Effects of fluquinconazole and silthiofam, applied as seed treatments to single or consecutive crops of wheat, on take-all epidemic development and grain yields

Seed treatments containing fluquinconazole, silthiofam or a standard fungicide mixture with no activity against take‐all were compared in all combinations of sequences in successive second and third winter wheat crops in five field experiments and second to fourth crops in a sixth experiment. Compared with the standard treatment, silthiofam decreased take‐all more effectively than fluquinconazole when crops were sampled at tillering. In samples taken in summer, during grain filling, silthiofam often decreased the incidence of take‐all (percentage of plants with root symptoms) more than fluquinconazole, but fluquinconazole more effectively decreased the incidence of severe take‐all (percentage of plants with more than 75% of their root systems blackened). It is suggested that these differences are a consequence of more effective control of primary infection of roots by silthiofam and of secondary, root‐to‐root, infection by fluquinconazole. Silthiofam usually increased yield more than did fluquinconazole, perhaps as a consequence of better early protection during tiller and/or spikelet formation. Treatment with either of the fungicides affected epidemic development in the treated crop and in crops grown subsequently. In particular, decreased take‐all had the effect of delaying the year‐to‐year epidemic, so that nontreatment of a subsequent crop resulted in an upsurge in disease. Treatment with either take‐all fungicide of a crop grown after a treated crop was relatively effective if the epidemic in the comparable nontreated crop sequence was continuing to increase. It was, however, detrimental if the disease was approaching its peak in the first treated crop, particularly if a treated (fourth wheat) crop was being compared with a similar crop in a nontreated sequence in which take‐all decline had developed. These results provide a basis for recommendations for the use of seed treatment fungicides in sequences of wheat crops.     

Incidence of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici and K deficiency increase rhizospheric denitrification

Wheat inoculated with the root pathogen Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt) was grown in quartz silt at two levels of potassium nutrition. While in plants well supplied with K the incidence of Ggt did not affect plant growth, it reduced shoot and root weight of K deficient plants. Denitrification, measured by the acetylene inhibition technique and expressed as N₂O/mg root weight, was increased either by low K nutrition or by Ggt infection. Highest denitrification in the rhizosphere of plants was found with a combination of both, K deficiency and Ggt attack.     

Control of the take-all fungus byMicrodochium bolleyi,and interactions involvingM. bolleyi,Phialophora graminicola andPericonia macrospinosa on cereal roots

Summary In glasshouse experiments,Microdochium bolleyi (Mb) significantly reduced infection of wheat roots by the take-all fungus,Gaeumannomyces graminis vartritici (Ggt), when inocula were dispersed in soil at ratios of 10∶1 (Mb:Ggt) or more. Spread of take-all lesions up roots from a layer of inoculum also was reduced when Mb was inoculated immediately below the crown. In contrast,Periconia macrospinosa did not control take-all even at an inoculum ratio of 100∶1. M. bolleyi interfered with growth on roots byPhialophora graminicola, a known biocontrol agent of take-all. It is suggested that this phenomenon and control of take-all by these fungi occur by competition for cortical cells that senesce in the normal course of root development.     

Epidemiology of wheat take-all as influenced by soil pH and temporal changes in inorganic soil N

Summary Soil pH, NH ₄ ⁺ and NO ₃ ⁻ concentrations in soil, and take-all root rot of winter wheat grown in the field were measured concurrently from sowing to anthesis in order to relate disease development to liming and N fertilization practices. Experimental variables included soil pH (5.5 and 6.0) and three N sources (NH₄NO₃, (NH₄)₂SO₄, NH₄Cl) banded with the seed at sowing in factorial combination with the same three N sources topdressed in the spring. Take-all severity was increased by increasing soil pH and by fertilization with NO ₃ ⁻ . Disease severity on crown roots increased exponentially following spring N fertilization and was affected more by soil pH and N-form than was severity on seminal roots. Grain yield ranged from 4.70 Mgha⁻¹ with spring NH₄NO₃ at soil pH 6.0 to 7.65 Mgha⁻¹ with spring NH₄Cl at soil pH 5.5. Sixty-six percent of the variability in grain yield was explained by the number of take-all infected crown roots per tiller at anthesis. Oregon Agric. Exp. Stn. technical paper no. 7707.     

Natural suppression of take-all disease of wheat in Montana soils

This research was initiated to determine whether soils suppressive to take-all of wheat caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt) occur in Montana, and to identify the organisms most likely involved in this suppression. From an initial screening of eight soils collected from different wheat growing areas of Montana, two were highly suppressive to take-all. Microbial characterization of these soils indicated that different mechanisms were involved in the suppression. In Larslan soil, mycoparasitism appeared to be the main mechanism. Two different fungi with exceptional ability to reduce the severity of take-all were isolated from this soil. One of these fungi could parasitize the hyphae of Ggt. Field tests with these fungi in Ggt infested soil showed increases of over 100% in both harvestble tillers and grain yield as compared to treatments without these two fungi. In tests with 48 different bacteria and 10 actinomycetes from Larslan soil, none were able to consistently reduce severity of take-all alone, or in mixtures. In Toston soil, antibiosis by actinomycetes and perhaps the involvement of Pseudomonas spp. in production of antibiotics and/or siderophores appeared to be the most likely mechanisms involved in take-all suppression. Increases in shoot dry weight over that in the Ggt infested control using mixtures of pseudomonads and actinomycetes ranged from 25% to 87%. Actinomycetes added individually or in mixtures to soil infested with Ggt consistently reduced the severity of the disease to a greater extent than did mixtures of Pseudomonas spp.     

Manganese nutrition and accumulation of phenolics and lignin as related to differential resistance of wheat genotypes to the take-all fungus

Differential resistance of four Triticum aestivum L. genotypes to isolates of take-all fungus (Gaeuman-nomyces graminis var. ritici Walker) was tested in a complete factorial experiment set up in a growth chamber using Mn-deficient Wangary sand amended with four rates of Mn. Mn-efficient cultivars produced more dry matter at low supply of Mn. Fertilization with Mn significantly increased its accumulation in roots and shoots. The most sensitive measure of take-all infection was the total length of root stellar lesions; these lesions were reduced by Mn fertilization and were shorter in Mn-efficient genotypes. The resistance-enhancing effect of Mn was the most obvious in the Mn-inefficient genotype (Bayonet) and the least obvious in the Mn-efficient one (C8MM). Phenolics biosynthesis in roots was clicited by fungal infection, especially in the case of the highly virulent isolate. The weakly virulent isolate increased phenolics concentration in roots much more if no Mn was added, indicating that the resistance-enhancing effect of Mn may not be directly exerted through the effects on phenolics biosynthesis. Lignin concentration in roots decreased due to Mn fertilization, while no effect of take-all infection was noted. It appears that biosynthesis of phenolics and lignin in wheat roots has a low Mn requirement which can be satisfied at environmental Mn concentrations below those necessary for optimum plant growth. ei]Section editor: A C Borstlap ei]Section editor: H Lambers     

感染病毒的小麦全蚀菌的超微结构

将感染病毒的小麦全蚀菌山东烟台株培养 20天的菌体细胞,进行超微结构的研究。于电镜下观察到球状病毒颗粒,平均直径23—30nm,多是无规则松散的分布于胞质中;或紧密聚集于液泡、线粒体周围;或排列成线状;或7—8个颗粒排列成环状。病毒仅分布于细胞质中,细胞核、脂肪体内均未见病毒颗粒。病毒浓度在较老的菌体内有增加的趋势。全蚀菌的菌丝细胞壁有三层,外层电子致密内含纤维状物,内层电子较为透明,中层为一电子致密度很深的狭窄夹层。壁的厚度不均,外缘不规则;在菌丝体产生隔膜的早期阶段,于隔膜附近有1—3个外被膜结构的沃罗宁体 Woronin body,隔膜形成的后期,见电子致密物质沉积在核膜孔上,形成中的隔膜顶端为尖状突起向基部逐渐增宽略成金字塔形。