格氏栲天然林与人工林凋落叶分解过程中养分动态

通过对中亚热带格氏栲天然林 (natural forest of Castanopsis kawakamii, 约150a)、格氏栲和杉木人工林 (monoculture plantations of C. Kawakamii and Cunninghamia lanceolata,33年生) 凋落叶分解过程中养分动态的研究表明,各凋落叶分解过程中N初始浓度均发生不同程度的增加后下降;除格氏栲天然林中其它树种叶和杉木叶P浓度先增加后下降外,其它均随分解过程而下降;除杉木叶外,其它类型凋落叶的Ca和Mg浓度呈上升趋势;凋落叶K浓度均随分解过程不断下降.养分残留率与分解时间之间存在着指数函数关系xt=x0e-kt.凋落叶分解过程中各养分释放常数分别为N(kN) 0.678～4.088;P (kP) 0.621～4.308;K(kK) 1.408～4.421;Ca (kCa) 0.799～3.756;Mg (kMg) 0.837 ～ 3.894.除杉木叶外,其它凋落叶分解过程中均呈kK>kP>kN>kMg>kCa的顺序变化.各林分凋落叶的年养分释放量分别为N 10.73～48.19kg/(hm2·a),P 0.61～3.70kg/(hm2·a),K 6.66～39.61kg/(hm2·a),Ca 17.90～20.91kg/(hm2·a),Mg 3.21～9.85kg/(hm2·a).与针叶树人工林相比,天然阔叶林凋落叶分解过程中较快的养分释放和较高的养分释放量有利于促进养分再循环,这对地力维持有重要作用.     

不同施肥处理杜鹃红山茶N、P、K元素的DRIS营养诊断

对杜鹃红山茶(Camellia azalea)苗期生长大量营养元素进行诊断,为指导杜鹃红山茶苗木科学施肥和高效培育提供依据。以杜鹃红山茶0.5 年生嫁接苗为材料,用 N、P、K 三元二次正交旋转组合设计进行施肥试验,以处理12个月后嫁接苗N、P、K元素含量为依据,采用P/N、K/N、P/K作为诊断指标,计算相应系数并用诊断施肥综合法(DRIS)和指数法对N、P、K需求关系进行分析。杜鹃红山茶P和N元素含量最佳比值为0.074±0.108;K和N元素含量最佳比值为0.509±0.500;P和K元素含量最佳比值为0.148±0.090,建立杜鹃红山茶DRIS营养诊断指数表。杜鹃红山茶对N肥和K肥的反应比P肥更为敏感,栽培管理中应多施用N肥和K肥,促进苗木生长。     

水位变化对三峡库区消落带狗牙根种群营养特征的影响

为探讨三峡库区大尺度、反季节水位变化对消落带狗牙根种养元素吸收和分配特征的影响, 分别测定了三个样带的营养元素含量。结果表明: 根、茎、叶中大量元素含量顺序为N>K>P, 中量元素含量顺序为Ca>S>Mg, 微量元素为Fe>Zn>Cu>Mn。根系对K、Mg、S、Fe、Mn、Zn 的吸收均被促进, 而对P 和Ca 的吸收被显著抑制, 低水位根系对N、Cu 的吸收也被显著促进。高水位茎和叶中N、P、K、Mg、S、Cu 的含量呈降低趋势, Ca、Fe、Mn 含量呈显著增大趋势, 且茎中Zn 含量也呈增加趋势。随着水位的降低N、P、K、Mg、S、Zn 含量显著增加, 在叶片中的含量显著大于根、茎, 而Fe、Mn、Cu 表现出主要向茎分布的趋势, 且Ca 在叶中的分配显著被抑制, 而在茎中的分配被促进。随着水位降低新叶中N、P、K、Mg、S 的含量明显高于老叶, 而Fe、Ca、Mn、Zn 和Cu 则相反。随着分枝级数增大N、P、K 的含量呈递增趋势, Ca、Cu、Fe、Zn 呈递减趋势, 而Mg、S 含量呈“∨”形变化。因此, 库区水位已导致消落狗牙根种群营养特征发生显著的变化。     

杨树人工林凋落物养分归还功能研究

对杨树中龄林、成熟林凋落物量、组成特征、季节动态及凋落物中N、P、K、Fe、Ca、Mg含量进行了定位观测和实验测定。结果表明:杨树成熟林的年凋落物量为4.45t·hm^-2·a^-1,是中龄林的1.42倍,两者存在显著差异(p<0.05);叶是凋落物的主要形式,分别占中龄林、成熟林总凋落物量的70.1%和81.5%;凋落物量具有明显的季节动态,表现为"双峰"型;成熟林养分归还量是68.4kg·hm^-2·a^-1,是中龄林48.96kg·hm^-2·a^-1的1.4倍;两林分各养分年归还量的大小顺序为N>Ca>K>Mg>Fe>P;杨树成熟林的N、P、Fe、Mg4种元素的利用率大于中龄林的,而K和Ca元素的利用率却相反。     

秦岭西部山地针叶林凋落物层的化学性质

凋落物作为土壤和植物的结合点在森林生态系统的养分和能量循环方面起着重要作用。凋落物的产量及其元素浓度制约着林下凋落物层和矿质土壤的养分归还。本研究利用野外实地观测和室内分析相结合的方法对秦岭西部山地不同针叶林凋落物层分解过程的特性（如凋落物储量、分解速率、周转时间和养分元素贮量及回归量）进行了研究,结果表明：1）林下凋落物现存量（8.46～29.81 t·hm^-2）远大于年凋落物量（2.96～4.23 t·hm^-2·a^-1）,凋落物分解速率相对较低、积累很强,系统养分循环参数小;2）营养元素在凋落物层中含量的分布格局因树种不同而不同,但不同树种凋落物层营养元素（N、P、K、Ca、Mg、Fe）的储量均为：未分解层（U层）<半分解层（S层）<分解层（D层）;3）不同树种林下凋落物层平均营养元素的储量为：Ca：357.71 kg·hm^-2>N：175.72 kg·hm^-2 >Fe：102.50 kg·hm^-2>Mg：54.21 kg·hm^-2>K：31.96 kg·hm^-2>P：16.78 kg·hm^-2;4）林下凋落物的分解过程是一个养分积累的过程,营养元素最终普遍在分解层（D层）中富集;5）树种和人为经营情况对森林凋落物层的性质和分解状况有较大影响,林下凋落物分解速率表现为：云杉林< 松林< 落叶松林。     

三倍体毛白杨叶片营养DRIS诊断

采用L1645正交设计法对造林后的三倍体毛白杨进行了施肥试验,运用DRIS诊断法对其叶片营养元素进行了研究.结果表明,以造林第3年7～10月份三倍体毛白杨叶片N、P、K元素浓度测定值为依据,成功制定了DRIS图解法及指数法的营养诊断标准,经检验取得了较高的诊断正确率.三倍体毛白杨叶片N、P、K三元素浓度最佳比值范围为N/P=19.116±1.270;N/K=3.054±0.289;K/P=6.356±0.651.DRIS诊断标准分别经各月份林木叶片养分元素浓度回代检验,林木N、P、K需肥次序与实际施肥量基本一致,其中以9月份林木各处理为例,诊断正确率达到了80%以上.3年生三倍体毛白杨林木对N、P、K需求次序为N>K>P,与DRIS诊断结果一致.运用DRIS法诊断得到的三倍体毛白杨叶片养分浓度最佳比值范围将为三倍体毛白杨的合理施肥,大面积推广提供科学依据.     

镁肥对马尾松幼苗生长与叶片元素积累的影响

为了探讨上杭种源马尾松Pinus massoniana叶营养与生长对不同镁肥水平的响应,以其优良种源1年生苗为材料,设置4个镁肥梯度(42 g·m-2、85 g·m-2、170 g·m-2、339 g·m-2),测定移栽1年后苗木生长指标及叶内营养含量。结果表明,施镁能够促进元素P、K、Ca、Fe、Cu、Zn积累,抑制N、Mg、Mn积累;镁施肥量为85 g·m-2时,对N、Mg、Mn积累的抑制作用不显著,对P、K、Ca、Fe、Cu、Zn积累的促进作用最大,苗木生长最好,为最佳施肥量。施镁并不能促进苗木对镁的吸收,而是改变了营养供应的土壤环境,从而改变植物对其他营养的吸收比例,进而影响植物的生长。苗木的生长与Fe、P、K的关系最为密切,其次是Mg、Mn、Ca、N、Cu、Zn。     

油茶低产林养分需求和时间配置动态变化研究

以常宁油茶低产林为研究对象,分析了油茶低产林树体各器官及土壤养分时间动态变化。结果表明:油茶低产林树体在不同生长期需求的大量元素均为全N、Ca和全K最多,而需求的Mg和全P最少;需求的微量元素均为Mn和Fe最多,Cu和Cd最少;春梢期供应的土壤养分元素是速效N和Mg,夏梢期主要供应的土壤元素是速效K、全N、全P、Fe和有机质,果实成熟期主要供应的土壤养分元素是全K,开花期主要供应的土壤元素是速效P和Ca;不同时间油茶低产林养分需求为春梢期(28.36%)夏梢期(26.17%)果实成熟期(22.75%)开花期(22.73%);土壤养分供应为夏梢期(2999.83±87.04 mg/kg)果实成熟期(2703.93±292.26 mg/kg)开花期(2554.60±508.84 mg/kg)春梢期(2385.88±199.62 mg/kg);油茶低产林在不同生长期需要的养分和土壤供应的养分并不一一对应。研究结果可为油茶低产林的施肥时间配置和养分时间变化提供科学依据,在春梢期多施肥。     

玉米初生根和不同层次次生根的直径和大量元素含量的比较分析

对大田条件下玉米品种'掖单13'(Zea mays 'Yedan 13')和'丹玉13'(Z. mays 'Danyu 13')初生根(包括初生胚根和次生胚根)和不同层次次生根的直径及其中的N、P、K、Ca和Mg含量进行了比较分析.分析结果表明,'掖单13'和'丹玉13'初生根直径总体上小于次生根;从第1层至第7层次生根,基本上为发生时间越晚,根直径越大;而2个品种第7层至第9层次生根基部直径的变化趋势有一定的差异.'掖单13'和'丹玉13'初生根和不同层次次生根中N、P、K、Ca和Mg含量差异显著(P<0.05);'掖单13'初生根中的N、P、K、Ca和Mg含量分别为27.36、 3.75、 14.34、 10.19和5.94 g·kg~(-1), 不同层次次生根中的N、 P、 K、 Ca和Mg含量分别为4.31～8.99、 0.91～1.29、4.07～15.27、2.35～5.42和1.52～4.06 g·kg~(-1);'丹玉13' 初生根中的N、P、K、Ca和Mg含量分别为28.65、4.65、14.54、10.33和6.04 g·kg~(-1),不同层次次生根中的N、P、K、Ca和Mg含量分别为7.41～12.70、0.84～1.27、1.81～24.69、2.46～3.73和1.12～2.73 g·kg~(-1);2个品种初生根中N、P、Ca和Mg含量均最高,K含量也显著高于第1层至第7层次生根;总体上看,不同层次次生根中的N、Ca和Mg含量随发生时间的先后呈逐渐降低的趋势,P和K含量随发生时间的先后呈逐渐增加的趋势,但2个品种间有一定的差异.研究结果显示,次生根根直径的增大与其对地上部分的固持能力有关.     

珍稀乡土树种福建柏苗期DRIS营养诊断

以我国珍稀乡土树种福建柏的1年生播种苗为研究对象,对苗期的DRIS营养诊断技术进行了系统研究。运用D-最优饱和设计法进行了福建柏苗期N、P、K3因素10处理盆栽施肥试验。与以往的研究仅以某月份或特定时间的取样制定的营养诊断标准不同,以整个生长季节(6～12月份)内选取的共计10 0份苗木叶片养分含量测定值为依据,成功制定了DRIS图解法及指数法的营养诊断标准,经检验其诊断正确率较高,验证了DRIS营养诊断方法可以排除1年生苗木不同月份叶龄的影响。福建柏苗期叶片3元素浓度最佳比值范围为N/ P=11.4 12 1±1.4 137;K/ N=0 .5 0 32±0 .10 39;K/ P=5 .6 16 8±1.0 6 0 4。DRIS诊断标准分别经各月份苗木叶片养分元素含量回代检验,所诊断的苗木N、P、K需肥次序与实际施肥量基本一致。以生长中期的8月份各处理苗木为例,列出各元素的DRIS诊断指数及相对需肥次序,诊断正确率达90 %以上。     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.