Purification and some properties of Papaya meleira virus, a novel virus infecting papayas in Brazil     

E. Maciel-Zambolim †  S. Kunieda-Alonso  K. Matsuoka  M. G. de Carvalho  F. M. Zerbini 《Plant pathology》2003,52(3):389-394

'Meleira', or 'sticky disease', is currently the most damaging papaya disease in the mid-eastern Brazilian growing regions. Consistent disease transmission via latex injection, presence of similar isometric particles in the laticiferous vessels of diseased plants, and detection of double-stranded DNA in naturally and experimentally infected papaya trees suggest that a virus is the causal agent. Conclusive evidence for viral aetiology was previously lacking, mostly because every attempt to purify the putative virus from infected papayas had failed. Following the successful purification and partial characterization of the meleira virus, healthy papaya seedlings injected with purified virus particles later developed typical symptoms of the disease. Negatively stained, isometric, full and 'empty' purified virus particles measured 42 and 38 nm, respectively. The viral genome was a single dsRNA molecule of about 12 kbp. Several capsid proteins, ranging in size from 14·4 to 45 kDa, were consistently revealed by PAGE. Papaya meleira virus (PMeV) appears to represent a novel group of viruses, with no known similar counterpart among known plant-, vertebrate-, invertebrate- or prokaryote-infecting viruses.  相似文献   

Phytoplankton surveys off the southern Myanmar coast of the Andaman Sea: an emphasis on dinoflagellates including potentially harmful species     

Su-Myat  Maung-Saw-Htoo-Thaw  Kazumi Matsuoka  Khin-Ko-Lay  Kazuhiko Koike 《Fisheries Science》2012,78(5):1091-1106

A detailed list of dinoflagellate species for the Mergui Archipelago, off southern Myanmar, was compiled for the first time. This was based on surveys conducted in two seasons in pre- and post-monsoons, and on observations for both plankton and cyst assemblages. In the plankton samples, 57 and 26 dinoflagellate species were recorded, respectively, in the pre- and post-monsoons. Among the list from plankton and cyst samples, harmful species were found: red-tide species including Prorocentrum spp. and Alexandrium affine, and causative species of paralytic shellfish poisoning, e.g., Alexandrium tamiyavanichii and Gymnodinium catenatum, and of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, e.g., Dinophysis spp. Therefore, although no incidences have been reported yet, attention must be paid to these harmful algal bloom (HAB) events in Myanmar where exploitation of fishery resources is drastically increasing. Other dinoflagellate compositions were also unique and may relate to the oceanographic system in this region. In the pre-monsoon, rather rare oceanic species of Ornithocercus spp. were found concurrently with neritic species, probably due to the extensive southwesterly current from the Indian Ocean. Throughout the seasons, diverse species of Protoperidinium were predominately recorded in both planktonic and sediment samples, indicating richness of prey organisms probably sustained by upwelling systems.  相似文献   

Susceptibility of Commercial Tomato Cultivars to Bacterial Wilt in Hydroponic System     

Teruo NONOMURA  Yoshinori MATSUDA  Motoaki TSUDA  Kazuto URANAKA  Hideyoshi TOYODA 《Journal of General Plant Pathology》2001,67(3):224-227

Commercially available tomato cultivars were hydroponically cultured for inoculation, with Ralstonia solanacearum (K-101), which causes bacterial wilt, by pouring an inoculum suspension into the nutrient solution. Cultivar susceptibility to the bacteria was evaluated, based on the highest percentage of wilting. Because the length of time for wilt appearance varied among cultivars, some cultivars appeared to be suppressive to the translocation and/or multiplication of the invading pathogen. Thus, this hydroponic inoculation system is effective for examining levels of susceptibility in tomato cultivars to bacterial wilt. Received 13 December 2000/ Accepted in revised form 27 March 2001  相似文献   

Embryonic bovine tracheal cell line for in vitro cultivation of Eimeria tenella     

T Matsuoka  M E Callender  R F Shumard 《American journal of veterinary research》1969,30(7):1119-1122

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Evaluation in calves of an inactivated bovine rhinotracheitis and parainfluenza-3 vaccine combined with Pasteurella bacterin   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

T Matsuoka  T M Folkerts  C Gale 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》1972,160(3):333-337

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Mottle necrosis of sweet potato caused by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pythium scleroteichum</Emphasis> in Japan and varietal difference in susceptibility to the disease     

Motoaki Tojo  Ken Watanabe  Kenichi Kida  Yingjie Li  Shuhei Numata 《Journal of General Plant Pathology》2007,73(2):121-124

Severe mottle necrosis (Shirogusare-byo in Japanese) was found on mature tubers of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in Ibaraki Prefecture in October 2004. The causal organism was identified as Pythium scleroteichum hitherto unknown in Japan. Sweet potato cultivar Purple Sweet Lord was more susceptible than cultivars Beniazuma, Benimasari, Koukei-14, and Tamayutaka to the pathogen at 25°C, while this difference in the susceptibility was not clear at 15°C.  相似文献   

Gustatory sensitivity of the external taste buds of Oreochromis niloticus L. to amino acids     

S Y Yacoob  K Anraku  T Marui  T Matsuoka  G Kawamura  & M Vazquez Archdale 《Aquaculture Research》2001,32(3):217-222

The gustatory sensitivity of the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L., to different amino acids was studied using an electrophysiological approach. The electrical responses were recorded from a branch of the facial nerve innervating the external taste buds of the upper lip. The relative stimulatory effectiveness (RSE) of nine amino acids and betaine were determined at a concentration of 1 mm and all of them elicited neural responses. This species responded well to the neutral, basic and acidic amino acids. The most stimulatory amino acids were L‐histidine, L‐arginine, L‐serine, L‐methionine and L‐glutamine; L‐proline and betaine were the least stimulatory. The results of this study suggest that the Nile tilapia has high external gustatory sensitivity to some amino acids as a physiological adaptation to search effectively for their sources. The effect of the pH, ranging from 4.0 to 9.0, on the RSE of three neutral amino acids and artificial pond water (APW) was also studied. The RSE increased below pH 6.0 and was relatively unaffected from 7.0 to 9.0, indicating that acidified stimulants are highly stimulatory in this species. Nile tilapia did not discriminate the pH of APW as effectively as some of the species studied earlier.  相似文献   

Applicability of Aegilops tauschii drought tolerance traits to breeding of hexaploid wheat     

Quahir Sohail  Tomoe Inoue  Hiroyuki Tanaka  Amin Elsadig Eltayeb  Yoshihiro Matsuoka  Hisashi Tsujimoto 《Breeding Science》2011,61(4):347-357

Few genes are available to develop drought-tolerant bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. One way to enhance bread wheat’s genetic diversity would be to take advantage of the diversity of wild species by creating synthetic hexaploid wheat (SW) with the genomic constitution of bread wheat. In this study, we compared the expression of traits encoded at different ploidy levels and evaluated the applicability of Aegilops tauschii drought-related traits using 33 Ae. tauschii accessions along with their corresponding SW lines under well-watered and drought conditions. We found wide variation in Ae. tauschii, and even wider variation in the SW lines. Some SW lines were more drought-tolerant than the standard cultivar Cham 6. Aegilops tauschii from some regions gave better performing SW lines. The traits of Ae. tauschii were not significantly correlated with their corresponding SW lines, indicating that the traits expressed in wild diploid relatives of wheat may not predict the traits that will be expressed in SW lines derived from them. We suggest that, regardless of the adaptability and performance of the Ae. tauschii under drought, production of SW could probably result in genotypes with enhanced trait expression due to gene interactions, and that the traits of the synthetic should be evaluated in hexaploid level.  相似文献   

Cytokinin oxidase regulates rice grain production   总被引：25，自引：0，他引：25  

Ashikari M  Sakakibara H  Lin S  Yamamoto T  Takashi T  Nishimura A  Angeles ER  Qian Q  Kitano H  Matsuoka M 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,309(5735):741-745

Most agriculturally important traits are regulated by genes known as quantitative trait loci (QTLs) derived from natural allelic variations. We here show that a QTL that increases grain productivity in rice, Gn1a, is a gene for cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (OsCKX2), an enzyme that degrades the phytohormone cytokinin. Reduced expression of OsCKX2 causes cytokinin accumulation in inflorescence meristems and increases the number of reproductive organs, resulting in enhanced grain yield. QTL pyramiding to combine loci for grain number and plant height in the same genetic background generated lines exhibiting both beneficial traits. These results provide a strategy for tailormade crop improvement.  相似文献   

Demonstration of Aujeszky's disease virus antigen in naturally infected cattle by immunoperoxidase method     

T Matsuoka  T Kurihara  Y Konosu  Y Iijima  M Narita  M Haritani 《Nippon juigaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of veterinary science》1987,49(4):725-727

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