优质牧草旋扭山绿豆对低温胁迫的生理响应及其耐寒性快速鉴定

为了解旋扭山绿豆(Desmodium intortum)对低温的耐受性,以在南方各省广泛种植的优质牧草紫花大翼豆(Macroptilium atropurureum)为对照,研究了旋扭山绿豆对低温胁迫的生理响应。结果表明,低温胁迫(4℃)下,旋扭山绿豆的实际光能转化效率(Yield)和光合电子传递效率(ETR)在第2～8天时下降幅度显著低于紫花大翼豆(P0.05)。低温处理使旋扭山绿豆和紫花大翼豆超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性显著增加(P0.05);过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性则显著降低;旋扭山绿豆的过氧化物酶(POD)没有显著变化(P0.05),但紫花大翼豆下降了47.11%。低温处理下旋扭山绿豆游离脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量显著高于紫花大翼豆(P0.05)。回归分析、抵抗力指数和营养成分分析表明,旋扭山绿豆是一种抗寒性与营养价值均优于紫花大翼豆的优良牧草,其中Yield、ETR、CAT与渗透调节物质(游离脯氨酸和可溶性糖)可以作为旋扭山绿豆耐寒性鉴定的重要生理指标。     

华南地区2种优质牧草对入侵杂草薇甘菊的化感作用

研究了2种牧草大翼豆和旋扭山绿豆,以及入侵杂草薇甘菊的化感作用。结果表明,化感作用大小表现为:大翼豆〉薇甘菊〉旋扭山绿豆。大翼豆对薇甘菊具有化感抑制作用,其中茎的抑制作用大于叶,高浓度的抑制作用大于低浓度。旋扭山绿豆对薇甘菊的化感抑制作用显著低于大翼豆。另一方面,薇甘菊对2种牧草的化感作用较弱,远低于2种牧草对薇甘菊的抑制作用。可见,果园间作牧草大翼豆比旋扭山绿豆在防止薇甘菊入侵方面更具有优势。     

荔枝-旋扭山绿豆复合种植系统对荔枝害虫的生态调控作用

对营建荔枝 旋扭山绿豆复合种植系统和荔枝单一种植系统的昆虫群落结构及动态进行系统调查.结果表明,复合种植园中荔枝害虫总数显著减少,仅为单一种植园的61.27%,在果实生长关键期的5月份的数量仅是单一种植园的50.45%.旋扭山绿豆与荔枝树存在相互协调关系：两者具较少共同害虫,其害虫却存在多种共同天敌;旋扭山绿豆冬季开花为天敌昆虫越冬提供庇护场所和替代食物,两者花期基本衔接,利于害虫天敌的生存及繁殖.在荔枝开花和荔果生长期的3～6月份,复合园荔枝树上的天敌数量与害虫数量之比分别为单一园的4.22、2.34、2.28和20.63倍,有效地发挥了对荔枝害虫的控制作用.     

旋扭山绿豆快生型根瘤菌不结瘤突变株的分离

旋扭山绿豆快生型根瘤菌D1202菌株在吖啶橙(20ug/ml,30μg/ml)的作用下(28℃培养7天),可以诱发不结瘤Nod~-突变株。从单菌落结瘤试验表明,Nod~-突变个体占群体数的10—20%。随机挑取的未经吖啶橙处理的20个单菌落的回接试验,旋扭山绿豆植物能正常地结瘤固氮。说明控制结瘤作用的基因对吖啶橙处理敏感。     

旋扭山绿豆快生型根瘤菌高度抗碱及共生固氮

从旋扭山绿豆根瘤中分离得到快生型根瘤菌。该菌株的时/代为3．85h,高度抗碱,略耐盐;能利用供试的所有双糖和单糖,在BTB反应中培养基由乳黄色变黄色;不产生3-酮基乳糖,表明井非根癌农杆菌。快生型菌株抗原性比慢生型菌株强,共生效应的固氮酶活性比慢生型菌株差。     

旋扭山绿豆（Desmodium intortum）营养器官的形态解剖特点与高固氮、耐阴和水土保持的关系

旋扭山绿豆（Ｄｅｓｍｏｄｉｕｍｉｎｔｏｒｔｕｍ）不仅是营养价值高的牧草,而且是耐阴、高固氮和适于水土保持的植物。本植物由主根、各级侧根和不定根组成庞大的根系．各种根都可长出根瘤。其根瘤形成时间较早．数量较多．８５％以上为有效根瘤．类菌体力棒形．茎半匍匐,分枝多,复盖面积大,节及节间都能产生不定根。其叶较薄．气孔较少．叶绿体较大．其内淀粉粒少．基粒片层较丰富,因而能耐阴、在２０％遮阴下生长最好。     

旋扭山绿豆根瘤菌MXDI6菌株氢酶诱导表达

在自生异养条件下,旋扭山绿豆根瘤菌ＭＸＤＩ６菌株的氢酶诱导表达受气相、ｐＨ值、镍等因子影响：氢酶表达的最适氧浓度为４％,最适氢浓度为１５％,二氧化碳没有明显影响;氢酶表达的ｐＨ值以５．０—６．０为宜;０．５μｍｏｌ／ＬＮｉＣｌ２明显促进吸氢活性,但镍浓度大于１μｍｏｌ／Ｌ则抑制吸氢活性．     

中国叶刺瘿螨亚科一新属三新种一新纪录种(蜱螨亚纲,瘿螨科)

描述叶刺瘿螨亚科Phyllocoptinae新属为：新上三脊瘿螨属Neocalepitrimerus gen.nov.,3新种是金樱新上三脊瘿螨Neocalepitrimerus rosa sp.nov.,寄主植物是金樱子Rosalaevigata（Michx）;山绿豆四瘿螨Tetra desmodium sp.nov.,寄主植物是异果山绿豆Desmodium heterocarpum（L.）;叶下珠顶冠瘿螨Tegolophus phyllathus sp.nov.,寄主植物是叶下珠Phyllathus sp.;1新纪录种是土密树四瘿螨Tetra bridelineDas＆Chakrabati。     

半乳糖凝集素的结构和功能

半乳糖凝集素的结构和功能关键词半乳糖凝集素凝集素是能与特定糖结构结合的蛋白质,能够识别广泛分布于动物组织中的糖复合物。动物凝集素可分为４类：Ｃ类凝集素（包括选择蛋白,Ｓｅｌｅｃｔｉｎ）、Ｐ类凝集素、正五聚蛋白（Ｐｅｎｔｒａｘｉｎｓ）和半乳糖凝集素（暂...     

红花菜豆凝集素与莫寡糖部分分子间的聚合

红花菜豆凝集素与莫寡糖部分分子间的聚合施炜星,孙册（中国科学院上海生物化学研究所,上海,２０００３１）关键词红花菜豆凝集素;寡糖;分子间聚合凝集素是一类与糖结合并凝集细胞或沉淀含糖大分子的蛋白质或糖蛋白。凝集素均由亚基组成,通常一个亚基具有一个结合糖...     

荔枝-牧草复合系统节肢动物群落多样性与稳定性分析

1997年9月到1998年9月在广东东莞对荔枝－牧草复合系统和单一系统的节肢动物群落进行了比较研究,结果表明,荔枝－牧草复合系统同单一系统相比节肢动物群落数量,物种丰富度及均匀性增加,多样性提高,复合系统中各类群的多样性几乎在一年中的任何时期都比单一系统要高,但不同系统各类群的多样性对夏季高温和荔枝树生长阶段的反应极不一致。利用3个指数来评价群落的稳定性,结果都说明复合系统中的节肢动物群落显得较为稳定,看来,荔枝－牧草复合系统是荔枝园中维持,保护和利用节肢动物群落多样性的一种很好的模式,用有序样品的最优分割方法,把荔枝－牧草复合系统的节肢动物群落最优划分为了5个阶段,各个阶段节肢动物各类群的多样性特征及主要害虫和天敌状态的明确能对复合系统中荔枝害虫综合防治措施的适时采用起指导作用。     

格拉姆柱花草(Stylosanthes gracilis H.B.K.cv.Graham)凝集素的纯化与性质研究

为了探讨凝集素在豆科植物与根瘤菌的识别过程中的作用,用ＤＥＡＥ－３２离子交换层析和ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１５０凝胶过滤分离、纯化格拉姆柱花草种子凝集素（ＳＧＬ）,其分子量约为４５ｋＤ,由两个相同的亚基组成,等电点约ｐＨ５．８,它是一种糖蛋白,含糖量约为２．６％．ＳＧＬ的热稳定性强．ＳＧＬ的血凝活性能被甘露糖所抑制．ＳＧＬ对红细胞的凝集作用可能具有种属专一性;ＳＧＬ具有强的促有丝分裂作用;荧光标记实验显示：９株能与格拉姆柱花草植株结瘤的菌株有７株能与ＳＧＬ结合,６株不能与之结瘤的菌株,只有１株能与ＳＧＬ结合,这表明不同根瘤菌菌株对ＳＧＬ的结合能力,和它们在格拉姆柱花草上结瘤能力之间可能具有一定的生物学相关性．     

Influence of lime on nitrogen fixation by tropical and temperate legumes

Summary A nitrogen deficient Oxisol which had been fertilized with P, K, Zn and Mo received CaCO₃ at rates which increased continuously from zero to 22 tons/ha. Liming produced a range of pH in the saturation paste from 4.7 to 7.1; a range of calcium in the saturation extract from 0.3 to 3 meq/l; and a significant decline in available manganese. Responses of 9 tropical and 7 temperate legumes were compared across the pH variable.For Stylosanthes spp. nodule numbers and weight and plant yield declined above pH 5.5. Arachis hypogaea and Vigna sinensis, whose yield increased by only 30%, showed no clear improvement in nodulation or nodule effectiveness (acetylene reduction rate per unit nodule weight).Increased nodule effectiveness could account for most of the growth increase in Dolichos axillaris and Glycine max var. Kahala. Both the number and effectiveness of nodules increased for Desmodium intortum, Glycine wightii, Medicago sativa, and Trifolium subterraneum. Nodule size and effectiveness increased for G. max var. Kanrich. Only in one species, Coronilla varia, could increase in nodule numbers alone account for the increased growth associated with liming, although increased numbers of nodules probably accounted for much of the response by Lotus corniculatus, and by Desmodium canum and D. intortum up to pH 5.3.Increased nodulation and plant N contents were consistent with the conclusion that for most species improved N₂-fixation was the cause of growth improvement associated with liming. However, percent N was high in leaves of Vigna and Phaseolus vulgaris at all lime levels. In Phaseolus, variation in nodulation and growth were unrelated. The growth improvement was associated with decline in leaf N, suggesting that something other than N nutrition was limiting.Journal Series No. 1957 of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, University of California, Davis.Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.     

Genetic diversity of rhizobia associated with Desmodium species grown in China

AIMS: Desmodia are leguminous plants used as important forage and herbal medicine in China. Little information is available about the nodule bacteria of Desmodium species. To understand the genetic diversity of rhizobia associated with Desmodium species grown in China, isolates from temperate and subtropical regions were obtained and analysed. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 39 rhizobial strains isolated from 9 Desmodium species grown in China were characterized by PCR-based 16S rDNA gene and 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer gene restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The results showed high diversity among rhizobia symbiotic with Desmodium species. Most microsymbionts of Desmodium species belonged to Bradyrhizobium closely related to Bradyrhizobium elkanii, Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense. Several small groups or single strain were related to Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium or Mesorhizobium. CONCLUSIONS: Desmodium species formed nodules with diverse rhizobia in Chinese soils. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: These results offered the first systematic information about the microsymbionts of desmodia grown in the temperate and subtropical regions of China.     

nodSU, two new nod genes of the broad host range Rhizobium strain NGR234 encode host-specific nodulation of the tropical tree Leucaena leucocephala

Rhizobium species strain NGR234 nodulates at least 35 diverse genera of legumes as well as the nonlegume Parasponia andersonii. Most nodulation genes are located on the 500-kilobase pair symbiotic plasmid, pNGR234a. Previously, three plasmid-borne host range determinants (HsnI, HsnII, and HsnIII) were identified by their ability to extend the nodulation capacity of heterologous rhizobia to include Vigna unguiculata. In this study, we show that HsnII contains two new nod-box linked hsn genes, nodS and nodU.nodS controls nodulation of the tropical tree Leucaena leucocephala, while the nodSU genes regulate nodulation of the pasture legume Desmodium intortum and the grain legume V. unguiculata. Regulation of the nod-box upstream of nodSU by the flavonoid naringenin was shown using a fusion with a promoterless lacZ gene. Determination of the nucleotide sequence of the nodS gene did not reveal homology with any gene in the EMBL library, although Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110 contains both nodS and nodU (M. G?ttfert, S. Hitz, and H. Hennecke, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 3:308-316, 1990). We suggest that broad host range in NGR234 is controlled in part by a nodD gene which interacts with a wide range of flavonoids, and in part by host-specific nod genes such as nodS.     

Comparative lime requirements of tropical and temperate legumes

Summary In a field trial using a continuous function design, calcium carbonate was applied to a nitrogen deficient Hawaiian Oxisol at rates which increased along the plant row from 0 to 22 tons/ha, producing a gradient in soil pH from 4.7 to 7.1. Inoculated legumes representing 18 species were grown.Lime response curves showed no distinct general difference between tropical and temperate legumes. Within each group, individual species varied. Responsiveness rankings of species varied depending on criterion of response.The species ranked as follows according to the amount of lime needed for 90% of the maximum attained yield: Coronilla varia (16 tons/ha) > Leucaena leucocephala (11) > Phaseolus vulgaris, Medicago sativa (9–10) > Glycine max var. Kanrich (7) > Glycine wightii var. Cooper, Lotus corniculatus (6) > Glycine wightii var. Tinaroo, Trifolium repens, Trifolium subterraneum (5) > Desmodium canum, Dolichos axillaris, Glycine max var. Kahala (4) > Arachis hypogea, Desmodium intortum, Vigna sinensis (1–2) > Stylosanthes fruticosa, Stylosanthes guyanensis (0.1).The species ranked as follows according to the magnitude of yield increase due to lime: C. varia (20-fold increase) > T. repens (9-fold) > L. leucocephala, D. axillaris, M. sativa (6-fold) > G. wightii var. Tinaroo (5-fold) > P. vulgaris (4-fold) > G. wightii var. Cooper, L. corniculatus (3-fold) > D. canum, D. intortum, T. subterraneum (2-fold) > A. hypogea, G. max, S. fruticosa, S. guyanensis, V. sinensis (30–50%).Improved calcium availability could account for plant responses to lime rates over 3 to 4 tons/ha. Only 4 tons CaCO₃ sufficed to raise soil pH to 6 and depress solution aluminum and manganese to low concentrations, but 6 tons were needed to raise soluble calcium to 1 meq/l and 20 tons to raise it to 3 meq/l.Journal series No. 1953 of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, University of California, Davis.Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.     

红桂木凝集素的纯化与性质研究

红桂木（Ａｒｔｏｃａｒｐｕｓｌｉｎｇｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓ）、俗名胭脂,属桑科桂木属,为亚热带、热带植物．红桂木种子含丰富的红桂木凝集素（Ａｒｔｏｃａｒｐｕｓｌｉｎｇｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓｌｅｃｔｉｎ,ＡＬＬ）,但迄今国内外均未见关于它的报道．我们采用Ｇａｌ－Ｓ...     

A fluorescence ratio-based method to determine microalgal viability and its application to rapid optimization of cryopreservation

The utility of microalgal biomass and bioproducts depends on long-term maintenance of certain physiological or biochemical features of the species. While unique characteristics may not be durably maintained with general subculture, cryopreservation methods better prevent alterations from desired characteristics. Post-thaw viability is critical to establishing microalgal cultures, and there is a critical need to effectively and rapidly evaluate microalgal viability after the post-thawing process. In the present study, we developed a rapid assay based on the change of fluorescence ratio to determine microalgal viability post-thaw. It was shown that the assessment of microalgal viability by the fluorescence ratio method correlated well with that of the FDA-staining (R² = 0.978) and regrowth method (R² = 0.976), demonstrating that the present method could be applied in the high-throughput detection of viability of microalgal strains. Subsequent to establishing this method, we aimed to find out optimal cryopreservation protocol for each strain from a group of 125 microalgal strains. The viability of these strains under different treatments was quickly evaluated by the fluorescence ratio method. Of these strains, 95 attained post-thaw viability over 60%. DMSO was a suitable cryoprotectant for most strains at a concentration ≤10%. Based on the dataset, the relative contribution of 3 variables-genus, cryoprotectants and concentration to post-viability was analyzed with the Random Forest (RF) classification method. All variables together could explain 97.8% of the viability, and type and concentration of cryoprotectant could explain 59.1% in Chlorophyta. This study provided a new approach for viability assay and demonstrated that this method can facilitate to find out the optimal protocols for cryopreservation of microalgal strains.