瓜类枯萎病菌生物学特性与药剂测定研究

对瓜类枯萎病的3种专化型即黄瓜专化型（F.oxysporum f.sp.cucumerinum)，西瓜专化型（F.oxysporum f.sp.niveum)和甜瓜专化型（F.oxysporm f.sp.melonis)进行了形态特点，生物学特性与药剂测定等室内比较研究。结果表明，枯萎病菌的3种专化型，在形态特征，培养性状以及对杀菌剂的敏感性等方面，既有明显的相似点，也有不同之处，菌丝生长的温度范围均为5-35℃，以25℃为最适；在20-30℃的温度范围内，孢子萌发率较高，病菌3种专化型的产孢量与温度的相关性不明显，pH值为6最适于孢子萌发，健根保，苗菌敌，无敌，根必治和重茬保5种药剂，对瓜类枯萎病菌菌丝生长的抑制效果较好。     

尖孢镰刀菌磷脂脂肪酸的遗传多样性分析

为明确尖孢镰刀菌Fusarium oxysporum不同专化型菌株的遗传多样性,利用MIDI微生物脂肪酸鉴定系统分析了来源于5个专化型的27株菌株的磷脂脂肪酸种类和含量,并进行了磷脂脂肪酸聚类分析。结果表明,供试尖孢镰刀菌中共检测到9种脂肪酸,在兰氏距离为25.98时分为3个类群,即主要脂肪酸、微量脂肪酸和偶现脂肪酸,其中主要脂肪酸有16:0、18:0、18:1cis9(ω9)和18:2cis9,12/18:0a,含量共占总磷脂脂肪酸的96.41%;微量脂肪酸有14:0、15:0、16:1cis9(ω7)和20:0,偶现脂肪酸仅有17:1(ω11)。不同专化型菌株的主要脂肪酸仅18:2cis9,12/18:0a存在显著差异,微量脂肪酸除15:0外其余3种均有显著差异。聚类分析结果表明,以供试的全部27株菌株聚类时,其磷脂脂肪酸与寄主专化型间无明显相关性,以寄主来源为同科(葫芦科或茄科)的菌株聚类时,其磷脂脂肪酸与寄主专化型间存在着一定的对应关系。     

Variation in potential effector genes distinguishing Australian and non‐Australian isolates of the cotton wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum

This study identified genes that distinguish Australian Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum (Fov) isolates from related co‐localized non‐pathogenic F. oxysporum isolates and from non‐Australian Fov isolates. One gene is a homologue of the F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (Fol) effector gene SIX6, encoding a 215‐residue cysteine‐rich secreted protein. The Six6 proteins from Fol and Fov contained eight conserved cysteine residues, five of which occurred in the highly diverged 48‐amino‐acid region where FovSix6 differs from FolSix6 at 32 residues. Two other potential effector genes, PEP1 and PEP2, were identified in a cDNA library of Fov genes expressed during infection of cotton. The presence of FovSIX6 and other differences in DNA fingerprints clearly distinguished Australian Fov isolates from non‐Australian Fov isolates and these differences further support the hypothesis based on earlier phylogenetic analysis that Australian Fov is different from Fov in other cotton‐growing areas. A specific diagnostic for Fov based on FovSIX6 is described.     

Rapid detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae on soil,lettuce seeds and plants using loop‐mediated isothermal amplification

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae (FOL) is a soil‐ and seedborne pathogen and the causal agent of fusarium wilt on lettuce. Four races have been identified within FOL, with different worldwide distribution. Several molecular techniques have been used to detect and identify this pathogen; however, not all of them have the optimal characteristics in terms of sensitivity to perform FOL detection in plant and seed material. A loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed based on the sequence‐characterized amplified region (SCAR) obtained in a previous rapid amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) study. The LAMP assay has been validated according to the EPPO standard PM7/98. The LAMP assay was tested with lettuce seeds, soil and plant material, and can be used successfully to amplify DNA from each of these matrices. In seed lots artificially inoculated with FOL, the detection limit of the LAMP test was 0.004% infected seed.     

Recent developments in the molecular discrimination of formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum

Rapid and reliable detection and identification of potential plant pathogens is required for taking appropriate and timely disease management measures. For many microbial species of which all strains generally are plant pathogens on a known host range, this has become quite straightforward. However, for some fungal species this is quite a challenge. One of these is Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend:Fr., which, as a species, has a very broad host range, while individual strains are usually highly host-specific. Moreover, many strains of this fungus are non-pathogenic soil inhabitants. Thus, with regard to effective disease management, identification below the species level is highly desirable. So far, the genetic basis of host specificity in F. oxysporum is poorly understood. Furthermore, strains that infect a particular plant species are not necessarily more closely related to each other than to strains that infect other hosts. Despite these difficulties, recently an increasing number of studies have reported the successful development of molecular markers to discriminate F. oxysporum strains below the species level.