FoAP1基因在香蕉枯萎病菌致病过程中的功能分析

 为了探究AP1转录因子在尖孢镰刀菌古巴专化型4号生理小种(Foc4)中是否参与香蕉枯萎病的致病过程,借助尖孢镰刀菌Fo5176菌株(GenBank序列号:AFQF01001482.1)全基因组序列,通过PCR和RT-PCR技术克隆获得了Foc4中AP1转录因子的基因组DNA和cDNA编码序列.利用PEG介导的原生质体转化法获得AP1基因敲除转化子。利用qRT-PCR分析AP1可能调控的下游基因表达。利用灌根法(直接在根部浇菌)检测了AP1缺失突变体的致病能力。结果表明Foc4的AP1转录因子cDNA编码序列长1770bp,编码63.9kDa(589aa)蛋白,是一个典型的bZIP型转录因子,命名为FoAP1;FoAP1缺失突变体的气生菌丝大量减少,菌丝的入侵生长受到严重限制。对外源氧化胁迫不敏感,但致病能力减弱。     

香蕉枯萎病菌侵染香蕉根系的组织学过程

 为探明香蕉枯萎病菌侵染香蕉根系的过程,利用绿色荧光蛋白标记的香蕉枯萎病菌4号生理小种（Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4 tagged with green fluorescent protein,GFP-FOC4）,接种香蕉根系以观察病原菌侵染香蕉根系的组织学过程。结果表明,接种1 d后病原菌以菌丝体、大型分生孢子和小型分生孢子的形式附着于根系表皮细胞,优先沿细胞胞间层生长。接种7 d后,观察到病原菌以菌丝体、大型分生孢子和小型分生孢子的形式直接侵染维管束,在维管束内以两种方式扩展繁殖,一种在维管束内横向扩展,菌丝体随机分支,逐步形成网状分布;另一种是菌丝体在维管束内纵向生长,倾向于呈束状沿维管束单侧生长繁殖,形成大量菌丝体。本研究首次从组织病理学的角度观察并分析了GFP-FOC4侵染香蕉根系的过程,为研究香蕉枯萎病菌的致病过程机理提供参考。     

Evaluating the potential of soil management to reduce the effect of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in banana (Musa AAA)

European Journal of Plant Pathology - Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) causes Fusarium wilt in banana (Musa AAA). Foc Race 1 devastated the subgroup Gros Michel during the first half of the...     

The G-protein subunits FGA2 and FGB1 play distinct roles in development and pathogenicity in the banana fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense

The soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense causes banana (Musa spp.) vascular wilt. Here, we examine the roles of G-protein α and β subunit genes fga2 and fgb1 in F. oxysporum development and pathogenicity. Deletion of either or both genes led to increased heat resistance, lower cAMP levels, and enhanced pigmentation, whereas phenotypic defects of colony morphology and reduced conidiation were seen in Δfgb1 and Δfga2/Δfgb1 deletion strains but not in Δfga2. Conversely, Δfgb1 retained greater virulence against banana, suggesting that FGA2 regulates fungal virulence whereas FGB1 modulates both development and virulence, potentially via the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A pathway.     

芽孢杆菌BH_1防治大豆根腐病的效果及机制

芽孢杆菌BH1分离于大豆根际,在温室试验中表现出较好的防治效果。田间试验对尖孢镰刀菌引起的大豆根腐病防效达56.1%,增产7.6%。该菌株发酵无菌滤液对尖孢镰刀菌F3、茄孢镰刀菌W1和镰刀菌S1孢子萌发和菌丝生长有抑制作用;对热处理较稳定。对其抗利福平标记株B R+ 4与大豆根系的亲和性研究表明,BH1可定殖于无菌土和病土中生长的大豆根际,且动态变化趋势相似,但在无菌土中数量略高于病土。组织印记法表明:B R+ 4可在整个大豆根系生长。扫描电镜观察发现,BH1主要存在于根表凹陷处,在根尖或侧根处则很少。透射电镜观察,根细胞间隙内未检测到BH1。在大豆根际的定殖试验说明,B R+ 4与大豆根系有很好的亲和性,对营养和空间位点的竞争是其拮抗病原菌的主要机制。     

PstVosA1转录因子基因在调控小麦条锈菌耐高温反应中的生物学功能分析

 小麦条锈病是典型的冷凉生态区气传真菌病害,病原菌在越夏易变区(即秋季菌源基地)的越夏情况决定了冬季繁殖区条锈菌的初侵染菌源。小麦条锈病的发生流行极易受到温湿度关键气象因子的影响。近年来的调查研究发现,我国小麦条锈菌越夏海拔下限逐年下降,且越夏区范围进一步扩大,说明条锈菌耐高温胁迫能力增强,给未来小麦条锈病流行规律研究及制定防治策略带来了全新挑战。真菌特有的Velvet转录因子家族中VosA基因参与了真菌生长发育和次生代谢的调控,但关于该转录因子在条锈菌耐高温性中的作用却知之甚少。实时荧光定量PCR分析发现,温度敏感菌系蓬9和耐高温菌系A4在侵染寄主过程中PstVosA1基因均受高温胁迫诱导表达,但耐高温菌系PstVosA1相对表达水平明显高于温度敏感菌系蓬9。利用寄主诱导的基因沉默技术(HIGS)沉默小麦条锈菌耐高温菌系A4中的PstVosA1基因能显著降低在高温(21℃)接种条件下的平均发病严重度、孢子堆密度和生物量。研究结果说明PstVosA1基因正调控小麦条锈菌耐高温胁迫反应过程,增加该基因的表达水平,有利于增强小麦条锈菌耐高温性。     

Use of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) to identify races 1, 2, 4 and 8 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi in Italy

The RAPD fingerprinting procedure was used in combination with pathogenicity assays on differential cultivars to characterize a representative collection of 72 Fusarium spp. isolates of different geographic origin collected from diseased carnation. In F. oxysporum f. sp. dianthi, isolates were grouped according to the physiologic race: group 1 included isolates of race 4; group 2 was formed by isolates of race 2 and single representatives of races 5 and 6; group 3 included isolates of races 1 and 8. No correlation was found between RAPD data and geographic origin of the isolates tested: representatives of race 2 isolated in Italy, Israel and Japan had the same amplification profile. Three isolates which showed a low level of pathogenicity on all carnation cultivars tested shared an identical amplification pattern and are probably saprophytic F. oxysporum. Finally, two F. redolens isolates from Japan and seven non-pathogenic isolates of F. proliferatum collected from diseased carnation in Italy, Israel and The Netherlands were clearly distinguishable according to their RAPD fingerprint. The results are discussed in relation to previous studies on the genetic diversity of F. oxysporum f. sp. dianthi and to the development of forma specialis- and pathotype-specific diagnostic tools.     

Localization of phytoalexin accumulation and determination of changes in lignin and carbohydrate composition in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) xylem as a consequence of infection with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi,by pyrolysis-mass spectrometry

Minute pieces of xylem and other tissues from stems of healthy and fungus-infected plants of two carnation cultivars Novada and Lena were investigated for lignification (lignin/polysaccharide ratios) and lignin composition by means of pyrolysis mass spectrometry and pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry. This technique proved also very effective for the localization of dianthramide phytoalexins which accumulate in carnation after infection withFusarium oxysporum f.sp.dianthi. The composition of healthy tissues from both cultivars was practically the same. In the resistant cultivar Novada, infection induced a change from guaiacyl-syringyl lignin into a mainly guaiacyl lignin in the gum-occluded parts of the xylem. Considerable amounts of the phenolic amide dianthalexin and of other dianthramide phytoalexins were present in occluded xylem, but not in adjacent phloem, medulla or unoccluded xylem. Xylem from susceptible Lena suffering degradation was characterized by a loss of syringyl groups from the lignin and by demethylation of pectin in an early stage of infection. Small quantities of dianthalexin and other dianthramide phytoalexins were found in Lena when local defense responses (particularly occlusion) had occurred. In both cultivars evidence for degradation of hemicellulose was found.Samenvatting Kleine stukjes xyleem en andere weefsels van de stengels van gezonde en geïnoculeerde planten van een tweetal anjercultivars, Novada en Lena, werden onderzocht op mate van lignificatie (lignine/polysaccharide verhouding) en ligninesamenstelling met behulp van pyrolyse-massaspectrometrie en pyrolyse-gaschromatografie massaspectrometrie. Deze techniek bleek ook bruikbaar voor het localiseren van fytoalexinen van het dianthramide-type, welke in anjer accumuleren na infectie metFusarium oxysporum f.sp.dianthi. De samenstelling van gezonde weefsels was bij beide cultivars praktisch gelijk. Bij de resistente cultivar Novada leidde infectie tot een verandering van guaiacyl-syringyllignine in guaiacyl-lignine in door gommen afgesloten delen van het xyleem. Xyleem met gommen bevatte aanzienlijke hoeveelheden van het fenolamide dianthalexine en van de andere fytoalexinen van het dianthramide type. De fytoalexinen werden niet aangetroffen in aangrenzend floeem, merg of gezond ogend xyleem. Bij de vatbare cultivar Lena trad afbraak van het xyleem op, dat daarbij armer aan syringyllignine werd, terwijl tevens in een vroeg stadium pectine werd gedemethyleerd. In Lena werden slechts kleine hoeveelheden fytoalexinen gevonden, met name bij locaal opgetreden afweerreacties zoals gomvorming. Bij beide cultivars werden aanwijzingen voor afbraak van hemicellulosen gevonden.     

Three evolutionary lineages of tomato wilt pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, based on sequences of IGS, MAT1, and pg1, are each composed of isolates of a single mating type and a single or closely related vegetative compatibility group

Three evolutionary lineages of the tomato wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici were found among a worldwide sample of isolates based on phylogenetic analysis of the ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer region. Each lineage consisted of isolates mainly belonging to a single or closely related vegetative compatibility group (VCG) and a single mating type (MAT). The first lineage (A1) was composed of isolates VCG 0031 and MAT1-1; the second (A2) included VCG 0030 and/or 0032 and MAT1-1; and the third (A3) included VCG 0033 and MAT1-2. Race 1 and race 2 isolates belonged to the A1 or A2 lineages, and race 3 belonged to A2 or A3 lineages, suggesting that there is no correlation between race and lineage. However, for the isolates from Japan, race 1 (with one exception), race 2, and race 3 isolates belonged to A2, A1, and A3 lineages, respectively. These results suggest that the races could have evolved independently in each lineage; and in Japan the present races were likely to have been introduced independently after they had evolved in other locations.