Detection and quantification of Rhizoctonia cerealis in soil using real-time PCR

Rhizoctonia cerealis E.P. van der Hoeven (anamorph of Ceratobasidium cereale D.I. Murray and Burpee), which causes sharp eyespot in wheat, is a major soilborne fungal pathogen that severely impairs yield and quality of winter wheat in China. Because the pathogen is difficult to identify and quantify in soil using conventional methods, a rapid and reliable method is needed to detect and quantify the fungus. In this study, we developed an SYBR Green-based quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for specific, sensitive detection and quantification of R. cerealis in soil samples. Using a specific primer pair based on the β-tubulin gene of the fungal DNA sequence, we could specifically detect R. cerealis at quantities as low as 100?fg of purified pathogen DNA. Using the real-time PCR assays, we were able to quantify R. cerealis in artificially and naturally infested soil samples. This new technique to quantify R. cerealis is rapid and accurate and will be a useful tool for future studies of pathogenic R. cerealis.     

The escalating threat of Rhizoctonia cerealis, the causal agent of sharp eyespot in wheat

Rhizoctonia cerealis, the causal agent of sharp eyespot on wheat, was not considered to be an important pathogen for many years. Recently, the disease has become endemic in many countries except for South America. The disease has created a new threat to world wheat production because the damage of wheat sharp eyespot has become increasingly severe. In this paper, previous studies on this pathogen, including the disease geographical distribution, pathogen identification, life cycle, symptoms, favourable environmental conditions, effects on wheat yield and control strategy, are reviewed. Such information will be helpful in management of sharp eyespot.     

Infection of potato and wheat by isolates of Rhizoctonia solani and R. cerealis

Isolates of Rhizoctonia were obtained from potato crops with stem canker or black scurf and from cereal crops with sharp eyespot. Those with many nuclei per cell, wide cells, darkening colonies and fast growth were assigned to R. solani ; those with two nuclei per cell, narrow cells, pale colonies and slow growth were assigned to R. cerealis . Only R. solani was obtained from potatoes and only R. cerealis from cereals. On young plants in the glasshouse, the isolates of R. solani infected potato substantially but not wheat; R. cerealis infected wheat substantially and potato slightly. This host preference was shown at temperatures between 10 and 25°C in growth rooms. R. solani on potato caused more disease with increasing temperature; no trend with temperature was observed for R. cerealis on wheat.     

Effects of sharp eyespot (Rhizoctonia cerealis) on yield and grain quality of winter wheat

Sharp eyespot caused by Rhizoctonia cerealis was assessed in four winter wheat crops surveyed at four locations in north-central Poland in 2006?C2009. At the four locations symptoms developed on 41.9?C67.7?% of shoots of all plants (average of 4?years) and on 49?C73.5?% of shoots of diseased plants (average of 4?years). Slight (category 1) disease was most frequent, occurring on 24.4?C41.3?% of shoots (range 14.8?C51.3?%); moderate (category 2) disease was less frequent, occurring on 16.9?C25.5?% of shoots (range 8.9?C32.4?%); severe (category 3) disease was least frequent, occurring on 3.2?C7.1?% (range 0?C22.0?%) of shoots. Sharp eyespot affected wheat growth and yield, and grain quality. Disease, especially in the severe category, was associated with significant decreases in plant and ear dry weights, number of grains per ear, grain dry weight per ear and thousand-grain weight, and with increases in grain protein and wet gluten contents, Hagberg falling number and sedimentation value. There was an association between occurrence of sharp eyespot in stems and colonization of grain by fungi. Alternaria alternata and E. nigrum were the most common species.     

Development and use of a PCR assay to detect Rhizoctonia cerealis, the cause of sharp eyespot in wheat

Random amplified polymorphic DNA assays were carried out on a range of isolates of Rhizoctonia cerealis to identify markers common to all isolates. Two fragments were isolated, cloned and used to probe Southern blots of DNA from R. cerealis and isolates from a range of anastomosis groups of Rhizoctonia solani. The two fragments hybridized specifically to DNA of R. cerealis and not to DNA of any of the isolates of R. solani. Both fragments were partially sequenced and two pairs of primers were generated for use in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Amplification of a fragment of the anticipated size occurred following PCR of all isolates of R. cerealis and not from any of a range of fungal species associated with disease of the stem base of cereals. The primer pairs for R. cerealis were also used, along with those for Microdochium nivale and W and R-type of Pseudocercosporell herpotrichoides , to deled these pathogens in extracts from field-grown wheat plants exhibiting symptoms of sharp eyespot, eyespot, foot rot or a combination of the diseases. No relationship was found between visual disease assessment of sharp eyespot at growth stage 37 and the results of PCR However, the results of PCR and visual disease assessment at growth stage 75 were similar, indicating that visual disease assessment may not be reliable until later growth stages. This system offers the potential to detect the presence of R. cerealis in cereals and avoid problems commonly associated with conventional diagnosis of this disease and isolation of the pathogen.     

Genetic structure and population diversity in the wheat sharp eyespot pathogen Rhizoctonia cerealis in the Willamette Valley,Oregon, USA

Wheat sharp eyespot, caused by the soilborne basidiomycete fungus Rhizoctonia cerealis group D subgroup I (AG-DI), is a common disease of wheat stems that has increased in global importance in recent years. The disease caused a severe and extensive epidemic throughout the Willamette Valley of Oregon in 2014 and has remained one of the most important wheat diseases in this region subsequently. The population structure of this pathogen is still not well understood. In this study, 572 pure cultures of R. cerealis AG-DI were isolated from five commercial fields and two experimental fields in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, in the spring of 2017 and 2018. Population structure studies were conducted using six microsatellite markers. Polymorphisms were observed at all six loci, and all seven subpopulations showed moderate gene and genotype diversity. Most of the loci were in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium in the subpopulations, the entire population combined over locations and five of seven subpopulations were in gametic equilibrium, and the AMOVA and Mantel’s test demonstrated no differentiation among subpopulations. Though direct evidence is currently lacking, these results suggest that the sexual stage of the pathogen may be having a significant impact on pathogen population structure, and that the presence of basidiospores could be contributing to the extensive spread of this disease in the Willamette Valley in recent years.     

山东小麦纹枯病菌致病性与遗传分化关系的研究

 对山东麦区被鉴定为双核丝核菌的35个菌株进行致病性测定的基础上,选用15个随机引物对上述菌株进行了RAPD分析,共标记出171条DNA片段,其中多态性片段161个,多态率为94.15%。用UPGMA法构建系统树,以遗传距离0.33为阈值,被鉴定为AG-D融合群的33个菌株隶属于同一个RAPD组,而3个未定融合群菌株(WK-6、WK-37和WK-13)均为独立的RAPD组。以遗传距离0.25为阈值,将属于同一个融合群的33个AG-D群菌株划分为7个亚组,说明受试小麦纹枯病菌株间存在丰富的遗传多样性。综合分析受试菌株的致病力测定结果与RAPD分析发现,供试菌株的RAPD组与菌株致病力的强弱无明显的相关性,但少数菌株的致病力强弱与亚RAPD组有一定的相关性。     

土层深度对三种麦田禾本科杂草出苗及生长的影响

为明确小麦田禾本科杂草在不同土层深度的出苗及生长情况,选取雀麦Bromus japonicas、节节麦Aegilops tauschii和野燕麦Avena fatua三种小麦田常见禾本科杂草,采用盆栽法系统研究不同土层深度对杂草出苗及生长的影响。结果表明,小麦田禾本科杂草雀麦、节节麦和野燕麦出苗和生长与不同土层深度密切相关,在浅土层中均有较好的出苗率,且后期生长也正常。从出苗时间来看,雀麦和野燕麦集中出苗时间在播种后5～11 d,节节麦略晚于这2种杂草;从最适出苗土层深度来看,雀麦最适出苗土层深度为0.5～3.5 cm,出苗率在76.0%～87.0%之间,节节麦的最适出苗深度为0.5～8.0 cm,出苗率在66.7%～79.3%之间,而野燕麦的最适土层深度为0.5～18.0 cm,出苗率达84.2%～94.4%;从出苗后生长影响来看,0～20 cm土层对野燕麦后期生长没有显著影响,土层深度大于10.0 cm对节节麦生长有显著抑制作用,大于6.0 cm即对雀麦有显著影响。研究表明通过深翻土地可以对雀麦和节节麦达到一定的控制作用,但对野燕麦控制效果相对略差。     

小麦品种(系)对纹枯病抗性鉴定及抗病资源的筛选

室内苗期采用菌落上直播催芽麦粒法和田间连续 2年采用小麦粒砂土壤接菌法对25个小麦品种进行了抗纹枯病性鉴定。结果表明 ,品种间抗感性存在明显差异 ,室内和田间抗感性表现基本一致 ,田间两个年度间抗感性表现具有相对的稳定性。品种南阳82505、S048、荆麦66等 7个品种室内病级为1.03～1.50 ,田间相对抗病性指数为 0.40～0.79,两个年度均表现为中抗。 1998～2000年度共鉴定品种材料5.48份 ,抗性材料占17.9% ,其中湖北省94-5036、96-951等 11份区预试材料表现为中抗 ,占区预试鉴定材料总数的 20.8%。     

Effect of growth media, storage environment, soil temperature and delivery to soil on binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-G for protection of potato from Rhizoctonia canker

Binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR) isolates propagated for 20 days at 24°C on oat kernels and for 30 days on vermiculite amended with potato broth were recovered from an average of 62% of whole kernels, 100% of chopped kernels and 71 % of vermiculite particles within the cultures, respectively. Viability of BNR isolates 232-CG and JF-3S4-3 was higher when stored at 5 than at 24°C, and was slightly affected by the vacuum used to reduce the O₂ level. After 17 weeks of storage at 5°C in air, BNR isolates 232-CG and JF-3S4-3 maintained similar viability (75% viability on whole oat kernels and 100% viability on chopped oat kernels), but in vermiculite amended with potato broth, viability of isolate 232-CG remained at 100% while that of JF-3S4-3 was 28%. In the glasshouse, BNR isolates 232-CG and JF-3S4-3 protected potato plants from Rhizoctonia canker caused by R. solani in soil maintained at 11, 17 and 23°C. Protection from Rhizoctonia canker was greater when BNR was delivered to soil than when placed on seed pieces. BNR-colonized-whole oat kernels placed in soil (15 g m of row) gave the greatest protection from Rhizoctonia canker in all experiments. In two field experiments in soil naturally infested with R. solani AG-3. the amount of BNR-colonized oat kernels was reduced from 15 g/m of row to 1-9 g m of row without affecting protection of potato plants from Rhizoctonia canker.     

覆盖方式对旱作小麦田土壤团聚体有机碳的影响

依托中国科学院长武黄土高原农业生态实验站的长期覆盖试验,分析研究秸秆覆盖和地膜覆盖对黄土高原旱作冬小麦田土壤团聚体分布和团聚体有机碳的影响,共包括4种处理:无覆盖(CK)、全年9 000 kg·hm~(-2)秸秆覆盖(M_(9000))、全年4 500 kg·hm~(-2)秸秆覆盖(M_(4500))和全年地膜覆盖(PM)。结果表明:(1)与CK处理相比,M_(9000)处理土壤总有机碳含量提高8.1%(P0.05),M_(4500)和PM处理较CK处理无显著差异。(2)M_(9000)、M_(4500)处理0.25 mm团聚体含量较CK处理分别提高6.6%、4.1%,PM处理降低1.7%。(3)与CK处理相比,M_(9000)处理平均重量直径(MWD)值提高9.2%,PM处理降低14.8%;M_(9000)处理几何平均直径(GMD)提高13.0%,PM处理降低15.7%(P0.05)。(4)土壤总有机碳与0.25 mm团聚体含量、MWD和GMD值呈显著正相关。(5)各处理中,5 mm和0.25 mm团聚体中有机碳含量较高;M_(9000)处理可不同程度地提高各级别团聚体中有机碳的含量,PM处理作用不明显;土壤有机碳主要储存在机械稳定性大团聚体中,且5 mm团聚体对总有机碳的贡献率最大,M_(9000)、M_(4500)处理可提高0.25 mm团聚体有机碳的贡献率。(6)各处理土壤总有机碳与5 mm和0.25 mm机械稳定性团聚体中有机碳呈极显著正相关。因此,长期秸秆覆盖不仅可以提升团聚体水平和稳定性,还可增加团聚体中有机碳含量,有利于土壤有机碳的固定。该区全年9 000 kg·hm~(-2)秸秆覆盖处理效果最好。     

不同种植方式对高寒旱区地膜小麦耗水特征和产量的影响

于2019—2022年在陇中高寒旱区以裸地条播为对照（CK）,设置全膜覆土穴播（FM）和膜侧沟播（FS）两种覆盖方式,研究不同覆盖种植方式对冬小麦耗水特性、生长发育及产量的影响。结果表明：与CK相比,FM和FS处理播种期~拔节期0~20 cm土层土壤温度分别平均提高3.1℃和2.1℃,灌浆期分别降低0.6℃和1.0℃。覆盖能不同程度提高冬小麦各生育期0~200 cm土层土壤含水量,其中出苗期、返青期、拔节期和灌浆期提高幅度均高于20%。与CK相比,FM处理返青后冬小麦耗水量平均显著提高29.2%,返青前显著降低42.4%;FS处理返青期~灌浆期耗水量提高12.6%,返青前降低25.7%。各处理冬小麦基本苗、分蘖数、公顷穗数、穗粒数、千粒重和产量均表现为FM＞FS＞CK,处理间差异显著,其中FM和FS处理产量分别较CK平均提高74.7%和45.4%;处理间耗水量差异不显著;FM处理水分利用效率最大,较CK平均提高67.3%,FS次之,较CK平均提高46.1%。综上,地膜覆盖可调节土壤水分状况,改善冬小麦生长发育和成穗情况,显著提高产量和水分利用效率,其中全膜覆土穴播调节效应优于膜侧沟播,是适宜在高寒旱区地膜小麦生产中推广应用的种植方式。     

Effect of benomyl on soil fungi associated with rye. 1. Effect on the incidence of sharp eyespot caused by Rhizoctonia cerealis

Effects of benomyl on incidence of pathogens affecting the culm base of rye were studied in field trials and growth chamber experiments. Spraying of the crop with the fungicide at a high dosage (2.4 kg.ha^–1) resulted in a tenfold increase of sharp eyespot caused byRhizoctonia cerealis and reduced foot rot symptoms caused by fusaria by 50%. In a field trial at a low dosage (0.24 kg.ha^–1) a slight increase of sharp eyespot was observed. In one year, probably because of wet conditions during the infection period, sharp eyespot did not occur in either benomyl-treated or untreated plots, but eyespot caused byPseudocercosporella herpotrichoides was abundant. Its occurrence was reduced from 74% affected culm bases in untreated plots to 8% and 1% in plots that received 0.24 and 2.4 kg.ha^–1 of the fungicide, respectively.In growth chambers seedlings were grown in two sandy soils inoculated withR. cerealis. The soil was kept dry at about 35% of the moisture holding capacity. In plots with benomyl (1 mg.kg^–1; moisture content 11% of fresh weight), fewer seedlings emerged than in plots without the fungicide. This result was highly significant (P<0.01) for one soil but not for the other. The number of seedlings that remained free of disease symptoms was higher (P<0.01) in untreated than in fungicide-treated plots of both soils.Isolates of pathogens obtained from diseased culms were tested for their sensitivity to benomyl. Growth of all of them includingR. cerealis was inhibited, although not always completely suppressed, at 10 g.ml^–1 on potato-dextrose agar. ED₅₀ values of most isolates ofR. cerealis were between 2.2 and 3.1 g.ml^–1. The fungus was slightly but consistently less sensitive thanF. culmorum. Mycelial growth ofF. nivale was appreciably more sensitive than that of the otherFusarium spp. from cereals.P. herpotrichoides andF. nivale were the most sensitive pathogens tested with ED₅₀ values of <1 g.ml^–1. Accordingly,F. nivale was absent on culms from treated plots. In a growth chamber experiment, seedlings were protected from infection by supplying the fungicide (1 mg.kg^–1) to previously inoculated soil.In a laboratory assay the effect of benomyl on microbial antagonism toR. cerealis was estimated for rhizosphere soil. Enhanced incidence of sharp eyespot in treated crops was associated with adverese effects of the fungicide on microbial antagonism. There is presumptive evidence thatR. cerealis is suppressed by bacteria after wet periods during the vegetation period of the crop and by fungi after dry periods. Only fungal antagonism, which may be less effective, is affected by benomyl. The response to benomyl of the microflora in different soils varied. Reasons for this inconsistency are suggested.Samenvatting In veldproeven en in een klimaatkamer werd de invloed van benomyl op het optreden van voetziekten in rogge onderzocht. In veldjes die bespoten waren met een hoge dosis van het fungicide (in totaal 2.4 kg.ha^–1) bleken tienmaal zoveel halmen met scherpe oogvlekken, veroorzaakt doorRhizoctonia cerealis, voor te komen dan in onbespoten veldjes. Daarentegen was voetrot veroorzaakt doorFusarium-soorten met 50% verminderd. In een volgende veldproef, waarbij een voor de praktijk geadviseerde dosis (0.24 kg.ha^–1) was toegepast, werd een lichte toename van scherpe oogvlekken waargenomen.In een ander jaar trad scherpe oogvlekkenziekte in het geheel niet op, ook niet in met benomyl behandelde veldjes. De vochtige omstandigheden tijdens de infectieperiode zijn daarvan waarschijnlijk de oorzaak. Daarentegen werd de oogvlekkenziekte, welke doorPseudocercosporella herpotrichoides werd veroorzaakt, veel aangetroffen. In de onbehandelde veldjes waren 74% van de halmen aangetast tegen 8 en 1% in de veldjes die met het fungicide waren behandeld in doseringen van 0.24 en 2.4 kg.ha^–1.De invloed van het fungicide op de aantasting van kiemplanten werd in klimaatkamerproeven onderzocht. Daartoe werden twee zandgronden metR. cerealis geënt. De grond werd droog gehouden (op 35% van het waterhoudend vermogen). In grond met fungicide (1 mg.kg^–1) was de opkomst minder dan in grond zonder fungicide. Dit was zeer significant (P<0.01) voor één van de beide zandgronden, maar niet voor de andere. Het aantal gezonde kiemplanten was in beide gevallen duidelijk hoger (P<0.01) voor de onbehandelde grond.De isolaten van ziekteverwekkers uit aangetaste halmen werden op hun gevoeligheid voor het fungicide getoetst. Op aardappel-glucoseagar werden alle isolaten in hun groei geremd bij een benomyl-concentratie van 10 g.ml^–1.R. cerealis was iets minder gevoelig danF. culmorum. Voor het overgrote deel van de isolaten vanR. cerealis lag de ED₅₀ waarde tussen 2,2 en 3,1 g.ml^–1. De myceliumgroei vanF. nivale werd meer geremd dan die van de andereFusarium-soorten.P. herpotrichoides enF. nivale waren met een ED₅₀ waarde van <1 g.m.^–1 de gevoeligste pathogenen die uit de halmvoeten werden geïsoleerd. Dat de populatie vanF. nivale in benomylhoudende grond wordt onderdrukt, blijkt uit (1) het feit dat de schimmel niet voorkwam op halmen uit behandelde veldjes en (2) de bescherming tegen infectie van kiemplanten als aan de besmette grond fungicide (1 mg.kg^–1) was toegevoegd.In laboratoriumproeven werd de invloed van benomyl op het microbiële antagonisme in rhizosfeergrond tegenR. cerealis bepaald. Een toename in het optreden van scherpe oogvlekkenziekte in behandelde gewassen bleek gepaard te gaan met een remming van het antagonisme tegen de ziekteverwekker. Er zijn sterke aanwijzingen datR. cerealis na vochtige perioden tijdens de vegetatieperiode door bacteriën wordt onderdrukt en na droge perioden door schimmels. Het antagonisme van de laatste groep lijkt minder effectief te zijn en alleen dit antagonisme wordt door benomyl verlaagd. Tenslotte wordt een mogelijke oorzaak aangegeven voor de ongelijke respons op het fungicide van het microbieel antagonisme in verschillende gronden.     

Population dynamics of Rhizoctonia,Oculimacula, and Microdochium species in soil,roots, and stems of English wheat crops

This study aimed to elucidate the population dynamics of Rhizoctonia, Oculimacula, and Microdochium species, causing the stem base disease complex of sharp eyespot, eyespot, and brown foot rot in cereals. Pathogen DNA in soil, roots, and stem fractions, and disease expression were quantified in 102 English wheat fields in two seasons. Weather data for each site was collected to determine patterns that correlate with assessed diseases. Oculimacula spp. (66%) and R. solani AG 2-1 (63%) were most frequently detected in soil, followed by R. cerealis (54%) and Microdochium spp. (33%). Oculimacula spp. (89%) and R. cerealis (56%) predominated on roots and soil but were not associated with root rot symptoms, suggesting that these species used soil and roots for survival and as inoculum source. M. nivale was more frequently detected than M. majus on stems up to GS 21–30 and co-occurred on plant samples with O. acuformis. O. yallundae had higher DNA concentration than O. acuformis at the lower 5 cm basal region at GS 37–45. R. cerealis predominated in the upper 15 cm above the base beyond stem extension. Brown foot rot by Microdochium spp. was favoured by cool and wet autumns/winters and dominated in English wheat. Eyespot and sharp eyespot disease index by Oculimacula spp. and R. cerealis, respectively, correlated with wet/humid springs and summers. Results suggested that stem base pathogens generally coexisted; however, their abundance in time and space was influenced by favourable weather patterns and host development, with niche differentiation after stem extension.     

Influence of time of emergence of wild oat on competition with wheat

The influence of time of emergence of wild oat (Avena fatua L.) on its competition with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was studied, using boxes that allowed separation of root and shoot competition. The relative yield total for mixtures of wild oat and wheat, grown under different forms of competition and with different wild oat sowing times, was very close to unity, indicating that the two species competed fully for limiting resources. Wild oat was more competitive than wheat when the two species were sown simultaneously, due largely to its greater root competitive ability; the two species had similar shoot competitive abilities. When wild oat was sown 3 or 6 weeks later than wheat, wheat was more competitive than wild oat and the production of wild oat panicles was prevented. This was mainly the result of greater root competitive ability of the wheat, although shoot competitive ability was also greater. The effects of root and shoot competition were additive. It is concluded that in order to prevent the return of wild oat seeds to the soil, and hence obtain long-term benefit, it is necessary to control the wild oat seedlings emerging within the first 3 weeks after drilling a wheat crop.     

生物炭施用对冬麦田土壤水热环境及土壤呼吸的影响

探究施用生物炭对冬麦田土壤水热因子及土壤呼吸的影响,对生物炭在麦田应用及农田固碳减排有重要的实践意义。2018年10月至2021年6月在关中灌区连续3 a进行了麦田生物炭施用试验,试验设置生物炭施用量水平分别为：0 t·hm^-2·a^-1（C0）、10 t·hm^-2·a^-1（C10）、20 t·hm^-2·a^-1（C20）,通过测定小麦生长季的土壤温度、土壤水分、土壤呼吸速率及产量,明确不同施炭量对冬小麦田土壤水热因子及土壤呼吸的影响。各处理生育期内土壤呼吸速率及全生育期CO₂排放量存在显著性差异（P<0.05）,均表现为C0>C20>C10。生物炭施入增加了生育期内的平均土壤温度,同时显著提高了0～20 cm土壤含水量（P<0.05）,并减弱了土壤水分在生育期内的变化幅度。C10、C20处理3 a平均土壤含水量较C0分别增加了17.0%、29.0%。5 cm及10 cm土壤温度能分别解释土壤呼吸变化的54.7%～...     

The effect of thermal time and soil water on emergence of Ranunculus repens

The effect of temperature and soil available water (AW) on the emergence of Ranunculus repens ␣L. was examined in artificial media in growth chambers. Two seed populations, `arable type' and `wild type', were investigated. Moisture levels were 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% AW, and temperatures were 10/5 °C, 15/7 °C, 20/10 °C and 25/15 °C. Time to onset of emergence varied from 11 to 28 days for both seed populations, primarily as a result of mean temperature. Mean thermal time (TT) required for the onset of emergence of both populations was 251 ± 45 TT. Total emergence of the `arable type' R. repens varied from 3% at 10/5 °C and 20% AW to 30% at 25/15 °C and 60% AW. Total emergence of the `wild type' was greater, ranging from 4% at 10/5 °C and 20% AW to 57% at 25/15 °C and 80% AW. Temperature and AW significantly affected total emergence. A logistic response was displayed for the cumulative emergence of both populations. Seedling emergence models based on TT were developed for both populations at each of the four levels of AW.     

药剂拌种结合土壤处理对小麦全蚀病的防效

选用5种种衣剂分别拌种,结合播前以20%三唑酮乳油处理土壤,在河南博爱开展小麦全蚀病防治试验,调查各药剂处理的安全性、防治全蚀病的效果以及对产量的影响。结果表明,使用3%苯醚甲环唑悬浮种衣剂处理麦种防治小麦全蚀病的效果最优:处理后的小麦出苗整齐、生长健壮、未见药害;拔节期病株防效为98.62%,乳熟期白穗防效为92.04%;处理区小麦产量较清水对照区增加54.37%,均为各处理中最高。     

不同覆草量苹果园土壤水温效应及对树体生长的影响

将麦草覆盖应用于果园,研究不同覆盖用量22 000 kg·hm-2(T1)、33 000 kg·hm-2(T2)、44 000 kg·hm-2(T3)和清耕(CK)在整个生长期对19年生长富2号苹果园0~100 cm土壤水分、5~25 cm土壤温度、树体生长量及果实品质的影响。结果表明:在旱情较重的4—7月,3种覆草处理的平均含水量随覆草量的增加而增大,其中T2和T3处理极显著(P0.01)高于CK,高出8.98%~27.09%;且3种覆草处理0~20、20~40 cm土层的含水量极显著(P0.01)高于CK,高出9.36%~73.77%;4—8月3种覆草处理的各深度地温低于CK,4—6月份极显著(P0.01)低于CK,低出2.11℃~8.02℃;相反,9—11月份高于CK。覆草处理5~20 cm深度土温日变幅极显著(P0.01)低于CK,低出0.39℃~3.63℃。果实单果重和产量以T2处理最高,3种覆草处理每公顷产量较CK极显著(P0.01)提高,高出10.70%~20.83%;产量水分利用效率覆草处理较CK极显著(P0.01)增高,高出9.87%~20.87%。覆草对树体生长量、枝类比例影响不大。综合各种效应及投入产出比,陇东黄土高原苹果园覆草量以22 000~33 000 kg·hm-2较经济适宜。