延安城区10种阔叶园林植物叶片结构及其抗旱性评价

利用石蜡切片法和指甲油印迹法,对延安城区10种阔叶园林植物叶片解剖结构——叶片厚度、上下表皮角质层厚度、上下表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、中脉厚度、维管束厚度、下表皮气孔密度、气孔长度、气孔宽度等进行测定,对栅栏组织与海绵组织厚度比、叶片结构紧实度、维管束厚度与叶脉厚度比等15个植物抗旱性指标进行分析,并运用方差分析和主成分分析,结合抗旱隶属函数法对物种间的抗旱性进行综合评价。结果表明:(1)15个旱性指标在10种阔叶园林植物间差异显著,变异系数为19.34%～73.73%,均具有较高灵敏度。(2)10种植物叶片均具备抵抗干旱环境的解剖结构,表皮、角质层、栅栏组织、叶脉、维管束等较为发达,气孔主要分布在下表皮,国槐为等面叶,其余为异面叶。(3)叶片上下表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、维管束厚度、气孔密度可作为园林植物抗旱性综合评价的主要指标,10种阔叶园林植物的抗旱性大小顺序为:樱花>月季>红叶李>国槐>紫丁香>紫藤>爬山虎>丝绵木>连翘>紫叶小檗。     

宁夏10种观赏灌木叶片解剖结构及其抗旱性综合评价

采用显微制片技术,对宁夏10种主要灌木树种叶片的解剖结构进行了观察,分别测定了叶片厚度、上下角质层厚度、栅栏组织、海绵组织、气孔密度等15个与抗旱性相关的指标,并对15个指标进行主成分分析,用隶属函数法对10种灌木的抗旱性进行了综合评价。结果表明:10种灌木的叶片具有典型的旱生结构,大多数具有表皮毛,且具有明显的角质层结构;上、下表皮细胞及叶肉细胞排列紧密。15个指标在各灌木树种间的差异均极显著,其中叶片厚度、上角质层、栅栏组织厚度、气孔密度和主脉维管束直径为叶片旱性结构的主要因子。通过5个主要因子的综合评价,10种灌木的抗旱性大小顺序依次为:沙冬青>花棒>蒙古莸>金叶莸>互叶醉鱼草>蒙古扁桃>鞑靼忍冬>葱皮忍冬>金花忍冬>台尔曼忍冬。     

马蔺叶片解剖结构特征与其抗旱性关系研究

通过温室模拟干旱胁迫试验,从中国北方不同生境生长的15份野生马蔺种质材料鉴定出3个不同抗旱性群体(强抗旱、中度抗旱和弱抗旱),从中选择具代表性的不同抗旱级别的4份马蔺种质,进行其叶片组织解剖结构特征的观察和比较,以进一步证实马蔺叶片解剖结构特征及其与抗旱性的关系。结果表明,各种质材料间叶片厚度、上下表皮细胞厚度、角质层厚度、气孔密度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、栅栏组织/海绵组织厚度、CTR值和SR值等结构参数指标均与马蔺种质材料抗旱性存在密切的关系。其中,强抗旱种质材料的叶片厚度、上下表皮细胞厚度和角质层厚度大,气孔密度大,栅栏组织和海绵组织较发达,叶片组织紧密度大、疏松度小,栅栏组织/海绵组织厚度比较高;弱抗旱种质材料的叶片厚度、上下表皮细胞厚度和角质层厚度小,气孔密度小,栅栏组织和海绵组织较薄,叶片组织紧密度小、疏松度大,栅栏组织/海绵组织厚度比较低。     

成都地区10种园林灌木叶片结构与抗旱性关系研究

利用石蜡切片法和指甲油印迹法,对成都地区10种常见园林灌木叶片解剖结构的13个指标:主脉厚度、叶片厚度、上下表皮角质层厚度、上下表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、下表皮气孔密度、气孔长度、气孔宽度、叶片结构紧密度、栅栏组织与海绵组织厚度比(栅海比)进行测定和分析,再用方差分析和主成分分析法选取有代表性的指标,结合隶属函数法对物种间的抗旱性进行综合评价。结果显示,13个指标的变异系数为17.40%～68.20%,在10种园林灌木间差异极显著。10种植物都属于异面叶,组织结构易于辨识(三角梅的下表皮角质层太薄,无法测出数据)。叶片结构紧密度、栅海比、气孔密度、气孔长、气孔宽、栅栏组织厚度可作为评价这10种园林灌木抗旱性的重要指标。抗旱性由强到弱依次为:红花继木、鸭脚木、红叶石楠、栀子、西洋杜鹃、海桐、山茶、雀舌黄杨、三角梅和金边大叶黄杨。其中红花继木、鸭脚木、红叶石楠和栀子属于强抗旱品种,可用于屋顶、边坡等区域种植。     

新疆四种补血草属植物叶片的解剖学研究

利用叶片离析法和石蜡切片法研究了补血草属4种植物叶片的形态结构。结果表明:(1)4种植物的叶片有许多共同的结构适应特征,表皮细胞排列紧密,表面有厚的角质层;气孔类型均为不等型,气孔位置为平置或略微下陷;上下表皮还具有多细胞构成的盐腺;栅栏组织发达,多为等面叶;存在粘液细胞和单宁细胞;机械组织和维管组织都不发达等。(2)不同种间有不同的结构适应特征,如表皮细胞的形状、大小、垂周壁饰样,气孔密度,盐腺密度,叶片厚度和栅栏组织厚度等。通过叶的结构特征反映出盐生植物与旱生植物的不同。     

不同区域长柄扁桃叶片解剖结构及其抗旱性分析

采用常规石蜡切片技术、光学显微镜观察,选取叶片厚度、角质层厚度、主脉厚度、上表皮栅栏组织厚度等10项旱生指标对来自河北丰宁、内蒙古乌审旗和固阳、陕西神木和榆阳共5个地区的长柄扁桃分别在正常生长和干旱胁迫后进行叶片解剖结构分析,探讨其抗旱的解剖结构特征,为长柄扁桃地区间引种和品种选育提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)河北地区长柄扁桃旱害指数最高,旱害最严重,自身耐旱性能最差;神木和固阳地区的旱害指数均低于河北丰宁与乌审旗地区;榆阳区的旱害指数最小,其抵抗干旱能力最强。(2)5个地区的长柄扁桃叶片结构具有相似性,表皮均具有角质层,主脉为双韧维管束,栅栏组织排列紧密整齐,大部分具有上下两层栅栏组织;抗旱性最弱的河北丰宁地区长柄扁桃叶片最大且最薄,上表皮、角质层及叶片紧密度等均最小,栅栏组织细胞只有一层且排列比较疏松,海绵组织细胞排列散乱、不规则且细胞间隙较大,叶脉维管组织口径小,疏导功能微弱;抗旱性最强的榆阳区长柄扁桃的叶片最小且最厚,对应的角质层、上表皮厚度、叶片紧密度等也最大,双层栅栏组织,第一层细胞细长排列紧密,第二层较短,维管组织发达,含较多的贮水细胞(粘液细胞和含晶细胞)。(3)根据5个地区长柄扁桃的旱害指数和叶片解剖结构的各指标参数比较,并通过隶属函数法分析结果表明,各地区长柄扁桃抗旱性顺序为:陕西榆阳区>陕西神木>内蒙古固阳>内蒙古乌审旗>河北丰宁。     

2种高山海棠营养器官的解剖结构及其生态适应性研究

采用NaOCl法、石蜡切片法对分布于海拔3 000 m的川西高原野生变叶海棠和花叶海棠的叶、茎、根进行了研究,旨在分析2种高山海棠营养器官的解剖构造,并探讨其解剖特征与川西高原干旱贫瘠地区的生态适应关系。结果表明:变叶海棠和花叶海棠的解剖构造极为相似,这可能与二者在起源及地理分布等的密切联系有关:二者叶的上下表皮细胞均具有厚的角质层,且上表皮气孔缺失、下表皮气孔密集,栅栏组织较厚,叶柄中具有分化出栅栏组织和海绵组织的纵棱脊结构;二者茎中的栓内层细胞壁较厚,次生木质部发达,导管周围分布着细胞壁木质化的木薄壁组织细胞,髓的外围有一圈细胞壁增厚的环髓带细胞;2种海棠的细根中已出现典型的次生结构,木质部占有极大的比例,主要以单管孔的形式存在的导管密集,无髓结构。变叶海棠和花叶海棠的上述解剖结构特征体现了二者对川西高原地区干旱环境都具有较强的适应能力。     

贵州西北喀斯特区古茶树叶片解剖结构及抗旱性评价

该研究以贵州西北喀斯特区茶树分布集中的亮岩镇为采样点,选取亮岩镇8个村30个点的古茶树(bj-1～bj-30)叶片为试验材料,采用石蜡切片技术观察其15项叶片解剖结构指标;通过描述性及方差分析、相关性分析和聚类分析,利用相关指数大小筛选出4项典型指标;运用隶属函数综合评价了30个点古茶树的抗旱性。结果表明：(1)亮岩镇古茶树叶片由上角质层、上表皮、栅栏组织、海绵组织、下表皮、下角质层、气孔以及叶脉组成。栅栏组织大多2层,极少数叶片排列有3层栅栏组织。(2)15个叶片解剖结构指标在不同样点间均存在显著差异,且各指标的变异系数存在较大差异,其中以栅栏组织厚度变异系数最大(41.21%),栅海比变异系数次之(35.45%),叶脉厚度变异系数最小(7.31%)。(3)采用隶属函数法筛选出栅栏组织厚度、下表皮厚度、下角质层厚度以及叶脉突起度作为评价亮岩古茶树抗旱性的典型指标;综合分析发现bj-15、bj-16、bj-29、bj-10和bj-24的抗旱性较强, bj-22、bj-20、bj-2、bj-11以及bj-6的抗旱性较弱。     

基于叶片解剖结构的砂生槐群体抗旱性评价

选取来自西藏不同地区11个群体的砂生槐作为研究材料,采用石蜡切片技术,测定11项叶片解剖结构指标,应用SPSS软件进行方差分析、相关性分析和聚类分析,对叶片解剖结构指标进行筛选,运用隶属函数法对不同群体的砂生槐进行综合评价。结果表明：（1）砂生槐属于典型的等面叶,各群体砂生槐的叶肉组织中都存在有海绵组织,海绵组织位于上下栅栏组织之间。不同群体砂生槐的解剖结构指标中,叶片厚度、栅栏组织厚度、主脉维管束直径和紧密度等差异达到极显著水平（P<0.01）,栅海比差异达到显著水平（P<0.05）,其它指标均未达到显著性水平。（2）通过数据分析,得到如下结果：叶片厚度、上表皮厚度和上表皮角质层厚度可以作为分析抗旱性的主要指标,而其它指标可以作为辅助指标。（3）群体LS1、NY1抗旱性较强,而NC1与YL1抗旱性较弱。对于砂生槐来说,影响其抗旱性的主要解剖结构指标包括叶片厚度、上表皮厚度和上表皮角质层厚度,这几项指标可以基本上反映出不同群体砂生槐抗旱性的一些差异;但是,如果要准确评价砂生槐的抗旱性,还需要考虑砂生槐种子萌发和幼苗期间的生理生化指标等来综合评价不同群体砂生槐的抗旱性。     

山茶属6种植物叶片解剖结构的耐热性分析

通过石蜡切片观察6种山茶属(Camellia)植物叶片的解剖结构，应用聚类分析、相关性分析对叶片组织结构相关指标进行筛选，进一步采用隶属函数综合评价6种山茶属植物的耐热性。结果表明，6种山茶属植物的叶片均为异面叶，上下表皮均由一层排列紧密的细胞组成，叶肉组织中含有结晶体和不规则的石细胞，栅栏组织由1～3层长圆柱状细胞组成，含有大量叶绿体。影响6种山茶属植物耐热性的主要指标为叶片总厚度、栅栏组织/海绵组织、角质层厚度、组织疏松度。6种山茶属植物耐热性由强到弱依次为大果南山茶(C. semiserrata var. magnocarpa)、莽山红山茶(C. mongshanica)、石果红山茶(C. mairei var. lapidea)、长尾毛蕊茶(C. caudata)、东南山茶(C. edithae)、红皮糙果茶(C. crapnelliana)；按耐热性可分为3类，大果南山茶为耐热型，莽山红山茶为中耐热型，其他4种为低耐热型。     

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.     

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.     

The effect of cyanobacteria and azolla on the performance of rice under different levels of fertilizer nitrogen

Cyanobacteria and/or azolla were inoculated, with urea at 0, 72 or 144 kg N/ha, in plots in which azolla-free Indica rice var. IR 28 was grown. Productive tillers, yield and nitrogen contents of grain and straw positively responded to inoculation with cyanobacteria or azolla, even with fertilizer-N up to 144 kg N/ha. Inoculation improved colonization by cyanobacteria. Azolla were superior to the asymbiotic cyanobacteria in enhancing rice performance. Urea at a rate of 72 kg N/ha was found to support the best colonizations when applied with cyanobacteria or azolla or, to give maximum rice yields, both inoculants.     

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.     

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。     

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.     

Anti-fungal effects of phenolic amides isolated from the root bark of Lycium chinense

Four phenolic amides, dihydro-N-caffeoyltyramine (1), trans-N-feruloyloctopamine (2), trans-N -caffeoyltyramine (3), and cis-N-caffeoyltyramine (4), were isolated from an ethyl acetate extract of the root bark of Lycium chinense Miller. All had an anti-fungal effect; compounds 1-3 were potent at 5-10 microg ml(-1) and were without hemolytic activity against human erythrocyte cells. Compound 4 was active at 40 microg ml(-1). All four compounds impeded the dimorphic transition of pathogen, Candida albicans.     

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).