内蒙古乌达地区下二叠统植物化石新属——拟楔羊齿属

描述了产于内蒙古乌达地区下二叠统山西组的东方拟楔羊齿Parasphenopteris orientalis Sun &; Deng (新属新种)。该植物以末二次羽片基部着生有"托叶"为特征, 区别于晚古生代其他已知植物。     

常见瓜类植物的内生真菌多样性

为认识和掌握常见瓜类植物内生真菌多样性及其变化规律,对从4个地点采集的9种70株健康瓜类植物进行了内生真菌的分离,共获得534个菌株,总体分离率为20.9%。结合形态学和ITS序列分析,鉴定了分属于55个属的455个菌株,有8个属的真菌属于优势类群,相对多度最高的3个属依次为Colletotrichum、Fusarium和Rhizopycnis。Colletotrichum主要存在于植株地上部,Fusarium主要存在于根部和下部茎,Rhizopycnis主要存在于根部,表现出明显的部位差异。河南原阳不同瓜类植物样品中主要内生真菌类群的相对多度和内生真菌的多样性存在明显差异,蛇瓜中Colletotrichum的相对多度达44.7%,显著高于丝瓜中Colletotrichum的相对多度8.0%;黄瓜中Fusarium的相对多度达32.4%,远高于在其他瓜类植物中的相对多度,而在南瓜中Fusarium的相对多度最低,仅为3.0%。江苏无锡和河南原阳的丝瓜植株样品中内生真菌的类群组成有很大不同,表明植株生长的地理环境可能对内生真菌的组成和多样性具有显著影响。     

外源脯氨酸对盐胁迫下甜瓜脯氨酸代谢的影响

为探明外源脯氨酸对盐胁迫下甜瓜脯氨酸代谢的影响,以甜瓜品种‘雪美’为材料采用营养液栽培,对盐胁迫(100mmol·L-1 NaCl)、盐胁迫下添加外源脯氨酸(100mmol·L-1 NaCl+0.2mmol·L-1 Proline)以及对照3种处理后甜瓜幼苗叶片脯氨酸(Pro)含量、吡咯啉-5-羧酸合成酶(P5CS)、鸟氨酸转氨酶(OAT)和脯氨酸脱氢酶(ProDH)活性进行测定,并对OAT和ProDH基因进行克隆及半定量表达分析。结果显示:与对照相比较,盐胁迫条件下甜瓜幼苗叶片内Pro含量显著增加,P5CS活性增幅大于OAT活性,OAT基因表达量大部分时段内没有增加,ProDH活性下降,ProDH基因表达量减少;盐胁迫下添加外源脯氨酸进一步使幼苗叶片内Pro含量增加、OAT、ProDH活性提高、P5CS活性降低,并且使OAT基因表达量迅速增加、ProDH基因表达量先增加后回落。研究表明,盐胁迫条件下,甜瓜幼苗体内脯氨酸积累主要是通过增强脯氨酸的谷氨酸合成途径和抑制脯氨酸降解来实现;适量外源脯氨酸可以增强盐胁迫幼苗脯氨酸的鸟氨酸合成途径,但对谷氨酸合成途径有一定的抑制作用;通过调节合成和降解2种代谢途径进一步提高了脯氨酸含量,从而增强甜瓜幼苗耐盐胁迫能力。     

外源亚精胺对甜瓜幼苗白粉病抗性的影响

以高感白粉病甜瓜‘066’、感病品种‘0544’、抗病品种‘Yuntian-930’为试材,对白粉病菌胁迫下外源亚精胺（Spd）处理的甜瓜幼苗叶片超氧化物岐化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）和多酚氧化酶（PPO）活性,以及过氧化氢（H₂O₂）、丙二醛（ MDA）和光合色素含量进行了研究,探讨外源Spd对甜瓜白粉病抗性的诱导效应及其生理机制。结果表明：（1）白粉病菌接种后甜瓜叶片的防御酶活性、光合色素含量先升后降,MDA含量升高;（2）外源Spd处理缓解了白粉病菌胁迫下甜瓜叶片防御酶活性、光合色素含量的下降,降低MDA含量及甜瓜的病情指数,并以1.0 mmol/L Spd处理效果最佳;（3）外源Spd处理使甜瓜叶片产生了更多的H₂O₂;（4）外源Spd提高甜瓜对白粉病抗性具有一定广谱性,且可向上传导。研究认为,H₂O₂可能参与白粉病胁迫下信号的传递,外源Spd可通过缓解白粉病菌胁迫下甜瓜防御酶活性和光合色素含量的下降来诱导甜瓜对白粉病的抗性。     

Pasteuria penetrans for Control of Meloidogyne incognita on Tomato and Cucumber,and M. arenaria on Snapdragon

Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne arenaria are important parasitic nematodes of vegetable and ornamental crops. Microplot and greenhouse experiments were conducted to test commercial formulations of the biocontrol agent Pasteuria penetrans for control of M. incognita on tomato and cucumber and M. arenaria on snapdragon. Three methods of application for P. penetrans were assessed including seed, transplant, and post-plant treatments. Efficacy in controlling galling and reproduction of the two root-knot nematode species was evaluated. Seed treatment application was assessed only for M. incognita on cucumber. Pasteuria treatment rates of a granular transplant formulation ranged from 1.5 × 10⁵ endospores/cm³ to 3 × 10⁵ endospores/cm³ of transplant mix applied at seeding. Additional applications of 1.5 × 10⁵ endospores/cm³ of soil were applied as a liquid formulation to soil post-transplant for both greenhouse and microplot trials. In greenhouse cucumber trials, all Pasteuria treatments were equivalent to steamed soil for reducing M. incognita populations in roots and soil, and reducing nematode reproduction and galling. In cucumber microplot trials there were no differences among treatments for M. incognita populations in roots or soil, eggs/g root, or root condition ratings. Nematode reproduction on cucumber was low with Telone II and with the seed treatment plus post-plant application of Pasteuria, which had the lowest nematode reproduction. However, galling for all Pasteuria treatments was higher than galling with Telone II. Root-knot nematode control with Pasteuria in greenhouse and microplot trials varied on tomato and snapdragon. Positive results were achieved for control of M. incognita with the seed treatment application on cucumber.     

Description of Distorhabditis poonchiana n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from Jammu and Kashmir,India

Distorhabditis poonchiana n. gen., n. sp. from humus in Jammu and Kashmir, India, is described and illustrated. The new genus is characterized by a small body; slightly setoff labial region; long tubular gymnostom; prominently cuticularized cheilostom; absence of glottoid apparatus; monoprodelphic reproductive system; vulva (V) = 81 to 84; spicules with trifurcated distal ends, simple gubernaculum, peloderan bursa with eight pairs of bursal papillae arranged in 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 arrangement.     

Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Macropelopiini (Chironomidae: Tanypodinae): adjusting homoplasies

Macropelopiini is a widely distributed tribe of Tanypodinae, with immature stages inhabiting cool seeps, springs, and small streams. The present study evaluated the monophyly and the supporting synapomorphies within a phylogenetic context for the first time for Macropelopiini. The monophyly and the intergeneric relationships were tested by morphological evidence in a cladistic framework, and the information gained from each homoplastic character was evaluated. The monophyly of Macropelopiini is corroborated through the objective synapomorphy ‘outer fringe decreasing from base to apex ending in small spines’ in the pupa, and the subjective synapomorphies ‘tibial spurs with main teeth and short lateral tooth’ in males and ‘dorsal setae arising from prominent tubercles’ in the pupa. Fittkauimyia Karunakaran, 1969 is excluded from Macropelopiini, Gressitius Sublette & Wirth, 1980 is established as a junior synonym of Alotanypus Roback, 1971, and the new combination A lotanypus antarcticus comb. nov. is proposed. Character combination, mainly through the use of the characters with informative taxonomical value, remains an efficient tool to diagnose the Macropelopiini genera. The new genus Paggipelopia gen. nov. for P aggipelopia spaccesii gen. et sp. nov. is erected and the emendation of the species diagnosis of Wuelkerella toncekensis Añón Suárez & Sublette, 2012 is conducted. © 2015 The Linnean Society of London     

A new species group in Megaselia,the lucifrons group,with description of a new species (Diptera,Phoridae)

With 1,400 described species, Megaselia is one of the most species-rich genera in the animal kingdom, and at the same time one of the least studied. An important obstacle to taxonomic progress is the lack of knowledge concerning the phylogenetic structure within the genus. Classification of Megaselia at the level of subgenus is incomplete although Schmitz addressed several groups of species in a series of monographs published from 1956 to 1981. Another problem is the lack of molecular phylogenetic analyses to support morphology-based conclusions. As a contribution towards addressing these problems, we here circumscribe a previously unrecognized monophyletic lineage of Megaselia consisting of species similar to Megaselia lucifrons. We base this taxonomic decision on morphological study of an extensive phorid material from Sweden, complemented by molecular analyses of select exemplars using two markers (COI and 28S). We name the clade the lucifrons species group, and show that it contains three distinct species. Our results also demonstrate that Megaselia subnitida Lundbeck, 1920, previously treated as a synonym of Megaselia lucifrons Schmitz, 1918, is a separate species, and we remove it from synonymy. The third species in the group was previously unknown; we describe it here as Megaselia albalucifrons sp. n.     

A new flea of the genus Ctenidiosomus (Siphonaptera,Pygiopsyllidae) from Salta Province,Argentina

A new species of flea of the genus Ctenidiosomus Jordan, 1931 (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae) is described from Phyllotis osilae J. A. Allen, 1901, from Salta Province, Argentina. This is the first time that Ctenidiosomus has been recorded in Argentina. A key to species of males of Ctenidiosomus is presented.     

Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae,Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru

The discovery of three new species of Synophis snakes from the eastern slopes of the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru is reported. All previous records of Synophis bicolor from eastern Ecuador correspond to Synophis bogerti sp. n., which occurs between 1000–1750 m along a large part of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. In contrast, Synophis zamora sp. n. is restricted to southeastern Ecuador, including Cordillera del Cóndor, between 1543–1843 m. Synophis insulomontanus sp. n. is from the eastern slopes of the Andes in central and northern Peru, between 1122–1798 m, and represents the first record of Synophis from this country. All three new species share in common a large lateral spine at the base of the hemipenial body. A molecular phylogenetic tree based on three mitochondrial genes is presented, including samples of Diaphorolepis wagneri. Our tree strongly supports Synophis and Diaphorolepis as sister taxa, as well as monophyly of the three new species described here and Synophis calamitus. Inclusion of Synophis and Diaphorolepis within Dipsadinae as sister to a clade containing Imantodes, Dipsas, Ninia, Hypsiglena and Pseudoleptodeira is also supported.