Biological control of the Western flower thripsFrankliniella occidentalis in cucumber using the entomopathogenic fungusMetarhizium anisopliae

Biological control of the western flower thrips (WFT)Frankliniella occidentalis, using the entomopathogenicMetarhizium anisopliae-7 (M. a-7) strain was studied in three consecutive seasons under greenhouse conditions. Cucumber plants infested with WFT were sprayed with spore suspension of the fungusM. a-7 (0.5 g m^-2), or the soil was treated with dry powder of the fungus (0.5 g m^-2); the control was without fungus application. In the 1997 spring experiment, when the cucumber plants were initially infested with only three or four insects per leaf, the spore suspension spray caused a significant reduction in growth of the thrips population compared with the other treatments and the control. However, in the 1997 summer experiment, when the plants were initially heavily infested with WFT (10–15 insects per leaf), the spray treatment caused only a modest reduction in WFT population growth, and only after 4 weeks of treatment was the reduction significant. In the 1999 experiment, with a low initial WFT population of three or four insects per leaf, the spray treatment was effective in reducing the population growth to a lower level than in the other treatments or control. TheM. a-7 strain was found to be effective in reducing the population growth of WFT under greenhouse conditions, particularly when the initial thrips population was low to moderate. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Nov. 4, 2001.     

Stem-base disease and fungal colonisation of winter wheat grown in compost inoculated with Fusarium culmorum, F. graminearum and Microdochium nivale

Fungal colonisation of winter wheat cv. Cadenza by Fusarium culmorum, F. graminearum and Microdochium nivale was studied under conditions designed to avoid the splash dispersal of conidia from infested compost, to evaluate the possibility that systemic growth may transfer infection from the stem-base to the head. At decimal growth stages 33, 59, 77–87 and 95 the extent of fungal growth was assessed using a sample of 72 plants, by the recovery of fungal species from the stem-base, from each node and from the ear. Each of the fungi was recovered from stem tissues above soil level in some, apparently symptomless, plants. Symptoms of Fusarium foot rot were seen in an increasing proportion of plants during grain-fill and desiccation. There was an inverse relationship between recovery and the height above stem-base from which the stem tissue was excised. F. culmorum was the most frequently isolated fungus and it was also recovered from the highest position in plants. Only 3% of plants were colonised above the second node and none of the fungal species were recovered from either the fifth node or the ear. This suggests that colonisation and systemic growth from Fusarium infested compost is unlikely to contribute to the development of ear blight symptoms in winter wheat.     

太白山锐齿栎树干基部两种蚂蚁的筑巢生态学及其蚁巢、体表真菌组成研究(英文)

本文研究了太白山锐齿栎景观林带树干基部筑巢的两种蚂蚁的筑巢生态学及其巢内真菌的组成。研究结果表明:亮腹黑褐蚁Formica gagatoides Ruzsky是锐齿栎林中的优势蚁种,可在地表及树干上活动,主要取食栎树枝条上蚜虫所分泌的蜜露及其他昆虫和植物材料;盘腹蚁Aphaenogaster sp.仅在蚁巢周围活动,捕食其他小型昆虫;亮腹黑褐蚁F.gagatoides蚁巢材料含水量非常高,而盘腹蚁Aphaenogaster sp.的蚁巢较为干燥。锐齿栎林中树干的平均蚁栖率为20.3%,但蚁栖率随海拔差异而不同(海拔1800m的锐齿栎林带蚁栖率仅为6%,海拔1600m的锐齿栎林带蚁栖率高达38.5%)。两种蚂蚁的长期营巢活动造成树干基部腐朽、孔洞不断扩大,严重影响锐齿栎树干的水分、营养传输及生长,且极易倒伏和风折。两种蚂蚁巢内及其体表真菌的种类组成明显不同,从亮腹黑褐蚁F.gagatoides蚁巢材料中可分离出7种真菌,而从盘腹蚁Aphaenogaster sp.巢中仅分离出2种;从亮腹黑褐蚁F.gagatoides体表可分离出4种真菌,而从盘腹蚁Aphaenogaster sp.体表分离到3种真菌;其中Tri...     

一种快速简便的植物病原真菌基因组DNA提取方法

 尿素提取法是最新报道的一种植物拟南芥基因组DNA的提取方法,但是还没有应用于植物病原真菌DNA的提取。本研究采用改进的4种不同的方法(尿素提取法、CTAB提取法、氯化苄提取法以及SDS-CTAB提取法),分别对5种分类地位不同的植物病原真菌(草莓疫霉病菌、西瓜蔓枯病菌、草莓炭疽病菌、西瓜枯萎病菌和水稻纹枯病菌)的基因组DNA进行提取和比较。结果表明,尿素提取法和SDS-CTAB法均能提取到所有5种真菌的基因组DNA,而尿素提取法提取DNA的效率更高、质量更好,操作步骤更为快速简单。     

枯草芽孢杆菌G3菌株的抗菌物质及其特性

 产几丁质酶枯草芽孢杆菌G3菌株的固体培养物在黄瓜灰霉病菌和番茄叶霉病菌抑菌试验中证实,抑菌活性物质存在于过滤上清液中,它们是从酸沉淀物中提取出的伊枯草菌素、生物表面活性素和存在于盐析粗蛋白中的几丁质酶。在叶霉孢子萌发试验中,伊枯草菌素微弱地抑制孢子萌发但强烈破坏芽管和新生菌丝;生物表面活性素和几丁质酶则强烈抑制孢子萌发并长久性地抑制芽管伸长。在PDA平板上的灰霉菌丝抑菌试验中,伊枯草菌素抑制菌丝生长,引发菌丝顶端膨大,形成泡囊,泡囊破裂后原生质外泄;几丁质酶抑制菌丝生长,引发产生不规则的菌丝团;生物表面活性素在平皿上对菌丝则不显示出抑菌活性。     

海洋细菌B-9987菌株产生的抑菌物质及对几种植物病原真菌的作用

 从海洋生境中分离得到317株菌株,筛选获得1株芽孢杆菌B-9987菌株,其胞外分泌的代谢产物对植物病原真菌有显著的抑制作用,其中对茄交链孢菌、大丽轮枝菌、黄枝孢菌、立枯丝核菌主要是造成真菌孢子或菌丝末端膨大成球状,继而胞壁崩解,原生质外泄;对尖孢镰刀菌和莴苣霜霉菌的抑制作用,则表现为孢子萌发率降低和芽管长度明显变短。该抑菌物质经乙醚萃取,硅胶G薄层层析纯化,官能团显色反应初步推断为酚类化合物。     

应用均匀设计法筛选稗草病原菌产孢最佳配方培养基

 筛选生防菌最佳产孢培养基是高效、大量生产生防菌孢子的基础。应用均匀设计法结合二次多项式回归分析,从众多因素中筛选出稗草病原菌弯孢菌(Curvularia lunata)和互格交链孢菌(Alternaria alternata)最佳产孢培养基组分,建立多元二次回归数学模型。弯孢菌最佳产孢组分为胡萝卜、芹菜、欧芹、水芹、莴苣、蔗糖和Vc;互格交链孢菌最佳产孢组分为胡萝卜、芹菜、水芹、莴苣和蔗糖。根据回归模型计算理论(拟和)产孢值。比较实测产孢量和理论产孢值,结果表明,稗草病原菌的实测产孢量和回归模型拟合产孢值非常接近,拟合误差小。说明采用均匀设计法从众多因素中筛选培养基最佳成分是可行的。     

两种丛枝菌根菌剂对温室番茄穴盘幼苗生长的影响

在温室穴盘栽培条件下,对番茄幼苗接种2种商品用丛枝菌根菌剂BF(mycorrhizaforplants)和VT(mycorrhizaforvegetables),测定幼苗生长发育及光合生理等指标。结果表明:VT和BF均能不同程度地侵染番茄根系,接种35d后侵染率分别为78.3%、66.4%。接种AMF后幼苗的株高、茎粗、干质量、鲜质量、根系活力、叶绿素含量、净光合速率均大于未接菌对照,且接种VT菌剂的幼苗与未接菌对照相比差异显著。综合分析表明,VT对番茄穴盘幼苗的促生效果较好。     

荔枝龟背天牛幼虫空间分布型研究

对荔龟背天牛幼虫于荔枝园中的空间分状况调查和分析，表明该虫的空间分布为负二项分布；空间图式是聚集型；分布的基本成分为疏松的个体群。聚集行为受环境因素（主要是荔枝品种）的影响，此外，利用分布型参数确定了龟背天牛的理论抽样数并建立了序贯抽样检定表。     

一种改进的尖孢镰刀菌的实时荧光定量PCR检测方法

为实现荧光定量PCR对土壤病原真菌数量更为高效、灵敏的检测,本研究将液体培养的孢子悬浮液和长年耕作的水稻土制作成孢子浓度为4×10~1~4×10~6 spore/g的带菌土,采用MoBio PowerSoil@DNA Isolation Kit提取模拟带菌土壤总DNA,引入常规PCR预扩增包含qPCR目标序列的1 446bp片段,以预PCR产物为模板进行qPCR,构建荧光定量PCR标准曲线。研究结果表明:以试剂盒提取的带菌土壤总DNA为模板绘制的qPCR标准曲线相关系数r为0.985,检测下限为4×10~3 spore/g土;引入预PCR后,qPCR标准曲线相关系数r为0.974,检测下限为4×10~2 spore/g土,较未引入时提高了10倍,结合不同土壤病原真菌的特异性引物,该检测方法可为土壤病原真菌的有效定量检测提供技术支撑。