同步分子检测两种腥黑粉菌近似种Tilletia bromi和T.fusca

早熟禾是优良的牧草和草坪草,近年来,从进境早熟禾上多次截获一种腥黑粉菌,但一直被鉴定为禾草腥黑粉菌Tilletia fusca。通过比较研究,作者已将该菌种名改为雀麦腥黑粉菌T.bromi。依据T.bromi和T.fusca的序列差异位点设计了6对引物,成功建立了适合菌丝检测的T.bromi和T.fusca的双重PCR方法和适合冬孢子检测的套式双重PCR方法,检测灵敏度达到10pg/μL,为早熟禾腥黑粉菌鉴定提供了快速、可靠的检测方法。     

雀麦上雀麦腥黑粉菌Tilletia bromi的分子检测

雀麦是重要的牧草,近年来进口量激增。寄生于雀麦上的腥黑粉菌共有4种,即小麦矮腥黑穗菌Tilletia controversa(TCK)、雀麦腥黑粉菌T.bromi、T.bolayi和小麦网腥黑穗菌T.caries(TCT),根据冬孢子形态难以直接区分这些种类。本文在形态、自发荧光和萌发生理三方面的比较研究基础上,依据beta-微管蛋白tub2基因序列设计一套引物,转化为特异SCAR分子标记,建立了雀麦上T.bromi的菌丝基因组DNA的特异PCR检测方法和冬孢子的套式特异PCR检测方法,为病害提供了快速、可靠的检测方法。     

腥黑粉菌属一新种

本文报道了从意大利进口兔尾草(Lagurus ovatus L.)上截获的腥黑粉菌属一新种——兔尾草腥黑粉菌(Tilletia laguri G.M.Zhang,G.X.Lin & J.R.Deng),同时讨论了该种与近似种的区别,文中对其形态特征有拉丁文和汉文描述,并附有图片。主模式标本保存在深圳动植物检疫局真菌标本室,等模式标本分别保存在德国蒂宾根大学范基黑粉菌标本馆(HUV)、中国科学院微生物研究所真菌标本室和华南农业大学植保系真菌标本室。     

小麦印度腥黑粉菌与近似种的形态学比较*

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对小麦印度腥黑粉菌及其近似种的形态学特征进行了系统研究。T. indica和T. horrida不同菌株冬孢子大小变化范围均较大。在所研究的种中,T. indica与T. walkeri最近似,前者冬孢子大小平均值比后者略大,分别为:38.35?5.92祄和32.86?1.53祄。T. indica与其它具有疣状或刺状突起的腥黑粉菌:T. horrida, T. barclayana, T. setariae, T. opaca, T. sumatii和T. savilei等区别明显,T. indica冬孢子大小平均值明显大于这些腥黑粉菌,前者大于30祄,后者则小于30祄, T. indica孢壁纹饰与这些腥黑粉菌也有一定区别。应用光学显微镜和扫描电镜,能将T. indica与除T. walkeri之外的其它近似种区别开,但在区别T. indica与T. walkeri方面则有一定的局限性。     

小麦印度腥黑粉菌线粒体DNA提取及其ATP6基因在真菌遗传发育分析中的应用

小麦印度腥黑粉菌(Tilletia indica Mitra)是一种世界范围的重要检疫性有害真菌,该病原菌和近似种之间冬孢子的形态特征极为相似,遗传关系非常相近。为了从分子水平上探讨小麦印度腥黑粉菌和近似种之间线粒体基因序列的差异,从新鲜菌丝中提取总DNA,经两次氯化铯密度梯度超速离心分离线粒体DNA(mtDNA),提取的mtDNA纯度较高,可用于克隆、酶切分析和PCR扩增等分析。选取基因ATP(adenosine triphosphate)6的序列,并结合GenBank中相关种类的ATP6基因DNA序列进行了系统发育分析。结果表明,线粒体基因ATP6可用于科属水平的分类鉴定。     

腥黑粉菌属一新种

本文报道了从意大利进口兔尾草上截获的腥黑粉菌属一新种－兔尾草腥黑粉菌,同时讨论了该种与近似和的区别,文中对其形态特征有拉丁文和汉文描述,并附有图片。主模式标本保存在深圳动物检疫真菌标本室,等模式标本分别存在德国蒂宾根大学范基黑粉菌标本馆（ＨＵＶ）,中国科学院微生物研究所真菌标本室和华南农业大学植保系真菌标本室。     

小麦网腥黑粉菌冬孢子总DNA提取方法比较

目的：研究提取不同时期小麦网腥黑粉菌冬孢子总DNA的最佳方法。方法：应用改良过的四种方法（CTAB法、SDS-CTAB法、SDS法和尿素法）对小麦网腥黑粉菌冬孢子总DNA进行提取。结果：提取当年小麦网腥黑粉菌冬孢子DNA,纯度（OD260/OD280）：CTAB法〉SDS-CTAB法〉SDS法〉尿素法=1.876〉1.7815〉1.7789〉1.6095;产率（μg/g）：SDS-CTAB法〉SDS法〉尿素法〉CTAB法=796.25〉664〉306〉291.5。提取15年的小麦网腥黑粉菌冬孢子DNA,纯度（OD260/OD280）：CTAB法〉SDS-CTAB法〉SDS法〉尿素法=1.91795〉1.8876〉1.65985〉1.55925;产率（μg/g）：尿素法〉CTAB法〉SDS法〉SDS-CTAB法=1529.25〉799〉687.25〉372.5。结论：SDS-CTAB法是提取当年小麦网腥黑粉菌冬孢子DNA的最佳方法。CTAB法是提取15年的小麦网腥黑粉菌冬孢子DNA的最佳方法。     

新疆黑粉菌的初步研究

作者于1986年参加巴尔鲁克山真菌考察,并到阿尔泰山地、伊犁谷地、吐鲁番等地采得黑粉菌标本70余份,鉴定为8属36种,13种为我国新纪录,它们是石竹叶苔炭黑粉(Anthracoidea caryophylleae Latour.),卡里炭黑粉(Anthracoidea karii(Liro) Nannf.),范基灰黑粉(Anthracoidea vankyiNannfeldt),短柄草腥黑粉(Tilletia olida (Riess) Schr(?)t.),剪股颍条黑粉(Urocystis agrostidis (Lavrov.) Zundel),黑麦草条黑粉(Urocystis bo-livari Bubák & Fragoso),雀麦条黑粉(Urocystis bromi (Lavrov) Zundel),拂子茅条黑粉(Urocystis calamagrostidis (Lavrov) Zundel),茅香条黑粉(Urocystis hierochloae (Murashk) Vánky),尼氏条黑粉(Urocystis nevodo-vskyi Schwarzman),早熟禾条黑粉(Urocystis poae(Liro)Padw.& Khan),报春花条黑粉(Urocystis primulicola P Magn.),和泡斑黑粉(Ustilagopustulata (D.C.) Winter     

知母上一种新的黑粉菌

本文报告知母上一种新的黑粉菌,定名为知母楔孢黑粉菌。这种黑粉菌的冬孢子萌发方式表明,先菌丝的特征不适宜于用作黑粉菌分为两科的依据。     

我国黑粉菌属一新记录种：威廉斯黑粉菌

<正> 1983年9月,作者在新疆巴里坤县(天山东部南坡)的针茅(Stipa capillata L.)上采到一种黑粉菌,经过形态观察和冬孢子萌发试验确定是威廉斯黑粉菌[Ustilago williamsii(Griffiths)Lavrov],该菌国内至今尚未报道,是我国的一个新记录种。U.williamsii(Griffiths)Lavrov[异名Sorosporium williamsii Griffiths;Tranzscheliella otophora Lavrov;U.otophora(Lavrov)Gutner]首先由Griffiths(1902)以采自Stipa richardsoni Link上的标本为模式定为Sorosporium williamsii Griff.Lavrov(1936)将其改为U.williamsii(Griff.)Lavrov,同时,他以采自Stipa pennata L.上的标本为模式种,根据其冬孢子的附器特性又另立新属新种为Tranzsche     

Isolation of a species-specific mitochondrial DNA sequence for identification of Tilletia indica, the Karnal bunt of wheat fungus.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from five isolates of Tilletia indica was isolated and digested with several restriction enzymes. A 2.3-kb EcoRI fragment was chosen, cloned, and shown to hybridize with total DNA restricted with EcoRI from T. indica and not from a morphologically similar smut fungus, Tilletia barclayana. The clone was partially sequenced, and primers were designed and tested under high-stringency conditions in PCR assays. The primer pair Ti1/Ti4 amplified a 2.3-kb fragment from total DNA of 17 T. indica isolates from India, Pakistan, and Mexico. DNA from 25 isolates of other smut fungi (T. barclayana, Tilletia foetida, Tilletia caries, Tilletia fusca, and Tilletia controversa) did not produce any bands, as detected by ethidium bromide-stained agarose gels and Southern hybridizations. The sensitivity of the assay was determined and increased by using a single nested primer in a second round of amplification, so that 1 pg of total mycelial DNA could be detected. The results indicated that the primers which originated from a cloned mtDNA sequence can be used to differentiate T. indica from other Tilletia species and have the potential to identify teliospores contaminating wheat seeds.     

Does a foliar endophyte improve plant fitness under flooding?

Although endophytic fungi are ubiquitous in plants, their full range of ecological effects has yet to be characterized, particularly in non-agronomic systems. In this study, we compared the responses of two congeneric bluegrass species to flooding. Both plant species co-occur in subalpine zones of the Rocky Mountains. Marsh bluegrass (Poa leptocoma) commonly hosts a vertically transmitted fungal endophyte (Epichloë sp.) and naturally grows in wetter conditions than does nodding bluegrass (Poa reflexa), which lacks an epichloid endophyte. We investigated the novel hypothesis that endophyte symbiosis promotes host fitness under flooded conditions, contributing to niche differentiation between the two bluegrass species. We used a factorial greenhouse experiment to test whether endophyte presence improved survival, growth, or reproduction of P. leptocoma under flooded versus non-flooded edaphic conditions by experimentally removing the endophyte from half of the plants. We compared P. leptocoma responses to those of the endophyte-free congener. In contrast to expectations generated from the natural distributions of the two plant species, endophyte presence was more beneficial to P. leptocoma under ambient soil moisture than under flooding. Increased benefits of symbiosis in drier soils are consistent with studies of other grass endophytes. Flooded soils also unexpectedly improved the growth of P. reflexa more than that of the wet habitat specialist, P. leptocoma. While our results demonstrate an overall benefit of fungal symbiosis in this system, ecological factors other than flooding per se likely underlie the observed geographical distributions of these congeneric grasses in nature.     

Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life?

In the present study, we use mtDNA sequence data (cyt b gene) in combination with nuclear DNA sequences (C-mos, Rag2 genes, R35 intron), nuclear genomic fingerprints (ISSR) and morphological data to reveal species diversity within the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys , a morphologically difficult group comprising cryptic species. Two morphologically distinct major groupings exist, a yellow-bellied species group with three taxa ( Cyclemys atripons , C. dentata , C. pulchristriata ) and a dark-bellied species group. The latter contains besides the morphologically variable C. oldhamii three additional new species ( C. enigmatica n. sp., C. fusca n. sp., C. gemeli n. sp.). According to mtDNA data, C. fusca and C. gemeli constitute with high support the sister group of a clade comprising all other species, indicating that the dark-bellied species are not monophyletic, despite morphological similarity. mtDNA sequences of C. enigmatica , being highly distinct in nuclear genomic markers, do not differ from the sympatric C. dentata , suggesting that the original mitochondrial genome of C. enigmatica was lost due to introgressive hybridization. Morphological discrimination of Cyclemys species is possible using multivariate methods. However, gross morphology of most dark-bellied species on the one hand and of C. atripons and C. pulchristriata on the other is so similar that reliable species determination is only possible when genetic markers are used. The high diversity within Cyclemys requires revision of the IUCN Red List Categories for leaf turtles because the former assessment was based on the wrong assumption that in the entire range of the genus occurs only a single species.     

The origin of polyploid genomes of bluegrasses Poa L. and gene flow between Northern Pacific and sub-Antarctic islands

The involvement of present-day diploid bluegrass species in the formation of polyploid genomes was investigated using comparison of sequences of internal transcribed spacers ITS1 and ITS2, and the 5.8S rDNA sequence. It was demonstrated that highly polyploid New Zealand bluegrasses, P. cita (2n = 84; ca. 96 to 100), P. chathamica (2n = 112), and P. litorosa (2n = 263 to 266) formed separate highly supported clade together with tetraploids (2n = 28) P. intrusa, P. anceps, and P. trioides (Austrofestuca littoralis). Among the diploid species (2n = 14), the closest relatives of these species, as well as of the polyploid species of section Poa, are the genomes of Eurasian species P. remota, P. chaixcii (sect. Homalopoa), P densa (Bolbophorum), and P. sibirica (sect. Macropoa). Nuclear genomes of polyploid Stenopoa, Tichopoa, Oreinos, and Secundae are definitely related to the genome of Arctic species P. pseudabbreviata (sect. Abbreviatae). On the contrary, judging by the genes for nuclear 45S rRNA, genomes of diploid P. trivialis (sect. Pandemos), P. annua, and P. supina (sect. Ochlopoa both) are only remotely related to the genomes of highly polyploid species (distances p between them and other bluegrass species from different sections of subgenus Poa constitute 6-10% and 11-15%, respectively). The conclusion on the relationships between highly polyploid and diploid bluegrass species was tested using analysis of synapomorphic mutations in the 5.8S rRNA gene. It was demonstrated that genomes of Poa eminens (2n = 42) and P. schischkinii (2n = 70) (sect. Arctopoa both) were noticeably different in ITS regions from the genomes of the members of the type subgenus Poa. A comparison of the Arctopoa ITS regions showed that the differences between them constituted only 0.2%. At the same time, p distances between the Arctopoa ITS and those from the species belonging to other sections of the genus Poa varied from 5 to 14%. South American species P chonotica (sect. Andinae) (=Ncoraepoa chonotica) (2n = 42) was found to be related to Arctagrostis, Festucella, and Hookerochloa, being at the same time quite distant from the other species of the genus Poa. Polymorphic in chromosome number highly polyploid species of Northern Hemisphere, P. arctica (2n = 42 to 106), P. turneri (2n = 42, 63 to 64), and P. smirnovii (2n = 42, 70) (sect. Malacanthae) are relative to a large group of tetraploid (2n = 28) endemic bluegrass species from New Zealand and sub-Antarctic islands (P. novae-zelandiae and allied species).     

早熟禾品种间遗传多样性分析

草地早熟禾（Poa pratensis L.）是一种重要的冷季型草坪草,抗逆性强,适应性广,株型低矮,绿色期长,并且在良好的管理条件下,特别适合用作运动场草坪。近几年来在我国的园林绿化和建植运动场中得到了广泛的应用,现在已经引进的品种多达上百种。选用28个随机引物对15个草地早熟禾品种和1个加拿大早熟禾品种进行RAPD分析,25个引物共扩增出218条带,多态条带比率为89.91％。并且对每个品种的几项坪用特性进行了观察。聚类分析结果表明草地早熟禾品种之间的遗传多样性较低, 相似性集中在60.76％～98.52％。加拿大早熟禾的一个品种单成一支,与其他草地早熟禾的品种相似性较低。品种之间的聚类关系与表型特征呈现不完全相关性。     

Progesterone and Salicylic Acid Elevate Tolerance of Poa pratensis to Salinity Stress

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology - Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) was exposed to salinity in the factorial study with 2 factors including salinity [irrigation with tap water and saline...     

Three new species of Tilletia on Eriachne from north-western Australia

Three new species of Tilletia are described from species of Eriachne (Poaceae) in the arid tropics of north-western Australia. In Western Australia, T. mactaggartii sp. nov. infects E. burkittii, and T. geeringii sp. nov. infects E. festucacea. Tilletia marjaniae sp. nov. infects E. pulchella subsp. dominii in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. These species are the first records of Tilletia on Eriachne. Phylogenetic relationships of these species were inferred from internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal RNA region and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences.