黑龙江省高粱种质抗丝黑穗病、靶斑病、高粱蚜和亚洲玉米螟鉴定

对黑龙江省种植的114份高粱种质资源进行丝黑穗病、靶斑病、高粱蚜及亚洲玉米螟病虫害鉴定,筛选出抗丝黑穗病材料6份、抗靶宽病材料7份、抗高粱蚜材料3份及1份高抗亚洲玉米螟材料.这些抗病虫材料可为今后进行种质创新及杂交种选育提供理论和实用价值.     

玉米种质资源对六种重要病虫害的抗性鉴定与评价

在2003－2005年间,对604份玉米种质进行了抗弯孢菌叶斑病和玉米螟鉴定,筛选出抗弯孢菌叶斑病的材料93份,抗玉米螟材料22份。2006－2009年间,对836份玉米种质进行了抗大斑病、茎腐病、穗腐病和瘤黑粉病的鉴定与评价,筛选出一批高抗和多抗的资源。在836份资源中,对大斑病1、2和N号3个生理小种具有抗性的材料均为50％左右;抗茎腐病材料为41.3％,高抗和抗性种质分别为264和81份;穗腐病高抗和抗性种质分别为5和171份,占比为21.1％;瘤黑粉病高抗和抗性种质各261和14份,占总鉴定材料的32.9％。上述结果表明抗大斑病、茎腐病和瘤黑粉病的种质资源较为丰富。通过对抗性结果进行对比分析,发现不同生态区玉米种质的抗性强弱以及抗性多样性存在明显差异,黑龙江和内蒙的种质对病虫害的抗性强弱及多样性程度明显高于四川种质。此外,玉米自交系对病虫害的抗性强弱以及多抗性程度高于农家种。     

玉米种质资源对六种重要病虫害的抗性鉴定与评价

在2003-2005年间,对604份玉米种质进行了抗弯孢菌叶斑病和玉米螟鉴定,筛选出抗弯孢菌叶斑病的材料93份,抗玉米螟材料22份。2006-2009年间,对836份玉米种质进行了抗大斑病、茎腐病、穗腐病和瘤黑粉病的鉴定与评价,筛选出一批高抗和多抗的资源。在836份资源中,对大斑病1、2和N号3个生理小种具有抗性的材料均为50%左右;抗茎腐病材料为41.3%,高抗和抗性种质分别为264和81份;穗腐病高抗和抗性种质分别为5和171份,占比为21.1%;瘤黑粉病高抗和抗性种质各261和14份,占总鉴定材料的32.9%。上述结果表明抗大斑病、茎腐病和瘤黑粉病的种质资源较为丰富。通过对抗性结果进行对比分析,发现不同生态区玉米种质的抗性强弱以及抗性多样性存在明显差异,黑龙江和内蒙古的种质对病虫害的抗性强弱及多样性程度明显高于四川种质。此外,玉米自交系对病虫害的抗性强弱以及多抗性程度高于农家种。     

高粱三系抗丝黑穗病鉴定与评价

采用土壤接种技术,对目前我国高粱育种上广泛应用的150份高粱种质资源(包括高粱不育系、保持系和恢复系)进行抗高粱丝黑穗病鉴定评价。经两年重复鉴定,在150份高粱种质中,筛选出对高粱丝黑穗病菌优势小种表现免疫(IM)的47份,占总数的31.3%;高抗(HR)和中抗(MR)的各6份,分别占鉴定材料总数4.0%;抗病(R)的4份,占2.7%;感病(S)的13份,占8.7%;高感(HS)的74份,占49.3%。上述结果表明,目前高粱育种中广泛应用的育种种质中抗丝黑穗病材料较为丰富。     

谷子种质资源抗黑穗病鉴定与过氧化物酶研究

对全国2050份谷子种质资源进行了抗黑穗病鉴定,对不同抗、感黑穗病的谷子种质资源进行了过氧化物酶活性、过氧化物酶同工酶的比较研究。结果表明,谷子不同种质资源对黑穗病的抗性存在着明显的差异。谷子种质资源对黑穗病的抗性比较稳定。谷子感染黑穗病后,抗病品种的过氧化物酶活性明显高于感病品种。过氧化物酶同工酶可以作为一种遗传标记。     

中国黍稷种质资源抗黑穗病鉴定评价

采用人工对种子饱和接种的方法,对来自我国14省（区）的6526份黍稷种质资源进行了抗黑穗病鉴定。筛选出高抗种质11份,占0．17％;抗病种质574份,占8．80％;这些种质均可作为我国黍稷种质遗传改良的亲本材料应用,有些丰产性和品质性状优良的种质,黑穗病高发地区可在生产上直接利用。     

大豆种质资源对灰斑病抗性鉴定评价

近年来,随着大豆品种和气候的变化,灰斑病在黑龙江大豆产区广泛发生,并呈逐年加重的趋势。为了筛选出可在生产或育种中利用的抗病材料,本试验在人工接种条件下,对1073份大豆材料进行抗灰斑病鉴定和评价,结果表明,高抗材料33份、抗病材料291份、中抗材料332份、感病材料381份、高感材料36份,分别占供试材料的3.1%、27.1%、30.9%、35.5%、3.4%。对1、6、7号出现频率较高的优势生理小种鉴定结果是高抗和抗病材料分别是161份、68份、95份,分别占供试材料的15%、6.3%、8.9%。在现行大豆种质资源中,具有比较丰富的抗病资源。     

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.     

大豆种质资源对灰斑病抗性鉴定评价

近年来,随着大豆品种和气候的变化,灰斑病在黑龙江大豆产区广泛发生,并呈逐年加重的趋势.为了筛选出可在生产或育种中利用的抗病材料,本试验在人工接种条件下,对1073份大豆材料进行抗灰斑病鉴定和评价,结果表明,高抗材料33份、抗病材料291份、中抗材料332份、感病材料381份、高感材料36份,分别占供试材料的3.1％、27.1％、30.9％、35.5％、3.4％.对1、6、7号出现频率较高的优势生理小种鉴定结果是高抗和抗病材料分别为161份、68份、95份,分别占供试材料的15％、6.3％、8.9％.在现行大豆种质资源中,具有比较丰富的抗病资源.     

引进美国GEM材料的抗玉米青枯病和丝黑穗病种质资源筛选鉴定

近年来,青枯病、丝黑穗病上升为我国玉米生产中的主要病害,挖掘新的抗病资源,进行抗病育种是解决病害威胁的根本所在。本研究对引进的美国GEM材料进行了接种条件下的抗病性鉴定,并结合抗病材料的多年重复验证,筛选出一批新的抗病种质资源。这些材料的深入研究和广泛应用,对拓宽我国玉米青枯病、丝黑穗病抗性遗传基础,增加种质资源遗传多样性具有重要利用价值。     

高粱抗蚜研究进展

高粱(Sorghum bicolour)是世界上最重要的粮食、饲料、酿造和能源作物之一, 也是C₄植物研究的模式植物。蚜虫是农业生产上的重要害虫, 几乎危害所有的栽培作物。危害高粱的蚜虫主要包括高粱蚜(Melanaphis sacchari)、麦二叉蚜(Schizaphis graminum)和玉米蚜(Rhopalosiphum maidis)。高粱的抗蚜资源尚不丰富且缺乏深入系统的研究。目前研究较多的是麦二叉蚜的抗性遗传方面, 已定位20个抗性QTLs, 单一QTL对抗性差异贡献率最高可达80.3%, 对高粱蚜和玉米蚜的研究尚需进一步加强。高粱的理化特性与其抗蚜性能相关, 故可与育种实践相结合。高粱和蚜虫(Acyrthosiphon pisum)的全基因组测序工作已经完成, 这将有助于蚜虫-植物间的相互作用关系及植物对蚜虫的抗性机制研究。目前已克隆到2个抗蚜基因, 且多个抗蚜基因(位点)已被定位在染色体上。该文重点综述了上述研究成果并对高粱抗蚜的研究前景进行了展望。     

高粱对丝黑穗病的抗性及遗传研究

1981—1985年在人工接种的条件下,对1239份高粱品种资源,进行了抗丝黑穗病性鉴定。与此同时,用17个抗性不同的品种系,按照不完全双列杂交设计,进行了高粱对丝黑穗病的抗性遗传研究。结果表明,高粱对丝黑穗病的抗性遗传方式因品种而异。有的品种系具数量性状遗传特点,有的则具有质量性状遗传特点。抗病性属数量性状遗传的品种系,其抗性主要是受加性基因控制。     

Mechanisms and genetic diversity for host plant resistance to spotted stem borer,Chilo partellus in sorghum,Sorghum bicolor

Levels of resistance to spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus, in the germplasm are low to moderate and therefore we evaluated 25 sorghum genotypes for resistance to stem borer to identify lines with diverse mechanisms of resistance to this insect. Leaf glossiness was significantly and negatively associated with low deadheart formation. Dwarf genotypes with fewer nodes showed more deadheart formation. Antixenosis and/or antibiosis for leaf feeding, and reduced deadheart formation, tunnelling, and number of exit holes resulted in lower losses owing to C. partellus damage. Axillary tillers compensated for loss in grain yield owing to borer infestation as a result of deadheart formation, but their synchrony for maturity with the main plant is quite important. Path coefficient analysis revealed that direct effects of stem tunnelling on loss in grain yield were greater than leaf feeding and deadhearts. However, leaf feeding via stem tunnelling showed maximum indirect effects on loss in grain yield. Estimates for broad‐sense heritability and genetic advance suggested that it is possible to improve for grain yield under stem borer infestation. Heritability estimates for grain yield were usually higher than for stem borer damage parameters. Multi‐trait cluster analysis placed the test genotypes into four and five clusters in rainy and post‐rainy seasons, respectively. The genotypes placed in different groups, and showing resistance to leaf feeding, deadheart formation, stem tunnelling, and/or compensation in grain yield can be used for sorghum improvement.     

Identification of a New Race of Sporisorium reilianum and Characterization of the Reaction of Sorghum Lines to Four Races of the Head Smut Pathogen

Sporisorium reilianum is the causal agent of head smut on sorghum and maize. In order to effectively utilize host resistance to control this important disease in crops, it is necessary to monitor changes in disease dynamics and virulence of the pathogen. An outbreak of head smut was recently observed in a sorghum field, near Gaoping, Shanxi, China, and research was undertaken to characterize a putative new race of S. reilianum. A set of differential sorghum lines with resistance to several conventional races was used to characterize the newly collected isolate of S. reilianum. The reactions of differential cultivars/germplasm lines to the new isolate indicate that it is a new physiological race of S. reilianum. The new race is highly virulent on sorghum line A₂V4 and its hybrid, Jinza 12, that are known as resistant to all existing Chinese races of S. reilianum, including races 1, 2, and 3. The new isolate of S. reilianum is different from all of the described races of the pathogen; thus, it is designated as race 4 of S. reilianum. Furthermore, a collection of 34 sorghum genotypes including commercial cultivars and germplasm lines was evaluated for disease reaction to the newly described race and the three known races of the pathogen.     

Host specificity of Sporisorium reilianum is tightly linked to generation of the phytoalexin luteolinidin by Sorghum bicolor

The smut fungus Sporisorium reilianum occurs in two varieties (S. reilianum f. sp. reilianum and S. reilianum f. sp. zeae) that cause head smut disease on sorghum and maize, respectively. Prior to plant infection, compatible haploid sporidia of S. reilianum fuse to form infectious dikaryotic hyphae that penetrate the leaf surface, spread throughout the plant, and reach the inflorescences, in which spore formation occurs. To elucidate the basis of host specificity of the two S. reilianum varieties, we compared disease etiology of S. reilianum f. sp. reilianum and S. reilianum f. sp. zeae on sorghum and maize. Both varieties could penetrate and multiply in both hosts. However, red spots appeared on inoculated leaves after sorghum infection with S. reilianum f. sp. zeae. Using matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time of flight analysis of leaf extracts, we show that sorghum reacts with the production of the red and orange phytoalexins luteolinidin and apigeninidin upon colonization by S. reilianum f. sp. zeae but not by S. reilianum f. sp. reilianum. Using in vitro growth assays, we demonstrate that luteolinidin but not apigeninidin slows vegetative growth of both S. reilianum f. sp. zeae and S. reilianum f. sp. reilianum. However, the phytoalexin biosynthesis gene SbDFR3 is only induced in sorghum after infection with S. reilianum f. sp. zeae, as shown by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. This suggests that regulation of luteolinidin biosynthesis determines infection success of S. reilianum on sorghum.     

Screening of mulberry germplasm lines against Powdery mildew,Myrothecium leaf spot and Pseudocercospora leaf spot disease complex

Abstract

Fifty-six indigenous and 29 exotic mulberry varieties were screened against powdery mildew, Myrothecium leaf spot, Pseudocercospora leaf spot for a period of three years under field conditions. The percent disease index (PDI) was recorded during the peak season of the diseases. Out of 85 germplasm lines studied four-germplasm lines viz. Thailand lobed (0.43), M. multicaulis (2.63), Italian (2.83) and M. australis (4.56) were found highly resistant; nine lines were resistant; 43 lines were moderately resistant and 29 were susceptible to the disease complex. Powdery mildew showed significant positive correlation with Pseudocercospora leaf spot. Highly resistant varieties may be utilized for future disease resistance breeding programme to evolve multiple disease resistant mulberry varieties.     

Responses of Schizaphis graminum (Homoptera: Aphididae) to leaf excision in resistant and susceptible sorghum

Greenbugs, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), were reared on intact and excised leaves of varieties of sorghum which differed in their suitability as hosts for this aphid. Aphids grew poorly on intact leaves of three resistant varieties, but grew well on excised leaves of the same varieties. Leaf excision did not affect aphid growth on three susceptible varieties. By electronically monitoring the feeding behaviour of aphids on two resistant and one susceptible variety, significant differences were found in many parameters between aphids assayed on excised vs. intact leaves of only the resistant varieties. Aphids on excised leaves of the resistant varieties, and on excised or intact leaves of the susceptible variety, made fewer probes to the phloem, spending more time ingesting from phloem during each probe, compared to aphids on intact resistant plants. There was a higher level of free amino acids in excised leaves of all varieties, but aphid growth and feeding behaviour improved as a result of excision only on resistant varieties. This observation, coupled with the fact that intact plants of all varieties have similar amino acid levels, indicates that these nutrients are not of primary importance in sorghum suitability to the greenbug. Other explanations for the aphids' responses to excised leaves are discussed.     

Positional cloning of <Emphasis Type="Italic">ds1</Emphasis>, the target leaf spot resistance gene against <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bipolaris sorghicola</Emphasis> in sorghum

Target leaf spot is one of the major sorghum diseases in southern Japan and caused by a necrotrophic fungus, Bipolaris sorghicola. Sorghum resistance to target leaf spot is controlled by a single recessive gene (ds1). A high-density genetic map of the ds1 locus was constructed with simple sequence repeat markers using progeny from crosses between a sensitive variety, bmr-6, and a resistant one, SIL-05, which allowed the ds1 gene to be genetically located within a 26-kb region on the short arm of sorghum chromosome 5. The sorghum genome annotation database for BTx623, for which the whole genome sequence was recently published, indicated a candidate gene from the Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinase family in this region. The candidate protein kinase gene was expressed in susceptible plants but was not expressed or was severely reduced in resistant plants. The expression patterns of ds1 gene and the phenotype of target leaf spot resistance were clearly correlated. Genomic sequences of this region in parental varieties showed a deletion in the promoter region of SIL-05 that could cause reduction of gene expression. We also found two ds1 alleles for resistant phenotypes with a stop codon in the coding region. The results shown here strongly suggest that the loss of function or suppression of the ds1 protein kinase gene leads to resistance to target leaf spot in sorghum.     

Evaluation of the European Union Maize Landrace Core Collection for resistance to Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Two corn borer species are the principal maize insect pests in Europe, the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), and the pink stem borer, Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefebvre). Hence, it would be advisable to evaluate the European maize germplasm for corn borer resistance to generate European varieties resistant to corn borer attack. The creation of the European Union Maize Landrace Core Collection (EUMLCC) allowed the screening of most of the variability for European corn borer resistance present among European maize local populations from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, testing a representative sample. The objective of this study was the evaluation of stem and ear resistance of the EUMLCC to European corn borer and pink stem borer attack. Trials were made at two Spanish locations that represent two very different maize-growing areas. Populations that performed relatively well under corn borer infestation for stem and ear damage were 'PRT0010008' and'GRC0010085', among very early landraces; 'PRT00100120' and 'PRT00100186', among early landraces; 'GRC0010174', among midseason landraces; and 'ESP0070441', among late landraces. Either the selection that could have happen under high insect pressure or the singular origin of determined maize populations would be possible explanations for the higher corn borer resistance of some landraces. Landraces 'PRT0010008', 'FRA0410090', 'PRT00100186', and 'ESP0090214' would be selected to constitute a composite population resistant to corn borers and adapted to short season, whereas populations 'ESP0090033', 'PRT00100530', 'GRC0010174', and 'ITA0370005' would be used to make a resistant composite adapted to longer season.