小桐子内生真菌及其抗真菌活性研究

从药用植物小桐子的根和茎中分离到内生真菌57株,经鉴定,它们分属于15个不同的分类单元。其中拟盘多毛孢为优势属,其次为拟茎点霉属和茎点霉属。用杨桃炭疽菌,香蕉疫霉和镰刀菌作指示菌对这些内生真菌的抗真菌活性进行检测,结果表明,有2株菌对杨桃炭疽菌具有抑菌活性。     

麻疯树种子的研究进展

麻疯树（Jatropha curcas L．）为大戟科（Euphorbiaceae）麻疯树属半肉质小乔木或大灌木,具有很强的抗旱、耐贫瘠的特性。麻疯树的根、树皮、叶和种子均可人药。种子中主要含有脂肪类物质、蛋白质和萜类物质,其毒素为麻疯树毒蛋白和种子油。种仁中的含油量约为50％,可作为理想的生物柴油;毒蛋白、种子油及其他种子提取物可作为生物农药。关于麻疯树种子的发育、脱水行为及其调控研究较少。麻疯树是二种具有重要经济价值的战略资源。     

Genetic evaluation of Jatropha curcas: an important oilseed for biodiesel production

Jatropha curcas, internationally and locally known, respectively, as physic nut and pinh?o manso, is a highly promising species for biodiesel production in Brazil and other countries in the tropics. It is rustic, grows in warm regions and is easily cultivated. These characteristics and high-quality oil yields from the seeds have made this plant a priority for biodiesel programs in Brazil. Consequently, this species merits genetic investigations aimed at improving yields. Some studies have detected genetic variability in accessions in Africa and Asia. We have made the first genetic evaluation of J. curcas collected from Brazil. Our objective was to quantify genetic diversity and to estimate genetic parameters for growth and production traits and seed oil content. We evaluated 75 J. curcas progenies collected from Brazil and three from Cambodia. The mean oil content in the seeds was 31%, ranging from 16 to 45%. No genetic correlation between growth traits and seed oil content was found. However, high coefficients of genetic variation were found for plant height, number of branches, height of branches, and stem diameter. The highest individual narrow-sense heritabilities were found for leaf length (0.35) and width (0.34), stem diameter (0.24) and height of branches (0.21). We used a clustering algorithm to genetically identify the closest and most distant progenies, to assist in the development of new cultivars. Geographical diversity did not necessarily represent the genetic diversity among the accessions collected. These results are important for the continuity of breeding programs, aimed at obtaining cultivars with high grain yield and high oil content in seeds.     

Suitability of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) as single host plant for the leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus Dallas (Het., Coreidae)

The leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Het., Coreidae) was reared in Nicaragua on a diet consisting of unripe physic nut ( Jatropha curcas L., Euphorbiaceae) fruit only. The suitability of this host plant is described by the mortalities in the developmental stages from egg to adult, which are presented in a life table, and the durations of the different stages. Pre-oviposition time, number of ovipositions and total number of eggs per female are given. Biometric measurements of all instars were made. Protein, oil and water content of fresh physic nut fruit were measured throughout a whole year. The results show that physic nut is a highly suitable host plant, which can maintain populations of this insect pest throughout the whole year as fruit are constantly present with only little fluctuation in their nutritional quality.     

小桐子愈伤组织的诱导

本文以小桐子的叶片、叶柄、茎段及下胚轴和子叶作为外植体,研究不同外植体类型对愈伤组织诱导的影响,结果表明叶柄的诱导率最高,其次为茎段的诱导率。同时以小桐子的下胚轴作为外植体,研究植物生长调节剂种类及浓度配比对愈伤组织诱导的影响,结果显示6-BA与2,4-D的组合更适宜小桐子愈伤组织的诱导,MS+6-BA0.5mg/L+2,4-D0.1mg/L为小桐子愈伤组织诱导的最佳培养基,其愈伤组织诱导率高达96.7%。本研究为小桐子愈伤组织的分化、植株再生及相关的遗传转化研究提供了参考。     

First Expressed TFome of Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.) After Salt Stimulus

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter - Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.), a small oleaginous tree spontaneously occurring in arid and semi-arid tropical regions, is a sustainable and renewable energy...     

Rapid analysis of Jatropha curcas gene functions by virus-induced gene silencing

Jatropha curcas L. is a small, woody tree of the Euphorbiaceae family. This plant can grow on marginal land in the tropical and subtropical regions and produces seeds containing up to 30% oil. Several Asian countries have selected Jatropha for large scale planting as a biodiesel feedstock. Nevertheless, Jatropha also possesses several undesirable traits that may limit its wide adoption. An improved understanding of plant development and the regulation of fatty acid (FA) and triacylglyceride biosynthesis in Jatropha is particularly facilitative for the development of elite crops. Here, we show that a tobacco rattle virus (TRV) vector can trigger virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in Jatropha. Our optimized method produced robust and reliable gene silencing in plants agroinoculated with recombinant TRV harbouring Jatropha gene sequences. We used VIGS to investigate possible functions of 13 Jatropha genes of several functional categories, including FA biosynthesis, developmental regulation and toxin biosynthesis, etc. Based on the effects of VIGS on the FA composition of newly emerged leaves, we determined the function of several genes implicated in FA biosynthesis. Moreover, VIGS was able to discriminate independent functions of related gene family members. Our results show that VIGS can be used for high-throughput screening of Jatropha genes whose functions can be assayed in leaves.     

A method for seedling recovery in Jatropha curcas after cryogenic exposure of the seeds

Actually, the germplasm of Jatropha spp. is conserved as whole plants in field collections. Under this storage method, the genetic resources are exposed to disease, pest and natural hazards such as human error, drought and weather damage. Besides, field genebanks are costly to maintain and with important requirements of trained personnel. Thus, the development of efficient techniques to ensure its safe conservation and regeneration is therefore of paramount importance. In this work we describe a method for Jatropha curcas seeds cryoexposure and seedling recovery after thawed. In a first experiment, an efficient protocol for in vitro plant recovery was carried out using zygotic embryo or seeds with or without coat. In a second experiment, desiccated seeds with or without coat were exposed to liquid nitrogen and evaluated after cryoexposure. Germination percentages were variable among treatments, and seeds demonstrated tolerance to liquid nitrogen exposure under certain conditions. Seeds of J. curcas presented up to 99.6% germination after seed coat removal. Seeds with coat cultured in vitro did not germinate, and were 60% contaminated. The germination of the zygotic embryos was significantly higher in the 1/2 MS medium (93.1%) than in WPM medium (76.2%), but from zygotic embryo, abnormal seedlings reached up to 99%. Seeds with coat exposed to liquid nitrogen showed 60% germination in culture after coat removal with good plant growth, and seeds cryopreserved without coat presented 82% germination, but seedlings showed a reduced vigor and a significant increase in abnormal plants. Seeds cultured in vitro with coat did not germinate, independently of cryoexposure or not. This study reports the first successful in vitro seedling recovery methodology for Jatropha curcas seeds, after a cryopreservation treatment, and is recommended as an efficient procedure for in vitro plant recovery, when seeds are conserved in germplasm banks by low or cryotemperatures.     

Antifungal activity of plant extracts against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) the causative agent of yam anthracnose disease

Yam anthracnose disease is a major constraint to yam production world-wide. The hazardous effects of synthetic fungicides on both humans and the environment have necessitated the use of alternative environmentally friendly fungicides for the control of the disease. This study tested the efficacy of aqueous and ethanol extracts of Azadiratcha indica, Balanites aegyptiaca, Jatropha curcas, and Khaya senegalensis seeds, Icacina oliviformis leaves and Capsicum annuum (Legon 18 variety) fruit against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.), the causative agent of yam anthracnose. The antifungal activity of each plant extract was assessed in vitro on potato dextrose agar using the food poison technique. Each extract inhibited significantly (p?≤?.05) the mycelia growth and spore germination of C. gloeosporioides. Qualitative phytochemical tests detected alkaloids, anthraquinones, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, phlobatinnins, saponins, steroids, tannins and terpenoids. The potential antifungal activity exhibited by these plant material makes them suitable candidates for the control of anthracnose disease of yam.     

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides s.l. associated with Theobroma cacao and other plants in Panama: multilocus phylogenies distinguish host-associated pathogens from asymptomatic endophytes

Colletotrichum interacts with numerous plant species overtly as symptomatic pathogens and cryptically as asymptomatic endophytes. It is not known whether these contrasting ecological modes are optional strategies expressed by individual Colletotrichum species or whether a species' ecology is explicitly pathogenic or endophytic. We explored this question by inferring relationships among 77 C. gloeosporioides s.l. strains isolated from asymptomatic leaves and from anthracnose lesions on leaves and fruits of Theobroma cacao (cacao) and other plants from Panamá. ITS and 5'-tef1 were used to assess diversity and to delineate operational taxonomic units for multilocus phylogenetic analysis. The ITS and 5'-tef1 screens concordantly resolved four strongly supported lineages, clades A-D: Clade A includes the ex type of C. gloeosporioides, clade B includes the ex type ITS sequence of C. boninense, and clades C and D are unidentified. The ITS yielded limited resolution and support within all clades, in particular the C. gloeosporioides clade (A), the focal lineage dealt with in this study. In contrast the 5'-tef1 screen differentiated nine distinctive haplotype subgroups within the C. gloeosporioides clade that were concordant with phylogenetic terminals resolved in a five-locus nuclear phylogeny. Among these were two phylogenetic species associated with symptomatic infections specific to either cacao or mango and five phylogenetic species isolated principally as asymptomatic infections from cacao and other plant hosts. We formally describe two new species, C. tropicale and C. ignotum, that are frequent asymptomatic associates of cacao and other Neotropical plant species, and epitypify C. theobromicola, which is associated with foliar and fruit anthracnose lesions of cacao. Asymptomatic Colletotrichum strains isolated from cacao plants grown in China included six distinct C. gloeosporioides clade taxa, only one of which is known to occur in the Neotropics.     

Direct trade-off between cyanogenesis and resistance to a fungal pathogen in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.)

1.  Plants are simultaneously attacked by multiple herbivores and pathogens. While some plant defences act synergistically, others trade-off against each other. Such trade-offs among resistances to herbivores and pathogens are usually explained by the costs of resistance, i.e. resource limitations compromising a plant's overall defence.
2.  Here, we demonstrate that trade-offs can also result from direct negative interactions among defensive traits. We studied cyanogenesis (release of HCN) of lima bean (Fabaceae: Phaseolus lunatus ) and effects of this efficient anti-herbivore defence on resistance to a fungal pathogen (Melanconiaceae: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides ).
3.  Leaf tissue destruction by fungal growth was significantly higher on high cyanogenic (HC) lima bean accessions than on low cyanogenic (LC) plants. The susceptibility of HC accessions to the fungal pathogen was strongly correlated to reduced activity of resistance-associated polyphenol oxidases (PPOs) in leaves of these plants. LC accessions, in contrast, showed high PPO activity, which was correlated with distinct resistance to C. gloeosporioides .
4.  Experimentally applied, gaseous HCN reduced PPO activity and significantly increased the size of lesions caused by C. gloeosporioides in LC leaves.
5.  Field observations of a wild lima bean population in Mexico revealed a higher infection rate of HC compared to LC plant individuals. The types of lesions observed on the different cyanogenic plants in nature were similar to those observed on HC and LC plants in the laboratory.
6.   Synthesis. We suggest that cyanogenesis of lima bean directly trades off with plant defence against fungal pathogens and that the causal mechanism is the inhibition of PPOs by HCN. Our findings provide a functional explanation for the observed phenomenon of the low resistance of HC lima beans in nature.     

赤霉素诱导小桐子产生两性花

小桐子（Jatropha curcas）种子含油率高,油脂组成适合于生产生物燃油,是制备航空生物燃油和生物柴油的理想原料。小桐子是一种雌雄同株植物,雌雄花着生于同一花序,其花序中雌花比例很低,可能是其种子产量低的主要原因之一。本文研究用不同浓度的赤霉素外源喷施处理小桐子花序芽对其花和种子发育的影响。结果表明：外源赤霉素处理能够诱导小桐子产生两性花,且处理浓度越高,两性花数量越多;随着两性花数量的增加,雌花数量相应越少,但雌花与两性花数量之和在各处理和对照之间差异不显著,这表明赤霉素诱导出的两性花可能来源于雌花。另外,高浓度(500~1500mg·L-1)的赤霉素处理会导致小桐子的种子不能正常发育, 表现为每个果实中的种子数量、大小、单粒种子重量、每个果序的种子重量以及种子的含油量都显著减少。这些结果有助于深入理解赤霉素在小桐子花器官形成及种子发育过程中所发挥的生理作用,为从分子水平上对小桐子进行遗传改良、提高其种子产量奠定基础。     

Surface Ultrastructural Studies on Penetration and Infection Process of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on Mulberry Leaf Causing Black Spot Disease

Unicelled conidia of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides germinated 3 h after inoculation producing single germ tubes. The orientation of the germ tubes and their lateral branches as they grew was towards the open stomata and away from closed stomata. By 24 h post-inoculation, the lateral branches had developed specialized infection vesicles either over the stomata or within the stomatal cavities. The infection vesicles produced primary infection hyphae which entered the leaves through stomatal openings. The disease symptoms became apparent by 6 days post-inoculation when clusters of abundant conidiophores emerged by rupturing the leaf epidermal layer, forming acervuli mostly near the base of idioblasts. The pressure exerted by the emerging conidiophores caused stretching of epidermal layer leading to the widening of the acervuli. The conidia are borne on the tips of the erect conidiophores.     

茉莉酸甲酯对烟草幼苗抗炭疽病的影响

本文探讨了茉莉酸甲酯（MJ）对烟草幼苗抗炭疽病（由毁灭性刺盘孢引起）的影响。不同品种烟草抵抗毁灭性刺盘孢孢子侵染的能力不同,“巴西”品种的抗性强,“K326”品种抗性弱,“广黄55”品种抗性居中。MJ处理烟草幼苗后,可以减轻幼苗炭疽病的发病程度;同时烟草幼苗的病原相关蛋白含量有所提高,但只有“巴西”烟草的PR蛋白含量与抗病显著正相关。     

影响农杆菌介导的麻疯树基因转化因素的研究(简报)

麻疯树(Jatropha curcas)为大戟科麻疯树属植物,是一种多年生木本油料植物。原产美洲,广泛分布于热带亚热带地区。因其种子含油量高达 60％,可作生物燃料之用,麻疯树是目前正在被开发利用的重要能源植物之一。除此之外,麻疯树的种子含有多种活性成分,有着重要的农药和医药价值;其生长能耐干旱贫瘠,可用于荒山造林。因此,麻疯树是一种具有多种用途、重要经济价值和学术研究价值的植物。目前对其研究多停留在植物组织培养、植物化学、毒理学、种植业方面等。     

麻疯树水通道蛋白新基因JcPIP干旱胁迫下的功能分析

采用RT-PCR和RACE技术,从大戟科(Euphorbiaceae)耐旱植物麻疯树(Jarropha curcas)cDNA中克隆得到了一个麻疯树质膜内膜蛋白(PIP)新基因,命名为JcPIP.聚类分析表明,麻疯树PIP蛋白与蓖麻、葡萄和菠菜的PIP蛋白在进化上有最近的亲缘关系.将JcPIP基因在非洲爪蟾卵母细胞(xenopus oocytes)中异源表达发现细胞膨胀率扩大了10倍,表明JePIP基因编码的是一个水通道蛋白.合成亲水性、抗原性好的JcPIP保守序列多肽,制备并纯化JcPIP多克隆抗体.Western-bbt检测显示JcPIP蛋白富集在29 kDa区段,且在麻疯树各组织中均有大量表达.PEG-6000干旱胁迫下麻疯树叶片JcPIP蛋白丰度增加,复水后丰度开始下降,表明JcPlP与麻疯树的耐旱性相关.     

中国柱花草炭疽病原菌遗传多态性的RAPD分析

在对中国柱花草炭疽病进行广泛调查和病原采样收集的基础上,利用RAPD分子标记技术对43个代表性菌株进行了基因组DNA分析,并与276份国外菌株进行了综合聚类分析。 结果表明所用8个引物的扩增片段位于0.3～2.8kb之间, 菌株间呈现显著的DNA多态性。以柱花草起源中心——南美的柱花草炭疽菌分类为基础,中国柱花草炭疽菌可划分成3大类型即Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅵ类。中国菌株与来自柱花草起源中心——南美的菌株相比之下,其生物多样性和遗传变异性则相对简单。就中国菌株而言海南菌株与广西、广东菌株相比多样性较丰富, 中国柱花草胶孢炭疽菌正在出现种内遗传分化。 从聚类结果看,通常来自于同一个地理区域或同一个寄主基因型的菌株聚成一类, 即同一RAPD聚类组内的菌株通常来自于同一寄主基因型或同一地理区域。说明来自不同寄主基因型或物种的炭疽菌在遗传基因上具有专化性,而地理上隔离的国家或地区的柱花草炭疽病原菌各自具有相对独立的进化途径。     

Induction of glutathione S-transferase genes of Nicotiana benthamiana following infection by Colletotrichum destructivum and C. orbiculare and involvement of one in resistance

Four glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes, NbGSTU1, NbGSTU2, NbGSTU3, and NbGSTF1, were amplified from cDNA of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves infected with Colletotrichum destructivum using primers based on conserved regions of N. tabacum GST sequences. Expression of NbGSTU1 and NbGSTU3 increased progressively during infection by either C. destructivum or Colletotrichum orbiculare, except for a slight decrease by NbGSTU1 late in the infection, whereas NbGSTU2 and NbGSTF1 expression remained relatively constant. Each of the four genes was cloned into a PVX vector for virus-induced gene silencing, and reduced expression of the four genes was detected by RT-PCR. A statistically significant increase in susceptibility of N. benthamiana to infection following gene silencing was found only for NbGSTU1-silenced plants, which had 130% more lesions and 67% more colonization by C. orbiculare compared with control plants. These results demonstrate that the different GST genes respond in different ways to fungal infection, and at least one plant GST gene has an important role in disease development.     

Glucosylceramides in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides are involved in the differentiation of conidia into mycelial cells

Glucosylceramides (GlcCer) were extracted from the plant pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and purified by several chromatographic steps. By using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance, GlcCer from C. gloeosporioides were identified as N-2'-hydroxyoctadecanoyl-1-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine and N-2'-hydroxyoctadecenoyl-1-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine. Monoclonal antibodies against these structures were produced and used as tools for the evaluation of the role of GlcCer in the morphological transition of C. gloeosporioides. In the presence of antibodies to GlcCer, the differentiation of conidia into mycelia was blocked. Since GlcCer is present in several plant pathogens, the inhibitory activity of external ligands recognizing these structures may be applicable in other models of fungal infections.