五爪金龙乙醇提取物对福寿螺毒杀和水稻苗生长的影响

福寿螺和五爪金龙是两种危害严重的入侵生物,利用五爪金龙防治稻田福寿螺是以害治害的方法.盆栽条件下研究了五爪金龙乙醇提取物毒杀福寿螺的效果,以及其对水稻苗生长的影响.在砂培条件下五爪金龙乙醇提取物及其分离得到的甲醇相、乙酸乙酯相、乙醚相水溶液不仅对福寿螺起到毒杀作用, 而且对水稻秧苗生长有促进作用, 毒杀和促进作用由强到弱的顺序均为:乙醇提取物>甲醇相>乙酸乙酯相>乙醚相.在实验浓度范围内五爪金龙乙醇提物对福寿螺的毒杀效果及其对水稻苗促进作用强度均随浓度的增大而增强,在水稻土盆栽条件下抑制福寿螺取食水稻苗的效果与密达差异不显著(p>0.05).五爪金龙乙醇提取物能毒杀福寿螺,对水稻苗的生长没有不利的影响.因此, 利用五爪金龙防治稻田福寿螺危害是环境友好的非化学防治措施,具有良好的应用前景.     

夹竹桃皂甙对福寿螺的毒杀效果及其对水稻幼苗的影响

室内条件下研究了夹竹桃皂甙对福寿螺的杀灭效果及其对水稻幼苗的影响。结果表明,福寿螺的致死率随着皂甙浓度的增加和处理时间的延长而显著上升,其中50mg/L 浓度皂甙处理48h的致死率达100%,与0.156g/L氯硝柳胺水溶液的灭螺效果相当。皂甙对福寿螺的杀灭效果与福寿螺的大小有关。皂甙对壳高h＜10 mm的福寿螺的杀螺效果最好, 而对20≤h<30 mm的杀螺效果最差。水稻幼苗的存活率随着皂甙浓度的增加而显著增加,且低浓度皂甙处理24h也具有较高的值。此外,采用水培方法研究了皂甙对水稻幼苗鲜重的影响。高浓度(≥40 mg/L)的皂甙处理7d显著地抑制了水稻幼苗根部和地上部分的鲜重,其中对根部的影响大于地上部分。当处理时间延长到14d时,皂甙对水稻幼苗鲜重的抑制作用逐渐减弱,仅50mg/L 皂甙处理对根部鲜重有显著地抑制。而在氯硝柳胺水溶液处理下,水稻幼苗停止生长。综合结果表明夹竹桃皂甙是一种环境友好且能高效防治福寿螺的灭螺剂。     

四种与福寿螺(Ampullaria gigas)同源地入侵植物的杀螺效果

实验室内观察了福寿螺在其主要危害对象水稻,及与其同源地的入侵植物五爪金龙、马缨丹、胜红蓟和蟛蜞菊5种植物新鲜叶片间聚集数量差异,结果显示:15min后福寿螺在距离其约75cm的5种植物叶片聚集数产生了显著的差异,但75min内福寿螺在5种植物叶片间聚集的数量不稳定,75min后的聚集数趋于稳定,5种植物叶片上聚集福寿螺数由多到少顺序为蟛蜞菊、马缨丹、水稻、胜红蓟和五爪金龙.福寿螺取食水稻幼苗的量较大,显著高于取食另4种植物新鲜叶片的量,福寿螺取食4种与其同源地植物叶片量由小到大的顺序为:五爪金龙、蟛蜞菊、胜红蓟和马缨丹.不同浓度4植物乙醇提取物水溶液对福寿螺毒杀作用差异显著,乙醇提取物饱和水溶液致福寿螺100%死亡的时间由短到长的顺序为:五爪金龙48h,蟛蜞菊72h,胜红蓟和马缨丹均为96h,按常规施用量化学农药密达100%毒杀福寿螺的时间为118h.综合结果表明五爪金龙具有开发出既能有效防治福寿螺又不影响水稻生长和稻田环境材料的潜力.     

四种与福寿螺(Ampullaria gigas)同源地入侵植物的杀螺效果

实验室内观察了福寿螺在其主要危害对象水稻,及与其同源地的入侵植物五爪金龙、马缨丹、胜红蓟和蟛蜞菊５种植物新鲜叶片间聚集数量差异,结果显示:15min后福寿螺在距离其约75cm 的5种植物叶片聚集数产生了显著的差异,但75min内福寿螺在5种植物叶片间聚集的数量不稳定,75min后的聚集数趋于稳定,5种植物叶片上聚集福寿螺数由多到少顺序为蟛蜞菊、马缨丹、水稻、胜红蓟和五爪金龙。福寿螺取食水稻幼苗的量较大,显著高于取食另4种植物新鲜叶片的量,福寿螺取食4种与其同源地植物叶片量由小到大的顺序为：五爪金龙、蟛蜞菊、胜红蓟和马缨丹。不同浓度4植物乙醇提取物水溶液对福寿螺毒杀作用差异显著,乙醇提取物饱和水溶液致福寿螺100%死亡的时间由短到长的顺序为：五爪金龙48h, 蟛蜞菊72h, 胜红蓟和马缨丹均为96h,按常规施用量化学农药密达100%毒杀福寿螺的时间为118h。综合结果表明五爪金龙具有开发出既能有效防治福寿螺又不影响水稻生长和稻田环境材料的潜力。     

石灰氮对福寿螺的急性毒性效应

福寿螺(Pomacea canaliculata)是世界自然保护联盟认定的世界100种恶性外来入侵物种之一,在华南地区已对水稻生产造成严重危害.本研究将福寿螺按照壳高(H)分为小螺(5 mm≤H＜15 mm)、中螺(15 mm≤H＜25 mm)、大螺(25 mm≤H＜35 mm)和超大螺(35 mm≤H＜45 mm),通过室内毒性试验,探讨了化学肥料石灰氮(氰氨化钙)对不同体型福寿螺的毒性效应.结果表明:石灰氮对不同大小福寿螺毒性效应显著,尤其是对中小福寿螺具有很强的抑制和杀灭作用;石灰氮处理7 d后,最低浓度0.2 g·L-1处理造成71%死亡率,其他处理死亡率均在95%以上,其中3.0和5.0 g·L-1处理中福寿螺全部死亡;石灰氮对不同大小福寿螺的半抑制浓度(24 h)和半致死浓度(96 h)大小顺序均为小螺＜中螺＜大螺＜超大螺;石灰氮对福寿螺的抑制效应显著,其对福寿螺的平均半抑制浓度为0.08～0.39 g·L-1;1.0和5.0 g·L-1浓度的石灰氮处理24 h后,福寿螺鳃组织SOD酶活性呈极显著下降,分别为对照的41%和60%.本研究表明,石灰氮在入侵生物福寿螺的防治方面有一定应用潜力,有望成为一种新型的"杀螺肥料".     

稗草潜在化感物质的排查

针对已报道属于羟基肟酸(丁布)、酚酸和酞酸酯类的稗草潜在的化感物质,本文以水稻、稗草和莴苣为试验材料,对2,4-二叔丁基酚、对羟基扁桃酸2种酚酸以及3种酞酸酯类物质的化感活性进行了研究.采用高效液相色谱法( HPLC)研究了上述5种物质以及丁布在稗草组织、根区土壤和种子萌发液的含量.结果表明:在100μg·ml-1作用浓度下,对羟基扁桃酸对莴苣、水稻以及稗草的种子萌发和幼苗生长的综合抑制活性最弱,2,4-二叔丁基酚化感抑制活性相对最强.酞酸二甲酯、酞酸二异辛酯和2,4-二叔丁基酚这3种物质对稗草的抑制活性大干水稻.通过HPLC只在稗草苗期叶、根和种子萌发液中检测出对羟基扁桃酸,其含量分别为9.72 μg·g-1、7.29 μg·g-1和0.24 μg·ml-1,而其他生长期组织以及根区土壤中均未检出.所有样品均未检测出2,4-二叔丁基酚、丁布和3种酞酸酯类物质.对羟基扁桃酸的浓度-效应试验显示,接近实测浓度(20 μg·g-1)时其对3种受试植物没有显著的化感抑制效应.本研究表明,对羟基扁桃酸不是稗草中主要的化感物质;通过HPLC-标准物质比对方法可以准确分析上述6种化合物,并证实了稗草不含有2,4-二叔丁基酚、丁布和酞酸酯类物质.     

基于入侵植物和蜗牛信息素的非洲大蜗牛新型诱杀剂研究

[目的]非洲大蜗牛是被世界自然保护联盟列入黑名单的一种入侵陆生螺。目前，其主要防治手段是使用化学农药，但化学农药有危害生态环境、威胁生物多样性的副作用。本研究旨在针对化学防治污染生态环境等问题，开发非洲大蜗牛新型植物源诱杀剂。[方法]通过对非洲大蜗牛的诱食、灭杀和诱杀试验测定，对比入侵植物提取物和非洲大蜗牛腹足部腺体中的信息素提取物复配成的诱杀剂对非洲大蜗牛的诱杀效果。[结果]食物诱食试验结果发现，非洲大蜗牛腹足部腺体中的信息素选择比例为40.30%，偏好性明显高于氨基酸、含硫化合物甜菜碱和酵母等。以五爪金龙和薇甘菊2种入侵植物提取物复配成的杀螺剂处理后，在24、48 h时非洲大蜗牛的死亡率分别达到65%、100%。利用信息素为诱剂，结合具有高效毒杀作用的入侵植物(五爪金龙和薇甘菊)粗提物复配成的诱杀剂，引诱率为34.12%，仅次于未复配的信息素(37.45%)，而诱杀率明显优于所选择的市售诱杀药物。[结论]以入侵植物五爪金龙和薇甘菊为杀螺剂原料结合非洲大蜗牛诱食信息素，复配制成的诱杀剂(诱杀率31.76%)见效快、杀灭效果强，并且安全环保，减少了农药对生态环境的危害。     

UPLC-TOF-MS快速测定不同核用银杏品种银杏叶中银杏内酯和白果内酯含量

为比较鄂西南不同核用银杏品种叶片中银杏内酯和白果内酯含量,采用超高压液相色谱-飞行时间质谱(UPLC-TOF-MS)联用方法测定微量银杏内酯和白果内酯含量,分析柱为ZORBAX C18(2.1×50 mm,1.8μm)色谱柱,流动相为乙腈-0.1%甲酸水溶液,采用梯度洗脱,飞行时间质谱作为检测器,选择离子采集方式。方法测定银杏内酯和白果内酯的线性范围为0.2~4μg/m L,相关系数为0.9996以上,相对标准偏差小于1.65%。测定结果表明,在四个核用银杏品种中,恩银23号具有较高的银杏内酯和白果内酯含量,同时白果内酯和银杏内酯A、B及C总含量比例较佳,可以作为叶用银杏发展的优选品种。     

干旱胁迫对五爪金龙种子萌发与幼苗生长的影响

以粤东地区危害严重的入侵杂草五爪金龙为材料,采用聚乙二醇(PEG-6000)模拟不同程度的干旱胁迫,测定了干旱胁迫下五爪金龙种子萌发率、萌发指数及其幼苗的叶绿素含量、细胞水势、生物量、抗氧化酶活性等指标,以探讨五爪金龙的抗旱机理.结果表明:随着干旱胁迫程度的增加,(1)五爪金龙种子的初始萌发时间延迟,萌发率、萌发指数显著降低,在重度干旱胁迫(30%)时,种子完全不能萌发且伴随腐烂现象;(2)五爪金龙幼苗叶绿素含量、细胞水势、生物量及苗高显著降低,根茎比显著增大;(3)幼苗叶片的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性和丙二醛(MDA)含量持续上升,过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性持续下降,过氧化物酶(POD)活性在轻度胁迫时无明显变化,但中度胁迫时显著上升,重度胁迫时显著下降(P<0.05).研究发现,干旱胁迫对五爪金龙种子萌发和幼苗生长均有显著抑制作用,但同时也能通过自身一系列生物学、生理学指标的改变主动适应干旱逆境.     

黄河三角洲土曲霉Aspergillus terreus OUCMDZ-1925中具抗菌活性的聚酮类天然产物

作者利用化学与生物活性相集成的筛选方法,从采自黄河三角洲地区——东营黄河口的梭鱼Chelon haematocheilus的内脏中分离鉴定了1株耐盐真菌土曲霉Aspergillus terreus OUCMDZ-1925,其发酵产物具有抗枯草芽孢杆菌活性。进一步采用色谱分离、波谱鉴定,从其固体发酵(大米培养基)中分离鉴定了5个化合物,即右旋丁内酯I(1)、丁内酯IV(2)、丁内酯II(3)、丁内酯III(4)和3,5,6-三甲基-2,4-二羟基苯甲酸甲酯(5)。并发现化合物1–3和5对金黄色葡萄球菌(ATCC51650)有强的抑菌活性(最小抑菌浓度均为0.31μg/mL,阳性对照环丙沙星的最小抑菌浓度为0.16μg/mL),化合物1和2对产气杆菌(ATCC13408)以及化合物1和3对枯草芽孢杆菌(ATCC93151)有中等的抑菌活性(最小抑菌浓度分别为6.25μg/mL和12.50μg/mL,阳性对照环丙沙星的最小抑菌浓度分别为1.25μg/mL和5.0μg/mL),化合物1–5对大肠杆菌(ATCC25922)以及化合物4对金黄色葡萄球菌(ATCC51650)有弱的抑制活性,且化合物1的产量高,达2.5g/kg,为其后续研究提供了新的药源。     

Mycobiota associated with the ambrosia beetle Scolytodes unipunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) are associated with strictly entomochoric and mutualistic fungi. We studied the mycobiota associated with Scolytodes unipunctatus, ambrosia beetles that infest Cecropia trees in Central America. Isolates were characterized using morphology and rDNA sequences (ITS region, LSU, and SSU rDNA). Four species are described here: Raffaelea scolytodis sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales), Gondwanamyces scolytodis sp. nov., Custingophora cecropiae sp. nov., and Graphium sp. (Microascales). The genus Custingophora is emended to include Knoxdaviesia anamorphs of Gondwanamyces based on uniformity of DNA sequences and phenotype.     

Starch grain morphology of the seagrasses Halodule wrightii, Ruppia maritima, Syringodium filiforme, and Thalassia testudinum

Starch grains are a ubiquitous component of plants that have been used in tandem with phytoliths, pollen, and macrofossils to reconstruct past floral diversity. This tool has yet to be fully explored for aquatic plants, specifically seagrasses, which lack phytoliths and are rarely preserved as macrofossils or pollen. If starch grains in seagrasses are morphologically distinct, this method has the potential to improve seagrass identification in the fossil record in such cases where its starch is preserved (e.g. scratches and occlusal surfaces of tooth enamel from seagrass consumers). The goals of this study were twofold: (1) to determine if starch is present in seagrass material and (2) to assess how starch grain morphology differs between different seagrasses.This study focused on four abundant and ecologically distinct seagrasses from the Caribbean: Halodule wrightii, Ruppia maritima, Syringodium filiforme, and Thalassia testudinum. Starch grains were observed in all species except S. filiforme. Grains from H. wrightii are typically observed in side-on orientation, are sub-round to angular, and are fairly small (3-19 μm, end-on). Grains of R. maritima are small spherical grains (4-8 μm) that have a centric hilum and a straight extinction cross with a median angle between the arms of 90°. Grains from T. testudinum are large (9-31 μm, end-on), conical in side-on and round/sub-round in end-on orientation, have a slightly eccentric hilum with an obvious particle, and prominent lamellae.Visual assessment and comparative statistics demonstrate that the morphology of starch grains from T. testudinum, R. maritima, and H. wrightii are significantly different. With more extensive research, there is potential for the positive identification of starch grains from an unknown seagrass. The ability to identify seagrass from starch grains could facilitate the identification of seagrasses in the fossil record and supply information on seagrass evolution and distribution, climate effects on seagrass distribution, and the diets of seagrass consumers.     

Phylogenetic reassessment of Hyaloscyphaceae sensu lato (Helotiales, Leotiomycetes) based on multigene analyses

Hyaloscyphaceae is the largest family in Helotiales, Leotiomycetes. It is mainly characterized by minute apothecia with well-differentiated hairs, but its taxonomic delimitation and infrafamilial classification remain ambiguous. This study performed molecular phylogenetic analyses using multiple genes including the ITS-5.8S rDNA, the D1–D2 region of large subunit of rDNA, RNA polymerase II subunit 2, and the mitochondrial small subunit. The primary objective was to evaluate the phylogenetic utility of morphological characters traditionally used in the taxonomy of Hyaloscyphaceae through reassessment of the monophyly of this family and its genera. The phylogenetic analyses inferred Hyaloscyphaceae as being a heterogeneous assemblage of a diverse group of fungi and not supported as monophyletic. Among the three tribes of Hyaloscyphaceae only Lachneae formed a monophyletic lineage. The presence of hairs is rejected as a synapomorphy, since morphologically diversified hairs have originated independently during the evolution of Helotiales. The true- and false-subiculum in Arachnopezizeae are hypothesized to have evolved through different evolutionary processes; the true-subiculum is likely the product of a single evolutionary origin, while the false-subiculum is hypothesized to have originated multiple times. Since Hyaloscyphaceae sensu lato was not resolved as monophyletic, Hyaloscyphaceae sensu stricto is redefined and only applied to the genus Hyaloscypha.     

On the roles of Notch, Delta, kuzbanian, and inscuteable during the development of Drosophila embryonic neuroblast lineages

The generation of cellular diversity in the nervous system involves the mechanism of asymmetric cell division. Besides an array of molecules, including the Par protein cassette, a heterotrimeric G protein signalling complex, Inscuteable plays a major role in controlling asymmetric cell division, which ultimately leads to differential activation of the Notch signalling pathway and correct specification of the two daughter cells. In this context, Notch is required to be active in one sibling and inactive in the other. Here, we investigated the requirement of genes previously known to play key roles in sibling cell fate specification such as members of the Notch signalling pathway, e.g., Notch (N), Delta (Dl), and kuzbanian (kuz) and a crucial regulator of asymmetric cell division, inscuteable (insc) throughout lineage progression of 4 neuroblasts (NB1-1, MP2, NB4-2, and NB7-1). Notch-mediated cell fate specification defects were cell-autonomous and were observed in all neuroblast lineages even in cells born from late ganglion mother cells (GMC) within the lineages. We also show that Dl functions non-autonomously during NB lineage progression and clonal cells do not require Dl from within the clone. This suggests that within a NB lineage Dl is dispensable for sibling cell fate specification. Furthermore, we provide evidence that kuz is involved in sibling cell fate specification in the central nervous system. It is cell-autonomously required in the same postmitotic cells which also depend on Notch function. This indicates that KUZ is required to facilitate a functional Notch signal in the Notch-dependent cell for correct cell fate specification. Finally, we show that three neuroblast lineages (NB1-1, NB4-2, and NB7-1) require insc function for sibling cell fate specification in cells born from early GMCs whereas insc is not required in cells born from later GMCs of the same lineages. Thus, there is differential requirement for insc for cell fate specification depending on the stage of lineage progression of NBs.     

Structure and development of the style base in Abildgaardia, Bulbostylis, and Fimbristylis (Cyperaceae,Cyperoideae, Abildgaardieae)

The Abildgaardieae tribe within the family Cyperaceae comprises six or seven genera, among which Abildgaardia, Bulbostylis and Fimbristylis pose a challenge regarding their morphological delimitation. Molecular phylogenetic analyses including species of Abildgaardieae are rare, but in most of those studies, Abildgaardia and Fimbristylis appear as more closely related to each other than to the Bulbostylis genus. Duration of the style base has been one of the most widely used characters for delimiting these three genera. The style base is a persistent structure in most species of Bulbostylis and deciduous in Abildgaardia and Fimbristylis. The reasons why the style base may persist or fall off have been scarcely discussed. The assumption that abscission layers are present in the style base of all three genera and the fact that tracheids have been observed in the style base of Bulbostylis suggest that this structure might have histological complexity. In view of this, a complete ontogenetic and anatomical study of the gynoecium has been carried out for all these three genera. It turned out that the style base is histologically simple in Abildgaardia, Bulbostylis and Fimbristylis and shows similar structure and development in all three genera. The fact that the style base has a shorter duration in Abildgaardia and Fimbristylis than in Bulbostylis might be related to the lower number of sclerotised cells that make up such structures in the mature fruit of the former two genera. Abscission of the style and style base may be the result of much simpler reasons than the differentiation of an abscission layer, resulting merely from mechanical shear force effects. Differences among genera have been observed in the shape of the style base and the development of the style. The histological simplicity of the style base is consistent with the homoplastic appearance of this structure in genera that are not closely related (e.g. Rhynchospora). Because of this, while the presence of the thickened style base seems to be a synapomorphy in species of Abildgaardieae, its persistence on or detachment from the fruit might have emerged repeatedly during this clade evolution and might not be a suitable character for genera delimitation.