Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum is a devastating disease that results in extensive yield losses to wheat and barley. A green fluorescent protein (GFP) expressing plasmid pRP22-GFP was constru...Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum is a devastating disease that results in extensive yield losses to wheat and barley. A green fluorescent protein (GFP) expressing plasmid pRP22-GFP was constructed for monitoring the colonization of two biocontrol agents, Brevibacillus brevis ZJY-1 and Bacillus subtilis ZJY-116, on the spikes of barley and their effect on suppression of FHB. Survival and colonization of the Brevibacillus brevis ZJY-1 and Bacillus subtilis ZJY-116 strains on spikes of barley were observed by tracking the bacterial transformants with GFP expression. Our field study revealed that plasmid pRP22-GFP was stably maintained in the bacterial strains without selective pressure. The retrieved GFP-tagged strains showed that the bacterial population fluctuation accorded with that of the rain events. Furthermore, both biocontrol strains gave significant protection against FHB on spikes of barley in fields. The greater suppression of barley FHB disease was resulted from the treat-ment of barley spikes with biocontrol agents before inoculation with F. graminearum.展开更多
During the course of an outdoor experiment of mosquito biocontrol,a newstrain of fun-gus was isolated frominfected mosquito larvae,and identified as a newspecies of Pythium according to its morphological features as w...During the course of an outdoor experiment of mosquito biocontrol,a newstrain of fun-gus was isolated frominfected mosquito larvae,and identified as a newspecies of Pythium according to its morphological features as well as its DNA sequences of rDNA ITS region.Type specimen(driedculture) is deposited in HMAS,Beijing.展开更多
Antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4- DAPG) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens CPF-10 and 2P24 is a principal factor enabling bacteria to suppress plant diseases caused by soilborne pathogens. In this study, a ...Antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4- DAPG) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens CPF-10 and 2P24 is a principal factor enabling bacteria to suppress plant diseases caused by soilborne pathogens. In this study, a 2,4-DAPG biosynthesis locus phlACBDE cloned from strain CPF-10 was assembled into a mini-Tn5 transposon and in- troduced into the chromosome of P. fluorescens P32 (2,4- DAPG?), CPF-10 and 2P24 to construct the 2,4-DAPG over- producing derivatives P32-38, CPF10-9 and 2P24-48, respec- tively. All the transgenic strains showed an enhanced anti- biosis capacity against plant microbial pathogens in vitro and two strains, P32-38 and CPF10-9, provided significantly bet- ter protection against wheat take-all disease caused by Gae- umannomyces graminis var. tritici and tomato bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in greenhouse. Compared to their parental strains, the 2,4-DAPG overproducing de- rivatives colonized to the same extent on the wheat tips in the autoclaved soil, but developed larger populations in natural soil. These results indicated that production of antibiotics 2,4- DAPG by biological control pseudomonads can contribute not only to their disease suppression capacities but also to the ecological competence in the resident microflora. Our re- search also suggests that it is a realistic approach to improve biocontrol capacity of P. fluorescens through the genetic modification of its antibiotic 2,4-DAPG production.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30230250)Science and Technology Committee of Zhejiang Province (No. 2003C22029), China
文摘Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum is a devastating disease that results in extensive yield losses to wheat and barley. A green fluorescent protein (GFP) expressing plasmid pRP22-GFP was constructed for monitoring the colonization of two biocontrol agents, Brevibacillus brevis ZJY-1 and Bacillus subtilis ZJY-116, on the spikes of barley and their effect on suppression of FHB. Survival and colonization of the Brevibacillus brevis ZJY-1 and Bacillus subtilis ZJY-116 strains on spikes of barley were observed by tracking the bacterial transformants with GFP expression. Our field study revealed that plasmid pRP22-GFP was stably maintained in the bacterial strains without selective pressure. The retrieved GFP-tagged strains showed that the bacterial population fluctuation accorded with that of the rain events. Furthermore, both biocontrol strains gave significant protection against FHB on spikes of barley in fields. The greater suppression of barley FHB disease was resulted from the treat-ment of barley spikes with biocontrol agents before inoculation with F. graminearum.
文摘During the course of an outdoor experiment of mosquito biocontrol,a newstrain of fun-gus was isolated frominfected mosquito larvae,and identified as a newspecies of Pythium according to its morphological features as well as its DNA sequences of rDNA ITS region.Type specimen(driedculture) is deposited in HMAS,Beijing.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.30100120&30370952)the Chinese National Programs for High Technology Research and Development(Grant No.2003AA241170)Inner-Mongolia Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.200408020306).
文摘Antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4- DAPG) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens CPF-10 and 2P24 is a principal factor enabling bacteria to suppress plant diseases caused by soilborne pathogens. In this study, a 2,4-DAPG biosynthesis locus phlACBDE cloned from strain CPF-10 was assembled into a mini-Tn5 transposon and in- troduced into the chromosome of P. fluorescens P32 (2,4- DAPG?), CPF-10 and 2P24 to construct the 2,4-DAPG over- producing derivatives P32-38, CPF10-9 and 2P24-48, respec- tively. All the transgenic strains showed an enhanced anti- biosis capacity against plant microbial pathogens in vitro and two strains, P32-38 and CPF10-9, provided significantly bet- ter protection against wheat take-all disease caused by Gae- umannomyces graminis var. tritici and tomato bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in greenhouse. Compared to their parental strains, the 2,4-DAPG overproducing de- rivatives colonized to the same extent on the wheat tips in the autoclaved soil, but developed larger populations in natural soil. These results indicated that production of antibiotics 2,4- DAPG by biological control pseudomonads can contribute not only to their disease suppression capacities but also to the ecological competence in the resident microflora. Our re- search also suggests that it is a realistic approach to improve biocontrol capacity of P. fluorescens through the genetic modification of its antibiotic 2,4-DAPG production.
