小麦雪霉叶枯病菌的侵染过程

 本文报道了小麦雪霉叶枯病菌Gerlachia nivalis的叶面侵染过程。该菌分生孢子发芽后相互结合,形成网状复合体,产生粗壮的叶面菌丝,经由气孔保卫细胞间隙侵入,不产生特化的侵染机构。侵染菌丝在叶肉细胞间和细胞内扩展,也可由气孔逸出在叶面蔓延。分生孢子梗由分生孢子座上产生,由气孔抽出。产孢细胞顶端有环痕。叶面菌丝亦能产孢。寄主组织病变特点表明该菌产生活性很强的胞外酶。     

稻叶黑粉病菌侵染水稻叶片的细胞学研究

稻叶黑粉病是由担子菌Entyloma oryzae侵染水稻叶片或叶鞘引起的真菌病害，但对病原菌与寄主互作的细胞学机制一直缺少了解。本文对采自田间自然发病叶片上的病斑进行了初步的细胞学分析，结果发现，病原菌侵染后，寄主病斑部位的表皮细胞外部形态基本保持完整；病原菌主要在寄主叶肉细胞部位产生大量的厚垣孢子并逐渐取代叶肉细胞；病原菌菌丝在寄主胞外扩展，未见其穿透寄主细胞壁进入细胞内，也没有产生典型的真菌吸器。靠近病原菌菌丝的寄主各种细胞内的细胞器均发生降解，降解产生的脂类物质凝聚成了体积较大的脂质球。寄主维管束组织的细胞壁一直保持完整，未发现病原菌菌丝进入维管束，病原菌菌丝和孢子被限制在寄主相邻两个维管束之间。在发病后期，由于寄主叶片表皮结构整体性破坏导致大量细菌进入，加速了叶片的衰老死亡。本研究结果表明，稻叶黑粉病菌的侵染模式为胞外侵染，类似于活体营养真菌；但病原菌的侵染导致附近寄主细胞降解死亡，类似于腐生营养真菌。     

苹果斑点落叶病菌形态及侵染行为的超微结构研究

利用电子显微镜技术，对分离培养的苹果斑点落叶病病原菌及其在寄主细胞组织中的侵染行为进行了观察研究。结果表明，菌丝体在生长旺盛期，寄主细胞中含有丰富的细胞器，生长后期，细胞内出现质膜内陷及分泌小泡。分生孢子梗和分生孢子细胞中则储存了大量脂滴状物质，并且细胞壁加厚。其侵染机制是以病原菌产生的寄主特异性毒素为始动因子，使寄主细胞受到某种生理障碍后，菌丝直接由细胞壁侵入细胞内部和叶片中。     

青杨叶锈病菌(Melampsora larici-populina Kleb.)侵染过程的超微结构研究

 采用电子显微镜技术对青杨叶锈病菌(Melampsora larici-populina Kleb.)的侵染过程进行了研究。发现该菌夏孢子萌发产生1~3个芽管,且具较多的树杈状分枝。芽管由气孔侵入,侵入前不形成明显的附着胞或仅个别芽管形成附着胞。芽管侵入气孔后在气孔腔内形成气孔下囊,再分化出圆形的膨大体而产生1~2支初生菌丝。初生菌丝在寄主细胞间扩展,与叶肉细胞壁接触后分化出吸器母细胞,吸器母细胞中的细胞器与胞间菌丝相同,双核。吸器母细胞产生侵入钉侵入叶肉细胞内部形成吸器,成熟吸器由细长具颈环的管状颈部和膨大的吸器体组成,此时胞间菌丝在吸器母细胞处分化出次生菌丝,在叶肉细胞间扩展形成次生菌落,产生孢子堆。病菌在寄主细胞间隙或沿寄主细胞壁延伸时,寄主细胞仍保持正常状态。     

苹果炭疽叶枯病病原Glomerella cingulata及其侵染过程

为明确苹果炭疽叶枯病病原菌围小丛壳Glomerella cingulata的侵染致病特征,在分离获得该病原菌的基础上,采用形态学观察、ITS序列分析和致病性测定对其进行了鉴定,并利用光学和扫描电子显微镜对病原菌在嘎啦苹果叶片上的侵染过程进行了研究.结果表明,在陕西咸阳地区分离获得的9株病原菌均为围小丛壳G.cingulata.25 ℃下接种9 h后,分生孢子中间产生隔膜,双胞化,并萌发产生芽管和附着胞;24 h后分生孢子的2个细胞均可萌发并形成芽管及附着胞,部分芽管顶端可产生次级分生孢子;48 h后次级分生孢子萌发形成附着胞;72 h后,附着胞下形成的侵染钉可直接入侵寄主,在表皮细胞内形成初生菌丝和次生菌丝,此时叶片表面已出现褐色斑点.接种7 d后叶片病斑处出现分生孢子盘和子囊壳.表明陕西省近年出现的苹果炭疽叶枯病病原菌为围小丛壳G.cingulata,该病菌在嘎啦叶片上的一些特殊侵染行为可能是导致该病害易在短时间内暴发的重要原因.     

玉米感染肿囊腐霉后寄主-病原物互作的超微结构研究

 本文利用透射电镜,首次对玉米不同抗性寄主与肿囊腐霉(Pythium inflatum)相互作用中的寄主反应及菌丝在寄主内的发展进行了系统研究。结果表明:玉米苗期根部接种后,孢子迅速萌发成菌丝在根表蔓延,随即穿透根表皮,进入表皮细胞、皮层甚至感病寄主的维管束组织。与此同时,寄主相应的反应迅速,寄主反应采取如下方式:细胞壁的沉积物及乳突在真菌的入侵处形成,各种无定形物质或纤丝构成的质网包围入侵菌丝。沉积在寄主细胞壁上并在受侵染细胞内聚集的化合物可能是酚类物质,这些嗜锇酸的电子致密物是用来机械地加强细胞壁的强度及产生抗真菌的环境。寄主反应的早晚及程度的强弱决定着菌丝在寄主体内发展繁殖的程度及寄主抗性的强弱。抗病玉米自交系的反应程度及速度显著强于感病玉米。     

多堆柄锈菌侵染玉米的细胞学及超微结构特征

为明确玉米对多堆柄锈菌Puccinia polysora侵染后病理反应的细胞学特征,利用扫描和透射电镜技术分析了玉米自交系与多堆柄锈菌互作中二者的细胞变化过程。多堆柄锈菌对玉米的侵染主要以直接穿透叶片表皮侵入为主,少量可从气孔和细胞间隙侵入。接种后,病菌夏孢子在感病自交系叶片上快速并大量萌发,在叶表生长蔓延并侵入表皮组织细胞,7 d后形成夏孢子堆;在抗病自交系上,病菌萌发、菌丝生长均受到明显抑制,少量入侵的病菌也由于寄主细胞死亡而导致菌丝和夏孢子干瘪死亡。侵染早期在感病寄主细胞间隙出现菌丝并穿透细胞壁,在胞内产生分枝菌丝,此时寄主细胞结构正常;随着菌丝进一步扩展,叶绿体等结构发生紊乱,被侵染细胞逐渐死亡。在抗病自交系上,接菌24 h后寄主即出现过敏性坏死反应,侵入位点与周围细胞快速坏死,抑制菌丝生长蔓延;叶绿体中清晰可见深色颗粒状物质;72 h后细胞壁外侧产生大量致密的深色结晶体,应为与抗病反应相关的酚类物质。表明抗多堆柄锈菌的玉米材料可能存在2种抗病途径,即寄主与病菌互作中由分子识别引起的免疫反应和病菌侵入后的系统防卫反应。     

小麦叶锈菌在感病寄主上发育的组织病理学和超微结构研究

 应用荧光显微技术、微分干涉技术和生物电镜技术,系统地研究了小麦叶锈菌在感病寄主上的发育过程及其超微结构特征。小麦叶锈菌在感病品种上的发育过程可分为几个明显的阶段,即孢子的萌发、附着胞的形成、气孔下囊的分化、初生菌丝和次生菌丝的形成和生长、吸器母细胞和吸器的形成、夏孢子床和夏孢子堆的产生以及夏孢子的形成。小麦叶锈菌的胞间菌丝呈丝状,生长和分枝通常沿寄主细胞壁进行。胞间菌丝与寄主细胞的接触诱导了吸器母细胞的分化,吸器母细胞在与寄主细胞壁的接触部位发育形成入侵栓,穿透寄主细胞壁后于细胞内形成吸器。胞间菌丝和吸器母细胞均含有双核,而成熟吸器则含有单核。经常规染色后,胞间菌丝和吸器母细胞的壁与隔膜均可分辨出由多层构成。     

菜豆锈菌侵染过程的显微和超微观察

 本文报道了通过微分干涉衬显微镜、荧光显微镜及扫描电镜和透射电镜所观察到的菜豆锈菌的侵入和扩展过程。菜豆锈菌夏孢子萌发多产生1个芽管,偶尔也产生双芽管。芽管以气孔侵入为主,也可从表皮直接侵入。侵入前形成或不形成明显的附着胞。气孔侵入的芽管首先在气孔腔内形成气孔下囊,再进一步分化出圆形的膨大体,由膨大体产生1~2支初生菌丝。初生菌丝与叶肉细胞壁接触后分化出吸器母细胞,吸器母细胞进入叶肉细胞内部形成吸器。初生侵染菌丝在产生吸器母细胞的部位的后部产生分枝,形成次生侵染菌丝在叶肉细胞间蔓延。     

禾顶囊壳小麦变种对小麦种子根的侵染过程

 光镜和电镜观察表明,禾顶囊壳小麦变种(Gaeumannomyces graminis var.tritici,小麦全蚀病菌)对小麦种子根的侵染过程可分为侵入前、侵入表皮层、进入皮层和进入中柱等4个连续阶段。麦根接菌后在15℃下培养,48 h后侵入表皮层细胞,60 h后进入皮层,120 h后进入中柱。病原菌主要以侵染菌丝直接侵入表皮层,表皮细胞间隙和根毛基细胞是主要侵入部位,少数由附着枝侵入。菌丝穿透细胞壁有明显的酶解作用特征,菌丝先端前方胞壁上还产生电子密物质。皮层细胞是病原菌定殖和发展的主要场所,病原菌还能离解胞间层,形成胞外空间,特别有利于菌丝和菌丝束的扩展。在侵入位点的寄主细胞壁和质膜之间,形成多种形状的木质管,其数量与侵入菌丝的数目相对应,但木质管不能阻止菌丝进入细胞。菌丝进入中柱后,可阻塞导管和筛管。小麦细胞发生退行性病变,尤以细胞壁膨大崩坏和早期质壁分离最明显,细胞间隙还产生性质不明的黄色物质。     

Ultrastructure of the Infection of Sorghum bicolor by Colletotrichum sublineolum

ABSTRACT Ultrastructural studies of the infection of susceptible and resistant cultivars of Sorghum bicolor by Colletotrichum sublineolum were conducted. Initial penetration events were the same on both susceptible and resistant cultivars. Germ tubes originating from germinated conidia formed globose, melanized appressoria, that penetrated host epidermal cells directly. Appressoria did not produce appressorial cones, but each penetration pore was surrounded by an annular wall thickening. Inward deformation of the cuticle and localized changes in staining properties of the host cell wall around the infection peg suggests that penetration involves both mechanical force and enzymic dissolution. In compatible interactions, penetration was followed by formation of biotrophic globular infection vesicles in epidermal cells. Filamentous primary hyphae developed from the vesicles and went on to colonize many other host cells as an intracellular mycelium. Host cells initially survived penetration. The host plasma membrane invaginated around infection vesicles and primary hyphae and was appressed tightly to the fungal cell wall, with no detectable matrix layer at the interface. Necrotrophic secondary hyphae appeared after 66 h and ramified through host tissue both intercellularly and intracellularly, forming hypostromatic acervuli by 114 h. Production of secondary hyphae was accompanied by the appearance of electron-opaque material within infected cells. This was thought to represent the host phytoalexin response. In incompatible interactions, infection vesicles and primary hyphae were formed in epidermal cells by 42 h. However, they were encrusted with electron-opaque material and appeared dead. These observations are discussed in relation to the infection processes of other Colletotrichum spp. and the host phytoalexin response.     

Scanning electron microscopy of early infection in the uredial stage of Puccinia sorghi in Zea mays

An SEM study was made of the infection process of Puccinia sorghi in Zea mays. A uredospore germ tube grows across epidermal cells and along their anticlinal walls, often branching and altering direction of growth. The fungus, on attaining a stoma, delimits an appressorium over it. Infection peg initials enlarge linearly and centripetally along the appressorium base, forcing open the stomatal slit. Having penetrated the stomatal aperture, the infection peg develops a substomatal vesicle. From the vesicle, two short primary infection hyphae develop synchronously, a septum later forming between the vesicle body and each hyphal base. A further septum divides the primary hypha into two cells. Secondary infection hyphae emerge later from the fully expanded vesicle on the proximal side of each vesicle/primary hypha septum. Secondary hyphae are narrower than primary hyphae, form their proximal septum some distance along the hypha, develop asynchronously, and proliferate to form the intercellular mycelium. Infection processes and epidermal stripping are discussed.     

Scanning electron microscopy study of infection structure formation of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici in host and non-host cereal species

The development of uredospore-derived infection structures of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici in wheat, barley, sorghum and maize was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Germ tubes grew over the leaf surface until a stoma was located. An appressorium formed over the stoma and the leaf was penetrated by an infection peg. Within the substomatal chamber of all species the infection peg developed a substomatal vesicle by 6 h post-inoculation (hpi). from which a primary infection hypha developed parallel to the long axis of the leaf. In wheat, barley and maize, when a primary infection hypha abutted onto a host cell, a septum was laid down between the tip of the hypha and the substomatal vesicle, delimiting a haustorial mother cell by 12 hpi; haustorial mother cells did not form in sorghum. Secondary infection hyphae arose on the substomatal vesicle side of the septum; infection did not progress further in maize, but in wheat and barley secondary infection hyphae branched, and proliferated intercellularly forming the fungal thallus. A haustorial mother cell was delimited when an intercellular hypha abutted onto a host cell. Infection sites with haustorial mother cells were observed at 12 hpi in barley and 24 hpi in wheat. In all four plant species, some atypical substomatal vesicle initials, substomatal vesicles and primary infection hyphae were observed.     

Ultrastructural study on interaction between a sterile,white endophytic fungus and eggplant roots

Eggplant roots colonized by a sterile, white mycelial endophyte (SWM) were previously found to become highly resistant to Verticillium wilt. SWM alone, however, caused no visible, disease symptoms, such as wilting or necrosis. The mechanism of the symptomless infection by SWM was investigated in this study. Electron microscopy revealed that hyphae of SWM were abundant on and inside the root epidermal cells 2 weeks after inoculation. Many terminal appressoria formed from apical tips of hyphae, and heavy degradation of the host cell walls was evident where hyphae accumulated. By 4 weeks following inoculation, penetration pegs easily breached epidermal cells, and the infection hyphae penetrated outer cortical cells. In response to the hyphal ingress, numerous tubule-like vesicles and membrane-bound, multivesicular bodies accumulated in cortical cytoplasm near the infection sites of the outer cortical cells, but no visible signs of the host reactions were seen in the epidermal cells. Papillae developed at the spaces between cell walls and plasma membranes at the infection sites. The penetration hyphae often grew out of the papillae, but further hyphal ingress was halted in the middle cortical cell layer. By 8 weeks following inoculation, papillae that developed in these cells contained larger amounts of highly electron-dense material and were reinforced by multilamellate, fibrous elements. Hyphae that entered such papillae were confined to them, and the hyphal cytoplasm degenerated. As the result of the activated resistance reactions, root vascular cylinders remained intact, and the host plants did not wilt.     

Studies on the Infection Process of Fusarium Culmorum in Wheat Spikes: Degradation of Host Cell Wall Components and Localization of Trichothecene Toxins in Infected Tissue

After single spikelet inoculation, the infection process of Fusarium culmorum and spread of fungal hyphae in the spike tissues were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. While hyphal growth on outer surfaces of the spike was scanty and no successful penetration was observed, the fungus developed a dense mycelium on the inner surfaces and effectively invaded the lemma, glume, palea and ovary by penetration pegs. During the inter- and intracellular spreading of the fungus, marked alterations in the host tissues were observed, including degeneration of cytoplasm, cell organelles, and depositions of electron dense material between cell wall and plasmalemma. Ultrastructural studies revealed that host cell walls in proximity of the penetration peg and in contact with hyphae were less dense or transparent which suggested that cell wall degrading enzymes were involved in colonisation of host tissues by fungal hyphae. Enzyme- and immunogold-labelling investigations confirmed involvement of extracellular enzymes, that is cellulases, xylanases and pectinases, in degradation of cell wall components. Localization studies of trichothecenes indicated that toxins could be detected in host tissues at an early stage of infection.     

Histological characterization of the early-stage infection events of Setosphaeria turcica in maize

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) caused by Setosphaeria turcica is a major foliar disease of maize. The early-stage infection events of this pathogen on maize leaves are unclear. We investigated the optimum temperature for conidial germination and appressorium formation, and characterized penetration and growth of S. turcica in maize leaf sheath and onion epidermis cells, including use of histological staining to assess plant cell viability. The results showed that the optimum temperature for conidial germination and appressorium formation was 20°C. On the maize leaf sheath, the appressoria were formed by germinated conidia, and penetration on the epidermal cells occurred at 8 h postinoculation (hpi). Round vesicles developed beneath the appressoria. Between 16 and 24 hpi, the branched invasive hyphae invaded three to five adjacent cells at most infection sites. The invasive hyphae tended to move along the cell wall and crossed from one cell to another. In the onion epidermis cells, the appressoria formed at 8 hpi, and in most cases the epidermal cells were penetrated through the juncture of the cell walls. At 16–24 hpi, the primary hyphal terminus swelled to a vesicle. The maize leaf sheath cells died at 8 hpi, whereas the onion cells did not. Our findings documented in detail the penetration and invasive hyphal growth in maize leaf sheath and onion epidermis, as well as viability of plant cells, at the early stages of infection, and provide a foundation for elucidating the underlying mechanism of S. turcica–maize interactions.     

Ultrastructural and Cytochemical Aspects of the Interaction Between the Mycoparasite Pythium oligandrum and Soilborne Plant Pathogens

ABSTRACT The interaction between the oomycete Pythium oligandrum and various soilborne oomycete and fungal plant pathogens (P. ultimum, P. aphanidermatum, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici, Verticillium albo-atrum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Phytophthora megasperma) was studied by light and electron microscopy in order to assess the relative contribution of mycoparasitism and antibiosis in the antagonistic process. Scanning electron microscope investigations of the interaction regions showed that structural alterations of all pathogenic fungi and oomycetes (except for Phytophthora megasperma) occurred soon after contact with the antagonist. Light and transmission electron microscope studies of the interaction region between the antagonist and P. ultimum revealed that intimate contact between both partners preceded a sequence of degradation events including aggregation of host cytoplasm and penetration of altered host hyphae. Localization of the host wall cellulose component showed that cellulose was altered at potential penetration sites. A similar scheme of events was observed during the interaction between P. oligandrum and F. oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici, with the exception that complete loss of host protoplasm was associated with antagonist invasion. The interaction between P. oligandrum and R. solani resulted in an abnormal deposition of a wall-like material at potential penetration sites for the antagonist. However, the antagonist displayed the ability to circumvent this barrier and penetrate host hyphae by locally altering the chitin component of the host hyphal wall. Interestingly, antagonist cells also showed extensive alteration as evidenced by the frequent occurrence of empty hyphal shells. In the case of Phytophthora megasperma, hyphal interactions did not occur, but hyphae of the plant pathogen were damaged severely. At least two distinct mechanisms appear to be involved in the process of oomycete and fungal attack by P. oligandrum: (i) mycoparasitism, mediated by intimate hyphal interactions, and (ii) antibiosis, with alteration of the host hyphae prior to contact with the antagonist. However, the possibility that the antagonistic process may rely on the dual action of antibiotics and hydrolytic enzymes is discussed.