土壤水分遥感反演研究进展

土壤水分精确反演对于理解和解决农业生产、生态规划以及水资源管理中的科学与实际问题至关重要。目前,大量的反演算法被广泛用于土壤水分估算,全球土壤水分遥感反演产品不断发布,反演算法与产品数据集的应用前景亟待系统梳理。基于不同谱段遥感探测技术中的土壤水分反演方法存在各自的特点、优势和局限性。除反演方法研究外,土壤水分遥感反演研究热点可被归纳为遥感土壤水分产品评估、在相关领域的应用、数据同化3个方面。大量研究表明土壤水分遥感反演产品在生态、水文、干旱等研究中表现出巨大的潜力,且在部分研究中已经得到应用。但目前土壤水分的遥感观测与应用需求仍存在一定的差距,因此最后对土壤水分遥感反演在探测的精度和准确度两个方面及其解决方案进行了总结与展望。     

可持续发展目标关系研究进展

《2030可持续发展议程》指出17项可持续发展目标之间存在着相互联系,并且是整体而不可分割的,但并未说明各项目标之间是如何相关联的,因此限制了可持续发展目标的落实。理清各项可持续发展目标之间的关系,是加快可持续发展目标落实、促进政策一致性实现的保障。由于我国目前关于此方面的报道非常有限,因此有必要对17项可持续发展目标之间关系的研究进展进行总结。为了较全面的了解研究背景,首先简要回顾了千年发展目标到可持续发展目标的转变过程;随后在综合分析已有文献内容的基础上,分别从"联结途径""相互作用程度""网络分析""可持续发展目标模型"以及"执行手段"等五个方面对已有研究进行了论述,并总结当前研究的不足与未来挑战;最后分析了当前研究对我国未来可持续发展目标落实的启示,主要包括:(1)明确我国各项可持续发展目标的关系,促进不同层级政府和管理部门间政策一致性的实现;(2)完善指标监测体系,消除数据缺口;(3)加快构建我国可持续发展目标模型。     

Effects of quercetin and coated sodium butyrate dietary supplementation in diquat-challenged pullets

ObjectiveThis study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that dietary quercetin (QUE) and coated sodium butyrate (SB) supplementation alleviate oxidative stress in the small intestine of diquat (DIQ)-challenged pullets.MethodsA total of 200 13-week-old pullets were divided into four groups: the control group (CON), the DIQ group, the QUE group, and the coated SB group, and injected intraperitoneally with either saline (CON) or diquat (DIQ, QUE, and SB) to induce oxidative stress on day 0.ResultsOn the first day, the malondialdehyde and superoxide dismutase (SOD) concentrations in the SB group were significantly different from those in the DIQ and QUE groups (p<0.05), and dietary supplementation with SB increased serum glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) levels compared with the DIQ group (p<0.05). Quercetin and SB increased the levels of CLAUDIN-1 and zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in the jejunum. On the tenth day of treatment, QUE attenuated the decrease in GSH-PX levels compared to those of the CON group (p<0.05), while SB increased SOD, GSH-PX, and total antioxidant capacity levels compared to those of the DIQ group. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) mRNA levels in the QUE and SB groups increased (p<0.05) and CLAUDIN-1 mRNA levels in the QUE and SB groups were upregulated compared to those in the DIQ group ileum tissue.ConclusionSupplementation of QUE and SB demonstrated the ability to relieve oxidative stress in pullets post DIQ-injection with a time-dependent manner and QUE and SB may be potential antioxidant additives for relieving oxidative stress and protecting the intestinal barrier of pullets.     

‘沙糖橘’S蛋白同源基因CrSPH的克隆与表达分析

柑橘自交不亲和由S位点基因控制,前期SSH文库中筛选出1个自交不亲和相关的S蛋白同源基因(S-protein homologous gene,SPH),但其功能尚不明确。研究以‘无籽沙糖橘’和‘沙糖橘’为材料,利用反转录PCR技术克隆CrSPH基因,通过qPCR技术分析该基因表达特性,并进行原核表达和花粉萌发实验。结果表明,(1)CrSPH的CDS长度为417 bp,编码138个氨基酸,两材料间的CDS区存在3个碱基替换,引起2个氨基酸突变。(2)Southern杂交实验表明,CrSPH基因在两材料基因组中均以单拷贝形式存在。(3)qPCR实验表明,CrSPH基因在‘沙糖橘’花器官不同部位表达差异显著,子房中表达量最大,花瓣、花丝等组织中表达量均较低;在高表达的子房中,‘沙糖橘’表达量是‘无籽沙糖橘’的16倍,表明CrSPH基因在‘沙糖橘’中具有高度的组织表达特异性。(4)CrSPH基因在异交授粉第6,7天表达量最高,与其他时段差异均达到显著水平,第6天表达量是第1天表达量的12.4倍。(5)原核表达实验成功诱导出CrSPH蛋白,离体花粉萌发实验表明,随着异源‘无籽沙糖橘’CrSPH蛋...     

An imputed whole-genome sequence-based GWAS approach pinpoints causal mutations for complex traits in a specific swine population

Science China Life Sciences - Sequencing-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have facilitated the identification of causal associations between genetic variants and traits in diverse...     

The symbiotic bacteria Alcaligenes faecalis of the entomopathogenic nematodes Oscheius spp. exhibit potential biocontrol of plant- and entomopathogenic fungi

Soil-dwelling entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) kill arthropod hosts by injecting their symbiotic bacteria into the host hemolymph and feed on the bacteria and the tissue of the dying host for several generations cycles until the arthropod cadaver is completely depleted. The EPN–bacteria–arthropod cadaver complex represents a rich energy source for the surrounding opportunistic soil fungal biota and other competitors. We hypothesized that EPNs need to protect their food source until depletion and that the EPN symbiotic bacteria produce volatile and non-volatile exudations that deter different soil fungal groups in the soil. We isolated the symbiotic bacteria species (Alcaligenes faecalis) from the EPN Oscheius spp. and ran infectivity bioassays against entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) as well as against plant pathogenic fungi (PPF). We found that both volatile and non-volatile symbiotic bacterial exudations had negative effects on both EPF and PPF. Such deterrent function on functionally different fungal strains suggests a common mode of action of A. faecalis bacterial exudates, which has the potential to influence the structure of soil microbial communities, and could be integrated into pest management programs for increasing crop protection against fungal pathogens.