两种生境下野慈姑繁殖差异及其机制

植物的生长环境不但可直接作用于其可利用资源的多寡及其繁殖分配,而且可通过影响植物所在的群落以及传粉者的组成或行为而间接的导致繁殖差异。然而,直接与间接作用的方向或强度很少被同时关注,从而限制了从机制上理解环境对植物繁殖的影响。选取野慈姑(Sagittaria trifolia L.)为研究材料,将相同基因型组成的植株分别种植在光照差异明显的两个同质园(林荫区与日照区),于盛花期对野慈姑的开花数量、昆虫访花进行了观察,确定其主要访花昆虫、记录访花行为以及野慈姑的繁殖产出水平。研究表明,日照区野慈姑每天开放的花朵和植株数量显著高于林荫区。两个区域内野慈姑的主要访花者有四大类:蚜蝇类、蜂类、蝶类和蝇类;其中林荫区的主要传粉昆虫为蚜蝇类,而日照区为蜂类。日照区昆虫单位时间内的访花频率、昆虫每回合访问的雄花数、总花数和花序数均显著高于林荫区。日照区野慈姑的座果率显著高于林荫区,而单果种子数量与种子面积与林荫区相当。总体而言,日照区野慈姑的繁殖产出达到了林荫区的三倍以上,这是环境的直接作用与环境介导的传粉作用在同一方向上叠加的结果,且前者占主导地位。在关注植物、物理环境和生物因子三者之间互作的前提下,量化每个繁殖阶段的水平,特别是传粉昆虫在不同生境下的表现,阐述了环境异质性导致植物繁殖差异的根本原因。     

繁殖方式对矮慈姑生长的影响

矮葱姑的种子繁殖和球茎营养繁殖对植株生物量和高度都有明显的影响。种子繁殖苗生物量的增长曲线方程不同球茎繁殖苗的生物量增长曲线方程从生物量比较可见,在生长初期。球茎繁殖苗的生物量远大于种子繁殖苗。生长过程中,种子繁殖苗的生长速率大于球茎繁殖苗。在生长后期,二者生物量接近。种子繁殖苗的高度动态方程与球茎繁殖苗的高度动态方程也不一样。种子繁殖苗和球茎繁殖苗高度的增长速率在生长的前期均高于生长后期。     

宽叶泽苔草萜类化学成分分析及其化学分类学意义

宽叶泽苔草Caldesia grandis隶属泽泻科Alismataceae,是一种珍稀濒危水生植物。其化学成分迄今未见报道。本文利用气质联用的方法鉴定了该植物的43种化学成分,并总结了已报道的其近缘泽泻属Alisma、慈姑属Sagittaria、刺果泽泻属Echinodorus植物的化学成分,据此进行化学分类学分析:它们的特征化学成分是二萜,宽叶泽苔草和泽泻属植物的二萜成分是处于二萜生源合成途径最顶端的kaurane类型;慈姑属植物的二萜成分既有处于该途径底端的clerodane型、中间的pimarene型,也有顶端的kaurane型、abietene型二萜;刺果泽泻属植物的二萜成分是处于该途径底端的clerodane型。宽叶泽苔草和泽泻属植物都有桉叶烷型和愈创木烷型的倍半萜。因此宽叶泽苔草和泽泻属植物的亲缘关系比慈姑属、刺果泽泻属植物的近,由此推测它们的进化层次可能依次是刺果泽泻属植物、慈姑属植物、泽泻属植物、宽叶泽苔草。     

The role of hybridization in the evolution of sexual system diversity in a clonal,aquatic plant

The stable coexistence within populations of females, males, and hermaphrodites (subdioecy) is enigmatic because theoretical models indicate that maintenance of this sexual system involves highly restricted conditions. Subdioecy is more commonly interpreted as a transitory stage along the gynodioecious pathway from hermaphroditism to dioecy. The widespread, North American, aquatic plant Sagittaria latifolia is largely composed of monoecious or dioecious populations; however, subdioecious populations with high frequencies of hermaphrodites (mean frequency = 0.50) characterize the northern range boundary of dioecy in eastern North America. We investigated two hypotheses for the origin of subdioecy in this region. Using polymorphic microsatellite loci, we evaluated whether subdioecy arises through selection on standing genetic variation for male sex inconstancy in dioecious populations, or results from hybridization between monoecious and dioecious populations. We found evidence for both pathways to subdioecy, although hybridization was the more common mechanism, with genetic evidence of admixture in nine of 14 subdioecious populations examined. Hybridization has also played a role in the origin of androdioecious populations in S. latifolia, a mechanism not often considered in the evolution of this rare sexual system. Our study demonstrates how hybridization has the potential to play a role in the diversification of plant sexual systems.     

Aerenchyma develops by cell lysis in roots AND CELL SEPARATION IN LEAF PETIOLES IN Sagittaria lancifolia (Alismataceae)

Aerenchyma gas spaces are important for plants that survive flooding because these spaces provide an internal pathway for oxygen transport to the root zone. The objective of this study was to characterize the development of aerenchyma gas spaces in Sagittaria lancifolia L., a dominant species in freshwater wetlands adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico. Tissue at different developmental stages was collected from hydroponically grown plants, embedded in plastic, and sections were observed with a light microscope. In S. lancifolia roots, lysigeny (cell lysis) produced gas spaces that increased in volume from the root meristem to the most mature root tissue. Shoot aerenchyma occurred in the large petioles of S. lancifolia and through the blade midrib, but not in the laminar portion of the blade. In contrast to the roots, gas spaces in the petiole were formed by schizogeny (cell separation during development). Shoot initials produced cells that formed interlocking cylinders in the cortex and diaphragm cells that bridged the central portion of the cylinders. Division and expansion of both these cell types increased the diameter of the cylinders and created schizogenous gaps between diaphragm layers that produced large gas spaces in mature tissue. Therefore, aerenchyma development occurs by two different processes in S. lancifolia.     

Growth and energy status of arrowhead tubers,pondweed turions and rice seedlings under anoxic conditions

The responses of two aquatic plants, arrowhead (Sagittaria pygmaea Miq.) and pondweed (Potamogeton distinctus A. Benn), to anoxia were compared with those of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Shoot elongation of arrowhead tubers was enhanced at around 1 kPa O₂, whereas that of pondweed turions was slight in air and reached a maximum in the absence of O₂. Anaerobic enhancement of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity took place in rice coleoptiles but not in arrowhead and pondweed shoots. Shoots of both arrowhead and pondweed maintained a more stable energy status than did the rice coleoptile under anaerobic conditions. Total adenylate nucleotide contents of arrowhead and pondweed shoots were constant under anaerobic conditions. Adenylate energy charge in both shoots remained at a high and stable level of more than 0·8 for at least 8 d. Three forms of ADH from arrowhead shoots were separated by starch gel electrophoresis, showing that the activity of each ADH form was different under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The incorporation of ³⁵S-labelled Cys and Met into soluble proteins in arrowhead shoots showed active protein biosynthesis and an involvement of a special set of polypeptides in the anaerobiosis.     

冠果草的性表达状态及其进化含义

通常认为雄花两性花同株是植物性表达两性花进化到雌雄异株的过渡类型之一。慈姑属仅冠果草（Ｓａｇｉｔｔａｒｉａ ｇｕｙａｎｅｎｓｉｓ Ｈ．Ｂ．Ｋ．ｓｕｂｓｐ．ｌａｐｐｕｌａ（Ｄ．Ｄｏｎ）Ｂｏｊｉｎ）的性表达为典型的雄花两性花同株,其他种为雌雄同株。对冠果草野外和实验居群的性配置进行了定量观察。东乡和武夷山居群雄花的比例分别为２．４８％０．９６％。实验表明,栽培条件影响冠果草的性表达：在营养较好的条件下     

The impact of red mud on growth of wetland vegetation and substrate fertility

Greenhouse experiments were conducted to evaluate the impact of red mud, the residue of the Bayer process for extracting alumina from bauxite, on wetland to investigate whether red mud can be used for wetland restoration. Two wetland species,Spartina alterniflora Loisel. andSagittaria lancifolia L., were used to test their response to the following substrate treatments: 100% marsh sediment, 100% red mud, a mixture of 50% marsh sediment and 50% red mud, a mixture of 50% red mud and 50% compost, and neutralized red mud. Each substrate treatment received two fertilization levels, fertilized (N–P–K) and unfertilized. Red mud could support the growth of the salt marsh species,Spartina alterniflora, but not the fresh marsh species.Sagittaria lancifolia. The high Na content and salinity of red mud, even when mixed with marsh sediment or compost, appeared to be the primary cause for the high mortality ofSagittaria in these substrates. Fertilization did not reduce the stress response ofSagittaria to red mud, but significantly increased the growth ofSpartina. Red mud is low in available N and P and required fertilizer or organic matter (e.g., compost) addition to increase fertility. In experiments with both fresh and salt marsh sediments, the concentrations of soluble heavy metals, with the exception of Mn, were not significantly greater for red mud than for marsh sediment. Thus, the release of heavy metals from red mud over the short-term may not pose an environmental concern. However, the mobilization of heavy metals over the long-term and the influence of plants in accumulating metals requires further investigation.     

棘腹蛙血液内利川锥虫生活史的研究

利川锥虫（ＴｒｙｐａｎｏｓｏｍａｌｉｃｈｕａｎｅｎｓｉｓＬｉ）寄生在棘腹蛙血液内。虫体波动膜明显。鞭毛较粗,一般不伸出体外形成游离的鞭毛。感染试验表明其中间宿主是绿蛙蛭（ＢａｔｒａｃｏｂｄｅｌｌａｐａｌｕｄｏｓａＣａｒｅｎａ）。虫体在绿蛙蛭嗉囊的上皮细胞内进行裂配生殖或假包囊,产生许多无鞭体、前鞭体和锥虫体等不同发育时期。前鞭体的超微结构特点是：虫体表膜较厚,表膜下微管管壁较厚,线粒体较多,卵圆或长椭圆形,隆嵴不明显。未见高尔基体,内质网很少,不易观察到。胞质中有３—５颗或更多、多角形至圆形,较大的色素体。     

慈菇（Sagittaria safittifolia）α－半乳糖苷酶的纯化与性质

以对硝基苯糖苷基为底物,测定了慈菇的１２种糖苷酶,其中α－甘露糖苷酶、α－和β－半乳糖苷酶活力较高;经硫酸铵分级沉淀,ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１５０分子筛层析,ＣｏｎＡＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ４Ｂ亲和层析,ＤＥＡＥ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＣＬ－６Ｂ离子交换层析,从慈菇抽提液纯化了α－半乳糖苷酶。纯化酶的比活提高１０７２倍,活力回收１５．６％,在圆盘聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ上均显示１条蛋白质带,在α－半乳糖苷酶浓度为１５０ｍＵ／ｍｌ的溶液中测不到其他糖苷酶的活力。慈菇α－半乳糖苷酶的分子量用ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１００凝胶过滤柱测定或在ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ上测定均为６０ｋＤ,酶反应的最适ｐＨ在５．８附近,最适温度为６０℃。该酶分解对硝基苯基－α－半乳糖苷的Ｋ＿ｍ值为３．７×１０￣（－４）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ,Ｖ＿ｍ值为２．１×１０￣（－４）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。银离子、汞离子显著抑制酶活力,Ｄ－半乳糖和密二糖均竞争性地抑制该酶水解对硝基苯基α－Ｄ－半乳糖苷的活力,根据Ｄｉｘｏｎ作图求得其Ｋ＿ｉ值分别为０．９２×１０￣（－３）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ和１．９８×１０￣（－３）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。２－脱氧－Ｄ－半乳糖和Ｌ－岩藻糖为酶活力的非竞争性抑制剂。化学修饰