干旱胁迫下小麦叶片微粒体活性氧自由基的产生及其对膜的伤害

从不同干旱胁迫时间下的小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)叶片中提取微粒体膜,测定活性氧自由基变化和膜伤害程度。结果表明,随着干旱胁迫时间的延长发生以下变化:(1)O_2~-和H_2O_2的产生速率在一定时间内逐渐加快然后下降;(2)膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)的含量逐渐增加;(3)微粒体膜上的SOD活性逐渐下降;(4)—SH基的含量在一定时间内逐渐增多以后下降;(5)与膜伤害程度有关的生理指标如根系电导率、叶片水势及其含水量等均有变化。     

外源H_2O_2对低温胁迫下柑橘叶片抗寒性的影响

以柑橘品种‘日南1号’离体秋稍为试材,采用Hoagland营养液培养方法,研究添加不同浓度H_2O_2处理对4℃低温胁迫下柑橘生长状态和叶片细胞相对电导率(REC)、丙二醛(MDA)含量、脯氨酸含量以及过氧化氢酶(CAT)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性等生理指标的影响,筛选缓解柑橘低温伤害的最佳H_2O_2处理浓度,探讨外源H_2O_2处理对柑橘耐寒能力影响机制。结果显示:随低温胁迫时间的延长,各处理组柑橘叶片卷曲和叶片细胞膜伤害程度均逐渐加重;外源施加0.2和1.0mmol·L-1 H_2O_2处理均能缓解低温胁迫引起的叶片卷曲和萎蔫,降低叶片中REC和MDA的升高,减少叶片细胞中内源H_2O_2的积累,提高渗透调节物质脯氨酸的含量和抗氧化酶SOD、CAT和POD的活性,并以1.0mmol·L-1 H_2O_2缓解效果更为显著。研究表明,4℃低温能够引起柑橘离体秋梢叶片卷曲、枯萎、脱落和细胞膜伤害症状,外源1.0mmol·L-1 H_2O_2可以通过提高叶片的脯氨酸含量和SOD、CAT和POD抗氧化酶活性,有效缓解低温对柑橘叶片细胞膜的伤害,从而增强其抗寒性。     

干旱胁迫及复水对不同黍稷品种根系生理特性的影响

以2种抗旱性不同的黍稷品种(‘陇糜4号’和‘晋黍7号’)为试验材料,采用盆栽试验研究了苗期中度和重度干旱胁迫后拔节期复水对其根系生理特性的影响。结果显示:(1)干旱胁迫引起2个黍稷品种根系活力明显下降,根系SOD、POD活性以及MDA、脯氨酸含量明显升高,而且重度干旱胁迫处理变化幅度显著大于中度干旱胁迫。(2)复水后,2个黍稷品种根系的各项生理指标均有不同程度的恢复,且中度胁迫处理较易恢复,重度胁迫下恢复能力很弱。(3)2个黍稷品种根系各项生理指标在干旱胁迫及复水条件下变化幅度不同,干旱胁迫下抗旱性强的‘陇糜4号’根系活力下降幅度明显低于抗旱性弱的‘晋黍7号’,根系SOD活性、POD活性、MDA含量和脯氨酸含量的上升幅度明显高于‘晋黍7号’,而复水后‘陇糜4号’根系的各项生理指标的恢复能力明显强于‘晋黍7号’。研究表明,干旱胁迫及复水条件下‘陇糜4号’均表现出较高的根系活力、保护酶活性和脯氨酸含量,且MDA含量较低,从而表现出较强的抗旱性。     

红桦幼苗根系对水-氮耦合效应的生理响应

采用两因素随机区组设计,设置了5个水分梯度,即40%(W_1)、50%(W_2)、60%(W_3)、80%(W_4)、100%(W_5)的土壤田间持水量(FC)和3个施氮梯度,即模拟氮沉降施加0(对照,N_0)、20(N_1)、40(N_2)g N m~(-2)a~(-1)的硝酸铵,研究了水-氮耦合效应对川西亚高山主要阔叶树种红桦(Betula albosinensis)幼苗根系生理活性的影响及根系在土壤水、氮胁迫下的生理调控机制。结果表明:1)随土壤含水量降低,根系活力和根系呼吸速率显著降低,膜脂过氧化产物(丙二醛)、渗透调节物质(脯氨酸、可溶性蛋白质和可溶性糖)含量及抗氧化物酶(超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶)活性显著升高。2)水-氮耦合效应对红桦幼苗根系生理特征影响显著:施氮(N_1和N_2)在土壤水分良好(W_4和W_5)时使根系活力和根系呼吸速率显著升高,而在土壤水分不足(W_1和W_2)时显著降低了根系活力和根系呼吸速率;且在水分不足时,施氮浓度越大根系活力、MDA含量、脯氨酸及可溶性蛋白质含量变化越显著;在W_3条件下,只有N_1对根系生理功能促进作用显著。3)根系活力和根系呼吸速率与丙二醛含量呈显著负相关性。因此,一定范围内的氮沉降在土壤水分状况良好时对植物根系生理特征具有显著正效应,而在土壤水分不足时则使根系细胞膜系统受损,抑制根系生理活性,但根系可通过增加渗透调节物质含量和增强抗氧化物酶活性来抵御一定范围的环境胁迫。     

过氧化氢对镉胁迫下水稻种子萌发的缓解效应

为了探讨外源H_2O_2对镉胁迫下水稻种子萌发受抑的缓解作用,以水稻品种‘中优169’为材料,通过培养皿滤纸发芽法,研究不同浓度H_2O_2对200μmol·L~(-1)镉胁迫下水稻种子萌发、幼苗生长及相关生理指标的影响。结果表明,在200μmol·L~(-1)镉胁迫下,水稻种子的萌发和幼苗生长表现出明显的抑制现象,发芽势、发芽指数、活力指数及幼苗的根长、芽长和可溶性蛋白含量均显著降低,MDA含量显著增加,POD活性上升,SOD、APX及CAT的活性显著受到抑制。较低浓度(≤10μmol·L~(-1))H_2O_2处理能不同程度地增加幼苗的根长、芽长、根鲜重和芽鲜重,提高镉胁迫下水稻种子的发芽指数和活力指数,增强SOD、POD和APX活性并降低MDA含量,从而缓解镉的毒害效应。其中5μmol·L~(-1) H_2O_2浸种处理对镉胁迫下水稻种子萌发和幼苗生长的缓解作用最好。高H_2O_2浓度对镉胁迫的缓解作用逐渐减弱,当H_2O_2浓度达到50μmol·L~(-1)时,会加重镉胁迫的毒性。表明适宜浓度的H_2O_2可以提高水稻幼苗抗氧化能力,缓解镉胁迫伤害。     

栓皮栎幼苗对土壤干旱胁迫的生理响应

以栓皮栎一年生盆栽苗为实验材料,采用称重控水的方法,设置不同土壤水分胁迫梯度,系统分析其幼苗在不同干旱胁迫条件下的生理生化响应特征,以探索栓皮栎耐旱特性.结果显示:(1)栓皮栎幼苗叶片中3种保护酶(SOD、POD、CAT)活性在对照(CK,土壤相对含水量19.5％～21.5％)条件下保持稳定,而中度干旱(T2,9.5％～11.5％)和重度干旱(T3,5.5％～7.5％)条件下,随着胁迫时间的延长呈先增高后降低的趋势,且变化的幅度在不同胁迫强度下存在差异.(2)在整个干旱胁迫过程中,各胁迫处理叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量均呈上升趋势,不同胁迫强度的变化幅度不同;叶片中的可溶性蛋白含量和根系活力随着干旱胁迫程度的增强呈先增高后降低的趋势.(3)栓皮栎幼苗叶片的脯氨酸含量随着干旱胁迫时间的延长表现出先增加后降低的趋势;叶片叶绿素a、叶绿素b、总叶绿素含量以及叶绿素a/b值均呈逐渐降低的趋势.研究表明,栓皮栎幼苗在短期和轻度干旱胁迫下通过提高自身的保护酶活性、增加可溶性蛋白和脯氨酸含量、提高根系活力等来抵御干旱环境的伤害,从而表现出较强的耐旱特性;而在重度干旱胁迫条件下,栓皮栎幼苗自我调节能力丧失,体内代谢紊乱,导致保护酶活性、可溶性蛋白、脯氨酸含量和根系活力等下降,从而受到干旱伤害.     

铅胁迫下三叶鬼针草内源一氧化氮的生成及其对氧化损伤的缓解效应

对不同浓度铅(Pb)胁迫下三叶鬼针草(Bidens pilosa L.)叶、茎和根中内源一氧化氮(NO)和活性氧(ROS)的生成机制及根系活力的变化,内源NO对Pb胁迫下三叶鬼针草幼苗氧化损伤的缓解效应进行了研究。结果显示,在0~1000 mg/L范围内,随着Pb浓度的增加,叶片中NO含量呈升高趋势,根中NO含量呈先升高后降低的趋势,但仍高于对照,Pb浓度在0~400 mg/L范围内,茎中NO含量与对照持平,Pb浓度大于600 mg/L时,茎中NO含量低于对照;600 mg/L Pb处理能显著增强叶、茎和根中一氧化氮合成酶(NOS)和硝酸还原酶(NR)活性,显著增加叶和茎中亚硝酸根离子(NO_2~-)和类胡萝卜素(Car)含量,NOS、NR、NO_2~-和Car均能促进叶片中内源NO的生成,NOS是根中内源NO生成的主要途径。Pb胁迫使超氧阴离子(O_2~(·-))产生速率、过氧化氢(H_2O_2)含量、丙二醛(MDA)含量和相对电导率(REC)显著升高,从而造成幼苗严重的膜脂过氧化损伤,而胁迫诱发产生的NO能降低根中ROS的产生,促进幼苗根系活力,进而缓解胁迫造成的膜脂过氧化损伤。     

24-表油菜素内酯预处理对干旱胁迫下葡萄幼苗抗氧化系统和渗透调节物质的影响

以酿酒葡萄‘雷司令’(Riesling)一年生营养袋扦插苗为材料,采用人工气候室水培试验,考察在聚乙二醇6000(PEG)模拟干旱条件下,不同浓度(0.05、0.10和0.20mg/L)24-表油菜素内酯(EBR)预处理对‘雷司令’幼苗活性氧、抗氧化物质、渗透调节物质含量和抗氧化酶活性的影响,以揭示EBR预处理对干旱胁迫下葡萄幼苗的抗旱机理。结果显示:(1)与正常生长(对照)相比,干旱胁迫显著提高葡萄幼苗叶片中超氧阴离子自由基(■)、过氧化氢(H_2O_2)和丙二醛(MDA)含量;与干旱胁迫处理(PEG)相比,不同浓度EBR预处理均可降低叶片中■、H_2O_2和MDA的含量。(2)与对照相比,PEG处理显著降低葡萄幼苗叶片的抗坏血酸(AsA)和还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量;与PEG处理相比,各浓度EBR预处理均可显著提高葡萄叶片AsA与GSH的含量,且以0.10mg/LEBR处理效果最好。(3)随着干旱胁迫时间的延长,葡萄幼苗叶片中的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)与抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性均呈先上升后下降的变化趋势,而在正常生长条件下酶活性基本保持不变;EBR预处理的葡萄叶片SOD、CAT、POD和APX活性均始终高于同期PEG处理。(4)PEG处理条件下,渗透调节物质脯氨酸和可溶性蛋白的含量整体高于对照;与PEG处理相比,不同浓度EBR预处理在干旱胁迫中后期均能显著提高葡萄叶片中脯氨酸和可溶性蛋白含量。研究表明,在干旱胁迫下,外源EBR预处理能够提高葡萄叶片抗氧化系统酶活性和渗透调节物质含量,有效降低干旱胁迫诱导的活性氧过度积累及膜脂过氧化程度,提高葡萄幼苗的抗旱能力,且以0.10mg/L EBR处理效果最佳。     

水分胁迫对刺槐叶和根谷胱甘肽抗氧化系统的影响

在人工控水条件下,采用土壤最大持水量70%、55%、40%的水分处理模拟环境中的正常水分、轻度和重度水分胁迫处理,测定了刺槐叶片和根系中还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)和还原型抗坏血酸(AsA)含量以及谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性,以探讨水分胁迫条件下刺槐谷胱甘肽抗氧化系统的保护作用.结果显示:各水分处理的刺槐叶片GSH和AsA含量及GR 和SOD活性均明显高于根,根中GSH-Px活性只有在重度水分胁迫处理下大于叶片.随水分胁迫加剧,刺槐GSH含量在叶片中先升高后降低,在根中不断升高;AsA含量在叶中持续降低,在根中先升高后降低;GR活性在叶片和根系中都会降低,GSH-Px和SOD活性在叶中先升高后降低,在根中均持续升高.研究表明,刺槐谷胱甘肽抗氧化系统的GSH和GSH-Px对干旱胁迫诱发的活性氧清除起主要作用,同时提高GSH含量和GSH-Px活性是刺槐应对干旱胁迫的重要措施.     

小麦根系活力变化与叶片衰老的研究

对小麦根系活力、叶片叶绿素含量和光合速率变化的田问实验结果表明,根系活力的衰退早且快于叶片叶绿素含量和光合速率的衰退;根系活力和叶片光合速率呈正相关关系(r=0．8006)．拔节期追施氮肥,改善根际营养条件后,叶片的光合速率、根系活力明显提高,叶片中ABA含量降低,ZRs升高,SOD活性增加,MDA的高峰期比对照推迟8～10d,说明根系活力变化与地上部叶片的衰老密切相关,改善根际营养,提高生育前期的根系活力有助于延缓地上部分的衰老．     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Molecular phylogeny of Phebalium (Rutaceae: Boronieae) and related genera based on the nrDNA regions ITS 1+2

Parsimony analyses of the internal transcribed spacer regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS 1 & ITS 2) for 38 taxa sampled from the Phebalium group (Rutaceae: Boronieae) and two outgroups confirm that, with the exception of Phebalium sensu stricto and Rhadinothamnus, six of the currently recognised genera within the group are monophyletic. The data indicate that Phebaliums. str. is paraphyletic with respect to Microcybe, and Rhadinothamnus is paraphyletic with respect to Chorilaena. Rhadinothamnus and Chorilaena together are the sister group to Nematolepis. Drummondita, included as an outgroup taxon, clustered within the ingroup as sister to Muiriantha and related to Asterolasia.The phylogeny suggests that the evolution of major clades within a number of these genera (e.g. Phebalium) relates to vicariance events between eastern and south-western Australia. Leionema is an eastern genus, with the most basal taxon being the morphologically distinct Leionema ellipticum from northern Queensland. Leionema also includes one species from New Zealand, but this species (as with some others) proved difficult to sequence and its phylogenetic position remains unknown. Taxonomic changes at the generic level are recommended.The authors wish to thank Paul G.Wilson, PERTH, for advice and discussion, and Paul Forster, BRI, for collecting and providing material of Leionema ellipticum. The project was supported by a Melbourne University Postgraduate Award (to BM), the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), Australian Systematic Botany Society and Wolf Den (Australia) Investments.     

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.     

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.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

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.     

Phylogenetic investigations of Sordariaceae based on multiple gene sequences and morphology

The family Sordariaceae incorporates a number of fungi that are excellent model organisms for various biological, biochemical, ecological, genetic and evolutionary studies. To determine the evolutionary relationships within this group and their respective phylogenetic placements, multiple-gene sequences (partial nuclear 28S ribosomal DNA, nuclear ITS ribosomal DNA and partial nuclear β-tubulin) were analysed using maximum parsimony and Bayesian analyses. Analyses of different gene datasets were performed individually and then combined to generate phylogenies. We report that Sordariaceae, with the exclusion Apodus and Diplogelasinospora, is a monophyletic group. Apodus and Diplogelasinospora are related to Lasiosphaeriaceae. Multiple gene analyses suggest that the spore sheath is not a phylogenetically significant character to segregate Asordaria from Sordaria. Smooth-spored Sordaria species (including so-called Asordaria species) constitute a natural group. Asordaria is therefore congeneric with Sordaria. Anixiella species nested among Gelasinospora species, providing further evidence that non-ostiolate ascomata have evolved from ostiolate ascomata on several independent occasions. This study agrees with previous studies that show heterothallic Neurospora species to be monophyletic, but that homothallic ones may have a multiple origins. Although Gelasinospora and Neurospora are closely related and not resolved as monophyletic groups, there is insufficient evidence to place currently accepted Gelasinospora and Neurospora species into the same genus.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.