小麦族植物的分类现状及主要存在的问题

小麦族(Triticeae)是禾本科、早熟禾亚科中一个有重要经济价值、以多年生植物占优势的族,族内绝大多数种类是重要的粮食作物和畜牧业上的优良牧草,饲用价值极高,有些种类具有耐寒、耐旱、耐碱等特性,是农牧业上良种繁育、牧草利用的重要基因资源。但该族同时又是分类学上的一个疑难族,各学者对族内系统分类意见不一、争议颇大,尤其在族的界限、族下类群划分以及类群演化关系上问题较多,至今尚未解决。查阅了国内外分类学文献,探讨其分类差异以及存在问题,为充分开发利用中国丰富的小麦族植物资源提供理论依据。     

赖草属植物的遗传学研究与利用

赖草属植物具有广泛的适应性和丰富的抗逆性,作为麦类作物的重要基因资源愈来愈受到人们的重视。介绍了赖草属植物的种类及分布,分析了赖草属植物的优良特性及潜在利用价值,探讨了赖草属植物的核型、染色体带型及分子细胞遗传学研究,重点论述了赖草属植物在小麦遗传改良中的应用．阐明挖掘利用小麦近缘野生植物是未来小麦品种改良的有效途径。     

青藏高原特有属——固沙草属(禾本科)2个类群的修订

固沙草属(Orinus)是禾本科(Poaceae)中一个具有重要经济价值的高山特有属,共记载6个物种,它们均具有较强的抗逆特性,是农业良种繁育、畜牧业牧草改良利用的重要资源,但固沙草属物种形态差异不显著,种间界限较模糊。该研究通过标本研究、野外考察、形态性状分析以及实验的观察研究,对固沙草属2个类群进行了分类修订,将长颖固沙草(O.longiglumis)和西藏固沙草(O.tibeticus)以及高秆固沙草(O.alticulmus)和鸡爪草(O.anomala)分别处理为固沙草(O.thoroldii)和青海固沙草(O.kokonorica)的新异名。     

西藏3种野生牧草苗期对干旱胁迫的响应

通过气候培养箱盆栽试验,探究了干旱胁迫对西藏3种野生牧草(赖草(Leymus secalinus)、垂穗披碱草(Elymus nutans)和老芒麦(Elymus sibircus))苗期生长特性和生理指标的影响,并对其抗旱能力进行综合评价,旨在为选育抗旱性强的优良牧草种质资源和人工草地建植提供科学理论依据。研究发现,随着干旱胁迫时间的增加,土壤相对含水量呈现先快速下降后缓慢下降的变化趋势,种植不同牧草的土壤含水量变化值也不相同。3种野生牧草幼苗的株高变化量、植株含水量和叶绿素(Chl)含量均随干旱胁迫时间的增加而呈现下降趋势;植物体内游离脯氨酸(Pro)含量、丙二醛(MDA)含量和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性均表现为随着干旱胁迫时间增加而增大;可溶性糖含量均表现为随干旱胁迫时间的增加呈现先减小后增大的变化趋势:干旱胁迫第5天的可溶性糖含量最低,但老芒麦干旱胁迫第20天时的可溶性糖含量仍低于对照;垂穗披碱草可溶性蛋白含量随着干旱胁迫时间的延长而增加,老芒麦和赖草体内可溶性蛋白含量呈现先减小后增大的变化趋势,老芒麦在干旱胁迫第10天时可溶性蛋白含量最低,而干旱胁迫第5天时赖草体内可溶性蛋白含量最低。用隶属函数法对干旱胁迫下3种野生牧草苗期8个指标进行综合评价,其抗旱性强弱顺序依次为:赖草垂穗披碱草老芒麦。结果表明3种牧草中赖草的抗旱能力最强,适合在西藏干旱地区种植;但由于赖草有性繁殖能力较低,而垂穗披碱草有性繁殖能力较强,可以作为西藏干旱、半干旱地区生态恢复的首选草种。     

嵩草属植物硅酸体系统的研究

对国产狭义嵩草属 (K obresia,Cyperaceae) 3个组 2 7种植物进行了硅酸体系统分析研究 ,同时结合近缘的苔草属 (Carex) 2个组的植物硅酸体特征 ,深入探讨了植物硅酸体系统分析研究在莎草科苔草族 (Cariceae)中的系统分类学意义。认为 :(1 )嵩草属及其临近类群在属间、种间及种下水平的系统分类学比较研究都可以借助植物硅酸体系统研究的证据。 (2 )穗状嵩草组 (sect. Elyna)的硅酸体系统特征具有较高的一致性 ,除矮嵩草 (K.humilis)及其近缘种同其他穗状嵩草组的种类有所不同 ,它很可能有一个不同于穗状嵩草组其他类群的嵩草组(sect. K obresia)的亲缘。 (3 )从植物硅酸体系统特征的研究来看 ,拟苔草组 (sect. H emicarex)的一些种接近于穗状嵩草组 ,如高山嵩草 (K . pygmeae) ;而另一些种接近于嵩草组 ,如禾叶嵩草 (K . graminifolia) ;也有一些种类的硅酸体系统特征更接近苔草属 ,说明这个组很可能是多源的 ,即本组的单一花穗和果囊形态特征由不同类群的复合花序种类趋同演化而出。(4 )嵩草组的硅酸体系统特征具有较高的一致性 ,说明嵩草属原始类群在硅酸体系统特征方面与外部形态特征演化的某些相关性。     

应用数量分类探讨鹅观草属的归属问题

研究全世界鹅观草属只Roegneria C．Koch中绝大多数种类与其有关属(冰草属、披碱草 属、偃麦草属及赖草属)的外部形态、解剖、细胞等30个性状,应用相关系数抑或距离系数以及各种聚类方法组合所得出的树系图,均明确显示鹅观草属应归入披碱草属。     

禾本科牧草分子生物学及生物技术研究进展

牧草的研究和开发在我国西部生态建设和草地畜牧业发展等方面具有十分重要的意义。禾本科牧草的分子生物学及生物技术研究虽然起步较晚,但在近年取得了令人可喜的进展。以黑麦草属、鸭茅属、羊茅属、赖草属和披碱草属的几种“模式牧草”为重点,从分子标记研究、遗传图谱绘制、基因克隆以及遗传工程等方面对这些研究进展进行了综述。对Genbank中已登录的众多基因进行了信息汇总分析。重点评述了禾本科牧草繁殖方面的分子生物学研究进展。对分子标记、基因工程和比较基因组学应用于禾本科牧草的研究给予了前景展望。     

赖草属种子胚乳细胞多样性研究

对赖草属21个物种的胚乳细胞特征进行了解剖观察,发现赖草属植物种子胚乳细胞存在丰富的多样性,不同物种的胚乳细胞在大小、形状和数量上均表现出明显的差异,其胚乳细胞的特征具有类群鉴分的价值。属于较原始的sect．Leymus Hochst．组的沙生赖草、大赖草和滨麦具有较大而多的胚乳细胞,属于较进化的sect. Anisopyrum(Griseb．)Tzvel．组的多枝赖草和灰赖草具有较小而少的胚乳细胞。     

西藏野生优良牧草资源及其开发利用

西藏草地面积辽阔,饲用植物资源丰富.饲用植物共有2 672种,分属于83个科、557个属.其中以莎草科、禾本科和杂类草等为主要种类.充分利用当地野生优良牧草资源,培育适应西藏不同生境的当家牧草品种,对改良和建设草地、改善草地生态环境、遏制藏北草地退化具有重要意义.     

染色体组分析及小麦族的系统学

小麦族(Triticeae)是禾本科植物中与人类关系最为密切的一大类群,该族约有325个种,广布于世界各地。小麦族中包含着重要的粮食作物小麦(Triticum aestivum)、大麦(Hordeum vulgare)和黑麦(Secale cereale)以及一些具有重要经济价值的牧草,如:老兰麦(Elymus Sibiricus)、冰草(Agropyron cristatum)和赖草(Leymus chinensis)等等。     

Relationships between species ofLeymus,Psathyrostachys, andHordeum (Poaceae,Triticeae) inferred from Southern hybridization of genomic and cloned DNA probes

We have used total genomic DNA as a probe to size-fractionated restriction enzyme digests of genomic DNA from a range ofTriticeae species from the generaLeymus Hochst.,Psathyrostachys Nevski, andHordeum L., and hybrids betweenHordeum andLeymus to investigate their taxonomic relationships. Genomic Southern hybridization was found to be an effective and simple way to assess the distribution and diversity of essentially species-specific and common, repetitive DNA sequences, and is hence especially useful in evolutionary studies. The DNA sequences ofH. vulgare seem to diverge substantially from those ofH. brachyantherum, H. lechleri, H. procerum, andH. depressum. The genome ofThinopyron bessarabicum shows little homology to those of theLeymus species investigated, confirming thatT. bessarabicum is not an ancestral genome inLeymus. Although the genomes ofLeymus andPsathyrostachys share substantial proportions of DNA sequences, they include divergent repeated sequences as well. Hybridization with a ribosomal DNA probe (pTa 71) showed that the coding regions containing structural genes encoding the 18 S, 5.8 S, and 26 S ribosomal RNA were conserved among the species investigated, whereas the intergenic spacer region was more variable, presenting different sizes of restriction fragments and enabling a classification of the species. The rye heterochromatin probe pSc 119.2 hybridized to DNA fromH. lechleri andT. bessarabicum, but not to DNA from the other species investigated.     

A revision of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Podococcus</Emphasis> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Arecaceae</Emphasis>)

Summary  A taxonomic revision of the palm genus Podococcus (Arecaceae) is presented. Two species are recognised: P. barteri, a species relatively widespread in a coastal band from Nigeria to the D. R. Congo and P. acaulis, a species previously considered conspecific to P. barteri, almost exclusively confined to Gabon. The taxonomic history, morphology, distribution and conservation status of the genus and each species are discussed     

纤维单胞菌属放线菌的研究进展

纤维单胞菌属(Cellulomonas)的一些菌株能够产生多种纤维素酶,在纤维素降解方面显示出明显优势。1923年Bergey等以产黄纤维单胞菌为模式菌建立了纤维单胞菌属。1991年Stackebrand和Prauser又以纤维单胞菌属为模式属建立了纤维单胞菌科(Cellulomonadaceae)。目前,纤维单胞菌属包含有从多种环境中分离培养得到的26个有效描述种。纤维单胞菌属菌株在分类学上的典型特征是:细胞壁的肽聚糖成分主要含有Orn和Glu/Asp,以MK-9(H4)为主要的甲基萘醌,主要的脂肪酸成分为anteiso-C15:0和C16:0,极性脂成分主要包括双磷脂酰甘油(DPG)和磷脂酰肌醇甘露糖甙(PIM)。基因组DNA的G+C含量为(68.5–76.0)mol%。最近,本实验室分离到2株纤维单胞菌,应用多相分类研究手段确定了他们的分类学地位。本文将结合我们的研究,对纤维单胞菌属的建立、分类学特征及其在生态和酶资源应用方面进行综述。     

Phylogenetic relationships among Leymus and related diploid genera (Triticeae: Poaceae) based on chloroplast trnQ–rps16 sequences

To investigate the phylogenetic relationships among Leymus and related diploid genera, the genome donor of Leymus, and the evolutionary history of polyploid Leymus species, chloroplast trnQ–rps16 sequences were analyzed for 36 accessions of Leymus representing 25 species, together with 11 diploid taxa from six monogenomic genera. The phylogenetic analyses (Neighbor‐Joining and MJ network) supported three major clades (Ns, St and Xm). Sequence diversity and genealogical analysis suggested that 1) Leymus species from the same areas or neighboring geographic regions are closely related; 2) most of the Eurasian Leymus species are closely related to Psathyrostachys: P. juncea might serve as the Ns genome donor of polyploid Eurasian Leymus species; 3) the Xm genome may originate from ancestral lineages of Pseudoroegneria (St), Lophopyrum (E^e), Australopyrum (W) and Agropyron (P); 4) the trnQ–rps16 sequences of Leymus are evolutionarily distinct, and may clarify parental lineages and phylogenetic relationships in Leymus.     

Relationships among <Emphasis Type="Italic">Leymus</Emphasis> species assessed by RAPD markers

The DNA genetic diversity of 40 accessions of genus Leymus was analyzed by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. A total of 352 products were amplified by 34 10-mer arbitrary primers, among which 337 products (95.74 %) were found to be polymorphic. 5–14 polymorphic bands were amplified by each polymorphic primer, with an average of 9.91 bands. The data of 352 RAPD bands were used to generate Jaccard’s similarity coefficients and to construct a dendrogram by means of UPGMA. Great genetic diversity in genus Leymus was observed, the genetic diversity among the different species more abundant than that of the different accessions, and the different accessions in a species or the species from the same areas were clustered together.     

小月菌属放线菌的研究进展

小月菌属(Microlunatus)菌株在治理磷元素造成的环境污染方面呈现优势,具有广阔的研究与开发前景。1995年Nakamura等以积磷小月菌(Microlunatus phosphovorus)为模式种建立了小月菌属。目前,该属包含7个有效描述种,分离自多种生态环境。小月菌属在分类学上的典型特征是:细胞壁含有LL-二氨基庚二酸,优势甲基萘醌成分为MK-9(H_4),磷酸类脂主要包括双磷脂酰甘油和磷脂酰甘油。本文结合我们对新近分离得到的2株小月菌属菌株的分类研究结果和相关文献资料,就小月菌属的建立、分类学特征、属内各成员的分布、及其在化工和医药业上的应用研究进展和开发前景进行了综述。     

Cytogenetic and genomic relationships ofThinopyrum elongatum with twoPsathyrostachys species and withLeymus secalinus (Poaceae)

Intergeneric hybridizations were made betweenT. elongatum, and twoPsathyrostachys and fiveLeymus species. The seed set obtained onT. elongatum ×Leymus hybrids ranged from 5.65% to 20.00%, depending onLeymus species. The seed set obtained onT. elongatum ×Psathyrostachys hybrids ranged from 16.07% to 19.70%. Meiotic pairing at metaphase-I in JN diploid hybrids ofT. elongatum ×Psathyrostachys species revealed a very low level homology between the basic J and N genomes, and further demonstrated that the two genomes are quite diverged. Chromosome pairing in theT. elongatum ×Leymus secalinus hybrid averaged 15.19 univalents + 2.62 rod bivalents + 0.26 ring bivalents + 0.02 trivalents, suggesting that the partial J^e chromosomes ofT. elongatum has homology withLeymus secalinus genomes.L. secalinus might have 3–4 chromosomes originating from J^e genome.     

A revision of the genus Sclerosperma (Arecaceae)

Summary  A taxonomic revision of the palm genus Sclerosperma (Arecaceae) is presented. Three species are recognised: S. mannii H. Wendl., which is relatively widespread from Liberia to the Democratic Republic of Congo; S. walkeri A. Chev., which is apparently confined to the interior of Gabon and a band along the Congo River; and S. profiziana, a new species previously considered conspecific to S. mannii that is found in southwest Ghana, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. The taxonomic history, morphology, distribution and conservation status of the genus and each species are discussed.     

Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Leymus (Triticeae; Poaceae) based on a single-copy nuclear gene encoding plastid acetyl-CoA carboxylase

Background  

Single- and low- copy genes are less likely subject to concerted evolution, thus making themselves ideal tools for studying the origin and evolution of polyploid taxa. Leymus is a polyploid genus with a diverse array of morphology, ecology and distribution in Triticeae. The genomic constitution of Leymus was assigned as NsXm, where Ns was presumed to be originated from Psathyrostachys, while Xm represented a genome of unknown origin. In addition, little is known about the evolutionary history of Leymus. Here, we investigate the phylogenetic relationship, genome donor, and evolutionary history of Leymus based on a single-copy nuclear Acc1 gene.     

Three new species and a new combination in the genusTorulomyces from soil

Seven isolates ofTorulomyces from Asian and Australian soil samples were studied in comparison with known taxa of the genus and withMonocillium indicum, the type species ofMonocillium. Three new species,Torulomyces parviverrucosus, T. laevis, andT. ovatus, are described, andT. brunneus is described as a new combination. Conidial characteristics, especially their shape and surface structure, are useful taxonomic criteria for distinguishing species ofTorulomyces. Monocillium is considered to be a distinct genus.