增温、光照时间和氮添加对蒙古栎主要物候期的影响

利用大型人工气候室模拟研究增温(对照、增温1.5 ℃、增温2.0 ℃)、光照时间(10、14、18 h)和氮添加(0、5、10、20 g N·m^-2·a^-1)对东北地区蒙古栎主要物候期的影响。结果表明: 增温1.5和2.0 ℃使芽膨大期显著提前,完全变色期显著推迟,生长期延长,且延长天数随增温幅度的增大而增加。光照时间显著影响秋季物候(叶黄始期、叶黄普期、完全变色期),与光照14 h相比,短光照(10 h)使叶黄始期显著推迟7.0 d,生长盛期相对延长。氮添加使芽膨大期、芽开放期、展叶始期、展叶盛期均显著提前,完全变色期仅在高氮水平(20 g N·m^-2·a^-1)下显著推迟9.5 d,表明高氮添加使蒙古栎生长期延长。增温和高氮添加(20 g N·m^-2·a^-1)协同作用显著推迟完全变色期,导致叶黄期延长。增温和短光照协同作用、氮添加和短光照协同作用以及增温、氮添加和短光照协同作用均使叶黄始期显著推迟,生长盛期相对延长。     

利用控制实验研究植物物候对气候变化的响应综述

物候是植物在长期适应环境过程中形成的生长发育节点。长时间地面物候观测数据表明,近50年全球乔木、灌木、草本植物的春季物候期受温度升高、降水与辐射变化等影响,以每10年2 d到10 d的速率提前。但因植物物候响应气候因子的机制仍不清楚,导致对未来气候变化情景下的植物物候变化预测存在较大的不确定性。在此背景下,控制实验成为探究气候因子对植物物候影响机制的重要手段。综述了物候控制实验中不同气候因子（温度、水分、光照等）的控制方法。总结了目前为止控制实验在植物物候对气候因子响应方面得到的重要结论,发现植物春季物候期（展叶、开花等）主要受冷激、驱动温度与光周期的影响,秋季物候期（叶变色和落叶）主要受低温、短日照与水分胁迫的影响。提出未来物候控制实验应重点解决木本植物在秋季进入休眠的时间点确定、低温和短日照对木本植物秋季物候的交互作用量化、草本植物春秋季物候的影响因子识别等科学问题。     

增温和光周期变化对东北地区兴安落叶松主要物候期的影响

兴安落叶松在东北地区森林生态系统的结构与功能中起着重要作用,气候变化背景下东北地区气温增加且光照缩短必将影响兴安落叶松的变化,特别是物候这一气候变化的敏感指标。弄清其物候对气候变化的响应有助于揭示兴安落叶松的变化趋势。但是,当前关于兴安落叶松物候对温度、光周期及其协同作用的响应机制仍不清楚。针对东北地区温度剧增、日照时数减少的特点,2019年4月至11月开展了3年生兴安落叶松幼苗主要物候期响应温度和光周期变化的大型人工气候室模拟控制实验。结果表明：(1)不同程度的增温对兴安落叶松生长周期(展叶始期至完全变色期)无显著影响,但显著缩短生长盛期(展叶盛期至叶变色普期),且增温2.0℃较增温1.5℃对生长盛期影响更大。(2)长光照显著增加兴安落叶松的生长周期(9.25 d),短光照对兴安落叶松生长周期的影响不显著,且长光照和短光照均使兴安落叶松生长盛期缩短,二者对兴安落叶松生长盛期影响表现一致。(3)长光照、短光照分别与增温协同作用均使兴安落叶松生长盛期缩短,其中增温2.0℃与长光照协同作用对生长盛期缩短更显著(34.67 d)。(4)与生长始期(展叶始期)和末期(完全变色期)相比,兴安落叶...     

RESPONSES OF PHENOLOGY AND GROWTH OF BETULA UTILIS AND ABIES FAXONIANA IN SUBALPINE TIMBERLINE ECOTONE TO SIMULATED GLOBAL WARMING, WESTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

 采用开顶式生长室(Open-top chamber, OTC)模拟增温对植被影响的研究方法, 研究了川西亚高山林线交错带糙皮桦(Betula utilis) 和岷江冷杉(Abies faxoniana)幼苗物候及生长特性对模拟增温的响应。结果表明, 温度升高使岷江冷杉幼苗芽开放时间显著提前(15.2 d); 糙 皮桦春季芽物候期变化不显著, 而落叶时间明显推迟(19.7 d), 叶寿命延长(22.8 d)。与对照(CK)相比, OTC内糙皮桦叶面积和岷江冷杉叶片长度及两者侧枝生长速率都显著加快。模拟增温对两物种基径相对生长速率都表现为正效应, 增温对两物种枝叶特性及分布格局表现为不同程度 的正效应、负效应或无影响。不同功能型两物种对模拟增温响应方式存在一定程度差异。     

气候变化对北京常见树种春季萌芽的影响——基于控制实验研究

气候变化对植物物候产生了重要影响,春季萌芽时间的变化不仅会通过改变植物的光合作用影响碳汇能力,还会通过改变群落内的种间关系影响生态系统结构和功能。因此,掌握群落内不同树种春季萌芽对气候变化的响应对于深刻理解物候时间位分化、认识陆地生态系统碳水循环和能量平衡具有重要意义。为提高春季物候模型的预测精度,阐明气候变化对不同树种春季萌芽的影响,以鹅耳枥(Carpinus turczaninowii)、黑桦(Betula dahurica)、华北落叶松(Larix principis-rupprechtii)、糠椴(Tilia mandshurica)和元宝枫(Acer truncatum)5个温带森林的典型树种为研究对象,通过剪枝实验分析了冬季冷激、春季温度和光周期对枝条春季萌芽时间的影响。结果表明,温度升高和冷激增加显著提前了所有树种的春季萌芽时间,从5℃到20℃,春季萌芽时间平均提前了54.5 d;在较高的冷激条件下,春季萌芽时间平均缩短了17.8 d;光周期对各树种春季萌芽时间均没有显著影响,8 h和16 h光周期条件下各树种平均萌芽时间分别为30.3和30.5 d。此外,随着温度升高,...     

克氏针茅物候对气候变暖和水分变化的响应及其光合生理生态机制

物候对气候变化具有重要指示作用,然而现有研究主要关注植物物候变化与环境因子的关系,对于物候变化的生理生态机制研究较为缺乏。基于内蒙古自治区克氏针茅草原红外线辐射增温与控水相结合的原位模拟试验资料,探究了克氏针茅物候变化的光合生理生态机制及其对水热环境因子的响应。研究结果表明：（1）增温使克氏针茅返青期和抽穗期提前2.8 d和7.8 d、枯黄期推迟6.8 d;水热协同作用主要影响抽穗期,增温增水（气候暖湿化）较增温减水（气候暖干化）提前7.4 d。（2）增温增水使得克氏针茅返青期和抽穗期的净光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率显著高于增温减水,而对水分利用效率的影响则相反（P<0.05）,增温增水与增温减水对克氏针茅枯黄期的光合生理生态特征影响无显著差异。（3）净光合速率是影响克氏针茅物候变化的决策因子,温度是影响克氏针茅植物返青期和枯黄期的限制因子,水分则是影响克氏针茅植物抽穗期的限制因子。研究发现克氏针茅物候与其光合生理生态特征和环境因子密切相关,研究结果可为植物物候模型发展和物候机理研究提供理论支撑。     

模拟增温和降水变化对北京东灵山辽东栎种子出苗和幼苗生长的影响

气候变化将增加地表平均气温、改变降水格局, 会影响到种子出苗和幼苗生长, 进而影响物种的更新动态。为探讨增温和降水变化对东灵山地区建群树种辽东栎(Quercus mongolica)种子出苗和一年生幼苗生长和适应状况的影响, 该文利用环境控制生长箱开展了温度和降水量的双因素控制实验, 温度设置3个梯度: 月平均气温(对照)、增温2 ℃和增温6 ℃; 降水量设置3个梯度: 月平均降水量(对照)、减水30%和加水30%。结果表明: 1)辽东栎的种子出苗率和一年生幼苗的生长对增温和降水变化的响应不一致, 种子出苗率主要受到降水及其与温度交互作用的影响, 幼苗生长仅受到温度和降水独立作用的影响; 2)春季增温2 ℃或降水量增加均使辽东栎种子出苗期提前; 增温6 ℃与降水量减少的水热组合延迟了种子出苗期并使其存活率和出苗率显著降低, 但在此温度下增加降水量则增加了出苗速率和出苗率。3)增温2 ℃对其生长无显著影响, 增温6 ℃则在不同水分条件下显著地增加了幼苗的比叶面积、抑制了叶的伸长生长, 同时也显著降低了各器官生物量积累, 并减少了幼苗生物量向根的分配; 降水量减少降低了幼苗根生物量, 但未影响总生物量和根冠比, 降水量增加显著促进了幼苗地上部分的生长, 特别是叶的生长。因此, 适当地增温或增加降水量将增加辽东栎幼苗的更新潜力, 但增温和降水量减少导致的干旱化将显著降低幼苗的更新潜力。     

温度与降水协同作用对短花针茅生物量及其分配的影响

采用人工气候箱法模拟研究温度变化(对照、增温1.5、2.0、4.0、6.0℃)、降水变化(W-30%、W-15%、对照W0、W+15%、W+30%)(以1978—2007年6—8月的月均温和月均降水量为对照)及其协同作用对内蒙古荒漠草原优势种短花针茅生物量及其分配的影响表明:温度和降水协同作用显著影响短花针茅生物量及其分配。增温使短花针茅总生物量、叶和根生物量增加,茎生物量和根冠比分别在在增温1.5℃、4℃后随增温而减小。干旱高温使总生物量减小,增温和降水增加使总生物量、根和叶生物量增加,茎生物量在增温小于2℃时随降水增加而增加,则适当的增温和增加降水可促进短花针茅生物量的积累。短花针茅的各器官生物量分配对温度和降水协同作用的敏感性为茎生物量比叶生物量比根生物量比,最敏感性器官为茎。这表明,短花针茅可根据不同器官生物量对水热变化的敏感性,调节干物质累积分配来适应气候变化。     

蒙古栎地理分布的主导气候因子及其阈值

基于影响植物功能型分布的6个气候变量:年均降水量、气温年较差、最冷月温度、最暖月温度、大于5℃积温和湿润指数,结合蒙古栎地理分布资料,根据最大熵模型和各气候变量对蒙古栎地理分布的贡献,确定了影响蒙古栎地理分布的主导气候因子,即年均降水量、气温年较差、大于5℃积温和最暖月温度;利用模拟的蒙古栎地理分布概率与主导气候因子的关系给出了各主导气候因子的阈值,即年均降水量330-910 mm、气温年较差大于29℃、大于5 ℃有效积温为1200-3500℃·d、最暖月温度为17-26℃.     

小兴安岭蒙古栎和黄菠萝径向生长对气候变化的响应比较

蒙古栎和黄菠萝是东北温带森林中重要的阔叶树种,探究二者对气候变化的响应关系能够为未来气候变化情境下东北阔叶林的经营、保护及恢复提供科学依据.本文在小兴安岭地区沿经度梯度设置3个采样点--海伦、铁力和伊春,运用树轮年代学方法建立了3个采样点蒙古栎和黄菠萝的标准年表,分析了其与当地气候因子的关系,揭示了蒙古栎和黄菠萝生长-气候关系的时空变异规律.结果表明: 研究区黄菠萝径向生长对生长季温度变化敏感,而蒙古栎径向生长受生长季温度和降水的共同限制作用.蒙古栎和黄菠萝对温度的响应存在差异: 春季均温升高抑制蒙古栎径向生长,而促进黄菠萝径向生长;夏季高温对蒙古栎径向生长的限制作用明显高于黄菠萝.随经度(水分)增加,蒙古栎径向生长与水分因子的关系逐渐减弱,而黄菠萝没有明显变化.树种生理特性是影响树木生长-气候关系的关键因素.1976年升温后,黄菠萝生长随温度升高而升高,但蒙古栎生长却随温度升高而呈下降趋势.升温造成的干旱胁迫可能是两树种生长响应差异及蒙古栎出现响应分异现象的重要原因.如果未来增温趋势持续或者加重,蒙古栎的生长可能会因干旱胁迫加剧而衰退,黄菠萝则不受影响或生长略微加快.     

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.     

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.     

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。     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

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).     

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.     

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.