新疆中天山野生种子植物区系分析

基于野外调查,采集植物标本以及对相关文献资料进行整理,构建中天山野生种子植物名录,在此基础上对该地区野生种子植物区系进行分析.结果表明:(1)中天山地区共有野生种子植物81科453属1 567种;(2)优势科有菊科、禾本科、豆科、十字花科、唇形科、毛茛科等17科,表征科有石竹科、莎草科、百合科、茜草科、龙胆科、禾本科、蓼科等7科;(3)区系地理成分以温带分布型为主,其中科级水平上,温带分布型所属科共有36科,占到总科数(不含世界广布科)的76.60％.属级水平上,温带性质分布型的属有377属,占总属数的94.96％.同时该地区植物物种与地中海、中亚、西亚交流相对较多,与东亚交流很少.     

西北干旱荒漠区种子植物科的区系分析

西北干旱荒漠区分布有种子植物82科、484属、1704种,优势现象明显,优势科11个,它们是菊科、豆科、禾本科、藜科,十字花科、蓼科,莎草科、毛莨科、蔷薇科、唇形科和百合科;表征科8个,它们是香蒲科,麻黄科,柽柳科、蒺藜科,胡颓子科、藜科、眼子菜科和蓼科。地理成分多样,其中以世界广布成分为主,共37科,占总科数的45.12%,其次为温带成分（包括热带至温带,亚热带至温带,温带,温带至寒带）,共有31科,占总科数的37.80%,热带成分,热带致亚热带成分较少,共14科,占总科数的17.07%。这些反映出植物的分布与本地区气候相适应的特点。     

云南大山包黑颈鹤自然保护区草甸植被的数量分类和排序

在法瑞学派样地调查法的基础上,采用双向指示种分析（TWINSPAN）和趋势对应分析（DCA）对大山包黑颈鹤自然保护区草甸植被进行数量分类和排序研究。调查样地包含114个物种,分属31科72属,其中禾本科（14种）、菊科（13种）、蓼科（8种）、石竹科（6种）、玄参科（6种）等科所含物种较多。经TWINSPAN分类,106个样地分为20个聚组,根据其指示种确定为20个群丛。样地DCA和物种DCA排序结果反映了植物群丛与指示种之间的一致关系,排序轴的生态学意义说明水分和海拔两个环境因子同时影响该区草甸植被的分布。     

Implications of molecular characters for the phylogeny of the Microbotryaceae (Basidiomycota: Urediniomycetes)

Background  

Anther smuts of the basidiomycetous genus Microbotryum on Caryophyllaceae are important model organisms for many biological disciplines. Members of Microbotryum are most commonly found parasitizing the anthers of host plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, however they can also be found on the anthers of members of the Dipsacaceae, Lamiaceae, Lentibulariaceae, and Portulacaceae. Additionally, some members of Microbotryum can be found infecting other organs of mainly Polygonaceae hosts. Based on ITS nrDNA sequences of members of almost all genera in Microbotryaceae, this study aims to resolve the phylogeny of the anther smuts and their relationship to the other members of the family of plant parasites. A multiple analysis strategy was used to correct for the effects of different equally possible ITS sequence alignments on the phylogenetic outcome, which appears to have been neglected in previous studies.     

A meta-analysis of physiological and behavioral responses of parasitoid wasps to flowers of individual plant species

This meta-analysis summarizes published information on the use of various plant species by parasitoid wasps. Trials measured either a physiological response such as wasp longevity when supplied with flowers from a single plant species, or a behavioral response like attraction of wasps to field plantings. The log response ratio was the effect size used to standardize estimates and meta-analyses were conducted to make overall estimates for plant species included in multiple trials. Physiological response trials have been conducted on 126 different plant species and behavioral response trials tested 104 plant species. The log response ratio of different plant species ranged from 0 to 2.7 for longevity, and up to 4.1 for attraction. The longevity response ratio estimate is equivalent to a nearly 15-fold increase in the ratio of days longevity with the flower to days longevity in the starvation control. Wasp longevity increased the most with plants in the Polygonaceae, Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Boraginaceae, Solanaceae, and Rosaceae. Plant species in the Onagraceae, Caryophyllaceae, Lamiaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Asteraceae, and Fabaceae tended to slightly increase wasp life spans, but their effect was lower and less consistent among species. There were a number of families which did not increase wasp longevity over the controls at all such as Chenopodiaceae. This review can help identify plant species which have been proven to supply nectar for parasitoids for potential use in a conservation biological control program, but plant selection should not be limited to the small list of species that were included in these studies.     

Quantitative Classification and Ordination of Meadow Vegetation in Dashanbao Black necked Crane Nature Reserve,Yunnan

Based on the Braun Blanquet method of Relev é synthesis, TWINSPAN quantitative classification and DCA ordination of meadow vegetation was studied in Dashanbao Black necked Crane Nature Reserve. Finally, samples contained 114 species which belong to 31 families and 72 genus. The most abundant families were Poaceae, Asteraceae, Polygonaceae, Caryophyllaceae, and Scrophulariaceae. One hundred and six samples were categorized into 20 groups and divided into 20 associations according to the indicator species. The result of samples and species DCA ordination inflected the consistent relationship between the associations and indicator species. The ecological explanation of ordination axis illustratted that both of the soil moisture and elevation affected the distribution of meadow vegetation in this area.     

STUDIES IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF EELWORMS AND BACTERIA TO CERTAIN PLANT DISEASES

Two types of organism are known to be present in strawberry plants suffering from cauliflower disease, namely, eelworms, Aphelenchoides ritzema-bosi and/or Aphelenchoides fragariae , and a bacterium, Corynebacterium fascians. Neither type, inoculated separately, has consistently reproduced the disease.
An experimental investigation of a possible obligate etiological relationship between the eelworm and the bacterium is described, in which Aphelenchoides ritzema-bosi and several strains of Corynebacterium fascians were inoculated together and separately.
No abnormalities appeared in the absence of the eelworm. Typical cauliflower symptoms were reproduced only by a combination of the eelworm and strains of C. fascians originally isolated from cauliflower strawberries. Small alaminate leaves and enations appeared in all treatments where the eelworm was introduced, including those where no bacteria were co-inoculated. Subsequent isolations, however, demonstrated the presence of contaminant strains of C. fascians in the latter plants. The severity of the enation symptom was related to the presence of a particular strain of C. fascians , but the alaminate leaves showed no such correlation. Evidence on the source of the contaminant strains found in the experimental plants is discussed.
In parallel field investigations it was established that eelworm-infested strawberries showing no cauliflower symptom frequently bore alaminate leaves, with which C. fascians was consistently associated. It is suggested therefore that cauliflower is simply the least frequent of a range of symptoms of a bacterial disease endemic in strawberry plants infested with Aphelenchoides spp.     

Ecological studies on potato mop-top virus in Scotland

Plants with symptoms of potato mop-top virus (PMTV) occurred in many commercial seed stocks of Arran Pilot and Red Craig's Royal potato in Scotland, but their incidence rarely exceeded 5%. In nuclear stocks of seed potatoes, most varieties examined in 1967 and 1968 were infected at one or more locality, but infected plants did not occur in all clones or at all stages of propagation of any one variety. infection of nuclear stocks resulted both from propagation on virus-infested land and from unwitting selection of infected plants to start new clones. PMTV was detected in farm soils ranging from light sands to heavy loams, in five Scottish counties. Soil was infested throughout the ploughed layer but the severity of infestation varied greatly within any one field; some sites of former potato clamps were heavily infested. PMTV was detected in field soil 12 years after potatoes were grown. In glasshouse tests many British crop and wild plants were colonized by Spongospora subterranea. Within some families all species tested were moderate to good hosts. (Solanaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Cruciferae), in others, species differed greatly in susceptibility (Compositae and Umbelliferae), and in a few, species were poor hosts or were not infected (Caryophyllaceae and Gramineae). Of the British crop and weed species that were moderate to good zoosporangial hosts of S. subterranea, only Solanum nigrum, potato, spinach and sugar beet were hosts of vector-borne PMTV. Potato probably survives between potato crops mainly in the resting spores of S. subterranea. PMTV was probably first brought to Europe with potatoes from South or Central America.     

Implication of Paleovegetational Changes in Diaojiao Lake,Inner Mongolia

Pollen analysis resulted from 111 core samples from Diaojiao (DJ) Lake Inner Mongolia have shown the highest value of total pollen accumulati6n rate was more than 20000 grains · cm-2 · a-1 and lowest was 80～90 grains ·cm-2 · a- 1. In general, the arboreal pollen was more than 50%, up to 80%, including the following families and genera: Pinus, Betula, ,Picea, Carpinus, Ouercus, Ulrnus etc. The non-arboreal pollen consist of 27 types, which mainly include Artemisia, Ephedra, Chenopodiaceae, Compositae, Gramineae, Leguminosae, Labiatae, Nitraria. Polygonaceae, Ranunculus, Thalictrurn, Umbelliferae, Caryophyllaceae and Cyperaceae etc. Fern spores, aquatic pollen and algae were also observed off and on in the DJ core. A pollen diagram, of five pollen assemblage zones was established through stratigraphically constrained cluster analysis,using the method of incremental sum of squares. It shows two peaks appearing at about 6.3 and 5.1 ka BP in the curve of total pollen accumulation rate. The first peak reflects a humid period and the second an arid period. The study indicated that Holocene climatic and vegetational changes in Inner Mongolia can be recongnized at different time scales (e. g. thousands, hundreds of years, or even much shorter time scale). In addition, the humidity in that area during those time was higher than today, with dominent climate humid-cool or humid-warm during most of the Holocene time on account of the lower vaporization and high altitude (1800 ma. s. 1. ).     

新疆具抗菌活性的植物资源

对分属于新疆41科88种高等植物的抗菌活性进行了归纳。这些抗菌植物主要分布在菊科、唇形科、豆科、百合科、蓼科和伞形科。对人体和植物病原菌抗性较强的有土木香(Inula helenium)、苍耳(Xanthium sibiricum)、蓖麻(Ricinus communis)、荆芥(Schizonepeta tenuifolia)、石榴(Punica granatum)、孜然芹(Cuminum cyminum),以及蒿属(Artemisia spp．)、槐属(Sophora spp．)和酸模属(Rumex spp．)植物。新疆植物的抗菌活性成分和结构阐明还需要进行深入的研究。     

Structure and occurrence of unusual fatty acids in minor seed oils

This review deals with the literature survey of the structure and occurrence of unusual and novel fatty acids in minor seed oils belonging to 37-botanical plant families. The plant families include—Anacardiaceae, Apocyanaceae, Araliaceae, Asclepediaceae, Bignoniaceae, Bombacaceae, Celastraceae, Chailletaceae, Compositae, Connaraceae, Coriaraceae, Cruciferae, Eleocarpaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Labiateae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Lythraceae, Malphighiaceae, Malvaceae, Olacaceae, Papaveraceae, Polygonaceae Protaceae, Rosaceae, Rutaceae, Santalaceae, Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae, Simarubiaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae, Thymalaceae, Ulmaceae, Umbelliferae and Valerianaceae.     

The phylogeny of the Gregarinia (Sporozoa)

The Gregarinia, all parasitic in invertebrates have appeared in marine hosts (Polychaeta). The most primitive are the Archigregarinida (Selenidium) which are intestinal parasites. The Eugreganida (intestinal or coelomic) are found in various marine invertebrates as well as in terrestrial or fresh water arthropods. The Neogregarinida which parasitize only insects have a very reduced number of spores compensated by a schizogony (merogony). The Gregarinia constitute a perfect example of a concomitant evolution between a group of parasites and their hosts.     

Checklist of Wadi Hassan flora,Northeastern Badia,Jordan

In this study, we survey the plant diversity of Wadi Hassan, which is located in the Northeastern Badia of Jordan, about 120 km east of Amman. All plant species were collected and herbarium specimens have been prepared, identified and deposited at the University of Jordan herbarium(Department of Biology,Faculty of Science). The final plant checklist includes 206 species belonging to 138 genera and 35 families.The most diverse families are Compositae(20.5%), Cruciferae(10.2%), Leguminosae(8.3%) and Boraginaceae(6.8%), followed by Caryophyllaceae and Gramineae(5.4%). These six families represent 60% of the total families recognized in the study area, while nine families each are represented by only one species. Most plants recorded are annual plants(61%), some plants are hemicryptophtes(18%) and camaephytes(15%), while the least frequent life form class was the phanerophyte shrub and perennial(0.5%). Chorological characteristics of the recorded flora show that Saharo-Arabian Region elements, IranoTuranian elements and Mediterranean elements constitute(58%) of the total flora. This research shows that even small portion of the Jordan Badia such as the Wadi Hassan plant community has high species diversity. Thus, we recommended further of the unexplored Wadi plants communities of the Jordan Badia.     

THE HATCHING RESPONSES OF SOME ROOT EELWORMS OF THE GENUS HETERODERA

An account is given of investigations on the hatching responses, under laboratory conditions, of nine species or varieties of Heterodera , namely, the beet, cabbage, clover, Galeopsis , carrot, hop, potato, oat and pea eelworms. In the first seven of these, marked differences occurred in hatching responses from cysts incubated in root leachings from various plants, these differences being virtually diagnostic for the eelworm species concerned. In general, good responses to leachings from host plants occurred, whereas there was little or no response in non-host leachings; but cases of response to non-hosts and of failure to respond to hosts were encountered. Promising results were obtained in the analysis, by bio-assay, of mixtures of some of these eelworm species. No appreciable response occurred from cysts of oat and pea eelworms incubated in host leachings, but there was some evidence that such a response did occur from pea eelworm cysts under field conditions. Curves for rate of hatching of seven species and for hatching in diluted leachings in five species were found to be of the form described by Fenwick for potato eelworm. Results are given of some experiments on the effect of age of plant on potency of the root leachings, and on the loss of potency during storage.     

甘肃省荒漠种子植物区系

对甘肃省荒漠区种子植物进行了调查和区系分析。结果表明:该区有种子植物543种,隶属于228属,55科;为典型的温带荒漠植被,起源古老,与阿拉善地区植物区系关系密切;植物种类贫乏,区系优势现象十分明显;优势科10个,分别为藜科、豆科、禾本科、菊科、十字花科、蓼科、石竹科、毛莨科、蒺藜科和柽柳科;表征科6个,分别为麻黄科、柽柳科、胡颓子科、蒺藜科、藜科和蓼科;该区地理成分多样,有9个分布类型,其中,温带分布型占绝对优势,占总属数的33.76%;地中海、西亚至中亚分布及变型在区系组成中也占有重要地位,占总属的28.95%;中国特有成分较低,仅占全国特有属的1.56%。     

The distribution of cholinesterases in plant species

The neostigmine-inhibited hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine has been found in extracts prepared from 23 species from five of the 24 families assayed: Characeae, Cruciferae, Graminae, Leguminosae, and Solanaceae but not present in 33 other species. In no case was activity found in all species tested from the five positive families. In extracts prepared from Phaseolus aureus Roxb. there was an agent which decolorizes the product formed in the calorimetric assay used for assaying cholinesterase. This decolorant is heat-inactivated and partially dialyzable.     

The effects on a population of potato-root eelworm (Heterodera rostochiensis) of growing potatoes resistant to pathotype B

The effects on a potato-root eelworm (Heterodera rostochiensis Woll.) population of growing potatoes resistant to pathotype B of the eelworm were investigated. The eelworm population, which was originally nearly entirely pathotype A, had been changed into a mixture of pathotypes A, B and C before 1961, when the experiments described in this paper began, by growing potatoes resistant only to pathotype A. The resistant potatoes grown in the years 1961 and 1962 were certain clones of the hybrid triploid species Solarium xjuzepczukii Buk., clones bred from S. multidissectum Hawkes with the gene H₂ and clones bred from S. vernei Bitt. et Wittm. In the years 1963-65 the clone used was D 40 which has both the gene H₂ from Andigena and the gene H₂ from 5. multidissectum and is resistant to both pathotypes A and B of the eelworm. The only potatoes which caused a reduction in the egg population were those bred from S. vernei. The clone D 40, although it had little effect on the egg population, appeared to have more resistance than could be accounted for from possessing genes H₁ and H₂.     

Relationship between tolerance and accumulation characteristics of cadmium in higher plants

Ten plant species belonging to 5 families,i.e., Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Gramineae, Leguminosae, and Solanaceae, were grown in a sand soil at two pH levels. The soil was subjected to an application of CdCl₂ at rates of 0 to 700 mgCd·kg⁻¹ soil. The relationship between Cd concentration in the shoots (tc) and soil (sc; NH₄NO₃ extractable) was expressed by the equation: log (tc)=α+βlog (sc). The coefficients α and β were estimated for each species at each level of soil pH. Plottings of the scores on α and β axes showed that the Cd accumulation characteristics in the plants appeared to depend on the families irrespective of soil pH. Based on theupper critical concentration of Cd in the tops (C_t), the Cruciferae and Leguminosae species were found to be the most and the least tolerant to Cd, respectively. The C_t values correlated exceedingly well with the values of α.     

Crystals in tapetal cells of the Leguminosae

In a survey of the Leguminosae (167 species of 89 genera), calcium oxalate crystals were found in tapetal cells in all three subfamilies (84 species of 52 genera). Crystal form ranged from small scattered crystals to lens-like to various large prismatic types, and included the first report of styloid crystals in the Caesalpinioideae. Over half of the caesalpinioid and papilionoid legumes examined had crystals. Crystals were not common in the Mimosoideae, however, but this may be because of the small sample. The distribution of species with various crystal types, and of species lacking crystals, did not reveal any patterns that conform to the presently defined taxa. Crystals in tapetal cells have previously been reported only in the Commelinaceae and Labiatae.     

ON THE STEM AND BULB EELWORM (ANGUILLULINA DIPSACI KUHN) WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS OCCURRENCE ON WEEDS OF ARABLE LAND

The importance of wild hosts of Anguillulina dipsaci Kühn as carriers of infection needs no emphasis. The occurrence of the eelworm in the weeds, cleavers ( Galium aparine ) and duckweed ( Stellaria media ) taken in crops of oats and field beans which were themselves suffering from stem eelworm disease, was recorded by Johnson (1936) and Johnson & Thompson (1937); Walton (1937) confirmed the occurrence of infested cleavers plants in eelworm-infested oats. Walton also stated that experiments indicated that seed oats failed to carry eelworm infection, and from circumstantial evidence similar to that recorded by Johnson (1936) stated that "infestations of oat crops which occur, even after the absence of the crop for more than six years, are in all probability attributable to weeds rather than to infested seed". The present writer failed to obtain living eelworms from oat seed from infested crops in Yorkshire. This paper summarizes the results of field observations and experiments accumulated mainly during the past three years.