DNA fragmentation in Sekiguchi lesion mutants of rice infected with Magnaporthe grisea

Light-dependent activation of the tryptamine pathway in Sekiguchi lesion (sl) mutants (Sekiguchi-asahi, Sekiguchi-koshihikari, and Sekiguchi-sasanishiki) inoculated with Magnaporthe grisea, was demonstrated by a significant increase in tryptophan decarboxylase and monoamine oxidase activities and tryptamine accumulation. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining and gel analysis indicated DNA fragmentation in cells of leaf tissues with Sekiguchi lesions of the three sl mutants. Furthermore, increased DNase activity was also light-dependent in the sl mutants after inoculation with M. grisea. DNA fragmentation was inhibited in leaves when Sekiguchi lesion formation was suppressed by cycloheximide and heat shock pretreatments. These data suggest that Sekiguchi lesion formation in the sl mutants is an apoptosis-like response and that its response is induced by light-dependent activation of the tryptamine pathway, which is responsible for light-enhanced resistance.The nucleotide sequence data reported are available in the DDBJ/GenBank/EMBL databases under accession number AB162137 for TDC     

Effect of glyphosate on tryptamine production and Sekiguchi lesion formation in rice infected with Magnaporthe grisea

When exposed to light, the Sekiguchi lesion (sl) rice mutant has an enhanced resistance to Magnaporthe grisea infection responsible for Sekiguchi lesion formation and tryptamine accumulation. Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine] pretreatment suppressed Sekiguchi lesion formation and tryptamine accumulation in the sl mutant after M. grisea infection even under light. This inhibition by glyphosate was blocked by the supply of exogenous tryptophan, but not by exogenous phenylalanine. In glyphosate-pretreated leaves, 5-enol-pyruvyl-shikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene expression and tryptophan biosynthesis were significantly suppressed. During tryptophan starvation, catalase activity was maintained at a high level even under light, leading to the suppression of H₂O₂ generation and DNA fragmentation. These results show a strong relationship between the tryptophan and tryptamine pathways in the induction of light-enhanced resistance to M. grisea infection in the sl mutant.     

乙烯信号传导途径因子OsEIL 6调控水稻抗稻瘟病反应

稻瘟病(rice blast)是水稻生产上最严重的病害之一。抗病相关基因的挖掘对稻瘟病的防治具有重要意义。研究表明植物EIN3/EIL家族基因在抗病过程中发挥着重要作用。本研究采用RNAi技术探究OsEIL6参与的水稻抗稻瘟病反应。稻瘟菌侵染时基因表达谱检测结果表明,OsEIL6在水稻和稻瘟菌非亲和组合中受到诱导表达。稻瘟菌接种结果显示,水稻OsEIL6沉默株系和野生型植株‘TG394’相比抗性下降;实时荧光定量RT-PCR结果分析表明,OsEIL6的表达量下降导致乙烯合成途径中OsACO1和乙烯信号传导途径的OsERF063和OsERF073的转录水平下降。亚细胞定位研究发现该基因定位于水稻细胞质。OsEIL6沉默株系中ROS合成途径标记基因OsrbohA和OsrbohB的表达量均明显下调,表明该基因可能通过影响ROS的合成调控水稻抗稻瘟病反应。本研究结果将有助于进一步揭示OsEIL6参与的乙烯信号传导途径介导的水稻抗稻瘟病反应机制。     

Involvement of OsNPR1/NH1 in rice basal resistance to blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Rice blast disease, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is a major threat to worldwide rice production. Plant basal resistance is activated by virulent pathogens in susceptible host plants. OsNPR1/NH1, a rice homolog of NPR1 that is the key regulator of systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana, was shown to be involved in the resistance of rice to bacterial blight disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and benzothiadiazole (BTH)-induced blast resistance. However, the role of OsNPR1/NH1 in rice basal resistance to blast fungus M. oryzae remains uncertain. In this study, the OsNPR1 gene was isolated and identified from rice cultivar Gui99. Transgenic Gui99 rice plants harbouring OsNPR1-RNAi were generated, and the OsNPR1-RNAi plants were significantly more susceptible to M. oryzae infection. Northern hybridization analysis showed that the expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes, such as PR-1a, PBZ1, CHI, GLU, and PAL, was significantly suppressed in the OsNPR1-RNAi plants. Consistently, overexpression of OsNPR1 in rice cultivars Gui99 and TP309 conferred significantly enhanced resistance to M. oryzae and increased expression of the above-mentioned PR genes. These results revealed that OsNPR1 is involved in rice basal resistance to the blast pathogen M. oryzae, thus providing new insights into the role of OsNPR1 in rice disease resistance.     

湖南桃江病圃稻瘟病菌对24个水稻抗稻瘟基因的毒性分析

稻瘟病是水稻生产上的重要病害,了解稻瘟病菌群体毒性组成是水稻抗病品种合理布局的重要基础。2012-2015年从湖南桃江病圃中不含已知抗瘟基因的水稻品种‘丽江新团黑谷’上成功分离出351个稻瘟病菌单孢菌株,在温室于水稻5叶期采用离体接种法测定了其对24个水稻抗稻瘟病单基因系的毒性,结果表明,病圃中稻瘟病菌以广谱强致病性的菌株为主,病菌对不同抗瘟基因的毒力频率在50.56%~96.67%之间,而不同年度间对24个抗性基因均具毒性的菌株出现频率在0~15%之间。对2015年的每2个抗瘟基因的联合毒力分析表明,基因两两搭配后的联合抗病系数最高、联合致病系数最低的组合是Pi-3*Pi-k(RAC=0.19,PAC=0.43)。     

Assessment of blast disease resistance in transgenic PRms rice using a gfp-expressing Magnaporthe oryzae strain

Rice blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph Pyricularia grisea ) is one of the most devastating diseases of cultivated rice worldwide. In this study, a green fluorescent protein ( gfp )-expressing M. oryzae strain was generated and used to investigate the infection process in a commercial rice cultivar. Expression of the gfp gene did not affect the pathogenicity of the M. oryzae transformants. Confocal microscopy allowed in vivo imaging of this pathogen during infection of rice tissues. Magnaporthe oryzae pathogenicity was examined on both leaf and root tissues. In roots of wild-type plants, the fungus penetrated into epidermal and cortical cells, and colonized the central cylinder and xylem vessels. However, the dimorphic growth pattern typically observed during the biotrophic and necrotrophic stages of leaf colonization was not observed during colonization of root tissues. Furthermore, events occurring during infection of rice plants constitutively expressing the maize pathogenesis-related PRms gene were characterized and compared with those occurring during the interaction of this pathogen with untransformed rice plants. Fungal penetration was drastically reduced and delayed in tissues of PRms plants compared to untransformed plants. These results indicated that the gfp -expressing M. oryzae represents a strategic tool for the assessment of blast disease resistance in transgenic rice which can be also applied to the analysis of the M. oryzae interaction with other cultivars or mutants of important crop species.     

稻瘟病菌（Magnaporthe oryzae）的凋亡诱导和检测

 使用低浓度H2O2和高浓度NaCl诱导稻瘟病菌的凋亡,检测了产生的凋亡特征。结果显示：诱导后稻瘟病菌具有典型的凋亡特征,如胞内活性氧累积、磷脂酰丝氨酸从细胞膜的内表面转移到外表面、染色体浓缩和DNA断裂。进一步研究发现：凋亡关键性酶类caspase的抑制剂Z-VAD-FMK能够显著影响稻瘟病菌的孢子萌发和附着胞形成过程。典型的稻瘟病菌孢子由3个细胞组成;在Z-VAD-FMK的作用下,2个以上细胞同时萌发产生芽管的比例由34.1％增加到66.0％,同时形成附着胞的源细胞也以顶端细胞为主转变为以基部细胞为主。这些结果说明凋亡参与了稻瘟病菌的孢子萌发和附着胞形成过程。     

水稻地方品种不同品系对田间稻瘟病菌群体遗传多样性的影响

‘月亮谷’是云南元阳梯田种植面积最大的地方籼稻品种,种植历史逾百年仍保持对稻瘟菌较稳定的田间抗性,我们猜测其原因与‘月亮谷’-稻瘟菌的群体互作有关。为此,本研究采用群体遗传学研究方法,利用稻瘟菌16对SSR引物,对从‘月亮谷’不同单粒传纯系、‘月亮谷’自然群体、现代品种‘合系22-2’及云南元阳哈尼梯田环境中分离到的稻瘟菌进行遗传多样性分析,以了解不同‘月亮谷’纯系对稻瘟菌群体遗传结构的影响。结果显示,来源于梯田环境的稻瘟菌与不同水稻品种(系)的稻瘟菌群体遗传结构差异明显,梯田环境：Ht=0.160 3,I=0.323 8;水稻寄主群体：Ht=0.092 9,I=0.200 9。而且,分离自不同水稻品种(系)的稻瘟菌群体遗传结构差异也较大,Shannon’s遗传多样性指数、Nei基因多样性指数和PIC的总体趋势是：‘月亮谷’感病纯系(L4、L3)>‘月亮谷’自然群体(G5)>‘月亮谷’抗病纯系(L1、L2)>‘合系22-2’(H6)。基于neighbor-joining的聚类分析发现,从环境(Y)中挑选的30株稻瘟菌和6个不同水稻寄主材料上分离到的稻瘟菌群体在相同相似...     

Selection and mutation of the avirulence gene AVR-Pii of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Magnaporthe oryzae avirulence (AVR) genes are predicted to be involved in pathogen invasion and their virulence functions are restricted by the presence of the cognate resistance (R) genes. In this study, the distribution and variation of the avirulence (AVR-Pii) gene of M. oryzae in Yunnan province, China were analysed to understand haplotype diversity of AVR-Pii under field conditions. The presence of AVR-Pii in 454 field isolates of M. oryzae collected in Yunnan province was examined using gene-specific PCR markers. The results showed that 82 M. oryzae isolates carried AVR-Pii. Among them, 39 (35.5%), 5 (15.2%), 4 (14.3%), 2 (13.3%), 25 (12.8%) and 7 (9.7%) of the M. oryzae isolates carried AVR-Pii from central, southeastern, southwestern, northwestern, western and northeastern Yunnan province, respectively. Of these isolates, 55 were sequenced, while the remaining 27 isolates were not suitable for PCR-based sequencing and were not used for further analysis. Moreover, three AVR-Pii haplotypes were identified among the 55 isolates, in which H1 was identical with a previous sequence in GenBank (accession no. AB498874 ) and H2 and H3 were novel variants. All DNA sequence variations were found to occur in the protein-coding region resulting in amino acid substitutions. One virulent haplotype of AVR-Pii to Pii was identified among 55 field isolates, suggesting that the AVR-Pii gene has lost avirulence function through base substitution. These findings suggest that AVR-Pii is under positive selection and AVR-Pii mutations are responsible for overcoming race-specific resistance in nature.     

Peroxidase activity in rice leaves infected withHelminthosporium oryzae in relation to lesion maturation

Two-week-old seedlings of two rice varieties, resistant CH13 and susceptible Benibhog, were inoculated with a conidial suspension ofHelminthosporium oryzae. The resistant host exhibited greater peroxidase activity than the susceptible one when infected with the pathogen. Enzyme activities were measured 0, 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 h after infection. Peroxidase activity in diseased leaves bearing young lesions,i.e., 24 h after inoculation, was not appreciably different from that in non-infected leaves. At the intermediate and mature stages of lesion development,ri.e., 72 and 120 h after inoculation, a marked increase in peroxidase activity was observed. The pattern of increased enzyme activity was similar in both varieties but the whole event proceeded faster in the resistant variety. No marked change in peroxidase activity in healthy leaves of both the varieties was noticed with increase of seedling age.     

Assessment of partial resistance to Pyricularia oryzae in six rice cultivars

The partial resistance to blast of six rice cultivars was assessed in greenhouse experiments and in an upland nursery experiment. IR36. Milyang30 and Milyang42, which have shown relatively little disease in farmers' fields for several years, had lower relative disease efficiency and smaller lesions with lower sporulation capacity than did IR50. Milyang 57 and Suweon 264. Latent period was the least important component of partial resistance. Using the area under disease progress curves as a measure of relative disease progress in the nursery, disease development on IR36 and Milyang 42 was slight and on Milyang 30 intermediate. By comparison, the three susceptible cultivars showed rapid increases in disease. Partial resistance may be associated with more durable blast resistance in certain cultivars.     

东北水稻白叶枯病菌生理小种及水稻品种对9号小种的抗性

对东北地区水稻白叶枯病菌生理小种群体的构成及分布,以及水稻品种对白叶枯病菌9号小种的抗性进行了研究。结果表明,东北地区水稻白叶枯病菌生理小种群体由6个小种,即Race 1、Race 2、Race 3、Race 6、Race 8和Race 9构成。小种Race 1、Race 2和Race 9在东北三省吉林、辽宁和黑龙江都有分布,小种Race 3和Race 8只存在黑龙江省,Race 6只存在辽宁省。在30个水稻品种中,对9号生理小种表现抗病的有13个,出现频率为43.3%;中抗7个,频率23.3%;中感6个,频率20.0%;感病4个,频率13.3%。本研究为在东北粳稻地区挖掘白叶枯病的抗源,以及利用抗病品种控制白叶枯病危害提供依据。     

水稻品种对黑龙江省部分稻瘟病病菌抗病性分析

以黑龙江省八五六农场2011年、2012年的稻瘟病病菌为选择压力,对6个水稻品种和24个抗瘟基因的抗病性进行了分析.结果显示,龙粳31的两年抗谱分别为53.51％和62.73％,中龙香粳1号的两年抗谱为58.77％和48.18％,抗病性较好;Pi-zt的两年抗谱分别为41.67％和23.08％.25个强致病力稻瘟病病菌的遗传聚类结果显示,共分为9个类群.其中,类群1为优势菌群,同时也是致病力最强的菌群.     

Genetic differentiation of Magnaporthe oryzae populations from scouting plots and commercial rice fields in Korea

A previous study of the diversity and population structure of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, over a 20-year period in Korea, found novel fingerprint haplotypes each year, and the authors hypothesized that populations might experience annual bottlenecks. Based on this model, we predicted that M. oryzae populations would have little or no genetic differentiation among geographic regions because rice blast is commonly found throughout Korea each year and M. oryzae would have to disperse from small populations surviving annually between rice crops. To test this hypothesis, we sampled M. oryzae from rice fields in eight provinces in Korea in a single year (1999). In four provinces, we sampled from a set of rice cultivars commonly grown in commercial fields (group I); because of low disease incidence in four other provinces, we could not sample from commercial fields and instead sampled from scouting plots of different cultivars set up for detecting new pathotypes of M. oryzae (group II). All isolates were genotyped with DNA fingerprint probes MGR586 and MAGGY, a telomere-linked gene family member TLH1, the PWL2 host specificity gene and mating type. Fingerprint haplotypes clustered into two distinct lineages corresponding to the two sets of cultivars (groups I and II), with haplotype similarities of 71% between lineages and >76% within lineages. Isolates from the same cultivar within group I were genetically differentiated among locations, and isolates within the same location were differentiated among cultivars. Differentiation for TLH1 and PWL2 was significant (P < 0.03), but not as strong as for fingerprint markers. Similar analyses were not possible among group II isolates because too few isolates were available from any one cultivar. All isolates were in the same mating type, Mat1-1, ruling out sexual reproduction as a source of novel haplotypes. When the 1999 samples were compared with the historical samples from the previous study, haplotypes of group I formed a separate cluster, while those of group II clustered with haplotypes from the historical sample. Altogether, geographic subdivision, monomorphism of mating type, and correlation of haplotypes to sets of cultivars are not consistent with the hypothesis of repeated turnover of haplotypes. Instead, the previous correlations of haplotypes to year might have been caused by inadequate sampling of haplotypes each year, highlighting the need for studies of population genetics to be conducted with systematic samples collected to address specific questions.     

Investigation of rice blast development in susceptible and resistant rice cultivars using a gfp‐expressing Magnaporthe oryzae isolate

In this study, an isolate of Magnaporthe oryzae expressing the green fluorescent protein gene (gfp) was used to monitor early events in the interaction of M. oryzae with resistant rice cultivars harbouring a blast resistance (R) gene. In the resistant cultivars Saber and TeQing (Pib gene), M. oryzae spores germinated normally on the leaf surface but produced morphologically abnormal germ tubes. Germling growth and development were markedly and adversely affected in leaves of these resistant cultivars. Penetration of host cells was never seen, supporting the idea that disruption of germling development on the leaf surface might be one of the resistance mechanisms associated with Pib function. Thus, this particular R gene appeared to function in the absence of host penetration by the fungal pathogen. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of M. oryzae‐infected susceptible rice cultivars showed the dimorphic growth pattern that is typically observed during the biotrophic and necrotrophic stages of leaf colonization in susceptible cultivars. The suitability of the gfp‐expressing M. oryzae isolate for further research on R‐gene function and identification of resistant genotypes in rice germplasm collections is discussed.     

Identification of a novel locus Rmo2 conditioning resistance in barley to host-specific subgroups of Magnaporthe oryzae

Barley cultivars show various patterns of resistance against isolates of Magnaporthe oryzae and M. grisea. Genetic mechanisms of the resistance of five representative barley cultivars were examined using a highly susceptible barley cultivar, 'Nigrate', as a common parent of genetic crosses. The resistance of the five cultivars against Setaria, Oryza, Eleusine, and Triticum isolates of M. oryzae was all attributed to a single locus, designated as Rmo2. Nevertheless, the Rmo2 locus in each cultivar was effective against a different range of isolates. Genetic analyses of pathogenicity suggested that each cultivar carries an allele at the Rmo2 locus that recognizes a different range of avirulence genes. One allele, Rmo2.a, corresponded to PWT1, which conditioned the avirulence of Setaria and Oryza isolates on wheat, in a gene-for-gene manner. The other alleles, Rmo2.b, Rmo2.c, and Rmo2.d, corresponded to more than one avirulence gene. On the other hand, the resistance of those cultivars to another species, M. grisea, was conditioned by another locus, designated as Rmo3. These results suggest that Rmo2 is effective against a broad range of blast isolates but is specific to M. oryzae. Molecular mapping revealed that Rmo2 is located on the 7H chromosome.