遮荫对苦丁茶树叶片特征及光合特性的影响

通过人工遮荫方式研究了4种遮荫强度(全光照、20%、40%和60%遮荫)对苦丁茶树叶片生长和光合特性的影响,从而为苦丁茶合理栽培和抚育管理提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)40%遮荫条件下苦丁茶树叶片宽度、厚度、叶面积和栅栏组织厚度均显著高于其它3个处理(P0.05),栅栏组织层数为2层,其它3个处理均为1层。遮荫显著提高了苦丁茶树叶片总叶绿素、叶绿素a和叶绿素b含量,且随遮荫程度的增强叶绿素含量呈上升趋势,而叶绿素a/b呈相反趋势。(2)40%遮荫处理显著提高了苦丁茶树叶片净光合速率(P0.05),而遮荫达到60%时则抑制了其光合速率。20%和40%遮荫处理促进苦丁茶树叶片气孔导度、胞间CO2浓度和蒸腾速率的提高,降低了蒸汽压亏缺,有利于光合作用的进行;全光照和60%遮荫处理下蒸汽压亏缺显著高于其它处理,而气孔导度和胞间CO2浓度等因子极显著降低,从而抑制了苦丁茶树叶片蒸腾作用和光合作用。(3)遮荫处理降低了苦丁茶树叶片光补偿点和暗呼吸速率,40%遮荫处理下表观量子效率和最大净光合速率显著提高。随着遮荫程度的增强,Fv/Fm和Fv/Fo降低,与全光照相比,3种遮荫处理Fv/Fm依次下降了2.71%、4.59%和8.03%,Fv/Fo值依次降低了6.89%、11.99%和19.81%(P0.01);60%遮荫下各荧光参数值显著低于其它3个处理,过度遮荫使苦丁茶树叶片叶绿素分子捕获激发能的效率及光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)潜在活性降低。综上,苦丁茶树在适宜的遮荫强度下,即40%遮荫(日光合有效辐射在273—1222μmol·m-2·s-1范围内)条件下其叶片生长和光合能力会有效提高。     

Chemical constituents from Syringa pubescens Turcz

A chemical investigation of the flowers and leaves of Syringa pubescens Turcz led to nine compounds, six Secoiridoids glucosides compounds (1–6), three phenylethanoids compounds (7–9). Compounds 3–9 were identified for the first time from S. pubescens, and compounds 5 and 6 were characterized for the first time from the genus Syringa. The results indicated that these compounds could be the chemotaxonomic markers of Oleaceae family.     

Chemical markers in Veronica sect. Hebe. III

In a continued chemosystematic investigation of the water-soluble compounds in Veronica sect. Hebe, we have investigated two more of the species formerly classified as Parahebe. Both species contained mannitol in considerable amounts and in addition some glucosides of iridoid acids. Veronica cheesemanii was characterised by aucubin and its esters: 2′-O-benzoylaucubin and an aucubin diester named cheesemanioside. The main iridoid compounds in Veronica hookeriana were catalpol and its ester verminoside, but this species also contained the sugar ester methyl 1-O-benzoyl-3-α-glucuronosylglycerol and a caffeoyl phenylethanoid glycoside (CPG) named parahebeoside, a 2′-O-β-xylopyranosyl derivative of the known plantamajoside. The results show that the studied species of the former genus Parahebe are very different with regard to their chemical content. This is in agreement with the DNA sequence data and implies the genus was polyphyletic as previously circumscribed.     

Chemical markers in Veronica sect. Hebe. II

In a continued chemosystematic investigation of the water-soluble compounds in Veronica sect. Hebe, four additional species were investigated. In comparison to other, Northern Hemisphere (NH) species of Veronica, those belonging to the New Zealand species in sect. Hebe are apparently more variable in chemical content. In addition to the compounds characteristic for NH Veronica, namely mannitol, aucubin, catalpol and 6-O-esters of catalpol as well as some caffeoyl phenylethanoid glucosides (CGPs), Veronica topiaria (syn. Hebe topiaria) also gave an unusual 6-O-ester of aucubin named topiarioside. The former Hebe species Veronica cupressoides and Veronica stenophylla each provided one of the two previously undescribed disaccharide esters named hebitol I and II, respectively, and the former plant also provided a CPG named cuproside, a 6-O-β-glucopyranosyl derivative of the known hebeoside. The last species, namely Veronica hulkeana (syn. Heliohebe hulkeana) only contained compounds common to other species of Veronica. The taxonomic results are discussed and it is concluded that carbohydrate esters are common in sect. Hebe. The data so far obtained indicate that the occurrences of esters of 6-O-rhamnopyranosylcatalpol are confined to the most derived species in the section.     

Iridoids from the roots of Triosteum pinnatifidum

A chemical investigation of the roots of Triosteum pinnatifidum led to the isolation of 10 iridoids, elucidated as triohimas A–C, naucledal, secologanin dimethyl acetal, grandifloroside, sweroside, loganin, vogeloside and (E)-aldosecologanin. Most of the compounds were derived from loganin or secologanin with a glucose moiety at C-1 position. The results indicate a close relationship between the two genera Triosteum and Lonicera, and support the viewpoint that the iridoids derived from loganin or secologanin could be the chemotaxonomic markers of the Caprifoliaceae family.     

Chemical constituents from Salacia amplifolia

The present phytochemical investigation on Salacia amplifolia led to the isolations of 13 triterpenes, including quinonemethides, friedelanes, oleananes and ursanes triterpenes, three simple phenolics, one polyol and one chromanone. All of them were isolated from this plant for the first time. The presences of quinonemethide triterpenoids might be employed as the common characteristic constituents of both Hippocrateaceae and Celastraceae families.     

Habitat selection of two gobies (Microgobius gulosus, Gobiosoma robustum): influence of structural complexity, competitive interactions, and presence of a predator

Herein I compare the relative importance of preference for structurally complex habitat against avoidance of competitors and predators in two benthic fishes common in the Gulf of Mexico. The code goby Gobiosoma robustum Ginsburg and clown goby Microgobius gulosus (Girard) are common, ecologically similar fishes found throughout the Gulf of Mexico and in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. In Florida Bay, these fishes exhibit habitat partitioning: G. robustum is most abundant in seagrass-dominated areas while M. gulosus is most abundant in sparsely vegetated habitats. In a small-scale field survey, I documented the microhabitat use of these species where their distributions overlap. In a series of laboratory experiments, I presented each species with structured (artificial seagrass) versus nonstructured (bare sand) habitats and measured their frequency of choosing either habitat type. I then examined the use of structured versus nonstructured habitats when the two species were placed together in a mixed group. Finally, I placed a predator (Opsanus beta) in the experimental aquaria to determine how its presence influenced habitat selection. In the field, G. robustum was more abundant in seagrass and M. gulosus was more abundant in bare mud. In the laboratory, both species selected grass over sand in allopatry. However, in sympatry, M. gulosus occupied sand more often when paired with G. robustum than when alone. G. robustum appears to directly influence the habitat choice of M. gulosus: It seems that M. gulosus is pushed out of the structured habitat that is the preferred habitat of G. robustum. Thus, competition appears to modify the habitat selection of these species when they occur in sympatry. Additionally, the presence of the toadfish was a sufficient stimulus to provoke both M. gulosus and G. robustum to increase their selection for sand (compared to single-species treatments). Distribution patterns of M. gulosus and G. robustum likely result from a synthesis of various biotic and abiotic filters, including physiological tolerances to environmental factors, dispersal ability of larvae, and availability of food. Selection for structural complexity, competition, and presence of predators may further define the resulting pattern of distribution observed in the field.