Survey of cereal diseases and petts in the Netherlands. 5. Occurrence of Septoria spp. in winter wheat

Data of the annual surveys of circa 100 commerical winter wheat fields were compiled to describe epidemics ofSeptoria spp. in the Netherlands during 1974–1986. In May, during the first node stage,S. tritici was dominant whileS. nodorum was virtually absent. In July, during ripening,S. tritici on average dominated overS. nodorum, though in the most continental districts of the countryS. nodorum predominated.In May between 1974 and 1984, on average 56% of the fields showed leaf infections bySeptoria spp., while in July between 1975 and 1986, on average 83% of the fields showed leaf infections. Prevalence ofSeptoria spp. has increased during the surveys. Annual intensity ofSeptoria spp. in winter wheat crops was positively correlated with precipitation and negatively with average monthly sunshine duration during the harvest-month August of the previous growing season. The correlation with sunshine during August could indicate that ascospores play a major role in subsequent epidemics; but whether it is a causal relation remains to be answered.Present address: Center for Agrobiological Research (CABO-DLO), PO Box 14, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands     

Studies on the Interaction Between Septoria tritici and Stagonospora nodorum in Wheat

Interactions between Stagonospora nodorum and Septoria tritici were studied. Results from a detached glume experiment indicated that the interaction may be isolate-dependent, as it was shown that the interaction between the two pathogens may be beneficial or antagonistic depending on the isolate of each pathogen present. The number of spores produced by both pathogens was significantly greater when an aggressive isolate of S. tritici was mixed with a non-aggressive isolate of S. nodorum, whereas the number of spores produced by both pathogens was significantly less when two non-aggressive isolates were mixed. There was a significant reduction in disease level when S. tritici was applied prior to S. nodorum, compared to vice versa in the growth chamber. Results from growth chamber and field studies showed that S. nodorum produced significantly more spores when both pathogens were present together. It is concluded that S. tritici has a stimulatory effect on spore production by S. nodorum. However, there was a reduction of S. tritici spores observed in the dual inoculation treatments, suggesting that S. nodorum inhibits S. tritici.     

Temperature Dependent Seed Transmission of Stagonospora nodorum in Wheat

The transmission of Stagonospora nodorum from four naturally infected winter wheat seedlots was quantified in controlled environment germination chambers at 9, 13, 17, 21, and 25 °C. Seedlings were harvested when the second leaf began to emerge. Coleoptiles and first seedling leaves were examined for the presence of lesions caused by S. nodorum. First leaves were incubated on Bannon's medium for 2 weeks, after which they were examined for pycnidia of S. nodorum. Transmission to the coleoptile occurred at all temperatures, but decreased from 100% to 72% as temperature increased from 9 to 25 °C. Transmission to the first leaf was less, dropping from 37% to 2% as temperature increased from 9 to 25 °C. At least 44% of infected first leaves were symptomless at all temperatures, with 96% of infected leaves showing no symptoms at 25 °C. Transmission to seedling leaves occurred over a broad temperature range. Under the high densities at which wheat is sown, a significant number of infected seedlings per unit area may originate from relatively low initial seed infection levels and transmission efficiencies.     

Yield Reduction in Wheat in Relation to Leaf Disease From Yellow (tan) Spot and Septoria Nodorum Blotch

Yellow or tan spot (caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) and septoria nodorum blotch (caused by Phaeosphaeria nodorum) occur together and are a constraint to wheat yields in Australia. Recently, higher crop yields and lower fungicide costs have made fungicides an attractive management tool against these diseases. Yield-loss under different rates of progress of yellow spot and septoria nodorum blotch was examined in four experiments over three years to define the relationship between disease severity and yield. In these experiments, differences in disease were first promoted by inoculations either with P. tritici-repentis-infected stubble or aqueous spore suspensions of P. nodorum. Disease progress was further manipulated with foliar application of fungicide. The pattern of disease development varied in each year under the influence of different rainfall patterns. The inoculation and fungicide treatments produced differences in disease levels after flag leaf emergence. The infection of yellow spot or septoria nodorum blotch caused similar losses in grain yield, ranging from 18% to 31%. The infection by either disease on the flag or penultimate leaf provided a good indication of yield-loss. Disease severity on flag leaves during the milk stage of the crop or an integration of disease as area under the disease progress curve on the flag leaves based on thermal time explained more than 80% variance in yield in a simple regression model. The data provided information towards the development of disease management strategies for the control of septoria nodorum blotch and yellow spot.     

Resistance of wheat to Mycosphaerella graminicola involves early and late peaks of gene expression

Large-scale cDNA-AFLP profiling identified numerous genes with increased expression during the resistance response of wheat to the Septoria tritici blotch fungus, Mycosphaerella graminicola. To test whether these genes were associated with resistance responses, primers were designed for the 14 that were most strongly up-regulated, and their levels of expression were measured at 12 time points from 0 to 27 days after inoculation (DAI) in two resistant and two susceptible cultivars of wheat by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. None of these genes was expressed constitutively in the resistant wheat cultivars. Instead, infection of wheat by M. graminicola induced changes in expression of each gene in both resistant and susceptible cultivars over time. The four genes chitinase, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, pathogenesis-related protein PR-1, and peroxidase were induced from about 10- to 60-fold at early stages (3 h–1 DAI) during the incompatible interactions but were not expressed at later time points. Nine other genes (ATPase, brassinosteroid-6-oxidase, peptidylprolyl isomerase, peroxidase 2, 40S ribosomal protein, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, putative protease inhibitor, methionine sulfoxide reductase, and an RNase S-like protein precursor) had bimodal patterns with both early (1–3 DAI) and late (12–24 DAI) peaks of expression in at least one of the resistant cultivars, but low if any induction in the two susceptible cultivars. The remaining gene (a serine carboxypeptidase) had a trimodal pattern of expression in the resistant cultivar Tadinia. These results indicate that the resistance response of wheat to M. graminicola is not completed during the first 24 h after contact with the pathogen, as thought previously, but instead can extend into the period from 18 to 24 DAI when fungal growth increases dramatically in compatible interactions. Many of these genes have a possible function in signal transduction or possibly as regulatory elements. Expression of the PR-1 gene at 12 h after inoculation was much higher in resistant compared to susceptible recombinant-inbred lines (RILs) segregating for the Stb4 and Stb8 genes for resistance. Therefore, analysis of gene expression could provide a faster method for separating resistant from susceptible lines in research programs. Significant differential expression patterns of the defense-related genes between the resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars and RILs after inoculation with M. graminicola suggest that these genes may play a major role in the resistance mechanisms of wheat.     

A predictive model for early-warning of Septoria leaf blotch on winter wheat

Disease–weather relationships influencing Septoria leaf blotch (SLB) preceding growth stage (GS) 31 were identified using data from 12 sites in the UK covering 8 years. Based on these relationships, an early-warning predictive model for SLB on winter wheat was formulated to predict the occurrence of a damaging epidemic (defined as disease severity of 5% or > 5% on the top three leaf layers). The final model was based on accumulated rain > 3 mm in the 80-day period preceding GS 31 (roughly from early-February to the end of April) and accumulated minimum temperature with a 0°C base in the 50-day period starting from 120 days preceding GS 31 (approximately January and February). The model was validated on an independent data set on which the prediction accuracy was influenced by cultivar resistance. Over all observations, the model had a true positive proportion of 0.61, a true negative proportion of 0.73, a sensitivity of 0.83, and a specificity of 0.18. True negative proportion increased to 0.85 for resistant cultivars and decreased to 0.50 for susceptible cultivars. Potential fungicide savings are most likely to be made with resistant cultivars, but such benefits would need to be identified with an in-depth evaluation.     

Effects of nitrogen fertilization and cultivar on the damage relation of powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis) in winter wheat

The damage relation of powdery mildew in winter wheat was studied in field experiments in 1981 and 1983, in the Netherlands. No firm conclusion was obtained on the effect of nitrogen supply (175 and 235 kg ha^–1 N totally) on the damage relation. The relation was not affected by cultivars (four) and did not differ significantly between both years. The measured relation averaged 0.0125 kg are^–1 damage per pustule-day mildew per leaf, at yields of 70–90 kg are^–1. The effect of the fungicide triadimefon on yield could be ascribed to its effect on diseases. The vertical distribution of mildew in the crop was described.Samenvatting In 1981 en 1983 werd in veldproeven met wintertarwe de relatie tussen schade (in kg are^–1) en meeldauw onderzocht. Of de relatie onafhankelijk is van de stikstofbemesting (175 en 235 kg ha^–1 N totaal), kon niet met zekerheid worden vastgesteld. De schaderelatie werd niet significant beïnvloed door de vier getoetste rassen. In de twee jaren werd een vergelijkbare schade van gemiddeld 0.0125 kg are^–1 per puistdag meeldauw per blad gemeten, bij een opbrengstniveau van 70–90 kg are^–1. Tevens werd de locatie van meeldauw in het gewas beschreven.     

Note: Occurrence ofMycosphaerella graminicola, teleomorph ofSeptoria tritici, in Slovakia

Pseudothecia ofMycosphaerella graminicola, the teleomorph ofSeptoria tritici, were observed on leaves of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Slovakia for the first time in 2004. The samples of this pyrenomycetous ascomycete were compared with previously published data by micrometric characteristics using light microscope observations of morphological characteristics. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting July 18, 2005.     

氟吡菌酰胺不同施药方式对水稻拟禾本科根结线虫的防治效果

为评价41.7%氟吡菌酰胺悬浮剂防治水稻拟禾本科根结线虫Meloidogyne graminicola的应用潜力,将氟吡菌酰胺与吡虫啉种衣剂混合后采用种子包衣法及喷洒法研究其对水稻拟禾本科根结线虫的田间防效,并测定了不同施药方法对水稻生长和产量的影响。结果表明,氟吡菌酰胺4.2、8.3、12.5 g（a.i.）/kg种子与吡虫啉18.0 g（a.i.）/kg种子混合包衣处理,播种后35 d其根结抑制率和防效分别为41.0%~51.8%和47.4%~58.6%,土壤中2龄幼虫减退率为38.6%~40.4%,显著高于单施吡虫啉18.0 g（a.i.）/kg种子处理。水稻播种后连续3次以氟吡菌酰胺250.2、375.3、500.4 g（a.i.）/hm²进行土壤喷洒,最后1次施药后7 d,其根结抑制率和防效分别为81.0%~89.9%和65.9%~74.3%,土壤中2龄幼虫减退率为65.4%~73.4%,均显著高于对照药剂克百威1 800.0 g（a.i.）/hm²处理。氟吡菌酰胺各处理对水稻苗期生长均有较好的保护作用,能显著提高千粒重和有效穗数,产量比空白对照增加50.0%~61.2%,保产效果显著。水稻播种后35 d采用氟吡菌酰胺对稻田进行1次喷洒,对水稻具有一定的保护作用,保产效果不明显。表明采用氟吡菌酰胺与吡虫啉混合包衣种子处理及在水稻苗期进行喷洒处理对水稻拟禾本科根结线虫防效显著,具有显著的保产效果。     

The relationship of leaf wetness duration and disease progress of glume blotch,caused byStagonospora nodorum,in winter wheat to standard weather data

Almost 50% of the variation in leaf wetness duration can be explained by maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall and hours with relative humidity above 90% on a daily basis. All of these parameters can be estimated from a standard weather station. If variables related to wind are added the level of explanation increases to 69–76%. Leaf wetness duration explained up to 42% of the rate of disease increase (RDI) forS. nodorum. Leaf wetness duration was accumulated over a 5-day window period and correlated with rate of disease increase after a 7-day lag period. Standard weather variables could explain 20–34% of the disease increase. The relevance of these statistical models to disease prediction is discussed.     

两种蚜小蜂对烟粉虱MED隐种的田间笼罩控效评价

为明确烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci MED隐种优势寄生蜂海氏桨角蚜小蜂Eretmocerus hayati ZolnerowichRose与浅黄恩蚜小蜂Encarsia sophia GiraultDodd对其控制效果的影响,在棉田尼龙纱网笼罩中释放烟粉虱之后,再分别单独释放海氏桨角蚜小蜂、浅黄恩蚜小蜂以及二者以不同比例组合(1∶1、1∶3、3∶1)释放,定期调查统计2种蚜小蜂对烟粉虱的寄生量和烟粉虱的种群动态。结果表明,相对于不放蜂对照,自首次放蜂后40 d开始,所有放蜂处理均能显著降低烟粉虱若虫种群密度,每100 cm~2叶片上均少于1.00头,但各处理间的烟粉虱种群密度无显著差异;海氏桨角蚜小蜂和浅黄恩蚜小蜂以3∶1比例组合释放的处理中对烟粉虱的寄生量最高,每100 cm~2棉花叶片上能达到4.25头。表明在棉田中对烟粉虱进行生物防治时,以初级寄生蜂海氏桨角蚜小蜂与复寄生蜂浅黄恩蚜小蜂为3∶1的比例释放,可以到达较好的控制效果。     

Influence of humidity on incidence of Didymella bryoniae on cucumber leaves and growing tips under controlled environmental conditions

The influence of relative humidity, leaf wetting, mechanical injury and inoculum concentration on the incidence ofDidymella bryoniae on growing tips and young and older leaves of cucumber was studied in growth chambers.Infection was rare at 60% r.h. It increased at 95% r.h. and was most serious if the leaves were kept wet. A period of 1 hour of free water was sufficient for the initial stage of infection. For further expansion of the disease, leaf wetness was required.A high relative humidity did not predispose leaves to infection byD. bryoniae. Wounding was essential for infection of older leaves, but not for infection of young plant tissue.A higher conidial concentration increased infection. Without keeping, the leaves wet at 95% r.h. a tenfold conidial concentration was needed to get equal infection as with leaf wetting.To control the disease by means of the climate, it is of major importance to prevent the presence of free water on plant parts.Samenvatting De invloed van de relatieve luchtvochtigheid, het bevochtigen van het blad, mechanische beschadiging en inoculumconcentratie op het optreden vanDidymella bryoniae op groeipunten en jonge en oudere bladeren van komkommer is in klimaatkasten onderzocht.Aantasting kwam zelden voor bij 60% R.V., nam toe bij 95% R.V. en was het ernstigst als de bladeren nat werden gehouden. Voor de eerste fase van infective was de aanwezigheid van vrij water gedurende 1 à 2 uur voldoende. Voor een verdere uitbreiding van de aantasting moest het blad nat zijn.Een hoge relatieve luchtvochtigheid had geen predispositie-effect of de infectie van bladeren doorD. bryoniae.Voor de infectie van oudere bladeren was verwonding nodig, voor die van jong planteweefsel niet.Een hogere concentratie van conidiën verhoogde de aantasting. Zonder het blad nat te houden, was een tienvoudige concentratie van conidiën nodig om een gelijke infectie te verkrijgen als met bladbevochtiging.Voor de bestrijding van de ziekte via het klimaat is het tegengaan van de aanwezigheid van vrij water op plantedelen van het grootste belang.Seconded to the Glasshouse Crops Research and Experiment Station, Zuidweg 38, 2671 MN Naaldwijk, the Netherlands.     

草间钻头蛛共生菌多样性测定及沃尔巴克氏体感染对宿主发育历期和性比的影响

为了解草间钻头蛛Hylyphantes graminicola体内共生菌的组成及共生菌对宿主的影响,通过高通量测序技术确定其体内的优势共生菌,采用常规PCR法对草间钻头蛛进行优势共生菌的感染检测,并研究了优势共生菌感染对草间钻头蛛子代的发育历期和性比的影响。结果表明:经高通量测序细菌16S r DNA的V3、V4区,确定草间钻头蛛的优势共生菌为沃尔巴克氏体Wolbachia和Cardinium。167头被检测蜘蛛中,Cardinium的感染率为100.00%,沃尔巴克氏体的感染率为38.92%。感染沃尔巴克氏体的草间钻头蛛F1代雌蛛的2龄期、3龄期、4龄期和总历期均极显著低于未感染的草间钻头蛛,感染沃尔巴克氏体的草间钻头蛛F1代雌蛛1龄期显著低于未感染的F1代个体,感染和未感染沃尔巴克氏体的草间钻头蛛F1代雌蛛的卵期和5龄期均无显著差异。感染沃尔巴克氏体后,草间钻头蛛F1代雄蛛的1龄期和总历期极显著缩短,2龄期、3龄期和5龄期显著缩短,而卵期和4龄期与未感染沃尔巴克氏体的F1代雄蛛之间无显著差异。另外,沃尔巴克氏体感染极显著提高了草间钻头蛛的子代性比。     

蠋蝽对亚洲玉米螟幼虫的捕食作用

为明确蠋蝽Arma custos对亚洲玉米螟Ostrinia furnacalis的捕食能力,在实验室条件下采用捕食功能反应方法测定蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌雄成虫对亚洲玉米螟4龄幼虫的捕食功能反应、搜寻效应和种内干扰效应对其自身捕食能力的影响。结果显示,蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌雄成虫对亚洲玉米螟4龄幼虫的捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ型圆盘方程;蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌雄成虫对亚洲玉米螟4龄幼虫的瞬间攻击率分别为0.790、0.849和0.818,处理时间分别为0.041、0.027和0.036 d,日最大捕食量分别为24.390、37.037和27.778头;随着亚洲玉米螟密度的增加,蠋蝽的搜寻效应逐渐降低,雌成虫的搜寻效应明显大于5龄若虫和雄成虫;蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌雄成虫捕食亚洲玉米螟4龄幼虫时均受到种内干扰的影响,干扰常数分别1.372、1.410和1.309。表明蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌雄成虫均对亚洲玉米螟具有较好的控害潜能,且成虫的控害潜能大于5龄若虫。     

蠋蝽对棉铃虫幼虫的捕食功能反应

为明确蠋蝽Arma custos对棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera幼虫的生物防控潜能,在室内条件下测定蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌、雄成虫对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的捕食能力以及不同蠋蝽密度对自身捕食作用的影响。结果显示:蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌、雄成虫对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ模型。蠋蝽5龄若虫对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的瞬时攻击率、处理时间和日最大捕食量分别为0.829、0.024 d和41.667头;蠋蝽雌成虫对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的瞬时攻击率、处理时间和日最大捕食量分别为0.796、0.020 d和50.000头;蠋蝽雄成虫对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的瞬时攻击率、处理时间和日最大捕食量分别为0.752、0.021 d和47.619头。蠋蝽5龄若虫和雌、雄成虫对棉铃虫3龄幼虫的搜寻效应均随猎物密度的增加而逐渐降低。当棉铃虫幼虫密度固定时,单头蠋蝽的日捕食量随蠋蝽密度的增加而逐渐降低,蠋蝽对棉铃虫的捕食作用受到自身密度的干扰,5龄若虫和雌、雄成虫的干扰系数分别为0.548、0.702和0.772。表明蠋蝽5龄若虫及雌、雄成虫均对棉铃虫3龄幼虫具有一定的防控能力,且成虫对棉铃虫幼虫的防控能力大于5龄...     

玫烟色虫草和球孢白僵菌对朱砂叶螨和二斑叶螨的致病力评价

为探寻具有杀螨潜力的生防真菌,采用喷雾法测定分析玫烟色虫草Cordyceps fumosorosea IF-1106菌株和球孢白僵菌Beauveria bassiana BB-1339菌株对朱砂叶螨Tetranychus cinnabarinus和二斑叶螨Tetranychus urticae卵、幼螨及雌成螨的致病力。结果表明,感染玫烟色虫草IF-1106菌株和球孢白僵菌BB-1339菌株后螨类的形态特征不一致,感染IF-1106菌株后形成棉絮状菌丝,而感染BB-1339菌株后则形成羊毛状菌丝。IF-1106菌株和BB-1339菌株对朱砂叶螨和二斑叶螨卵的LC₅₀分别为2.38×10⁷、8.26×10⁷CFU/mL和4.48×10⁷、1.21×10⁸CFU/mL,对朱砂叶螨和二斑叶螨幼螨的LC₅₀分别1.97×10⁷、8.26×10⁷CFU/mL和7.65×10⁶、8.99×10^5...     

短期驯化对米蛾卵饲养的东亚小花蝽捕食瓜蚜功能反应的影响

为探究米蛾Corcyra cephalonica卵饲养的东亚小花蝽Orius sauteri对瓜蚜Aphis gossypii的控害潜能及对其是否进行短期驯化的必要性,以水果黄瓜斯托克为寄主植物,在实验室条件下分别进行了米蛾卵饲喂及预先饲喂瓜蚜2 d的东亚小花蝽(5龄若虫和雌成虫)对瓜蚜的捕食功能反应研究。结果显示,2种处理的东亚小花蝽5龄若虫和雌成虫对瓜蚜的捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ型反应模型,即随着猎物密度的增加,其对瓜蚜的捕食量先增加,后趋于稳定;其中预先饲喂2 d瓜蚜的东亚小花蝽5龄若虫在瓜蚜密度每皿为30头、雌成虫在每皿15头时,其捕食量均显著高于相同瓜蚜密度处理下一直饲喂米蛾卵的东亚小花蝽;其余瓜蚜密度下2种处理间无显著差异。瓜蚜驯化后的东亚小花蝽5龄若虫和雌成虫对瓜蚜的瞬间攻击率均高于未经瓜蚜驯化的。表明短期饲喂驯化可在一定程度上提高东亚小花蝽对靶标害虫瓜蚜的捕食能力和识别能力。     

亚洲白僵菌的分离鉴定及其对铜绿丽金龟幼虫的致病力

为挖掘对铜绿丽金龟Anomala corpulenta幼虫有高致病力的生防真菌,采用组织分离法对采集自花生田自然罹病铜绿丽金龟上的寄生真菌进行分离培养,观察分离菌株的生长性状并结合rDNA的ITS和EF1-α序列系统发育分析对其进行鉴定,比较该菌株与其他已知菌株的生物学特性差异和对铜绿丽金龟2龄幼虫的致病力,并基于侵染浓度、温度和相对湿度来明确其适宜施用条件。结果表明：从自然罹病铜绿丽金龟上分离获得1株菌株,结合形态学特征和分子生物学分析结果最终将该菌株鉴定为亚洲白僵菌Beauveria asiatica,命名为BaT;BaT菌株在恒温光照培养条件下,在萨氏培养基上的菌丝生长速率为3.49 mm/d,显著低于金龟子绿僵菌Metarhizium anisopliae菌株 Ma26 的菌丝生长速率（5.15 mm/d）,但显著高于球孢白僵菌 B. bassiana 菌株 Bb58、Bb31 和Bb48的菌丝生长速率（3.11~3.34 mm/d）;BaT菌株在培养15 d时产孢量为6.02×10⁷个/cm²,明显低于球孢白僵菌菌株Bb58、Bb31和Bb48的产孢量（7.88×107~9.74×10⁷个/cm²）,但显著高于金龟子绿僵菌菌株Ma26的产孢量;该菌株12 h孢子萌发率为96.22%,与其他4株菌株的孢子萌发率无显著差异。在相同侵染浓度下,铜绿丽金龟2龄幼虫接种菌株 BaT后的校正死亡率随着时间的延长而升高,接种后15 d开始显著高于接种其余4株菌株幼虫的校正死亡率。菌株BaT对铜绿丽金龟2龄幼虫的致病力随着侵染浓度的增加而显著增加,在最高浓度1×10⁸个/g处理后19 d时校正死亡率达到79.42%;对铜绿丽金龟2龄幼虫的致死中浓度LC₅₀为2.01×10⁷个/g。菌株BaT侵染铜绿丽金龟幼虫的适宜温度为20~30 ℃,25 ℃为最适宜温度;适宜相对湿度为[80%~90%）。表明亚洲白僵菌菌株BaT对铜绿丽金龟幼虫有较好的防控效果,可用于该虫的生物防治。