Activity of carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicides against Bremia lactucae

Four carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicides, mandipropamid (MPD), dimethomorph (DMM), benthiavalicarb (BENT) and iprovalicarb (IPRO) were examined for their effects on various developmental stages of Bremia lactucae, the causal agent of downy mildew in lettuce, in vitro and in planta. Spore germination in vitro or on leaf surfaces was inhibited by all CAA fungicides (technical or formulated). MPD was more effective in suppressing germination than DMM or BENT, whereas IPRO was least effective. CAA induced no disruption of F-actin microfilament organisation in germinating spores of B. lactucae. CAA applied to germinating spores in vitro prevented further extension of the germ tubes. When applied to germinated spores on the leaf surface they prevented penetration. Preventive application of CAA to intact plants inhibited infection. MPD was more effective in suppressing infection than DMM or BENT, whereas IPRO was least effective. Curative application was effective at ≤3 h post-inoculation (hpi) but not at ≥18 hpi. CAA (except IPRO) applied to upper leaf surfaces inhibited spore germination on the lower surface and hence reduced infection. CAA suppressed sporulation of B. lactucae on floating leaf discs and when sprayed onto infected plants two days before onset of sporulation. BENT and DMM were more effective in suppressing sporulation than MPD or IPRO. Epidemics of downy mildew in shade-house grown lettuce were suppressed by CAA. A single spray applied to five-leaf plants before transplanting controlled the disease for 50 days. The results suggest that CAA are effective inhibitors of spore germination and therefore should be used as preventive agents against downy mildew of lettuce caused by B. lactucae.     

Commercial Fungicide Formulations Induce In Vitro Oospore Formation and Phenotypic Change in Mating Type in Phytophthora infestans

ABSTRACT A wide range of commercially formulated fungicides cause in vitro effects on mating behavior in specific isolates of Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight of potato and tomato. Four isolates of P. infestans representing each of the four common US genotypes, US-1, US-6, US-7, and US-8 and varying in their sensitivity to metalaxyl, were exposed to a variety of fungicides used to control late blight in petri dish assays at concentrations ranging from 1 to 100 mug a.i./ml. Exposure of each of these normally heterothallic single mating type isolates of P. infestans to 9 of the 11 commercial fungicide formulations tested resulted in the formation of oospores after 2 to 4 weeks. The highest numbers of oospores were formed on media amended with Ridomil 2E (metalaxyl) and Ridomil Gold EC (mefenoxam) at 0.1 to 10 mug a.i./ml, averaging as many as 471 and 450 oospores per petri dish, respectively. Several other fungicides including Maneb, Manzate (Mancozeb), Curzate (cymoxanil + mancozeb), and Acrobat MZ (dimethomorph + mancozeb) also induced oospore formation, producing from 0 to 200 oospores per plate at fungicide concentrations from 0.1 to 10 mug a.i./ml. The metalaxyl resistant isolates formed oospores in response to the fungicides more often than the metalaxyl sensitive isolates. No oospores were formed on media amended with Bravo (chlorothalonil) or Tattoo C (chlorothalonil + propamocarb HCl) and these compounds completely suppressed growth of the isolates at 0.1 and 1 mug a.i./ml. Three metalaxyl resistant A2 isolates mated with both A1 and A2 isolates after exposure to the fungicides Ridomil 2E and Ridomil Gold EC. Alterations in mating type expression were also observed in a metalaxyl sensitive A1 isolate after exposure to Benlate (benomyl). Copious amounts of chemicals are applied annually to potato and tomato production areas to control late blight. Our results indicate that a wide range of chemically diverse fungicides can induce normally heterothallic metalaxyl resistant isolates of P. infestans to form oospores in vitro after short exposures to the fungicides.     

Studies on metalaxyl-resistant Phytophthora infestans in potato crops in south-west Scotland

In 1981 metalaxyl-resistant Phytophthora infestans was found in 44% of the 63 crops examined in south-west Scotland. In 1982, when fungicides containing acylalanines (metalaxyl or ofurace) were not used in the area, it was detected in 15%. Metalaxyl-resistant strains were found in several crops which had been sprayed only with non-acylalanine fungicides or had received no fungicidal treatment. In neither year was resistance associated with a significant breakdown of disease control.
Metalaxyl-resistant isolates of the blight fungus were obtained from tubers from crops in which resistance was detected on the foliage.
In detached leaf experiments, resistant isolates retained their ability to grow on leaves treated with 100 μg/ml of metalaxyl after 52 weekly transfers on untreated leaves, and produced sporangia on leaves treated with up to 2000 μg/ml of metalaxyl or ofurace. In mixtures with sensitive sporangia the proportions remained stable after nine weekly transfers on untreated leaves. However, at concentrations as low as 50 μg/ml, metalaxyl and ofurace reduced the extent of colonization and the numbers of sporangia produced by resistant isolates by an average of 50%.     

霜脲氰和代森锰锌对马铃薯晚疫病菌的离体活性及混合增效作用

测定霜脲氰、代森锰锌对马铃薯晚疫病菌不同生长发育阶段的毒力,发现霜脲氰抑制马铃薯晚疫病菌菌丝生长的活性明显高于代森锰锌,抑制孢子囊和游动孢子萌发及孢子囊释放游动孢子的活性明显低于代森锰锌;两药抑制游动孢子游动的活性很低。以1∶7、1∶8混配对游动孢子萌发及菌丝生长的抑制表现增效,以1∶1~1∶10混配对抑制孢子囊萌发的增效系数为1.55~5.39,其中1∶5的增效系数高达5.39。     

嗜线虫致病杆菌代谢物对马铃薯晚疫病菌的抑制作用

采用室内以抑制法测定的结果表明：嗜线虫致病杆菌发酵液对马铃薯晚疫病菌有很强的抑制生长作用,６￣５０ｍｌ／Ｌ的发酵液对菌丝生长的抑制率达９０％￣１００％,１．５￣３ｍｌ／Ｌ的发酵液仍有７０％左右的抑制效果。发酵液对菌丝生长有抑制作用,但不能完全杀死菌丝;发酵液对孢子囊萌发也有一定的抑制作用,５０ｍｌ／Ｌ的发酵液对孢子囊萌发的抑制率达５０％;发酵液在２４小时内能渗透到种薯内３ｃｍ,抑制薯块内病菌的生长     

丁吡吗啉对致病疫霉的作用机制初探

丁吡吗啉(pyrimorph)是一种结构新颖的杀菌剂,室内生物测定结果表明,其对致病疫霉Phytophthora infestans的菌丝生长、孢子囊产生、休止孢萌发具有较强的抑制作用,其EC50值分别为0.066、0.059和0.550 μg/mL,但对游动孢子释放的抑制作用较弱,其EC50值为 9.78 μg/mL。显微镜下观察结果表明,经丁吡吗啉处理后的菌丝分枝相对较少,分枝间距拉长,但对 菌丝直径无影响;从致病疫霉对番茄叶片的侵染过程来看,丁吡吗啉浓度为100 μg/mL时,处理24 h后在叶片表面只能看到少量休止孢萌发,96 h后未产生孢子囊。丁吡吗啉在1 μg/mL和10 μg/mL 时对菌丝体细胞膜的电导率无影响,但当浓度为50 μg/mL时其电导率值明显上升;初步测定结果表明,在100 μg/mL浓度下,其对致病疫霉菌丝体的蛋白质合成有一定的抑制作用,但对其菌丝体内的DNA合成没有明显的抑制作用。     

Suppressed germination and early death of Phytophthora infestans sporangia caused by pectin, inorganic phosphate, ion chelators and calcium-modulating treatments

In laboratory experiments, chemical treatments were applied to sporangia of Phytophthora infestans incubated at 12 °C, conducive to cytoplasmic cleavage and release of zoospores (indirect germination), and at 20 °C, conducive to germination by hyphal outgrowth (direct germination). Both types of germination were suppressed by applying increasing concentrations (1–5 mM) of CaCl₂ or MgCl₂, or by low concentrations of pectin, inorganic phosphate, chelators (EGTA, BAPTA), calcium channel-blockers (lanthanum, gadolinium, verapamil) or compounds that interfere with intracellular calcium-mediated processes (trifluoperazine, caffeine). The suppression by some treatments was partly overcome by adding Ca²⁺ or Mg²⁺ in the early stages of incubation, but Ca²⁺ was usually more effective than Mg²⁺, and suppression at 20 °C was more easily overcome than at 12 °C. Pectin (0.1%) or BAPTA (5 mM) caused rapid death of sporangia at both 12 ° and 20 °, whereas EGTA (5 mM) or Na₂HPO₄ (5 mM) caused rapid death only at 12 °. The findings indicate that germinability and viability of P. infestans sporangia are strongly affected by the external availability of Ca²⁺ or other divalent cations, especially during zoosporogenesis.     

Studies on the mechanism of action of cymoxanil in Phytophthora infestans

Colony growth and germ tube emergence of sporangia and encysted zoospores of Phytophthora infestans were highly sensitive to cymoxanil (ED₅₀ 0.5–1.5 μg/ml), whereas differentiation of sporangia and zoospore release were insensitive at concentrations up to 100 μg/ml. Treated sporangia did not show distorted germ tubes. Oxygen consumption for glucose oxidation by germinating sporangia and zoospore motility were not inhibited at concentrations up to 100 μg/ml. Cymoxanil hardly affected the uptake of radiolabeled precursors of DNA, RNA, and protein at concentrations up to 100 μg/ml. Incorporation of [¹⁴C]phenylalanine into protein was completely insensitive. RNA synthesis as measured by [³H]uridine incorporation was differentially inhibited in the various developmental stages of the fungus. Inhibition did not occur at differentiation of sporangia, whereas at cyst and sporangial germination and mycelial growth this process was inhibited 20–45% at a concentration of 100 μg cymoxanil/ml. Endogenous RNA polymerase activity of isolated nuclei was not inhibited by cymoxanil. DNA synthesis as measured by [methyl-³H]thymidine incorporation was inhibited 20–80% at the various stages of development at cymoxanil concentrations higher than 10 μg/ml. Metalaxyl, a specific inhibitor of ribosomal RNA synthesis, inhibited [³H]uridine incorporation 40–60% at all developmental stages. The data suggest that although DNA synthesis is affected more than RNA synthesis, inhibition of both biosynthetic processes is a secondary effect. The primary mode of action of cymoxanil thus remains unknown.     

四种羧酸酰胺类杀菌剂对辣椒疫霉菌三个不同发育阶段的毒力比较

室内离体条件下测定了4种羧酸酰胺类(CAAs)杀菌剂双炔酰菌胺、烯酰吗啉、丁吡吗啉和氟吗啉对辣椒疫霉3个不同生长发育阶段的抑制活性。结果表明:4种杀菌剂抑制辣椒疫霉菌丝生长的EC50值分别为1.95×10-2、1.41、1.85、2.31 μ g/mL;对病菌孢子囊形成的抑制效果最好,其EC50值分别为2.00×10-4、1.50×10-3、2.60×10-3、4.30×10-3 μ g/mL;抑制游动孢子萌发的EC50值分别为4.60×10-3、0.373、0.494、0.635 μ g/mL。4种CAAs杀菌剂对辣椒疫霉的抑制作用均高于对照药剂甲霜灵、吡唑醚菌酯及嘧菌酯。     

Late-blight epidemics on potato in Finland, 1933–2002; increased and earlier occurrence of epidemics associated with climate change and lack of rotation

Changes in the incidence and onset of potato late-blight epidemics in Finland were investigated and compared with possible changes in climate, presence of soil-borne inoculum, and aggressiveness of Phytophthora infestans populations. Datasets were constructed from leaf blight assessments in cultivar trials or fungicide tests carried out at eight experimental sites during the periods 1933–1962 and 1983–2002. Additional data were obtained from late-blight monitoring projects carried out from 1991 to 2002. From 1998 to 2002, the risk of blight outbreak was 17-fold higher compared with the periods 1933–62 and 1983–1997. Simultaneously, the outbreaks of the epidemics began 2–4 weeks earlier. The changes observed were associated with a climate more conducive to blight in the late 1990s. Lack of rotation also advanced blight epidemics by an average of 9 days in 1998–2002, but it did not have this effect in 1992–1997, suggesting that soil borne inoculum may not have been a significant threat to potato until the late 1990s. The aggressiveness of the P. infestans isolates seemed to have only minor effect on the onset of the epidemics after 1991, as the apparent infection rate remained unchanged despite weather conditions more favourable to late blight in the late 1990s. As a consequence of the more frequent and earlier epidemics, the sales of fungicides used against late blight in Finland increased 4-fold from the 1980s to 2002.     

Phytophthora infestans in a subtropical region: survival on tomato debris, temporal dynamics of airborne sporangia and alternative hosts

Little is known about inoculum dynamics of late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans in tropical/subtropical areas, particularly in Brazil. The objectives of the present study were to assess (i) the survival of the pathogen on stems, leaflets and tomato fruits, either buried or not in soil; (ii) the pathogenicity of P . infestans to mostly solanaceous plant species commonly found in Brazil that could act as inoculum reservoir; and (iii) the temporal dynamics of airborne sporangia. Phytophthora infestans survived in tomato plant parts for less than 36 days under greenhouse and field conditions. In greenhouse tests, pathogen structures were detected earlier on crop debris kept in dry than in wet soil conditions. Isolates of two clonal lineages of P. infestans , US-1 from tomato, and BR-1 from potato, were inoculated on 43 plant species. In addition to potato and tomato, Petunia  ×  hybrida and Nicotiana benthamiana were susceptible to the pathogen. Airborne inoculum was monitored with Rotorod and Burkard spore traps as well as with tomato and potato trap plants. Sporangia were sampled in most weeks throughout 2004 and in the first two weeks of 2005. Under tropical/subtropical conditions, airborne inoculum is abundant and is more important to late blight epidemics than inoculum from crop debris or alternative hosts.     

致病疫霉对缬菌胺敏感基线的建立及抗性风险评估

为建立致病疫霉Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary对缬菌胺的敏感基线，采用菌丝生长速率法测定了从河北省、黑龙江省、内蒙古自治区、贵州省和四川省未使用过缬菌胺的地区采集分离的105个致病疫霉菌株对缬菌胺的敏感性；为明确致病疫霉对缬菌胺产生抗性突变体的难易程度，进行了紫外诱导和药剂驯化试验；为明确缬菌胺与常用药剂之间的交互抗性，测定了8个抗缬菌胺突变体及其6个亲本敏感菌株对6种常用杀菌剂的敏感性。结果表明:105株致病疫霉对缬菌胺的EC₅₀值范围为0.0594~0.159 mg/L，平均EC₅₀值为(0.102 ± 0.024) mg/L，不同敏感性菌株的频率呈连续单峰曲线分布，未发现敏感性下降的亚群体，因此可将缬菌胺对105株致病疫霉的平均EC₅₀值作为致病疫霉对缬菌胺的敏感基线；通过紫外诱变敏感菌株菌丝体获得了4个抗缬菌胺的突变体，其抗性水平介于 3.1~14.9倍之间，突变频率为0.54%，通过紫外照射敏感菌株孢子囊悬浮液获得了2个抗性水平分别为8.1倍和8.2倍的抗性突变体，突变频率为1.33 × 10?7；通过在含缬菌胺的黑麦蔗糖琼脂培养基上继代培养敏感菌株11代，获得2个抗性水平分别为3.1倍和9.4倍的抗性突变体。缬菌胺与烯酰吗啉和双炔酰菌胺存在交互抗性，与氟吡菌胺、嘧菌酯、甲霜灵和霜脲氰不存在交互抗性。初步推测致病疫霉对缬菌胺具有低到中等抗性风险，建议在生产上将缬菌胺与其他类型杀菌剂交替或混合使用，以延缓致病疫霉对缬菌胺抗性的产生。     

Development of a species-specific and sensitive detection assay for Phytophthora infestans and its application for monitoring of inoculum in tubers and soil

A specific and sensitive PCR assay for the detection of Phytophthora infestans , the cause of late blight of potato, in soil and plant tissues was developed. A P. infestans -specific primer pair (INF FW2 and INF REV) was designed by comparing the aligned sequences of rDNA internal transcribed spacer regions of most of the known Phytophthora species. PCR amplification of P. infestans DNA with primers INF FW2 and INF REV generated a 613 bp product, and species specificity was demonstrated against DNA from nine other Phytophthora species and seven potato-blemish pathogens. In a single-round PCR assay, 0·5 pg pure P. infestans DNA was detectable. Sensitivity was increased to 5 fg DNA in a nested PCR assay using Peronsporales-specific-primers in the first round. As few as two sporangia or four zoospores of P. infestans could be detected using the nested assay. Procedures are described for detection of P. infestans in leaves, stem and seed potato tubers before expression of symptoms. A soil assay in which 10 oospores per 0·5 g soil were detectable was developed and validated using samples of field soil. The PCR assay was used to examine the long-term survival of sexual (oospores) and asexual (sporangia and mycelium) inoculum of P. infestans in leaf material buried in a replicated experiment under natural field conditions. Oospores were consistently detected using the PCR assay up to 24 months (total length of the study) after burial in soil, whereas the sporangial inoculum was detected for only 12 months after burial. Sporangial inoculum was shown to be nonviable using a baiting assay, whereas leaf material containing oospores remained viable up to 24 months after burial.     

Baseline and differential sensitivity of Peronophythora litchii (lychee downy blight) to three carboxylic acid amide fungicides

Downy blight, caused by Peronophythora litchii, is an important disease of lychee (litchi) plants in China. The in vitro sensitivities of various asexual stages of P. litchii to the three carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicides dimethomorph, flumorph and pyrimorph were studied with four single‐sporangium isolates. None of the three fungicides affected zoospore discharge from sporangia, but they strongly inhibited mycelial growth (mean EC₅₀ values of 0·075, 0·258 and 0·115 mg L^?1, respectively); sporangial production (mean EC₅₀ values of 0·085, 0·315 and 0·150 mg L^?1, respectively); germination of cystospores (mean EC₅₀ values of 0·140, 0·150 and 0·645 mg L^?1, respectively); and germination of sporangia (mean EC₅₀ values of 0·203, 0·5 and 0·743 mg L^?1, respectively). As mycelial growth was the most sensitive stage to dimethomorph and pyrimorph, it was chosen to test baseline sensitivities to the three fungicides. In 2007, from 131 isolates collected in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, 127, 116 and 113 isolates were used to establish baseline sensitivity for dimethomorph, flumorph and pyrimorph respectively. Isolates from different provinces exhibited similar baseline sensitivity to the same fungicide. Baseline sensitivities to dimethomorph, flumorph and pyrimorph were distributed as unimodal curves, with mean EC₅₀ values of 0·082 (± 0·01), 0·282 (± 0·047), and 0·115 (± 0·032) mg L^?1, respectively. This information will serve as a baseline for tracking future changes in sensitivities of P. litchii populations to these three CAA fungicides.     

In vivo control and in vitro antifungal activity of rhamnolipid B,a glycolipid antibiotic,against Phytophthora capsici and Colletotrichum orbiculare

The glycolipid antibiotic rhamnolipid B isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain B5 was evaluated for in vitro antifungal activity and in vivo control against phytophthora blight and anthracnose under glasshouse conditions. Rhamnolipid B showed antifungal activity against Cercospora kikuchii, Cladosporium cucumerinum, Colletotrichum orbiculare, Cylindrocarpon destructans, Magnaporthe grisea and Phytophthora capsici. Microscopic observation revealed that the high level of antifungal activity (10 µg ml ⁻¹) against P capsici was mainly due to a lytic effect on zoospores. Zoospore lysis began in the presence of 10 µg ml ⁻¹ of rhamnolipid B and most of the zoospores were collapsed at 25 µg ml ⁻¹. Rhamnolipid B showed inhibitory activity against the germination of zoospores and hyphal growth of P capsici at concentrations of 50 µg ml ⁻¹. Spore germination of the anthracnose plant pathogen C orbiculare was also inhibited in the presence of 50 µg ml ⁻¹ of rhamnolipid B, although hyphal growth was not affected at this concentration. In the glasshouse, the efficacy of rhamnolipid B against phytophthora blight was similar to that of metalaxyl on pepper plants when treated just before inoculation with P capsici. Treatment with either at 500 µg ml ⁻¹ completely protected pepper plants from phytophthora blight. Rhamnolipid B also suppressed the development of C orbiculare infection on leaves of cucumber plants. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

杀菌剂对辣椒疫霉菌的毒力及其所致番茄猝倒病的控制效果研究

实验室接种条件下比较了6种杀菌剂对辣椒疫霉菌Phytophthora capsici Leonian引起的番茄猝倒病的控制作用,室内测定了其对致病菌菌丝生长、孢子囊形成、释放游动孢子3种不同菌态的毒力。结果表明:在对番茄安全的剂量下进行土壤处理时, FDA3 霉灵、稻瘟灵对番茄猝倒病的防效为80%~90％,霜霉威和代森锰锌的防效为60%~70％,甲霜灵和异菌脲的防效在50％左右;供试杀菌剂浸种处理对番茄猝倒病的防效都较低,均在60％以下。甲霜灵对致病菌菌丝生长、孢子囊形成、释放游动孢子的毒力最高,EC50值分别为0.304、0.742和2.725 mg/L; FDA3 霉灵、稻瘟灵对致病菌孢子囊形成的毒力较高,EC50值分别为0.875和2.888 mg/L,但对菌丝生长和释放游动孢子的EC50 值均在20 mg/L以上;代森锰锌的毒力中等,对3种菌态的EC50值分别为3.402、10.243和23.561 mg/L;霜霉威和异菌脲对病原菌3种不同菌体形态的毒力都较低,EC50＞100 mg/L。     

“霜霉威(Propamocarb)”“甲霜灵(Metalaxyl)”对我国辣椒疫霉菌作用方式比较及交互抗性的研究

 通过霜霉威(Propamocarb商品名普力克)、甲霜灵(Metalaxyl商品名瑞毒霉)对辣椒疫霉菌(Phytophthora capsici)6个菌株作用方式的体外测定结果表明,霜霉威浓度在2000ppm时对P. capsici孢子囊和卵孢子的形成,游动孢子的释放、游动及休止孢萌发、菌丝体的生长没有明显的抑制作用。而甲霜灵对P. capsici的各种孢子的产生及菌丝体的生长有较强的抑制作用,对菌丝体生长抑制的Ec₅₀和Ec₉₅分别为0.5596ppm和2.1511ppm;对孢子囊形成抑制的Ec₅₀和Ec₉₅分别为0.1520ppm和15.0032ppm。0.1ppm的甲霜灵可显著抑制卵孢子的生成。但500ppm的甲霜灵对于游动孢子的释放和休止孢萌发没有明显的抑制作用。对霜霉威和甲霜灵的体内活性试验结果表明,800ppm的霜霉威对辣椒疫霉菌的内吸保护防效达94%,1.0ppm的甲霜灵对该病的防效达100%。室内初步试验结果表明,甲霜灵与霜霉威对P. capsici没有交互抗性。     

三种羧酸酰胺类杀菌剂对黄瓜疫霉菌不同发育阶段的影响及其敏感性测定

离体条件下测定了3种羧酸酰胺类(Carboxylic acid amides,CAAs)杀菌剂氟吗啉、烯酰吗啉和异丙菌胺对黄瓜疫霉菌不同生长发育阶段的抑制作用。结果表明,3种杀菌剂抑制黄瓜疫霉菌休止孢萌发的EC50值分别为0.54,0.46和 0.34 μg/mL;抑制菌丝生长的EC50值分别为0.92,0.70和0.67 μg/mL;抑制孢子囊形成的EC50值分别为0.48,0.31和0.26 μg/mL。但对游动孢子的释放、游动及休止孢的形成均没有抑制作用。氟吗啉、烯酰吗啉和异丙菌胺抑制田间采集的供试菌株菌丝生长的平均EC50值分别为1.09(±0.24),0.29(±0.04)和0.32 (±0.07) μg/mL,供试菌株对3种杀菌剂的敏感性均呈正态分布,未检测到抗药性菌株的存在。     

Combinations of Fungicides with Phylloplane Yeasts for Improved Control of Botrytis cinerea on Geranium Seedlings

ABSTRACT Control of Botrytis cinerea on geranium seedlings was evaluated in treatments with phylloplane yeasts in combination with 10 fungicides used to manage Botrytis blight of ornamental plants. Rhodotorula glutinis PM4 significantly reduced the development of lesions caused by B. cinerea on geranium cotyledons; however, yeast biocontrol efficacy was highly variable between trials. Treatment with the yeast in combination with azoxystrobin or trifloxystrobin at one tenth the labeled rate (7.5 mug a.i. ml(-1)) or the full labeled rate (7.5 mug a.i. ml(-1)) reduced lesion development, compared to treatment with the yeast or the fungicide alone. Vinclozolin at half the labeled rate or the full labeled rate (250 or 500 mug a.i. ml(-1)), in combination with R. glutinis PM4, significantly reduced the development of lesions caused by an isolate of B. cinerea resistant to vinclozolin. Copper hydroxide and iprodione at one-tenth the labeled rates, with or without yeast, were highly effective in limiting lesion development. Mancozeb did not increase the biocontrol efficacy of the yeast, and thiophanate-methyl negatively affected the yeast efficacy. Improved disease control was observed in treatments with vinclozolin at the labeled rate and R. glutinis PM4 at cell densities of 5 x 10(5) and 1 x 10(6) cells ml(-1), but not 1 x 10(5) cells ml(-1), on seedlings co-inoculated with B. cinerea in a suspension containing 1 x 10(5) conidia ml(-1). Disease control improved in treatments with combinations of vinclozolin and eight other isolates of R. glutinis, two isolates of R. graminis, and two isolates of R. mucilaginosa. Biocontrol was not observed in treatments with two isolates of R. minuta. The combination of yeast and vinclozolin significantly reduced the germination of conidia of B. cinerea and the growth of R. glutinis PM4 in vitro. All combinations of R. glutinis PM4 with azoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin, or vinclozolin provided highly effective and consistent disease control not observed in treatments with the fungicides alone or the yeast alone.     

韭菜和辣椒间作对辣椒疫病的防治效果及其化感机理

为明确韭菜和辣椒间作对辣椒疫病的防治效果及其化感机理,比较了韭菜和辣椒不同行比间作对辣椒疫病的防治效果,测定了韭菜茎、叶挥发物与浸提液对辣椒疫霉菌的抑制作用,并分析了韭菜根系对辣椒疫霉菌游动孢子侵染和传播行为的影响。结果表明,韭菜与辣椒行比为3∶1间作能显著控制辣椒疫病的扩展与传播;2.0 g/皿韭菜茎挥发物及0.15 m L/m L茎浸提液对辣椒疫霉菌菌丝生长的抑制活性可达33.33%和88.75%;辣椒疫霉菌游动孢子对韭菜根系具有明显的趋化活性,且于根围迅速休止并萌发,丧失在土壤中继续寻找寄主的能力,其传播侵染行为受到干扰。研究表明,韭菜和辣椒间作可以有效控制辣椒疫病的扩展蔓延,实现对辣椒疫病的生态防控。