Evaluation of the lady beetle,Serangium parcesetosum for control of Bemisia tabaci on greenhouse eggplant in the Mediterranean region

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) is one of the most serious pests of greenhouse crops. It is mainly controlled by chemical means, requiring some 10–12 sprays during the average growing season in Turkey. There is growing interest in finding alternatives to pesticides for control of B. tabaci in greenhouse crops because this heavy pesticide usage disrupts biocontrol and leads to rapid build-up of insecticide resistance in the pest. In our study, the control of B. tabaci on greenhouse eggplants was evaluated following releases of the lady beetle Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). In cage experiments, four adults per plant were introduced and, within 3–4 weeks, resulted in 97 and 98% reductions in whitefly populations in 2004 and 2005, respectively. In a large plot experiment, two adults per plant were released only one time. Beetle larvae were observed through 2–9 weeks after release. The density of whitefly in large plot receiving beetle adults showed fluctuations to a level lower than in control plot receiving no beetle in 2004 and 2006. Further study is needed to develop new managing strategies in biological control of B. tabaci with S. parcesetosum in protected culture.     

肉桂酸和香草醛对嫁接茄子根系生长及生理特性的影响

以“托鲁巴姆”茄子为砧木,“西安绿”茄子为接穗,采用盆栽试验研究了自毒物质肉桂酸和香草醛对嫁接、自根和砧木茄子根系生长及抗氧化酶活性、渗透调节物质含量的影响.结果表明：肉桂酸、香草醛对茄子根系生长及生理代谢的化感作用基本表现为“低促高抑”,两物质对自根茄子根系表现促进、抑制效应的临界浓度点分别为0.1和0.5 mmol·kg^-1;对嫁接、砧木茄子表现促进、抑制效应的临界浓度点分别为0.5和1 mmo·kg^-1.茄子根系对自毒物质耐性大小依次为：砧木茄>嫁接茄>自根茄;在较高浓度肉桂酸(0.5～4 mmol·kg^-1)和香草醛(1～4mmol·kg^-1)作用下,与自根茄子相比,嫁接茄子根系SOD活性提高了8.50%～24.50%,脯氨酸含量增加了9.39%～27.64%,可溶性糖含量增加了12.77%～81.81%,可溶性蛋白含量、根系鲜、干物质量和根系活力显著高于自根茄.表明嫁接换根使茄子根系具有了砧木抗自毒物质的特性,缓解了自毒物质给茄子根系生长带来的不良影响.     

氯化钠胁迫对嫁接茄子生长、抗氧化酶活性和活性氧代谢的影响

以日本引进的茄子设施栽培专用耐盐品种‘Torvum Vigor’为砧木,栽培品种‘苏崎茄’为接穗,在营养液栽培条件下,对80 mmol·L^-1 NaCl胁迫下茄子嫁接苗和自根苗的光合特性、叶片抗氧化酶活性、活性氧代谢进行了比较.结果表明：NaCl胁迫下,茄子嫁接苗的干质量、叶绿素含量和光合速率分别比苏崎茄自根苗高67。8％、8。8％和31。1％,均有显著差异;抗氧化酶活性均显著高于苏崎茄自根苗,而O₂^-_·生成速率、H₂O₂和MDA含量则显著低于苏崎茄自根苗.NaCl胁迫明显降低了叶片叶绿素含量和光合速率,显著增加了O₂^-_·生成速率、H₂O₂和MDA含量,但嫁接苗受NaCl胁迫的影响小于苏崎茄自根苗,嫁接苗较强的耐盐性与NaCl胁迫下较高的抗氧化酶活性和较低的氧化损伤有关.     

Improved genome assembly and pan-genome provide key insights into eggplant domestication and breeding

Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important horticultural crop and one of the most widely grown vegetables from the Solanaceae family. It was domesticated from a wild, prickly progenitor carrying small, round, non-anthocyanic fruits. We obtained a novel, highly contiguous genome assembly of the eggplant ‘67/3’ reference line, by Hi-C retrofitting of a previously released short read- and optical mapping-based assembly. The sizes of the 12 chromosomes and the fraction of anchored genes in the improved assembly were comparable to those of a chromosome-level assembly. We resequenced 23 accessions of S. melongena representative of the worldwide phenotypic, geographic, and genetic diversity of the species, and one each from the closely related species Solanum insanum and Solanum incanum. The eggplant pan-genome contained approximately 51.5 additional megabases and 816 additional genes compared with the reference genome, while the pan-plastome showed little genetic variation. We identified 53 selective sweeps related to fruit color, prickliness, and fruit shape in the nuclear genome, highlighting selection leading to the emergence of present-day S. melongena cultivars from its wild ancestors. Candidate genes underlying the selective sweeps included a MYBL1 repressor and CHALCONE ISOMERASE (for fruit color), homologs of Arabidopsis GLABRA1 and GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS2 (for prickliness), and orthologs of tomato FW2.2, OVATE, LOCULE NUMBER/WUSCHEL, SUPPRESSOR OF OVATE, and CELL SIZE REGULATOR (for fruit size/shape), further suggesting that selection for the latter trait relied on a common set of orthologous genes in tomato and eggplant.     

低温弱光对茄子幼苗光合特性的影响

以4～5叶的 二苠 茄幼苗为试材,研究了其在低温弱光 10℃/5℃昼/夜,光强60、120μmol·m-2·s-1 胁迫7d并恢复7d后的光合特性变化.结果表明,低温弱光胁迫后茄子幼苗的净光合速率、气孔导度和叶绿素含量显著降低;光补偿点、光饱和点、光饱和时的Pn、表观量子产额降低;CO2补偿点升高,CO2饱和点、CO2饱和时的Pn、光合能力、CO2羧化效率降低;以低温下较强光照时 120μmol·m-2·s-1 的变化幅度较大;恢复7d后各项指标仍然不能恢复到对照水平.试验条件已对茄子幼苗叶片光合机构的结构和活性造成了不可恢复的伤害.     

24-表油菜素内酯对茄子果实贮藏品质及抗氧化活性的影响

为了明确24-表油菜素内酯(EBR)对茄子果实贮藏品质及抗氧化活性的影响,以‘布利塔’茄子为试材,研究了茄子果实冷藏过程贮藏品质和抗氧化活性相关指标的变化。结果显示:(1)与对照相比,EBR处理显著降低了茄子的冷害指数,延缓了果实贮藏过程中呼吸强度的上升和果面硬度的下降,明显抑制了茄子花萼变色,促进了可溶性总糖的累积,但对可滴定酸含量无明显影响。(2)EBR处理还诱导了茄子果实3种抗氧化酶(SOD、CAT和APX)活性的增加,并降低了H2O2含量。研究表明,EBR处理提高了茄子的耐贮性和贮藏品质,这可能与其维持了茄子果实较高的抗氧化活性有关。     

茄子品种对茄二十八星瓢虫及其寄生蜂生长发育的影响

茄子不同品种对茄二十八星瓢虫及瓢虫柄腹姬小蜂的影响结果表明 ,上海紫茄、呼杂 3 4# 、托塔姆 3 # 、洋红茄 4个品种中 ,取食上海紫茄的瓢虫发育历期明显短于取食其它 3个品种的瓢虫。其幼虫-蛹历期比在托塔姆 3 # 上取食的瓢虫发育历期快 5 69d。瓢虫柄腹姬小蜂在取食上海紫茄的瓢虫幼虫内发育出蜂数多、性比高 ,但寄生率稍低。而在托塔姆 3 # 上取食的幼虫内发育出蜂数少、羽化率低、蜂体小、但寄生率稍高。该蜂喜在 3 ,4龄幼虫内寄生 ,在其上寄生蜂出蜂多、性比高、蜂的个体大     

Tropical Rotation Crops Influence Nematode Densities and Vegetable Yields

The effects of eight summer rotation crops on nematode densities and yields of subsequent spring vegetable crops were determined in field studies conducted in north Florida from 1991 to 1993. The crop sequence was as follows: (i) rotation crops during summer 1991; (ii) cover crop of rye (Secale cereale) during winter 1991-92; (iii) ''Lemondrop L'' squash (Cucurbita pepo) during spring 1992; (iv) rotation crops during summer 1992; (v) rye during winter 1992-93; (vi) ''Classic'' eggplant (Solanum melongena) during spring 1993. The eight summer crop rotation treatments were as follows: ''Hale'' castor (Ricinus communis), velvetbean (Mucuna deeringiana), sesame (Sesamum indicum), American jointvetch (Aeschynomene americana), weed fallow, ''SX- 17'' sorghum-sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor x S. sudanense), ''Kirby'' soybean (Glycine max), and ''Clemson Spineless'' okra (Hibiscus esculentus) as a control. Rotations with castor, velvetbean, American jointvetch, and sorghum-sudangrass were most effective in maintaining the lowest population densities of Meloidogyne spp. (a mixture of M. incognita race 1 and M. arenaria race 1), but Paratrichodorus minor built up in the sorghum-sudangrass rotation. Yield of squash was lower (P ≤ 0.05) following sorghum-sudangrass than after any of the other treatments except fallow. Yield of eggplant was greater (P ≤ 0.05) following castor, sesame, or American jointvetch than following okra or fallow. Several of the rotation crops evaluated here may be useful for managing nematodes in the field and for improving yields of subsequent vegetable crops.     

Solanum melongena polyphenol oxidase biosensor for the electrochemical analysis of paracetamol

A new strategy for the construction of a polyphenol oxidase carbon paste biosensor for paracetamol detection is reported. The eggplant (Solanum melongena) was processed to collect the polyphenol oxidase as an enzyme that was incorporated in the carbon paste sensor construction. The constructed sensor displayed high sensitivity and good selection for paracetamol detection and recognition. Optimized conditions included pH 6.0 (highest activity), pH 7.0 (highest stability), pulse amplitude of 50?mV, and 15% of vegetable extract per carbon paste. The sensor displayed a linear range from 20 to 200?µM, with a detection limit of 5?µM. Application of the sensor to paracetamol determination in tablet and oral solutions have shown satisfactory results. The efficiency of the method showed very good repeatability ranging between 1.26 and 1.72% relative standard deviation for interday analysis, while recoveries for paracetamol varied between 97.5 and 99.8% for the voltammetric determination. The strategy for a simple, low cost, and efficient eggplant polyphenol oxidase sensor showcased in this work provides an opportunity for the detection of other phenolic compounds in various matrices.     

Tropical Asian species show that the Old World clade of ‘spiny solanums’ (Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum pro parte: Solanaceae) is not monophyletic

The tropical Asian taxa of the species‐rich genus Solanum (Solanaceae) have been less well studied than their highly diverse New World relatives. Most of these tropical Asian species, including the cultivated brinjal eggplant/aubergine and its wild progenitor, are part of the largest monophyletic Solanum lineage, the ‘spiny solanums’ (subgenus Leptostemonum or the Leptostemonum clade). Here we present the first phylogenetic analysis of spiny solanums that includes broad sampling of the tropical Asian species, with 42 of the 56 currently recognized species represented. Two nuclear and three plastid regions [internal transcribed spacer (ITS), waxy, ndhF‐rpL32, trnS‐trnG and trnT‐trnF] were amplified and used to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods. Our analyses show that Old World spiny solanums do not resolve in a single clade, but are part of three unrelated lineages, suggesting at least three independent introductions from the New World. We identify and describe several monophyletic groups in Old World solanums that have not been previously recognized. Some of these lineages are coherent in terms of morphology and geography, whereas others show considerable morphological variation and enigmatic distribution patterns. Tropical Asia occupies a key position in the biogeography of Old World spiny solanums, with tropical Asian taxa resolved as the closest relatives of diverse groups of species from Australia and Africa.