Temporal changes in soil properties and physiological characteristics of Atriplex species and Medicago arborea grown in different soil types under saline irrigation

Plant and Soil - Salinity stress tolerance is a complex polygenic trait composed of numerous sub-traits that operate at very different timescales. This work elucidates the time-dependence and...     

Growth and eco-physiological characteristics ofPanax ginseng grown under three different forest types

We collected basic data on the physiological characteristics ofPanax ginseng in order to identify the forest stands that provide the best growth environment. Our research sites included oak, pine, and mixed-forest stands, in which ginseng seed had been sown several years earlier. Heights and dry weights of forest ginseng were better under oak trees than in the pine or mixed stands. In addition, photosynthetic rates for ginseng were highest in the oak forest, particularly at a light intensity of 200 μmol m^-2 sec^-1.     

不同温度下黄曲霉菌菌丝超微形态的比较研究

为探究黄曲霉菌的毒素合成是否影响菌丝超微形态,本研究结合扫描和透射电镜技术比较观察产毒(28℃和30℃)和不产毒(37℃和40℃)温度下培养的不同发育阶段的黄曲霉菌菌丝形态和超微结构.扫描电镜结果显示:28℃下,在24h和44h菌丝体表面有丝状粘性分泌物附着,48-72h之间菌丝体逐渐出现皱缩、塌陷和扭曲现象,而37℃...     

有机肥中可溶性有机碳、氮含量及其特性

测定了7种不同种类、不同腐熟程度有机肥中可溶性有机氮（SON）和可溶性有机碳（SOC）的含量,结果表明：有机肥的水和0．01mol／LCaCl2溶液提取液中SON含量分别平均为105．2mg／L和91．6mg／L;每千克干样平均含SON分别为1188mg和1037mg;SON占可溶性总氮（TSN）和全氮（TN）的比例分别在70．5％～74．7％和4．3％～4．9％之间。水和0．01mol／LCaCl2溶液提取液中SOC含量分别平均为695mg／L和622mg／L;每千克干样平均含SOC分别为7873mg和7054mg;SOC占有机肥有机碳（TOC）比例分别平均为2．1％和1．9％;SOC／SON平均分别为6．7和6．9。SON与SOC间的相关性较高,SON与NO3^--N含量呈现负相关关系。有机肥料中的可溶性氮素绝大部分以SON形式存在,如此高的SON和SOC含量可能会成为氮、碳养分流失和环境污染的潜在来源。     

Comparative fore-gut morphology of Antarctic Amphipoda (Crustacea) adapted to different food sources

The fore-gut morphology of ten species of Antarctic amphipods utilizing different food sources was investigated. There are considerable differences in shape, relative lengths of the stomachs and their structures. Relative lengths of the stomachs range from more than 30% to 2% compared to the total body lengths. The relative length of the anterior rough filter corresponds in general with the relative stomach length. Stomachs with long rough filter share in general a small fine filter area.Interspecific differences of stomach lateralia might be used for phylogenetic analysis, but are apparently not related to different food sources.Different speculative selective pressures that might have had influence on the evolution of fore-guts are discussed.     

Comparative susceptibility of two different genetic types of tilapia to Neobenedenia sp. (Monogenea)

Two different genetic types of tilapia, Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (MT), and Pargo-UNAM (PU; a synthetic hybrid whose genetic composition is 50% Florida red tilapia, 25% Rocky Mountain tilapia, and 25% red variant Oreochromis niloticus), were acclimatized to salinity and exposed to seawater from the Gulf of Mexico off the port of Veracruz, Mexico. Both fish types were infected by the monogenean ectoparasite Neobenedenia sp. and were killed within 2 to 3 wk. A crude worm extract was prepared from whole specimens collected during the original outbreak and used to immunize naive hosts of the same 2 types of tilapia. Immunized fish were then exposed to seawater, which resulted in Neobenedenia sp. infection. Immunization did not confer any protection against Neobenedenia sp. infection. However, the experiment enabled detailed analysis of the dynamics of infection and comparison of the effects of the parasite on the 2 host types. Although both tilapia types exhibited similar resistance to infection (as they harbored similar parasite burdens in the early phase of infection), PU is less tolerant to Neobenedenia sp., as a mean parasite abundance of ca. 50 worms fish-' killed all hosts within a fortnight, while 22% of MT survived up to 3 wk, harboring a mean parasite abundance of ca. 900 worms fish-'. Our results suggest that, as reported elsewhere, Neobenedenia sp. could negatively affect mariculture off the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico.     

外源钙对不同钙敏感型番茄幼苗生理特性的影响

利用钙不敏感型番茄品种(江蔬1号)和钙敏感型番茄品种(L-402)为试材,研究了不同浓度的外源钙对其根系活力、钙调素含量、叶绿素a、b含量和比值及活性氧清除酶系统活性的影响.结果表明,根系钙调素(CaM)含量随介质钙浓度增加而增加,不敏感品种江蔬1号高于敏感品种L-402.根系活力、生长点和真叶chla/b比值在低钙强度下(1和4 mg·L^-1)以江蔬1号显著高于L-402,在充足供钙时(100 mg·L^-1)L-402显著高于江蔬1号,表明江蔬1号品种具有较强的耐低钙和光胁迫的能力.对活性氧清除酶系统活性来说,在三个钙浓度下敏感品种L-402的POD、CAT酶活性均显著高于江蔬1号,降钙使两酶活性升高,SOD酶活性下降,且L-402下降的幅度高于江蔬1号,表明低钙造成的胁迫对L-402品种影响较大,江蔬1号较耐受缺钙胁迫.     

直播羊草在不同pH土壤环境下的生物学特性和生理反应

采用人工配制的不同pH梯度的碱化土进行盆栽试验,研究了直播羊草在不同pH土壤环境下的生物学特性和生理反应.结果表明:pH 8.50以下的弱碱性土壤环境有利于直播羊草的生长,但随着土壤pH的升高其分蘖和地上部生物量均呈下降趋势;当土壤pH达到9.78时,直播后第2年羊草总株数比对照(pH 7.15)降低了42.0%,地上部干质量比对照降低了74.1%.此外,在盐碱胁迫下,羊草地上部含水量、可溶性糖、叶绿素和K 含量亦呈下降趋势,Na 含量和叶片外渗液电导率显著升高,地上部K /Na 比值从对照的28.5下降到1.6(pH 9.78),说明较高的K 水平以及较高的K /Na 比值可能是羊草耐盐碱的重要生理机制.     

Comparative antioxidant enzyme study in freshwater fish with different types of feeding behaviour

Comparative studies were made of the activities of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase, Mn-superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase in organ homogenates from two herbivorous (grass carp and silver carp) and three omnivorous fish (barbel, crucian carp and common carp). The protein contents and lipid peroxidation of the organ homogenates were also compared. These comparative measurements provided control values for subsequent toxicological examinations. For the herbivorous fish, the highest total superoxide dismutase activity was observed in the kidney, followed in turn by the liver or spleen. In contrast, the highest total superoxide dismutase activity in the barbel was found in the roe, in the crucian carp in the liver, and in the common carp in the liver too. The quantitative distributions of the two peroxide metabolism enzymes glutathione peroxidase and catalase in the organ homogenates present very varied pictures. The results of the lipid peroxidation are similarly difficult to fit into one framework, even for fish following the same diet. It appears that the enzyme activities mentioned in points 4 and 5, together with the lipid peroxidation, depend not on the species, but on the variety.     

Virological and immunological characteristics of fatal virus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS)

We report three infants and one teenager with fatal virus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS). Two infants were admitted to our hospital because of cardio-pulmonary arrest (CPA). The third infant was admitted to our department because of fever and liver dysfunction, and he was diagnosed as combined immunodeficiency with predominant T cell defect. The teenager was diagnosed as systemic lupus erythema (SLE) when she was 10 years old and admitted to our department because of fever and thrombocytopenia . The histological findings for the four patients' organs revealed many haemophagocytic cells . The patients were infected by Parainfluenza virus type 2 (PIV2), Enterovirus (EV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), respectively. Their laboratory data revealed elevated levels of ferritin and IL-6, which also suggested virus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS). Although aggressive therapies were performed in all cases, the outcome was fatal. Further investigation would be needed to clarify the mechanism of VAHS and an effective therapeutic regimen is needed.     

不同森林类型中社鼠食性和消化道形态变化

能量的获取能力、分配速率和效率对动物的生存繁衍起着至关重要的作用(王德华和王祖望,2000;刘艳华等,2004),消化道作为储藏和处理食物及吸收能量的场所,其形态学和生理学决定着动物对营养物质和能量的吸收(汪晓琳等,2007;朱万龙等,2009).在面对外界环境变化带来的各种压力和胁迫下,小型哺乳动物的消化道各器官常常会产生不同程度的响应(Derting and Noakes,1995;张志强和王德华,2009).     

Growth and nitrogen metabolism of Catasetum fimbriatum (orchidaceae) grown with different nitrogen sources

Catasetum fimbriatum is an epiphytic orchid from South America that has been used for 15 years as a model plant for metabolic and developmental studies in our laboratory. In this work, C. fimbriatum plants were aseptically grown with 6 mol m(-3) of either glutamine or inorganic nitrogen forms (NO(3)(-):NH(4)(+) ratios). The highest biomass accumulation was found in plants supplied with glutamine; no significant difference was observed in plants incubated in the presence of inorganic nitrogen sources. Nitrogen assimilation was limited in the presence NO(3)(-) as a sole nitrogen source. C. fimbriatum did not accumulate NO(3)(-) and very low rates of in vivo nitrate reductase activity were observed. Most nitrate reductase activity (70%) was detected in the 2 cm apical roots. Nitrate-treated plants exhibited relatively lower amounts of free amino-N, chlorophyll and free NH(4)(+) contents and higher soluble sugar contents than the NH(4)(+)-treated plants. While shoot glutamine synthetase activity was only slightly affected by nitrogen sources, root glutamine synthetase activity was not modified by any nitrogen form. Glutamate dehydrogenase-NADH activity in shoot tissues was not influenced by any nitrogen source. However, the glutamate dehydrogenase-NADH activity in roots was enhanced when NH(4)(+) tissue contents was augmented by increasing NH(4)(+) in the medium and by the presence of glutamine. Our results strongly suggest that organic nitrogen and NH(4)(+) are probably the most important nitrogen sources to C. fimbriatum plants.     

Ingestion of bacteria in suspension Indian major carps (Catla catla,Labeo rohita) and Chinese carps (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix,Aristichthys nobilis)

Single-species groups of fry of the planktivorous, filter-feeding carps (silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, bighead carp Aristichthys nobilis, rohu Labeo rohita and catla Catla catla) were exposed to the bacterium Chromobacterium violaceum to assess if they could detect or ingest unattached bacteria. The results indicate that planktivorous carp fry are able to ingest unattached bacteria and that the numbers ingested increase with time and with bacterial concentration in the media, although probably by passive means. It is also suggested that unattached bacteria are of little nutritional significance to carps.     

Morphological and physiological effects of beta-hydroxybutyrate on rat embryos grown in vitro at different stages

Diabetic women are more likely to give birth to infants with congenital malformations than are nondiabetic women. Rodent embryos have been used as a model for the study of abnormal fetal development associated with maternal diabetes, and some of the metabolic factors which are altered in diabetes, such as raised glucose and ketones, have been shown to cause abnormal development of rodent embryos in vitro. The present work explores further the teratogenicity of beta-hydroxybutyrate to rat embryos. To determine the sensitivities of rat embryos at different stages of their development, rat embryos at 9.5 days of gestation have been cultured in vitro for 24 or 48 h, with or without 4 x 10(-2) M beta-hydroxybutyrate for all or part of the culture period. The embryos have been examined by scanning electron microscopy, and a detailed morphometric analysis of one tissue, the neuroepithelium, has been undertaken. The results confirm that beta-hydroxybutyrate causes abnormal development of rat embryos. The results of experiments in which embryos were exposed to beta-hydroxybutyrate for only part of a 48 h culture show that embryos exposed to beta-hydroxybutyrate for a complete 48 h culture are more severely affected than embryos exposed to beta-hydroxybutyrate for only part of the culture and that embryos are more vulnerable to beta-hydroxybutyrate during the first half of a 48 h culture (equivalent to 9.5 to 10.5 days of gestation) than during the second half of a 48 h culture (10.5 to 11.5 days of gestation). The results of experiments in which embryos were cultured with beta-hydroxybutyrate from 9.5 days of gestation for 24 h (equivalent to 9.5 to 10.5 days of gestation) showed that some effects of beta-hydroxybutyrate are already apparent after 24 hours in culture. Many of the abnormalities produced by beta-hydroxybutyrate can be classified as embryonic retardations rather than malformations--that is, embryos show features characteristic of normal, but younger, embryos. Embryos exposed to beta-hydroxybutyrate for the complete 48 h culture period consume less glucose and produce less lactate than control embryos on a per embryo basis, but not on a per microgram protein basis, suggesting that the reduced metabolism is an effect of beta-hydroxybutyrate-induced developmental delay rather than a cause of it.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Life history characteristics of three types of females in Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas (Rotifera) fed different algae

This study describes the life history characteristics of amictic, unfertilized mictic and fertilized mictic females of the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus cultured individually on two different algae at 0.1 mg ml^–1 food concentration and 27 °C. The duration of the juvenile period of amictic females was significantly shorter on Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick than on Scenedesmus obliquus Kütz or both algae together. The duration of the juvenile period of unfertilized mictic females was significantly longer, and the number of eggs produced by amictic females was significantly larger on Chlorella pyrenoidosa than on S. obliquus. When fed the same type of alga, the duration of the juvenile period of the fertilized mictic females was the longest among the three types of females, and the durations of the reproductive period of the amictic females and the post-reproductive period of the fertilized mictic females were longer than, or equal to those of the other two types of females, respectively. The number of eggs produced by an unfertilized mictic female was the largest among the three types of females, and that of amictic females was larger than or equal to that of fertilized mictic females, depending on the type of diet.