杉木幼苗生物量分配格局对氮添加的响应

大气氮(N)沉降的急剧增加可能会对植物碳(C)固定和分配产生深远影响。然而, N添加如何影响碳水化合物在植物不同器官之间的分配动态并不十分清楚。该研究利用杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)幼苗盆栽试验, 设置N添加处理, 测定分析幼苗非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)与结构性碳水化合物(SC)含量和库的变化, 以探讨N添加后杉木幼苗不同器官中NSC与SC的分配模式及调控机制。结果发现: (1) N添加虽然显著增加叶片净光合速率(143.96%), 但却降低了叶片中的NSC含量和库; N添加导致一年生茎的淀粉含量显著下降, 而可溶性糖含量的变化不显著, 当年生茎的NSC组分含量和库没有显著变化; 幼苗根系的NSC及其组分含量和库也有降低的趋势。(2) N添加后地下与地上生物量的比值降低22.09%, 其中SC库比值降低31.07%, 而NSC库比值无显著变化。(3) N添加使地上部分的磷(P)库显著增加, 使地下与地上P库的比值降低了57.02%, 而N库的比值无显著变化。(4) N添加后土壤pH由(4.94 ± 0.09)显著降低到(4.02 ± 0.04), 铵态N和硝态N含量分别增加7.17倍和11.55倍, 土壤有效P含量也增加了42.86%, 而土壤中脲酶(62.75%)和酸性磷酸酶(56.52%)的活性显著降低。研究表明, 低养分条件下杉木幼苗主要通过构建根系结构增加养分吸收, 而非通过向根系分配更多的NSC, 而N添加驱动的养分缓解使更多的碳水化合物分配到地上器官, 导致地上部分SC积累。     

土壤增温对杉木幼苗细根生理生态性质的影响

为了揭示我国最重要人工林树种杉木对全球变暖的地下响应及其适应性,通过在福建省三明市陈大国有林场设置杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)幼苗土壤增温实验(增温+5℃和不增温两个处理,各5个重复),用土钻法和内生长环法探讨土壤增温约1年后的杉木幼苗细根生物量和形态特征(比根长,SRL;比表面积,SRA),化学计量学特征(C、N、P)和代谢特征(包括呼吸和非结构性碳水化合物,NSC)的变化。结果表明:1)与对照相比,土壤增温处理0—1 mm细根生物量显著下降,1—2 mm细根生物量没有变化,细根形态亦未有显著变化;2)土壤增温处理细根N浓度显著增加,细根P浓度没有显著变化,细根C/N显著降低而N/P显著增加;3)土壤增温处理细根呼吸没有出现驯化现象,细根NSC显著下降。可见,土壤增温改变了杉木细根生物量分配格局,并引起一定的营养失衡和代谢失衡现象,从而对杉木生长和生产力产生影响。     

NaCl胁迫对盐桦幼苗生理特性的影响

利用不同NaCl浓度的土壤处理1年生盐桦幼苗,在不同时间分别测定叶片气体交换参数、叶绿素含量及主要渗透物质含量,以探讨盐桦的耐盐机理.结果显示:(1)随着NaCl浓度的增加,净光合速率(P_n)呈下降趋势,当NaCl浓度小于1.6%时,P_n下降以非气孔因素为主,当NaCl浓度大于1.6%时,P_n下降以气孔因素为主;叶片中叶绿素(Chl)含量呈现在1%时有所增加尔后下降的趋势,Chl a/b值则直接降低;相对电导率(Rc)、脯氨酸(Pro)含量、丙二醛(MDA)含量、可溶性糖(Ss)含量均在1.0%～1.8% NaCl呈上升趋势,而在1.8%～2.2% NaCl呈下降趋势;(2)不同盐胁迫时间对气孔导度、胞间CO_2浓度、蒸腾速率、Rc、Ss影响显著,对于P_n、Chl、Pro、MDA影响不显著;(3)盐桦幼苗在1.8% NaCl时能够正常生长,而在2.2% NaCl时全部死亡.     

土壤增温对杉木幼苗细根呼吸和非结构性碳的影响

在福建省三明市陈大国有林场开展杉木幼苗土壤增温试验,采用内生长环法研究土壤增温(+5℃)对杉木幼苗细根比呼吸速率和非结构性碳的影响,分析杉木人工林对全球变暖的地下响应及其适应性.结果表明:增温第二年,土壤增温引起细根组织内非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)的较大变化,1月增温处理0~1 mm细根NSC和淀粉浓度下降,1~2 mm细根可溶性糖和NSC浓度下降;7月增温处理0~1 mm细根NSC、可溶性糖和淀粉浓度提高,使1~2mm细根淀粉浓度增加.增温第3年,土壤增温对细根NSC无显著影响.增温处理使0~1 mm细根比根呼吸速率在增温第二年7月增加,而在第三年7月下降;与0~1 mm细根相比,增温处理对1~2 mm细根比呼吸速率没有显著影响.细根呼吸对增温的响应与增温持续时间有关,随增温时间的延长,细根呼吸产生部分驯化,同时能够使细根NSC浓度保持稳定.     

遮荫对裸花紫珠苗期光合特性及总黄酮含量的影响

为了解遮荫对裸花紫珠(Callicarpa nudiflora)幼苗生长和药材质量的影响,研究了遮荫处理(遮荫30%、50%、70%和对照0%)下2年生裸花紫珠苗的光合气体交换参数、叶绿素荧光参数、光合色素和总黄酮含量的变化。结果表明,无遮荫或遮荫30%下,裸花紫珠的叶片净光合速率(Pn)日变化曲线呈典型的双峰型,而随遮荫程度的增加,Pn日变化曲线逐渐转变为单峰型。蒸腾速率(Tr)和气孔导度(Gs)日变化曲线呈单峰型,且峰值随着遮荫程度的增加而降低。PSII最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)和潜在活性(Fv/Fo)的日变化曲线呈"V"型,且两者均随遮荫程度的增加而升高。幼苗叶片的叶绿素a(Chl a)、叶绿素b(Chl b)、类胡萝卜素(Car)含量随遮荫程度的增加而显著增加(P0.05),而Chl a/b和Car/Chl却随遮荫程度的增加而下降。随遮荫程度的增加,叶片中总黄酮含量呈先上升后下降的趋势,以遮荫30%为最大。因此,裸花紫珠幼苗最适宜生长在无遮荫条件下,但为获得更高的总黄酮含量,可以选择30%遮荫处理。     

施氮肥缓解臭氧对小麦光合作用和产量的影响

以小麦(Triticum aestivum)品种‘扬麦16’为试材, 利用开放式空气臭氧(O₃)浓度升高平台, 研究了增施氮(N)肥对O₃对小麦光合作用和产量影响的缓解作用。结果表明, O₃胁迫下灌浆期小麦的净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(G_s)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、叶绿素a (Chl a)、叶绿素b (Chl b)、类胡萝卜素(Car)、总叶绿素含量(Chl t)和可溶性蛋白的含量显著降低, 降幅分别为28.95%、31.79%、23.17%、58.89%、68.64%、22.89%、60.31%和32.00%; 胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)变化很小; 成熟期生物量和收获时产量也明显下降, 降幅分别为12.23%和12.63%; 而增施N肥可以增加小麦灌浆期的P_n、Chl a、Chl b、可溶性蛋白的含量, 进而增加小麦生物量和产量, 增幅分别为25.66%、83.05%、121.57%、30.33%、14.94%和10.67%, 而对C_i、G_s、T_r、Car含量无明显影响。O₃和N肥对小麦叶片的P_n、Chl t及可溶性蛋白含量有明显的交互作用。因此, 在大气O₃浓度升高条件下增施N肥对小麦O₃损伤有一定的缓解作用。     

遮阴对四季桂生理生态特性的影响

为了解遮阴对四季桂(Osmanthus fragrans)生长的影响,研究了成都地区夏季遮阴处理下四季桂扦插苗生理生态特性的变化。结果表明,随遮光率增加,比叶重下降;叶绿素b(Chl b)含量增加,Chl a/b降低。遮阴下叶片可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白含量降低,以80%遮光率下降的最显著;随遮光率上升,叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量下降,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性降低,以55%、80%遮光率的MDA含量下降显著。遮阴处理下,叶片光饱和点(LSP)、光补偿点(LCP)、最大净光合速率(Pmax)、暗呼吸速率(Rd)均下降,而表观量子速率(AQE)增大;瞬时光能利用率(LUE)升高,净光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Gs)、气孔限制值(Ls)均降低,胞间CO_2浓度(Ci)升高。四季桂幼苗主要通过提高Pn和抗氧化酶活性来适应强光环境;降低SLW、LSP、LCP和Rd,提高Chl和Ci含量,增大AQE和LUE提高弱光利用能力,中度遮阴(25%、55%遮光率)有利于幼苗在夏季的生长。     

西南丘陵地区紫色土酸性对无患子幼树生长和光合特性的影响

探讨无患子(Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.)生长和光合作用对酸性土壤胁迫的响应机制,为其高效种植提供理论依据。采用随机区组实验设计,以重庆市紫色土不同程度酸性区(pH分别为7.56、5.65、4.41)3年生无患子幼树为研究对象,分析紫色土酸性对无患子幼树生长、叶性状指标和光合作用的影响。结果表明:中性区土壤速效氮(AN)、速效磷(AP)含量极显著低于酸性区,中性区叶片全氮(TN)、全钾(TK)含量极显著高于酸性区(P0.01)。与中性区相比,酸性区幼树的株高、净光合速率(P_n)、总叶绿素(Chls)、叶绿素a(Chl a)、类胡萝卜素(Cars)含量、叶绿素a/b(Chl a/b)比值极显著减小(P0.01),最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)和非光化学淬灭系数(qN)显著减少(P0.05),而叶绿素b(Chl b)含量和叶绿素/类胡萝卜素(Chls/Cars)比值极显著增加(P0.01),冠幅、电子传递效率(ETR)、光化学淬灭系数(qP)、实际原初光能捕获效率(Y(Ⅱ))显著增大(P0.05);与中性区相比,强酸性区叶片光饱和点(LSP)极显著下降(P0.01),表观量子效率(AQY)、光补偿点(LCP)、暗呼吸速率(R_d)最高,弱酸性区最低;弱酸性区的地径、比叶面积(SLA)、叶面积(LA)、气孔导度(G_s)和蒸腾速率(T_r)在3个试验区中均最大,且显著高于强酸性区(P0.05)。紫色土酸性通过影响土壤养分转化、根系吸收能力,显著降低了酸性区无患子幼树的光合能力,而弱酸性区幼树叶片通过增大光能捕获面积,提高PSⅡ光合电子传递速率和光能捕获效率,降低有机物质消耗,表现出较强的生态适应性。因此,无患子在重庆紫色土区种植的pH适宜范围为5.5—7.5,而在pH值低于5.5的紫色土种植时,生长发育不良。     

增温对成熟杉木人工林不同季节细根生长、形态及生理代谢特征的影响

为揭示气候变暖对我国亚热带地区人工林生态系统细根动态过程的影响,在福建三明森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站开展成熟杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)人工林野外原位土壤增温实验,采用内生长环法探究增温在不同季节对成熟杉木人工林细根生长量、形态及生理代谢特征的影响。结果表明:与对照相比,在雨季,增温处理使得0–1 mm细根生长量及细根(0–2mm)总生长量显著增加109.9%和78.2%,0–1mm细根比根长(SRL)和可溶性糖含量显著增加28.8%和41.5%,而细根比呼吸速率(SRR)和淀粉含量显著降低64.1%和15.9%;在旱季,增温处理使得0–1和1–2mm细根生长量及各形态指标均无显著变化,而0–1 mm细根SRR、1–2 mm细根淀粉和非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)含量显著降低60.7%、43.9%和14.2%。因此,在未来气候变暖背景下,中亚热带地区成熟杉木人工林具有较强的适应能力。雨季,成熟杉木人工林可能通过增加细根SRL,吸收更多资源并促进淀粉向可溶性糖的转化来维持正常生理活动以促进细根生长来响应增温。旱季,成熟杉木人工林则采取降低细根SRR、减少体...     

亚高山草甸植物群落对气候变化的响应

为了研究气温升高、氮素增加和人为干扰对亚高山草甸植物生长和非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)的影响,该研究采用开顶式生长箱(OTC)模拟增温,同时进行施加氮肥和除草处理,对青藏高原东南缘邛崃山脉东坡巴郎山(四川盆地向青藏高原的过渡地带)的亚高山草甸植物的生长和NSC含量进行测定分析。结果显示:(1)各处理土壤全磷(P)和全钾(K)含量与对照均无显著差异,增温加施肥处理的土壤全氮(N)含量与对照无显著差异,但增温处理、施肥处理、除草处理、增温加除草处理、施肥加除草处理和增温加施肥加除草处理的土壤全氮含量较对照均显著降低。(2)增温促进禾本科和杂类草功能群生长,抑制莎草科功能群生长,提高禾本科功能群重要值,降低杂类草功能群重要值,且对莎草科功能群重要值的作用受施氮和除草的影响;施肥促进禾本科和杂类草功能群的高生长,并且促进莎草科功能群生长;除草促进莎草科功能群生长,抑制禾草科和杂类草功能群的生长;而施肥和除草的交互作用有利于禾草科功能群生长,施肥和除草都提高了莎草科功能群的重要值,降低了禾草科功能群的重要值。(3)不同物种NSC含量及分配对于各处理的响应有所不同,紫地榆的NSC含量与物种分盖度相关性显著,珠芽蓼的NSC含量与物种高度相关性显著。研究表明,气候变暖和土壤氮素增加有利于禾本科和莎草科植物的生长,并使植物改变体内非结构性碳水化合物的分配来抵御环境压力。     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

New species of Peruvian Orchidaceae III

Sixteen new species are proposed in the generaAckermania, Dressleria, Epidendrum, Maxillaria, Oncidium, Rodriguezia, Sigmatostalix, andTrigonidium. All new species are illustrated.Maxillaria vittariifolia L. O. Williams is newly recorded for Peru. A key is provided forTrigonidium of Peru.Trigonidium loretoense Schltr. andT. peruvianum Schltr. are lectotypified.     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

广西青藓科分类学修订

通过对采自广西24个县(市)的1 147份青藓科植物标本的逐一鉴定及相关文献的查阅,确认有广西青藓科植物11属、44种,其中包括广西青藓科植物新记录属1属,即拟异叶藓属(Pseudokindbergia),新记录种7种,分别为匐枝青藓(Brachythecium procumbens)、阔叶尖喙藓(Oxyrrhynchium latifolium)、泛生尖喙藓(O. vagans)、拟异叶藓(Pseudokindbergia dumosa)、华东细喙藓(Rhynchostegiella sinensis)、长肋拟青藓(Sciurohypnum populeum)和弯叶拟青藓(S. reflexum)。该文提供了修订后的广西青藓科植物名录,并对其中的新记录属、种的主要形态学识别特征、生境和地理分布等进行了详细描述。     

Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of Scrophularia cryptophila

Resin glycosides are secondary metabolites exclusive to the convolvulaceous plants. In this study, crypthophilic acids A–C (1–3), the first resin glycosides occurring in another family (Scrophulariaceae), and the other constituents of Scrophularia cryptophila were examined for in vitro antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial potentials. Except for crypthophilic acid B (2), all tested compounds exhibited growth-inhibitory effect against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, with l-tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7) being the most potent ones (IC₅₀'s 4.1 and 9.7 μg/ml). In contrast, the activity towards Trypanosoma cruzi was poor, and only crypthophilic acid C (3), 6 and 7 were trypanocidal at concentrations above 40 μg/ml. With the exception of 2 and 6, all compounds were active against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC₅₀'s 2.0 and 5.8 μg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ values of 4.2, 16.6 and 22.4 μg/ml. Overall the best and broadest spectrum activity was presented by compounds 3 and 7, as they inhibited all four parasitic protozoa. None of the isolates had significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MICs >100 μg/ml) or were toxic towards mammalian (L6) cells. This is the first report of antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7).     

Five additional genera of conidial lichen-forming fungi from Europe

Three remarkable new genera of conidial lichen-forming fungi, with pycnidial or acervular conidiomata are described and illustrated.Hastifera tenuispora gen. et spec. nov. from the South-Tyrol, Italy, is characterized by very long and narrow hyaline conidia produced in pycnidial conidiomata immersed in thalline warts.Lichingoldia gyalectiformis gen. et spec. nov. from rocks subject to inundation by freshwater in Norway has long sigmoidly curved conidia which appear to be adapted to dispersal in water.Woessia fusarioides gen. et spec. nov. from aQuercus stump in the Burgenland, Austria, has a finely granular thallus and disc-like conidiomata producing falcate conidia; this species is also of interest in that it hasChlorella as the photobiont. The recently described hyphomyceteCheiromycina flabelliformis B. Sutton is reported from Austria for the first time, and is also lichenized. Recent collections ofNigropuncta rugulosa D. Hawksw. from Austria and Italy also show that this species is lichenized rather than parasymbiotic. In all five cases the fungal hyphae of the conidiogenous structures are continuous with those in intimate contact with cells of the algal partners and the biological relationship appears to be mutualistic giving rise to stable crustose lichen thalli.