Monilia mumecola, a new brown rot fungus on Prunus mume in Japan

In 1982, an anamorphic fungus in the genus Monilia was first isolated as the causal agent of brown rot disease of Japanese apricot or mume (Prunus mume) in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Inoculation of flowers, shoots, and fruit of P. mume with the fungus reproduced brown rot disease symptoms similar to those found in nature. The fungus somewhat resembled the colony appearance of Monilinia (anamorph Monilia) laxa, the apricot brown rot fungus, on PSA plates, but it differed from the latter and the other two brown rot fungi, M. fructigena and M. fructicola, in terms of growth rate, temperature optima for mycelial growth and sporulation, morphology and germination pattern of conidia, nuclear number in the conidium, and nucleotide sequences in the ITS region of ribosomal DNA. It is newly described as Monilia mumecola Y. Harada, Y. Sasaki & T. Sano. A key to anamorphic states of four brown rot fungi of fruit trees is provided.     

Phenazines are Involved in Biocontrol of Pythium myriotylum on Cocoyam by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PNA1

Root rot of cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) caused by Pythium myriotylum is the most devastating disease of this important tropical tuber crop with yield reductions of up to 90%. Bioassays were conducted in vitro and in sterile volcanic soil artificially infested with Pythium myriotylum, isolate CRPm, to test whether Pseudomonas aeruginosa PNA1 can control the cocoyam root rot disease. P. aeruginosa PNA1 (wild type) produces phenazine-1-carboxylic acid and phenazine-1-carboxamide (oxychlororaphin), while its tryptophan auxotrophic mutant FM13 is phenazine negative and secretes anthranilate in vitro. PNA1 and FM13 have previously been shown to control Pythium debaryanum and Pythium splendens on lettuce and bean. PNA1 and FM13 significantly inhibited growth of P. myriotylum in dual cultures, while their supernatants highly reduced mycelial dry weight in potato dextrose broth. However, in the presence of tissue culture derived cocoyam plantlets, only strain PNA1 strongly reduced root rot disease severity. Soil experiments involving strain PNA1 in comparison to phenazine-deficient mutants suggested that the biocontrol activity of PNA1 against P. myriotylum may involve phenazines. Phenazine involvement was further strengthened by the fact that FM13 fed with exogenous tryptophan (so that phenazine production is restored) significantly reduced disease severity on cocoyam. The efficiency of PNA1 to control P. myriotylum on cocoyam was significantly improved when the strain and the pathogen were allowed to interact for 24 h prior to transplanting cocoyam plantlets, while doubling the inoculum density of the pathogen negatively affected its efficiency.     

一种新的豇豆根腐病病原菌鉴定及室内药剂筛选

本文对四川成都发生的豇豆根腐病病原菌进行鉴定,为豇豆根腐病的药剂防治提供依据。采集了成都市豇豆种植区豇豆根腐病病株,经常规组织分离并纯化获得116株分离菌株,对分离菌株进行致病性测定、形态学鉴定及rDNA-ITS序列分析。结果表明,分离到的镰孢菌中有10株为Fusarium commune,分离频率为8.62%。对该10株菌进行致病性测定,均为致病菌株;其中MW4-11菌株致病性最强。该致病菌株的最适生长温度为25~30℃,菌丝致死温度为70℃。选用7种杀菌剂通过平皿培养法对MW4-11菌株进行室内毒力测定。结果表明,75%肟菌·戊唑醇水分散粒剂对该致病菌株的毒性最强,EC50为0.030μg/mL。     

Leaf and head rot of Chinese cabbage - a new field diesease caused by Pythium tracheiphilum Matta

A new disease has arisen in field grown Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris ssp. pekinensis) in Denmark. The soil-borne causal agent was shown to be Pythium tracheiphilum Matta, a little known pathogen of lettuce. Until now, outbreaks of the disease in Chinese cabbage were generally attributed to Phytophthora porri Foister, since symptoms of the disease in the field resemble those caused by Ph. porri in Chinese cabbage in cold stores. In some severely affected crops harvest losses in 1994, directly attributable to P. tracheiphilum, were estimated to about 50%, corresponding to a market value of up to $ US 20000 per ha. Outbreaks of the disease coincide with the heading of the crop, while juvenile plants or seedlings are apparently not attacked. It appears that the outer leaves are infected directly from the soil. Mainly above ground parts are affected and colonized by the pathogen, and indications of infection via the root system have not been observed. This is the first record of P. tracheiphilum as a pathogen of Chinese cabbage.     

Biocontrol traits of plant growth suppressive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi against root rot in tomato caused by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pythium aphanidermatum</Emphasis>

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi known to cause plant growth depressions in tomato were examined for their biocontrol effects against root rot caused by Pythium aphanidermatum. The main hypothesis was that plant growth suppressive AM fungi would elicit a defence response in the host plant reducing Pythium root rot development. To test this hypothesis a fully factorial experiment was performed with AM fungi (Glomus intraradices, G. mosseae, G. claroideum or nonmycorrhizal), Pythium (± P. aphanidermatum) and harvest (7 and 14 days after pathogen inoculation (dapi)) as the main factors. Two weeks after AM fungi inoculation, roots were challenged with P. aphanidermatum. Variables evaluated at each harvest were root colonization levels of the interacting fungi, plant growth responses, and expression of a plant pathogenesis related protein gene (PR-1). All of the tested AM fungi caused marked growth suppressions, but did not affect PR-1 gene expression or the phosphorous concentration in the host plant. Plants singly inoculated with P. aphanidermatum had an increased PR-1 expression and phosphorous concentration. Among the AM fungi included in the study only G. intraradices reduced the pathogen root infection level, measured both in terms of Pythium ELISA and by recovery on selective media and only at the first harvest. Likewise, P. aphanidermatum root infection reduced colonization levels of G. intraradices, but not that of the two other AM fungi. In conclusion, plant growth suppressive AM fungi may offer plant beneficial traits in terms of biocontrol of root cortical pathogens.     

Identification of a new phytophthora species causing root and runner rot of cranberry in new jersey

ABSTRACT In New Jersey, Phytophthora cinnamomi is the pathogen most commonly isolated from diseased roots and runners of the cultivated cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon). A second distinct species of Phytophthora has been isolated from dying cranberry plants and surface irrigation water. This species is homothallic with paragynous antheridia and ellipsoid-limoniform, nonpapillate sporangia. It was tentatively identified as P. megasperma in an earlier report. Laboratory experiments demonstrate that the cardinal temperatures for vegetative growth are between 5 and 30 degrees C with an optimum near 25 degrees C. Sporangia are produced at temperatures between 10 and 20 degrees C with the majority of sporangia produced at 10 and 15 degrees C. In pathogenicity tests, no growth effect was observed on cranberry plants (cv. Early Black) when tests were conducted at 25 degrees C; however, significant reductions in plant growth occurred when tests were conducted at 15 degrees C. This species was insensitive to metalaxyl but was sensitive to buffered phosphorous acid. Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), 5.8S rDNA, and ITS2 regions place these isolates in Phytophthora clade 6 with greatest similarity to Phytophthora taxon raspberry. To our knowledge, this is the first report of isolates of this affiliation in North America. However, the observation of low temperature preferences makes this species unique in an otherwise high temperature clade. The isolates described in this study are tentatively classified as Phytophthora taxon cranberry.     

117个玉米品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性鉴定及根腐病对苗势与产量的影响

为评价东北地区玉米主推品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性水平,探究根腐病发生与苗势、产量损失间的关系,采用人工接种方法鉴定东北地区117个玉米主推品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性水平,应用室内盆栽试验分析自交系LN810在施用氮、磷、钾及复合肥后对禾谷镰孢根腐病发生和苗势的影响,在田间对先玉335接种禾谷镰孢菌Fusarium graminearum后探究根腐病发生程度对其苗势及产量的影响。结果显示,117个玉米品种对禾谷镰孢根腐病的抗性差异明显,鉴定出高抗品种14个,抗病品种44个,中抗品种47个,感病品种12个,其中表现中抗以上的品种占89.74%,且中早熟材料均表现为抗性。与未施肥相比,施用磷钾肥后玉米禾谷镰孢根腐病发生率最低,为22.03%。按照禾谷镰孢根腐病发生程度从轻到重将先玉335群体划分为一、二、三类苗,级别越高苗势越弱,产量测定发现二、三类苗的平均产量较一类苗的平均产量分别下降了39.97%和76.39%。表明东北地区主推玉米品种大部分对禾谷镰孢根腐病表现出抗性,但仍有部分品种存在较大感病风险,且该病害的发生程度与幼苗长势和产量呈负相关,施用磷钾肥可降低该病害的发生率。     

rDNA-based characterization of a new binucleate Rhizoctonia spp. causing root rot on kale in Brazil

In this paper we present the first report of the occurrence of a binucleate Rhizoctonia spp. causing hypocotyl and root rot in kale in Brazil. Rhizoctonia spp. were isolated from kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) with symptoms of hypocotyl and root rot. The isolates, characterized as binucleate Rhizoctonia spp., did not show an anastomosis reaction with any of the binucleate Rhizoctonia spp. testers used. The pathogenicity of the isolates was tested under greenhouse conditions; all isolates were pathogenic and showed different symptom severities on kale. The ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences of kale isolates and 50 testers (25 binucleate Rhizoctonia spp. and 25 Rhizoctonia solani) were compared in order to characterize the genetic identity of Rhizoctonia spp. infecting kale. The kale isolates showed genetic identities ranging from 99.3 to 99.8% and were phylogenetically closely related to CAG 7 (AF354084), with identities of 98.5 and 98.7%. It is suggested that the binucleate Rhizoctonia spp. causing hypocotyl and root rot on kale Brazil comprises a new AG not yet described.     

Transformants of Trichoderma longibrachiatum Overexpressing the beta-1,4-Endoglucanase Gene egl1 Show Enhanced Biocontrol of Pythium ultimum on Cucumber

ABSTRACT Nine transformants of Trichoderma longibrachiatum with extra copies of the egl1 gene were studied for mitotic stability, endoglucanase production, and biocontrol activity against Pythium ultimum on cucumber seedlings. The transformants showed a significantly higher level of expression of the egl1 gene in comparison to the wild type under both inducing and noninducing growth conditions. Transformants with the egl1 gene under the control of a constitutive promoter had the highest enzymatic activity. Both the endoglucanase activity and the transforming sequences were stable under nonselective conditions. When applied to cucumber seeds sown in P. ultimum-infested soil, T. longibrachiatum transformants with increased inducible or constitutive egl1 expression generally were more suppressive than the wild-type strain.     

西葫芦根腐和茎基腐病新病原-露湿拟漆斑菌Paramyrothecium roridum

 2013年12月,甘肃省白银市水川镇日光温室中的西葫芦发生了严重的根腐和茎基腐,部分棚室病株率达50%,从病根和病茎上分离得到拟漆斑菌属真菌3株,病株分出率27.3%。采用胚根和茎基部接种法测定了菌株FG-62对西葫芦的致病性:茎基部接种后27 d,植株开始出现凋萎;接种后40 d,两种接种法的西葫芦苗均呈现严重根腐和茎基腐症状,茎基部接种的西葫芦凋萎株率达30%;从病根和病茎上均可再分离出原接种菌。菌株FG-62在PDA平板上25℃培养14 d,产生大量墨绿色至黑色分生孢子座,分生孢子无色至淡榄黑色,单胞,杆状或腰鼓状,两端钝圆,大小为(7.04~9.15)μm ×(1.97~2.46)μm,聚集的分生孢子呈黑色。BLASTn分析结果显示,菌株FG-62(GenBank 登录号 MK252098)的rDNA-ITS序列与露湿拟漆斑菌Paramyrothecium roridum分离物E-469 (GenBank 登录号KY582183.1)和CBS 357.89(源自模式材料,GenBank 登录号NR_145077.1)的序列相似性分别达99.65%和96.83%。依据病原菌形态学和rDNA-ITS序列,将其鉴定为露湿拟漆斑菌P. roridum (Basionym:Myrothecium roridum)。这是露湿拟漆斑菌引起西葫芦根腐和茎基腐的首次报道。     

云南灯盏花根腐病的2种新病原鉴定及防治药剂的室内筛选

引起云南省灯盏花根腐病的病原为茄病镰刀菌(Fusarium solani)、尖孢镰刀菌(F.oxysporum)和半裸镰刀菌(F.semitectum)3种真菌,茄病镰刀菌和尖孢镰刀菌为灯盏花根腐病的2种新病原,其中茄病镰刀菌为主要致病菌,其分离率为42.86%,茄病镰刀菌有伤接种发病率为70%,无伤接种发病率为56.7%。采用室内生长速率法测定了50%多菌灵可湿性粉剂、70%甲基硫菌灵可湿性粉剂、64%恶霜·锰锌可湿性粉剂、10%苯醚甲环唑水分散粒剂、10亿活芽胞/g 枯草芽胞杆菌·荧光假单胞杆菌可湿性粉剂5种供试杀菌剂对灯盏花根腐病主要病原茄病镰刀菌的毒力。结果表明：5种供试药剂对茄病镰刀菌都有抑制作用。对茄病镰刀菌的有效中浓度（EC50）分别为0.000 4、0.050 7、0.053 5、0.081 3和8.624 0 mg/mL,其中50%多菌灵可湿性粉剂有效中浓度最低,相对抑制效果最好。5种药剂的毒力相关系数均在0.89以上,表明药剂质量浓度与抑制作用呈较高相关性。     

Appearance of a new leaf rot disease on common ice plant

An unknown disease abruptly appeared on hydroponic cultures of common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) in the greenhouse, causing catastrophic damage. Although the symptoms of the plant were unlike typical Botrytis lesions on leaves and stems of other plants, fungi isolated from the necrotic lesions on the plant were similar to genus Botrytis in terms of conidial shape, colony color and nature. A representative isolate, Ice-2, caused similar symptoms on the host plants after inoculation with conidia, and the same fungus was isolated from the lesions. The conidia and conidiophores of Ice-2 were morphologically similar to those of B. cinerea but not to those of B. allii, B. fabae or B. squamosa. The tested Botrytis fungi grew at temperatures between 5 and 30°C. Ice-2 grew faster than the others at the lower end of the temperature range. Ice-2 was also more virulent than B. cinerea (Bay-1) in artificial inoculations, especially on common ice plant leaves. The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (G3PDH) sequence of Ice-2 was determined and compared with those from four Botrytis species. The gene sequence of Ice-2 appeared to be identical to that of B. cinerea. In leaf tests on common ice plant and kidney bean, the diseases caused by Ice-2 and Bay-1 were controlled equally well by the primary Botrytis fungicides. Based on the results of the present studies, Ice-2 is thought to be Botrytis cinerea Person: Fries.     

Demonstration of secondary infection by Pythium violae in epidemics of carrot cavity spot using root transplantation as a method of soil infestation

Cavity spot of carrot (CCS), one of the most important soilborne diseases of this crop worldwide, is characterized by small sunken elliptical lesions on the taproot caused by a complex of pathogens belonging to the genus Pythium , notably P. violae . In most soilborne diseases the soil is the source of inoculum for primary infections, with diseased plants then providing inoculum for secondary infections (both auto- and alloinfection). Using fragments of CCS lesions to infest soil, it was demonstrated that CCS lesions on carrot residues can cause primary infection of healthy roots. Using a novel soil infestation method, in which an artificially infected carrot root (the donor plant) was placed close to healthy roots (receptor plants) the formation of typical CCS lesions were induced more efficiently than the use of classical soil inoculum and showed that CCS can spread from root to root by alloinfection from transplanted diseased roots. The method also demonstrated the polycyclic nature of a CCS epidemic caused by P. violae in controlled conditions. Secondary infections caused symptoms and reduced root weight as early as two weeks after transplantation of the diseased carrot. This reproducible method may be used for delayed inoculation and for studying the effect of cropping factors and the efficacy of treatments against primary and secondary cavity spot infections.     

内生放线菌A-1对苹果果实轮纹病的防效及防御性酶活性的影响

为揭示内生放线菌A-1对苹果果实轮纹病的防效及防病机制,采用平板法和喷雾处理刺伤接种法,测定了其对苹果轮纹病菌的抑制作用及果实内防御性酶活性的影响。结果表明：菌株A-1能显著抑制轮纹病菌菌丝生长,10⁴ CFU/mL菌悬液的抑制率达90%以上;喷施10⁷ CFU/mL A-1菌悬液后,间隔12 h以上接种的各处理,3 d和7 d时防效分别为91.79%~95.67%和77.41%~94.00%,均与对照农药苯醚甲环唑相当。喷施10⁷ CFU/mL A-1菌悬液后接种或不接种轮纹病菌的处理,果实内过氧化物酶、过氧化氢酶、多酚氧化酶和苯丙氨酸解氨酶活性显著升高,且均高于只接种轮纹病菌的处理;喷施A-1菌悬液后接种病原菌的处理酶活性增加最显著,其峰值是对照的2.30~11.00倍。表明内生放线菌A-1可通过产生拮抗物质、提高寄主防御性酶活性等机制实现对苹果轮纹病的有效防治。     

欧文氏杆菌引起梨果腐的一种新病害研究初报

近年来,在山东泰安发现梨果实软腐的新病害。从病部分离到一种细菌。根据个体形态,培养性状,生理化反应,致病性郑州 研究结果,确认致病菌为大黄颈腐欧文氏杆菌Ｅｒｗｉｎｉａｒｈａｐｏｎｔｉｃｉ（Ｍｉｌｌａｒｄ）Ｂｒｕｋｈｏｌｄｅｒ,非梨火疫菌Ｅ．ａｍｙｌｏｖｏｒａ。     

一种玉米新型细菌性褐腐病的病原鉴定

本研究从河北省武邑、献县、阜城和永年采集感病玉米植株。病株症状为叶梢枯死卷曲,叶脉产生黄色病斑,茎秆处黄褐色干腐。从发病植株中分离得到了10株疑似病原细菌菌株,经过回接验证和16SrDNA和gyrB基因的序列分析,结果表明,引起该病害的病原物为菠萝泛菌(Pantoea ananatis)和分散泛菌(Pantoea dispersa)。这是国内首次报道菠萝泛菌和分散泛菌引起玉米细菌性病害。     

Phytophthora pachypleura sp. nov., a new species causing root rot of Aucuba japonica and other ornamentals in the United Kingdom

Isolates of an unknown Phytophthora species from the ‘Phytophthora citricola complex’ have been found associated with mortality of Aucuba japonica in the UK. Based on morphological characteristics, growth–temperature relationships, sequences of five DNA regions and pathogenicity assays, the proposed novel species is described as Phytophthora pachypleura. Being homothallic with paragynous antheridia and semipapillate sporangia, P. pachypleura resembles other species in the ‘P. citricola complex’ but can be discriminated by its distinctively thick‐walled oospores with an oospore wall index of 0·71. In the phylogenetic analysis based on three nuclear (ITS, β‐tubulin, EF‐1α) and two mitochondrial (cox1, nadh1) DNA regions, P. pachypleura formed a distinct clade within the ‘P. citricola complex’ with P. citricola s. str., P. citricola E and P. acerina as its closest relatives. Phytophthora pachypleura is more aggressive to A. japonica than P. plurivora and P. multivora and has the potential to affect other ornamental species.     

Biological control of Rhizoctonia root rot on bean by phenazine- and cyclic lipopeptide-producing Pseudomonas CMR12a

Pseudomonas CMR12a was previously selected as an efficient biocontrol strain producing phenazines and cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs). In this study, biocontrol capacity of Pseudomonas CMR12a against Rhizoctonia root rot of bean and the involvement of phenazines and CLPs in this ability were tested. Two different anastomosis groups (AGs) of Rhizoctonia solani, the intermediately aggressive AG 2-2 and the highly aggressive AG 4 HGI, were included in growth-chamber experiments with bean plants. The wild-type strain CMR12a dramatically reduced disease severity caused by both R. solani AGs. A CLP-deficient and a phenazine-deficient mutant of CMR12a still protected bean plants, albeit to a lesser extent compared with the wild type. Two mutants deficient in both phenazine and CLP production completely lost their biocontrol activity. Disease-suppressive capacity of CMR12a decreased after washing bacteria before application to soil and thereby removing metabolites produced during growth on plate. In addition, microscopic observations revealed pronounced branching of hyphal tips of both R. solani AGs in the presence of CMR12a. More branched and denser mycelium was also observed for the phenazine-deficient mutant; however, neither the CLP-deficient mutant nor the mutants deficient in both CLPs and phenazines influenced hyphal growth. Together, results demonstrate the involvement of phenazines and CLPs during Pseudomonas CMR12a-mediated biocontrol of Rhizoctonia root rot of bean.