Identification of three Berberis species as potential alternate hosts for Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in wheat-growing regions of Xinjiang, China

Since the recent discovery of barberry(Berberis spp.)as an alternate host for the stripe rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis,many Chinese Berberis species have been identified as alternate hosts for P.striiformis f.sp.tritici.However,little is known about Berberis species and their distribution in wheat-growing regions in Xinjiang,China,where stripe rust is endemic.As the largest province or autonomous region,Xinjiang represents a relatively independent epidemic region for wheat stripe rust in China.In this study,we con ducted a survey of barberry plants in the main wheat-growi ng areas of Xinjiang.We iden tified three Berberis species,B.heteropoda,B.nummularia and B.kaschgarica,and con firmed their roles as potential alternate hosts for P.striiformis f.sp.tritici in the laboratory.

Identification of eight Berberis species from the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau as aecial hosts for Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici,the wheat stripe rust pathogen

Puccinia striiformis Westend.f.sp.tritici Erikss.(Pst)infects wheat and causes stripe rust.The rust is heteroecious with wheat as the primary uredinial and telial host and barberry(Berberis spp.)as the alternate pycnial and aecial host.More than 40 Berberis species have been identified as alternate hosts for Pst,and most of these are Chinese Berberis species.However,little is known about Berberis species or their geographic distributions in the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau in southwestern China.The Yunnan-Guizhou plateau is considered to be an important and relatively independent region for the evolution of the wheat stripe rust pathogen in China because the entire disease cycle can be completed within the region.In this study,we conducted a survey of barberry plants in the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau and identified the eight Pst-susceptible Berberis species under controlled conditions,including B.julianae,B.tsienii,B.veitchii,B.wilsonae,B.wilsonae var.guhtzunica,B.franchetiana,B.lepidifolia and B.pruinosa.These species are reported here for the first time to serve as alternate hosts for the wheat stripe rust pathogen under controlled conditions.

Population Diversity of Puccinia graminis is Sustained Through Sexual Cycle on Alternate Hosts

A high degree of virulence diversity has been maintained in the population of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici （Pgt） in northwestern United States. Although Berberis vulgaris is present in the region and Pgt has been isolated from aecial infections on B. vulgaris, the population is too diverse to be explained by the limited presence of B. vulgaris alone. Since 2008, we have isolated P. graminis from aecial infections on fruits of Mahonia repens and Mahonia aquifolium from northwestern United States. These two native woody shrub species, widely distributed in western North America, were once classified as resistant to P. graminis based on artificial inoculations. By isolating P. graminis from aecia, we established that M. repens and M. aquifolium along with B. vulgaris （albeit infrequent） serve as the alternate hosts ofP. graminis in the region. The isolates of P. graminis from Mahonia of North America had diverse virulence patterns and most of the isolates could be differentiated on Morocco, Line E, Chinese Spring, Little Club, LMPG-6, Rusty, and other genotypes that are considered to be universally susceptible to most Pgt isolates. This discovery explained the persistence of virulence diversity of Pgt observed in isolates derived from uredinia on cereal crops in the region. In addition to cereal crops, uredinial stage of the P. graminis population is sustained by wild grasses, especially Elymus glaucus, a native grass sharing the same habitat with the rusted Mahonia spp. Although virulence to some important stem rust resistance genes was observed in some isolates derived from Mahonia of North America when tested against single stem rust resistance gene stocks, the overall virulence is very limited in these isolates. This is likely a result of limited selection pressure on the rust population. In contrast to northwestern United Sates, the Pgt population in east of the Rocky Mountains of North America has declined steadily with a single race, QFCSC, being predominant in the last decade. This decline is likely due to a combination of factors, of which a lack of sexual recombination in the region is perhaps the most important one.

唐松草作为小麦叶锈菌的转主寄主问题的研究

1984年在内蒙古卓资县白石头沟野外调查中发现4种唐松草和5种禾本科杂草都发生有叶锈病。但无迹象表明该地区自然界唐松草上发生的叶锈病与小麦叶锈病有关。在室内用小麦、华北剪股颖和无芒雀麦叶锈菌的冬孢子对亚欧和瓣蕊唐松草接种,都长出了锈孢子腔和锈孢子。用三种锈孢子分别对小麦、华北剪股颖和无芒雀麦回接,都产生了夏孢子,完成了生活循环。从此得出结论:亚欧和瓣蕊唐松草是小麦、叶锈菌的转主寄主,但在室外不起作用。而田间所见唐松草上的锈病主要与杂草上的锈病有关。

小麦条锈菌鉴别寄主和小种命名现状

中国是世界上小麦条锈病最大的流行区之一,也是限制中国小麦生产的最严重病害之一,特别是当条件适于其发生时会造成巨大的产量损失。小麦条锈菌小种生理专化性研究及小种监测是掌握小麦条锈菌及其毒性变化动态、抗病基因有效性及病害流行预测预报的重要依据,是治理由此病原菌引起的小麦条锈病的基本环节之一。由于地域、条锈菌群体结构、研究水平和历史等的差异,目前国际上不同国家和地区采用相应的小麦条锈菌鉴别寄主和小种命名方法。中国、美国和印度均使用了各自不同的小麦条锈菌鉴别寄主,并采用了相应的小种命名体系,例如从1957至2002年,中国利用10多个鉴别寄主已鉴定和命名了32个小种和30多个致病类型,美国利用10多个鉴别寄主已鉴定和命名了80个小种;另一类是采用1972年Johnson提出的二进制国际小种命名法,这种体系包括了国际鉴别寄主和欧洲鉴别寄主,象一套鉴别寄主被整体使用,欧洲、中东、亚洲、非洲和南美国家及澳大利亚和新西兰均采用此体系监测小麦条锈菌变化,是一套被最为广泛接受和使用的小麦条锈菌小种鉴别方法和命名系统,但随着研究深入和各国实际情况差异等原因,不同研究人员加入了不同的辅助鉴别寄主,以更能准确和实际地反映本国和地区的现实情况,为生产服务。

小麦条锈菌转主寄主小檗的离体叶片接种培养鉴定

近年，小檗（Berberis）被鉴定是小麦条锈菌的转主寄主，从而发现了小麦条锈菌存在有性生殖，使得研究条锈菌与转主寄主小檗相关的生物学、遗传学成为可能。小麦条锈菌（Puccinia striiformis West．f．sp．tritici Erikss．et Henn．）是活体营养的专性寄生物，只能在活体上侵染繁殖。

两种唐松草鉴定为小麦叶锈菌的转主寄主

引起小麦叶锈病的小麦叶锈菌(Puccinia triticina)是转主寄生菌,其转主寄主主要为唐松草属(Thalictrum)种类,也包括扁果草属(Isopyrum),牛舌草属(Anchusa),铁线莲属(Clematis)和蓝蓟属(Echium)的个别种类。然而,迄今,中国仅有亚欧唐松草和瓣蕊唐松草被报道为小麦叶锈菌转主寄主。本文对采集于陕西的东亚唐松草(T.minus var.hypoleucum)、甘肃的贝加尔唐松草(T.baicalense),通过人工接种小麦叶锈菌确定它们是否能够作为小麦叶锈菌的转主寄主。同时,本文作者收集自然条件下贝加尔唐松草组织上受侵染产生的锈子器样品,通过其ITS区序列分析以确定小麦叶锈菌的有性循环是否在田间条件下发生。结果表明,小麦叶锈菌的担孢子均可侵染东亚唐松草和贝加尔唐松草,完成其性子器和锈子器阶段,产生的锈孢子可侵染感病小麦产生夏孢子堆,从而证实东亚唐松草和贝加尔唐松草均可作为小麦叶锈菌的转主寄主。来自贝加尔唐松草22个锈子器样品的ITS区序列比对,表明其与NCBI网上提交的小麦叶锈菌享有95%~96%的序列同源性。由此推测,自然条件下,中国小麦叶锈菌可能侵染感病唐松草完成有性循环。

青海东部小麦条锈菌转主寄主小檗资源调查与鉴定

青海省是中国小麦条锈病的重要流行区。研究证实小檗是小麦条锈菌的转主寄主。然而,关于青海省分布的小檗能否作为小麦条锈菌转主寄主鲜有报道。本研究对青海东部的小檗资源进行调查,并对该地区小檗能否作为小麦条锈菌转主寄主进行了室内人工鉴定。结果表明:有10种小檗在青海东部常见且分布广泛,其中匙叶小檗、置疑小檗、松潘小檗、甘肃小檗和近似小檗,是小麦条锈菌的转主寄主小檗的新种类。本研究对进一步研究青海东部条锈菌有性生殖与毒性变异和小麦条锈病的流行奠定了基础。

小麦条锈菌冬孢子生物学特性研究进展

由小麦条锈菌引起的小麦条锈病是我国广大麦区的严重病害,研究其冬孢子产生原因与作用对于解析该病菌的生活史及遗传变异机制至关重要。通过对国内外相关研究成果的整理,综述了小麦条锈菌冬孢子的形态特征、生物学特性、寄主范围及其作用与功能等方面的研究进展。