Persistence of dicarboximide-fungicide resistance in populations ofbotrytis cinerea in a warm,dry temperate agroclimate

Failures to control gray mold with vinclozolin and iprodione in cucumber greenhouses in Israel, during the winter and spring of 1981, were attributed to the development of resistance to dicarboximide fungicides in populations ofBotrytis cinerea Pers. In seven out of eight greenhouses where resistance had been found in 1981, most or all of theB. cinerea population was resistant also in January 1982. This demonstrates the capability of resistant strains to survive during the warm and dry Mediterranean summer, and to provide competitive inoculum for crop infection in the subsequent winter.     

Factors affecting symptom production by latent Botrytis cinerea in Primula×polyantha

Latent infection by Botrytis cinerea was frequently detected in young Primula × polyantha (horticultural hybrid polyanthus) plants. Genetically marked isolates were used to demonstrate that conidial inocula applied to young plants generally did not result in disease appearing on the leaves until plants flowered, regardless of when plants were inoculated. The severity of disease was proportional to the length of each day spent at 100% relative humidity during the latent period, regardless of time or form of inoculum. Plants with a prior B. cinerea infection were more susceptible to further infection and also showed symptoms of B. cinerea infection more quickly. Bacteria found to be associated with B. cinerea increased the likelihood of B. cinerea symptoms being seen on the plant, but did not directly assist infection.     

Virus-induced changes in the response of faba bean to infection by Botrytis

Prior infection of faba bean with the viruses bean yellow mosaic and bean leaf roll increased host susceptibility to subsequent infection by Botrytis fabae and B. cinerea. Cell necrosis beneath inoculum droplets, rate and extent of lesion spread and sporulation of B. fabae were all increased on detached leaves from virus-infected compared with healthy plants. Changes were most marked in young leaves showing conspicuous symptoms of systemic virus infection and in plants virus-infected for at least 2-4 weeks. Localized lesions produced by B. cinerea or a low concentration of B. fabae conidia (10³ spores/ ml) showed increased cell necrosis but were not transformed into aggressive, spreading lesions on virus-infected leaves.     

Survival of dicarboximide-resistant strains ofBotrytis cinerea in plant debris during summer in Israel

Survival- ofBotrytis cinerea was monitored during two summer seasons. Mycelium and conidia were found dead on the surface of plant debris within 2 months of incubation, whereas a high level of viability was detected in thallus of the pathogen which was 1–2 mm inside the dry host tissue. Of the 148 samples of infected senescing cucumber female fruits, 8% survived seven warm months; half of these isolates ofB. cinerea were resistant to dicarboximides (5 (μ/ml iprodione). Of the stems of cucumber infected withB. cinerea in winter, 18% yielded the pathogen at the beginning of the following winter; 15% of the surviving isolates were resistant to dicarboximides. Cucumber seedlings artificially infected byB. cinerea did not yield the pathogen longer than 9 weeks after establishment of infection, even when incubated in the shade. Plant debris with symptoms of gray mold were kept in the shade during the summer; at the beginning of winter it was possible to establish infection ofB. cinerea from the dry debris.     

Production and viability of sclerotia from fungicide-resistant and fungicide-sensitive isolates of Botrytis cinerea, B. elliptica and B, tulipae

Production of sclerotia by isolates of three Botrytis spp. differing in resistance to benzimidazole and dicarboximide fungicides was compared in vitro. Sensitive isolates of B. cinerea and B. tulipae produced fewer sclerotia than benzimidazole-resistant isolates, but there were no differences in the size of sclerotia within each species. For B. elliptica, sclerotia of dicarboximide-resistant isolates were larger and less numerous than those of sensitive isolates. Sclerotia from fungicide-resistant and -sensitive isolates of B. elliptica. B. tulipae and B. cinerea were produced in vitro, placed in nylon bags, set in loam soil at soil depths of 0, 10 and 20 cm, and recovered periodically after 1-18 months. Sclerotial viability declined during the 18 months, and was lowest at the soil surface for sclerotia of B. cinerea and B. tulipae. For B. elliptica, sclerotial viability of fungicide-sensitive isolates was reduced to 50% after 18 months, compared to 21 % for dicarboximide-resistant isolates, when averaged over all depths. Sensitive isolates of B. tulipae maintained a trend of higher viability than benzimidazole-resistant ones, and fungicide-sensitive isolates showed greater viability at 18 months (49%) than did benzimidazole-resistant ones (27%). No differences in sclerotial viability were apparent between the fungicide-resistant and -sensitive isolates of B. cinerea, with an average viability of 77% after 18 months. After 18 months of field exposure, all isolates retained their original fungicide-resistance groupings, indicating the persistence of fungicide resistance in sclerotia.     

Epidemiology and control of Botrytis cinerea in tomato crops grown under cover in Greece

Out-of-season tomatoes grown in unheated glasshouses in Greece annually suffer considerable losses from grey mould induced by Botrytis cinerea. Characteristic soft rots of young fruit by the calyx end, flower abortions and stem lesions or cankers are the most commonly occurring symptoms of the disease. Severe ghost spots on fruit only appear when fungicides inhibiting spore germination are not applied. Conidia produced on plant debris of the previous year's crop serve as primary inoculum. Disease starts in late autumn, increases rapidly during the winter period and ceases abruptly at the end of April. Infections caused by isolates resistant to dicarboximides or to both dicarboximides and benzimidazoles are uncommon at the beginning of each new crop cycle. These increase substantially as the season progresses and decline after cessation of fungicide sprays. By contrast, infections caused by benzimidazole-resistant strains are stable throughout the growing season. Efficient disease control implies use of proper glasshouse covering material, adequate indoor air circulation, partial night heating, strict indoor and outdoor hygiene and regular fungicide sprays. When disease pressure is low, application only of conventional compounds like dichlofluanid and chlorothalonil is recommended. Under conditions favourable to Botrytis infections, mixtures of conventional compounds with reduced strength specific botryticides should preferably be applied. Such regimes efficiently minimize losses from fungicide resistance development and ghost spot.     

Effect of chlorothalonil on resistance of Botrytis cinerea to dicarboximides in cucumber glasshouses1

Failures to control grey mould by dicarboximides on winter-grown cucumbers in glasshouses in Israel were attributed to the development of resistance to these fungicides in populations of Botrytis cinerea. A survey of 18 glasshouses in the winter of 1983-84 revealed that resistance is widespread where dicarboximides have been used extensively. During the summer, resistant B. cinerea populations often shift back to sensitivity; however, following few dicarboximide sprays in the subsequent winter, resistant strains reappear, increase rapidly and become dominant in the pathogen population. In two out of three glasshouse experiments, combination of chlorothalonil and dicarboximides in spray programmes slowed down the increase of resistant strains, whereas in a third experiment such a programme had no effect. The usefulness of chlorothalonil in fungicide-alternation programme to suppress dicarboximide resistance is dicussed in relation to the fitness properties of established versus newly-appearing resistant mutants.     

Two Sibling Species of the Botrytis cinerea Complex, transposa and vacuma, Are Found in Sympatry on Numerous Host Plants

ABSTRACT Strains of Botrytis cinerea (the anamorph of Botryotinia fuckeliana) were collected from 21 different plant species around vineyards in the Champagne region (France). Strains were analyzed using three new polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers that were found by SWAPP (sequencing with arbitrary primer pairs), in addition to 15 other markers (PCR-RFLP, transposable elements, and resistance to fungicides). The markers revealed a high degree of genetic diversity and were used to investigate population structure. The two sympatric species transposa and vacuma, previously identified on grapes in these vineyards, were also detected on many of the plant species sampled. A new type of strain was also detected, having only the transposable element Boty. We did not detect any differentiation between strains from different organs or locations, but the prevalences of transposa and vacuma were significantly different on the different host plants. Fungicide resistance frequencies were significantly different in transposa and vacuma species. This study confirms that B. cinerea is a complex of sibling species and shows that the sibling species occur sympatrically on many host plants. However, the two species seemed to have different pathogenic behaviors. These findings contradict the traditional view of B. cinerea as a clonal population without specialization.     

灰葡萄孢抗二甲酰亚胺类杀菌剂研究进展

综述了灰葡萄孢对二甲酰亚胺类杀菌剂抗性的产生及现状,抗性菌株的生物学特性、生理生化特性以及抗药性机制,并就灰葡萄孢对二甲酰亚胺类杀菌剂抗性研究进行了展望。     

提前接种非致病尖孢镰刀菌防治西瓜枯萎病试验

将尖孢镰刀菌203株菌系接种在西瓜苗上,从中选出非致病尖孢镶刀菌系109个,分3个类群。用有促生作用,能在西瓜导管定殖的10个代表菌系提前接种,经温室和田间试验,结果表明316和317菌系的防病效果最好。在土壤含枯萎菌量2％条件下,推迟发病7～10天。在土壤含病菌量0.01％条件下,接种后25天,交叉保护防效分别为34.6％和68.2％。防病效果随枯萎菌量的下降而提高。     

Alternative hosts of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens</Emphasis> pv. <Emphasis Type="Italic">flaccumfaciens</Emphasis>, causal agent of bean bacterial wilt

Alternative hosts are an important way of phytopathogenic bacteria survival between crop seasons, constituting a source of inoculum for the following crops. Bacterial wilt, caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (Cff), is one of the most important diseases for common bean, and little information is available about the host range of the bacterium. In this study, we assessed possible alternative hosts for Cff, especially those cultivated during winter, in rotation systems with common bean. Plants of barley, black oat, canola, radish, ryegrass, wheat and white oat, were assessed under field and greenhouse conditions. Cff colonized epiphytically all plant species and endophytically black oat, ryegrass, wheat and white oat plants assessed in the greenhouse assays. Under field conditions, Cff colonized all plant species by except radish. All bacterial strains re-isolated from the plants were pathogenic to common bean and identified as Cff by PCR with specific primers. Based on our results, the cultivation of bean crop in succession with barley, black oat, canola, ryegrass, wheat and white oat should not be recommended, mainly in areas with a history of bacterial wilt occurrence. In these cases, the better option for crop rotation during the winter is radish, a non-alternative host for Cff.     

Overwintering of Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Winter Annual Weeds Infected with Tomato spotted wilt virus and Patterns of Virus Movement Between Susceptible Weed Hosts

ABSTRACT Overwintering of tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca, was investigated on common winter annual host plants infected with Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Populations of tobacco thrips produced on TSWV-infected plants did not differ from those produced on healthy plants, whereas populations varied greatly among host plant species. The mean per plant populations of F. fusca averaged 401, 162, and 10 thrips per plant on Stellaria media, Scleranthus annuus, and Sonchus asper, respectively, during peak abundance in May. Adult F. fusca collected from plant hosts were predominately brachypterous throughout the winter and early spring, but macropterous forms predominated in late spring. Weed hosts varied in their ability to serve as overwintering sources of TSWV inoculum. Following the initial infection by TSWV in October 1997, 75% of Scleranthus annuus and Stellaria media retained infection over the winter and spring season, whereas only 17% of Sonchus asper plants remained infected throughout the same interval. Mortality of TSWV-infected Sonchus asper plants exceeded 25%, but mortality of infected Stellaria media and Scleranthus annuus did not exceed 8%. TSWV transmission by thrips produced on infected plants was greatest on Stellaria media (18%), intermediate on Scleranthus annuus (6%), and lowest on Sonchus asper (2%). Very few viruliferous F. fusca were recovered from soil samples collected below infected wild host plants. Vegetative growth stages of Stellaria media, Sonchus asper, and Ranunculus sardous were more susceptible to F. fusca transmission of TSWV than flowering growth stages, whereas both growth stages of Scleranthus annuus were equally susceptible. In a field study to monitor the spatial and temporal patterns of virus movement from a central source of TSWV-infected Stellaria media to adjacent plots of R. sardous, the incidence of infection in R. sardous plots increased from <1% in March to >42% in June 1999. Infection levels in the Stellaria media inoculum source remained high throughout the experiment, averaging nearly 80% until June 1999 when all Stellaria media plants had senesced. Dispersal of TSWV from the inoculum source extended to the limits of the experimental plot (>37 m). Significant directional patterns of TSWV spread to the R. sardous plots were detected in April and May but not in June. R. sardous infections were detected as early as March and April, suggesting that overwintering inoculum levels in an area can increase rapidly during the spring in susceptible weed hosts prior to planting of susceptible crops. This increase in the abundance of TSWV inoculum sources occurs at a time when vector populations are increasing rapidly. The spread of TSWV among weeds in the spring serves to bridge the period when overwintered inoculum sources decline and susceptible crops are planted.     

北京地区番茄灰霉病菌对嘧霉胺的抗药性检测

为了检测北京地区番茄灰霉病菌对嘧霉胺的抗药性,指导生产上科学用药,从北京12个区、县采集番茄灰霉病样150份,分离纯化获得109个番茄灰霉病菌(Botrytis cinerea)的单孢菌株,采用菌丝生长速率法测定了番茄灰霉病菌对嘧霉胺(pyrimethanil)的抗药性。所测菌株中嘧霉胺抗性菌株出现的比例高达82.57%,且以高抗菌株为主,占78.89%,抗性水平最高的菌株EC50是最敏感菌株的5 096倍;不同区县番茄灰霉病菌对嘧霉胺的抗药性存在差异,门头沟区、密云县、延庆县、怀柔区和平谷区、大兴、通州和顺义8个区县的高抗菌株所占比例达66.67%～100%,海淀、朝阳和房山3个区未检测到高抗菌株。上述结果说明北京地区番茄灰霉病菌对嘧霉胺的抗药性非常普遍,且以高抗菌株为主,生产上应替换新型杀菌剂防治番茄灰霉病。     

Survival and Extinction of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in Soil

Carry-over of inoculum of X.c. pv. campestris in the soil from one cropping season to the next was studied in field experiments over three years. These studies were supported by laboratory and greenhouse experiments on quantitative assessment of bacteria by bioassay using the Most Probable Number technique, and on recovery rates of bacteria from the soil. The mean recovery rate from artificially infested soil was 58%. Extinction of X.c. pv. campestris in soil infested with infected plant debris proceeded exponentially and extinction rates depended on temperature, as did the decomposition of plant debris. In replicated field plots, over three years, infection foci of black rot disease were established. At harvest time, all plants were chopped and resulting plant debris was rotovated into the soil. The resulting soil infestation was sampled and showed clear infestation foci reflecting the original infection foci of the crop. These infestation foci decreased with time and disappeared after the winter. Follow-up crops remained virtually uninfected. The results show that in The Netherlands good crop and soil management impedes survival of inoculum from one year to the next, so that cabbage can be grown continuously. Polyetic carry-over of inoculum by debris in the soil can be avoided in The Netherlands.     

连续施药及室内药剂驯化对番茄灰葡萄孢对咯菌腈敏感性的影响

为了解连续施药对番茄灰葡萄孢对咯菌腈敏感性的影响,在温室条件下,从灰霉病发生初期开始,按推荐剂量(有效成分67.5 g/hm2)定期向番茄苗喷施咯菌腈,通过菌丝生长速率法检测灰葡萄孢对咯菌腈的敏感性。结果表明,在番茄1个生长季节中连续施药7次后,病菌对咯菌腈仍表现敏感,其EC50值在0.004 7～0.046 2 μg/mL之间。在含咯菌腈的PDA培养基上对30个灰葡萄孢敏感菌株进行药剂驯化7代后,共产生2个抗药性突变体(Rg-12和Rdz-28),其中Rg-12对咯菌腈的EC50值是其亲本菌株g-12的46倍,Rdz-28的EC50值大于500 μg/mL,2个抗性突变体在菌丝生长速率、产孢量和产菌核能力方面均显著低于其亲本菌株。推测灰葡萄孢可能不易对咯菌腈产生抗性,咯菌腈可作为防治番茄灰霉病的理想候选药剂。     

Biological Control of Botrytis cinerea in Cyclamen with Ulocladium atrum and Gliocladium roseum Under Commercial Growing Conditions

ABSTRACT The effect of treatments with conidial suspensions of Ulocladium atrum and Gliocladium roseum on leaf rot of cyclamen caused by Botrytis cinerea was investigated under commercial greenhouse conditions. Spraying U. atrum (1 x 10(6) conidia per ml) or G. roseum (2 x 10(6) conidia per ml and 1 x 10(7) conidia per ml) at intervals of 2 to 3 weeks during the production period and spraying U. atrum (1 x 10(6) conidia per ml) at intervals of 4 to 6 weeks resulted in a significant reduction of natural infections of petioles by B. cinerea. U. atrum or G. roseum (1 x 10(7)conidia per ml) was as effective as the standard fungicide program. B. cinerea colonized senesced leaves within the plant canopy and infected adjacent petioles and leaves later. The antagonists colonized senesced leaves and reduced B. cinerea development on these leaves. Thus, the inoculum potential on petioles adjacent to necrotic leaf tissues was reduced. The fate of U. atrum conidia on surfaces of green cyclamen leaves during a 70-day period after application was studied. The number of conidia per square centimeter of leaf surface remained relatively constant during the entire experiment. Sixty percent of the conidia sampled during the experiments retained the ability to germinate. When green leaves were removed from the plants to induce senescence and subsequently were incubated in a moist chamber, U. atrum colonized the dead leaves. Senesced leaves also were colonized by other naturally occurring fungi including B. cinerea. On leaves treated with U. atrum from all sampling dates, sporulation of B. cinerea was significantly less as compared with the untreated control. Our results indicate that early applications of U. atrum before canopy closure may be sufficient to achieve commercially satisfactory control of Botrytis leaf rot in cyclamen.     

Infection of Commercial Hybrid Primula Seed by Botrytis cinerea and Latent Disease Spread Through the Plants

ABSTRACT Botrytis cinerea occurred commonly on cultivated Primula xpolyantha seed. The fungus was mostly on the outside of the seed but sometimes was present within the seed. The fungus frequently caused disease at maturity in plants grown from the seed, demonstrated by growing plants in a filtered airflow, isolated from other possible sources of infection. Young, commercially produced P. xpolyantha plants frequently had symptomless B. cinerea infections spread throughout the plants for up to 3 months, with symptoms appearing only at flowering. Single genetic individuals of B. cinerea, as determined by DNA fingerprinting, often were dispersed widely throughout an apparently healthy plant. Plants could, however, contain more than one isolate.     

湖南省草莓灰霉病菌对4种杀菌剂的抗药性检测

为明确湖南省草莓灰霉病菌菌株的抗药性状况,2013-2015年从湖南省不同地区草莓灰霉病病果或病叶上经单孢分离获得草莓灰霉病菌454株,采用最小抑制浓度法(MIC)检测不同地区草莓灰霉病菌株对多菌灵、腐霉利、异菌脲、嘧霉胺的抗药性。结果表明:草莓灰霉病菌对多菌灵、腐霉利、异菌脲、嘧霉胺的抗性频率分别为55.73%,77.31%、3.52%和77.31%;所测菌株对4种杀菌剂的敏感性类型有Cbz~RPcm~RIpd~RPmt~R、CbzSPcm~RIpd~RPmt~R、Cbz~RPcm~RIpdSPmt~R、Cbz~SPcm~RIpdSPmt~S、Cbz~RPcm~SIpd~SPmt~R、Cbz~SPcm~RIpd~SPmt ~R等6种,其所占比例分别为33.26%、5.07%、41.41%、4.63%、3.96%、11.67%,未发现对4种杀菌剂均敏感的类型,表明湖南省草莓灰霉病菌已对多菌灵、腐霉利和嘧霉胺产生抗药性,对异菌脲的抗药性较低。     

长三角地区设施作物上灰霉病菌的群体遗传结构分析

 长三角地区是我国设施作物生产水平和产量最高的地区之一,灰霉病在该地区发生普遍,严重影响作物的品质和产量。本研究从长三角地区(江苏盐城、南通、淮安、苏州、扬州、镇江,上海嘉定,浙江嘉兴、宁波)种植番茄、草莓等的温室大棚中采集了灰霉病菌195株,根据采集地点和寄主植物种类将这些菌株划分为16个群体,利用9对SSR引物对这些菌株进行了群体遗传结构分析。结果表明长三角地区灰霉病菌遗传多样性丰富,所分析的灰霉病菌的亲缘关系与采集地点的相关性不紧密,而与寄主植物种类有一定关系。进一步对27个大棚的菌株群体进行了遗传分析,在寄主植物相同的情况下,通常同一地点相邻大棚的菌株群体亲缘关系更近。遗传变异分子方差分析(AMOVA)发现灰霉病菌群体的变异主要来源于群体内部,但群体间的遗传变异比率非常高,表明群体间分化较大,温室大棚的存在对菌株的进化起到了明显的隔离作用。本研究结果为进一步分析温室大棚的使用对灰霉病菌遗传进化及病害流行的影响提供了基础。     

Induced systemic resistance in Trichoderma harzianum T39 biocontrol of Botrytis cinerea

Biocontrol of Botrytis cinerea with Trichoderma spp. is generally believed to result from direct interaction of the biocontrol agent with the pathogen or from a Trichoderma-induced change in environmental conditions that affects B. cinerea development. In this work we provide arguments for the participation of induced plant defence in T. harzianum T39 control of B. cinerea. In tomato, lettuce, pepper, bean and tobacco, T. harzianum T39 application at sites spatially separated from the B. cinerea inoculation resulted in a 25–100%percnt; reduction of grey mould symptoms, caused by a delay or suppression of spreading lesion formation. Given the spatial separation of both micro-organisms, this effect was attributed to the induction of systemic resistance by T. harzianum T39. The observation that in bean the effect of T. harzianum T39 was similar to that of the rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa KMPCH, a reference strain for the induction of systemic resistance, confirmed this hypothesis. Since B. cinerea control on tobacco leaves sprayed with T. harzianum T39 was similar to the control on leaves from T. harzianum T39 soil-treated plants, induction of plant defence might also participate in biocontrol on treated leaves.