中华芦荟组培苗与正常苗某些理化特性的比较研究

对中华芦荟（Aloe vera L.var.chinensis) 组培苗与正常苗的干重,含水量,可溶性糖含量,叶绿素及类胡萝卜素含量,蛋白质含量及蛋白质电泳,光合速率,呼吸速率,超氧化物歧化酶活性等理化指标进行了比较研究,结果表明,中华芦荟组培苗与正常苗的上述各项指标均差异不显著,证明植物组织培养方法是中华芦荟快繁的一条有效途径,可用组培苗来代替正常的扦插苗。     

中国对虾（Penaeus chinensis）4个种群的同工酶遗传变异

采用水平淀粉凝胶电泳技术分析了中国对虾（Penaeuschinensis）黄渤海沿岸种群（YP）、朝鲜半岛西海岸种群（KP）和2个养殖种群（CP1和CP2）的同工酶遗传变异水平。每个种群随机选取50尾中国对虾进行同工酶检测。在所分析的12种同工酶编码的20个基因位点中,有4个是多态位点。4个种群的多态位点比例（P0.99）分别为15%、20%、10%和20%。种群平均杂合度（观测值）（Ho）分别为0.014±0.007、0.020±0.010、0.010±0.007和0.033±0.017。4个种群的位点有效等位基因数（Ne）分别为1.015±0.008、1.023±0.011、1.011±0.007和1.042±0.022。杂合子平衡偏离指数（D）分别为+0.037、-0.030、-0.098和-0.030。2个地理种群（YP和KP）的遗传相似性系数（I）和遗传距离（D     

The role of glucosinolates and their hydrolysis products in oviposition and host-plant finding by cabbage webworm, Hellula undalis

The cabbage webworm, Hellula undalis (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a tropical pest on crucifers (Brassicaceae), differentiated among host‐plant species for oviposition in laboratory and field tests. White mustard, Sinapis alba (L.) var. Selinda, was the preferred host‐plant, followed by Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. et. Coss var. Canadian brown mustard, and pak‐choi, Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. Joi Choi, Black Behi and Bai Tsai. Glucosinolates (GS), secondary plant compounds characteristic to the Cruciferae plant family, and their breakdown products were analyzed by using HPLC and GC‐MS‐techniques. Species differed in GS composition and concentration. Content of GS was highest in S. alba with progressively lower contents detected in B. juncea and B. chinensis. The aromatic GS, 4‐hydroxybenzyl‐GS and benzyl‐GS, were detected in S. alba. In B. juncea the alkenyl GS, allyl‐GS, dominated, whereas in varieties of B. chinensis indolyl and alkenyl GS predominated. Oviposition of H. undalis females on the non‐host‐plant Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth was stimulated by application of GS extracts from the crucifer species; the extract from S. alba was preferred, followed by extracts from B. juncea and B. chinensis. Hydrolysis of GS in the plant extract from B. chinensis causes loss of the oviposition stimulatory effect of the extract. Application of the GS, allyl‐GS, and benzyl‐GS also stimulated oviposition by H. undalis. Significantly more eggs were laid on leaves treated with the aromatic GS, benzyl‐GS, than with the alkenyl GS, allyl‐GS. Host‐plant odor attracted H. undalis females but not males, in behavioral assays conducted in a Y‐tube olfactometer. Low concentrations of the GS hydrolysis product, allyl‐isothiocyanate, induced anemotaxis of females, but a high concentration of allyl‐isothiocyanate was repellent. Oviposition by H. undalis females was not stimulated by host‐plant volatiles. Females laid eggs on inserted traps and the walls of the Y‐tube regardless of presence or absence of host‐plant odor. The relevance of these results in the context of crucifer‐insect interactions is discussed.     

Responses of riparian trees to interannual variation in ground water depth in a semi-arid river basin

We investigated the physiological and growth responses of native (Populus fremontii S. Wats. and Salix gooddingii Ball) and exotic (Tamarix chinensis Lour.) riparian trees to ground water availability at the free‐flowing Hassayampa River, Arizona, during dry (1997) and wet (1998) years. In the drier year, all species experienced considerable water stress, as evidenced by low shoot water potentials, low leaf gas exchange rates and large amounts of canopy dieback. These parameters were significantly related to depth of ground water (DGW) in the native species, but not in T. chinensis, in 1997. Canopy dieback was greater in the native species than in T. chinensis when ground water was deep in 1997, and dieback increased rapidly at DGW > 2·5–3·0 m for the native species. Analysis of combined data from wet and dry years for T. chinensis tentatively suggests a similar physiological sensitivity to water availability and a similar DGW threshold for canopy dieback. In 1998, shoot water potential and leaf gas exchange rates were higher and canopy dieback was lower for all species because of increased water availability. However, T. chinensis showed a much larger increase in leaf gas exchange rates in the wet year than the native species. High leaf gas exchange rates, growth when water is abundant, drought tolerance and the maintenance of a viable canopy under dry conditions are characteristics that help explain the ability of T. chinensis to thrive in riparian ecosystems in the south‐western United States.     

龙脑香科植物望天树的居群遗传结构及分化

运用“水平切片淀粉凝胶是泳等分析”方法,对国家一级珍稀濒危保护植物望天树（Parashorea chinensis)进行了遗传多样性和居群分化的研究,通过对分布于滇南,滇东南和桂西南的9个天然居群（中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园引种载培的2个人工居群作为对照）,11个酶系统16个等位酶位点的研究表明,望天树群体内遗传变异水平极低,多态位点比率P为6．25％－12．50％（平均为6．82％）,等位基因平均数A为1．06－1．13（平均为1．07）,平均期望杂合度He为0．032－0．054（平均为0．035）,平均观测杂合度Ho为0．063,所有居群Pgm-1位点的基因型均为杂合体,其余位点的基因型均为纯合体,居群间存在低水平的遗传分化,GST值为0．030,结果表明不同于其它热带植物的报道,望天树群体的遗传结构单一,一方面反映了群体内存在大量的内繁育（无融合生殖,近交）,另一方面也说明了在进化过程中该种曾经历了严重的瓶颈效应,遗传变异大量丧失。     

两种软体动物神经系统一氧化氮合酶的组织化学定位

运用一氧化氮合酶(NOS)组织化学方法研究了软体动物门双壳纲种类中国蛤蜊和腹足纲种类嫁Qi神经系统中NOS阳性细胞以及阳性纤维的分布。结果表明：在蛤蜊脑神经节腹内侧,每侧约有10-15个细胞呈强NOS阳性反应,其突起也呈强阳性反应,并经脑足神经节进入足神经节的中央纤维网中;足神经节内只有2个细胞呈弱阳性反应,其突起较短,进入足神经节中央纤维网中,但足神经节中,来自脑神经节阳性细胞和外周神经系统的纤维大多呈NOS阳性反应;脏神经节的前内侧部和后外侧部各有一个阳性细胞团,其突起分别进入后闭壳肌水管后外套膜神经和脑脏神经索。脏神经节背侧小细胞层以及联系两侧小细胞层的纤维也呈NOS阳性反应。嫁Qi中枢神经系统各神经节中没有发现NOS阳性胞体存在;脑神经节、足神经节、侧神经节以及脑—侧、脑—足、侧—脏连索中均有反应程度不同的NOS阳性纤维,这些纤维均源于外周神经。与已研究的软体动物比较,嫁Qi和前鳃亚纲其它种类一样,神经系统中NO作为信息分子可能主要存在于感觉神经。而中国蛤蜊的神经系统中一氧化氮作为信息分子则可能参与更广泛的神经调节过程。     

云南红豆杉离体胚的培养

在MS培养基上生长的云南红豆杉离体胚的萌发率较高,达80％;成熟种子胚的萌发率高于未成熟胚;胚的萌发率随着种子贮存时间的延长而下降;胚乳有助于胚的萌发。胚培养1个月左右可获得正常的红豆杉幼苗,成苗率15％～20％。幼苗中的紫杉醇含量为0.004％,远远低于成年树皮中紫杉醇的含量(0.02％)。     

内蒙古锡林河流域不同植物群落中羊草和糙隐子草水分利用效率的变异

用稳定性同位素技术,研究了锡林河流域不同群落和生境下羊草(Leymus chinensis ( Trin.) Tzvel.)和糙隐子草(Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin.) Keng.)叶片δ13C值及其水分利用效率的变化.结果表明,在不同生境下,羊草和糙隐子草叶片δ13C 值随土壤水分含量的降低而增大,并与不同土层土壤水分含量均表现出极显著的线性负相关关系;而二者的叶片水分含量与土壤水分含量无显著的相关关系.这一结果说明,羊草和糙隐子草的水分利用效率均随土壤水分含量的降低而提高,而叶片水分含量保持相对稳定.这两种植物可能通过调节气孔导度、提高水分利用效率和增强渗透调节能力等生理生态机制适应水分状况不同的生境,从而使它们能够在锡林河流域不同植物群落中广泛分布并成为建群种或优势种.     

中国红豆杉紫杉烯合酶cDNA的分离、表达和鉴定

紫杉烯合酶是一种二萜环化酶,催化牛儿基牛儿基焦磷酸形成紫杉醇生物合成过程中的中间体紫杉烯.利用PCR扩增同源探针筛选cDNA文库,克隆了一个编码中国红豆杉(Taxus chinensis (Pilg.) Rehd.)紫杉烯合酶3′端的2 151 bp的cDNA片段,也通过PCR扩增得到了该基因5′端的611 bp的cDNA片段,将这两个cDNA片段拼接在一起,得到长2 712 bp的cDNA片段,具有一个2 586个碱基的开放阅读框架(ORF),编码包括质体转移肽在内的共862个氨基酸残基;该酶与太平洋红豆杉紫杉烯合酶有97%的同源性(identity),与其他植物萜类环化酶也有较高的同源性.利用融合表达载体pET-32a在大肠杆菌BL21trxB中表达,所表达的融合蛋白以包含体形式存在.包含体经过变性、复性和再折叠,利用His残基亲和凝胶柱层析得到融合的紫杉烯合酶.用毛细管气相色谱-质谱联用对酶促反应产物进行分析,结果表明,融合的紫杉烯合酶能催化产生4(5),11(12)-紫杉烯.