Crude Extracts and Secondary Metabolites of Epichloë bromicola against Phytophthora infestans

Potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is still one of the main factors limiting potato production. Epichloë spp. can provide host plants with various resistances, which makes them show great potential in the biological control of diseases. In this study, we explored the potential biological activity of crude extracts of 20 strains of Epichloë bromicola to control P. infestans. The crude extracts of strains 1 and 8 showed significant antifungal activity with an inhibition rate of 88 % and 81 %, respectively, and showed different effects on the mycelium morphology of P. infestans observed by scanning electron microscopy. Moreover, the two crude extracts demonstrated an interesting therapeutic and protective effect on potato late blight, and none of the extracts had an adverse effect against zebrafish embryos. A total of 13 metabolites were isolated from the crude extract of strain 8, and these tested compounds showed a weak antifungal effect and the inhibition rate was less than 80 %. These findings suggested that strains 1 and 8 have potential for biocontrol of late potato blight.     

Bikaverin and fusaric acid from Fusarium oxysporum show antioomycete activity against Phytophthora infestans

Aims: To isolate and identify antioomycete substances from Fusarium oxysporum EF119 against Phytophthora infestans and to investigate their antimicrobial activities against various plant pathogenic bacteria, oomycetes and true fungi. Methods and Results: Two antioomycete substances were isolated from liquid cultures of F. oxysporum EF119, which shows a potent disease control efficacy against tomato late blight caused by P. infestans. They were identified as bikaverin and fusaric acid by mass and nuclear magnetic resonance spectral analyses. They inhibited the mycelial growth of plant pathogenic oomycetes and fungi. Fusaric acid also effectively suppressed the cell growth of various plant pathogenic bacteria, but bikaverin was virtually inactive. Treatment with bikaverin at 300 μg ml^?1 suppressed the development of tomato late blight by 71%. Fusaric acid provided effective control against tomato late blight and wheat leaf rust over 67% at concentrations more than 100 μg ml^?1. Conclusions: Both bikaverin and fusaric acid showed in vitro and in vivo antioomycete activity against P. infestans. Significance and Impact of the Study: Fusarium oxysporum EF119 producing both bikaverin and fusaric acid may be used as a biocontrol agent against tomato late blight caused by P. infestans.     

影响活体内马铃薯晚疫病菌卵孢子产生因素的研究*

研究了不同菌株组合,马铃薯植株茎、叶及接种物中A1和A2菌株孢子囊比例、温度、湿度对卵孢子产生的影响。不同菌株组合产生卵孢子的数量有显著差异;在离体接种情况下,叶片中产生卵孢子数量大于茎中产生卵孢子数量;A1和A2菌株中孢子囊不同比例对卵孢子产生影响很大,当比值为1∶1时卵孢子产生量最大;15℃光照条件下培养,并给侵染叶片持续的水分供应才能产生大量卵孢子;寄主的抗性水平对卵孢子产生有明显的影响,中抗品种上产生卵孢子量最多,高抗品种上产生卵孢子量最少,感病品种上产生卵孢子量居中。     

马铃薯POTHR-1 cDNA的克隆及晚疫病菌和其他非生物因子诱导表达分析

利RACE和重叠延伸相结合的方法,从经晚疫病菌接种诱导的马铃薯水平抗性材料叶片中克隆了一个POTHE 1基因(potato Phytophthora infestans induced hypersensitive response related protein gene)的全长cDNA.序列分析表明,该基因编码225个氨基酸,与烟草harpin诱导蛋白基因hinl有很高的同源性(编码区核苷酸和氨基酸序列分别为83%和81%).Southern杂交结果显示在马铃薯基因组中有2～3个拷贝.对其诱导表达模式研究表明:晚疫病病原菌接种36 h后,该基因表达迅速增加;机械伤害及茉莉酸(JA)处理能够诱导表达;渗透胁迫(NaCl浸泡)能够诱导其微弱表达;但水杨酸(SA)不能诱导表达.该基因可能和病原与寄主互作时寄主产生过敏反应及细胞生理性死亡有关.     

30种药用植物提取物杀虫杀菌活性研究

采用微量点滴法和载毒叶片饲喂法测定30种药用植物乙醇提取物对粘虫3龄幼虫的触杀、胃毒以及拒食活性。结果表明,供试样品在50mg·mL-1浓度下均无明显的触杀或胃毒作用,但卡瓦胡椒和川陈皮对试虫有一定的拒食活性,其中卡瓦胡椒24h拒食中浓(AFC50)为4.12mg·mL-1,48h为9.12mg·mL-1。采用抑制菌丝生长速率法和抑制孢子萌发法测定离体杀菌活性的结果表明,供试样品在2mg·mL-1浓度下,卡瓦胡椒和厚朴对供试病原菌均有较强抑制作用。毒力测定结果表明,卡瓦胡椒对玉米大斑病菌、番茄灰霉病菌、小麦根腐病菌、油菜菌核病菌4种病原真菌菌丝生长抑制的有效中浓(EC50)分别为108、258、290、205mg·L-1,厚朴分别为208、331、345、408mg·L-1;卡瓦胡椒对玉米大斑病菌、玉米小斑病菌、烟草赤星病菌3种病原真菌抑制孢子萌发的有效中浓(EC50)分别为155、195、268mg·L-1,厚朴则分别为151、242、241mg·L-1。根据以上结果,我们认为卡瓦胡椒和厚朴的乙醇提取物具有较高的杀菌活性,其有效成分值得进一步研究。     

Broad-spectrum antibacterial and antifungal properties of certain traditionally used Indian medicinal plants

Ethanolic extracts of 22 traditionally used Indian medicinal plants were studied for their antimicrobial activity against seven bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, S. paratyphi, S. typhi, E. coli, Shigella dysenteriae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and five filamentous fungi (Aspergillus niger, Alternaria alternata, Fusarium chlamydosporum, Rhizoctonia bataticola and Trichoderma viride) and a yeast Candida albicans of clinical origin. Of these, 16 plant extracts showed varied level of antibacterial activity against one or more test bacteria. Similarly antifungal and anticandidal activity was detected among 17 and 9 plant extracts respectively. Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity (both antibacterial and antifungal) was detected among crude extracts of Bryophyllum pinnatum (leaves), Caesalpinia bonducella (seeds), Delonix regia (flower), Hedychium spicatum (fruits), Mangifera indica (leaves), Murraya coenigii (leaves) and Syzgium cumini (seeds). Similarly extracts of Cichorium intybus (roots), Ficus religiosa (leaves) and Trigonella foenum-graecum (leaves) demonstrated more antibacterial activity with less antifungal activity. On the other hand Pistacia integerrima (stems) and Rheum emodi (roots) demonstrated more antifungal activity with less antibacterial activity.     

Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary in the Eastern and Western Highlands of Uganda

Eight isolates of Phytophthora infestans were recovered from late blight infected samples collected from the districts of Mbale and Mbarara in the Eastern and Western highlands of Uganda in 2001 and analysed using mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) haplotype and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Polymerase chain reaction amplification with the P2 primer followed by digestion with MspI yielded a three‐fragment pattern characteristic of isolates belonging to the US‐1 clonal lineage; the polymorphism was confirmed by DNA sequencing. AFLP analysis yielded 60 markers, analysis of which clustered the Ugandan isolates with reference to US‐1 isolates (US930258 and US940501). These results suggest that the examined Ugandan isolates belong to the US‐1 clonage lineage.     

马铃薯抗病基因工程研究

马铃薯是世界上最主要的粮食作物之一,但真菌性病害、病毒性病害和细菌性病害等对马铃薯的危害非常严重,成为制约其产量的主要影响因素之一。近年来,随着基因工程的迅速发展,通过转基因的方法在提高马铃薯抗病性方面取得了较大进展,对其进展进行了综述。     

培养条件对马铃薯晚晚疫病菌卵孢子产生的影响

马铃薯晚疫病菌（Ｐｈｙｔｏｐｈｔｈｏｒａ ｉｎｆｅｓｔａｎｓ）在我国能够进行有性生殖产生卵孢子＾「１」,研究了离体培养时培养基成份、温度、光照及ｐＨ值对卵孢子产生的影响。结果表明：白云豆培养基、小米培养基和大豆培养基均适合卵孢子的产生,产生的数量为１３１．６～１４９．６个／ｃｍ＾２,但冰冻豌豆培养基不适合卵孢子的产生,产生的数量仅为５．８个／ｃｍ＾２。比较不同ｐＨ值、不同温度、不同光照条件对卵孢子     

福建省马铃薯晚疫病菌线粒体DNA单倍型分析

为明确福建省马铃薯晚疫病菌线粒体DNA单倍型组成和分布情况,采用PCR-RFLP方法分析了2010—2012年从福建省7个地区（福州,长乐,漳州,青口,龙海,霞浦,龙岩）分离的526个马铃薯晚疫病菌株的线粒体DNA单倍型及频率分布。结果表明Ⅰa型为主要单倍型,占72．8％,其次是Ⅱb型,占26．42％,最少的Ⅱa型,占0．76％,没有检测到Ⅰb型。与文献报道历史材料相比较,说明福建省马铃薯晚疫病菌线粒体DNA单倍型的组成发生较大变化,而且福建省马铃薯晚疫病菌线粒体单倍型组成比云南、四川和贵州等地区更为复杂。     

Screening for Endophytic Fungi with Antitumour and Antifungal Activities from Chinese Medicinal Plants

Summary One hundred and thirty endophytic fungi isolated from 12 Chinese traditional medicinal plants collected at Yuanmou county and Dawei Mountain, Yunnan province, southwest China, were tested for antitumour and antifungal activities by MTT assay on human gastric tumour cell line BGC-823 and the growth inhibition test against 7 phytopathogenic fungi. The results showed that fermentation broths from 9.2% of the isolates exhibited antitumour activity and 30% exhibited antifungal activity, moreover, some of them exhibited broad-spectrum antifungal activity. The active isolates were identified to 32 taxa. The results indicate that the endophytic fungi of Chinese traditional medicinal plants are promising sources of novel bioactive compounds.     

福建省部分地区马铃薯致病疫霉群体遗传多样性分析

致病疫霉(Phytophthora infestans)引起的晚疫病是马铃薯的一种毁灭性病害。有效控制马铃薯晚疫病需要明确致病疫霉的群体遗传结构特征。采用8对SSR引物对采自福建省福州、长乐、漳州2010年分离的95株马铃薯致病疫霉进行遗传多样性分析。结果共检测出21个等位基因和26个基因型。三个地点致病疫霉菌群体间的平均遗传分化系数FST为0.22,在8个位点中有5个位点的等位基因频率分布差异显著。三个群体的观测纯合度小于期望纯合度,观测杂合度大于期望杂合度,以无性生殖为主。结果表明福建群体的遗传多样性高,群体间的存在较高的遗传分化度。     

几种真菌发酵液对致病疫霉的抑制作用

测定了８种真菌发酵液在５种不同浓度下对致病疫霉菌丝生长、游动孢子静止、静止胞萌发、附着胞形成和侵入丝形成等不同阶段的影响。结果表明,供试真菌不同浓度的发酵液,对致病疫霉上述各个阶段均有一定程度的抑制作用,并均随发酵液浓度增加,抑制作用逐渐增强,浓度为１００％时,抑制作用均达到最高。其中,立枯丝核菌发酵液的抑制作用最强,浓度为１００％时,对致病疫霉菌丝生长的抑制率达到９０．４％,而静止胞萌发率仅为２．４％,附着胞及侵入丝均未见形成。     

安徽产大戟属药用植物资源及其生物活性

对安徽产大戟属药用植物的资源状况及其生物活性进行了综述。安徽产大戟属药用植物约有9种,具有抗肿瘤、抗菌、抗氧化等生物活性,有些具有一定的毒性。     

Induced Formation of Lipase by Geotrichum candidum Link

It was recognized that Geotrichum candidum Link which was selected as the efficient lipase producer formed lipase only in the presence of substrate or its relating compounds such as oils or fatty acids in a cultivation medium. From the experimental results obtained by the cultivation of the microorganism and also by using of washed cells, it seemed that lipase was formed inducibly. It is likely that the produced lipase is localized around the cell wall and membrane and it is released from the cells after a certain period from the inducible synthesis.