油菜CMS柱头亲和性的比较研究

油菜 CMS柱头与花粉亲和性的比较研究表明 :授粉后 2 4 h、30 h和 48h,平均结籽率、结角率和角粒数分别达最大值 ,授粉后 30 h以内为柱头受精能力最强的时期 ;参试的几个 CMS柱头与花粉的亲和性差异显著 ,表现为 A3>A1>A2 ,各杂交组合亲和能力依次为 A3× B2 >A1× B1>A3× B1>A1× B2 >A2 × B1>A2 × B2 ,说明不育系陕 3A的亲和性优于陕 2 A;甘蓝型油菜 CMS开花 2～ 3d内柱头亲和性最强 ,受精结实率最高 ,开花 4～ 5d后受精结实能力急降 ,7d后则几乎失去受精结实能力。     

束花石斛的繁育生物学特性

为了探究束花石斛（Dendrobium chrysanthum）的繁育生物学特性,对其开花习性、花粉活力、柱头分泌特性、人工授粉结实率、自然结实种子育性和贮藏特性进行研究,结果表明：（1）束花石斛花芽萌动期为19 d,现蕾期为23 d,群体花期为28 d,单花寿命10~15 d;（2）开花1~3 d花粉活力保持在90%左右,开花至第9天时花粉活力仅为23.7%,初始3 d开花的花粉活力与其他时间取样的活力差异均达极显著水平（P<0.01）,花粉活力随开花时间延长呈由强到弱的趋势;（3）束花石斛的柱头腔从开花第2天开始有分泌物,第6 d时分泌物最多,柱头过氧化氢染色结果表明在开花5~6 d时柱头可授性最强,柱头可授性随开花时间延长呈由弱到强再到弱的趋势;（4）选取花朵开放4 d的花粉和柱头人工授粉,同株异花和同花授粉未见结实。野外结实果质量2.02~4.83 g,种子长0.628~0.845 mm,宽0.082~0.110 mm,长宽比为7.798,成胚率达97.35%,种子活力为90.80%,室温条件保存6个月的种子活力维持在73.20%。上述结果说明,束花石斛单花花期不长,开花初期花粉活力最高,柱头发育要滞后于花粉的发育;束花石斛不存在无融和生殖,人工同株自花授粉不育。但自然状况下能正常结实,种子发育良好,胚活力较高,干燥种子在自然条件下有一定的耐贮特性。本研究揭示了束花石斛的开花生物学特性和雌雄蕊异熟特点,其交配系统应为自交不亲和,为其野生种质资源的保育和人工精准授粉提供科学依据。     

大花黄牡丹的开花特性与繁育系统

2019-2020年观察河南省栾川县引种栽培的西藏特有植物大花黄牡丹(Paeonia ludlowii)开花过程和访花昆虫,计算花粉-胚珠比(P/O)和杂交指数(OCI),检测花粉活力与柱头可授性并结合人工控制授粉试验,探究其开花特性和繁育系统类型。结果表明:(1)大花黄牡丹花朵昼开夜合,花朵随花冠展开下垂,伴花冠闭合回升。(2)花淡香,有花内蜜腺,花瓣与雌蕊子房之间是主要泌蜜部位。(3)2019年群体花期为5月17日～6月19日,持续34 d,为集中开花模式;单花花期(8.95±1.28)d。(4)大花黄牡丹从开花第2天至第6天皆具有较高的花粉活力;开花前1天柱头即具有可授性,持续12 d;花粉活力与柱头可授性最强时期高度重合,共2 d。(5)P/O为119 356.31～731 238.07,OCI为4,繁育系统类型为异交、部分自交亲和、需要传粉者。(6)大花黄牡丹可能有无融合生殖,但不稳定,去雄严重影响结实。(7)河南省栾川县大花黄牡丹主要访花昆虫为意大利蜜蜂(Apis mellifera ligustica)、芦蜂(Ceratina sp.)和隧蜂(Halictus sp.)、灰带管蚜蝇(Eristalis cerealis)和黑带食蚜蝇(Episyphus balteatus),其中意大利蜜蜂访花次数最多。(8)大花黄牡丹侧花比顶花结实稳定,杂交育种时建议在侧花开放第3、4天授粉以获得较高结实率。     

枸杞新品系NQ-2开花生物学研究

为探讨枸杞新品系NQ-2纯系种植结实率低的原因,采用TTC法、联苯胺—过氧化氢法、花粉—胚珠比、杂交指数和套袋试验等方法,对NQ-2花粉活力、柱头可授性及繁育系统等进行了研究。结果表明:NQ-2单花花期为3~4 d,花后8 h散粉结束,开花当天花粉活力最高,花粉寿命可持续9 d以上;开花前一天柱头已具可授性,开花第1天柱头可授性最强,开花第3天柱头基本失去可授性;枸杞新品系NQ-2平均花粉-胚珠比8615,OC I=4,结合人工授粉实验结果确定其繁育系统为专性异交。自交不亲和是导致NQ-2纯系种植落花落果结实率低的主要原因。     

三种营养激素复配剂对杂交水稻不育系柱头外露率的影响

水稻的杂交制种产量与不育系柱头外露率有关,有一些杂交组合在花期和花时均相遇的条件下,制种产量也不高.文章以不育系柱头外露率低的'G46A'为试材,对A、B、C三种以硼砂为主的复配剂提高不育系柱头外露率的效应进行研究的结果表明:用A、B、C三种营养激素复配剂可以提高不育系的柱头外露率.三者影响柱头外露率的效应为:单用时B＞A＞C;配合使用时,A B＞B C＞A C.A B提高柱头外露率21.76个百分点,其中使柱头双外露率提高8.44个百分点,达到14.50%,提高异交结实率16.20个百分点,从而增产21.40%.     

珍稀濒危植物距瓣尾囊草(Urophysa rochkii)的开花物候和繁育系统特性

通过野外观察,运用套袋授粉和联苯胺-过氧化氢法等实验方法对距瓣尾囊草开花物候以及种群的繁育系统特性进行研究。研究结果:1)距瓣尾囊草为两性花,聚伞状花序,花期较长,从头年12月持续到次年4月,单花花期持续8—15 d,种群花期可持续4个月左右。2)距瓣尾囊草在花朵未开放前花粉没有活力,花药开裂当天花粉活力达到94.8%,第2天为90.3%,第3天为81.6%,第4天为62.9%,此后其花粉活力明显减弱;柱头可授性于散粉后第3天开始出现,散粉后4—5天最强,散粉后第8天柱头失去可授性;柱头可授性和花粉活力有5 d左右的重叠期。3)其花粉胚珠比P/O为938.5±250,按照Cruden标准划分,其有性繁育系统为兼性异交。4)按照Dafni的标准,距瓣尾囊草的OCI=4,即繁育系统为异交、部分自交亲和、需要传粉者。5)人工异花授粉结实率达80%以上,略高于自然结实率78.94%;直接套袋结实率为5.71%;去雄套袋和去雌套袋均不结实。以上结果表明,距瓣尾囊草繁育系统表现为异交为主、部分自交亲和并且不存在无融合生殖现象,其开花物候、花部特征和繁育系统为适应特殊的环境提供了一定的生殖保障,本次研究结果为距瓣尾囊草的迁地保护和种群的繁衍复壮提供理论依据。     

全红型软枣猕猴桃花器结构和开花授粉生物学特性

对全红型软枣猕猴桃天源红花器结构、雌花开放动态及寿命、花期温度、柱头可授性、有效授粉期、有效受精期、花粉管行为等进行了系统研究,以探讨影响天源红结实率低下的原因.结果表明:(1)雌花枝可分为以下5种类型:短缩花枝(0~5 cm)、短花枝(5~10 cm)、中花枝(10~30 cm)、长花枝(30~50 cm)和徒长性花枝(>50cm);(2)柱头属于干性柱头,具有一道裂沟,乳突呈长圆柱形;(3)开花过程可分为以下5个阶段:花萼开裂期、花萼大裂期、花瓣变色期、大蕾期和开花期;(4)整个开花过程温度平稳,开花整齐,雌花单花期为1~2 d;(5)柱头可授性在花后1~2 d最强,花开后3~5 d可授性逐渐降低,花后第6天丧失可授性;有效授粉期为开花第1天和第2天;有效受精时期为授粉后5~10 h;(6)授粉后0.5 h花粉就能在柱头乳突细胞表面萌发并进入花柱道生长;授粉后10 h花粉管生长到达花柱底部.初步推断,花期、有效授粉期以及柱头可授性时间短,是天源红坐果率相对较低的主要原因.     

野生烟草花粉活力与柱头可授性及繁育特性研究

采用TTC法测定2个野生烟草材料(花烟草、哥西氏烟草)和1个栽培品种(K326)的花粉活力及其日变化情况,通过联苯胺-过氧化氢法测定3个烟草材料的柱头可授性、利用直接授粉法测定不同开花天数柱头可授性变化,并通过估算花粉胚珠比(P/O)、杂交指数(OCI)及授粉试验分析3个烟草材料的繁育特性。结果表明:(1)哥西氏烟草的花粉活性(74.9%)显著高于K326(52.2%)和花烟草(45.3%),且K326与花烟草间差异不显著;3个烟草材料花粉活力日变化均呈双峰曲线,峰值分别在13:00与15:00左右,且3个烟草材料的花粉活力日最低值与气温日最高值同时出现在14:00。(2)K326柱头可授性显著高于花烟草和哥西氏烟草,且2个野生烟草间可授性无显著差异;不同烟草的最佳授粉时期不同,哥西氏烟草自开花前1d至花后4d,一直保持较高的柱头可授性;花烟草的最佳授粉时期为花后2~3d;K326的柱头在开花前1d至开花后1d授粉最佳。(3)K326以自交为主,存在异交现象;哥西氏烟草繁育类型为兼性异交,自交亲和;花烟草繁育以异交为主,自交亲和性差。研究认为,野生烟草柱头可授性显著低于栽培品种从而影响其结实性,花烟草结实率低主要是由自交不亲和性造成的,而缺乏有效的传粉机制是造成哥西氏烟草结实性差的主要原因。     

多叶斑叶兰繁育系统与传粉生物学研究

为探讨多叶斑叶兰(Goodyera folisa)的繁育系统与传粉生物学特征,对其开花物候、花粉活力与柱头可授性、人工授粉、花的挥发性成分以及昆虫传粉行为进行了研究。结果表明,多叶斑叶兰的唇瓣黄色,萼片白色或白色带红褐色;单花花期为(9.4±0.8)d;花粉在开花后第1天具备活力,柱头在开花后第2天具备可授性,花粉活力和柱头可授性都在开花后第5天达到峰值。去雄套袋和不去雄套袋都不能结实,人工自花授粉、同株异花授粉和异株异花授粉的结实率分别为93.3%、95.0%和96.7%,自然结实率为43.3%。花朵的主要挥发性成分为1-辛烯-3-醇、3-辛醇和N,N-二甲基甲酰胺。多叶斑叶兰传粉者为中华蜜蜂(Apis cerana)。多叶斑叶兰具有自交亲和能力,但在自然界不具有主动自交现象,必须依赖中华蜜蜂传粉,花色及花香气味为吸引传粉者的主要因素。     

簇枝补血草花的二态性及繁育系统研究

白花丹科被列为异型花柱较多的科,该文以补血草属簇枝补血草为材料,通过对野外居群的花部特征、花期物候和繁育系统等研究,探讨花部形态多态性及其对生殖的影响。簇枝补血草具有两种类型植株,具玉米状柱头和A型花粉的植株称为C型植株;具乳头状柱头和B型花粉的植株称为P型植株,且A/B型花粉的大小、外壁纹饰不同。单花发育过程中两型植株的花萼、雌蕊大小差异明显,随着花的成熟差异逐渐消失。两型植株都为雌蕊高于雄蕊,柱头探出式雌雄异位;C型植株的花期较P型植株长约2 d。一天当中,A型花粉活力高峰期为13:00,B型花粉在11:00和15:00都表现为高峰期;玉米状柱头可授性最强时期在13:00～15:00,乳头状柱头则在15:00。两型花粉可育性在盛花期最高,终花期时B型花粉可育性明显高于A型。荧光染色观察发现花粉萌发和花粉管的生长速度都为:异型授粉＞同型授粉,B型花粉在乳头状柱头上不能完成受精。此外,人工授粉实验也表明异型授粉结实率显著高于同型,P型植株经同型授粉结实现象并不明显,存在少量无融合生殖。研究表明簇枝补血草花部具二态性,繁育系统为兼性异交,其中乳头状柱头对A型花粉亲和,对B型花粉不亲和,但玉米状柱头却对A/B型花粉都亲和,这打破了该科的异型自交不亲和的例证。     

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.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.