Determinación de los agentes patógenos causales de la pata negra en ajonjolí (Sesamum indicum L.)

El presente estudio se realizó de octubre 1997 a julio de 1999 con muestras de ajonjolí recolectadas en las fincas La Planta ubicada en el municipio de León, departamento de León, La Grecia del municipio de Chinandega, departamento de Chinandega y en el municipio de Tipitapa, departamento de Managua. Los propósitos del estudio fueron determinar los agentes patógenos causales de la Pata Negra en el cultivo de ajonjolí (Sesamun indícum L), caracterizar los síntomas, demostrar la patogenicidad y describir los daños de los agentes causales de la enfermedad. En las plantas colectadas se observaron síntomas característicos de la enfermedad conocida como Pata Negra, ya que la base de los tallos y las raíces mostraban. coloraciones negras y rojizas, las hojas presentaban manchas cloroticas y marchitez, algunas plantas presentaban maduración temprana y muerte prematura. Las muestras de material enfermo de ajonjolí fueron procesadas e identificados los patógenos en el laboratorio de micología de la Escuela de Sanidad Vegetal de la Universidad Nacional Agraria (U.N.A.), ubicada en el Km 12 Y. carretera Norte, Managua, Nicaragua. Siguiendo los postulados de Koch se procedió a hacer cultivos en el laboratorio de las diferentes partes afectadas de las plantas traídas del campo y posteriormente se reprodujeron los síntomas en invernadero. En las muestras se identificaron los hongos Fusarium oxysporum ftp, Macrophomina phaseolina(Tassi) G. Goid y la bacteria Xanthomonas sp. VIl Se sembraron 120 plantas en el invernadero de una misma variedad (Maporal), de las cuales 40 plantas se inocularon con Fusarium oxysporum fsp, 40 plantas se inocularon con Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) G. Goid y 40 plantas se dejaron como testigos. Los síntomas observados en las plantas inoculadas (0,15,30,45 días después de la siembra) fueron: marchitez de las hojas, crecimiento lento y poco grosor del tallo, bases de los tallos y raíces con presencia de coloración negra y rojiza, presencia de deformaciones en algunos tallos y en algunos casos se observaron micelios de los hongos. Ademas se comprobó que en plantas adultas los síntomas fueron más severos. Para describir los daños que causan los agentes patógenos de la enfermedad en invernadero, a las plantas se les midió algunas variables como : altura, grosor del tallo, producción de granos, y se observó en la base del tallo y en la raíz de cada planta la presencia del patógeno, las plantas inoculadas con Fusarium oxysporum fsp fueron las que presentaron menor rendimiento en las variables que se les midió.

Evaluación del riesgo fitosanitario en la importación de semillas de cucurbitáceas para siembra procedente de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica

De marzo 1999 a Mayo 2000 se realizó el presente estudio, en Managua, el cual se basó en la recopilación de información sobre las plagas asociadas a las semillas de cucurbitáceas. El objetivo del estudio fue proporcionar elementos técnicos a Cuarentena Vegetal para la toma de decisiones y aplicación de medidas fitosanitarias en la importación de semillas de cucurbitáceas para siembra procedente de Estados Unidos. La información fue obtenida de Bases de Datos Internacionales de Plagas, Centros de Documentación, Organismos internacionales, consultas a especialistas en foto protección, listado de plagas presentes en los cultivos de Nicaragua y búsqueda en Internet. Para el ordenamiento de la información se realizaron fichas técnicas para cada plaga. De un listado inicial de 1O plagas, solamente 8 plagas fueron sujetas a evaluación y análisis para el manejo del riesgo, después de pasar por las tres etapas de Evaluación de un Análisis de Riesgo de Plagas según la Norma Centroamericana del OIRSA. A las plagas consideradas como cuarentenarias para Nicaragua y que pueden causar grandes daños al país si se llegan a introducir, se les evaluó el riesgo de introducción, establecimiento y dispersión, además se determinaron las medidas de manejo del riesgo de plagas. De las plagas analizadas el hongo Fusarium oxysporum f. sp niveum, el virus Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus, el virus Melón Necrotic Spot Carmovirus, la bacteria Acidovorax avenae subsp.citrulli y el virus Cucumber Mosaic Cucumovirus, son las especies que presentan mayor riesgo fitosanitario.

Heterotrophic marine bacteria as supplementary feed for larval Penaeus monodon

The findings are presented of a study conducted to use autochthonously obtained, nonpathogenic heterotrophic marine bacteria as a substitute feed for microalgae in rearing larval Penaeus monodon. Eleven strains were isolated: Micrococcus (MCC), Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Bacillus (two strains; BAC-1, BAC-2), Pseudomonas (two strains; PSM-1, PSM-2), Vibrio parahemolyticus, V. fluviatilis, Moraxella (MOR) and Flavobacterium. Six nonhemolytic strains were then chosen for the Penaeus monodon larval feed trials: BAC-1, BAC-2, PSM-1, PSM-2, MCC and MOR. The study demonstrates that bacterial biomass could be further investigated as a partial substitute for microalgae in penaeid shrimp larval rearing.

杉木连栽致害真菌拮抗菌Bacillus subtilis3728的研究

杉木是我国重要的速生丰产树种，分布在北纬21°41′到33°41′，东经102°到122°的广大地区，杉木人工林面积约占我国人工林总面积的1/4，随着连栽代数的增加，土壤中毒和生产力下降程度日趋严重。 本论文以分离自与红树林、珍珠贝、海兔子、海绵、软珊瑚等与海洋动、植物共栖或共生存的106株海洋微生物(54株放线菌，52株细菌)为资源，以杉木连栽致害真菌尖孢镰刀菌萎蔫专化型(Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.vasinfectum)菌株SF2为靶菌，通过平板对峙试验和土壤原位定殖试验，筛选到一株分离自红树林木榄(Bruguiera gymnorrhizo)根际土壤的海洋细菌3728菌株；该菌对SF2具有很强抑菌活性，能够高密度在杉木根际土壤中定殖，对杉木幼苗的生长有一定的促进作用。采用传统的细菌学和分子生物学的鉴定方法对其进行了菌种鉴定，为枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)。 通过对抗菌谱的研究，发现海洋细菌3728除了对杉木连栽主要致害真菌尖孢镰刀菌萎蔫专化型菌株SF2有很强的抑菌活性外，对大豆连作致害菌 (Penicillium purpurogenum)，棉花枯萎病菌(Fusarium oxysporum)，棉花立枯病菌(Rhizoctonia solani)，大豆根腐病菌(Fusarium solani)以及小麦赤霉病菌(Fusarium graminerum)等也有较强的抑制作用。室内模拟试验还表明，在土壤中接种海洋细菌3728后，能够明显增加土壤中氨化细菌和氨化真菌的数量，能够增加土壤中功能性微生物——纤维素分解细菌和纤维素分解真菌的数量和种类，增强了纤维素分解能力。再添加C/N比较低的白三叶草凋落物，土壤中氨化细菌、氨化真菌的数量继续增加，土壤纤维素分解能力更显著提高。这为进一步开展对杉木连栽障碍的生物调控试验，提供了一定的科学依据。

海洋细菌3512A对黄瓜枯萎病的防治及其生物学特性的研究

黄瓜枯萎病(Cucumber fusarium Wilt)又称萎蔫病、蔓割病，是一种世界性的植物维管束病害。1925年Weber 首次报道在美国佛罗里达州发生。该病由半知菌亚门，镰刀菌属尖孢镰刀菌(Fusarium oxysporum)侵染所致，是一类主要经土壤传播的维管束病害，在我国瓜类种植区也普遍发生，在北方地区尤为严重。近年来随着蔬菜栽培面积的增加，土壤菌量逐年积累，此病的发生日趋严重。据统计，每年黄瓜枯萎病的发病率可达20%，严重时高达80%-90%，甚至全部毁种，导致了黄瓜的严重减产。 本论文从56株选自与海洋动、植物共生/共栖的细菌为资源，以黄瓜枯萎病菌(Fusarium oxysporum)为靶菌，通过平板对峙试验筛选出8株具有较强抑黄瓜枯萎病菌作用的菌株，其中以海洋细菌3512A的抑菌效果最好。室内模拟实验表明该菌株能够在灭菌土和有菌土中高密度定殖，促进黄瓜幼苗的生长。盆栽试验表明其能够有效的防治黄瓜枯萎病，防效达64.29％～73.62％，还能促进黄瓜的生长，提高叶绿素含量，增加黄瓜的产量，可认为是一株植物根际促生菌（PGPR）采用传统的细菌学和分子生物学的鉴定方法对其进行了菌种鉴定，为枯草芽孢杆菌（Bacilluss subtilis）。 通过对抗菌谱的研究，发现海洋细菌3512A除了对黄瓜枯萎病菌(Fusarium oxysporum) 有很强的抑菌活性外，对金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌、白色念珠菌和多种植物病原真菌都具有较强的抑制作用，抗菌范围广，可进一步做对其它农作物病害的防治实验。 海洋细菌3512A在盆栽试验中对黄瓜枯萎病的成功防治以及促生作用，为其良好的使用提供了指导并为其进一步的研究提供了基础。

中国南海深海沉积物中的微生物资源

由于采样条件和培养条件的限制，深海微生物研究的较少，因此目前海洋微生物资源的研究主要集中在近海和浅海。而深海独特的生态环境，使微生物形成了独特的代谢体系，成为新颖化合物的重要来源，具有很好的开发应用前景。本文首次较为系统的研究了深度为1758-3600m南海海底沉积物中深海微生物资源的分离和活性菌株的筛选情况，旨在为探索我国南海深海微生物资源提供一定的科学依据。 采用多种分离培养基从6个不同深度（1758、2620、3200、3500、3587和3600m）的南海深海沉积物样品中，分离到225株深海微生物，包括40株放线菌和185株细菌。以分离得到的225株深海微生物为研究对象，从产蛋白酶、抗真菌、杀虫三个方面进行活性菌株的筛选，研究南海深海沉积物中的微生物资源状况： （1）.将分离到的225株深海微生物，同时在10℃、28℃、45℃三个温度下进行产低温蛋白酶、中温蛋白酶、高温蛋白酶的筛选。初筛结果表明：这225株深海微生物大都有大小不同的产蛋白酶能力。10℃有产蛋白酶的有109株，28 ℃产蛋白酶的有160株，45℃产蛋白酶的有117株。筛选到一株在45℃下有较强产蛋白酶能力的菌株B1394，其酶活可达873U/ml，有一定的应用前景。通过形态观察、生理生化测定、16SrDNA序列测定，将B1394定名为枯草芽孢杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）。其粗酶液性质研究发现：最适酶活温度60℃，最适pH 8.0， 40℃、50℃和60℃热稳定性较好， Mn2+ 、Mg2+ 、Ca2+对该蛋白酶有激活作用，Hg2+ 、Fe3+ 、Cu2+ 、Zn2+ 、 Fe2+对其有抑制作用，苯甲基磺酰氟（PMSF���几乎完全抑制其活性，推断为丝氨酸蛋白酶。 （2）.对其中100株深海细菌和40株深海放线菌，以立枯丝核菌（ Rhizoctonia solani）和白色念珠菌（Candida albicans）为靶菌进行了抗真菌活性的筛选。初筛结果表明：分别有37株和35株深海细菌对立枯丝核菌和白色念珠菌有抑菌活性，分别占被检测细菌数目的37%和35%；有18株深海放线菌对立枯丝核菌有抑制作用，占被检测放线菌总数的45%。筛选到一株有较强抗真菌活性的深海放线菌SHA6，其发酵液对包括尖孢镰刀菌（Fusarium oxysporum）在内的10种植物病原菌有明显的抑制作用。对其发酵液的理化性质进行初步研究发现SHA6发酵液具有良好的热稳定性和酸碱稳定性, 对SHA6进行分子生物学鉴定后将其初步定名为为橙色单胞菌（Aurantimonas altamirensis）。 （3）.以卤虫为初步筛选模型，对其中的20株深海放线菌进行了杀虫方面的筛选，结果发现有5个深海放线菌菌株表现有较强的杀虫活性。其中深海放线菌SHA4发酵液的乙酸乙脂提取物杀卤虫的活性最强，在浓度为100μg/ml时杀卤虫活性为83%,而在浓度400ppm时，48h可以杀死38%的甜菜夜娥。对SHA4进行分子生物学鉴定后将其初步定为拟诺卡氏菌属（Nocardiopsis sp）。 总之，本论文阐明了我国南海深海沉积物中微生物资源状况的初步研究结果，为进一步开发利用我国南海深海微生物资源奠定了基础。

乙草胺、甲胺磷及其复合对黑土真菌的生态效应

农药对土壤微生物区系结构和功能的影响以及潜在的生态风险成为人们关注的热点之一。本文以中科院海伦生态站农田黑土作为实验土壤，采用室内模拟的方法，利用传统的（CFU和ergosterol）及分子微生物生态学技术（DGGE，real-time PcR，clolle library）研究了乙草胺、甲胺磷及其复合对黑土真菌的生态效应，并得出以下结果：经8周处理，中、高浓度乙草胺（150和250mgkg-1）对土壤真菌数量、生物量和可培养真菌种群多样性具有长期抑制效应。乙草胺处理8周后可培养真菌和土壤固氮微生物n州基因的种群结构不能得到恢复，而总的真菌结构可基本恢复。甲胺磷对土壤可培养真菌数量和生物量具有促进作用，以高浓度（250mgkg~(-1)）尤为显著。高浓度甲胺磷（25omgkg~(-1)）对nifH基因多样性有长期抑制效应。甲胺磷处理8周后可培养真菌种群结构不可恢复，而总的真菌和n积基因种群结构可部分恢复。两者复合后对真菌数量，生物量，多样性及n担基因多样性的影响无论是促进还是抑制其作用强度都大于单因子。处理8周后可培养真菌、总的真菌和n州基因三者的种群结构均不可恢复。克隆测序分析发现乙草胺、甲胺磷及其复合可明显促进植物致病真菌（colletolrichum；truncatum，Rhizoctonia zeae，Fusarium oxysporum）的生长，同时使土壤中常见的青霉菌数量减少，使农药处理后具有潜在的植物病害爆发的风险。本试验结果表明，乙草胺、甲胺磷及其复合对土壤真菌数量、结构、多样性和功能基因nifH的多样性及其种群组成有不同程度的影响，甚至产生某些不可逆的长期生态效应。复合处理对土壤真菌的影响要大于两个单因子作用，表现了明显的复合生态效应。一般来说受到午扰的真菌种群结构不容易自然恢复，因此建议在施用这两种农药过程中要避免大量、频繁的单独或复合施用。

毛壳菌产抗真菌活性物质菌株筛选及种间原生质体融合研究

毛壳菌属很多种类具有重要生防价值，其生防机理包括对植物病原真菌的重寄生作用、诱导植物产生抗病性、产生抗真菌活性的次生代谢产物等。迄今，学界对毛壳菌的研究主要集中在毛壳菌的生防机理，毛壳菌活性次生代谢产物的分离等方面。本研究致力于产抗生素的毛壳菌的种间原生质体融合，从产抗生素毛壳菌菌株的筛选开始，进而对产抗生素的角毛壳菌进行诱变选育，最终用产不同抗生素的角毛壳菌与球毛壳菌进行种间原生质体融合。主要有以下五方面研究结果。 1、毛壳菌抗真菌活性物质产生菌株的筛选：不同毛壳菌菌株发酵液采用琼脂扩散法对植物病原真菌进行抑菌活性试验，结果显示，菌株CH08和CH23的发酵液对芒果炭疽、苹果炭疽和马铃薯晚疫菌具有抑制作用。菌株CH16和CH17的发酵液对芒果炭疽菌、苹果炭疽菌有抑制作用。菌株CH21发酵液对辣椒炭疽菌和西瓜枯萎菌有抑制作用。经形态学研究，菌株CH08、CH16、CH17和CH23鉴定为球毛壳菌，菌株CH21鉴定为角毛壳菌。对角毛壳菌与球毛壳菌菌株发酵液抑菌谱比较，发现角毛壳菌与球毛壳菌发酵液具有明显不同的抑菌谱，表明角毛壳菌与球毛壳菌产生不同的抗真菌活性物质。 2、角毛壳菌（CH21）和球毛壳菌（CH08）原生质体制备和再生条件研究：考察了菌龄、酶浓度、稳渗剂及其浓度、酶解温度、酶解时间及再生培养基对原生质体制备和再生的影响。用菌龄为生长54 h的角毛壳菌菌丝，以0.06 M磷酸缓冲液（pH6.0）配制成含蜗牛酶15 mg/ml、溶壁酶10 mg/ml、蔗糖0.6 mol/L的酶解液，30℃酶解1.5 h，原生质体释放量2.02×107个/g；以PDA为再生培养基，0.7 mol/L的蔗糖再生稳渗剂，再生率可达51.45%。用菌龄为生长48 h的球毛壳菌菌丝，以0.06 M磷酸缓冲液（pH6.0）配制成含蜗牛酶15 mg/ml、溶壁酶10 mg/ml、蔗糖0.6 mol/L的酶解液，30℃酶解1 h，原生质体释放量达1.57×108个/g；以PDA为再生培养基，0.7 mol/L的蔗糖为再生稳渗剂，再生率可达41.48%。 3、角毛壳菌（CH21）原生质体紫外诱变选育：以CH21为出发菌株，制备原生质体进行紫外诱变，诱变条件为：15 w紫外灯，距离30 cm，照射90 s，致死率80%~85%。建立了诱变菌株初筛的双层平板筛选模型。经平板初筛和摇瓶复筛，获得一株突变菌株CH21-I-402，其发酵液抑菌活性较出发菌株提高18.3%。 4、抗性标记菌株的获得：菌株CH21-I-402和CH08抗生素药敏试验表明， CH21-I-402菌株对潮霉素有抗性、对G418（Geneticin）敏感，菌株CH08对潮霉素和G418都敏感。根癌农杆菌EHA105介导的新霉素磷酸转移酶基因转化球毛壳菌，经PCR检测，新霉素磷酸转移酶基因成功转化进菌株CH08-GR70，CH08-GR120。转化子对G418抗性提高3～4倍，对潮霉素仍然比较敏感。 5、以G418和潮霉素抗性为筛选标记的原生质体融合与融合菌株AFLP分析：制备角毛壳菌CH21-I-402和球毛壳菌CH08-GR70原生质体，以35％的PEG6000为助融剂进行原生质体融合，以65 μg/ml的潮霉素和60 μg/ml G418为抗性筛选标记，获得46个再生菌株。再生菌株连续传代5代后，再生菌株表现出多种形态类型。利用AFLP技术对再生菌株及亲本菌株基因组DNA分析表明，再生菌株PF1、PF26为融合菌株。抑菌活性测试表明，融合菌株PF26发酵液对芒果炭疽菌和苹果轮纹菌有强的抑制作用，且抑菌活性比亲本球毛壳菌明显提高。 Chaetomium spp. have great potentials as biocontrol agents against a range of plant pathogens on the basis of its mycoparasitism, induced plant disease resistance, production of antifungal metabolites, and so on. Previous researches on C. spp. mostly focused on the mechanisms of its biocontrol and the isolation of secondary metabolites. In this study, screening antifungal C. spp., mutation breeding of C. cupreum and interspecies protoplast fusion between C. cupreum and C. globosum were carried out, respectively. The corresponding results are as follows: Firstly, among more than 40 C. spp., the strains produced anti-fungal antibiotics were screened by agar diffusion experiments. Results showed that both CH08 and CH23 had inhibition against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Cladosporium fulvum, and Phytophthora infestans. Both CH16 and CH17 had inhibition against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Cladosporium fulvum. In addition, CH21 exhibited anti-fungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp niveum and Colletotrichum capsici. Furthermore, CH08, CH16, CH17 and CH23 were identified as C. globosum, CH21 was proved to be C. cupreum based on morphology. The comparison of the anti-fungal spectrum between C. cupreum and C. globosum, showed they could produce different antibiotics. Secondly, specified protocols for preparing and regenerating protoplasts from mycelia of C. cupreum CH21 and C. globosum CH08 were studied. The effects of the age mycelia, the concentration of enzyme, digestion temperature and time, kinds of osmotic stabilizer and regeneration medium on protoplasts preparation and regeneration were all optimized, respectively. In one protocol, with 15 mg/mL snailase, 10 mg/mL lywallzyme, 0.6 M sucrose, in 0.06 M phosphate buffer (pH6.0), and digested for 1.5 h at 30 ºC, 2.02×107 protoplasts from each gram mycelia were obtained from cultures of C. cupreum CH21 grown in potato dextrose broth (PDB) medium for 54 h. And when 0.7 M sucrose was used as osmotic stabilizer in the regeneration medium OPDA (potato dextrose agar with osmotic stabilize), the regeneration efficiency of protoplasts was 51.45%. In another protocol, with 15 mg/mL snailase, 10 mg/mL lywallzyme, 0.6 M sucrose, in 0.06 M phosphate buffer (pH6.0), and digested for 1 h at 30 ºC, 1.57×108 protoplasts from each gram mycelia were obtained from cultures of C. globosum CH08 grown in PDB for 48 h. And when 0.7 M sucrose was used as osmotic stabilizer in the regeneration medium OPDA, the regeneration efficiency of protoplasts was 41.48%. Thirdly, the mutagenesis conditions and secondary screening model of C. cupreum CH21 were explored. An 80% to 85% death rate could be achieved when the protoplasts of C. cupreum CH21 were irradiated by 15 w UV lamp from 30 cm distance for 90 s. In addition, the doublelayer plate’s method for the primary screening of high-producing antibiotics strains was established. A high yielding antibiotic mutant CH21-I-402 was obtained through the primary screening on plate and the secondary selection in Erlenmeyer flask, compared to the original CH21 strain, the antifungal activity of the mutant CH21-I-402 was increased by 18.3%. Fourth, the sensitivity to antibiotics of both C. cupreum CH21-I-402 and C. globusm CH08 was detected. Results showed C. cupreum CH21-I-402 was sensitive to G418 (Geneticin) (Gs) and resistant to Hygromycin B(Hr), and C. globusm CH08 was sensitive to both G418 (Geneticin) (Gs) and Hygromycin B(Hs). At the same time, neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II) gene was transformed into C. globusm CH08(Gs, Hs) mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA105, and the npt II gene was verified by polymerase chain reaction in resistance to G418 strains CH08-GR70 and CH08-GR120. The transformants still showed sensitive to Hygromycin B(Hs). Finally, a selection system for hybrids was set up by interspecies protoplast fusion between C. cupreum and C. globusm using dominant selective drug resistance markers. At first, protoplasts of C. cupreum CH21-I-402 (Hr, Gs) and C. globusm CH08-GR70 (Hs, Gr) were prepared, then the protoplasts were fused in the presence of 35% polyethylene glycol 6000 and regenerated on OPDA medium with 65 μg/ml Hygromycin B and 60μg/ml G418, at last 46 colonies with Hr and Gr were obtained. Even after 5 generations’ subculture, most of the colonies displayed significant difference in taxonomic characteristics with their parental strains. Regenerated strains PF1 and PF26 were confirmed as fusants by amplified fragment length polymorphisms analysis with the genomic DNA as the model. PF26 showed higher inhibitory activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Macrophoma kuwatsukai than that of the parental strain C. globusm.

海洋细菌3512A对黄瓜枯萎病的防治及促进植株生长的效应

自南海柳珊瑚(Pacifigorgia sp.)中分离得到一株对黄瓜枯萎病菌尖孢镰刀菌黄瓜专化型(Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cucumer-inum)有较强抑制作用的海洋枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)3512A。经室内模拟试验表明,该菌株能够在灭菌土和有菌土中高密度定殖,促进黄瓜幼苗的生长。为探讨该菌株在室外对黄瓜枯萎病的生防作用及对黄瓜生长和产量的影响,进行了盆栽试验,结果表明,海洋细菌3512A能够有效地防治黄瓜枯萎病,促进黄瓜的生长,提高叶绿素含量,增加黄瓜的产量。

Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles assisted by Escherichia coli DH5 alpha and its application on direct electrochemistry of hemoglobin

In this communication, biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles assisted by Escherichia coli DH5 alpha and its application on direct electrochemistry of hemoglobin are reported. The gold nanoparticles formed on the bacteria surface are mostly spherical. The direct electrochemistry of hemoglobin can be achieved by incorporated into the bio-nanocomposite films on a glassy carbon electrode.

Preparation, characterization and antifungal properties of 2-(alpha-arylamino phosphonate)-chitosan

In this paper, 20 kinds of different 2-(alpha-arylamino phosphonate)-chitosan (2-alpha-AAPCS) were prepared by different Schiff bases of chitosan (CS) reacted with di-alkyl phosphite in benzene solution. The structures of the derivatives (2-alpha-AAPCS) were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. In addition, the antifungal activities of the derivatives against four kinds of fungi were evaluated in the experiment. The results indicated that all the prepared 2-alpha-AAPCS had a significant inhibiting effect on the investigated fungi when the derivatives concentration ranged from 50 to 500 mu g mL(-1). Furthermore, the antifungal activities of the derivatives increased with increasing the molecular weight and concentration. And the antifungal activities of the derivatives were affected by their dimensional effect and charge density. Besides, the rule and mechanism of the antifungal activities of them were discussed in this paper. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Synthesis of acyl thiourea derivatives of chitosan and their antimicrobial activities in vitro

Three different acyl thiourea derivatives of chitosan (CS) were synthesized and their structures were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The antimicrobial behaviors of CS and its derivatives against four species of bacteria (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Sarcina) and four crop-threatening pathogenic fungi (Alternaria solani, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Saec, and Phyllisticta zingiberi) were investigated. The results indicated that the antimicrobial activities of the acyl thiourea derivatives are much better than that of the parent CS. The minimum value of MIC and MBC of the derivatives against E coli was 15.62 and 62.49 mu g/mL, respectively. All of the acyl thiourea derivatives had a significant inhibitory effect on the fungi in concentrations of 50 - 500 mu g/mL; the maximum inhibitory index was 66.67%. The antifungal activities of the chloracetyl thiourea derivatives of CS are noticeably higher than the acetyl and benzoyl thiourea derivatives. The degree of grafting of the acyl thiourea group in the derivatives was related to antifungal activity; higher substitution resulted in stronger antifungal activity. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Contribuição de bactérias diazotrópicas na cultura da bananeira: perspectivas de utilização na produção integrada.

Esta pesquisa objetivou avaliar a ocorrência de bactérias diazotróficas na cultura da bananeira no Estado do Ceará (Brasil), selecionar bactérias diazotróficas endof��ticas em associação com mudas da cultivar Grande Naine, avaliar produção de bananas nas cultivares Grande Naine (subgrupo Cavendish), Ambrosia, Buccaner e Calypso (subgrupo Gros Michel) em resposta à inoculação de bactéria selecionada em mudas e verificar o potencial de bactéria diazotrófica na proteção de plantas da cultivar Maçã contra o fungo Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, causador da fusariose na bananeira. As bananeiras das cultivares Pacovan e Prata (subgrupo Prata) e Couruda (subgrupo Figo) plantadas no Ceará estavam associadas de bactérias diazotróficas relacionadas aos gêneros Burkholderia e Herbaspirillum. Em experimento com mudas micropropagadas da cultivar Grande Naine constatou-se que bactérias endof��ticas do tipo Burkholderia variam em eficiência na promoção do crescimento das plantas. A inoculação do isolado de bactéria relacionada a B. cepacia AB202 em mudas resultou no aumento de produtividade das cultivares dos subgrupos Cavendish (2.900kg ha- 1) e Gros Michel (1.400kg ha-1). Na cultivar Maçã, a tecnologia permitiu reduzir a incidência de fusariose em 7,4% (113 plantas por ha). Estes resultados confirmam a influência de bactérias diazotróficas na cultura da bananeira, sugerindo a possibilidade do uso desta tecnologia por viveiristas e produtores de banana em busca da produção integrada de frutas.

Mal do Panamá ou fusariose da bananeira.

Informacoes sobre a fusariose da bananeira, ocorrencia, sintomas, controle e medidas preventivas, para o Estado do Amazonas.

Doencas da bananeira no Estado do Amazonas.

Informacoes sobre doencas, foliares, vasculares e abiotica, da bananeira no Estado do Amazonas, e seu controle.