烟台补血草盐腺结构及发育过程观察

利用叶表皮离析、扫描电镜以及常规石蜡切片法对烟台补血草[ Limonium franchetii( Debx.) Kuntze]叶片盐腺的分布和结构特征及其发育过程进行了观察.结果表明:烟台补血草叶片上、下表皮均有盐腺分布,上、下表皮的盐腺密度分别为7.57和8.09 mm-2,同一时期叶片上表皮盐腺密度略小于下表皮.烟台补血草的成熟盐腺是由20个细胞构成的复合结构,其中,中央有4个分泌细胞,每个分泌细胞外侧均伴有1个长方形的毗邻细胞,再向外依次包围着4个内杯状细胞和4个外杯状细胞,靠近叶肉细胞处还有4个收集细胞,收集细胞与盐腺的其他细胞同源;在4个分泌细胞顶端的角质层中央各有1个小孔,称为泌盐孔.烟台补血草盐腺发育过程依次经历原表皮细胞期、2细胞期、4细胞期、8细胞期、16细胞期和20细胞期6个阶段,由1个单独的原表皮细胞发育而成,发育过程中细胞均进行垂周分裂;另外,同一时期的叶片存在盐腺发育不同步的现象.根据观察结果推测烟台补血草主要通过泌盐孔L向外泌盐.     

黄花补血草叶片盐腺的发育解剖学研究

利用扫描电镜和石蜡切片法对黄花补血草叶片进行解剖学研究,观察叶片营养器官中盐腺的分布、密度、结构及发育过程。结果表明:黄花补血草叶片上、下表皮有大量的盐腺分布,且下表皮的盐腺密度比上表皮的多,盐腺周围有7～9个表皮细胞呈辐射状排列;盐腺的成熟结构由12个细胞构成,中央有4个分泌细胞,每个分泌细胞都有一个明显的分泌孔,是盐分泌出的通道;分泌细胞外侧伴有4个弧形的毗邻细胞围成一圈;盐腺内部靠近叶肉细胞处有4个收集细胞。研究认为,黄花补血草盐腺由一个表皮原始细胞发育而成,分别经历单细胞时期、2细胞时期、4细胞时期、8细胞时期和12细胞时期的不同发育阶段。     

贵州省果树蹄蝠的分类记述

2008年10月在贵州省荔波县进行翼手目动物多样性调查中,于该县永康乡采集到2号蹄蝠标本,经与国内外记载过的蹄蝠科bicolor族群的标本进行比较,这2号标本的体型较小,前臂长分别为44.26mm、42.48mm,耳大而圆,耳长22.02mm、22.58mm;鼻叶简单,前鼻叶外侧没有小附叶,中鼻叶不发达;后鼻叶稍宽于前鼻叶和中鼻叶,被3纵隔分为4个部分,P2弱小,但未消失,位于齿列线外侧,这些特征与中国和泰国记载的果树蹄蝠Hipposideros pomona一致。另对贵州早期文献中记载的双色蹄蝠H.bicolor标本进行了查阅,认为其应归为果树蹄蝠。     

Seed germination responses to salinity and temperature in Limonium supinum (Plumbaginaceae), an endemic halophyte from Iberian Peninsula

Limonium supinum, a perennial herb with interest for the restoration and gardening of arid zones, is widely distributed in saline areas from southeastern Iberian Peninsula. Laboratory experiments were carried out to assess the effects of temperature and salinity on seed germination and on germination recovery from the effects of saline conditions after transfer to distilled water. Seed germination responses were determined over a four temperature regimes (20/10, 25/15, 30/20 and 35/25 °C; 12 h light/12 h dark photoperiod) and six salinities (0, 100, 150, 200, 400 and 600 mM NaCl). The higher germination percentages were obtained in non-saline conditions, under all temperature regimes. An alternating temperature of 20 °C light and 10 °C dark yielded the maximum germination for any saline concentration. Increase in salinity delayed the beginning and end of germination and reduced the final percentage of germination, which becomes completely inhibited at 600 mM NaCl. The adverse effect of salinity is reinforced by high temperatures (30/20 and 35/25 °C). The germination rate was also negatively affected by the increase in salinity and temperature. The final recovery percentages in high salt treatments were near 100%, indicating that exposure to high concentration of NaCl did not inhibit germination permanently.     

高粱种质资源对黑束病的抗性鉴定与评价

2016-2017年,在人工接种条件下对110份高粱种质资源进行了抗黑束病鉴定与评价研究,拟探明高粱抗病性及不同寄主来源的高粱、玉米黑束病菌致病力差异。110份高粱种质资源中,对高粱来源的黑束病菌(GHS-1)表现免疫(IM)的13份(占11.8%),高抗(HR)的17份(占15.5%),抗病(R)和中抗(MR)的各14份(占25.4%);感病(S)的17份(占15.5%),高感(HS)的35份(占31.8%);对玉米来源的黑束病菌(YHS-1)表现免疫(IM)的21份(占19.1%),高抗(HR)的11份(占10.0%),抗病(R)的15份(占13.6%),中抗(MR)的12份(占10.9%);感病(S)的21份(占19.1%),高感(HS)的30份(占27.3%)。上述结果表明,目前高粱育种中广泛应用的育种种质恢复系中抗黑束病材料较为丰富,且不同寄主来源的高粱和玉米黑束病菌致病力存在差异。     

Trypanosoma cruzi (kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae): biological heterogeneity in the isolates derived from wild hosts

The course of experimental infection of Swiss mice with 95 sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi isolates included in TCI or TCII genotype was characterized. The purpose was to verify biological properties and its eventual correspondence with original host species, genotype or zymodeme. The isolates of T. cruzi were 100% infective, 55% resulted in patent parasitemia with 69% (36/52) of mortality. A meaningful biological heterogeneity was observed in both, TCI and TCII isolates. TCII isolates resulted in higher patent parasitemia 64% (38/59), in contrast to the 41% TCI infected Swiss mice (14/34). Parasitemia was not always associated to mortality. Higher biological heterogeneity was observed in T. cruzi II isolates derived from L. rosalia from the Atlantic Coastal Rain forest. TCII isolates derived from marsupials resulted in very similar infection profile in Swiss mice.     

Domestication to crop improvement: genetic resources for Sorghum and Saccharum (Andropogoneae)

BACKGROUND: Both sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) are members of the Andropogoneae tribe in the Poaceae and are each other's closest relatives amongst cultivated plants. Both are relatively recent domesticates and comparatively little of the genetic potential of these taxa and their wild relatives has been captured by breeding programmes to date. This review assesses the genetic gains made by plant breeders since domestication and the progress in the characterization of genetic resources and their utilization in crop improvement for these two related species. GENETIC RESOURCES: The genome of sorghum has recently been sequenced providing a great boost to our knowledge of the evolution of grass genomes and the wealth of diversity within S. bicolor taxa. Molecular analysis of the Sorghum genus has identified close relatives of S. bicolor with novel traits, endosperm structure and composition that may be used to expand the cultivated gene pool. Mutant populations (including TILLING populations) provide a useful addition to genetic resources for this species. Sugarcane is a complex polyploid with a large and variable number of copies of each gene. The wild relatives of sugarcane represent a reservoir of genetic diversity for use in sugarcane improvement. Techniques for quantitative molecular analysis of gene or allele copy number in this genetically complex crop have been developed. SNP discovery and mapping in sugarcane has been advanced by the development of high-throughput techniques for ecoTILLING in sugarcane. Genetic linkage maps of the sugarcane genome are being improved for use in breeding selection. The improvement of both sorghum and sugarcane will be accelerated by the incorporation of more diverse germplasm into the domesticated gene pools using molecular tools and the improved knowledge of these genomes.     

中国澜沧江鳗鲡科鱼类一新纪录——二色鳗

2006年8月1日在云南西双版纳州景洪段的澜沧江水域采集到鱼类标本1尾,经鉴定为中国澜沧江水域鳗鲡科鱼类一新记录种--二色鳗(AnguilIa bicolor McClelland,1844).本种的主要鉴别特征为:背鳍起点位于排泄孔上方.二色鳗分布于印度洋至太平洋地区沿岸的江河口及淡水内,为夜行性动物,喜食甲壳类动物和软体动物.     

Modelling hydration and photosystem II activation in relation to in situ rain and humidity patterns: a tool to compare performance of rare and generalist epiphytic lichens

A dynamic water and activity model was developed to assess how efficiently lichens can exploit in situ rain and humid air. The capacity to rehydrate and activate photosynthesis [i.e. photosystem II (PSII)] by these water sources was compared among four hydrophilic and one generalist epiphytic lichen. Hydration status, potential (instant activation) and realized (delayed activation) day‐light activity were simulated using a model based on species‐specific hydration, PSII activation characteristics and in situ water content for Platismatia norvegica in three microclimatic scenarios. The results showed that delayed PSII activation could have profound effects on lichens' ability to exploit environmental water sources. During rain, realized activity was reduced by 19, 34 and 56% compared to simulations assuming instant activation for three hydrophilic lichens in the driest microclimate. During humid air, the reduction was 81% for the most extreme species and scenario, because of slow hydration and low equilibrium water content. Many and brief hydration events may thus hamper species with slow activation and fast desiccation kinetics. No evidence of compensation by a ‘water‐holding’ morphology was observed among studied species. The developed model may provide a tool for identifying suitable habitats for long‐term persistence of lichens with physiological constraints.     

Species‐specific activation time‐lags can explain habitat restrictions in hydrophilic lichens

Photosystem II (PSII) activation after hydration with water or humid air was measured in four hydrophilic and a generalist lichen to test the hypothesis that slow activation might explain habitat restriction in the former group. For the hydrophilic species, activation was after 4 h nearly completed in Lobaria amplissima and Platismatia norvegica, while only c. 50% for Bryoria bicolor and Usnea longissima. The generalist Platismatia glauca was activated instantaneously. The effect of this on lichen field performance was investigated using a dynamic model separating the two water sources rain and humid air. Model simulations were made using the species‐specific characteristics and climate data from 12 stream microhabitats. For U. longissima, slow PSII activation could reduce realized photosynthesis by a factor of five. Bryoria bicolor was almost as severely affected, while P. norvegica displayed moderate reductions. Lobaria amplissima displayed longer realized activity periods even in unfavourable microclimates, possibly because of a higher water loss resistance. Both close proximity to streams and presence of turbulent water had a positive impact on realized activity among the slowly activated species, coinciding with observed distribution patterns of hydrophilic species. The results presented here may thus partly explain observed habitat restrictions of rare hydrophilic lichens.