Recent research progress on Xanthomonas ampelina1

Bacterial blight of grapevine (caused by Xanthomonas ampelina) occurs in Greece, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, USSR and South Africa. It is a serious, chronic vascular disease which is widespread in some areas of grape production, affecting commercially important cultivars. There is evidence that the disease is presently spreading into new areas in some countries. The actual distribution of blight may be much wider, since its symptoms may be confused with those of other diseases. It is therefore essential to confirm the presence of X. ampelina by isolation and identification. X. ampelina is an anomalous member of the genus Xanthomonas which is readily distinguished on the basis of a few tests. The pathogen may also be rapidly detected in grapevine sap using the indirect immunofluorescence technique. The susceptibility of shoots to infections, under Cretan conditions, is highest from November to late January and very low during February and March. It has been found that up to 50% of apparently healthy canes obtained from diseased vineyards were latently infected. Transmission of the pathogen through soil and roots during the control of Daktulosphaira vitifolii or frost damage by flooding has been demonstrated in France. Several of the more widely grown cultivars were found to be very susceptible to the pathogen while no completely resistant cultivar has been detected. Control trials based on four sprays with a number of chemicals were unsuccessful. Control policy should be directed: (a) to preventing spread of the disease, by exclusive use of certified material; (b) to minimizing the disease in affected areas by suitable sanitary, cultural and preventive measures.     

葡萄座腔菌属（Botryosphaeria）引起的果树病害及研究进展

葡萄座腔菌属（Botryosphaeria）真菌在国内外分布广泛,是许多果树常见的病原菌、内生菌和腐生菌,能引起果实腐烂、叶斑、坏死、溃疡和流胶等症状。本文概述了该属真菌引起的果树病害的发生、危害症状、主要病原菌种类、流行学和病害控制、栽培管理策略;展望今后的研究方向。     

氟吡呋喃酮及其类似物研究进展

氟吡呋喃酮 (flupyradifurone) 是拜耳公司开发的新型丁烯内酯类杀虫剂,对刺吸式口器害虫具有优异的杀虫活性,与现有商品化新烟碱类杀虫剂相比,其作用机制独特,对蜜蜂低毒,自2014年上市以来就成为了农药学研究领域的热点。本文从氟吡呋喃酮的创制过程、生物活性及抗性、作用机制、代谢残留、对蜜蜂等非靶标生物的影响以及结构修饰等方面对该产品进行了综述。     

基于分子遗传标记技术的实蝇种群遗传关系研究进展

分子遗传标记技术已用于分析实蝇的种群遗传关系,本文介绍了分子遗传标记技术在实蝇的起源、入侵、定殖、扩散及其他方面的研究进展,首次分析了我国实蝇种群遗传研究的现存问题并针对检疫性实蝇种群遗传关系研究提出了建议.     

早期落叶果树土壤养分演变及对果实品质的影响

为了探求导致早期落叶病发生的土壤条件,分析果树栽培前与果园管理过程中存在技术问题,本研究以相同园龄、相同果树品种、落叶和不落叶的几个果园为研究对象,进行了果园土壤管理调查与土壤剖面化学性质的监测,测定了苹果果实的主要品质指标,结果表明:果园土壤有机质含量明显低于农田土壤,土壤表层,落叶果园土壤有机质含量要高于不落叶果园的,而在60 cm以下,落叶果园土壤有机质反而低于不落叶果园;而不落叶果园土壤中的碳酸钙含量略高于落叶果园;土壤剖面碱解氮含量随土层厚度的增加,呈递减趋势,不落叶与落叶果园土壤碱解氮含量在35 cm以上土层中基本相同,差异不明显(P>0.05);果实的密度测定结果为不落叶果园果实>落叶果园果实;在糖度上,不落叶果园果实>落叶果园果实。     

Identification of fruit tree phytoplasmas and their vectors in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Surveys were carried out in autumn 2004 and spring 2005 in the traditional areas dedicated to pome and stone fruit cultivation in Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess the presence, distribution and incidence of phytoplasma diseases in fruit trees. The occurrence of psyllid vectors was also considered. The detection of phytoplasmas in plant and insect samples and their identification were carried out by symptom observations in the field, double antibody sandwich-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA), nested polymerase chain reaction (nested-PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses. Laboratory analyses showed the presence of phytoplasmas belonging to: (i) 16SrX group, subgroup A (' Candidatus Phytoplasma mali') in 23 out of 25 apple samples, in 4 groups out of 18 of Cacopsylla picta (synonym Cacopsylla costalis ) and in 2 groups out of 9 of Cacopsylla melanoneura ; (ii) 16SrX group, subgroup C (' Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri') in 11 out of 30 pears samples and in 2 groups out of 9 of Cacopsylla pyri ; (iii) 16SrX group, subgroup B (' Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum') in 4 apricots, 2 peaches out of 42 stone fruit samples and in 1 group out of 14 of Cacopsylla pruni . The presence of different subtypes of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali, both in apple trees and in insects, was proven.     

水果和蔬菜保鲜技术研究进展

介绍了目前国内、外一系列先进的水果和蔬菜保鲜技术,包括低温保鲜、化学保鲜、气调保鲜、涂膜保鲜、保鲜包装等;讨论了其优、缺点,并结合成本和安全性,分析了保鲜行业今后的发展趋势.     

Phytophthora oleae sp. nov. causing fruit rot of olive in southern Italy

A homothallic Phytophthora species was found to be consistently associated with a rot of mature fruits of two local cultivars of olive (Olea europaea) in Calabria, southern Italy. The phylogenetic analysis of sequences of the ITS1‐5.8S‐ITS2 region and cox1 gene enabled its identification as a new species of clade 2, with a basal position compared to previously described subclades. The new species is described formally with the epithet Phytophthora oleae, referring to the natural matrix from which it was isolated. A unique combination of molecular and morphological characters clearly separates P. oleae from other already described Phytophthora species. This new species produced semipapillate, occasionally bipapillate, persistent sporangia on simple sympodially branching sporangiophores as well as globose and smooth‐walled oogonia, paragynous antheridia and spherical, plerotic oospores. The pathogenicity of P. oleae was confirmed in inoculation trials on fruits of three olive cultivars, including the two local cultivars from which the pathogen had been isolated.     

Occurrence of Citrus psorosis virus in Campania, southern Italy

Citrus psorosis virus (CPsV), genus Ophiovirus, is associated with a severe disease of citrus worldwide. Double antibody sandwich (DAS) ELISA using a polyclonal antiserum, and triple antibody sandwich (TAS) ELISAs, employing the IgG monoclonal antibody (mab) 13C5, and the IgM mab 2A3, were used to detect CPsV in orchards of different citrus varieties in Campania, southern Italy. TAS ELISA with 13C5 detected all the infections detected by DAS ELISA. Overall, 14% of trees younger than 15 years were positive, but only 1% of older trees, suggesting that infected propagating material has been increasingly used in recent years, in the absence of certification. Highest infection rates were in younger trees of sweet orange (22.8%) and clementine (18.6%). CPsV could easily be detected at all seasons of the year tested (June–January); these and earlier results indicate that TAS ELISA using 13C5 is a sensitive, broad-spectrum and reliable diagnostic method useful for routine tests and certification programmes. Of 44 field isolates responding strongly to DAS ELISA and 13C5-TAS ELISA, mab 2A3 gave similar results with 29 isolates, but gave low values with the others, thus providing a degree of differentiation among isolates. To confirm that the ELISA tests were indeed detecting CPsV, samples of 42 ELISA-positive plants were analysed by ISEM in a blind test, and in 38 of these, characteristic virus particles were clearly seen. Although CPsV was frequently and consistently detected in the area sampled, bark scaling symptoms were not seen: possible reasons for this are discussed.     

Recent progress in understanding relationships betweenVerticillium species and subspecific groups

Improved understanding of the genetic diversity within fungi in the genusVerticillium has resulted from recent studies based on vegetative compatibility analysis and several techniques of molecular biology. Although the method used to identify vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) does affect the results, vegetative compatibility appears to be a stable characteristic among isolates. Fairly low VCG diversity has been detected withinV. dahliae andV. albo-atrum using nitrate non-utilizing mutants. VCGs do not appear to be related to pathogenicity to particular host species, with the exception ofV. albo-atrum on alfalfa. However, there is some correlation with virulence on certain hosts and with the ability ofV. dahliae to interact with root-lesion nematodes. Studies based on DNA analysis indicate thatV. dahliae andV. albo-atrum are closely related but separate species. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) studies have identified several subspecific groups withinV. dahliae, including two non-host-adapted groups and two that are host-adapted. They also have confirmed that alfalfa strains ofV. albo-atrum are a distinct subgroup that is probably a separate population of clonal origin. Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a second non-host-adapted subgroup withinV. albo-atrum was identified that was previously unknown.     

Recent progress in the field of N-acylalanines as systemic fungicides

The influence of structural variations in compounds of the N-acylalanine type, on their fungicidal activity towards Peronosporales, was examined. Within a series of methyl N-(acyl)-N-(2,6-xylyl)alaninates ( I ), a quantitative structure-activity relationship was given for the curative action against Plasmopara viticola, through a Hansch-type equation. A deviation from this equation is discussed with reference to benalaxyl ( I ; acyl=phenylacetyl). Syntheses and qualitative indications of activity are reported for structural changes in the xylyl and in the alanine moieties. Progress in the latter approach is briefly outlined.