A peptide of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype Asia1 generating a neutralizing antibody response, and an immunostimulatory peptide

The epitopes of the capsid of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) play important roles in the construction of highly immunogenic subunit vaccines. However few epitopes have been found for FMDV serotype Asia1. In this study we screened for epitopes of the VP1 and VP2 proteins of FMDV serotype Asia1 isolate, YNBS/58. Fragments consisting of amino acids 133-163 of VP1 and amino acids 1-33 of VP2 contained epitopes, and both induced lymphoproliferation in guinea pigs. Only the VP1 fragment induced neutralizing antibodies but the VP2 peptide dramatically increased the neutralizing antibody response induced by the VP1 peptide.     

Sublethal effects of nine insecticides on Drosophila suzukii and its major pupal parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae

Background

Although the pupal parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae is used in conservative and augmentative biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii infestations, current pest management strategies mostly rely on multiple insecticide applications. In this context, the aim of the study was to investigate the baseline toxicity of nine insecticides on D. suzukii larvae and their multiple sublethal effects (LC₁₀) on immature stages of the pest feeding on contaminated diet and T. drosophilae developing within the intoxicated host.

Results

Chlorpyriphos and azadirachtin showed the lowest and the highest LC₁₀, the values of which were 9.78 × 10¹³ and 1.46 × 10³ times lower than their recommended label field rate, respectively. Among tested insecticides, imidacloprid, malathion and dimethoate were the only treatments that did not affect the juvenile development time of D. suzukii, while spinosad and the organophosphates chlorpyriphos and dimethoate did not influence fly pupal size. No sublethal effects were recorded on T. drosophilae degree of infestation (DI) and juvenile development time. On the contrary, cyazypyr and dimethoate negatively affected the success of parasitism (SP) and the number of progeny of the pupal parasitoid, in association with malathion for the first parameter and spinosad for the fertility. Compared to the untreated control, more female progeny emerged following azadirachtin exposure, while dimethoate caused the opposite effect. Imidacloprid, lambda-cyhalothrin and spinetoram decreased hind tibia length of emerged parasitoids.

Conclusion

This study provides new insights on the (eco)toxicological profile of nine insecticides and new information needed to support the deployment of T. drosophilae in the field within the sustainable management techniques against D. suzukii. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.     

犬瘟热、犬细小病毒胶体金二联检测卡研制

本研究通过细胞融合、间接ELISA方法筛选出4株可稳定分泌犬瘟热病毒(canine distemper virus,CDV)和犬细小病毒(canine parvovirus,CPV)单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞株,以此为基础研制了一种可同时检测CDV和CPV的胶体金二联检测卡,并对其特异性、灵敏度及准确性进行了测试。结果显示：4株杂交瘤细胞可稳定传代,分泌的单克隆抗体纯度高,效价均在1:320以上。制备的胶体金二联检测卡特异性强,只与CDV和CPV产生特异性条带,而不与其他犬类病毒反应;灵敏度高,最低检测限可达到10²拷贝/μL;准确性好,与荧光定量PCR结果的符合率高于88.0%,与市面上单一病毒检测卡的符合率高于97.2%。结果表明,本研究制备的CDV、CPV胶体金二联检测卡特异性强、灵敏度高、准确性好,兼具操作简便、肉眼可判读、结果易保存和无需特殊仪器设备等优势,可用于两种疾病的临床快速诊断和大规模检测工作。     

凉山州高原粳稻开花习性研究

凉山州高原粳稻在自然环境中抽穗后3～4d开始开花，5～8d进入开花盛期，10～12d相继结束；1日内的开花时间主要集中在12：00～16：00；每朵颍花开花历时60～110min不等；闭花授粉粒和停止发育粒教因品种而异；水稻开花与颖壳内湿度、田间温度和生态区关系密切。     

花生转基因研究进展

同多数豆科作物一样，花生的基因转化技术难度大，且与主要粮食和经济作物相比起步晚，因此进展较慢。本文收集近几年的中外资料，时花生基因转化研究中植抹再生体系的完善过程及存在问题、目前用于转化的目的基因、主要转化方法的改进及转化基因的表达方面的研究进展进行了综述，并指出在花生基因转育中急待解决的问题或需要努力的方向，为进一步进行花生转育研究提供理论基础。     

铝浸种对火龙果种子萌发的影响

以火龙果种子为研究材料,设置了7个铝浸种浓度（0、0.1 mg/L、1 mg/L、10 mg/L、100mg/L、1000 mg/L、2000mg/L）,研究了不同浓度的铝浸种处理对火龙果种子萌发的影响.结果表明：不同浓度铝处理火龙果种子均具有生理活性,它们对火龙果种子的发芽势、发芽率、发芽指数、幼苗鲜重和活力指数均具有明显的生理作用.7种铝处理浓度中,0.1 mg/L铝处理效果最好.当处理浓度超过2000mg/L时,火龙果幼苗生长受到毒害.     

GA3和PP333对萝卜生长及产量的影响

通过研究不同浓度的GA3和PP333及两激素不同浓度的互作对萝卜叶面积、叶重量、叶子叶绿素含量及根冠比的影响。结果表明，两者对叶子叶绿素含量没明显影响，但GA3在促进叶子的生长，叶面积的增大上以10~30ppm效果最好，而PP333虽然能抑制叶子的生长，但在肉质根生长中后期试用50ppm浓度的PP333，抑制了叶子的生长，反而促进了光合产物输送到肉质根，起到增产的作用。适当浓度的GA3和PP333及两者结合增产效果明显     

炭疽菌附着胞的研究进展

摘 要：炭疽菌属Colletotrichum Corda 是一类重要的植物病原菌，寄主范围广，对农林生产危害很大。炭疽菌能产生特殊的侵染结构附着胞穿透寄主组织，附着胞的形成对炭疽菌确立侵染非常关键。综述了炭疽菌分生孢子在寄主表面的附着、附着胞的形成、附着胞对环境影响因素的应答和附着胞的穿透。影响炭疽菌附着胞形态发育的因素很多，其中硬质疏水表面在短时间内通常是有利于附着胞的形成。并简要概述了炭疽菌附着胞的基因克隆研究情况。     

龙牙百合的植株再生与遗传转化

以龙牙百合鳞片叶切块为外植体，通过多种培养基的比较试验，得出MS 2，4-D 2mg／L 6-BA 0．2mg／L是诱导愈伤的最佳培养基，MS 6-BA 1mg／L NAA 0．05mg／L是不定芽诱导及伸长的适宜培养基。MS N_AA2mg／L是生根的最佳培养基。本试验已建立了适用于龙牙百合遗传转化的快速高频再生系统。用携带有几丁质酶基因和β—1、3葡聚糖酶基因的工程菌，通过农杆菌介导法和基因枪转化法转化龙牙百合，经PCR和点杂交检测证明外源基因已经整合到植物染色体中。同时对农杆菌介导法和基因枪法进行比较，发现农杆菌介导法的转化率为16．7％，基因枪法的转化率为50％，因此可能基因枪转化法更适于龙牙百合的遗传转化。     

高粱不同外植体离体培养

不同材料愈伤组织诱导培养结果表明，幼穗，茎尖和成熟胚的最高出愈率达１００％，子粒达９３％，幼胚仅为７４％。幼穗不但出愈率高，且愈伤组织胚性状况好，分化出苗率高。幼胚出愈率虽低，但其分化率明显主茎尖，成熟胚和子粒了的分化率。