Inoculation of commercially grown strawberry with VA mycorrhizal fungi

The effect of inoculation with VA mycorrhizal fungi on the productivity of commercially grown strawberry, cv. Senga Sengana, was studied in a field experiment in southern Finland. Micropropagated certified strawberry plants were inoculated at planting with different strains of Glomus spp. Although none of the inoculants raised the level of root infection above the natural infection level, all inoculated plants produced more runners in the first year than the control plants. Glomus intraradix Schenck & Smith (GI), G. etunicatum Becker & Gerdemann (GE) and Glomus sp. E3 (GF) significantly increased the number of runners by 57%, 69% and 76%, respectively. However, there was no significant increase in runner production in the second year, nor in fruit production in the third year. Of the strains tested, E3 was the most effective, increasing runner production by 30% over the first two years. Plants inoculated with G. mosseae (Nicol. & Gerd.) Gerdemann & Trappe (GM) produced fewer but larger runners than the control plants, and had a higher capacity for runner production relative to the plant size.The possibility of establishing mycorrhizal infection in micropropagated strawberries directly after the in-vitro phase under standard nursery conditions was studied in two glasshouse experiments. Three (GE, GF and GM) of five Glomus spp. caused mycorrhizal infection in plants of all four strawberry cultivars studied. In practical strawberry farming greater benefit of the mycorrhizal symbiosis may be achieved by using pretransplant-inoculated plants and adjusting the fertilizer regimes.     

Standard method for detecting Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus disease-resistant silkworm varieties

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) disease is one of the most serious silkworm diseases, and it has caused great economic losses to the sericulture industry. So far, the disease has not been controlled effectively by therapeutic agents. Breeding resistant silkworm varieties breeding may be an effective way to improve resistance to BmNPV and reduce economic losses. A precise resistance-detection method will help to accelerate the breeding process. For this purpose, here we described the individual inoculation method (IIM). Details of the IIM include pathogen BmNPV preparation, mulberry leaf size, pathogen volume, rearing conditions, course of infection, and breeding conditions. Finally, a resistance comparison experiment was performed using the IIM and the traditional group inoculation method (GIM). The incidence of BmNPV infection and the within-group variance results showed that the IIM was more precise and reliable than the GIM.     

禽流感H5N1病毒不同途径感染BALB/c小鼠的临床和病理比较

我们将禽流感H5N1病毒通过鼻腔、尾静脉和脑内接种方式接种BALB/c小鼠,观察小鼠在感染过程中临床症状和各个组织器官的病理变化。感染1天后,小鼠打堆、猥琐、毛色混乱、眼角有分泌物;感染第2天的小鼠均出现死亡;感染4天后,小鼠从临床症状上表现恢复。收集各种方式感染的小鼠的主要脏器进行组织病理学检查,结果显示,小鼠不同接种途径感染H5N1流感病毒后,所产生的病理变化相似;从各个脏器的病变程度来看,病毒最先到达的器官损伤最严重。感染第2天各组织器官的病变最严重,随着感染时间增长,肺脏和肾脏等器官有不同程度的恢复,心脏和肝脏等器官的病变在感染过程中未见明显恢复。     

玉米抗镰刀菌穗腐病接种方法及抗病资源筛选研究

对玉米抗穗腐病性鉴定中采用的牙签法与花丝通道注射法进行比较研究表明,牙签法接种果穗的发病程度重于花丝通道注射法接种。牙签法接种病菌于果穗子粒与穗轴之间,有利于病原菌的发育扩展,是一种比较理想的、容易操作的接种方法。采用牙签法接种串珠镰刀菌,对178份玉米自交系和15份杂交种进行抗穗腐病鉴定,筛选出高抗(HR)自交系1份、抗病(R)玉米自交系34份、抗病(R)玉米杂交种12份。     

联合接种法在假丝酵母菌培养中的应用

目的寻找一种在最短时间内能为假丝酵母菌的鉴定提供最多信息的简易培养方法。方法在同一个平板内用分区划线法、多点接种法及小培养对标本进行培养,分离假丝酵母菌。结果一个平板内同时使用三种方法接种培养。可从分区划线法、多点接种法观察到菌落的全貌(如颜色、质地、形态)、种类、数量及生长特性等。可用显微镜从小培养中看到假丝酵母菌的孢子和菌丝的结构。结论由于假丝酵母菌种类繁多导致假丝酵母菌临床感染表现不同,临床诊断和治疗在很大程度上依赖于实验室的检查结果,因此寻找快速有效的鉴定方法至关重要。一个平板内同时用三种方法接种标本进行培养,可大大提高假丝酵母菌的检出率及鉴定效率,并能判定分离出的假丝酵母菌是目的菌株还是污染菌。     

甲真菌病多点平皿培养法与常规试管培养法的比较

目的比较甲真菌病病原体检测中多点平皿培养法与常规试管培养法的差异。方法选择2004年10月～12月及2005年10月～12月病甲标本,分别采用多点平皿培养法(试验组)和常规试管培养法(对照组)分离病原体并作菌种鉴定。结果多点平皿培养法和常规试管培养法之间比较,阳性率分别为68.4%和49.3%(P=0.0029),污染率分别为13.2%和4.6%(P=0.0246)。致病菌分离结果:对照组皮肤癣菌75.7%,酵母菌18.9%,非皮肤癣菌霉菌5.4%;试验组则分别为46.2%,34.6%和16.7%。两组分离菌种比较,P值均<0.05。试验组共检出2例混合感染,对照组则无。结论多点平皿培养法阳性率高,可以提高对甲真菌病的病原菌的检出率,尤其是对非皮肤癣菌酵母菌和霉菌的检出率,且有助于发现甲真菌病的混合感染。但多点平皿培养法污染率亦高,应规范无菌操作。     

Serological response in rabbits to Listeria monocytogenes after oral or intragastric inoculation

Abstract The serological response in rabbits against Listeria monocytogenes after oral or intragastric inoculation was investigated. Both the number of sero-positive and the average serum titres were hgher in animals inoculated by the oral route. This difference was especially marked in rabbits inoculated with the lower dose (1×10³ colony-forming units (cfu)), which developed a strong serological response (average serum titre of 1280 after 4 inoculations) in most of the inoculated animals (80%), without any clinical signs. The implication of these results in the epidemiology of listeriosis is discussed.     

丛枝菌根真菌在蔬菜生产中的研究进展

近年来,丛枝菌根真菌（Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi,AMF）在设施蔬菜生产中的应用表明,在蔬菜的育苗过程中接种AMF可以生产出秧苗质量好、抗性强、品质高的菌根苗。通过对AMF的作用效果分析,发现接种AMF可以改善蔬菜营养与水分的供应状况,增强蔬菜对环境胁迫的耐受性,增加蔬菜根部疾病及线虫的抗性,提高蔬菜产量和产品质量,具有重要的农业意义。基于AMF对于蔬菜的有益作用,本文综述了AMF在促进蔬菜生长、提高蔬菜产量和品质、缓解其非生物胁迫和控制病原菌以及与其他生物防治剂（或农药）联合施用等方面的研究进展,以期为AMF在蔬菜生产中的应用提供参考。     

黄土丘陵区藓结皮人工培养方法试验研究

以陕北黄土丘陵区自然发育的藓结皮为繁殖材料,通过室内人工培养研究了藓类植物孢子繁殖法(孢子法)、植物碎片营养繁殖(断茎法)以及生物结皮团块粉碎(碎皮法)接种等不同方法对藓结皮形成发育的影响,并对不同培养温度和土壤含水量条件下的藓结皮生长发育进行比较分析.结果表明,(1)相同培养条件下,碎皮法接种有利于藓结皮盖度的形成,在20℃、光照5 230 lx、光周期12 h/d条件下,经80 d培养,藓结皮盖度、密度分别达到76%和59株/cm2,且显著高于其他方法.(2)不同的接种量对藓结皮形成发育影响显著,采用碎皮法,接种量在500～750 g/m2水平下藓结皮的盖度和藓类植物的密度生长较高.(3)温度显著影响藓结皮的形成和发育,在试验条件下,17℃有利于藓结皮盖度、藓类植株密度和株高的生长.(4)土壤含水量只有>60%田间持水量时才有藓结皮形成,当土壤含水量达到超饱和含水量,并在近地面处有水汽存在时则更有利于藓结皮的形成和发育.     

2012年广州市荔湾区疑似预防接种异常反应监测情况分析

目的了解广州市荔湾区疑似预防接种异常反应（Adverseevent following immunization,AEFI）监测情况,分析AEFI发生的原因,为改进疫苗质量和提高预防接种服务质量提供依据。方法对2012年荔湾区各预防接种门诊报告的AEFI病例资料进行分析。结果2012年荔湾区开展预防接种的疫苗共82种（不同厂家和剂型）,其中22种疫苗报告AEFI157例。接种共352723剂次,发生率为44．51／10万,其中一般反应、异常反应、偶合症的发生率分别为27．50／10万（占61．78％）、15．88／10万（占35．67％）、11．34／10万（占2．55％）。157例AEFI病例中,0～1岁儿童112例（占71．34％）,0-7岁儿童156例（占99．36％）。AEFI发生率居前的疫苗为七价肺炎球菌结合疫苗、白破疫苗、23价肺炎球菌多糖疫苗,报告发生率分别为253．32／10万、203．94／10万、190．28／10万。结论广州市荔湾区2012年AEFI监测具有较高的覆盖性和灵敏度。荔湾区2012年AEFI以一般反应为主,未发生严重异常反应。加强宣传、加强培训、加强管理,有利于提高预防接种服务的质量。     

A new seed-train expansion method for recombinant mammalian cell lines

A new approach has been developed and used to minimize the timeand more carefully monitor and control the seed-train expansionprocess of recombinant mammalian cell lines. The process uses 50or 100 ml cryo-bags that contain frozen cells at high cell densities of 20 × 10⁶ ml^-1 (100 ml bags) or 40 × 10⁶ cells ml^-1 (50 ml bags). The frozen bag cell suspension is thawed and transferred directly into a bioreactorthat has been modified such that pH, DO and temperature can becontrolled at the initial volume of two liters (the working volume eventually increases to 12 l). The successful use of thesecryo-bags and the modified `inoculation' bioreactor to initiate anew seed train expansion of rBHK or rCHO cells is described herein. The interval between cell thawing and the accumulation ofsufficient cell mass to inoculate a production reactor is reducedby at least 25 to 30 days compared to the conventional method that begins with the thaw of 1–2 ml cryo-vials. This `one-step'technology leads to a much more consistent scale-up by reducingmanual operations and avoiding subjective decisions during the scale-up phase. The cell metabolic rates and product integritywere similar to the control experiments. Furthermore, it was found that it is not necessary to include a wash step to removeDMSO prior to the inoculation.     

模拟氮沉降和不同外生菌根真菌侵染对樟子松幼苗生长的影响

盆栽条件下,采用单接种Suillus bovines(以下简称SB)和混合接种(Suillus luteus、Suillus grevillea、Tricholoma fulvum、Boletinus grisellus、Suillus bovinus、Leucocortinarius bulbiger、Rhizopogon luteolus、Pisolithus tinctorius 8个菌种的等量混合菌剂接种,以下简称HJ)方法对樟子松(Pinus sylvestris var.mongolica)2个月幼苗进行接种处理,幼苗生长6个月形成菌根后对樟子松幼苗进行模拟氮沉降实验,5个月后通过测定幼苗生长指标、根系形态结构和菌根侵染率,旨在探讨模拟氮沉降对樟子松不同接种处理幼苗生长的影响。结果表明:①随着氮浓度的增加,单接种乳牛肝(SB)和混合接种(HJ)菌根侵染率均呈下降趋势,且氮沉降对SB处理的菌根侵染率影响更显著。②接种显著促进幼苗地上和地下生物量积累,且混合接菌效果更好;同一接菌处理中,氮浓度增加对地上生物量的积累有抑制作用;接种和氮浓度对地径和地上生物量有显著交互作用,但对苗高和地下生物量无交互作用。③HJ处理中不施氮(CKN)和1倍氮浓度(CN)较不接菌(CK)和SB处理显著促进幼苗根系的平均直径、总根长和总表面积;氮浓度增加显著促进CK和SB处理的幼苗根系平均直径、总根长和总表面积,但是对HJ处理的根系各形态结构指标均产生抑制作用。接种和氮浓度以及两者的交互作用均极显著影响幼苗根系形态结构。     

伊朗棉铃虫核型多角体病毒三个分离株在规模化生产中的产量参数 (英文)

对采自伊朗阿塞拜疆东部西红柿大田的棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera核型多角体病毒3个分离株［Maragheh (MRG), Nebrin (NBN)和 Marand (MRD)］繁殖的3个主要参数（幼虫期、 接种剂量和培养温度）进行了研究, 以在室内条件下筛选很有前景的分离株。在测试的各龄幼虫中, 5龄初期幼虫的病毒产量最高。最适接种剂量和接种温度分别为1 965.87 OB/mm² 和25℃。而在所有测试中, 采自Nebrin 的NBN分离株在规模化生产中表现最佳。     

Schistosoma mansoni: a diamidinophenylindole probe for in vitro death of schistosomula

The following fluorochromes were studied as probes for discrimination between living and dead Schistosoma mansoni schistosomula: ethidium bromide (EB), propidium iodide (PI), diamidinophenylindole (DAPI), and carboxyfluoresceine diacetate (C-FDA). While schistosomula stained with EB, PI, or C-FDA showed leakage of fluorochrome into the medium, this was not the case with DAPI. Dead schistosomula, which were stained with DAPI, showed an intense blue fluorescence, while living schistosomula were not stained even after prolonged incubation. In addition, the low DAPI concentration (1 microgram/ml) in the medium proved not to be toxic to the schistosomula, nor did it cause any background fluorescence. These properties make DAPI an ideal probe: the viability of S. mansoni schistosomula in cytotoxicity tests can be continuously monitored in tissue culture trays, using an inverted microscope with simultaneous transmitted light and incident fluorescent light illumination.     

Effect of algal inoculation on the yield and vitamin C content of two varieties of tomato

Summary Two varieties of tomato (Pusa Rubi and Selection 120) positively responded to algal inoculation in terms of the yield of fruits and shoots, but there was no significant effect on the vitamin C content of the fruits. A combined application of urea and algae was more effective than the application of urea alone.     

The prevention and eradication of smallpox: a commentary on Sloane (1755) ‘An account of inoculation’

Sir Hans Sloane''s account of inoculation as a means to protect against smallpox followed several earlier articles published in Philosophical Transactions on this procedure. Inoculation (also called ‘variolation’) involved the introduction of small amounts of infectious material from smallpox vesicles into the skin of healthy subjects, with the goal of inducing mild symptoms that would result in protection against the more severe naturally acquired disease. It began to be practised in England in 1721 thanks to the efforts of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who influenced Sloane to promote its use, including the inoculation of the royal family''s children. When Edward Jenner''s inoculation with the cow pox (‘vaccination’) followed 75 years later as a safer yet equally effective procedure, the scene was set for the eventual control of smallpox epidemics culminating in the worldwide eradication of smallpox in 1977, officially proclaimed by WHO in 1980. Here, we discuss the significance of variolation and vaccination with respect to scientific, public health and ethical controversies concerning these ‘weapons of mass protection’. This commentary was written to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.     

Herbivore arthropods benefit from vectoring plant viruses

Plants infected with pathogens often attract the pathogens’ vectors, but it is not clear if this is advantageous to the vectors. We therefore quantified the direct and indirect (through the host plant) effects of a pathogen on its vector. A positive direct effect of the plant‐pathogenic Tomato spotted wilt virus on its thrips vector (Frankliniella occidentalis) was found, but the main effect was indirect; juvenile survival and developmental rate of thrips was lower on pepper plants that were damaged by virus‐free thrips than on unattacked plants, but such negative effects were absent on plants that were damaged and inoculated by infected thrips or were mechanically inoculated with the virus. Hence, potential vectors benefit from attacking plants with virus because virus‐infected plants are of higher quality for the vector's offspring. We propose that plant pathogens in general have evolved mechanisms to overcome plant defences against their vectors, thus promoting pathogen spread.     

茶树内生木霉种的鉴定及其在植物体内的定殖

采用分离自健康茶树叶片组织的一株长枝木霉Trichoderma longibrachiatum菌株CSN-18,研究茶树内生木霉的人工接种、再分离及其在茶树地上部组织中的内生性。该菌在PDA培养基上生长速度快,产孢量大。用CSN-18回接茶苗,接种后一个月可以从茶苗的茎和叶组织中再分离获得该真菌。接种后的茶苗没有观察到明显的病害表现;与对照相比,接种后6个月组培苗生长良好,叶色更绿;接种后1个月,实生苗生长正常。通过石蜡切片和苯胺蓝染色,在已接种的茶树组培苗的叶片内部组织中可观察到木霉的存在,从而证明了木霉能够在茶树地上部组织内定殖,是茶树的一种内生真菌。     

Relationships among pure cultured strains of Frankia based on host specificity

Fifty strains of Frankia were tested for their ability to nodulate six species of actinorhizal plants. Pure cultured strains were used to inoculate seedlings of Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., Alnus rubra Bong., Casuarina equisetifolia L., Elaeagnus angustifolia L., Hippophaë rhamnoides L. and Myrica cerifera L. in nutrient solution culture. From the results of this study, host inoculation groups among the actinorhizal plants were defined. Although overlap between host inoculation groups appears to be common, the results from this study did not support the view that Frankia strains are promiscuous. All Frankia strains tested in this study could easily be classified into four major host-specificity groups.