科尔沁沙地南缘樟子松(Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica)人工林天然更新障碍

针对科尔沁沙地南缘樟子松人工林不能天然更新的特征,从森林天然更新的必要条件出发,通过种子萌发、幼苗存活与生长所需条件的系列试验,探讨了科尔沁沙地南缘樟子松人工林不能天然更新的障碍特征。结果表明,沙地樟子松人工林不能天然更新的主要原因有：（1）由于土壤的干旱胁迫使沙地樟子松人工林中天然下种的种子很少有萌发的机会,尤其是在春季;（2）在水分条件相对充足的季节（秋季）,樟子松种子能够萌发,但萌发产生的更新幼苗数量极少,即便这些更新幼苗得以存活,但由于沙地表层（0～5 cm）与樟子松共生的外生菌根菌几乎不能存活而导致幼苗根系无法形成菌根,从而致使存活的樟子松幼苗抗旱、抗病能力非常弱,不能越冬,即不能更新。     

科尔沁沙地南缘樟子松(Pinus sylvestris var.mongolica)人工林天然更新障碍

针对科尔沁沙地南缘樟子松人工林不能天然更新的特征,从森林天然更新的必要条件出发,通过种子萌发、幼苗存活与生长所需条件的系列试验,探讨了科尔沁沙地南缘樟子松人工林不能天然更新的障碍特征。结果表明,沙地樟子松人工林不能天然更新的主要原因有:(1)由于土壤的干旱胁迫使沙地樟子松人工林中天然下种的种子很少有萌发的机会,尤其是在春季;(2)在水分条件相对充足的季节(秋季),樟子松种子能够萌发,但萌发产生的更新幼苗数量极少,即便这些更新幼苗得以存活,但由于沙地表层(0~5cm)与樟子松共生的外生菌根菌几乎不能存活而导致幼苗根系无法形成菌根,从而致使存活的樟子松幼苗抗旱、抗病能力非常弱,不能越冬,即不能更新。     

外生菌根真菌对科尔沁沙地樟子松人工林衰退的影响

通过对科尔沁沙地东南缘樟子松人工林气温、地温及樟子松人工林根系分布的观测,从温度对外生菌根菌存活与生长影响的角度分析了沙地樟子松人工林衰退的现象,结果表明：由于沙地表层土壤（0～5cm）高温环境,外生菌根菌无法存活;在沙地20～40cm土层内,温度条件有利于外生菌根菌的存活、生长,而13～42年生沙地樟子松人工林树木平均78％的根系分布于该层,说明外生菌根菌的存在阻止或延缓了樟子松人工林的生长衰退,不是导致沙地樟子松人工林枯叶、枯梢、枯枝、死亡的原因．表层土壤外生菌根菌的缺乏使萌发的幼苗不能形成有效根系是导致沙地樟子松人工林不能天然更新的主要原因之一．     

聚乙二醇模拟水分胁迫对沙地樟子松种子萌发影响研究

以引种区沙地樟子松种子为材料,观测了聚乙二醇(PEG)模拟水分胁迫对沙地樟子松种子萌发的影响.结果表明,不同浓度PEG处理胁迫对种子的萌发均有一定的延缓作用;种子的发芽率、发芽指数和发芽势随胁迫强度的增加呈现明显下降趋势.30%PEG处理的种子在试验结束后仍未能萌发,表明樟子松种子的萌发的临界PEG水分胁迫值小于30%,相当于-1.20MPa的水势.种子发芽后胚根和胚轴的生长亦受到PEG模拟水分胁迫,当PEG浓度为10%时(相当于-0.2MPa水势),胚根、胚轴的长度都较短,说明樟子松种子的胚根、胚轴的生长对PEG模拟干旱胁迫更敏感;但胚根/胚芽的比值随PEG模拟水分胁迫的强度增加而增加,表明樟子松种子萌发后对水分胁迫具有较强的适应性.由此可见,干旱胁迫影响引种区沙地樟子松种子的萌发可能是导致沙地樟子松人工林不能天然更新的因素之一.     

樟子松人工固沙林天然更新特征

采用比较分析与野外调查的方法。对沙地樟子松人工林天然更新特征进行了研究,能够进行天然更新的引种地区天然更新在时间上是不连续的,与特定年份的某些降水因子密切相关;在空间上主要有3种更新方式;林隙更新,林缘更新,阔叶林下更新;天然更新幼树生长情况与人工林的生长差异不大。     

降水变化对科尔沁沙地樟子松人工林土壤氮矿化和淋溶的影响

为研究降水量减少对沙地森林土壤氮循环过程的影响,以科尔沁沙地15年生樟子松人工林为研究对象,野外模拟不同降水量（自然降水、减少30%和50%）对沙地樟子松人工林土壤无机氮（SIN）含量、氮矿化速率和淋溶动态的影响。研究结果发现,沙地樟子松人工林SIN主要以硝态氮形态存在,模拟降水减少降低土壤硝态氮含量（P<0.05）和硝态氮/SIN值（P<0.001）,而增加土壤铵态氮含量（P<0.05）。与自然降水相比,降水减少降低土壤净硝化速率和净矿化速率（P=0.002）,但不同降雨处理的土壤净氨化速率差异不显著（P=0.86）。科尔沁沙地樟子松人工林土壤以硝态氮淋溶为主,不同降雨处理土壤硝态氮淋溶量差异不显著（P=0.09）,但模拟降水减少降低土壤铵态氮淋溶（P=0.04）。此外,沙地樟子松人工林SIN含量、净氮矿化速率和淋溶量具有明显月动态特征,与降雨月动态规律基本一致。降水处理和采样时间对SIN含量和净氮矿化速率具有显著交互作用,但土壤氮淋溶量的交互作用不显著。可见,降水变化能够显著影响科尔沁沙地樟子松人工林土壤氮有效性、氮矿化速率和淋溶等过程,未来干旱加剧可能降低科尔沁沙地樟子松人工林土壤氮的可利用性。     

樟子松人工固沙林天然更新障碍因子分析

采用比较分析与野外试验的方法,对沙地樟子松人工林天然更新障碍因子进行了分析。结果表明,影响天然更新的环境因子主要有郁闭度、枯枝落叶层、植被盖度和立地条件。天然更新的障碍主要是由于引种地降雪覆盖少,温度偏高等原因,使土壤蒸发大、苗木蒸腾大,造成水分的亏缺,从而导致1－2年生更新幼苗死亡。针对樟子松人工固沙林天然更新障碍及其更新特点,提出在适宜立地上采取人工促进措施,如埋土、灌水等方法,以保证天然更新有效进行。     

呼伦贝尔沙地樟子松外生菌根真菌多样性

沙地樟子松是我国北方重要的防风固沙造林树种,也是一种典型的外生菌根依赖型树种。为揭示呼伦贝尔沙地樟子松外生菌根真菌多样性,以中龄、近熟、成熟3个龄组沙地樟子松人工林和沙地樟子松天然林为研究对象,采用野外调查和分子生物学相结合的研究方法,鉴定分析沙地樟子松外生菌根真菌种群特征。研究结果表明：（1）呼伦贝尔沙地樟子松外生菌根真菌共有10个OTU属于子囊菌,48个OTU属于担子菌,隶属于21科25属。（2）天然林优势菌为糙缘腺革菌属Amphinema、丝膜菌属Cortinarius和乳牛肝菌属Suillus,人工林优势菌为乳牛肝菌属,其余菌种相对丰度随着林龄变化波动较大。（3）天然林与人工林外生菌根真菌种群Shannon、Simpson和Pielou指数存在显著差异（P<0.05）,人工林间alpha多样性指数差异不显著（P>0.05）。（4）呼伦贝尔沙地樟子松天然林和人工林外生菌根真菌种群组成存在较大差异,其中近熟林的外生菌根真菌群落组成与天然林的最为接近。     

辽东山区长白落叶松人工林天然更新障碍分析

通过对辽东山区不同间伐强度下长白落叶松林内种子库,种子萌发,幼苗出现、成活与生长的观测,分析了长白落叶松天然更新的主要影响因素.结果表明:40年生落叶松人工林的种子雨中,有30%的种子有活力,可以满足天然更新的需要;土壤种子库的种子主要分布在枯枝落叶层,4月下旬林内种子开始萌发,6月幼苗数量达到最大,幼苗累计出现率与间伐强度(光照)之间无显著相关,只受到地被物的影响;随间伐强度的增加,幼苗平均存活率提高,但林下幼苗生长缓慢,苗高均不超过6 cm;林内当年幼苗9月全部消失,没有超过1年生的幼苗,但皆伐迹地的更新幼苗存活较多、生长良好.初步确定地被物和光照是辽东山区长白落叶松天然更新的主要障碍因子.     

民勤梭梭人工林天然更新的生态条件

针对民勤绿洲梭梭人工林天然更新不良现状,从群落天然更新的必要条件出发,通过对种子萌发、幼苗存活与生长所需生态条件的对比研究,对民勤梭梭人工林天然更新生态条件与限制因子进行了分析,结果表明:民勤多年(1971—2002年)平均降水量为116mm,是适宜梭梭生长的区域,但降雨的季节变化却影响到梭梭天然更新的进行;梭梭的更新与所处的立地类型关系密切,不同立地条件下梭梭人工林植株生长、母株结实状况和土壤水分都存在较大的差异,立地类型是影响梭梭人工林更新的另一影响因素。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细