Biotypic and pest status differences between Hungarian and South African populations of Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) is a severe pest of cereals in South Africa and in the USA. In order to reduce D noxia damage, intensive resistance breeding programs have been undertaken, resulting in D noxia-resistant cultivars that are now widely used in South Africa and in the USA. However, there appear to be differences in the ability of different populations of D noxia to damage these resistant cereal cultivars. To determine whether different biotypes of D noxia are present, damage to eight wheat cultivars was compared when they were exposed to either Hungarian or South African aphid strains. It appeared that the Hungarian CVS MV Magdaléna, MV Magvas, and MV 17 were susceptible to D noxia from both Hungary and South Africa. The susceptible South African CV Betta was also severely damaged regardless of the country of origin of the aphids. None of the cultivars resistant in South Africa (Caledon, SST 333, SST 972 and Halt) were, however, resistant to Hungarian populations of D noxia. These cultivars, which carry resistance genes originating from the breeding lines PI 262660, PI 137739 and PI 372129, were severely damaged by the Hungarian D noxia. Apart from the highly resistant CV Halt, the resistant cultivars used in this study were developed in South Africa, with the biotype present there. Damage to all cultivars tested was significantly more severe in response to Hungarian than to South African D noxia, indicating that a more damaging aphid biotype occurs in Hungary. However, D noxia has not yet become a pest of wheat in Hungary, possibly due to a difference in cultural practices.     

Levels of fire blight (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Erwinia amylovora</Emphasis>) susceptibility of native apple,pear and quince germplasm from Lake Van Basin,Turkey

Fire blight resistance of apple, pear and quince genetic resources from Lake Van Basin (eastern Turkey) was tested using Erwinia amylovora strain Ea Van. Shoot tips of 92 native accessions (48 accessions for apple, 38 accessions for pear and 6 accessions for quince) were wounded for inoculation, and artificially inoculated with pathogenic bacteria under greenhouse conditions. The levels of resistance of accessions were classified in comparison with control varieties according to the genotype susceptibility index (GSI%) scores based on the lesion length on shoots of each genotype. Fire blight resistance of accessions consisted of five classes: resistant (R), moderately resistant (MR), moderately susceptible (MS), susceptible (S) and highly susceptible (HS). GSI% scores differed significantly among accessions from each fruit species (p < 0.01). GSI values ranged from 12.4% to 64.1% for apple genotypes, from 17.2% to 55.1% for pear genotypes, and from 17.8% to 43.4% for quince genotypes. No resistant genotypes of apple, pear and quince were observed. Seven accessions of apple, two accessions of pear and one accession of quince were MR. 25 accessions of apple, 14 accessions of pear and one accession of quince were MS. These findings indicate a considerable variation in fire blight resistance and could contribute to breeding efforts regarding fire blight resistance in apple, pear and quince.     

Novel metrics to classify fire blight resistance of 94 apple cultivars

Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora), a potentially devastating disease in apple, can cause floral, fruit and structural damage and even tree death. Most commercial apple cultivars are susceptible and the resistance/susceptibility of many modern cultivars has not been evaluated. Fire blight resistance/susceptibility is difficult to phenotype due to quantitative resistance, impacts of tree vigour and environment on susceptibility, and the erratic nature of the disease. Resistance/susceptibility levels were determined for 94 apple cultivars and important breeding parents. In 2016 and 2017, multiple actively growing shoots per tree (about three trees per cultivar) were challenged with E. amylovora Ea153n via a cut-leaf inoculation method. Proportion of current season's shoot length blighted (SLB) was calculated for each shoot. To classify cultivar responses, estimated marginal SLB means were compared to four controls, representing highly susceptible (HS) to highly resistant (HR), via Dunnett's tests. Cultivar responses ranged from HS to HR with estimated marginal SLB means of 0.001–0.995 in 2016 and 0.000–0.885 in 2017. Most cultivars demonstrated similar resistance/susceptibility levels in both years (ρ = 0.657, P < 0.0001). K-means clustering was used to classify cultivars into three resistance/susceptibility groups based on incidence, average severity (SLB), and maximum severity values (maximum SLB and age of wood infected). Sixteen cultivars were consistently moderately resistant (MR) to HR while the remainder ranged from HS to MR. An updated comparison of susceptibility of important cultivars is provided. Resistance/susceptibility information gained could be used to identify genetic loci associated with resistance/susceptibility and/or inform parental selection in apple scion breeding programmes.     

Susceptibility of Broccoli Cultivars to Bacterial Head Rot: In Vitro Screening and the Role of Head Morphology in Resistance

Head rot is a major disease of broccoli caused by the soft rot pathogens Pseudomonas fluorescens and Erwinia carotovora. Two in vitro pathogenicity tests were evaluated as a methods to identify broccoli cultivars susceptible or resistant to bacterial head rot. One test used mature heads excised from the plant and inoculated with squares of cotton lint which had been soaked in a bacterial suspension. The other test involved stab-inoculating axenically grown seedlings. With the excised head test, susceptible cultivars showed a black soft rot, whilst less susceptible or moderately resistant cultivars showed only watersoaking, or browning and slight softening of the tissue. No cultivar was completely resistant. Ten cultivars were tested, and their susceptibility ratings corresponded with previously recorded field data, with one exception. This laboratory test could be used to screen for susceptibility to head rot in broccoli breeding programmes. The seedling test distinguished differences in aggressiveness among bacterial isolates but not cultivar susceptibility. Increasing head size correlated negatively with disease resistance. Head shape, i.e. cultivars which showed a domed shape rather than a flat shape, was positively correlated with disease resistance. Thus small domed heads are more resistant to head rot than large flat heads. Other morphological characteristics, viz. floret prominence and number, and sepal stomatal number were not correlated with host resistance.     

First occurrence of fireblight in Romania

Fireblight was first observed in Romania in 1992-08 near Braila, and shortly after in the pear collection of the Fruit Research Institute in Pitesti-Maracineni. Advanced symptoms indicated that the disease was present at least one year earlier. Symptomatology, fruit pathogenicity, selective culture media, hypersensitivity, agglutination and fatty acid class analysis confirmed the authenticity of the pathogen as Erwinia amylovora. Of the native Romanian fruit cultivars affected, apple cv. Delicios de Voinesti and pear cv. Aromat de Bistrita appear the most susceptible to fireblight.     

Recent Progress in Breeding for Fireblight Resistance in Apples and Pears in North America1

Resistance in apple is evaluated by needle–inoculation of succulent shoot tips with 10⁶–10⁷ cells of a virulent isolate of Erwinia amylovora (Burr.) Winslow et al. (the incitant of fireblight) and measurement of the resulting cortical lesion when extension is complete. Data are now available on practically all commercial cultivars, some of which have a useful level of resistance. Some newer cultivars, particularly those with resistance to scab (Venluria inaequalis [Cooke] Wint.) derived from Malus floribunda, have good resistance to E. amylovora. A very high level of resistance is present in Asiatic Malus species, including M. x robusta, M. x sublo–bata, M. x atrosanguinea, and M. prunifolia, and in the North American species M. fusca. This type of resistance appears to be inherited polygenically, and because of its detectability in young seedlings can be used conveniently in breeding. Objectives of pear breeding programs are aimed at developing superior fruit quality combined with resistance to fireblight, psylla, and Fabraea leaf spot. Many high quality cultivars of Pyrus communis are extremely susceptible to E. amylovora and sensitivity appears to be controlled by a dominant gene Se. A high level of resistance is present in P. ussuriensis but varies considerably between clonal selections of other Pyrus species. Pear seedlings from controlled pollinations are artificially inoculated in the glasshouse with a similar bacterial suspension as used for apples, and only the most resistant ones are selected and planted in the field for future evaluation. In Beltsville, heritability studies of crosses between non–sensitive parents have indicated that selection for resistance within progenies results in a high degree of genetic gain. Interspecific hybridization has an advantage over P. communis crosses mainly when insect or fungus resistance is required.     

不同百合品种对百合灰霉病的抗病性鉴定

为明确不同百合品种对灰霉病的抗病能力,本试验采用离体叶片菌丝块接种和田间孢子液喷雾2种方法测定了百合7个不同品种对百合灰霉病的抗病性。离体测定结果表明,供试的7个品种对百合灰霉病的抗病性存在显著差异,其中‘法兰西’和‘罗蒂娜’为高感品种,‘康斯坦萨’和‘索邦’为高抗品种,‘马可波罗’、‘提拔’和‘西伯利亚’为中抗品种;田间接种发病的测定结果除‘西伯利亚’为高抗品种外其余结果与离体接种结果一致;离体接种和田间接种发病情况的系统调查分析得知,感病品种‘法兰西’和‘罗蒂娜’发病早,病情发展速度快,病情指数高;‘提拔’、‘康斯坦萨’、‘西伯利亚’和‘索邦’等抗病品种发病晚,病情发展缓慢,病情指数低;随着品种抗病性的增强,发病速度和病情指数逐渐降低。     

Evaluation of resistance of Spanish olive cultivars to Verticillium dahliae in inoculations conducted in greenhouse

The resistance of 28 Spanish olive cultivars to Verticillium dahliae was evaluated in an experiment conducted under greenhouse conditions, by impregnating plant roots with a semisolid fluid mass of a mixture of culture medium and the conidia and mycelium of the fungus. Five-month-old olive plants were inoculated with a cotton defoliating isolate of V. dahliae. ‘Frantoio’ and ‘Picual’ were used as resistant and susceptible reference cultivars, respectively. Cultivars were assessed on the basis of final values of the area under the disease progress curve, mean severity of symptoms, and mortality at 26 weeks following inoculation. Verticillium wilt disease developed more slowly and reached lower values of these parameters than those normally recorded in previous studies conducted in growth chambers, using root-dip inoculation in a conidial suspension of the pathogen. However, most of the evaluated cultivars exhibited susceptible or moderately susceptible reactions to the infections caused by V. dahliae. In particular, a group of eight cultivars, from the same group as ‘Picual’, such as ‘Manzanilla de Abla’, ‘Manzanilla del Centro’ and ‘Negrillo de Iznalloz’, were significantly more susceptible than ‘Frantoio’. Conversely, ‘Escarabajillo’, ‘Menya’ and ‘Sevillana de Abla’ exhibited a high level of resistance to the disease, no dead plants, and vegetative recovery. Field experiments are currently being carried out to confirm the level of resistance assigned to these last genotypes. If confirmed, these genotypes will act as potential resistant genitors for inclusion in current olive breeding programs or for use as resistant rootstocks.     

青海青稞主栽品种(系)对条纹病和云纹病的抗性鉴定

本研究旨在明确青海青稞主栽品种和后备品种对条纹病和云纹病的抗性,以期为抗病育种及田间病害防治提供理论依据。试验采用田间自然病圃法,对青海主栽的30个青稞品种(系)进行了条纹病和云纹病田间抗性鉴定。结果表明,供试青稞品种(系)对2种病害的抗性存在显著差异,但缺乏免疫品种。对条纹病表现高抗的有13个品种(系),占鉴定总数的43.3%,其中主栽品种有3个,即‘门农1号’、‘昆仑13号’、‘巴青1号’。品系17发病率最低。对云纹病表现高抗的有品系1、品系2、品系6、品系17、品系28、RQKQ-3、RQKQ-5、RQKQ-6、RQKQ-7、RQKQ-8、‘门农1号’、‘互青2号’、‘北青6号’和‘昆仑10号’,共14个,其病情指数均在10以下;表现中抗的共有8个,分别为品系5、品系11、RQKQ-1、RQKQ-9、‘巴青1号’、‘北青3号’、‘北青7号’和‘昆仑13号’。     

Effectiveness of the resistance inducer prohexadione‐Ca against fireblight in shoots of apple trees inoculated with Erwinia amylovora1

Due to the lack of effective, non‐phytotoxic and publicly acceptable materials for controlling fireblight in pome fruit trees, novel strategies against Erwinia amylovora are being sought. Resistance‐inducing compounds, such as prohexadione‐Ca, represent promising alternatives. Prohexadione‐Ca is the active substance of the bioregulator Regalis, currently being introduced in several European countries and overseas. Prohexadione‐Ca reduces shoot elongation due to inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis. Furthermore, it leads to significant changes in the spectrum of flavonoids and their phenolic precursors in pome fruits, which causes reduced susceptibility to fireblight and other pathogens. In 2002 and 2003, container‐grown apple trees of the cultivars ‘Idared’ and ‘Freedom’ were treated with different dosages of prohexadione‐Ca two weeks before inoculation with E. amylovora. The effect of prohexadione‐Ca against shoot blight was determined by measuring the lengths of necrotic lesions and symptoms on vascular bundles caused by the pathogen. Treatments with prohexadione‐Ca turned out to be much superior to the ones with streptomycin, kasugamycin and a bacterial antagonist, which were used for comparison. Acibenzolar‐S‐methyl (Bion), another resistance‐inducing compound, was included in some of the experiments and gave intermediate results. The simultaneous control of excessive shoot growth and shoot infections by fireblight is seen as a major advantage of using prohexadione‐Ca in pome fruit trees.     

Screening for resistance of Turkish olive cultivars and clonal rootstocks to Verticillium wilt

Verticillium wilt resistance of 77 olive cultivars including 71 domestic and six foreign ones, and four clonal rootstocks available in the olive gene bank, were tested using a highly virulent isolate (D pathotype) of Verticillium dahliae. The pathogen was stem-inoculated into the own-rooted saplings. Most cultivars and rootstocks were found to be extremely susceptible to the disease. ‘Sinop No. 1’, ‘E?riburun Nizip’, ‘Erkence’, ‘E?riburun Tatayn’, ‘Girit Zeytini’ and ‘Marantelli’ were highly resistant, as their disease severities did not exceed 10%. Additionally, 11 domestic cultivars (‘Sar? Habe?i’, ‘Ya?l?k Çelebi’, ‘Zoncuk’, ‘Dilmit’, ‘?am’, ‘Hurma Karaca’, ‘Erdek Ya?l?k’, ‘Melkabaz?’, ‘Yün Çelebi’, ‘Kan Çelebi’ and ‘Siyah Salamural?k’), two foreign cultivars (‘Arbequina’ and ‘Frantoio’) and one wild clonal rootstock (‘D36’) were found to be resistant, with disease severities less than 30%. On the other hand, the moderately susceptible group comprised ten domestic cultivars (‘Ak Zeytin’, ‘Ya? Çelebi’, ‘Saurani’, ‘Butko’, ‘Gemlik’, ‘Otur’, ‘Ya? Zeytini’, ‘Belluti’, ‘Sinop No. 2’ and ‘Samanl?’), three foreign cultivars (‘Leccino’, ‘Chemlali’ and ‘Ascolana’) and one wild clonal rootstock (‘D9’). The number of cultivars within highly resistant and resistant groups was 17 out of the 71 domestic cultivars from all regions (four from Aegean, seven from southeastern Anatolia, two from Black Sea and three from Marmara).     

黄淮麦区主栽小麦品种抗茎基腐病评价及茎秆和籽粒中毒素积累分析

为明确黄淮麦区主栽小麦品种对茎基腐病的抗性水平、不同抗性指标的相关性,以及茎杆和籽粒中镰刀菌毒素积累情况,在采用苗期茎基部滴注法和成株期混合播种法进行抗性鉴定的基础上,本研究还利用超高效液相色谱高分辨质谱联用技术,测定了小麦茎杆和籽粒中6种常见镰刀菌毒素的含量.结果表明,供试的20个小麦品种中,苗期抗病、中抗、感病和高...     

Strategy to identify resistance to white mould associated with high yield for irrigated common bean in Brazil

Development of common bean cultivars with partial white mould resistance through breeding techniques has been a challenge in Brazil. As yet, lines/cultivars from breeding programmes have not been investigated for resistance; therefore, this study screened 107 lines/cultivars for their reactions to white mould in 14 preliminary trials conducted under irrigation. Thirteen resistant lines/cultivars (three of Andean origin) and six Mesoamerican cultivars (three intermediately resistant and three susceptible) were selected for further investigation. These lines/cultivars and the resistant control A195 were evaluated in six advanced trials and two straw tests to assess the effectiveness of the screening procedure. In 11 preliminary trials, screenings were performed under moderate/high or higher disease pressure. These pressures occurred in two advanced trials in which, when yields were averaged across moderate/high and high pressures, 10 Mesoamerican lines/cultivars selected for resistance yielded 14%, 23%, and 38% more than intermediately resistant cultivars, A195, and susceptible cultivars, with median disease ratings (1–9 scale) of 4.5, 5.7, 5.7, and 6.7, respectively. In the straw test, three Andean lines/cultivars (A195 included) and two susceptible cultivars in the field were among those with the highest levels of physiological resistance. Thus, field rating under high disease pressure and greenhouse rating did not correlate significantly, suggesting that field trials are critical to evaluating resistance and to identifying high-yielding beans. Therefore, lines/cultivars from breeding programmes assessed in field trials may provide a low cost and fast way to identify high-yielding bean cultivars with partial resistance to white mould in the subtropical southern hemisphere.     

Evaluation of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) resistance to Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus in controlled greenhouse conditions

Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) seems to be the causal agent of apricot viruela disease. This disease has become an important problem for apricot production in Spain, mainly affecting the ‘Búlida’ cultivar, although no information is available about the behaviour of other cultivars with regards to ACLSV. In this study, the behaviour of 29 apricot cultivars against ACLSV (Apr 62 isolate) was evaluated under controlled conditions in an insect-proof greenhouse. Three different rootstocks, ‘GF305’ peach, ‘Real Fino’ apricot and ‘Adesoto’ plum, were first inoculated by grafting ACLSV-infected bark and were later grafted with the apricot cultivar to be evaluated. Apricot cultivars were evaluated during three cycles of study. ACLSV was asymptomatic on the leaves of all cultivars and rootstocks, so level of susceptibility or resistance was determined by virus detection through RT-PCR. ‘GF305’ rootstock showed a greater susceptibility level than ‘Real Fino’ and ‘Adesoto’. Most of the cultivars were susceptible to ACLSV with different levels of susceptibility, and only ‘Bergeron’ and ‘Mauricio’ were resistant.     

Genetic variability among breeding lines and cultivars of eggplant against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae from Turkey

Seventy isolates of Fusarium oxysporum (Schlechtend: Fr.) f. sp. melongenae Matuo and Ishigami (Fomg), the causal agent of eggplant Fusarium wilt, were tested for their interaction with different lines and cultivars to determine whether there was race-specific interaction. Also, a total of 13 cultivars were tested under greenhouse conditions to evaluate the presence of resistance to Fusarium wilt. The disease severity (%) and the area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) for each of the Fomg isolates were calculated by scale values. Results showed that neither of the resistant lines (LS1934 and LS2436) exhibited wilting symptoms, whereas susceptible local cultivars (cvs. ‘Kemer’ and ‘Hadrian’) displayed severe disease symptoms. There was no significant variation in the virulence, indicating the occurrence of a race or races among 70 Fomg isolates tested on resistant lines and susceptible cultivars. This may indicate a genetically homogeneous population structure of Fomg in Turkey. The eggplant cultivars Amadeo, Anatolia, Angela, Brigitte, Corsica, Hawk, Koksal, Nouma, Sharapova and Yula exhibited various degrees of susceptibility to three virulent Fomg isolates, but disease severity for AGR-703 was significantly different and lower among the tested eggplant cultivars, as well as rootstocks. Therefore, it is considered as the most appropriate for rootstock purposes in eggplant cultivations where Fusarium wilt is present in the soil.     

黄淮地区小麦品种对小麦黄花叶病毒抗性评价

小麦黄花叶病是由禾谷多黏菌传播的小麦黄花叶病毒引起的病害,近年在黄淮麦区呈蔓延加重趋势。为了给病害的防治和抗病育种工作提供依据,本研究利用分级评价方法对黄淮地区推广的小麦品种进行了田间抗病性鉴定。两年鉴定结果表明,在145个供试小麦品种中,‘濮优938’、‘新麦208’、‘豫麦416’、‘新原958’、‘豫麦70-36’、‘泛麦5号’等70个品种表现为免疫,占总数的48.28%;‘豫麦47’和‘邯6172’表现为抗病,占总数的1.38%;‘洪育2号’、‘花培2号’、‘偃展4110’、‘豫麦41’、‘郑麦9023’等48个品种表现为中抗,占总数的33.10%;‘兰天06129’、‘兰天0591’、‘徐麦9158’、‘徐麦0054’、‘徐麦1108’等25个品种表现为感病,占总数的17.24%。研究结果为指导小麦黄花叶病区合理选择小麦品种提供了科学依据。     

Using weather records and available models to predict the severity of fireblight should it enter and establish in Australia1

Australia is free from fireblight, a serious apple and pear disease. Published models and weather data from all major apple and pear-producing areas of Australia were used to predict the possible severity of the disease and losses in production should the disease enter and establish in Australia. The results suggest that fireblight could be severe in most areas in most seasons. In the worst case, with every area affected, this could result in up to 20% losses in apple production and up to 50% losses in pear production.     

Alternative methods to describe virulence of Erwinia amylovora and host-plant resistance against fireblight

The evaluation of host-plant susceptibility to Erwinia amylovora and of colonization of host-plant tissue by individual strains was facilitated by labelling the pathogen with green fluorescent protein (GFP). Colonization of apple leaves assayed with a fluorescence microscope was associated with visual disease ratings on plants to describe virulence (= aggressiveness) of the fireblight pathogen. Resistance induced with 2,6-dichloro-isonicotinic acid (INA) and benzo(1,2,3-) thiadiazol-7-carbothioic acid-S-methyl ester (BTH, the active component of BION™) restricted colonization by the pathogen to an area adjacent to the inoculation site. Migration in leaves was associated with symptom formation on pear slices and host plants of mutant strains. Non-virulent E. amylovora mutants did not migrate into the leaf veins and strains with intermediate-to-low virulence moved slowly. To compare the migration efficiency of individual wild-type strains in apple and plum cultivars, a blend of five wild-type E. amylovora strains with specific numbers of short-sequence DNA repeats (SSRs) in the common plasmid pEA29 was applied to distinguish them by PCR. Fast-moving strains identified in the GFP assays were dominant, independent of the apple cultivar. When apple shoots, pear slices or leaves of apple plants were coinoculated with streptomycin (Sm)-resistant strains and the corresponding parent strains, Sm-resistant mutants were able to dominate the wild-type strain for tissue colonization.     

Tolerance of onions (Allium cepa L.) to the pink root disease caused byPyrenochaeta terrestris

The response of 11 onion cultivars (Allium cepa, L.) grown in flats containing soil infested withPyrenochaeta terrestris, the causal agent of pink root disease, was studied. In addition, four cultivars were tested in field trials. Pink roots were found on all the cultivars, including those considered to be resistant. The cultivars ‘Golden’ and ‘Yellow Creole’ were highly susceptible to pink root, whereas cvs. ‘Dessex’, ‘Granex’, ‘Laredo’, ‘Grano 502’ and ‘Grano’ (local) managed to grow and produce reasonable yields, despite having infected roots. Following infection, the growth period of early and intermediate maturing cultivars was shortened by 4–14 days, and that of late maturing cultivars by 18–45 days. A large percentage of small bulbs was produced by most of the susceptible cultivars, but no consistent results were obtained with the resistant cvs. ‘Granex’, ‘Dessex’, and ‘Laredo’. The resistant cultivars maintained an, extensive and viable root system which enabled them to tolerate the disease when grown in infested soils.     

水稻幼穗与Ustilaginoidea virens互作早期的转录组分析

 由子囊菌门真菌稻绿核菌Ustilaginoidea virens引起的稻曲病是世界范围内水稻生产上的重要病害之一。但是,对水稻抗稻曲病的抗性机制仍不清楚。为初步探明水稻与稻曲病菌之间互作早期的分子调控机制,本研究采用比较转录组测序技术对稻曲病菌接种抗病品种‘IR28’和感病品种‘两优培九’(LYP9)6 h的测序数据进行了分析,试图初步阐明水稻抗病分子机制。分析发现,在抗病和感病品种中均差异表达基因有1 005个共表达,在这些基因中,抗病品种中表达上调基因(697个)多于感病品种中表达上调的基因(626个),下调的基因(308个)少于感病品种中下调表达的基因(379个);随后通过GO富集和KEGG代谢途径分析,发现苯丙烷类代谢途径和双萜植保素合成途径相关的基因、几丁质酶、β-1,3-葡聚糖酶、糖基水解酶和过氧化物酶等基因在抗病品种中被显著诱导上调表达,而在感病品种中基因表达低于抗病品种或下调表达,推测这些基因很可能在水稻与稻曲病菌识别早期发挥重要的抗病作用。该研究结果可为水稻抗稻曲病基因克隆及抗稻曲病分子育种提供理论基础。