光皮木瓜果实发育期间主要成分含量的变化

对光皮木瓜果实发育期间主要成分含量的变化进行了分析.结果显示:(1)光皮木瓜果实发育期间,可溶性固形物含量总体呈上升趋势,花后151 d达到最大值14.8%;干物质、粗纤维和多酚含量的变化均呈单峰型,分别于花后95、67和95 d达到峰值(26.49%、14.96%、81.843 1 mg/gDW),并分别于花后165、179和179 d降至最低值(18.3%、6.47%、42.014 6 mg/gDW);黄酮、多糖、齐墩果酸含量均呈逐渐增加趋势,在果实发育后期略有下降,其中多糖和齐墩果酸含量均于花后137 d达到最大值,分别为110.431 2 mg/gDW和10.312 1 mg/gDW,黄酮含量在花后151 d达到最大值3.201 1 mg/gDW.(2)多酚的单果产量在果实发育过程中的变化趋势与多酚含量一致,于花后95 d多酚单果产量达到最高值(5.448 6 g);齐墩果酸、多糖及黄酮的单果产量在果实发育期间逐渐增加,花后165 d多糖的单果产量达到最高值(8.508 1 g),花后179 d黄酮和齐墩果酸的单果产量均达到最高值(0.261 2 g和0.747 4 g).研究表明,花后137 d(8月25日)至151 d(9月8日)木瓜果实青绿,齐墩果酸、多糖、黄酮含量最高,为加工木瓜饮片等的最佳采收期;花后165 d(9月22日)至179 d(10月6日)时,木瓜果实基本转黄,其中齐墩果酸、多糖、黄酮的单果产量最高,且多酚和粗纤维含量最低,是药用有效成分提取和加工果酒、果脯、果醋等木瓜食品的最佳采收期.     

杨梅果实不同溶剂提取物抑菌特性的研究

目的探讨4种溶剂杨梅果实提取物对14种致病菌的抑菌作用,并对其中活性成分的含量进行测定和比较。方法利用常压浸提法制备杨梅果实的水、乙醇、乙酸乙酯和丙酮提取物;采用管碟法、琼脂平板稀释法测定各种杨梅提取物的抑菌活性,采用常规含量测定方法对各提取物中的主要成分及含量进行研究。结果4种杨梅果实提取物对革兰阴性和阳性菌均表现出了较强的抑菌活性,其中水提取物的抑菌活性最强。含量测定结果表明4种提取物的主要成分中总酚、黄酮含量以及总酸度相差较大,单宁含量差异较小。结论推测提取物中的主要抑菌成分为单宁类物质并确定杨梅果实的最佳提取溶剂为水。     

Mapping continuous fields of forest alpha and beta diversity

Question: How to map continuous fields of forest alpha and beta diversity in remote areas, based on easily accessible spatial data. Location: Kyrgyzstan/Central Asia. Methods: The study relied on a combination of predictive mapping and remote sensing. Punctual measurements of alpha diversity were linked to topography and reflectance using regression models. For beta diversity, ordination techniques were employed to extract major vegetation gradients. Scores on the ordination axes were regressed against topography as well as reflectance and subsequently mapped. Beta diversity was mapped as spatial turnover rate along these axes. Results: The diversity maps quantified species counts and turnover in a spatially contiguous manner while taking into account fuzzy transitions. The variance explained by regression models ranged from 51% to 61% in cross‐validation. Many of the observed differences were caused by differences in species shares. The occurrence of walnut, in particular, showed a negative relation to woody species numbers. Conclusion: Mapping biodiversity in remote areas can be based on easily accessible spatial data in combination with a set of calibration field samples. With regard to human influence on walnut dominance, a total removal of human land use would be counterproductive in terms of diversity conservation. The results of this study highlight the need for comprehensive analyses of diversity patterns that include spatially contiguous quantifications of species numbers, shares and turnover rates.     

Pollination by deceit in Paphiopedilum barbigerum (Orchidaceae): a staminode exploits the innate colour preferences of hoverflies (Syrphidae)

Paphiopedilum barbigerum T. Tang et F. T. Wang, a slipper orchid native to southwest China and northern Vietnam, produces deceptive flowers that are self‐compatible but incapable of mechanical self‐pollination (autogamy). The flowers are visited by females of Allograpta javana and Episyrphus balteatus (Syrphidae) that disperse the orchid’s massulate pollen onto the receptive stigmas. Measurements of insect bodies and floral architecture show that the physical dimensions of these two fly species correlate with the relative positions of the receptive stigma and dehiscent anthers of P. barbigerum. These hoverflies land on the slippery centralised wart located on the shiny yellow staminode and then fall backwards through the labellum entrance. They are temporarily trapped in the inflated chamber composed of the interconnected labellum and column. The attractive staminode of P. barbigerum strongly reflects the colour yellow (500–560 nm), a colour preferred innately by most pollen‐eating members of the Syrphidae. No scent molecules were detected using GC mass spectrometry analysis, showing that the primary attractant in this system is visual, not olfactory. Pollination‐by‐deceit in P. barbigerum is contrasted with its congener, P. dianthum, a brood site mimic that is pollinated by ovipositing females of E. balteatus. As the natural rate of fruit set in P. barbigerum (mean 26.3% pooled over three seasons) is lower than that of P. dianthum (mean 58.5% over two seasons), the evolution of false brood sites in some Paphiopedilum spp. should be selectively advantageous as they may provide an increase in the attention and return rates of dependable pollinators to flowers that always lack a reward.     

Unripe red fruits may be aposematic

The unripe fruits of certain species are red. Some of these species disperse their seeds by wind (Nerium oleander, Anabasis articulata), others by adhering to animals with their spines (Emex spinosa) or prickles (Hedysarum spinosissimum). Certainly neither type uses red coloration as advertisement to attract the seed dispersing agents. Fleshy-fruited species (Rhamnus alaternus, Rubus sanguineus and Pistacia sp.), which disperse their seeds via frugivores, change fruit color from green to red while still unripe and then to black or dark blue upon ripening. The red color does not seem to function primarily in dispersal (unless red fruits form advertisement flags when there are already black ripe fruits on the plant) because the red unripe fruits of these species are poisonous, spiny, or unpalatable. The unripe red fruits of Nerium oleander are very poisonous, those of Rhamnus alaternus and Anabasis articulata are moderately poisonous, those of Rubus sanguineus are very sour, those of Pistacia sp. contain unpalatable resin and those of Emex spinosa and Hedysarum spinosissimum are prickly. We propose that these unripe red fruits are aposematic, protecting them from herbivory before seed maturation.     

Ectomycorrhizae and ectomycorrhizal fungal fruit bodies in pine stands differentially damaged by pine wilt disease

We surveyed ectomycorrhizae, ectomycorrhizal fungal fruit bodies, and soil physical properties in one heavily damaged and two lightly damaged pine stands on Mt. Tsukuba, central Japan. The rate of ectomycorrhizal root tips was not different between heavily and lightly damaged pine stands. For ectomycorrhizae, Cenococcum geophilum had high relative abundance in the heavily damaged pine stand. The number of ectomycorrhizal fungal fruit bodies in the heavily damaged pine stand was much lower than that in the lightly damaged pine stands.     

蔷薇科果树类受体激酶的研究进展

类受体激酶(receptor like kinase,RLK)参与调控植物几乎所有的生命活动,是植物生长发育和环境适应的“中央处理器”。该文对近年来国内外有关蔷薇科果树RLK基因鉴定、进化特征及其在各器官生长发育、非生物和生物逆境中的作用及调控机制等方面的研究进展进行了综述。蔷薇科果树基因组中存在数目庞大的RLKs,不同树种间的RLK数目和各亚家族成员数目都存在较大差异,而且蔷薇科果树RLK存在极为普遍的部分重复和串联重复现象,是导致家族成员迅速变化的重要原因。有研究发现,一些RLKs调控蔷薇科果树器官发育和对环境的适应性。在器官发育方面,LRR RLK亚家族成员调控根系发育,CrRLK1L、LysM RLK和LRR RLK亚家族部分成员参与调控果实发育,CrRLK1L亚家族成员参与调控花粉管发育,LRR RLK、LysM RLK、L LEC RLK和B Lectin RLK亚家族部分成员调控蔷薇科果树对生物逆境的适应。今后RLK功能研究可侧重于蔷薇科果树特色性状,通过提高目标基因的筛选和验证的效率,加速主效RLKs的筛选进程,并通过筛选主效RLKs诱导方式和加速分子育种进程等途径,将研究成果应用于实际生产。