巴西橡胶树嫁接接合区接穗和砧木径向生长差异的研究

采用树皮嫁接后不锯砧和光镜观察的方法,研究了巴西橡胶树(Hevea brasiliensis)嫁接后8个月的接合区接穗和砧木木质部径向生长的差异现象。结果表明,接合区接穗木质部的径向生长普遍地小于砧木,这种生长差异是由接穗和砧木亲本固有生长特性的差异引起的,与嫁接亲和性无关。(1)对于同一无性系,接穗的发育阶段决定其生长能力,幼态接穗新分化的木质部显著地大于老态接穗,而两类接穗旁边的砧木之间没有明显差别。(2)砧木生长势明显地影响接穗木质部的生长,砧木生长势越强,砧木和接穗的生长就越快,两者的径向差异也越大。(3)同一砧木上各品系接穗木质部生长差异取决于接穗自身的生长特性,砧木的生长不受接穗品系的明显影响。显微观察表明橡胶树的嫁接是亲和的,接穗新分化的木质部镶嵌在砧木新分化的木质部中,维管组织如导管上下连接畅通,砧穗树皮厚度一致,愈合良好。     

提高沙田抽茎尖嫁接成活率的研究

研究了可以影响沙田抽茎嫁接成活率的部分因素。结果表明：当沙田抽接穗选择带4个叶原基的茎尖、枳壳砧木选择黑暗培养14d的实生苗或培养基中蔗糖浓度选择7．5％时各自的嫁接成活率较高,若在茎尖嫁接切口外缠绕parafilm胶可令成活率明显增加。若在培养基中加入GA3、6－BA和IBA则明显抑制嫁接成活率。GA3、6－BA和IBA处理接穗和砧木均可提高嫁接成活率,其中以10mg/LGA3处理效果最好,嫁接成活率可达45％;6－BA和IBA处理虽然也可提高嫁接成活率,但是同时又增加了接穗的脱落死亡率。     

中国藓类植物无性繁殖体的初步观察

无性生殖在苔藓植物的生活史中起着重要的作用,并且常通过各种无性繁殖体来完成。无性繁殖体的形态常被用来辅助鉴定一些不育的藓类植物。本文通过对38种藓类植物的无性繁殖体进行显微观察,结果显示：无性繁殖体在不同的藓类植物之间已经过多次演化;无性繁殖体的形态在种内是相对稳定的,且与其着生位置、配子体的分枝方式密切相关,而与植物的系统位置以及生境并无直接的关系;无性繁殖体的颜色与其胞壁的厚度以及表面纹饰密切相关。此外,无性繁殖体的产生常常与假根、原丝体有共存关系。在研究中发现,藓类植物的无性繁殖体主要包括原丝体芽胞、无性芽胞（叶生芽胞、中肋芽胞、枝生芽胞）、芽体、假根芽胞和假根状块茎;其中原丝体芽胞和无性芽胞最为常见。     

中国藓类植物无性繁殖体的初步观察(英文)

无性生殖在苔藓植物的生活史中起着重要的作用,并且常通过各种无性繁殖体来完成。无性繁殖体的形态常被用来辅助鉴定一些不育的藓类植物。本文通过对38种藓类植物的无性繁殖体进行显微观察,结果显示:无性繁殖体在不同的藓类植物之间已经过多次演化;无性繁殖体的形态在种内是相对稳定的,且与其着生位置、配子体的分枝方式密切相关,而与植物的系统位置以及生境并无直接的关系;无性繁殖体的颜色与其胞壁的厚度以及表面纹饰密切相关。此外,无性繁殖体的产生常常与假根、原丝体有共存关系。在研究中发现,藓类植物的无性繁殖体主要包括原丝体芽胞、无性芽胞(叶生芽胞、中肋芽胞、枝生芽胞)、芽体、假根芽胞和假根状块茎;其中原丝体芽胞和无性芽胞最为常见。     

麦类作物多胚的研究：Ⅱ.二棱大麦多胚苗的赝象

在麦类作物多胚的研究中,我们在２４个二棱大麦品系中,发现品系ＨＤ－２１的侧生小穗发育,且因位置偏移与中间小穗合生或粘连造成多胚的赝象。合生或粘连有６种形式,是可遗传的,遗传给后代植株的出现频率平均为１５．３８％,穗部出现合生或粘连的小穗一般为２％左右,最高达５０％。     

野生酸枣嫁接大枣技术

酸枣俗称枣刺、野枣，在我国分布较广。为灌木或小乔木，果实较小，红色，味酸，核仁 可入药。酸枣耐干旱、瘠薄和盐碱，适应性强，适合在多种土壤中生长，是嫁接良种大枣的 最佳砧木。采用蜡封接穗和插皮接技术，可延长嫁接期50天，嫁接成活率高于95％。一、接穗采集及蜡封1.接穗采集选择生长健壮，无病虫害的良种母树，采集其发育充实，径粗0.3cm至1.2cm的 1年生枣头枝或二枝。2.品种选择根据市场需求，鲜食品种发展桐柏大枣，嵩县圆铃鲜、梨枣等。干鲜兼用品种 发展嵩县铃枣、赞皇大枣、板枣、晋枣等良种。3.采集时间及剪截为减少贮藏期…     

宽叶金粟兰滇东北居群的繁殖生物学

对宽叶金粟兰（ＣｈｌｏｒａｎｔｈｕｓｈｅｎｒｙｉＨｅｍｓｌ）滇东北的野外居群和栽培植株花序发育、传粉、结实率、无性繁殖等观察试验的结果显示,宽叶金粟兰以种子繁殖为主,但有时可通过地下合轴茎顶端分支进行无性繁殖。其顶生、侧生花序均能正常开花结实,种子可萌发,在株丛周缘形成新个体。但其顶生花序与侧生花序的雄蕊异形,顶生花序花芽在地下分化形成,雄蕊具明显伸长的３个药隔和４个药室,不产香味,平均结实率６３％;侧生２、３级花序在直立枝条顶端叶腋中分化形成,无伸长药隔并仅具２个药室,在顶生花序果脱落后才开花结实,平均结实率７６％和８３％,略高于顶生花序。传粉实验观察证明其不需要昆虫传粉,为自花授粉可育,不同于本属其它植物。因此其雄蕊异型现象可能是传媒方式改变的结构简化适应     

怎样削取不带木质部的芽接接穗?

答芽接是植物嫁接繁殖的主要方法之一。就果树来说,芽接的时期一般是在当年生枝条生长已经成熟、枝条内已经贮存了较多的有机养分,但形成层的细胞分裂仍比较活动的时候进行。在我国北部多在8月中、下旬进行。削取芽接的接穗,可以稍带木质部或不带木质部,但二者比较,以后一种方法成活率更高。因为不带木质部时,接穗与砧木的形成层接触面积更大,更容易愈合在一起。那么怎样削取不带木质部的芽接接穗呢?     

SeO_3~（2－）及SeO_3~（2－）和半胱氨酸或还原型谷胱甘肽联用对牛脑V

Ｓｅ_３~（２－）对牛脑Ｖ型质子转运ＡＴＰ酶复合体活力呈现明显的抑制作用。这种抑制作用具有对剂量和预保温时间的依赖关系,且不被稀释效应所恢复,但过量的ＤＴＴ可去除这种抑制作用。半胱氨酸对这种抑制作用呈双功能效应。低浓度时促进抑制作用,高浓度时部分恢复抑制作用。还原型谷胱甘肽与半胱氨酸有类似效应。但促进抑制作用没有半胱氨酸强,而恢复抑制作用却较半胱氨酸强。ＳＤＳ聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和放射自显影图谱表明,ＳｅＯ_３~（２－）和半脱氨酸优先结合在７０ｋＤ亚基上。并且验证了ＡＴＰ酶复合体的－ＳＨ基和ＳｅＯ_３~（２－）及半胱氨酸的－ＳＨ基以－Ｓ－Ｓｅ－Ｓ－键相连接。根据上述结果,讨论了７０ｋＤ亚基的－ＳＨ基及其相关的结构域涉及到ＡＴＰ酶的活性中心,７０ｋＤ亚基可能是ＡＴＰ酶复合体的水解活性亚基。     

SeO^2—3及SeO^2—3和半胱氨酸或还原型谷胱甘肽联用对牛脑V型…

Ｓｅ＾２－３对牛脑Ｖ型质子转运ＡＴＰ酶复合体活力呈现明显的抑制作用。这种抑制作用具有对剂量和预保温时间的依赖关系,且不被稀释效应所恢复,但过量的ＤＴＴ可去除这种抑制作用。半胱氨酸对这种抑制作用呈双功能效应。低浓度时促进抑制作用,高浓度时部分恢复抑制作用。还原型谷胱甘肽与半胱氨酸有类似效应。但促进抑制作用没有半胱氨酸强,而恢复抑制作用却较半胱氨酸强。ＳＤＳ聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和放射自显影图谱表明,ＳＥ     

Variations in sexual and asexual reproduction of Scirpus mariqueter along an elevational gradient

In order to assess the importance of sexual and asexual reproduction during the life history of Scirpus mariqueter, its reproductive and growth characters were concurrently examined along an elevational gradient (from low elevation to high elevation). The proportions of flowering shoot and inflorescence mass, seed : flower ratio and seed weight were used to quantify the investment in sexual reproduction. The proportions of current-year shoot and rhizome mass were used to quantify the investment in asexual reproduction, and the proportion of corm mass was used for growth, respectively. It was found that vegetative propagation predominated at low elevation, whereas sexual reproduction predominated at high elevation; and that sexual reproduction increased with declining asexual reproduction along the gradient. The results suggest that asexual reproduction is relatively favored in the early life stage, whereas sexual reproduction is favored when the population becomes mature and aged, probably because of the functional differentiation between the two reproductive types. Sexual productive characters (i.e. the proportions of flowering shoot and inflorescence mass) were negatively correlated to both growth and asexual reproductive characters along the gradient, indicating there might exist some trade-offs among growth, sexual and asexual reproduction during the life history. However, no obvious pattern was found between asexual reproductive characters and growth characters along the elevational gradient, possibly because of the varied relationships between them at different life stages. The variations in sexual and asexual reproduction in the species and the relationship between them are thought to be of great significance for local population growth, species persistence and evolution.     

蓖齿眼子菜繁殖多样性研究

 繁殖是影响水生植物生存竞争、分布以及群落结构动态变化的关键因素。通过野外观察和室内试验,较详细地介绍了蓖齿眼子菜(Potamogeton pectinatus)的繁殖策略。研究结果表明:蓖齿眼子菜有性繁殖中具有水表和水下气泡两种传粉方式;种子发生量较大,但种子发芽率低,不到6%,种子繁殖对种群恢复贡献不大,其主要作用在于远程传播和保持持久的种子库。蓖齿眼子菜具有广泛而高效的无性繁殖系统,可以通过断株、根状茎、地上块茎、地下块茎、地上茎节以及叶腋基部进行繁殖,其中最重要的是地下块茎和根状茎,次年种群恢复主要来自于地下块茎和根状茎。此外,对采用蓖齿眼子菜进行沉水植被恢复与重建提出了建议。     

Cotton shoot plays a major role in mediating senescence induced by potassium deficiency

The objective of this study was to determine the roles of shoot and root in the regulation of premature leaf senescence induced by potassium (K) deficiency in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Two contrasting cultivars (CCRI41, more sensitive to K deficiency; and SCRC22, a less sensitive cultivar) were selected for self- and reciprocal-grafting, using standard grafting (one scion/one rootstock), Y grafting (two scions/one rootstock) and inverted Y grafting (one scion/two rootstocks) at the seedling stage. Standard grafting was studied in the field in 2007 and 2008. There were no obvious differences in senescence between CCRI41 and SCRC22 scions while supplied with sufficient K. However, SCRC22 scions showed significantly greater K content, SPAD values (chlorophyll content), soluble protein content and net photosynthetic rates than CCRI41 scions while grown in K deficient solution or soil, regardless of rootstock cultivars, grafting types, growth stage and growth conditions. Also, SCRC22 scions had greater yield and less variation in boll weight either between upper- and lower sympodials, or between proximal and distal fruit positions from the main stem in the field under K deficiency, probably owing to reduced leaf senescence. Although the effect of rootstocks on leaf senescence under K deficiency was significant in some cases, the scion cultivars explained the highest percentage of variations within grafting treatments. The shoot-to-root feedback signal(s), rather than high shoot demand for K nutrition, was involved in the shoot regulation of premature senescence in cotton plants, achieved possibly by altering root K uptake.     

ISSR analysis of genetic diversity in sacred lotus cultivars

In this study, inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers were applied to assess genetic diversity and genetic relationships of 92 cultivars of sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.), one of the most famous flowers in China. Our results showed that sacred lotus exhibited a low level of genetic diversity (percentage of polymorphic bands, PPB = 55.8%), which may result from its asexual mode of reproduction and long-term artificial selection. Clustering analyses indicated that these cultivars could be divided into two clades. Most cultivars of Chinese lotus species origin were included in one clade, and one cultivar of American lotus species origin was nested in the other clade. The hybrid cultivars from hybridization between the two subspecies were interspersed in these two clades. Seven cultivars native to Thailand formed a distinct subclade among the cultivars of Chinese lotus species origin. Genetic differentiation between two subspecies, and between cultivars from Thailand and other cultivars could be attributed to geographic isolation. The monophyly of three cultivars of Sanshui Winter Lotus and their closest relationships to Chinese lotus species origin suggests that they might have a common origin and may consist completely or mainly of genetic material from N. nucifera subsp. nucifera.     

Long-distance signaling and the control of branching in the rms1 mutant of pea

The ramosus (rms) mutation (rms1) of pea (Pisum sativum) causes increased branching through modification of graft-transmissible signal(s) produced in rootstock and shoot. Additional grafting techniques have led us to propose that the novel signal regulated by Rms1 moves acropetally in shoots and acts as a branching inhibitor. Epicotyl interstock grafts showed that wild-type (WT) epicotyls grafted between rms1 scions and rootstocks can revert mutant scions to a WT non-branching phenotype. Mutant scions grafted together with mutant and WT rootstocks did not branch despite a contiguous mutant root-shoot system. The primary action of Rms1 is, therefore, unlikely to be to block transport of a branching stimulus from root to shoot. Rather, Rms1 may influence a long-distance signal that functions, directly or indirectly, as a branching inhibitor. It can be deduced that this signal moves acropetally in shoots because WT rootstocks inhibit branching in rms1 shoots, and although WT scions do not branch when grafted to mutant rootstocks, they do not inhibit branching in rms1 cotyledonary shoots growing from the same rootstocks. The acropetal direction of transport of the Rms1 signal supports previous evidence that the rms1 lesion is not in an auxin biosynthesis or transport pathway. The different branching phenotypes of WT and rms1 shoots growing from the same rms1 rootstock provides further evidence that the shoot has a major role in the regulation of branching and, moreover, that root-exported cytokinin is not the only graft-transmissible signal regulating branching in intact pea plants.     

Asexual Reproduction and Segmental Regeneration, but not Morphallaxis, are Inhibited by Boric Acid in Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae)

Body fragmentation, in some animal groups, is a mechanism for survival and asexual reproduction. Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774), an aquatic oligochaete worm, is capable of regenerating into complete individuals from small body fragments following injury and reproduces primarily by asexual reproduction. Few studies have determined the cellular mechanisms that underlie fragmentation, either regenerative or asexual. We utilized boric acid treatment, which blocks regeneration of segments in amputated fragments and blocks architomic fission during asexual reproduction, to investigate mechanistic relationships and differences between these two modes of development. Neural morphallaxis, involving changes in sensory fields and giant fiber conduction, was detected in amputated fragments in the absence of segmental regeneration. Furthermore, neural morphallactic changes occurred as a result of developmental mechanisms of asexual reproduction, even when architomy was prevented. These results show that fragmentation in L. variegatus, during injury or asexual reproduction, employs developmental and morphallactic processes that can be mechanistically dissociated by boric acid exposure. In regeneration following injury, compensatory morphallaxis occurred in response to fragmentation. In contrast, anticipatory morphallaxis was induced in preparation for fragmentation during asexual reproduction. Thus, various forms of regeneration in this lumbriculid worm can be activated independently and in different developmental contexts.     

The maintenance of sex in parasites

The maintenance of sex is an unresolved paradox in evolutionary biology, given the inherent twofold fitness advantage for asexuals. Parasitic helminths offer a unique opportunity to address this enigma. Parasites that can create novel antigenic strains are able to escape pre-existing host immunity. Viruses produce diversity through mutation with rapid clonal proliferation. The long generation times of helminth parasites prevent them from adopting this strategy. Instead, we argue that sexual reproduction enables parasitic helminths to rapidly generate strain diversity. We use both a stochastic, individual-based model and a simple analytical model to assess the selective value of sexual versus asexual reproduction in helminth parasites. We demonstrate that sexual reproduction can more easily produce and maintain strain diversity than asexual reproduction for long-lived parasites. We also show that sexual parasite populations are resistant to invasion by rare asexual mutants. These results are robust to high levels of cross-immunity between strains. We suggest that the enhancement of strain diversity, despite stochastic extinction of strains, may be critical to the evolutionary success of sex in long-lived parasites.     

Fine‐scale asexual and sexual reproduction in Quercus crispula var. horikawae,a stunted shrub oak,on a mountain with deep snow in central Japan

Quercus crispula var. horikawae, a stunted shrub oak, occurs on mountains with deep snow on the Sea of Japan side of Japan. This oak generates patches of multiple creeping stems. It is unclear whether these patches are the result of asexual or sexual reproduction, or both. We therefore aimed to describe the clonal structure and gene flow in Q . crispula var. horikawae on Mount Nasu in central Japan by using nuclear microsatellites. Genotypes of 331 stems with no distinct connection with roots and creeping stems above the ground were determined using nine loci in two study plots, and 64 acorns from three mother genets in a plot were determined using eight loci. The results of the clonal identification indicated that the patches consisted of 51 genets; at least 85% of the stems may have been derived from asexual reproduction through sprouting and layering. The prominence of asexual reproduction may be a result of adaptation to the snowy environment. In contrast, 15% of the ramets in the study plots probably originate via sexual reproduction by seedling regeneration. Analyses of the spatial genetic structure and paternity showed that limited ability of the pollen and seeds to disperse might result in the spatial aggregations of closely related offspring at a relatively short distance (<10 m), and inbreeding, a factor that might reduce sexual reproduction, was not observed. Thus, sexual reproduction could be reduced by ecological rather than genetic factors, namely the hindrance of seedling regeneration by the dense coverage of dwarf bamboo (Sasa) on the forest floor.     

Exceptional cryptic diversity and multiple origins of parthenogenesis in a freshwater ostracod

The persistence of asexual reproduction in many taxa depends on a balance between the origin of new asexual lineages and the extinction of old ones. This turnover determines the diversity of extant asexual populations and so influences the interaction between sexual and asexual modes of reproduction. Species with mixed reproduction, like the freshwater ostracod (Crustacea) morphospecies Eucypris virens, are a good model to examine these dynamics. This species is also a geographic parthenogen, in which sexual females and males co-exist with asexual females in the circum-Mediterranean area only, whereas asexual females occur all over Europe. A molecular phylogeny of E. virens based on the mitochondrial COI and 16S fragments is presented. It is characterised by many distinct clusters of haplotypes which are either exclusively sexual or asexual, with only one exception, and are often separated by deep branches. Analysis of the phylogeny reveals an astonishing cryptic diversity, which indicates the existence of a species complex with more than 40 cryptic taxa. We therefore suggest a revision of the single species status of E. virens. The phylogeny indicates multiple transitions from diverse sexual ancestor populations to asexuality. Although many transitions appear to be ancient, we argue that this may be an artefact of the existence of unsampled or extinct sexual lineages.     

Male phenotypes in a female framework: Evidence for degeneration in sperm produced by male snails from asexual lineages

How changes in selective regimes affect trait evolution is an important open biological question. We take advantage of naturally occurring and repeated transitions from sexual to asexual reproduction in a New Zealand freshwater snail species, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, to address how evolution in an asexual context—including the potential for relaxed selection on male‐specific traits—influences sperm morphology. The occasional production of male offspring by the otherwise all‐female asexual P. antipodarum lineages affords a unique and powerful opportunity to assess the fate of sperm traits in a context where males are exceedingly rare. These comparisons revealed that the sperm produced by ‘asexual’ males are markedly distinct from sexual counterparts. We also found that the asexual male sperm harboured markedly higher phenotypic variation and was much more likely to be morphologically abnormal. Together, these data suggest that transitions to asexual reproduction might be irreversible, at least in part because male function is likely to be compromised. These results are also consistent with a scenario where relaxed selection and/or mutation accumulation in the absence of sex translates into rapid trait degeneration.