Effect of Temperature on and Histopathology of the Interaction Between Meloidogyne incognita and Thielaviopsis basicola on Cotton

ABSTRACT Controlled environments were used to study the relationship between the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) and Thielaviopsis basicola on cotton. Temperature treatments were continuous 20, 24, and 28 degrees C or two cyclic linear regimes with ranges of 14 to 32 or 18 to 28 degrees C over 24 h. Cotton seeds were planted in fumigated soil infested with T. basicola, M. incognita, or both. After 42 days, pathogen effects on plant growth and pathogen development were evaluated. Histology was conducted on roots collected 14, 28, and 42 days after planting in the continuous 24 degrees C treatment. Reductions in plant height-to-node ratio and total fresh weight were observed for soils infested with both pathogens compared with the control or with soils infested with either pathogen, except for M. incognita-infested soil at 28 degrees C. T. basicola reduced root galling and reproduction of the nematode at all temperatures. Vascular discoloration caused by T. basicola was greater in the presence of M. incognita compared with that by T. basicola alone. At 2 and 4 weeks, histological studies showed that plants grown in all T. basicola-infested soils contained chlamydospore chains on the root surface and in cortical cells. The fungus was not observed inside the vascular cylinder. Roots from 4-week-old plants from soils infested with T. basicola and M. incognita showed fungal sporulation in vascular tissue and localized necrosis of vascular tissue adjacent to the nematodes. At 6 weeks, plants grown in soil infested with T. basicola alone exhibited no remaining cortical tissue and no evidence of vascular colonization by the fungus. Six-week-old plants grown in T. basicola + M. incognita-infested soils exhibited extensive vascular necrosis and sporulation within vascular tissue. These studies suggest that coinfection expands the temperature ranges at which the pathogens are able to cause plant damage. Further, M. incognita greatly increases the access of T. basicola to vascular tissue.     

拮抗放线菌TA21对烟草根黑腐病菌的抑制及其控病作用

菌株TA21是一株从重庆烟区土壤中筛选出的对烟草根黑腐病菌Thielaviopsis basicola有较强拮抗作用的放线菌,为了明确其抑菌效果和控病作用及其在烟草根黑腐病生防中的应用潜力,本文进行了菌株TA21抑菌活性检测和温室控病测试;并通过形态学、生理生化和分子分类的方法确定其分类地位。室内测定试验表明,菌株TA21对烟草根黑腐病菌的抑菌带宽达12.5mm;温室控病试验发现其对烟草根黑腐病防治效果达85.3%。无菌滤液试验表明,在试验浓度范围内无菌滤液均能有效抑制烟草根黑腐病菌菌丝生长、减少孢子萌发。根据菌株形态特征、培养性状、生理生化特性、细胞组分及16S rDNA序列分析,确定菌株TA21为链霉菌属吸水链霉菌Streptomyces hygroscopicus。     

烟草根黑腐病菌致病力分化及品种抗性差异研究

 烟草根黑腐病由根串珠霉（Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk.et Br.)Ferr.）引起,主要为害烟株的根部,可使根部组织呈特异性黑色坏死而导致烟苗死亡或地上部分生长不良。该病是世界性的烟草病害,在各产烟国家如美国、日本、加拿大等国普遍发生,在我国主要分布于河南、山东、安徽、云南等地     

土壤中烟草根黑腐病菌的实时定量PCR检测技术研究

 Thielaviopsis basicola is a soil-borne plant pathogen which causes root rot disease in tobacco plants. Detection and monitoring of T. basicolain soil is of great significance to control this disease. Based on the differences in internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of T. basicola and other fungal pathogens, a specific primer pair Tb1/Tb2 for T. basicolawas developed. The results showed that the primer pair gave a single amplicon of 330 bp from T. basicola and revealed no undesirable cross-reaction with other seven soil-borne pathogen isolates and three tobacco rhizosphere dominant fungi isolates. With a series of 10-fold genomic DNA dilutions of T. basicola, the detection limit of 1 pg/μL in conventional PCRand100 fg/μL in real-time quantitative PCR was achieved. With DNA from the soil inoculated with different numbers of T. basicola conidia, the detection limit was 10 conidia per reaction in conventional PCR and 0.4 conidia per reaction in real-time quantitative PCR.     

防治烟草根黑腐病拮抗芽孢菌株的筛选

由基生根串珠霉菌(Thielaviopsis basicola)引起的烟草根黑腐病是烟草生产上重要根部真菌病害,近年在我国烟草种植区有加重危害的趋势,目前防治措施主要依赖化学药剂,给卷烟卫生带来一系列问题[1].探索该病生物防治途径,克服农药残留和病原菌抗药性十分重要.芽孢杆菌是土壤和植物微生态区系的优势生物种群,具有优良生防特性[2],采用芽孢杆菌作为烟草根黑腐病生防因子尚未见报道.本研究从烟草根际土壤中分离筛选对烟草根黑腐病病菌有较强拮抗作用的芽孢菌株,研究其抑菌活性、控病作用及其分类学地位.     

Initial Cellular Interactions Between Thielaviopsis basicola and Tobacco Root Hairs

ABSTRACT Cellular events that occur during the initial interactions between Thielaviopsis basicola and root hairs of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) were examined microscopically. Time-course documentation of the infection process indicated a dynamic interaction between T. basicola and the living host cell. Upon root hair contact and recognition, the vegetative apex of T. basicola rapidly differentiated to form infection structures, and the host cell responded cytologically. Penetration was achieved by threadlike hyphae that subsequently developed distal swellings, and intracellular hyphae of sickle-shaped morphology advanced from the distal swelling and colonized the cell. Streaming of the host cytoplasm became aggregated near the infection site prior to penetration and accumulated around the infecting hyphae as long as the host cell was viable. Substantial callose deposition, in the form of a bell-shaped collar around infection structures, resulted from the cytological activity at the infection site. Penetration of dead root hairs was common, but did not lead to the development of infection structures or to a sustained association with the host tissue; T. basicola exited dead root hairs and resumed vegetative growth. The establishment of the parasitic relationship by T. basicola was characteristic of hemibiotrophic fungi in that, initially, biotrophic infection led to tissue colonization, and host cell survival was limited under parasitism.     

Comparison of Soil Receptivity to Thielaviopsis basicola, Aphanomyces euteiches, and Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi Causing Root Rot in Pea

ABSTRACT Soil receptivity as a quantifiable characteristic ranging from conduciveness to suppressiveness to soilborne pea pathogens Thielaviopsis basicola and Aphanomyces euteiches was determined by analysis of differences in disease response curves obtained by artificial introduction of inoculum into natural field soil samples. Several parameters, including maximum root rot severity, the area under the health index curve, scores on the first axis of a principal component analysis (PCA) on dose responses, and Weibull model fitting were used to describe the disease responses. In all cases, the Weibull model gave satisfactory fits. PCA yielded a first axis that comprised 86% of the variance found when using Weibull predicted responses for T. basicola and 74% of the variance found for A. euteiches. This PCA axis essentially represented the average increase in disease severity due to the addition of increasing doses of inoculum to the soil. The Weibull scale parameter B, which represents the amount of inoculum necessary to increase root rot severity by 63% with respect to the level caused by pathogens naturally present in the soil, is another means of quantifying the receptivity of soils to these plant pathogens. Weibull parameter B, maximum root rot severity, the areaunder the health index curve, and the scores on the first PCA axis were strongly correlated for each of the pathogens tested individually. To compare the extent and behavior of soil receptivity responses to different pathogens, Weibull parameters B and C (slope at dose B) were chosen because of their universal definition, in contrast to PCA scores. Comparison of the average levels of Weibull parameters B and C indicated significant differences between the pathogens. Yet, no significant similarity in the ranking of the soils was found for the three pathogens, demonstrating that individual soils may interact with different pathogens in totally different ways. In general, soils were suppressive to T. basicola but conducive to A. euteiches, whereas their response to Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi ranged from conducive to suppressive. Therefore, risk assessment of soils prior to planting may require different strategies for each pathogen. Bioassays with soil samples taken before the last pea crop in 1987 and 1991 revealed a significant increase in the natural inoculum potential of soils that mainly was accounted for by A. euteiches and Pythium spp. These results strongly indicate that A. euteiches must be considered one of the most threatening pathogens to pea crops in the Netherlands.     

Salicylic Acid Biosynthetic Genes Expressed in Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain P3 Improve the Induction of Systemic Resistance in Tobacco Against Tobacco Necrosis Virus

ABSTRACT Application of salicylic acid induces systemic acquired resistance in tobacco. pchA and pchB, which encode for the biosynthesis of salicylic acid in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, were cloned into two expression vectors, and these constructs were introduced into two root-colonizing strains of P. fluorescens. Introduction of pchBA into strain P3, which does not produce salicylic acid, rendered this strain capable of salicylic acid production in vitro and significantly improved its ability to induce systemic resistance in tobacco against tobacco necrosis virus. Strain CHA0 is a well-described biocontrol agent that naturally produces salicylic acid under conditions of iron limitation. Introduction of pchBA into CHA0 increased the production of salicylic acid in vitro and in the rhizosphere of tobacco, but did not improve the ability of CHA0 to induce systemic resistance in tobacco. In addition, these genes did not improve significantly the capacity of strains P3 and CHA0 to suppress black root rot of tobacco in a gnotobiotic system.     

Influence of plant species on disease suppression by Pseudomonas fluorescens strain CHAO with enhanced antibiotic production

Introduction of the recombinant cosmid pME3090 into Pseudomonas fluorescens strain CHAO, a good biocontrol agent of various diseases caused by soilborne pathogens, increased three- to five-fold the production of the antibiotic metabolites pyoluteorin (Pit) and 2,4-diacetylphlorogIucinol (Phi) in vitro. Strain CHAO/pME3090 also overproduced Pit and Phi in the rhizosphere of wheat infected or not infected with Pythium ultimum. The biocontrol activity of the wild-type and recombinant Straitis was compared using various plant pathogen-host combinations in a gnotobiotic system. Antibiotic overproduction affected neither the protection of wheat against P. ultimum and Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici nor the growth of wheat plants. In contrast, strain CHA0/pME3090 showed an increased capacity to protect cucumber against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum and Phomopsis sclerotioides , compared with the wild-type strain CHAO, The antibiotic overproducing strain protected tobacco roots significantly better against Thielaviopsis basicola than the wild-type strain but drastically reduced the growth of tobacco plants and was also toxic to the growth of sweet com. On King's B agar and on malt agar, the recombinant strain CHA0/pME3090 inhibited all pathogens more than did the parental strain CHAO. Synthetic Pit and Phi were toxic to all fungi tested. Tobacco and sweet com were more sensitive to synthetic Pit and Phi than were cucumber and wheat. There was no correlation between the sensitivity of the pathogens to the synthetic antibiotics and the degree of disease suppression by strain CHAO pME3090. However, there was a correlation between the sensitivity of the plants and the toxicity of the recombinant strain. We conclude that the plant species rather than the pathogen determines whether cosmid pME3090 in P. fluorescens strain CHAO leads to improved disease suppression.     

Fungi on roots and stem bases of asparagus in the Netherlands: species and pathogenicity

A survey was made to identify the most important soilborne fungal pathogens of asparagus crops in the Netherlands. Ten plants were selected from each of five fields with a young (1–4 y) first planting, five fields with an old (6–13 y) first planting and five fields with a young replanting. The analysis included fungi present in the stem base and the roots of plants with symptoms of foot and root rot or showing growth decline without specific disease symptoms. Isolates of each species were tested for pathogenicity to asparagus on aseptically grown plantlets on Knop's agar. Symptoms were caused byFusarium oxysporum, F. culmorum, Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium verrucosum var.cyclopium, Cylindrocarpon didymum, Phialophora malorum, Phoma terrestris andAcremonium strictum. F. oxysporum was by far the most common species and was isolated from 80% of the plants. Not all of its isolates were pathogenic to asparagus. Symptoms were caused by 67%, 78% and 93% of the isolates obtained from young first plantings, old first plantings and replantings, respectively.F. culmorum was isolated from 31% of the plants. Two other notorious pathogens of asparagus,F. moniliforme andF. proliferatum, did not occur in our samples.Species causing symptoms in the vitro test that were found on more than 5% of the plants were additionally tested for their pathogenicity in pot experiments.F. oxysporum f.sp.asparagi caused severe foot and root rot, significantly reduced root weights and killed most of the plants.F. culmorum caused lesions on the stem base often resulting in death of the plant.P. terrestris, a fungus only once reported as a pathogen of asparagus, caused an extensive root rot, mainly of secondary roots that became reddish. The fungus was isolated in only a few samples and is not to be regarded as an important pathogen in Dutch asparagus crops.P. malorum caused many small brown lesions on the stem base and incidentally also on the upper part of small main roots. This is the first report of its pathogenicity to asparagus. The fungus is one of the organisms inciting spear rust and it reduced crop quality rather than crop yield.P. verrucosum var.cyclopium andC. didymum did not cause symptoms in pot experiments.Because of its predominance on plants with foot and root rot and its high virulence,F. oxysporum f.sp.asparagi was considered to be the main soilborne pathogen of asparagus in the Netherlands.     

干旱胁迫下AMF对多枝柽柳幼苗和疏叶骆驼刺根系生长和氮素吸收分配的影响

丛枝菌根真菌(Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi,AMF)对植物抗旱、养分吸收等有重要作用,但在特定环境胁迫下不同生活型植物对AMF的响应存在差异.本文以塔里木河下游荒漠河岸林的优势灌木多枝柽柳(Tamarix ra-mosissima)和常见半灌木疏叶骆驼刺(Alhagi sparsifolia...     

Effects of avirulent bacteriocin-producing strains of Pseudomonas solanacearum on the control of bacterial wilt of tobacco

Root systems of tobacco dipped in suspensions containing 2 × 10⁹ colony forming units (CFU)/ml of avirulent bacteriocin-producing strains (ABPS) of Pseudomonas solanacearum and assayed immediately after planting in steam-sterilized soil had 8 × 10⁶ CFU/root system of ABPS. The bacterial population declined to an average of 5·3 × 10⁵ CFU/root system after 30 days. Roots of seedlings dipped in bacterial suspensions of ABPS were more effectively protected against wilt caused by P. solanacearum than those dipped in suspensions of an avirulent nonbacteriocin-producing strain (ANBPS). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) isolated from one ABPS (121) inhibited the attachment of bacteria on roots by 70% but had no effect on the reduction of wilt, whereas bacterial cells significantly reduced the disease severity as compared to LPS or water treatment. In steam-sterilized soil containing a 1:1 mixture (5 × 10⁵ CFU/g of oven-dried soil) of ABPS 121 or 237 and the virulent strain K-60, ABPS 121 reduced multiplication of the virulent strain in soil and in the rhizosphere of seedlings. When roots of seedlings were dipped in a suspension of 2 × 10⁹ CFU/ml of ABPS before planting, root colonization by the virulent strain added to steam-sterilized soil at 2 × 10⁶ CFU/g of oven-dried soil was significantly reduced. When roots were dipped in a suspension of ABPS and assayed 20 days after planting, 98% of the bacterial population was found in the original zone of inoculation and only 2% was detected in new growths of the root system. Plants which were grown in soil infested with ABPS 121 or K-60 had both strains present at variable populations along all sections of roots.     

The occurrence in Denmark of black root rot of pea caused by Thielaviopsis basicola

Thielaviopsis basicola has been shown to be a root pathogen of pea of considerable importance in Denmark. The fungus is only found in fields with one or more previous pea crops in the field history. In the dry and warm growing season of 1989 the fungus was found in 0·6% and 3·2% of the fields in two separate areas in Denmark. In the fields where T. basicola was detected the average disease severity index in plant samples was 51·8, whereas the average disease severity index in plant samples without the fungus was 27·0. The average yield of green peas was reduced from 5167 to 4171 kg/ha when T. basicola was present. For detection and isolation of T. basicola it is important to use a technique combining microscopic examination, a semi-selective medium and a dilution plate method.     

烟草尖孢镰刀菌拮抗真菌的筛选鉴定及促生作用研究

为获得烟草镰刀菌根腐病拮抗真菌菌株,试验以河南省豫中烟区烟草根际土壤为试材,以主要致病菌尖孢镰刀菌Fusarium oxysporum为主要靶标,采用稀释涂布平板法分离获得土壤真菌371株,平板对峙培养法测定获得1株具有明显抑制效果的拮抗菌株,利用形态学和分子生物学的方法将其鉴定为棘孢木霉Trichoderma asperellum Tr-0111。抑制效果测定表明,该菌株对尖孢镰刀菌的抑制率最高可达93.13%,对根串珠霉菌、拟茎点霉、链格孢菌等其他8种烟草病原菌均具有较强的抑制效果。促生作用测定结果表明,菌株发酵液使烟草种子萌发率提高5.34%,烟苗根长增长率为62.39%,对盆栽烟草的最大叶面积和地上部鲜重也具有显著的促生效果。为进一步相关机理的研究和生防菌剂的研制奠定了基础。     

An Efficient Inoculation Method for Colonization of Chinese Cabbage Seedlings by the Root Endophytic Fungus Heteroconium chaetospira

To develop an efficient method to inoculate Chinese cabbage seedlings with the root endophytic fungus Heteroconium chaetospira, an appropriate nursery soil and glucose concentration for the nutrient medium for fungal colonization were determined. A grid-sheet method was established for estimating the degree of colonization of entire roots by the fungus. The fungus colonized at high frequencies when peat moss was used as the rooting medium. Colonization was highest (75%) when peat moss was amended with 0.1% glucose. Under these conditions, fungal hyphae developed intracellularly in root cortical cells. In contrast, under high glucose conditions, fungal colonization was restricted mostly to intercellular regions of epidermal or cortical root tissues. Here, hyphae formed inter- or intracellular microsclerotia. Received 19 August 2002/ Accepted in revised form 5 December 2002     

Interactions Between Trichoderma harzianum Strain T22 and Maize Inbred Line Mo17 and Effects of These Interactions on Diseases Caused by Pythium ultimum and Colletotrichum graminicola

ABSTRACT Seed treatment with Trichoderma harzianum strain T22, which results in colonization of plant roots but little or no colonization of shoots or leaves, had substantial effects on growth of and disease expression in maize inbred line Mo17. Shoots and roots of 10-day-old seedlings grown in a sandy loam field soil were larger (roots were nearly twice as long) in the presence of T22 than in its absence. Both main and secondary roots were increased in size and area and the root hair area was greater with T22. However, root hair area per unit of root length was greater in control plants. Increased growth probably was due to direct stimulation of plant growth in addition to effects from biological control of deleterious microflora. Seedlings of Mo17 grown in autoclaved or mefenoxamtreated sandy loam field soil were larger than those produced in untreated soil. However, seedlings grown in the presence of T22, either in treated or untreated soil, were larger than those produced in its absence. Infestation of soil with Pythium ultimum had little effect upon growth of Mo17. The presence of T22 increased protein levels and activities of beta-1,3 glucanase, exochitinase, and endochitinase in both roots and shoots, even though T22 colonized roots well but colonized shoots hardly at all. With some enzymes, the combination of T22 plus P. ultimum gave the greatest activity. Plants grown from T22-treated seed had reduced symptoms of anthracnose following inoculation of leaves with Colletotrichum graminicola, which indicates that root colonization by T22 induces systemic resistance in maize.     

Humicola fuscoatra infects tomato roots, but is not pathogenic

In 1993, a serious epidemic of a tomato root disease resembling corky root rot occurred in commercial greenhouses throughout Canada. Pyrenochaeta lycopersici could not be isolated from diseased roots, but Humicola fuscoatra was commonly isolated. The objectives of our work were to determine if H. fuscoatra is able to infect roots of tomato and cause corky root rot symptoms. Humicola fuscoatra was found to infect the roots of tomato seedlings and older plants. We concluded that H. fuscoatra is not a pathogen of tomato, however, because infection of tomato roots with the fungus did not necessarily lead to development of corky root rot or any other disease symptoms. Populations of H. fuscoatra increased greatly in sterile water or sterile nutrient solution, which would help to explain why commercial greenhouse growers can find this fungus in recirculating nutrient solutions.     

印度梨形孢的多种功能及其应用前景

印度梨形孢是一种可进行纯培养的类菌根真菌,该菌以菌丝体、菌丝卷、分枝或者圆形体的方式定殖于寄主植物根的胞间和胞内。已有研究表明:该菌能促进12科24种植物的生长,并能诱导植物产生系统抗性和提高对逆境胁迫的忍耐性,加快插枝侧根的形成和促进微繁殖植物的硬化。该菌在根分化区定殖的量高于根尖片断的量,在该菌与植物根部早期的识别过程中,涉及多种蛋白,但这些蛋白与真菌的作用方式并不清楚。另外,该菌在寄主植物上的成功生长涉及到了寄主细胞的死亡,但并未引起植物的逆境,而是在根的生长与真菌的繁殖之间达到了很好的平衡。     

三七根腐病田间分级标准研究及评价

 目前三七[Panax notoginseng (Burk. ) F. H. Chen]根腐病尚无病害分级标准,为发现抗病种质资源和评估病害防控效果,本研究建立了用于三七根腐病的田间分级标准。从云南省文山州收集200株发生根腐病的三年生植株,筛选获得具有代表性不同腐烂程度的98株样本,通过对表面腐烂占比、横截面腐烂、支须根腐烂、芽及芦头腐烂5项指标进行描述,采用SPSS21进行样本聚类分析,制定了如下用于三七根腐病的田间分级标准:0级,健康,无症状;1级,腐烂仅发生在块根表面、且0＜腐烂面积占比≤10%,或腐烂已扩展至内部且5%＜腐烂面积占比≤10%;2级,腐烂已扩展至内部、且10%＜腐烂面积占比≤40%,支须根无腐烂;3级,腐烂已扩展至内部、且40%＜腐烂面积占比≤50%,支须根腐烂;4级,腐烂已扩展至内部、且50%＜腐烂面积占比≤70%,支须根腐烂脱落;5级,腐烂已扩展至内部、且腐烂面积占比＞70%直至整个块根完全腐烂,支须根腐烂。本标准于2016~2017年连续2年被用于评价土壤处理防控三七根腐病害的发生危害和防治效果,结果显示,该标准可以较好地对不同土壤处理的防病效果进行量化和评估,且与传统分级标准相比,其评价结果更优。     

烟草黑胫病和根黑腐病生防假单胞杆菌的筛选与鉴定

为获得对烟草黑胫病和根黑腐病具有双重防病效果且能够促进烟草生长的假单胞杆菌,采用稀释涂布法从40份土壤样品中分离出201株细菌,通过平板对峙和含毒介质法,筛选出对烟草黑胫病和烟草根黑腐病病原菌均具有良好拮抗作用的菌株PA2101和PG3402。盆栽促生试验表明,菌株PA2101和PG3402能协调地改善烟草地上部分的生长和烟草根系发育,均在一定程度上增加了烟草的株高、叶面积、株鲜重、根鲜重、叶片数和根长,提高了烟草的根冠比和根活力。盆栽试验结果表明,菌株PA2101对烟草黑胫病和根黑腐病的防效分别为70.11%和62.67%,均高于其对照药剂;菌株PG3402对两种病害的防效分别为60.92%和60.00%,与对照药剂相当。抗性标记菌株的定殖试验结果表明,菌株PA2101和PG3402在接种后第29 d能定殖于烟草根际土壤和根内,在烟草茎和叶内也能长时间存在,表明两菌株能够良好定殖。16Sr DNA序列、菌落形态和生理生化性状分析表明,菌株PA2101为铜绿假单胞杆菌Pseudomonas aeruginosa,菌株PG3402为格拉纳达假单胞杆菌Pseudomonas granadensis。综上所述,菌株PA2101和PG3402对烟草具有良好的促生作用,并对烟草黑胫病和根黑腐病有较好的防病效果,是具有生防潜力的菌株。