甜玉米小斑病抗性的遗传分析与主效QTL定位

为培育抗病品种,利用抗小斑病甜玉米自交系T14和感小斑病自交系T18为亲本配制杂交组合,对玉米抗小斑病性状进行遗传分析和抗病基因分子标记定位,用主基因＋多基因混合遗传模型和P₁、P₂、F₁、B₁、B₂、F₂ 6世代联合分析的方法对单位叶面积病斑数量进行遗传分析,并应用复合区间作图法检测抗小斑病QTL。结果表明,单位叶面积病斑数量受2对加性-显性-上位性主基因控制,自交系T14的抗病性在各个分离世代都以主基因遗传为主。在第4染色体上检测到4个相互连锁的小斑病抗性QTL,解释表型变异的7.7%、30.9%、14.8%和11.5%;在第6染色体上定位了1个抗病QTL,可解释表型变异的37.7%。检测到的小斑病抗性主效QTL位于第4和第6染色体的特征与2对主基因的遗传模型相吻合。     

Leaf chlorophyll fluorescence discriminates herbicide resistance in Echinochloa species

Timely detection of herbicide resistance at an early stage of crop cultivation is essential to help farmers find alternative solutions to manage herbicide resistance in their fields. In this study, maximum quantum yield of PS II [F_v/F_m = (F_m – F_o)/F_m] was measured at the 4–5 leaf stage to discriminate between herbicide‐resistant and susceptible biotypes of Echinochloa species. The differences in F_v/F_m between herbicide‐resistant and susceptible Echinochloa spp. were consistent with the whole‐plant assay based on I₅₀ (herbicide doses causing a 50% inhibition of F_v/F_m) and GR₅₀ (herbicide doses causing a 50% reduction in plant fresh weight) values and R/S ratios (herbicide resistance index), regardless of the mode of action of the tested herbicides. A PS II inhibitor caused the fastest inhibition of F_v/F_m, compared with ACCase and ALS inhibitors, after herbicide treatment. The required time for discrimination between herbicide‐resistant and susceptible Echinochloa spp. was 64 h after PS II inhibitor treatment, much shorter than those of ACCase and ALS inhibitor‐treated plants, which required 168 and 192 h respectively. The leaf chlorophyll fluorescence assay provided reliable diagnostics of herbicide resistance in Echinochloa spp. with significant time savings and convenient measurement in field conditions compared with the conventional whole‐plant assay.     

Crop competitive ability contributes to herbicide performance in sweet corn

Crop variety effects on herbicide performance is not well characterised, particularly for sweet corn, a crop that varies greatly among hybrids in competitive ability with weeds. Field studies were used to determine the effects of crop competitive ability on season‐long herbicide performance in sweet corn. Two sethoxydim‐tolerant sweet corn hybrids were grown in the presence of Panicum miliaceum and plots were treated post‐emergence with a range of sethoxydim doses. Significant differences in height, leaf area index and intercepted light were observed between hybrids near anthesis. Across a range of sub‐lethal herbicide doses, the denser canopy hybrid Rocker suppressed P. miliaceum shoot biomass and fecundity to a greater extent than the hybrid Cahill. Yield of sweet corn improved to the level of the weed‐free control with increasing sethoxydim dose. The indirect effect of herbicide dose on crop yield, mediated through P. miliaceum biomass reduction, was significant for all of the Cahill’s yield traits but not Rocker. These results indicate that a less competitive hybrid requires relatively more weed suppression by the herbicide to not only reduce weed growth and seed production, but also to maintain yield. Sweet corn competitive ability consistently influences season‐long herbicide performance.     

Inheritance of resistance to fenoxaprop‐p‐ethyl in sprangletop (Leptochloa chinensis L. Nees)

Sprangletop (Leptochloa chinensis L. Nees) is a serious grass weed in direct‐seeded rice cropping systems in Thailand. One population of sprangletop, BLC1, was found to be resistant to fenoxaprop‐p‐ethyl at 62‐fold the concentration of a susceptible biotype, SLC1. This study elucidated the inheritance of resistance to fenoxaprop‐p‐ethyl in this sprangletop BLC1 genotype. The reaction to the herbicide at 0.12–2.4 mg ai L^?1 was determined in the seedlings of self‐pollinated resistant BLC1, susceptible SLC1 and SLC1 that had been allowed to cross‐pollinate with BLC1. At 0.24 mg ai L^?1, all the seedlings of SLC1 were killed, while 99% of BLC1 survived, along with 5% of the cross‐pollinated SLC1 seedlings, which were considered to be putative F₁ hybrids. The root and shoot lengths of the F₁ hybrids in 0.24 mg ai L^?1 of fenoxaprop‐p‐ethyl, relative to those in the absence of the herbicide, were close to or the same as the resistant parent, indicating that the resistance is a nearly complete to complete dominant trait. One‐hundred‐and‐forty‐one of the F₂‐derived F₃ families were classified by their response to the herbicide at 0.24 and 0.48 mg ai L^?1 into 39 homozygous susceptible : 72 segregating : 30 homozygous resistant, fitted with a 1:2:1 ratio at χ² = 1.21 and P = 0.56, indicating that the resistance to fenoxaprop‐p‐ethyl in the sprangletop BLC1 genotype is controlled by a single gene.     

间作对甜玉米田主要害虫与天敌动态的影响

为明确甜玉米间作不同作物对害虫的控制作用,采用目测法系统调查了甜玉米单作、甜玉米与绿豆、菜豆、甘薯或花生间作生境玉米主要害虫和天敌种群发生动态,并比较了不同生境亚洲玉米螟的为害情况。间作生境中捕食性天敌蜘蛛和瓢虫类群的个体数量均明显增加,其中甜玉米间作绿豆或甘薯生境蜘蛛类群增长21%以上,瓢虫类群增长83%以上,显著高于甜玉米单作生境;不同生境间玉米螟赤眼蜂发生量差异不显著,对亚洲玉米螟卵的寄生率均达到86%以上。间作生境玉米生育期内亚洲玉米螟落卵量、斜纹夜蛾及玉米蚜发生量均与甜玉米单作无显著差异,但收获期甜玉米间作生境玉米螟为害率低于单作生境,其中以甜玉米间作绿豆生境最低,总蛀孔数和活虫数分别比单作生境下降55.72%和76.70%。表明间作不同作物对甜玉米田具有一定的控害增益作用。     

Inheritance of fomesafen and imazethapyr resistance in a multiple herbicide-resistant Euphorbia heterophylla population

Euphorbia heterophylla populations endued with resistance to both imazethapyr (an acetolactate synthase inhibitor) and fomesafen (a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor) were first detected in Brazil in 2004. The objectives of this study were to determine the number and dominance of genes conferring imazethapyr and fomesafen resistance in E. heterophylla and to establish the types of inheritance of the resistance traits. It was hypothesised that two dominant nuclear genes control this herbicide resistance and each gene confers resistance to a single herbicide. We crossed a susceptible (S) and a multiple-resistant (R) E. heterophylla biotype and generated F₁ families which, in turn, were self-fertilised to produce F₂ families. Backcrosses of the F₁ families with the S- and R parental biotypes resulted in BC_s and BC_r families respectively. The F₁, F₂, BC_s and BC_r families and the S and R parental biotypes were subjected to imazethapyr and fomesafen wherein each herbicide was used as a selecting agent. F₁ plants and the S- and R parental biotypes were used to evaluate the dominance of the resistance trait in multiple-dose bioassays with imazethapyr and fomesafen. The observed frequencies of resistant plants in the F₁, F₂, BC_s and BC_r families did not significantly differ from the expected frequencies for a resistance trait regulated by two dominant genes in which each gene confers resistance to a single herbicide. The lack of difference in herbicide response between the F₁ family and the R parental biotype was taken as evidence for completely dominant resistance to imazethapyr and fomesafen. Herbicide resistance in E. heterophylla presents with dominant monogenic nuclear inheritance for each herbicide mode of action. Our findings underscore the necessity and urgency of adopting integrated strategies to control E. heterophylla and to inhibit the evolution of new herbicide-resistant strains.     

三种杀菌剂对玉米褐斑病菌的毒力及田间控制作用

采用孢子萌发法,分别测定了代森锰锌、戊唑醇和噁霉灵对玉米褐斑病菌Physoderma maydis的室内毒力;并通过田间小区试验,研究了80%代森锰锌可湿性粉剂(WP)、430 g/L戊唑醇悬浮剂(SC)和70%噁霉灵可湿性粉剂(WP)对病原菌致病力的影响,以及在8叶期茎叶喷雾处理对该病害的田间控制作用。结果表明:代森锰锌对病原菌休眠孢子囊的萌发具有明显的抑制作用,EC50值为66.71 mg/L,而戊唑醇和噁霉灵的抑制效果较差;代森锰锌和戊唑醇能有效降低病原菌的致病力,处理小区植株发病叶片均控制在穗位叶以下,且穗位叶叶绿素含量、净光合速率和根系活力均明显高于对照区,防效分别达91.31%和88.99%;代森锰锌和戊唑醇处理小区玉米增产效果明显,增产率分别达13.8%和11.5%。     

Physiological response of yellow vein mosaic virus-infected bhendi [Abelmoschus esculentus] leaves

The effect of okra yellow vein mosaic virus infection on PS II efficiency and thylakoid membrane protein changes in field-grown bhendi (Abelmoschus esculentus) leaves was studied. The degree of virus infection was determined by means of the ratio of variable to maximum chlorophyll fluorescence (F_v/F_m). Changes in photosynthetic pigments, soluble proteins, nitrate reductase, photosynthetic activities and thylakoid membrane proteins were investigated. Okra yellow vein mosaic virus infection resulted in the reduction of photosynthetic pigments, soluble proteins, ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase activity and nitrate reductase activity. Virus infection caused marked inhibition of PS II activity. The artificial electron donors, diphenyl carbazide and hydroxylamine significantly restored the loss of PS II activity in infected leaves. The marked loss of PS II activity in infected leaves may be due to the loss of 47, 33, 28–25, 17 and 15 kDa polypeptides. It is concluded that the yellow vein mosaic virus infection inactivates the donor side of PS II.     

Structure-activity relationships of pheromonostasis induced by ACCase-inhibitor herbicides in the moth Helicoverpa armigera

Many moth sex pheromone blends are derived from fatty acids and their production is regulated by a Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN). In prior work we showed that the herbicide Diclofop-acid, an acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor, inhibits PBAN-induced sex pheromone production in vitro. In this work we extend our study showing that several other herbicides, belonging to the 2-aryloxyphenoxypropionate (‘FOP’) and the cyclohexandione-oxime (‘DIM’) families significantly inhibit pheromone production by adult females whilst survival is unaffected by treatment. Enzyme activity in vitro and kinetic analysis revealed a K_m of 0.35 μM with K_i values of 0.1 and 0.28 μM due to Tralkoxydim and Diclofop inhibition, respectively. Inhibitory activity on PBAN-induced pheromone production by all herbicides tested revealed a potency order: Tralkoxydim > Clodinafop > Cycloxidim > Haloxyfop > Diclofop > Fenoxaprop > Fluazifop > Quizalofop, Quizalofop being inactive. Differences in inhibition efficiencies may be attributed to different binding sites on the enzyme or to the polarity and solubility of these compounds.     

The mode of action of RH‐1965: a new phenylpyrimidinone bleaching herbicide

RH‐1965 is a new bleaching herbicide which causes newly developing leaf tissue to emerge devoid of photosynthetic pigments. Mode‐of‐action studies revealed that RH‐1965 inhibited the accumulation of both total chlorophyll and β‐carotene. Concomitantly, it induced the accumulation of the β‐carotene precursors, phytoene, phytofluene and, in particular, ξ‐carotene. Inhibition of chlorophyll accumulation by RH‐1965 is attributed to the photo‐oxidative destruction of chlorophyll in the absence of β‐carotene because RH‐1965 blocked chlorophyll accumulation to a greater extent under high light (50–330 µE m⁻² s⁻¹) than under low light (0.8 µE m⁻² s⁻¹) conditions. Radish (Raphanus sativus L) and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus‐galli (L) Beauv) were very senstive to RH‐1965. Under high light (330 µE m⁻² s⁻¹), the I₅₀ values for inhibition of chlorophyll accumulation were 0.10 and 0.15 µM , respectively. Wheat (Triticum aestivus L), on the other hand, was much less sensitive to RH‐1965 (I₅₀ = 1.4 µM ). It is concluded that the mode of action of RH‐1965 involves the inhibition of ξ‐carotene desaturation. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Exogenous application of triadimefon affects the antioxidant defense system of Withania somnifera Dunal

Triadimefon is a triazole derivative, which have plant growth regulator properties. However, the influential mechanism of triadimefon on medicinal plants like Withania somnifera is not much studied. In the present investigation, the effects triadimefon at 10 mg L⁻¹ on the germination, early seedling growth, photosynthetic pigments, non-enzymatic antioxidant contents and activities of antioxidant enzymes were studied in W. somnifera Dunal plants. The germination percentage was not much affected by treatments and early seedling growth was reduced in terms of shoot length and leaf area but root length got increased with a concomitant enhancement in chlorophyll contents. The non-enzymatic antioxidants like ascorbic acid, reduced glutathione and α-tocopherol were increased in all parts (root, stem and leaf) of the seedlings. Triadimefon treatment caused an increase in the activities of antioxidant enzymes like superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase and catalase. From our results it can be concluded that, the triadimefon can be used as a potential tool to enhance the antioxidant potential in medicinal plant W. somnifera.     

Inhibition of acetyl-coenzyme a carboxylase by the novel grass-selective herbicide 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-perhydroindolizine-2,4-dione

The novel herbicidal compound 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-perhydroindolizine-2,4-dione which is active as a pre- and post-emergence grass-selective herbicide is a new type of inhibitor of plant acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase; E.C. 6.4.1.2). This has been demonstrated by in-vitro experiments using isolated corn enzyme. Besides an I₅₀ value of 4.7 μM under the assay conditions used, a mixed-type inhibitory activity on the enzyme is established. The compound is inactive on rat liver A CCase enzyme and shows decreased activity (pI₅₀ less than 3.0) on the spinach enzyme.     

Chronic response of Anabaena fertilissima Rao, C.B. on growth, metabolites and enzymatic activities by chlorophenoxy herbicide

Study was carried out to investigate the chronic response of cyanobacteria, Anabaena fertilissima to chlorophenoxy herbicide 2,4-dichlorophynoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) ethyl ester at different concentrations 15, 30 and 60 ppm. The influence of 2,4-D on growth (pigments), release of metabolites such as carbohydrates, protein, amino acid, phenols and nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase activities was analyzed. The test concentrations caused a concentration-dependent decrease in pigments. Depletion in carbohydrate and protein content was registered with rise in herbicide concentrations. However, phenols were found to rise with increased herbicide concentrations but amino acids were reported to decline. The inhibition of nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase activity was also concentration-dependent and showed more sensitivity for substituted phenoxy herbicide. This study therefore suggests that decrease in metabolite content and enzyme activity can be used as a signal of herbicide toxicity in cyanobacteria.     

Biological and biochemical responses of Biomphalaria alexandrina to some extracts of the plants Solanum siniacum and Artemisia judaica L.

The molluscicidal activity of cold water, boiled water, methanol, ethanol, acetone and chloroform extracts of Solanum siniacum and Artemisia judaica L. plants against Biomphalaria alexandrina snails was carried out. The tests revealed plant’s ethanol extract was more toxic to the snails than the other tested extracts. Therefore, it was tested against snails’ fecundity (M_x), reproduction rate (R₀) and their infection with Schistosoma mansoni miracidia. In addition, biochemical parameters and the activities of some enzymes in tissues of snails treated with the two tested plants were determined. As well, glucose concentration in snails’ hemolymph was evaluated. Exposure of B. alexandrina snails to plant’s ethanol extract led to a significant reduction in their survival and snails’ fecundity, reproduction rate. In addition, it caused a considerable reduction in the infectivity of S. mansoni miracidia to the snails. Also, it caused a reduction in number of cercariae per snail during the patent period and in the period of cercarial shedding. The results revealed that the glucose concentration in hemolymph and Lactate level in soft tissues of treated snails were increased (P < 0.001) while glycogen, total protein, the lipid content and the pyruvate level in snail’s tissues decreased (P < 0.001). The activities of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), pyruvatekinase (PK) and cytochrome oxidase (CY) enzymes in homogenate of snail’s tissues were reduced (P < 0.001) in response to treatment with the two tested plants while protease (PR) activity increased (P < 0.001). It is concluded that the application of LC₂₅ of ethanol extract of S. siniacum and A. judaica L. may be helpful in snail control as it interferes with the snails’ biology and physiology.     

Tolerance to acetolactate synthase and acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase inhibiting herbicides in Vulpia bromoides is conferred by two co-existing resistance mechanisms

Vulpia bromoides is a grass species naturally tolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS) and acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) inhibiting herbicides. The mechanism of tolerance to ALS herbicides was determined as cytochrome P450-monooxygenase mediated metabolic detoxification. The ALS enzyme extract partially purified from V. bromoides shoot tissue was found to be as sensitive as that of herbicide susceptible Lolium rigidum to ALS-inhibiting sulfonylurea (SU), triazolopyrimidine (TP), and imidazolinone (IM) herbicides. Furthermore, phytotoxicity of the wheat-selective SU herbicide chlorsulfuron was significantly enhanced in vivo in the presence of the known P450 inhibitor malathion. In contract, the biochemical basis of tolerance to ACCase inhibiting herbicides was established as an insensitive ACCase. In vitro ACCase inhibition assays showed that, compared to a herbicide susceptible L. rigidum, the V. bromoides ACCase was moderately (4.5- to 9.5-fold) insensitive to the aryloxyphenoxypropionate (APP) herbicides diclofop, fluazifop, and haloxyfop and highly insensitive (20- to >71-fold) to the cyclohexanedione (CHD) herbicides sethoxydim and tralkoxydim. No differential absorption or de-esterification of fluazifop-P-butyl was observed between the two species at 48 h after herbicide application, and furthermore V. bromoides did not detoxify fluazifop acid as rapidly as susceptible L. rigidum. It is concluded that two co-existing resistance mechanisms, i.e., an enhanced metabolism of ALS herbicides and an insensitive target ACCase, endow natural tolerance to ALS and ACCase inhibiting herbicides in V. bromoides.     

The effect of root-absorbed PSII inhibitors on Kautsky curve parameters in sugar beet

The effects of the photosystem II inhibitors metamitron and terbuthylazine on the shape of the Kautsky (chlorophyll fluorescence induction) curve were investigated in sugar beet grown in hydroponic culture. The objective of the study was to trace recovery processes following herbicide injury using Kautsky curve parameters. Metamitron is used for selective weed control in sugar beet because it is metabolized in this crop. In contrast, terbuthylazine is toxic to sugar beet. Two hours after treatment, various fluorescence induction curve parameters, such as maximum quantum efficiency (F_V/F_m), the relative changes at the J step (F_vj) and area (the area between the Kautsky curve and maximum fluorescence, F_m), were affected by metamitron at concentration ranges of 70–280 mg active ingredient (a.i.) L^?1 in plants treated at the four‐true‐leaf stage. Shortly after herbicide application, F_v/F_m was more affected by the hydrophilic metamitron [log(K_ow) = 0.83] than by the lipophilic terbuthylazine [log(K_ow) = 3.21], but these differences between compounds were alleviated as metamitron was metabolized and terbuthylazine was not. Terbuthylazine at 1 mg a.i. L^?1 affected sugar beet at the four‐ and six‐true‐leaf stages to the same extent, whereas metamitron at a dose of 140 mg a.i. L^?1 affected much more at four‐ than at the six‐true‐leaf stage. Sugar beet recovered from metamitron injury even at high doses (140 and 280 mg a.i. L^?1). Fluorescence induction curve parameters were similarly affected by terbuthylazine and, although sugar beet recovered from terbuthylazine injury at low doses (<0.2 mg a.i. L^?1), the Kautsky curve was irreversibly affected at higher doses (1–10 mg a.i. L^?1), leading finally to plant death. Older plants were affected later, and recovered sooner, from both herbicides.     

小麦抗白粉病基因Pm2的SSR标记筛选

为筛选与小麦抗白粉病基因Pm2紧密连锁的分子标记,将感病品种Chancellor与Pm2的近等基因系杂交,获得F1、F2分离群体,采用分离群体分组法对Pm2进行了微卫星(microsatellite,又称simple sequence repeats,SSR)标记分析.结果表明,定位于小麦5D染色体上的71对SSR引物中有12对引物能在Pm2的近等基因系、Chancellor间稳定地揭示出多态性差异,7对引物Xcfd189、Xcfd29、Xcfd8、Xcfd102、Xcfd7、Xcfd57和Xgwm190分别能在抗病、感病池间和F2分离群体的抗病、感病单株间稳定地扩增出特异性产物.7对引物所扩增的特异谱带分别为:Xcfd189360、Xcfd29190、Xcfd8160、Xcfd102250、Xcfd7200、Xcfd57245和Xgwm190210,它们与Pm2基因间的遗传距离分别为0、1.5、2.3、5.4、10.2、31.5和54.3 cM,其中标记Xcfd189360与Pm2共分离,标记Xcfd29190、Xcfd8160和Xcfd102250与Pm2紧密连锁,可用于Pm2的标记辅助选择.     

Effects of insecticide acetamiprid on photosystem II (PSII) activity of Synechocystis sp. (FACHB-898)

Effects of insecticide acetamiprid on photosystem II (PSII) activity of Synechocystis sp. were investigated by a variety of in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence tests. Acetamiprid exposure increased the proportion of inactivated PSII reactive centers (PSII_X) and led to loss of active centers (PSII_A). High concentration (1.0 mM) acetamiprid decreased amplitude of the fast phase and increased the slow phase of fluorescence decay during reoxidation. The electron transport after Q_A was hindered by high concentration acetamiprid and more Q_A had to be reoxidized through S₂(Q_AQ_B)⁻ charge recombination. Acetamiprid decreased the density of the active reaction centers, electron transport flux per cross section and the performance of PSII activity but had little effect on dissipated energy flux per reaction center, antenna size and the maximum quantum yield for primary photochemistry (F_v/F_m). The target site of acetamiprid toxicity to the PSII of Synechocystis sp. was electron transfer on the acceptor side.