Tuta absoluta(Meyrick) originated in South America and is one of the most serious pests of tomatoes. It is also known to attack other solanaceous crops, including potato, eggplant, pepper, tobacco, and weedy species s...Tuta absoluta(Meyrick) originated in South America and is one of the most serious pests of tomatoes. It is also known to attack other solanaceous crops, including potato, eggplant, pepper, tobacco, and weedy species such as black nightshade. After accidental introduction into Spain in 2006, this pest spread rapidly throughout Afro-Eurasia and has become a major threat to tomato production worldwide. Here, we report the first record of T. absoluta as an invasive pest in China. It was found in tomato fields in Ili Kazakg Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(Ili, Xinjiang), China, and its occurrence was confirmed by both morphological and molecular approaches. In Ili, T. absoluta has been found to attack eggplant, potato, and black nightshade. We found the larvae generally mining and feeding on leaves and boring into tomato fruits, with multiple larvae sometimes observed in a single fruit. Its infestation levels differ among the tomato fields and host species. In all of the surveyed tomato fields, T. absoluta infested 100% of plants. In some of the fields, up to 90% of the eggplant and 100% of the potato plants were infested. Since no natural enemies were found under field conditions, suitable management practices are urgently needed to stop the further spread of this destructive pest in China.展开更多
Considering the advantages of single nucleotide polymorphisms（SNP） in genotyping and variety identification, the first set public SNP markers at Cotton Marker Database（http：//www.cottonmarker.org/） were validated...Considering the advantages of single nucleotide polymorphisms（SNP） in genotyping and variety identification, the first set public SNP markers at Cotton Marker Database（http：//www.cottonmarker.org/） were validated and screened across standard varieties of cotton distinctness, uniformity and stability（DUS） test, aiming to obtain an appropriate set of core SNP markers suitable for upland cotton cultivars in China. A total of 399 out of 1 005 SNPs from 270 loci including 170 insertions-deletions（In Dels） were evaluated for their polymorphisms among 30 standard varieties using Sanger sequencing. As a result, 147 loci were sequenced successfully, 377 SNPs and 49 In Dels markers were obtained. Among the 377 SNP markers, 333 markers（88.3%） were polymorphic between Gossypium hirsutum and G. barbadense, while 164 markers（43.5%） were polymorphic within upland cotton. As for In Del markers, the polymorphic rate is relatively lower than that of SNP both between species and within species. The homozygous DNA locus ratio of 121 SNPs was higher than 86.2% while that of other 43 SNPs was less than 70%. Only 64 SNPs displayed completely homozygous genotypes among all of the detected upland cotton varieties with 100% homozygous DNA locus ratio. At last, a set of 23 pairs of core SNPs were achieved in view of avoidance of linkage, with polymorphism information content（PIC） values varying from 0.21 to 0.38 with an average of 0.28. Genotype characteristics and genetic diversity were analyzed based on the set of core markers, while 40 pairs of core simple-sequence repeats（SSR） primers comprised of 10 sets of four multiplex PCR combinations were also used for analysis based on fluorescence detection system. Comparison results indicated that the genetic diversity level was almost equal, while various varieties were significantly different from each other. Genetic relationship revealed by SSR markers is related to geographic source to a certain extent. Meanwhile clustering results analyzed by SNP markers are more consistent with kinship, which demonstrated that the screen strategy for core SNP marker is effective.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC1200600,2016YFC1201200)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(caascx-2017-2022-1AS).
文摘Tuta absoluta(Meyrick) originated in South America and is one of the most serious pests of tomatoes. It is also known to attack other solanaceous crops, including potato, eggplant, pepper, tobacco, and weedy species such as black nightshade. After accidental introduction into Spain in 2006, this pest spread rapidly throughout Afro-Eurasia and has become a major threat to tomato production worldwide. Here, we report the first record of T. absoluta as an invasive pest in China. It was found in tomato fields in Ili Kazakg Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(Ili, Xinjiang), China, and its occurrence was confirmed by both morphological and molecular approaches. In Ili, T. absoluta has been found to attack eggplant, potato, and black nightshade. We found the larvae generally mining and feeding on leaves and boring into tomato fruits, with multiple larvae sometimes observed in a single fruit. Its infestation levels differ among the tomato fields and host species. In all of the surveyed tomato fields, T. absoluta infested 100% of plants. In some of the fields, up to 90% of the eggplant and 100% of the potato plants were infested. Since no natural enemies were found under field conditions, suitable management practices are urgently needed to stop the further spread of this destructive pest in China.
基金supported by the the Basic R&D Operation Special Fund for the Central Level, Non-Profit, Scientific Research Institutes, Ministry of Agriculture, China (1610162015A08)the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011BAD35B09)
文摘Considering the advantages of single nucleotide polymorphisms（SNP） in genotyping and variety identification, the first set public SNP markers at Cotton Marker Database（http：//www.cottonmarker.org/） were validated and screened across standard varieties of cotton distinctness, uniformity and stability（DUS） test, aiming to obtain an appropriate set of core SNP markers suitable for upland cotton cultivars in China. A total of 399 out of 1 005 SNPs from 270 loci including 170 insertions-deletions（In Dels） were evaluated for their polymorphisms among 30 standard varieties using Sanger sequencing. As a result, 147 loci were sequenced successfully, 377 SNPs and 49 In Dels markers were obtained. Among the 377 SNP markers, 333 markers（88.3%） were polymorphic between Gossypium hirsutum and G. barbadense, while 164 markers（43.5%） were polymorphic within upland cotton. As for In Del markers, the polymorphic rate is relatively lower than that of SNP both between species and within species. The homozygous DNA locus ratio of 121 SNPs was higher than 86.2% while that of other 43 SNPs was less than 70%. Only 64 SNPs displayed completely homozygous genotypes among all of the detected upland cotton varieties with 100% homozygous DNA locus ratio. At last, a set of 23 pairs of core SNPs were achieved in view of avoidance of linkage, with polymorphism information content（PIC） values varying from 0.21 to 0.38 with an average of 0.28. Genotype characteristics and genetic diversity were analyzed based on the set of core markers, while 40 pairs of core simple-sequence repeats（SSR） primers comprised of 10 sets of four multiplex PCR combinations were also used for analysis based on fluorescence detection system. Comparison results indicated that the genetic diversity level was almost equal, while various varieties were significantly different from each other. Genetic relationship revealed by SSR markers is related to geographic source to a certain extent. Meanwhile clustering results analyzed by SNP markers are more consistent with kinship, which demonstrated that the screen strategy for core SNP marker is effective.
