Genetic relationships between resistances to Fusarium head blight and crown rot in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Fusarium head blight (FHB) and crown rot (CR) are two wheat diseases caused by the same Fusarium pathogens. Progress towards CR resistance could benefit from FHB-resistant germplasm if the same genes are involved in resistance to these two different diseases. Two independent studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between host resistances to these two diseases. In the first study 32 genotypes were assessed and no significant correlation between their reactions to FHB and CR was detected. The second study was based on a QTL analysis of a doubled haploid population derived from a variety with resistance to both diseases. Results from this study showed that loci conferring resistance to FHB and CR are located on different chromosomes. Together, these results suggest that, despite a common aetiology, different host genes are involved in the resistance against FHB and CR in wheat. Thus, although it is possible that genes affecting both diseases may exist in other germplasm or under different conditions, separate screening seems to be needed in identifying sources of CR resistance.     

A fossil record of developmental events: variation and evolution in epidermal cell divisions in ostracodes

The carapaces of some ostracode taxa bear reticulate skeletal ridges that outline underlying epidermal cells. This anatomy allows one to identify homologous cells across individuals, to infer the modal sequence of cell divisions that occurs over ontogeny, and to identify individuals with variant cell patterns (e.g., additional or missing cell divisions), even in fossils. Here we explore the variational properties and evolutionary history of this developmental system in the deep-sea ostracode genus Poseidonamicus. Using a sample of over 2000 specimens to capture variation in cell division sequence, we show that phenotypic variation in this system is highly structured: some variants, regions of the carapace, and lineages are much more variable than others. Much of the differences in variation among cells can be attributed to the molt stage in which cells take their final form-cell divisions occurring later in ontogeny are more variable than those earlier. Despite ample variation, only two evolutionary changes in the sequence of cell divisions occur over the 40 Myr history of this clade. The evolutionary changes that do occur parallel the two most common intraspecific variants, suggesting that developmental structuring of variation can have long-term evolutionary consequences. Analysis of the most common variant over the last two molt stages suggests that it suffers a fitness disadvantage relative to the modal form. Such normalizing selection may contribute to the evolutionary conservativeness of this developmental system in the Ostracoda.     

毕氏海蓬子类囊体膜与卵磷脂重组脂质体的耐热性研究

采用卵磷脂(PC)构建脂质体,然后将毕氏海蓬子类囊体膜蛋白复合物重组到脂质体中.分析不同温度(25℃、35℃、45℃和55℃)处理后蛋白脂质体的电子传递活性、吸收光谱和荧光光谱的变化,以探讨膜脂与膜蛋白在高温胁迫下的交互作用.结果显示:蛋白脂质体光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)的放氧活性和光系统Ⅰ(PSⅠ)的耗氧活性随着PC比例的提高而增加,在PC与类囊体膜比例为4∶1(Lipid∶Chl,w/w)时达到最高,同时蛋白脂质体的吸收光谱和荧光光谱也呈上升趋势;在PC与类囊体膜重组比例为4∶1条件下,高温处理后的蛋白脂质体的PSⅡ放氧活性和PSⅠ耗氧活性显著大于未经重组的,其吸收光谱和荧光光谱峰值下降幅度低于未经重组的,且峰位基本没有变化.研究表明,PC可能通过增加结合天线的大小来促进蛋白脂质体对光能的吸收和能量从外周天线到PSⅡ和PSⅠ核心复合物的传递;在脂质体中,PC与类囊体膜的交互作用提高了PSⅡ和PSⅠ在高温胁迫下的光化学效率,增强了PSⅡ和PSⅠ的耐热性.     

广西岩溶区烟草黑胫病拮抗细菌的筛选鉴定及其抗病机理

从广西岩溶区靖西县优质烟叶生产区分离烟草黑胫病病原及土壤细菌,通过拮抗试验、离体及田间抗病能力测试等方法筛选拮抗细菌;利用形态观察、生理生化测试和16SrDNA序列分析三种方法相结合,对抗病效果良好的菌株进行分类鉴定;并对拮抗菌抗黑胫病机理进行初步研究。结果表明:从8份土壤样品中,共分离出土壤细菌340株,获得抗黑胫病效果良好的拮抗细菌3株,编号为8-23、6-70和13,它们分别属芽孢杆菌属、溶菌杆属和假单胞杆菌属细菌;三个拮抗细菌的抗黑胫病机理是通过胞外分泌一些可溶解病原菌细胞壁的酶或其它化学物质,破坏菌丝的细胞壁和细胞膜等生理结构,使细胞质渗漏、凝集,从而导致病原死亡;其中,菌株8-23和13的抗病活性物质主要为蛋白质类化合物;而菌株6-70除蛋白质外,还有其它一些非蛋白因子起作用。     

草果种植对植物多样性的影响

从林下植物物种数、株数、乔木盖度、多样性指数等方面,对种植草果的天然林片断与未种植草果的天然林地的植物进行调查与比较分析,结果发现:(1)不同草果种植时间乔灌木层的盖度在20.0%～50.0%之间变动;(2)随着种植时间的延长,乔灌层植物株数明显下降,乔灌层物种数趋向单一,主要保留旱冬瓜作为草果的遮荫树种;(3)天然林的草本层物种数为13种,草果种植到80年后草本层物种数只有8种;草本层株数在草果种植5年后在48～285株间的波动,远低于种植初期;(4)乔灌层Shannon-Wiener指数在草果种植30年降低到0,但草本层Simpson指数在种植草果半年至一年期间多样性指数较低为0.2266～0.33990。虽然5年后稳定在0.4351～0.8062,但普遍低于天然林(0.7681)。为了维持天然林的可持续性和稳定性,建议草果栽培在人工林下进行。     

黄花石蒜不同外植体的组织培养研究

以药用植物黄花石蒜为材料,选用其不同部位的8种外植体,在2种不同BA/NAA浓度比的MS+0.7%琼脂+3%蔗糖基本培养基上培养,以明确黄花石蒜不同部位外植体的组织培养效果.结果显示:带底盘双内层鳞片外植体在BA/NAA为10/5的培养基上不定芽的发生率为90.33%、不定根为87.00%、根芽俱有为85.00%、褐变量为6.33%,在BA/NAA为5/10的培养基上不定芽的发生率为46.67%、不定根为82.33%、根芽俱有为35.33%、褐变量为16.67%,与其他外植体均差异显著.8种外植体在2种培养基上的培养效果均极显著正相关.研究表明,用黄花石蒜最佳外植体为带底盘双内层鳞片,其次为带底盘双中层鳞片,并用MS+10 mg·L-1 BA+5 mg·L-1 NAA+0.7%琼脂+3%蔗糖培养基培养效果最好,所获得的根芽量较多,芽壮根短,能正常生长,且移栽后生长势也较好.     

苦杏仁精油对粘虫的触杀活性研究

以粘虫4龄幼虫为对象,采用"点滴法"研究了山杏种仁两种苦杏仁精油(含HCN和去HCN)对粘虫的触杀活性及其生长发育的影响.结果显示,处理后48 h,5～100 μL/mL浓度处理的试虫死亡率均在51.67%以上,40和100 μL/mL浓度处理的粘虫死亡率分别达到了95%(含HCN)/98.33%(去HCN)和100%,48 h时含HCN与除去HCN两种苦杏仁精油对粘虫的触杀致死中浓分别为5.10和4.69 μL/mL;苦杏仁精油对粘虫的化蛹期以及羽化期提前1～3 d,并有一定数量的畸形蛹出现,部分试虫虽能正常化蛹并羽化,但其蛹以及成虫虫体均较对照小,且羽化后蛾体萎缩,活动力降低,因展翅困难而死.可见,两种苦杏仁精油对粘虫具有很强的触杀活性,且去HCN的苦杏仁精油对粘虫的活性高于含HCN的苦杏仁精油,其对粘虫生长发育抑制活性主要表现化蛹期以及羽化期提前,苦杏仁精油有望发展为植物性杀虫剂.