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Tissue culture and plant regeneration of blue grama grass, Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. Ex Steud
Gerardo Armando Aguado-Santacruz José Luis Cabrera-Ponce Víctor Olalde-Portugal M. A. Rosario Sánchez-González Judith Márouez-Guzmán Luis Herrera-Estrella 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2001,37(2):182-189
Summary As a first step towards applying biotechnology to blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis (H. B. K.) Lag. ex Steud., we have developed a regenerable tissue culture system for this grass. Shoot apices were isolated
from 3-d-old seedlings and cultured in 15 different growth regulator formulations combining 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
(2,4-D), Picloram (4-amino-3, 5,6-trichloropicolinic acid), N6-benzyladenine (BA) or adenine (6-aminopurine). The highest induction of organogenic callus was obtained with formulations
containing 1 mg l−1 (4.52 μM) 2,4-D plus 0.5 mg l−1 (2.22 μM) BA. and 2 mg l−1 (8.88 μM) BA plus 1 mg l−1 (4.14 μM) Picloram with or without 40 mg l−1 (296.08 μM) adenine. Lower frequencies of induction were obtained for embryogenic as compared to organogenic callus. The most efficient
treatments for induction of embryogenic callus contained 2 mg l−1 (9.05 μM) 2,4-D combined with 0.25 (1.11 μM) or 0.50 mg l−1 (2.22 μM) BA, or 1 mg l−1 (4.52 μM) 2,4-D with 0.50 mg l−1 (2.22 μM) BA. Regeneration was achieved in hormonefree Murashige anmd Skoog (MS) medium, half-strength MS medium or MS medium plus
1 mg l−1 (1.44 μM) gibberellic acid. The number of plantlets regenerated per 500 mg callus fresh weight on MS medium ranged from 9 for 2 mg
l−1 (9.05 μM) 2,4-D to 62.2 for induction medium containing 2 mg l−1 (8,28 μM) Picloram, 1 mg l−1 (4.44 μM) BA and 40 mg l−1 (296.08 μM) adenine. Regnerated plants grown in soil under greenhouse conditions reached maturity and produced seeds. 相似文献
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Dilip K. Das Prasanna Bhomkar N. Shiva Prakash Neera Bhalla-Sarin 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2002,38(5):456-459
Summary A very rapid and efficient regeneration method of Vigna mungo L. has been established using liquid culture. A highly regenerable explant, viz., young multiple shoots obtained by germinating
the seeds in 2 mgl−1 (8.9μM) N6-benzyladenine-supplemented Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium, was used as a source of tissue to initiate the liquid culture.
The liquid medium consisted of half-strength B5 or MS salts supplemented with MS organics, α-naphthaleneacetic acid (0.1 mgl−1, 0.54μM) and N6-benzyladenine (0.5mgl−1, 2.2μM). Transferring the growing tissues to fresh medium every third day resulted in ca. 142% increase in the number of shoot buds produced after 24d. Shoot buds elongated on one-third-strength MS (MS1/3) semisolid medium and plantlets were obtained by transferring the shoots onto MS1/3 semisolid medium supplemented with indolebutyric acid (1 mgl−1, 4.9 μM). 相似文献
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Gerard C. Douglas John Mcnamara 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2000,36(5):412-415
Summary Regeneration of adventitious shoots was obtained in over 80% of explants, consisting of wounded cotyledonary nodes of Acacia mangium, by culturing germinated seedlings on DKW medium with combinations of N6-benzyladenine and either thidiazuron or N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N-phenylurea. Electron microscopy showed the presence of adventitious buds arising from wound tissue of the cotyledons and
cotyledonary nodes. Shoot regeneration was also obtained at lower frequency in isolated cotyledon explants cultured with 6%
sucrose alone (10%), or with 3% sucrose and 30.0 mg l−1 (0.1 μM) 2–4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D; 16%). With 2,4-D,>60% of explants produced organized structures but these did not
develop into shoots or somatic embryos. Shoot formation was not induced in either hypocotyl or root explants. 相似文献
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Summary Somatic embryogenesis was induced in callus cultures derived from nucellar tissue of cashewnut (Anacardium occidentale L.). Callus was obtained from nucellar tissue after 3 wk of culture on semisolid Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium supplemented
with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D, 5 μM)+gibberellic acid (GA3, 15 μM)+N6-benzyladenine (BA, 5 μM). This callus gave rise to an embryogenic mass after 9 wk on maintenance medium containing 2,4-D (10 μM)+GA3 (15 μM)+4% sucrose +0.5% activated charcoal +10% coconut water (CW) +0.05% casein hydrolysate (CH). The embryogenic mass, after
transfer to medium supplemented with 2,4-D (5 μM)+GA3 (30 μM)+4% sucrose +0.5% activated charcoal +10% CW +0.05% CH, gave rise to somatic embryos. The developmental stages of somatic
embryos were observed using light and stereo microscopes. Histological study of somatic embryo development was also carried
out. The present study would be useful for clonal propagation, and variety improvement in cashewnut, which is essential due
to its increasing demand and export potential. 相似文献
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Anwaar Ahmad Heng Zhong Wengling Wang Mariam B. Sticklen 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2002,38(2):163-167
Summary We report a less genotype-dependent in vitro regeneration system capable of producing multiple shoot clumps and whole plants in four different wheat genotypes. Shool
apical meristems from 7-d-old-seedlings produced axillary and adventitious shoots and somatic embryos on media containing
N6-benzyladenine (BA) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). All four genotypes responded positively to shoot multiplication
depending upon media composition. Scanning electron microscopies of cultures showed a proliferating budding state that gave
rise to adventitious shoots and somatic embryos on further multiplication. The percentage of relative shoot apical meristem
multiplication was 80–90%, and the average number of shoot meristems per multiplied shoot was 40–50 in all genotypes. Among
different concentrations of phytohormones, 2 and 4 mgl−1 BA (8.8 and 17.7 μM) in combination with 0.5 mg l−1 2,4-D (2.26 μM) gave the best results. Actively multiplying shoot clumps were recovered with high frequency among 3-mo.-old cultures. These
shoot clumps regenerated normally and produced fertile plants containing viable seeds. This in vitro system might prove useful for the production of transgenic plants of wheat in a relatively genotype-independent manner. 相似文献
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Abstract From the carbolithiation of 6-bis-N,N-dimethylamino fulvene (3a) and different ortho-lithiated heterocycles (furan, thiophene and N-methylpyrrole), the corresponding lithium cyclopentadienide intermediate (4a–c) was formed. These three lithiated intermediates underwent a transmetallation reaction with TiCl4 resulting in bis-N,N-dimethylamino-functionalised titanocenes 5a–c. When these titanocenes were tested against LLC-PK cells, the IC50-values obtained were of 240, and 270 μM for titanocenes 5b and 5c, respectively. The most cytotoxic titanocene in this paper, 5a with an IC50-value of 36 μM was found to be approximately six times less cytotoxic than its mono-N,N-dimethylamino substituted analogue Titanocene C (IC50 = 5.5 μM) and almost ten times less cytotoxic than cisplatin, which showed an IC50-value of 3.3 μM, when tested on the LLC-PK cell line.
Graphical abstract Bis-(bis- (N,N-dimethylamino)-2-(N′-methylpyrrolyl)methylcyclopentadienyl) titanium (IV) dichloride, {η5-C5H4-CH[N(CH3)2]2[C5H3NCH3]}2TiCl2 was synthesised starting from 6-bis-(N,N-dimethylamino) fulvene and 2-N-methylpyrrolyl lithium. Herein, we present the synthesis and DFT structure of the titanocene and two further derivatives
followed by MTT-based cytotoxicity tests on pig kidney epithelial (LLC-PK) cells.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Growth of Delftia acidovorans MC1 on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and on racemic 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid ((RS)-2,4-DP) was studied in the perspective of an extension of the strain’s degradation capacity at alkaline pH. At pH 6.8 the
strain grew on 2,4-D at a maximum rate (μmax) of 0.158 h−1. The half-maximum rate-associated substrate concentration (Ks) was 45 μM. At pH 8.5 μmax was only 0.05 h−1 and the substrate affinity was mucher lower than at pH 6.8. The initial attack of 2,4-D was not the limiting step at pH 8.5
as was seen from high dioxygenase activity in cells grown at this pH. High stationary 2,4-D concentrations and the fact that
μmax with dichlorprop was around 0.2 h−1 at both pHs rather pointed at limited 2,4-D uptake at pH 8.5. Introduction of tfdK from D. acidovorans P4a by conjugation, coding for a 2,4-D-specific transporter resulted in improved growth on 2,4-D at pH 8.5 with μmax of 0.147 h−1 and Ks of 267 μM. Experiments with labeled substrates showed significantly enhanced 2,4-D uptake by the transconjugant TK62. This
is taken as an indication of expression of the tfdK gene and proper function of the transporter. The uncoupler carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) reduced the influx of 2,4-D. At a concentration of 195 μM 2,4-D, the effect amounted to 90%
and 50%, respectively, with TK62 and MC1. Cloning of tfdK also improved the utilization of 2,4-D in the presence of (RS)−2,4-DP. Simultaneous and almost complete degradation of both compounds occurred in TK62 up to D = 0.23 h−1 at pH 6.8 and up to D = 0.2 h−1 at pH 8.5. In contrast, MC1 left 2,4-D largely unutilized even at low dilution rates when growing on herbicide mixtures at
pH 8.5. 相似文献
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Anatol Rapoport 《Bulletin of mathematical biology》1950,12(4):327-337
Input-output formulas are derived for a neuron upon which converge single axones of two other neurons, which are subjected
to a Poisson shower, where a number of different assumptions are made concerning the mechanism of inhibition.
In one assumption so-called “bilateral pre-inhibition” is considered. That is to say, both neuronsN
1 andN
2 may exciteN
3, but if the stimulus of one of them follows within a certain interval σ of the other, the second stimulus is not effective.
This model is essentially no different from that involving two excitatory neurons acting upon a neuron having a refractory
period.
Another mechanism considered involves so-called “pre-and-post” inhibition, in which if two stimuli fromN
1 andN
2 fall within σ,both are ineffective. This case being mathematically much more involved than the preceding, an approximation method is used for
deriving the input-output formula.
Previous papers of this series are denoted by I, II, and III in this paper. 相似文献
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Photosynthetic Response of Carrots to Varying Irradiances 总被引:7,自引:3,他引:4
Response to irradiance of leaf net photosynthetic rates (P
N) of four carrot cultivars: Cascade, Caro Choice (CC), Oranza, and Red Core Chantenay (RCC) were examined in a controlled
environment. Gas exchange measurements were conducted at photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) from 100 to 1 000 μmol m−2 s−1 at 20 °C and 350 μmol (CO2) mol−1(air). The values of P
N were fitted to a rectangular hyperbolic nonlinear regression model. P
N for all cultivars increased similarly with increasing PAR but Cascade and Oranza generally had higher P
N than CC. None of the cultivars reached saturation at 1 000 μmol m−2 s−1. The predicted P
N at saturation (P
Nmax) for Cascade, CC, Oranza, and RCC were 19.78, 16.40, 19.79, and 18.11 μmol (CO2) m−2 s−1, respectively. The compensation irradiance (I
c) occurred at 54 μmol m−2 s−1 for Cascade, 36 μmol m−2 s−1 for CC, 45 μmol m−2 s−1 for Oranza, and 25 μmol m−2 s−1 for RCC. The quantum yield among the cultivars ranged between 0.057–0.033 mol(CO2) mol−1(PAR) and did not differ. Dark respiration varied from 2.66 μmol m−2 s−1 for Cascade to 0.85 μmol m−2 s−1 for RCC. As P
N increased with PAR, intercellular CO2 decreased in a non-linear manner. Increasing PAR increased stomatal conductance and transpiration rate to a peak between
600 and 800 μmol m−2 s−1 followed by a steep decline resulting in sharp increases in water use efficiency.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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John L. Lewin David E. Heppner Christopher J. Cramer 《Journal of biological inorganic chemistry》2007,12(8):1221-1234
The bis(μ-oxo)/μ-η2:η2-peroxo equilibria for seven supported Cu2O2 cores were studied with different hybrid and nonhybrid density functional theory models, namely, BLYP, mPWPW, TPSS, TPSSh,
B3LYP, mPW1PW, and MPW1K. Supporting ligands 3,3′-iminobis(N,N-dimethylpropylamine), N,N,N′,N′,N″-pentamethyldipropylenetriamine, N-[2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl]-N,N,N′-trimethylpropane-1,3-diamine, bis[2-(2-pyridin-2-yl)ethyl]methylamine, bis[2-(4-methoxy-2-pyridin-2-yl)ethyl]methylamine,
bis[2-(4-N,N-dimethylamino-2-pyridin-2-yl)ethyl]methylamine, and 1,4,7-triisopropyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane were chosen on the basis of
the availability of experimental data for comparison. Density functionals were examined with respect to their ability accurately
to reproduce experimental properties, including, in particular, geometries and relative energies for the bis(μ-oxo) and side-on
peroxo forms. While geometries from both hybrid and nonhybrid functionals were in good agreement with experiment, the incorporation
of Hartree–Fock (HF) exchange in hybrid density functionals was found to have a large, degrading effect on predicted relative
isomer energies. Specifically, hybrid functionals predicted the μ-η2:η2-peroxo isomer to be too stable by roughly 5–10 kcal mol−1 for each 10% of HF exchange incorporated into the model. Continuum solvation calculations predict electrostatic effects to
favor bis(μ-oxo) isomers by 1–4 kcal mol−1 depending on ligand size, with larger ligands having smaller differential solvation effects. Analysis of computed molecular
partition functions suggests that nonzero measured entropies of isomerization are likely to be primarily associated with interactions
between molecular solutes and their first solvation shell.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Nitrosomonas eutropha, an obligately lithoautotrophic bacterium, was able to nitrify and denitrify simultaneously under anoxic conditions when
gaseous nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was supplemented to the atmosphere. In the presence of gaseous NO2, ammonia was oxidized, nitrite and nitric oxide (NO) were formed, and hydroxylamine occurred as an intermediate. Between
40 and 60% of the produced nitrite was denitrified to dinitrogen (N2). Nitrous oxide (N2O) was shown to be an intermediate of denitrification. Under an N2 atmosphere supplemented with 25 ppm NO2 and 300 ppm CO2, the amount of cell protein increased by 0.87 mg protein per mmol ammonia oxidized, and the cell number of N. eutropha increased by 5.8 × 109 cells per mmol ammonia oxidized. In addition, the ATP and NADH content increased by 4.3 μmol ATP (g protein)–1 and 6.3 μmol NADH (g protein)–1 and was about the same in both anaerobically and aerobically grown cells. Without NO2, the ATP content decreased by 0.7 μmol (g protein)–1, and the NADH content decreased by 1.2 μmol (g protein)–1. NO was shown to inhibit anaerobic ammonia oxidation.
Received: 9 October 1996 / Accepted: 5 December 1996 相似文献
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Jameel M. Al-Khayri Christine E. Shamblin Edwin J. Anderson 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》1996,32(4):227-232
Summary This study was conducted to establish and optimize a regeneration system for adapted U.S. rice genotypes including three commercial
rice cultivars (LaGrue, Katy, and Alan) and two Arkansas breeding lines. Factors evaluated in the study were genotype, sugar
type, and phytohormone concentration. The system consisted of two phases, callus induction and plant regeneration. In the
callus induction phase, mature caryopses were cultured on MS medium containing either 1% sucrose combined with 3% sorbitol
or 4% sucrose alone, and 0.5 to 4 mg·L−1 (2.26 to 18.10 μM) 2,4-D with or without 0.5mg·L−1) (2.32 μM) kinetin. In the plant regeneration phase, callus was transferred to 2,4-D-free MS medium containing 0 or 2 mg·L−1 (9.29 μM) kinetin combined with 0 or 0.1 mg·L−1 (0.54 μM) NAA. Callus induction commenced within a week, independent of the treatments. Callus growth and plant regeneration, however,
were significantly influenced by interactions among experimental factors. Generally, the greatest callus growth and plant
regeneration were obtained with 0.5 mg·L−1 (2.26 μM) 2,4-D and decreased with increasing 2,4-D concentrations. Kinetin enhanced callus growth only when combined with 0.5 mg·L−1 (2.26 μM) 2,4-D, and 4% sucrose. Inducing callus on kinetin-containing medium generally enhanced regeneration capacity in the presence
of sucrose but not with a sucrose/sorbitol combination. Media containing sucrose alone generally supported more callus proliferation,
but the sucrose/sorbitol combination improved regeneration of some cultivars. NAA and kinetin had little effect on regeneration. 相似文献
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Summary Axillary and terminal buds from suckers of Ananas comosus cv. Phuket were established on Murashige and Tucker-based (MT) medium with 2.0 mgl−1 (9.8 μM) indolebutyric acid, 2.0 mgl−1 (10.74 μM) naphthaleneacetic acid, and 2.0 mgl−1 (9.29 μM) kinetin, followed by multiplication on Murashige and Skoog-based (MS) medium containing 2.0 mgl−1 (8.87 μM) benzyladenine (BA) to provide a continuous supply of axenic shoots. Leaves, excised from such cultured shoots, produced
adventitious shoots from their bases when these explants were cultured on MS medium containing 0.5 mgl−1 (2.26 μM) 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2.0 mgl−1 (8.87 μM) BA. Embryogenic callus was produced when leaf explants were cultured on MS medium with 3.0 mgl−1 (12.42 μM) 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid (picloram). Somatic embryos developed into shoots following transfer of embryogenic
tissues to MS medium with 1.0 mgl−1 (4.44 μM) BA. Cell suspensions, initiated by transfer of embryogenic callus to liquid MS medium with 1.0 mgl−1 (4.14 μM) picloram or 1.0 mgl−1 (4.52 μM) 2,4-D, also regenerated shoots by somatic embryogenesis, on transfer of cells to semisolid MS medium with 1.0 mgl−1 (4.44 μM) BA. All regenerated shoots rooted on growth regulator-free MS medium, prior to ex vitro acclimation and transfer to the glasshouse. These studies provide a baseline for propagation, conservation, and genetic manipulation
of elite pineapple germplasms. 相似文献
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Summary We have developed a highly efficient two-stage protocol for induction of multiple shoots from single node in vitro shoot tip explants of Decalepis hamiltonii. It was found that phenylacetic acid (PAA) had a synergistic effect on shoot multiplication when treated with N6-benzyladenine (BA). This protocol used PAA for both multiple shoot induction from nodal explants, elongation of primary shoots,
and initiation of adventitious shoot formation from primary shoots. Murashige and Skoog medium containing BA (2.22–31.08 μM) and α-naphthaleneacetic acid (0.27–10.74 μM) or PAA (7.34–36.71 μM) was used to initiate shoot formation from nodal explants. The maximum number of shoots per culture was produced on a medium
containing 31.08 μM BA and 14.68 μM PAA, while the longest shoot length and nodes were obtained on medium containing 22.2 μM BA and 14.68 μM PAA. Shoots subcultured on MS medium containing 22.2 μM BA and 14.68 μM PAA elongated along with secondary shoot formation. The shoots were rooted on medium containing 9.7 μM indole-3-butyric acid. The plantlets were acclimatized in soil with an 80–90% survival rate under field conditions. 相似文献
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Chloroplast photorelocation movement is important for plants to perform efficient photosynthesis. Phototropins were identified
as blue-light receptors for chloroplast movement in Arabidopsis thaliana and in the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris, whereas neochrome functions as a dual red/blue light receptor in the latter. However, the signal transduction pathways involved
in chloroplast movement remain to be clarified. To investigate the kinetic properties of signalling from these photoreceptors
to the chloroplasts, we deduced the speed of signal transfer using Adiantum capillus-veneris gametophytes. When a region of dark-adapted gametophyte cells was subjected to microbeam irradiation, chloroplasts moved
towards the irradiated area even in subsequent darkness. We therefore recorded the movement and calculated the speeds of signal
transfer by time-lapse imaging. Movement speeds under red or blue light were similar, e.g., about 1.0 μm min−1 in prothallial cells. However, speeds varied according to cell polarity in protonemal cells. The speed of signal transfer
from the protonemal apex to the base was approximately 0.7 μm min−1, but roughly 2.3 μm min−1 in the opposite direction. The speed of signal transfer in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll cells was approximately 0.8 μm min−1 by comparison. Surprisingly, chloroplasts located farthest away from the microbeam were found to move faster than those in
close proximity to the site of irradiation both in Adiantum capillus-veneris and A. thaliana. 相似文献
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Summary Regeneration of plants via somatic embryogenesis was achieved from zygotic embryo explants isolated from mature seeds of Schisandra chinensis. Merkle and Sommer's medium, fortified with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D; 9.04 μM) and zeatin (0.09 μM), was effective for induction of embryogenic callus. The development of a proembryogenic mass and somatic embryos occurred
on Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) free of plant growth regulators. The embryogenic callus induced on Merkle and Sommer's
medium supplemented with 2,4-D (9.04 μM) and zeatin (0.09 μM) showed development of the maximum number of somatic embryos when transferred to MS medium free of plant growth regulators.
The maximum maturation and germination of cotyledonary somatic embryos (46.3%) occurred on MS medium supplemented with 2,4-D
(0.45 μM) and N6-benzyladenine (1.11 μM). The somatic embryo-derived plants were successfully hardned, with a survival rate of approximately 67%, and established
in the field. 相似文献
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Monica Moura 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》1998,34(3):244-248
Summary One of the first Azorean endemic vascular taxa chosen for the development ofin vitro multiplication techniques wasHypericum foliosum Aiton, due to its colonizing ability (Sj?gren, 1984), a loss of seed germination capacity after only 1 yr of storage (Maciel,
1994), and the populations' generally low number of individuals. The following culture media were tested usingHypericum foliosum's single node cuttings: Murashige and Skoog (1962), Roest and Bockelmman (1973), Lloyd and McCown (1980), C?rte and Mendon?a
(1985), and Cellárová et al. (1992). Further experiments were performed on CM medium supplemented with four different growth
regulators: α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), N6-benzyladenine (BA), γ, γ-(dimethylallyl) aminopurine (2iP), and kinetin (KIN). The acclimatization stage was carried out
in Jiffy 7? pots and in a 2∶1 or 1∶1 peat/perlite mixture. We found that micropropagation ofHypericum foliosum is possible on CM medium and that the best results with growth regulators were achieved with the following supplements: 0.1
mg/l (0.4 μM) BA and 0.5 mg/l (2.6 μM) NAA+1.0 mg/l (4.4 μM) BA (in the initiation stage), and 0.1 mg/l (0.4 μM) BA (in the elongation stage). As for culture multiplication, 0.1 mg/l (0.4 μM) BA (in the initiation stage) and 0.5 mg/l (2.6 μM) NAA+1.0 mg/l (4.4 μM) BA (both in the initiation and elongation stages), proved to be the most efficient concentrations. The acclimatization stage
was successfully performed in Jiffy 7? pellets. 相似文献
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Alex I. James David J. Eldridge Terry B. Koen Katherine E. Moseby 《Biological invasions》2011,13(12):3027-3038
Habitat modifying species can play crucial roles in ecosystem function. Invasive engineers may assume these roles where native
engineers have been lost from the system. We compared the dynamics of the foraging pits of an invasive engineer, the European
rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with two native mammals, the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) and the burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur). Foraging pits are small surface depressions created by animals when they forage for seeds, bulbs, roots, invertebrates
and fungi. We measured foraging pit density and turnover, and density and richness of plant seedlings in pits and adjacent
surfaces across three landforms representing a gradient in resource availability inside (bilbies and bettongs), and outside
(rabbits only) a reserve in an arid Australian shrubland over 2 years. Pits of the native engineers contained 80% more seedlings
(11.2 plants m−2) than rabbit pits (6.22 plants m−2). Further, rabbit pits supported 3.6-times fewer seedlings than equivalent non-pit surfaces outside the exclosure. Only one
plant species was restricted entirely to pits. The reserve had more foraging pits and greater turnover than outside, but contrary
to prediction, pit effects on seedling density were no greater in the more resource-limited dunes. There were some strong
temporal and landscape effects on pit density and species composition, but generally trends were similar inside and outside
the reserve. Overall, despite their functional similarities, invasive rabbits created fewer pits that were less favourable
patches for seedlings than those of native engineers. Our work suggests that a suite of ecosystem processes associated with
fertile patch creation has potentially been lost with the extirpation of bilbies and bettongs. 相似文献
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Vishwanath M. Patil 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》1998,34(3):240-243
Summary The purpose of this study was to developin vitro techniques for conserving wild and endemic species ofCeropegia by mass multiplication for subsequent reintroduction in their natural habitat. Micropropagation involving a combination of
axillary bud culture, shoot multiplication, somatic embryogenesis andin vitro tuber formation forCeropegia jainii, a rare plant of the Indian sub continent,C. bulbosa var.bulbosa andC. bulbosa var.lushii, common species, was developed. Nodal explants from all species were cultured on 0.5 MS medium with 8.8 μM (2 mg·l−1) N6-benzyl aminopurine (BA) to regenerate the axillary buds. These produced multiple shoots when transferred to multiplication
medium consisting of 0.5 MS medium with 2.2 μM (0.5 mg·l−1) BA, or microtubers when transferred to 0.5 MS medium with 22.2 μM (5 mg·l−1) BA and 23.2 μM (5 mg·l−1) kinetin.In vitro flowering occurred inC. jainii and not in the other two varieties when the plants were cultured on multiplication media with spermine at 0.25 μM (50 μg·l−1) as an additive. Shoot pieces produced callus on MS medium with 9.05 μM (2 mg·l−1) 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid. Regeneration of the calli by somatic embryogenesis was achieved when they were transferred
to 0.5 MS medium with 2.2 μM (0.5 mg·l−1) BA. Rooting of the shoots was possible both byin vitro andex vitro means. 相似文献
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Plant traits of Malcolmia littorea growing at the Botanic Garden of Rome and transplanted from the wild population developing along the Latium coast (Italy) were analyzed. The highest photosynthetic rates [P
N, 22.5 ± 0.5 μmol(CO2) m−2 s−1], associated to the highest chlorophyll content (Chl, 60 ± 5 SPAD units), and respiration rates [R, 11.1 ± 0.2 μmol(CO2) m−2 s−1] were reached in spring, when mean air temperature (T
m) was in the range 17°C to 23°C. P
N, Chl, and R decreased by 86, 38, and 59% in summer when mean maximum air temperature (T
max) was 30.3 ± 2.6°C. Leaf water potential decreased by 34% in summer compared to the spring value, and it was associated to
a relative water content (RWC) of 74 ± 4%, and to a water-use efficiency (WUE) of 2.15 ± 0.81 μmol(CO2) mmol−1(H2O). Moreover, also low air temperatures determined a significant P
N and R decreases (by 52 and 40% compared to the maximum, respectively). Responsiveness of gross photosynthetic rate (P
g) to R was higher than that to P
N as underlined by the slope of the regression line between the two variables. The results underlined a low tolerance to both
high- and low air temperatures of M. littorea. The selected key traits (R, WUE, Chl) by the discriminant analysis might be used to monitor the M. littorea wild population in the long time. The ex situ cultivated plants could be propagated and used to increase the individuals number of the wild population. 相似文献