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  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    CHEN Zihan, HE Tao, SHI Benyi, LI Ke, CAI Hong, HE Xiahong, ZHU Youyong, ZHAO Yu
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(4): 787-798. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000883
    In order to explore the influence of Polygonatum sibiricum rotation on the soil microbial community of Panax notoginseng, evaluate the restoration ability of crop rotation and natural restoration. The influence of Polygonatum sibiricum rotation on the microbial structure and microflora change of soil continuous cropping with Panax notoginseng was studied. The results showed that seedling rate was 88.33%, significantly higher than the incidence rate of fallow treatment, which was less than 20%, but the difference was not significant. The diversity of soil fungi and bacteria was significantly reduced (P<0.01). The results showed that crop rotation could signi-ficantly affect the β diversity of soil fungi and bacteria in Panax notoginseng (P<0.001), and could significantly increase the relative abundance of Ascomycota and reduce the relative abundance of Basidiomycota and Triguta. Firmicutes, Budlesomonas, Chloritans, Acinetobacter, Bacteroidetes, etc. LEfSe results showed that after the rotation of the pathogens, Fusarium, Ilyonectria, and other fungi. Rhizosphere soil microbial fungi mainly saprophytic, pathological and mixed nutrition mode, after the rotation treatment, plant pathogen fungi abundance, pathogenic bacteria of decline, associated with the disease, at the same time after rotation bacterial L-valine biosynthesis pathway, L-isoleucine biosynthesis I (from threonine) pathway, L-isoleucine biosynthesis II, Aerobic respiration I (cytochrome C) pathway is significantly lower. The rotation of Polygonatum sibiricum can improve soil microorganisms and it’s potential to alleviate the obstacles of Panax notoginseng.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    WANG Shaohua, CHU Tianran, LIAO Kai, SHI Yanxia, XIE Xuewen, LI Lei, FAN Tengfei, LI Baoju, CHAI Ali
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(4): 799-807. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001627
    Cucumber leaf spot caused by Corynespora cassiicola is an important disease in cucumber production, and diseased residues in soil have been proved to be the main source of its initial infection. To clarify the effect of droplet splash on the dispersal of the pathogen, a real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based system for rapid detection of C. cassiicola in soil was established. Through this system, C. cassiicola was detected in soil samples collected from greenhouses where Corynespora leaf spot was naturally occurred, with concentrations ranging from 27.00×100 to 7.95×105 pg DNA·g-1. The results of artificial simulation of droplet splashing experiment showed that the impact of droplets carrying C. cassiicola led to splash dispersal of the pathogen and increased disease severity, with disease index of 65.56 and 41.56 for C. cassiicola-infected soil and substrate, respectively. Mulching soil and substrate surface in the above experiment significantly reduced disease severity, with disease index of 13.79 and 13.83 for C. cassiicola-infected soil and substrate, respectively. The results of this study indicate that droplet splash is an important route for the transmission of soil-borne C. cassiicola, providing not only technical assistance for monitoring and early warning of Corynespora leaf spot but also theoretical basis for the prevention and control of the disease.
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    YUAN Jiasheng, HE Saiya, ZHANG JinHao, MENG Han, WANG Bowen, WEI Lanfang, JI Guanghai
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(4): 808-818. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001626
    Rice bacterial leaf streak, the main bacterial disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc), seriously affects rice production. Exploring safe and efficient biological resources is very important for the control of the disease. In this study, an endophytic bacterial strain XP-1 was obtained from rice leaves by confronting incubation method, with an inhibition zone diameter of (56.1±0.1) mm against Xoc. XP-1 also exhibited good antagonistic activity against 5 common bacterial phytopathogens (Ralstonia solanacearum, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, Ralstonia solanacearum, Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, Xanthomonas fragariae and Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris). Physiological and biochemical test showed that XP-1 strain can produce IAA and siderophore, and solubilize phosphate but cannot solubilize potassium and fix nitrogen. Through indoor seed soaking test and greenhouse pot experiment, it was showed that the diluted fermentation broth of XP-1 could promote seed germination and seedling growth of rice plants, and inhibit leaf lesion on 3 rice varieties, with an inhibition rate of 63.72%-94.47%. The beneficial endophytic XP-1 strain, which has a wide antimicrobial spectrum, was identified as Pantoea ananatis based on morphological characteristics, physiological and biochemical properties and molecular identification results. This study provides the foundation for further exploration of biological resources for rice bacterial leaf streak control.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    WANG Rongyan, GAO Bo, LI Xiuhua, CHEN Shulong, MA Juan
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(3): 617-624. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001032
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    Sweetpotato mottled necrosis caused by Globisporangium ultimum var. ultimum is a newly reported disease in China. It causes severe yield losses in the end of harvest or early stage of storage. In order to effectively control the disease, temperature effect on the pathogen growth and the disease developing were tested in vivo and in vitro, then the toxicities of 10 fungicides to G. ultimum and their control efficacy to mottled necrosis were evaluated. The results showed that the optimum temperature for the growth of G. ultimum on PDA was found to be 30 ℃, while the disease development on sweetpotato roots was optimal at 20 ℃. In the temperature effect test for the toxicities of different fungicides to G. ultimum on PDA, the toxicity of metalaxyl-M·mancozeb was the highest at 15 ℃ among different temperatures tested at 15 ℃, 20 ℃, 23 ℃, and 25 ℃, while pyraclostrobin and cymoxanil·mancozeb were more effective at 15 ℃ and 20 ℃ compared to higher temperatures at 23 ℃ and 25 ℃. The toxicity of fluopicolide·propamocarb hydrochloride was the lowest at 25℃ among the temperatures tested, whereas those for oxathiapiprolin and oxine-copper were not affected by the temperatures. The protective effects for those fungicides were higher than their therapeutic effects in vivo. Both of protective effects and the therapeutic effects of metalaxyl-M·mancozeb and fluopicolide·propamocarb hydrochloride were higher than those of other fungicides tested.
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    LIU Yajie, LUO Shujie, JIANG Xiaohui, ZHANG Qingxia, WEI Shuang
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(3): 625-637. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001621
    Root-knot disease, caused by Meloidogyne incognita, seriously threatens the production of many crop plants. To further explore biocontrol resources for this disease, two bacterial strains showing nematicidal activity were isolated from vegetable rhizopsheric soil in Yangzhou City, China. These two strains, named HJ03 and HJ04, were identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and B. safensis, respectively, based on their morphologi-cal characteristics, biochemical properties, and phylogenetic analysis results. The corrected mortalities of HJ03 and HJ04 cell suspensions against second-stage juveniles (J2s) of M. incognita after 24 h of treatment were 77.3% and 79.3%, respectively, while those for culture filtrates of the two strains were 75.9% and 80.1%. No significant difference in corrected mortalities was observed between treatments with cell suspension and culture filtrate. Cell suspensions of HJ03 and HJ04 cultured for 24 h showed good nematicidal activity, and extended culture time did not significantly increase nematicidal activity. Cell suspensions (OD600=1.2) of HJ03 and HJ04 diluted to 1:2 resulted in mortalities of 77.7% and 78.6%, respectively, similar to those caused by their mother solutions, but showed significantly decreased mortalities when diluted to 1:5. The biocontrol mechanisms of HJ03 and HJ04 against M. incognita were revealed as follows: HJ03 and HJ04 can inhibit egg hatching of M. incognita, with inhibition rates of 71.1% and 64.0%, respectively, compared to LB medium-treated control; significantly inhibit the chemotaxis of J2s. The number of J2s in tomato rhizosphere (1 cm) treated with HJ03 and HJ04 was reduced by 90.9% and 87.6%, respectively, compared with that of control; dramatically inhibit nematode infection, with inhibition rates of 85.4% and 85.2%, respectively, after treated with HJ03 and HJ04 for one week; inhibit gall formation, with gall indexes of 1.1 and 1.6 for HJ03 and HJ04, respectively, at 40 d after treatment, whereas 3.3 for control; inhibit the formation of egg masses, with inhibition rates of 75.7% and 73.1% for HJ03 and HJ04, respectively, at 60 d after treatment; reduce the size of M. incognita-induced giant cells. In addition, HJ03 and HJ04 can promote seed germination and seedling growth of tomato. This study enriches the biocontrol resources against root-knot disease and lays a basis for further development of biocontrol agents.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    HE Saiya, YUAN Jiasheng, ZHOU Xinghai, LIU Xuerui, WEI Lanfang, JI Guanghai
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(2): 410-418. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001030
    [Objective] In order to find new biocontrol resources to address the increasing severity of cruciferous vegetable clubroot disease. [Method] In our study, 485 strains of bacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere soil of only a few healthy Chinese cabbage plants in the field of serious clubroot disease. Using Phytophthora capsici as an indicator fungus, we screened the biocontrol strains of cabbage clubroot disease by plate standoff and greenhouse pot experiment. Morphological characteristics and 16S rDNA sequence were used to identify the biocontrol bacteria. The stability of biocontrol bacteria was measured by heat treatment, acid-base treatment, ultraviolet treatment and protease K treatment. At the same time, the plate confrontation method was used to determine the antibacterial spectrum of the bacteria. [Result] 46 biocontrol strains with antibacterial effects were obtained through standoff culture screening, and one strain with good control effect on Chinese cabbage clubroot disease was obtained through pot experiment re-screening. The strain S16 is relatively sensitive to high temperatures above 60 ℃, not sensitive to ultraviolet radiation and has strong UV stability. The stability is good after pH treatment at 4~8, and enzyme treatment has almost no effect on the antibacterial substances produced by the strain. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, the strain was identified as Streptomyces griseoaurantiacus. S16 has inhibitory effects on Phytophthora capsici and other 7 pathogenic fungi, with a wide antibacterial spectrum, and a pot culture control effect of 68.74% on Chinese cabbage root swelling disease. [Conclusion] This indicates that S. griseoaurantiacus strain S16 has significant control effects on the clubroot disease of the cruciferous vegetable, and can be further developed into a biocontrol bacterium.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    CHANG Hana, ZHAN Haoxin, ZHANG Lin, WANG Ruogu, LU Baohui, LIU Liping, GAO Jie
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(2): 419-428. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001604
    In this study, the sensitivity of Colletotrichum panacicola to difenoconazole and tebuconazole was determined with 109 isolates collected from the main ginseng-growing regions in Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces by measuring mycelial growth rate in vitro. Meanwhile, the resistance level of 435 C. panacicola isolates from 15 villages and towns in Jilin and Liaoning provinces was evaluated via the minimum concentration inhibition method. The result showed that the sensitivity frequency of the 109 isolates of C. panacicala to difenoconazole and tebuconazole presented a normal distribution, with the average EC50 values of 0.4044±0.1996 μg·mL-1 and 0.1717±0.0045 μg·mL-1, respectively, which could be adopted as the relative susceptible baselines of C. panacicola to these two fungicides. Moreover, C. panacicola strains from different regions displayed no significant difference in the sensitivity to difenoconazole and tebuconazole. Spearman correlation analysis of log10EC50 values of the 109 isolates of C. panacicola showed no cross resistance between the two fungicides. Here, only one strain of C. panacicola showed low resistance to difenoconazole, with a resistance frequency of 0.22%; no tebuconazole-resistant isolate was detected. In conclusion, the C. panacicala populations from Northeast China exhibited high sensitivity to difenoconazole and tebuconazole, indicating that the two fungicides can still be used for the control of anthracnose of ginseng. The results lay a basis for the assessment of resistance risk of C. panacicala to fungicides and also for the rational application of fungicides in the chemical control of ginseng anthracnose in Northeast China.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    RAN Lin, JIAO Yang, LING Jian, YANG Yuhong, MAO Zhenchuan, XIE Bingyan, LI Yan
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(2): 429-435. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001608
    Fusarium wilt of cucumber, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (Foc), is an important soil-borne disease that is difficult to control. The disease usually causes plant wilt, leading to significant yield loss. In this study, a Trichoderma strain 3199, which produces antimicrobial peptaibol, was obtained from the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL). The strain was identified as Trichoderma arundinaceum based on morphological characteristics and the result of molecular identification. Confronting incubation results showed that T. arundinaceum strain 3199 had obviously inhibitory effect on Foc. In pot experiment, root irrigation of cucumber seedlings with spore suspension (1×108 spores·mL-1) of strain 3199 showed 51.3% biocontrol effects against Fusarium wilt caused by Foc. Furthermore, the ethyl acetate extract (12 mg·mL-1) from fermentation broth of strain 3199 could effectively inhibit the growth of Foc. The results indicate that T. arundinaceum strain 3199 has great potential for the biocontrol of Fusarium wilt of cucumber by producing bioactive secondary metabolites.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    WANG Yi, WANG Yaoyao, ZHANG Mingxin, PENG Na, WANG Xiu, GAO Weiwei
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(1): 147-159. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000864
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    The root rot caused by Fusarium and Ilyonectria is the most serious disease in American ginseng. The prevention of this disease mainly relies on the utilization of fungicides. However, it is unknown whether it could be controlled by calcium fertilizer. In order to reduce the use of pesticides and find possible physiological and ecological mechanisms of calcium in root rot disease control, a pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of calcium application and inoculation. During the cultivation of ginseng, different amounts of calcium oxide (0、0.5、1.5、4.5 g·kg-1 ) was applied to the soil. The root biomass, disease incidence, root nutrient content, soil physicochemical properties and soil microbial community were measured. The results showed that low calcium additions increased root rot disease index, however, high calcium additions decreased root rot disease index. Compared to the control, adding 4.5 g·kg-1 calcium oxide decreased root rot disease index of I. mors-panacis by 87.69% (P < 0.05), meanwhile, the root rot disease index of F. solani was reduced by 66.67% (P>0.05). The calcium content in American ginseng roots from the two inoculation groups were increased by 101.28% and 61.50% (P<0.05), respectively. Nitrogen and phosphorus content in the roots were positively correlated with the root rot disease index of F. solani. On the other hand, the structure and composition of soil microbial communities inoculated with two pathogens differed significantly. The calcium treatment mainly affected the diversity and composition of fungal community, while having little effect on the bacterial commun-ity. Additionally, treatment with 4.5 g·kg-1 calcium oxide inhibited the relative abundance of Didymella and Phoma. Overall, the potential mechanism for the reduction of root rot disease in American ginseng by more than 65% through the application of high-dose calcium is related to increased calcium content in roots, reduced nitrogen and phosphorus content in roots, and decreased the relative abundance of potential pathogens in soil. This study provides a theoretical basis for reducing root rot disease of American ginseng through rational application of calcium fertilizer.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    ZHANG Xiaoyan, XIE Zhao, WANG Xiuhua, LU Baohui, GAO Jie
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(1): 160-169. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001025
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    In order to obtain high-quality and sufficient protoplasts of Botrytis cinerea that can be used for genetic transformation, effects of multiple parameters including mycelial age, combinations of lytic enzymes, types of osmotic stabilizers, enzymatic hydrolysis temperature, and time of enzyme digestion on protoplasts preparation were studied. The optimal lytic enzyme was determined to be the combination of driselase, snailase, and lysing enzyme at an active ingredient of 1%, 0.1% and 1%, respectively, and the mycelial age, composition and concentration of osmotic stabilizer, enzyme digestion temperature, and enzyme digestion time were as follows: mycelia of JA-6 was cultivated on PDA at 25 °C for 36 h, osmotic stabilizer contained 0.6 mol·L-1 KCl and 50 mmol·L-1 CaCl2, and enzyme digestion time was 3 h at 120 r·min-1 at 28 °C. Enzymatic hydrolysis of 5 g·mL-1 of B. cinerea mycelium can yield 1.06×107 protoplasts·mL-1 under above optimal protoplast preparation conditions. No significant differences of the colony morphology, growth rate, conidial production and pathogenicity were observed between the regenerated strain and the wild-type strain. The GFP (green fluorescent protein) gene was subsequently transformed into B. cinerea JA-6 by PEG mediated transformation. The fluorescence signal of the transformants can be stably inherited. The established protoplast preparation method in the present research would meet the requirements of genetic transformation of B. cinerea for further study.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    LI Xinlei, ZHU Mengkun, LI Wei, CAO Shulin, DENG Qingchao, FANG Shouguo, CHEN Huaigu, SUN Haiyan
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(1): 170-179. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000865
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    In the researches of chemical control of plant diseases, the mechanism of action of fungicides and pathogen resistance to fungicides are the focus of attention, while the mechanisms of how pathogenic bacteria response to mitigate chemical stress is often ignored. The transcriptome sequencing technology was used to study the stress response mechanism of Fusarium graminearum to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHIs) fungicides in this study. The results showed that 1 180 up-regulated and 937 down-regulated differentially expressed genes were identified in the pathogen treated with pydiflumetofen and benzovindiflupyr compared to the control. Complex II on mitochondrial electron transfer chain is the target of SDHIs fungicides. Therefore, the genes rela-ted to mitochondrial electron transfer chain were focused in this study. The results showed that F. graminearum responded to the stress of SDHIs fungicides by upregulating the expression of genes such as Succinate dehydrogenase, Ubiquinol-cytochrome C reductase, Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH), ABC and MFS transpor-ters, and downregulating the expression of genes in the SWI / SNF complex and other genes. FgFAH gene was induced to express after being treated with SDHIs fungicides. The sensitivity of FgFAH gene-knockout mutant to SDHIs fungicide was increased compared to wild type, indicating that this gene may mediated the stress response of F. graminearum to SDHIs fungicide. The results of this study will provide a research basis for studying stress response mechanism of pathogen to chemical agents and research ideas for developing sensitizers of fungicides in the future.
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    WANG Shuang, ZHAO Fumei, TIAN Yuting, QIAO Qi, ZHANG Desheng, WANG Yongjiang, ZHANG Zhenchen
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(1): 180-187. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001314
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    Virus disease is a main constraint that influences sweet potato yield and quality. The most important viruses for sweet potato are the sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) of the genus Crinivirus and sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) of the genus Potyvirus. SPCSV-infected sweet potato storage roots incline to develop severe viral disease at the seedling stage. However, the effect of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in sweet potato fields on the proportion of SPCSV-viruliferous storage roots and viral disease occurrence remains largely unknown. Here, we report that the amount of whitefly and the rate of SPCSV-viruliferous whiteflies in sweet potato fields were closely related to the viruliferous rate of storage roots. When there was a high number of viruliferous whiteflies in sweet potato fields, a high rate of viruliferous storage roots were triggered, even though virus-free sweet potato cuttings that would not induce severe symptoms in above ground plants had been planted. The SPCSV infection rate and double infection of storage roots with SPCSV and SPFMV presented significant positive correlations with the virus-like symptom rate in sprouts generated from the storage roots. The symptom rate in sprouts can be predicted by the viruliferous rate of storage roots.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    DU Mengyuan, LIU Di, CHEN Li, HOU Yanhong, CHEN Qi, FAN Zhiye, LI Leilei, SHEN Hailong, WANG Wenhao, SHI Xingkai, LI Shimin
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2024, 54(1): 188-194. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001315
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    In order to clarify the variation of virus content of wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV) in various disease grade and tissue parts, wheat samples with typical incidence levels of 0, 1, 2 and 3 were collected from fields with uniform incidence of wheat yellow mosaic disease. Healthy wheat samples from virus-free fields were used as blank control. The absolute quantification of the content of wheat yellow mosaic virus in roots, stems and leaves was carried out by real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). The results showed that the content of WYMV in wheat roots was significantly higher than that in leaves (P<0.05), and the virus content in wheat roots of grade 0 was 13.97 times higher than that in leaves. In wheat tissues of different disease grade, the virus content in roots, stems and leaves increased significantly with the aggravation of disease grade (P<0.05). The virus content in roots increased rapidly and then slowed down. From grade 0 to grade 1, the virus content in roots increased by 3.95×106 copies·μL-1L. However, from grade 1 to grade 3, the virus increase was only 1.45×106copies·μL-1. The virus content in stems and leaves showed a trend of uniform increase, and there was a strong positive correlation between the virus content in stems and the disease grade (R2=0.996 7). This study confirmed that the root is the key tissue site of WYMV virus infection in wheat. At the same time, it was found that the content of WYMV in the roots of diseased grade 0 wheat was much higher than that in the control group. The content of WYMV in the stem correlates closely with viral symptoms. The higher the content of stem virus, the more obvious the symptom of wheat.
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    YANG Dan, LI Xingpeng, ZHANG Jing, YANG Long, LI Guoqing
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(5): 934-943. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001010
    The objective of this study is to evaluate the inhibitory effect of Aspergillus niger Y-1 on bacteria colonized in sclerosphere of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and to investigate the co-infection activity of Y-1 and another biocontrol agent Conithyrium minitans on sclerotia. The results showed that the culture filtrate of Y-1 exhibited obvious antibacterial activity in the plate assay against the representative bacteria in sclerosphere (including species in genera Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Brevibacterium and Archrobacter), and the diameter of inhibitory zone was greater than 2.0 cm. HPLC analysis showed that the yield of oxalic acid in Y-1 filtrate cultured for 6 days was up to 40.7 mmol·L-1, and its antibacterial activity was comparable to that of 40 mmol·L-1 pure oxalic acid solution. When the pH value was adjusted to 7, the antibacterial activity of the filtrate disappeared, indicating that the oxalic acid secreted by A. niger was the major antibacterial compound. The dilution of A. niger filtrate at low concentrations (1%~5%) had no significant influence on conidial germination of C. minitans. A. niger showed a weak parasitic activity on sclerotia in the test on sand, and the parasitic effect of mixed A. niger and C. minitans was not significantly different from that of C. minitans alone. The pot experiment showed that the biocontrol efficiency of mixture A. niger and C. minitans (83.78%) on reducing the number of apothecia produced by S. sclerotiorum was significantly higher than that of C. minitans alone (69.37%). These results suggest that the combined use of A. niger and C. minitans could improve the parasitism effect on the sclerotia of S. sclerotiorum.
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    XIA Minghao, ZHOU Aihong, JI Fan, ZHAO Jun, KANG Zhensheng, ZHAN Gangming
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(4): 633-641. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000829
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    Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is an important fungal disease on wheat, which seriously threatens the production safety of wheat. Fungicide application is an important measure to control this disease where triadimefon is the main fungicide used for the disease control. However, with the long-term single and large-scale use of the triadimefon, it is inevitably to the emergence of resistant isolates. Since P. striiformis f. sp. tritici is a strict obligate parasite, the current experiments to determine the sensitivity of the pathogen to fungicides are mainly carried out in vivo, the results are easily affected by the external environment. In this study, based on the cultures of detached wheat leaves in petri dishes, quantitative inoculation and software reading methods, the sensitivities of 60 P. striiformis f. sp. tritici isolates from the core over-summering area of northwestern China in 2021 to triadimefon were evaluated. The bioassay test showed that the average EC50 of the tested isolates was 0.543 μg·mL-1, where 7 isolates were resistant with 11.67% of the tested isolates had low to moderate resistance to triadimefon. The results of the molecular marker were consistent with those of the bioassay. Through optimizing the indoor bioassay system of the control effect of triadimefon on stripe rust, the results were more stable and reproducible. A high-throughput fungicide-resistant kompetitive allele-specific PCR-single nucleotide polymorphism (KASP-SNP) molecular marker based on the target gene sequence analysis of sensitive/resistant strains was developed. The results of this study provide a scientific basis to screen efficient fungicides for the control of wheat stripe rust, and to understand the distribution and resistance level of resistance based on monitoring the resistance of the pathogen in the field which helps for the comprehensive management of fungicide resistance.

  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    LU Xiuyun, SHANG Junyan, SU Zhenhe, GUO Qinggang, LI Shezeng, JIAHaimin, LI Yaofa, MA Ping
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(4): 642-654. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000849
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    A new disease of honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) occurred in Julucounty of Hebei province in recent years. In order to effectively control the disease, the isolation, identification of the pathogen were carried out, and biological control of the new disease was conducted.The conventional tissue isolate method was used to isolate pathogen. Pathogenicities of the isolates were determined by pot testing in the greenhouse. The isolates were identified by morphological observation and molecular methods. And physiological type, physiological race and mating type of the isolates were identified by molecular methods. The effect of 1×109 spores·g-1 Bacillus subtilis WP against the new disease of honeysuckle was evaluated under field condition. Seven fungal isolates were obtained from the diseased honeysuckle plants, and these isolates were all confirmed as the pathogen of L. japonica by Koch’s Rule testing. All isolates showed wheel branched conidiophores and could produce black radial microsclerotia on the medium. These characters were identical to the fungi of Verticillium genus. By internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence alignment and PCR amplification with V. dahliae specific primers, these isolates were identified as V. dahliae. By PCR amplification with specific primers, all the 7 isolates were further identified as nondefoliated strains, physiological race 2 and MAT1-2-1 mating type. Pathogenicity tests showed that V. dahliae from honeysuckle could infect cotton, eggplant, potato, sunflower and showed strong pathogenicity. Field experiment demonstrated that this microbial fungicide could significantly decrease honeysuckle Verticillium wilt and increase honeysuckle yields. The control effect was 86.36% and the yield increased 11.7%.To our knowledge, it is the first report of Verticillium wilt on L. japonica occurred in China. The 1×109 spores·g-1 B. subtilis WP was an excellent microbial preparation for honeysuckle Verticillium wilt control.
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    LU Fen, WU Jie, LI Yang, MENG Runjie, BI Qiuyan, YANG Po, HAN Xiuying, WANG Wenqiao, ZHAO Jianjiang
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(4): 655-665. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000649
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    In order to clarify the temporal and spatial dynamics of sensitivity to azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin in Phytophthora infestans and re-evaluate the field efficacies of the two QoI fungicides against potato late blight in single-crop potato planting regions of Northern China, the sensitivity baseline of P. infestans to pyraclostrobin was established. The sensitivities to azoxystrobin in 866 P. infestans strains collected in 2011—2019 and the sensitivities to pyraclostrobin in 620 P. infestans strains collected in 2014—2019 from main potato production areas of Hebei Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Jilin Province were measured with the mycelial growth inhibition test. Also, the control efficacies of seven fungicides including azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin against potato late blight were assayed in the fields through spraying stems and leaves with fungicide suspensions in 2018 and 2019. The results showed the population of P. infestans tended to be less sensitive to azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin, the fluctuation range between years was greater than that between provinces. The frequency and index of P. infestans resistance to azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin over years were 18.18%-64.22% and 60.28%-100%, and 0.30-0.41 and 0.40-0.50, respectively. In three provinces, the frequency and index of P. infestans resistance to azoxystrobin and pyraclostrobin were 41.85%-46.08% and 75.00%-86.36%, and 0.35-0.37 and 0.44-0.47, respectively. The results of two-year field efficacy trials showed azoxystrobin 250 g·L-1 SC and pyraclostrobin 250 g·L-1 EC had high efficacies in controlling potato late blight, the control efficacies of azoxystrobin 250 g·L-1 SC, pyraclostrobin 250 g·L-1 EC, fluazinam 500 g·L-1 SC, cyazofamid 100 g·L-1 SC, flumorph·azoxystrobin 25% SC, and fluazinam·cyazofamid 30% SC were all over 80%, significantly higher than the control efficacy of mefenoxam·mancozeb 68% WG. Thus, due to the dominance of low resistance strains, azoxystrobin and pyrazoxystrobin can be used as substitutes for mefenoxam·mancozeb in one-crop potato planting regions of Northern China where P. infestans has widely developed high resistance to metalaxyl and mefenoxam. However, it is still necessary to closely monitor the sensitivity dynamics of P. infestans to QoI fungicides. This study results laid a scientific basis for the fungicide resistance management of P. infestans and the rational use of QoI fungicides.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    WANG Lu, LI Bo, LI Dongxu, DONG Yanhong, SUN Yang, CAO Keqiang, WANG Shutong
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(4): 666-678. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001007
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    To study the mechanism of phlorizin accumulation on inducing apple replanted disease (ARD), in this study, we investigated the impacts of different concentrations of phlorizin on growth of Malus robusta Rehd seedlings, soil enzyme activities, hyphal growth and sporulation of pathogenic fungi and soil fungal community under greenhouse conditions. The results showed that exogenous phlorizin significantly restricted the growth of potted M. robusta seedlings, and the effect on plant height decreased by 65.3%; the activities of neutral phosphatase, urease, polyphenol oxidase and catalase in replanted soil were changed; furthermore, exogenous phlorizin stimulated the hyphal growth of Fusarium solani and significantly increased the mycelium dry weight and spore production of F. proliferatum by 48.2% and 60.0%, respectively. It is important that the composition and structure of fungal community in the soil added with exogenous phlorizin have changed greatly compared with the original soil and the control soil. High throughput sequencing analysis showed that 40 mg·kg-1 phlorizin significantly reduced the diversity and evenness of soil fungal community, especially the relative abundance of Mortierella, which had negative correlation with the degree of replanting diseases, decreased significantly in non-sterile soil. Therefore, it is speculated that the accumulation of phlorizin can induce the occurrence of ARD by inhibiting the growth of replanted apple saplings, reshaping the fungal community structure and soil enzyme activity, and promoting the growth and sporulation of pathogenic Fusarium.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    ZHANG Baojun, ZHANG Yuming, SUN Zhuonan, FU Zhenxin, XU Lin, HAN Yuanhuai
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(4): 679-689. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.001005
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    Downy mildew caused by the oomycete pathogen Sclerospora graminicola, is a soil-borne disease, which resulting in serious grain yield losses to foxtail millet production. Panicles are often infected by S. graminicola at the growth cone extension stage, and therefore the differentiation and development of spikelets are hindered with subsequently displaying deformation. Regarding the morphological changes in panicles through the growth cone protrusion stage (S1) to the pistil and stamen differentiation stage (S5) with challenging of the oomycete infection, the aim of the present study was to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms with the transcription profiling of differentially expressed genes and key regulatory factors association with pathogen infection through RNA-seq, while changes in auxin contents of panicles were determined using LC-MS/MS. According to the results, panicle development was inhibited at the growth cone protrusion stage, and no obvious characteristics of primary and secondary branches were observed at the panicle branch differentiation stage. A total of 336 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were simultaneously associated with the five developmental stages (S1~S5) of panicles, which significantly enriched in the hormone-mediated signal pathway, hormone level regulation, hormone metabolism process, and hormone biosynthesis process with Gene Ontology (GO) analysis, while Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis revealed the pathways mainly related to hormone biosynthesis, such as tryptophan metabolism, carotenoid biosynthesis, and zeatin biosynthesis. Among them, 328 genes involved in tryptophan metabolism were enriched. In addition, genes involved in indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis and transport pathways were up-regulated; however, genes related to IAA signal transduction were down-regulated. The auxin contents of the panicles were significantly increased following the infection of S. graminicola at the S4 stage, and IAA treatment in vitro promoted S. graminicola mycelium development. In sum, S. graminicola could promote mycelium growth and further infection towards the apical meristem in host foxtail millet by influencing auxin synthesis.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    TANG Xiuli, YANG Jianmin, MENG Zhilong, SHI Ying
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(4): 690-700. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000847
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    Growth indexes of seedling and diversity of surface microbial communities of zucchini seeds were tested after six chemical treatments. The results showed that the seedling emergence rate, plant height, stem thickness, numbers and area of leaves, crown-root ratio increased obviously after chemical treated. Growth indexes of seedling treated by 70% thiophanate-methyl WP and 3% mesomycin AS increased more significantly (P<0.05). A total of 13 phyla, 38 classes, 53 orders, 105 families and 231 genera bacteria were detected where Proteobacteria (78.7%), Firmicutes (19.0%) and Bacteroidetes (1.28%) were the dominant phyla. A total of 3 phyla, 17 classes, 49 orders, 90 families, 133 genera fungi were detected where Ascomycota (83.55%), Basi-diomycota (5.41%) and Zygomycota (0.38%) were the dominant phyla. The diversity and relative abundance of surface microbial communities were different among treatments. Compared with the control, the diversity and relative abundance of bacterial communities were lowest by 2% kasugamycin AS treatment while the lowest fungi communities were observed by 3% mesomycin AS treatment. The relative abundances of Pectobacterium, Ralstonia, Gibellulopsis and Fusarium decreased significantly after treated (P<0.001). According to the relative abundance of surface microbial communities of seeds, 6 chemicals were clustered into three groups: one group including 70% metiram AS and 40% chlorothalonil SC, another group including 2% kasugamycin AS and 22.5% picoxystrobin SC, and the third group including 70% thiophanate-methyl WP and 3% mesomycin AS. Among the six chemical treatments, 3% mesomycin AS was the best seed treatment, followed by 70% thiophanate-methyl WP. The results helped choose effective seed chemical treatments and provided scientific basis for development and application of seed treatment technology.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    LIU Mei, LIN Jie, HAN Chenggui
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(3): 463-472. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000804
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    Sensitivity of 81 Cercospora beticola isolates to carbendazim, difenoconazole and flusilazole was determined by mycelial growth method. 57(70.37%) and 24 (29.63%) of the 81 isolates were sensitive and resistant to carbendazim. The range and mean EC50 values of C. beticola isolates were 0.003 5 to 3.818 0 μg·mL-1 and (0.162 7±0.544 6) μg·mL-1 for difenoconazole, 0.033 5 to 5.465 2 μg·mL-1 and(0.370 0±0.788 4)μg·mL-1for flusilazole. The highest EC50 value was 1 090 and 163 times greater than the lowest one for difenoconazole and flusilazole respectively.The ratio of lowest and highest EC50 values of difenoconazole for the isolates from the different regions ranged from 2.3 to 853, part of the isolates exhibited significant difference on the sensitivity to difenoconazole with the average EC50values from 0.031 0 to 1.915 9 μg·mL-1. The results of the frequency analysis revealed that subpopulation with less sensitivity to difenoconazole had been discovered, the average EC50 value of 82.7% isolates (0.037±0.002) μg·mL-1 which were conform to normal distribution, was used as the baseline sensitivity of C. beticola to difenoconazole. The ratio of lowest and highest EC50 values of flusilazole for the isolates from the different regions ranged from 1.3 to 65.6, part of the isolates exhibited significant difference on the sensitivity to flusilazole with the average EC50 values from 0.031 0 to 1.093 7 μg·mL-1. The results of the frequency analysis revealed that subpopulation with less sensitivity to flusilazole had been discovered, the ave-rage EC50 value of 75.3% isolates (0.145±0.007) μg·mL-1 which were conform to normal distribution, was used as the baseline sensitivity of C. beticola to flusilazole. The resistance frequency of the C. beticola isolates to difenoconazole and flusilazole was 20.99% and 16.05% respectively, most of them were low and high level. In field trials, after the second application, the control efficacy of 40% Flusilazole EC(24 g·hm-2) and 70% Thiophanate-methyl WP( 630 g·hm-2) was above 65% in 10 days, which was significantly higher than that of 70% Mancozeb WP (1 050 g·hm-2) and 50% Iprodione WP (600 g·hm-2). This study provides preliminary data support for appropriate application of fungicides and effective control of Cercospora leaf spot.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    CHEN Jing, WANG Tongtong, MA Qing, WANG Yang
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(3): 473-484. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000805
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    Crown rot of wheat, caused by the pathogenic fungal Fusarium pseudograminearum (Fp), is a de-vastating disease of wheat, which dramatically affects wheat production and its quality. To screen effective candidate biocontrol agents against Fp, streptomycetes were isolated from rhizosphere soil samples using dilution pla-ting method and plate confrontation method. In this study, 69 streptomycetes were obtained from 10 soil samples. Among them, strain YC2-3 demonstrated the strongest inhibitory activity against Fp, producing a radius of inhibition zone > 14 mm. Strain YC2-3 was identified as Streptomyces rectiviolaceus based on phylogenetic analyses, morphological characteristics, cultural characteristics, and biochemical characteristics. Strain YC2-3 exhibited a broad-spectrum antifungal activity. Under greenhouse conditions, the strain YC2-3 inoculated at 24 h before (protective effect) and 24 h after (curative effect) Fp inoculation, significantly reduced the incidence rate and disease index of wheat crown rot, and the biocontrol efficacy were 69.01% and 73.94%, respectively. Bioassays revealed that strain YC2-3 can produce various extracellular hydrolytic enzymes, siderophore, ACC deaminase, and has the ability to solubilize organic phosphate. Expression profiling of defense-related marker genes showed that the peroxidases gene TaPOD was activated at 12 h after the wheat was treated with YC2-3. These results suggest that S. rectiviolaceus YC2-3 has the potential to be used as a biological agent for the control of wheat crown rot.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    LI Yipeng, ZHENG Zhaisheng, SONG Ruiqi, YANG Mengfei
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(3): 485-490. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000854
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    Some diseases cause the leaf sheath of Zizania latifolia to produce brown spots and the infected plants produce short and yellowish Jiaobai in Jinhua City and Lishui City, Zhejiang Province. XYQ3 strain was obtained from diseased samples by tissue isolation. The pathogen causing leaf sheath disease of Z. latifolia was identified as Microdochium seminicola by morphological characterization, sequence alignment analysis and pathogenicity test. Toxicity test of 12 fungicides commonly used in fields was carried out in laboratory conditions. The results showed that the inhibition effect on mycelium was best for prochloraz EC at 250 g·L-1 , with an EC50 of 0.067 mg·L-1; followed by 300 g·L-1 Benzo propiconazole EC and 60% Difenoconazole WG, with EC50 of 0.373 and 1.083 mg·L-1, respectively. In comprehensive consideration, 250 g·L-1 Prochloraz EC is the best as a fungicide agent, and 50% Iprodione WP can be used as an alternative. This study provided scientific basis for the identification and control of leaf sheath brown spot of Z. latifolia.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    WU Hao, YU Tingting, YUAN Zhichun, MIAO Jianqiang, HAN Lirong, LIU Xili
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(3): 491-497. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000834
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    Schisandra chinensis planting has become a pillar industry for the local rural revitalization for Zhashui, Shiquan and Zhen'an counties in Shaanxi Province. With the continuous increasing of artificial planting areas, root rot has become a main problem which seriously affects the development of S. chinensis industry in Shaanxi Province. In order to identify the pathogen of S. chinensis root rot in Shaanxi Province, the specimens of diseased plants were collected from S. chinensis planting bases in Zhashui County and Zhen'an County in Shangluo City and Long County in Baoji City in Shaanxi Province. The pathogen of S. chinensis root rot was obtained by tissue isolation and pathogenicity testing. Pathogenicity test and phylogenetic analysis based on ITS- TEF-1α - β-Tubulin sequences showed that Fusarium proliferatum was the pathogen. The laboratory antifungal activity screening test showed that the selected 11 fungicides had certain inhibitory effects on the pathogen, among which Pyraclostro-bin, Metconazole, Saphire and Tebuconazole exhibited relative higher inhibitory effects, with EC50 of 0.021 0, 0.083 3, 0.380 7 and 0.403 5 μg·mL-1 respectively. This study provides an important guiding basis for the effective prevention and control of S. chinensis root rot in Shaanxi Province.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    LI Congcong, WU Yuxing, WANG Yajiao, JI Lijing, HAN Sen, KONG Lingxiao
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(3): 498-507. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000795
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    In order to screen the safe and effective mixtures of fungicides for Fusarium cown rot, the toxicity of the mixtures of fungicides with different modes of action fludioxonil and tebuconazole against Fusarium pseu-dograminearum was detected by mycelial growth rate method, and the optimum synergistic mixture was selected. The safety and control effect of the fungicide mixture were determined by seedling bioassay in greenhouse. Finally, qPCR was used to detect the effects of the fungicide mixture on the pathogens in wheat rhizosphere soil and stem. The results showed that the toxicity of the mixture to hyphal growth of F. pseudograminearum was highest when the ratio of fludioxonil and tebuconazole was 1∶7 with the synergistic ratio of 7.22. The control effects of the seed coating agent for the mixture were 73.35%, 62.59% and 82.07% on three different disease resistant wheat varieties, respectively, which was significantly higher than the two single fungicides used at the same dose. It also had the growth promoting effect, and increased the root length and fresh weight of wheat by 2.81%-12.33% and 18.87%-49.21% respectively. Compared with the control, the contents of F. pseudograminearum in wheat rhizosphere soil and wheat stem treated with the mixture were decreased by 76.95%-90.37% and 92.00%-96.70%, reapectively. It was verified that the ratio of the mixture of fludioxonil and tebuconazole at 1∶7 could achieve the control effect by reducing the content of the pathogen in soil and wheat straw. This study provides a new reference for the chemical control of Fusarium cown rot.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    ZHANG Jiayi, FENG Zhiwei, HOU Wanpeng, LU Baohui, REN Guangyong, SUN Guogang, GAO Jie
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(2): 296-306. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000796
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    In order to understand the resistance risk of Alternaria alternata to mefentrifluconazole, four mutant strains with different resistance levels were obtained by chemical domestication in this study. The resistance risk of A. alternata was evaluated by detecting genetic stability, biological characteristics and cross resistance between mefentrifluconazole and other fungicides. The results showed that the high resistance mutant had high fitness and stable inheritance. Once it appears, it is at risk of becoming a dominant strain in the field. There was no positive cross resistance between the resistance of mefentrifluconazole resistant mutants to mefentrifluconazole and the resistance of other five fungicides, azoxystrobin, kersonxim-methyl, difenoconazole, pyraclostrobin, and hexaconazole. A. alternata can develop mefentrifluconazole-resistant mutants under the fungicide pressure, and there is a risk of fungicide resis-tance. The results of this study provide a scientific basis for the reasonable application of mefentrifluconazole for the control of ginseng Alternaria leaf blight.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    HOU Ying, XIN Hewen, ZHANG Xin, FAN Xinnuo, LIU Shengming, XU Jianqiang
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(2): 307-316. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000792
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    In order to detect the sensitivity of Fusarium pseudograminearum to epoxiconazole in Henan Pro-vince, 100 isolates were collected from 16 counties in 2019 and their sensitivity to epoxiconazole (EC50) were conducted by mycelial growth rate method. The results indicated that the EC50 of the tested isolates ranged from 0.002 4 to 0.505 4 μg·mL-1, and the average value was (0.109 3±0.095 7) μg·mL-1. The sensitivity frequency distribution showed that EC50 values of the 89 tested isolates were lied in a main peak; the average value of these isolates (0.082 1±0.046 8) μg·mL-1 could be used as the sensitivity baseline of F. pseudograminearum to epoxiconazole. The results of variance analysis showed that there was little difference in the sensitivity of isolates from different counties to epoxiconazole with average EC50 ranged from 0.050 8 to 0.296 8 μg·mL-1. However, the sensitivities were varied for the isolates from the same county, and the highest EC50 value was 210.58 times higher than that of the lowest isolates in Yucheng from Shangqiu. The results of cluster analysis showed that there was no obvious correlation between the sensitivity and the geographical origin of the isolates. There was no significant correlation between the toxicity of epoxiconazole and pyraclostrobin, fluoxonil, difenoconazole, carbendazim, phenamacril, tebuconazole. Seed dressing with epoxiconazole hindered wheat growth and inhibited root length, plant height and fresh weight. Control efficacy in greenhouse test illustrated that spraying 12.5% epoxiconazole suspension with active ingredient at 150 μL·mL-1had the highest control efficacy of 60.18%. In vitro test, 12.5% epoxiconazole suspension not only had the highest control efficacy (79.78%) when the active ingredient at 150 μL·mL-1, but had no effect on the growth of wheat when applied. The results of this study provided a theoretical basis for the application of epoxiconazole to control wheat stem rot and a basis for monitoring the sensitivity of the pathogen to epoxiconazole.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    WANG Shuang, PAN Kaiyuan, YAO Ziting, YAO Wei, ZHANG Muqing
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(1): 72-83. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000616
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    Gene-knockout has been becoming an important tool to verify gene functions in vivo. In order to further study the function of pathogenic genes of sugarcane Pokkah boeng pathogen Fusarium proliferatum, a gene knockout system for YN41 strain was created. In this paper, we constructed a linear hph selective marker cassette flanking upstream and downstream homologous fragments, by fusion PCR; A mixture solution of 0.01 g·mL-1 driselase and 0.05 g·mL-1 yase was optimized to produce the most high yield of protoplast was 3 h at 28 ℃; Protoplast transformation was mediated by polyethylene glycol (PEG); The transformants were identified by PCR and enzyme digestion. The gene deletion mutant was further verified by fluorescence quantitative PCR and Southern Blot. The biological phenotype, (such as colony morphology, growth rate, sporulation, biomass and pathogenicity), indicated the successful construction of gene knockout system. 2×107 protoplasts per milliliter were obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis at 28 ℃ for 3 h; The PK gene encoding pyruvate kinase was knocked out and homozygous was obtained. Real-time PCR detects no expression at the transcription level. Southern blot showed that there was no band in the gene deletion mutant using PK gene probe, but the wild type hybridized to the target band The PK gene knockout mutant exhibited an increased spre production, enhanced pathogenicity, and the varied growth rate which was slower firster and compared with wild type. The gene knockout system for F. proliferatum YN41 was successfully developed which provided a technical platform for the functional research on the pathogenic genes.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    CHENG Yongjie, ZHANG Haotian, SUN Haiyan, CAO Shulin, MA Dongfang, CHEN Huaigu, LI Wei
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(1): 84-96. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000791
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    Due to the lack of stable genetic transformation system, researches on the function of pathogenicity-related genes in Rhizoctonia fungi have been severely restricted. CYP51 and Sdh are the target genes of the commonly used fungicides to prevent and treat Rhizoctonia diseases. Wheat sharp eyespot caused by R. cerealis is a stem-base wheat disease that is widely distributed in China. In this study, the dsRNA of three homologous genes of RcCYP51 and B, C, D subunit genes of RcSdh were synthesized in vitro. The influence of these six target genes to growth and pathogenicity of R. cerealis was studied based on the spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) method. The results indicated that the growth and pathogenicity of R. cerealis were suppressed by the dsRNA of all target genes. On the infected barley leaves, exogenous dsRNA can significantly inhibit the expression of the corresponding gene. Among them, the RcCYP51-3-dsRNA at the concentration of 100 ng·μL-1 had a significant inhibitory effect on barley leaves, and can simultaneously inhibit the expression of the three homologous genes of RcCYP51. The RcSdhD-dsRNA can also inhibit the gene expression of the three subunits of RcSdh, and the optimum concentration was 50 ng·μL-1. This study explored a method to inhibit the gene expression in R. cerealis, and provided a useful exploration for using the SIGS method to study the gene function of Rhizoctonia fungi.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    ZHANG Yurong, HAN Shengcai, ZHANG Jian, ZHANG wenbing, LI Hao, YANG Jianfeng, ZHAO Jun
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2023, 53(1): 97-109. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000785
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    To exploit effective microbial resource for sunflower white mold control, 33 endogenous strains with different colony phenotypes were isolated from 12 sunflower cultivars. Their function of sunflower white mold control caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were analyzed via a paper cup system combined with in vitro leaves inoculation method. The only strain named as KB3 (Bacillus subtilis) protected sunflower seedlings from the destruction by S. sclerotiorum absolutely during the experiment period. Its sunflower white mold control effect was 79.47% under greenhouse condition. Its culture filtrate inhibited the growth of S. sclerotiorum on antagonism plate significantly (68.46%) and suppressed the black sclerotia formation severely, which was probably attributed to its various category of secondary metabolites production, indicated by whole genome sequencing and unidentified volatiles respectively. The microbial screening method used in this study could be an important refe-rence for biocontrol agent exploration and strain KB3 was a potent resource for the suppression of sunflower white mold.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    CHEN Kai, SUI Lina, YANG Kai, ZHAO Zhongjuan, HU Jindong, LI Jishun
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(3): 425-433. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000759
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    We evaluated the inhibitory efficiency of 17 Trichoderma strains against Fusarium pseudograminearum (Fp), the predominant causal agent of wheat crown rot through dual plate confrontation assay. Among them, T. atroviride HB20111, T. harzianum LTR-2 and TW21990 exhibited higher inhibition rates, which were selected for co-culturing. The fermentation filtrate of HB20111+TW21990 had 71.83% inhibition rate for Fp spore germination, which significantly increased by 6.13% and 19.53% respectively, compared with single strain HB20111 and TW21990. In greenhouse condition, the 500× dilution fermentation broth was the most effective treatment to control wheat seedling crown rot and increase the weight of seedling fresh at rate of 78.81% and 130.80%. Compared with the single strain HB20111 and TW21990, the efficiencies of the paired were significantly increased by 17.88%, 30.46% and 50.05%, 61.22%, respectively. As expected, real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis showed that co-culturing fermentation treatment could significantly reduce the Fp DNA copy numbers in the bulk soil, rhizosphere soil, root and basal stem, which were positively correlated with the disease index while negatively with the seedlings fresh weight. Therefore, the co-culturation of HB20111+TW21990 had a synergistic effect on control of wheat crown rot to a greater extent than the single strain.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    WANG Lili, XU Jianqiang, ZHU Kai, SUN Ying, ZHENG Wei, HOU Ying
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(3): 434-442. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000758
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    In this study, the inhibitory effect of kresoxim-methyl to 50 Fusarium pseudograminearum strains isolated from 13 cities in Henan Province in 2019 based on the mycelial growth and spore germination methods, respectively. The results showed that the EC50 values of kresoxim-methyl to the 50 tested strains were in the range of 0.127 3-3.070 9 μg·mL-1 and 0.001 3-0.070 9 μg·mL-1 for the two methods, respectively. And the average EC50 values were (1.304 1±0.804 2) μg·mL-1 and (0.017 4±0.017 0) μg·mL-1, respectively. 80% and 70% of the tested strains were with continuous single peak frequency distribution and their average EC50 values at (1.135 2±0.531 2) μg·mL-1 and (0.011 4±0.006 3) μg·mL-1, respectively, which could be used as the baseline sensitivity of F. pseudograminearum to kresoxim-methyl for the two methods. The sensitivity to kresoxim-methyl was varied for the strains from the same city with the EC50 values in the range of 0.545 2-2.156 4 μg·mL-1 and 0.001 9-0.036 7 μg·mL-1 for the two methods, respectively. The results of cluster analysis showed that there was no significant correlation between the sensitivity of F. pseudograminearum strains to kresoxim-methyl and their geographical origin. The wheat seeds mixed with kresoxim-methyl suspension had a certain control effect in a greenhouse test where 0.42 μL AI/2g treatment had the highest control effect at 50.33%. The results of this study could provide a theoretical basis for the using of kresoxim-methyl in the control of wheat crown rot caused by F. pseudograminearum.
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    HE Tao, DU Hongyan, SUN Jiaxiu, CHEN Jiyue, DENG weiping, ZHU Shusheng, HE Xiahong, DU Fei
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(3): 443-458. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000754
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    In order to investigate the changes of microbial community in the leaves of different grape after the application of dimethomorph, the field ‘red earth’ grape was used as the research object, and the pesticide dimethomorph was applied continuously to collect samples from different groups, with the changes of the community structure of the fungi and bacteria in the grape leaf analyzed by high-throughput sequencing technology using Illumina HiSeq. Based on the analysis of species classification of operational taxonomic units (OTUs), a total of 6 phylum, 23 classes, 60 orders, 131 families, 212 genera and 296 species were obtained. The bacterial community has 42 phylum, 91 classes, 222 orders, 398 families, 846 genera and 1 469 species.
    Conclusion: In the ‘red earth’ grape base cultivated in sandy soil and hedgerow of Yunnan Agricultural University, it was found that: (1) The dominant fungi among the grape leaves were Cladosporium, Erysiph, unclassified-k_- Fungi, symmetrospora; The dominant bacteria were Lactobacillius, Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Enterococcus, unclassified-f-lachnospiraceae, norank-f-muribaculaceae, Bacillus, Blautia and Kosakonia. (2) After treatment with dimethomorph, the abundance and diversity of the leaf Fungi Community decreased slightly, the diversity increased significantly, the abundance and diversity of the bacterial community increased, but the richness and diversity of the leaf fungi and bacteria community decreased significantly in the sporadic leaves. (3) Among the leaves of sporadic grape, the difference between the leaf Fungi Community and the bacterial community in the leaves of grape was decreased. (4) In healthy and diseased leaves, the fungi with higher relative abundance were Erysiph, Mycospharella, Filobasidium, Nigrospora, Gibberella, Mortierella and Fusarium, and were the bacteria Streptococcus, Staphylococcus and Campylobacter were the most common pathogens; Cladosporium, Septoria, Alternaria and Erythrobasidium were the fungi with lower relative abundance; The bacteria were Kosakonia and Sphingomonas; It is concluded that these bacteria were sensitive to dimethomorph. (5) The effect of dimethomorph pesticide on the microorganism in grape leaves was different between healthy leaves and sporadic leaves, and new dominant bacteria appeared.
  • PLANT DISEASE AND CONTROL
    LIU Wei, WU Zhiran, WANG Li, CHEN Jihui, QIN Huqiang, HUANG Lili
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(3): 459-464. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000762
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    Clarifying the relationship between the occurrence of kiwi black spot and the content of mineral elements in the peel will provide a theoretical basis and guiding method. Incidence of black spot disease was investigated in Shaanxi ‘Cuixiang’ kiwifruit, and the content of the main mineral elements N, P, K, Ca, B and Mn in the peels of the diseased fruits and healthy fruits were measured. Next, the relationship between the content of each mineral element and the incidence were analyzed, and the corresponding mineral elements were supplemented to evaluate the prevention effect of black spot disease. The investigation found that kiwifruit black spot disease generally occurred both 2018-2019, and the disease rate was as high as 100%. The incidence of black spot of ‘Cuixiang’ kiwifruit varied in different years and in different orchards. By comparing the content of mineral elements in diseased fruit and healthy fruit, it was found that the N and B content in the peel of diseased fruit is significantly higher than that of healthy fruit, the content of Ca is significantly lower than that of healthy fruit, and the ratios of N/K, N/Ca, P/C and K/Ca in the peel of diseased are significantly higher than those of healthy fruits, while the ratios of Ca/B and Ca/Mn are significantly lower than those of healthy fruits. Supplementing Ca fertilizer in the field for two consecutive years can prevent more than 70% of kiwifruit black spot disease. The occurrence of kiwifruit black spot disease was closely related to the imbalance of mineral elements caused by excessive N and B in orchard management and insufficient Ca application.
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    WANG Ruirui, WANG Min, ZENG Jixing, ZHU Linxing, GUO Shiwei
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(3): 465-475. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000756
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    Fusaric acid (FSA), the fungal toxin produced by Fusarium oxysporum, plays a predominant role in the virulence and symptom development of Fusarium wilt disease, but its production and transport mechanism are not clear. In this study, F. oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum was observed to invade the root system from the root tip or lateral root primordium, and then penetrated the vascular tissue. The fusaric acid began to produce when the mycelia rapidly multiplied. We quantitively evaluated the Fusarium pathogen and fusaric acid in cucumber cultivar Jinchun 4 under hydroponic condition during infection. The fusaric acid was mainly transported to the leaves through the xylem. The content of fusaric acid in the leaves at the 11 dpi was 10 times as that in the roots. The occurrence of wilt was mainly accelerated by fusaric acid and the content of fusaric acid had a significant positive correlation with the number of F. oxysporum. This study further clarified the relationship between pathogen infection and the production of fusaric acid. After successful root colonization, F. oxysporum rapidly propagates into the incubation period, and then produced fusaric acid, which was transported to the aboveground through the xylem, promoting leaf wilting and accelerating the occurrence of diseased symptoms. In agricultural production, we can strengthen the field management in the early stage of disease occurrence, before the production of a large number of fusaric acid, in order to restrain or reduce the occurrence of Fusarium wilt.

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    GUO Pengfei, ZHANG Jiaxin, WANG Jieyu, DONG Wubei
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(3): 476-488. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000752
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    Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an important part of the innate immune system of plants, which have strong broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities. As an alternative of antibiotics, AMPs have good application prospects. As a major germplasm resource, Solanum demissum is abundant in resistance genes. In this study, the S. demissum cDNA library was transferred into the indicator bacterium Bacillus subtilis cells, and two antimicrobial peptides SdR2332 and SdR2770 with broad antibacterial activities were identified by resistance gene screening technology in the indicator bacteria built-in library. The thermal stability, enzyme stability, UV stability, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), hemolysis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production of pathogens treated with antimicrobial peptide, and the control effect of the antimicrobial peptides on plants were determined, respectively. Our findings showed that the antimicrobial peptides SdR2332 and SdR2770 had excellent broad-spectrum antibacterial activities, and could kill pathogens at low concentrations; they also had stable physical and chemical properties and low hemolysis activity. After treatment with antimicrobial peptide, Ralstonia solancearum showed obvious ROS burst and the cells had a certain degree of shrinkage and damage under electron microscope observation, which indicated that the antimicrobial peptide had a toxic effect on the pathogen. Revealed by qRT-PCR analysis, the expression of SdR2770 in plants inoculated with R. solancearum was significantly up-regulated, which may be related to plant disease resistance. The results of this study provide a basis for the development of new antimicrobial peptides.
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    XIE Shunpei, LI Haiyang, ZHANG Wanying, WANG Limin, KANG Ruijiao, ZHANG Yuan, WANG Min, YUAN Hongxia, DING Shengli, LI Honglian
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(1): 77-85. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000742
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    Fusarium pseudograminearum (Fp) is one of the main pathogens of wheat Fusarium crown rot (FCR) that has been spreading and aggravating in Huanghuai winter region. In this study, from the wheat grain filling period in mid-May to the harvest of maize in Kaifeng and Jiaozuo, Henan Province, we invested and collected the sick wheat plants and 13 stubbles with perithecia in the field. The single ascospore was isolated from ascus of perithecia. Based on morphological and molecular characteristics, a total of 327 single spore cultures were identified to be F. pseudograminearumin which 164 and 163 strains belonged to MAT-1 and MAT-2, respectively. To improve sexual stage formation in the laboratory, the mating experiment was carried out using the ascospore cultures with opposite mating type to obtain the optimum conditions started from that reported abroad. The result of mating experiment showed that using Sachs synthetic medium with rice stem node, alternate black and cold white light at 22 ℃ for about 60 days, the KF86×KF73 combination produced a large number of mature perithecia and ascospores. Collectively, we used the ascospore cultures to set up mating experiment in the laboratory and obtained the optimized conditions and high fertile strains which provide methods and material for future study on gene functions at the sexual reproduction stage.
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    NIU Yongrui, XU Lihe, XIAO Yannong, XIAO Liying, XIAO Xueqiong, WANG Gaofeng
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2022, 52(1): 86-96. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000727
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    Meloidogyne graminicola is an important soil-borne pathogen of rice that causes significant damage on rice. This study aims to uncover the effect of imbalance of rice mitogen-activated protein kinase gene 5 (MPK5) homeostasis on M. graminicola-rice susceptible interaction. Firstly, according to the result of nematode infection test, it was found that the imbalance of MPK5 homeostasis caused by overexpressing and silencing MPK5 in rice led to the inhibition of M. graminicola-rice susceptible interaction. Quantitative RT-PCR assay indicated that MPK5 was up-regulated by M. graminicola infection in both MPK5-overexpressing and silencing rice plants but not in rice wild-type. Meanwhile, upon M. graminicola infection chitinase went down in MPK5-overexpressing rice plant, and the pathogenesis-related genes PR5 and PR10 went up in MPK5-silencing rice plant. These results suggest that the imbalance of MPK5 homeostasis in rice leads to the expression of MPK5 induced by M. graminicola infection, and the imbalance of MPK5 homeostasis results in rice resistance to M. graminicola through different pathways in both MPK5-overexpressing and -silencing rice plants.
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    LI Zi-yang, XU Zheng-yin, LI Ying, XU Xia-meng, LIU Lin-lin, CHEN Gong-you
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2021, 51(6): 934-942. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000556
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    Xanthomonas oryzae pathovars cause two important diseases in rice, bacterial leaf blight (BLB) by X. oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and bacterial leaf streak (BLS) by X. oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc). Xoo and Xoc possess transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) that regulate resistance (R) or susceptible (S) genes expression in rice, by targeting the TAL effector-binding elements (EBEs) in the promoter region of these genes in rice. More than 40 endogenous resistance (R) genes have been identified in the Xoo-rice pathosystem, but none of these R genes can resist BLS. Such the mechanism is unclear yet. Our preliminary studies showed that RS105, a Xoc strain from China, did not enable avrXa10, which is a TALE of Xoo matching a R gene Xa10 in rice line IRBB10, to trigger hypersensitive response (HR). We speculated that unknown TALE protein(s) in RS105 strain might play a suppressive role in the process. Here we constructed and obtained a complemented RS105 with avrXa10. Pathogenicity assays showed this strain caused weak HR in IRBB10. Isolated tal genes from Xoc RS105 led to the finding that tal5d suppressed avrXa10-Xa10 mediated defense. By sequence analysis, identical or similar TALEs, called Tal5d-like effectors in other 11 Xoc strains, are classified into 4 categories. The EBE prediction showed that Tal5d-like TALEs target the same EBE of a BLS susceptibility gene OsSULTR3;6. These results provide new clues for further elucidating the mechanism of Xoc which overcomes BLB resistance and solving BLS resistance deficiency in rice breeding.
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    YANG Rui, ZHANG Qi, SHI Chao-yang, WANG Shu-tong, WANG Ya-nan, CAO Ke-qiang, MENG Xiang-long, HU Tong-le
    Acta Phytopathologica Sinica. 2021, 51(6): 943-950. https://doi.org/10.13926/j.cnki.apps.000560
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    In recent years, a large area of apple fruit black spot disease has occurred in the apple cultivation regions of Hebei Province. Spatial and temporal distribution of disease epidemics in Hebei Province are still unclear, which brings great challenges on the prevention and control of the disease. In 2018, four apple orchards in Hebei Province were investigated for black spot disease, where the spatial distribution and occurrence time on apple trees were dynamically monitored, and the field control experiments were carried out. The results showed that the symptoms of apple fruit black spot emergency on mid-to-late July, with a higher number of diseased fruits in the middle layer of the fruit tree and a lower number of diseased fruits in the upper outer canopy. In bagged apples, the incidence of calyx depression was higher, and mainly, the symptoms exhibited as black spots. Among the unbagged apples, the incidence on the fruit surface was higher, mainly with halo-type symptoms. Also, the disease incidence in ‘Dounan' and ‘Fuji' varieties was higher, while it remained lower for ‘Mid-Autumn King' and ‘Jonagold'. In field control effect experiments, 50% iprodione with 1 500 dilution showed the best control effect and 10% polyoxin with 1 000 dilution showed lower control effect. While 80% mancozeb with 600 dilution and 10% pyraclostrobin with 1 500 dilution showed a lowest control effect. This study can provide theoretical support for the comprehensive prevention and control of apple fruit black spot.