两个品种圆茄嫁接苗与自根苗的某些光合特性比较

旺盛生长期的圆茄嫁接苗功能叶片的净光合速率（Pn）显著高于自根苗;嫁接苗与自根苗功能叶片的Pn日变化均呈双峰曲线,但中午时前者的Pn下降幅度较后者小;光补偿点（LCP）、CO2补偿点（CCP）和光合冷限温度前者比后者低,光饱和点（LSP）、CO2饱和点（CSP）和光合热限温度比后者高;两者的光合最适温度没有明显差异。     

二回原始观音座莲蕨光合作用的生理生态学研究

利用 CO2 光合测定仪分析了引种栽培的二回原始观音座莲叶片的光合补偿点和光合饱和点及其日变化 ,通过控制叶室的光合有效辐射、CO2 浓度、温度和相对湿度 ,分析了叶片的羧化效率和 CO2 补偿点 ,并进行光合有效辐射 ,温度或相对湿度对光合速率的单因子影响研究。二回原始观音座莲的二回羽状复叶上午、中午和下午的光合补偿点分别为 6 .1、6 .4和 3.1μmol/m2 s,光合饱和点分别为 2 50、50 0和 2 50 μm ol/m2 s。最适光合有效辐射为 10 0～ 50 0μmol/m2 s。叶片的羧化效率为 0 .0 191,CO2 补偿点为 59.1μmol/m ol。光合速率在叶温 2 2～ 2 8°C范围内 ,随温度升高上升 ;2 8～ 33°C随温度升高下降 ,最适温度为 2 4～ 30°C。相对湿度 30 %～85%的试验范围内 ,叶片光合速率随湿度增加而增大 ,最适相对湿度条件在 75%以上。     

茄子嫁接苗与自根苗光合特性比较

对茄子嫁接苗与自根苗的光合生理特性进行了比较研究。结果表明,不同时期嫁接苗功能叶片的净光合速率（Pn）均显著高于自根苗;茄子嫁接苗与自根苗功能叶片的Pn日变化均呈“双峰”曲线,但嫁接苗的“午休”程度较自根苗轻;嫁接苗比自根苗有较低的光补偿点（LCP）和CO2补偿点（CCP）,较高的光饱和点（LSP）和CO2饱和点（CSP）;有较低的光合冷限温度和较高的光合热限温度,光合最适温度两者之间没有明显的差别;有较高的光饱和、CO2饱和及最适温度时的Pn;嫁接苗Pn高是因为嫁接苗胞间的光合反应的底物浓度大（Ci高）,表观量子效率（AQY）、羧化效率（CE）和光合能力（A350）高的缘故。     

低温弱光对茄子幼苗光合特性的影响

以4～5叶的 二苠 茄幼苗为试材,研究了其在低温弱光 10℃/5℃昼/夜,光强60、120μmol·m-2·s-1 胁迫7d并恢复7d后的光合特性变化.结果表明,低温弱光胁迫后茄子幼苗的净光合速率、气孔导度和叶绿素含量显著降低;光补偿点、光饱和点、光饱和时的Pn、表观量子产额降低;CO2补偿点升高,CO2饱和点、CO2饱和时的Pn、光合能力、CO2羧化效率降低;以低温下较强光照时 120μmol·m-2·s-1 的变化幅度较大;恢复7d后各项指标仍然不能恢复到对照水平.试验条件已对茄子幼苗叶片光合机构的结构和活性造成了不可恢复的伤害.     

珍稀蕨类植物扇蕨光合速率与环境因子的关系

利用CO2光合测定仪分析了引种栽培的扇蕨叶片的光合补偿点和饱和光强,通过控制叶室的光合有效辐射、CO2浓度、温度和相对湿度,分析了叶片的羧化效率和CO2补偿点,并进行光合有效辐射、温度或相对湿度对光合速率影响的研究。扇蕨叶片光补偿点的光强为5.8μmol·m-2·s-1,饱和光强约为1000μmol·m-2·s-1。叶片的羧化效率为0.02665,CO2补偿点为66.1μmol·mol-1。叶片光合速率在20℃时达到最大值,最适温度为17～27℃。相对湿度20%～80%的试验范围内,叶片光合速率随湿度增加而增大,最适相对湿度条件在60%以上。     

岩黄连光合与蒸腾特性及其对光照强度和CO_2浓度的响应

采用LI-6400便携式光合测定系统(Li-CorInc.,USA)对岩黄连叶片的气体交换进行了测定。结果表明(1)岩黄连叶片的光饱和点(LSP)为329.18μmol.m-2.s-1左右,光补偿点(LCP)为12.76μmol.m-2.s-1,最大净光合速率为2.96μmol.m-2.s-1,暗呼吸速率(Rd)为0.17μmol.m-2.s-1。光饱和点和光补偿点都比效低,表明岩黄连对光照的要求不高,属于阴生植物。(2)4月份,岩黄连Pn随CO2浓度升高而逐渐增大。当CO2浓度由50μmol.mol-1增加到600μmol.mol-1,Pn几乎呈直线上升,600~1000μmol.mol-1范围内逐渐缓和,到1000μmol.mol-1以后Pn变化平稳。由曲线估算CO2饱和点(CSP)大约在1000μmol.mol-1左右。CO2的补偿点为68.80μmol.mol-1。羧化效率为0.0308μmol.m-2.s-1。(3)岩黄连叶片水分利用率(WUE)随有效光辐射强度(PAR)的增强呈抛物线状变化,PAR在200μmol.m-2.s-1内呈直线上升,到200μmol.m-2.s-1时WUE达最大值,大于200μmol.m-2.s-1后WUE呈逐渐下降趋势。     

几种野生银莲花生殖生长期的光合作用特性初探

采用LI-6400便携式光合仪对室外栽培的几种野生银莲花光合作用特性进行了研究.结果表明,净光合速率 Pn 和蒸腾速率 Tr 日变化均呈单峰曲线,前者的峰值出现在10:00～11:00时,后者的峰值出现在13:00时前后.在光强0～2000μmol·m-2·s-1条件下,Pn呈S曲线,光补偿点为60～80μmol·m-2·s-1,光饱和点为800μmol·m-2·s-1左右,但光强继续增加到1800μmol·m-2·s-1,Pn仍有少许提高;Tr随PAR的增加而缓慢增加.在环境CO2浓度为0～350μmol·mol-1条件下,Pn直线上升,草玉梅、秋牡丹和野棉花的光合CO2补偿点均为50μmol·mol-1左右;Tr在环境CO2浓度25～350μmol·mol-1范围内几乎呈水平线.野生银莲花的Pn和Tr表现出较明显的种间差异.     

不同辐射条件下苹果叶片净光合速率模拟

以富士苹果(Malus domestica Borkh.cv.‘Fuji’)为试材,将C3植物光合生化模型、气孔导度半机理模型、叶片最大光合速率和相对光合有效辐射(RPAR)之间的经验公式相耦合,能够模拟出不同RPAR(或树冠不同部位)下叶片净光合速率(Pn)对小气候因子和叶水势(Ψl)的响应,及Pn日变化。模拟表明,不同RPAR下Pn变化主要依赖于光合有效辐射(PAR)大小,并对CO2浓度有很高敏感性。不同RPAR下叶片Pn最适温度约为20—30℃,并随PAR或CO2浓度的升高而升高。相对湿度(RH)和Ψl对不同RPAR下叶片Pn影响不大,Pn只随RH和Ψl的减小而略有降低。数值模拟表明,当RPAR减小时Pn随之迅速减小,从冠层3 m到1 m处,叶片RPAR从57.18%减少到16.22%,而最大Pn从16.65μmol.m-.2s-1减小到4.24μmol.m-.2s-1。在平均气象条件下,树冠顶部单位面积叶片每天固定CO2为420 mmol.m-.2d-1,而下层叶片只有40 mmol.m-.2d-1。当苹果树冠内叶片接受RPAR低于12%时,全天净光合总量为0,这类叶片可称为无效叶,其所在树冠空间为无效光区。果树整形修剪的主要目的就是尽量减少无效枝叶,利用该模型可确定出这类枝叶在树冠中的位置。     

非洲菊光合特性研究

对温室栽培条件下非洲菊(Gerbera hybrida var. diablo)开花前、开花期、开花后三个生育期的光合特性进行初步探讨。结果表明,开花前CO2浓度为600μmol/mol 时,净光合速率(Pn)为8.23 CO2μmol/m2·s,比在大气CO2浓度下高27.1%;开花期非洲菊的表观量子效率较小,比开花前、开花后分别低40.0%和37.2%,CO2 补偿点为59μmol/mol,比开花前、开花后分别低45.8%和55.9%,三个生育期的CO2 饱和点差别不明显,开花后的羧化效率(CE)较低;开花后叶片叶绿素含量下降,但三个生育期的净光合速率相近(6.0CO2μmol/m2·s 左右)。非洲菊的光合日变化在晴天呈不太明显的“双峰型”,最大净光合速率出现在1100 左右,为7.77 CO2μmol/m2·s,次峰值出现在1500 左右,小于首峰值。     

CO_2增长对杉木中龄林针叶光合生理生态的影响

通过对 1 7a生杉木人工林小枝的活体测定 ,研究了大气 CO2 增长对杉木中龄林净光合、呼吸、气孔导度和水分利用效率等生理生态特性的影响。结果表明 ,在 CO2 浓度为 4 5μmol/ L左右时 ,杉木针叶净光合速率比正常大气 CO2 下提高 1倍以上 ,气孔导度和蒸腾速率有不同程度的降低 ,水分利用效率提高约 1～ 2倍 ;同时使光补偿点降低 ,饱和点和光抑制点提高 ,光量子效率提高 4 0 %～ 2 95%且阳枝大于阴枝 ,针叶暗呼吸降低 2 0 %～ 72 %。随着 CO2 浓度的增加 ,针叶净光合速率和水分利用效率呈线性上升 ,约到 4 5μmol/ L以后 ,增加速率减慢 ,但 CO2 饱和点可达 1 1 6μmol/ L以上。杉木针叶对CO2 增长的这种反应 ,对大气 CO2 不断增长的条件下杉木生长是有利的 ,但对其长期反应还有待进一步研究。     

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.