黑痣病菌毒素对马铃薯幼苗生理生化抗性相关物质的诱导

为了探讨马铃薯抗黑痣病机制,采用毒素接种脱毒组培苗的方法,研究了黑痣病菌毒素对马铃薯不同抗性品种幼苗体内病程相关蛋白、木质素及游离脯氨酸含量的影响及其与抗黑痣病的关系。毒素处理后,感病品种大西洋和抗病品种底西芮幼苗几丁质酶和β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性均明显升高,36 h升高幅度均达到最大,感病品种升幅大于抗病品种。底西芮和大西洋木质素及游离脯氨酸含量也大幅增加,但抗病品种的增加幅度大于感病品种。研究表明,黑痣病菌毒素诱导几丁质酶和β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性升高以及木质素和游离脯氨酸含量增加是马铃薯幼苗抵抗毒素胁迫的内在机制;木质素、游离脯氨酸含量与品种抗病性呈正相关,而几丁质酶、β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性变化则不是引起品种抗性差异的主要原因。     

知母提取物诱导马铃薯植株抗晚疫病作用机制初探

为明确知母提取物诱导马铃薯抗晚疫病的作用,本研究测试了经知母提取物处理并接种晚疫病菌后马铃薯植株的超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、β 1,3 葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶活性的变化。结果表明,经过知母提取物处理后的马铃薯植株,在受到晚疫病菌侵染后24～96 h,SOD和PAL活性显著升高并持续处于高活性水平;在接种48 h后β 1,3 葡聚糖酶活性开始显著升高,直到接种后96 h一直维持在较高活性水平;而无论是接种晚疫病菌还是经过知母提取物处理,几丁质酶活性都没有发生显著的变化。     

补骨脂提取物对黄瓜体内防御酶系的影响

补骨脂粗提物处理两叶一心生长期的黄瓜幼苗,研究其诱导黄瓜抗病性的生理生化机制。补骨脂提取物在40和400mg/L浓度下,黄瓜体内过氧化物酶、多酚氧化酶、苯丙氨酸解氨酶等一些防御酶活性均在处理后7～9d达最高;几丁质酶活性在处理后2、3d时达到高峰,分别是对照的1.64、1.5倍,然后逐渐下降,分别在7、9d基本回到对照水平;β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性在处理后2、5d达到最大值,酶活性是对照的2.02、1.34倍,然后迅速下降,处理后分别在5、9d基本回到对照水平。从所测定的几种酶活性变化时间来看,补骨脂提取物处理黄瓜幼苗后,首先使黄瓜体内的几丁质酶和β-1,3-葡聚糖酶等病程相关蛋白活性升高,然后在两者的作用下,诱导了黄瓜体内过氧化物酶(POD)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)等一些防御酶活性的提高。     

茉莉酸诱导水稻幼苗对稻瘟病抗性作用研究

 外源茉莉酸处理可以显著减轻水稻幼苗稻瘟病的发生。JA诱导稻苗产生抗病性的有效浓度是0.1~0.001mmol/L,喷雾处理后2d接种稻瘟病菌获得最佳的抗病效果。0.1mmol/L JA喷雾处理后2d接种稻瘟病菌,水稻幼苗的诱抗效果都超过了55%。JA处理的诱导抗性可以维持15d左右。用0.1mmol/L JA二次强化处理水稻幼苗可以增强诱导抗病性,延长抗性的持续期。JA诱导水稻幼苗抗性机制的结果表明:0.1mmol/L JA处理可以诱导水稻体内苯丙氨酸解氨酶、过氧化物酶活性和木质素升高。     

相关防御酶对人参锈腐病诱导抗性的响应

 为明确水杨酸(SA)对人参抗人参锈腐病的诱导作用,本研究首先采用琼脂平板法测定了SA对人参锈腐病菌(Cylindrocarpon destructans)生长的影响。然后用SA溶液处理二年生人参移栽苗,温室接种人参锈腐病菌,测定了人参根内防御酶系活性（PAL,CAT,PPO,POD）、β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶活性的动态变化。结果表明:浓度为0~200 mg·L^-1 的SA溶液对人参锈腐病菌无直接抑制作用。但SA溶液处理后,人参锈腐病发病率较直接接种处理的下降30%,人参根系PAL、CAT、PPO、POD活性较对照均表现上升趋势,β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶活性也较对照增强,并且经SA诱导后接种锈腐菌的人参体内上述酶活性比只诱导不接种处理上升速度快。这表明SA处理可以改变人参根部相关防御酶的活性,从而提高人参对人参锈腐病的抗性。     

BTH诱导花椰菜对菌核病的抗性研究

 利用苯并噻二唑BTH处理菌核病抗性不同的花椰菜品种幼苗, 采用营养生长期活体叶片菌丝块接种鉴定法评价菌核病抗性诱导效果,结果表明经BTH处理的植株菌核病病情指数明显下降, 对感病品种和抗病品种的诱抗效果分别达到81.5%和63.8%。对于花椰菜重要的防御酶活性变化研究结果表明,BTH诱导处理的花椰菜植株过氧化物酶（POD）、抗坏血酸酶( SOD )、过氧化氢酶（CAT）、苯丙氨酸解氨酶（PAL）和多酚氧化酶( PPO)的活性均有所提高。同时病程相关蛋白几丁质酶和β-1,3-葡聚糖酶的活性也增加。 利用半定量RT-PCR方法检测防御反应基因表达,结果表明BTH诱导首先激发了植株 PR-1等基因参与的水杨酸信号传导防御反应途径的发生,同时PDF1.2 基因的上调表达说明BTH诱导也影响了茉莉酸信号传导途径。     

β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶活性与大豆对疫霉根腐病抗性的关系

 为了明确β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶与大豆抗疫霉根腐病的关系,测定了不同抗性大豆品种接种大豆疫霉菌后β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶活性的变化情况和2种酶对大豆疫霉菌的抑制作用。结果表明,大豆疫霉菌能诱导大豆β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶的活性增强,但2种酶在积累速度和幅度上,抗病品种和感病品种有显著的差异。与感病品种"857-1"相比,抗病品种"垦农4号"2种酶活性不仅升高的速度快、幅度大,且高活性维持的时间长。β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶混合液对大豆疫霉菌的菌丝生长、孢子囊形成和孢子萌发的抑制作用明显,其次是β-1,3-葡聚糖酶,而几丁质酶对大豆疫霉菌的抑制作用不明显。表明大豆对大豆疫霉根腐病的抗性与β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶的活性呈正相关关系。β-1,3-葡聚糖酶和几丁质酶混合对大豆疫霉菌的抑制具有协同增效作用。     

绿僵菌与FKBP52联合使用对西花蓟马的毒力

为阐明绿僵菌与昆虫免疫抑制蛋白的增效机理,采用浸渍法测定昆虫免疫抑制蛋白FKBP52与金龟子绿僵菌Metarhizium anisopliae对西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis的毒力和其体内羧酸酯酶（carboxylesterase,CarE）、谷胱甘肽-S转移酶（glutathione-S transferase,GST）、酚氧化酶（phenoloxidase,PO）及几丁质酶活性的变化。结果显示,金龟子绿僵菌和FKBP52蛋白联合使用对西花蓟马的致死中时LT₅₀为7.32 d,优于绿僵菌单用（10.87 d）或FKBP52蛋白单用的（14.15 d）。金龟子绿僵菌和FKBP52蛋白联合使用9 d时,西花蓟马的累计死亡率达81.11%,显著高于绿僵菌单用（45.56%）或FKBP52蛋白单用的（36.67%）;金龟子绿僵菌和FKBP52蛋白联合使用的协同毒力指数为24.10,表现为增效作用。金龟子绿僵菌与FKBP52蛋白联合使用1 d后,西花蓟马体内CarE和PO活性小于金龟子绿僵菌单用后的活性;联合使用2 d后,西花蓟马体内几丁质酶活性小于绿僵菌单用后的活性,而CarE和GST活性均大于金龟子绿僵菌单用后的活性;联合使用3 d后,西花蓟马体内几丁质酶、CarE和PO活性均大于绿僵菌单用后的活性。表明与金龟子绿僵菌单用相比,金龟子绿僵菌和FKBP52蛋白联合使用后西花蓟马体内CarE、GST、PO和几丁质酶活性抑制或诱导效应与时间有关,这可能是两者具有增效作用的重要机制。     

一株具有诱导抗性木霉菌株的筛选及其对黄瓜灰霉病诱导抗性的初步研究

从植物根部土壤中分离到一株能够诱导黄瓜产生系统抗性的木霉Tr-92,通过形态观察和18SrDNA序列分析对其进行了分类学鉴定,并进行了诱导黄瓜产生系统抗性能力的初步研究.结果表明,菌株Tr-92的菌落形态和显微形态与木霉一致,18SrDNA序列与哈茨木霉的相似性为99％,初步鉴定为哈茨木霉.利用该菌株孢子悬浮液对5叶期黄瓜苗进行根部诱导接种,24 h后灰霉病菌挑战接种,对灰霉病的防效达56％,叶片中抗性相关酶过氧化物酶、多酚氧化酶、β-1,3葡聚糖酶、苯丙氨酸解氨酶、几丁质酶的酶活性显著上升.表明该菌在黄瓜根部灌施可以诱导叶部系统抗性相关酶的活性升高,可为植物病害的生物防治提供适宜的菌种资源.     

氯化钾对干旱胁迫下马铃薯幼苗抗旱性的影响及其机制研究

探究了KCl对干旱胁迫下马铃薯幼苗抗旱性的影响及其机制。研究结果表明：增施KCl（0.70 g·株^-1）显著缓解干旱胁迫下马铃薯幼苗叶片相对含水量和叶绿素含量的降低,抑制叶片MDA含量和相对电导率的升高,相对 提高叶片脯氨酸含量、可溶性糖含量、抗氧化酶（SOD、CAT）活性、净光合速率和水分利用效率;增施KCl还相对提高了马铃薯的株高、基径、单株匍匐茎数量和单株产量,增施氯化钾使干旱胁迫条件下马铃薯植株株高、茎粗、单株匍匐茎数和单株产量分别相对提高6.32%、18.28%、13.75%和29.45%。由此可以认为,在干旱条件下增施氯化钾可通过提高马铃薯幼苗的保水能力,缓解干旱胁迫造成的抗氧化酶活性下降并相对提高渗透调节物质含量,减轻干旱胁迫对光合作用和生长发育的不良影响,从而显著提高马铃薯幼苗的抗旱性。     

Tumours of Begonia and some other ornamentals,induced by Corynebacterium fascians

In 1975 many tumours were observed in plants ofBegonia Schwabenland grown in Aalsmeer. Submersion of the roots ofNicotiana megalosiphon seedlings in a homogenate of tumorous tissue, induced tumours after two weeks. Short periods of submergence yielded results similar to those obtained after longer periods. Tumour homogenates lost their infectivity after ten min at 50°C. Aphids transmitted the infectious agent.Treatment with propylene oxide did not inhibit infectivity completely. Filtration through a 450 nm filter removed the infectious agent.Tobacco tumor virus or a viroid could not be isolated. Cultures ofCorynebacterium fascians, isolated from tumours ofN. megalosiphon were highly infectious and induced tumours in healthyN. megalosiphon andBegonia. Tumorous tissue homogenates ofPelargonium zonale, Dahlia sp.,Gladiolus sp., andLilium sp. also caused tumours inN. megalosiphon, from whichC. fascians was isolated. It was not possible to produce tumours inN. megalosiphon with homogenates from roses with symptoms of bud proliferation.Samenvatting In 1975 werden vele tumoren waargenomen inBegonia Schwabenland op Aalsmeerse bedrijven (Fig. 1). De infectiositeit van tumorweefsel kon goed en snel worden vastgesteld door de wortels van zaailingen vanNicotiana megalosiphon in een homogenaat van tumorweefsel te dompelen. Tumoren ontstonden na twee weken, de eindbeoordeling geschiedde na een maand (Fig. 2). Ook verschillende andereNicotiana spp.,Melilotus officinalis (Fig. 3) enPisum odoratum (Fig. 4) werden aangetast.Bij de infectiositeitstoets gaven zeer korte dompeltijden even goede resultaten als langere (Tabel 1). Infectieus sap verloor zijn infectievermogen na 10 min verhitting bij 50°C. Bladluizen brachten de smetstof over. Propyleenoxide verminderde de infectiositeit wel, doch onderdrukte deze niet totaal. Bij filtratie door een 450 nm filter bleef het infectieuse agens op het filter achter. Het tumor-inducerende agens was ook aanwezig in die delen van planten met tumoren welke gezond leken en het ging voor een gering deel over met zaad (Tabel 2).Uit tumoren konden wij geen tabakstumorvirus of een viroïde isoleren. Culturen vanCorynebacterium fascians, geïsoleerd uit tumoren vanN. megalosiphon bleken zeer infectieus en veroorzaakten tumoren inN. megalosiphon enBegonia. Homogenaten van tumorweefsel vanPelargonium zonale, dahlia (Fig. 5), gladiool (Fig. 6) enLilium Mid Century Hybrid Enchantment (Fig. 7) veroorzaakten ook tumoren opN. megalosiphon, waaruitC. fascians werd geïsoleerd. Met sap van kroeskopzieke rozen konden wijN. megalosiphon niet besmetten.     

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.     

Epidemiology and simulation of population development of Sitobion avenae in winter wheat

The epidemiology ofSitobion avenae and its natural enemies in winter wheat was studied in 1975, 1976 and 1977. Immigration was important until the end of flowering. The alate immigrants had apterous offspring. These became the driving force in population growth. Their offspring were mostly alatae which usually left the field. A model of the epidemic was developed. Quantitative relations between the aphids and their environment were obtained from literature or established in laboratory trials. The model simulated population development and population composition from the beginning of June till the population peak at the end of June or early in July. Because quantitative data on relations between aphids and their natural enemies and pathogens are scarce, and since the knowledge on wing formation is still limited, the population collapse could not be predicted. In the future, prognosis over a period of three weeks seems possible.Samenvatting De toenemende betekenis van graanbladluizen (vooralSitobion avenae) gepaard gaande met een sterke toename van het gebruik van insecticiden op granen maakte verbetering van de prognose over het schadelijk optreden wenselijk. Door gedetailleerde tellingen in het veld (Fig. 1–7) werden gegevens verkregen over het verloop van de epidemie en het optreden van natuurlijke vijanden in 1975, 1976 en 1977.Een immigratieperiode tot in de bloei kon worden vastgesteld. Daarna lijkt de aantrekkelijkheid van het gewas voor alate luizen te verminderen. De alate immigranten krijgen aptere nakomelingen. Deze vormen de stuwende kracht van de populatiegroei. De nakomelingen van apteren zijn merendeels alaat. Zij verlaten het gewas.Een model van de populatieontwikkeling gedurende de epidemie werd opgesteld. De relatiediagrammen Fig. 9 en 10 laten groei en ontwikkeling vanS. avenae en een predator (Syrphus corollae) zien. Kwantificering van de betrekkingen werd mogelijk door literatuurgegevens en laboratoriumexperimenten.Met het model kon de populatieontwikkeling vanS. avenae vanaf begin juni tot aan de populatiepiek in 1975, 1976 en 1977 vrij goed worden gesimuleerd (Fig. 12). Ook de populatieopbouw kon worden gesimuleerd (Fig. 14). De teruggang van de populatiedichtheid blijkt moeilijker te voorspellen door het ontbreken van gegevens over natuurlijke vijanden.Het lijkt waarschijnlijk dat in de toekomst met het model een prognose over de piek van de bladluispopulatie circa 3 weken tevoren mogelijk zal zijn.     

Relationships of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Barley yellow dwarf virus</Emphasis>-PAV and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cereal yellow dwarf virus</Emphasis>-RPV from Iran with viruses of the family <Emphasis Type="Italic">Luteoviridae</Emphasis>

Barley yellow dwarf disease is one of the most important problems confronting cereal production in Iran. Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV (BYDV-PAV) and Cereal yellow dwarf virus-RPV (CYDV-RPV) are the predominant viruses associated with the disease. One isolate of BYDV-PAV from wheat (PAV-IR) and one isolate of CYDV-RPV from barley (RPV-IR) were selected for molecular characterisations. A genome segment of each isolate was amplified by PCR. The PAV-IR fragment (1264 nt) covered a region containing partial genes for coat protein (CP), read through protein (RTP) and movement protein (MP). PAV-IR showed a high sequence identity to PAV isolates from USA, France and Japan (96–97%). In a phylogenetic analysis it was placed into PAV group I together with PAV isolates from barley and oats. The fragment of RPV-IR (719 nt) contained partial genes for CP, RTP and MP. The sequence information confirmed its identity as CYDV. However, RPV-IR showed 90–91% identity with both RPV and Cereal yellow dwarf virus-RPS (CYDV-RPS). Phylogenetic analyses suggested that it was more closely related to RPS. These data comprise the first attempt to characterise BYD-causing viruses in Iran and southwest Asia. The nucleotide sequence data reported appear in the EMBL, GenBank and DDBJ Nucleotide Sequence Databases under the accession numbers AY450425 and AY450454     

Identification,incidence and characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium proliferatum</Emphasis>on ornamental palms in Spain

During a survey conducted from 1998 to 2002, Fusarium proliferatum was found associated with young and adult palms belonging to the genera Chamaerops, Phoenix, Trachycarpus and Washingtonia showing symptoms of wilt and dieback. The fertility and toxicological profile of 36 strains representing different locations and hosts were studied. All of them except two, which were infertile, belonged to mating population D. Both mating types (MATD-1 and MATD-2) were isolated from the same host species, showing a high potential of genetic recombination in the field. Additionally, eight strains were fertile once crossed as female. Toxin analysis showed differences in the ability of strains to produce fumonisin B₁, moniliformin, beauvericin, fusaric acid and fusaproliferin. Only 17 of them produced all the toxins analyzed. Pathogenicity tests were conducted on Phoenix dactylifera and P. canariensis using nine F. proliferatum Spanish strains and two reference strains from Saudi Arabia. Eight months after inoculation all strains caused disease, with palms showing lesions on the bases of leaves and development of wilt symptoms similar to those originally observed in affected plants. This is the first report on the occurrence of F. proliferatum on P. dactylifera in Spain and also the first report of this pathogen on C. humilis, P. canariensis, P. reclinata, T. fortunei, W. filifera and W. robusta.     

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.     

Recent observations on leafy gall in Liliaceae and some other families

Corynebacterium fascians, which causes leafy gall, has been shown to be responsible for the unusual symptoms recently found in lilies. The symptoms are described and the different bacterial isolates compared by biochemical, serological and pathogenicity experiments. No evidence could be found for the existence of specialized strains even though considerable variation in virulence could be demonstrated. Although the role of variation in susceptibility of the different lily cultivars should not be underestimated, it would appear that high inoculum levels ofC. fascians in the soil may be largely responsible for these outbreaks.Also included in this study are the results of biochemical, serological and pathogenicity experiments ofC. fascians which has been isolated fromKalanchoe, Euphorbia, Brodiaea, Hebe andVerbascum.Samenvatting Reeds een aantal jaren was in lelies een woekering in stengelbollen bekend, die echter sporadisch voorkwam en economisch van weinig betekenis was. Tijdens de zomer van 1977 echter trad de ziekte op één enkel perceel zo ernstig op dat zeer aanzienlijke oogstderving het gevolg was. Behalve de stengelbol kan ook de hoofdbol misvormd zijn. Bovendien kunnen misvormde stengelbollen lange spruiten vormen, zgn. sabeltandvorming. Soms is het wortelstelsel gereduceerd; in de kas zijn verdikte stengels waargenomen. De ziekte staat nu bekend onder de naam woekerziekte.Door de PD te Wageningen en het LBO te Lisse werd de bacterieCorynebacterium fascians (Tilford) Dows. uit het zieke materiaal geïsoleerd. In gezamenlijk onderzoek werd nagegaan of de bacterie de veroorzaker is van bovengenoemde symptomen en of hier sprake is van een op lelie gespecialiseerde stam.Biochemische en serologische vergelijkingen tussen isolaten vanC. fascians uit lelie,Kalanchoe, Euphorbia, Brodiaeea, Hebe enVerbascum laten zien dat er zeer weinig verschillen bestaan. Alle isolaten reageren op een standaard antiserum met titers variërend tussen 1: 640–1: 5120.Een oriënterende inoculatieproef werd uitgevoerd op het LBO in 1977. Daarna werden op de PD 10 van de 25 isolaten uit lelie en 8 uit andere waardplanten getoetst op lelie, chrysant en lathyrus. Uit de inoculatieproeven blijkt, dat de bacterie de veroorzaker is van de waargenomen symptomen. Tussen de isolaten blijkt een groot verschil in pathogeniteit te bestaan (12–100% aantasting), zonder dat dit aan herkomst gebonden is. Het voorkomen van op lelie of andere waardplanten gespecialiseerde stammen is daarom niet aan te nemen.In hoeverre de hevige aantasting een gevolg is van een opbouw van de bacterie-populatie door een te nauwe vruchtwisseling en mechanische rooimethoden moet worden nagegaan.     

A new <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizoctonia</Emphasis> sp. closely related to <Emphasis Type="Italic">Waitea circinata</Emphasis> causes a new disease of creeping bentgrass

Isolates of an unidentified Rhizoctonia sp. (UR isolates) were obtained from creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass with reddish brown sheath and foliar rots. Because the UR isolates anastomosed with isolates of three varieties of Waitea circinata (var. oryzae, var. zeae, and var. circinata), colony morphology, hyphal growth rate at different temperatures, pathogenicity, sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) region of ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) were compared. The colony color of mature UR isolates was distinct from isolates of the other three varieties of W. circinata. In pathogenicity tests on creeping bentgrass, the severity of the disease caused by UR isolates was significantly higher than that caused by the three varieties of W. circinata. Sequence similarities of the rDNA-ITS region between UR isolates and between isolates within each variety were high (97–100%), but they were lower among isolates from UR and the varieties of W. circinata (88–94%). In a phylogenetic tree based on the rDNA-ITS sequences, UR isolates formed a cluster separate from each of the clusters formed by the three varieties of W. circinata. These results indicate that the UR isolates clearly differ from the three varieties of W. circinata. We therefore propose that the UR isolates be classified as new Rhizoctonia sp. that are closely related to W. circinata and that the disease on creeping bentgrass should be called Waitea reddish-brown patch disease (Sekikasshoku-hagusare-byo in Japanese).     

Nematicidal Activity of Chrysanthemum coronarium

Organic amendments and green manure are potential alternatives to the harmful chemical control means currently used against plant-parasitic nematodes. In this work, Chrysanthemum coronarium was applied to the soil as a green manure to control the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica. Chrysanthemum coronarium significantly reduced nematode infection of tomato roots and improved plant-top fresh weight, both in the greenhouse and in microplots. Other green manures, derived from Anthemis pseudocotula, wild chickpea (Cicer pinnatifidum), Geranium spp. and wheat, were not as effective as C. coronarium. Chrysanthemum coronarium, retained its nematicidal activity even when applied as a dried material. Only mature C. coronarium plants, in their flowering stage, exhibited nematode control activity, but the green plant parts were more effective than the flowers. An aqueous extract of C. coronarium exhibited in vitro, nematostatic activity towards M. incognita and M. javanica second-stage juveniles and inhibited their hatching from eggs and egg-masses; its nematostatic activity was expressed also against other phytonematode species such as Heterodera avenae and Pratylenchus mediterraneus, but did not affect the beneficial entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae.     

Pathogenic fungi involved in root rot of peas in the Netherlands and their physiological specialization

Research on root rot pathogens of peas in the Netherlands has confirmed the prevalence ofFusarium solani, F. oxysporum, Pythium spp.,Mycosphaerella pinodes andPhoma medicaginis var.pinodella. Aphanomyces euteiches andThielaviopsis basicola were identified for the first time as pea pathogens in the Netherlands. Other pathogens such asRhizoctonia solani andCylindrocarpon destructans were also found on diseased parts of roots. F. solani existed in different degrees of pathogenicity, and was sometimes highly specific to pea, dwarf bean of field bean, depending on the cropping history of the field.A. euteiches was specific to peas, whereasT. basicola showed some degree of physiological specialization.