Genetic Diversity of the Small Characid Fish Astyanax sp., and its Significance for Conservation

Genetic variations in Astyanax sp. fish from Vila Velha State Park and Tibagi river (Paraná, Brazil) were analyzed by RAPD. Intrapopulational genetic similarity was analyzed at three collection sites. The higher RAPD polymorphism observed at site 3 (Tibagi river) suggests either an overlapping of structured populations or the presence of coexisting morphotypes at this site. Significant p values obtained by homogeneity tests revealed an unequal loci proportion among populations. The significance of similarity coefficients indicated that the differences observed among populations are relevant. These findings provide important information for the management and conservation of the species analyzed and for genetic variability maintenance programs.     

栲树不同生长发育阶段的枝系特征分析

对浙江天童国家森林公园内常绿阔叶优势树种栲树(Castanopsis fargesii)不同发育阶段植冠内的分枝式样特征进行了统计分析。结果表明：栲树在不同发育阶段的总体分枝率和逐步分枝率有显著变化,幼苗和幼树阶段的分枝率较低,而成株阶段的分枝率较高;幼树阶段的枝条长度、枝倾角和叶倾角明显大于幼苗和成株阶段,表现为明显的高生长对策;叶片配置在不同枝系上有较大差异,叶片主要集中于植冠内一级枝和二级枝上;叶片的大小从幼苗、幼树到成株阶段逐渐增大。研究结果表明栲树在生活史的不同生长发育阶段,分枝式样表现出一定的可塑性,反映了不同的适应对策。     

绥宁河生态修复对粒径分级叶绿素a的影响

通过对上海市的苏州河支流绥宁河治理段与非治理段水体叶绿素a分粒级分析,探讨了生态修复对水体粒径分级叶绿素a的影响．结果表明,非治理和对照以及治理采样点微型和微微型浮游植物叶绿素a占总叶绿素a的百分比均值分别为85．232、92．402和95．205％,其中微型浮游植物叶绿素a占总叶绿素a的百分比均值分别为78．460、87．943和87．211％,对全河叶绿素a的贡献平均为84．538％,是该水体叶绿素a生物量的最大贡献者;网采浮游植物对全河叶绿素a的贡献仅为9．054％．生态修复工程试验使网采浮游植物相对生物量减少,微型浮游植物相对生物量保持稳定,而微微型浮游植物相对生物量增多,对超微型浮游植物的影响不大,微型和微微型浮游植物对工程试验的反应最敏感．     

Regeneration of plants from callus tissues of hairy roots induced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes on Alhagi pseudoalhagi

INTRoDUCTIONThe hairy root disease is a patholOgical syndromeof dicotyledonous plants fOllowing wounding and in-fection with Agrobacterum rhjZOgenesI1]. The rhi-zogenicity is conferred to p1ant cel1s by a fragmentof DNA (Ri T-DNA), which is transferred from thelarge root--inducting (Ri) plasmid, haJrboured by thebacterium, to the genome, where it is stably inte-grated and expressed. Illtegration of a DNA segment(T-DNA) of pRi into the host genome 1eads to ac-tive proliferation of…     

天童米槠-木荷群落主要树种的结构及空间格局

种群的结构和空间格局是植物群落的重要特征.以浙江天童米槠（Castanopsis carlesii）-木荷（Schima superba）群落为对象,应用永久样方法和每木调查法调查了群落种类组成和结构,并对10个主要常绿阔叶树种的种群结构和空间格局进行了分析,种群结构分析包括胸径级结构和垂直层次结构,空间格局分析包括各种不同垂直层次个体的空间分布格局和空间关联,并考虑了空间关联的尺度依赖.所选10个种总体RBA值达到81.9﹪,包含了群落的全部5个优势种,SDI指数除黑山山矾（Symplocos heishanensis）为正值外,其余9种皆为负值,各个种在垂直空间上占据了不同的位置.不同种之间以及同种不同层次之间表现出复杂多样的分布格局,体现出多级复合分布特征,但多数种整体上表现为集群分布或基本分布成分为个体群.空间关联在不同种之间、同种不同层次之间以及不同空间尺度上发生了分化,随尺度的增加,正关联增加而负关联减少.各个物种通过占据不同的水平和垂直空间,并采取不同的生活史对策,在群落中得以共存,从而导致了群落高的生物多样性的形成和维持.     

HAL1 mediate salt adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana

INTRODUCTIONSalinity is a major environmental stress that isa substantial constraint to crop production both fordry land and irrigated agriculture. The detrimental impact of this stress is perpetuated and exacerbated by management practices used to facilitatehigh-output crop production. To overcome theselimitations and improve production efficiency in theface of a burgeoning world population, more salt tolerant crops must be developed. In contrast with traditional breeding, the direct ill…     

入侵植物加拿大一枝黄花与乡土植物芦苇的相互化感作用

以加拿大一枝黄花和芦苇的共优群落和各自单优群落的种子为化感受体,分析其分别在加拿大一枝黄花和芦苇5个浓度梯度(12.5、25、50、100和200mg·mL-1)浸提液处理下的发芽率和芽长差异,研究2种植物的相互化感作用规律.结果表明:2种植物在共优群落中的千粒重和蒸馏水培养下的发芽率均比单优群落大.加拿大一枝黄花的浸提液对自身种子发芽率在单优和共优群落中均具有在低浓度下(12.5、25 mg·mL-1)轻微促进、中高浓度下(50、100和200mg·mL-1)强烈抑制的作用,其中对共优群落种子的抑制作用尤为显著;而芦苇浸提液对加拿大一枝黄花种子的影响无明显规律.加拿大一枝黄花的种子芽长在单优和共优群落中均随自身浸提液浓度的升高趋于减小,随芦苇浸提液浓度的升高呈波动减小趋势.在芦苇和加拿大一枝黄花浸提液处理下,芦苇种子发芽率在单优群落中均显著大于共优群落(P＜0.05),但2种浸提液处理间无显著差异.     

河西走廊酒泉地区盐碱土未培养放线菌多样性

采用免培养技术对河西走廊酒泉地区的原生盐碱土、次生盐碱土和农田土中的放线菌群落结构及其多样性进行分析.结果表明: 河西走廊酒泉地区原生盐碱土克隆文库分归于19个OTUs,分属于微球菌亚目、丙酸杆菌亚目、棒状杆菌亚目、弗兰克氏菌亚目、假诺卡氏菌亚目和放线菌目未知类群;次生盐碱土克隆文库分归于14个OTUs,分属于微球菌亚目、丙酸杆菌亚目和放线菌目未知类群;农田土克隆文库分归于7个OTUs,分属于微球菌亚目和棒状杆菌亚目;微球菌亚目是3种不同类型土壤中的共有种群,是原生盐碱土和农田土中的优势种群.多样性指数和稀释性曲线分析结果显示,3种不同类型土壤中放线菌种群丰富度为原生盐碱土>次生盐碱土>农田土;原生盐碱土、次生盐碱土的稀释性曲线均未趋于平稳,说明盐碱土中放线菌多样性比实际更加丰富.     

Transpiration of trees and forest stands: short and long-term monitoring using sapflow methods

We show that sapflow is a useful tool for studies of water fluxes in forest ecosystems, because (i) it gives access to the spatial variability within a forest stand, (ii) it can be used even on steep slopes, and (iii) when combined with eddy correlation measurements over forests, it allows separation of individual tree transpiration from the total water loss of the stand. Moreover, sapflow techniques are quite easy to implement. Four sapflow techniques currently coexist, all based on heat diffusion in the xylem. We found a good agreement between three of these techniques. Most results presented here were obtained using the radial flow meter (Granier 1985). Tree sapflow is computed as sap flux density times sapwood area. To scale up from trees to a stand, measurements have to be made on a representative sample of trees. Thus, a number of trees in each circumference class is selected according to the fraction of sapwood they represent in the total sapwood area of the stand. The variability of sap flux density among trees is usually low (CV. 10–15%) in close stands of temperate coniferous or deciduous forests, but is much higher (35–50%) in a tropical rain forest. It also increases after thinning or during a dry spell. A set of 5–10 sapflow sensors usually provides an accurate estimate of stand transpiration. Transpiration measured on two dense spruce stands in the Vosges mountains (France) and one Scot's pine plantation in the Rhine valley (Germany) showed that maximum rate was related to stand LAI and to local climate. Preliminary results comparing the sapflow of a stand of Pinus banksiana to the transpiration of large branches, as part of the BOREAS programme in Saskachewan, Canada showed a similar trend. For modelling purposes, tree canopy conductance (g_c) was calculated from Penman-Monteith equation. In most experiments, calculated canopy conductance was dependent on global radiation (positive effect) and on vapour pressure deficit (negative effect) in the absence of other limiting factors. A comparison of the vapour pressure deficit response curves of g_c for several tree species and sites showed only small differences among spruce, oak and pine forests when including understorey. Tropical rainforests exhibited a similar behaviour.