Criteria for the selection of strains of entomopathogenic fungi Verticillium lecanii for solid state cultivation

The objective of this study was the selection of strains of Verticillium lecanii for solid-state fermentation (SSF) containing cuticle of Sphenarium purpurascens as an inducer of proteases and chitinases. The selection criteria were: growth at low water activity (a_W), enzymatic activities (proteases and chitinases) and CO₂ production rate. Three strains of V. lecanii were studied ATCC 26854, ATCC 46578 and a wild strain (WS). The strains ATCC 26854 and WS presented the best biomass production at low a_W (0.957). Highest rates of clearing zones of casein and chitin were obtained for strains ATCC 26854 and WS. Best results of CO₂ production in SSF were obtained by using V. lecanii ATCC 26854 which showed a maximal value (2.3 mg CO₂ g IDM⁻¹ h⁻¹) at 36 h of cultivation. Although clearing zones of casein and chitin were partial criteria for strain selection. It was concluded that growth a low water activities and CO₂ production rate, were more reliable criteria for selecting strains of V. lecanii for solid state culture using cuticle of insect as the main C and N source.     

The effects of some storage conditions on viability of Lecanicillium lecanii conidia to whitefly (Homoptera: Trialeurodes vaporariorum)

A study on the survival of Lecanicillium lecanii conidia in storage at room temperature was carried out. Firstly, drying methods of conidia powder were compared. Vacuum-freeze drying (VFD) was more suitable for drying conidia as compared to vacuum drying (VD) at room temperature. Vacuum-freeze drying for 24-h resulted in a water content of 5.4%, and a viability, determined as germination of conidia in 2% glucose solution after16 h, was 90.3% and the infection in greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum was about 94.7% at a dose of 1×10⁸ conidia/mL. Secondly, the factors influencing viability of conidia stored at room temperature were evaluated in the laboratory. Temperature was the most critical factor influencing conidial storage stability, among the tested factors affecting survival of conidia stored at room temperature for 6 months. Both conidial germination and infection of hosts decreased with storage temperature increasing from 15 to 35°C, and at 35°C the survival of stored conidia for 6 months was near zero. The moisture content of the conidial powder was another major factor influencing viability of stored conidia at room temperature. Conidial powder dried to about 5% moisture content showed higher viability than non-dried conidial powder. For the carriers, clay and charcoal were more suitable for storage of L. lecanii conidia at room temperature. At a room temperature of 25°C, L. lecanii conidia which were dried to 5% water content and mixed with clay or charcoal could retain about 50% survival after 6 months' storage.     

Effects of nutrients on germination of Verticillium lecanii (=Lecanicillium sp.) conidia and infection of greenhouse whitefly, (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)

Laboratory experiments were conducted to assess effects of nutrients on germination of Verticillium lecanii (=Lecanicillium sp.) conidia and infection of the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Suspensions of V. lecanii conidia were prepared in four nutrient solutions: 2% glucose, 2% sucrose, 2% maltose, and 2% peptone. Suspensions in de-mineralized water served as the control. At 23°C the germination rate was highest in the 2% glucose solution, followed by sucrose, maltose, demineralized water, and peptone, respectively. Germ tube growth was greatest at 23°C in the 2% glucose solution after 10 h incubation. Results of the bioassays indicated that the nutrients influenced whitefly infection. Infection levels were highest for conidial suspensions (1×10⁶ conidia/mL) prepared in 2% glucose, and were significantly greater than for peptone, demineralized water and maltose. Infection levels at 1×10⁸ conidia/mL were not significantly different from each other for all materials tested. The potential use of nutrients in a spray formulation as a means of enhancing field efficacy are discussed.     

Effects of sulfur dioxide on the development of powdery mildew of cucumber

Environment is a major factor that does influence host parasite relationships. Air pollution caused by SO₂ may directly alter the environment around the plant and pathogen. It is hypothesised that plants may respond differently to foliar pathogens in air polluted environments. To test this hypothesis, effects of intermittent exposures of SO₂ at 143, 286 and 571 μg m⁻³ were investigated on the development of powdery mildew of cucumber (Cucumis sativa) caused by Sphaerotheca fuliginea, using pre-, post- and concomitant-inoculation exposures in closed-top chambers. Sulfur dioxide (except 143 μg m⁻³) and the fungus acting alone caused chlorosis and/or necrosis, and mildew colonies on leaves, respectively and both reduced the plant growth and yield of cucumber. Fungus colonization was relatively greater on the plants exposed to 143 μg SO₂ m⁻³, but at the higher concentrations, the colonies were greatly suppressed. Gas injury on fungus-infected plants was also less in the other treatments. Conidia of S. fuliginea collected from exposed plants varied in size. Conidial germination was considerably greater at 143 μg SO₂ m⁻³. This concentration also promoted germination of the conidia exposed on glass slides. Higher concentrations (286 and 571 μg m⁻³), however, suppressed the germination of conidia from exposed plants or exposed on glass slides. The number of fibrosin bodies declined at all the concentrations. Synergistic effects of 143 μg SO₂ m⁻³ and S. fuliginea were recorded on plant growth and yield of cucumber. Sulfur dioxide at 571 μg m⁻³ and powdery mildew infection had an antagonistic effect on plant growth.     

小麦秆锈菌生理小种21C3CPH和Ug99 SSR标记的筛选

小麦秆锈病是一种专化性很强的大区远距气传病害,曾造成多个小麦种植国家和地区的毁灭性损失,新的强毒力小种Ug99含有对Sr31等多个重要抗秆锈基因的联合毒性,对我国的小麦生产有巨大潜在威胁,因此,加强小麦秆锈菌生理小种的监测和鉴定是有效防治该病害的基础性研究工作和关键环节。现代分子生物学的迅猛发展,为许多研究提供了新的方法和手段,分子标记技术在区分小麦秆锈菌生理小种方面显示了充分的可行性。本研究利用25对SSR引物对7个小麦秆锈菌主要生理小种进行DNA多态性分析,结果显示,所有特异引物对秆锈菌的扩增结果均呈现出丰富的多态性,秆锈菌的不同生理小种之间存在遗传差异。其中引物SSR180在21C3CPH中扩增出205bp的特异性条带;引物SSR6在Ug99中扩增出170bp的特异性条带,经过多次的重复试验,这些特异性条带均能够比较稳定地重复出现,说明引物SSR180和SSR6可用于小种21C3CPH和Ug99的特异性检测。     

Laboratory and glasshouse evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi against the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), on tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum

Forty isolates of entomopathogenic fungi from six genera were assessed against the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, in a single dose, direct application laboratory bioassay on tomato leaflets. Only three isolates caused greater mortality than the control: these were Metarhizium anisopliae 442.99, Hirsutella spp. 457.99, and Verticillium lecanii 450.99. These isolates were assessed in a multiple dose bioassay, together with three isolates cultured from commercial biopesticides as follows: Beauveria bassiana 432.99 (cultured from 'Naturalis-L', Troy Biosciences, Phoenix, TX, USA); Hirsutella thompsonii 463.99 (cultured from 'Mycar', Abbott Laboratories USA); and V. lecanii 19.79 (used in 'Mycotal' Koppert BV, The Netherlands). Beauveria bassiana 432.99, H. thompsonii 463.99, M. anisopliae 442.99, and V. lecanii 450.99 were all pathogenic to T. urticae in this bioassay. In addition, it was found that the mortality caused by B. bassiana 432.99 and Naturalis-L was increased when the mites were exposed to tomato leaflets sprayed previously with conidia suspensions, compared to spraying the mites directly. In a glasshouse experiment, sprays of B. bassiana 432.99, H. thompsonii 463.99, M. anisopliae 442.99, V. lecanii 450.99 and Naturalis-L reduced T. urticae populations in a tomato crop grown according to commercial practice. Naturalis-L reduced T. urticae numbers by up to 97%. In a second glasshouse experiment, single sprays of Naturalis-L and the acaricide fenbutatin oxide (Torq) were compared as supplementary treatments to release of the predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis. Supplementary sprays of fenbutatin oxide reduced the numbers of T. urticae nymphs (80% reduction), while Naturalis-L reduced numbers of T. urticae adults, nymphs and eggs (98% reduction in all three cases). It is concluded that Naturalis-L has the potential to be used against T. urticae on glasshouse tomato crops.     

Interaction Between the Entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus and the Mycoparasites Clonostachys spp., Trichoderma harzianum and Lecanicillium lecanii

Biocontrol agents of numerous insect pests and fungal pathogens exist but virtually nothing is known about their interaction if used simultaneously. Our objective was to investigate the compatibility of the entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, and the broad host-range mycoparasites Clonostachys spp., Trichoderma harzianum and Lecanicillium lecanii. In vitro host-range tests revealed that M. anisopliae was highly susceptible to all mycoparasites tested. B. bassiana was attacked by Clonostachys rosea, and P. fumosoroseus. was resistant to mycoparasites. M. anisopliae but not P. fumosoroseus killed nymphs of Bemisia tabaci in bioassays. B. bassiana and M. anisopliae proved lethal to Cosmopolites sordidus, Diatraea saccharalis and Sitophilus oryzae. Coapplication of mycoparasites with entomopathogens did not affect their biocontrol efficacy in vivo, although the reisolation success of entomopathogens could be significantly reduced, especially from smaller insect species. Trichoderma spp. were reisolated from mycoparasite-treated insects more frequently than C. rosea. The coapplication of the highly susceptible M. anisopliae generally enhanced mycoparasite recovery. Mycofungicide preparations caused some insect mortality but less than a copper hydroxide fungicide which is still permissible in organic agriculture. We concluded that the tested entomopathogens and mycoparasites are compatible elements of integrated pest management.     

The Puccinia striiformis effector Hasp98 facilitates pathogenicity by blocking the kinase activity of wheat TaMAPK4

The obligate biotrophic fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) employs virulence effectors to disturb host immunity and causes devastating stripe rust disease. However, our understanding of how Pst effectors regulate host defense responses remains limited. In this study, we determined that the Pst effector Hasp98, which is highly expressed in Pst haustoria, inhibits plant immune responses triggered by flg22 or nonpathogenic bacteria. Overexpression of Hasp98 in wheat (Triticum aestivum) suppressed avirulent Pst-triggered immunity, leading to decreased H₂O₂ accumulation and promoting P. striiformis infection, whereas stable silencing of Hasp98 impaired P. striiformis pathogenicity. Hasp98 interacts with the wheat mitogen-activated protein kinase TaMAPK4, a positive regulator of plant resistance to stripe rust. The conserved TEY motif of TaMAPK4 is important for its kinase activity, which is required for the resistance function. We demonstrate that Hasp98 inhibits the kinase activity of TaMAPK4 and that the stable silencing of TaMAPK4 compromises wheat resistance against P. striiformis. These results suggest that Hasp98 acts as a virulence effector to interfere with the MAPK signaling pathway in wheat, thereby promoting P. striiformis infection.     

黑胫病感染对烟草茎秆及根际土壤真菌群落结构的影响

烟草黑胫病是由寄生疫霉烟草变种引起的一种对烟草生产造成巨大经济损失的土传病害。本文以健康烟株与感染黑胫病烟株茎秆和根际土壤为研究对象,通过PCR技术扩增样本中真菌转录间隔区的ITS1区域,采用Illumina Miseq高通量测序技术对扩增片段进行测序,旨在了解黑胫病感染对于烟草茎秆和根际土壤真菌群落结构与多样性的影响。本研究20个测序样品,共获得755 599条高质量序列片段,最短序列为200bp,最长序列为356bp,平均序列长度248bp。结果表明,健康烟株和发病烟株根际土壤的优势真菌为子囊菌门Ascomycota、接合菌门Zygomycota和担子菌门Basidiomycota,所有茎秆样品的优势真菌为子囊菌门、担子菌门。健康烟株与感染黑胫病烟株根际土壤样品相对丰度大于1%的属有镰刀菌属Fusarium、被孢霉属Mortierella、隐球菌属Cryptococcus、链格孢属Alternaria和赤霉菌属Gibberella等,其中,健康烟株根际土壤优势属为镰刀菌属（39.35%）和被孢霉属（14.19%）,发病烟株根际土壤镰刀菌属和被孢霉属相对丰度分别为40.26%和20.77%;健康茎秆样品优势属为隐球菌属（31.12%）、链格孢属（18.28%）、镰刀菌属（15.67%）和红酵母属Rhodotorula（13.34%）;病健交界茎秆样品优势属为镰刀菌属（41.36%）、隐球菌属（28.15%）和链格孢属（22.32%）;发病茎秆优势属为隐球菌属（62.14%）和链格孢属（27.75%）。烟株感染黑胫病后,其根际土壤与茎秆样品真菌优势属种类与健康烟株无明显变化,但属水平的相对丰度变化显著。发病烟株茎秆与根际土壤样品真菌群落Sobs、Chao1、Shannon指数较健康烟株降低,Simpson指数上升,表明烟株发病后根际土壤真菌与茎秆内生真菌群落丰富度与多样性降低。该结果对于研究烟草黑胫病发生的微生态机制及其生物防治具有一定的理论指导意义。     

Potential of fungal antagonists for biocontrol of Fusarium spp. in wheat and maize through competition in crop debris

Pathogenic Fusarium spp. cause head blight in wheat or ear rot in maize leading to yield losses and also a reduction in quality due to mycotoxin contamination of the grain. Infected crop residues are the main inoculum source for epidemics. Saprophytic fungi, obtained from cereal tissues or necrotic tissues of other crops, were screened for their ability to colonise wheat straw and maize stalks and to suppress sporulation of pathogenic Fusarium spp. Results of bio-assays conducted under controlled conditions were variable among Fusarium spp. and host substrates for most antagonists tested, such as yeasts, Trichoderma spp. and non-pathogenic Fusarium spp. Isolates of Clonostachys rosea consistently suppressed sporulation of F. culmorum and F. graminearum on wheat straw, and of F. culmorum, F. graminearum, F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides on maize stalks. Isolates of C. rosea, C. cladosporioides and F. equiseti were applied to pieces of maize stalks or flowering ears in preliminary experiments conducted under field conditions. The colonisation of stalk pieces by pathogenic Fusarium spp. was assessed after 9 months. Colonisation of stalk pieces by pathogenic Fusarium spp. was significantly reduced at several sampling dates. However, results obtained with the antagonists were not consistent for all sampling dates and between experiments.     

Biocontrol of Pythium tracheiphilum in Chinese Cabbage by Clonostachys rosea under Field Conditions

Control of leaf and head rot of Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis), caused by Pythium tracheiphilum, was obtained by Clonostachys rosea (isolate IK726) in field trials conducted in 1995 and 1999 on naturally infested land in a commercial crop in Denmark. A significant 2-3-fold disease reduction was obtained at an application rate of 10⁸-10⁹ conidia m^-2 (high application rate) in both years, but not at a 10-fold reduced rate in 1999. Disease reduction by Trichoderma harzianum (Supresivit) was almost significant at the high application rate (1 g product m^-2 corresponding to 7×10⁹ colony forming units (CFUs) m^-2) in both years, but not at a 10-fold reduced rate applied in 1999. In both 1995 and 1999 trials, the percentage of marketable heads increased significantly by 10% following a full application rate of C. rosea. Supresivit applied at the full application rate gave a significant 13% yield improvement in 1995 but not in 1999. No yield improvement was found when the two agents were applied at 10-fold reduced rates. A Danish T. harzianum isolate significantly increased yield by 13% in 1995, but gave no disease control. Plant growth promotion may have been responsible for yield improvements obtained by Supresivit and the Danish isolate of T. harzianum. The 1995 trial also evaluated the products Binab T (T. harzianum+T. polysporum), Mycostop (Streptomyces griseoviridis), Polyversum (P. oligandrum) and Aliette (fosetyl-Al) and Danish isolates of P. oligandrum (2) and T. virens (1), none of which gave disease control or yield effects.     

苹果连作生防细菌B6对平邑甜茶幼苗生物量及连作土壤环境的影响

以苹果连作障碍病原真菌层出镰刀菌、串珠镰刀菌、尖孢镰刀菌和腐皮镰刀菌为靶标菌,通过平板对峙法对分离自苹果根际土壤的细菌进行反复筛选比较,对筛选出的拮抗效果最优的菌株进行形态学、生理生化特征和16S rDNA序列分析鉴定,并于盆栽条件下探讨其菌肥对平邑甜茶幼苗生长及连作土壤环境的影响.结果表明: 菌株B6对上述4种病原真菌的抑菌率最高,分别达到71.8%、70.1%、72.6%、91.5%.经鉴定,菌株B6为甲基营养型芽孢杆菌.盆栽试验表明,与连作处理(CK₁)相比,B6菌肥处理(T)可以不同程度地促进平邑甜茶幼苗生物量的增加,其中地径、鲜质量和干质量分别显著增加18.3%、51.2%;显著提高连作土壤中可培养细菌和放线菌数量,使真菌数量下降为连作土壤的37.7%,促使土壤类型向细菌型转化;显著提高连作土壤中的蔗糖酶、磷酸酶、脲酶和过氧化氢酶的活性,增长率分别为37.3%、24.0%、42.9%、49.4%.表明B6菌肥可以优化苹果连作障碍土壤中可培养微生物群落结构,提高土壤酶活性,增加平邑甜茶幼苗生物量.     

Several pseudomonads,associated with the cultivated mushrooms Agaricus bisporus or Pleurotus sp., are hemolytic

Pseudomonas tolaasii, causing brown blotch disease on cultivated mushrooms, and yielding a white line precipitate towards P. “reactans”, has been shown to induce lysis of erythrocytes. Some Finnish strains isolated from diseased mushroom fruit bodies, although harboring the typical features of P. tolaasii, proved to be distinct, and have been allocated to a nov. sp. P. costantinii. We examined in these study whether all brown blotch causing agents were hemolytic. The induction of erythrocytes lysis seemed to be a rather common feature of mushroom associated-pseudomonads, especially for strains involved in the production of a white-line-in agar.     

拉格啤酒酵母菌物种和株系的快速分子鉴定

近年来的基因组学研究结果已证实拉格啤酒酵母Saccharomyces pastorianus是一个由艾尔啤酒酵母S. cerevisiae和真贝氏酿酒酵母S. eubayanus杂交而成的杂交种,并可根据地域传承和染色体倍性分为两个株系,即I型/Saaz系和II型/Frohberg系。前者主要为异源3倍体,后者则主要为异源4倍体。为了探讨中国啤酒酿造酵母菌的物种和菌系归属,我们根据拉格啤酒酵母及其两个菌系的基因组特性,制定了一套基于IntFR片段种特异性扩增和ITS-RFLP分析的精确但简便易行的拉格啤酒酵母菌物种和株系鉴定新方法,并以酿酒酵母属内相关种的模式或权威菌株和部分酒精及面包酵母为参照,对保藏于中国普通微生物菌种保藏中心（CGMCC）的41株啤酒酿造酵母菌进行了重新鉴定和分型。这些菌株除1株原定名为贝氏酿酒酵母S. bayanus外,其余菌株的原定名均为S. cerevisiae。研究结果确认了S. bayanus菌株鉴定的正确性,但在其余的40株啤酒酵母菌株中,21株属于S. cerevisiae,1株属于葡萄汁酿酒酵母S. uvarum,18株属于S. pastorianus。菌系鉴定和流式细胞测定结果显示在确认的S. pastorianus菌株中,1株为I型/Saaz系,3倍体;17株为II型/Frohberg系,其中9株为4倍体,两株为3倍体,5株介于3倍至4倍体之间。啤酒酵母物种和株系的确认对优化发酵工艺和菌种选育及遗传改造等具有重要意义。     

光照或黑暗条件下野火病菌侵染对烟草光合机构的影响

烟草野火病菌(Pst)是一种兼性营养型的细菌致病菌,它可以引起烟草发生褐色病斑,名为野火病.近年来Pst受到很多关注,然而大多数对Pst的研究主要集中在寄主和非寄主植物对Pst侵染的防御机制和产自于野火病菌的野火毒素上,Pst侵染对烟草叶片光合性能的影响及其机理尚未见报道.研究Pst侵染后对光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)的影响不仅可以帮助阐明烟草-Pst 相互作用的机制,还可以从生理角度加深对细菌致病菌病害的了解.本研究采用叶绿素荧光快速诱导动力学曲线分析、类囊体膜蛋白Western分析、活性氧(ROS)和叶绿素含量测定等方法,探讨光照(200 μmol·m^-2·s^-1)或黑暗条件下Pst侵染对烟草光系统Ⅱ的影响.结果表明: 与未处理相比,Pst侵染3 d后在光照和黑暗条件下叶片侵染区域叶绿素含量均显著下降,出现萎黄病变,注射区域呈现出明显的野火病特征.光照和黑暗条件下,侵染3 d后烟草叶片过氧化氢含量明显升高,光照条件下要比黑暗条件下升高比例更大.Pst侵染3 d后,光照和黑暗条件下烟草叶片注射区域叶绿素荧光动力学曲线中K点和J点的相对可变荧光W_K和V_J逐渐增大,叶片最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)和单位面积有活性反应中心的数目(RC/CSm)均显著下降.此外,相对于光照条件,Pst侵染后在黑暗条件下W_K和V_J的升高程度更大,说明对K点和J点的抑制程度更严重.Pst侵染3 d后,在光照和黑暗条件下放氧复合体(OEC)的核心组分PsaO、光系统Ⅱ反应中心核心蛋白D1蛋白均发生明显的降解,且在黑暗条件下降解更为严重.表明Pst侵染后,在光照和黑暗条件下均会使光合电子传递链Q_A到Q_B的电子传递受到限制,放氧复合体受到伤害,烟草叶片光系统Ⅱ供体侧、受体侧、反应中心的数目和活性均受到伤害,光系统Ⅱ发生光抑制或类似光抑制的伤害,且在黑暗条件下对光系统Ⅱ的伤害程度比光照条件下更为严重.     

有害疣孢霉Hypomyces perniciosus遗传转化体系的建立及其突变体库的构建

有害疣孢霉Hypomyces perniciosus是引起双孢蘑菇Agaricus bisporus湿泡病的病原真菌,目前其致病分子机理尚不清楚,而高效稳定的遗传转化体系和突变体库构建是挖掘和研究病原菌致病基因的基础和有效手段。因此,本实验以高致病力的有害疣孢霉菌株WH001为研究对象,采用冻融法将双元载体pBHt1转入农杆菌AGL-1中,建立并优化根癌农杆菌介导的遗传转化体系,并利用其构建T-DNA插入突变体库。结果表明有害疣孢霉菌株WH001的潮霉素（Hygromycin,Hyg）耐受浓度为250ng/L,当农杆菌侵染液浓度OD₆₀₀=1,侵染时间为30min,乙酰丁香酮（Acetosyringone,AS）浓度为1.5mg/mL,共培养时间为3d时,转化体系效率最高。然后利用该优化体系构建有害疣孢霉的突变体库,通过PCR检测和形态学鉴定获得若干表型发生改变、稳定遗传的T-DNA插入突变体,与原菌种WH001相比,突变体在菌丝形态、生长速率、色素分泌和致病力等方面发生改变。本研究为进一步挖掘有害疣孢霉未知基因功能、解析生物学性状、探讨致病分子机制奠定基础。     

龙牙百合软腐病的病原菌

龙牙百合Lilium browvnii var.viridulum是药食同源百合,为江西省主产百合.以采自江西省宜春市万载县龙牙百合生产基地的腐烂组培苗为研究对象,因发病时茎叶甚至整株组培苗腐烂,故定义该病为"软腐病".本研究对其病原菌进行分离纯化、菌落生长状态、菌丝、分生孢子、产孢结构等形态学观察、致病性检测和多基因...     

Preliminary phenotypic and molecular screening for potential bacterial biocontrol agents of Leptosphaeria maculans, the blackleg pathogen of canola

Leptosphaeria maculans causes blackleg disease of canola (Brassica napus L.). Bacteria isolated from soil, canola stubble and plant parts were assayed for suppression of blackleg. In plate assays, the bacteria isolated from canola stubble had the highest agar-diffusible antifungal activity (75%), which was fungitoxic. In plant cotyledon assays, endophytes had the highest disease suppression. Bacteria with the highest disease suppression in cotyledon assays also had significant disease suppression at the three- to four-leaf stage. PCR screening for bacterial biosynthetic genes, commonly thought to be involved in plant disease suppression, revealed 22 bacteria to be positive for pyrrolnitrin. Pseudomonas chlororaphis and P. aurantiaca isolates contained the phenazine biosynthetic gene. Three Bacillus cereus isolates had the zmaR resistance gene. This study generated a novel set of primers specific to the zwittermicin A biosynthetic cluster. The PCR screening has confirmed the presence of genes encoding pyrrolnitrin (55%), phenazine (10%), zwittermicin A biosynthesis (7.5%) and zwittermicin A resistance (7.5%) from the canola phyllosphere and rhizosphere, which seems more widely distributed than genes for 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and pyoluteorin.     

红花尔基樟子松优良抗旱菌树组合的筛选

为筛选红花尔基樟子松（Pinus sylvestris var.mongolica）优良抗旱菌树组合,采用樟子松林下5个优势外生菌根真菌菌株为接种体,分别对5个月龄樟子松实生苗进行人工接种,接种8个月后观察菌根侵染情况及菌根形态,并在非干旱胁迫和干旱胁迫条件下测定不同菌树组合的生长和生理生化指标。结果表明：5个乡土菌种均能成功侵染樟子松并形成典型的外生菌根;干旱胁迫下,菌根化樟子松的各项生长指标均显著高于对照（P<0.05）,且接种粘盖牛肝菌（Suillus bovinus）具有最高的菌根侵染率、苗高、地上及地下生物量和根茎比;外生菌根共生体可通过提高植物SOD活性与POD活性,同时降低MDA含量来提高樟子松对干旱的耐受力;干旱胁迫下,所有接种处理苗木的萎蔫时间较对照处理均推迟,推迟时间最长的是粘盖牛肝菌接种处理,较对照推迟96.3 h;另外,接种处理均能显著延长宿主临界致死时间,尤其是接种粘盖牛肝菌可延长113.8 h。因此,可以认为粘盖牛肝菌与樟子松是一个较为理想的抗旱菌树组合。     

Flavonoid data and populational observations in support of hybrid status for Populus acuminata

Flavonoid distribution and populational composition at the collection sites of several samples of Populus acuminata strongly suggest that this taxon is an inter-sectional hybrid between P. angustifolia, sect. Tacamahaca and any one of two or three different species of the section Aigeiros, when the entire range is considered. In the vicinity of the type locality, the Aigeiros parent is P. sargentii. Within any population, foliage of trees of P. acuminata is characterized by morphological intermediacy and an essentially additive flavonoid profile, as compared to the two parental taxa present. In habit the trees resemble those of P. sargentii, and habitats at the collection sites were found to be somewhat intermediate. Fifteen flavonoid compounds were consistently present in samples of the putative hybrid. Twelve of these had diagnostic value because they were absent in one of the parental species. One compound, apigenin 7-O-diglucoside, was found only in P. acuminata. In part, our identifications correspond to compounds reported by Crawford in a morphological and chemical study of P. acuminiata.