岷江上游干旱河谷海拔梯度上白刺花叶片生态解剖特征研究

对岷江上游干旱河谷海拔梯度上（1 650～1 950 m）白刺花(Sophora davidii)叶片进行生态解剖学研究.观测指标包括叶片形态特征（叶长宽比、叶面积、叶片厚度）、解剖结构（表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度(P)、海绵组织厚度(S)、P/S比值、表皮角质膜厚度）及叶表皮特征（气孔器密度和面积、表皮细胞密度和面积、表皮毛密度和长度）.结果表明,白刺花叶片面积为0.144～0.208 cm²,叶总厚度为171.58～195.83 μm;叶肉组织分化明显,栅栏组织厚度与海绵组织厚度分别为69.83～82.42和62.00～ 80.67 μm,P/S的比值为1.14～1.01,上下表皮厚度分别为14.03～15.33和13.88～16.17 μm,上下角质膜厚度分别为2.66～4.56和2.76～2.02 μm;气孔密度为13.71～15.02个·mm^-2,其面积为249.86～280.43 μm²;表皮细胞密度为160.54～178.43个·mm^-2,其面积为557.43～626.85 μm²;表皮毛长度为186.51～260.99 μm,其密度为18.29～32.27个·mm^-2.随海拔升高叶面积、叶厚度、栅栏组织和海绵组织的厚度、气孔器面积、表皮细胞面积以及表皮毛密度呈增加趋势,而角质膜厚度、表皮细胞密度和表皮毛长度则呈减小趋势;叶长宽比、P/S的比值、表皮厚度与气孔器密度无明显差异.     

鄂尔多斯高原不同生境条件下中间锦鸡儿植物叶片表皮特征及遗传多样性变化分析

该研究在鄂尔多斯高原从东到西按照降雨量逐渐减少的梯度选取了5个地区,对中间锦鸡儿(Caragana davazamcii)叶片的表皮结构进行了比较观察,发现不同生境条件下的中间锦鸡儿由于环境的长期作用表皮表现出一定的差异性,主要表现在随着多年平均降雨量的减少叶片表皮毛密度、气孔密度、气孔指数均有所增加,气孔深陷程度逐渐加深,角质层由光滑变得粗糙,但并不是线性增加,因此本研究对不同生境的中间锦鸡儿植物叶片做了遗传多样性分析,发现随着生境由东向西的变化,中间锦鸡儿种群遗传多样性有增加的趋势,与表皮形态特征变化一致,说明中间锦鸡儿呈现明显的表现型可塑性,可塑性反应比较高。     

基于遥感图像处理技术胡杨叶气孔密度的估算及其生态意义

拟利用遥感图像处理技术--面向对象分类,计算胡杨叶片气孔密度,采用面向对象分类的专业软件eCognition对气孔图像进行多尺度分割,将生成的分类图像导入ArcGIS中计算气孔密度,最后用R语言编写代码进行批处理。研究结果显示:该方法用于计算叶片气孔的密度精度高;18个样点胡杨气孔密度存在着较大的差异,从76.7 个/mm²到139.4 个/mm²不等,其平均密度为105 个/mm²;随着干旱胁迫加强,气孔密度表现下降上升再下降的趋势。     

燕山山脉野生欧李群体叶表皮微形态特征研究

利用扫描电子显微镜对同一生境条件下自然生长的燕山山脉野生欧李实生群体（含嫁接类型）叶片表面微形态特征进行观测。结果表明：欧李叶表皮细胞形态存在两种类型,一类是上下表皮细胞向下凹陷相互连接形成蜂窝状,另一类是上下表皮细胞向上隆起近圆形,且上表皮细胞均具条纹状的角质层;叶片上表皮仅有表皮毛而无气孔分布,叶片下表皮仅有气孔分布;气孔突出于表皮细胞,属无规则型,气孔平均长度8.22±1.30 μm,宽度2.55±0.65 μm,大小21.64±8.60μm²,密度836.23±197.16 个/mm²;欧李群体中不同株系间、叶表皮细胞形态不同类别间气孔特征变异程度较大,可作为欧李优异种质选育和抗干旱胁迫研究的指标之一。     

鄂尔多斯高原锦鸡儿属植物叶表皮特征及生态适应性

在光学显微镜和扫描电镜下,对鄂尔多斯高原上从东到西分布的8种锦鸡儿属(Caragana)植物的叶表皮特征进行了观察,发现该属植物的叶表皮细胞形状有多边形和不规则形两种类型;气孔轴式类型主要是不定式。旱中生的秦晋锦鸡儿(C. purdomii)的气孔密度及气孔指数最高,其它7种旱生种类(甘蒙锦鸡儿(C. opulens)、中间锦鸡儿(C. intermedia)、柠条锦鸡儿(C. korshinskii)、荒漠锦鸡儿(C. roborovskyi)、狭叶锦鸡儿(C. stenophylla)、藏锦鸡儿(C. tibetica)和短脚锦鸡儿(C. brachypoda))的偏低。在同种锦鸡儿中,中间锦鸡儿、狭叶锦鸡儿、藏锦鸡儿的气孔密度随环境干旱程度的增加而增加,柠条锦鸡儿的气孔密度则减少;狭叶锦鸡儿、藏锦鸡儿的气孔指数随环境干旱程度的增加表现为上升,中间锦鸡儿、柠条锦鸡儿的气孔指数表现为下降。中间锦鸡儿、柠条锦鸡儿、藏锦鸡儿和荒漠锦鸡儿的表皮均密被表皮毛,是对干旱环境的适应特征。旱生种类比中生种类的表皮特性具有更高的可塑性,在半荒漠地带能够成为建群种的狭叶锦鸡儿和藏锦鸡儿的可塑性指数最高。在扫描电镜下,气孔位置有两类:气孔与表皮细胞齐平、气孔陷于表皮细胞之下。表皮上有角质层和蜡质;表皮毛为单细胞非腺毛。     

不同居群唐古特白刺叶片解剖特征对生境的响应研究

以河西走廊不同生境的3个天然居群(WMX、ZGL、JGC)唐古特白刺为研究对象,对叶片进行解剖观察,测定其叶片长、宽、厚,表皮毛长、宽及密度,气孔器长、宽、面积及密度,角质层厚,表皮细胞厚,栅栏组织厚,海绵组织厚,主脉直径,支脉直径,含晶细胞直径,粘液细胞长、宽,贮水组织长、宽;并对栅海比(P/S)、叶片组织结构紧密度(CTR)、疏松度(SR)等指标进行统计分析,比较同一指标在3个居群间的差异,以探讨其叶片的形态解剖特征对不同生境的适应性响应机制。结果表明:（1）3个天然居群唐古特白刺除叶片长、宽、长宽比及下表皮毛宽外,其余各指标均存在不同程度差异,其中叶厚、叶面积、上下表皮毛长度及密度、上下气孔器长度及密度、上表皮细胞厚度、上下栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、P/S、CTR、维管束直径以及粘液细胞长宽在3个居群间均显著差异。（2）3个居群的综合指标变异系数和可塑性指数的均值排序一致,指标均值的排序均为JGC＞WMX＞ZGL,表明3个居群唐古特白刺的生态适应性强弱为JGC＞WMX＞ZGL。（3）3个居群唐古特白刺的栅栏组织、海绵组织、表皮毛、角质层的可塑性指数均相对较高,说明在应对不同环境时这些组织起着主导作用,这可能是唐古特白刺叶片解剖特征对不同生境条件的适应性响应机制。     

加拿大一枝黄花不同居群叶表皮和茎结构特征及其与环境因子的CCA分析

对采自华东地区45个居群并移栽于同一生境条件下的加拿大一枝黄花(Solidago canadensis L.)叶表皮和茎横切面结构特征进行了比较观察,并对叶表皮和茎结构特征与环境因子、居群分布与环境因子的相关性进行了CCA分析.结果表明,加拿大一枝黄花叶片上、下表皮毛均为单列多细胞型非腺毛,下表皮毛密度高于上表皮;上表皮细胞为多边形且垂周壁平直或波状,下表皮细胞为不规则形或多边形且垂周壁较平直或呈波状、浅波状;叶片上表皮几无气孔分布,下表皮均有气孔分布,气孔器为无规则型,气孔多近圆形;不同居群间表皮毛密度、气孔密度、气孔长度和宽度有显著差异,在较干燥环境下的居群表皮毛密度较大、气孔较小,在较湿润生境下的居群表皮毛较少、气孔较大.茎横切面均由表皮、皮层和中柱组成;各居群表皮和皮层结构没有明显差异,维管束数目差异明显(8.05～13.39 mm-1);髓部面积百分比也有明显差异(25.7%～49.5%).叶表皮和茎结构特征的可塑性指数存在居群间差异,其中气孔密度的平均可塑性指数最大(0.38),髓部面积百分比的平均可塑性指数最小(0.13).CCA分析结果表明,茎和叶表皮结构特征与土壤湿润度和纬度的关系较大,气孔密度、长度和宽度与土壤湿润度呈正相关,维管束数目、表皮毛密度及髓部面积百分比与土壤湿润度和纬度呈负相关;各居群的分布与分布地的土壤湿润度和纬度的相关性较大.结果显示, 加拿大一枝黄花居群间的形态特征适应性分化利于其入侵不同的生境,而采用无性繁殖方式可保持其个体形态特征上的变异,从而增加其入侵的成功率.     

不同产地何首乌叶表皮结构的解剖学特征与气候因子的关系

在光学显微镜下观察了不同产地何首乌叶表皮结构特征,应用多元回归方法对不同产地何首乌的叶表皮特征与气候因子的关系进行了分析。观察的叶表皮特征指标有气孔密度、气孔指数、气孔器长、气孔器宽、气孔极区角质加厚、气孔器类型、表皮细胞垂周壁性状及叶表面角质条纹。观察结果:上表皮有少量气孔器分布;在下表皮,气孔器类型为非典型不等细胞型和不规则型,有少量腺鳞分布,气孔器密度每1mm2为241.7(64～573)个,气孔指数为17.1(7.5～26.5)%,气孔器长31.1(20～44)μm,气孔器宽23.1(16～38)μm。随着产地的不同,何首乌叶下表皮结构有明显差异。分析结果显示气孔器、气孔器宽度以及气孔密度均与纬度关系密切,随纬度的升高,气孔器长、气孔器宽呈减小的趋势,气孔密度呈增加的趋势,R2值分别为0.619、0.729、0.772。     

黄独(Dioscorea bulbifera L.)不同居群叶表皮微形态特征的比较观察

应用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对15个黄独(Dioscorea bulbifera L.)居群(11个野生居群及4个栽培居群)植株的叶表皮微形态特征(包括气孔器、表皮毛和气孔周围表皮细胞的特征)进行了观察和测量,并据此编制了15个黄独居群的检索表.观察结果表明:15个黄独居群植株叶片在气孔器外拱盖内缘类型,气孔器旋转方向,气孔长轴长度及密度和深度,叶片表皮毛的有无及类型,叶肉腺毛的长、短轴长度及密度,气孔周围表皮细胞垂周壁和平周壁的形态以及平周壁表面颗粒形状等特征上均有明显差异.气孔器外拱盖内缘有光滑和浅波状2种类型;气孔器的旋转方向分为不定向旋转、左旋和右旋3种方式;气孔长轴长度和密度的变化幅度分别为18.59～31.93 μm和86～356 mm-2.叶片表皮毛均仅存在于下表皮,可分为乳突和多细胞头单细胞柄腺毛2种类型,乳突主要分布于主脉,腺毛主要分布于二级脉和叶肉;叶肉腺毛的长、短轴长度的变化幅度分别为25.00～55.00和24.86～44.29μm,大部分居群腺毛密度的变化幅度为6～29 mm-2.叶片气孔周围表皮细胞垂周壁的形状有平直、平直隆起、平直脊状隆起、弯曲、弯曲脊状隆起和弯曲拱状隆起6种类型;表皮细胞平周壁的表面纹饰有具瘤条纹和光滑条纹2种形态,其扩散方式也有2种形式:一种为不环绕气孔且四方扩散,另一种为环绕气孔2～3周后扩散但扩散方向不定;平周壁上的颗粒形状有簇晶状、屑状、密集粉状、粉状、粒状和片状6种类型.比较分析结果显示:黄独不同居群叶表皮微形态特征的多态性较为丰富,地理分布相近的居群微形态特征的相似性较高,这些特征与黄独的各种下分类群相对应.     

委陵菜属锥状花柱组植物叶表皮微形态特征的研究

利用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜,观察了新疆委陵菜属（Potentilla L.）锥状花柱组（Sect.Conostylae(Wolf)Yü et Li）15种委陵菜植物叶表皮的微形态特征。对其叶表皮毛的类型、表皮细胞的形状及大小、气孔器的分布、气孔器类型、气孔形状、气孔大小、气孔密度、气孔指数、气孔外拱盖形态及其纹饰等指标进行分析：有几种植物叶的上表皮无气孔,而下表皮均有气孔器的分布,形状为长椭圆形、椭圆形、宽椭圆形和近圆形;气孔器的类型多为短平列四细胞型、无规则四细胞型、无规则型、围绕型和辐射型;表皮毛的类型为针状毛、带状柔毛和腺毛;表皮细胞分为不规则形和多边形;表皮毛特征、叶片表皮细胞的形状、垂周壁式样、气孔器的形状类型、气孔密度指数及蜡质纹饰等存在差异,可作为亚属间及种间分类的依据。     

Vermicomposting in the management of pig-waste in Hong Kong

The treatment and disposal of pig-waste in Hong Kong has received much attention in recent years but, following any of the presently used treatment processes, solids remain to be further stabilized. Vermicomposting is a waste stabilization technique which converts waste into potentially recyclable materials such as worm protein and worm casts. The earthworm, Pheretima asiatica, can stabilize most of the solids arising from the treatment of pig-waste, including raw pig manure, suggesting that vermicomposting has a high potential as a unit process in the management of pig-waste in Hong Kong.S.H. Wong is with the Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong; and D.A. Griffiths is with the Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.     

Removal of wastewater pathogen indicators in a constructed wetland in Leon, Spain

This paper studies the seasonal presence and removal of the pathogenous micro-organisms Escherichia coli, total coliforms (TC), Clostridium perfringens (Cp), faecal streptococci (FS), Giardia cysts, Cryptosporidium oocysts and helminth eggs, in a constructed wetland treatment system. The removal efficiency of this system with respect to the indicator micro-organisms achieved maximum values in spring and autumn at 99.9% for E. coli and TC, respectively, in winter at 97.0% for FS, in summer at 100% for Clostridium and throughout the year, also at 100%, in the case of Giardia cysts, Cryptosporidium oocysts and helminth eggs. In general, very low protozoan and helminth egg counts were found, and the system demonstrated efficient reduction of the wastewater indicator pathogens.     

Inbreeding in a french peasant population

Genealogical pedigrees were collected from 976 farming couples who lived in a canton of central France in the XIXth and XXth century. Several methods (genealogical, isonymic and probability of origin of genes) were used to appraise the evolution of the biological structure of this population, which has gone through two phases. The first phase from 1800 to the World War I, shows gene flows between the farming population of the canton and those of neighbouring rural districts which are linked to an increase in consanguineous marriages. The second phase, from 1920 onwards, shows important gene flow from distant areas. This trend implies a decrease in consanguineous marriages.     

Lactic acid bacteria in fermented foods in Thailand

Traditional fermented foods (fish, meat and vegetable products), produced by many different processes, are eaten in many parts of Thailand. Lactic acid bacteria are responsible for the souring and ripening of these foods. Homofermentative strains of Lactobacillus pentosus, L. plantarum and Pediococcus pentosaceus are dominant in foods with low salt concentrations whereas P. halophilus strains are present in foods containing high salt. Strains of Lactobacillus sake, other Lactobacillus spp., P. acidilactici and P. urinaeequi are frequently found. Heterofermentative strains of L. brevis, L. confusus, L. fermentum, L. vaccinostercus, other Lactobacillus spp., and of Leuconostoc spp. are distributed as minor bacteria and strains of Staphylococcus, Enterococcus and Halobacterium are occasionally isolated.S. Tanasupawat is with the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; K. Komagata is with the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156, Japan.     

New species and new combinations in Peruvian Orchidaceae

seventeen new species and combinations are proposed in the generaChondrorhyncha, Cischweinfia, Cochlioda, Eloyella, Encyclia, Kefersteinia, Koellensteinia, Macroclinium, Rodriguezia, Solenidiopsis, andStenia. All new species are illustrated. A key is provided for 2-flowered species ofMacroclinium, PeruvianSigmatostalix, and PeruvianStenia. Solenidium (Solenidiopsis) peruvianum Schltr. is lectotypified.     

Phylogenetic relationships in theCampanulales based onrbcL sequences

Phylogenetic relationships within the angiosperm orderCampanulales were investigated by comparative sequencing of the chloroplast generbcL. CompleterbcL sequences were obtained for ten species in six families within the order. These data were analyzed along with previously publishedrbcL sequences from other taxa (for a total of 117 species) within the subclassAsteridae and outgroups, producing 32 equally parsimonious trees. A subset consisting of 44 of these taxa was then chosen and more rigorous analyses performed, resulting in four equally parsimonious trees. Results indicate that two major clades roughly corresponding to traditionally circumscribedAsterales andCampanulales exist as sister taxa. In particular, therbcL trees indicate thatSphenoclea is not a member ofCampanulales orAsterales, thatPentaphragma is more closely allied toAsterales thanCampanulales, that theCyphiaceae are not monophyletic, thatCampanulaceae andLobeliaceae are not sister taxa, and thatStylidiaceae are correctly placed withinCampanulales.     

Mycoflora of Argentinian corn harvested in the main production area in 1990

Corn (Zea mays) is the main cereal produced in and exported from Argentina. The risk of contamination by mycotoxins is related to the mycoflora associated with the corn kernels. This paper reports on the identification of internal and external mycoflora of corn kernels harvested in the main production area in Argentina in 1990. A mycological survey was carried out on 178 corn samples, from five locations in that area and the isolation frequency and relative density of the prevalent fungal genera compared. GenusFusarium was the most prevalent component of the internal seedborne mycoflora in the five locations.Penicillium was prevalent in all locations, taking into account the frequency. However, this genus was predominant only in two locations, when the relative density was considered. The predominantFusarium wasF. moniliforme and the most frequently isolated species ofAlternaria, Aspergillus andPenicillium wereA. alternata, A. flavus andP. decumbens, respectively.Diplodia species were not isolated from any of the samples.     

Nectary structure and nectar characteristics in someBignoniaceae

The nectary structure and chemical nectar composition of 15 species belonging to 12 genera ofBignoniaceae are analyzed. All taxa bear a conspicuous nuptial nectary surrounding the ovary base. The secretory tissue is mostly supplied by phloem branches. The stomata are located in the middle and upper part of the nectary epidermis with an homogeneous distribution. The nuptial nectary is proportionally large in relation to the ovary (15–30%), disregarding the nectary volume. Most species have extranuptial nectaries in both inner and outer surfaces of the calyx. Both kinds of nectaries lack a vascular tissue that straightly supplies them. Nuptial nectar concentration (wt/wt) ranges from 19 to 68%. Sugars and amino acids are found in all species. Half of the species have hexose predominant nectars, the remaining sucrose predominant. Phenols are detected in only three species, whereas reducing acids exclusively inTecoma stans. Alkaloids and lipids were never detected. Extranuptial nectar chemical composition is analyzed in two species:Dolichandra cynanchoides andPodranea ricasoliana. Bees constitute the main flower visitors of the species studied whereas hummingbirds were seen visiting three species. A correlation analysis is performed with the data obtained. There are a few significant correlations which indicate a parallel increase of three parameters: the longer the flower length, the more voluminous the nectary and the higher stomata number, independently of the floral biotype. Phenograms are obtained using 24 floral characters including nectary and nectar data. The clusters obtained do not reflect taxonomic relationships but are useful in the understanding of animal-plant interactions when the flower biotype is considered.This paper is based on a chapter of a doctoral thesis presented at the University of Córdoba (Argentina).     

Synthetic oligonucleotide probes for detection of mercury-resistance genes in environmental freshwater microbial communities in response to pollutants

Mercury-resistance genes were detected byin situ hybridization using new synthetic oligonucleotide probes specific formerA andmerB genes according to the published sequences of the corresponding enzymes. These DNA probes were used for the detection of specific mercury-resistant microorganisms isolated from the Rhine River which had been polluted 3 years previously in 1986. Mercuric reductase and organomercurial lyase genes persist in the bacterial genome even after the disappearance of the pollutant but are absent in axenic amoebae. A total of 49 bacterial isolates showed DNA homologies with the³²P-labelled DNA probes and 15 free-living amoebae were selected due to their harboured symbiotic mercury-resistant bacteria.     

The role of natural enemies in controllingIcerya purchasi in South Australia

The obscure occurrence of the cottony-cushion scaleIcerya purchasi Maskell in its native country Australia is generally attributed to its natural enemies. Twelve natural-enemy-exclusion experiments were conducted at monthly intervals to confirm the role of natural enemies. Each experiment had uncaged, open-caged, and caged treatments. The natural enemies were active throughout the year. The percentage of scales surviving to adults in the cages was significantly higher than in the open-caged treatments, except the April (first) cohort. In both open-caged and uncaged treatments, the percentage of scales surviving to adults was similar and matched the changes in the numbers of natural enemies, thus confirming their importance in controllingI. purchasi in South Australia.