Resistance in water yam (Dioscorea alata) cultivars in the French West Indies to anthracnose disease based on tissue culture-derived whole-plant assay

Reactions of 60 water yam ( Dioscorea alata ) cultivars to three isolates of the yam anthracnose fungal pathogen ( Colletotrichum gloeosporioides ) were evaluated using tissue culture-derived whole-plant assay. Three disease parameters: single score on a scale of 0–6 at the seventh day after inoculation (SD7); area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC); and disease progress rate ( R _d) were compared, and cultivars were classified into disease-response groups using a rank-sum method based on AUDPC scores for the two most virulent isolates. A wide range of variation in resistance of the D. alata cultivars, and significant effects of pathogen isolate and isolate–cultivar interactions, were observed for all disease parameters. The three disease parameters were positively correlated; however, four cultivars showed great dispersions from the regression lines for comparisons of SD7 with the multiple assessments based AUDPC and R _d. The 60 cultivars were separated into resistant ( n  = 12), moderately resistant ( n  = 19), moderately susceptible ( n  = 18) and susceptible ( n  = 11) groups. The potential of the tissue culture-derived whole-plant assay to resistance breeding programmes and further understanding of the yam anthracnose pathosystem is discussed.     

西藏八角莲炭疽病病原鉴定及室内药剂筛选

从西藏大学农牧学院药材基地的西藏八角莲叶片病斑上分离到1种炭疽病菌,根据病害症状特点、病原菌形态特征、培养性状和致病性测定等进行鉴定,结果表明:西藏八角莲炭疽病的病原菌为半知菌亚门,腔孢纲,黑盘孢目,刺盘孢属(Colletotrichum sp.)。药剂筛选试验结果表明,对菌丝生长和孢子萌发均有强烈抑制作用的药剂有80%福.福锌可湿性粉剂、58%甲霜灵可湿性粉剂、50%多菌灵可湿性粉剂、72%霜脲.锰锌可湿性粉剂,稀释倍数在2000倍时,对菌丝和孢子的抑制率均达90%以上。     

Use of airborne multispectral imagery to discriminate and map weed infestations in a citrus orchard

Reliable information on weed abundance and distribution within fields is essential for weed management in agricultural systems. Such information is necessary to adopt localized and variable rates of herbicide spraying, thus reducing chemical waste, crop damage, and environmental pollution. This paper examined the potential of airborne multispectral imagery to discriminate and map weed infestations in an experimental citrus orchard in Japan. Using an airborne digital sensor, multispectral imagery was acquired over the study site on 10 April 2003. The obtained reflectance imagery was analyzed using an image object-based approach in eCognition. After creating image objects on the image, the spectral information for weeds and citrus, represented by corresponding selected sample image objects, was extracted. Significant differences in the spectral characteristics between weeds and citrus were observed in each of the red, green, and blue wavebands. The simple average values of these wavebands were used to classify image objects with the nearest neighbor algorithm. Maps were generated with different classes or levels of class groups. A subsequent accuracy assessment demonstrated that the weeds were successfully discriminated from other image objects with a classification accuracy of 99.07%. Therefore, maps generated based on the classification result could provide valuable information for developing a site-specific weed management program for the study orchard.     

Localized hemibiotrophy in Colletotrichum: cytological and molecular taxonomic similarities among C. destructivum, C. linicola and C. truncatum

The infection process of hemibiotrophic isolates of Colletotrichum linicola (from flax, Linum usitatissimum ) and C . truncatum (from broad bean, Vicia faba and lentil, Lens culinaris ) was studied by light microscopy. Host surfaces were penetrated directly leading to a symptomless, biotrophic phase characterized by the elaboration of large multilobed, multiseptate, vesicular primary hyphae that were restricted to the initially infected epidermal cells. Biotrophy lasted for the first 48 h of the host-pathogen interaction and was rapidly succeeded by a necrotrophic phase during which narrow, secondary hyphae invaded the surrounding leaf tissues and water-soaked spreading lesions with sporulating, monosetate acervuli were produced on infected host surfaces. Molecular taxonomic analysis of the nucleotide sequences of the amplified D2 and ITS-2 regions of rDNA revealed very close similarities (97–99%) between these isolates and those of C . destructivum obtained from cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata ) and lucerne ( Medicago sativa ), and also of C . truncatum obtained from pea ( Pisum sativum ). This association was consistent with results from a comparative assessment of some in-planta and in-vitro morphological and growth characteristics of these hemibiotrophic fungi. It was concluded that localized hemibiotrophy is an infection strategy utilized predominantly by a closely-related group of pathogens comprising C . destructivum , C . linicola and C. truncatum , and the formation of multilobed primary hyphae restricted to the first penetrated cell might therefore be a key taxonomic character which correlates consistently with ITS sequence data.     

几种杀菌剂对南方红豆杉炭疽病的田间药效测定

在田间药效测定中,喷雾和注干两种施药方法相比,喷雾防治的效果明显好于注干的防治效果。喷雾试验中,防治效果最好的是甲基托布津,平均防治效果达到78.79%,最差的是退菌特,平均防治效果为57.20%;在注干防治试验中,防治效果最好的依然为甲基托布津,为62.50%,其次为炭克、多菌灵,最差的为退菌特,为46.57%。     

A rapid chronometric assay of peroxidase activity in citrus leaf discs

A rapid peroxidase assay is proposed, using 3-mm diameter leaf discs, and based on the chronometric measurement of the oxidation of ascorbic acid, which is detected by means of the appearance of the blue colour of the benzidine-coupled reaction.The proposed method is adequately reproducible and sensitive for the diagnosis of iron deficiency in citrus.     

发酵柑桔渣取代麦麸饲育肥猪试验

柑桔渣经微生物发酵后烘干，以１０％～１５％比例取代麦麸添加到猪日粮中 饲喂育肥猪。饲料适口性良好，对猪的采食和增重均无影响。猪只经屠宰解剖表明，发酵 柑桔渣作猪饲料无任何毒副作用。具有明显的经济效益和社会效益。     

柑橘衰退病毒柚类分离物CP基因的克隆及原核表达分析

以来自湖北省的HB柚柑橘衰退病毒(Citrus tristeza virus,CTV)分离物(CTV-HB1)为材料,利用RT-PCR技术对其CP基因进行克隆,序列分析结果表明:CTV-HB1与典型茎陷点分离物SY568和NUagA的核苷酸和推定氨基酸的序列相似性均在97%以上,而与CTV速衰分离物T36和弱毒分离物T385和T30的核苷酸和氨基酸序列相似性较低,均在95%以下。将CP基因片段连接到表达载体,转化大肠杆菌后诱导重组蛋白的表达。SDS-PAGE和Westen-blot分析结果表明,经IPTG诱导后产生了预期大小的重组蛋白,该蛋白可与CTV-L5提纯病毒制备的多克隆抗体发生特异性免疫反应。     

油茶炭疽病的化学防治研究

本研究使用14种杀菌剂对油茶炭疽病进行了室内和田间的防治试验。结果表明，扑菌清、叶斑净和宝宁的效果较好，同时对杀菌剂在田间的施用方法也提出了建议。