深红酵母的化学数值分类学研究

对29株深红酵母(Rhodotorula rubra)的裂解气相色谱(PyGC)数据分别采用三种数值分析方法进行化学数值分类学研究。结果显示,不管是聚类分析、主分量分析还是Q型因 子分析,均能得到极为相似的分类结果,其中Q型因子分析效果最佳。通过数值分类学研究,29株深红酵母被划分成不同的四群,其中NKRlll不能与上述四群聚类,作者建议将该菌株从Rh. Rubra中分出,仍保留Rh. pilimanaE种名。     

延胡索分类的化学证据

东阳产延胡索与大连产齿瓣延胡索经成分分离和TLC、HPLC对比,发现延胡索以啊扑啡类生物碱如glaucine为主,而齿瓣延胡索则含corynoline类生物碱。根据生物碱的类型及含量比较,二者有明显差异,结合延胡索的植物形态和植化分类特征判断,将延胡索作为与齿瓣延胡索近缘的独立种处理较为合理,即为Corydalis yanhusuo W. T. Wang ex Z.Y. Su et C. Y. Wu     

THE DISTRIBUTION AND TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF LIGNIN IN THE LEMNACEAE

Lignification characteristics of 14 species of Lemnaceae were studied by the alkaline oxidation technique in an attempt to resolve conflicting reports of the presence of lignin and to provide chemotaxonomic data for supplementing previous systematic treatments. Four species of Spirodela, eight of Lemna, Wolffiella oblonga, and Wolffia microscopica were clonally subcultured, homogenized, exhaustively extracted and the insoluble residue oxidized in alkaline cupric hydroxide. Barley (Hordeum vulgare), Elodea densa and Spirogyra sp. were examined to validate the technique. The benzaldehydes were extracted, separated by thin-layer chromatography, and quantitated spectrophotometrically. Recovery of syringaldehyde, vanillin, and to a lesser extent p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, was accepted as evidence that these plants are lignified. The highest yields of syringaldehyde and vanillin were recovered from S. intermedia, the largest member of the Lemnaceae. Lesser amounts were obtained from S. polyrhiza and S. oligorhiza. Spirodela biperforata yielded no syringaldehyde which substantiates its distinctiveness from the morphologically similar S. polyrhiza. All Lemna species are nerved, yet vanillin (but not syringaldehyde) was recovered only from L. trinervis, L. perpusilla, L. minor, and L. minima. The species L. trisulca, L. gibba, L. obscura, and L. valdiviano yielded only p-hydroxybenzaldehyde. Thus the presence of nerves is not evidence for lignification within the genus Lemna, and the relationships suggested by their gross morphology are not supported by their lignin chemistry. Wolffiella is non-lignified by these criteria. Wolffia microscopica is the smallest flowernig plant and it has no nerves; vanillin was unexpectedly recovered and microscopic examination showed highly lignified anther walls.     

ALLOZYMIC VARIATION IN LOCAL APOMICTIC POPULATIONS OF LEMNA MINOR (LEMNACEAE)

Flowering occurrence and allozymic variation were studied in eight local populations of Lemna minor in eastern Ontario, Canada. After 2 years of survey, not a single flower was observed. This absence of flowering suggests the possibility of loss of sexual reproduction. This may have had no net adverse effect on fitness given the simple life history and prolific vegetative propagation in L. minor. However, the absence of sexual reproduction may limit genotypic diversity. The allozymic analysis detected 18 loci from 13 enzyme systems. Large deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were common because of an excess of homozygotes for several enzyme systems. The genotypic diversity within these eight populations had a mean D value of 0.973 with an average number of genotypes per population of 19.6. These results suggest that genotypic diversity within these populations is not severely limited by the rarity of sexual reproduction. The mean genotypic distance index (D₁₄ = 0.801) suggests a high degree of differentiation between populations. The mean number of populations per genotype was 1.78. Using a Mantel test, the genotypic distance matrix was not significantly related to the population-to-population distance matrix (t = -0.161, P = 0.413). Although rare events of sexual reproduction may help maintain genetic variation, somatic mutations and multiple origins of clones may be important factors maintaining genetic diversity both within and between populations of L. minor.     

EVALUATION OF PIGMENT EXTRACTION METHODS AND A RECOMMENDED PROTOCOL FOR PERIPHYTON CHLOROPHYLL a DETERMINATION AND CHEMOTAXONOMIC ASSESSMENT1

Many methods have been proposed to extract and quantify algal pigments. Comparative studies have found that pigment extraction efficiency varies among solvent and mechanical disruption protocols due to differential cellular resistance, thereby, leading to potential misinterpretation of pigment data. When the type or resistance of algae are unknown, a method is required that efficiently extract pigments from all taxonomic groups. The objective of this study was to develop a simple and efficient one stage periphyton pigment extraction protocol by comparing the extractability of four solvents (acetone, methanol, methanol/acetone, and methanol/acetone/N,N‐dimethylformamide), the effects of grinding, and the effects of freeze‐drying. The best overall extraction was obtained using freeze‐dried samples extracted with methanol/acetone/DMF/water (MAD). Eighty‐six percent more chlorophyll was extracted when the sample was freeze‐dried relative to fresh/frozen samples extracted with 90% acetone. Freeze‐drying greatly improved the extraction of both polar and non‐polar (lipophilic/hydrophobic) pigments while MAD increased the extractability of polar pigments and improved peak resolution of all pigments. Chemotaxonomic assessment differed between samples that were fresh/frozen or freeze‐dried before extraction. The relative abundance of cyanobacteria was greater for freeze‐dried material compared with fresh/frozen due to the improved extractability of cyanobacterial pigments. Based on the results of this study, the traditional approach of 90% acetone as a solvent is not recommended for periphyton samples containing cyanobacteria or when the composition of the mat is unknown. The combination of freeze‐drying and MAD was sufficient for the extraction of pigments from a periphyton mat containing filamentous cyanobacteria, green algae, and diatoms.     

FLORAL PIGMENTATION STUDIES IN THE GENUS GOSSYPIUM II CHEMOTAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DIPLOID GOSSYPIUM SPECIES

The chromatographic pigment arrays of nine diploid species (G. arboreum, G. anomalum, G. herbaceum, G. stocksii, G. sturtii, G. thurberi, G. gossypioides, G. raimondii and G. klotzschianum) were studied. Among the Old World cottons, G. sturtii of Australia was very different from the species analyzed. The two species of the Herbacea section (G. herbaceum and G. arboreum) were found to have very similar pigment arrays. Both G. anomalum and G. stocksii were more like the Herbacea species than any other species in the genus, but both G. anomalum and G. stocksii had unique pigment characteristics. Although the evidence obtained so far from pigmentation patterns suggests that some pairs of species are closely related, the pigment arrays do not support the classification of the New World diploids into more than one section. From analysis of pigments of interspecific hybrids and their parents, it was found that with a hybrid and one parent species the pigment array of the other parent species could be predicted. Using this approach, the pigment arrays of three New World diploid species were predicted.     

云南森林植物区系研究

云南森林植物(系指木本植物)主要起源于新生代,少数古老种起源于古生代至中生代。云南森林植物区系成分极为丰富而复杂,据研究已知森林植物149科(蕨类植物1科,裸子植物10科,被子植物138科),840属,5271种。本文根据对云南森林植物15个分布区类型统计分析,证明云南森林植物区系明显富于热带性同时兼有丰富的温带成分,热带属占总属数72.12％,温带属占总属数21.87％,中国特有属在云南有46属,占云南总属数5.33％。中国特有属的三个分布中心。有两个分布中心在云南(即新特有属中心和古老特有属中心)。本文还对云南森林植物区系的地理成分起源;云南森林植物区系成分复杂、丰富之成因;云南森林植物开发利用之前景进行了研究和探讨。     

猕猴桃嫁接试验

本文报道猕猴桃不同嫁接时期、嫁接方法和不同分类群的砧木试验结果,猕猴桃最适宜的嫁接时期是落叶后至翌年萌芽前,嫁接方法以切接为好,嫁接成活率均在90％以上。同种和同一分类群的砧穗间有良好的亲和力,嫁接均有较高的成活率。不同分类群间嫁接效果较差,如中华猕猴桃桂海4号嫁接于中华猕猴桃砧木上的成活率,生长情况均比嫁接其它分类群为砧的有显著差异。     

月经初潮年龄的研究

本文根据西安市及辽宁省开原县2281名女学生及部分青年女农民的调查,得出了西安市女性月经初潮年龄为13.50±1.21岁;开原县则为14.40±1.40岁。月经初潮时间有提前趋势,尤以农村为著。通过不同方法的统计分析,发现寿命表的方法优点较多,现状法调查比较准确。此外,本文还与国内、外的资料做了比较,分析了季节分布特点,探讨了月经初潮的影响因素。