高寒草地甘肃臭草根系分形结构的坡向差异性

根系分形结构是植物根系构型应对环境异质性的表型可塑性结果, 可反映植物对生长环境的适应策略。利用ArcGIS建立研究区域的数字高程模型, 并提取坡向数据, 采用全根挖掘和Win-RHIZO根系分析仪相结合的方法, 研究了祁连山北坡高寒退化草地不同坡向甘肃臭草(Melica przewalskyi)的根系分形结构。结果表明: 随着坡向由北坡向东坡、西坡、南坡转变, 草地群落的密度、高度和土壤含水量逐渐减小, 甘肃臭草种群的密度、高度以及根系分形丰度呈逐渐增大的趋势、分形维数逐渐减小; 不同坡向甘肃臭草根系分形维数和分形丰度间的相关性存在差异(p < 0.05), 南坡和北坡甘肃臭草根系分形维数分形丰度之间存在极显著负相关关系(p < 0.01), 东坡和西坡之间存在显著负相关关系(p < 0.05), 甘肃臭草根系分形维数和分形丰度存在着“此消彼长”的权衡关系; 随着坡向由北坡向东坡、西坡、南坡转变, 甘肃臭草根系分形维数和分形丰度回归方程的标准化主轴(SMA)斜率逐渐增大(p < 0.05), 说明在干旱的南坡, 根系所开发利用的相同体积的土壤内, 根系分支更少、更稀疏。不同坡向甘肃臭草合理权衡根系分形维数和分形丰度的资源配置模式, 体现了植物根系构型构建的资源投资权衡机制。     

尕海湿地不同密度条件下垂穗披碱草根系分形结构

根系分形结构影响根系的分布格局,是植物根系与胁迫生境相互适应的结果。采用全根挖掘和Win-RHIZO根系分析仪相结合的方法,按照垂穗披碱草种群密度设置Ⅰ(500—700株/m~2)、Ⅱ(300—500株/m~2)、Ⅲ(100—300株/m~2)3个密度梯度,研究了尕海湿地不同密度条件下垂穗披碱草(Elymus nutans)的根系分形结构。结果表明:随着垂穗披碱草种群密度的降低,湿地群落的高度、盖度、地上生物量及根系分形维数呈逐渐减小趋势,地下生物量与分形丰度逐渐增大;垂穗披碱草根系分形维数与分形丰度在高密度(Ⅰ)样地和低密度(Ⅲ)样地均呈极显著负相关关系(P0.01),在中密度(Ⅱ)样地呈显著负相关关系(P0.05),垂穗披碱草根系分形维数和分形丰度存在着"此消彼长"的权衡关系。在高密度湿地群落垂穗披碱草倾向于密集型根系构型构建模式,在低密度湿地群落选择扩散型的根系生长模式,体现了密度制约下高寒湿地植物种群应对资源多重竞争的生态适应机制。     

民勤绿洲边缘2种生境红砂种群分形特征及影响因素

以民勤绿洲边缘丘间低地和梭梭林固定沙丘2种生境下红砂种群为研究对象,采取空间替代时间和分形维数(计盒维数、信息维数和关联维数)研究了红砂种群的结构特征和空间格局的分形特征,并对其影响因素做了主成分分析,研究结果表明:(1)红砂种群在丘间低地生境下,主要集中在龄级Ⅰ,更新较好;在固定沙丘生境下,主要集中在龄级Ⅲ,更新受到很大的限制。(2)与梭梭林固定沙丘生境下相比,丘间低地生境下红砂种群个体间竞争较弱,但占据和利用空间能力较强且格局强度较大。红砂种群的计盒维数和信息维数对种群的个体数量、更新状况和分布情况反映灵敏,而且关联维数在干旱地区有其特定的生态学意义,即只表示种群竞争的强弱。(3)分形维数不仅与群落结构(密度、幼体数量等)有关,还与生境因子有关。主成分分析表明,土壤结皮类型是红砂种群格局分形维数的第一主成分,土壤含水量、土壤全盐量分别是第二和第三主成分,这三个主成分的累计贡献率为80.002%。(4)建议在防风固沙和植被恢复时,丘间低地生境下可以通过增大红砂Ⅰ小龄级个体的密度来提高整体的防风固沙能力和幼苗的成活量,但在梭梭林固定沙丘生境下如何提高红砂Ⅰ小龄级个体的成活率是保护和利用红砂的关键。     

江河源区高寒草甸退化序列土壤粒径分布及其分形维数

江河源区高寒草甸退化日益严重,恢复治理已进行了大量工作,但收效甚微,主要是对退化机理认识不清.为阐明退化草地的形成机制,
本文以江河源区高寒草甸为对象,分析退化序列土壤粒径的分布特征、分形维数,以及分形维数与土壤侵蚀模数的关系.结果表明: 随着高寒草甸退化加剧,土壤的黏粒百分含量呈增加趋势,粉砂和极细砂呈减小趋势;退化序列土壤粒径分形维数与黏粒百分含量呈显著正相关,与极细砂和粉砂呈显著负相关;各粒级土壤侵蚀模数与分形维数呈二次函数关系,分形维数2.81为土壤侵蚀发生的阈值.以土壤粒径分形维数2.81作为草地恢复指标,选择使分形维数小于2.81的相应措施,是恢复退化草地的有力保证.     

琵琶柴根系分叉数与连接长度权衡关系的坡向差异

权衡关系是生活史对策理论的基础,根系分叉数和连接长度的权衡关系对理解植物在不同生境下的表型可塑性有重要意义。利用Arc GIS建立研究区域的数字高程模型(DEM),采用全根系挖掘法,研究了祁连山北坡荒漠草原不同坡向琵琶柴(Reaumuria soongorica)根系分叉数和连接长度间的关系。结果表明:随着坡向由南坡转向西坡、东坡、北坡,草地群落密度、盖度、高度和土壤含水量呈逐渐增加的趋势,琵琶柴种群的高度、根冠比以及根系连接长度呈逐渐减小趋势,比根长和分叉数逐渐增加;不同坡向琵琶柴根系分叉数和连接长度的相关性存在差异,在南坡和北坡琵琶柴根系分叉数和连接长度之间存在极显著的负相关关系(P0.01),在东坡和西坡二者之间存在显著的负相关关系(P0.05);琵琶柴根系分配给根系分叉数和连接长度的资源间存在着"此消彼长"的权衡关系。不同坡向琵琶柴根系合理权衡连接长度和分叉数的资源配置模式,反映了异质生境中资源多重竞争下琵琶柴生物量分配机制和提高种群适应性的策略。     

九龙江流域杉木混交林土壤结构的分形研究

运用分形理论对九龙江流域4种类型杉木混交林土壤粒径的分形维数与土壤水稳性团聚体、团聚体含量及结构体破坏率关系进行研究,比较分析了不同类型杉木混交林土壤结构的分形维数,建立了土壤结构分形维数与土壤理化性质的回归模型.研究结果表明,杉木混交林土壤分形维数与土壤水稳性团聚体、团聚体含量、结构体破坏率及土壤理化性质呈显著回归关系,分形维数与0.25mm土壤颗粒含量线性负相关,与结构体破坏率呈线性正相关.杉木米老排混交林土壤团粒结构的分形维数最小,土壤结构、稳定性及肥力状况最好,而杉木巨尾按混交林土壤自我培肥能力最差.分形理论在林地土壤肥力研究上的应用为林地评价提供了新方法.     

砒砂岩区沙棘根系的生境适应性

以人工种植在内蒙古砒砂岩区3年生中国沙棘根系为研究对象,运用分形理论和统计分析方法,对不同生境条件下沙棘根系分形参数、根长、根数、根系质量、根冠比等进行研究.结果表明: 土壤水分对砒砂岩区沙棘根系构型影响最显著,其次是坡度,坡位对沙棘根系构型影响最小.砒砂岩区沙棘适宜种植在土壤含水率为8%左右的坡腰或坡底,坡腰坡度以30°～35°为宜.随土壤含水率的增加沙棘根冠比逐渐减小,随坡度的增加根冠比先增大后减小,随坡位的上升根冠比也表现出先增后减的趋势.沙棘在干旱贫瘠的坡腰具有根系发达、根冠比高的特征,符合固土护坡树种的基本特征与要求.     

河西走廊中部两种荒漠植物根系构型特征

在河西走廊中部,采用挖掘法挖取红砂和白刺根系,应用拓扑学与分形理论分析了根系构型的特征.结果表明: 2种荒漠植物根系的拓扑指数均较小,根系分支模式均近似为叉状分支结构.红砂和白刺根系具有较好的分形特征,其分形维数分别为(1.18±0.04)和(1.36±0.06);分形维数、分形丰度与根系平均连接长度均呈显著正相关.2种荒漠植物根系的平均连接长度均较大,以扩大植物的有效营养空间,从而适应干旱贫瘠的土壤环境.2种荒漠植物根系分支前的横截面积等于根系分支后的横截面积之和,验证了Leonardo da Vinci法则.对17个根系构型参数进行主成分分析,根系拓扑指数、根系连接数量、逐步分支率和根系直径4个根系构型参数能很好地表示2种荒漠植物根系构型特征.     

半干旱矿区排土场苜蓿恢复过程中土壤颗粒分形的演变特征

种植苜蓿恢复模式在半干旱矿区植被恢复中占重要地位。为掌握其恢复过程中土壤颗粒分形的演变特征,选择恢复年限分别为2 a、4 a、6 a和10 a(M2、M4、M6和M10)的苜蓿种植地为研究对象,通过野外分层采样与室内测定,依据颗粒体积分形理论,研究了排土场苜蓿恢复过程中土壤颗粒分形的演变特征及与土壤特性的关系。结果表明:研究区土壤各粒径含量以砂粒为主,粉粒次之,粘粒最少;随着苜蓿恢复过程,粘粒与粉粒含量整体表现为先增加后下降的趋势,且在M4阶段达到最佳,砂粒反之。土壤分形维数变化在2.09—2.57,在苜蓿恢复过程中先增大后减小,在M4阶段达到最大。土壤分形维数与粘粒、粉粒具有极显著正相关性(P0.01),与砂粒具有极显著负相关性(P0.01);土壤分形维数与电导率呈极显著负相关关系(P0.01),与pH值和速效钾含量呈显著负相关关系(P0.05),与碱解氮含量呈显著正相关关系(P0.05)。在半干旱矿区排土场采用苜蓿恢复模式,可用土壤分形维数表征土壤特性,应重视恢复年限的调控,适时进行适宜的利用与改造,确保矿区生态恢复的可持续性。     

海南东寨港红树林土壤粒径分布的分形特征及其影响因素

应用分形理论分析了海南东寨港红树林土壤粒径分布的分形特征及其影响因素,海南东寨港土壤的分形维数为2．302—2．575,分形维数的大小与土壤中的粘粒、盐分、有机质、全氮含量呈显著正相关,外滩红树林土壤的分形维数低于中滩和内滩;随着土壤质地由砂壤土、轻壤土、中壤土、重壤土的变化,分形维数逐渐增大;从陆到海土壤分形维数逐渐减小。群落类型、土壤质地、滩位、含盐量、有机质、全氮含量等是影响海南东寨港红树林土壤分形维数的主要因子。     

双色蜡蘑对黑松幼苗生长量及其根系形态的影响

为研究双色蜡蘑(Laccaria bicolor)对黑松(Pinus thunbergii)幼苗生长及其根系形态的影响,在营养杯培育条件下,用双色蜡蘑液体菌剂对黑松幼苗进行接种处理,接种第15、30、60、90、120天时取样,比较接种和未接种黑松幼苗的生物量、根系形态及根系分形维数的差异。结果表明:双色蜡蘑在黑松幼苗地上植株、地下根系的生长及其生物量的积累方面都表现出明显的促进作用。接种双色蜡蘑也显著改善了根系总长度、分支数、表面积、体积等参数和根系分形维数,并对地下根系生长的促进作用时间早于地上部分,且效应显著高于地上部分。接种双色蜡蘑第15~30天时对地上部分基本无影响,但对根系促进作用明显,而地上部分在第60天时开始表现出显著的生长效应。研究发现,双色蜡蘑能够成功定殖于黑松根部,促进黑松幼苗生长及其生物量的积累,同时显著促进根系总长度、分支数、表面积和体积增加,并使根系分形维数增大,表现出明显的促生作用,且对根系发育的显著促进作用早于地上部分。     

Effects of MULTIFOLIATE-PINNA, AFILA, TENDRIL-LESS and UNIFOLIATA genes on leafblade architecture in Pisum sativum

In order to dissect the genetic regulation of leafblade morphogenesis, 16 genotypes of pea, constructed by combining the wild-type and mutant alleles of MFP, AF, TL and UNI genes, were quantitatively phenotyped. The morphological features of the three domains of leafblades of four genotypes, unknown earlier, were described. All the genotypes were found to differ in leafblade morphology. It was evident that MFP and TL functions acted as repressor of pinna ramification, in the distal domain. These functions, with and without interaction with UNI, also repressed the ramification of proximal pinnae in the absence of AF function. The expression of MFP and TL required UNI function. AF function was found to control leafblade architecture multifariously. The earlier identified role of AF as a repressor of UNI in the proximal domain was confirmed. Negative control of AF on the UNI-dependent pinna ramification in the distal domain was revealed. It was found that AF establishes a boundary between proximal and distal domains and activates formation of leaflet pinnae in the proximal domain.     

Presence of Rhizobium Etli bv . Phaseoli and Rhizobium Gallicum bv . Gallicum in Egyptian Soils

Seven bean rhizobial strains EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29 identified as Rhizobium etli, and EBRI 32 identified as Rhizobium gallicum, isolated from Egyptian soils and which nodulated Phaseolus vulgaris efficiently, were subjected to hybridization with a nifH probe in order to estimate the copy number of this gene. Seven strains (EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29) which were only able to nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris, contained three copies of the nifH gene, consistent with their identification as Rhizobium etli bv. phaseoli. Only one strain (EBRI 32) which nodulated both Phaseolus vulgaris and Leucaena leucocephala, had one copy of nifH gene. This confirmed the classification of this strain as Rhizobium gallicum bv. gallicum.     

Doc and copia instability in an isogenic Drosophila melanogaster stock

A high degree of heterogeneity and an overall increase in number of insertion sites of the mobile elements Doc and copia were revealed in one substock of an isogenic Drosophila melanogaster stock, while in two other substocks the distribution of copia sites was highly homogenous, but that of Doc sites was again heterogenous. We therefore concluded that copia was unstable in one of the substocks and Doc was unstable in all. Doc instability presumably arose earlier than copia instability. Doc and copia transpositions were directly observed in experiments with one substock. An abundance of copia insertions was revealed in the X chromosome where insertions with deleterious effects are exposed to selection in hemizygous condition. The locations of many other mobile elements (mdg1, mdg2, mdg3, mdg4, 297, B104, H.M.S. Beagle, I, P, BS, FB) were found to be conserved in each substock and did not differ between them, indicating that these mobile elements were stable. This homogeneity is a strong argument against any possibility of inadvertent contamination.     

Probing the Drosophila retinal determination gene network in Tribolium (II): The Pax6 genes eyeless and twin of eyeless

The Pax6 genes eyeless (ey) and twin of eyeless (toy) are upstream regulators in the retinal determination gene network (RDGN), which instructs the formation of the adult eye primordium in Drosophila. Most animals possess a singleton Pax6 ortholog, but the dependence of eye development on Pax6 is widely conserved. A rare exception is given by the larval eyes of Drosophila, which develop independently of ey and toy. To obtain insight into the origin of differential larval and adult eye regulation, we studied the function of toy and ey in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. We find that single and combinatorial knockdown of toy and ey affect larval eye development strongly but adult eye development only mildly in this primitive hemimetabolous species. Compound eye-loss, however, was provoked when ey and toy were RNAi-silenced in combination with the early retinal gene dachshund (dac). We propose that these data reflect a role of Pax6 during regional specification in the developing head and that the subsequent maintenance and growth of the adult eye primordium is regulated partly by redundant and partly by specific functions of toy, ey and dac in Tribolium. The results from embryonic knockdown and comparative protein sequence analysis lead us further to conclude that Tribolium represents an ancestral state of redundant control by ey and toy.     

The role of the genesnrf EFG andccmFH in cytochromec biosynthesis inEscherichia coli

It has been suggested that two groups ofEscherichia coli genes, theccm genes located in the 47-min region and thenrfEFG genes in the 92-min region of the chromosome, are involved in cytochromec biosynthesis during anaerobic growth. The involvement of the products of these genes in cytochromec synthesis, assembly and secretion has now been investigated. Despite their similarity to other bacterial cytochromec assembly proteins, NrfE, F and G were found not to be required for the biosynthesis of any of thec-type cytochromes inE. coli. Furthermore, these proteins were not required for the secretion of the periplasmic cytochromes, cytochromec ₅₅₀ and cytochromec ₅₅₂, or for the correct targeting of the NapC and NrfB cytochromes to the cytoplasmic membrane. NrfE and NrfG are required for formate-dependent nitrite reduction (the Nrf pathway), which involves at least twoc-type cytochromes, cytochromec ₅₅₂ and NrfB, but NrfF is not essential for this pathway. Genes similar tonrfE, nrfF andnrfG are present in theE. coli nap-ccm locus at minute 47. CcmF is similar to NrfE, the N-terminal region of CcmH is similar to NrfF and the C-terminal portion of CcmH is similar to NrfG. In contrast to NrfF, the N-terminal, NrfF-like portion of CcmH is essential for the synthesis of allc-type cytochromes. Conversely, the NrfG-like C-terminal region of CcmH is not essential for cytochromec biosynthesis. The data are consistent with proposals from this and other laboratories that CcmF and CcmH form part of a haem lyase complex required to attach haemc to C-X-X-C-H haem-binding domains. In contrast, NrfE and NrfG are proposed to fulfill a more specialised role in the assembly of the formate-dependent nitrite reductase.     

GFP基因在新疆小拟南芥和拟南芥中的表达分析

以质粒pMCB30为模板,扩增GFP基因,连接到载体pCMBIA2300-35S-OCS上,构建过量表达载体p35S:GFP,将其转入农杆菌GV3101.通过农杆菌介导法将p35S:GFP载体分别转入新疆特色植物小拟南芥和拟南芥中.T0代经含有卡那霉素的1/2MS培养基筛选,获得了T1代转基因小拟南芥2株,T1代转基因拟南芥9株.通过激光共聚焦显微镜观察,在转基因小拟南芥和拟南芥的根尖细胞中均可检测到GFP绿色荧光蛋白;对转基因植株进行PCR扩增,均可检测到GFP基因,表明GFP基因已成功转入小拟南芥和拟南芥中.该研究建立了小拟南芥的遗传转化体系,为进一步利用GFP基因和进一步研究小拟南芥的功能基因奠定基础.     

Prosthecium species with Stegonsporium anamorphs on Acer

Data from microscopic morphology, single-spore cultures, and DNA analyses of teleomorphs and anamorphs support the recognition of five species of Prosthecium with Stegonsporium anamorphs on Acer: P. acerinum sp. nov., the teleomorph of S. acerinum; P. acerophilum comb. nov., formerly known as Dictyoporthe acerophila; P. galeatum comb. nov., originally described as Massaria galeata; P. opalus sp. nov.; and P. pyriforme sp. nov., the teleomorph of S. pyriforme s. str. The morphology of both type specimens and freshly collected material was investigated. The teleomorphs have brown ellipsoidal ascospores with five distosepta and often a longitudinal distoseptum. The anamorphs of all species described here belong to Stegonsporium; their connection to the Prosthecium teleomorphs was demonstrated by morphology and DNA sequences of single spore cultures derived from both ascospores and conidia. The anamorphs and teleomorphs of all five Prosthecium species are described and illustrated by LM images, and a key to these species is provided. As perceived from this work, S. pyriforme is restricted to Europe and does not occur in North America, whereas S. acerinum is restricted to North America, not found in Europe. The host associations given in the literature are revised and evidence is provided that only A. opalus, A. pseudoplatanus, and A. saccharum are confirmed hosts of Prosthecium with Stegonsporium anamorphs. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of tef1, ITS rDNA, and partial nuLSU rDNA sequences confirm that the species with Stegonsporium anamorphs are closely related to P. ellipsosporum, the generic type species. Stilbospora macrosperma is confirmed as the anamorph of P. ellipsosporum by DNA data of single spore isolates obtained from both ascospores and conidia.