Concepts and Direction of Induced Systemic Resistance in Plants and its Application

Resistance to plant disease is often specific and metabolites and receptors contributing to this specificity may have specific structures. However, simple, structurally-unrelated compounds induce systemic resistance in unrelated plants to diverse pathogens including fungi, bacteria and viruses. Both resistance and induced systemic resistance (ISR) are associated with the rapid accumulation of the same structurally unrelated putative defense compounds that have diverse functions. It has been suggested that cultivar (race)-specific resistance is initiated by the specific interaction of a pathogen product (or pathogen induced product) and a plant receptor. However, restricted infection by pathogens can result in ISR and many different compounds can cause ISR. It is thus evident that there are both specific and non-specific routes to the master switch for ISR and there may be more than one master switch. Are reactive oxygen species and free radicals regulating the master switch(es) via both routes? It is also evident there are many switches, other than the master switch. Adding to the complexity of resistance and ISR are the observations that different compounds and pathways may mediate different biochemical resistances. Activation of one of the pathways may antagonize or enhance the activation or effectiveness of another. The review will address these complexities and questions and propose directions of research which require high priority. Factors which encourage and suppress the application of ISR in agriculture will also be addressed.     

两个玉米自交系对纹枯病的抗病反应机制初探

玉米纹枯病是由立枯丝核菌(Rhizoctonia solani Kühn)引起的一种重要病害。具有优良性状的自交系是开展玉米抗病品种选育的重要种质资源。本试验以西南地区两个优良玉米自交系R08与18-599R为材料,采用人工接种R.solani菌丝融合群AG1-IA,对成株期玉米进行了抗性鉴定,并对病原菌诱导后苗期玉米叶片上的活性氧(ROS)、抗病相关基因(PR1、ZmDREB2A、ZmERF3和WIP1)表达及细胞坏死情况进行了动态检测。结果显示,R08对纹枯病表现为中抗,而18-599R为高感材料;受R.solani侵染后,玉米叶片ROS的积累在R08中较18-599R多;两个自交系中基因表达量及表达时间存在显著差异;R08叶片出现显著的细胞坏死反应,而18-599R相对较轻。本研究表明两个自交系对R.solani的抗性差异主要体现在相关抗病反应的时间和强度上,这为进一步研究玉米纹枯病抗病机理提供了依据。     

中国小麦农家品种‘老白麦’抗条锈性遗传分析

小麦条锈病是小麦生产上重要的气传叶部病害。不断发掘和利用新抗源是持续控制条锈病流行危害的重要基础研究工作。‘老白麦’是我国小麦农家品种,对我国当前主要流行小种和致病类型均表现为高抗水平。本研究采用常规杂交分析方法,对‘老白麦’及其与感病品种‘Taichung 29’的杂交后代在成株期和苗期分别接种CYR32号小种和CYR33号小种,进行抗条锈性鉴定和统计分析。结果表明,‘老白麦’对CYR33号小种在苗期和成株期均表现近免疫,其全生育期抗条锈性由1对显性基因控制;对CYR32号小种在成株期表现近免疫,苗期表现高感,成株抗条锈性由1对显性基因控制,属细胞核遗传。研究结果表明‘老白麦’至少含有2对显性抗病基因,分别控制‘老白麦’对CYR33号小种的全生育期抗性和对CYR32号小种的成株抗性。基因推导分析认为‘老白麦’对CYR33的全生育期抗性基因可能为未知新基因。建议在抗病育种中加以有效合理利用,促进小麦品种中抗病基因多样化布局。     

多因子联合诱导系统的构建及对黄瓜白粉病防治试验

由多个不同的抗病诱导因子组成植物抗病诱导系统的1个子系统。每个因子都是这个系统中的1个要素。系统的性质不但取决于系统中的要素,还取决于要素的结构。合理的配伍可以使要素与要素之间、要素与系统之间的关系得以优化,使系统的功能得以强化。把筛选得到的多个不同的抗病诱导因子进行配伍,组合成新的"诱导组合体",其诱导效应比单一因子显著提高;用不同的"诱导组合体"进行"相继诱导"和"循环诱导",则进一步提高诱导效应,对黄瓜白粉病的田间防治效果达到78.16%,高于常规杀菌剂的防治效果。     

转hrf1基因水稻对稻曲病抗性分析

用注射接种法测定9个转hrf1基因水稻品系对稻曲病的抗性,结果表明B12-2m、B12、HTRP2和NJH12转基因系对稻曲病的抗性有显著提高,其中NJH12对稻曲病的抗性表现最突出。在江苏南京和安徽潜山两地的田间测定结果显示NJH12对稻曲病的抗性表现明显,与对照相比防效提高65%以上。用RT-PCR测定抗病转基因系中防卫基因的表达,在抗病转基因系中,Ospr1a、Ospr1b和PAL等防卫反应基因的表达明显增强。转hrf1基因水稻可能通过诱导防卫反应基因的表达提高水稻对稻曲病的抗性。     

四硫代碳酸钠对蔬菜根病的防治效果及对土壤生物学性状的影响

为明确四硫代碳酸钠(sodium tetrathiocarbonate,STTC)在蔬菜根病防治上的应用价值及制定应用技术,本研究通过室内瓶土熏蒸法,进行了STTC对病菌的室内毒力测定;用温室盆栽法,进行植前熏蒸处理,测定土壤中病菌数量的变化和对病害的防效,同时进行植后熏蒸处理,测定药剂处理点和根际处病菌数量的变化;通过土壤施药后随即移栽幼苗的方法,评价药剂对蔬菜幼苗的安全性;通过室内模拟田间熏蒸条件,测定药剂不同浓度和熏蒸时间对土壤中主要微生物类群数量和主要土壤酶活性的影响。结果显示STTC对辣椒疫霉病菌Phytophthora capsici、黄瓜枯萎病菌Fusarium oxysporumf.sp.cucumerinum、茄子黄萎病菌Verticillium dahliae、番茄立枯病菌Rhizoctonia solani和蔬菜菌核病菌Sclerotinia sclerotiorum均有较好的杀灭活性,LD50分别为3.956、4.241、5.222、5.457和6.197mg/kg;80g/m2 STTC移植前处理对辣椒疫霉病和黄瓜枯萎病的防效可分别达到91.01%和82.51%;浓度低于900μg/mL的STTC对当日熏蒸后移栽的3叶期辣椒、黄瓜、番茄、白菜和油菜幼苗均表现安全;在辣椒和黄瓜生长期穴施1 200μg/mL STTC能有效减少土壤中辣椒疫霉病菌和黄瓜枯萎病菌的数量;土壤中微生物类群数量监测结果表明,在0.1~50.0μg/g浓度范围内,STTC对土壤真菌有强烈抑制作用,对土壤细菌和放线菌为先抑制后促进。对土壤酶活性测定结果表明,当STTC用量为0.1、1.0、5.0、10.0和50.0μg/g时,对土壤脲酶和蔗糖酶的活性表现为先抑制后促进,对蛋白酶的活性表现为在STTC低浓度时活性增加,高浓度时为先抑制后增加。综合结果表明,STTC用于经济作物生产中的土壤熏蒸具有安全、有效和施用简便的特点,或可广泛使用。     

中国水稻害虫治理对策的演变及其展望

本文简要回顾了中国水稻害虫的变迁、相应的对策演变,从中了解、总结害虫发生与人类治虫对策之间的因果渊源,指出只有师法自然、通过生态工程实施生态治理技术才能持续双赢。     

水稻病虫危害损失和防治效益评估研究初报

2005-2008年笔者在早稻、晚稻生长期间进行防治与不防治对比试验。分析试验数据得出:全程不防治平均减产51.26%,常规防治平均增产113.14%,常规防治平均收益4498.58元/hm2,比全程不防治增86.12%,平均投入产出比1:5.18。拟合出单虫或单病在定局时的发生量(或发生率)与其危害损失之间的线性回归模型:稻飞虱每丛虫量(X)与损失率(Y)之间关系式为Y=8.7654+0.0881X;稻纵卷叶螟卷叶率(X)与损失率(Y)之间关系式为Y=1.9341+0.2851X;二化螟发生率(X)与损失率(Y)之间关系式为Y=1.4182+1.0407X;稻瘟病白穗率(X)与损失率(Y)之间关系式为Y=0.3765+0.9004X;纹枯病病株率(X)与损失率(Y)之间关系式为Y=-2.4469+0.2829X,相关分析均达极显著水平。     

湖南省永州地区柑橘慢衰病与黄龙病病原鉴定及分布调查

为明确湖南省柑橘黄化症状与柑橘慢衰病和柑橘黄龙病的相关性,应用形态学和分子生物学方法对湖南省永州地区表现黄化症状的柑橘进行了两种病原的鉴定及分布调查。结果表明,造成该地区柑橘黄化现象的主要原因为柑橘半穿刺线虫和黄龙病菌对柑橘的侵染。所检样本中,柑橘慢衰病平均发生率为82.1%,土壤中的半穿刺线虫群体密度最高达到3 077条/100mL。永州地区柑橘黄龙病病菌属于韧皮部杆菌属类细菌亚洲种,平均检出率为64.3%。柑橘半穿刺线虫和黄龙病菌在柑橘园存在混合侵染现象,混合侵染率为53.6%。柑橘半穿刺线虫在永州地区柑橘产区分布广泛,是造成柑橘黄化症状的重要病因,重视并有效防控柑橘半穿刺线虫已迫在眉睫。     

Allelopathy in crop/weed interactions--an update

Since varietal differences in allelopathy of crops against weeds were discovered in the 1970s, much research has documented the potential that allelopathic crops offer for integrated weed management with substantially reduced herbicide rates. Research groups worldwide have identified several crop species possessing potent allelopathic interference mediated by root exudation of allelochemicals. Rice, wheat, barley and sorghum have attracted most attention. Past research focused on germplasm screening for elite allelopathic cultivars and the identification of the allelochemicals involved. Based on this, traditional breeding efforts were initiated in rice and wheat to breed agronomically acceptable, weed-suppressive cultivars with improved allelopathic interference. Promising suppressive crosses are under investigation. Molecular approaches have elucidated the genetics of allelopathy by QTL mapping which associated the trait in rice and wheat with several chromosomes and suggested the involvement of several allelochemicals. Potentially important compounds that are constitutively secreted from roots have been identified in all crop species under investigation. Biosynthesis and exudation of these metabolites follow a distinct temporal pattern and can be induced by biotic and abiotic factors. The current state of knowledge suggests that allelopathy involves fluctuating mixtures of allelochemicals and their metabolites as regulated by genotype and developmental stage of the producing plant, environment, cultivation and signalling effects, as well as the chemical or microbial turnover of compounds in the rhizosphere. Functional genomics is being applied to identify genes involved in biosynthesis of several identified allelochemicals, providing the potential to improve allelopathy by molecular breeding. The dynamics of crop allelopathy, inducible processes and plant signalling is gaining growing attention; however, future research should also consider allelochemical release mechanisms, persistence, selectivity and modes of action, as well as consequences of improved crop allelopathy on plant physiology, the environment and management strategies. Creation of weed-suppressive cultivars with improved allelopathic interference is still a challenge, but traditional breeding or biotechnology should pave the way.