云南30个水稻品种对水稻白叶枯病的抗性评价

【目的】水稻白叶枯病是一种严重危害水稻的细菌性病害,培育抗性品种是治理该病害的重要途径。因此,明确云南水稻材料对检疫性病害水稻白叶枯病的抗性,可以为该病害的防治与监测、水稻栽培的合理布局和良好抗性资源的获取提供依据。【方法】采用剪叶接种法测定云南稻区30个品种对7个不同致病型白叶枯病菌的抗性。【结果】在供试的30个云南水稻品种中,2个品种(玉粳16和JS42糯稻)对7个不同致病型菌株均表现为抗性;15个品种对7个致病型菌株均表现感病;对HEN11、SCYC-6、YN7、YN11、FUJ、YN241和PX099等7个致病型菌株表现抗性的水稻品种分别占26.67%、16.67%、23.33%、13.33%、6.67%、10.00%和20.00%。此外,区试材料的抗性比例高于主栽品种,地方稻未发现抗性品种。【结论】现在生产上的大部分水稻品种对优势致病型病原菌入侵的抵抗能力降低甚至丧失。针对云南地区的优势致病小种FUJ筛选得到2个抗性品种:玉粳16和JS42糯稻。     

辣椒种质资源抗青枯病的鉴定与评价

采用青枯菌FJC100301菌株对田间辣椒（Capsicum annuum）抗病品种76a和感病品种TW-1分别作了不同温度、不同接种量和不同接种方法的接种试验。结果表明,辣椒青枯病抗性的室内鉴定以接种温度28℃、浸根20 min和3×10^8cfu/mL接种浓度为宜;辣椒种质田间抗青枯病接种鉴定宜选择5月上旬进行,浸根20 min,接种浓度为3×10^8cfu/mL。采用田间抗性接种鉴定的方法,用青枯菌FJC100301菌株对106份辣椒材料进行了抗性鉴定。田间接种后每隔10 d统计病情指数,划分辣椒抗青枯病鉴定分级标准,获得了高抗材料14份、抗病材料8份、中抗材料23份、中感材料23份、感病材料20份、高感材料18份;采用离体叶片接种法对田间筛选得到的高抗和高感纯度较高品种进行抗性分析,结果与田间鉴定一致。     

亚蔬中心绿豆品种(系)抗白粉病评价

采用苗期人工接种鉴定法,在大棚种植条件下对12个亚蔬中心(AVRDC)绿豆品种白粉病抗性进行了鉴定评价。结果显示,VC1560C、V4785和VC2768A三个品种高抗(HR)白粉病,VC6173-14、V1132为中抗(MR)白粉病品种。其它品种对白粉病表现高度感病。在田间种植条件下对亚蔬中心16个抗豆象回交9代品系(BC9)进行了成株期白粉病抗性鉴定。与对照感病品种 VC1973、VC1178A 相比,VC6459-3-6-37和 VC6458-6-3-16对白粉病具有一定抗性,但白粉病感染程度仍很严重,其它14个 BC9品系均对白粉病表现高度感病。     

我国水稻微核心种质资源对白叶枯病抗性的鉴定和评价

由Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae(Xoo)引起的白叶枯病是水稻生产中普遍发生、危害严重的一种细菌病害。本研究采用我国和菲律宾的6个Xoo代表菌株,人工接种评价了来源于我国26个省份的174份水稻微核心种质资源对白叶枯病的抗性。结果表明,来源于不同稻作区的种质资源以及籼粳亚种对白叶枯病的抗性存在明显分化,6个粳稻品种和7个籼稻品种对2个或2个以上的菌株具有抗性,其中7-304、山酒谷、麻谷子、包二幅以及古154抗谱较广。本文的研究结果将为水稻抗白叶枯病育种提供有用的信息。     

玉米种质资源对纹枯病的抗性鉴定与评价

在人工接种条件下,对国内常用的285份玉米种质资源进行抗纹枯病大田鉴定与评价,未发现免疫材料,抗病材料很少.高抗、抗和中抗材料的比例分别为1.0%、3.2%、13.7%;绝大多数材料属于感病或高感,分别占29.8%、52.3%.株高、主穗位高、主穗位高/株高之比值与病情指数呈负相关,病斑高、病斑高/株高、病斑高/主穗位高之比值与病情指数呈正相关,可以将病斑高度与主穗位高度的比值作为抗性鉴定与评价指标之一.采用带菌麦粒在拔节中后期定位接种,以病斑到达的叶鞘位作为病情和抗性评价体系是较为准确和规范的方法.     

亚蔬中心绿豆品种（系）抗白粉病评价

采用苗期人工接种鉴定法,在大棚种植条件下对12个亚蔬中心(AVRDC)绿豆品种白粉病抗性进行了鉴定评价。结果显示,VCl560C、V4785和VC2768A三个品种高抗(HR)白粉病,VC6173—14、V1132为中抗(MR)白粉病品种。其它品种对白粉病表现高度感病。在田间种植条件下对亚蔬中心16个抗豆象回交9代品系(BC9)进行了成株期白粉病抗性鉴定。与对照感病品种VCl973、VC1178A相比,VC6459—3—6—37和VC6458—6—3—16对白粉病具有一定抗性,但白粉病感染程度仍很严重,其它14个BC9品系均对白粉病表现高度感病。     

两种葡萄孢属真菌对不同品种百合花瓣和叶片的侵染能力比较

为明确两种葡萄孢属真菌对不同百合品种叶片和花瓣的侵染能力,采用离体叶片接种法测定灰葡萄孢Botrytis cinerea和椭圆葡萄孢Botrytis elliptica对4个百合品种叶片和花瓣的侵染时间和病斑扩展速度。结果表明,供试百合花瓣接种灰葡萄孢病斑出现时间明显早于叶片,而不同品种花瓣接种椭圆葡萄孢病斑出现时间差异显著。此外,百合品种‘木门’叶片接种椭圆葡萄孢96 h后仍没有病斑出现,而花瓣接种后48 h病斑出现,说明‘木门’叶片对椭圆葡萄孢抗性较强,而花瓣较易感病。     

黄淮麦区小麦品种对两种镰孢菌（Fusarium）的抗性鉴定

为掌握我国黄淮麦区主推或新近选育小麦品种对假禾谷镰孢菌(Fusarium pseudograminearum)和禾谷镰孢菌(F.graminearum)的抗性水平,采用室内苗期接种法和田间穗期单花滴注接种法对黄淮麦区主推或新近选育的135份小麦品种进行了抗性评价。结果表明,供试小麦品种中,对假禾谷镰孢菌和禾谷镰孢菌没有免疫(I)和高抗(HR)的品种。在室内苗期接种条件下,对假禾谷镰孢菌仅有3个品种表现中抗(MR),占供试品种的2.59%,表现感病(S)的品种有10个,占8.62%,103个小麦品种表现高感(HS),占88.79%;对禾谷镰孢菌表现中抗(MR)的小麦品种有23个,占供试的19.83%,表现感病(S)的品种有50个,占43.10%,43个品种表现高感(HS),占37.07%。在田间穗期单花滴注接种条件下,对假禾谷镰孢菌表现抗病(R)的品种有6个,占5.17%,表现中抗(MR)的品种有10个,占8.62%,表现中感(MS)的品种有62个,占53.45%,表现感病(S)的有34个,表现高感(HS)的有4个品种;对禾谷镰孢菌仅苏麦3号1个品种表现抗病(R,0.86%),囤麦127和丰德存1号表现中抗(MR,1.72%),37个品种表现中感(MS),49个品种表现感病(S),26个品种表现高感(HS)。供试小麦品种对两种镰孢菌不同时期的抗性表现存在明显差异,室内苗期接种条件下,抗假禾谷镰孢菌的品种少;而田间穗期单花滴注接种条件下,抗禾谷镰孢菌的品种少。     

水稻白叶枯病菌系和品种抗性鉴定的病情指标评价

从全国各病区筛选的19个代表菌株,在三套（中国、日本和IRRI）16个鉴别品种上进行测试,获得4个病情指标,即病班长度、病级、日增速率和日增百分率,采用不同的病情指标作方差分析,所得结果不完全一致;对4个病情指标进行相关及回归分析,结果表明,病情指标之间是存在显著的线性相关,且日增百分率为日增速率与病叶长度之商,这种相关性在主成分分析中也得到了证实,通过聚类分析发现,病斑长度不能与其它3个指标归为一类,最后对水稻白叶枯病菌系及品种抗性鉴定中采用的4种病情指标的优劣进行了讨论．     

‘嘎拉’苹果及其杂交后代对炭疽叶枯病的抗性机制分析

为解析苹果对炭疽叶枯病的抗性机制,该研究以‘嘎拉’、‘藤牧1号’苹果及其杂交后代等87个苹果品种(系)为试验材料,进行田间调查及人工接种病菌并检测不同品种(系)中病菌生物量,利用SSR分子标记进行基因型鉴定,分析各品种(系)对炭疽叶枯病的抗性差异,利用荧光定量PCR及酶活检测比较分析水杨酸相关基因、抗性酶基因及酶活性水平差异。结果表明：(1)87个苹果品种(系)对苹果炭疽叶枯病的抗性差异明显,‘嘎拉’、‘2 5’、‘19 19’等品种(系)叶片发病严重,表现出对炭疽叶枯病的高感性,‘藤牧1号’、‘40 9’及‘16 16’等品种(系)叶片无病斑或病斑极少,炭疽叶枯病菌含量显著低于感病性品种(系),其抗性显著。(2)SSR标记S0405127和S0304673的基因型鉴定结果与田间表型调查结果相比,准确率分别为93.10%和91.95%,与人工接种结果相比,准确率分别为91.95%和95.40%。(3)SA相关基因的表达模式结果表明,接种炭疽叶枯病菌4 d后,‘藤牧1号’、‘40 9’及‘16 16’等抗性品种(系)中SA合成相关基因MdEDS1、MdPAD4和MdPAL被强烈诱导表达;同时,SA信号转导相关基因MdNPR1、MdPR1、MdPR5的表达显著高于‘嘎拉’等感病品种(系)。(4)接种炭疽叶枯病菌4 d后,‘藤牧1号’、‘40 9’及‘16 16’等抗性品种(系)的MdSOD、MdPOD酶基因表达水平及酶活性显著高于‘嘎拉’、‘2 5’、‘19 19’等感病品种(系)。研究认为,‘藤牧1号’、‘40 9’及‘16 16’等品种(系)通过调控水杨酸合成和信号转导通路及氧化还原相关反应等提高对炭疽叶枯病的抗性,为挖掘抗性基因以及利用优良种质选育抗病品种奠定了基础。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.