TaqMan-MGB探针在小麦印度腥黑穗病菌和黑麦草腥黑穗病菌鉴定上的应用

根据小麦印度腥黑穗病菌Tilletia indica和黑麦草腥黑穗病菌T.walkeri核糖体ITS序列设计了两对通用引物和两条特异性探针,建立了小麦印腥印度腥黑穗病菌Tilletia indica和黑麦草腥黑穗病菌T.walkeri的实时荧光PCR检测方法,检测的灵敏度为1个冬孢子.这种检测方法可以直接用于样品小麦印腥和黑麦草腥黑穗病菌冬孢子的快速检测,整个检测过程缩短至1天.     

小麦印度腥黑穗病菌PCR检测

应用PCR方法对小麦印度腥黑穗病菌及其近似种或相关种包括黑麦草腥黑粉菌、狼尾草腥黑粉菌、水稻腥黑粉菌等10种腥黑粉菌共14个菌株进行了检测研究。根据线粒体DNA的序列分别设计了扩增小麦印度腥黑穗病菌的特异性引物和扩增黑麦草腥黑粉菌的特异性引物，根据核糖体内转录区（ITS）DNA片段设计了扩增腥黑粉菌属真菌的引物，应用PCR方法能将小麦印度腥黑穗病菌与黑麦草腥黑粉菌及其它近似种或相关种加以区分。本方法稳定、可靠、重复性强，已分别在不同实验室的不同型号PCR仪上得到验证。     

应用TaqMan MGB探针检测小麦印度腥黑穗病菌和黑麦草腥黑穗病菌

 以小麦印度腥黑穗病菌9个菌株和黑麦草腥黑穗病菌5个菌株及其近似种或相关种:稻粒黑粉菌、狼尾草腥黑粉菌、狗尾草腥黑粉菌、苏玛特腥黑粉菌、狐尾草腥黑粉菌、小麦网腥黑穗病菌和小麦矮化腥黑穗病菌共9种22个菌株为研究对象,通过序列比对分析,设计了检测小麦印度腥黑穗病菌及黑麦草腥黑穗病菌的TaqMan MGB实时荧光PCR引物和探针,优化了反应条件,筛选出特异性探针,分别建立了小麦印度腥黑穗病菌和黑麦草腥黑穗病菌实时荧光单重PCR和实时荧光双重PCR检测方法,其中实时荧光双重PCR检测方法实现了在同一PCR管中仅用5μL的反应体系,进行1次PCR反应就能特异性检测出小麦印度腥黑穗病菌或黑麦草腥黑穗病菌。本研究所建立的检测方法特异性强、结果可靠、检测速度快、成本明显降低,在文际应用中具有推广价值。     

多年生黑麦草中小麦矮腥黑穗病菌PCR 检测方法的建立

寄生于多年生黑麦草的Tilletia属腥黑粉菌共有4种,即小麦矮腥黑穗病菌Tilletia controversa（TCK）、黑麦草腥黑粉病菌T.lolii、T.vankyi、黑麦草粒腥黑穗病菌T.walkeri。本研究分析了黑麦草上冬孢子形态非常相似的3种腥黑粉菌的DNA序列差异,设计了TCK的特异引物,成功建立了TCK菌丝基因组DNA的特异PCR检测方法和冬孢子的套式特异PCR检测方法。     

进境小麦中沙地牧草腥黑粉菌的鉴定

从上海口岸进境的澳大利亚小麦中发现一种类似小麦印度腥黑粉病菌的腥黑粉菌冬孢子，对该菌冬孢子进行了形态学特征和PCR检测，根据结果，将这种冬孢子鉴定为沙地牧草腥黑粉菌Tilletia ehghartaTle；本研究设计了T．ehrhartaea的特异引物Eh2/Eh4，结合引物Till／Til4建立了T．ehdmrtae的套式PCR检测方法。     

黑麦草腥黑粉菌分子检测方法的研究

寄生于黑麦草属植物有4种腥黑粉菌,分别是小麦矮化腥黑穗病菌(Tilletia.Controversa(TCK))、黑麦草腥黑粉菌(T.lolli)、黑麦草粒腥黑粉菌(T.walkeri)和新种(T.vankyi)。其中TCK、T.lolli和T.vankyi冬孢子形态非常相似,难以区分。本研究以寄生于黑麦草上的这3种腥黑粉菌为研究对象,设计T.lolli的特异引物,成功建立了T.lolli冬孢子的套式特异PCR检测方法。     

套式PCR直接检测印度腥黑穗病菌冬孢子

用印度腥黑穗病菌冬孢子制备模板DNA ,利用印腥特异性引物T3 /T6,T3 /T4和套式PCR(nestPCR)扩增技术直接检测印腥冬孢子 ,检测的灵敏度可达 1个冬孢子。检测时间缩短为 1天。这种简单、快速、灵敏、实用和准确的PCR检测技术适用于口岸印腥检疫的需要 ,解决了常规PCR检测中DNA制备需要萌发冬孢子和检测时间长的难题。     

基于ISSR标记开发的一种用于小麦矮腥黑穗病菌的分子鉴定方法

 小麦矮腥黑穗病菌(Tilletia controversa Kühn, 简称TCK)是小麦上的一种重要检疫性真菌。本研究利用内部简单重复序列(Inter-simple sequence repeat, ISSR)技术研究TCK及其近缘种的DNA多态性,开发了一种可靠而简单的方法用于TCK的分子鉴定。用ISSR引物P4从TCK中扩增出一条1 113 bp的特异性条带,据此设计了一对特异性引物TCKF/TCKR,在12个TCK菌株中均能扩增得到一条882 bp的特异性条带,而其他近缘种包括小麦网腥黑穗病菌(T. caries)和小麦光腥黑穗病菌(T. foetida)及相关黑粉菌的14个菌株均无扩增条带。用该特异性引物检测TCK的下限为25 μL反应体系中可检测到1 ng DNA模板。本研究开发的种特异性引物,可将TCK与其形态上相似的近缘种尤其是小麦网腥黑穗病菌准确区分开,本研究基于ISSR标记建立的小麦矮腥黑穗病菌的分子鉴定方法为腥黑粉菌的检疫提供了一种便捷的方法,是对现有分子鉴定方法的一个补充。     

应用聚合酶链反应技术鉴定印度腥黑穗病菌

用一对专化于印度腥黑穗病菌的引物Ｔ１１７Ｍ１（５＇－ＴＣＣＣＣＴＴＧ－ＧＡＴＣＡＧＡＡＣＧＴＡ－３＇）和Ｔ１１７Ｍ２（５＇－ＡＧＡＡＧＴＣＴＡＡＣＴＣＣＣＣＣＣＴＣＴ－３＇）可特异地扩增印度腥黑穗病菌产生一段８２５ｂｐ的产物，而稻粒黑粉病菌则不能被扩增。实验还表明，用聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）方法检测灵敏度可达到１００个未萌发的冬孢子，这为进口粮印度腥黑穗病菌的检疫提供了有力工具。     

小麦矮腥黑穗病菌与其近缘种的rDNA-ITS序列分析

本研究对小麦矮腥黑穗病菌(Tilletia controversa)及其近似种小麦网腥黑穗病菌(T.caries)、小麦光腥黑穗病菌(T. foetida)的rDNA-ITS进行了测序,并结合GenBank中登录的这3个种的其他菌株及腥黑粉属其他6个近缘种41条ITS序列进行了聚类分析。结果表明,所有菌株可以被划分为3个分支:第1个分支为印度腥黑穗病菌(T. indica)与其近似种T. walkeri;第2个分支主要是小麦矮腥黑穗病菌与其近似种T. caires和T. foetida及寄生在杂草上的一些腥黑粉菌(T.bromi 和T.fusca);第3个分支主要是寄生在杂草和水稻上的腥黑粉菌(T. barclayana和T. horrida)。第1分支与第2分支之间 ITS差异较大,同一分支内不同种之间ITS差异很小。rDNA-ITS序列只能用于腥黑粉菌属中部分种的区分。     

Dermestid beetles in ‘evolution Canyon’, lower Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, including new records for Israel

Fifteen species of dermestid beetles were recorded at ‘Evolution Canyon’ (EC), Lower Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel. They represent ~35% of known Israeli dermestid species. The following three species were recorded for the first time in Israel:Trogoderma svriaca Dalla Torre, 1911;Ctesias svriaca Ganglbauer, 1904; andAnthrenus (s.str.) jordaniens Pic, 1934. Adults of 13 species were collected on the more solar radiated, warmer and climatically more fluctuating south-facing slope (SFS); ten species were collected on the opposite, north-facing slope (NFS), which was cooler and climatically more stable. The abundance of adult dermestid beetles was 1.9 times higher on the SFS than on the NFS (86 and 47, respectively). Species richness and abundance distribution at EC (three collecting stations on each slope and one at the valley bottom) were significantly negatively correlated with the plant cover that consisted of trees and bushes (Spearmanr _s ,P=0.007 and 0.039, respectively) and perennials (Spearmanr _s ,P=0.039 and 0.077, respectively), indicating that non-woody plants were preferred by adult dermestid beetles.     

Epidemiology of Toxigenic Fungi and their Associated Mycotoxins for Some Mediterranean Crops

Recent data on the epidemiology of the common mycotoxigenic species of Fusarium, Alternaria, Aspergillus and Penicillium in infected or colonized plants, and in stored or processed plant products from the Mediterranean area are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the toxigenicity of the causal fungal species and the natural occurrence of well known mycotoxins (aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, trichothecenes, zearalenone, patulin, Alternaria-toxins and moniliformin), as well as some more recently described compounds (fusaproliferin, beauvericin) whose toxigenic potential is not yet well understood. Several Fusarium species reported from throughout the Mediterranean area are responsible of the formation of mycotoxins in infected plants and in plant products, including: Fusarium graminearum, F. culmorum, F. cerealis, F. avenaceum, F. sporotrichioides and F. poae, which produce deoxynivalenol, nivalenol, fusarenone, zearalenone, moniliformin, and T-2 toxin derivatives in wheat and other small grains affected by head blight or scab, and in maize affected by red ear rot. Moreover, strains of F. verticillioides, F. proliferatum, and F. subglutinans, that form fumonisins, beauvericin, fusaproliferin, and moniliformin, are commonly associated with maize affected by ear rot. Fumonisins, were also associated with Fusarium crown and root rot of asparagus and Fusarium endosepsis of figs, caused primarily by F. proliferatum. Toxigenic A. alternata strains and associated tenuazonic acid and alternariols were commonly found in black mould of tomato, black rot of olive and citrus, black point of small cereals, and black mould of several vegetables. Toxigenic strains of A. carbonarius and ochratoxin A were often found associated with black rot of grapes, whereas toxigenic strains of A. flavus and/or P. verrucosum, forming aflatoxins and ochratoxin A, respectively, were found in moulded plant products from small cereals, peanuts, figs, pea, oilseed rape, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pistachios, and almonds. Finally, toxigenic strains of P. expansum and patulin were frequently found in apple, pear and other fresh fruits affected by blue mould rot, as well as in derived juices and jams.     

A survey of the genera of<Emphasis Type="Italic">Microgaster</Emphasis> latreille and<Emphasis Type="Italic">Hygroplitis</Emphasis> thomson (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from China

The genera ofMicrogaster Latreille 1804 andHygroplitis Thomson 1895 from China are presented systematically in this paper. Thirty-two species ofMicrogaster and three species ofHygroplitis are known in China. Diagnosis, character variation, distribution and host of each species among the two genera are presented, including its host and distribution. Keys to the species ofMicrogaster andHygroplitis are given. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Dec. 19, 2006.     

Plant Viruses Transmitted by Whiteflies

One-hundred and fourteen virus species are transmitted by whiteflies (family Aleyrodidae). Bemisia tabaci transmits 111 of these species while Trialeurodes vaporariorum and T. abutilonia transmit three species each. B. tabaci and T. vaporariorum are present in the European–Mediterranean region, though the former is restricted in its distribution. Of the whitefly-transmitted virus species, 90% belong to the Begomovirus genus, 6% to the Crinivirus genus and the remaining 4% are in the Closterovirus, Ipomovirus or Carlavirus genera. Other named, whitefly-transmitted viruses that have not yet been ranked as species are also documented. The names, abbreviations and synonyms of the whitefly-transmitted viruses are presented in tabulated form together with details of their whitefly vectors, natural hosts and distribution. Entries are also annotated with references. Whitefly-transmitted viruses affecting plants in the European–Mediterranean region have been highlighted in the text.     

Broad bean mottle virus in Morocco; curculionid vectors,and natural occurrence in food legumes other than faba bean (Vicia faba)

Broad bean mottle virus (BBMV) was transmitted from infected to healthy faba-bean plants by the curculionid weevilsApion radiolus Kirby,Hypera variabilis Herbst,Pachytychius strumarius Gyll,Smicronyx cyaneus Gyll, andSitona lineatus L. The latter appeared to be an efficient vector: acquisition and inoculation occurred at the first bite, the rate of transmission was c. 41%, and virus retention lasted for at least seven days.S. lineatus transmitted the virus from faba bean to lentil and pea, but not to the three genotypes of chickpea tested. This is the first report on the generaHypera, Pachytychius, andSmicronyx as virus vectors, and onA. radiolus, H. variabilis, P. strumarius, andS. cyaneus as vectors of BBMV.Out of 351 samples of food legumes with symptoms suggestive of virus infection, 16, 11, 19, and 17% of the samples of chickpea, lentil, pea, and common bean, respectively, were found infected when tested for BBMV in DAS-ELISA. This is the first report on the natural occurrence of BBMV in chickpea, lentil, pea, and common bean. The virus should be regarded as a food-legume virus rather than a faba-bean virus solely, and is considered an actual threat to food legume improvement programmes.     

Characterization of potato potyvirus Y (PVY) isolates from seed potato batches. Situation of the NTN, Wilga and Z isolates

A collection of 38 PVY isolates from seed potato batches, originating from several Western European countries, was characterized by using current biological, serological and molecular tools differentiating PVY strains and groups. The correlation between the three kinds of tests was good but not absolute. No single serological or PCR method was able to discriminate among the five isolate groups found. Twenty-nine isolates belonged to the PVY^N strain and six to the PVY^O strain. No PVY^C was found. Two other isolates reacted serologically like PVY^O, but were unable to elicit a hypersensitive response from the Ny_tbr gene and probably represent the PVY^Z group. At the molecular level, these two isolates showed a combination of both PVY^O and PVY^N and could be recombinants of these strains. Another isolate reacted serologically like PVY^O, but induced vein necrosis in tobacco, like PVY^N-Wilga. Some PVY^N isolates caused tuber ring necrosis in glasshouse conditions. These might belong to the PVY^NTN group. The PVY^NTN, PVY^N-Wilga and PVY^Z groups probably represent pathotypes within strains PVY^N and PVY^O, respectively. The present study also confirms previous reports showing a high genetic variation at the 5 end within the PVYN strain.     

The autumn leafroller: Phenology,damage and parasitoids in a Dutch apple orchard

The phenology of the autumn leafroller,Syndemis musculana, a local pest of apple, was studied in order to forecast larval emergence. From 1983–1986, peak flight as determined with sexpheromone traps was always between 13–18 May. The duration of embryonic development was determined at various constant temperatures and used to estimate the periods of egg hatch in these four years. Each year, most eggs should have hatched in the second decade of June.Differences in attack rates between apple cultivars seem to be explained largely by the variation in picking time. Larvae are only half grown at the beginning of harvest (cv. James Grieve), and have gone into hibernation when the latest variety (cv. Golden Delicious) is picked. Moreover, the varieties Cox's Orange Pippin and Belle de Boskoop, picked about half time, are liable to receive additional damage by caterpillars brought with the picked fruits into storage.Various hymenopterous parasites were reared from caterpillars. As the only leafroller in the orchard which hibernates as mature larva,S. musculana may promote winter survival of some parasitoids, like the eulophidColpyclypeus florus.Samenvatting De fenologie van de herfstbladroller (Syndemis musculana Hübner), een incidentele plaag op appel, werd nader bepaald met het doel het uitkomen van de eieren te kunnen voorspellen. In 1983–1986 viel de piekvlucht, bepaald met behulp van feromoonvallen, steeds tussen 13 en 18 mei.De ontwikkelingsduur van de eieren bij verschillende constante temperaturen werd gebruikt om de periode van uitkomen te schatten. De meeste eieren zullen ieder jaar in de eerste helft van juni uitkomen.Geconstateerde verschillen in schade tussen appelrassen blijken goeddeels terug te voeren op verschillen in pluktijdstip. De rupsen van de herfstbladroller zijn pas half-was als de eerste appels eind augustus geplukt worden, terwijl tegen het einde van de oogst begin oktober de meeste al in winterslaap zijn. Met name tussentijdse rassen, als Cox's Orange Pippin and Schone van Boskoop, lopen extra schade op doordat grotere rupsen met de geplukte vruchten in de kist terecht komen.Uit de rupsen werden negen, al van andere boomgaardbladrollers bekende, sluipwespen gekweekt, Omdat deze bladrollersoort, als enige in de boomgaard, als volgroeide rups overwintert, lijkt zij bij uitstek geschikt als winterwaard.This study was carried out at the Experimental Orchard De Schuilenburg, Schuilenburg 3, 4041 BK Kesteren, the Netherlands, to which address correspondence should be addressed.     

Diagnostics,genetic diversity and pathogenic variation of ascochyta blight of cool season food and feed legumes

Molecular diagnostic techniques have been developed to differentiate the Ascochyta pathogens that infect cool season food and feed legumes, as well as to improve the sensitivity of detecting latent infection in plant tissues. A seed sampling technique was developed to detect a 1% level of infection by Ascochyta rabiei in commercial chickpea seed. The Ascochyta pathogens were shown to be genetically diverse in countries where the pathogen and host have coexisted for a long time. However, where the pathogen was recently introduced, such as A. rabiei to Australia, the level of diversity remained relatively low, even as the pathogen spread to all chickpea-growing areas. Pathogenic variability of A. rabiei and Ascochyta pinodes pathogens in chickpea and field pea respectively, appears to be quantitative, where measures of disease severity were based on aggressiveness (quantitative level of infection) rather than on true qualitative virulence. In contrast, qualitative differences in pathogenicity in lentil and faba bean genotypes indicated the existence of pathotypes of Ascochyta lentis and Ascochyta fabae. Therefore, reports of pathotype discrimination based on quantitative differences in pathogenicity in a set of specific genotypes is questionable for several of the ascochyta-legume pathosystems such as A. rabiei and A. pinodes. This is not surprising since host resistance to these pathogens has been reported to be mainly quantitative, making it difficult for the pathogen to overcome specific resistance genes and form pathotypes. For robust pathogenicity assessment, there needs to be consistency in selection of differential host genotypes, screening conditions and disease evaluation techniques for each of the Ascochyta sp. in legume-growing countries throughout the world. Nevertheless, knowledge of pathotype diversity and aggressiveness within populations is important in the selection of resistant genotypes.     

Characterization of Sclerotinia minor populations in Texas peanut fields

In the summer of 2004 an epidemic of sclerotinia blight of peanut, a disease caused by Sclerotinia minor, occurred in Texas in fields where the disease was never previously detected. The disease was observed on many plants within one of the fields (>3000 disease foci), although most foci were <1 m. It is hypothesized that these observations were inconsistent with the recent introduction of a monocyclic pathogen, even if disease developed under conducive environmental conditions. The pattern of disease is most suggestive of the presence of foliar (ascospore) infections, although air temperature was above the known limits for apothecia development if the pathogen had arrived in the field in 2004 peanut seed. To further examine this epidemic, 232 isolates were collected, across a variety of spatial scales spanning this field and other Texas peanut fields, and evaluated for aggressiveness, fungicide sensitivity and genotypic diversity. There was wide variation among isolates for the phenotypic characteristics measured, but there was no evidence that a genotypically unique, highly aggressive, and fungicide resistant isolate had been introduced or evolved. The predominant genotype, TX1, which contained 154 isolates, was found in every county and field population.     

Eyespot of Cereals Revisited: ITS phylogeny Reveals New Species Relationships

Four species so far classified in Pseudocercosporella or Ramulispora (hyphomycetes) are associated with eyespot disease symptoms of cereals. Two of these have been linked to teleomorphs that were described in Tapesia. Sequence data derived from the Internal Transcribed Spacer region (ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2) of the rDNA operon showed, however, that the eyespot fungi associated with Tapesia are not congeneric with Ramulispora sorghi, the type of Ramulispora. The genus name Tapesia is now rejected in favour of the conserved name Mollisia, which appears to comprise heterogeneous fungi. Tapesia yallundae is not closely related to the type of Mollisia, M. cinerea, but clusters separately, being more closely allied to species with Cadophora anamorphs. A new holomorph genus, Oculimacula, is therefore proposed for teleomorphs of the eyespot fungi, while the anamorphs are accommodated in Helgardia gen. nov.