内陆盐沼芦苇根系形态及生物量分配对土壤盐分因子的响应

根系形态和生物量分配是决定根系吸收能力发挥的重要特征,其对环境限制因子的响应与适应策略一直是研究的热点。然而,有关土壤盐分对植物根系性状的影响还存在许多不确定性。选择兰州秦王川国家湿地公园芦苇群落为研究对象,垂直于沙河河岸从湿地边缘至湿地中心,依次设置3个不同土壤盐分梯度样地(样地I、样地II和样地III),采用全根挖掘法和WinRHIZO根系分析仪相结合的方法,研究了芦苇(Phragmites australis)根冠比、根总长度、比根长、根分叉数、根平均直径等形态参数的变化特征。结果表明:随着样地土壤盐分含量的增加,湿地群落的高度、盖度、密度、地上生物量逐渐下降,芦苇的根冠比、根分叉数呈逐渐减小的趋势,比根长、根总长度呈先下降后上升的趋势,而根平均直径呈相反的变化趋势;研究区土壤含盐量总体以中度盐渍化为主,表层土壤盐分呈现强变异性,随土层深度的增加含盐量呈下降趋势,而变异程度有所差异;芦苇根系性状与土壤含盐量的相关性分析可知,土壤含盐量与根总长度和比根长呈极显著相关关系(P0.01),与根冠比、根分叉数呈显著相关(P0.05),而与根平均直径相关性不显著。内陆盐沼的芦苇表现出敏感植物的特性,通过根系形态的调整和生物量分配策略的改变来适应盐分强变异的土壤环境,体现了逆境胁迫下湿地植物应对多重环境选择压力的生态适应机制。     

我国水稻迁飞性害虫猖獗成因及其治理对策建议

本文运用生态学的基本原理,在阐述我国稻飞虱（褐飞虱Ｎｉｌａｐａｒｖａｔａｌｕｇｅｎｓ（ｓｔａｌ）,白背飞虱Ｓｏｇａｔｅｌｌａｆｕｒｃｉｆｅｒａ（Ｈｏｒｖａｔｈ））和稻纵卷叶螟（ＣｎａｐｈａｌｏｃｒｏｃｉｓｍｅｄｉｎａｌｉｓＧｕｅｎｅｅ）近１０—２０年来的发生和危害状况后,分析认为,我国水稻迁飞性害虫的猖獗力害,与初始主源、生产水平和作物坏境及气候异常有很密切的关系。本文还对未来若干年内的发生趋势作了浅析,同时从宏观治理的高度提出一些建没性的控制对策。     

海岛植物不同演替阶段植物功能性状与环境因子的变化规律

植物功能性状与环境之间的关系是功能性状研究的重点,环境因子驱使植物功能性状发生变化,进而推动群落发生演替。以平潭岛4个不同演替阶段的森林植被(灌草丛、针叶林、针阔混交林、常绿阔叶林)为研究对象,结合不同群落演替阶段的物种特征和群落结构,分析海岛不同演替阶段茎、叶功能性状的变化规律,以及功能性状与环境因子的关系。结果表明:(1)随着演替的进行,土壤养分和水分逐渐增加,土壤pH逐渐下降。比叶面积(SLA)、叶片氮含量(LNC)、叶片磷含量(LPC)、茎氮含量(SNC)、茎磷含量(SPC)下降后上升,叶厚度(LT)、叶片碳含量(LCC)、茎碳含量(SCC)与之相反,叶干物质含量(LDMC)、茎组织密度(STD)逐渐上升。(2)冗余分析表明,演替早期植物主要分布在土壤pH、容重高的贫瘠环境,拥有较高SLA、SNC、SPC、LPC的性状组合;演替后期植物主要分布在土壤养分和水分高的肥沃环境,拥有较高的STD、LDMC、LCC、LNC的性状组合。其中,土壤有机质和全氮含量是影响海岛植物演替过程中功能性状变化的关键环境因子。研究海岛植物功能性状与环境之间的关系随演替的变化规律,探讨各演替阶段功能性状和环境特征,以及功能性状如何响应环境变化。旨在为今后选择合适的树种进行海岛植被修复和重建提供依据。     

阿拉善高原2种荒漠植物根系构型及生态适应性特征

根系构型决定了植物对资源的吸收方式,根系构型的变化是植物对环境的生态适应和有效生存策略。在阿拉善高原西南缘红砂（Reaumuria soongarica）-珍珠猪毛菜（Salsola passerina）混生群落采用传统挖掘法收集两种植物根系,基于量化的根系形态指标,利用几何拓扑学及分形理论分析了根系构型特征,探讨了该地区2种植物对干旱生境的生态适应策略。结果表明：红砂和珍珠猪毛菜根系均以水平分布占优,根系浅层化分布明显,混生的两种植物占据不同的生态位;2种荒漠植物均具有较大的比根长（SRL）和比表面积（SRA）,红砂SRL=21.3 cm/g,SRA=7.6 cm²/g,珍珠SRL=22.4 cm/g,SRA=6.5 cm²/g,有利于水分和养分的获取;红砂根系拓扑指数（TI）、修正拓扑参数（q_a和q_b）分别为0.86、0.52、0.49,珍珠猪毛菜对应参数分别为0.93、0.76、0.73,表明2种植物根系均趋向于鱼尾形分支结构;根系分形维数值（FD_红=1.488、FD_珍=1.422）较小,而分形丰度值（lgK_红=1.855、lgK_珍=1.774）较大,表明2种植物分支相对简单,但空间拓展能力强,有利于对营养空间的占有。上述特征可能是阿拉善西南缘红砂-珍珠猪毛菜群落2种荒漠植物植物对干旱贫瘠生境的重要生态适应策略。     

休眠卵孵化对策与食物浓度对萼花臂尾轮虫(Brachionus calyciflorus)两品系干雌体种群增长的影响

周期性孤雌繁殖的轮虫靠休眠卵度过不良环境,等环境适宜时休眠卵孵化出干雌体,再次通过孤雌繁殖建立种群。通常休眠卵要经历一段休眠期再孵化,但也有些休眠卵生成后很快孵化,称为早孵化现象。有关休眠卵不同孵化对策如何影响其干雌体克隆种群的增长,目前尚不清楚。分别观测了萼花臂尾轮虫（Brachionus calyciflorus）的两个品系H1（窄温度生态位）和D1（宽温度生态位）的休眠卵在不同孵化对策和不同食物浓度下所生产的干雌体克隆群的种群增长差异。孵化对策包括早孵化（early hatching,EH）和晚孵化（late hatching,LH）;食物浓度包括高食物浓度（high food concentration,HF：2×10⁶个细胞/mL）和低食物浓度（low food concentration,LF：5×10⁵个细胞/mL）,每个品系下各设置4个实验组（LH-HF、LH-LF、EH-HF、EH-LF）,每组10个重复。结果发现,对D1品系来说：孵化对策和食物浓度对最大种群数量具有显著的综合影响（P=0.002）,但两因素间不存在交互作用（P=0.911）;早孵化的干雌体种群在最大种群数量上显著高于晚孵化的干雌体种群（P=0.001）。对H1品系：孵化对策和食物浓度对最大种群数量综合影响显著（P<0.001）,且两个因素之间存在交互作用（P<0.001）;高食物浓度下,EH干雌体克隆群的最大种群数量显著低于LH干雌体克隆群（P<0.001）。高食物浓度下干雌体克隆群开始有性生殖的密度阈值,D1品系EH组显著高于LH组（P=0.041）;而H1品系EH组却显著低于LH组（P=0.022）。最高种群密度下,H1品系的有性生殖率在两种孵化对策之间存在显著差异（P=0.044）,EH种群的有性生殖率低于LH种群,而D品系却未见有性生殖率在不同孵化对策间存在明显差异。本研究结果显示休眠卵的孵化对策会影响其后代干雌体种群的增长特性,其影响的结果可能与种群的生境适应相关。     

Staphylococcus aureus dry stress survivors have a heritable fitness advantage in subsequent dry exposure

Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of hospital-acquired infections. The ability to survive on abiotic surfaces is an important characteristic that facilitates transmission between human hosts. We found that S. aureus survivors of dry surface incubation are resistant to subsequent dry stress exposure. Survivors also had reduced sensitivity to the disinfectant chlorhexidine gluconate, but not to ethanol. By using a set of mutants in cardiolipin synthase genes, we further demonstrated that the housekeeping cardiolipin synthase, Cls2, was significant for survival on dry surface. Taken together, this study provides insights into S. aureus survival outside of a host.     

Critical threshold meal size and molt initiation in Rhodnius prolixus

The molting process and body growth in Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) (Ståhl, 1859) are significantly influenced by the availability and quality of food. Based on the body weight of each stage, the present study provides estimates of a potential critical weight threshold required for molt initiation in R. prolixus. In addition, a new measure given by the area under the weight curve is proposed, which encapsulates both body weight and time. It is shown that this measure is consistent with the data, and allows the estimation of a pre‐refractory period (i.e. the time interval between the moment at which the critical weight threshold is reached and the moment when no further meals are accepted). The present analysis estimates the critical weight threshold as 1.6, 5.3, 12.9, 42.0 and 97.0 mg for stages 1–5, respectively, whereas the values of the area under the curve threshold as 5, 16, 31.2, 159.7 and 329.9 mg days for stages 1–5, respectively. The results of the present study confirm the existence of a weight‐dependent mechanism for the initiation of molting in R. prolixus.     

Genomic atlases of introgression and differentiation reveal breeding footprints in Chinese cultivated rice

The long history of cultivation and breeding has left a variety of footprints in the genomes of Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). In this study, we focus on two types of genomic footprints, introgression and differentiation, in a population of more than 1200 Chinese rice accessions. We found that a Xian/indica and a temperate Geng/japonica accession respectively contained an average of 19.3-Mb and 6.8-Mb alien introgressed chromosomal segments, of which many contained functional sequence variants, quantitative trait loci, or genes controlling flowering, grain, and resistance traits. Notably, we found most introgressions, including the known heterotic loci Hd3a and TAC1, were distributed differentially between the female and male parents of three-line indica hybrid rice, indicating their potential contribution to heterosis. We also found many differentiated regions between subgroups within a subpopulation contained agronomically important loci, such as DTH7, Hd1 for heading date, and qCT7 for cold tolerance, providing new candidates for studying local adaptation or heterosis. Tracing these footprints allows us to better understand the genetic exchange or differentiation underlying agronomic traits in modern Chinese rice cultivars. These findings also provide potential targets for rice genetic research and breeding.