紫花苜蓿田春季阔叶杂草除草剂筛选及安全性评价

为明确适用于紫花苜蓿田防除春季阔叶杂草的除草剂,本研究通过室内和田间试验筛选了对紫花苜蓿安全且对春季阔叶杂草防效好的除草剂。室内试验表明,供试的11种除草剂中仅有唑草酮、吡草醚、乙羧氟草醚等3种除草剂对紫花苜蓿具有较好的安全性。通过田间试验发现,40%唑草酮WG 30～66 g/hm²(有效成分用量,下同)和10%乙羧氟草醚ME 75～90 g/hm²处理对春季阔叶杂草具有较好的防治效果,株防效为83.68%～97.32%,鲜重防效为73.18%～95.62%,且对紫花苜蓿有较好的安全性,增产12%以上。综上所述,在紫花苜蓿返青期进行唑草酮和乙羧氟草醚处理可用于紫花苜蓿田春季阔叶杂草防除,具有较好的应用前景。     

Allelic Analysis for bar Gene from Different Rice Transformation Events

Abstract

Mechanism(s) of gene transformation and integration in rice (Oryza sauva L.) is/are not currently well understood. This research was conducted to determine whether a transgene is inserted into the rice genome specifically or randomly. Seven homozygous transgenic Taipei (T) 309 and Nipponbare plants with the bar transgene from different rice transformation events were crossed. The segregation of F2 and F3 populations from a total of 21 crosses was studied in a greenhouse and field to determine if the genes were allelic or non-allelic. Five genomic locations appeared to be involved among the seven transgenic plants. An additional 20 homozygous transgenic T309 plants, with the bar transgene from different transformation events, were crossed reciprocally with the previous seven plants. One hundred and fifteen crosses made during 1999 and 2000 were analyzed for allelism. In some combinations, the genes were allelic, but most of them were non-allelic, with two or more pairs of genes being expressed. Twenty loci among the 27 transgenic plants were involved and some plants had several inserted genes expressed. Genes in nine out of 27 transformed plants were allelic. We concluded that the functional foreign (bar) gene was restrictively/preferentially inserted into the rice genome in some cases and was not completely randomly inserted and expressed in the rice genome. If the mechanism(s) for preferential insertion were identified, rice researchers could possibly control insertion sites of transgenes to optimize gene expression.     

Economic Control Measures Against the Major Pests of Jute

Abstract

Field trials were conducted against the major pests of jute from 1972–74. Endrin, endosulfan, phosalone, fenitrothion, carbaryl + molasses and fenitrothion + malathion were applied five times at 15 day intervals against Apion corchori, Anomis sabulifera and Polyphagotarsonemus latus. Three years data was pooled and analysed statistically. Endosulfan 0.075% a.i. proved superior to all other treatments.     

Genetic diversity within and between sulfonylurea‐resistant and susceptible populations of Schoenoplectus juncoides in Japan

To reveal the effects of herbicide selection on genetic diversity in the outcrossing weed species Schoenoplectus juncoides, six sulfonylurea‐resistant (SU‐R) and eight sulfonylurea‐susceptible (SU‐S) populations were analysed using 40 polymorphic inter‐simple sequence repeat loci. The plants were collected from three widely separated regions: the Tohoku, Kanto and Kyushu districts of Japan. Genetic diversity values (Nei's gene diversity, h) within each SU‐S population ranged from h = 0.125 to h = 0.235. The average genetic diversity within the SU‐S populations was H_S = 0.161, and the total genetic diversity was H_T = 0.271. Although the H_S of the SU‐R populations (0.051) was lower than that of the SU‐S populations, the H_T of the SU‐R populations (0.202) was comparable with that of the SU‐S populations. Most of the genetic variation was found within the region for both the SU‐S and SU‐R populations (88% of the genetic variation respectively). Two of the SU‐R populations showed relatively high genetic diversity (h = 0.117 and 0.161), which were comparable with those of the SU‐S populations. In contrast, the genetic diversity within four SU‐R populations was much lower (from h = 0 to 0.018) than in the SU‐S populations. The results suggest that selection by sulfonylurea herbicides has decreased genetic diversity within some SU‐R populations of S. juncoides. The different level of genetic diversity in the SU‐R populations is most likely due to different levels of inbreeding in the populations.     

20％嗯唑酰草胺·灭草松ME防除水稻直播田一年生杂草及安全性

通过对20％曙唑酰草胺·灭草松ME防除水稻直播田一年生杂草及对水稻安全性的试验,明确了每667111。用20％嗯唑酰草胺·灭草松ME在有效剂量下,与10％韩秋好EC、48％灭草松AS相比较除草效果显著,杀草谱广;在水稻直播田中,当水稻秧苗2叶期后,杂草处于2～4叶期,用剂量为210—240mL／667m2（630—720a．i．g／hm2）时,能有效地防除水稻直播田一年生单双子杂草和异型莎草,证明了在水稻直播田应用吧唑酰草胺·20％灭草松ME对水稻是安全的。     

对羟基苯基丙酮酸双氧化酶抑制剂筛选方法研究进展

对羟基苯基丙酮酸双氧化酶(HPPD)是植物体正常生长所必需的质体醌和生育酚生物合成路径中的关键酶,已成为当前最重要的除草剂作用靶标之一。发展快速、可靠的HPPD抑制剂筛选方法对研究小分子化合物与HPPD之间的相互作用,以及开展基于靶酶结构的新型HPPD抑制剂设计均具有重要意义。结合HPPD的结构和功能,文章从生物分析的角度分别就高效液相色谱、同位素标记、偶联法、电化学及简易筛选模型等方法在HPPD抑制剂筛选中的运用进行了总结,并对发展HPPD抑制剂的高通量筛选方法进行了展望。     

单嘧磺酯钠盐的合成及除草活性

单嘧磺酯是新型超高效磺酰脲类除草剂,为了寻找生物活性与之相当、环境友好的同类药剂,室温条件下用单嘧磺酯与氢氧化钠在水中反应合成了单嘧磺酯钠盐,其结构经核磁共振氢谱、红外、质谱及元素分析确认。室内生物测定结果显示,单嘧磺酯钠盐与其母体单嘧磺酯对马唐Digitaria ciliaris、稗草Echinochloa crusgalli、苋菜Amaranthus retroflexus和藜Chenopodium aldum的除草活性基本相当。     

Control by glyphosate and its alternatives of glyphosate‐susceptible and glyphosate‐resistant Echinochloa colona in the fallow phase of crop rotations in subtropical Australia

Echinochloa colona is the most common grass weed of summer fallows in the grain‐cropping systems of the subtropical region of Australia. Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide for summer grass control in fallows in this region. The world's first population of glyphosate‐resistant E. colona was confirmed in Australia in 2007 and, since then, >70 populations have been confirmed to be resistant in the subtropical region. The efficacy of alternative herbicides on glyphosate‐susceptible populations was evaluated in three field experiments and on both glyphosate‐susceptible and glyphosate‐resistant populations in two pot experiments. The treatments were knockdown and pre‐emergence herbicides that were applied as a single application (alone or in a mixture) or as part of a sequential application to weeds at different growth stages. Glyphosate at 720 g ai ha^?1 provided good control of small glyphosate‐susceptible plants (pre‐ to early tillering), but was not always effective on larger susceptible plants. Paraquat was effective and the most reliable when applied at 500 g ai ha^?1 on small plants, irrespective of the glyphosate resistance status. The sequential application of glyphosate followed by paraquat provided 96–100% control across all experiments, irrespective of the growth stage, and the addition of metolachlor and metolachlor + atrazine to glyphosate or paraquat significantly reduced subsequent emergence. Herbicide treatments have been identified that provide excellent control of small E. colona plants, irrespective of their glyphosate resistance status. These tactics of knockdown herbicides, sequential applications and pre‐emergence herbicides should be incorporated into an integrated weed management strategy in order to greatly improve E. colona control, reduce seed production by the sprayed survivors and to minimize the risk of the further development of glyphosate resistance.     

Characterization of acetolactate synthase from sulfonylurea herbicide‐resistant Schoenoplectus juncoides

Ten accessions of sulfonylurea‐resistant Schoenoplectus juncoides were collected from paddy fields in Japan. In order to characterize acetolactate synthase from sulfonylurea‐resistant S. juncoides, acetolactate synthase amino acid substitutions, whole‐plant growth inhibition and acetolactate synthase enzyme inhibition were examined. Schoenoplectus juncoides has two acetolactate synthase genes (ALS1 and ALS2). The sulfonylurea‐resistant accessions harbored amino acid substitutions at Pro197 or Trp574 in either ALS1 or ALS2 (the amino acid number is standardized to the Arabidopsis thaliana sequence). The whole plants of all the sulfonylurea‐resistant accessions showed resistance to imazosulfuron. The resistance level depended on the altered amino acid residues in acetolactate synthase. The acetolactate synthase enzyme that was partially purified from all the sulfonylurea‐resistant accessions was less sensitive to imazosulfuron, compared to the susceptible accession, suggesting that the resistance is related to the altered acetolactate synthase enzyme. In addition, the concentration–response inhibition of acetolactate synthase activity by imazosulfuron in the sulfonylurea‐resistant accessions was remarkably different with the presence of an amino acid substitution in either ALS1 or ALS2. Furthermore, the concentration–response inhibition of acetolactate synthase activity in the sulfonylurea‐resistant accessions with a P197S, P197T or W574L mutation showed a double‐sigmoid curve. The regression analysis of enzyme inhibition suggested that the abundance ratio of ALS1 to ALS2 enzymes was approximately 70:30%, with a range of ±15%. Taken together, these results suggest that the resistance of sulfonylurea‐resistant accessions of S. juncoides is related to altered acetolactate synthase in either ALS1 or ALS2, although the abundance of the altered acetolactate synthase in the plants is different among the sulfonylurea‐resistant accessions.     

In search of new herbicidal inhibitors of the non‐mevalonate pathway

The first five steps of the non‐mevalonate pathway have been tested in high‐throughput screening (HTS) campaigns, using enzymes of plant origin. Hit rates were in general relatively low, which could be attributed to the high polarity and charged nature of substrates and active sites of these enzymes. Still, for all the enzymes, apart from IspF (2‐methylerythritol 2,4‐cyclodiphosphate synthase), inhibitors could be identified with activities below 100 μM, and these were followed up to identify structure–activity relationships (SARs). For the enzyme IspD (2C‐methyl‐D‐erythritol 4‐phosphate cytidyltransferase), inhibitors with IC₅₀ down to 35 nM were identified that also showed herbicidal activity.