新年寄语

时光荏苒,岁月如梭,伴随着新年的轻快脚步,历史准时翻开了它崭新的篇章。值此2012年新春之际,我谨代表《植物生理学报》,向本刊的读者、作者、审稿专家、编委以及所有关心和支持本刊的朋友们表示诚挚的问候、衷心的感谢和美好的祝愿!感谢大家对本     

寂漠千秋 福祉万代

沙漠是指沙质荒漠，有时也广义地包括沙地。在中国“雄鸡”状版图的颈背处，是我国广袤的西北干旱区。在那里至西向东串珠状地横亘着温带沙漠和草原沙地。沙漠日照强烈，降水稀少，气候干燥!沙漠里泥土稀薄，基质疏松，土壤贫瘠!沙漠里多大风，风运沙移，沙暴肆虐!沙漠历来被人类视为生存的艰难之处，甚至禁区!     

关于"南亚热带鹤山主要人工林生态系统C、N累积及分配格局的模拟研究"一文中两个问题的讨论

植声:不同系统的C、N分配格局对群落演替的影响应进一步说明。变化的数量如何能够发挥这种作用,应深入一步,如马占相思作为外来种被其它本地阳性种取代的可能,但实际上模拟的结果100年仍然是马占相思本身,这如何解释,希望在讨论中加以说明。申卫军:审者指出了一个非常重要的研究课题:森林生态系统的C、N分配格局变化如何影响生态系统的演替进程。这实质上是生态系统的结构和功能/过程研究如何耦合的问题。本文只考虑了叶,因为冠层是影响透光率的主要生态系统部分,而光因子     

香之道：吸引与护佑

迷人的芳香，起源自生物生存繁衍的需要，飘散到人类生活的各个领域。它既能安神开窍，又可祛病疗疾；既能悠然于书斋琴房，又可缥缈于庙宇神坛。它被赋予了神性与美感。古往今来，香已经逐渐成为我们生活中不可或缺的味道。     

KATP通道介导异氟醚所致的冠状动脉细小分支的舒张

目的和方法：用微血管口径直接测量技术，评介挥发性麻醉气体Ｉｓｏｆｌｕｒａｎｅ，ＫＡＴＰ通道开放剂ｃｒｏｍａｋａｌｉｒｎ和非特异笥血管扩张剂ｓｏｄｉｕｍ ｎｉｔｒｏｐｒｕｓｓｉｄｅ对精冠状动脉和细小分支直径的作用，并研究了ＫＡＴＰ通道阻ｇｌｉｂｅｎｅｌａｎｉｄｅ对血管口径的影响。结果：Ｃｄｉｂｅｎｃｌａｍｉｄｅ显著 Ｉｓｏｎｕｒａｎｅ和ｃｒｏｍａｌｋａｌｉｍ的血管扩张作用，而ｓｏｄｉｕｍｎｉｔｒｏｐ     

A Putative Calcium-Permeable Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel, CNGC18, Regulates Polarized Pollen Tube Growth

A tip-focused Ca^2＋ gradient is tightly coupled to polarized pollen tube growth, and tip-localized influxes of extracellular Ca^2＋ are required for this process. However the molecular identity and regulation of the potential Ca^2＋ channels remains elusive. The present study has implicated CNGC18 （cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 18） in polarized pollen tube growth, because its overexpression induced wider and shorter pollen tubes. Moreover, CNGC18 overexpression induced depolarization of pollen tube growth was suppressed by lower extracellular calcium （[Ca^2＋]ex）. CNGC18-yellow fluorescence protein （YFP） was preferentially localized to the apparent post-Golgi vesicles and the plasma membrane （PM） in the apex of pollen tubes. The PM localization was affected by tip-localized ROP1 signaling. Expression of wild type ROP1 or an active form of ROP1 enhanced CNGC18-YFP localization to the apical region of the PM, whereas expression of RopGAP1 （a ROP1 deactivator） blocked the PM localization. These results support a role for PM-Iocalized CNGC18 in the regulation of polarized pollen tube growth through its potential function in the modulation of calcium influxes.