塔里木胡杨林保护区塔里木马鹿生境动态及其影响因素分析

采用GIS技术,结合实地考察数据和历史数据,通过对信息加工与处理,对1973-2003年间塔里木胡杨林自然保护区马鹿塔里木亚种(Cervus elaphus yarkandensis)分布区的生境动态情况进行了研究,同时对影响塔里木马鹿栖息地变化的主要因素进行了分析。结果表明,自1973-2003年在塔里木胡杨林自然保护区中各种生境类型的变化比较显著,其中(1)水资源严重缺乏,水量剧烈减少,水域面积大幅缩小(2)沙漠面积和低盖度植被面积略有减少,高盖度植被面积减少强烈,保护区内耕地面积快速增加,荒漠化趋势明显,总体上马鹿塔里木亚种分布区的各种生境类型处于变化状态,栖息地环境趋向恶化。     

塔里木马鹿(Cervus elaphus yarkandensis)遗传结构及遗传多样性分析

目的:塔里木马鹿(Cervus elaphus yarkandensis)为马鹿的新疆特有亚种,自20世纪50年代以来,由于自然和人为因素影响,种群数量急剧下降,现已隔离成3个孤立的小种群,即沙雅种群、尉犁种群和且末种群.为了更好地保护这一濒危野生动物.方法:基于塔里木马鹿线粒体控制区部分序列对3个种群的控制区结构和遗传多样性进行了研究.结果:在34个序列比对中得到342bp的片段,含变异位点12个,占分析序列长度的3.51%,由此定义了6个单倍型.显示出3个种群总的核苷酸多样性较低(0.01351±0.00063),单倍型多样性较高(0.693±0.051);就单个种群而言,且末种群的遗传多样性最低,而沙雅种群最高.从Tajima's D和Fu and Li's D值的估算结果来看,塔里木马鹿尉犁和沙雅种群相对于中性进化的歧异度并没有明显的偏离(P>0.1),且末种群则出现了明显的偏离(分别为P<0.05和P<0.02),这预示着3个塔里木马鹿种群间可能存在一定的平衡选择.分子变异分析表明,沙雅和尉犁种群间基因流Nm大于4,说明这2个塔里木马鹿种群间存在着非常丰富的基因流,且末种群分别与沙雅、尉犁种群间基因流Nm均小于1,而且末种群分别与沙雅和尉犁种群产生了明显的遗传分化(Fst分别为0.409;0.718,P值均小于0.001),以及3个塔里木马鹿种群单倍型间的序列差异为0.012.结论:以上数据都显示了3个塔里木马鹿种群的单倍型间已经出现了明显分化.结合系统发生关系分析,应将沙雅种群和尉犁种群联合建立管理单元进行重点保护.     

The Heavy Metal Content of Wild Edible Mushroom Samples Collected in Canakkale Province,Turkey

In this study, concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn) were determined in three edible mushroom species (Lactarius deliciosus, Russula delica, and Rhizopogon roseolus) collected in five sampling sites in Canakkale province, Turkey. Mean values of Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn were 0.72, 0.26, 28.34, 1.53, and 64.62 mg/kg, respectively. The highest concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn were determined in species R. delica, while Cr was observed in L. deliciosus. In terms of the nutritional aspect, taking into account the concentration of Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake recommended by FAO/WHO, the maximum concentration of Cd is a restrictive factor for consumption of the collected mushroom species. The concentrations of the other elements have no health risks when consumed at optimal levels.     

Isolation and virulence of entomopathogenic fungi against the great spruce bark beetle,Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Twelve fungal strains including Lecanicillium muscarium (Petch.) Zare and Gams, Isaria farinosa (Holmsk.) Fr., Fusarium sp., Beauveria bassiana Sensu Lato and Beauveria sp. were isolated from larvae and adults of D. micans. In addition, virulence of these isolates against this pest was determined. Conidia suspensions of 1×10⁶ conidia mL^–1 were applied to larvae and adults. The highest mortality and mycosis for larvae were obtained from isolate ARSEF 9271 (Beauveria bassiana) with 90% mortality and mycosis within 10 days. ARSEF 9271 also produced 93% mortality and mycosis in adults. On the other hand, the highest mortality and mycosis for adults were obtained with isolate ARSEF 9272 (Beauveria sp.), with 100% mortality and 80% mycosis within 10 days. These results indicate that isolates ARSEF 9271 and ARSEF 9272 seem to be the most promising potential fungal biocontrol agents against D. micans.     

A new species of weevil of the genus Rhytideres (Coleoptera: Entiminae: Alophini) from Inner Anatolia (Turkey)

A new species, Rhytideres evrani Erbey sp. n., is described from Inner Anatolia (Turkey), which is closely related to R. plicatus Olivier, 1790.

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Involvement of the Electrophilic Isothiocyanate Sulforaphane in Arabidopsis Local Defense Responses

Plants defend themselves against microbial pathogens through a range of highly sophisticated and integrated molecular systems. Recognition of pathogen-secreted effector proteins often triggers the hypersensitive response (HR), a complex multicellular defense reaction where programmed cell death of cells surrounding the primary site of infection is a prominent feature. Even though the HR was described almost a century ago, cell-to-cell factors acting at the local level generating the full defense reaction have remained obscure. In this study, we sought to identify diffusible molecules produced during the HR that could induce cell death in naive tissue. We found that 4-methylsulfinylbutyl isothiocyanate (sulforaphane) is released by Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) leaf tissue undergoing the HR and that this compound induces cell death as well as primes defense in naive tissue. Two different mutants impaired in the pathogen-induced accumulation of sulforaphane displayed attenuated programmed cell death upon bacterial and oomycete effector recognition as well as decreased resistance to several isolates of the plant pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis. Treatment with sulforaphane provided protection against a virulent H. arabidopsidis isolate. Glucosinolate breakdown products are recognized as antifeeding compounds toward insects and recently also as intracellular signaling and bacteriostatic molecules in Arabidopsis. The data presented here indicate that these compounds also trigger local defense responses in Arabidopsis tissue.Plants are constantly challenged by pathogenic microorganisms and have developed several detection and defense systems to protect themselves against the invaders. Preformed defenses include the waxy cuticle, thick cell walls, and antimicrobial compounds. After recognition of microbe-associated patterns, defense responses are induced, which include the fortification of cell walls and the production of phytoalexins (Monaghan and Zipfel, 2012). Overcoming the preformed and induced defenses of the plant hosts requires adaptation by the pathogen. Pathogenic bacteria use type III secretion to inject proteins (so-called effectors) into the host cytosol in order to overcome plant defense responses (Bent and Mackey, 2007). In turn, plants have developed systems to recognize the pathogenic effectors and mount defense. Recognition of type III effectors by plant resistance (R) proteins induces robust defense responses that frequently include the hypersensitive response (HR).The HR is a complex defense reaction characterized by the induction of programmed cell death (PCD) in the local host tissue as well as the activation of other defense responses in both local and systemic tissue (Mur et al., 2008; Shah, 2009). Oomycetes and true fungi also secrete proteinaceous effectors that can be recognized by host R proteins (Coates and Beynon, 2010; Hückelhoven and Panstruga, 2011; Feng and Zhou, 2012). The lesions formed during the HR vary in size between different host-pathogen pairs; however, a lesion induced at one or a few cells can spread to surrounding cells (Mur et al., 2008). Since pathogens inducing HR typically fail to proliferate, the first infected cell likely releases a compound that promotes PCD in surrounding cells. This is especially clear in models with oomycete and fungal pathogens, where the localization of the pathogen and the spread of cell death around the infection site can be clearly visualized (Mur et al., 2008; Coates and Beynon, 2010). Trailing necrosis is an incomplete resistance phenotype characterized by cell death that trails, but fails to contain, the filamentous growth of the pathogen. One explanation for trailing necrosis is a failure of infected cells to produce a putative mobile defense signal required to enhance defense in neighboring cells. Farther from the site of PCD, other defense pathways are activated and systemic tissue is primed for defense.The hunt for systemically acting compounds has been intense, and several candidates for this signal have been presented (Dempsey and Klessig, 2012). In contrast, even though the phenomenon of HR as a defense reaction was described almost a century ago (Stakman, 1915; Mur et al., 2008), compounds acting on the local tissue scale of the HR have attracted little attention. We set out to find substances released from cells undergoing the HR that could induce cell death in naive tissue. We report that leaf tissue of the model plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) releases the reactive electrophilic compound sulforaphane after bacterial effector recognition. Mutants affected in sulforaphane production as well as other glucosinolate breakdown products showed delayed or reduced cell death after the recognition of pathogenic effectors and decreased resistance to an oomycete pathogen. Moreover, pretreatment of plants with sulforaphane enhanced resistance against a virulent oomycete isolate. Thus, we interpret this as that sulforaphane and likely similar compounds might both possess direct antimicrobial properties and, through a cytotoxic mechanism, act directly on plant cells to trigger defense responses.     

The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology

Oomycetes form a deep lineage of eukaryotic organisms that includes a large number of plant pathogens which threaten natural and managed ecosystems. We undertook a survey to query the community for their ranking of plant‐pathogenic oomycete species based on scientific and economic importance. In total, we received 263 votes from 62 scientists in 15 countries for a total of 33 species. The Top 10 species and their ranking are: (1) Phytophthora infestans; (2, tied) Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis; (2, tied) Phytophthora ramorum; (4) Phytophthora sojae; (5) Phytophthora capsici; (6) Plasmopara viticola; (7) Phytophthora cinnamomi; (8, tied) Phytophthora parasitica; (8, tied) Pythium ultimum; and (10) Albugo candida. This article provides an introduction to these 10 taxa and a snapshot of current research. We hope that the list will serve as a benchmark for future trends in oomycete research.