怒江干热河谷杧果种质资源形态性状遗传多样性分析

通过对255份怒江干热河谷杧果种质资源的24个形态性状进行评价,分析其遗传多样性。结果表明,怒江干热河谷杧果种质资源的果实单果重量、果实长度、果核重量、果核长度、果实形状、果皮颜色、果肉颜色、果实香气、果实风味、果实成熟期等形态性状均具有丰富的多样性。11个数量性状的变异系数为12.44%~56.44%,其中果实单果重量的变异系数最大,叶片宽度最小;13个质量性状的Shannon-weaver指数范围为0.68~2.21,平均值为1.42,其中果肉颜色指数最大,叶片质地指数最小。聚类结果将255份杧果材料聚为3大类,其中果皮厚,果小,种核大,可食率低,早熟,品味酸甜,品质差的杧果种质占很大比例。这些种质资源在不同地区收集的材料之间存在明显的遗传差异,但部分地区内的杧果材料表现出明显的遗传分化。通过表型评价鉴定,初步筛选出具有独特香气、反季节开花结果、早熟、小果型、高产等性状的特异种质资源35份。     

Purification and properties of polyphenoloxidase of mango peel (Mangifera indica)

Polyphenoloxidase from mango(Mangifera indica) peel was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulphate fractionation, chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex and gel filtration of Sephadex G-200. The enzyme had an apparent molecular weight of 136,000. Its pH and temperature optimum were 5.4 and 50‡C, respectively. The enzyme possessed catecholase activity and was specific too-dihydroxy phenols. The enzyme also exhibited peroxidase activity. Some non-oxidizable phenolic compounds inhibited the enzyme competitively. High inhibitory effects were also shown by some metal chelators and reducing agents, Mango peel polyphenol oxidase when immobilized onto DEAE Sephadex showed slightly higher Km for catechol and lower pH and temperature optima.     

Season effects on leaf nitrogen partitioning and photosynthetic water use efficiency in mango

The key parameters of photosynthetic capacity (maximum carboxylation rate (V_cmax), electron transport capacity (J_max) and dark respiration rate (R_d)) and the slope (m) of the stomatal conductance model of Ball et al. [Progress in photosynthetic research, Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1987] were measured for a whole growing season in fully expanded leaves of 12-year-old mango trees cv. Cogshall in La Réunion island. Leaf nitrogen partitioning into carboxylation (P_c) and bioenergetic (P_b) pools were computed according to the model of Niinemets and Tenhunen [Plant Cell Environ 1997;20: 845–66]. V_cmax, J_max, R_d, P_c and P_b remained relatively stable over the whole study period, with the exception of the period of linear fruit growth when J_max, R_d and P_b were slightly lower, and leaf non-structural carbohydrate content higher. During the pre-floral and floral periods, m decreased by more than 50%, indicating an increase in photosynthetic water use efficiency and m increased again during the period of linear fruit growth. Our results show that, in tropical orchard conditions characterized by mild seasonal climatic changes and non-limiting water supply, leaf nitrogen partitioning is rather stable. Our results also advocate for more studies on the effect of phenology on m and photosynthetic water use efficiency, which is of paramount importance for building coupled biochemical models of photosynthetic carbon assimilation.     

Changes in ploidy affect vascular allometry and hydraulic function in Mangifera indica trees

The enucleated vascular elements of the xylem and the phloem offer an excellent system to test the effect of ploidy on plant function because variation in vascular geometry has a direct influence on transport efficiency. However, evaluations of conduit sizes in polyploid plants have remained elusive, most remarkably in woody species. We used a combination of molecular, physiological and microscopy techniques to model the hydraulic resistance between source and sinks in tetraploid and diploid mango trees. Tetraploids exhibited larger chloroplasts, mesophyll cells and stomatal guard cells, resulting in higher leaf elastic modulus and lower dehydration rates, despite the high water potentials of both ploidies in the field. Both the xylem and the phloem displayed a scaling of conduits with ploidy, revealing attenuated hydraulic resistance in tetraploids. Conspicuous wall hygroscopic moieties in the cells involved in transpiration and transport indicate a role in volumetric adjustments as a result of turgor change in both ploidies. In autotetraploids, the enlargement of organelles, cells and tissues, which are critical for water and photoassimilate transport at long distances, point to major physiological novelties associated with whole-genome duplication.     

Host-hemiparasite transfer of the C-glucosyl xanthone mangiferin between Mangifera indica and Dendrophthoe falcata

Abstract

To test the hypothesis that higher antioxidant potential of hemiparasitic plants is due to sequestration of phenolic compounds from the host plants, samples of Dendrophthoe falcata, a hemiparasite collected from different hosts, were investigated for total phenolics, total flavonoids and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity. The hosts significantly influenced the phenolic content of the hemiparasite. However, similar influence was not detected on radical scavenging activity and no correlation was found in the phenolics and free radical scavenging activities. Further investigation on transfer of constituents revealed that D. falcata sample obtained from a host, Mangifera indica, contained mangiferin, a C-glucosyl xanthone, and some unidentified flavonoids as confirmed by HPTLC flavonoid patterns. The data indicated that the hosts significantly affected total phenolics and total flavonoids in a hemiparasite. This is the first report of transfer of mangiferin from M. indica to a hemiparasite. The present report points towards the need of further investigations on the possible role of transferred phenolics either as mediators of host defense, host defense compounds utilized as cues of identification of the host by the hemiparasite or compounds taken up by the parasites to support their defense against rejection by the hosts.     

First Report of Dieback of Mango Caused by Fusarium decemcellulare in China

During 2009–2011, a dieback disease of mango (Mangifera indica) has recently emerged on mango trees in Panzhihua City, Sichuan province of China. The disease is characterized by large irregular brown‐coloured speckles on the petioles and twigs, vascular necrosis and dry leaves and complete twig mortality. Fusarium species were isolated repeatedly from the infected petioles and twigs. The species was identified as Fusarium decemcellulare Brick based on morphology and sequence analysis of Translation Elongation Factor‐1alpha (TEF‐1α) gene. Koch's postulates were fulfilled by pathogenicity tests on potted mango seedlings. To our knowledge, this is the first record of dieback on mango caused by F. decemcellulare in China.     

增强UV-B辐射对芒果离体叶片染色体的损伤

以芒果‘台农一号’盆栽苗离体叶片为试材,采用单细胞凝胶电泳法研究增强UV-B辐射条件下芒果叶片细胞染色体的损伤。结果显示：幼叶在处理4h、老叶和成年叶在处理6h开始出现染色体彗星拖尾现象,其OTM值开始急剧上升,此后,各叶龄叶片的彗星拖尾密度和长度以及OTM值持续上升;自然光下的叶片则无明显彗星拖尾,其OTM值低于UV-B辐射处理的并无显著变化。在UV-B辐射下,幼叶彗星拖尾最明显,OTM值最高,成年叶彗星拖尾和OTM值分别比老叶的更明显和更高。     

芒果不同部位挥发物及横线尾夜蛾对其触角电位反应

【背景】芒果横线尾夜蛾是严重危害芒果花序和嫩梢的重要害虫,其发生面积不断扩大,给我国南方芒果造成了巨大损失。【方法】通过气质联用仪（GC-MS）对芒果花、梢和成熟果实的挥发性物质及其相对含量进行分析;采用触角电生理方法,测定不同性别和交配状态的芒果横线尾夜蛾对12种芒果挥发物的触角电位反应。【结果】芒果3个部位的挥发性物质多为萜烯类化合物,主要物质（相对含量在O．06％以上）的数量分别为芒果花中22种、梢11种和成熟芒果13种。芒果花中含量较高的为d．水芹烯（43．64％）和异松油烯（29．33％）;芒果梢中α-古芸烯（23．63％）含量最高;成熟芒果中8-石竹烯含量最高,为29．47％。仅异松油烯和β-荜澄茄油烯在芒果3个部位中均被检测到,但其含量差异较大;异松油烯在花、梢、果实中的含量分别为29．33％、19．99％、0．59％,而β-荜澄茄油烯分别为3．51％、2．18％、6．05％。芒果横线尾夜蛾未交配雌、雄蛾和已交配雌、雄蛾对同一种化合物的触角电位相对值之间均无显著差异。4种成蛾对反-2-已烯醛的触角电位反应值与其他化合物相比均有显著差异。交配后雌、雄蛾的触角电位反应值均有所降低,但与交配前相比无显著差异。【结论与意义】筛选出的反-2-己烯醛可作为横线尾夜蛾信息素的增效物质,对性引诱剂的研制具有重要意义。本研究可为从化学信号角度阐明横线尾夜蛾寄主定向和雌、雄交配机理,以及其致害机理提供依据。     

大气悬浮颗粒物污染对厦门市行道树芒果光合生理指标的影响

随着城市的迅速发展,大气中总悬浮颗粒物(TSP)污染日益严重. 城市植被在吸附和净化TSP的同时,其正常生理生态过程也受到了深刻的影响. 2009年4、5月,对厦门市汀溪清洁对照区、厦大文教区、仙岳商贸区和海沧工业区大气TSP浓度及研究区内行道树芒果(Mangifera indica)的光合生理参数进行监测. 结果表明：汀溪、厦大、仙岳和海沧的日均大气TSP浓度分别为0.061、0.113、0.120和0.205 mg·m^-3;不同功能区行道树芒果受到的胁迫作用为工业区>商贸区>文教区>清洁对照区. 大气TSP污染导致芒果叶片的净光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率显著下降,相关系数均在0.98以上,同时也是胞间CO₂浓度发生变化的重要因素;高浓度的TSP污染通过限制气孔导致芒果的光合强度显著降低.