Evaluating the importance of the tan spot ToxA–Tsn1 interaction in Australian wheat varieties

The necrotrophic fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici‐repentis (Ptr) causes the major wheat disease tan spot, and produces multiple necrotrophic effectors that contribute to virulence. The proteinaceous effector ToxA induces necrosis in wheat genotypes possessing the Tsn1 gene, although the importance of the ToxA–Tsn1 interaction itself in varietal disease development has not been well studied. Here, 40 Australian spring wheat varieties were assessed for ToxA sensitivity and disease response to a race 1 wildtype Ptr isolate and ToxA‐deleted strain at both seedling and tillering growth stages. ToxA sensitivity was generally associated with disease susceptibility, but did not always predict spreading necrotic symptoms. Whilst the majority of Tsn1 varieties exhibited lower disease scores following toxa mutant infection, several exhibited no distinct differences between wildtype and toxa symptoms. This implies that ToxA is not the major determinant in tan spot disease development in some host backgrounds and indicates the presence of additional effectors. Unexpectedly, several tsn1 varieties exhibited a reduction in disease severity following toxa mutant inoculation, which may suggest an indirect role for ToxA in pathogen fitness. Additionally, increased chlorosis was observed following toxa mutant infection in three varieties, and further work is required to determine whether this is likely to be due to ToxA epistasis of ToxC symptoms. Taken together, these observations demonstrate that Ptr interacts with the host in a complex and intricate manner, leading to a variety of disease reactions that are dependent or independent of the ToxA–Tsn1 interaction.     

Assessing genetic resistance to spot blotch, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stagonospora nodorum</Emphasis> blotch and tan spot in wheat from Nepal

Fungal leaf spot diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Nepal cause significant yield reduction. Although field testing has identified a few partially resistant cultivars, most wheat grown in Nepal lacks adequate resistance to leaf spot diseases. During 2009–2010, 116 local and commercial spring wheat cultivars and advanced breeding lines were selected from multi-year field experiments in Nepal and evaluated for seedling resistance to three leaf spot diseases: spot blotch, Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) and tan spot races 1 and 5 (two of the most prevalent races) in the growth chambers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA. The wheat cultivars and lines were artificially inoculated with individual pathogens or races at the two-leaf stage and disease reactions were evaluated 6 to 10 days after inoculation (DAI). Results indicated that 30%, 31%, 19% and 10% of the tested wheat cultivars and lines were resistant to spot blotch, SNB, tan spot races 1 and 5, respectively. Six advanced breeding lines (SW89-5422, BL 2127 = DANIAL88/HLB30//NL297, BL 3033, FILIN/IRENA/5/CNDO/R143//ENTE/MEXI-2/3/AE. SQUA (TAUS)/4WEAVER, GAN/AE.SQUARROSA (236)//DOY1/AE.SQUARROSA(447)/3/MAIZ/4/INQALAB91, Mayoor//TK SN1081/Ae. Squarrosa (222)/3/FCT, were resistant to spot blotch, SNB and tan spot race 1. Similarly, two wheat cultivars Chirya 3 and Chirya 7 were resistant to spot blotch, and tan spot races 1 and 5. The resistant wheat lines identified in this study represent potentially useful and untapped sources of resistance to multiple leaf spot diseases and should be utilized in wheat breeding programs in Nepal in order to develop wheat cultivars with broad-spectrum resistance.     

Evaluation of triticale accessions for resistance to wheat bacterial leaf streak caused by Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa

The bacterium Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa (Xtu) causes bacterial leaf streak (BLS) on wheat and other small grains. Several triticale accessions were reported to possess high levels of resistance to wheat Xtu strains. In this study, a worldwide collection of triticale accessions as well as the major North Dakota hard red spring and durum wheat cultivars were evaluated for reaction to two local Xtu strains. All wheat cultivars showed a susceptible reaction but a wide range of reactions was observed among triticale accessions. Out of the 502 accessions tested, 45 and 10 accessions were resistant to the two virulent strains BLS‐LB10 and BLS‐P3, respectively, with five accessions, PI 428736, PI 428854, PI 428913, PI 542545 and PI 587229, being highly resistant to both strains. Statistical analysis showed significant difference among the accessions, strains, and the accession by strain interaction (P < 0.001). Bacterial population growth in resistant triticale was significantly slower than that in susceptible triticale. Molecular cytogenetic characterization in four representative triticale accessions confirmed the hexaploid level of the species and the presence of 12 or 14 rye chromosomes. The triticale accessions identified are valuable materials for developing wheat germplasm with high levels of BLS resistance.     

Forensic pathology of canadian bread wheat: the case of tan spot

ABSTRACT Pyrenophora tritici-repentis causes necrosis and chlorosis in its wheat host. Susceptibility to races 2 (necrosis) and 5 (chlorosis) of the pathogen is known to be mediated by Ptr ToxA and Ptr ToxB, respectively. Sensitivity to each toxin is controlled by a single dominant and independently inherited gene. We used sensitivity to Ptr ToxA and Ptr ToxB as two genetic markers to investigate the origin and the state of tan spot susceptibility in Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat over a period of more than a century. Sensitivity to Ptr ToxA, the toxin produced by nearly all isolates of the pathogen collected in the past 20 years in western Canada, appears to have been present in the first major cultivar, Red Fife, grown massively in the late 1800s. Sensitivity then was transmitted unknowingly into Canadian wheat lines through extensive use of backcrossing to maintain the Marquis-Thatcher breadmaking quality. Sensitivity to Ptr ToxA, which nearly disappeared from cultivars grown in western Canada in the 1950s, was reintroduced in the 1960s and unintentionally bred into many of the present-day cultivars. Sensitivity to Ptr ToxB, a toxin rarely found in isolates from western Canada, appeared with the release of Thatcher in 1934 and was transferred to many cultivars through backcross programs. In spite of large areas planted to Ptr ToxAand Ptr ToxB-sensitive cultivars over decades, tan spot epidemics remained sporadic until the 1970s. The results of this study raise the problem of the narrowing genetic base of CWRS wheat lines and the potential for unanticipated threats from plant pathogens. The intercrossing of genetically diverse material in one Canadian wheat breeding program resulted in the release of several modern cultivars with resistance to tan spot. The absence of wild-type Ptr ToxB-producing isolates in western Canada remains unexplained, given that sensitivity to Ptr ToxB was present continuously in western Canadian cultivars grown on vast areas for more than 70 years.     

中国不同春麦区小麦地方种质抗条锈病评价及抗性基因分析

为明确中国不同春麦区小麦地方种质对当前小麦生产上流行的条锈病菌Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritic的抗性水平及其所含抗性基因,利用条锈病菌生理小种条中32（CYR32）和条中34（CYR34）及混合生理小种（致病类群）对来自5个春麦区的196份小麦地方种质进行苗期、成株期抗性鉴定,并通过6个已知条锈病抗性基因Yr9、Yr18、Yr26、Yr48、Yr65和Yr67对其所含重要抗性基因进行分子标记检测。结果显示,在苗期,有11份小麦地方种质对CYR32表现出抗性,有12份对CYR34表现出抗性,分别占供试种质总数的5.61%和6.12%;有6份对CYR32和CYR34均表现出抗性;在成株期,有59份小麦地方种质在5个田间诱导环境下表现出稳定的抗性。有119份小麦地方种质检测到含抗性基因,其中有3份携带Yr9,有50份携带Yr18,有43份携带Yr48,有54份携带Yr65,所有供试种质均未检测到Yr26和Yr67,抗性基因的组合分析发现,共有31份小麦地方种质携带4种抗性基因组合类型Yr9+Yr18、Yr18+Yr48、Yr18+Yr65和Yr48+Yr65。表明来自中国5个春麦区的小麦地方种质条锈病抗性表型呈多样性,且携带目前在小麦抗病育种和生产上有效的条锈病抗性基因（组合）,建议加大对小麦地方种质的保护和应用力度。     

大麦种质对叶斑病的抗性鉴定与评价

 由麦根腐平脐蠕胞菌引起的叶斑病在世界各大麦种植区均有发生,严重影响大麦的产量和品质。选育和应用抗性品种是防控该病害最有效的策略,然而可利用的抗源非常有限。在本研究中对中国233份具有代表性的大麦种质资源进行成株期抗叶斑病田间人工接种鉴定,发现只有垦啤麦5号等10份材料对3个供试菌株都表现抗病,仅占供试材料的4.3%。另外对37份国内外重要的叶斑病抗源材料进行苗期及成株期抗叶斑病鉴定,结果显示成株期抗叶斑病材料所占比例为41%~46%,苗期抗性材料所占比例为50%~64%,其中ND17293等11份材料在苗期和成株期对3个菌株均表现为抗病,可作为抗源继续加以利用;基于上述鉴定结果,进一步分析发现供试大麦苗期对三个菌株的抗病比例均高于成株期抗病比例,说明大麦在不同生育期对叶斑病的抗性存在较大差异。另外发现大麦对B. sorokiniana不同致病类型的抗性也存在明显的专化性。     

Wheat leaf resistance to Pyrenophora tritici‐repentis induced by silicon activation of phenylpropanoid metabolism

Tan spot caused by Pyrenophora tritici‐repentis is a disease present in all wheat‐producing countries and silicon (Si) treatment of wheat plants has been shown to increase plant resistance to tan spot. In this study, the effect of phenylpropanoid metabolism on resistance to tan spot was evaluated and some phenolic compounds that accumulated in response to P. tritici‐repentis attack were identified. Furthermore, the effect of Si on phenylalanine ammonia‐lyase (PAL) activity and phenolic compound accumulation were determined in situ. Antifungal activity of differentially accumulated phenolic compounds was also evaluated in in vitro tests. Results showed that the increase in concentration of phenolic compounds was greatest at the onset of infection, and that some compounds showed fungitoxic effects including fungal tip swelling, granulation of germ tube and hyphae, and hyphal hyperbranching. Silicon‐induced reduction in both lesion size and tan spot disease progression were associated with activation of phenylpropanoid metabolism. PAL activity and accumulation of antifungal phenolic compounds were greater in pathogen‐inoculated plants supplied with Si. In these plants, fluorescence indicative of accumulation of phenolic compounds occurred early in epidermal cells and its intensity increased during the evaluation period, showing higher numbers of fluorescent cells around infected cells. Thus, the combined responses of cell fluorescence at sites of infection, increased PAL activity and accumulation of phenols indicate that Si strengthened wheat defence responses to infection by P. tritici‐repentis, reducing the severity of tan spot.     

Mining the Watkins collection of wheat landraces for novel sources of eyespot resistance

Eyespot is an economically important stem base disease of wheat caused by the soilborne fungal pathogens Oculimacula yallundae and Oculimacula acuformis. The most effective method of controlling the disease is host resistance. However, there are only three genetically characterized resistances in wheat varieties and further sources of resistance are required. Previous studies have identified resistances in wild relatives, but use of these resistances has been limited by linkage drag with deleterious traits exacerbated by low rates of recombination. Therefore, the identification of novel resistances in hexaploid wheat germplasm is desirable. The Watkins collection currently consists of 1056 hexaploid wheat landraces that represent global wheat diversity at the time of its collection in the 1920s and 1930s. As such, it may contain beneficial agronomic traits such as eyespot resistance. The Watkins collection was screened for resistance to O. yallundae based on a glasshouse test of all 1056 accessions and a polytunnel test of 44 accessions selected from a previous field trial. Resistant lines identified in these tests were retested against both O. yallundae and O. acuformis. This identified 17 accessions with resistance to one or both of the pathogen species. From these, two accessions (1190094.1 and 1190736.3) provided a high level of resistance to both pathogen species. An F₄ population derived from accession 1190736.3 indicated that the resistance to O. acuformis in this accession is conferred by a single gene and therefore would be suitable for introgression into elite wheat varieties to provide an alternative source of eyespot resistance.     

中国特有的3个普通小麦亚种抗条锈病评价及其抗性基因分子检测

 西藏半野生小麦(Triticum aestivum ssp. tibetanum Shao)、云南铁壳麦(T. aestivum ssp. yunnanense King)和新疆稻麦(T. petropavloski Udats et Migusch)是我国特有的3个普通小麦亚种,它们具有特定的地理分布、明显不同于普通小麦的形态学特征,具有抗病、耐逆等优良性状,是可用于现代小麦品种生物和非生物胁迫改良的优异种质资源。本研究利用当前在我国流行频率高、毒性强的条锈菌生理小种和致病类群组成的混合菌对213份中国特有小麦种质(包括117份西藏半野生小麦、78份云南铁壳麦和18份新疆稻麦)进行苗期和成株期抗性表型鉴定,并利用与12个已知条锈病抗性基因(Yr)相关的分子标记进行分子检测。结果表明,共有18份中国特有小麦种质对混合生理小种表现苗期抗性,89份表现成株期抗性。进一步分析发现,成株期抗性种质主要来源于云南铁壳麦。结合系谱分析、抗性表型及条锈病抗病基因分子标记检测结果发现,2份中国特有小麦种质携带Yr18,所有种质均不携带Yr5、Yr9、Yr10、Yr15、Yr17、Yr24/Yr26、Yr30、Yr41、Yr48、Yr65和Yr67等已知抗病基因。未检测到供试基因的抗性种质可能携带其他已知或新的条锈病抗性基因。该研究为进一步有效利用中国特有小麦亚种抗条锈病种质和发掘其抗性基因提供依据。     

Assessment of the inheritance of resistance and tolerance in cherry (Prunus sp.) to Blumeriella jaapii,the causal agent of cherry leaf spot

Cherry leaf spot (CLS), caused by Blumeriella jaapii, is a serious fungal disease of sour cherry (Prunus cerasus). Cultivar Montmorency, the major cultivar grown in the United States, is highly susceptible to CLS. As many as 10 fungicide sprays can be required each growing season to combat this disease; therefore, developing CLS‐resistant cultivars is a top breeding priority. Germplasm previously reported to be resistant or tolerant to CLS was acquired and incorporated into the sour cherry breeding programme at Michigan State University (MSU) and included three cherry species: sour cherry, sweet cherry (P. avium), and the wild species P. canescens. This study aimed to: (i) compare the CLS disease progression profile of the susceptible cultivar Montmorency with those of the resistant and tolerant germplasm; and (ii) gain an understanding of the inheritance of these resistance and tolerance traits by evaluating the host response of progeny individuals belonging to families derived from this germplasm. Significant differences were observed between the susceptible Montmorency and the tolerant and resistant accessions in their response to CLS and its progression during the growing season. Evaluation of the CLS host responses of progeny individuals derived from this germplasm supported a dominant two‐gene model for P. canescens‐derived resistance and a recessive gene model for sweet cherry‐derived tolerance. These insights into disease progression and trait inheritance improve the efficiency and potential success of breeding sour cherry cultivars with durable resistance to CLS.     

Seed transmission ofPyrenophora tritici-repentis,causal fungus of tan spot of wheat

Seed transmission ofPyrenophora tritici-repentis, a common foliar pathogen of wheat, was investigated in soft white winter wheat cv. Frankenmuth and found to be non-systemic; the emerging coleoptile was infected externally by hyphal growth from the infected pericarp. Hyphae from the infected coleoptile then infected the first and second seedling leaves as they emerged. Coleoptile symptoms ranged from tiny brown streaks or spots to large, brown necrotic areas accompanied by cracking and distortion of the coleoptile. Small brown spots sometimes occurred on the first and rarely on the second seedling leaves, often accompanied by leaf distortion. Pseudothecial initials of the fungus were present within or on the seed remnants. Seed transmission efficiency was as high as 92%in vitro and 60% in potting soil outdoors. Seed infection did not affect germinationin vitro, but slightly reduced emergence in potting soil. Seedling weight and height were reduced significantly. In potting soil, seed infection also resulted in delayed plant growth and increased tan spot severity at later stages of plant development. Under controlled conditions, seed transmission efficiency and incidence of pseudothecia on seed were negatively correlated with seed germination temperature in the range of 9 to 21 °C, whereas frequency of recovery of the fungus from symptomatic coleoptiles and leaves was positively correlated with seed germination temperature.These results suggest that infected seed may serve as a source of inoculum for tan spot epidemics and for dispersal of strains of the fungus to new areas.     

Effect of growth stage on host sensitivity to helminthosporol toxin and susceptibility to Cochliobolus sativus causing spot blotch on wheat

Five wheat genotypes with differing field resistance to Cochliobolus sativus were tested in greenhouse conditions for their reaction to 1.0 mM helminthosporol (HL) toxin and for their resistance to the pathogen at the 4-leaf seedling, booting, anthesis completed and late milk grain stages. HL caused distinctly necrotic and chlorotic lesions only on the adult plants of highly susceptible genotypes Ciano T-79 and Sonalika. The level of toxin sensitivity and disease severity increased with adult plant growth stage, suggesting that susceptibility is related to plant physiology. However, genotype BL 1473 was found to be susceptible to the fungus but insensitive to the toxin, indicating the limitations of using the toxin as a screening tool for resistance. The results confirm earlier studies which showed a lack of correlation between resistance at the seedling stage and field observations. This underlines the importance of field screening for improving resistance to spot blotch in wheat.     

81份春小麦种质资源抗条锈病评价

本研究结合苗期分小种接种和大田成株期自然诱发条件下对供试的81份春小麦资源进行抗条锈病鉴定,分析其抗条锈病情况、抗病类型及抗病性关系,结果表明:具全生育期抗条锈病类型的资源有7份,具成株期抗条锈病类型的资源有39份,有30份资源为含有成株期和对部分小种失去抗性的全生育期抗病性的抗性类型;苗期分别接种7个小种后,表现抗病的资源数为9~25份不等,表现中抗的资源为2~6份不等,表现感病的有50~69份不等,成株期表现抗病的73份,表现中抗的3份,感病的5份,即供试种质资源大部分表现为苗期感病,而成株期具有抗病性。聚类分析结果表明,该81份种质资源抗性聚类相对分散,遗传多样性水平较高。研究结果为小麦育种提供优良的抗条锈性资源。     

61份大麦种质资源对蠕孢菌叶斑病的抗性鉴定

 麦根腐平脐蠕孢菌[Bipolaris sorokiniana(Sacc.)Shoemaker]引起的叶斑病是大麦上重要的病害叶部之一,在世界各大麦主要种植区均能造成严重的经济损失。本研究利用3个致病力不同的蠕孢叶斑病菌株Z 12010、Z 12014和Z 13010分别对来源于中国及国外引进的61份大麦种质资源进行苗期抗蠕孢菌叶斑病鉴定,田间接种Z 12014菌株进行成株期抗病性鉴定。在所鉴定的大麦种质中未发现在苗期或成株期对叶斑病免疫的材料。苗期抗叶斑病分析发现,品种之间对3个菌株的抗性存在明显差异,Varunda、Legacy、Tradition、09GW-01、09GW-07、08PJ-36、09PJ-39、垦啤麦7号、垦啤麦10号、驻大麦3号、S-4和中饲麦1号等12份材料对3个菌株表现为中抗至高抗反应型。7份材料成株期抗Z 12014菌株,其中Legacy、蒙啤麦3号、09PJ-39、垦啤麦9号、垦啤麦11号和龙啤麦3号等6份材料具有全生育期抗性特点,品种10-3苗期对菌株Z 12014感病,而成株期抗该菌株。     

Temperature-sensitive wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr15 is effective against Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK

The wheat stem rust fungus, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), race TTKSK and related races pose a serious threat to world wheat production. Knowing the effectiveness of wheat stem rust resistance (Sr) genes against Pgt race TTKSK is fundamental in mitigating this threat through resistance breeding. Sr15 was previously identified as being ineffective against Pgt race TTKSK. Here, multirace disease phenotyping data, linkage analyses, allelism testing and haplotype analyses are presented to support the conclusion that Sr15 is effective against Pgt race TTKSK. Resistance to race TTKSK was mapped to Sr15 in a biparental population. Thirty-two accessions with Sr15 displayed seedling resistance phenotypes against race TTKSK. However, these accessions were susceptible as seedlings at high temperatures (22–25 °C), consistent with previous reports that the interaction between avirulent Pgt isolates and Sr15 is temperature-sensitive. Markers STS638, wri4 and KASP_IWB30995 were found to predict the presence of Sr15, suggesting the utility of these assays for marker-assisted selection in breeding programmes. The effectiveness of Sr15 to specific Pgt races and temperatures makes it a less-desirable TTKSK-effective gene. Wheat lines assayed as resistant to race TTKSK at the seedling stage may possess Sr15 and breeders should be aware of the limitations of Sr15 for conferring stem rust resistance.     

61份大麦种质资源对蠕孢菌叶斑病的抗性鉴定

 麦根腐平脐蠕孢菌[Bipolaris sorokiniana(Sacc.)Shoemaker]引起的叶斑病是大麦上重要的病害叶部之一,在世界各大麦主要种植区均能造成严重的经济损失。本研究利用3个致病力不同的蠕孢叶斑病菌株Z 12010、Z 12014和Z 13010分别对来源于中国及国外引进的61份大麦种质资源进行苗期抗蠕孢菌叶斑病鉴定,田间接种Z 12014菌株进行成株期抗病性鉴定。在所鉴定的大麦种质中未发现在苗期或成株期对叶斑病免疫的材料。苗期抗叶斑病分析发现,品种之间对3个菌株的抗性存在明显差异,Varunda、Legacy、Tradition、09GW-01、09GW-07、08PJ-36、09PJ-39、垦啤麦7号、垦啤麦10号、驻大麦3号、S-4和中饲麦1号等12份材料对3个菌株表现为中抗至高抗反应型。7份材料成株期抗Z 12014菌株,其中Legacy、蒙啤麦3号、09PJ-39、垦啤麦9号、垦啤麦11号和龙啤麦3号等6份材料具有全生育期抗性特点,品种10-3苗期对菌株Z 12014感病,而成株期抗该菌株。     

西南地区小麦品种(系)抗条锈病基因多样性调查

为调查西南地区小麦条锈病抗性、抗病基因位点及其组合多样性,于2013—2014年对以西南地区为主的140份小麦品种(系)进行了成株期、苗期抗病性鉴定和抗病基因标记扫描。成株期鉴定结果显示,2013年贵阳、赫章试验点和2014年贵阳、绵阳试验点都表现为抗病的品种(系)共有50份,其中表现为全生育期抗性的有37份,表现为成株期抗性的有13份;5个抗病基因Yr9、Yr10、Yr15、Yr18、Yr26的分子标记检测结果显示,西南地区小麦Yr26的使用频率最高,为41.4%,Yr9次之为37.9%,Yr10、Yr15、Yr18使用频率较低;抗条锈病基因的组合分析显示,共出现16份基因聚合品种、7种组合类型,其中组合Yr9+Yr26出现频率较高,为5%。表明西南地区的小麦品种(系)以利用全生育期抗性为主,且抗条锈病基因利用较为单一,应发掘和利用新抗条锈病基因及重视多基因的聚合。     

Emergence of tan spot disease caused by toxigenic Pyrenophora tritici-repentis in Australia is not associated with increased deployment of toxin-sensitive cultivars

The wheat disease tan (or yellow leaf) spot, caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, was first described in the period 1934 to 1941 in Canada, India, and the United States. It was first noted in Australia in 1953 and only became a serious disease in the 1970s. The emergence of this disease has recently been linked to the acquisition by P. tritici-repentis of the ToxA gene from the wheat leaf and glume blotch pathogen, Stagonospora nodorum. ToxA encodes a host-specific toxin that interacts with the product of the wheat gene Tsn1. Interaction of ToxA with the dominant allele of Tsn1 causes host necrosis. P. tritici-repentis races lacking ToxA give minor indistinct lesions on wheat lines, whereas wheat lines expressing the recessive tsn1 are significantly less susceptible to the disease. Although the emergence and spread of tan spot had been attributed to the adoption of minimum tillage practices, we wished to test the alternative idea that the planting of Tsn1 wheat lines may have contributed to the establishment of the pathogen in Australia. To do this, wheat cultivars released in Australia from 1911 to 1986 were tested for their sensitivity to ToxA. Prior to 1941, 16% of wheat cultivars were ToxA-insensitive and hence, all other factors being equal, would be more resistant to the disease. Surprisingly, only one of the cultivars released since 1940 was ToxA insensitive, and the area planted to ToxA-insensitive cultivars varied from 0 to a maximum of only 14% in New South Wales. Thus, the majority of the cultivars were ToxA-sensitive both before and during the period of emergence and spread of the disease. We therefore conclude that the spread of P. tritici-repentis in Australia cannot be causally linked to the deployment of ToxA-sensitive cultivars.     

Brachypodium distachyon exhibits compatible interactions with Oculimacula spp. and Ramularia collo‐cygni,providing the first pathosystem model to study eyespot and ramularia leaf spot diseases

Brachypodium distachyon (Bd) has established itself as an essential tool for comparative genomic studies in cereals and increasing attention is being paid to its potential as a model pathosystem. Eyespot and ramularia leaf spot (RLS) are important diseases of wheat, barley and other small‐grain cereals for which very little is known about the mechanisms of host resistance despite urgent requirements for plant breeders to develop resistant varieties. This work aimed to test the compatibility of interaction of two Bd accessions with the cereal pathogens Oculimacula spp. and Ramularia collo‐cygni, the causal agents of eyespot and RLS diseases, respectively. Results showed that both Bd accessions developed symptoms similar to those on the natural host for all pathogen species tested. Microscopy images demonstrated that R. collo‐cygni produced secondary conidia and both Oculimacula spp. formed characteristic infection structures on successive tissue layers. Visual disease assessment revealed that quantitative differences in disease severity exist between the two Bd accessions. The results presented here provide the first evidence that Bd is compatible with the main causal agents of eyespot and RLS diseases, and suggest that future functional genetic studies can be undertaken to investigate the mechanisms of eyespot and RLS disease resistance using Bd.     

83份西农系小麦品种（系）抗性鉴定及抗病基因分子检测

为西北农林科技大学小麦新育成品种（系）在黄淮麦区的大面积推广,该研究对83份西农新育成的小麦品种（系）进行苗期抗条锈病和白粉病鉴定,成株期抗条锈病、白粉病、叶锈病和赤霉病鉴定,并在田间自然环境下对其抗性进行鉴定及对相关抗病基因进行分子检测。结果显示,在苗期人工接种鉴定中,有63、29和16份小麦品种（系）分别对条锈菌Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici生理小种CYR32、CYR33和CYR34表现出抗性,9份小麦品种（系）对3个条锈菌生理小种均表现出抗性;有10、3和0份小麦品种（系）分别对白粉菌Blumeria graminis f.sp.tritici生理小种E15、E09和A13表现出抗性。在成株期人工接种鉴定中,有23、15、28和62份小麦品种（系）分别对条锈病、白粉病、叶锈病和赤霉病表现出抗性。在83份小麦品种（系）中有6份在苗期和成株期均对小麦条锈病表现出抗性。在田间抗性鉴定中,有57、6、65和40份小麦品种（系）分别对条锈病、白粉病、赤霉病及叶锈病表现出抗性。在83份小麦品种（系）中,3份含有Yr5基因,22份含有Yr9基因,3份含有Yr17基因,2份含有Pm24基因,14份含有Lr1基因,所占比例分别为3.6%、26.5%、3.6%、2.4%和16.8%。