The relationship between EUF-K and soil-K fractions of different K selectivity

Summary The fraction of K released during EUF 30-35 min, 80°C, 400 V (EUF₃) and various other soil-K parameters were compared for 24 soils that range widely in clay mineral composition, clay content and percentage K saturation. When EUF₃ was compared with fractions of soil-K containing increasing amounts of non-exchangeable K (=selectively adsorbed K), the R² values decreased with increasing quantities of non-exchangeable K. This indicates that EUF₃ is a function of the exchangeable pool of K, although some initially non-exchangeable K is also involved.     

大豆过敏蛋白与品种改良

食物过敏是一个全世界关注的公共卫生问题。大豆蛋白在食品加工业的广泛应用,对大豆敏感人群带来了潜在的威胁。如何降低大豆过敏原含量提升大豆食品安全已成为日益关注的问题。大豆种子过敏蛋白包括种子贮存蛋白、结构蛋白和防御相关蛋白,其中7S 伴球蛋白的多肽片段Gly m Bd 28K, Gly m Bd 30K和Gly m Bd 60K是三种主要的过敏原。目前通过对过敏蛋白的理化性质、过敏原性和基因结构的认识,运用食品加工工艺、传统育种及基因工程技术等方法,在减少大豆和大豆产品的过敏原性方面已取得一定的进展。本文拟从大豆过敏原的分类、主要过敏原Gly m Bd 28K和Gly m Bd 30K的理化性质及基因结构、大豆过敏蛋白在遗传改良中的应用对大豆过敏蛋白进行综述。     

A hetero-dimer model for concerted action of vitamin K carboxylase and vitamin K reductase in vitamin K cycle

Vitamin K carboxylase (VKC) is believed to convert vitamin K, in the vitamin K cycle, to an alkoxide-epoxide form which then reacts with CO₂ and glutamate to generate γ-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla). Subsequently, vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR) is thought to convert the alkoxide-epoxide to a hydroquinone form. By recycling vitamin K, the two integral-membrane proteins, VKC and VKOR, maintain vitamin K levels and sustain the blood coagulation cascade. Unfortunately, NMR or X-ray crystal structures of the two proteins have not been characterized. Thus, our understanding of the vitamin K cycle is only partial at the molecular level. In this study, based on prior biochemical experiments on VKC and VKOR, we propose a hetero-dimeric form of VKC and VKOR that may explain the efficient oxidation and reduction of vitamin K during the vitamin K cycle.     

Influence of FeEDDHA and soil temperature on the growth of two soybean varieties

Bulk samples of 30 surface soils characterized in the National Cooperative Soil Survey of Louisiana were collected at the original sites and planted with sorghum-sudangrass in the greenhouse. The native K was exhausted by a total of four croppings. The available soil K was extracted with 1N NH₄OAc 7.0 and 0.1N HCl while the difficultly available-K was extracted by 0.3N NaTPB (sodium tetraphenylboron). In addition, the mica content was estimated by differential dissolution. All soils except Dundee produced the greatest dry matter yield in the first crop with steadily decreasing production in the succeeding crops. The same pattern was shown in the K uptake. It appears that the first crop removed a large portion of the exchangeable K. There was a high degree of relationship between plant uptake of K and exchangeable K in the soils (r²=0.89^**). Uptake by the subsequent crops was generally controlled by the K in the micaceous minerals (r²=0.89^**). Since there was a high coefficient of determination between mica-K and difficulty available-K (r²=0.91^**) one also finds that uptake of K by crops 2, 3 and 4 was also well correlated to difficultly available K (R²=0.94^**). The uptake of K that was not originally in the exchangeable form was also highly related to difficultly available-K (R²=0.51^**). Contribution from the Department of Agronomy, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge. Part of the M.S. theses of the senior authors. Former Graduate Students and Prof. of Agronomy, respectively.     

Studies of slowly available potassium in soils of New Zealand

Summary The concentration of K in the soil solution at zero change of non-exchangeable K (Co) was determined at 20°C and 50°C for six topsoils of widely different clay mineralogy. This was done with and without prior removal of the K that was exchangeable to dilute salt solutions in a two to three hour leach. Except for one case Co was greater for leached than for not leached samples, particularly at the higher temperature. This is attributed to rapid edge-weathering during leaching caused by interlayer penetration at the clay edges by calcium, sodium or hydronium ions. It is assumed that K newly exposed in this manner is not immediately exchangeable but that it exerts an influence on the equilibrium concentration of K in solution.Among soils Co was not related to the K available to ryegrass nor to the non-exchangeable K fraction of the uptake by ryegrass. However, much reduced values of Co were obtained after depletion by ryegrass in the new two soils examined.     

Competition between plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free organisms in a chemostat with nutrient recycling and an inhibitor

The asymptotic behavior of solutions of a model for competition between plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free organisms in the chemostat with two distributed delays and an external inhibitor is considered. The model presents a refinement of the one considered by Lu and Hadeler [Z. Lu, K.P. Hadeler, Model of plasmid-bearing plasmid-free competition in the chemostat with nutrient recycling and an inhibitor, Math. Biosci. 167 (2000) p. 177]. The delays model the fact that the nutrient is partially recycled after the death of the biomass by bacterial decomposition. Furthermore, it is assumed that there is inter-specific competition between the plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free organisms as well as intra-specific competition within each population. Conditions for boundedness of solutions and existence of non-negative equilibrium are given. Analysis of the extinction of the organisms, including plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free organisms, and the uniform persistence of the system are also carried out. By constructing appropriate Liapunov-like functionals, some sufficient conditions of global attractivity to the extinction equilibria are obtained and the combined effects of the delays and the inhibitor are studied.     

施钾量和施钾时期对小麦氮素和钾素吸收利用的影响

利用¹⁵N示踪技术,研究了施钾量和施钾时期对高产小麦氮素和钾素吸收利用的影响.结果表明： 0～20 cm土层土壤速效钾含量为118.5 mg·kg^-1时,一次性基施钾肥未提高植株的氮、钾积累量;速效钾含量为79.0 mg·kg^-1时,施钾显著提高了植株的氮、钾积累量.采用分期施钾时（1/2基施、1/2拔节期追施）,随施钾量增加,小麦吸收的肥料氮和土壤氮量及追施氮肥在土壤中的残留量均增加,肥料氮的损失量降低.分期施钾显著提高了植株的氮、钾积累量、吸收效率和生产效率,当施钾量为135 kg·hm^-2时,与一次性施钾相比,分期施钾促进了植株对追肥氮和土壤氮的吸收,提高了追施氮肥在土壤中的残留量.结果还表明：施钾提高了小麦的籽粒产量、蛋白质含量和湿面筋含量;分期施钾处理优于一次性施钾处理,以K45+45（45 kg·hm^-2基施、45 kg·hm^-2拔节期追施）处理最优.过多施钾使小麦产量和品质趋于降低.     

Androdioecy in Kryptolebias killifish and the evolution of self‐fertilizing hermaphroditism

Kryptolebias marmoratus is an important experimental fish, and is considered to represent the only vertebrate species comprising self‐fertilizing hermaphroditic individuals. Subsequent to the discovery of this unusual mode of reproduction, approximately 50 years ago, K. marmoratus has been the focus of a series of studies. However, little is known about the evolution of this rare reproduction mode, and data on the biology of closely related species are still unavailable. The present study aimed to histologically analyse the gonads of three K. marmoratus congeners (i.e. Kryptolebias ocellatus, Kryptolebias caudomarginatus, and Kryptolebias brasiliensis) to check the distribution of features related to hermaphroditism that are useful for forming hypotheses about the origin and evolution of the self‐fertilization mode of reproduction through the available phylogenies. The data obtained demonstrate that populations of K. caudomarginatus consist of males and hermaphrodites, which supports the hypothesis that hermaphroditism arose at the base of the clade containing K. caudomarginatus, K. marmoratus, and K. ocellatus as a first step towards a more advanced condition, uniquely shared by both K. marmoratus and K. ocellatus, in which males are rare or absent in natural populations, with the subsequent occurrence of self‐fertilization. © 2010 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 99 , 344–349.     

结实期相对高温对稻米淀粉粘滞性谱及镁、钾含量的影响

选用武育粳3号(粳稻)和扬稻6号(籼稻)两个水稻品种,利用人工气候室在水稻灌浆结实期进行控温试验,设置全结实期相对高温、结实前期相对高温、结实后期相对高温、全结实期适温(对照,日均温23 ℃)对照4个处理,探讨结实期不同时段相对高温(日均温度-30 ℃)对稻米淀粉粘滞性谱和Mg、K等元素含量的影响.结果表明：结实期相对高温使武育粳3号和扬稻6号淀粉粘滞性谱特征值发生改变,其中糊化开始温度、冷胶粘度、回复值和消减值升高,最高粘度、热浆粘度和崩解值下降;结实期相对高温促进了米粉中Mg、K、N含量的提高,特别是K含量的大幅提高,使稻米中Mg/K和Mg/(N·AC·K)明显降低;而2个水稻品种的直链淀粉含量（AC）对相对高温的反应截然相反,武育粳3号的AC降低、扬稻6号的AC升高.全结实期相对高温对稻米淀粉粘滞性谱和Mg、K等元素含量的影响最大,结实前期其次,结实后期的影响较小,开花后20 d内是稻米淀粉粘滞性谱和Mg、K等元素含量受温度影响的关键时期.Mg/K和Mg/(N·AC·K)与淀粉粘滞性谱特征值显著相关,可以作为稻米食味品质评价的参考指标.     

Determination of K forms in K-fertilized soils by electro-ultrafiltration

We confirmed the suitability of electro-ultrafiltration (EUF) for (a) determination of the distribution of potassium fertilizer among the various forms of potassium in soils with a predominance of micaceous minerals in their clay fraction, and (b) investigated the effects of the degree of openness of the dominant micaceous mineral and of incubation time on the kinetics of the EUF extraction of K from these soils.Samples of illitic, mixed-layer and vermiculitic soils from Galicia (N.W. Spain) were incubated at field capacity for 450 days with 0 (blank), 5,15 or 25 mg K (as KCl) per 100 g dry soil. After 1, 30, 150 and 450 days, subsamples were removed and repeatedly extracted using electro-ultrafiltration at low (20° C/200 V) and then high (80° C/400 V) temperature/voltage (6 and 10 five-minute extractions, respectively). Five different pools of K were identified: solution K (K_s), surface and internal K (collectively, K_p), slowly exchangeable K (K_e) and non-exchangeable K (K_i). The effects of increasing the incubation time depended on the dominant clay mineralogy: after 450 days, the K added to illitic soils was mostly solution K, whereas that added to vermiculitic soils was mostly internal K.For both low and high temperature/voltage EUF experiments, the extraction-time data were best fitted by the Elovich equation (extracted K=a+b ln t). The kinetic coefficient b depended on the incubation time and dominant clay mineral, and for given soil and incubation time increased linearly with the dose of added K.Abbreviations EUF Electroultrafiltration - K_s Solution potassium - K_p Easily exchangeable (surface + internal) potassium - K_e Slowly exchangeable potassium - K_i Non-exchangeable potassium     

Simple empirical intensity and buffering capacity measurements to predict potassium uptake by white clover

Summary This experiment examined the feasibility of predicting K uptake in white clover by the use of simple and relatively rapid tests that would dispense with the need of knowing the quantity of plant available potassium. Potassium uptake was found to correlate highly (R=>0.9) in linear bivariate regressions using K concentration in the soil solution displaced by centrifuging and an empirical estimate of potassium retention. There was no advantage in determining activity ratios because in at least some of the soils used the ratio law did not apply. Exchangeable potassium alone correlated rather poorly with uptake except at very low soil potassium status. This was not because nonexchangeable potassium was an important source of this nutrient to white clover but because of the large differences in the retention of K amongst the soils used.     

盐胁迫对四种基因型冬小麦幼苗Na+、K+吸收和累积的影响

以4种不同基因型冬小麦品种为试验材料,研究了盐胁迫下小麦幼苗的生长及Na^＋、K^＋和Cl^-的吸收、累积规律。结果表明,盐胁迫下小麦吸水困难,幼苗生长受抑;幼苗含水量、生物量及干物质量明显下降;Na^＋、Cl^-含量和单株累积量显著增加。K^＋含量和单株累积量则明显降低。Na^＋／K^＋比值随介质中的盐浓度的增加而升高。盐胁迫下各基因型冬小麦幼苗Na^＋、K^＋和Cl^-的单株累积量及其在地上部分和根系中的含量变化较大,说明小麦根系对Na^＋、K^＋和Cl^-的吸收存在基因型差异。盐处理下,暖型小麦NR9405对K^＋的选择吸收能力强,对Na^＋的吸收和累积少,植株体内的K^＋浓度较高,Na^＋／K^＋比值小;幼苗的生物量较大,耐盐性强。冷型小麦RB6对K^＋的选择能力差,对Na^＋的吸收和累积量大,幼苗的Na^＋／K^＋比值大,生物量小,耐盐性较差。低盐浓度下,Na^＋可作为渗透调节物质维持植物体内渗透平衡。高盐浓度下,Na^＋的过度吸收和累积可能是盐害的主要原因。维持体内较低的Na^＋水平和Na^＋／K^＋比值是小麦耐盐性的一个重要特征。     

Assessment of Soluble and Biomass K in Culture Medium Is a Reliable Tool for Estimation of K Releasing Efficiency of Bacteria

Abstract

Assessing the amount of released K from minerals in bacterial liquid culture is the main process for screening and isolation of efficient potassium releasing bacteria (KRB). This study was aimed to determine the amount of released K in solution phase or supernatant (SK) as well as microbial biomass K (MBK). Therefore, 20 different bacterial isolates belonging to the 10 bacterial genera (Beijerinckia, Klebsiella, Azotobacter, Pseudomonas, Agrobacterium, Rhizobium, Sphingomonas, Citrobacter, Microbacterium, and Achromobacter) were individually used to inoculate Aleksandrov medium in presence of biotite or muscovite. Our results from in-vitro experiments revealed that the MBK (K in pellet) is more important than in SK. Although some genera such as Azotobacter and Citrobacter released more SK (16?mg/l from biotite and 12.77?mg/l from muscovite, respectively), the Klebsiella isolates with the highest MBK could release an average of 90?mg/l total K. This study indicated that the assimilated K in microbial cells is the main part of K dissolution from minerals. Due to the fast turnover of nutrients in bacterial biomass, it can be concluded that both SK and MBK could be available for plants. It seems that the finding of this research should be considered in the isolation of KRB.

Highlights

• This study reports, assessment of soluble and biomass K in the culture medium is a reliable tool for estimation of K releasing efficiency of bacteria

• Our results from in vitro experiments revealed that the assimilated K in microbial cells is the main part of K dissolved from minerals.

• Although some genera such as Azotobacter released more K in solution phase, the Klebsiella isolates with the highest biomass K could release more total K

     

EUF-K as measure of K availability index for Tamil Nadu soils (India)

Summary Representative soils of Tamil Nadu could be grouped into three categories based on the cumulative EUF desorption K curves which were exponential and displayed marked differences in the magnitude of K release by the soils employed. The cumulative K desorption values and the cumulative K uptake values of rice were found to be closely correlated. When compared with any other method, the cumulative EUF desorption K was found to be a better measure of K availability index.     

巴山木竹发笋和大熊猫取食的时空格局及相关性分析

巴山木竹(Bashania fargesii)是秦岭大熊猫冬季和春季主要食物来源。秦岭地区巴山木竹的更新是保护大熊猫和评价其生境质量的一个重要因子, 而发笋是巴山木竹更新的主要方式。揭示巴山木竹发笋和大熊猫取食的时空格局以及二者空间和数量上的相关性对保护和恢复大熊猫栖息地具有重要意义。运用单变量和双变量Ripley K函数点格局方法, 对秦岭南坡佛坪国家级自然保护区40×40 m永久样地竹子发笋和大熊猫取食情况连续6年(2002–2008年, 2007年除外)研究表明, 由于自身克隆生长、资源异质性、大熊猫取食和践踏等因素, 巴山木竹发笋呈现聚集分布格局; 而大熊猫取食的聚集格局可能归因于食物聚集分布、自身取食习惯和取食地段小地形特征。大熊猫取食和巴山木竹发笋空间上呈现正相关, 显示出巴山木竹为秦岭大熊猫食物主要来源。同时, 线性回归结果显示, 大熊猫取食强度与巴山木竹发笋产量之间相关性不显著, 说明该地区还存在其他竹子提供食物来源, 大熊猫对巴山木竹不是完全依赖。     

烤烟烟叶中N,K营养及N,K平衡的初步研究

研究了滇中地区烤烟中部叶片旺长期（移栽后６０－６５ｄ）Ｎ、Ｋ营养及Ｎ、Ｋ平衡。结果表明：⑴烟叶一般Ｎ含量为２．５％－４％,Ｋ含量为１％－３％,Ｎ／Ｋ比为２．５－３．５。⑵烟叶Ｎ含量＞４％,就有Ｎ过剩的症状产生。⑶烟叶Ｎ含量＜２．５％,Ｋ含量＜１％,就表现出Ｎ、Ｋ缺乏症状。⑷烟叶Ｎ／Ｋ比失调,过高或过低,都会影响烟株正常生长。     

Atrial natriuretic factor: atrial conversion of high to low molecular weight forms

The atrial natriuretic factor elutes by gel filtration in high and low molecular weight fractions. Extraction and elution of rat atria in 1.0 M acetic acid yielded a predominance of the high molecular weight form(s); whereas when these procedures were carried out in 0.1 M acetic acid, there was a predominance of the low molecular weight forms. When partially purified high molecular weight natriuretic activity was eluted in 0.1 M acetic acid, the high molecular weight form(s) remained intact. When partially purified high molecular weight natriuretic activity was mixed with crude atrial extract in 0.1 M acetic acid, there was an apparent conversion to the low molecular weight forms. Extraction of rat atria in boiling 0.1 M acetic acid blocked this conversion. It is concluded that rat atria contain a heat labile factor that converts high molecular weight natriuretic activity to the low molecular weight forms.     

中国汉族人群ENPP1基因K121Q多态与2型糖尿病的关联及Meta分析

多个欧洲白人的Meta分析表明核苷酸焦磷酸酶1(Ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1, ENPP1)基因K121Q多态与2型糖尿病相关联, 但在日本人、韩国人和中国台湾人的研究中没有发现相关性, 而在中国大陆人群中二者的关联研究结果不尽一致。文章调查了湖北地区539例2型糖尿病患者和404名正常人ENPP1基因K121Q多态性。基因型及等位基因频率在病例组和对照组间没有显著差异(P＞0.05), 但经性别、年龄和体重指数调整后的Logistic回归分析揭示XQ基因型与2型糖尿病显著相关(OR=1.5, 95%CI: 1.39~1.62, P<0.001)。对性别进行的亚组分析显示, 女性病例组Q等位基因和XQ基因型的频率显著高于对照组(Q: 12.4% vs. 6.1%, P=0.001; XQ: 23.7% vs. 11.7%, P=0.001)。结果表明ENPP1基因K121Q多态与湖北汉族人2型糖尿病的关联存在性别差异, 在女性中更明显。文章是对中国大陆人群进行的第一个Meta分析, 结果显示Q等位基因增加2型糖尿病的发病风险(OR=1.42, P=0.042)。     

农田生态系统中钾循环研究进展

论述了农田生态系统中K的收入和支出,以及K的循环再利用等方面的研究进展,并针对当前K循环存在的问题提出了调控方法.从全国来看,我国施用K的数量比作物收获时从土壤中带走的K的数量少得多,K一直处于负平衡状况.我国土壤K肥力不断下降、钾肥有效地区不断扩大,虽然钾肥用量在逐年增长,但补充的K尚不能维持K的收支平衡.为了维持与提高土壤K肥力,使作物高产稳产,在今后农业生产中应充分注意土壤K的平衡,优化农田生态模式,注重水肥调控,坚持有机肥与无机肥配施的原则,促进K养分循环,保持农田K平衡,提高土壤K肥力.     

Potassium supplying capacity of northeastern Portuguese soils

In Portugal, the response to K application is often inconsistent with the Egner-Riehm values for available K. This is partly related to high K reserves of some soils. Twenty surface soils representative of different parent materials from NE Portugal were studied to determine their K supplying capacity. Continuous cropping with perennial ryegrass permitted the assessment of the relative ability of soils to release non-exchangeable K. Soils were classified in the range of available K from medium to very high. However, their ability to supply K in the short and long term are very different. In some soils K status measured by plant growth does not fall appreciably, whilst others are rapidly exhausted, and 30% of them are very deficient in K. The supplying capacity varied both with the nature of the parent material and the degree of weathering. The soils deficient in K are those derived from basic rocks and those with more weathered clay minerals. This is the case of the soils with the largest content of organic matter where the dominant clay minerals were kaolinite and vermiculite. Soils that have the highest capacity for supplying K are highly micaceous, like those developed from mica schists, phyllites or river alluvium. In fact the amount of K released from non-exchangeable form is well correlated with the amount of illite in the clay fraction. Soil types and K buffer power coupled with available K must be taken into account when planning any application of K.