Fluxes of carbohydrate metabolism in ripening bananas

The major fluxes of carbohydrate metabolism were estimated during starch breakdown by ripening bananas (Musa cavendishii Lamb ex Paxton). Hands of bananas, untreated with ethylene, were allowed to ripen in the dark at 21° C. Production of CO₂ and the contents of starch, sucrose, glucose and fructose of intact fruit were determined for a period of 10 d that included the climacteric. The detailed distribution of label was determined after supplying the following to cores of pulp from climacteric fruit: [U-¹⁴C]-, [1-¹⁴C]-, [3,4-¹⁴C]-and [6-¹⁴C]glucose, [U-¹⁴C]glycerol, ¹⁴CO₂. The data obtained were used to estimate the following fluxes, values given as mol hexose · (g FW)^–1 · h^–1 in parenthesis: starch to hexose monophosphates (5.9) and vice versa (0.4); hexose monophosphates to sucrose (7.7); sucrose to hexose (4.7); hexose to hexose monophosphate (3.8); glycolysis (0.5–1.6); triose phosphate to hexose monophosphates (0.14); oxidative pentose-phosphate pathway (0.48); CO₂ fixation in the dark (0.005). These estimates are related to our understanding of carbohydrate metabolism during ripening.We both thank Mr Richard Trethewey for his constructive criticism: S.A.H. thanks the Managers of the Broodbank Fund for a fellowship.     

中国优质水果资源的分布与适宜生态环境

根据农业部在80年代两次组织评选出的全国189个优质水果产地的生态环境资料,用微型电子计算机系统建立数据库,统计分析柑桔、苹果和梨优质产品的构成比例、产区分布地域及其适宜的环境指标和主栽品种的生态适应性,为果树良种区域化栽培与选育提供依据。     

依赖叶黄素循环的非辐射能量耗散在防御珊瑚树叶片光抑制破坏中的作用

使用脉冲调制荧光仪观测了珊瑚树叶片光合作用的光抑制发生与恢复过程中几个主要荧光参数(初始荧光F_0,可变荧光与最大荧光之比F_v/F_M和非光化学荧光猝灭q_E及其快组分 q_(E—fast)、慢组分 q(E—slow))的变化,以探讨非光化学荧光猝灭不同组分的作用。 强光(约 1500μmol photons m~(-2) s~(-1))照射叶片使F_0、F_V/F_M和q_(E—fast)降低.q_(E—slow)和q_E增高。NH_4Cl处理使 F_V/F_M降低的幅度和q_E提高的幅度都增加。DTT处理使q_E水平和q_(E—slow)增加的幅度降低,而F_0和稳态荧光水平增加,强光下降低了的F_V/F_M在弱光下不易恢复。NaF处理对这些荧光参数都没有明显的影响。     

甜樱桃对高温胁迫的生理响应

为探讨甜樱桃对高温胁迫的响应机制,以1年生的甜樱桃嫁接盆栽苗为试材,研究了自然高温处理及胁迫后恢复对其叶片生理和超显微结构的影响。结果表明：经连续3d日最高气温均值达57.7℃胁迫后,甜樱桃叶片过氧化氢酶(CAT)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性、超氧阴离子(O₂^·-)产生速率、非光化学淬灭系数(qN)显著增加,渗透调节物质可溶性蛋白、可溶性糖及脯氨酸含量显著提高,谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)活性、叶绿素含量、PSII最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)和电子传递速率(ETR)显著下降,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性及光化学淬灭系数(qP)变化不显著。同时对叶片显超微结构观察发现,胁迫引起叶绿体变性,基质内囊体发生扭曲,部分基粒类囊体片层消失,出现大量巨型淀粉粒及嗜锇颗粒。恢复2d后SOD、POD、CAT、APX活性以及可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、叶绿素总含量均显著下降,而GR活性和脯氨酸含量显著升高。以上表明,连续3d自然最高气温达57.7℃对甜樱桃叶片抗氧化系统和光合特性等产生了显著影响,叶绿体超显微结构受到明显破坏,对叶片造成了不可逆...     

基于转录组测序的宁夏枸杞不同品种果实活性成分合成差异表达基因分析

为探究不同品种宁夏枸杞果实活性成分生物合成相关基因的表达水平,筛选关键差异表达基因(differentially expressed genes,DEGs),揭示宁夏枸杞品种间活性成分含量差异的分子机制,本研究采用Illumina NovaSeq 6000高通量测序技术,对宁夏枸杞‘宁杞1号’和‘宁杞7号’青果期、转色期及成熟期果实进行转录组测序,比较2个品种果实不同发育期相关基因表达谱的变化。结果显示:转录组测序共获得811818178条clean reads,有121.76 Gb有效数据。‘宁杞1号’和‘宁杞7号’在青果期、转色期和成熟期差异表达基因分别有2827、2552和2311个;分别有2153、2050和1825个差异基因在基因本体论(gene ontology,GO)、京都基因与基因组百科全书(Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes,KEGG)富集分析和同源蛋白簇(clusters of orthologous groups of proteins,KOG)分析等6个数据库中被成功注释。青果期、转色期和成熟期果实的差异表达基因,在GO数据库分别有1307、865和624个被富集到生物学过程、细胞组分及分子功能3个部分中;KEGG通路富集结果均集中在代谢途径、次生代谢物生物合成和植物-病原互作过程;在KOG数据库,3个发育期分别注释了1775、1751和1541个差异表达基因。对注释的基因进行PubMed数据库检索,在青果期、转色期和成熟期分别筛选到与枸杞活性成分合成相关的差异表达基因18、26和24个,这些基因主要参与类胡萝卜素、类黄酮、萜类、生物碱和维生素等代谢途径。选取7个差异表达基因进行RT-qPCR验证,结果与转录组测序数据表达趋势一致。本研究从转录水平为不同品种宁夏枸杞活性成分含量差异提供了初步证据,为进一步挖掘枸杞活性成分生物合成的关键基因及解析其表达调控机制提供了研究基础。     

ClSnRK2.3 negatively regulates watermelon fruit ripening and sugar accumulation

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) as non-climacteric fruit is domesticated from the ancestors with inedible fruits. We previously revealed that the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway gene ClSnRK2.3 might influence watermelon fruit ripening. However, the molecular mechanisms are unclear. Here, we found that the selective variation of ClSnRK2.3 resulted in lower promoter activity and gene expression level in cultivated watermelons than ancestors, which indicated ClSnRK2.3 might be a negative regulator in fruit ripening. Overexpression (OE) of ClSnRK2.3 significantly delayed watermelon fruit ripening and suppressed the accumulation of sucrose, ABA and gibberellin GA₄. Furthermore, we determined that the pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase (ClPFP1) in sugar metabolism pathway and GA biosynthesis enzyme GA20 oxidase (ClGA20ox) could be phosphorylated by ClSnRK2.3 and thereby resulting in accelerated protein degradation in OE lines and finally led to low levels of sucrose and GA₄. Besides that, ClSnRK2.3 phosphorylated homeodomain-leucine zipper protein (ClHAT1) and protected it from degradation to suppress the expression of the ABA biosynthesis gene 9’-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 3 (ClNCED3). These results indicated that ClSnRK2.3 negatively regulated watermelon fruit ripening by manipulating the biosynthesis of sucrose, ABA and GA₄. Altogether, these findings revealed a novel regulatory mechanism in non-climacteric fruit development and ripening.     

珍稀濒危植物峨眉含笑种实表型性状的空间变异特征

通过分析珍稀濒危植物峨眉含笑（Michelia wilsonii）种子与果实的表型性状特征,研究其变异规律和空间自相关性,为峨眉含笑天然种群的保护利用工作提供依据。以雅安周公山的峨眉含笑为研究对象,测定12项种实表型性状指标,采用变异系数和半方差函数,探究峨眉含笑种实的空间变异特征。结果显示：（1）峨眉含笑种实表型性状的平均变异系数为27.59%,种实的形态变异程度最小,种子性状的变异程度比果实性状更为丰富。（2）聚合果下部的种子败育率与蓇葖败育率最高,分别为18.32%和38.22%;中部的败育率最低,分别为15.05%和23.45%。（3）半方差函数模型以指数和球状模型为主,呈聚集分布。除果实长、种子纵径和种子败育率外,其余9项指标具有中高等强度的空间自相关性。（4）9项指标的各向异性比接近于1,空间异质性表现为各向同性。因此,峨眉含笑种实表型性状在中等尺度的空间范围内具有丰富的变异性。     

Changes in the structure of ovary tissues and in the ultrastructure of mesocarp cells during ovary senescence or fruit development induced by plant growth substances in Pisum sativum

Structural changes of tissues in unpollinated ovaries of Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska after treatment with different plant growth substances (gibberellic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, and 6-benzyladenine) or decapitation of the plant were studied. All the treatments resulted in the prevention of cellular disorganization associated with ovary senescence. They effected the enlargement of mesocarp cells and the differentiation of endocarp cells in very similar patterns, suggesting a similar induction of the structural processes involved in fruit development. Ultrastructural changes in mesocarp cells after treatment with gibberellic acid showed that rapid enlargement of mesocarp cells was sustained mainly by a reorganization of the membrane systems directed to the sysnthesis of primary cell wall. Early changes in the subcellular components in mesocarp cells were observed as the first symptoms in ovary senescence.