三峡库区岸生植物野古草(Arundinella anomala Steud.)光合作用对水淹的响应

为了阐明水淹对三峡库区岸生植物野古草光合作用的影响,模拟了三峡库区消落带水淹发生情况,考察了在不同水淹处理下野古草(Arundinella anomala Steud.)的光合及叶绿素荧光特性。实验设置了对照 (不进行水淹,常规供水管理)、半淹 (植株置于水中,植株地上部分一半被淹没)、水下0.5m (植株置于水中,植株顶部在水面下0.5m)、水下2m (植株置于水中,植株顶部在水面下2m) 4个不同的水淹深度和0、20、40d和60d等 4个不同的水淹时间处理,测定了在不同水淹深度和水淹时间处理下野古草的净光合速率、总叶绿素含量、PSⅡ的最大光化学效率、电子传递速率、表观量子效率、叶绿素利用效率与羧化效率。结果发现,在水淹前期,水淹对野古草的光合特性影响较小,直到水淹60d后,才对野古草的光合特性产生明显影响,且影响程度随水淹深度的不同而不同。野古草在水淹20d和水淹40d后,各水淹处理的净光合速率与对照相比无明显降低,其中水淹20d后,半淹处理的野古草叶片净光合速率比对照还高出16.1%。水淹60d后,水下0.5m和水下2m的净光合速率显著低于对照和半淹,其净光合速率分别为7.51μmol•m－2•s－1和9.15μmol•m－2•s－1。结果表明,水淹20d和40d对野古草的电子传递速率、表观量子效率和羧化效率没有影响。水淹处理60d后,与对照植株相比,半淹处理植株的电子传递速率、表观量子效率、叶绿素利用效率和羧化效率没有明显变化,但水下0.5m和水下2m处理植株的电子传递速率、表观量子效率、叶绿素利用效率和羧化效率有明显降低。 在整个实验期间,半淹处理植株的净光合速率、电子传递速率、表观量子效率和羧化效率没有受到任何不利影响。尽管在水淹60d后水下0.5m和水下2m处理植株的净光合速率、电子传递速率、表观量子效率、叶绿素利用效率和羧化效率降低,但降低后的数值仍不低于甚至高于一些自然生长的未受水淹的植物物种。研究表明,野古草对水淹具有很好的耐受能力,是一种可以用于三峡库区消落区植被构建的优良植物物种。     

Fitness of Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) reared in an artificial diet

The Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is an economically important pest of corn. Finding simple, cheap, and suitable rearing techniques of O. furnacalis is an urgent need to support research for management of this insect. This research aimed to determine the suitability of a read bean and rice bran-based artificial diet used for mass rearing of this insect since 2009.The tested artificial diet was compared with the natural diet (sweet corn kernel) and each diet was tested in individual rearing method (one larva in each vial). The criteria used to justify the quality of diet and mass rearing procedure were based on the fitness of O. furnacalis. The degree of fitness was based on life history, growth, and development. In general, the fitness parameteres observed from O. furnacalis reared in the artificial diet at 25.7?±?1.6?°C with 57.7?±?3.8% RH, and L12:D12 were similar than those in the natural diet.Therefore, the existing artificial diet and rearing procedure were considered suitable and qualified for O. furnacalis. It is important to periodically check the laboratory colony to ensure that they have similar fitness to those found in the natural population.     

Discriminating power of localized three-dimensional facial morphology

Many genetic syndromes involve a facial gestalt that suggests a preliminary diagnosis to an experienced clinical geneticist even before a clinical examination and genotyping are undertaken. Previously, using visualization and pattern recognition, we showed that dense surface models (DSMs) of full face shape characterize facial dysmorphology in Noonan and in 22q11 deletion syndromes. In this much larger study of 696 individuals, we extend the use of DSMs of the full face to establish accurate discrimination between controls and individuals with Williams, Smith-Magenis, 22q11 deletion, or Noonan syndromes and between individuals with different syndromes in these groups. However, the full power of the DSM approach is demonstrated by the comparable discriminating abilities of localized facial features, such as periorbital, perinasal, and perioral patches, and the correlation of DSM-based predictions and molecular findings. This study demonstrates the potential of face shape models to assist clinical training through visualization, to support clinical diagnosis of affected individuals through pattern recognition, and to enable the objective comparison of individuals sharing other phenotypic or genotypic properties.     

佛坪大熊猫种群生存力分析的初步报告

应用种群生存力分析的一些原理和方法,借助旋涡模型,对佛坪大熊猫在未来１００年的种动态进行了预测,并对其长期存活状况以及它在环境波动、迁移扩散状太民的变化、杠息地变化和不同灾变条件下的种群动态进行了模拟。结果显示：佛坪大熊猫的种群数量在１００年内大体稳定,略有下降的趋势。     

Dehydroascorbate reduction

Dehydroascorbic acid is generated in plants and animal cells by oxidation of ascorbic acid. The reaction is believed to occur by the one-electron oxidation of ascorbic acid to semidehydroascorbate radical followed by disproportionation to dehydroascorbic acid and ascorbic acid. Semidehydroascorbic acid may recycle to ascorbic acid catalyzed by membrane-bound NADH-semidehydroscorbate reductase. However, disproportionation of the free radical occurs at a rapid rate, 10⁵ M^–1 s^–1, accounting for measurable cellular levels of dehydroascorbate. Dehydroascorbate reductase, studied earlier and more extensively in plants, is now recognized as the intrinsic activity of thioltransferases (glutaredoxins) and protein disulfide isomerase in animal cells. These enzymes catalyze the glutathione-dependent two-electron regeneration of ascorbic acid. The importance of the latter route of ascorbic acid renewal was seen in studies of GSH-deficient rodents (Meister, A. (1992)Biochem. Pharmacol. 44 1905–1915). GSH deficiency in newborn animals resulted in decreased tissue ascorbic acid and increased dehydroascorbate-to-ascorbate ratios. Administration of ascorbic acid daily to GSH-deficient animals decreased animal mortality and cell damage from oxygen stress. A cellular role is proposed for dehydroascorbate in the oxidation of nascent protein dithiols to disulfides catalyzed in the endoplasmic reticulum compartment by protein disulfide isomerase.