The Level of Particulate Matter on Foliage Depends on the Distance from the Source of Emission

One of the most dangerous inhaled pollutants is particulate matter (PM). PM in inhaled air have a negative impact on human wellbeing and health, and may even cause deaths. Where pollutants have been emitted into the outdoor atmosphere, the only possible method for cleaning the air is through phytoremediation, a form of environmental biotechnology, where plants act as biological filters for pollutants. This study compared PM levels on the leaves of Tilia cordata Mill. trees growing in locations at increasing distances from the source of the PM emission. Significant differences between individual trees growing at a distance of between 3 m and 500 m from the road edge were found in: (i) the mass of PM that accumulated on leaves (total, surface, in-wax and the three determined size fractions) and (ii) the amount of waxes deposited on leaves.     

Shape of leaf photosynthetic electron transport versus temperature response curve is not constant along canopy light gradients in temperate deciduous trees

Responses of foliar light-saturated net assimilation rate (A_max), capacity for photosynthetic electron transport (J_max) and mitochondrial respiration rate (R_d) to long-term canopy light and temperature environment were investigated in a temperate deciduous canopy composed of Populus tremula L. in the upper (17–28 m) and of Tilia cordata Mill. in the lower canopy layer (4–17 m). Climatic measurements indicated that seasonal average daily maximum air temperature (T_max) was 5·5 °C (range 0·7–10·5 °C) higher in the top than in the bottom of the canopy, and strong positive correlations were observed between T_max and seasonal average integrated quantum flux density (Q_int), as well as between seasonal average daily mean temperature and Q_int. Because of changes in leaf dry mass and nitrogen per unit area, A_max, J_max, and R_d scaled positively with Q_int in both species at a common leaf temperature (T). According to J_max versus T response curves and dark chlorophyll fluorescence transients, photosynthetic electron transport was less heat resistant in P. tremula with optimum temperature of J_max, T_opt, of 33·5 ± 0·6 °C than in T. cordata with T_opt of 40·7 ± 0·6 °C. This difference was suggested to manifest evolutionary adaptation of photosynthetic electron transport to cooler environments in P. tremula, the range of which extends farther north than that in T. cordata. Possibly because of acclimation to long-term canopy temperature environment, T_opt was positively related to Q_int in P. tremula, foliage of which was also exposed to higher irradiances and temperatures, but not in T. cordata, in the canopy of which quantum flux densities and temperatures were lower, and gradients in the environmental factors less pronounced. Parallel to changes in T_opt, the activation energy for photosynthetic electron transport decreased with increasing Q_int in P. tremula, indicating that J_max of leaves acclimated to colder environment was more responsive to T in lower temperatures than that of high T acclimated leaves. Similar alterations in the activation energy for mitochondrial respiration rate were also observed, indicating that acclimation to temperature of mitochondrial and chloroplastic electron transport proceeds in a co-ordinated manner, and possibly involves long-term changes in membrane fluidity properties. We conclude that, because of correlations between temperature and light, the shapes of J_max versus T, and R_d versus T response curves vary within tree canopies, and this needs to be taken account in modelling whole canopy photosynthesis.     

暴马丁香不同种源种子和幼苗的表型性状变异及其与地理-气候因子的相关性

为探究不同产地暴马丁香﹝Syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis ( Rupr.) P. S. Green et M. C. Chang〕种子和幼苗的表型性状变异规律及其与地理-气候因子的关系,以来源于黑龙江、河北、北京、内蒙古、青海和山西的10个种源(包括6个野生种源和4个栽培种源)的种子和幼苗为实验材料,对种子长和宽、种翅长和宽、百粒质量、发芽率、叶长和宽、叶长与叶宽的比值、叶柄长、株高和地径12个表型性状进行测量;在此基础上,进行了方差分析、变异系数分析、主成分分析、聚类分析及相关性分析。结果显示：暴马丁香不同种源间种子和幼苗的表型性状均有极显著差异(P=0.01),差异较大的表型性状为发芽率、百粒质量、种翅长和种翅宽。种源内和种源间各表型性状的变异系数(CV)均差异较大,种源内CV值为1.39%~45.56%,种源间CV值为6.45%~42.76%;其中,种源内种翅长和种翅宽的CV平均值较大,发芽率和百粒质量的CV平均值均较小,而种源间发芽率和百粒质量的CV值则较大。主成分分析结果表明：暴马丁香表型性状间的差异主要体现在种子长、种子宽和叶长,其次为株高、发芽率、地径、叶宽和种翅宽。根据聚类分析结果,供试的10个种源被划分为4类,其中,来源于北京和内蒙古及3个来源于河北的种源聚为Ⅰ类,来源于黑龙江哈尔滨的2个种源聚为Ⅱ类,来源于山西的2个种源聚为Ⅲ类,来源于青海的1个种源单独聚为Ⅳ类,聚类结果与各种源的地理分布有关。相关性分析结果表明：各表型性状间及表型性状与地理-气候因子间均存在不同的相关性,其中,种子发芽率与种子的其他5个表型性状均无显著相关性;经度和纬度与各表型性状均无显著相关性,而海拔、年均温和无霜期则是影响表型性状变异的主要因子。综合分析结果显示：暴马丁香各种源间存在明显的地理遗传分化,地理隔离和生态因子的大幅变化导致其种子和幼苗的表型性状变异丰富。根据研究结果,对暴马丁香的保护和利用提出了一些建议。     

八种野豌豆属植物的核型研究

本文研究了八种野豌豆的核型,并首次报道了长尖野豌豆的染色体数目及其核型和新疆野豌豆的核型。同时提出了野豌豆属核型进化的两种趋势:原始基数的减少,从x=7→x=6→x=5;从多年生进化到一年生,核型的不对称性也随之增加。     

自然条件下风箱果的克隆构型

在自然条件下,风箱果(Physocarpus amurensis)主要靠克隆繁殖维持种群。植物克隆构型的可塑性变化对于其适应环境异质性具有重要意义。为探求风箱果的克隆构型及根茎生长动态,研究了其地下根茎的构筑型、形态特征、根茎的直径随长度变化的规律和地下根茎间的夹角。结果表明:风箱果的地下根茎的构筑型基本上属于游击型;风箱果无性系平均含有(6±2)个分株和(9.33±3.48)个根茎;根茎的直径随长度变化的曲线为抛物线型;分枝夹角较为稳定,多为30°和70°。风箱果生产大量的根茎系统,每一个克隆片段能够占据一定的空间,以保证自身生存和维持种群繁衍。     

多棘海盘车皂甙抗菌活性研究

采用有机溶剂法从多棘海盘车中提取皂甙化合物,通过中性氧化铝柱的色素吸附以及AmberLite XAD-2树脂柱的富集,得到海星皂甙。采用“管碟法”分别研究了海星皂甙对4种细菌和4种真菌的体外抑菌作用。对细菌的抗菌效果表明：海星皂甙对金黄色葡萄球菌、腊样芽孢杆菌的生长有较好的抑制作用,最低抑菌浓度分别是10、12．5mg／mL,而对大肠杆菌则无抑菌作用;对真菌的抗菌效果表明：海星皂甙对黑曲霉的生长有显著的抑制作用,而对啤酒酵母、青霉、根霉则无抑菌作用。从而说明海星皂甙对细菌和真菌的抑制作用均有一定的选择性。     

择伐对紫椴次生林乔木幼苗分布格局及种间关联性的影响

研究张广才岭林区未经人为干扰的(自然恢复次生林)和择伐后20年(择伐经营次生林)的2种紫椴次生林林分的乔木树种幼苗的分布格局及其种间关联性。结果表明: 阳性软阔叶和阴性树种幼苗在自然恢复次生林中重要值分别为7.9和64.5,在择伐经营次生林中为3.9和68.9;自然恢复次生林和择伐经营次生林中乔木树种幼苗的空间分布点格局分别在0～18 m和0～15 m尺度内呈聚集分布。自然恢复次生林中,14～45 m尺度上树种对多呈负相关;而择伐经营次生林中,所有尺度上的树种对多呈无相关性。在择伐经营次生林中,更新层中有57%的紫椴幼苗与其他乔木幼苗的树种对在大尺度上(31～45 m)呈负相关,在自然恢复次生林中该比例大于60%。在择伐经营次生林中,色木槭幼苗与其他乔木幼苗的树种对在更多尺度上(6～45 m)主要呈负相关,自然恢复次生林中的色木槭幼苗与其他乔木幼苗的树种对多在小尺度上(0～5 m)呈正相关,在大尺度上(31～45 m)无相关性。择伐加快了紫椴次生林未来的演替速度,一定程度上使得乔木树种幼苗在更大距离尺度上呈现出随机分布状态,并促使林分中乔木树种幼苗的种间关系更加协调,调整了紫椴种群幼苗种间的空间竞争关系。2个林分均处在演替进程中,在今后的林分管理中,应适当采取人工经营措施以促进林分更新及群落的恢复。     

Assessing Toxicant Effects in a Complex Estuary: A Case Study of Effects of Silver on Reproduction in the Bivalve,Potamocorbula amurensis,in San Francisco Bay

Contaminant exposures in natural systems can be highly variable. This variability is superimposed upon cyclic variability in biological processes. Together, these factors can confound determination of contaminant effects. Long term, multidisciplined studies with high frequency sampling can be effective in overcoming such obstacles. While studying trace metal contamination in the tissues of the clam, Potamocorbula amurensis, in the northern reach of San Francisco Bay, an episode of high Ag concentrations was identified (maximum of 5.5?µg g^?1) at two mid-estuary sites. High concentrations were not seen in clams up-estuary (maximum of 1.92?µg g^?1) from these sites and were reduced down-estuary (maximum of 2.67?µg g^?1). Silver is not common naturally in the environment, so its elevated presence is usually indicative of anthropogenic influences such as municipal and industrial discharge. Monthly sampling of reproductive status of clams characterized the reproductive cycle and differences in the patterns of reproductive activity that corresponded to changes in Ag tissue concentrations. The proportion of reproductive clams was less than 60% during periods when tissue concentrations were high (generally >2?µg g^?1). When tissue concentrations of Ag decreased (≤1?µg g^?1), the proportion of reproductive clams was 80 to 100%. A comparison between the annual proportion of reproductive clams and annual Ag tissue concentrations showed a significant negative correlation. No other measured environmental variables were correlated with reproductive impairment. The weight-of-evidence approach strongly supports a cause and effect relationship between Ag contamination and reduced reproductive activity in P. amurensis.     

山葡萄成熟果皮cDNA文库的构建及ESTs初步分析

以山葡萄成熟果皮为材料,采用Creator~（TM） SMART~（TM） cDNALibraryConstruction技术构建了cDNA文库。经鉴定,文库的库容量为1.001×10~6,重组率为94.1 1%,插入片段在0.25～1.9 kb。经随机测序,获得935个有效ESTs,聚类拼接后得到636条单基因簇（unigenes）,包括107个重叠群（contigs）和529个单拷贝（singlets）。这些数据为今后山葡萄功能基因分离克隆和功能基因组学研究奠定了基础。