi populations from South America and Japan. In addition, seasonal changes in rust pathogenicity were detected during the sampling period. The differentials containing resistance genes (Rpp: resistance to P. p achyrhizi) Rpp1, Rpp2, Rpp3, and Rpp4, except for Plant Introduction (PI) 587880A, displayed a resistant reaction to only 1.8–14, 24–28, 22, and 36 % of South American P. pachyrhizi populations, respectively. In contrast, PI 587880A (Rpp1), Shiranui (Rpp5), and 3 Rpp-unknown differentials (PI 587855, PI 587905, and PI 594767A) showed a resistant reaction to 78–96 % of all populations. This study demonstrated that P. pachyrhizi populations from South America vary geographically and temporally in pathogenicity and that the known Rpp genes other than Rpp1 in PI 587880A and Rpp5 have been less effective against recent pathogen populations in the countries studied.