RAPD及SRAP两种分子标记技术对苦瓜杂交种纯度的鉴定分析

以F1代苦瓜杂交种如玉11号及其亲本为材料,利用RAPD及SRAP两种分子标记技术对这3种苦瓜基因组DNA进行比较分析,以获得该杂交种及其亲本（或母本）差异目的基因片段。经过多次对该3种苦瓜叶片DNA提取,PCR扩增及其PCR产物的琼脂糖凝胶电泳分析,在供试的46个RAPD引物及121对SRAP引物中,筛选出1个RAPD引物及1对SRAP引物能区分该苦瓜杂交种及其母本种子,通过进一步验证分析,证明该两种分子标记的特异引物可作为如玉11号苦瓜杂交种子的纯度鉴定之用。     

Fraxitoxin,a New Isochromanone Isolated from Diplodia fraxini

A new isochromanone, named fraxitoxin, was isolated together with (–)‐mellein and tyrosol from liquid cultures of Diplodia fraxini, a pathogen involved in the etiology of canker and dieback disease of Fraxinus spp. in Europe. It was characterized as 5‐methoxy‐3‐methylisochroman‐1‐one using spectroscopic methods (essentially NMR and HR‐EI‐MS). Its absolute configuration (R) at C(3) was assigned by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) measurements and calculations. Phytotoxic activity of the compound was evaluated on ash, cork and holm oak leaves at concentration of 1 mg/ml by the leaf‐puncture assay. Interestingly, fraxitoxin caused necrotic lesions only on ash leaves.     

福建华安竹园一些竹类植物叶的热值研究

在冬季对福建省华安县竹园14属46种（含变种和栽培型）竹类植物叶的热值和灰分含量进行了研究。结果表明：竹类植物叶的灰分含量在8.05%-28.14%之间,平均为15.18%;干重热值在14957.3-19111.4J/g之间,平均为17672.1J/g;去灰分热值在19473.1-24646.2J/g之间,平均为20845.6J/g;竹类植物叶干重热值和灰分含量有显著的线性关系,相关方程为Y＝－169.21X 20241(r=0.7370,df=44）,高灰分含量是竹叶干重热值相对较低的重要原因之一。     

Spatial variation of seedling distribution in an east Mediterranean pine woodland at the beginning of post-fire succession

Most of the area in pine woodlands is occupied by perennial seeders that regenerate from seeds in the first winter after the fire and by annuals. Control of the germination in the regenerating vegetation after wildfire is therefore a primary ecological component of the post-fire succession in this ecosystem. The aim of the study presented here was to determine the distribution of Pinus, Cistus and other plants seeds around burned Pinus halepensis trees, and to measure the conditions related to seed germination in the upper soil layers in the same locations. The study was carried out in a 50-year old planted Pinus halepensis woodland that was burned down by a wildfire in July 1995. The variation of seedbank density was determined by collecting samples under the canopies of burned trees and in a nearby open area. Pine seedbank density decreased and that of Cistus and annuals increased with increasing distance from the burned trunks. Most pine seeds were present in the ash layer while those of the other plants were in the soil. In situ germination experiments showed that seedling density decreased with distance from the burned trunks while the proportion of pines in the seedling population increased. This was a result of seedbank variation and germination inhibition by the high pH conditions caused by the ash. The establishment of sparse pine seedling under the dead tree canopies insured their rapid development without interference by other plants and played a key role in the regeneration and stability of the pine woodland community. The concomitant mass germination of the perennial seeders in the rest of the area prevented invasion by annuals.     

陶寺中晚期人骨的种系分析

本文对陶寺文化中晚期墓葬和灰坑中的人骨进行了性别年龄的鉴定和种族类型的分析, 并报告了人骨古DNA的分析结果。DNA的分析结果表明墓葬中的人骨和灰坑中的人骨在单倍型的分类上没有差别, 属于中国北方人群的常见单倍群。头骨测量特征的多元统计分析显示出灰坑的人骨与二十世纪发掘的陶寺文化早期墓葬中出土的人骨形态距离较远。这个结果可能暗示着陶寺早期人群和中晚期的人群可能有不一样的来源, 期望未来对这两个人群的直接的DNA对比结果会有助于来源问题的解决。     

砧用瓠瓜抗枯萎病相关性及杂种优势分析

枯萎病是一种严重危害瓜类蔬菜生产的土传病害,嫁接栽培是防治瓜类枯萎病的有效方法。该文研究了砧用瓠瓜种质幼苗生长指标与抗病性的相关性,并对抗病杂种优势进行了分析。结果表明:(1)砧用瓠瓜种质H041对西瓜枯萎病表现高抗(HR),对瓠瓜枯萎病表现抗病(R),种质H01、H05和杂交组合H01×H041、H041×H05、H05×H041对两种枯萎病均表现抗病(R)。(2)砧用瓠瓜幼苗接种西瓜枯萎病菌后,病情指数与下胚轴粗度呈显著负相关;接种瓠瓜枯萎病菌后,总根长、根系表面积与病情指数呈极显著负相关,表明砧用瓠瓜对枯萎病的抗病性与根系生长具有相关性,可以根据根系生长情况快速评价砧用瓠瓜对瓠瓜枯萎病的抗性表现。(3)分析砧用瓠瓜杂交组合的抗病性杂种优势显示,供试杂交组合H05×H041对西瓜枯萎病具备超中亲优势;杂交组合H01×H041和H02×H041对瓠瓜枯萎病抗性具有负向杂种优势。综合研究结果发现,种质H01、H041、H05兼抗西瓜枯萎病和瓠瓜枯萎病,且配制出的杂交组合表现抗性杂种优势,可作为选育抗两种枯萎病的砧木或栽培品种的抗源亲本,其中H041可作为优势骨干亲本。     

Habitat Restoration as a Means of Controlling Non-Native Fish in a Mojave Desert Oasis

Non‐native fish generally cause native fish decline, and once non‐natives are established, control or elimination is usually problematic. Because non‐native fish colonization has been greatest in anthropogenically altered habitats, restoring habitat similar to predisturbance conditions may offer a viable means of non‐native fish control. In this investigation we identified habitats favoring native over non‐native fish in a Mojave Desert oasis (Ash Meadows) and used this information to restore one of its major warm water spring systems (Kings Pool Spring). Prior to restoration, native fishes predominated in warm water (25–32°C) stream and spring‐pool habitat, whereas non‐natives predominated in cool water (≤23°C) spring‐pool and marsh/slack water habitat. Native Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis) and Ash Meadows speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus nevadensis) inhabited significantly faster mean water column velocities (MWCV) and greater total depth (TD) than non‐native Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) and Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) in warm water stream habitat, and Ash Meadows speckled dace inhabited significantly faster water than non‐natives in cool water stream habitat. Modification of the outflow of Kings Pool Spring from marsh to warm water stream, with MWCV, TD, and temperature favoring native fish, changed the fish composition from predominantly non‐native Sailfin molly and Mosquitofish to predominantly Ash Meadows pupfish. This result supports the hypothesis that restoring spring systems to a semblance of predisturbance conditions would promote recolonization of native fishes and deter non‐native fish invasion and proliferation.     

Optimization of Lithotrophic Activities of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans toward Significant Reduction of Sulfur and Ash from Low Rank Bitumen

In the present study, the potential application of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans for elimination of ash and sulfur from bitumen was investigated in batch experiments. A comparison between the bioleaching and abiotic treatments indicated that A. ferrooxidans cells enhanced ash and pyritic sulfur removal by 20 and 59%, respectively. The X-ray diffraction profiles of the samples indicated the precipitation of some mineral elements inside of bitumen decreased the bioleaching performance after 9 days from beginning of the experiments. The effects of bitumen particle size (X₁), agitation speed (X₂) and initial pH (X₃) as interfacial factors each at three levels on the ash removal (Y₁) and pyritic sulfur removal (Y₂) were investigated by response surface methodology as a statistical design of the experiment. On the basis of quadratic models applied to the performance of the bioleaching process, 66.42% of the pyritic sulfur and 50.88% of the ash could be removed after 9 days under optimal conditions, namely a bitumen particle size of 100 µm, an agitation speed of 80 rpm, and initial pH of 2.