Isolation and Identification of Different Sources of Salmonella and Comparisons on the Drug Resistance Spectrum Types

[ Objective] In order to make out differences between drug resistance spectrum types of different animal sources of Salmonella. [ Meth- otis] Selenite cystine broth, Salmonella- Shigella genus agar medium, CHROMagar Salmonella chromogenic culture, Reveal Salmonella detection kit and molecular biology methods were used for isolation and identification of Salmonella from different animal feces samples. Antibacterialantimi- crobial susceptibility tests of 17 kinds of drugs such as enrofloxacin, apramycin and florfenicol were done on isolated strains with broth microdilution method, and test data was analysed with WHOnet 5.4 software. [ Results ] 699 feces samples from different animals were separated, and 53 strains of Salmonella were achieved with separation rate of 7.58%, among which those of yak, poultry, and pet sources were respectively 4.33%, 9.06% and 8.37%. [ Condusions] Separation rates and drug resistance spectrum types of different animal origin Salmonella varied greatly, among which separation rates and drug resistance spectrum types of yak source Salmonella were the lowest, there was little difference between separation rates of poultry and dog source Salmonella, however there were large differences on drug resistance spectrum types.

Application of Broad-spectrum Blast Resistance Gene Pi40 in Breeding of Japonica Rice in Yunnan Plateau

The resistance of a newly bred line 4163 containing the rice blast resistance gene P/40 and another 11 monogenic lines to rice blast in natural disease nurseries was identified. The results showed that 4163 was resistant to rice blast isolates from Yunnan, and the leaf blast resistance levels were at grades 0, 0 and 4 in Baoshan City, Yiliang City and Yuxi City respectively, while the ear blast resistance was at level 3. Meanwhile, the resistance spectrum of Pi40 to 49 representative rice blast isolates from Yunnan Province was studied by indoor inoculation and was compared with another 25 resistance genes. The results revealed that the resistance frequency of Pi40 to the 49 typical isolates reached 87.8%, showing a broader resistance spectrum, so it could be used as a new source of resistance genes in breeding of japonica rice in Yunnan plateau in the future.

Evaluation of Wheat Stripe Rust Resistance in Sichuan Province

Wheat stripe rust,caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici Erikss.（ Pst）,is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat（ Triticum aestivum L.） worldwide. Sichuan province plays an important role in stripe rust epidemic in China. To identify and evaluate wheat stripe rust resistance in Sichuan Province,134 wheat cultivars（ lines） were inoculated with seven Pst races at seedling stage and adult stage. The results indicated that the resistance frequencies of wheat cultivars（ lines） against seven races CYR31,Su11-7,CYR29,Su11-4,CYR32,CYR33 and V26 were 92. 4%,92. 5%,89. 3%,89. 4%,87. 3%,85. 0% and 82. 8%,respectively. Among 134 materials,76（ 56. 0%） performed resistance against all tested races both in seedling and adult stages. The virulence of new pathogenic type V26 of Pst on wheat cultivars（ lines） was stronger than the dominant races CYR32 and CYR33. All wheat cultivars（ lines） were classified into three types according to analysis of resistance spectrum; 66. 4% of cultivars（ lines） showed all-stage resistance,17. 9% were adult-plant resistance,and 15. 7% were susceptible. This indicated that although the overall resistance level of wheat cultivars（ lines） in Sichuan Province was very high,the resistance type was simple. Therefore,it is important to identify new resistance genes and enhance resistance gene diversity. Meanwhile,pyramiding breeding of all-stage resistance gene and adult-plant resistance gene could be gradually developed,to achieve durable resistance of wheat cultivars（lines） against stripe rust in Sichuan Province.

Analysis of Resistant Spectrum to Rice Blast in Transgenic Rice Lines Introduced Lysozyme Gene from T4 Phage

The receptor cultivar Nan29 and thirty-six T5 rice lines derived from ten T0 generation transgen-ic plants harboring lysozyme gene were challenged in the greenhouse by inoculating 63 isolates belonging to 48 races of Magnaporthe grisea from Yunnan Province. The transgenic rice lines exhibited resistance to more than 72% of isolates inoculated in this experiment, and 38.1% (24 isolates) of them could infect the receptor cultivar Nan29. The results indicated that the transgenic rice lines possessed wide-spectrum resistance against various rice blast races and the resistant spectrum of rice lines were different although some lines derived from same T0 plant. The transgenic rice lines exhibited also high resistance to leaf and neck blast in the disease field evaluation, but not all of resistant lines against leaf blast were resistant to neck blast.

Rice Blast Resistance of Transgenic Rice Plants with Pi-d2 Gene

Resistance to rice blast of transgenic rice lines harboring rice blast resistance gene Pi-d2 transformed from three different expression vectors of pCB6.3kb, pCB5.3kb and pZH01-2.72kb were analyzed. Nine advanced-generation transgenic rice lines with Pi-d2 gene displayed various resistance to 39 rice blast strains, and the highest disease-resistant frequency reached 91.7%. Four early-generation homozygous transgenic lines with Pi-d2 gene exhibited resistance to more than 81.5% of 58 rice blast strains, showing the characteristic of wide-spectrum resistance. The transgenic embryonic calli selected by the crude toxin of rice blast fungus showed that the callus induction rate of immature embryo from transgenic rice plants decreased as the concentration of crude toxin in the culture medium increased. When the concentration of crude toxin reached 40%, the callus induction rate of immature embryo from transgenic lines was 49.3%, and that of the receptor control was 5%. The disease incidence of neck blast of the transgenic rice lines in fields under induction was 0% to 50%, indicating that the rice blast resistance of transgenic rice lines is much higher than that of the receptor control.

Research on the Characteristics of Anomalies in ELF Electromagnetic Observations in Yunnan Province

Located in an earthquake-prone region,the geological structures in Yunnan Province are complex. Taking into account that Tonghai county is located in the intersection of Xiaojiang fault and Honghe fault, an ACF-4M ELF electromagnetic instrument was installed at the Tonghai seismic station,which has produced continuous reliable data. The author collected the data and information for the year 2009 and 2010,and performed analysis on the variation characteristics of both geomagnetic fields and electrical resistivity. The result shows that the 1Hz and 39Hz electromagnetic power spectra are 0. 2 to 1. 4 orders of magnitude higher than the normal values immediately before many earthquakes. The anomalies are represented by the abrupt changes of the electric and magnetic field power spectra in earthquake and aftershock sequences,and the amplitude of change is related to the size of earthquake magnitude and epicentral distance. The electrical resistivity also obviously changes. Therefore, further research on the anomalous characteristics of ELF electromagnetic data will be meaningful to the future use of this instrument in earthquake prediction.