Chemical interactions with the herbicide propanil on propanil-resistant barnyardgrass

We are examining the interaction of compounds with the herbicide propanil to find synergistic or additive actions that can increase efficacy against propanil-resistant barnyardgrass [Echinochloa crus-galli] (R-BYG) without substantial injury to rice. Field tests (herbicidal injury) and laboratory tests (chlorophyll quantification in excised leaves; measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence to determine PSII inhibition) have been conducted on R-BYG and rice tissue exposed to various rates of propanil and additive. Important synergistic interactions on R-BYG in laboratory and field tests were found with propanil plus either the herbicides anilophos or piperophos, or the insecticide carbaryl. In laboratory tests, the insecticide methiocarb and PPG-124 (p-chlorophenyl N-methylcarbamate) were highly effective synergists with propanil on R-BYG. Other important interactions occurred with certain concentrations/application rates when propanil was combined with the herbicides quinclorac, thiobencarb, molinate, or pendimethalin (field tests). Combinations of these or other chemicals with propanil may provide additive or synergistic action useful to control R-BYG without increasing rice injury. Such mixtures might also prevent or delay the development of propanil resistance in this weed species.     

湖南稻区稗草对二氯喹啉酸的抗性研究

利用整株测定法,测定湖南省主要稻区29个稗草生物型对二氯喹啉酸的抗性。结果表明,湖南省隆回县的生物型稗草对二氯喹啉酸最敏感,其EC50为76.388 3 g a.i./hm2,为敏感生物型。湖南省益阳芷湖口镇和湖南省长沙望城县(直播田)的生物型稗草对二氯喹啉酸的EC50分别为1 567.164 g a.i./hm2和2 477.542 g a.i./hm2,抗药性指数分别达20.52和32.43,表明这两种生物型稗草的抗药性处于高水平抗性。其中10个生物型稗草的EC50为155.931 8～375.114 g a.i./hm2,抗药性指数为2.02～4.91,表明这些生物型稗草已产生抗性。而其余16个生物型稗草的EC50为84.020 3～151.596 g a.i./hm2,抗药性指数为1.10～1.98,表明这些地方稗草的敏感性正在下降。     

禾长蠕孢菌孢子及粗毒素对稗草防御酶系活性的影响

[目的]探讨禾长蠕孢菌(HGE)孢子及其代谢产物粗毒素对稗草主要防御酶系活性的影响。[方法]在室内条件下测定了HGE孢子及其粗毒素对稗草防御酶系[苯丙氨酸解氨酸(PAL)、过氧化物酶(POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)]活性的影响。[结果]HGE孢子、粗毒素及二者混合处理稗草后,不同程度地影响了稗草PAL、POD的活性,对SOD活性无明显影响,并且孢子和毒素对稗草防御酶系的影响具有相似性。[结论]病原真菌孢子和毒素对寄主的作用具有一定的相似性,基于病原菌致病过程的复杂性,毒素可以替代病原菌研究其部分致病性作用机理。     

Biodiversity in the barnyard millet (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Echinochloa frumentacea</Emphasis> Link,Poaceae) germplasm in India

One hundred ninety four accessions of barnyard millet collected from different eco-geographical regions of India were evaluated for 14 quantitative traits during kharif 2003 and 2005. These accessions were grouped into 5 groups on the basis of place of collection. These groups differed significantly in their mean values for quantitative traits and magnitude of correlation among traits indicates origin based association. The group ‘C’ (source of origin is unknown) was found most diverse group (mean coefficient of variation 17.67%), while rest of the groups recorded mean coefficient of variation between 12 and 13%. Correlation studies indicate that flag leaf width, number of racemes along with internode length should be considered while performing selection in segregating generations. The plotting of first and second principal component axes scores suggests that presence of three distinct morphotypes in the present study. These morphotypes are quite similar to three botanical varieties viz., var. robusta, var. intermedia and var. stolonifera in their morphological traits, while botanical variety laxa (endemic to Sikkim area of India) was completely absent from the present study.     

Isotope 15N enrichment of soil-ammonium N as a reference to estimate N2 fixation by stem and root-inoculated S. rostrata

Summary A pot experiment in the greenhouse was conducted to compare the contribution of N derived from the atmosphere or from biological N₂ fixation by Sesbania rostrata inoculated with Azorhizobium caulinodans, applied either to roots or to roots and stems (single or multiple stem inoculation). Two subsequent crops were grown for 50 days under flooded conditions. N derived from air was estimated by ¹⁵N dilution using ¹⁵N enrichment of soil NH _inf4 ^sup+ -N and of Echinochloa crusgalli as the non-N₂-fixing reference datum and compared with estimates obtained by the N-difference method. The first crop was grown to stabilize the ¹⁵N into the soil organic N fraction. The ¹⁵N enrichment of soil NH _inf4 ^sup+ -N in the second crop declined slowly. The extractability ratio (¹⁵N enrichment of extractable soil N to ¹⁵N enrichment of total soil N) decreased from 4.8 to 4.1 50 days after planting. The enrichment of soil NH _inf4 ^sup+ -N was comparable to that of E. crus-galli, resulting in similar estimates of N derived from air when either soil NH _inf4 ^sup+ -N or enrichment of E. crus-galli was used as a non-fixing reference. The N-difference method did not always provide reliable estimates of N derived from air; percentages ranged from 75 to more than 80 by 50 days after planting in both crops and did not differ among treatments. The study demonstrates the potential of using ¹⁵N enrichment of soil NH _inf4 ^sup+ -N as a non-N₂-fixing reference for reliable BNF estimates of crops in lowland puddled soil.     

Propanil activity, uptake and metabolism in resistant Echinochloa spp. biotypes

Field resistance of Echinochloa spp. to propanil has been previously reported in Costa Rica, Colombia and Arkansas (USA). In this study, the mechanism of resistance was investigated in three resistant (R) and three susceptible (S) biotypes. The shoot fresh weight reduction in pot-grown plants from a post-emergence spray of propanil at 2.44 kg a.i. ha⁻¹ on biotypes R/S from Costa Rica, Colombia and Arkansas was 35/98%, 25/79% and 20/82% respectively. In vitro chlorophyll fluorescence data from leaf tissue incubated in propanil showed that photosynthesis was inhibited in all biotypes, indicating that the propanil-binding site and enzyme were not altered. After transfer to herbicide-free solution, photosynthesis recovered only in resistant biotypes, indicating that the mechanism of resistance was caused by enhanced metabolism of the herbicide. Simultaneous treatment with fenitrothion, an aryl acylamidase inhibitor, prevented the recovery of photosynthesis in leaf tissue in two resistant biotypes. In contrast, the cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase inhibitor, 1-aminobenzotriazole, did not prevent recovery from propanil in leaf tissue. Application of ¹⁴C-propanil to the second leaf of intact Echinochloa plants showed that c . 90% of the radioactivity remained in the treated leaf for up to 72 h after application. No major differences in translocation between R and S biotype plants were found. TLC analysis of tissue extracts from the treated leaves showed substantially less radioactivity associated with propanil, present after 72 h in rice or in the three R biotypes, compared with S biotypes.     

Biology and management of barnyardgrass,red sprangletop and weedy rice

About 400 weed species of 73 families have been reported to occur in upland and lowland rice fields in Vietnam. Two important families are Poaceae and Cyperaceae having 42% of weed species with 21% each. The barnyardgrass, Echinochloa crus‐galli (L.) Beauv., is the most important weed in both transplanted and direct‐seeded rice in this country. The competi‐tion of 25 barnyardgrass plants/m² causes approximately 50% yield loss. Red sprangletop, Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees., is an emerging major weed in direct‐seeded rice. Weedy rice (Oryza sativa L.) was detected in 1994 and is now a new dangerous pest in rice fields. The main reasons are: herbicides which can kill weedy rice completely are not available in the market, non‐chemical methods are laborious and costly, and weedy rice can develop a new generation from contaminated seeds through rice sowing or emerging from soil seed bank. Research results on the Vietnamese situation of barnyardgrass, red sprangletop and weedy rice in terms of biology and management by chemical and non‐chemical methods have been reviewed in this paper.     

Weed-suppressing rice cultivars – does allelopathy play a role?

A range of 111 rice cultivars was studied for weed-suppressing ability in field experiments with a sown infestation of Echinochloa crus-galli. Cultivars differed significantly in their ability to suppress the growth of E. crus-galli , and the differences were reasonably reproducible over three seasons. The same rice cultivars were tested in a laboratory screening for allelopathic potential, which showed significant differences in the ability to reduce root growth of E. crus-galli . Correlation between the laboratory screening and the field experiments showed that field performance could be described to some extent by E. crus-galli root length reduction in the laboratory. Plant height in the field experiment was correlated with weed biomass 8 weeks after seeding. Even among the most weed-suppressing rice cultivars, however, all heights were represented. None of the measured growth parameters from greenhouse studies could explain the distribution of weed-suppressing rice cultivars. This indicates that allelopathy in combination with competitive ability determines the weed interference outcome of a given rice cultivar.     

牡丹皮提取物除草活性初步研究

为明确牡丹皮(Cortex Moutan Radicis)的除草活性并初步探索其活性成分分离条件,采用平皿法、土壤喷雾法及茎叶喷雾法测定了牡丹皮不同极性溶剂萃取物对反枝苋Amaranthus retroflexus和稗Echinochloa crus-galli的除草活性。平皿法测定结果显示,在1 mg/mL浓度下,牡丹皮正丁醇萃取物的除草活性最强,对反枝苋幼根和幼茎的抑制率分别为67.88%和65.71%,对稗草幼根和幼茎的抑制率分别为68.72%和71.32%;毒力测定结果表明,牡丹皮正丁醇萃取物对反枝苋幼根和幼茎的IC₅₀分别为12.28 mg/L和19.67 mg/L,对稗草幼根和幼茎的IC₅₀分别为43.35 mg/L和72.79 mg/L。土壤喷雾法和茎叶喷雾法测定结果显示,在5 mg/mL浓度下,牡丹皮正丁醇萃取物对反枝苋和稗草的鲜重抑制率最高,其中土壤喷雾法对反枝苋和稗草的鲜重抑制率分别为81.43%和83.18%;茎叶喷雾法对两种杂草的鲜重抑制率分别为80.83%和83.65%。由此可见,牡丹皮的除草活性成分主要集中在正丁醇...     

A tetraploid Echinochloa with plagiotropic tillers: Its distribution and habitat in the northern part of the main island of Japan

An annual Echinochloa with plagiotropic tillers (semi‐erect type) was found on a paddy levee in Miyagi prefecture in Japan. This semi‐erect type had tetraploid chromosome numbers (2n = 36) and would be expected to be E. oryzicola. However, its appearance was distinct from that of E. oryzicola. To collect seed samples and clarify its distribution and habitat, exploration and collection surveys were carried out in the northern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan in 2014, 2017, and 2018. Thirty‐two populations that were assumed to be the semi‐erect type were found and their mature seeds were collected. Based on the results of chromosome counts and growth form analyses, all of them were confirmed to be the semi‐erect type. The 32 populations were distributed in the prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima, and Niigata, and located in paddy fields, abandoned paddy fields, paddy levees, roadsides, vacant land, and scree slopes. Our surveys indicated that the semi‐erect type grew in wet and dry disturbed habitats at an early stage of secondary succession including paddy fields in the northern part of the main island of Japan.