石龙芮在城市生活污水净化中的应用潜力

采用水培技术,研究了石龙芮(Ranunculus sceleratus L.)在净化城市生活污水中的应用潜力.经5 d培养,石龙芮处理组总氮(K-N)、总磷(TP)浓度分别降低到2.93和0.097 6 mg·L-1,总去除率分别达到97.47%和98.44%;氧化还原电位(Eh)迅速提高; pH值得到一定的改善; 浊度迅速下降, 72 h后达到5度. 而对照组K-N、TP浓度分别为35.42和1.27 mg·L-1, 总去除率仅为52.29%和61.31%; 氧化还原电位上升缓慢; 浊度下降缓慢,72 h后仍为 57.8度.结果表明石龙芮在富营养化水体控制及水生生态修复中具有很大的应用潜力.     

Antiviral activity of the volatile oils of Melissa officinalis L. against Herpes simplex virus type-2

Melissa officinalis L. (Lamiaceae) has been used in a variety of practical applications in medical science. Our objective in the current study was to determine the effects of the volatile oil components of M. officinalis on Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) replication in HEp-2 cells. Four different concentrations (25, 50, 100, 150 and 200 μg/ml) of volatile oils were examined. Experiments were carried out using HEp-2 cells. M. officinalis volatile oil was found to be non-toxic to HEp-2 cells up to a concentration of 100 μg/ml. It was, however, found to be slightly toxic at a concentration over of 100 μg/ml. The antiviral activity of non-toxic concentrations against HSV-2 was tested. The replication of HSV-2 was inhibited, indicating that the M. officinalis L. extract contains an anti-HSV-2 substance.     

Irrigation effects on daily and seasonal variations of trunk sap flow and leaf water relations in olive trees

Irrigation effects on whole-plant sap flow and leaf-level water relations were characterised throughout a growing season in an experimental olive (Olea europaea L.) orchard. Atmospheric evaporative demand and soil moisture conditions for irrigated and non-irrigated olive trees were also monitored. Whole-plant water use in field-grown irrigated and rain fed olive trees was determined using a xylem sap flow method (compensation heat-pulse velocity). Foliage gas exchange and water potentials were determined throughout the experimental period. Physiological parameters responded diurnally and seasonally to variations in tree water status, soil moisture conditions and atmospheric evaporative demand. There was a considerable degree of agreement between daily transpiration deduced from heat-pulse velocity and that determined by calibration using the Penman–Monteith equation in the field. Summer drought caused decreasing leaf gas exchange and water potentials, and a progressive increase in hydraulic conductance (stronger in non-irrigated than irrigated trees), probably attributable to modifications in hydraulic properties at the soil-root interface. Negligible hysteresis, attributable to low plant capacitance, was observed in the relationship between leaf water potential and sap flow. A proportional decrease in maximum daily leaf conductance with increasing vapour pressure deficit was observed, while mean daytime canopy stomatal conductance decreased with the season. As a result, plant water use was limited and excessive drought stress prevented. Non-irrigated olive trees recovered after the summer drought, showing a physiological behaviour similar to that of irrigated trees. In addition to physiological and environmental factors, there are endogenous keys (chemical signals) influencing leaf level parameters. Olive trees are confirmed to be economical and sparing users of soil water, with an efficient xylem sap transport, maintenance of significant gas exchange and transpiration, even during drought stress.     

EXAFS study on arsenic species and transformation in arsenic hyperaccumulator

Synchrotron radiation extended X-ray absorption fine structure (SR EXAFS) was employed to study the transformation of coordination environment and the redox speciation of arsenic in a newly discovered arsenic hyperaccumulator, Cretan brake (Pteris cretica L. var nervosa Thunb). It showed that the arsenic in the plant mainly coordinated with oxygen, except that some arsenic coordinated with S as As-GSH in root. The complexation of arsenic with GSH might not be the predominant detoxification mechanism in Cretan brake. Although some arsenic in root presented as As(V) in Na₂HAsO₄ treatments, most of arsenic in plant presented as As(III)-O in both treatments, indicating that As(V) tended to be reduced to As(III) after it was taken up into the root, and arsenic was kept as As(III) when it was transported to the above-ground tissues. The reduction of As(V) primarily proceeded in the root.     

潜在木质纤维素能源植物香根草的初步研究

对南京试验地种植的香根草[ Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash]叶片的光合特性和主要矿质元素含量以及株高生长速率进行了测定,并对来源于南京试验地和东台滩涂地的香根草叶片中与纤维特性有关的化学组分的含量及水解产物的含量进行了分析和比较.结果显示:香根草叶片的净光合速率(Pn)对光量子通量密度的响应曲线呈单峰型,Pn最高可达15.3 μmol·m-2·s-1,光饱和点为1 528.6 μmol·m-2·s-1;Pn日变化曲线呈明显的双峰型,峰值分别出现在10:00和15:00.叶片中K、N、Ca、P、Mg和S的含量分别为11.2、7.6、4.3、2.7、2.8和1.5mg·g-1.5月份至10月份是香根草的快速生长期,7月份的株高生长速率最高,达42.1 cm.种植于试验地和滩涂地的香根草叶片中纤维素、半纤维素和木质素的含量分别为326.1和321.7 mg·g-1、380.2和369.5 mg·g-1、147.8和154.0 mg·g-1,产地间差异不显著(P＞0.05);苯-乙醇抽提物和灰分的含量分别为59.5和54.1 mg.g-1、81.7和71.7 mg·g-1,产地间差异显著(P＜0.05).种植于试验地和滩涂地的香根草叶片水解产物中葡萄糖和木糖含量均较高,分别为368.3和359.9 mg·g-1、245.7和204.3 mg·g-1;阿拉伯糖、半乳糖和甘露糖含量较低,三者的总含量仅为58.6和55.8 mg·g-1;其中,仅木糖含量产地间具有显著差异(P＜0.05).研究结果表明:香根草具有很强的光合能力及较快的生长速率,叶片中纤维素和半纤维素含量均较高,能够适应边际性土地种植,是一种潜在的优良木质纤维素能源植物.     

地参多糖对实验肿瘤细胞体内外增殖的影响

旨在研究地参多糖对小鼠体内S180A肿瘤细胞增殖的影响及体外对人肝癌BEL-7402细胞生长的影响.体内实验采用皮下接种小鼠S180A肿瘤细胞,以生理盐水为阴性对照,环磷酰胺为阳性对照,腹腔给药(ip给药)不同剂量地参多糖7d,称取小鼠瘤质量并计算抑瘤率.体外实验采用四甲基偶氮唑盐(MTT)法测定地参多糖对体外BEL-7402细胞抗肿瘤活性;倒置荧光显微镜观察地参多糖对BEL-7402细胞形态学的影响;流式细胞术检测地参多糖对人肝癌BEL-7402细胞周期的影响.体内实验结果表明:随着地参多糖浓度的增加,体内对小鼠S180A肿瘤的抑制率逐渐提高,最高抑瘤率可达41.29％ (P＜0.01).体外实验结果表明:随着地参多糖浓度和培养时间的增加,体外培养的BEL-7402细胞存活率逐渐降低,抑制率逐渐增加,细胞出现明显的形态学改变,且能诱导细胞凋亡;流式细胞术证实地参多糖使体外培养的BEL-7402细胞发生G0/G1期阻滞.体内外实验均证实地参多糖具有抗肿瘤作用,值得进一步开发利用.     

一个新的水稻叶绿素缺失黄叶突变体的特征及基因分子定位

从粳稻“嘉花1号”⁶⁰Coγ射线辐照的后代中筛选到一个叶绿素缺失黄叶突变体(yl11), 与野生型“嘉花1号”相比该突变体表现为全生育期植株叶片呈黄色, 叶绿素含量以及净光合速率明显下降, 叶绿体发育不完善, 并且伴随着株高等主要农艺性状的变化。遗传分析表明, 该突变性状受一对隐性核基因(yl11)控制。该突变体与籼稻“培矮64S”杂交生产的F₂、F₃群体中的分离出突变体型920个单株作为定位群体, 利用SSR和InDel分子标记将yl11基因定位在水稻第11染色体长臂上的MM2199和ID21039分子标记之间, 其物理距离约为110 kb, 目前该区域内没有发现与水稻叶绿素合成/叶绿体发育相关已知功能基因。研究结果为今后对该基因的克隆和功能分析奠定了基础。     

水稻矮秆突变体dtl1的分离鉴定及其突变基因的精细定位

文章通过对所构建的水稻突变体库进行大规模筛选,获得一个稳定遗传的矮秆突变体,与野生型日本晴相比,该突变体表现为植株矮化、叶片卷曲、分蘖减少和不育等性状,命名为dtl1(dwarf and twist leaf 1)。dtl1属于nl型矮秆,激素检测表明,矮秆性状与赤霉素和油菜素内酯无关。遗传分析显示,突变性状受单一隐性核基因控制。利用dtl1与籼稻品种Taichung Native 1杂交构建F2群体,将该突变基因DTL1定位于水稻第10染色体长臂2个SSR标记RM25923和RM6673之间约70.4 kb区域内,并与InDel标记Z10-29共分离,在该区域预测有13个候选基因,但未见调控水稻株高相关基因的报道,因此,认为DTL1基因是一个新的控制水稻株高的基因。     

Autotetraploid tangor plant regeneration from in vitro Citrus somatic embryogenic callus treated with colchicine

In vitro chromosome doubling of embryogenic callus lines of the Citrus cultivars Umatilla and Dweet tangors (Citrus reticulata Blanco×C. sinensis [L.] Osb.), Caffin clementine (C. clementina Hort. ex Tan.) and Wheeny grapefruit (C. paradisi Macf) was carried out in the presence of either 0.05 or 0.1% colchicine, or 0.01, 0.05 or 0.1% oryzalin. Embryogenic callus development was partly suppressed in the presence of colchicine, and completely suppressed by oryzalin at all concentrations tested. No plants were regenerated from any of the oryzalin treatments. Ploidy level of plants regenerated from the colchicine treatments was determined using flow cytometry and chromosome squashes. Three desirable non-chimeric, autotetraploid plants of the mono-embryonic cultivar Umatilla were produced using 0.05% colchicine and one from 0.1% colchicine. One mixoploid Dweet plant was produced using 0.1% colchicine.     

甜椒花药绒毡层的二型性及其组织化学研究

在甜椒（Capsicum annuum L.)中,靠近花粉中部的绒毡层自药隔产生,由较大的细胞组成,而花药外部区域的其余的绒毡层细胞较小,来自于初生壁层,前者的细胞具有大液泡和较大的细胞核,甲基绿－派罗宁和汞－溴酚蓝染色反应较后者弱,在造孢组织时期,二者液泡内都含有较大的球形的酸性磷酸酶颗粒,在以后的发育中,这种颗粒消失,在减数分裂时期,两种绒毡层的DNA,RNA和蛋白质合成活动增强,来自药隔的绒毡层积累了更多的DNA,绒毡层在解体时酸性磷本酶活性很高,两种不同的绒毡层退化过程相似,在全部发育过程中绒毡层内无淀粉粒。