The resistant polymer of the walls of the hydrocarbon-rich alga Botryococcus braunii

The outer walls of the green alga Botryococcus braunii (main sites of hydrocarbon production and accumulation) show a complex constitution. They comprise a biopolymer highly resistant to non-oxidative degradation. The resistant polymer accounts for ca 9% of the cell dry wt and appears, along with hydrocarbons, as one of the major constituents of the alga. In addition to chemical resistance, B. braunii polymer exhibits other properties: mode of deposition and fluorescence, often used to identify sporopollenins. (Class of wall components generally regarded as originating from polymerization of carotenoid derivatives.) Nevertheless further studies, using IR spectroscopy and high resolution ¹³C NMR of solids, along with determination of elemental composition and unsaturation levels, indicate that the bulk of the resistant polymer from B. braunii outer walls does not derive from carotenoids; accordingly it cannot be considered, in this respect, as a sporopollenin. In fact the information obtained on the structure of this important constituent of the alga is consistent with its formation via oxidative polymerization of B. braunii dienic hydrocarbons.     

Biogenetic relationships between ketocarotenoids and sporopollenins in green algae

The IR characteristics are given of algal cell wall biopolymers which are highly resistant to non-oxidative degradation and which are called sporopollenins (SP). IR maxima of SP make it possible to confirm their presence in maternal cell walls (CWM) among other cell wall-components accompanying SP, among them proteins. Levels of SP in cell walls obtained from homogenates (CWH) of various strains are presented. An increase of SP in CWH of 3–12% occurred during the aging of cultures. The highest SP content of all hitherto described biological structures was observed in CWM (33–41% of dry wt). The deposition of SP in cell walls (CW) was accompanied by quantitative changes of CW-carotenoids. These are the first data concerning the dynamics of CW-carotenoid accumulation and SP-deposition in algal cell walls. It was shown, that SAN 9789, a known inhibitor of carotenogenesis, inhibits both the biosynthesis of CW-carotenoids and the forming of SP.The hypothesis is presented that CW-carotenoids (mainly ketocarotenoids) found only in algae forming SP may be involved in the biosynthetic pathway to SP.     

THE ANATOMY OF INTERNAL TIPBURN OF CABBAGE

Leaves of resistant and susceptible breeding lines of two closely related varieties of cabbage, ‘Glory’ and ‘Globe,’ showing internal tipburn were examined anatomically. Since both resistant and susceptible lines developed tipburn, the type of injury rather than the amount was considered. Regardless of the degree of resistance, cellular disorders in the tipburned areas were the same. Early symptoms showed small gray areas at the lobes of the leaves. The outer parenchymatous cells of these areas remained normal. Some of the xylem vessels became occluded with a granular substance; surrounding cells, including the idioblasts, enlarged. The idioblasts, reported to contain the enzyme myrosin, contained a particulate substance. Some idioblasts hypertrophied and also divided resulting in the distribution of the particles to additional cells. The conditions causing tipburn also affected cell walls, causing thickening and the production of pectic warts between cells and on walls facing the intercellular spaces. As more xylem vessels became occluded, and as the number of idioblasts with particles increased, the cells at the periphery of the leaf collapsed.     

褐稻虱生物型变异动态监测及抗虫品种资源推荐

本文报道近十多年来广东省褐稻虱Nilaparvata lugens(Stal)生物型变异动态监测的研究结果,针对当前褐稻虱优势生物型及发展趋势,推荐优良的抗褐稻虱品种资源。监测结果表明;根据苗期抗性反应,分蘖期生存率测定,田间系统调查监测,广州褐稻虱田间种群对带有Bph1抗性基因的代表品种IR26的致害力不断增强,1992年以来抗性反应达生物型2的水平。1992～1994年在全省7个不同生态类型地区取样测定及验证试验结果表明,生物型 2已上升为广东褐稻虱田间主害代的优势种群。多年的抗性鉴定结果证实,外引品种IR56、IR50404同其对应亲本PTB33、Babawee一样,对褐稻虱的抗性稳定,已推荐用作进一步抗 性育种的优良抗源。粳籼89等23个品种能抗褐稻虱生物型1和2,可及时替代带即BPh1抗性 基因的品种。     

褐飞虱致害性变异过程及其体内酶的变化

在室内连续用具不同抗虫基因的水稻品种TNl、IR26、Mudg。和ASD7、单管饲养褐飞虱(Nilaparvata lugens)种群,研究它对抗虫水稻品种的适应过程及其体内酶的变化规律。 结果表明：褐飞虱在抗虫品种上取食2代的若虫存活率、若虫历期和短翅成虫体重均明显比取食感虫品种TNl的低,第3代以后与取食TNl者基本相同。第2代是褐飞虱适应抗虫品种的关键期。天冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST)、丙氨酸氨基转移酶(ALT)和丁-谷氨酰基转移 酶(GGT)的活性在关键的第2代最低,而超氧物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)的含量增加。褐飞虱在适应抗虫品种以后体内天冬氨酸氨基转移酶活性明显提高。     

INFLUENCE OF CELL WALL COMPOSITION ON THE RESISTANCE OF TWO CHLORELLA SPECIES (CHLOROPHYTA) TO DETERGENTS1

The influence of dodecylbenzene sulfonate (DBS) and Triton X-100 (TX-100) was examined on two species of Chlorella exhibiting conspicuous differences in cell wall composition. Chlorella emersonii has both a classical polysaccharidic wall and a thin trilaminar outer wall (TLS) composed of nonhydrolyzable macromolecules. Chlorella vulgaris lacks a TLS. Photosynthetic capacity was measured following short exposures (1 h) of the algae at different physiological stages to high DBS and TX-100 concentrations, up to 1 g·L^?1. Comparisons with untreated controls indicated that 1) the presence of a TLS in C. emersonii was associated with a very high resistance to the anionic (DBS) and nonionic (TX-100) detergents at all growth stages, and net photosynthesis was not significantly affected in that species, 2) a high toxicity, particularly pronounced with TX-100, was observed for actively growing cells of the TLS-devoid species, C. vulgaris, and 3) aging exerted a protective influence, especially efficient against DBS, on the latter species. Additional observations, including fluorescence spectra and high-performance liquid chromatography pigment analyses, were conducted following short exposures of actively growing cells. Fluorescence emission spectra revealed that the chlorophyll a-protein complexes in thylakoid membranes were not substantially affected by DBS and TX-100, even in the case of C. vulgaris. In sharp contrast, fluorescence excitation spectra on the latter species showed 1) that excitation transfer from antenna pigments to chlorophyll a in reaction centers was substantially altered with both detergents and 2) that the two detergents affected different parts of the photosynthetic system of the TLS-devoid species. Analyses of C. vulgaris extracts indicated significant decreases in pigment content following exposure to DBS and, to a lesser extent, to TX-100. Longer exposure experiments (1 day) were conducted with actively growing algae. The TLS-containing species still showed a very high resistance and no important changes in photosynthetic capacity compared to cells exposed for 1 h. For the sensitive TLS-devoid species, the detrimental influence of TX-100, already very high after 1 h, was not increased. DBS toxicity was markedly increased and may reflect a lower uptake rate of DBS by C. vulgaris. Taken together, these observations confirm the important protective role of TLS against detergents. They also provide information on the factors controlling detergent toxicity in the sensitive, TLS-devoid species and on the different modes of action of DBS and TX-100 on its photosynthetic system. Such large differences in microalgal sensitivity to detergents, related to TLS occurrence, should have important consequences for the selection of suitable species in toxicity tests.     

STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE RESISTANT SPORANGIAL WALL IN THE FUNGUS ALLOMYCES

The fine structure and chemical composition of the wall of resistant sporangia of Allomyces neo-moniliformis were investigated. Studies with the electron microscope showed that the wall is approximately 1.3 μ in thickness and is of complex construction. It consists essentially of three parts: a five-layered outer wall, two layers of “cementing substances,” and a single-layered inner wall. The presence of a highly convoluted cell membrane was also demonstrated. Six structural components were found to make up the walls of the resistant sporangia: glucose, glucosamine, chitin, melanin, protein, and lipids. Comparison of the structure and composition of the walls of resistant sporangia with the walls of hyphae and zoospores of Allomyces as reported by other investigators showed that, while the structure is very different, the composition is quite similar with only melanin and lipids apparently being absent from the zoospore and hyphal walls.     

敏感和抗性棉铃虫对溴氰菊酯毒力反应的机理研究

通过生物测定和生物化学方法比较了棉铃虫玎Helicoverpa armigera敏感和抗性种群对溴氰菊酯毒力反应及其3种解毒酶的差异。结果表明,田间抗性种群和室内药剂汰选的抗性种群对溴氰菊酯均有较高的抗性,其抗性倍数分别达到195.8和37 375倍。水解酯酶和多功能氧化酶是导致棉铃虫对溴氰菊酯产生高抗性的重要酶系。特异性抑制剂活体内外抑制作用测试发现,敏感种群和抗性种群均含有较高量的乙酰胆碱酯酶,但两个种群对抑制剂的亲和力反应不同,表明乙酰胆碱酯酶在敏感种群和抗性种群中发生了不同的变化,这种变化可能与棉铃虫对溴氰菊酯的抗性有关。由此推断,棉铃虫对拟除虫菊酯这类中枢神经系统神经毒剂产生抗性,乙酰胆碱酯酶发生变化可能也是一个重要因子。     

酯酶同功酶在分析亚洲玉米螟抗药性中的应用

以聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法对室内选育的亚洲玉米螟(Ostrinia furnacalis(Guenèe))抗杀灭菊酯和抗呋喃丹品系的酯酶同功酶进行分析,并与感性品系比较,差异十分明显,为鉴别害虫抗药性的遗传变异提供了有价值的依据,并从方法学的几个侧面进行探讨,为广泛研究害虫抗药性机理做一些基础工作。     

THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRIMARY EPIDERMAL CELL WALL OF AVENA COLEOPTILES

The primary walls of epidermal cells in Avena coleoptiles ranging in length from 2 to 40 mm. have been studied in the electron and polarizing microscopes and by the low-angle scattering of x-rays. The outer walls of these cells are composed of multiple layers of cellulose microfibrils oriented longitudinally; initially the number of layers is between 10 and 15 but this increases to about 25 in older tissue. Where epidermal cells touch, these multiple layers fuse gradually into a primary wall of the normal type between cells. In these radial walls, the microfibrils are oriented transversely. Possible mechanisms for the growth of the multilayered outer wall during cell elongation are discussed.     

主要抗蚜小麦品种(系)的抗性类型及其生化抗性机制

通过对10个抗麦蚜品种(系)室内苗期生命参数、抗性类型和抗蚜次生物质的研究,明确了不同抗性级别的品种对麦蚜种群控制力及部分生化抗蚜机制。实验结果表明,参试的抗蚜品种(系)中30%左右为不选择性：表现为爬行频繁,定殖率低,但是定殖个体生长发育良好;70%为抗生性;表现为使麦长管蚜Sitobion avenae(F.)和禾谷缢管蚜只Rhopalosiphum padi(L.)的发育历期分别延长2.1%～28.2%和3.7%～13.9%,若蚜死亡率增加1.0～3.6倍和1.0～2.25倍,平均寿命缩短10.2%～96.5%和37.5～97,1%,繁殖力下降3.4%～72.8%和25%～97.2%。苗期生化测定结果表明：不同抗源的单宁和总酚含量明显高于感蚜品种,其总酚含量与抗麦长管蚜级别呈显著负相关,以抗生性为主的品种其总酚含量亦与麦长管蚜的内禀增长力(r_m)呈显著负相关(P<0.05),表明总酚是小麦抗长管蚜的关键因子之一,而与禾谷缢管蚜抗性水平无关;单宁含量与麦蚜抗性关系不密切。     

Relationship between Cell Wall Susceptibility to Cellulases and Pectinases of Fusarium oxysporum and Susceptibility of Date Palm Cultivars

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis, the bayoud disease agent of date palm, grows on a mineral medium containing the cell walls of date palm roots as a sole carbohydrate source. The growth and development of pathogen under these conditions was related to the production of extracellular cell wall-degrading enzymes (CWDE): cellulases, polygalacturonases, polygalacturonate transeliminases, and pectinmethylesterases. The mycelial growth and the sporulation of pathogen were higher in the presence of cell walls of susceptible cultivars (BFG, JHL, BSK) than in the presence of those of resistant cultivars (IKL, SLY, BSTN). After 8 d of fungal culture, the activity of CWDE was equal whatever is the origin of the cell walls (resistant or susceptible cultivars). After 16 d of culture, the activity of these CWDE was higher when the parasite was cultivated on the cell walls of the susceptible cultivars than on those of the resistant cultivars. A positive correlation was observed between CWDE activities and the growth and the sporulation of F. oxysporum after 16 d of culture. These results clearly show a relation between the susceptibility/resistance of the cell walls of the roots of the date palm to the parasitic CWDE and the susceptibility/resistance of the cultivars.     

植物病程相关蛋白及其在烟草中的研究进展

植物在受到病原物侵染时,会产生一系列抗性反应,病程相关蛋白是其中参与抗病性的重要物质,能够被病原物诱导产生并在植物体内积累,对于诱导植物系统抗性,阻止病原物侵染具有重要作用。对植物病程相关蛋白的性质、诱导因素、分类和功能进行综述,并概述病程相关蛋白与烟草系统抗性的紧密联系以及烟草病程相关蛋白基因在增强系统抗性中的应用,为烟草抗病育种和病虫害防治提供了理论。     

不同水稻品种对白背飞虱取食和产卵选择性的影响

为进一步了解抗虫品种对白背飞虱的抗性机制,运用标准苗期群体鉴定法、蜜露测定法等方法,研究了8个不同抗性水平水稻品种对白背飞虱Sogatella furcifera(Horváth)取食和产卵选择性的影响。结果表明,水稻品种IR54751-2-34-10-6-2、MR1532、Rathu Heenati表现为高抗;IR54742-1-18-12-11-2、IR71604-4-1-4-10-8-5-3-1表现中抗;IR72表现为中感;BG367-7、TN1表现为高感。白背飞虱对MR1532、IR54751-2-34-10-6-2和Rathu Heenati上的取食趋性较弱,这几个品种对白背飞虱取食量的影响最大;MR1532、Rathu Heenati和IR54751-2-34-10-6-2上的卵量显著少于产在对照品种TNI的卵量,IR54742-1-18-12-11-2、IR71604-4-1-4-10-8-5-3-1、IR72上的卵量与产在对照品种TNI上的卵量差异不显著。白背飞虱在抗虫品种上并非完全不取食,只是抗性越强取食量越少;抗性表现为抗的品种对白背飞虱成虫产卵选择性有明显影响。     

Bovine protothecosis. A brief report of ten cases

Prototheca zopfii was isolated repeatedly from milk samples from ten cows (of a herd of 192 dairy cows) with reduced milk yield and indurated mammary glands. The strain was moderately sensitive to streptomycin, polymyxin and gentamycin, but resistant or relatively resistant to other antibiotics and antimycotics commonly used in clinical practice. An attempt to treat the infection with Ethidium bromide, which was found effective in vitro, did not succeed. The number of Prototheca excreted decreased, but a complete cure was not obtained. In histological sections of the udder, Prototheca cells were demonstrated both intracellularly and interstitially.     

THE ZYGOSPORE WALL OF CHLAMYDOMONAS MONOICA (CHLOROPHYCEAE): MORPHOGENESIS AND EVIDENCE FOR THE PRESENCE OF SPOROPOLLENIN1

Chlamydomonas monoica Strehlow is being developed as a model for genetic analysis of zygospore morphogenesis, and many relevant mutant strains are available. To provide the basis for interpreting the ultrastructural phenotypes of zygospore mutants, an analysis of wall morphogenesis in wildtype zygospores of C. monoica was undertaken. Following synthesis of a thick, fibrous, primary zygote wall, granular material accumulated between the plasma membrane and the primary zygote wall and aggregated into a repetitive array of electron-opaque fibrous stripes. A new wall layer, the outer layer of the secondary zygospore wall, first appeared as segments with a fibrous outer surface overlying a well-defined band of electron-translucent material. These segments gave rise to an intact sheath adjacent to the plasma membrane. Beneath this sheath, electron-opaque material (forming the inner layer of the secondary zygospore wall) accumulated unevenly and forced the surface sheath to undulate, creating a pattern of peaks and valleys that was exposed to the external environment 4 rupture and release of the primary zygote wall. The zygospore wall included material resistant to degradation by potassium hydroxide, 2-aminoethanol, and acetolysis, but it was destroyed by exposure to chromic acid. These characteristics, in combination with the autofluorescence of untreated zygospore walls and their failure to stain with phloroglucinol, suggest that sporopollenin may be responsible for many of the resistant properties associated with the mature zygospore of Chlamydomonas.     

褐飞虱为害对不同抗性水稻品种苗期根系几种营养物质和总酚含量的影响

本文以对褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens(St?l)具不同抗性水平的水稻品种为研究对象,通过在苗期接入不同密度褐飞虱后测定水稻根系可溶性糖、游离氨基酸、可溶性蛋白质和总酚变化情况,以明确水稻抗虫性与根系生理生化物质含量的关系.研究结果表明,根系中的可溶性糖除了苗龄8d不接虫的处理,其余处理均以感虫品种TN1含...     

THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF SCENEDESMUS (CHLOROPHYCEAE). II. CELL DIVISION AND COLONY FORMATION1

Cell division in Scenedesmus is fairly typical of other chlorococcalean genera. The closed spindle has centrioles at polar fenestrae and apparently a series of nuclear divisions precedes cytokinesis. The phycoplast system of cytokinetic microtubules predicts the path of cleavage furrows whose mode of formation is obscure. Before and during cell division, the endoplasmic reticulum invariably accumulates granular material which later, during cytokinesis, appears to he secreted via the golgi bodies. Similar dense granular material then at accumulates outside the forming daughter cells but inside the parental wall, as the latter begins eroding away. By the end of colony formation, the cellulosic parental wall has disappeared, leaving its outer sheath and attached ornamentative features (spines, combs, reticulate or warty layer, etc.) intact as a “ghost.” The spines and combs of new colonies appear to condense out of the extracellular aggregate; their precise mode of formation is obscure. As they form, the daughter cells, having become rearranged within the parental wall, stick to one another apparently at specific sites on their outer surface. A trilaminar (sporopollenin-containing) layer arises first in each cell at these adhesive sites and immediately afterwards, dense material aggregates between the adjacent layers to give rise to the coenobial adhesive. Plaques of the trilaminar layer later appear over the rest of the cell's surface; they grow and fuse so that eventually each cell is enclosed by one continuous Trilaminar Sheath (TLS). While the plaques are forming, another dense layer materializes around the whole coenobium. Depending on the species, this layer turns into either the warty layer, in which instance it is applied directly on to the surface of the TLS except near the coenobial adhesive, or else it becomes the reticulate layer, in which instance it remains entirely separate from the TLS, soon acquiring the complex system of propping spikelets which suspend it from the coenobial surface. When fully farmed, the daughter coenobium is tightly compressed within the parental TLS, with its spines folded lengthwise along the daughter cells. Release of the colony follows a quite explosive rupturing of the parental TLS, and immediately upon release, the daughter colony flattens out and erects its spines.     

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF TARGET RESISTANCE IN THE ORGANOPHOSPHATE- AND PYRETHROID-RE-SISTANT HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA (HUBNER)

Abstract  The molecular mechanisms of target resistance, i. e. acetyicholinesterase (AChE) and sodium channel insensitivity, in the organophosphate(0P)- and pyrethroid(Py)-resistant (R) Helicoverpa armigera were investigated. The activity and V_max of AChE from R strain were 1.09– and 1.23-fold of the susceptible(S) strain respectively, but the K_M value of AChE in R strain was only 0.67-fold of S stain. The K_i values of AChE from the R strain were 0.44 for DDVP and 0.50 for malathion respectively, as compared with those of the S strain. These data showed that the AChE from R strain might be qualitatively altered. The knockdown resistance ( kdr ) of the resistant H. armigera was also identified by PCR technique. The fragments of IIS6, linker of 11–111 and a part of IIS5-IIs6 in the sodium channel were cloned and sequenced, and then compared to amino acid sequences from the R and S strains. and other insect species. There was no difference to be found at amino acid level in the above fragments cloned. It was suggested that the Rdr was not involved in the resistance of R strain.     

COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE CELL WALLS OF SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL BANGIA ATROPURPUREA (RHODOPHYTA). I. HISTOCHEMISTRY OF POLYSACCHARIDES1

A comparative histochemical study of the nature and distribution of acidic and neutral cell wall polysaccharides was conducted on marine sexual and asexual filaments of the red alga Bangia atropurpurea (Roth) C. Ag. Outer and inner walls of this species were clearly partitioned according to staining and transmission electron microscopic characteristics. Neutral polysaccharides were detected in the outer coating (cuticle) but were absent from outer and inner walls of all filaments. Acidic polysaccharides were noted in the outer wall material but not in the inner wall layers of any filaments at any developmental stages. The major staining component of vegetative regions of sexual material and all regions of asexual filaments was a highly sulfated polymer. During sexual reproduction only there was a generalized change in the nature of the acidic component, characterized by a decrease in intensity of staining for sulfates in both male and female filaments and the appearance, in female filaments only, of polysaccharides which presumably were carboxylated. Spermatia attached to both male and female filaments in regions where sexual differentiation was initiated and where changes in the outer wall components commenced.