Yield losses of asymptomatic strawberry plants infected with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Strawberry mild yellow edge virus</Emphasis>

After successive vegetative propagation cycles, strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) plants often accumulate multiple virus species that result in viral symptoms and losses in yield and quality. However, strawberry plants infected by a single virus species usually remain asymptomatic with unknown effects on fruit production and quality. In this context, the effect of Strawberry mild yellow edge virus (SMYEV) on fruit production was studied in strawberry plants, cultivar Camarosa, over two years. Asymptomatic SMYEV-infected plants showed a significant reduction in total and marketable fruit number and weight compared with healthy plants. These reductions ranged between 28% and 63%, depending on the parameter measured and the production cycle. Fluctuations in SMYEV concentration in the plants was detected throughout the crop cycle, suggesting that samples for virus diagnosis should be taken when the plant has the highest virus concentration; in this study, this occurred at the end of the crop cycle. These results show that analyzing symptomless strawberry plants should be part of a virus disease management plant and an important component to control the quantitative and qualitative impacts of SMYEV on strawberry yield.     

Risks for infection of strawberry plants with an aerosolized inoculum of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Xanthomonas fragariae</Emphasis>

Xanthomonas fragariae is the causative agent of angular leaf spot of strawberry, a quarantine organism in plant propagation material in the European Union. Field experiments were conducted to assess the risks for infection of strawberry plants through dispersal of an aerosolized inoculum. In practice, pathogen aerosols can be formed during mowing of an infected crop or by water splashing on symptomatic plants during overhead irrigation or rain. In our experiments, aerosols were generated by spraying suspensions of X. fragariae with a density of 10⁸ cfu ml^?1 or water under pressure vertically up into the air. In strawberry plants (cv Elsanta) placed at 1.3, 5 and 10 m distance downwind from the spray boom, infections were found, as evidenced with a combination of dilution–plating and molecular techniques, but more frequently in plants wetted prior to inoculation than in plants kept dry. A logarithmic decrease in infection incidence was found with the distance to the inoculum source. Symptomatic plants were found up to 5 m distance from the inoculum source. No infected plants were found in plants placed 4 m upwind or treated with water. In glasshouse studies, it was shown that under conditions favorable for disease development, spray-inoculation of strawberry plants with estimated densities of X. fragariae as low as 2000 cfu per plant were able to cause symptoms both in cv Elsanta and cv Sonata. Results indicate that there is a considerable risk on infections of strawberry plants exposed to aerosolized inoculum.     

溴甲烷在草莓田的替代及减少其散发的技术

溴甲烷是一种消耗臭氧层的物质，根据《蒙特利尔议定书哥本哈根修正案》，发展中国家将于2015年淘汰。在我国溴甲烷消费量最大的地区，河北省满城县实施了中-意“溴甲烷土壤消毒替代技术及能力建设项目”。试验结果表明：威百亩和威百亩＋VIF，采用化学灌溉技术施药，是有前景的溴甲烷替代品，2001～2002年威百亩和威百亩＋VIF处理“达赛莱克特”品种的产量分别为26816kg／hm^2和23672kg／hm^2，而溴甲烷处理的产量为28346kg／hm^2；威百亩和威百亩＋VIF处理“理念”品种的产量分别为19844kg／hm^2和15989kg／hm^2而溴甲烷处理的产量为19657kg／hm^2；2002～2003年威百亩和威百亩＋VIF处理“达赛莱克特”品种的产量分别为23073kg／hm^223446kg／hm^2而溴甲烷处理的产量为25285kg／hm^2威百亩和威百亩＋VIF处理“全明星”品种的产量分别为：29594kg／hm^227677kg／hm^2而溴甲烷处理的产量为32191kg／hm^2产量结果经统计分析表明，威百亩、威百亩＋VIF与溴甲烷均无显著差异。溴甲烷＋VIF采用热法施药，其产量与溴甲烷无明显差异，但溴甲烷＋VIF能减少溴甲烷25％的用药量。太阳能消毒＋生物防治制剂的产量高于空白对照，有一定的防病增产效果，但显著低于溴甲烷处理的产量，不能作为溴甲烷的替代品。进口品种“理念”和当地主栽品种“全明星”对土传病害的抗性较差，在长势、产量方面均显著差于新引进品种“达赛莱克特”。虽然“达赛莱克特”对土传病害有一定的抗性，但与溴甲烷和威百亩处理区比较，空白对照区的产量仍显著低于药剂处理区的产量。     

我国草莓主栽区病毒种类的鉴定

 病毒种类鉴定结果表明我国草莓主要栽培区存在草莓斑驳病毒、草莓轻型黄边病毒、草莓镶脉病毒和草莓皱缩病毒。四种病毒的总侵染株率达80.2%,其中单种病毒侵染株率为41.6%,两种或两种以上病毒复合侵染株率为38.6%。前三种病毒均为球状病毒,粒体直径分别为25-30nm、23nm和50nm;皱缩病毒为杆状病毒,大小为380×70nm。传染性试验的结果证实,草莓病毒可通过嫁接、菟丝子传染,但不能通过机械传染。桃蚜可传染斑驳病毒和轻型黄边病毒,其传毒关系前者为非持久性后者为持久性。田间桃蚜蚜虫口密度高峰期与草莓病毒侵染盛期相吻合。     

Restricted Spread of Tomato spotted wilt virus in Thrips-Resistant Pepper

ABSTRACT Spread of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and population development of its vector Frankliniella occidentalis were studied on the pepper accessions CPRO-1 and Pikante Reuzen, which are resistant and susceptible to thrips, respectively. Viruliferous thrips were released on plants of each accession (nonchoice tests) or on plants in a 1:1 mixture of both accessions (choice tests) in small cages containing 8 or 16 plants. Significantly fewer CPRO-1 plants became infected in the primary infection phase in both tests. In the nonchoice test, virus infection of the resistant plants did not increase after the initial infection, but all plants eventually became infected when mixtures of both cultivars were challenged in the secondary infection phase. Secondary spread of TSWV from an infected resistant or susceptible source plant was significantly slower to resistant plants than to susceptible plants, independent of source plant phenotype. The restricted introduction and spread of TSWV in the thrips-resistant cultivar was confirmed in a large-scale greenhouse experiment. The restricted and delayed TSWV spread to plants of the resistant accession in both the cage and the greenhouse experiment was explained by impeded thrips population development. The results obtained indicate that thrips resistance may provide a significant protection to TSWV infection, even when the crop is fully susceptible to the virus.     

公主岭霉素对草莓的防病诱抗和促生效应

为明确公主岭霉素在草莓生产中的防病诱抗效应,于大田采用五点取样法调查公主岭霉素对草莓白粉病的防控效果及对植株生长性状的影响,并于室内采用生测法测定其对草莓叶片防御酶活性和根际土壤酶活性的影响。结果显示,以公主岭霉素水浸提液100倍稀释液进行灌根并协同叶面喷雾对草莓白粉病的预防效果为71.90%;单独叶面喷雾对草莓白粉病的治疗效果为69.90%;灌根协同叶面喷雾预防与叶面喷雾治疗的综合防控处理对草莓白粉病的防治效果可达85.37%。公主岭霉素水浸提液100倍稀释液灌根后草莓幼苗的株高、叶柄长、叶长、叶宽、叶数、径冠等方面均优于清水对照;叶面喷施可提升叶片中多酚氧化酶和超氧化物歧化酶的活性,喷雾后1 d内即较清水对照显著提高;5 d后过氧化氢酶活性显著高于清水对照。灌根后根际土壤中蔗糖酶的活性在用药后15 d内均显著高于清水对照。表明合理施用公主岭霉素可实现对草莓白粉病的有效防控,并诱导提升草莓植株的抗病性,改善草莓生长环境,促进其生长。     

Resistance to anthracnose is decreased by tissue culture but increased with longer acclimation in the resistant strawberry cultivar

Inoculation of tissue-cultured plants of strawberry cultivar Ichigochukanbohon-Nou2gou (Nou-2) with the anthracnose pathogen (Glomerella cingulata) results in wilting and plant death, whereas inoculation of strawberry runners grown in greenhouses results in leaf spots, not wilting or death. When tissue-cultured Nou-2 plants were acclimated for 3, 9 or 15 days, plant resistance to anthracnose increased as the acclimation period increased, suggesting that the resistance of Nou-2 may be induced by external factors. To clarify the mechanisms of resistance, we used cDNA microarray analyses to compare gene expressions among tissue-cultured and acclimated plants of the resistant cultivar Nou-2 and the susceptible cultivar Tochiotome. As a result, we identified 18 cDNA clones that were upregulated during acclimation in Nou-2 but not in Tochiotome. In a real-time RT-PCR of the 18 clones, the expression levels of three were significantly higher in acclimated plants of Nou-2. Two of the three clones showed close homology to enzymes related to flavonoid biosynthesis, i.e., leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX, ANS) and UDP-glucosyltransferase, putative (3-GT). The clones spotted onto the cDNA microarrays were rechecked, and 23 nonredundant cDNA clones of 13 enzymes were estimated to be flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes. Most of these clones were upregulated by acclimation in Nou-2.     

穿刺巴斯德菌活体大量繁殖体系的优化

穿刺巴斯德菌Pasteuria penetrans专性寄生于根结线虫Meloidogyne spp.,具有很好的生防潜力。为了进一步提高其产量,本研究比较了5个对南方根结线虫敏感的番茄栽培品种繁殖穿刺巴斯德菌的效率。结果表明,佳粉18和毛粉802繁殖效率最高,单株番茄上的产孢量分别为1.54×108孢子.株-1和1.47×108孢子.株-1。以佳粉18为根结线虫的寄主植物,研究线虫接种量、接种次数、线虫接入时的苗龄及接种后第1周的培养温度对穿刺巴斯德菌活体繁殖量的影响。研究表明,在番茄9片真叶时,每株番茄接种7500条线虫,分3次接入,根粉的产孢量可提高至1.86×108孢子g-1。在18～31℃温度范围内,温度越高,穿刺巴斯德菌对线虫的侵染率越高;31℃时,其孢子侵染率平均达44.57%。     

Incidence of Verticillium wilt of artichoke in eastern Spain and role of inoculum sources on crop infection

Surveys of 94 artichoke fields throughout the artichoke production areas of Comunidad Valenciana (eastern Spain) were conducted from 1999 to 2002 to determine the incidence and distribution of Verticillium wilt.Verticillium dahliae was isolated from 80.9% of the sampled fields, and detected in all artichoke-growing areas, with a mean disease incidence of 53.8% infected plants. The disease was found to cause severe damage to cv. ‘Blanca de Tudela’, which is the most important artichoke cultivar grown in Spain, and was also observed on the seed-propagated cv. ‘Imperial Star’. In field trials to study the role of infected planting material and soil inoculum on infection of artichoke plants during the cropping season,V. dahliae was transmitted from infected stumps to the plants, confirming that the use of infected stumps could have greatly contributed to the dissemination of the pathogen. Inoculum density ofV. dahliae in soil had an effect on crop infection, in that a higher number of microsclerotia per gram of soil resulted in a higher percentage of infected plants. In addition, yield of cv. Blanca de Tudela was significantly affected byV. dahliae infection, showing that a higher percentage of infection corresponded with lower yield. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting July 21, 2005.     

The effects of white clover mosaic virus on vegetative growth and yield of clones of S.100 white clover

Ramet of eight clones of cultivar S.100 white clover were infected with white clover mosaic virus (WCMV) and compared with uninfected ramets. Infection reduced herbage yield over two cuts by between 25 and 75%, with a mean of 40% at both. Petiole length was reduced significantly by 8% at the first cut, but not at the second. There was an overall reduction of about 6% in mid-rib length. The mean length of the longest stolon was reduced by about 20% at both cuts, but this did not reflect the reaction of whole plants as total stolon length was reduced by a mean of 43%, within a range of 25–75%. The mean dry weight of stolon was reduced by 47%, while stolon specific weight (weight per unit length) was reduced by 7%. The reduced leaf yield in WCMV-infected plants was caused mainly by a reduction in stolon growth and not by a reduction in leaf size. Virus infection reduced the total number of growing points per plant by over 30%, but the number per metre of stolon was increased by over 20%. The total acid-soluble carbohydrate content of stolons was unaffected.
For all growth parameters measured, there was considerable variation between the eight clones in their reaction to WCMV infection, most clones being affected detrimentally. In one clone, however, leaf dry weight yield of infected plants at the first cut was double that of healthy plants. At the second cut, both leaf and total stolon dry weights were greater by 40%, the total number of growing points by 80%, and the growing points per metre of stolon by 30%.     

播期和晚播秸秆覆盖对加工番茄干物质积累和产量的影响

为了探讨播期及晚播期条件下秸秆覆盖保护对加工番茄干物质积累和产量形成的影响。在2009年和2010年以里格尔87-5为材料进行了播期(4月10日、4月25日、5月10日和5月20日)和晚播秸秆覆盖(5月10日F+J和5月20日F+J)的试验。结果表明:在北疆气候条件下播期和秸秆覆盖对移栽和直播加工番茄的物质积累和产量形成都有显著的影响。随着播期的推迟,移栽和直播植株总干物质积累量和产量呈显著下降趋势。移栽和直播单株产量均以4月25日最高,分别为4 498.2 g/株和3 955.9 g/株,显著高于其他播期。在产量构成因子中,播期对移栽和直播植株单株有效结果数影响显著,对平均单果重影响不显著。晚播条件下秸秆覆盖后植株生长较同播期不覆盖处理得到明显改善,移栽植株总干重增加15.5%和9.6%,产量增加36%和39.8%;直播植株总干重增加27.8%和15.7%,产量增加12.2%和9%。秸秆覆盖后移栽植株平均单果重显著增加,而直播植株保持不变或略有降低。     

Metabolite accumulation in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) fruits and runners in response to Colletotrichum nymphaeae infection

The composition of non-infected and Colletotrichum nymphaeae infected strawberry fruits (cultivar ‘Asia') in three different stages of ripeness were evaluated. Additionally, the effect of infection on strawberry runners was monitored. C. nymphaeae infection caused a significant increase in total sugar content in mature fruits (1.1 fold) and a decrease in total sugar content in semi-mature fruits (1.4 fold) and organic acid content in all stages of ripeness (1.7 fold). Ellagic acid derivatives (1.9 fold), flavanols (1.5 fold) and flavonols (5.1 fold) significantly increased during all stages of ripeness after infection. The pattern of phenolic accumulation in strawberry runners was altered by C. nymphaeae infection in contrast to strawberry fruits as most of identified phenols decreased as a response to the infection.     

Strawberry virus diseases1

To prevent damage to strawberry from virus diseases one must plant only virus-free stock and grow it under insect-proof conditions. Indexing for virus infection to monitor the introduction and spread of viruses should be carried out at every stage of development of nursery stock. Most strawberry viruses are aphid-transmitted, and some nematode-transmitted. Mottle, crinkle and mild yellow edge are the most economically important diseases, especially in combination. Virus infection causes loss of plant vigour, growth, reduced yield, fruit quality, off-colour of leaves, and reduced leaf size. Virus spread is more rapid during spring and autumn, varying greatly by year and place according to aphid populations and weather.     

Assessment of yield losses caused by chickpea chlorotic dwarf geminivirus in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in India

Yield losses caused by chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus in chickpea were estimated by comparing uninfected and infected plants in the field at two locations in India. When infection was before flowering, yield losses of individual plants amounted to nearly 100% in the three cultivars studies. Plants that became infected during flowering had yield losses of 75–90%. Percentage of crop loss is likely to equal percentage of disease incidence, since plant densities in farmers' fields are probably too low to allow uninfected plants around infected ones to compensate the yield losses of infected plants.Submitted as Journal Article No. 1624 by ICRISAT.     

Physiological Aspects Related to Tolerance of Spring Wheat Cultivars to Septoria tritici Blotch

ABSTRACT The susceptible wheat cultivar Miriam exhibited tolerance under severe infection of Septoria tritici blotch (STB). Nethouse and greenhouse trials confirmed former field results in which losses in grain weight of 'Miriam' wheat due to STB infection were significantly lower than those of the susceptible cultivar Barkai, under equivalent severity and the same disease progress curve. Several physiological mechanisms that may explain this tolerance of 'Miriam' wheat were studied. A comparison between protected and infected plants proved that carbohydrate reserves in the culms and other vegetative plant parts did not account for the lower losses in grain weight of 'Miriam'. Each tiller was shown to be independent in its supply of carbohydrates to its grains, and no import from secondary tillers was observed. Differences in the ratio between grain weight and vegetative biomass could not explain the sustained grain filling of infected plants of 'Miriam'. The daily balance of CO(2) exchange of the ears was negative, since carbon fixation by the spike in the light was more than counterbalanced by night time spike respiration. Radioisotope studies revealed that mature, infected 'Miriam' plants maintained as large a percentage of the carbohydrates fixed at the vegetative stage and early grain filling as healthy plants. On the other hand, under the same conditions, infected 'Barkai' plants lost a larger fraction of these carbohydrates. The rate of carbon fixation per unit of chlorophyll and per residual green leaf area of infected 'Miriam' was higher than in healthy plants. It is proposed that this enhancement of photosynthesis in residual green tissue of infected plants of the tolerant cultivar Miriam compensates for the loss of photosynthesizing tissue due to STB.     

不同土壤水分下大豆根冠互作对产量和农艺性状的影响

为明确不同土壤水分下大豆根冠互作对产量和农艺性状的影响,为大豆抗旱育种提供理论依据,利用耐旱型品种辽豆14与干旱敏感型品种辽豆21进行相互嫁接,在结荚期设置正常供水(80%田间持水量)和水分胁迫(50%田间持水量,持续20 d)处理,成熟期测定主要农艺性状。试验结果表明,大豆地上部农艺性状和产量主要由地上部基因型决定,但水分胁迫下也会受到根系基因型的影响。正常供水与水分胁迫下,与辽豆21相比,辽豆14接穗的株高平均提高24.3%和14.8%,主茎节数分别平均提高19.6%和15.3%,分枝数分别平均提高60.2%和90.6%,单株生物量平均提高57.1%和87.1%,单株荚数平均提高70.0%和92.3%,分枝荚数平均提高159.9%和197.9%,分枝瘪荚率平均降低57.8%和60.4%,最终单株粒重平均提高19.9%和54.9%。与辽豆21自身嫁接植株相比,水分胁迫下,嫁接辽豆14砧木使单株荚重、单株荚数、单株粒数、百粒重和单株粒重分别显著提高了45.8%、27.4%、21.7%、5.2%和20.4%,产量性状的提高与主茎第9～15节位间有效荚数的提高有关。因此,通过地上部与根系的协同改良是提高大豆抗旱性的重要途径。     

Quantitative detection and monitoring of Colletotrichum acutatum in strawberry leaves using real-time PCR

Real-time PCR assays for Colletotrichum acutatum , one of the most important pathogens of strawberry worldwide, were developed using primers designed to the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 1 (rDNA ITS1) and the β-tubulin 2 gene. Using TaqMan technology, the ITS-based assay could reliably detect as little as 50 fg genomic DNA, 100 copies of target DNA, or 25 conidia. The β-tubulin-based assay was c . 66 times less sensitive, and therefore less suitable for detection purposes. The TaqMan-ITS assay recognized all C. acutatum isolates tested from various intraspecific molecular groups, while no amplification was observed with several other Colletotrichum species or other strawberry pathogens, indicating the specificity of this assay. Detection and quantification of C. acutatum was demonstrated in artificially and naturally infected strawberry leaves. First, C. acutatum was detected in plant mixes of which only 0·001% of the tissue was infected by C. acutatum . Secondly, real-time PCR analysis of leaf samples taken at various times after inoculation indicated that the assay allowed monitoring of growth progression of C. acutatum . This real-time PCR-mediated monitoring of the pathogen was well-correlated with microscopic data, and confirmed that leaf age may play a role in the extent of C. acutatum infection. Finally, the assay allowed detection of C. acutatum in naturally infected and symptomless strawberry leaves collected from production fields and planting material.     

Effect of sharp eyespot (Rhizoctonia cereatis) on yield loss in winter wheat

A single-shoot assessment method was used at 18 locations in England and Wales from 1976 to 1981 to compare the average yield of large numbers of shoots naturally infected with sharp eysspot (Rhizoctonia cerealis) with the yield of healthy shoots. Slight sharp eyespot infection had. on average, little effect on yield. Moderate infection significantly reduced yield per ear and 1000-grain weight by 5 and 4% respectively. Severe infection significantly reduced yield per ear and its components, grain number per ear and 1000-grain weight, by 26, 20 and 11% respectively. Application of the formula y = 0-05 x₁+ 0.26 x₂ (where y = percentage yield loss, X₁= percentage of moderately Infected shoots and x₂= percentage of severely infected shoots) to the results of ADAS winter wheat disease surveys from 1975 to 1982 gave estimated national yieid losses due lo sharp eyespot ranging from less than 0.1 to 0.9%. Survey results indicated that increased disease incidence and associated yield losses are associated with trends towards earlier drilling and, possibly, with increased use of carbendazimgenerating fungicides, combined with more favourable infection weather.     

Hypersensitive-like reaction conferred by the Mex-1 resistance gene against Meloidogyne exigua in coffee

The response of a susceptible coffee cultivar (Caturra) to infection by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne exigua was compared histologically with that of cv. Iapar 59 possessing the recently identified Mex-1 resistance gene. The reproductive behaviour of the nematode was also compared in the two cultivars. Penetration and development in resistant plants were reduced in comparison with susceptible plants. Several cell features, including dark-stained cytoplasm and altered organelle structure, were observed in the resistant cultivar, indicating a hypersensitive-like (HR) response of the infested host cells. Features of giant cells were sometimes found beside necrotic-like areas, but the corresponding feeding sites were frequently associated with nematodes displaying abnormal shape. Six weeks after inoculation, root systems of cv. Caturra contained significantly more nematodes than those of cv. Iapar 59 (mean values 1574 and 41, respectively). The susceptible cultivar presented a minimum of 11 galls per plant, compared with only one or two galls per plant in the resistant cultivar. The findings are discussed in the context of plant–pathogen interactions.     

Effect of plant age at time of infection by tomato spotted wilt tospovirus on the yield of field-grown tomato

Naturally infected tomato plants that expressed tomato spotted wilt virus symptoms at 24, 38, 45, 60, 67, and 74 days after transplanting were monitored for production in an experimental crop grown in the open from May to September in northeastern Spain. Plants were tagged, tested for tomato spotted wilt virus infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and data on symptom expression and yield were individually recorded. Plants that developed symptoms at 24, 38, or 45 days after transplanting yielded significantly less and produced fewer and smaller tomatoes than those that developed symptoms at 60, 67, and 74 days after transplanting. These later infected plants showed similar patterns of production with maximum yields between 27 July and 17 August, when most fruit was harvested. Production components such as fruit number per plant, yield of mature fruit per plant, or fruit weight increased the older the plants were when first symptoms were exhibited. However, marketable fruit production was drastically decreased by tomato spotted wilt virus infection, due to abnormal ripening of mature fruit in infected plants. Little and no significantly different amounts of marketable fruit were produced, irrespectively of plant age at time of symptom expression. Implications for spotted wilt management in tomato are discussed.