Solid cultures of thrips-pathogenic fungi Isaria javanica strains for enhanced conidial productivity and thermotolerance

Entomopathogenic fungi have great potential to control agricultural and horticultural insect pests, however optimizing conidial production systems to demonstrate high productivity and stability still needs additional efforts for successful field application and industrialization. Although many virulent entomopathogenic fungal isolates have been viewed as potential candidates in a laboratory environment, very few of the isolates are being used in practice for application in agricultural fields as commercial products. I. javanicus is an entomopathogenic fungus that is parasitic to various diverse coleopteran and lepidopteran insects and thought good candidate as biopesticdes. In this work, the basic characteristics of two entomopathogenic fungi, I. javanica FG340 and Pf04, were investigated in morphological examinations, genetic identification, and virulence against Thrips palmi, and then the feasibility of various grains substrates for conidial production was assessed, particularly focusing on conidial productivity and thermotolerance. Isaria javanica FG340 and Pf04 conidia were solid-cultured on 12 grains for 14?days in a Petri dish. Of the tested Italian millet, perilla seed, millet and barley-based cultures showed high conidial production. The four-grain media yielded >1?×?10⁹ conidia/g of I. javanica FG340 and Pf04. Pf04 strain had enhanced thermotolerance up to 45?°C when cultured on Italian millet. In application, it was easy to make a conidial suspension using the cultured grains, and several surfactants were tested to release the conidia. This work suggests several possible inexpensive grain substrates by which to promote conidial production combined with enhanced stability against exposure to high temperature.     

桉树枝瘿姬小蜂雄虫在中国的首次发现

本文用图文简要记述了桉树枝瘿姬小蜂雄虫的形态特征.这是该虫雄蜂在中国的首次报道.     

An Imported Case of Cystic Echinococcosis in the Liver

A 25-year-old Uzbek male presented with right upper abdominal pain for 20 days. On radiologic studies, a huge cystic mass was noticed in the right liver which was suspected as parasitic. The patient received right hepatic segmentectomy (segment 7), and the surgically resected mass was confirmed as cystic echinococcosis (CE), measuring 10.5 cm in its diameter. The inner surface of the cyst was bile-stained. The patient was discharged on the 8th hospital day, and was rechecked 6 months after the surgical intervention without any evidence of recurrence. The present report describes findings of an imported case of CE which represented ultrasound images of the ''ball of wool''.     

Sucrose effects on in vitro fruiting and seed production of Centaurium pulchellum

The effect of sucrose on fruiting, seed production, and seed germination of lesser centaury [Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce] was examined using explants of flowers and flower buds. Sucrose concentrations in the culture medium ranged from 0.003 to 0.3 M. It has been shown that the number of auxiliary buds, capsules dimension, number of viable seeds per capsule and seed dimensions increased with the increase of sucrose concentrations. The highest values were recorded at sucrose concentrations higher than 0.03 M, except for seeds size, which were larger at sucrose concentration ranging from 0.003 to 0.1 M. The germination of in vitro produced seeds was affected by previous culture history: a higher germination percentage was obtained in seeds that were raised from explants originally grown on medium with sucrose concentrations higher than 0.003 M.     

哺乳动物昼夜节律生物钟研究进展

昼夜节律生物钟是一种以近似24小时为周期的自主维持的振荡器,在分子水平上,该振荡器是一个由9个基因组成的转录翻译反馈环路系统。它能受外界环境影响重新设置节律,使自身机体活动处于最佳状态。除了进行自我调节外,生物钟基因还能通过调节代谢途径中特定基因表达而影响机体生理生化过程。在过去的几年里,借用遗传学和分子生物学工具,我们对哺乳动物昼夜节律生物钟的分子基础有了新的认识,本文综述了这一进展,并展望了它们在研究人的昼夜节律行为异常领域的前景。     

Mechanism of selective stabilization of extrinsic polypeptides in PSII particles by glycinebetaine

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大豆异黄酮糖苷酶的纯化及性质研究

利用Absidiasp.R菌株,通过液体发酵的方法,得到了一种高活性的大豆异黄酮糖基水解酶。该酶经硫酸铵分级沉淀、DEAE-Cellocuse(DE-52)离子交换层析纯化,被纯化了11倍,收率为10.9%;经SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳测得该酶的分子量为53kD;该酶的最适反应温度为50℃;最适pH为5.0;温度低于60℃,pH在5.0~7.0范围内该酶较稳定,Co2 、Ca2 对该酶有激活作用;Ag 、Cu2 对该酶有抑制作用。当以染料木甙为底物时该酶的米氏常数(Km)为1.3×10-2mol/L。等电聚焦电泳测得其等电点为3.2。     

印度北部Pali Gad流域资源利用模式研究

喜马拉雅西部独特、丰富的自然资源对当地居民生计及生态服务等方面起着重要的作用。由于长期以来当地居民与山地生态系统的相互作用,特别是农业生产、畜牧业放牧、薪柴采集以及其他多种多样的资源利用方式,形成了一种特殊的山区文化景观。本文以印度北部的山地小流域PaliGad（共有25个村子）为例,主要研究当地的资源利用状况,利用卫星遥感数据对该地区可利用自然资源进行评估分析,通过从户到户的社会经济调查,对其提供的生态服务功能以及受威胁的程度进行估计,研究分析了村民对资源需求及获取的时空变化情况。结果显示,平均每人每天的薪柴采集量为1．12k,平均每人每天通过修剪枝叶获得饲料采集量为3．69kg,平均每人每天从森林中采集草料的量为3．25kgo对生态系统服务功能进行估测的结果显示,森林可提供更多的临时调节功能,而农业更多的是支撑服务功能,河流,水体给当地人提供了文化服务功能。以山区典型的人-地生态系统为例,这类生态系统中的自然资源破碎化程度很高。研究发现,该区域贫瘠土地上的自然资源需求还在不断增加。因此,从长远来看,人对资源的无止境获取将不利于整个流域的可持续发展。     

香蕉类甜蛋白基因MaTLP1的克隆与表达分析

在香蕉EST文库中,通过RACE技术克隆到1个香蕉类甜蛋白基因的全长序列。该序列最大开放阅读框942 bp,编码313个氨基酸。Blast分析发现,它与其他类甜蛋白相似度为56.10%,含有类甜蛋白（TLPs）特有的保守结构域,命名为MaTLP1。系统进化树表明,MaTLP1基因编码蛋白与海枣的亲缘关系较近,与香蕉的进化模式相似。组织特异性分析表明,MaTLP1在根、球茎、假茎中的表达量高,叶中较弱,花和果实中微量表达。实时荧光定量PCR分析显示,在抗病香蕉品种中,接种尖孢镰刀菌古巴专化型(Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cubense,Foc)枯萎病菌后MaTLP1基因上调表达,在感病香蕉品种接菌2 d后MaTLP1基因受到抑制,虽然在接菌4 d 后上调表达,但是相对于抗病品种上调较小。研究表明,MaTLP1基因可能在香蕉抗枯萎病的过程中起作用。