大豆红叶斑病

由大豆生茎点霉(Phoma glycinicola)侵染引起的大豆红叶斑病主要在非洲发生.该病极具侵袭性,可造成50%～75%的大豆产量损失.病菌能在土壤中长期存活,抗逆性强,通过携带受污染的土壤、病组织及雨水等途径广泛传播.该病菌在中国无分布,一旦传入中国,极有可能使中国的大豆产业蒙受重大的经济损失.笔者描述了该病害的寄主、分布、症状、病原特征、侵染循环和病害控制方法,以期对提高边境口岸人员识别该病菌的能力、阻止大豆红叶斑病传入有所助益.     

薏苡叶枯病和叶斑病调查与病原鉴定

对福建省龙岩市新罗区薏苡叶部病害进行了调查。用组织分离法,PSA平板培养经纯化后作病原鉴定,在其上发现了两种病害:薏苡叶斑病为一种新病害,病原鉴定为薏苡尾孢(Cercospora sp.);薏苡叶枯病为福建省首次记录,其病原为薏苡平脐蠕孢(Bipolaris coicis)。     

棉花铃叶比与红叶茎枯病发生的关系

 为了明确棉花库源比(铃叶比)变化对红叶茎枯病发生的影响,揭示红叶茎枯病的病因,本研究开展了多项试验。试验结果显示,棉株的病害严重度与其铃叶比呈高度正相关。早熟品种开花期早,铃叶比高,病害发生重;盛蕾期以前的气温对棉花生长和红叶茎枯病发生的作用大于土壤水分的作用。与常温处理相比,提高棉花3叶期至盛蕾期的气温,可促进棉花的营养生长,减小库源比,其发病盛期延后约45 d,病情指数平均减少72.9%,棉花生物学产量平均提高123.8%;去蕾和推迟打顶均可降低棉花铃叶比,减轻病情,以去全蕾处理的作用最为明显;叶面喷施甲哌鎓可提高棉花铃叶比,利于病害发生。因此,铃叶比失调是红叶茎枯病的主要病因;开花期以前棉花代谢源(叶)的生长量决定着病害发生的时间和严重度。     

Apical leaf necrosis and leaf nitrogen dynamics in diseased leaves: a model study

Apical leaf necrosis is a physiological process related to nitrogen (N) dynamics in the leaf. Pathogens use leaf nutrients and can thus accelerate this physiological apical necrosis. This process differs from necrosis occurring around pathogen lesions (lesion-induced necrosis), which is a direct result of the interaction between pathogen hyphae and leaf cells. This paper primarily concentrates on apical necrosis, only incorporating lesion-induced necrosis by necessity. The relationship between pathogen dynamics and physiological apical leaf necrosis is modelled through leaf nitrogen dynamics. The specific case of Puccinia triticina infections on Triticum aestivum flag leaves is studied. In the model, conversion of indirectly available N in the form of, for example, leaf cell proteins ( N ₂( t )) into directly available N ( N ₁( t ), i.e. the form of N that can directly be used by either pathogen or plant sinks) results in apical necrosis. The model reproduces observed trends of disease severity, apical necrosis and green leaf area (GLA) and leaf N dynamics of uninfected and infected leaves. Decreasing the initial amount of directly available N results in earlier necrosis onset and longer necrosis duration. Decreasing the initial amount of indirectly available N, has no effect on necrosis onset and shortens necrosis duration. The model could be used to develop hypotheses on how the disease-GLA relation affects yield loss, which can be tested experimentally. Upon incorporation into crop simulation models, the model might provide a tool to more accurately estimate crop yield and effects of disease management strategies in crops sensitive to fungal pathogens.     

An electronic leaf wetness recorder

Samenvatting Gezien het belang van een accurate bladnat-bepalingsmethode voor het onderzoek naar de epidemiologie van een groot aantal schimmelziekten bij planten werd een elektronische m methode ontwikkeld voor het meten van de bladnatperiode aan het blad zelf. Het resultaat was een instrument, waarmee een verandering van het geleidingsvermogen van het blad (door het nat worden) wordt gemeten met op het blad aangebrachte elektroden (Fig. 1 en 2). Het verkregen signaal wordt omgevormd tot een gelijkspanning met een eventueel bij te stellen bereik van ongeveer 2 mV, geschikt voor registratie samen met bijvoorbeeld thermokoppel-signalen. Door het gedeelt van het circuit binnen de stippellijn (Fig. 1) te verveelvoudigen kan op even zovele punten gemeten worden. De curve verkregen met het elektronische instrument (Fig. 3) is vergelijkbaar met die van de De Wit's bladnatschrijver. Bovendien kan het electrisch signaal geheel automatisch verwerkt worden. Een nadere studie is gewenst om de vorm en het niveau van de curve epidemiologisch te interpreteren.     

Compensation in seasonal leaf area dynamics and leaf longevity after defoliation in Buddleja davidii

Buddleja davidii is a major invasive weed and its success is attributed to its ability to recover rapidly following defoliation. To quantify the impacts of defoliation on seasonal leaf area dynamics, we measured rates of leaf area growth and loss on cohorts of leaves on control plants and on plants that were defoliated by 66% repeatedly at monthly intervals throughout two growing seasons. The rate of leaf area growth was closely related to cumulative air temperature, but the maximum rate for the defoliated plants in the first season was 2.2 times that of the control plants. This compensational leaf growth resulted in 52% greater total emergent leaf area, attributable to increased node production (34%) and leaf size (35%), compared with control plants. Leaf longevity during the first growing season in the defoliated plants was 12% greater than that in the control plants. During the second season, the degree of compensation was greatly reduced, attributable to reduced leaf size in defoliated plants compared with the control. Total emergent leaf area over both seasons in the defoliated treatment exceeded control values by only 15%. The impact of leaf loss on the vigour in this invasive shrub may, in the short term, be less significant than would be predicted. However, the impacts of continued defoliation are likely to increase markedly in subsequent years. The study provides the basis for modelling leaf area dynamics and plant growth in response to defoliation associated with biocontrol release programmes.     

Response of leaf acetolactate synthase from different leaf positions and seedling ages to sulfonylurea herbicide

Responses of acetolactate synthase (ALS) from grass and broadleaf weed to sulfonylurea (SU) herbicide were compared in relation to the leaf position in a seedling and seedling age. The responses of Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. and Eclipta prostrata L., dominant grass and broadleaf weed in paddy fields in Korea, respectively, to azimsulfuron were examined. In this study, in vivo ALS assay was used to verify the responsibility of selected weed species at different leaf stages to SU-herbicides. The data from in vivo ALS assay could be used for discriminating the degree of tolerance between weeds showed different susceptibility. In E. crus-galli and E. prostrata there was no apparent relationship between the chlorophyll concentrations and herbicide concentrations treated on leaves. Both in E. crus-galli and E. prostrata, the free amino acid concentrations, however, were increased as herbicide concentration increased in the younger leaves. The free amino acid concentrations were generally higher in older leaves than young leaves and were significantly increased concomitantly with increasing herbicide concentration. The ALS activity was decreased rapidly with higher azimsulfuron rates in old but not senescent leaves compared to juvenile leaves. Generally, ALS activity was less sensitive at the early leaf stage than late leaf stage. The activity of ALS in E. prostrata was highly responsive to application time and more susceptible to the herbicide as compared to E. crus-galli. The highest levels of acetoin were observed in the uppermost and youngest leaf in all species tested.     

不同湿润持续时间及叶片温度对温室黄瓜霜霉病发生的影响

为探明不同湿润持续时间及叶片温度与黄瓜霜霉病发生的关系,通过观察不同湿润条件下黄瓜霜霉病的初显症时间,计算逐日显症率及累积显症率,并利用热红外成像仪对显症后叶片温度进行连续监测。结果显示,不同湿润持续时间对黄瓜霜霉病的初显症时间、逐日显症率产生影响。叶片湿润持续4 h,黄瓜霜霉病在接种后7.00 d显症;叶片湿润持续12 h,黄瓜霜霉病初显症时间最早,仅为3.25 d。叶片湿润持续时间不同,黄瓜霜霉病初显症时的叶片温度存在显著差异。回归分析表明,初显症时间与最大温差呈显著正相关,与平均温度呈显著负相关。叶片湿润持续4、6 h的病斑出现高峰在显症后第2、3天,逐日显症率分别是37.50%和41.18%,比叶片湿润持续10、12 h的早。显症后期,湿润持续时间4、6、8、10、12 h的病斑累积显症率分别是87.94%、93.71%、90.25%、84.24%和88.36%,差异不显著。表明接种黄瓜霜霉菌Pseudoperonospora cubensis后叶片湿润持续时间越长,潜育期越短,叶片最大温差越小,叶片平均温度越大。     

Tomato leaf curl Oman virus and associated Betasatellite causing leaf curl disease in tomato in Pakistan

European Journal of Plant Pathology - The ongoing global spread of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) poses an endemic threat to tomato production in all tropical and sub-tropical regions of the...     

Association of Tomato leaf curl Joydebpur virus and a betasatellite with leaf curl disease of eggplant

Leaf samples (five) from brinjal/eggplant fields showing upward leaf curling symptoms were collected from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India. The full length genome of begomovirus and associated betasatellite were amplified by PCR, cloned and sequenced. Sequences of homologous DNA-A and its betasatellite in all samples were the same. The samples failed to amplify DNA-B, suggesting that the begomovirus associated with leaf curl disease of eggplant was monopartite. The complete genome (homologous of DNA-A) consists of 2758 nts, whereas the betasatellite has 1352 nts and the genome organization is typical of Old World begomoviruses. The sequence analysis showed high levels of nucleotide sequence identity (79.8–91.7%) of virus with Tomato leaf curl Joydebpur virus (ToLCJoV) infecting chilli in India, suggesting it as a strain of ToLCJoV based on the current ICTV taxonomic criteria for begomovirus strain demarcation. However, the betasatellite associated was identified as a variant of Tomato leaf curl Bangladesh betasatellite (ToLCBDB), with which it shared highest sequence identity of 84.7–94.8%. Phylogenetic analyses of the genome further supported the above results. The recombination analyses of both genome and betasatellite showed that a major part of genome sequences are derived from begomoviruses (ToLCJoV, ChiLCuV, AEV) infecting chilli, tomato, ageratum and betasatellite from PaLCuB as the foremost parents in evolution, suggesting this as a new recombinant virus strain. This is the first report of a monopartite begomovirus and a betasatellite molecule associated with the leaf curl disease of eggplant.     

Interactions of fungicides and leaf saprophytes

Phylloplane micro-organisms may metabolise substances present on the leaf surface, they may interact with leaf pathogens and they may be involved in the process of senescence. The effects of fungicides on many leaf saprophytes are, however, largely unknown. Studies under both field and laboratory conditions have indicated that wide spectrum protectant fungicides, such as captan, captafol and zineb, are as effective against the saprophytic flora as they are against plant pathogens. If the leaf surface microflora is restricted by fungicides then antagonism towards pathogens will also be reduced, but beneficial results may ensue if the microbial impact on senescence is lessened. Field trials with barley have demonstrated that it is possible to delay senescence by using fungicide sprays.     

植物叶片表面特征对美洲斑潜蝇的抗性观察

通过对美洲斑潜蝇生物学特征和植物叶片表面特征初步观察，研究，发现植物叶片表面特征不同，对美洲斑潜蝇抗性存在差异。     

A temperature and leaf wetness duration-based model for prediction of gray leaf spot of perennial ryegrass turf

ABSTRACT Gray leaf spot is a serious disease of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne), causing severe epidemics in golf course fairways. The effects of temperature and leaf wetness duration on the development of gray leaf spot of perennial ryegrass turf were evaluated in controlled environment chambers. Six-week-old Legacy II ryegrass plants were inoculated with an aqueous conidial suspension of Pyricularia grisea (approximately 8 x 10(4) conidia per ml of water) and subjected to four different temperatures (20, 24, 28, and 32 degrees C) and 12 leaf wetness durations (3 to 36 h at 3-h intervals). Three days after inoculation, gray leaf spot developed on plants at all temperatures and leaf wetness durations. Disease incidence (percent leaf blades symptomatic) and severity (index 0 to 10; 0 = leaf blades asymptomatic, 10 = >90% leaf area necrotic) were assessed 7 days after inoculation. There were significant effects ( alpha = 0.0001) of temperature and leaf wetness duration on disease incidence and severity, and there were significant interactions ( alpha = 0.0001) between them. Among the four temperatures tested, 28 degrees C was most favorable to gray leaf spot development. Disease incidence and severity increased with increased leaf wetness duration at all temperatures. A shorter leaf wetness duration was required for disease development under warmer temperatures. Analysis of variance with orthogonal polynomial contrasts and regression analyses were used to determine the functional relationships among temperature and leaf wetness duration and gray leaf spot incidence and severity. Significant effects were included in a regression model that described the relationship. The polynomial model included linear, quadratic, and cubic terms for temperature and leaf wetness duration effects. The adjusted coefficients of determination for the fitted model for disease incidence and severity were 0.84 and 0.87, respectively. The predictive model may be used as part of an integrated gray leaf spot forecasting system for perennial ryegrass turf.