The esterase isoenzymes of 16 strains of P.oryzae which belonged to 7 Chinese physiologic race-groups and 12 physiologic races from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were analysed by the IF-PAGE,The results showed that the number of esterase isoenzyme bands was between 13-18 and the pI value ranged from 3.00 to 7.20.Around the pI=4.15,there were same isoenzyme bands that the 12 physiologic races possessed.The similar coefficients(SC) of zymograms among physiologic races from the same physiologic race groupwere generally larger than 0.50,but those from different physiologic racegroups were about 0.30-0.40 except for a few strains.According to the number of esterase isoenzyme bands and their pI value,every physiologic race had its specific zymogram.The SC of zymograms of the same physio-logic races from different regions was only 0.50-0.60.It seemed that the degree of zymogram'SC among physiologic races was mostly related to the pathogenicity and affected by the ecologic factors,the physiologic races of P.oryzae identified by the hosts were not homozygotes,their branch metabolic pathes were complicated and diversified.
Liu Shuzhao, Li Qingxian.
ESTERASE ISOENZYME CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSIOLOGIC RACES OF PYRICULARIA ORYZAE[J]. Acta Phytopathologica Sinica, 1992, 22(2): 179-183