Aphid saliva

Within the Aphidoidea, most species of Aphididae, as long as they are in small numbers and not carrying plant viruses, do little perceptible damage to their food plants. In species that cause toxicoses, it is usually assumed that some component of the saliva must be responsible. Paradoxically, however, the salivary enzymes of Aphididae are similar to those that already occur in plants – oxidases and enzymes that depolymerize polysaccharides – and the salivary enzymes are injected in very small amounts relative to their counterparts in the plant. Damage to plants triggers defensive, biochemical responses, and it is suggested that the injected enzymes serve mainly to divert or counter responses at the immediate interface of stylets and plant tissues. The saliva of Aphididae contains non-enzymic, reducing compounds which, in the presence of oxidases, can combine with and inactivate defensive phytochemicals – including those released in response to damage and transported in the phloem sieve tube sap on which Aphididae feed. Salivary and gut oxidases deactivate ingested phytochemicals by oxidative polymerization. Aphididae inject saliva into sieve tubes before sustained ingestion of sap, and this saliva has been presumed to condition the sieve tubes, but in what way remains unclear. It is suggested that there is a dynamic biochemical interaction between aphids and plants; that the interaction is usually well balanced for most of the Aphididae; hence, no outcome is readily observable. Where a significant imbalance occurs, however, either the aphid is unable to feed, i.e. the plant is resistant, and/or the aphid does not effectively counter a hypersensitive response. Not all plant responses are disadvantageous to aphids. Gall-forming Aphidoidea trigger and control abnormal growth in the plant to the insects' advantage, possibly by eliciting vigorous oxidation in selective meristematic tissues, thereby limiting supply of molecular oxygen and inhibiting oxygen-dependent growth-controls. Current problems and possible approaches for further research are reviewed.     

A large panel of chicken cells are invaded in vivo by Salmonella Typhimurium even when depleted of all known invasion factors

Poultry are the main source of human infection by Salmonella. As infected poultry are asymptomatic, identifying infected poultry farms is difficult, thus controlling animal infections is of primary importance. As cell tropism is known to govern disease, our aim was therefore to identify infected host–cell types in the organs of chicks known to be involved in Salmonella infection and investigate the role of the three known invasion factors in this process (T3SS-1, Rck and PagN). Chicks were inoculated with wild-type or isogenic fluorescent Salmonella Typhimurium mutants via the intracoelomic route. Our results show that liver, spleen, gall bladder and aortic vessels could be foci of infection, and that phagocytic and non-phagocytic cells, including immune, epithelial and endothelial cells, are invaded in vivo in each organ. Moreover, a mutant defective for the T3SS-1, Rck and PagN remained able to colonize organs like the wild-type strain and invaded non-phagocytic cells in each organ studied. As the infection of the gall bladder had not previously been described in chicks, invasion of gall bladder cells was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and infection was shown to last several weeks after inoculation. Altogether, for the first time these findings provide insights into cell tropism of Salmonella in relevant organs involved in Salmonella infection in chicks and also demonstrate that the known invasion factors are not required for entry into these cell types.     

Bottom-up effects shift top-down community structure of the parasitoid guild that attacks Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Borrichia frutescens (Asteraceae)

相似文献   

日本樱花根癌病病原菌的鉴定及其防治

从浙江省的慈溪、奉化、嵊州等地的日本樱花苗圃内,采集到具有典型症状的日本樱花根癌病植株。经分离纯化及在指示植物番茄、向日葵幼苗的致病性测定,共分离到致病性病原菌株１１株,经形态学、生理生化学特征鉴定及菌体可溶性蛋白ＳＤＳ－聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,确定引起日本樱花根癌病的病原细菌为根癌土壤杆菌（Ａｇｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍｔｕｍｅｆａｃｉｅｎｓ）生物型１,经平皿拮抗和盆栽试验表明,生防菌Ｋ８４能够明显抑制致病菌株的致癌能力。     

角倍蚜在冬夏寄主上的分布规律

角倍由角倍蚜Schlechtendaliachinensis（Bell）寄生在盐肤木RhuschinensisMill和滨盐肤木R.chinensisvar．raxburghii（DC）Rehd．叶上致瘿而形成,约占五倍子总产量的80％。藓圃上越冬若蚜和盐肤木林中角倍的分布均属聚集分布。影响越冬若蚜和角倍聚集度的主要生态因子分别为藓长势、湿度、光照和树与藓的距离、风向、风速。于母和雏倍分布在盐肤木和滨肤木的第5～11片叶上,其中7～9片叶上干母数和雏倍数超过50％。干母数与雏倍数存在着显著的线性关系。盐肤木上：y1=3.3394＋0.7662x1,r1=0．9994**滨盐肤木上：y2=3.6707＋0.7431x2,r2=0.9894**     

Root Cortical Cell Spherical Bodies Associated with an Induced Resistance Reaction in Monoxenic Cultures of Meloidogyne incognita

The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita was monoxenically cultured on excised roots of soybean cv. Pickett and tomato cv. Rutgers in agar media containing either 0 to 1,600 μg/ml ammonium nitrate or 0 to 100 μg/ml urea. Observations with scanning and transmission electron microscopy indicated that an elevated concentration of ammonium nitrate or urea inhibited giant cell formation and suppressed nematode development in the infected soybean roots. In the tomato roots, concentrations of ammonium nitrate above 400 μg/ml or urea above 25 μg/ml inhibited giant cell formation and nematode development. Coincident with the nitrogen concentrations that suppressed giant cell formation was the appearance of electron-dense spherical bodies in the cortical parenchyma cells of both the soybean and tomato roots. These bodies, which were 1-4 μm in diameter, appeared to form in the cytoplasm and migrate to the cell vacuole.     

菜豆根瘤,类根瘤以及根颈瘤的细胞学观察

菜豆根瘤菌(Rhizobium leguminosarum bv.phaseoli)的共生质粒 pSym 3622转移到具有 C58染色体背景的农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)中以后,杂交子可以通过伤口感染菜豆(Phaseolus vulgaris)根系,并在接种位点周围诱导类根瘤形成。类根瘤的结构与根瘤和菜豆根颈瘤的结构完全不同,其维管组织位于中央,周围为含有丰富淀粉粒的、高度液泡化的薄壁细胞,而且它的任何细胞以及胞间隙内均不含细菌。但是菜豆有效根瘤则含有大片含菌细胞区,不仅其细胞含有类菌体,而且在胞间隙中也存在细菌。由农杆菌 A208(pTiT37)所诱导的菜豆根颈瘤的任何细胞和胞间隙内也不含细菌。肿瘤的内部结构可以明显地分成许多不同的细胞层次,它们分别起源于不同的分生区;并且其内还可以分化出根伏突起,通过继续发育而形成新根系。此外肿瘤内许多区域的细胞都有明显解体的现象。     

盐肤木林内间作对角倍蚜虫瘿数量的影响

对不同间作方式下盐肤木林的角倍蚜虫瘿数量进行研究,结果表明:(1)盐肤木纯林的单株虫瘿数、单叶虫瘿数和有虫瘿梢头率分别为14.1个、2.3个和78.4%,而盐肤木襄荷混作林的单株虫瘿数、单叶虫瘿数和有虫瘿梢头率分别为25.8个、3.2个和91.2%,分别为前者的1.8倍、1.4倍,有虫瘿梢头率增加了12.8%。(2)与盐肤木纯林相比,盐肤木襄荷混作林内的温度略低,全天平均低1.6℃,而相对湿度略高,全天平均高5.9%,高湿和较小温度变幅可能是虫瘿数量增加的主要原因。(3)当盐肤木与蔬菜混作时,单株梢头数和有虫瘿梢头数分别比纯林增加了1.4倍,增加的原因可能与蔬菜种植中的松土和施肥有关。综上所述,盐肤木与襄荷混作可以增加倍子产量,盐肤木与蔬菜混作可以增加有虫瘿梢头数量,两种混作模式均可在生产中推广应用。     

西洋参冠瘿组织培养及其人参皂苷Re和人参皂苷Rg1的产生

考察了培养基组成、培养时间、接种量、pH值、肌醇浓度等对冠瘿组织生长及其人参皂苷含量的影响 ;用HPLC检测了冠瘿组织中人参皂苷Re和人参皂苷Rg1 的含量。高压纸层析电泳证实 ,根癌农杆菌Ti质粒上的T DNA片段已整合进入植物细胞核基因组中。在考察的 6种培养基中 ,White培养基最适合人参皂苷Rg1 的累积(0 0 95 % ) ,MS培养基最适合人参皂苷Re的累积 (0 194 % )。以MS为基本培养基培养 36d、32d时人参皂苷Re和人参皂苷Rg1 累积含量最高 (分别为 0 14 7%和 0 0 6 1% ) ;接种量为 4g、2g (FW flask) ,有利于人参皂苷Re和人参皂苷Rg1的累积 ;培养基pH 5 8时人参皂苷Re含量最高 (0 184 % ) ,培养基pH 5 6时人参皂苷Rg1 累积量最高 (0 0 5 4 % ) ;肌醇浓度为 0 0 5g L时 ,能促进人参皂苷Re合成 (0 182 % ) ,浓度为 0 30g L时 ,有利于人参皂苷Rg1 累积 (0 0 5 5 % )。     

抗桃根癌病菌的耐氰放线菌筛选及其抑菌作用研究

为了筛选耐氰并抗桃根癌病的微生物菌株,以不同浓度的KCN培养基作为选择培养基,以根癌农杆菌为靶标菌,通过平板对峙培养的方法,筛选出了耐氰放线菌G-19,其发酵液代谢产物对根癌农杆菌有明显的抑制作用,抑菌圈直径为21.66 mm。其抑菌作用主要表现在3个方面:使得病原菌的生长对数期缩短,菌体浓度处于低水平状态;使病原菌的细胞壁弯曲、皱缩,继之结构发生破裂,细胞质向边缘凝聚,中心变得稀薄,甚至形成空腔;使细胞膜的通透性增加,导致病原菌的细胞质液外泄;但未见到病原菌DNA的损伤。因此,认为G-19菌株抑菌的作用机理是使根癌病原菌的细胞壁结构破坏和膜透性增加。