不同棉花种质资源耐热性鉴定

随着全球气候变暖,高温胁迫已经成为影响棉花产量的主要因素之一.中国棉花种植区,在7月和8月棉花花铃高峰期经常出现周期性极端高温胁迫,导致蕾铃脱落,降低了产量,因此棉花耐热性种质的筛选迫在眉睫.本试验在新疆吐鲁番自然高温条件下,调查200份不同棉花种质资源的脱落率、花粉活力、叶片萎蔫程度、花粉形态、不孕子率等田间性状.然后选择29份不同耐热性种质在河南安阳种植,调查30、35、40、45和50℃离体培养条件下的花粉萌发率.不同耐热性种质资源在自然高温条件下的鉴定指标和室内离体培养花粉萌发率存在着极显著的差异.而且不同鉴定指标间也存在着不同的相关性.结合田间调查结果和花粉离体培养萌发率,将29份种质划分为耐高温型、较耐高温型、高温较敏感型和高温敏感型种质,并初步确定了耐热性的鉴定指标.     

大豆品种耐高温特性的评价方法及耐高温种质筛选与鉴定

近年来,全球气候变化引起的高温胁迫已严重影响大豆的生长发育,是导致黄淮海大豆产量和品质下降的重要因素之一。为了发掘大豆耐高温种质资源,建立科学的大豆品种耐高温评价方法,本研究从黄淮海生态区大豆主栽品种和中国大豆微核心种质资源中选择35份遗传材料,利用田间人工增温的方法创造高温环境,于大豆花期进行高温胁迫(44.1±1.47℃)处理,在综合逆境相关生理生化性状的基础上,构建了一套以花粉活力(花粉萌发率)为主要指标的大豆耐高温评价标准,并利用该标准筛选出耐高温大豆种质资源。结果发现,相较于正常田间生长环境,高温胁迫后大豆叶片相对电导率显著升高,花粉萌发率、单株荚数、有效分枝数显著下降。根据显著性响应高温胁迫性状的耐高温系数,对其进行主成分和隶属函数标准化分析,估算获得大豆响应高温胁迫综合评价值(C),并基于C值对品种进行聚类分析,最终将大豆品种的耐高温特性划分为5个等级,即:I级(敏感型)、II级(较敏感型)、III级(中间型)、IV级(较耐热型)和V级(耐热型),分级标准与田间表型鉴定基本吻合,说明该方法可用于大豆耐高温种质资源的筛选和鉴定,并初步筛选出2个耐高温型大豆品种(冀豆21和南农34),为进一步开展大豆耐高温新品种选育和耐高温分子机理研究奠定了方法和材料基础。     

砧用南瓜品种资源耐热性鉴定及形态指标选择

高温是制约黄瓜生产的重要非生物胁迫因子之一。黄瓜(Cucumis sativus L.)嫁接苗能够有效缓解高温胁迫危害,但目前黄瓜嫁接砧木品种并不多。为此,本研究收集了国内外48份砧用南瓜种质,对萌发期和幼苗期进行高温处理(38℃和42℃),通过UPGMA聚类分析,鉴定其耐热性,并筛选适宜的形态指标。共测定了10个性状(发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数、活力指数、株高、茎粗、全株鲜重、全株干重、壮苗指数、热害指数)指标。结果表明,48份砧用南瓜种质耐热性在萌发期及幼苗期都可以分为4类。在2个时期皆表现出较耐高温的种质为日本绿霸和日本强力士;对高温敏感的种质有11份。种子相对发芽势、相对发芽指数、相对活力指数以及幼苗相对干重可作为砧用南瓜种质资源耐热性鉴定的可靠指标。     

新疆自然高温环境下玉米自交系开花期耐热性鉴定与评价

在新疆夏季自然高温环境下,以田间玉米空秆率、果穗结实率、相对结实率为主要评价指标,综合籽粒产量与穗部性状,对26份国内外玉米骨干自交系连续2年进行耐热性鉴定与评价,结合新疆当地高温干燥的气候特点,建立一套适宜玉米种质资源大田耐热性的鉴定、评价体系,为中国玉米耐热种质资源的遗传改良和新品种选育提供参考。结果表明:(1)不同基因型玉米自交系空秆率、果穗结穗率、相对结实率和耐热性差异较大,其中GW5F、GW4F、GW7F和PH6WC耐热性最强,在高温胁迫下空秆率最低,果穗结实率与相对结实率最高;其次为PHBA6、新自351等8份自交系,在高温胁迫下籽粒产量及综合表现较好;其余自交系对高温均表现敏感。(2)高温胁迫导致玉米穗部性状严重衰退,其中的穗重、穗行数和行粒数所受影响最大。(3)在年份或材料之间,玉米自交系籽粒产量与其主要农艺性状相关性差异较大,并以果穗重与籽粒产量相关性最高。(4)以相对结实率为主要指标通过层次聚类可将参试材料分为两大群,耐热性最强的GW5F、PH6WC、GW4M聚为第Ⅰ群,其余自交系聚为第Ⅱ群;第Ⅱ群中‘吉63’、Mo17等6份自交系可聚为第1亚群,PHBA6、LH82等6份自交系聚为第2亚群,郑58、新农育6390M等11份自交系聚为第3亚群。综合分析来看,该研究中表现极耐高温的4份自交系均为国外优异种质,可用于玉米耐高温基础研究和遗传改良;表现较强耐热性的8份品系多来自于新疆本地选育的材料,其遗传基础较为广泛,适应当地的高温环境,也是优异的耐热育种资源。     

桃花粉低温和超低温保存方法比较研究

桃(Prunus persica(L.)Batsch)是我国重要的无性繁殖作物种质资源,目前主要保存于3个国家无性繁殖作物种质圃。随着以茎尖、花粉、休眠芽为保存载体的超低温保存技术的发展,超低温保存已成为无性繁殖作物重要备份保存方式。本研究以15份桃种质花粉为研究对象,开展含水量、回湿处理和保存温度(4℃低温保存和液氮超低温保存)对保存后花粉离体萌发率的影响研究。研究结果:明确了桃种质花粉超低温保存的含水量;揭示了回湿处理对部分桃种质花粉超低温保存产生显著影响;超低温保存后花粉离体萌发率最高可达83%;4℃低温保存和超低温保存比较研究结果表明,超低温保存4年后14份桃种质花粉离体萌发率仍可保持30%以上,11份桃种质花粉离体萌发率与保存前花粉离体萌发率相比无显著变化甚至显著提高,而4℃低温保存的花粉离体萌发率降至0。该研究为国家种质库建立花粉规模化超低温保存提供技术支撑。     

高温胁迫下华南茄子的耐热性表现及其鉴定指标的筛选

以6份茄子为材料研究了高温胁迫对幼苗热害指数、细胞膜相对电导率、脯氨酸含量的影响及其与田间自然鉴定结果的对应关系,结果表明,分段高温处理的热害指数和连续高温处理下的细胞膜电导率可以有效区分不同茄子材料幼苗的耐热性,且两者鉴定结果与田间鉴定结果基本一致,可作为茄子苗期室内快速鉴定的首选指标;脯氨酸含量变化没有规律,较难反映不同茄子幼苗间的耐热性差异;此外,对青枯病的抗性可以作为南方茄子耐热性综合评价的辅助指标.春季和秋季茄子开花、结果的比较研究表明,高温胁迫下坐果率、商品果率、果长、单果重和商品果产量有较大幅度下降,但不一定造成茄子正常花率的降低,果周径所受影响也较小.     

大豆种质资源萌发期耐旱性评价

随着全球气候的变化,干旱已成为限制大豆产量的重要环境因素之一,大豆种质资源耐旱性鉴定对大豆耐旱品种的培育及大豆耐旱机理的研究具有重要的意义。本研究首先选择4份耐旱性不同的材料,以PEG-6000作为渗透胁迫剂,研究了大豆种质在0%、10%、15%、16%、18%、20%、30%的PEG-6000溶液的胁迫下,相对发芽率、相对发芽势、相对胚根长度、萌发耐旱指数的变化。结果表明15%~18%PEG-6000溶液是大豆萌发期耐旱鉴定的适宜浓度范围。本研究采用16%PEG-6000溶液对568份大豆资源进行大豆种子萌发期耐旱鉴定,以相对发芽势、相对发芽率、相对胚根长度、相对苗高、萌发耐旱指数、活力指数作为评价指标,应用平均隶属函数评价法对大豆种质萌发期耐旱性进行综合评价,筛选出耐旱种质4份,较耐旱种质18份,中间型种质110份,较敏感种质194份,敏感型种质242份。     

高温胁迫对水稻花粉粒性状及花药显微结构的影响

对两个耐热性不同的水稻品系进行高温处理(8:00～17:00,37℃,17:00～8:00,30℃),测定了高温胁迫对水稻花粉粒性状及花药显微结构的影响.结果表明,高温胁迫导致花药开裂、花粉活力、花粉萌发率和柱头上花粉粒数的显著下降,花粉粒直径增大.高温下耐热品系996的花药开裂、花粉活力、花粉萌发率和柱头上花粉粒数明显高于热敏感品系4628,这表明耐热品系996在高温胁迫条件下能保持较好地花粉散落特性和花粉萌发特性,是其耐热性的生理基础;高温下耐热品系996的花药壁的表皮细胞排列较整齐,细胞间隙小;药隔维管束较大,维管束鞘细胞排列整齐,簿壁细胞多且排列整齐,木质部和韧皮部清楚可见;而热敏感品系4628花药壁的表皮细胞形状不规则,排列疏松,细胞间隙大,药隔维管组织受到很大程度破坏,维管束鞘细胞形状异常,排列紊乱,木质部和韧皮部界限不清.     

陆地棉种质资源花铃期抗旱性鉴定及抗旱指标筛选

大田试验设置正常灌水和干旱胁迫处理,于花铃期开始干旱处理,以株高、果枝数等12个农艺性状的平均数为基础,采用综合抗旱系数、模糊隶属函数、主成分分析、关联分析和聚类分析等统计分析方法相结合进行品种抗旱性鉴定和抗旱指标的筛选,为棉花抗旱品种鉴定和棉花生产提供理论依据。12个农艺性状对水分胁迫的敏感程度各异,基于D值、CDC值和WDC值的棉花种质抗旱性分析;通过D值的聚类分析结果,将153份种质资源分为5级,Ⅰ级(强抗旱型)5份、Ⅱ级(抗旱型)35份、Ⅲ级(中抗旱型)56份、Ⅳ级(较敏感型)56份和Ⅴ级(敏感型)1份。供试棉花种质的籽棉产量与D值、CDC值和WDC值均呈极显著正相关。筛选出花铃期抗旱性强的棉花种质有以色列1101,抗旱性弱的品种盐早2号。株高、籽棉产量、单铃重、有效铃数和果枝始节高度可作为棉花种质资源花铃期抗旱性评价的指标。     

梓树属花粉生活力的研究

以梓树属楸树组3种楸树花粉为试材,采用固体培养基法进行离体培养,研究不同浓度蔗糖、硼酸对花粉萌发的影响,以确定最适宜培养基条件下最佳的培养时间.结果表明,3个种花粉的最佳离体萌发条件一致.培养基中含有20%的蔗糖、0.005%的硼酸时较适合3种楸树花粉萌发,楸树、灰楸和滇楸萌发率分别为28.34%、12.24%和60.22%;3个种的花粉最佳培养时间均为6 h;不同重复数之间萌发率差异不显著,以3个重复为宜.花粉种内单株之间萌发率差异显著,且滇楸花粉萌发率明显高于楸树和灰楸.     

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.