CO_2增长对杉木中龄林针叶光合生理生态的影响

通过对 1 7a生杉木人工林小枝的活体测定 ,研究了大气 CO2 增长对杉木中龄林净光合、呼吸、气孔导度和水分利用效率等生理生态特性的影响。结果表明 ,在 CO2 浓度为 4 5μmol/ L左右时 ,杉木针叶净光合速率比正常大气 CO2 下提高 1倍以上 ,气孔导度和蒸腾速率有不同程度的降低 ,水分利用效率提高约 1～ 2倍 ;同时使光补偿点降低 ,饱和点和光抑制点提高 ,光量子效率提高 4 0 %～ 2 95%且阳枝大于阴枝 ,针叶暗呼吸降低 2 0 %～ 72 %。随着 CO2 浓度的增加 ,针叶净光合速率和水分利用效率呈线性上升 ,约到 4 5μmol/ L以后 ,增加速率减慢 ,但 CO2 饱和点可达 1 1 6μmol/ L以上。杉木针叶对CO2 增长的这种反应 ,对大气 CO2 不断增长的条件下杉木生长是有利的 ,但对其长期反应还有待进一步研究。     

截干对杉木种子园老龄化母树光合特性的影响

为探究截干与否对杉木老龄化母树光合特性的影响,以杉木种子园老龄化截干与未截干母树为试验对象使用LI 6400XT便携式光合测定系统对其净光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Gs)、蒸腾速率(Tr)和水分利用效率进行了比较研究。结果表明:与未截干母树相比,截干可极显著提高母树净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率以及水分利用效率,其中净光合速率提高了0.3~5.6倍,叶片气孔导度提高了0.4~2.7倍,蒸腾速率提高了0.2~2.1倍,水分利用效率提高了0.02~2.6倍。枝条朝向对光合特性有显著影响,总体表现为东面枝叶的净光合速率、叶片气孔导度和蒸腾速率大于南面和西面。     

紫花苜蓿对CO2倍增的反应：生态生理研究和模型拟合

研究了紫花苜蓿（Ｍｅｄｉｃａｇｏ ｓａｔｉｖａ）在ＣＯ２ 倍增下光合作用、蒸腾作用、气孔导度、水分利用效率的生态生理变化,并在此基础上对苜蓿进行了生态生理模型化的研究。在倍增（７００ μｍ ｏｌ·ｍ ｏｌ－ １）和对照（３５０ μｍ ｏｌ·ｍ ｏｌ－ １） ＣＯ２ 浓度下,对紫花苜蓿的生态生理学的研究表明,光合作用有效辐射是影响瞬时表观光合速率的主要环境因子,而气孔导度主要受相对湿度的限制。以整个生育期计,倍增组的表观光合作用比对照组可提高１８．７％ ,气孔导度略有下降（２％ ）,蒸腾作用减少了２．７％ ,水分利用效率提高了３０．１％ 。还对生理指标的实测数据进行了模型化的研究。对光合作用模型和气孔导度模型中参数的拟合结果表明,ＣＯ２ 倍增条件下,紫花苜蓿的光能转化效率（α）、电子传递速率（Ｊｍ ａｘ）比对照组都有明显的提高,最大气孔开度略有下降     

提高CO2浓度对两种亚势带树苗叶片水分状况的影响

鼎湖山季风常绿阔叶林的主要优势乔木树种黛蒴和荷木的幼苗,盆栽于自然光 照和人工调节ＣＯ２浓度为５００μｌ．Ｌ＾－１或空气ＣＯ２（３４０μｌ．Ｌ＾－１）的气罩３个月。在各自生长条件下测定,高ＣＯ２下生长的黧蒴和荷木叶平均气孔导率分别降低１３％和２０％,蒸腾速率下降２０％和１８％,水分利用效率提高１倍以上,不同ＣＯ２浓度下的植物叶片气孔导度和蒸腾速度日进程曲线也有明显差异,处理后将幼苗置于自然条件下观     

云锦杜鹃夏季气体交换和水分利用效率日变化

云锦杜鹃净光合速率和气孔导度日变化曲线为"双峰"型,光合效率午间明显降低,主要由非气孔限制引起。表观量子效率和实际光化学效率的降低是非气孔限制形成和发展的深层原因。蒸腾速率的日变化为"单峰型",午间最高。水分利用效率早晚较高、午间较低。净光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度和水分利用效率分别与一些环境因子的相关性达到0.01或0.05显著水平。利用多元逐步回归方法分别得到了净光合速率、胞间CO2浓度、蒸腾速率、气孔导度和水分利用效率与环境因子的最优方程。     

养分对旱地小麦水分腔迫的生理补偿效应

利用不同深度渗漏池供水差异所造成的水分胁迫,分期测定冬小麦叶片的净光合速率、气孔阻力、叶肉胞间ＣＯ２浓度、蒸腾强度、叶绿素含量和叶片吸光强度。研究养分对小麦水分胁迫的生理补偿效应。结果表明,水分腔迫后,气孔阻力增加,叶绿素含量和净光合速率显著下降。但在水分胁迫时施用氮肥,蒸腾速率减弱,叶绿素含量,叶片吸光强度和净光合速率增加,因而,短时水分利用效率显著提高。这表明,因水分胁迫导致净光合速率和短时水     

28种园林植物对大气CO2浓度增加的生理生态反应

通过对28种园林植物在不同CO2浓度水平下的气体交换参数的观测,分析了净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和水分利用效率等生理生态指标的变化趋势与规律.结果表明,所测植物净光合速率和水分利用效率随CO2浓度升高而线性增加,但不同植物种类对高CO2浓度的反应存在较大差异.气孔导度和蒸腾速率与CO2浓度呈线性负相关关系.当CO2浓度倍增(350～700 μmol·mol-1)时,28种园林植物净光合速率平均提高31.2%,气孔导度降低16.5%,蒸腾速率下降11.7%,而水分利用效率则提高了49.2%.不同光合途径的植物净光合速率和水分利用效率受CO2浓度增加的影响程度为C3植物较大,C4植物较小, CAM植物介于两者之间.对不同生活型植物而言,影响程度则为草本C3植物较大,乔木C3植物较小,灌木C3植物居于两者之间.     

干旱胁迫对夏蜡梅光合特性的影响

以2年生夏蜡梅(Sinocalycanthus chinensis)苗木为材料,通过盆栽试验,研究土壤干旱胁迫对夏蜡梅叶片光合特性的影响,结果显示:随着干旱胁迫程度的加重,夏蜡梅叶片净光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度显著降低;胞间CO2浓度在轻度和中度胁迫下显著低于对照,但在重度胁迫下显著高于对照;水分利用效率在胁迫下提高,且以中度胁迫为最大.温度升高使叶片净光合速率和水分利用效率降低、蒸腾速率升高,加重了干旱对光合作用的不利影响.对照及轻度和中度干旱胁迫处理的净光合速率、气孔导度和水分利用效率日变化曲线均为双峰型,但重度胁迫下净光合速率和气孔导度日变化转变为峰值很小的单峰型;各处理的蒸腾速率日变化曲线为单峰型并以午间最高.表明夏蜡梅光合作用对干旱胁迫有一定的适应能力,但重度胁迫对其造成严重影响.     

几种木本植物的N2O释放与某些生理活动的关系

使用带有开放气路的气体交换测定系统,同步测定了几种针、阔叶树种的光合作用、呼吸作用及气孔导度．结果表明,低光下树木针叶或叶片释放Ｎ２Ｏ的速率与光合速率无显著相关．伴随根、茎、叶的呼吸,检测到有Ｎ２Ｏ吸收现象,其通量与温度及呼吸强度呈正相关．气孔导度明显影响Ｎ２Ｏ的通量,表明气孔可能是木本植物释放Ｎ２Ｏ的主要途径．     

干旱胁迫对条墩桑生物量分配和光合特性的影响

以1年生红皮花桑为材料,采用盆栽的方法,研究了不同水分条件下条墩桑幼苗的生物量、荧光参数、净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率及水分利用效率的变化.结果表明:随着干旱胁迫程度的增加,植株地上部分的生物量和总生物量逐渐降低,但光合产物向根部的分配比例逐渐增大,根冠比逐渐增加;叶片的荧光参数Fo、Fv和Fv/Fm逐渐降低;气孔导度、蒸腾速率、净光合速率和水分利用效率逐渐下降.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.