侧柏亚科三种植物的核型及其细胞分类学研究

分析了北美乔柏、北美香柏和西方翠柏的核型,它们的核型公式分别为Ｋ（２ｎ）＝２２＝１６ｍ＝１６ｓｍ（２ＳＡＴ）,２０ｍ（２ＳＡＴ）＋２ｓｍ和２０ｍ（２ＳＡＴ）＋２ｓｍ。北美乔柏的核型为首次报道。经对侧伯亚科１０个属（２２种）的核型的比较分析,似见南半球５属和侧柏属及Ｔｅｔｒａｃｌｉｎｉｓ最为原始,罗汉柏属和崖柏属最进化,翠柏属居中。本文还讨论了翠柏属、侧柏属及南半球属的分类位置。     

濒危植物崖柏遗传多样性研究

以重庆市大巴山和雪宝山的崖柏为研究对象,对其鳞叶的形态分化进行了初步研究,并用RAPD分子标记技术探讨了该物种在分子水平上的遗传变异。结果表明:崖柏居群内和居群间均存在着广泛的表型及基因型的变异;基于形态数据建立的崖柏居群之间的关系和基于RAPD数据建立的关系不相符;空间距离和生态因子对崖柏居群进化的影响较小;崖柏居群之间的基因流水平较低;应对崖柏居群采取就地保护的措施。     

崖柏群落优势乔木树种种间关系

采用样方调查法,对组成崖柏群落的乔木树种进行调查。通过计算重要值确定崖柏群落优势乔木树种,研究优势树种的总体联结性、2物种间的联结性和种间协变。结果表明:崖柏群落内的15个优势树种总体间存在负关联;2物种间具有显著正联结的种对有:高山栎-川陕鹅耳枥、高山栎-华中八角、大叶青冈-乌岗栎、铁杉-华西花楸、华千金榆-青榨槭、华千金榆-大叶青冈、大叶青冈-川鄂山茱萸、川陕鹅耳枥-华中八角;呈显著负联结的种对是高山栎-青榨槭;崖柏与其他优势树种的联结性均未达到显著程度;有26个种对表现出明显的正协变,12个种对表现出明显的负协变;种对正协变的存在是由于这些物种对环境资源的利用具有相似性所致。     

Phylogeny and Biogeography of Thuja L. （Cupressaceae）, an Eastern Asian and North American Disjunct Genus

In order to develop better insights into biogeographic patterns of eastern Asian and North American disjunct plant genera, sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (nr DNAITS) region were used to estimate interspecific relationships of Thuja L. (Cupressaceae) and infer its biogeography based on the phylogeny. According to the phylogenetic analysis, two clades were recognized. The first clade included Thuja plicata D. Don (western North America) and T. koraiensis Nakai (northeastern Asia), and the second one contained T. occidentalis (Gord.) Cart. (Japan). The ancestral area of Thuja was inferred to be eastern Asia, and two dispersal events were responsible for the modern distribution of Thuja in North America. Both the North Atlantic land bridge and Bering land bridge were possible routes for the migration of ancestral populations to North America.     

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical dose–response trial of an extract of Baptisia, Echinacea and Thuja for the treatment of patients with common cold

The aim of this study was to verify the efficacy and safety of an herbal medication containing an extract of a mixture of Baptisiae tinctoriae radix, Echinaceae pallidae/purpureae radix and Thujae occidentalis herba (SB-TOX) in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections (URIs), and to test whether SB-TOX's clinical efficacy is dose dependent. A total of 91 adults (mean age 42.1±13.0 years) were randomised to receive 19.2 mg of SB-TOX (n=31), 9.6 mg SB-TOX (n=29) or placebo (n=31) three times daily for 3–12 days. Since a “running nose” is the main symptom of a common cold, the total number of facial tissues used throughout the clinical duration of their cold was the primary efficacy parameter. In the intention-to-treat analysis, this total number of tissues decreased with increasing extract dose. The slope across groups according to the Jonckheere test was significant (p=0.0259). In the high-dose group, the standardised effect size Δ/SD was 0.46 compared with placebo. Time to relevant improvement in cold symptoms (measured as the time until less than 30 tissues per day were used) was 1.1 days (95% CI 0.52; 1.67), 0.76 days (95% CI 0.28; 1.24) and 0.52 days (95% CI 0.22; 0.82) in the placebo, low-dose and high-dose groups, respectively (p_LogRank=0.0175). No adverse events were reported. This study demonstrates the efficacy and safety of SB-TOX in the treatment of URIs, and that its efficacy is dose dependent.     

Seasonal Changes in the Photosynthetic Efficiency of Thuja occidentalis (L.) and Chamaecyparis lawsonia (A. Murray bis.)

Abstract: Seasonal changes in the efficiency of charge separation in PSII were studied in Thuja occidentalis (L.) and Chamaecyparis lawsonia (A. Murray bis.). Maximum light-dependent charge separation decreased with decreasing temperatures in early winter in both species, but this was less drastic in Chamaecyparis than in Thuja. No positive relationship was seen between photoinhibition and irradiance. Rather, photoinhibition increased as photon flux densities decreased towards midwinter, and it decreased as photon flux densities increased towards spring. However, the decrease in maximum light-dependent charge separation was much stronger on the light-exposed upper surface of the twigs, where in Thuja visible browning occurred, than on the underside of the twigs. During spring, recovery of the photosynthetic efficiency and regreening were observed as both mean temperatures and irradiance increased. Transfer in midwinter of strongly photo-inhibited twigs of Thuja to temperatures close to 20 °C resulted in considerable recovery of PSII activity within several days when low light was also present. Recovery did not occur at temperatures close to freezing or at room temperature in darkness. An analysis of fluorescence quenching suggested photoprotective dissipation of excess radiation not only in the light harvesting antennae of PSII but also in the reaction centres. Reaction centre quenching appeared to be stronger in Thuja than in Chamaecyparis. PSI was fully active in twigs whether or not PSII was photoinhibited. The antioxidant ascorbate was almost fully reduced even in midwinter.     

干旱和复水对崖柏光合特性及水分利用效率的影响

以4年生崖柏(Thuja sutchuenensis Franch.)盆栽实生苗为材料,试验干旱和复水对崖柏光合特性及水分利用效率的影响。结果显示,在自然干旱处理过程中,叶片相对含水量(LRWC)在土壤相对含水量(SRWC)降至30%之后开始出现下降;净光合速率(P_n)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)、光饱和点(LSP)和最大光合速率(P_max)随着土壤可利用水分的减少而逐渐降低;而表观量子效率(Q)、表观量子需要量(1/Q)及光补偿点(LCP)未发生明显变化;水分利用效率(WUE)则随着SRWC的下降而逐渐提高。在停止浇水50 d后(SRWC下降约95%),叶片萎蔫,净光合速率接近零,复水后3 d,净光合速率(P_n)恢复至对照的88.59%,WUE降至对照的88.63%。通过干旱-复水一系列生理指标的变化分析认为,崖柏为干旱避免型植物。     

Conifer seedling recruitment in a southeastern Canadian boreal forest: the importance of substrate

Abstract. In order to explain conifer species recruitment in Canada's southeastern boreal forest, we characterized conifer regeneration microsites and determined how these microsites vary in abundance during succession. Microsite abundance was evaluated in deciduous, mixed and coniferous stands along a 234-yr postfire chronosequence. Conifers were most often found in relatively well-illuminated microsites, devoid of litter, especially broad-leaf litter, and with a reduced cover of lower vegetation (< 50 cm tall). Although associated with moss-rich forest floor substrates, Abies balsamea was the most ubiquitously distributed species. Picea glauca and especially Thuja occidentalis seedlings were frequently found on rotten logs. Light measurements did not show differences among seedling species nor between stand types. The percentage cover of broad-leaf litter decreased significantly during succession. Also, rotten logs covered with moss occupied a significantly larger area in the mid-successionnal stands than in early successional deciduous or late successional coniferous stands. The results suggest that the presence of specific forest floor substrate types is a factor explaining low conifer recruitment under deciduous stands, conifer codominance in the mid-successional stage, and delayed Thuja recolonization after fire. Results also suggest that some facilitation mechanism is responsible for the observed directional succession.