22种木莲属植物亲缘关系的ISSR分析

利用ISSR标记分析技术探讨了22种木莲属植物的遗传亲缘关系。选用10对ISSR引物组合对木莲属22个种的基因组进行分析。结果表明：22个种共扩增出595条DNA带,其中多态性条带占94.45%;根据Nei Li遗传相似性系数在0.68处,UPGMA聚类结果将22个种划分为6个类群,在0.70处进一步可分为12个亚类群;22种木莲属植物的Nei-Li遗传相似性系数变化范围为0.605(乳源木莲与球果木莲之间)～0.956(中缅木莲与滇南木莲之间),平均遗传相似性系数为0.698。说明木莲属植物种间差异性大。其中中缅木莲、滇南木莲之间遗传相似性系数为0.956,两者亲缘关系最近。该结果同时支持将巴东木莲、乳源木莲、滇桂木莲分别作为独立的种。     

22种木莲属植物亲缘关系的SRAP分析(英文)

利用SRAP标记分析技术探讨了22种木莲属植物的遗传亲缘关系。选用13对SRAP引物组合对木莲属22个种的基因组进行分析。结果表明:22个种共扩增出981条DNA带,其中多态性条带占94.8%;在Nei’s遗传相似性系数0.70处,UPGMA聚类将22个种分为5个类群,在0.715分为9个亚类;22种木莲属植物的Nei’s遗传相似性系数变化范围为0.625(乳源木莲与球果木莲之间)～0.914(中缅木莲与滇南木莲之间),平均遗传相似性系数为0.696。其中中缅木莲、滇南木莲之间遗传相似性系数为0.914,两者亲缘关系最近。该结果支持将巴东木莲、乳源木莲、滇桂木莲分别作为独立的种。     

三种木莲属(木兰科)植物的核型研究

为探讨巴东木莲 (Manglietiapatungensis)的分类学地位 ,对巴东木莲以及它的近缘种红花木莲 (M insignis)和乳源木莲 (M yuyuanensis)进行了核型研究。乳源木莲和巴东木莲的核型公式为 2n =34m (2sat) 4sm ,红花木莲的为 2n =32m 6sm (2sat)。结合前人的研究说明木莲属的核型比较稳定 ,核型不对称性均为较对称的 2B型 ,只是在核型不对称系数、染色体相对长度、最长染色体与最短染色体比值等方面有细微差异。红花木莲和巴东木莲的核型为首次报道。核型分析结果不支持将巴东木莲归并到红花木莲中的分类学处理     

6种含笑属植物抗寒性分析与综合评价

以6种含笑属植物为试材,进行田间冻害调查,拟合Logistic方程计算其低温半致死温度,采用石蜡切片技术,测定9项叶片解剖结构指标,运用隶属函数法对各树种的抗寒性进行综合分析与评价.结果表明: 6种含笑属植物叶片的相对电导率与0～25 ℃低温处理3 h的半致死温度之间呈显著正相关.6种含笑属植物低温半致死温度在-20.48～-8.67 ℃,高低顺序为深山含笑>红花深山含笑>峨眉含笑>杂交11-8>阔瓣含笑>六瓣含笑;叶片表皮细胞1～2层,垂周壁略呈波浪状,栅栏组织细胞1～3层,9项叶片解剖结构指标差异显著,栅栏组织厚度、栅海比和主脉厚度是影响抗寒性的主要叶片解剖结构指标.电导法和隶属函数法对6种含笑属植物的抗寒性评价结果与田间调查结果基本一致.6种含笑属植物抗寒性强弱顺序为:六瓣含笑>阔瓣含笑>杂交11-8>峨眉含笑>红花深山含笑>深山含笑.     

濒危植物巴东木莲花粉母细胞减数分裂观察

对巴东木莲Manglietia patungensis及其近缘种乳源木莲M. yuyuanensis的花粉母细胞减数分裂过程的基本特征进行了比较研究。乳源木莲与巴东木莲的染色体数目和核型相同,但不经任何人为因素诱导,它们之间在减数分裂过程中的染色体行为上有明显差异。(1)巴东木莲减数分裂中期I构型为0.30IV+18.33II+0.15I,与乳源木莲构型19II不同,巴东木莲可能存在同臂内倒位杂合子,染色体结构存在一定的杂合性。(2)后期I和后期II染色体行为异常现象发生频率明显不同。以后期II为例,乳源木莲减数分裂相中有迟滞染色体的细胞占8.8%,迟滞染色体不超过2个;巴东木莲有迟滞染色体等异常现象的细胞占29.2%,迟滞染色体最高达11个,还出现染色体碎裂成断片现象。巴东木莲减数分裂过程中染色体组表现出染色体结构杂合变异和迟滞染色体与染色体的断裂频率很高的异常现象在一定程度上可能影响了雄配子体的发育。     

五种金花茶组植物的耐寒性比较研究

金花茶组植物是世界珍稀、濒危的观赏植物,具有极高的观赏价值和药用价值.为了比较金花茶组植物的耐寒性,以五种金花茶组植物为材料,采用人工模拟低温环境的方法对其2年生叶片进行低温胁迫处理,应用电导法研究五种金花茶种质在20℃(常温对照)、8℃、-2℃、-7℃、-12℃、-17℃、-22℃和-27℃低温下相对电导率的变化,配合Logistic方程,测定其低温半致死温度(LT50),以及叶片中游离脯氨酸、可溶性糖和丙二醛的含量.结果表明:五种金花茶的低温半致死温度(LT50)范围为-14.58~-12.74℃,其中金花茶为-14.58℃、龙州金花茶为-14.27℃、柠檬黄金花茶为-13.44℃、直脉金花茶为-13.09℃、东兴金花茶-12.74℃.低温半致死温度能反映金花茶种质的耐寒性,金花茶和龙州金花茶耐寒性强,其次为柠檬黄金花茶和直脉金花茶,东兴金花茶耐寒性较弱.在降温过程中,五种金花茶叶片相对电导率随温度降低呈S型上升,与温度呈负相关;脯氨酸、可溶性糖和丙二醛含量均呈现先上升后下降的趋势.同一低温条件下,半致死温度低的金花茶脯氨酸和可溶性糖的含量更高,而丙二醛含量更低.该研究结果为金花茶组植物耐寒种质选育提供了科学依据,为人工种植金花茶提供了技术支持.     

湖南小溪自然保护区巴东木莲群落结构

巴东木莲(Manglietia patungensis)分布于湖南西北部、湖北西南部和重庆市,是中国特有的稀有濒危物种。湖南小溪自然保护区是巴东木莲分布面积最大且最集中的地区。对巴东木莲群落乔木层结构及优势树种径级组成的分析结果表明,该群落属于典型的常绿阔叶林,群落乔木层可分为三个亚层:第一亚层优势树种为落叶树种枫香(Liquidam bar form osana)和常绿树种巴东木莲;第二亚层以利川润楠(Machilus lichuanensis)为优势树种;第三亚层的优势树种是长叶石栎(Lithocarpus henryi);优势树种径级组成表明,巴东木莲在该群落中与其它优势树种形成稳定的共存群落;巴东木莲在群落中呈聚集分布格局。本研究为正处于生境消失、群落结构被破坏的巴东木莲群落恢复与重建提供科学依据。建议在小溪自然保护区内严格限制对巴东木莲种子的采收,禁止在林下采挖巴东木莲的幼苗,确保巴东木莲在自然状态下得以保持其种群和个体数量的自然增长。     

巴东木莲等位酶的遗传多样性

采用超薄平板聚丙烯酰胺等电聚焦技术对中国特有濒危植物巴东木莲(Manglietia patungensis Hu)的遗传多样性进行了初步的分析。通过对8个酶系统18个酶位点的检测,结果表明,巴东木莲具有较高的遗传多样性。种水平多态位点的百分数(Ps)为66．7,平均预期杂合度(He)为0．178。高于多年生木本植物的平均水平。居群间分化系数为0．107,说明巴东木莲的遗传变异的89．3％来自于居群内。     

濒危植物巴东木莲种子休眠与萌发特性的研究

巴东木莲(Manglietia patungensis)为我国特有种, 属国家重点保护植物。为找出其生殖环节中的致危因素, 作者对巴东木莲种子休眠与后熟过程中的形态和萌发特性进行了研究。结果表明, 巴东木莲种胚发育不完全可能是种子休眠的主要原因, 在其后熟过程中胚不断分化、发育成熟; 种皮具有较好的透性, 与休眠的关系不大; 种子不同部位均存在萌发抑制物, 胚乳中高含量的萌发抑制物是影响胚萌发的重要因素。内源激素ABA和IAA在巴东木莲种子休眠与萌发过程中起着重要作用, ABA是引起休眠的关键因素, IAA有助于种子的萌发, IAA/ABA相对含量的变化对种子的休眠和萌发产生重要影响。巴东木莲种子的休眠是由种子本身的形态和生理特点引起的综合休眠, 在4℃低温保湿条件下才能完成其形态和生理后熟过程, 而自然条件下, 巴东木莲种子成熟时正值秋季少雨, 很容易失水而不能完成其后熟过程而失去生活力, 这可能是导致该物种自然更新困难的重要原因。     

栀子叶片生理特性与抗寒性的关系

以低温半致死温度(LT50)为评价指标,研究自然降温过程中栀子(Gardenia jasminoides Ellis)叶片生理特性与抗寒性的关系. 结果表明, 随气温的降低, 栀子叶片的 LT50不断降低, 由秋季9月中旬的-4.99℃降到冬季最冷 1月中旬的-8.42℃,同时叶片相对含水量、自由水和淀粉含量均不同程度下降,束缚水、可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白质含量增加.这些渗透调节物含量的适应性变化导致LT50的下降.栀子的抗寒性与气温密切相关.     

Ultrastructural and protein changes in cell suspension cultures of peach associated with low temperature-induced cold acclimation and abscisic acid treatment

Cell suspension cultures were initiated from callus derived from xylem tissues of peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]. Cold acclimation was induced (LT₅₀ of-13°C) in cell suspensions at 3°C in the dark for 10 days. Freezing tolerance returned to the level of nonacclimated cells (LT₅₀ of –4.5°C) when cold-acclimated cells were transferred to 24°C (in dark) for 3 days. Addition of 75 M abscisic acid (ABA) to the growth medium failed to induce cold acclimation after cells were cultured for 5 days at 24°C. Microvacuolation, cytoplasmic augmentation and disappearance of starch grains were observed in cells that were cold-acclimated by exposure to low temperature. Similar ultrastructural alterations were not observed in ABA-treated cells. Several qualitative and quantitative changes in proteins were noted during both cold acclimation and ABA treatment. Both the ultrastructural and protein changes observed during cold acclimation were reversed during deacclimation. The relationship of these changes to cold acclimation in peach cell-cultures is discussed.Abbreviations ABA abscisic acid - 2,4-d 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - IBA indole-3-butyric acid - Ms Murashige & Skoog - PMSF phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride - LT₅₀ or Freezing Tolerance temperature that resulted in 50% decrease in TTC reduction - TTC 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride     

Drought increases the freezing resistance of high-elevation plants of the Central Chilean Andes

Freezing temperatures and summer droughts shape plant life in Mediterranean high-elevation habitats. Thus, the impacts of climate change on plant survival for these species could be quite different to those from mesic mountains. We exposed 12 alpine species to experimental irrigation and warming in the Central Chilean Andes to assess whether irrigation decreases freezing resistance, irrigation influences freezing resistance when plants are exposed to warming, and to assess the relative importance of irrigation and temperature in controlling plant freezing resistance. Freezing resistance was determined as the freezing temperature that produced 50 % photoinactivation [lethal temperature (LT₅₀)] and the freezing point (FP). In seven out of 12 high-Andean species, LT₅₀ of drought-exposed plants was on average 3.5 K lower than that of irrigated plants. In contrast, most species did not show differences in FP. Warming changed the effect of irrigation on LT₅₀. Depending on species, warming was found to have (1) no effect, (2) to increase, or (3) to decrease the irrigation effect on LT₅₀. However, the effect size of irrigation on LT₅₀ was greater than that of warming for almost all species. The effect of irrigation on FP was slightly changed by warming and was sometimes in disagreement with LT₅₀ responses. Our data show that drought increases the freezing resistance of high-Andean plant species as a general plant response. Although freezing resistance increases depended on species-specific traits, our results show that warmer and moister growing seasons due to climate change will seriously threaten plant survival and persistence of these and other alpine species in dry mountains.     

热带植物海巴戟抗寒株系选育

为了选育海巴戟（Morinda citrifolia）抗寒株系,拓宽种植范围,在云南元江选择8株海巴戟,采用石蜡切片法观察叶片解剖结构,并测量叶片的过氧化氢酶（CAT）、过氧化物酶（POD）、超氧化歧化酶（SOD）活性和丙二醛（MDA）含量,对抗寒株系的甘油-3-磷酸酰基转移酶（GPAT）活性和GPAT表达进行定量分析。结果表明,叶片解剖结构表明有4株海巴戟叶片的栅海比较高,细胞结构紧密,确定为抗寒性优良的候选株系（5、6、8和12号）。5号植株叶片经低温处理后的CAT、POD、SOD活性较高,MDA含量较低,确定为抗寒株系,且低温处理后5号植株叶片的GPAT活性和GPAT基因表达水平均高于不抗寒材料。因此,海巴戟叶片通过增加栅海比和细胞结构紧密度,同时GPAT基因迅速应答来提高抗寒性。     

Immersion survival differs among three Diabrotica species

Soil dwelling invertebrates including insects and their larvae are subjected to severe oxygen limitations when the soil becomes saturated or covered by water. Differential survival of this stress may in part explain ecological range of a species and could lead to cultural control methods for economically important species. We tested immersion survival for larvae of three species of Diabrotica (viz., D. balteata LeConte, D. undecimpunctata undecimpunctata Mannerheim, and D. virgifera virgifera LeConte). Groups of larvae were submersed in conditioned, hypoxic (dissolved oxygen <0.3 ppm) tap water, held at 10, 15, 20, or 25 °C, and periodically removed and assayed for survivorship. We found that time to 50% mortality (LT₅₀) differed significantly between species. Third instar D. u. undecimpunctata were most sensitive to immersion at 25 °C (LT₅₀=9 h), D. balteata were intermediate (LT₅₀=15 h) and D. v. virgifera larvae were least sensitive (LT₅₀=23 h). Second instar D. v. virgifera were significantly more tolerant of immersion than the other species (LT₅₀=56 h versus 15 h for D. u. undecimpunctata and 11 h for D. balteata). Mortality during immersion corresponds with the build up of lactic acid. Survivorship for all species increased with decreasing temperature. The use of flooding in rootworm management is briefly discussed.     

Discovery of a North American genetic variant of the entomopathogenic fungus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Metarhizium anisopliae</Emphasis> var. <Emphasis Type="Italic">anisopliae</Emphasis> pathogenic to grasshoppers

A genetic variant of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae, isolated from a soil in Alberta, Canada, from a location with a history of severe grasshopper infestations, was evaluated for pathogenicity in bioassays of living grasshoppers. Mortality in treated individuals drawn from a laboratory colony was 99% (LT₅₀ = 6.7 days, LT₉₀ = 9.6 days) at 12 days post-inoculation compared to 100% (LT₅₀ = 4.1 days, LT₉₀ = 5.8 days) mortality at 8 days in insects exposed to a commercial isolate of M. anisopliae var. acridum (IMI 330189). Experimental infection of field-collected grasshoppers under laboratory conditions with the native isolate of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae resulted in 100% (LT₅₀ = 4.4 days, LT₉₀ = 5.4 days) mortality attained within 7 days compared to 100% (LT₅₀ = 4.7 days, LT₉₀ = 6.3 days) mortality in 9 days in insects treated with M. anisopliae var. acridum. Amplification of fungal genomic DNA from the indigenous isolate with primers for the specific detection of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae produced a product almost 300 bp larger than expected based on previously known isolates. This is the first demonstration of a highly virulent, indigenous non-chemical control agent of grasshoppers in North America. GenBank Accession Nos. DQ342236, DQ342237.     

Growth of Chlorella sorokiniana in the presence of sulfite elevates cell content of superoxide dismutase and imparts resistance towards paraquat

1. Growth of Chlorella sorokiniana in the presence of 7.5 mM sulfite, which halved the growth rate while doubling the superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1) content per cell, rendered the cells resistant to the toxic effects of 30 M paraquat. 2. While increasing total SOD content, sulfite increased the relative amount of the H₂O₂-resistant manganese-containing SOD. 3. It appears that O₂ ^– may be involved in mediating the toxicity of SO₂ in this green alga.Abbreviations SOD superoxide, dismutase - FeSOD ironcontaining superoxide dismutase - MnSOD manganese-containing superoxide dismutase     

Use of vapor pressure deficit to predict humidity and temperature effects on the mortality of mold mites, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Tyrophagus putrescentiae</Emphasis>

The mold mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Shrank), frequently infests a variety of stored food products in ideal, but rather limited conditions. Major factors limiting survival of this mite are the temperature and humidity imposed on T. putrescentiae as it develops within and disperses among sites. However, since relative humidity is dependent upon air temperature, determining survivability in a habitat can be difficult in the presence of structural temperature variations. Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) provides a method of combining both relative humidity and temperature into a single number that can be used to determine conditions detrimental to mite survival. This study utilized a bioassay format to measure mortality of T. putrescentiae when exposed to a range of seven temperatures (5–35°C), 10 relative humidities (0–100% RH), 17 exposure times (0.5–240 h), with and without food. With these combinations of temperature and RH, mortality curves (mortality versus time) that displayed a sigmoidal relationship were used to calculate LT₅₀ and LT₉₀ estimates. These mortality estimates were then regressed on their associated VPD and the resulting regressions (LT₅₀ and LT₉₀) were significant at P < 0.0001, and provided acceptable R ² values ≥0.83, regardless of whether food was present or not. At room temperature, threshold of VPD for T. putrescentiae development was below 8.2 mbar, this estimate being initially calculated from published values. For mites exposed to drier conditions, above 8.2 mbar, survival time was curtailed dependant on the magnitude of VPD. As the VPD exceeded 12 mbar, mites experienced substantial (>90%) mortality within 58 (33, 101) h; and further increasing VPD decreased the time of exposure to achieve mortality. This study demonstrates that making subtle changes in humidity or temperature to reach a target VPD may provide control of mite outbreaks and reduce areas inhabitable for T. putrescentiae. With the recent revision of the genus Tyrophagus (Fan and Zhang 2007), T. putrescentiae was split and the commonly encountered peridomestic mite was renamed T. communis. Voucher specimens of the species we used were identified as T. communis (B. OConnor, pers. comm.). However, there are current discussions as to which species name will be applied to the more common mite species (P. Klimov, pers. comm.). For the purposes of this paper we will continue to use T. putrescentiae.     

海滨木巴戟的生理生态特征研究

为了解海滨木巴戟(Morinda citrifolia)生长的抗逆性,对西沙群岛东岛的海滨木巴戟的生物学和生理生态特征进行了研究。结果表明,海滨木巴戟属于阳生性植物,具有较强的光资源竞争能力;其叶片氮、磷含量、叶绿素b含量较高,是其长期适应热带海岛生境的重要原因。海滨木巴戟叶片的海绵组织及气孔密度大,导管直径小,丙二醛含量、超氧化物歧化酶活性和过氧化氢酶活性高,脯氨酸含量低,均表明其具有较强的抗旱性。且生长环境中土壤的氮含量低,盐分含量高。因此,海滨木巴戟可作为热带海滨植被恢复中的优良适生物种。     

Wind tunnel assays of olfactory responses of femaleRhagoletis pomonella flies to apple volatiles: effect of wind speed and odour release rate

Little is known about how adults of the corn leafhopper,Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott), and its congeners survive subfreezing temperatures at high elevations during the dry winter in Mexico. In the laboratory, duration of survival at −5°C was measured for four MexicanDalbulus species:D. maidis, D. elimatus (Ball),D. gelbus DeLong andD. quinquenotatus DeLong & Nault; and a closely related North American species,Baldulus tripsaci Kramer & Whitcomb. Adult leafhoppers reared under environmental conditions that simulated the beginning of the dry winter season during October in Mexico (‘October-reared’) were at least twice as tolerant of −5°C than adults reared under environmental conditions that simulated the beginning of the wet summer season during June (‘June-reared’).Dalbulus species found primarily at high elevations, such asD. elimatus, were seven times more tolerant of −5°C thanD. quinquenotatus, a species which overwinters at low to mid elevations on itsTripsacum hosts. October-rearedD. maidis adults survived relatively short periods at −5°C (LT₅₀=8.9h) compared to October-rearedD. elimatus adults (LT₅₀=42.3h). This suggests that in Mexico,D. maidis either overwinters in protected habitats at higher elevations or it migrates to lower, frost-free regions. October-rearedB. tripsaci adults, which overwinter in the egg stage, were intolerant of −5°C (LT₅₀=2.6h). A conditioning period for 1 h at +5°C before and after exposure to −5°C significantly improved survival forD. maidis. Supercooling points (SCPs) were between −23 and −20°C, indicating that mortality of these leafhoppers at −5°C was due to cold shock injury rather than internal ice formation.     

Influence of cis-[Re2GABA2Cl4]Cl2 on the antioxidant defense system parameters of normal human blood

The effect of the rhenium complex cis-[Re₂GABA₂Cl₄]Cl₂ on the antioxidant parameters of normal human blood in vitro have been studied. The results suggest that the complex influences various enzymes in the cascade of reactions utilizing active oxygen metabolites. However, the manifestation of this activity varies over the studied concentration range of the complex in the preincubation medium (10^–12-10^–4 M), so the effects appear to be concentration-dependent. The largest differences in antioxidant parameters in comparison with control were observed for the concentrations 10^–8, 10^–5, and 10^–4 M. Thus, correlations between the peroxidation level, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, antioxidant factor (F), and indexes of resistance of erythrocytes for hemolysis (TR) were found.