苜蓿假盘菌侵染苜蓿叶片的细胞学研究

采用微分干涉相差显微镜、扫描和透射电镜技术系统研究了苜蓿假盘菌Pseudopeziza medicaginis在苜蓿叶片的侵染过程及超微结构特征。结果表明,接种4h后,子囊孢子萌发产生芽管;12h后,芽管以直接侵入的方式进入表皮细胞形成侵染菌丝;24h后,表皮细胞中侵染菌丝向相邻表皮细胞扩展,同时侵入到叶肉细胞以胞内生长方式扩展;接种72h后,侵染菌丝在表皮细胞下的叶肉组织中形成初始菌落;第5d后,菌丝扩展至整个叶片组织,大量菌丝聚集形成子座组织,并进一步形成子囊盘与子囊。病菌菌丝在侵入寄主细胞初期,并不     

短柄草柄锈菌在感病寄主二穗短柄草上发育过程的组织学研究

本研究采用荧光染色和荧光显微镜技术,系统研究了短柄草柄锈菌Puccinia brachypodii (分离系F-Co和K-Ki)在感病二穗短柄草Brachypodium distachyon自交系Bd21-3叶片中的发育过程。荧光显微镜观察结果表明,接种12-18 h时,病原菌通过芽管侵入短柄草叶表皮气孔后形成气孔下囊,产生初生菌丝并形成吸器母细胞,进而侵入植物细胞形成吸器;接种24-48 h后,病原菌初生菌丝分支并形成次生菌丝;接种72 h后,短柄草锈菌开始形成菌落。F-Co的发育过程快于K-Ki,在120-216 h时,F-Co的菌落扩展面积明显高于K-Ki。本研究证实F-Co、K-Ki和二穗短柄草均为亲和互作。     

小麦叶锈菌侵染过程的显微和超微结构

采用光学显微技术和电子显微技术对小麦叶锈菌的侵染过程进行了研究。发现叶锈菌从气孔侵入后在气孔腔内形成气孔下泡囊,然后分化出圆形的膨大体,由膨大体产生1—2初生菌丝,初生菌丝在寄主细胞间隙延伸扩展,与叶肉细胞壁接触后分化形成吸器母细胞,吸器母细胞进入寄主细胞后形成吸器。初生菌丝在吸器母细胞处产生分枝,形成次生菌丝在叶肉细胞间蔓延。在病原菌侵染早期(接种后8—24h),寄主细胞的超微结构变化并不明显。侵染中、后期(接种48—72h),被侵染叶肉细胞发生严重质壁分离,叶绿体膨胀变形,基粒片层排列疏松。线粒体嵴突退化。     

苜蓿假盘菌侵染苜蓿叶片的细胞学研究

采用微分干涉相差显微镜、扫描和透射电镜技术系统研究了苜蓿假盘菌Pseudopeziza medicaginis在苜蓿叶片的侵染过程及超微结构特征。结果表明,接种4h后,子囊孢子萌发产生芽管：12h后,芽管以直接侵入的方式进入表皮细胞形成侵染菌丝：24h后,表皮细胞中侵染菌丝向相邻表皮细胞扩展,同时侵入到叶肉细胞以胞内生长方式扩展：接种72h后,侵染菌丝在表皮细胞下的叶肉组织中形成初始菌落;第5d后,菌丝扩展至整个叶片组织,大量菌丝聚集形成子座组织,并进一步形成子囊盘与子囊。病菌菌丝在侵入寄主细胞初期,并不穿透寄主质膜与原生质,而是被其所包围。但随着菌丝进一步扩展,叶片组织发生了一系列的病理变化,其中包括叶肉细胞肿胀、细胞质消解、叶绿体等细胞器解体以及寄主细胞坏死塌陷,并最终在叶表面产生典型的褐斑病症状。     

苜蓿假盘菌侵染苜蓿叶片的细胞学研究

采用微分干涉相差显微镜、扫描和透射电镜技术系统研究了苜蓿假盘菌Pseudopeziza medicaginis在苜蓿叶片的侵染过程及超微结构特征。结果表明,接种4h后,子囊孢子萌发产生芽管;12h后,芽管以直接侵入的方式进入表皮细胞形成侵染菌丝;24h后,表皮细胞中侵染菌丝向相邻表皮细胞扩展,同时侵入到叶肉细胞以胞内生长方式扩展;接种72h后,侵染菌丝在表皮细胞下的叶肉组织中形成初始菌落;第5d后,菌丝扩展至整个叶片组织,大量菌丝聚集形成子座组织,并进一步形成子囊盘与子囊。病菌菌丝在侵入寄主细胞初期,并不穿透寄主质膜与原生质,而是被其所包围。但随着菌丝进一步扩展,叶片组织发生了一系列的病理变化,其中包括叶肉细胞肿胀、细胞质消解、叶绿体等细胞器解体以及寄主细胞坏死塌陷,并最终在叶表面产生典型的褐斑病症状。     

条形柄锈菌(小麦条锈病菌)侵染结构体外形成的观察

通过荧光显微镜和扫描电镜分别对条形柄锈菌夏孢子在寄主植物-小麦叶表和非寄主植物-水稻叶表以及小麦穗部和茎秆上的萌发过程进行了观察。结果发现,夏孢子在小麦叶片体表萌发产生芽管后,可依次分化形成气孔下囊、初生菌丝与吸器母细胞;在小麦颖片、稃片及茎秆部位表面,同样可观察到病菌在体外分化形成吸器母细胞;并且在水稻叶片上也观察到病菌侵染结构存在体外分化现象。经荧光染色发现,条形柄锈菌在体外与在小麦组织中形成的侵染结构没有明显的差别。观察结果可为条形柄锈菌侵染结构的离体诱导与调控机理研究提供依据。     

尖角突脐孢菌在稗草和水稻上的萌发和侵染行为比较研究

本试验结合曲利苯兰和荧光素钠两种染色方法的优点,从显微角度研究了尖角突脐孢菌(Exserohilum monoceras)两个菌株X-27和HN-14在稗草和水稻上萌发和侵染行为的差异。结果表明,在寄主稗草上,接种4h后尖角突脐孢菌孢子开始从一端或两端萌发形成初生芽管;10h后芽管顶端膨大形成附着胞,附着在寄主表面,两端萌发的孢子约90%一端败育,仅一端形成成熟附着胞;在接种后24h内成熟附着胞形成率与接种时间成正相关,24h后趋于稳定;16h后在成熟附着胞下方受侵染的细胞内指状吸器开始形成,随后发育为掌状吸器;接种36h后菌丝在组织表面扩展形成网状,同时稗草叶片上显现叶斑病症状,部分菌丝能在细胞间蔓延扩展。在非寄主植物水稻上,同样观察到孢子萌发产生芽管,但是萌发起始时间滞后大约4h,初生菌丝分枝明显减少,且未能观察到附着胞和吸器的产生。     

玫烟色棒束孢侵染小菜蛾的透射电镜观察

利用透射电镜观察了玫烟色棒束孢Isaria fumosorosea(=Paecilomyces fumosoroseus)对小菜蛾Plutella xylostella(L.)的侵染过程及菌体在虫体内的增殖方式。以浓度为1×107孢子/mL的孢子悬浮液接种小菜蛾4龄幼虫,在透射电镜下对虫体各部位的观察结果表明:接种后1h玫烟色棒束孢菌株EBCL03011的分生孢子开始萌芽,至4h可观察到附着孢的形成和穿透,接种后24h已普遍侵入体腔。玫烟色棒束孢在寄主表皮和体腔内,以菌丝段出芽生殖、菌丝分隔及菌丝段分隔3种方式大量增殖,主要以颗粒状的菌丝段在寄主体腔内扩散,菌丝段在穿透表皮和体腔内增殖过程中伴随着机械压力和酶的活动。     

柿树炭疽菌侵染不同柿树种、品种和部位的细胞学特征

用柿树炭疽病菌Colletotrichumgloeosporioides的分生孢子制备孢子悬浮液,接种无核柿、野柿、冬柿和浙江柿的新梢、叶柄和叶片,并观察致病性、附着胞形成和侵染特性。柿树炭疽菌可以侵染无核柿枝条和叶柄以及野柿枝条,但不侵染无核柿叶片、野柿叶柄和叶片,也不侵染冬柿和浙江柿枝条、叶柄和叶片。室内接种试验与田间自然发病结果一致。柿树炭疽菌在不同柿树表面均能形成附着胞,附着胞产生在寄主表皮背斜细胞壁间结合处(JACWs)或近结合处的百分率达81%~93%。接种12h后,不同柿树表面都有附着胞形成;36h后,无核柿枝条、叶柄中有侵染菌丝存在;48h后,无核柿枝条、叶柄中观察到膨大初生菌丝和较细次生菌丝,初生菌丝可扩展到相邻细胞中,而野柿枝条中仅观察到侵染菌丝;60h后,野柿枝条中也观察到膨大的初生菌丝和较细的次生菌丝,但初生菌丝仅局限在最初侵染的细胞中,无核柿枝条和叶柄以及野柿枝条中都有分枝的次生菌丝在细胞内、细胞间或相邻的细胞中扩展;直到接种90h后,在冬柿和浙江柿上都未观察到侵染菌丝的形成。结果表明,柿树炭疽菌在不同柿树种和品种上侵染菌丝的形成和扩展方式可能是其寄主专化性(或致病性)差异的重要机制之一。     

小麦条锈菌钙调素依赖蛋白激酶基因Pscamk的功能

【目的】克隆小麦条锈菌钙调素依赖蛋白激酶基因Pscamk,并分析其在条锈菌侵染小麦过程中的表达特征及初步功能。【方法】基于本实验室已测序的小麦条锈菌基因组序列,利用RT-PCR方法,从小麦条锈菌生理小种CYR32中克隆Pscamk基因的cDNA序列,并利用网络数据库和生物信息学工具预测该基因编码蛋白的基本特征和保守结构;运用qRT-PCR技术分析Pscamk在不同发育及侵染阶段的表达水平,进一步通过钙调素依赖蛋白激酶(CaMK)的免疫抑制剂KN-93处理小麦条锈菌夏孢子,观察其萌发状况。【结果】获得1个1620 bp的小麦条锈菌CaMK基因Pscamk;序列分析发现,Pscamk编码蛋白包含CaMK蛋白的保守结构域,并与小麦杆锈菌该类蛋白序列相似性最高。qRT-PCR分析表明,Pscamk在条锈菌侵染初期过程中的芽管发育、初生菌丝侵染及吸器形成时期呈显著上调表达,且在条锈菌接种6 h时表达量最高,为对照夏孢子的20.74倍。在专一性免疫抑制剂KN-93处理后,随着KN-93施加浓度的增加,条锈菌夏孢子萌发率逐渐降低,当浓度为1.4μmol/L时夏孢子萌发率为8.02%,仅为对照的12%。【讨论】推测Pscamk基因参与了小麦条锈菌夏孢子萌发、芽管发育以及初期侵染结构的形成。本研究为进一步探索条锈菌细胞钙信号传导机理和致病机制奠定了基础。     

Surface ultrastructure of the uredinial stage ofCerotelium fici and its infection process on mulberry

Surface morphology of uredinia and urediniospores ofCerotelium fici (Cast.) Arth., and its infection process in mulberry (Morus alba L.) have been described using the scanning electron microscope. The uredinia ofC. fici are paraphysate and bear pedicellate urediniospores. The surface morphology of urediniospore is similar to most of the rust fungi which have pedicellate urediniospores. The infection process ofC. fici on mulberry leaves differs from other rust fungi in not forming appressoria over the stomates. Further, the germ tube of the urediniospore crosses over the stomata, and sometimes forms an appressorium close to the stoma rather than forming over it. Thus, the present study indicates that the formation of appressoria byC. fici on mulberry leaves is not site specific but an independent, specialized and inherent mechanism required byC. fici to penetrate the mulberry leaf cuticle and epidermis.     

Observations on the ultrastructure of the uredinial stage ofPuccinia polypogonis onPolypogon monspeliensis

The ultrastructure of the uredinial stage of the rust fungus,Puccinia polypogonis onPolypogon monspeliensis is described, using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. This study examined the urediniospores, intercellular hyphae, and haustoria of the fungus. The formation and structure of urediniospores is similar to those of otherPuccinia species. The ultrastructure of intercellular hyphae and haustoria is similar to those of other rust fungi, but with some differences. No modifications are observed in the wall of the haustorial mother cells during penetration. A collar is found only around old haustoria. In most cases, one nucleus is detected inside the haustorial body and no nucleoli are seen in the nuclei of intercellular hyphae and haustoria. The host-parasite interface, including extrahaustorial matrix and extrahaustorial membrane, is also discussed and compared with those of other rust fungi.     

Compared Anatomy of Young Leaves of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch with Different Degrees of Susceptibility to Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul

Anatomical observations of leaves infected by Taphrina deformans were studied in tolerant peach trees (TPT) and in very susceptible (VSPT) ones. Leaves from the first sampling (2nd April) showed hyphae penetrating through the stomata or into the cuticle of the host tissue; anatomical structures of leaf sections were similar for both TPT and VSPT. The ultrastructure of the leaves of TPT showed seemingly normal mesophyll cells. In contrast, mesophyll cells of the VSPT showed important signs of degradation. Cells were organelle‐free and the middle lamella was expanded and invaded by hyphae of T. deformans. In some samples, the leaves of TPT showed deformed epidermal cells, loss of some spongy cells and increase of the intercellular spaces and division of the palisade cells. The pathogen proliferation in the leaves of the VSPT was considerably superior. In this case, stimulation of cell division occurred in the abaxial epidermis. Cells showed periclinal and oblique divisions, with an increased number of plasmodesmata; palisade or spongy cells were not differentiable. Leaves from TPT collected on 26th April showed hyphae with a non‐cylindrical section and with a squashed aspect. The hyphae were very evident in the intercellular spaces, showing abundant endoplasmic reticulum of rough type (RER) in the cytoplasm. On the other hand, epidermis of the leaves of the VSPT had numerous hyphae under the cuticle, which were growing in a thick pectin matrix. Leaves from TPT and VSPT collected on 6th May showed relevant differences. The leaves of TPT had a palisade mesophyll with fewer cells but with active chloroplasts. In contrast, the leaves from VSPT showed empty mesophyll cells, the cytoplasm was collapsed and the adaxial epidermis was covered with the fungus fructification. The observed anatomical and ultrastructural differences of leaves from TPT and VSPT confirm a different behaviour in plant‐host reaction at early stages of infection.     

Microscopic Observation on the Development of Puccinia striiformis in the Spike and Stem of Wheat

The majority of germ tubes of the pathotype CYR32 of Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici formed on the surface of spike organs of the susceptible wheat cv. Suwon 11 penetrated through the stomatal pore, only a few germ tubes formed small appressoria over the stomata. In the lemma, palea and glume, the stripe rust fungus spread between the parenchyma cells close to the inner epidermal layer, but the fungus did not develop between the thick‐walled cells near the outer epidermal layer of these organs. In the awn and stem, spread of the stripe rust was confined to the intercellular spaces of the chlorophyll parenchyma, beneath the invaded stomatal pore of the epidermis and the urediniospores to be released disrupted the epidermis. In the caryopsis, the spread of hyphae was restricted to the intercellular spaces of the pericarp cells.     

Oxalic Acid Has an Additional,Detoxifying Function in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Pathogenesis

The mechanism of the diseases caused by the necrotroph plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is not well understood. To investigate the role of oxalic acid during infection high resolution, light-, scanning-, transmission electron microscopy and various histochemical staining methods were used. Our inoculation method allowed us to follow degradation of host plant tissue around single hyphae and to observe the reaction of host cells in direct contact with single invading hyphae. After penetration the outer epidermal cell wall matrix appeared degraded around subcuticular hyphae (12-24 hpi). Calcium oxalate crystals were detected in advanced (36-48 hpi) and late (72 hpi) infection stages, but not in early stages. In early infection stages, surprisingly, no toxic effect of oxalic acid eventually secreted by S. sclerotiorum was observed. As oxalic acid is a common metabolite in plants, we propose that attacked host cells are able to metabolize oxalic acid in the early infection stage and translocate it to their vacuoles where it is stored as calcium oxalate. The effects, observed on healthy tissue upon external application of oxalic acid to non-infected, living tissue and cell wall degradation of dead host cells starting at the inner side of the walls support this idea. The results indicate that oxalic acid concentrations in the early stage of infection stay below the toxic level. In plant and fungi oxalic acid/calcium oxalate plays an important role in calcium regulation. Oxalic acid likely could quench calcium ions released during cell wall breakdown to protect growing hyphae from toxic calcium concentrations in the infection area. As calcium antimonate-precipitates were found in vesicles of young hyphae, we propose that calcium is translocated to the older parts of hyphae and detoxified by building non-toxic, stable oxalate crystals. We propose an infection model where oxalic acid plays a detoxifying role in late infection stages.     

Primary Infection of Barley by Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei in Relation to Leaf-Age Dependent Resistance and the Roles of the Epidermis and Mesophyll in this Resistance

Abstract The infection frequency of both compatible and incompatible races of Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei decreased gradually with increasing leaf age on undetached primary barley leaves. The length of secondary hyphae of the compatible race was approximately the same regardless of age, but secondary hyphae were slightly longer on younger seedlings than on older seedlings in the case of the incompatible race. Both the infection frequency and length of secondary hyphae of the two races weredistinctly different. On composite sections produced by exchanging the epidermal layers of young and relatively mature primary leaves, the infection frequency of the compatible race was higher on the epidermis of young leaves than on the epidermis of older, leaves, regardless of which mesophyll was under the epidermis. The epidermis appears to play a major role in age-dependent resistance, while the mesophyll may act disparately by providing a factor promotive to mildew infection in addition to supporting the resistance function of the epidermis.     

Wheat leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina

Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina, is the most common rust disease of wheat. The fungus is an obligate parasite capable of producing infectious urediniospores as long as infected leaf tissue remains alive. Urediniospores can be wind‐disseminated and infect host plants hundreds of kilometres from their source plant, which can result in wheat leaf rust epidemics on a continental scale. This review summarizes current knowledge of the P. triticina/wheat interaction with emphasis on the infection process, molecular aspects of pathogenicity, rust resistance genes in wheat, genetics of the host parasite interaction, and the population biology of P. triticina. Taxonomy: Puccinia triticina Eriks.: kingdom Fungi, phylum Basidiomycota, class Urediniomycetes, order Uredinales, family Pucciniaceae, genus Puccinia. Host range: Telial/uredinial (primary) hosts: common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), durum wheat (T. turgidum L. var. durum), cultivated emmer wheat (T. dicoccon) and wild emmer wheat (T. dicoccoides), Aegilops speltoides, goatgrass (Ae. cylindrica), and triticale (X Triticosecale). Pycnial/aecial (alternative) hosts: Thalictrum speciosissimum (= T. flavum glaucum) and Isopyrum fumaroides. Identification: Leaf rust is characterized by the uredinial stage. Uredinia are up to 1.5 mm in diameter, erumpent, round to ovoid, with orange to brown uredinia that are scattered on both the upper and the lower leaf surfaces of the primary host. Uredinia produce urediniospores that are sub‐globoid, average 20 µm in diameter and are orange–brown, with up to eight germ pores scattered in thick, echinulate walls. Disease symptoms: Wheat varieties that are fully susceptible have large uredinia without causing chlorosis or necrosis in the host tissues. Resistant wheat varieties are characterized by various responses from small hypersensitive flecks to small to moderate size uredinia that may be surrounded by chlorotic and/or necrotic zones. Useful website: USDA Cereal Disease Laboratory: http://www.ars.usda.gov/mwa/cdl     

Competition Alters Temporal Dynamics of Sporulation in the Wheat Stem Rust Fungus

To investigate the effects of competition on the timing of pathogen reproduction, urediniospores of two strains of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici (SR22 and SR41) were inoculated onto leaves of wheat seedlings singly and in 1 : 1 mixture at three inoculum densities. On randomly sampled leaves, uredinia were counted 9 days after inoculation and urediniospores were collected and quantified every other day from the seventh to the 29th day after inoculation. Increases in inoculum density resulted in progressively smaller increases in uredinial numbers. However, total urediniospore production per leaf was not significantly affected by inoculum, and hence uredinial, density over a range of approximately 10-300 uredinia on the leaf. Total urediniospore production per uredinium generally decreased with increasing inoculum or uredinial density. At high densities, sporulation per uredinium peaked earlier in the sporulation period, had a less distinct peak, and dropped off earlier than for the lower densities. Logistic model fits to cumulative sporulation curves over time revealed that strain SR41 had a greater epidemic rate parameter (r) than SR22 at low and intermediate inoculum or uredinial densities, while SR22 had a higher r-value than SR41 at high density. Both strains also exhibited greater r-values in the presence of the other strain than when alone. Results suggest that strains may have different ecological strategies in their timing of reproduction, and that both intra- and interstrain competition can have complex effects on the temporal dynamics of sporulation in pathogen strains.