Biological control of gray mold on apple fruits byBacillus licheniformis (EN74-1)

Bacillus licheniformis (EN74-1) was evaluated for the control of gray mold of apple caused byBotrytis mali. Dual culture, cell-free metabolite and volatile tests showed thatB. licheniformis (EN74-1) inhibited growth of the pathogen. Inhibition varied from 46.2% to 65.4% in the dual culture tests; 58.6% to 58.8% in the cell-free metabolite tests; and 28.4% to 33.8% in the volatile tests.B. licheniformis (EN74-1) appeared to be a good antagonist of gray mold on apples at 20° and 4°C. It reducedB. mali lesion diameter to 9–11 mm compared with to 32–41 mm in the control at 4°C. At 20°C the lesion diameter was reduced to 3.6–8.4 mm for the antagonistic treatment and to 25.8–38.2 mm for the control treatment after 14 days. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Dec. 11, 2007.     

石漠化地区核桃根腐病病原菌分离及拮抗菌筛选鉴定

从河池市石漠化地区采集发病的核桃树根部,采用常规组织分离法分离致病菌,并从健康核桃根部土壤中用平板对峙法及混菌平板法筛选拮抗菌,然后根据菌落形态、形态学特性结合分子生物学方法进行鉴定。结果表明：从发病部位筛选到1株致病菌ML-1,经回染试验证实为根腐病病原菌;从土壤中筛选到1株对此病原菌有拮抗作用的拮抗菌ML-11,拮抗作用明显;利用形态学及分子生物学方法鉴定ML-1为木贼镰刀菌,ML-11为枯草芽孢杆菌。     

Diversity of potential microbial parasites colonizing sclerotia of Macrophomina phaseolina in soil

The colonization of Macrophomina phaseolina sclerotia by microbial parasites was evaluated in unsterilized field soil at different levels of soil moisture (0,-5, and-10 kPa) and temperature (20, 30, and 40°C). The maximum colonization of sclerotia was recorded in soil held at-5 or-10 kPa at 30–40°C. Trichoderma harzianum isolate 25–92 and Pseudomonas fluorescens isolate 4–92 were recorded as potential sclerotial parasites, and they significantly (P=0.05) reduced the germination of sclerotia by 60–63%. Cells of P. fluorescens and buffer-washed conidia of T. harzianum were completely agglutinated at 28°C with crude agglutinin of M. phaseolina. The ability of different antagonists to parasitize the sclerotia were correlated with the agglutination ability of the antagonists.     

Use of a GnRH antagonist,antarelix, associated or not with hCG,to control ovulation in cyclic pony mares

The GnRH antagonist antarelix (Teverelix™) was administered to mares (0.01 mg/kg, i.v., twice a day) during the periovulatory period. In Experiment 1, 20 mares were divided into a treated (A3d−) and a control (Control−) group. A3d− mares received antarelix for 3 days from the day when the dominant follicle (F1) reached 32 mm (D0). In Experiment 2, 10 mares were divided into a treated (A6d+) and a control (Control+) group. A6d+ mares received antarelix for 6 days from D0 and hCG was injected in all animals (1600 IU, i.v.) on D1. Pregnancies were determined 13 days after ovulation. In both experiments, antarelix interrupted or totally abolished the LH surge. In Experiment 1, 5/10 of the A3d− mares (with maximum LH concentrations of 11.6 ng/ml at the beginning of treatment) ovulated at the same time as the Control− mares; the other five mares (with LH concentrations under 5.4 ng/ml) ovulated 13.4±0.6 days later. In Experiment 2, all the A6d+ mares ovulated at the same time as the Control+ mares. In treated mares which ovulated during the treatment, progesterone concentrations and fertility did not differ from control mares. These results demonstrate that in mares: (1) a small elevation of endogenous LH can induce ovulation, (2) ovulation can be postponed approximately 13 days after a 3-day antarelix treatment if initiated just before the preovulatory LH surge, (3) ovulation can be induced by hCG on depressed levels of endogenous LH, (4) the inhibition of the post ovulatory LH surge has no effect either on the corpus luteum or on fertility.     

拮抗菌发酵的生物有机肥对茄子生长和青枯病的防治效果

采用盆栽试验研究了拮抗菌发酵的生物有机肥(BIO-36和BIO-23)对茄子植株的生长以及青枯病防治效果的影响。结果表明:①苗期茄子植株生长30天时,施用BIO-36和BIO-23的处理鲜重显著增加,尤其BIO-36处理的茄子根系的总长、总表面积和总体积提高8.58倍、2.74倍和16.57倍;②茄子苗移栽35天时,施用BIO-36和BIO-23的处理株高、地上部和地下部生物量都有显著提高,青枯病的发病率低,分别为4.1%和8.3%;③施用BIO-36和BIO-23的处理的茄子根际的真菌数量比对照CK增加了4.1~4.6倍和3.89~4.64倍,放线菌数量增加了3.38~3.78倍和3.08~3.47倍,根际茄科劳尔氏菌的数量分别为1.5×105cfu/g、2.1×105cfu/g,都控制在106cfu/g数量级以下,而对照处理数量级达到了1.23×106cfu/g。施用拮抗菌发酵的生物有机肥能显著促进茄子植株的生长,有效地降低茄子青枯病的发病率。