喜树幼苗中喜树碱和10-羟基喜树碱对热激的响应特点和意义

植物在长期的生态环境适应过程中,产生了包括生物碱在内的大量次生代谢物。本文以我国特有树种——喜树(Camptotheca acuminata Decaisne)为材料,研究其不同器官中喜树碱(camptothecin,CPT)和10-羟基喜树碱(10-hydroxycamptothecin,HCPT)在不同热激温度和时间情况下的含量变化。CPT和HCPT变化呈现出较好的相互消长关系,并且分别在38℃和40℃达到各自的峰值,比以丙二醛和叶绿素为指标的致死温度低了2-4℃：HCPT在热激过程中的变化较CPT活跃;极易受到攻击和伤害的嫩叶中的生物碱含量变化最大。由此推断,CPT和HCPT遵循“幼嫩和生殖器官优先保护”的原则,从而有效地缓解了高温胁迫,并且HCPT和CPT代表了不同的防御策略。     

不同化学因子对喜树细胞悬浮培养生长效应的研究

实验研究了不同种类,不同浓度的植物生长调节物质及其组合和其它三种化学因子对喜树悬浮培养细胞生长的影响。结果表明：单因子以NAA效果最好,其中NAA最佳浓度为0.5mg/L,组合因子此单因子更有利于细胞的生长,以NAA0.5mg/L KT0.1mg/L的效果最佳,在其它三种化学因子中,B5培养基和White培养基较有利于细胞的生长,蔗糖的最佳浓度为40mg/L,葡萄糖在一定范围内随着其浓度的增加,细胞的生长速度也相应增加。     

西双版纳野芭蕉先锋植物群落的结构特征及其演替动态

对西双版纳勐腊县麻木树地区的热带雨林刀耕火种撂荒后形成的不同演替阶段的野芭蕉先锋植物群落进行了植物种类组成、区系成分、结构特征及种群数量与年龄结构的动态变化分析。结果表明 :在 10 0 0m2 的样地上 ,随着群落的发展和演替的进行 ,群落的科、属、种组成日趋复杂 ,从侵入阶段的 17科 2 7属 30种 ,上升到定居阶段的5 0科 74属 98种 ,至扩散阶段已达 5 5科 87属 113种。 3个不同林龄阶段的群落区系组成可分为 9种类型 ,均以热带区系成分为主 ,占 90 %左右。随着群落的发展 ,泛热带分布、热带亚洲 (印度—马来西亚 )分布所占的比例随林龄逐渐增大 ,而旧世界热带分布及东亚至北美洲间断分布所占的比例在逐渐减少。群落的层次结构由简单趋于复杂 ,野芭蕉的种群数量急剧增长 ,各龄级的个体分布逐渐增多 ,群落正向着湿润性的热带森林方向发展。     

Phlebotomine sandfly ecology on the Indian subcontinent: does village vegetation play a role in sandfly distribution in Bihar,India?

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a disease that results in approximately 50 000 human deaths annually. It is transmitted through the bites of phlebotomine sandflies and around two‐thirds of cases occur on the Indian subcontinent. Indoor residual spraying (IRS), the efficacy of which depends upon sandfly adults resting indoors, is the only sandfly control method used in India. Recently, in Bihar, India, considerable sandfly numbers have been recorded outdoors in village vegetation, which suggests that IRS may control only a portion of the population. The purpose of this study was to revisit previously published results that suggested some sandflies to be arboreal and to rest on outlying plants by using Centers for Disease Control light traps to capture sandflies in vegetation, including banana plants and palmyra palm trees, in two previously sampled VL‐endemic Bihari villages. Over 3500 sandflies were trapped in vegetation over 12 weeks. The results showed the mean number of sandflies collected per trap night were significantly higher in banana trees than in other vegetation (P = 0.0141) and in female rather than male palmyra palm trees (P = 0.0002). The results raise questions regarding sandfly dispersal, oviposition and feeding behaviours, and suggest a need to refine current control practices in India and to take into account an evolving understanding of sandfly ecology.     

Chromosome Observations of Eight Species Endemic to China

A report of chromosome numbers for eight species endemic to China is made in the paper, including first counts for 4 genera and 4 species and first karyotypic analyses of two species. Sinojohnstonia chekiangensis (Migo) W. T. Wang (Boraginaceae) 2n=24*; Coptis chinenis Franch (Ranunculaceae) 2n=18**; Dichocarpum dalzielii (Drumm. et Hutch.) W. T. Wang et Hsiao (Ranunculaceae) 2n=24*; Eomecon chionantha Hance (Papaveraceae) 2n=18; Camptotheca acuminata Dcne. (Nyssaceae) 2n=44; Calycanthus chinensis Cheng et S. Y. Chang (Calycanthaceae) 2n=22**; Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (Eucommiaceae) n=17; Pinellia pedatisecta Schott (Araceae) 2n=26; The previous reports of chromosome numbers of the same groups are compared with our own (See Table 1). The vouchers for the present study are preserved in the Herbarium of Futan University.     

In vitro plant regeneration from embryogenic cultures of a diploid and a triploid,Cavendish banana

Plant regeneration by somatic embryogenesis was attempted with diploid (Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis) and triploid ('Grand Nain') bananas. Explants inoculated in vitro were, respectively, immature zygotic embryos and male flower bud primordia. An histological study showed that the embryogenic process involves a sequence of similar events for both species. A yellow-green compact callus was initiated, which consisted of an actively dividing meristematic zone surrounded by several layers of starchy cells. A white and friable callus, characterized by the presence of proembryonic cells, bicellular proembryos and proembryonal masses in its periphery gradually appeared, which finally gave rise to somatic embryos from which plants were recovered. Induction media contained 2,4-D (and also NAA and IAA for the triploid); zeatin and kinetin were necessary for embryo maturation and 6-BA and IAA were used for germination. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Intersexual mimicry and imperfect deceit of a threatened aquatic herb Ottelia acuminata

Mimicry of non-rewarding flowers to rewarding flowers has been accepted as a strategy to improve pollination success in angiosperms. It has been proposed that this mechanism depends on whether potential pollinators can discriminate between the flowers. In this study, the intersexual mimicry and deceit pollination were studied in a threatened dioecious aquatic herb, Ottelia acuminata. Its female flowers resemble male flowers in morphology and odor compounds, to avoid discrimination by pollinators and outcompete male flowers in attracting the pollinators using stronger scents and bigger flowers. However, an obvious visit bias of its pollinator (Apis cerana) to male flowers was detected, suggesting that bees can distinguish the rewarding males from non-rewarding females. Although the deceit was not successful, pollination was not seriously undermined because pollen limitation was found to be low in the sampled natural population. We speculate that, due to “accidental” visits on female flowers and “mistake” pollinations, pollen limitation could be mitigated by a high frequency of pollen donors, and is correlated with the size and sex ratio of a population. Ottelia acuminata is a threatened dioecious aquatic herb. We suggest that developing multi-stakeholder coalitions should be encouraged to save the threatened edible and ornamental plant species in China. We hope this study could provide new insights into understanding of the role of intersexual mimicry in other flowering plants.