青海高原春小麦PEG胁迫与复水后叶片差异蛋白质组学研究

春小麦是青海省的主要粮食作物,青海高原干旱频繁且严重,尤以春旱为首,对小麦生长发育造成严重影响．为了从蛋白质组学水平分析小麦对干旱胁迫的应答特征,探讨小麦可能的抗旱机制,本研究对青海主栽春小麦品种青春38幼苗进行聚乙二醇 (polyethylene glycol,PEG) 6000胁迫和复水处理,采用IEF/SDS PAGE双向凝胶电泳技术,对PEG胁迫和复水处理的小麦叶片总蛋白质分别与正常浇水的对照进行差异蛋白质组学研究,经考马斯亮蓝G 250染色获得清晰度和重复性较好的双向电泳图谱．PD Quest软件处理分析各对照和处理图谱,在等电点4.0～7.0线性范围内,均可识别650个以上清晰蛋白质点,获得比较明显的差异表达蛋白点43个,其中8个蛋白点重复.从35个差异蛋白点中选取24个差异点进行MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS肽质量指纹图谱分析,应用Mascot软件在NCBInr数据库中搜索鉴定蛋白质,得到22个阳性结果．对鉴定得到的差异表达蛋白进行功能分析,它们分别参与了光合作用、蛋白质合成、能量代谢途径、细胞防御、氧化还原、运输、信号转导等过程,而且根据差异表达蛋白功能分类所占比例,发现干旱胁迫与光合作用关系最为紧密.     

人工老化对春小麦种子萌发及根尖超微结构的影响

选取‘新春6号’小麦种子为材料,进行不同时间的高温高湿人工加速老化处理,考察发芽率、幼苗根长、幼苗鲜重、幼苗干重等指标,并用扫描电镜和透射电镜观察其种子根尖表皮形态及细胞结构变化,明确不同老化处理对春小麦种子萌发及根尖细胞超微结构的影响。结果表明,随着种子劣变程度加深(老化处理时间的延长),春小麦种子发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数、幼苗根长、鲜重、干重等相关活力指标急剧下降,而平均发芽时间持续增加,且以老化处理4d为种子活力下降的转折点。种子萌发72h后,胚根尖表皮结构的扫描电镜观察发现,随着老化程度加深,胚根尖表皮皱缩逐渐加深、紧凑,最终致使表皮破裂,内部细胞裸露;透射电镜观察则显示,老化处理越久,根尖细胞中细胞器溶解程度越明显,最终导致整个细胞形成空腔。可见,根尖表皮形态、内部细胞结构上的改变可能是引起种子逐步丧失活力的原因。     

Daylength helps temperate deciduous trees to leaf‐out at the optimal time

Global warming has led to substantially earlier spring leaf‐out in temperate‐zone deciduous trees. The interactive effects of temperature and daylength underlying this warming response remain unclear. However, they need to be accurately represented by earth system models to improve projections of the carbon and energy balances of temperate forests and the associated feedbacks to the Earth's climate system. We studied the control of leaf‐out by daylength and temperature using data from six tree species across 2,377 European phenological network ( www.pep725.eu ), each with at least 30 years of observations. We found that, in addition to and independent of the known effect of chilling, daylength correlates negatively with the heat requirement for leaf‐out in all studied species. In warm springs when leaf‐out is early, days are short and the heat requirement is higher than in an average spring, which mitigates the warming‐induced advancement of leaf‐out and protects the tree against precocious leaf‐out and the associated risks of late frosts. In contrast, longer‐than‐average daylength (in cold springs when leaf‐out is late) reduces the heat requirement for leaf‐out, ensuring that trees do not leaf‐out too late and miss out on large amounts of solar energy. These results provide the first large‐scale empirical evidence of a widespread daylength effect on the temperature sensitivity of leaf‐out phenology in temperate deciduous trees.     

麦双尾蚜发生数量与小麦播种期的关系

新疆伊犁和塔城冬、春麦田的麦双尾蚜Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) 有虫株率和百株蚜量,与小麦播种时间密切相关。在小麦正常播种期内,冬小麦晚播可以显著减少麦双尾蚜数量,每晚播种10天,第二年麦双尾蚜有虫株率可以下降40%～70%;春小麦每晚播种10天,麦双尾蚜有虫株率增加30%～88%。     

Models for spring migration of two aphid species Sitobion avenae (F.) and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) infesting cereals in areas where they are entirely holocyclic

1 Cereals can be attacked severely by the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (F.), and the bird cherry‐oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.). The time of migration from winter hosts in spring is important regarding input to decision support systems concerning insecticide treatment of aphids. 2 The present study aimed to construct two separate migration models, which could be used immediately for advisors and farmers but also be part of a decision support system for the chemical control of aphids in winter wheat and spring barley. 3 Winter wheat (Triticum sativum Lam.) and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) fields were monitored from 1991–2005 for the occurrence of grain aphids and bird cherry‐oat aphids, and the data were used to construct migration models. 4 The models were constructed based on all 9 years data and subsequently validated by using all 9 years data, excluding 1 year at a time. 5 The migration model for the grain aphid producing the best forecast was obtained with migration date M (number of days from 1 June), degree‐days (DD) of April (T_a) and DD of May (T_m), with the model being M= 265.0 ? 10.2 log_e(T_a) ? 35.1 log_e(T_m). 6 The migration model for the bird cherry‐oat aphid producing the best forecast was obtained with migration date M (number of days from 15 May), DD of April (T_a) and DD from 1–15 May (T_m1), with the model being M= 294.4 ? 34.7 log_e(T_a) ? 22.5 log_e(T_m1). 7 The models only worked well in areas where the grain aphid and the bird cherry‐oat aphid are entirely holocyclic.     

Analysis of behaviour patterns and thermal responses to a hot–arid climate in rural China

Climate can greatly affect building design, life style and thermal perception for all groups of people; however, this phenomenon has not yet been rigorously evaluated in China's hot–arid climate. The aim of this paper is to present the results of a thermal comfort survey by evaluating the influence of the hot–arid climate upon the behavioural patterns and thermal comfort responses of 160 residents in 65 traditional vernacular houses in Turfan, China, in 2011. In this survey, there were 206 sets of effective data, and the features of the traditional residential buildings and the human behaviour patterns in Turfan were described and analysed. The results showed that the diversified courtyards and shade spaces were the most obvious features of traditional houses in Turfan. People here typically spend most of their time in one of two spaces for eating, resting, and entertaining. It was found that the preferred temperature was 26.5 °C. The preferred air velocity occurred at 0.62 m/s. A suitable air velocity range of 0.15–1.24 m/s was suggested in Turfan. Moreover, the neutral temperature of the local people was 30.1 °C (t_g or t_o). The upper limits of the 80% acceptable zone by using the direct and indirect acceptability method were 32.7 and 33.8 °C, respectively. The neutral temperature and upper limit of the acceptable zone in Turfan were higher than those of the adaptive standards. Attention should be paid to the role of thermal comfort in influencing building design by using simple passive cooling strategies. The above results are believed to be potentially valuable for the design and evaluation of residential buildings located in hot–arid climate.     

东北三省部份地区森林脑炎疫源地流行病学调查

１９９２～１９９４年,对黑龙江省密山市及吉林省珲春市森林脑炎疫源地进行了流行病学调查,对东北三省九地人血清进行了抗体检测。从密山和珲春地区捕获的２１８５只嗜群血蜱和１２３只森林革蜱中分离出了９株森林脑炎病毒。从当地捕获的野鼠血清中查到特异性抗体,阳性率为１２．０％。在黑龙江省的新青、密山及吉林省的珲春、抚松、靖宇等地居民血清中检出特异性抗体,阳性率分别为２．８％、２．２％、１０．９％、１．２％和４．３％。从而认为原森林脑炎自然疫源地仍然相当稳定地存在。随着经济开发,对外口岸开放,旅游事业发展,外来人群进入,其森林脑炎的威胁有可能增加,应引起重视。     

Role of prey and intraspecific density dependence on the population growth of an avian top predator

Exploring predator–prey systems in diverse ecosystems increases our knowledge about ecological processes. Predator population growth may be positive when conspecific density is low but predators also need areas with prey availability, associated with competition, which increases the risk of suffering losses but stabilises populations. We studied relationships between European rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus (prey) and adult eagle owls Bubo bubo (predators) in south-western Europe. We assessed models explaining the predator population growth and stability. We estimated the abundance of rabbits and adult eagle owls during three years in eight localities of central-southern Spain. We explored models including rabbit and adult eagle owl abundance, accounting for yearly variations and including the locality as a random variable. We found that population growth of adult eagle owls was positive in situations with low conspecific abundance and tended to be negative but approaching equilibrium in situations of higher conspecific abundance. Population growth was also positively related to previous summer rabbit density when taking into account eagle owl conspecific abundance, possibly indicating that rabbits may support recruitment. Furthermore, abundance stability of adult eagle owls was positively related to previous winter–spring rabbit density, which could suggest predator population stabilisation through quick territory occupation in high-quality areas. These results exemplify the trade-off between prey availability and abundance of adult predators related to population growth and abundance stability in the eagle owl–rabbit system in south-western Europe. Despite rabbits have greatly declined during the last decades and eagle owls locally specialise on them, eagle owls currently have a favourable conservation status. As eagle owls are the only nocturnal raptor with such dependence on rabbits, this could point out that predators may overcome prey decreases in areas with favourable climate and prey in the absence of superior competitors with similar foraging mode.