芹菜植株挥发物对蔬菜烟粉虱的驱避作用

为了进一步明确芹菜挥发物对烟粉虱的驱避作用,应用固相微萃取法提取和GC/MS分析,对芹菜植株挥发物进行了鉴定,分别用1 000 mg/m~3、2 000 mg/m~3和4 000 mg/m~3的柠檬烯、α-蒎烯和β-石竹烯3种物质对烟粉虱的嗅觉反应进行了测定,在此基础上,应用4 000 mg/m~3的柠檬烯和α-蒎烯作为驱避剂分别进行模拟大棚辣椒的驱虫试验。结果表明,不同生育期芹菜茎叶中的挥发物在种类和含量上均有差异,苗期芹菜茎叶中分离到挥发物14种,而抽薹期芹菜茎叶中分离出20种,且包含苗期的全部物质;苗期茎叶中柠檬烯和α-蒎烯的相对含量高于抽薹期。嗅觉实验发现,较高浓度的柠檬烯和α-蒎烯对烟粉虱具有较强的驱避作用,而β-石竹烯对烟粉虱的驱避作用不明显。柠檬烯田间驱虫试验研究表明,在一端开口的小区中,柠檬烯对田间辣椒烟粉虱的驱避效果随着距离的延长而下降。在开口的一端再种苘麻诱集植物,处理4 h后,第1行、第4行和第7行的虫口减退率分别比没有诱集植物的提高了13.19%、78.43%和122.85%。小区远端封闭时,驱避剂附近的辣椒上烟粉虱虫量下降,但烟粉虱聚集在小区的远端辣椒上。α-蒎烯与柠檬烯对不同小区辣椒上的驱虫作用基本一致,但驱虫效果较柠檬烯弱。结果证明柠檬烯和α-蒎烯是芹菜重要的驱烟粉虱的活性物质。大棚中应用驱避剂驱虫时,必须有烟粉虱的迁出通路,或有诱集避难场所供烟粉虱栖息。     

间作芹菜和薄荷对设施辣椒烟粉虱的控制作用

为了探讨嗜好性植物和低嗜好性植物在蔬菜烟粉虱绿色防控中的应用技术,研究了芹菜和薄荷不同种植方式对设施辣椒烟粉虱的控制作用。结果表明,大棚辣椒田中以3∶1、5∶1的密度间作芹菜,辣椒植株上烟粉虱成虫数量显著下降,而以8∶1的密度间作对辣椒上烟粉虱成虫没有明显影响;在辣椒田一端集中种植5行薄荷,另一端种植5行芹菜,15 d后辣椒上烟粉成虫数量较对照下降29%以上;在辣椒田一端集中种植5行薄荷,另一端分别按3∶1和5∶1的密度间作5行芹菜,15 d后3∶1和5∶1的间作芹菜的辣椒上烟粉成虫数量较对照下降38.57%和25.71%。结果表明,芹菜对烟粉虱具有较好的驱避作用;在辣椒间作芹菜的同时,在棚的一端间作薄荷可以进一步提高对烟粉虱的驱避效果。     

烟粉虱对四种蔬菜寄主的选择性

为探讨利用趋避作用防治烟粉虱的可能性,进行了3方面试验：1）烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) 对黄瓜、花椰菜、油菜和莴苣等4种蔬菜的寄主选择性; 2）互喷烟粉虱不同嗜好的寄主植物汁液对其寄主选择性的影响; 3）不同间作方式对黄瓜叶上烟粉虱成虫密度的影响。结果表明,烟粉虱对供试植物有明显的选择性,其嗜好程度为花椰菜>黄瓜>油菜>莴苣。喷施莴苣和花椰菜汁液对烟粉虱的寄主选择性均有显著影响,喷施莴苣原液后,花椰菜和黄瓜上的成虫数分别减少79.6%和87.4%,花椰菜上的着卵量减少84.3%;喷施花椰菜原液后,莴苣上的成虫数和着卵量分别增加82.4%和79.2%,表明不同蔬菜中的内含物是引起烟粉虱对寄主选择性的重要原因。在黄瓜中间作莴苣可使黄瓜叶上烟粉虱成虫数平均减少76.5%;间作花椰菜时,通过诱集作用,也可使黄瓜叶上的成虫数平均降低69.7%。这些结果为利用喷施蔬菜汁液和间作方式控制烟粉虱危害提供了理论依据。     

连栋大棚内辣椒烟粉虱的绿色防控研究

为探讨连栋大棚内蔬菜上烟粉虱的绿色防控,系统研究了芹菜不同种植方式(辣椒与芹菜按5∶1、10∶3、15∶5、两侧各种植2行芹菜)、棚内种植蓖麻和喷施拟青霉等措施对辣椒上烟粉虱的控制作用。结果发现,辣椒和芹菜以5∶1、10∶3间作以及在辣椒行外种植2行芹菜等3种种植方式对生长中期(10月11日)的辣椒上烟粉虱均具有明显的驱避作用,其中在辣椒行外种植2行芹菜后辣椒上烟粉虱虫量较对照下降71.14%,辣椒和芹菜15∶5间作对辣椒烟粉虱没有明显的驱避作用;辣椒和芹菜以5∶1、10∶3、15∶5间作以及在辣椒行外种植2行芹菜等4种种植方式对生长中后期(11月10日)辣椒上烟粉虱均具有明显的驱避作用,和对照相比,在辣椒行外种植2行芹菜辣椒上烟粉虱虫量(3.90头/3叶)下降了64.85%。在棚内种植蓖麻后,辣椒上烟粉虱成虫和若虫的数量分别下降了62.99%和53.07%。在适宜的环境条件下,以浓度106个分生孢子/mL的孢子悬液的溶液喷雾,5∶1、10∶3间作以及在辣椒行外种植2行芹菜的种植方式,拟青霉对烟粉虱的侵染率达到了80%以上,但15∶5间作的处理与对照没有明显差异。芹菜不同种植方式对辣椒产量有一定的影响,芹菜以5∶1、5∶3和行外种2行辣椒产量明显高于10∶3和对照,两侧种2行芹菜的辣椒产量比对照高34.69%。     

蓝光对保护地蔬菜烟粉虱的控制作用

[目的]研究蓝光开灯时段、蓝光光强对烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)的驱避作用,以及蓝光照射对保护地辣椒和黄瓜上烟粉虱的控制作用,为利用驱虫灯实施对蔬菜烟粉虱的绿色防控提供科学依据.[方法]在蔬菜上用蓝光(波长为470 nm)照射,设置照射时间段17:00-18:00、18:00-19:00、19:00-20:00、20:00-21:00和21:00-22:005个处理、光照强度1、2、6、8、10、20、30、70、1501x9个处理,分别研究不同开灯时段和光强对烟粉虱的驱避作用,以不用蓝光处理为对照;分别在保护地黄瓜和辣椒上放置蓝色灯带,每天18:00-20:00开灯,每3d一次,分别调查黄瓜和辣椒上烟粉虱的虫量.[结果]18:00-19:00时间段蓝光照射对蔬菜烟粉虱的驱避作用最强,虫口减退率占试验总时段的50.94％;17:00-18:00次之,占22.29％;烟粉虱的虫口减退率与光照强度呈正相关(P＜0.05),其回归方程为)y=3.0297x+ 12.508 (R2=0.981).蓝光对保护地辣椒和黄瓜上烟粉虱有较好的驱避作用,辣椒上蓝光处理10d后烟粉虱的虫口减退率达到85.73％,上部叶片和中部叶片上虫口减退率之间没有显著差异(P＞0.05);蓝光处理黄瓜12d后烟粉虱的虫口减退率达90.33％,在光照的前期上部叶片的虫口减退率高于中部叶片,处理9d后上部叶片和中部叶片上虫口减退率之间没有显著差异(P＞0.05).[结论]蓝光对蔬菜烟粉虱具有较强的驱避作用,在18:00-19:00使用蓝光对保护地蔬菜上的烟粉虱的控制效果较好.     

设施黄瓜烟粉虱的区域生态防控研究

烟粉虱是设施蔬菜上的重要害虫。为探讨烟粉虱的可持续控制方法,在蔬菜试验基地,通过虫源清理、黄板诱杀、诱集剂诱杀和芹菜间作驱虫等综合措施,研究非化学措施对黄瓜烟粉虱的持续控制作用。结果表明:在烟粉虱扩散迁移阶段,虫源的距离与成虫向大棚的迁入量呈负相关,虫源虫量与迁入量呈正相关;虫源扰动对烟粉虱迁入具有促进作用;烟粉虱在扩散过程中对新寄主仍遵循就近选择的原则;对黄板的选择性明显高于黄瓜,两者之间的虫量比在7.91∶1~420.00∶1;在棚内使用黄板加引诱剂及黄板加芹菜对黄瓜上的烟粉虱均具有较好的控制作用,虫口减退率均达到90%以上。结果表明,区域生态防控是对烟粉虱进行可持续绿色控制的有效方式。     

蓝光对蔬菜烟粉虱的控制作用

利用灯光控制害虫是蔬菜害虫绿色防控的重要手段。本研究探讨了蓝光对黄瓜烟粉虱种群及黄瓜营养物质、次生代谢物、抗性相关酶的影响。结果表明: 在直接驱避试验条件下,蓝光对烟粉虱成虫有较强的驱避作用,光照强度越大、照射时间越长,对烟粉虱的驱避作用越强。在相同光强和光照时间下,直射光较透射光的驱避作用强。其中,1200 lx的蓝光直射烟粉虱5 min后,烟粉虱的虫口减退率为77.7%,比透射光高17.4%;1750 lx的蓝光直射2 min后,虫口减退率41.2%,比透射光高10.6%。盆栽条件下,蓝光照射对黄瓜叶片上的烟粉虱也有较好的驱避作用,100 lx蓝光照射5 h后,烟粉虱种群的校正虫口减退率达到88.5%。蓝光对烟粉虱的生长发育有一定的影响,随着蓝光照射时间的延长,烟粉虱发育历期延长。此外,蓝光照射显著提高了黄瓜叶片中可溶性糖、游离蛋白、总酚和类黄酮含量,降低了脯氨酸含量,与烟粉虱抗性相关的挥发物反式-β-法尼烯、反式-2-己烯醛、顺式-4-庚烯醛、反式β-罗勒烯、D-香芹酮、长叶烯和3-蒈烯含量,以及过氧化物酶、过氧化氢酶、超氧化物歧化酶和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶活性均显著提高。说明蓝光照射能直接驱离烟粉虱,并通过改变烟粉虱寄主蔬菜的代谢途径来提高寄主蔬菜对烟粉虱的抗性。其中100 lx的蓝光照射对田间烟粉虱有较好的控制作用。     

褐飞虱对水稻特异性挥发物的行为反应

【目的】本研究通过测试褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens (St?l)对水稻特异性挥发物的行为反应,研究水稻特异性挥发物对褐飞虱选择行为的影响,寻找出对褐飞虱有驱避或引诱功效的水稻挥发物成分,为稻田褐飞虱综合治理提供理论基础。【方法】选择水稻十一烷、十六烷、十七烷、芳樟醇、植醇、2-乙基-1-葵醇、柠檬烯、月桂烯、壬醛、葵醛、2-十二酮、水杨酸甲酯12种挥发物,以正己烷作为溶剂分别配置1、10和100μL/mL 3种浓度处理,采用四臂嗅觉仪测试3种浓度的12种水稻挥发物对褐飞虱行为反应。【结果】发现6种水稻挥发物包括芳樟醇、水杨酸甲酯、植醇、壬醛、葵醛及2-十二酮显著驱避褐飞虱,仅发现月桂烯1种水稻挥发物成分可显著引诱褐飞虱。其中,芳樟醇和水杨酸甲酯在测试的3个浓度中均显著驱避褐飞虱,依照由低到高浓度,褐飞虱对化合物的选择率相较于对照分别下降92.3%、122.2%、242.9%（芳樟醇）,57.1%、70.6%、188.9%（水杨酸甲酯）,而其它4种驱避剂和1种引诱剂都在浓度达到100μL/mL时才显著影响褐飞虱行为反应。【结论】水稻中存在对褐飞虱具有较好驱避或引诱作用的特异性植物挥发物,可用于生产中开发有效植物源驱避剂或引诱剂用于水稻褐飞虱生态防控。     

Q型烟粉虱对不同烟草品种的选择性

【目的】明确Q型烟粉虱对不同烟草品种的选择性及与叶背茸毛密度的相关性,为烟草抗虫品种的选育应用及对该虫的综合治理提供理论依据。【方法】在控制条件下,进行选择性试验、非选择性试验,观察发育历期和叶背茸毛数量。【结果】烟草品种对Q型烟粉虱成虫选择性、产卵趋性及卵-成虫的发育历期影响显著,叶背茸毛密度与成虫趋性及产卵量之间具有显著相关性。在供试的8个烟草品种中,‘CF225’、‘CF226’叶背茸毛密度高,Q型烟粉虱对它们的选择性强,表示这两个品种的烟草的抗虫性弱;‘云烟117’、‘K328(C8)’叶背茸毛密度低,Q型烟粉虱对它们的选择性弱,表示这两个品种的烟草的抗虫性强。【结论】选育少毛的烟草品种,可以提高烟草对Q型烟粉虱的抗性,本结果对烟草抗虫品种的选育有一定的参考价值。     

保护地间作芹菜对温室粉虱的防治作用

温室白粉虱Trialeurodes vaporariorum(Westwood)和烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius)是严重危害葫芦科、茄科和豆科等多种蔬菜的主要害虫,具有分布范围广、种群数量大、繁殖力强等特性。作者通过田间试验研究了蔬菜保护地内间作温室粉虱非嗜食植物芹菜(Apium graveliens L.)对其的防治效果。结果表明:与空白处理和常规化学防治相比,在番茄和黄瓜保护地内间作芹菜对温室粉虱均具有显著的防治效果,驱避效果分别达到98.0%和84.5%。这些结果是初步的,但其为进一步研究温室粉虱的寄主选择机制和非化学防治方法提供了依据。     

Megachromosomes in tissue culture ofAllium

Chromosome studies have been conducted on the long-term callus cultures of threeAllium species:A. porrum (2n=32),A. tuberosum (2n=32) andA. fistulosum (2n=16). In cultures ofA. fistulosum several interesting cytological abnormalities were observed. They included direct elimination of chromatin from nuclei, multiple chromosome fusions and formation of polycentric and megachromosomes. The rate of abnormalities increased with the time of culture. Allium fistulosum may provide an excellent model system to analyse cytogenetic and molecular aspects of callus-induced genomic changes and, thus, somaclonal variation.     

Recombinant chromosomes of advanced backcross plants between Allium cepa L. and A. fistulosum L. revealed by in situ hybridization

Cytological analysis of (Allium cepa L.×Allium fistulosum L.)×A. cepa L. F₁BC₃ plants revealed most plants were diploid with 16 chromosomes. Karyotypes of these plants showed recombinant chromosomes. Fluorescence and genomic in situ hybridization patterns of interspecific F₁ hybrid and F₁BC₃ plants revealed A. fistulosum chromosomes or chromosomal segments. A highly repetitive 376-bp DNA sequence and genomic DNA of A. fistulosum revealed similar telomeric hybridization sites when hybridized onto A. fistulosum chromosomes. Cytogenetic evidence showed that A. fistulosum DNA has recombined into the A. cepa genome. Received: 20 October 1999 / Accepted: 11 November 1999     

Abundances of thrips on plants in vegetative and flowering stages are related to plant volatiles

Western flower thrips (WFTs), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergrande, and onion thrips (OTs), Thrips tabaci Lindeman, are two cosmopolitan insect pests of agricultural and horticultural plants. Understanding the occurrence and development of thrips on plants is crucial for identifying suitable plants that can be used for developing a “push-pull” strategy against thrips. In this study, the dynamics of WFTs and OTs on plants (Allium fistulosum L., Medicago sativa L., Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem., Ocimum basilicum L., and Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Benth.) Briq.) were investigated for two consecutive years (2018–2019). Throughout the survey, the abundances of both thrips species were strongly associated with plant species and plant phenology; both thrips species were present at relatively high densities on M. sativa but very low densities on O. basilicum and S. tenuifolia. Populations of both thrips species greatly increased during plant flowering. A Y-tube olfactory test was used to study the effects of plant volatiles in mediating thrips behaviour and showed that volatiles of M. sativa were attractive to both thrips species whether emitted by the plant in the vegetative or flowering stage, while volatiles of O. basilicum and S. tenuifolia were repellent to thrips. Additionally, because of the presence of a high number of floral chemicals, both thrips species exhibited a greater preference for volatiles emitted by plants in the flowering period over those emitted by plants in the vegetative period. Our observations indicate that plant species and flowering status play an important role in the abundance dynamics of thrips and that the volatiles of flowering plants attract thrips more strongly than volatiles emitted by vegetative plants. These findings can facilitate the screening of attractive/unattractive plants for developing push-pull strategies to control thrips.     

Restriction enzyme analysis of the chloroplast and nuclear 45s ribosomal DNA ofAllium sectionsCepa andPhyllodolon (Alliaceae)

Estimates of the phylogenetic relationships among cultivated and wildAllium species would benefit from identification of molecular characters. Restriction enzyme analysis of the chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) of the bulb onion (Allium cepa), Japanese bunching onion (A. fistulosum), wildAllium species in sect.Cepa andPhyllodolon, and the outgroupsA. ampeloprasum andA. tuberosum detected 39 polymorphisms.Allium cepa andA. vavilovii were identical for all characters. Cladistic analysis generated three most-parsimoniousWagner trees of 44 steps differing only in a zero-length branch.Allium fistulosum andA. altaicum (sect.Phyllodolon) comprised a monophyletic lineage separated from theA. cepa andA. vavilovii of sect.Cepa. The unresolved node was composed ofA. galanthum, A. roylei, and the lineage containingA. cepa, A. vavilovii, A. fistulosum, andA. altaicum. The clade containingA. altaicum, A. cepa, A. fistulosum, A. galanthum, A. roylei, andA. vavilovii remained resolved for strict consensus ofWagner trees of 48 steps or less.Allium pskemense andA. oschaninii were increasingly distant.Allium oschaninii has been proposed as the progenitor of the bulb onion, but was more closely related to the common progenitor of all species in sect.Cepa andPhyllodolon. Phylogenies estimated from cpDNA characters usingDollo parsimony resulted in a single most-parsimonious tree of 46 steps and agreed with phylogenies based onWagner parsimony. Polymorphic restriction enzyme sites in the 45s ribosomal DNA were not used to estimate phylogenies because of uncertain homologies, but are useful for identifying interspecific hybrids. The maternal phylogenies estimated in this study help to distinguish wildAllium species closely related to the bulb onion. Although not in agreement with classifications based on morphology, the phylogenies closely reflected crossability among species in sect.Cepa andPhyllodolon.     

Bulb-type onion introgressants posessing Allium fistulosum L. genes recovered from interspecific hybrid backcrosses between A. cepa L. and A. fistulosum L.

Allium fistulosum possesses a number of traits which would be desirable in A. cepa. Thus far, no commercial A. cepa cultivars have been released which harbor Allium fistulosum traits. F₁BC₃ populations were generated for this study by backcrossing A. cepa to A. cepa×A. fistulosum hybrids. The F₁BC₃ plants were evaluated for plant morphology, floral characters, male- sterile cytoplasm, soluble solids and pungency, and isozymes. Overall growth habit and floral characters of the F₁BC₃ plants were much like A. cepa. We report here the recovery of recombinant, bulbing, and fertile A. cepa-type onions that exhibit A. fistulosum isozyme alleles and morphological markers. Recombination between A. cepa and A. fistulosum genomes was achieved using the introgression strategy of backcrossing A. fistulosum into A. cepa, thereby ameliorating the nuclear cytoplasmic barriers that occurred in previous less successful introgression attempts when plants were not in A. cepa cytoplasm. We believe this report to be the first demonstration of onion introgressants that are like A. cepa in appearance, are male- and female-fertile, and possess A. fistulosum genes. Received: 29 May 1999 / Accepted 22 June 1999     

Growth and Enzyme Activity in Roots and Calli of Resistant and Susceptible Allium Lines as Influenced by Sterile Culture Filtrates of Phoma terrestris

Growth and activities of peroxidases, chitinases and glucanases were studied in order to evaluate the response of calli and roots of pink root-susceptible Allium cepa cvs. Valcatorce and T-412 and resistant A. fistulosum cv. Nogiwa Negi, to sterile culture filtrates of Phoma terrestris. Untreated calli and roots of A. fistulosum exhibited higher activity of peroxidases and glucanases than that of Valcatorce and T-412. Enzyme activities and growth of roots and calli were not affected in filtrate-treated A. fistulosum. The growth of calli and roots of A. cepa cultivars decreased significantly after exposure to P. terrestris filtrates while the peroxidase and glucanase activities increased. Peroxidase and glucanase activities were also enhanced in roots of Valcatorce bulbs grown in P. terrestris-inoculated soil as compared to healthy control plants. We conclude that a high constitutive activity of glucanases and perhaps chitinases might account for the resistance of A. fistulosum. The differential reaction (with respect to root growth) of pink root-susceptible and resistant materials to culture filtrates indicates that this in vitro-system might be useful for the screening of onion breeding lines.     

Introgression of Allium fistulosum L. into Allium cepa L.: cytogenetic evidence

Summary A diploid Allium cepa plant was recovered from the backcross of an interspecific triploid (2 x A. cepa + 1 x A. fistulosum) to an A. cepa diploid which exhibited both A. cepa and A. fistulosum Adh-1 alleles. Cytogenetic analyses revealed a recombinant sub-telocentric chromosome. The ADH-1 locus is believed to be on the long arm of the sub-telocentric A. fistulosum chromosome 5. Meiosis of the triploid progenitor gives strong evidence that recombination occurred. A. fistulosum chromosome 8 has been substituted for A. cepa chromosome 1.Contribution of the College of Agricultural Sciences, Texas Tech University, Journal No. T-4-275     

瓜套棉田烟粉虱与棉蚜种群动态及竞争干扰行为研究

【目的】甜瓜和棉花均是棉蚜及烟粉虱的适宜寄主,瓜套棉种植模式为2种害虫混合危害提供了条件,该模式下哪种害虫具有竞争优势值得探讨。【方法】通过田间定点调查和室内行为学观察,研究了吐鲁番地区瓜套棉种植模式下棉蚜和烟粉虱的发生动态及竞争干扰。【结果】田间观察分别于2011和2012年进行,在瓜套棉种植模式棉花、甜瓜上,棉蚜的发生期较烟粉虱早,但随着烟粉虱田间种群数量增加,对棉蚜产生明显的干扰和竞争作用,8月下旬至9月上旬烟粉虱成为田间优势种群。室内行为观察表明,2种害虫共存状态下均表现出以烟粉虱为优势的竞争作用,主要行为表现为通过触角、足的驱赶行为和进入棉蚜活动区域干扰等。当虫量低于4头·皿~(-1)时,无论棉蚜和烟粉虱哪种昆虫先接入,相互间的影响和干扰都很少。当2种昆虫数量均增加到8头·皿~(-1)时,烟粉虱成虫以触角、足等干扰棉蚜的行为频次显著增多。不同的定殖时间下,无论棉蚜和烟粉虱哪种昆虫先接入,随着定殖时间的延长,烟粉虱通过触角、足以及进入棉蚜活动区域驱逐和干扰棉蚜的行为都呈递减的趋势。【结论】在瓜套棉种植模式下,烟粉虱较棉蚜具有显著的竞争优势。     

Nucleotide sequence of a highly repeated DNA sequence and its chromosomal localization in Allium fistulosum

A highly repeated DNA sequence with a repeating unit of approximately 380bp was found in EcoRV digests of the total genomic DNA of Allium fistulosum. Three independent clones containing this unit were isolated, and their repeating units sequenced. These units showed more than 94% sequence homology, and the copy number was estimated to be about 2.8×10⁶ per haploid genome. In situ hybridization, with the repeating unit as a probe, and C-banding analyses indicated that the repeated DNA sequence of A. fistulosum is closely associated with the major C-heterochromatin in the terminal regions of all 16 chromosomes at mitotic metaphase. The characters of the repeating unit are similar to those of the A. cepa unit, which is taxonomically closely related to A. fistulosum.     

Chromosomal location of rDNA in Allium: in situ hybridization using biotin- and fluorescein-labelled probe

Summary A biotin- and fluorescein-labelled probe of Helianthus argophyllus has been used to map specific repeated rDNA sequences by in situ hybridization on mitotic chromosomes of Alliwn cepa, Allium fistulosum, a diploid interspecific (Allium fistulosum x Allium cepa) F₁ hybrid, and a triploid interspecific (2 x = A. cepa, 1 x = A. fistulosum) shallot. Hybridization sites were restricted to satellited and smallest pairs of chromosomes in both A. cepa and A. fistulosum. The number, size, and position of the hybridization sites distinguish homologous chromosomes and identify the individual chromosomes carrying the nucleolus organizing region (NOR) at the secondary constriction, as well as the individual chromosomes carrying an additional NOR. This in situ hybridization technique is the first reported in a plant species and offers new cytogenetic markers in Allium.