Genes for race-specific resistance to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis) in Indian wheat cultivars

Seedlings of Indian wheat cultivars (Kalyansona, Sonalika, WL711 and eight others released commercially) were tested with 13 British and four alien races of Puccinia striiformis. The data indicated the probable presence of the resistance gene Yr2 in the three cultivars named above and in six of the others. Reactions of the remaining two cultivars, PWB12 and WL2265, were consistent with the presence of the gene 177. The presence of Yr2 in Kalyansona, Sonalika and WL711 was supported by evidence from crosses between them and with Heines VII, which is known to carry Yr2. In crosses of Sonalika with a susceptible cultivar, Kharchia Local and also with WL711, tests of F1, F2 and F3 generations indicated that, in addition to Yr2 , Sonalika possesses at least two other genes. Both these genes were difficult to detect but the F3 data supported the hypothesis that there is a single partially recessive gene giving resistance to alien race 6E16 and a different, possibly complementary, gene system effective against another alien race, 39E134. The presence of resistance in addition to Yr2 was also detected in WL711 and HD2329.     

Histological investigation of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici) development in resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars

The wheat cultivar Kariega expresses complete adult plant resistance against stripe rust, whereas cv. Avocet S is susceptible. Using confocal laser scanning microscopy, initial fungal penetration into flag leaves was identical in both cultivars, with directional germ-tube growth towards stomata that were penetrated without the formation of an appressorium, followed by differentiation of a substomatal vesicle, infection hyphae, haustorial mother cells and haustoria. During the following 4 days, further fungal development occurred more quickly in the resistant than in the susceptible cultivar. However, by 7 days postinoculation (dpi) the situation changed, with exponential growth of the pathogen occurring only in the susceptible line. Induced cellular lignification, a typical defence reaction of cereals, was observed at 4 dpi in the resistant cultivar, and 2 days later lignified tissue completely surrounded the fungal colonies. In the susceptible cultivar, isolated lignified host cells occurred at 6 dpi, and long, unbranched fungal hyphae outgrowing the resistance reaction were observed.     

小麦条锈病菌非亲和性小种诱发小麦抗锈性研究

 在水源11、洛夫林10等7个品种上分别选择小麦条锈菌CY17、CY28等9个生理小种中非亲和小种进行诱发接种,亲和小种为挑战小种。观察发病后的病情指数并与单独接种诱发小种和单独接种挑战小种处理的病情指数进行比较。证明诱发抗病现象是比较普遍的,但表现程度因小麦品种、诱发小种和挑战小种而不同。诱发抗病性的表达时间可持续8 d,以诱发接种后1~2 d表达最强。诱发接种量与诱发抗病性表达呈指数函数关系,也间接证明这种诱发抗性是局部的。作者认为:诱发抗病性在品种、诱发和挑战小种不同组合之间的差异在小种动态中会起一定的作用。     

小麦条锈病越夏过程的模拟研究

 以小麦条锈病大区流行模型PANCRIN为基础,按小麦成熟期和地理位置分区,加上有关越夏的各种参量,用于越夏过程的模拟。模拟试验结果确认和深化了如下认识:除周年麦外,任何单一成熟期的麦区都不能起越夏作用,必须生育末期植株和自生苗有交叠的双区组合才能实现越夏作用。春麦在越夏上直接作用不大;越夏作用大小主要取决于双区面积、成熟期交叠情况、当地流行速率和距承受其菌源的地区的远近。只要夏季最热一旬旬均温<22℃,上述交叠时期越早,越夏率就越高;完整的越夏过程包括菌源准备-越夏-后继增殖,陇东早播冬麦区的后继增殖对黄淮江汉冬麦发病可能有重要作用;越夏区停种的大区防治效果要受多种因素影响,欲获得良好效果,停种率要达95%以上。越夏区的分布和面积需要进一步查清,特别要注意允许条锈菌越夏的海拔下限是会随年份夏季气候变化而上下浮动的。在更全面地澄清了这些问题的基础上再设计和试行停种试验,是较为稳妥的。     

Spatiotemporal effects of cultivar mixtures on wheat stripe rust epidemics

The use of cultivar mixtures is increasingly practical in wheat stripe rust management. Field experiments with wheat cultivar mixtures were conducted to determine their effects on temporal and spatial patterns of stripe rust epidemics in three regions. In the Beijing and Gangu fields, where the epidemics were caused by artificial inoculation, disease incidence and the area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC) of the cultivar mixtures were significantly lower (P < 0.05) than those of the susceptible pure stands. We defined the relative effectiveness of cultivar mixture on disease development related to that in pure stands (REM). The results demonstrated that in many treatments of mixtures of susceptible cultivar with resistant cultivars at various ratios in different locations, their effects on disease reduction were positive (REM < 1). The reduction of epidemic rate in cultivar mixtures expressed in either early season or late season depended on the initial pattern of disease and cultivar mixture treatments. Semivariograms were used to determine the spatiotemporal patterns of disease in the Gangu field. The spatial analysis showed clear spatial patterns of the disease in all four directions of the fields on susceptible pure stands but not on cultivar mixtures. The results implied that the mechanisms of cultivar mixture on disease management might include the interruption of disease spatial expansion and a physical barrier to pathogen inoculum by resistant cultivars.     

Quantitative trait loci for high-temperature adult-plant and slow-rusting resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in wheat cultivars

Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is one of the most damaging diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum) globally. High-temperature adult-plant resistance (HTAPR) and slow-rusting have great potential for sustainable management of the disease. The wheat cultivars Luke and Aquileja have been previously reported to possess HTAPR and slow-rusting to stripe rust, respectively. Aquileja displayed less number of stripes per unit leaf area than Luke, while Luke showed lower infection type than Aquileja at adult-plant stages of growth under high-temperature conditions. The objectives of this study were to confirm the resistances and to map the resistance genes in Luke and Aquileja. Luke was crossed with Aquileja, and 326 of the F(2) plants were genotyped using 282 microsatellite primer pairs. These F(2) plants and their derived F(3) families were evaluated for resistance to stripe rust by inoculation in the fields and greenhouses of high- and low-temperatures. Infection type was recorded for both seedlings and adult plants, and stripe number was recorded for adult plants only. Two quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified, on the short arm of chromosome 2B, to be significantly associated with infection type at adult-plant stages in the fields and in the high-temperature greenhouse. The locus distal to centromere, referred to as QYrlu.cau-2BS1, and the locus proximal to centromere, referred to as QYrlu.cau-2BS2, were separated by a genetic distance of about 23 cM. QYrlu.cau-2BS1 was flanked by the microsatellite markers Xwmc154 and Xgwm148, and QYrlu.cau-2BS2 was flanked by Xgwm148 and Xabrc167. QYrlu.cau-2BS1 and QYrlu.cau-2BS2 explained up to 36.6 and 41.5% of the phenotypic variation of infection type, respectively, and up to 78.1% collectively. No significant interaction between the two loci was detected. Another QTL, referred to as QYraq.cau-2BL, was detected on the long arm of chromosome 2B to be significantly associated with stripe number. QYraq.cau-2BL was flanked by the microsatellite markers Xwmc175 and Xwmc332, and it explained up to 61.5% of the phenotypic variation of stripe number. It is possible that these three QTL are previously unmapped loci for resistance to stripe rust.     

Systems analysis of wheat stripe rust epidemics in China

Stripe rust is the most destructive disease of wheat in China and shows long-distance spread with interregional epidemics. Systems analysis had been implemented by the epidemiology group at the China Agricultural University to study the epidemiology of this disease from field to regional levels. This paper reviews major achievements by this group from the 1970s to the present in this pathosystem in China. Field experiments were conducted to obtain necessary parameters for constructing various simulation models. Field-level models were generated to study the spatial and temporal disease developments, while region-level models were developed to study the disease long-distance spread, interregional epidemics and strategies for disease management. Interactions between host, pathogen and environment were also studied with modelling approaches to generate information on deployment of resistance for regional disease management.     

普通小麦品种陕旱8675中抗条锈病基因的分子定位

 利用SSR标记技术对小麦品种陕旱8675的抗条锈病基因进行了分子标记定位。通过对290对微卫星引物的筛选,发现Xwmc170和Xcfa20432对引物在抗亲、感亲、抗池和感池之间均有多态。群体分析结果表明,Xwmc170和Xcfa2043与陕旱8675中抗病基因相连锁,遗传距离分别为9.8 cM和15.0 cM,基因和标记之间的顺序为着丝点-Xcfa2043-Xwmc170-YrSh,间隔距离分别为19.05、5.2和9.8 cM。根据作图的结果,将陕旱8675中所含有的抗病基因定位于2A染色体长臂上,根据该基因的作图位置与抗谱分析,认为该基因可能是1个新的抗条锈基因,暂定名为YrSh。     

Predicting epidemics of yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis) on the upper canopy of wheat from disease observations on lower leaves

Data from field experiments were used to test whether disease observations on lower leaves of wheat were good predictors of future epidemic development in the upper canopy. Fungicide treatments to replicated plots in 1994 and 1995 caused variation in levels of initial inoculum of urediniospores of yellow rust ( Puccinia striiformis ). Observations of symptom severity were made on individual leaf layers throughout the season. Sporulating lesions on lower leaves were considered to be a measure of inoculum source strength for transfer to upper culm leaves. Low source strengths were associated with delays in epidemic development on the upper leaves, as quantified by a location parameter, t _m, the time at which severity reached half of the asymptote value in logistic fits to disease progress data on the upper leaves. However, there was much unexplained variation, probably due to extraneous variation in upward transfer efficiency of inoculum and rates of epidemic development. Vanderplank's sanitation ratio theory was used to account for variation in inoculum transfer and epidemic rate. The analysis revealed that if the aim is to predict disease on a newly emerged culm leaf, during the period when it can be treated effectively with fungicide, then observations of disease two leaves further down the culm were of the greatest predictive value ( R ² = 86%). These observations, however, need to be integrated with information about factors affecting upward inoculum transfer and rates of epidemic development if acceptable predictive precision is to be achieved.     

小麦慢条锈品种成株期抗性组分分析

经2001-2003年对典型慢条锈品种成株期抗性组分测定结果表明,慢条锈品种具有如下特征:反应型和普遍率与快条锈品种差异不大,但病情指数低且上升速度缓慢;侵染点数少;潜育期相对较长;相对寄生适合度较小;对产量构成因素的影响不大等特点。提出了潜育期和病情指数是田间鉴定品种慢条锈性与否的简易、快速方法。     

Velocity of spread of wheat stripe rust epidemics

ABSTRACT Controversy has long existed over whether plant disease epidemics spread with constant or with increasing velocity. We conducted largescale field experiments with wheat stripe rust at Madras and Hermiston, Oregon, where natural stripe rust epidemics were rare, to test these competing models. Data from three location-years were available for analysis. A susceptible winter wheat cultivar was planted in pure stand and also in a 1:4 or 1:1 mixture with a cultivar immune to the stripe rust race utilized in the experiments. Plots were 6.1 m wide and varied from 73 to 171 m in length. A 1.5 by 1.5-m focus was inoculated in either the center (2001) or upwind of the center (2002 and 2003) of each plot. Disease severity was evaluated weekly throughout the epidemics in each plot at the same points along a transect running upwind and downwind from the focus. Velocity of spread was calculated from the severity data and regressed separately on time and on distance from the focus. In all location-years and treatments, and at all levels of disease severity, velocity consistently increased linearly with distance, at an average rate of 0.59 m/week per m, and exponentially with time. Further, across epidemics there was a significant positive relationship between the apparent infection rate, r, and the rate of velocity increase in both space and time. These findings have important implications for plant diseases with a focal or partially focal character, and in particular for the effectiveness of ratereducing disease management strategies at different spatial scales.     

78个重要小麦品种苗期抗条锈性的聚类分析

选用20个具有不同毒性谱的条锈菌菌系,对78个重要小麦品种材料进行了苗期接种鉴定,以得到的数据为基础,用类平均法对供试小麦品种的抗条锈性进行了聚类分析。鄂恩1号等19个品种被聚在一类,它们具有Yr9或与之相似的抗性;碧玛1号等10个品种被聚在一类,它们具有Yr1或与之相似的抗性;兰天5号等9个品种聚为一类,它们可抗所有供试菌系或仅对1～2个菌系感病;还有些品种被分别聚合为几小类。获知了一批具有未知抗条锈基因或基因组合的重要小麦品种的抗性特点,本结果可为小麦生产品种的合理布局与利用、抗锈育种中抗源的选用以及生产品种抗性变异预测提供重要依据。     

山西小麦品种和育种材料抗锈病、白粉病鉴定

2011—2015年,采用人工接菌方法,对25个育种单位的601份小麦品种和育种材料进行了小麦条锈病、叶锈病和白粉病的抗病性鉴定,筛选出对小麦条锈病抗性表现良好的品种材料36份,对小麦叶锈病抗性表现良好的品种材料16份,对小麦白粉病抗性表现良好的品种材料12份。     

品种布局防治小麦条锈病的模拟研究

 用小麦条锈病大区流行模型PANCRIN进行的模拟试验结果指出:抗病品种的合理布局能有效地延缓和减轻抗病性丧失,但其效果易受品种面积、流行速率和越夏区面积浮动的影响。布局策略上首先要按照小麦条锈病菌越夏途径中不同成熟期的麦田进行细致的布局,也就是布局要和"打越夏"结合,效果才更显著。其次要控制每个抗病品种的面积而增多抗病品种的数目,在所用模型规定的条件下,每一抗病品种的种植面积百分比不可超过15%,抗病品种总数争取≥ 6个。此外,要尽量压缩感病品种面积,减少大区流行菌量,感病品种面积最好不超过10%。流行系统的定量控制是个极其复杂的问题,因此上述初步结果只能供作研究参考,还不能视为应用指标。合理布局的设计应以深入掌握越夏规律为基础,这需要进一步开展有关研究。目前情况下,生产上尽量增多抗病品种数目,只要上下游品种雷同的不多,也能多少延长抗病品种的使用年限。     

甘肃陇南小麦不同品种类型抗条锈性变化特点分析

 1973~2002年的30年间,在我国小麦条锈病常发易变区的陇南,对小麦主要生产品种的抗条锈性变化动态进行了系统的观察,选择具垂直抗性、慢条锈性、高温抗性和持久抗性等不同类型的7个品种的观测数据进行了分析,认为里勃留拉和N.斯特拉姆潘列长期保持了稳定的抗锈性。里勃留拉的抗性可能由多对微效基因控制,N.斯特拉姆潘列的抗性可能由主效基因控制,兰天12号所具有的慢锈性和兰天1号的高温抗性以及抗条锈基因的合理布局对延长品种抗性也有一定作用。     

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。     

The effect of homoeologous group 7 chromosomes upon adult plant resistance of wheat to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis)

Aneuploid and intervarietal chromosome substitution lines of wheat ev. Chinese Spring were used to study the effects of homoeologous chromosomes 7A, 7B and 7D upon adult plant resistance to yellow rust ( Puccinia striiformis). Chromosomes 7B and 7D carry factors upon their short arms which interact to influence resistance. The results can be explained if there is a single locus determining resistance upon the short arms of chromosomes 7B and 7D. These loci may be homoeo-allelic; however, no evidence was found for a corresponding locus upon the short arm of chromosome 7A. Three homologous variants of the factor on 7D^S were found but no variation was found for the factor on 7B^S.     

中国75个国审小麦品种抗条锈基因推导

为明确通过国家农作物品种审定委员会审定的75个小麦品种对条锈病抗病基因状况,根据供试品种与21个来自不同国家或地区条锈菌菌系的互作反应,与已知基因载体品种侵染型进行比较。结果显示,在已知抗条锈病基因中,Yr1、Yr2、Yr3、Yr5、Yr6、Yr7、Yr8、Yr9、Yr17、Yr27、YrA、Yr25、YrSu、YrSp、YrSk等基因以单基因或基因组合形式分布在49个小麦品种（系）中,Yr3所占比例为26.7%,Yr2为20.0%,Yr2、Yr3以基因组合形式存在的占14.7%;其次,携带Yr9的品种有12个,占16.0%;携带Yr1、YrSp的品种各10个,均占13.6%;其余推导出的抗条锈病基因比例均在10.0%以下。镇麦8号、宁麦15和生选6号感染所有菌系,推导其不含有已知抗条锈病基因。     

Virulence of Puccinia triticina in Turkey and leaf rust resistance in Turkish wheat cultivars

Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina is a common disease on wheat in the coastal regions of Turkey. Collections of P. triticina from infected wheat leaves were obtained from the main wheat production zones of Turkey in 2009 and 2010. A total of 104 single uredinial isolates were tested for virulence on 20 lines of Thatcher wheat that differ for single leaf rust resistance genes. Forty-four different virulence phenotypes were identified over both years. Four phenotypes were found in both years. Phenotype FHPTQ found in 2009, with virulence to genes Lr2c, Lr3, Lr16, Lr26, Lr3ka, Lr17a, Lr30, LrB, Lr10, Lr14a, Lr18, Lr3bg, and Lr14b, was the most common phenotype at 15.4 % of the total isolates. Forty-three winter and spring wheat cultivars from Turkey were tested as seedlings with 13 different P. triticina virulence phenotypes from Canada, the US and Turkey. The infection types on the cultivars were compared with infection types on the Thatcher near isogenic lines to postulate the presence of seedling leaf rust resistance genes in the cultivars. Resistance genes Lr1, Lr3a, Lr10, Lr14a, Lr17a, Lr20, Lr23, and Lr26 were postulated to be present in the Turkish wheat cultivars. DNA of the wheat cultivars was tested with PCR markers to determine the presence of the adult plant resistance genes Lr34 and Lr37. Marker data indicated the presence of Lr34 in 20 cultivars and Lr37 in three cultivars. Field plot evaluations of the wheat cultivars indicated that no single Lr gene conditioned highly effective leaf rust resistance. Resistant cultivars varied for combinations of seedling and adult plant resistance genes.