中国植物学会第15届全国会员代表大会暨80周年学术年会在南昌召开

2013年10月13～16日,中国植物学会第15届全国会员代表大会暨80周年学术年会在南昌召开。来自全国的1000余名代表参加了会议。会议由中国植物学会主办,南昌大学、江西省植物学会承办。     

《中国植物志》英文版发布

——历时25年为世界最大英文版植物志据9月23日召开的中国植物多样性与保护国际研讨会透露,由中国科学院主持的重大国际合作项目FloraofChina（《中国植物志》英文修订版）,前后历时25年的编撰,已于今年9月全部完成并出版。     

海南霸王岭五唇兰两种生态型生态位特征

东亚特有种五唇兰自然状态下存在叶背红色和绿色两种生态型。对海南岛霸王岭地区的五唇兰群落中草本层生态位特征进行测定和分析,探讨两种生态型五唇兰在群落中的地位和作用以及彼此间的竞争关系。结果表明: 狭穗草、叶背红色型五唇兰和毛俭草在该层占据较大的重要值。叶背红色型五唇兰较叶背绿色型具有更广的生态位宽度; 拟金草和叶背红色型五唇兰以相似的生态位宽度值居该层物种生态位宽度的首位。两种生态型五唇兰均与该层其他大部分物种具有较大生态位重叠值,两者间的生态位重叠亦很大。这说明五唇兰对其生境有很好的适应性,两种生态型间可能存在较大的竞争。     

《西北植物学报》2012年刊载论文第一作者信息统计分析

《西北植物学报》2012年第1~12期共发表论文391篇(含英文10篇)。从刊载论文第一作者信息统计看,具有博士和硕士学位(含在读博士和在读硕士)的共350人,占89.5%;具有副高以上职称(含在读研究     

《西北植物学报》论文写作要求

1.题名与标题:论文题名务求简明、确切、新颖,与文章内容一致,不用副题,一般不超过20字,且中、英文题名表述一致。题名请勿使用非公知的缩写词、字符、代号等。中文各级标题用阿拉伯数字连续编号,如:1,1.1,1.1.1;2,2.1,2.1.1……,层次划分一般不超过3级。     

不同配置模式下油蒿和柠条对降雨变化的生理生态响应及调节机制

研究了沙坡头地区固沙植物油蒿和柠条在1 m×1 m和2 m×2 m配置模式下的群落学特征,以及在自然和控制降雨条件下的水分关系、气体交换及其调节机制.结果表明:随着土壤含水量的变化,油蒿和柠条的生理耗水和生长特性不同,油蒿的气孔导度、水势、蒸腾速率、光合速率和快速生长均呈现明显的波动性,并且对土壤水分的消耗量高于柠条;柠条的上述指标变化相对低缓而恒定,光合生长速率较低,多年累积生物量却很高.两种植物对水分胁迫的响应过程和调节机制不同,油蒿主要为保水机制,柠条主要为节水机制.在极端干旱年份,柠条的节水、抗逆特性更强.固沙植物种的选择应既利于防风固沙和节约用水,又利于固沙林的稳定.     

Expression and signal regulation of the alternative oxidase genes under abiotic stresses

Plants in their natural environment frequently face various abiotic stresses, such as drought, high salinity, and chilling. Plant mitochondria contain an alternative oxidase （AOX）, which is encoded by a small family of nuclear genes. AOX genes have been shown to be highly responsive to abiotic stresses. Using transgenic plants with varying levels of AOX expression, it has been confirmed that AOX genes are im- portant for abiotic stress tolerance. Although the roles of AOX under abiotic stresses have been extensively studied and there are several excellent reviews on this topic, the differential expression patterns of the AOX gene family members and the signal regulation of AOX gene（s） under abiotic stresses have not been extensively summarized. Here, we review and discuss the current progress of these two important issues.     

Over-expression of fibroblast activation protein alpha increases tumor growth in xenografts of ovarian cancer cells

Fibroblast activation protein alpha （FAPα） is a 95-kDa serine protease of post-prolyl peptidase family on cell surface. FAPoL is widely expressed in tumor microenviron- ment. The wide spread association of FAPα expression with cancer suggests that it has important functions in the disease. However, the nature of FAPα＇s roles in cancer cell activity is not well-determined. It has been showed that FAPα silencing in SKOV3 cells induces ovarian tumors but significantly reduces tumor growth in a xenograft mouse model. To further determine the role of FAPoL in epithelial ovarian cancer cells, SKOV3-FAPα and HO8910-FAPα cell lines, which over-expressed FAPα stably, were con- structed and then their biological behaviors were investi- gated. It was found that FAPoL promoted ovarian cancer cell proliferation, drug resistance, invasiveness, and migra- tion in vitro. Immunochemistry assay showed that FAPα significantly facilitated tumor growth in xenograft tumor tissues. These results suggested that FAPα might directly promote tumor growth and invasiveness in ovarian cancer cells.     

另类“蛇”植物

在人们的印象中,蛇自古就是一种凶猛的动物。不过,名字带蛇的植物却千娇百媚、姹紫嫣红、亭亭玉立,真是令人叹为观止。那么它们和蛇到底有关系吗?蛇鞭菊、蛇果黄堇和蛇舌兰因花或果状如小蛇而得名。蛇葡萄能清热解毒,祛风活络,止痛,止血,因有解蛇毒的疗效而得名。蛇床子名字的由来     

关于用硫酸钡比浊法测定叶片中硫化物的探讨

采用硫酸钡比浊法法测定叶片中的硫化物。植物样品经强酸的消解和氧化产生硫酸根离子,加起浊剂(BaCl2)硫酸根与钡离子生成微细的硫酸钡胶体(BaSO4)微粒悬浮于溶液中,然后用分光光度计测定其浊度。该法是经典方法,简单实用。