四种刚竹属植物花器官形态描述

该文根据采自华东地区的一些刚竹属植物居群中的可靠花枝标本,结合现场调查和形态解剖观察,描述和增补了白哺鸡竹、瓜水竹、谷雨竹、云和哺鸡竹的花序、假小穗和花部形态特征,并提供了显示花枝外貌和花器官主要特征的照片。瓜水竹的花序呈头序,小花较短,应属于水竹组;而其余3种的花序呈穗状,小花较长,应归隶刚竹组。所有的凭证标本均保存于安徽省广德县林业科学研究所竹类标本室中。     

毛竹GRF转录因子家族的全基因组鉴定与分析

利用生物信息学方法,于毛竹(Phyllostachys edulis (Carr.) Lehaie)全基因组中鉴定获得18个GRF转录因子,并对其理化特性、保守结构域、系统发育关系、mi R396靶位点以及基因表达模式进行了分析。结果表明,18个Pe GRF蛋白长度为170～551 aa,分子量为18.5～58.8 k D;这些Pe GRF蛋白均具有QLQ和WRC结构域,部分Pe GRF含有FFD和TQL保守结构域。对毛竹、拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh)和水稻(Oryza sativa L.)的系统进化分析结果显示,毛竹18个GRF可分为3个亚类,且单子叶植物毛竹和水稻的GRF转录因子亲缘关系更近。mi R396靶位点预测分析结果发现,在13个Pe GRF基因序列的编码区存在毛竹mi R396结合位点; Pe GRF基因表达模式分析结果显示,Pe GRF主要在毛竹的竹笋中表达。     

毛竹材用丰产林密度效应模型研究

应用毛竹材用丰产林234块标准地材料,研究出毛竹材用丰产林密度效应的数学模型W＝0.230518N~(0.967324)D~(2.060102),并对模型进行生产弹性和边际产量分析,结果表明：毛竹材用丰产林分密度总的生产弹性值大于1,说明该地区毛竹生产力还有望进一步提高,从边际产量分析结果,如增加密度,还可提高竹林产量．该研究为毛竹材用丰产林经营活动提供科学理论的依据．     

Effects of lifelong [CO2] enrichment on carboxylation and light utilization of Quercus pubescens Willd. examined with gas exchange,biochemistry and optical techniques

Lifelong exposure to elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO₂ may enhance carbon assimilation of trees with unlimited rooting volume and consequently may reduce requirements for photoprotective pigments. In early summer the effects of elevated [CO₂] on carboxylation and light utilization of mature Quercus pubescens trees growing under chronic [CO₂] enrichment at two CO₂ springs and control sites in Italy were examined. Net photosynthesis was enhanced by 36 to 77%. There was no evidence of photosynthetic downregulation early in the growing season when sink demand presumably was greatest. Specifically, maximum assimilation at saturating [CO₂], electron transport capacity, and Rubisco content, activity and carboxylation capacity were not significantly different in trees growing at the CO₂ springs and their respective control sites. Foliar biochemical content, leaf reflectance index of chlorophyll pigments (NDVI), and photochemical efficiency of PSII (ΔF/F_m′) also were not significantly affected by [CO₂] enrichment except that starch content and ΔF/F_m′ tended to be higher at one spring (42 and 15%, respectively). Contrary to expectation, prolonged elevation of [CO₂] did not reduce xanthophyll cycle pigment pools or alter mid‐day values of leaf reflectance index of xanthophyll cycle pigments (PRI), despite the enhancement of carbon assimilation. However, both these pigments and PRI were well correlated with electron transport capacity.     

Performance of moth larvae on birch in relation to altitude, climate, host quality and parasitoids

We studied topographical and year-to-year variation in the performance (pupal weights, survival) and larval parasitism of Epirrita autumnata larvae feeding on mountain birch in northernmost Finland in 1993–1996. We found differences in both food plant quality and parasitism between sites ranging from 80 m to 320 m above sea level. Variation in food plant quality had particularly marked effects on larval survival. The advanced phenology of the birches in relation to the start of the larval period reduced pupal weights. Parasitism rates were different between years and between sites. The clearest site differences were in the proportions of different parasitoid species: Eulophus larvarum was most abundant at the lowest-altitude sites, and Cotesia jucunda at the highest. Differences in the performance of E. autumnata were related to temperature conditions: at higher temperatures, survival and the egg production index were lower, and larval parasitism was higher than at lower temperatures. The higher parasitism at higher temperatures was probably due to greater parasitoid activity during warmer days. In the comparison of different sources of spatial and annual variation in the performance of E. autumnata, the most important factor appeared to be egg mortality related to minimum winter temperature, followed by parasitism and, finally, the variation in food plant quality. If, as predicted, the climate gradually warms up, the effects of warmer summers on the outbreaks of E. autumnata suggest a decrease in outbreak intensity. Received: 4 January 1999 / Accepted: 22 March 1999     

克隆整合对异质性光照环境下紫竹根际土壤氮素有效性的影响

以根状茎克隆植物紫竹为对象,研究克隆整合对遭受异质性光照胁迫分株根际土壤有机碳(SOC)、总氮(TN)、溶解性有机碳(DOC)、溶解性有机氮(DON)、氨氮(NH_4~+-N)、硝态氮(NO_3~--N)以及微生物群落组成的影响。所取紫竹克隆片段由一个母本分株和一个子代分株组成,母本分株置于全光照下,而子代分株置于80%遮阴环境中,同时母本分株与子代分株间的根茎保持连接或割断处理。结果表明:与切断处理相比,紫竹遮荫子代分株根际土壤的SOC、TN、DOC、NH_4~+-N在保持根状茎连接时显著更高,这表明异质性光照环境下克隆整合可能改善紫竹连接遮荫子代分株根际土壤的氮素有效性。克隆整合提高了连接遮阴状态下紫竹子代分株根际土壤中的放线菌、真菌和革阴细菌的PLFAs浓度。通过对遮阴子代分株根际土壤微生物群落PLFAs主成分分析得出克隆整合导致遮阴子代分株根际土壤微生物群落结构发生显著变化。该研究结果暗示了紫竹可能通过克隆整合作用降低土壤中某些对氮利用有效性影响较低的细菌数量,而增加对土壤氮利用起重要作用的放线菌和真菌的数量,进而改善紫竹对土壤中氮利用的有效性,这有利于增强克隆植物对时空异质性生境的适应能力。     

毛竹miR164b前体的克隆及其在叶形态建成中的功能分析

microRNA（miRNA）参与植物多种生理代谢过程,在调控植物形态建成中发挥着重要作用。miR164作为植物特有的miRNA,其主要的靶基因是NAC转录因子,参与调控植物茎、叶顶端分生组织的建立、器官的分化和植株衰老等过程。本研究以毛竹（Phyllostachys edulis（Carr.） Lehaie）为材料,从中分离出miR164b的前体序列（82 bp）,二级结构分析结果发现该前体序列能够形成稳定的茎环结构,其成熟序列（21 bp）产生于茎环结构5'端的臂上,且碱基具有较高的保守性。本研究还构建了由CaMV 35S启动,包含毛竹miR164b前体序列的植物表达载体,并转化野生型拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana（L.） Heynh）,获得了转基因植株。结果表明,转基因植株生长瘦弱,莲座叶数量明显减少,叶片变小且叶片边缘锯齿减少,更加光滑。实时定量PCR分析结果显示,转基因拟南芥中毛竹miR164b的表达量极显著上升,而拟南芥内源靶基因CUC1与CUC2的表达量极显著下降。表明毛竹miR164b通过调节CUC1和CUC2的表达来参与植物叶形态建成过程。研究结果可为利用miRNA开展竹子分子育种提供参考。     

毛竹漆酶基因PeLAC的克隆与表达分析

漆酶（LAC）对植物生长发育具有重要作用。本研究以毛竹（Phyllostachys edulis（Carr.） Lehaie）为实验材料,克隆获得毛竹漆酶基因PeLAC的cDNA和基因组序列,长度分别为1692bp和2785bp。该基因包含5个内含子和6个外显子;PeLAC蛋白编码563个氨基酸,推测的分子质量和等电点分别为62.3kD和9.056。系统进化分析表明,PeLAC与其它植物的漆酶具有较高的一致性。经预测PeLAC基因编码序列中含有miR397的靶点,利用RLM-5'RACE技术证明miR397对PeLAC能够准确切割,位点位于靶序列的第10~11位碱基之间。组织特异性分析表明,PeLAC基因在茎中表达丰度最高,根中次之,叶鞘中较少,叶片中几乎未检测到表达;随着笋高度的增加,PeLAC表达丰度上升,生长至15cm时达到最大值,30cm时又有所下降;而miR397的表达与PeLAC相反。本研究同时克隆了PeLAC基因上游启动子序列PeLACp,其包含ABRE、MBS等多种与逆境胁迫相关的响应元件。利用ABA（100μmol/L）和NaCl（400mmol/L）溶液处理可明显诱导PeLAC在毛竹根中表达,而GA₃（100μmol/L）处理则对其表达具有抑制作用。     

Characterization of newly developed microsatellite loci in the stemmed yellow violet,Viola pubescens (Violaceae)

Viola pubescens is a perennial herb with a mixed mating system involving the production of both open, chasmogamous flowers and closed, cleistogamous flowers. Using a nonradioactive protocol, 12 microsatellite primers that amplified loci with perfect and imperfect repeats were developed in the species. As examined in five populations of V. pubescens using multiplex reactions, all loci exhibited polymorphism with an average of 5.4 alleles. Most primers also amplified in 12 additional Viola species and one cultivar, revealing the possibility of wide applicability across the genus. This is the first known report of microsatellite loci developed in Viola and the Violaceae.