Different Patterns of Host Genes are Induced in Rice by Pseudomonas syringae, a Biological Inducer of Resistance, and the Chemical Inducer Benzothiadiazole (BTH)

Rice seedlings treated with the synthetic compound benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester (BTH) acquired resistance to subsequent attack by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea (Hebert) Barr. BTH (trade name Bion) has been released to the market as a plant protecting agent for rice. Here, we analysed the pattern of expressed genes in rice plants treated with BTH, and compared this pattern with those induced by the formerly discovered resistance inducer 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid (INA) and by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, a non-host pathogen inducing a hypersensitive response. Both INA and BTH induced similar patterns of genes, suggesting that these compounds are functional analogues. In contrast, the patterns induced by the chemical inducers and by P. syringae were clearly dissimilar.     

水稻主要抗瘟基因对福建稻瘟菌群体的抗性分析

 用1995-2003年间在福建省水稻产区采集的稻瘟菌代表菌系的108个分离菌,它们在CO39近等基因系上测定被划分为30个毒性类型,用它们在30个水稻抗稻瘟病近等基因系或单基因系品种上进行抗病性测定。结果表明水稻抗稻瘟病基因Pi-k^h抗性最强,抗性频率高达98.15%,Pi-1和Pi-9(t)也具有较高的抗性频率,是较好的抗源;对2个和3个Pi基因的联合抗性频率的分析,发现一些联合抗性频率极高,甚至有达到100%的组合,表明抗瘟育种采用多个Pi基因聚合,易于获得抗性强的品种。根据抗病基因与供试菌株互作的亲和性,对供试30个Pi基因可能的系统关系分析得到的初步信息可为抗病基因的聚合与布局策略提供参考。     

Phylogenetic analysis based on ITS sequences and conditions affecting the type of conidial germination of Bipolaris oryzae

One taxonomic characteristic of Bipolaris species is the bipolar germination of conidia, but conidia of Bipolaris oryzae , the causal pathogen of brown spot in rice, are regularly observed to show intercalary germination, a characteristic of Drechslera species. The effect of selection, culture media and culture age on type of conidial germination was determined for three brown spot isolates from Cavinti, San Pablo and Palawan in the Philippines, obtained from infected leaves showing typical disease symptoms. Based on the analyses of their ITS1, ITS2 and 5·8S rDNA nucleotide sequences, the local isolates were clearly identified as B. oryzae . Selection for colonies of the three isolates derived from single conidia with either bipolar or intercalary germination had no effect on the number of spores showing bipolar germination in subsequent cultures. Germination on seven different culture media was tested; of these, rabbit food agar and water agar increased the percentage of bipolar germination of conidia, although this varied between isolates. Incubation of the cultures of all three isolates for longer periods prior to harvesting conidia increased the percentage of bipolar-germinating conidia from c . 40 to c . 90% with 5-day-old and 30-day-old cultures, respectively.     

不同早稻品种对稻瘟病抗性研究

对16个我省主栽早稻品种进行了稻瘟病的抗性试验。结果表明,有8个品种对稻瘟病表现为很高的抗药性,6个品种表现为中抗,2个品种为感病。     

粳稻品种抗稻瘟病性与其生物学性状的相关关系研究

对３４２份粳稻材料进行抗稻瘟病性（抗叶瘟、穗颈瘟）与其生物学性状（株高、穗长、每穗粒数、分蘖率、单株有效分蘖数、空秕率、着粒密度，以及成熟期等）相关关系研究，结果不同品种（系）间存在着一定差异。抗叶瘟性与株高、穗长、每穗粒数、单株有效分蘖数、着粒密度呈显著正相关，相关系数依次为：０．４０９、０．４９１、０．４２６、０．６５７、０．４７１；与空秕率呈显著负相关，相关系数为－０．５９１。抗穗颈瘟性与株高、每穗粒数、单株有效分蘖数呈显著正相关，相关系数分别为：０．７１７、０．４６２、０．３６２；与空秕率、分蘖率、着粒密度呈显著负相关，相关系数依次为：－０．３４３、－０．３３２、－０．４７６。试验表明，株高、单株有效分蘖率、每穗粒数、空秕率等性状，可做为主要标记，在粳稻品种（系）抗稻瘟病性选鉴上应用     

哈茨木霉NF9菌株对水稻的诱导抗病性

在温室条件下用哈茨木霉NF9菌株进行种子处理，诱导水稻感病品种原丰早幼苗对稻-瘟病和白叶枯病的抗病性，其抗性水平为中抗，对稻瘟病菌不同菌株(SYl、H16)以及对白叶枯病菌不同菌株(CRl、CR7)的抗性表现无显著差异。经木霉种子处理的水稻幼苗接种稻瘟病菌或白叶枯病菌后，过氧化物酶及苯丙氨酸转氨酶活性增强，在某一时段显著高于未经木霉种子处理的对照。诱导抗性可能是哈茨木霉NF9菌株的生防机制之一。     

Resistance of Sorghum Line CS 621 to Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA and Other Sorghum Pathogens

Sorghum line CS 621 was evaluated along with other lines and cultivars for resistance to Rhizoctonia sheath blight, tar spot and gray leaf spot for 3 years. CS 621 was consistently resistant to these diseases even under a heavy natural outbreak of tar spot in the breeding nursery. It was also found to be more resistant to Rhizoctonia sheath blight than the resistant lines from Japan during the 1993 to 1994 screening tests. Resistance to Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA was expressed in the form of reduction in the severity of disease and rate of infection. Evaluation of progenies from crosses involving CS 621 and a susceptible variety, UPL Sg5, indicated that additive and dominant gene effects are important in the expression of quantitative resistance to R. solani. CS 621 could therefore serve as a source of multiple resistance genes in a breeding program for high yield and stability against sorghum diseases. Received 6 August 1999/ Accepted in revised form 18 October 1999     

福建稻瘟菌毒性类型组成及其对水稻几个Pi基因的毒性频率

 稻瘟病是福建省水稻生产中的重要病害之一,系统掌握稻瘟菌毒性类型组成和变化动态及其与主要抗病基因的互作特点,是制定抗病品种选育与合理利用的依据。本研究根据稻瘟病菌与6个CO39近等基因系品种互作亲和性的结果,将1995~2001年从福建采集分离的398个有效单孢菌株区分为26个毒性类型,其中毒性类型I34.1出现频率最高,为优势毒性类型,出现频率较高的还有I20.1、I04.1、I24.1、I0.1、I30.1等;结果还发现福建稻瘟菌群体对Pi1和Pi2毒性频率较低,分别为7.53%和11.31%,特别是对Pi1和Pi2基因联合毒性频率仅2.76%,说明在水稻抗瘟育种中可以考虑将Pi1和Pi2基因累加利用。     

黑龙江省水稻品种资源对水稻细菌性褐斑病的抗性鉴定

选育和应用抗病品种是防治水稻细菌性病害最经济有效的措施。本研究采用苗期喷雾法和针刺法对黑龙江省42个水稻主栽品种进行抗性鉴定。结果表明,利用针刺法鉴定的各水稻品种中表现中抗以上的品种有14个,其中高抗品种2个,对接种水稻品种病斑长度进行差异显著性分析,42个水稻主栽品种间抗性存在显著差异;利用喷雾法鉴定各品种,病级表现1级的品种有7个,占16.7%。对数据进行比较分析,针刺法和喷雾法对抗病品种鉴定的结果基本一致。本研究鉴定的2个高抗稻种资源对于抗细菌性褐斑病生产实践提供重要价值。因此,加大对水稻品种资源的深入研究,对实现水稻细菌性褐斑病的可持续控制有着重要意义。     

Induced Resistance to Rice Blast by Antagonistic Bacterium, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Serratia marcescens </Emphasis>Strain B2

An antagonistic bacterium, Serratia marcescens strain B2, controlled rice blast after being sprayed onto rice phylloplane, as did the bacterial suspension when poured into rhizosphere soil of rice plants. Three days after root treatment, rice blast conidia were sprayed onto rice foliage. A week after pathogen inoculation, rice blast was suppressed and lesions caused by the pathogen decreased in size. Brown deposits were observed around sites of pathogen infection after root treatment. Induced resistance was not associated with an increase in the activitiy of peroxidase, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, tyrosine ammonia lyase, β-1,3-glucanase, β-1,4-glycosidase, N-acetylhexosaminidase or chitinase. However, lipoxygenase levels were elevated after the root treatment with strain B2 following inoculation with the pathogen. Strain B2 was not detected in rice foliage after root treatment. These data suggest that strain B2 induced resistance against rice blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae. Received 1 November 2001/ Accepted in revised form 25 January 2002     

药用野生稻与栽培稻抗褐飞虱HPLC指纹图谱的比较

应用高效液相色谱技术,研究比较了栽培稻与广西药用野生稻的抗褐飞虱HPLC指纹图谱。结果表明,药用野生稻指纹图谱中既含有与栽培稻抗褐飞虱生物型II相关的峰1、峰2、峰8,又含有与栽培稻抗褐飞虱孟加拉型相关的峰3、峰5、峰9、峰11,但药用野生稻中的峰1、峰2、峰3、峰5的含量特别高。前期的结果表明,峰4与栽培稻对褐飞虱孟加拉型的抗性呈负相关,峰12与栽培稻对褐飞虱两种生物型的抗性均呈负相关,但广西药用野生稻却几乎不含峰4和峰12。广西药用野生稻的这种既与栽培稻相似,又有它自己鲜明特点的HPLC指纹图谱特征,使它对褐飞虱具有广谱抗性。     

Relationship between Avirulence Genes of the Same Family in Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe grisea

A genetic cross between rice-field isolates of Magnaporthe grisea produced progeny segregating for avirulence/ virulence on six rice cultivars among nine race differentials, while on three other cultivars, Shin 2 (Pik-s), Aichi Asahi (Pia) and Ishikari Shiroke (Pii), parental and progeny isolates were all virulent. Based on segregation ratios in 115 progeny isolates, avirulence on Kanto 51 (Pik), Yashiro-mochi (Pita), Fukunishiki (Piz) and Toride 1 (Piz-t) is under monogenic control. On Tsuyuake (Pik-m) and Pi No. 4 (Pita-2), however, a disproportionate ratio in the segregation was observed, suggesting that avirulence on these two cultivars is controlled by two or more genes. Assuming that the avirulence gene AvrPik-m consists of at least two genes, AvrPik-m1 and AvrPik-m2, each of which functions in the whole gene AvrPik-m, and that one of AvrPik-m1 and AvrPik-m2 is AvrPik, we could account for the disproportion in the avirulence/virulence segregation of the progeny. This hypothesis would also be consistently applied for avirulence gene AvrPita-2. There seem to be two types of the avirulence genes : AvrPik-m, that is comprised of the tightly linked genes, AvrPik-ml (=AvrPik) and AvrPik-m2, and AvrPita-2, that is comprised of the loosely linked genes AvrPita-2A (=AvrPita) and AvrPita-2B. As one possible explanation of the rice resistant reaction to blast, multiple specificity was suggested for the first time for the blast fungus. On the contrary, the avirulence genes AvrPiz and AvrPiz-t were inherited independently, despite the corresponding genes for resistance (Piz and Piz-t) being located at the same locus. The cross of rice blast isolates (races 447 and 337) produced only 25 kinds of races in the progeny, although theoretically about 64 kinds of races should be produced if six avirulence genes segregated independently. Because no progeny are with AvrPik (or AvrPita) and without AvrPik-m (or AvrPita-2), the number of races theoretically should be 36 at most. A number of strains, such as races 377 and 737, with a single avirulence gene were obtained from this cross. These strains may be valuable for analysis of resistance genes in rice plant. Received 19 August 2002/ Accepted in revised form 11 November 2002     

A strategy to provide long‐term control of weedy rice while mitigating herbicide resistance transgene flow,and its potential use for other crops with related weeds

Transgenic herbicide‐resistant rice is needed to control weeds that have evolved herbicide resistance, as well as for the weedy (feral, red) rice problem, which has been exacerbated by shifting to direct seeding throughout the world—firstly in Europe and the Americas, and now in Asia, as well as in parts of Africa. Transplanting had been the major method of weedy rice control. Experience with imidazolinone‐resistant rice shows that gene flow to weedy rice is rapid, negating the utility of the technology. Transgenic technologies are available that can contain herbicide resistance within the crop (cleistogamy, male sterility, targeting to chloroplast genome, etc.), but such technologies are leaky. Mitigation technologies tandemly couple (genetically link) the gene of choice (herbicide resistance) with mitigation genes that are neutral or good for the crop, but render hybrids with weedy rice and their offspring unfit to compete. Mitigation genes confer traits such as non‐shattering, dwarfism, no secondary dormancy and herbicide sensitivity. It is proposed to use glyphosate and glufosinate resistances separately as genes of choice, and glufosinate, glyphosate and bentazone susceptibilities as mitigating genes, with a six‐season rotation where each stage kills transgenic crop volunteers and transgenic crop × weed hybrids from the previous season. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry     

A Variant of Cucumber mosaic virus Is Restricted to Local Lesions in Inoculated Tobacco Leaves with a Hypersensitive Response

A variant of Cucumber mosaic virus, CMV(Y/GM2), was isolated from a tobacco plant with mild green mosaic symptoms that was regenerated in vitro from a yellow strain of CMV [CMV(Y)]-infected tobacco leaves by tissue culture. CMV(Y/GM2) has two amino acid substitutions at 36 and 111 positions in the coat protein encoded on RNA3. CMV, assembled by mixing in vitro transcribed CMV(Y) RNA1 and RNA2 plus infectious RNA3 transcribed in vitro from cDNA to RNA3 of CMV(Y/GM2), was prepared and designated as CMV(Y/GM2)tr. When tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi nc) plants were inoculated with CMV(Y/GM2)tr, large necrotic local lesions in which the virus was localized, developed on the inoculated leaves. This host response unique to CMV(Y/GM2)tr was similar to the hypersensitive response (HR), which is a common resistance response to avirulent pathogens and was observed in five cultivars of Nicotiana tabacum and eight Nicotiana species. The revertant virus, however, accumulated to quite different levels in the various hosts. CMV(Y/GM2)tr induced pathogenesis-related 1 (PR-1) protein accumulation and systemic acquired resistance (SAR) which were generally observed in the HR. However, when tobaccos were inoculated with CMV(S36P)tr and CMV(V111I)tr, which have an amino acid substitution at either the 36 or 111 position in the coat protein of CMV(Y), respectively, CMV(S36P)tr was restricted to the primary infection site without necrotic local lesion formation and PR-1 protein and SAR induction. CMV(V111I)tr, however, systemically spread and induced mild green mosaic symptoms, while the host had the HR to CMV(Y/GM2)tr. The localization of CMV(Y/GM2)tr at the primary infection site may not only be caused by the HR, but also by the restriction of virus systemic movement resulting from the amino acid substitution at position 36 in the coat protein of CMV(Y). Received 15 December 1999/ Accepted in revised form 18 April 2000