遮光对刺梨果实和叶片中维生素C与糖含量以及相关酶活性的影响

为探究光照强度减弱对不同发育期的刺梨(Rosa roxburghii Tratt.)果实和叶片中维生素C与糖含量及相关酶活性的影响,以‘贵农5号’刺梨扦插苗为材料,采用遮阳网设置光强减弱20%、40%、60%的3个遮光处理,以自然光照强度为对照(CK),分析不同光照强度条件下刺梨果实和叶片中维生素C含量及相关酶活性以及糖含量的变化。结果表明：(1)光照强度减弱后,不同发育期的刺梨果实和叶片中维生素C含量均显著降低,对照及3个处理间的果实维生素C含量的差异在快速膨大期均达到显著水平。(2)随着光照强度的减弱,刺梨果实和叶片中L 半乳糖 1,4 内酯脱氢酶(GalLDH)、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(MDHAR)和脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(DHAR)活性均降低,而抗坏血酸氧化酶(AAO)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性均增强,尤其是果实中MDHAR活性在快速膨大期迅速大幅增强。(3)刺梨果实和叶片中可溶性糖、蔗糖、葡萄糖、果糖含量随光照强度减弱而降低,但果实中葡萄糖含量在快速膨大期增加尤为迅速。(4)果实中维生素C含量与叶片中蔗糖、葡萄糖含量在不同发育期均呈极显著正相关关系,快速膨大期果实中GalLDH、MDHAR活性与维生素C含量呈极显著正相关关系且相关系数均达到最大值,而其APX活性与维生素C含量呈极显著负相关关系且相关系数达到最大值。研究认为,光照强度通过调控刺梨果实中维生素C合成及相关代谢关键酶的活性与叶片中光合产物的含量最终影响果实中维生素C的积累量;弱光环境不利于刺梨果实和叶片中维生素C及糖的积累,其影响在果实快速膨大期尤为明显;良好的光照是保证刺梨果实优良品质的基本条件。     

西南地区野生刺梨的遗传多样性和遗传结构研究

为了探究西南地区野生刺梨(Rosa roxburghii)的遗传多样性和起源演化,该研究基于2段单拷贝核基因(GAPDH和ncpGS)和3段叶绿体基因(atpF-trnH、trnL-trnF和trnG-trnS)的拼接序列,对刺梨27个野生居群共320个个体进行PCR扩增和测序,并用相关软件对测序结果进行分析。结果表明:(1)在单拷贝核基因和叶绿体基因水平上刺梨均表现出较低的遗传多样性(scnDNA: Hd=0.469 2, π=0.000 49; cpDNA: Hd=0.653 4, π=0.000 65),并且不同居群间存在较大差异。(2)分子方差分析(AMOVA)结果均显示,遗传变异主要发生在居群内,表明居群内的变异是野生刺梨遗传变异的主要来源,居群间存在明显的遗传分化( cpDNA:F_ST=0.336 47,G_ST=0.273,N_ST= 0.308; scnDNA:F_ST=0.094 87,N_ST=0.076,G_ST=0.056),刺梨的分布不具有明显的谱系地理结构(P>0.05)。(3)中性检验 Tajima''s D值均为不显著负值,符合中性进化模型。Fu''s Fs值均为显著负值,结合失配分析曲线,推测刺梨种群在小范围内经历过扩张,但总体上维持稳定状态。(4)根据单倍型多样性得出,毕节地区的居群遗传多样性水平较高并且拥有丰富的单倍型,推测可能为冰期避难所,因此应对其实施就地保护。对于拥有特殊性状和特有单倍型的居群也应采取优先保护措施。该文为野生刺梨资源保护和遗传育种提供了一定的参考价值。     

巴郎山大叶醉鱼草叶片非结构性碳水化合物和氮分配的海拔响应

为深入认识和探讨植物对环境变化的生理生态响应和适应,以分布在川西巴郎山的大叶醉鱼草(Buddleja davidii)为研究对象,沿海拔梯度对植物叶片中非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)、可溶性糖和淀粉含量,氮含量和氮分配比例(光合系统氮分配比例P_P、细胞壁氮分配比例P_CW和其他组分氮分配比例P_other)等参数进行对比分析,探讨其沿海拔的变化趋势,以及叶片NSC、可溶性糖和淀粉含量与氮分配间的相关关系。结果显示：大叶醉鱼草叶片NSC、可溶性糖、淀粉和单糖含量随海拔的升高而增加,而可溶性糖/淀粉比值未发生显著变化,表明高海拔较高的NSC含量的累积是由可溶性糖和淀粉含量共同决定的,而可溶性糖含量的增加主要由单糖含量的变化引起。叶片氮含量和P_P在海拔间差异不显著,但P_CW和P_other分别随海拔升高而降低和升高。此外,随海拔升高,叶片NSC/N比值随之增加,这主要归因于随海拔升高而增加的NSC含量而非海拔间差异不显著的氮含量。NSC含量和可溶性糖含量均与P_other显著正相关,说明叶片P_other和NSC含量的累积共同用于提高大叶醉鱼草在高海拔恶劣环境下的适应性。     

6个猕猴桃品种的果实贮藏与品质评价

为了选育耐贮藏且风味品质优异的猕猴桃(Actinidia)新品种,对美味猕猴桃(A.deliciosa)的3个野生品种‘kvf54’、‘kvf6’、‘鑫美’和3个栽培种‘秦美’、‘华美’、‘徐香’的品质和贮藏特性等进行比较分析。结果表明,常温和1℃贮藏下‘kvf54’和‘徐香’的硬度下降趋势相近,优于其他品种,且‘kvf54’的维生素C (V_C)含量最高。而在相同贮藏条件下,‘鑫美’可溶性固形物含量积累速度最快,淀粉和可滴定酸含量最少,贮藏性能不佳。‘kvf54’相比于其他品种的贮藏性更好,V_C、糖类物质等含量高,是可用于培育耐贮藏新品种的优质材料。     

镍离子对尖叶莴苣氮素吸收和生长生理的影响

以‘全年油麦菜’尖叶莴苣为试验材料,采用水培方式,研究3个浓度(0 mg·L^-1、0.1 mg·L^-1、1 mg·L^-1)Ni²⁺在22.4 mg·L^-1 N处理下对尖叶莴苣氮素吸收的生长及生理影响。结果显示：(1)尖叶莴苣根系和地上部生物量随处理时间的增加呈上升趋势。与对照T₁(0 mg·L^-1 Ni²⁺、112 mg·L^-1 N)相比,T₂处理(0 mg·L^-1 Ni²⁺、22.4 mg·L^-1 N)对尖叶莴苣根系及叶片生长具有一定抑制作用,植株鲜重、干重、根冠比、根系长度、平均直径、表面积、体积、根尖数、分根数、叶片表面积和体积在T3处理(0.1 mg·L^-1 Ni²⁺、22.4 mg·L^-1 N)下显著高于对照,T₄处理(1 mg·L^-1 Ni²⁺、22.4 mg·L^-1 N)对尖叶莴苣根系及其叶片生长具有一定促进作用,但对其根尖数和分根数表现出一定抑制性。(2)随着Ni²⁺浓度的增加,尖叶莴苣叶片叶绿素a、叶绿素b和总叶绿素含量呈先升后降的变化规律,且均在T₃处理下显著提高。(3)随着处理时间的增加,尖叶莴苣叶片的净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(G_s)和蒸腾速率(T_r)逐渐上升,胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)逐渐下降,且T₃处理叶片的G_s显著高于对照,其C_i最低,P_n最大。(4)施加Ni²⁺对尖叶莴苣有机酸、可溶性蛋白和可溶性糖含量以及SOD和POD活性有显著影响,在T₃处理下有机酸含量降低,可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白含量显著增加,SOD和POD活性显著提高。(5)T₃处理尖叶莴苣根系中N及叶片中B和Ca含量较高;根系中Ni含量高于叶片,T₃处理叶片中的Ni含量较低,Mg含量较高;植株体内Cu含量随Ni²⁺浓度增加而下降。研究表明,外源Ni²⁺处理能影响低氮条件下(22.4 mg·L^-1 N)尖叶莴苣幼苗生长及生理状况,适宜浓度(0.1 mg·L^-1)Ni²⁺可有效提高尖叶莴苣根系对氮素的吸收利用效率,减少氮素施用量,促进尖叶莴苣根系和地上部叶片生长,增加光合色素含量,并提高净光合速率,进而改善植株的产量和营养品质。     

香樟凋落叶分解过程对两种间作作物生长和光合特性的影响

采用盆栽试验方法,探讨了香樟(Cinnamomum camphora)凋落叶不同土壤添加水平(0 g/盆为CK、25 g/盆、50 g/盆,100 g/盆)对受体作物小白菜(Brassica chinensis)、莴笋(Lactuca sativa)幼苗生长和光合特性的影响。结果显示:(1)香樟凋落叶分解对两种作物的地径、株高、生物量、叶片数和叶面积均有明显的抑制作用,且抑制效应随凋落叶添加量的增加而增强,但随着分解时间的延长其抑制作用逐渐减弱甚至表现为促进作用。(2)香樟凋落叶分解对两种作物的光合色素含量均有明显的抑制效应,并随凋落叶添加量的增加抑制作用增强,且持续时间延长。(3)经凋落叶处理的两种作物叶片净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(G_s)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、水分利用率(WUE)总体上均低于CK,而胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)在各凋落叶处理下均高于CK。(4)随着土壤中凋落叶量的增加,两种作物在光饱和以及CO₂饱和状态下的最大净光合速率(P_{n max})、表观量子效率(AQY)、羧化速率(CE)、光呼吸速率(R_p)和暗呼吸速率(R_d)均不断下降,而光补偿点(LCP)、光饱和点(LSP)、CO₂饱和点(CSP)、CO₂补偿点(CCP)因受体作物的不同,表现出不同的变化趋势。研究表明,土壤中香樟凋落叶分解释放的化感物质,能通过降低受体作物的光合色素合成和光合能力,限制其营养生长,最终影响生物量积累;相对于莴笋,小白菜对香樟凋落叶分解产生的化感胁迫效应具有更强的耐受性,可能更适宜在香樟林间种植。     

遮阴和施氮对黄檗幼苗叶片光合特性和碳氮计量特征的影响

选取大田环境下3年生黄檗幼苗,采用人工控制双因素随机区组试验,在不同光照［全光照(S₀)、轻度遮光21.4%(S₁)和重度遮光8.7%(S₂)］和不同氮添加［无添加对照(F₀)、轻度添加(F₁)和重度添加(F₂)］条件下,测定黄檗幼苗叶片的相对叶绿素含量(SPAD值)、气体交换参数及碳氮化学计量特征,探讨黄檗幼苗对遮阴和施氮的响应机制。结果表明：(1)随着遮光程度增强,黄檗幼苗叶片的SPAD值、蒸腾速率(T_r)、气孔导度(G_s)、碳氮比(C∶N)和瞬时光合氮利用率(PNUE)均呈现先增后降的趋势,两种遮光条件下SPAD均显著高于全光照环境;黄檗幼苗叶片的净光合速率(P_n)、水分利用率(WUE)和气孔限制值(L_s)逐渐降低;而叶片氮(N)和碳(C)含量均呈先降后升的趋势。(2)随氮添加量增加,黄檗幼苗叶片的P_n、WUE、L_s、N和C含量均呈先增后降趋势,T_r、G_s和PNUE则逐渐下降,而C∶N逐渐增加。(3)黄檗幼苗叶片的P_n在各光氮组合处理间均无显著差异;SPAD含量以S₁F₀、S₂F₀和S₁F₂处理组合显著较高,而以全光照(S₀)处理组合显著最低;T_r和G_s以轻度遮光(S₁)处理组合明显较高,而以S₂F₁、S₀F₂、S₂F₂明显较低;WUE和L_s均以S₀F₂显著最高,S₂F₂处理组合显著最低。黄檗幼苗叶片N和C含量在重度遮光/轻度氮添加(S₂F₁)时具有较大值,而其C∶N和PNUE在轻度遮光/无氮添加(S₁F₀)时具有较大值。(4)隶属函数综合评价认为,黄檗幼苗对光氮复合作用总体属中等耐受型,轻度遮光时不添加氮肥(S₁F₀)和轻度氮添加(S₁F₁)及全光照时轻度氮添加(S₀F₁)为适于幼苗生长的光氮组合。研究发现,光环境是影响黄檗幼苗光合作用和更新的主导因子,但黄檗苗期能耐受一定的遮阴胁迫;光照不受限制时,适当增加氮肥有利于黄檗幼苗生长;光照受限(重度遮光)时,施氮则抑制叶片叶绿素合成,降低了幼苗光能利用率,不利于其生长。     

不同灌水上限和施肥量对温室番茄产量与品质的影响

以番茄品种‘英石大红’为材料,在滴灌施肥种植条件下进行日光温室栽培试验;灌水上限设3个水平,即土壤相对含水量分别为田间最大持水量的70%(W₁)、80%(W₂)、90%(W₃),灌水下限统一设定为田间最大持水量的50%;N、P、K施肥设3个水平,分别为低肥F₁ ［N(228 kg/hm²)、P₂O₅(132 kg/hm²)、K₂O(300 kg/hm²)］、中肥F₂ ［N(285 kg/hm²)、P₂O₅(165 kg/hm²)、K₂O(375 kg/hm²)］和高肥F₃ ［N(342 kg/hm²)、P₂O₅(198 kg/hm²)、K₂O(450 kg/hm₂)］,以大水漫灌(8165 m³/hm²)、当地推荐施肥量(342 kg/hm² N、198 kg/hm² P₂O₅、450 kg/hm² K₂O) 组成共同水肥对照(CK),探讨不同灌水上限和施肥量处理组合对番茄产量、品质和干物质量的影响,以筛选日光温室栽培番茄的最佳灌水上限和施肥量组合。结果显示：(1)在水肥一体化条件下,番茄植株的地上部干鲜重、地下部干鲜重、根冠比除F₃W₁处理外均显著高于传统水肥CK。(2)番茄果实产量在不同灌溉上限和施肥量处理下表现各异,其中在F₂W₂处理下番茄果实单果重、经济产量、生物产量达到最高,且与CK差异显著。(3)在同一灌水上限条件下,在一定范围内增加施肥量可以显著提高番茄果实的可溶性糖、维生素C、可溶性蛋白、番茄红素含量,而番茄果实有机酸和硝酸盐含量随施肥量的增加而不断增加;在同一施肥量条件下,番茄果实有机酸含量随着灌水上限的上调而不断减少,而番茄果实硝酸盐含量却随着灌水上限的上调而不断增加。研究发现,在滴灌施肥条件下合理控制温室番茄的灌水量与施肥量能够显著增加番茄产量以及番茄果实中可溶性糖、维生素C、可溶性蛋白、番茄红素、有机酸等含量,降低硝酸盐含量,增加干物质积累量;在灌水上限为田间最大持水量的80%、灌水量为3 686.691 m³/hm²,施肥量为285 kg/hm² N、165 kg/hm² P₂O₅、375 kg/hm² K₂O是最佳水肥处理组合,且番茄产量可以比传统水肥处理显著增加15.03%,果实品质同时得到有效改善。     

油蒿叶片氮分配对其最大净光合速率季节变异的影响

植物最大净光合速率的季节变异性及其氮调控机制是近年来植物生理生态领域研究热点,对荒漠植物光合最大净光合速率季节动态及其叶氮影响,特别是叶氮分配对最大净光合速率调控机制的了解仍非常有限。2018年5-10月在宁夏盐池毛乌素沙地,对当地主要建群种油蒿(Artemisia ordosica)进行生长季原位观测,测定其叶光合光响应曲线(A-PAR)、CO₂响应曲线(A-Ci)和叶氮含量,结合环境观测数据,分析A-PAR关键参数最大净光合速率(A_max)的季节变异和叶片氮分配相关参数对A_max的调控。结果表明,油蒿叶片A_max在生长期季节变异系数(Cv)为14%,在完全展叶中期,光合氮利用效率(PNUE)有最大值11.82 μmolCO₂ gN^-1 s^-1,此时叶片氮素在光合系统中的分配比例最大,A_max有最大值29.48 μmol CO₂ m^-2s^-1,油蒿光合能力较强。在完全展叶末期,油蒿叶片氮在光合系统中的分配比例(P_p)有最小值0.21,此时叶氮分配更倾向于非光合系统,A_max较小,光合能力较弱,有利于油蒿延长叶片寿命。A_max与单位干重叶片氮含量(N_mass)、氮在捕光系统中分配比例(P_L)、氮在生物力能系统中分配比例(P_b)正相关(P<0.05),其中,P_L对A_max产生了最大的直接正向影响,氮在羧化系统中分配比例(P_c)主要通过P_b对A_max的产生了间接的正向影响,P_b对A_max季节动态的解释度最大(R²=0.49,P<0.01)。A_max与比叶重(LMA)负相关(P<0.05),即当有较高LMA时油蒿具有较低的光合速率,此时叶片光合能力较弱,叶片机械韧性较强。不同物候时期,油蒿叶片氮素分配的变化及叶片光合能力与结构性状之间的权衡关系,标志着荒漠植物对其生境的适应性调节。研究结果不但可提高荒漠灌木油蒿生态系统生产力预测的准确性,也是对植物光合适应机理认识的补充和深入。     

施钾量对设施基质栽培番茄生长生理及其产量和品质的影响

以番茄品种‘184’为材料,采用水肥一体化番茄设施基质栽培模式,以甘肃农业大学植物营养液配方C中钾肥为对照(T₁常规钾肥量),再在配方C中添加不同量钾肥组成T₂(钾肥增量25%)、T₃(钾肥增量50%)、T₄(钾肥增量75%)等处理,探究不同施钾量对设施基质栽培番茄生长、生理、产量及品质的影响,并筛选设施基质栽培条件下最佳施钾量。结果显示：(1)与常规施钾肥量(T₁)相比,增施钾肥处理(T₂-T₄)均可显著提高番茄株高、茎粗、根系活力,且T₃处理的各指标均最高,但增施钾肥对叶片数的影响不显著。(2)增施钾肥处理较T₁均能够显著提高番茄叶片光合色素含量,增强光合和荧光过程,进一步促进光能的吸收与转化,且T₃处理的增幅最高。(3)随着施钾量的升高,增施钾肥处理的番茄单果重、果实产量呈现不同程度的增长趋势,适量增施钾肥处理增幅均达到显著水平,并以T₃番茄产量最高,且较T₁显著增产20.87%。(4)与T₁相比,各施钾处理番茄果实硬度、可溶性总糖、Vc、可溶性蛋白、番茄红素含量等均有不同程度提升,各指标均随着施钾量增加呈先上升后下降的变化趋势,并在T₃处理下达到最优。(5)主成分分析表明,各处理的综合得分依次为T₃＞T₄＞T₂＞T₁。研究发现,在设施基质栽培条件下,适量增施钾肥能显著提高番茄植株光合作用效率,促进植株生长,达到提高果实产量和改善品质的目的,并以常规钾肥增量50%处理的效果最佳。     

The Importance of Behavioral Plasticity for Maximizing Foraging Efficiency in Frugivorous Lepidopteran Larvae

In this study, we present evidence that the larvae of Acrobasis vaccinii (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a species that feeds on cranberry fruit, are able to take into account at least three cues (fruit size, fruit color, and the distance between fruits) when searching for food. In laboratory experiments, the relative impact of each cue depended on which cues were presented in a given bioassay. Fruit color was the dominant cue in some contexts (e.g., larvae showed a significant perference for green fruit over red ones regardless of fruit size when fruits were equidistant from the larvae) but not in others (e.g., when given a choice between a large red fruit placed close to the larvae and a small green fruit placed farther away, a significantly higher proportion of larvae chose the former). This plasticity in foraging behavior allows larvae to maximize foraging efficiency under conditions of differing fruit and larval densities, which this species experiences in nature.     

Fruit Fate, Seed Germination and Growth of an Invasive Vine – an Experimental Test of ‘sit and Wait’ Strategy

Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.) is a non-indigenous, invasive woody vine in North America that proliferates in disturbed open sites. Unlike most invasive species, C. orbiculatus exhibits a sit and wait strategy by establishing and persisting indefinitely in undisturbed, closed canopy forest and responding to canopy disturbance with rapid growth, often overtopping trees. We compared fruit fates of C. orbiculatus and native American holly (Ilex opaca). We also explored mechanisms for this sit and wait invasion strategy by testing the effect of C. orbiculatus fruit crop density on removal rates and by examining the influence of seed treatment and light intensity on seed germination and seedling growth. More C. orbiculatus than I. opaca fruits became damaged, and damage occurred earlier. More fruit fell from C. orbiculatus than I. opaca, but removal rates by frugivores did not differ (76.0 ± 4.2% vs 87.5 ± 3.7%, respectively). Density (number of fruits in a patch) of C. orbiculatus did not influence removal rates. Scarification (bird-ingestion) of C. orbiculatus seed delayed germination but seeds germinated in similar proportion to manually defleshed seeds (sown either singly or all seeds from a fruit). Germination of seeds within intact fruits was inhibited and delayed compared to other treatments. Seed treatment did not affect seedling growth. The proportion of seeds germinating and time until germination was similar among five light intensity levels, ranging from full sun to closed-canopy. Seedlings in >70% photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) had more leaves, heavier shoots, and longer, heavier roots than seedlings at lower PAR levels. Results show that most (>75%) C. orbiculatus seeds are dispersed, seedlings can establish in dense shade, and plants grow rapidly when exposed to high light conditions. Control strategies for this highly invasive species should likely focus on minimizing seed dispersal by vertebrates.     

Phenology of vertebrate removal ofMyoporum accuminatum fruits in a Queensland forest

Summary Fruit removal rates ofMyoporum acuminatum in a Queensland population were correlated with size of the ripe fruit crop throughout the season, but only sporadically correlated with nutritive contents of the fruits. Removal rates, as a proportion of crop size, varied synchronously among individuals and did not differ consistently among individuals with differing fruit traits. The principal avian consumer wasMeliphaga lewinii.     

Polyamine-induced prolongation of storage in tomato fruits

Mature green tomato fruit (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) of cv. Rutgers and the line Alcobaca-red were vacuum infiltrated with solutions of polyamines, their precursors and metabolites, and other compounds which might affect ripening and/or storage duration. Putrescine (1,4-diaminobutane), spermidine, spermine, diaminopropane, -aminobutyric acid and methionine were found to increase the storage life of these fruit after vacuum infiltration of the test compounds and storage of fruit in darkness. Polyamines probably play a role in the normal ripening/overripening process and may prove commercially valuable in the extension of fruit shelf life.The use of polyamines and related compounds in prolongation of the storage or shelf life of fruit is the subject of U.S. patent No. 4,957,757 (1990) awarded to the Cornell University Research Foundation.     

Identification,quantitation and distribution of gibberellins in fruits of Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska during pod development

In addition to the previously-reported gibberellins: GA₁; GA₈, GA₂₀ and GA₂₉ (García-Martínez et al., 1987, Planta 170, 130–137), GA₃ and GA₁₉ were identified by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in pods and ovules of 4-d-old pollinated pea (Pisum sativum cv. Alaska) ovaries. Pods contained additionally GA₁₇, GA₈₁ (2-hydroxy GA₂₀) and GA₂₉-catabolite. The concentrations of GA₁, GA₃, GA₈, GA₁₉, GA₂₀ and GA₂₉ were higher in the ovules than in the pod, although, with the exception of GA₃, the total content of these GAs in the pod exceeded that in the seeds. About 80% of the GA₃ content of the ovary was present in the seeds. The concentrations of GA₁₉ and GA₂₀ in pollinated ovaries remained fairly constant for the first 12 ds after an thesis, after which they increased sharply. In contrast, GA₁ and GA₃ concentrations were maximal at 7 d and 4–6 d, respectively, after anthesis, at about the time of maximum pod growth rate, and declined thereafter. Emasculated ovaries at anthesis contained GA₈, GA₁₉ and GA₂₀ at concentrations comparable with pollinated fruit, but they decreased rapidly. Gibberellins a₁ and A₃ were present in only trace amounts in emasculated ovaries at any stage. Parthenocarpic fruit, produced by decapitating plants immediately above an emasculated flower, or by treating such flowers with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid or GA₇, contained GA₁₉ and GA₂₀ at similar concentrations to seeded fruit, but very low amounts of GA₁ and GA₃ Thus, it appears that the presence of fertilised ovules is necessary for the synthesis of these last two GAs. Mature leaves and leaf diffusates contained GA₁, GA₈, GA₁₉ and GA₂₀ as determined by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using selected ion monitoring. This provides further evidence that vegetative tissues are a possible alternative source of GAs for fruit-set, particularly in decapitated plants.Abbreviations 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - FW fresh weight - GA_n gibberellin A_n - GC-MS combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry - HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography - KRI Kovats retention index - m/z mass to charge ratio We thank Mr M.J. Lewis for qualitative GC-MS analyses and Ms M.V. Cuthbert (LARS), R. Martinez Pardo and T. Sabater (IATA) for technical assistance. We are also grateful to Professor B.O. Phinney, University of California, Los Angeles, for gifts of [17-¹³C]GA₈ and -GA₂₉ and to Mr Paul Gaskin, University of Bristol, for the mass spectrum of GA₂₉-catabolite and for a sample of GA₈₁ The work in Spain was supported by Dirección General de Investigación Cientifica y Técnica (grant PB87-0402 to J.L.G.-M.). We also acknowledge the British Council and Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia for travel grants through Accion Integrada Hispano-Britanica 56/142 (J.L.G.-M. and P.H.).     

Studies on water transport through the sweet cherry fruit surface: IX. Comparing permeability in water uptake and transpiration

Water uptake and transpiration were studied through the surface of intact sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruit, exocarp segments (ES) and cuticular membranes (CM) excised from the cheek of sweet cherry fruit and astomatous CM isolated from Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Hayata, Citrus aurantium L., and Stephanotis floribunda Brongn. leaves or from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. and Capsicum annuum L. var. annuum Fasciculatum Group fruit. ES and CM were mounted in diffusion cells. Water (deionized) uptake into intact sweet cherry fruit, through ES or CM interfacing water as a donor and a polyethyleneglycol (PEG 6000, osmotic pressure 2.83 MPa)-containing receiver was determined gravimetrically. Transpiration was quantified by monitoring weight loss of a PEG 6000-containing donor (2.83 MPa) against dry silica as a receiver. The permeability coefficients for osmotic water uptake and transpiration were calculated from the amount of water taken up or transpired per unit surface area and time, and the driving force for transport. Permeability during osmotic water uptake was markedly higher than during transpiration in intact sweet cherry fruit (40.2-fold), excised ES of sweet cherry fruit (12.5- to 53.7-fold) and isolated astomatous fruit and leaf CM of a range of species (on average 23.0-fold). Partitioning water transport into stomatal and cuticular components revealed that permeability of the sweet cherry fruit cuticle for water uptake was 11.9-fold higher and that of stomata 56.8-fold higher than the respective permeability during transpiration. Increasing water vapor activity in the receiver from 0 to 1 increased permeability during transpiration across isolated sweet cherry fruit CM about 2.1-fold. Permeability for vapor uptake from saturated water vapor into a PEG 6000 receiver solution was markedly lower than from liquid water, but of similar magnitude to the permeability during self-diffusion of ³H₂O in the absence of osmotica. The energy of activation for self-diffusion of water across ES or CM was higher than for osmotic water uptake and decreased with increasing stomatal density. The data indicate that viscous flow along an aqueous continuum across the sweet cherry fruit exocarp and across the astomatous CM of selected species accounted for the higher permeability during water uptake as compared to self-diffusion or transpiration.     

Effect of pupation environment on the quality of pupae and adults of the Mediterranean fruit fly

When mature larvae of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) pupated in bran rather than naked there was an increase in adult eclosion, but no difference in 9 day pupal weight, 9 day lipid content, or flight ability. There was no difference when pupation occurred at 20 or 25°C. Pupation in sand at 20°C caused severe mortality, while pupation in sand at 25°C did not. Data are presented which favour naked pupation over pupation in any medium, and evidence is presented which indicates that collection of mature larvae in a rotary tumbler rather than by the conventional popping method is economically preferable and is without significant biologically adverse effects.

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Résumé Si des larves mûres de Ceratitis capitata se nymphosent dans du son ou à l'air libre, dans le premier cas le taux d'éclosions est plus élevé, mais le poids et la teneur en lipides au neuvième jour de nymphose ainsi que l'aptitude au vol sont identiques dans les deux. Il n'y a pas de différences pour les pupaisons à 20°C et 25°C, mais la pupaison dans le sable à 20°C provoque une forte mortalité, tandis qu'à 25°C le sable n'a aucun effet. Les résultats obtenus sont favorable à une pupaison à nu plutôt que dans un substrat, et des arguments sont apportés montrant que la collecte des larves mûres dans un culbuteur rotatif ne provoque significativement pas plus d'effets nocifs que la méthode classique du saut.

     

金城山柔毛淫羊藿的开花物候与生殖特性

采用实地观测的方法,对南充市金城山三个不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿的开花物候特征及其生殖特性进行了研究。结果表明:柔毛淫羊藿花期为3月上旬至4月上旬,其种群、个体、花序和单花的花期分别历时30~41、22~34、9~18和4~8 d。三个生境中柔毛淫羊藿种群的开花物候进程基本相同,均呈单峰集中开花式样,因而能够吸引更多的传粉者访问而达到生殖成功。开花物候指数与坐果数之间的相关分析结果表明,坐果数与始花日期存在显著的负相关关系,与花期持续时间和开花数均呈极显著的正相关关系。揭示了药用植物柔毛淫羊藿的开花物候特征与生殖特性。     

Immunocytolocalization of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase in tomato and apple fruit

The subcellular localization of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACC oxidase), an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of ethylene, has been studied in ripening fruits of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.). Two types of antibody have been raised against (i) a synthetic peptide derived from the reconstructed pTOM13 clone (pRC13), a tomato cDNA encoding ACC oxidase, and considered as a suitable epitope by secondary-structure predictions; and (ii) a fusion protein overproduced in Escherichia coli expressing the pRC13 cDNA. Immunoblot analysis showed that, when purified by antigen affinity chromatography, both types of antibody recognized a single band corresponding to ACC oxidase. Superimposition of Calcofluor white with immunofluorescence labeling, analysed by optical microscopy, indicated that ACC oxidase is located at the cell wall in the pericarp of breaker tomato and climacteric apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) fruit. The apoplasmic location of the enzyme was also demonstrated by the observation of immunogold-labeled antibodies in this region by both optical and electron microscopy. Transgenic tomato fruits in which ACC-oxidase gene expression was inhibited by an antisense gene exhibited a considerable reduction of labeling. Immunocytological controls made with pre-immune serum or with antibodies pre-absorbed on their corresponding antigens gave no staining. The discrepancy between these findings and the targeting of the protein predicted from sequences of ACC-oxidase cDNA clones isolated so far is discussed.     

Strong synergistic effects of gibberellins with the synthetic cytokinin N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N-phenylurea on parthenocarpic fruit set and some other fruit characteristics of apple

The induction of parthenocarpic fruit set was investigated using the apple cvs. Golden Delicious and Jonagold. The gibberellins GA₃, GA₄, GA₅ and GA₇ and the synthetic phenylurea-type cytokinin CPPU (N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N-phenylurea), were applied alone and in combination to unpollinated flowers at the end of petal fall. Gibberellins induced only a marginal final set of parthenocarpic fruits. CPPU sprays were more effective, particularly in the first year. When applied in combination, CPPU and gibberellins had a positive synergistic effect on parthenocarpic fruit set and fruit size, but a negative effect on flower induction the next year. After CPPU + GA sprays, percent fruit set was similar, or greater, compared to natural pollinated trees. The parthenocarpic fruits induced by CPPU + GA had an increased length to diameter ratio. CPPU stimulated, and GA₄ and GA₇ reduced, the russeting of the parthenocarpic fruits. The internal quality of the fruits was hardly affected, but Ca-deficiency symptoms occurred more frequently in parthenocarpic fruits.