应用结构方程模型解析影响黄连木果实产量 和种子命运的因素

果实(种子)产量和质量是影响植物种群更新的重要因素。为了探明影响黄连木果实产量和种子命运的因素以及这些影响因素之间的相互作用, 作者于2009年对河南省济源市45株黄连木(Pistacia chinensis)结果样树的植株特征、果实特征、果实产量和种子命运等进行了测定, 并用结构方程模型进行综合分析。结果表明: (1)黄连木果实产量与树高、树冠面积和果序大小等特征成正相关, 但与胸径、果实大小相关性不显著; (2)与捕食者饱和假说的预测不一致, 单株果实产量对黄连木广肩小蜂(Eurytoma plotnikovi)的种子捕食率(即虫蛀率)无显著直接负向效应; (3)树高和果实大小对虫蛀率为显著直接正向效应, 胸径对虫蛀率为显著直接负向效应, 显示黄连木广肩小蜂对植株特征和果实特征有一定的选择能力; (4)空壳率与虫蛀率成显著负相关, 空壳果实越多, 越易逃避黄连木广肩小蜂的寄生, 空壳果实的存在对完好种子起到了一定保护作用, 可能是黄连木防御昆虫寄生的重要机制; (5)空壳率和虫蛀率对种子完好率有显著直接负向效应, 而胸径、果序大小和果实产量对完好率为间接正向效应, 树高和果实大小为间接负向效应。可见, 黄连木植株特征和果实特征均不同程度地影响其果实产量和昆虫寄生, 从而影响黄连木的种子质量和种群更新。     

5种叶面肥对草莓光合特性及品质的影响

为探讨不同叶面肥对大棚草莓光合特性、果实品质及产量的影响,并筛选出适宜的叶面肥,以甘肃省兰州市西固区牟家台草莓温室大棚内栽植的草莓品种‘蒙特瑞’为试材,在施肥充足的情况下,在4个生育期追肥喷施经典750倍液（T1）、花仆1500倍液（T2)、润亮750倍液(T3)、艾德拉果500倍液（T4）及磷酸二氢钾1500倍液（T5）5种叶面肥,清水作为对照（CK）,测定了处理植株光合参数、果实品质、生物量及产量等指标。结果表明：（1）喷施不同叶面肥处理后草莓植株生物量、叶绿素含量显著增加,叶片的净光合速率和蒸腾速率显著上升,喷施叶面肥后的草莓植株胞间二氧化碳浓度均高于CK;（2）对果实品质而言,T2和T3处理能够显著改善草莓果形指数,T1和T5可以显著增大果实体积和重量。其中,T1的平均单果重较CK增加了5.89 g,T5的果实横径和纵径分别较CK增加了1.22 cm和1.15 cm。（3）实硬度、可溶性固形物含量、维生素C含量和还原糖含量有很明显的提高,并以T1施用效果最佳,较CK分别增加了3.3%、17.25 mg/g、2.71%。处理T1和T3可溶性蛋白含量分别较CK提高了0.097 mg/g和0.070 mg/g;（4）喷施叶面肥能够显著提高草莓单位面积产量,且以处理T1处理产量最高,较CK增长了13.65%。可见,施用适宜的叶面肥均能有效改善草莓营养生长状况,提升草莓果实品质,显著提高产量,并以经典750倍液叶面肥施用综合效果最佳。     

白蜡虫啮小蜂对白蜡虫花翅跳小蜂种群控制作用的研究

研究了白蜡虫啮小蜂TetrastichuskodaikanalensisSaraswat的室内饲养条件及其对白蜡虫花翅跳小蜂MicroterysericeriIshii的控制作用。研究结果表明 ,温度对白蜡虫啮小蜂存活率和产卵量有显著影响。 1 8、 2 1、2 4、 2 7、 30和 33℃ 6个温度处理下 ,白蜡虫啮小蜂的世代存活率分别为 1 84%、 31 83%、 80 39%、 72 75 %、48 0 8%和 2 2 81 %。 30℃时每雌产卵量和产卵百分率最高 ,分别为 1 3 2 1粒和 84 84%。雄蜡虫体内的白蜡虫啮小蜂有 3个羽化高峰期 ,分别为 6月下旬、 8月上～中旬和 9月中～下旬 ;雌蜡虫体内白蜡虫啮小蜂的 3个羽化高峰期为 8月上～中旬、 9月中～下旬和 1 0月下旬～ 1 1月上旬。白蜡虫啮小蜂的第 3个高峰种群数量最大 ,对白蜡虫花翅跳小蜂的重寄生率最高。第 3、 4代啮小蜂对寄生于雌雄蜡虫体内的白蜡虫花翅跳小蜂的重寄生率分别为雌蜡虫体内 :48 78%和 5 4 6 6 % ,雄蜡虫体内 :5 6 6 6 %和 6 4 71 % ;第 5代的重寄生率达76 0 0 % ;各代的重寄生率均为 4龄幼虫 >5龄幼虫 >蛹。人工释放啮小蜂对白蜡虫花翅跳小蜂种群数量有显著的控制作用。每株女贞树放 30头白蜡虫啮小蜂蛹 1次或 2次 ,白蜡产量分别为 1 1 1 3g和 1 37 6g ,为对照的3 0 6倍和 3 78倍。种虫产量分别为 1 49     

果袋颜色对番茄果实微环境及产量和品质的影响

为确定果袋颜色的生态学和生物学效应,以JYK番茄为试材,采用不同颜色果袋进行套袋处理,以不套袋为对照,研究了不同颜色果袋内微环境的变化及其对果实生长发育、产量和品质的影响.结果表明：不同颜色果袋均具有降低光强、提高温度、增加湿度的作用,并均可促进番茄果实膨大,增加单果质量,促进果实提早成熟.其中,以黑色果袋增温促长效果最好,其果实成熟期较对照提早10 d,单果质量增加27.2%;无色、蓝色及红色果袋处理的果实成熟期分别较对照提早8、3和2 d,单果质量分别增加11.8%、6.4%和4.8%.此外,套袋还可促进果实着色,显著提高番茄红素含量,但所有处理的果实硬度及可溶性固形物、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白含量均低于对照.表明番茄套袋虽增加了产量,但降低了其营养品质.     

西双版纳鸡嗉果榕小蜂繁殖和传粉行为

鸡嗉果榕 Ficus semicordata Buch.-Ham.ex J. E. Sm.是西双版纳地区常见的榕属植物,它是热带雨林生态系统中的一类先锋树种,当热带雨林被破坏后,它最先在林缘、沟谷和路边迅速生长起来,是热带和亚热带地区森林生态系统恢复初期一类重要物种。在西双版纳通过不同样地定树、定期生态学观察和室内剖查不同生长时期的鸡嗉果榕隐头果的方法,对榕小蜂繁殖和传粉行为进行了研究,结果表明,鸡嗉果榕雌雄异株,在西双版纳一年结2～3次隐头果,雌株隐头果内小花由榕小蜂传粉后产生种子。雄株则产生雄花和中性小花,中性小花专门供给传粉小蜂产卵繁殖后代。鸡嗉果榕小蜂Ceratosolen gravelyi Grandi是鸡嗉果榕唯一的传粉昆虫。传粉小蜂的雄蜂比雌蜂早羽化30～90 min,一部分雄虫羽化后,在虫瘿上爬动寻找雌蜂寄生的瘿花,一找到雌蜂寄生的瘿花,就咬破虫瘿的一个小口,把生殖器伸进瘿花与雌蜂交配,一部分雄蜂则在果肉上咬出蜂口。雌蜂交配后,顶大交配孔出蜂爬到雄花区采集花粉,然后,飞出寻找鸡嗉果榕雌花期的嫩隐头果传粉和繁殖后代。到鸡嗉果榕雌株传粉的小蜂能飞翔300～500 m,进果腔传粉行为长达5～27 h,传完粉3～5 h在果腔内死亡。到雄株上繁殖的小蜂一般飞翔在20～100 m左右近距离寻找嫩隐头果,进果腔产卵,每只小蜂在无干扰的情况下可产400多粒卵。除传粉榕小蜂外,在鸡嗉果榕雄株隐头果上还有4种植食、造瘿和复寄生等非传粉小蜂,它们对传粉小蜂的种群繁衍影响很大,常使传粉小蜂的种群数量降低25～70%。每个隐头果内进传粉小蜂量多少对鸡嗉果榕和榕小蜂繁殖有关,最佳进蜂量为3只,高或低于最佳进蜂量对鸡嗉果榕树和它的传粉小蜂繁殖均不利。     

鸡嗉果榕榕小蜂产卵时序与种群数量分析

榕树与传粉榕小蜂的互惠共生体系被多种非传粉榕小蜂利用。在同一个榕果中,具有较高种群密度的传粉榕小蜂和多种非传粉榕小蜂生存在一起并相互作用。通过野外观察和采样分析的方法,对鸡嗉果榕内5种榕小蜂（传粉榕小蜂Ceratosolen gravelyi;非传粉榕小蜂Apocrypta sp., Philotrypesis dunia, Platyneura cunia和Sycoscaptertr ifemmensis）的产卵行为进行了研究。结果证明,鸡嗉果榕内生活的各种榕小蜂通过比较严格的产卵时序在榕果内产卵以占领不同的生态位,这反映了这些榕小蜂各自的生物学特性。自然种群数量分析表明,单个非传粉榕小蜂物种的种群数量几乎不与传粉榕小蜂种群数量呈负相关,而所有非传粉榕小蜂物种的种群个体总量与传粉榕小蜂的种群个体数呈正相关,这可能是多个物种共存于单个榕果内的进化适应。     

锌对两个品种茄子果实品质的效应

采用土壤盆栽试验和化学分析方法,研究缺锌土壤上增施锌肥对两种茄子(黑紫茄和竹丝茄)产量和品质的影响及品种间差异,为优质蔬菜生产中合理施用微量元素锌提供科学依据。结果表明:在缺锌土壤上种植茄子,施锌量在10-40mg/kg条件下对两个品种茄子均有显著增产效果,以锌肥用量为20mg/kg时增产效果最好,其中黑紫茄增产37.7%,竹丝茄增产82.5%;锌肥用量能够明显影响茄子品质,适当增加锌肥用量,果实中游离氨基酸、硝酸盐含量下降,而可溶性糖、维生素C、黄酮和芦丁及矿质元素锌、铁、钙含量升高。茄子果实中大部分品质成分的平均含量在施锌量为20 mg/kg达到最高,其次为40mg/kg和10 mg/kg。低锌土壤上增施适量锌肥(Zn 20mg/kg土壤)使两种茄子的品质明显改善,施锌过量(>40 mg/kg)茄果品质下降。     

果袋颜色对番茄果实微环境及产量和品质的影响

为确定果袋颜色的生态学和生物学效应,以JYK番茄为试材,采用不同颜色果袋进行套袋处理,以不套袋为对照,研究了不同颜色果袋内微环境的变化及其对果实生长发育、产量和品质的影响.结果表明：不同颜色果袋均具有降低光强、提高温度、增加湿度的作用,并均可促进番茄果实膨大,增加单果质量,促进果实提早成熟.其中,以黑色果袋增温促长效果最好,其果实成熟期较对照提早10 d,单果质量增加27.2%;无色、蓝色及红色果袋处理的果实成熟期分别较对照提早8、3和2 d,单果质量分别增加11.8%、6.4%和4.8%.此外,套袋还可促进果实着色,显著提高番茄红素含量,但所有处理的果实硬度及可溶性固形物、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白含量均低于对照.表明番茄套袋虽增加了产量,但降低了其营养品质.     

红壤水分条件对温州蜜柑果实生长与产量的影响

以宫川温州蜜柑(Citrus unshiu Marc. cv. Miyagawa Wase)橘树为材料,于2003—2004年利用土壤水分探头实时监测柑橘果实膨大期的红壤水分,研究了红壤相对含水量（RSM）对柑橘果实生长及产量构成因子的影响。结果表明：RSM由30%增加到90%,柑橘果实纵径和横径均递增,而纵径/横径比值则递减,周累积果实增量纵径（1.60～1.74 cm）<横径（1.95～2.26 cm）,红壤水分降低对柑橘果实纵向膨大限制影响大于横径;果实产量构成因子呈抛物线趋势变化,且RSM为75%时达到最大值。综合柑橘果实生长及其产量构成因子,RSM在75%时最利于柑橘果实生长及高产。     

钝叶榕榕果内榕小蜂的产卵顺序及其群落结构

通过对钝叶榕榕小蜂行为的观察以及榕果内各类小花的统计,研究了钝叶榕12种榕小蜂的产卵行为和群落结构.结果表明：钝叶榕中除了传粉榕小蜂Eupristina sp.进入果腔产卵以外,还有2种非传粉榕小蜂（杨氏榕树金小蜂和Lipothymus sp.）与传粉榕小蜂在同一时期进入果腔产卵,其他9种非传粉榕小蜂（Walkerella sp.、Micranisa sp.、Sycophilomorpha sp.、Philotrypesis sp.、Sycosapter sp.、Sycobia sp.、Ficomila sp.、Ormyrus sp.和Sycophila sp.）在果外产卵;在钝叶榕榕小蜂群落中,传粉榕小蜂占整个群落总数的62.11%,是该群落的优势种,杨氏榕树金小蜂和Lipothymus sp.分别占整个群落总数的27.19%和4.71%,其他9种非传粉榕小蜂占5.99%.钝叶榕中的非传粉榕小蜂通过各自产卵时序和幼虫食性分化的繁殖策略来分配榕果中的资源,以实现自身繁殖.非传粉榕小蜂与传粉榕小蜂的数量变化呈显著负相关,但非传粉榕小蜂与榕果内的种子没有相关性.     

Evaluation of damage to physic nut (Jatropha curcas) by true bugs

The type of injury and amount of damage to the fruits and seeds of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L., Euphorbiaceae) caused by two species of fruit feeding true bugs, Pachycoris klugii Burmeister (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) and Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Coreidae), and the flower feeding true bug, Hypselonotus intermedius Distant (Heteroptera: Coreidae), were assessed using field cages. The parameters analysed were infructescence, fruit, seed and seed kernel weight, seed length, fruit and seed abortion, seed malformation and oil and protein content of the seed kernels. All three species reduced overall yield. The two members of the fruit feeding guild led to premature fruit abortion and malformed seeds. Reduction of fruit, seed and seed kernel weight as well as seed length could be expressed as linear regressions of adult population densities. The oil content of the seeds was slightly reduced by the bugs, but protein content remained unchanged. Damage increased with the developmental stage of the larvae. Whereas adult L. zonatus of both sexes produced more damage than the nymphs, female P. klugii caused less damage than nymphs, and male P. klugii no significant damage at all. H. intermedius is a pollinator of this entomogamous plant. At high densities, however, it reduced the number of fruits maturing.     

Seed predation and fruit damage of Solanum lycocarpum (Solanaceae) by rodents in the cerrado of central Brazil

Although neotropical savannas and grasslands, collectively referred to as cerrado, are rich in seed-eating species of rodents, little is known about seed predation and its determinants in this habitat. In this study, we investigated seed predation and damage to fruits of the widespread shrub Solanum lycocarpum. In addition, the influence of two possible determinants (distance from the parental plant and total crop size) on the feeding behaviour of Oryzomys scotti (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) was also examined. O. scotti were captured more frequently close to the shrubs or on shrub crops, indicating that these rodents were attracted to the shrubs and that seed predation was probably distance-dependent. Moreover, the proportion of damaged fruit on the plant decreased as the total crop size increased; consequently, more productive plants were attacked proportionally less by rodents. This pattern of fruit damage may reflect predator satiation caused by the consumption of a large amount of pulp. Alternatively, secondary metabolites in S. lycocarpum fruits may reduce the pulp consumption per feeding event, thereby limiting the number of fruits damaged.     

Effect of seed on ripening control components during avocado fruit development

Seedless avocado fruit are produced alongside seeded fruit in the cultivar Arad, and both reach maturity at the same time. Using this system, it was possible to show that avocado seed inhibits the ripening process: seedless fruits exhibited higher response to exogenous ethylene already at the fruitlet stage, and also at the immature and mature fruit stages. They produced higher CO₂ levels, and the ethylene peak was apparent at the fruitlet stage of seedless fruit, but not of seeded ones. The expression levels of PaETR, PaERS1 and PaCTR1 on the day of harvest at all developmental stages were very similar between seeded and seedless fruit, except that PaCTR1 was higher in seedless fruit only at very early stages. This expression pattern suggests that the seed does not have an effect on components of the ethylene response pathway when fruits are just picked. The expression of MADS-box genes, PaAG1 and PaAGL9, preceded the increase in ethylene production of mature seeded fruit, but not at earlier stages. However, only PaAGL9 was induced in seedless fruit at early stages of development. Taken together, these data suggest that these genes are perhaps involved in climacteric response in seeded fruit, and the seed is responsible for their induction at normal fruit ripening.     

应用柑橘异源四倍体杂种花粉生产瘪籽沙田柚果实

以3个柑橘异源四倍体体细胞杂种(即四倍体粗柠檬与哈姆林甜橙体细胞杂种,简称"HR";酸柚与粗柠檬体细胞杂种,简称"SR";墨西哥来檬与伏令夏甜橙体细胞杂种,简称"KV")为父本,分别与二倍体单胚性沙田柚进行有性杂交,在生产上获得瘪籽沙田柚果实,并对果实品质进行分析(以四季柚花粉亲本为对照)。结果表明:授予柑橘异源四倍体杂种花粉的果实种子败育十分明显,果实瘪籽率达41.4%～96.0%,与对照间的差异极显著(P0.01);但果实单果重、果肉重、果皮重、果皮厚和果形指数与对照间无显著性差异(P0.05);果实可溶性固形物、全糖、Vc和可滴定酸含量与对照也无明显变化,且较适合于瘪籽沙田柚果实生产的体细胞杂种是HR和SR。     

Spatial Variation in the Strength of a Trophic Cascade Involving Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae), an Insect Seed Predator and Associated Parasitoid Fauna in Mexico

Spatial variation in the strength of herbivore top-down control represents an important source of variation in plant fitness measures and community structure and function. By measuring seed predator (larvae of a Noctuid moth) and parasitoid impacts on Ruellia nudiflora across a broad spatial scale in Yucatan (Mexico), this study addressed the following: (1) to what extent does seed predator and parasitoid attack intensity associated with R. nudiflora vary spatially? (2) Does parasitoid attack result in a positive indirect effect on the plant, and does the intensity of this effect vary spatially? During the peak of fruit production (late June–early July) of 2005, we collected fruits from 21 R. nudiflora populations and grouped them into four regions: center, east, north and south. For each fruit we recorded: observed seed number, number of seeds eaten, seed predator presence, parasitoid presence and number of seeds ‘saved’ by parasitoids. Seed predators attacked ca 30 percent of fruits/plant on average, while parasitoids were found in 24 percent of seed predator-attacked fruits. Results indicated spatial variation in seed predator and parasitoid attack levels; interestingly, a contrasting spatial gradient of attack intensity was observed: populations/regions with greatest parasitoid attack levels usually had the lowest seed predator attack levels and vice versa, suggesting top-down control of parasitoids on seed predators. We observed a weak overall indirect impact of parasitoids on R. nudiflora (4% seeds ‘saved’ on average), which nonetheless varied strongly across populations (e.g., close to 14% seeds saved at one population). Findings indicate a geographical structuring of interaction strengths across populations, as well as spatial variation in the strength of parasitoid cascading effects on plant reproduction.     

植物激素对果树单性结实调控的研究进展

尽管种子与果实的发育过程密切相关,但由于无籽果实提高了果实的品质并延长了货架期,因此无籽果实受到生产者和消费者的广泛青睐。果实的生长受激素调控,而相关研究也初步揭示了激素在单性结实果实形成过程中的作用。本文对单性结实的概念、诱导单性结实的激素种类及功能、诱导机理,以及转基因技术在单性结实果实生产中的应用概况进行了综述,以期为果树单性结实的研究提供参考。     

Pre‐dispersal seed predation of bayberry Myrica rubra by Thiotricha pancratiastis (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on Yakushima Island,Japan

We investigated pre‐dispersal seed predation by insects in a bayberry Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc. (Myricaceae) on Yakushima Island, Japan. To clarify the patterns of seed fate and predation, all fruit that fell into seed traps were collected to allow any insect larvae within the fruit to emerge, and the fruit were finally dissected to determine whether or not they had been attacked by insect predators. Two lepidopteran species, Thiotricha pancratiastis (Meyrick) (Gelechiidae) and Neoblastobasis spiniharpella Kuznetzov & Sinev (Blastobasidae), emerged from the fruits. Thiotricha pancratiastis is the major seed predator of M. rubra, attacking the fruits intensively during the primary stage of fruit development. Thiotricha pancratiastis had been known as a foliage feeder (leaf miner) of M. rubra, but we revealed that the insect is also an important seed predator of the bayberry.     

DEVELOPMENT OF NORMAL AND SEEDLESS ACHENES IN CICHORIUM INTYBUS (COMPOSITAE)

Cross- and partially cross-pollinated capitula of Cichorium intybus (Compositae, Lactuceae) were examined for a study of normal and seedless fruit development respectively. Embryos develop according to the Asterad pattern, and the free-nuclear endosperm becomes cellular 15–17 hrs after pollination. A zone of disorganized cellular material surrounds the embryo sac at anthesis, and, in normal achenes, this zone expands as the seed develops. Initially the developing seed elongates and comes into contact with the top of the ovary by 48 hrs. In contrast to this pattern, the ovule in developing seedless achenes degenerates within 72 hrs. Irregularities, such as an abnormally proliferating endothelium, embryo formation without endosperm, and endosperm formation without an embryo often accompany this degeneration. Differentiation of the pericarp in seeded achenes begins between 48 and 72 hrs, starting at the apex and proceeding basipetally; in seedless fruits the process is similar though initiated somewhat later. The normal pericarp at maturity exhibits a pigmented exocarp, a broad mesocarp of thick-walled lignified cells, and a tenuous endocarp. In seedless achenes the fruit coat is similar except that the exocarp is colorless and the cells of the mesocarp are relatively small.     

Influence of plant growth regulators on flowering,fruiting, seed oil content,and oil quality of Jatropha curcas

Field experiments were conducted to determine the effects that plant growth regulators (PGRs) have on seed production of Jatropha curcas when they are used for chemical pruning. In the subsequent year, following a single foliar application of PGRs, flowering, fruit set, fruit characteristics, seed total oil content and oil free fatty acid (FFA) content were evaluated. The number of flowers per plant, number of fruits per bunch, fruit- and seed characteristics and seed oil content were significantly affected by the different treatments. However, there were no variations in the degree of fruit set or oil FFA content. A single foliar application of N⁶-benzyladenine produced more flowers per plant, more fruits per bunch, heavier and bigger fruits and seeds with more oil compared to manual pruning. Treatment with 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid yielded more flowers per plant and heavier fruits with a higher oil content than the control and manually pruned plants. Treatment with 2,3:4,6-di-O-isopropylidene-2-keto-l-gulonic acid yielded similar results. More fruits per bunch and more seeds per fruit were also produced. Maleic hydrazide treatment yielded more flowers per plant, heavier and bigger fruits with more, heavier, oil rich seeds compared to the control and manual pruning. This study indicates that foliar application of PGRs as chemical pruners in J. curcas may have a sequential effect in boosting seed production, seed oil content and improves fruit quality.