Control and spread of Alligator Weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb., in Australia: lessons for other regions

Biological control of alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. has been successful in limiting growth in water in areas with mild or warm winters, but not on land. Until recently, herbicides have had very limited short term and no long term effectiveness. Several herbicides that now provide better control include: glyphosate over water, and metsulfuron and dichlobenil on land and in shallow water. The latter two are limited by lack of selectivity, contamination of water, and cost. Mechanical or manual control has provided local eradication of the weed at a few locations where infestations were small. Alligator weed is still spreading with new outbreaks on New South Wales, Australia (NSW) coastal beach areas and coastal river systems, and on inland waterbodies. Its use as a cultivated vegetable by some ethnic communities has resulted in many new locations in all eastern Australia states: Queensland to Tasmania. It is predicted that it will spread throughout much of coastal and inland southern Australia. The difficulties with management of this weed indicate that every effort should be made to prevent further invasion of wetlands and, in particular, its introduction to Africa, where it is predicted that all wetlands could support destructive levels of alligator weed growth.     

Sex ratio effects on copulation,fecundity and progeny fitness for Agasicles hygrophila,a biological control agent of alligator weed

Determining the best ratio of females to males of an insect's natural enemy is important for maximising population increase and promoting population establishment of a natural enemy. In this study, copulation behaviour, fecundity, progeny fitness and rate of population increase for the flea beetle, Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), were compared at different female percentage treatments (i.e., 80%, 66.7%, 50%, 33.3% and 20% females). The results showed that the copulation frequency and duration in males decreased, whereas those in females increased as the number of males increased. At 20%, 33.3% and 66.7% females, the rates of population increase were 3.4-, 2.17- and 0.79-fold higher than that at 50% females. Females at 20% and 33.3% were found to be optimal for mass rearing of the beetle.     

藏东南川滇高山栎种群不同生长阶段的空间格局与关联性

运用点格局分析方法中Ripley L函数,对藏东南川滇高山栎种群不同生长阶段的空间格局及其关联性进行分析.结果表明： 藏东南川滇高山栎种群径级结构呈单峰型,小树与中树的数量在整个种群中占绝对优势,整个种群自然更新状况良好,属增长型种群.川滇高山栎种群在从小树发育到大树的过程中,小树、中树在小尺度上均呈明显的聚集分布,而大树在整个尺度上基本上呈随机分布.小树与中树、大树间在小尺度上有显著的相关性,而中树与大树不相关.川滇高山栎种群在从小树、中树发育到大树的过程中,其空间格局由聚集分布到随机分布.川滇高山栎种群的自然更新受种间竞争的影响,也受种内竞争的影响.在自然环境条件相似下,影响川滇高山栎种群分布格局的最主要因素是其自身的生物、生态学特性.     

核素铯胁迫下接种摩西球囊霉对宿根高粱内源激素和光合的影响

通过盆栽试验研究了宿根高粱接种摩西球囊霉形成共生体后在核素铯污染胁迫下内源激素和光合生理的响应.结果表明： 铯胁迫促进了宿根高粱叶片脱落酸(ABA)的合成,降低了生长素(IAA)、赤霉素(GA)以及玉米素核苷(ZR)的积累,从而导致了ABA/IAA和ABA/GA明显升高,接种摩西球囊霉减少了铯胁迫下IAA、GA以及ZR的降幅以及ABA的增幅,维持了ABA/IAA、ABA/GA和ABA/（IAA+GA+ZR）的稳定性;铯胁迫显著降低了植物净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(g_s)、胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、光呼吸(P_r)以及暗呼吸(D_r)等光合指标和呼吸指标,造成植物光合效率降低,接种摩西球囊霉缓解了铯胁迫给植物光合效率造成的负效应.说明在利用植物修复核素污染土壤时可引入摩西球囊霉等丛枝菌根真菌,以提高植物光合效率及同化产物,增强植物耐性,提高修复效率.     

设施菜田水肥管理模式下蚯蚓和土壤肥力状况的变化

通过田间定位试验,研究了设施有机菜田不同水肥(有机肥)管理模式下土壤蚯蚓密度和土壤基本肥力的变化及其关系,为有机菜田的合理灌溉培肥提供科学依据。结果表明:土壤湿度、孔隙度、有机碳、全氮、速效磷和速效钾含量均随有机肥施用量的增多而增加,增加幅度分别为4%~27%、6%~9%、19%~27%、19%~26%、141%~230%和74%~91%;有机肥处理土壤蚯蚓密度比不施肥处理显著提高43%~110%;相关分析表明,土壤蚯蚓密度与土壤生产力、土壤有机碳、全氮、速效磷和土壤孔隙度之间均呈极显著的正相关关系;土壤蚯蚓能够有效指示设施菜田土壤肥力状况,发挥重要的土壤生态功能;减量灌溉常规施肥为设施有机菜田的最佳水肥管理模式。     

胡杨根际细菌提高木本植物对重金属胁迫的耐受性

胡杨是我国西北荒漠地区特有的、对多种非生物逆境具有高抗逆性的树种,但其相关微生物的生态和生理功能研究还比较缺乏.本文从新疆沙雅地区原始胡杨林根际土壤中分离出重金属抗性细菌共72株.其中具有单一重金属(Cu²⁺、Ni²⁺、Pb²⁺或Zn²⁺)抗性的细菌菌株50株,有三重以上重金属抗性的菌株9株.将其中5株多重重金属抗性细菌接种至生根的竹柳插条,进行重金属胁迫下的盆栽培养.结果表明: 在铜或锌胁迫下,5株多重重金属抗性细菌对竹柳的生长抑制有不同程度的缓解,其中假单胞菌Z30和贪铜菌N8菌对铜和锌两种胁迫下竹柳生物量的增长与不接菌对照相比均达到显著差异水平.说明在非重金属污染区生长的胡杨根际存在多样性的重金属抗性细菌,其中一些多重重金属抗性菌对改善重金属胁迫下植物的生长有显著作用,具有应用于木本植物-微生物联合修复环境重金属污染的价值.     

朱砂叶螨刺吸胁迫对玉米自交系化学防御物质的系统诱导效应

为了探明朱砂叶螨刺吸胁迫对玉米体内化学防御的系统诱导效应,以玉米抗螨性自交系‘H1014168’和感螨性自交系‘H1014591’幼苗为材料,在叶螨刺吸第1叶7 d后,测定了未被刺吸部位(第2叶和根系内)的丁布、总酚、胰蛋白酶抑制剂(TI)和胰凝乳蛋白酶抑制剂(CI)含量.结果表明: H1014168 第2叶和根内的丁布、总酚、TI和CI含量均显著高于健康植株; H1014591 第2叶内4种化学防御物质含量显著高于健康植株,根内TI含量显著高于健康植株,丁布和CI含量与健康植株差异不显著,总酚含量显著低于健康植株.朱砂叶螨刺吸胁迫对玉米体内的丁布、总酚、胰蛋白酶抑制剂和胰凝乳蛋白酶抑制剂的诱导具有系统性,对玉米抗螨性自交系的系统诱导效应强于感螨性自交系.     

川西高山林线交错带两种地被物分解的木质纤维素酶活性特征

以川西高山林线交错带两种优势地被物锦丝藓和高山冷蕨为对象,对针叶林和林线中锦丝藓植物残体及高山冷蕨凋落叶分解的质量损失和木质纤维素酶活性特征进行研究.结果表明： 锦丝藓和高山冷蕨的质量损失率在雪被期和生长季均表现为林线高于针叶林,而酶活性整体上表现为针叶林显著高于林线.两种地被物不同季节的质量损失有显著差异,雪被期林线和针叶林的锦丝藓质量损失率占全年的69.8%和83.0%;生长季林线和针叶林的高山冷蕨质量损失率分别占全年的82.6%和83.4%.高山冷蕨凋落叶在生长季节快速分解,与其生长季节末较高的纤维素酶活性相吻合,说明纤维素和半纤维素的酶解作用可能是凋落物前期质量损失的主要原因.多元线性回归分析表明,环境因子和凋落叶初始质量能共同解释酶活性变异的45.8%～85.1%,两种地被物分解过程中酶活性主要受到雪被期冻融循环的影响.     

亚适宜温光盐环境下油菜素内酯对黄瓜幼苗抗氧化系统及光合作用的影响

研究了24 表油菜素内酯(EBR)对亚适宜温光盐环境下黄瓜幼苗抗氧化系统及光合作用的影响.结果表明: 与对照相比,亚适宜温光盐环境下黄瓜幼苗叶片H₂O₂含量增加,膜脂过氧化程度加剧,膜透性增强,净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(g_s)、胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)和蒸腾速率(T_r)分别显著下降39.3%、40.0%、21.2%和47.2%,幼苗干物质积累减少35.9%.外源喷施EBR可提高亚适宜温光盐环境下黄瓜幼苗的抗氧化酶活性,降低H₂O₂含量及膜透性,缓解亚适宜温光盐环境下P_n、g_s、T_r的下降幅度,幼苗干物质积累增加25.9%,生长加快．EBR可通过调节亚适宜温光盐环境下黄瓜幼苗抗氧化性,减少其膜脂过氧化程度,进而维持其较高的光合性能,有效促进了亚适宜温光盐环境下黄瓜幼苗的生长．     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Nimbya alternantherae</Emphasis> a potential biocontrol agent for alligatorweed, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Alternanthera philoxeroides</Emphasis>

Alligatorweed, (Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.), an aquatic and wetland plant native to South America, is an aggressive weed in many parts of the world. Its ability to compete with other native plants and to impede waterways has made it a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems. Although biological control with insects has been fairly successful in aquatic habitats, there is a need for additional agents to manage the weed in upland sites. Accordingly, in a survey in Brazil in 1997 a fungus, Nimbya (=Alternaria) alternantherae (Holcomb and Antonopoulus) Simmons and Alcorn, was discovered and confirmed to be highly damaging to alligatorweed. Studies were conducted to determine the potential of this fungus for controlling this weed. Several isolates from Brazil, USA, and Puerto Rico were compared and no differences in virulence were observed, although a lower dew requirement was demonstrated for the Brazilian isolates. Conidia were more effective than mycelial suspension, and inoculum concentrations of 1×10⁵ and 1×10⁶ conidia per ml provided significant levels of control of the weed in greenhouse and field experiments, respectively. In a host-range study, N. alternantherae infected 6 plant species from a total of 42 species belonging to 23 families. N. alternantherae has the potential to be an effective mycoherbicide for alligatorweed.