水稻光合日变化及光抑制的叶绿素荧光

研究了光敏核不育水稻(Oryza sativa L.)农垦58S(NK58S)的光合日变化和光抑制.06:00～09:00,NK58S的光抑制不明显,此时的光合功能下调以叶黄素循环为主;10:00～12:00,耗散比能流(DIo/RC)及光反应中心关闭净速率(dV/dto)增加,受体侧电子传递受阻(ψo下降),活性反应中心密度(Do)降低,NK58S光抑制加剧,PSⅡ反应中心发生失活.荧光暗弛豫分析与抑制剂处理结果表明,状态转换、叶黄素循环和PSⅡ反应中心失活均能有效保护NK58S免遭强光损伤.叶黄素循环相对于反应中心失活,前者是NK58S对强光胁迫的快速反应,在光强相对较弱时发挥主要作用,而后者在叶黄素循环达到饱和时对保护剩余活性反应中心起主要作用.     

在盐胁迫下光抑制及其恢复进程对冬小麦光合功能的影响(英文)

研究了盐和强光双重胁迫以及在弱光下恢复对冬小麦 (TriticumaestivumL .)光合功能的影响。结果表明 ,单纯用低浓度盐 (2 0 0mmol/LNaCl)胁迫时 ,对反映PSⅡ光合功能的Fv/Fo、Fv/Fm和qP等参数没有什么影响 ,但已十分明显地抑制光合碳同化能力 ,而高盐 (4 0 0mmol/LNaCl)胁迫损伤PSⅡ功能 ,从而加剧对碳同化功能的抑制 ,说明光合作用对不同盐浓度的响应不同。研究结果还表明 ,盐胁迫能加剧强光对光合功能的损伤 ,使之受到更加严重的光抑制。在低盐浓度下 ,光抑制初期形成的QB_非还原性PSⅡ反应中心 ,在随后的光抑制进程和弱光下恢复期间 ,能有效的被用来合成有活性的PSⅡ和修复可逆性失活的PSⅡ反应中心。而高盐和强光双重胁迫使PSⅡ遭受严重破坏 ,QB_非还原性PSⅡ反应中心只有在光抑制初期可部分地用于修复可逆性失活的PSⅡ ,随着光抑制的进程 ,它们不能用于合成有活性PSⅡ和修复受严重破坏的PSⅡ ,结果导致它们的含量在弱光下恢复时继续增加     

在盐胁迫下光抑制及其恢复进程对冬小科光合功能的影响

研究了盐和强光双重胁迫以及在弱光下恢复对冬小麦（Triticum aestivum L.）光合功能的影响。结果表明,单纯用低浓度盐（200mmol/L NaCl）胁迫时,对反向PSⅡ光合功能的Fv/Fo、Fv/Fm和qP等参数没有什么影响,但巳十分明显地抑制光合碳同化能力,而高盐（400mmol/L NaCl）胁迫损伤PSⅡ功能,从而加剧对碳同化功能的抑制,说明光合作用对不同盐浓度的响应不同。研究结果还表明,盐胁迫能加剧强光对光合功能的损伤,使之受到更加严重的光抑制。在低盐浓度下,光抑制初期形成形成QB-非还原性PSⅡ反应中心,在随后的光抑制进程和弱光下恢复期间,能有效的被用来合成有活性的PSⅡ和修复可逆性失活的PSⅡ反应中心。而高盐和强光双重胁迫使PSⅡ遭受严重破坏,QB-非还原性PSⅡ反应中心只有在光抑制初期可部分地用于修复可逆性失活的PSⅡ,随着光抑制的进程,它们不能用于合成有活性PSⅡ和修复受严重破坏的PSⅡ,结果导致它们的含量在弱光下恢复时继续增加。     

柑橘属光合作用的环境调节

光合机构的运转受环境影响很大,与柑橘的生长发育、产量和品质密切相关.结合我们的工作,综合论述了柑橘光合作用环境调节的研究进展.强光和紫外光导致光合作用下降与PSⅡ反应中心失活有关,光呼吸和叶黄素循环对光合机构有保护作用.温度胁迫下,光合作用下降主要是RuBPCase活性下降和PSⅡ反应中心失活引起,品种间存在差异.轻度水分胁迫引起的光合作用下降是气孔限制的结果,而严重水分胁迫导致光合作用的非气孔限制.提高CO₂浓度,能够促进柑橘的光合作用,进而促进柑橘的生长和提高其品质.阐述了N、P、S、Fe等矿质元素调节光合作用的机理及盐胁迫对光合作用的影响,指出了今后柑橘光合作用的研究方向.     

砂仁叶片光破坏的防御

报告了生长于热带林窗向阳处砂仁叶片叶绿素荧光参数的日变化,及阻止卷叶和用二硫苏糖醇（DTT）处理对它的影响,受强光照射,砂仁叶片迅速卷起。在雾天上牛光强还相当弱（低于100μmol m^2s^-1）时,砂仁叶片就发生光抑制,中午厚重,下午当光强减弱时,光抑制逐渐得到缓解。其热耗散（qN、NPQ）随光强的升高而增加,且下午仍在缓慢增加。阻止卷叶使强光下砂仁叶片光抑制加剧,Fo、NPQ升高。DTT处理也使光抑制加剧,Fo升高,且使PSⅡ反应中心发生可逆失活,夜间23：00各处理的荧光参数基本恢复。卷叶、叶黄素循环和PSⅡ可逆失活3种保护机制在同种植物中依次启动的现象尚属少见。     

砂仁叶片光破坏的防御

报告了生长于热带林窗向阳处砂仁叶片叶绿素荧光参数的日变化,及阻止卷叶和用二硫苏糖醇(DTT)处理对它的影响.受强光照射,砂仁叶片迅速卷起.在雾天上午光强还相当弱(低于100μmol m-2s-1)时,砂仁叶片就发生光抑制,中午最重,下午当光强减弱时,光抑制逐渐得到缓解.其热耗散(qN、NPQ)随光强的升高而增加,且下午仍在缓慢增加.阻止卷叶使强光下砂仁叶片光抑制加剧,F0、NPQ升高.DTT处理也使光抑制加剧,F0升高,且使PSⅡ反应中心发生可逆失活.夜间2300各处理的荧光参数基本恢复.卷叶、叶黄素循环和PSⅡ可逆失活3种保护机制在同种植物中依次启动的现象尚属少见.     

干旱胁迫对沙冬青叶片防御光破坏机制的影响

沙冬青(Ammopiptanthus mongolicus (Maxim.) Cheng f.)是生长在沙漠及干旱荒漠地区的常绿灌木.在夏季,其叶片经常遭受中午强光(超过1 500 μmol*m-2*s-1) 胁迫,出现明显的光抑制现象.我们利用便携式光合测定系统(CIRAS-1)和脉冲调制荧光仪(MFMS-2)测定了自然形成的干旱胁迫条件下沙冬青光合和荧光参数的日变化,主要探讨了干旱胁迫对沙冬青叶片防御强光破坏机制的影响.结果表明,正常水分和干旱胁迫下,沙冬青叶片的净光合速率(Pn)、 PSⅡ最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)和PSⅡ非环式电子传递效率(ΦPSⅡ)在中午都明显降低;相对正常水分条件而言,干旱胁迫下初始荧光(Fo)先下降后上升,荧光的非光化学淬灭(NPQ)上升较快并在一定水平上维持不变.由此推断晴天中午沙冬青叶片在正常水分条件下主要采取依赖叶黄素循环的热耗散机制;而在干旱胁迫条件下主要采取了依赖叶黄素循环的热耗散和PSⅡ反应中心可逆失活两种保护机制.     

干旱胁迫对沙冬青叶片防御光破坏机制的影响

沙冬青 (Ammopiptanthusmongolicus (Maxim .)Chengf.)是生长在沙漠及干旱荒漠地区的常绿灌木。在夏季 ,其叶片经常遭受中午强光 (超过 15 0 0 μmol·m-2 ·s-1)胁迫 ,出现明显的光抑制现象。我们利用便携式光合测定系统 (CIRAS_1)和脉冲调制荧光仪 (MFMS_2 )测定了自然形成的干旱胁迫条件下沙冬青光合和荧光参数的日变化 ,主要探讨了干旱胁迫对沙冬青叶片防御强光破坏机制的影响。结果表明 ,正常水分和干旱胁迫下 ,沙冬青叶片的净光合速率 (Pn)、PSⅡ最大光化学效率 (Fv/Fm)和PSⅡ非环式电子传递效率 (ΦPSⅡ)在中午都明显降低 ;相对正常水分条件而言 ,干旱胁迫下初始荧光 (Fo)先下降后上升 ,荧光的非光化学淬灭 (NPQ)上升较快并在一定水平上维持不变。由此推断晴天中午沙冬青叶片在正常水分条件下主要采取依赖叶黄素循环的热耗散机制 ;而在干旱胁迫条件下主要采取了依赖叶黄素循环的热耗散和PSⅡ反应中心可逆失活两种保护机制。     

晴天条件下光、温变化对苹果绿色果皮原初光化学反应的影响

利用快速叶绿素荧光诱导动力学和光谱反射测定技术,研究了晴天条件下,光、温变化对苹果绿色果皮原初光化学反应的影响.结果表明：一天内,随着光、温的增强,金冠苹果果皮在12:00-14:00存在较严重的光抑制.O-J-I-P荧光诱导曲线在300 μs处的相对可变荧光（W_k）几乎没有变化,说明果皮PSⅡ的放氧复合体（OEC）的活性在一天当中没有受到强光和高温的伤害;但是果皮捕获的激子将电子传递到电子传递链中Q_A-下游电子受体的概率（Ψ_o）从8:00-12:00逐渐下降,说明金冠果皮PSⅡ反应中心受体侧的功能受到抑制.强光降低了果皮单位面积上有活性的反应中心（RC/CS）的数量,导致单位反应中心吸收的光能（ABS/RC）增加.果皮的光化学反应（TR_o/RC）不能完全利用所吸收的光能,使单位反应中心的热耗散（DI_o/RC）增加.伴随着光抑制的出现,苹果果皮叶黄素库的脱环化比例增加,表明强光下,果皮启动了叶黄素循环机制,来耗散过剩光能,以减轻过剩光能对光合机构的进一步伤害;一天中,光强和温度的增加均可加重果皮的光抑制程度,但光强对果皮的影响程度显著大于温度对果皮的影响.     

杨梅光合作用的低温光抑制

利用便携式调制叶绿素荧光仪和光合作用测定系统研究了短期低温光照对杨梅幼树光合作用的影响。结果表明,低温光照处理后,杨梅叶片的Pn（净光合速率）、Gs（气孔导度）、Fv／Fm（最大的光系统Ⅱ光化学效率）、qP（光化学猝灭系数）和①PSⅡ（光系统Ⅱ的量子产量）下降,Ci／Ca（细胞间隙CO2浓度／环境CO2浓度）、Fo（初始荧光）、qN（非光化学猝灭系数）和（Fi—Fo）／（Fp—Fo）（失活的PSⅡ反应中心数量）上升。此外在同一水平低温下,中等强光（350μmol m^-2s^-1）加剧了PSⅡ反应中心的失活或破坏并且需要更长时间来恢复。这些结果说明低温和有光照条件下引起的杨梅光合作用下降是由于光合机构活性下降所致,即主要是PSⅡ反应中心的失活或破坏：我们推测QA^-（还原态质体醌A）和非还原QB（质体醌B）数量的积累可能是导致PSⅡ反应中心失活或破坏的原因,在低温光抑制过程中非辐射能量耗散对保护光合机构起着重要作用。     

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.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.