植物根际促生菌作用机制研究进展

植物在生长过程中可能会遭受许多生物和非生物因素胁迫,从而降低生物产量. 人们已知一些植物在不同因素的刺激诱导下,能系统化建立抵抗或忍受不利因素的机制,植物根际促生菌（PGPR）就是其中一类能定殖于根系并促进植物生长的细菌.本文对PGPR促生机制进行归纳和总结,系统阐述了诱导体系抗性和诱导体系产生忍耐力两大促生机制.PGPR的作用机制的多样性暗示着其可能在更多的农业生态系统中得到应用.     

盐胁迫环境下植物促生菌的作用机制研究进展

盐胁迫是限制干旱和半干旱地区作物生产的主要非生物胁迫之一,严重影响作物的生长发育,植物促生菌(Plant growth-promoting bacteria,PGPB)可有效减轻植物的盐胁迫损伤,合理施用PGPB是盐胁迫下促进作物生长的重要途径。本文从盐胁迫环境下PGPB在调节植物激素内稳态、促进养分吸收和诱导植物产生系统耐受性等方面的作用阐述了PGPB提高植物耐盐性、减轻植物胁迫损伤的作用机制。讨论了能够在植物根际稳定定殖并在盐生环境下稳定保持PGP活性的功能菌株对未来农业的可持续发展的重要意义,同时,对该研究方向的重难点和未来的发展趋势作出展望。     

Elicitation of systemic resistance and growth promotion of Arabidopsis thaliana by PGPRs from Nicotiana glauca: a study of the putative induction pathway

The ability of six putative plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, isolated from the rhizosphere of Nicotiana glauca L., to stimulate growth and induce systemic resistance against Xanthomonas campestris CECT 95 in Arabidopsis thaliana L. Col-0 was evaluated. The six bacterial strains significantly reduced the disease symptoms caused by the pathogen compared to the controls, with the best results obtained with the Bacillus strain N11.37 and the Stenotrophomonas strain N6.8. These two strains were tested on A. thaliana NahG plants and jar1-1 and etr1-1 mutants, to elucidate whether the salicylic acid (SA)-dependent or SA-independent pathway was involved in the induction of systemic resistance. The results indicate that N6.8 induces the SA-dependent pathway. For N11.37 it is as yet not clear as in the etr1-1 mutants and NahG plants ISR is not expressed, while in jar1-1 it is. In addition, levels of SA were measured in Col-0 plants treated with N6.8 and N11.37 to confirm whether or not the two strains produced an increased level of SA. N6.8- and N11.37-induced plants showed higher levels of SA than the controls. It is concluded that N6.8 induces a SA-dependent pathway while N11.37 induces a pathway that is both ethylene (ET)- and SA-dependent.     

Induction of systemic acquired resistance in cotton by BTH has a negligible effect on phytophagous insects

Whether or not chemical changes in plants in response to pests (insects and pathogens) are general or specific remains unclear. Some evidence indicates that an induced response (IR) to arthropods via the octadecanoid pathway represents a distinct mechanism from the salicylic acid-based pathway of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) to pathogens. To further test this hypothesis, young cotton seedlings were activated with benzo (1,2,3) thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid (S) methyl ester (BTH), an elicitor of SAR. The enzymatic activities of a number of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins in young and old leaves of control and BTH treated plants were measured. BTH applications elicited marked increases in the activity levels of chitinase, peroxidase, and -1,3-glucanase both locally and systemically. The highest levels of induction were detected systemically in young leaves. Except for some local effects on whitefly oviposition, the induction of SAR by BTH had no effect on either host preference of whiteflies Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) or on feeding efficiency of cotton bollworms Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). We conclude that SAR induction via the salicylic acid pathway in Acala cotton has negligible effect on the tested insect herbivores.     

高等植物病原相关蛋白

在过去的三十年中,人们对诱导系统性抗性——这一普遍存在于高等植物抗病过程中的现象——进行了深入研究。被真菌、细菌或病毒侵染后,植物表现出广泛的、长时间的系统性抗性。在这一过程中,植物细胞壁组成成分发生改变,表达各种病原相关蛋白(PR蛋白),并合成多种植物抗毒素。本文就主要的PR蛋白家族的结构和功能特性,PR蛋白的发现和分类,及PR蛋白的应用作一综述。     

Proposed definitions related to induced disease resistance

A clear definition of induced disease resistance is lacking, even though the area has been extensively researched and described. The lack of a precise definition leads to potential confusion on whether an underlying mechanism for biological control is induced resistance. We propose definitions, which were developed at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on biological control, for induced disease resistance and related terms. These definitions are intended to invoke debate and increase effective communication among investigators of induced resistance.     

Induced systemic resistance (ISR) against pathogens – a promising field for ecological research

Putative fitness costs provide an explanation for why ISR is induced instead of constitutive, and they might constrain the use of ISR as preventative protection of cultivated plants. Though ISR is mainly elicited by and effective against pathogens, further biotic agents such as leaf-chewing herbivores, leaf miners, aphids and even non-pathogenic root-colonising bacteria can induce systemic pathogen resistance, while some ISR traits can have a defensive effect against herbivores. ‘Cross-resistance’ elicited by and effective against non-microbial plant enemies thus might add significantly to the function of ISR. On the other hand, ‘trade-offs” have been reported, i.e. increased susceptibility to herbivores in ISR-expressing plants. Finally, ISR is a rather unspecific response, being active against different microbes. It thus might have effects on mutualistic bacteria and fungi, too. The question of how expression of ISR affects the large variety of mutualistic and antagonistic plant-microbe and plant-insect interactions cannot yet be answered. This knowledge is, however, needed to obtain a risk assessment for the use of chemically induced or genetically engineered ISR in crop protection. This review aims to provide an overview and to highlight some of the many open questions which require intensive ecological research.     

微生物诱导的植物系统抗性

综述了由植物病原菌和非病原性的根际促生菌诱导产生的两种植物系统抗性:系统获得性抗性(SAR)和系统诱导抗性(ISR),比较了两类系统抗性的诱导、信号分子和机理的异同点,阐述了信号分子水杨酸在系统获得性抗性诱导过程中的作用及茉莉酸和乙烯在系统诱导抗性产生过程中的作用。     

Induction of systemic resistance in rice by leaf extracts of Datura metel against sheath blight disease

The leaf extracts of Datura metel [both aqueous leaf extract (ALE) and ethanolic leaf extract (ELE)] were observed here to find if they can induce systemic resistance in the rice commonly found in Eastern India. The results showed that after the treatment, the enzyme activities of all the defence-related enzymes increased to a certain level even without pathogenic infection in comparison with non-treated seedlings and then, maintain at constant level throughout the study period. When treated seedlings were infected with Rhizoctonia solani, the enzyme activities were increased more than in uninfected seedlings. The elevated enzyme activities gave the indication of an induced systemic resistance in rice. The ELE of D. metel showed better induction effect than ALE.     

Evaluation of plant growth-promoting Rhizobacteria for their efficiency to promote growth and induce systemic resistance in pearl millet against downy mildew disease

Six strains of Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) were tested for their ability to promote growth and induce resistance in pearl millet against downy mildew disease. All the PGRP strains showed a significant (P < 0.01) increase in growth promotion in laboratory as well as greenhouse conditions. Only two strains of Pseudomonas spp., UOM ISR 17 and UOM ISR 23, were capable of protecting pearl millet against downy mildew significantly. Pseudomonas UOM ISR 17 and UOM ISR 23 were able to offer 56.3 and 47.5%, respectively against downy mildew disease. When tested for the time gap needed to offer maximum protection, it was found that both the strains needed four days to offer maximum protection of 73.3% and 59.7%, respectively. While both the Acetobacter strains UOM Ab9 and Ab11 and Azospirillum strain UOM Az3 were able to promote growth and offered disease protection of 39.2, 22.3 and 17.40% respectively, they were not as efficient as the two Pseudomonas strains in protecting pearl millet against downy mildew. Maximum growth promotion was recorded by Pseudomonas spp. UOM ISR 17 with 33.9 cm height which was 44, 45, 42 and 46.8% more in height, fresh weight, dry weight and leaf area over the control which recorded 27 cm height, 8.1 g fresh weight, 2.1 g dry weight and 29 cm² leaf area, respectively.