兴安落叶松林碳平衡及管理活动影响研究 （英文）

 在利用大兴安岭地区根河落叶松(Larix gmelini)林生态系统定位研究站的实际观测资料验证CENTURY模型的基础上,探讨了林业经营管理方式对兴安落叶松林碳循环的影响,指出：1）目前兴安落叶松林是一个碳汇,每年净吸收碳2.65 t·hm-2。2）砍伐将使兴安落叶松林生物量和生产力下降,土壤碳含量则有所增加。干扰强度越大则其植物总生物量、生产力和土壤碳含量变化幅度越大,伐后恢复时间也越长。3）连年去除枯枝落叶处理使兴安落叶松林土壤碳含量下降,土壤越来越贫瘠。植物总生物量在前30年迅速增加,之后则趋于稳     

Stimulation of N2O emission by manure application to agricultural soils may largely offset carbon benefits: a global meta‐analysis

Animal manure application as organic fertilizer does not only sustain agricultural productivity and increase soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, but also affects soil nitrogen cycling and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions. However, given that the sign and magnitude of manure effects on soil N₂O emissions is uncertain, the net climatic impact of manure application in arable land is unknown. Here, we performed a global meta‐analysis using field experimental data published in peer‐reviewed journals prior to December 2015. In this meta‐analysis, we quantified the responses of N₂O emissions to manure application relative to synthetic N fertilizer application from individual studies and analyzed manure characteristics, experimental duration, climate, and soil properties as explanatory factors. Manure application significantly increased N₂O emissions by an average 32.7% (95% confidence interval: 5.1–58.2%) compared to application of synthetic N fertilizer alone. The significant stimulation of N₂O emissions occurred following cattle and poultry manure applications, subsurface manure application, and raw manure application. Furthermore, the significant stimulatory effects on N₂O emissions were also observed for warm temperate climate, acid soils (pH < 6.5), and soil texture classes of sandy loam and clay loam. Average direct N₂O emission factors (EFs) of 1.87% and 0.24% were estimated for upland soils and rice paddy soils receiving manure application, respectively. Although manure application increased SOC stocks, our study suggested that the benefit of increasing SOC stocks as GHG sinks could be largely offset by stimulation of soil N₂O emissions and aggravated by CH₄ emissions if, particularly for rice paddy soils, the stimulation of CH₄ emissions by manure application was taken into account.     

Nitrogen losses in puddled soils as affected by timing of water deficit and nitrogen fertilization

Erratic rainfall in rainfed lowlands and inadequate water supply in irrigated lowlands can results in alternate soil drying and flooding during a rice (Oryza sativa L.) cropping period. Effects of alternate soil drying and flooding on N loss by nitrification-denitrification have been inconsistent in previous field research. To determine the effects of water deficit and urea timing on soil NO₃ and NH₄, floodwater NO₃, and N loss from added ¹⁵N-labeled urea, a field experiment was conducted for 2 yr on an Andaqueptic Haplaquoll in the Philippines. Water regimes were continuously flooded, not irrigated from 15 to 35 d after transplanting (DT), or not irrigated from 41 to 63 DT. The nitrogen treatments in factorial combination with water regimes were no applied N and 80 kg urea-N ha^–1, either applied half basally and half at 37 DT or half at 11 DT and half at 65 DT. Water deficit at 15 to 35 DT and 41 to 63 DT, compared with continuous soil flooding, significantly reduced extractable NH₄ in the top 30-cm soil layer and resulted in significant but small (<1.0 kg N ha^–1) soil NO₃ accumulations. Soil NO₃, which accumulated during the water deficit, rapidly disappeared after reflooding. Water deficit at 15 to 35 DT, unlike that at 41 to 63 DT, increased the gaseous loss of added urea N as determined from unrecovered ¹⁵N in ¹⁵N balances. The results indicate that application of urea to young rice in saturated or flooded soil results in large, rapid losses of N (mean = 35% of applied N), presumably by NH₃ volatilization. Subsequent soil drying and flooding during the vegetative growth phase can result in additional N loss (mean = 14% of applied N), presumably by nitrification-denitrification. This additional N loss due to soil drying and flooding decreases with increasing crop age, apparently because of increased competition by rice with soil microorganisms for NH₄ and NO₃.     

Current perspectives in pulmonary surfactant — Inhibition, enhancement and evaluation

Pulmonary surfactant (PS) is a complicated mixture of approximately 90% lipids and 10% proteins. It plays an important role in maintaining normal respiratory mechanics by reducing alveolar surface tension to near-zero values. Supplementing exogenous surfactant to newborns suffering from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a leading cause of perinatal mortality, has completely altered neonatal care in industrialized countries. Surfactant therapy has also been applied to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) but with only limited success. Biophysical studies suggest that surfactant inhibition is partially responsible for this unsatisfactory performance. This paper reviews the biophysical properties of functional and dysfunctional PS. The biophysical properties of PS are further limited to surface activity, i.e., properties related to highly dynamic and very low surface tensions. Three main perspectives are reviewed. (1) How does PS permit both rapid adsorption and the ability to reach very low surface tensions? (2) How is PS inactivated by different inhibitory substances and how can this inhibition be counteracted? A recent research focus of using water-soluble polymers as additives to enhance the surface activity of clinical PS and to overcome inhibition is extensively discussed. (3) Which in vivo, in situ, and in vitro methods are available for evaluating the surface activity of PS and what are their relative merits? A better understanding of the biophysical properties of functional and dysfunctional PS is important for the further development of surfactant therapy, especially for its potential application in ARDS.     

The end of the adaptive landscape metaphor?

The concepts of adaptive/fitness landscapes and adaptive peaks are a central part of much of contemporary evolutionary biology; the concepts are introduced in introductory texts, developed in more detail in graduate-level treatments, and are used extensively in papers published in the major journals in the field. The appeal of visualizing the process of evolution in terms of the movement of populations on such landscapes is very strong; as one becomes familiar with the metaphor, one often develops the feeling that it is possible to gain deep insights into evolution by thinking about the movement of populations on landscapes consisting of adaptive valleys and peaks. But, since Wright first introduced the metaphor in 1932, the metaphor has been the subject of persistent confusion, from equivocation over just what the features of the landscape are meant to represent to how we ought to expect the landscapes to look. Recent advances—conceptual, empirical, and computational—have pointed towards the inadequacy and indeed incoherence of the landscapes as usually pictured. I argue that attempts to reform the metaphor are misguided; it is time to give up the pictorial metaphor of the landscape entirely and rely instead on the results of formal modeling, however difficult such results are to understand in ‘intuitive’ terms.

Measurement of mass flow of water in the stems of herbaceous plants

Abstract. Heat balance methods of stem flow measurement offer the opportunity to measure directly the mass flow rate of water in plants. We have tested one such approach; the constant power heat balance method of Sakuratani (1981). The results supported his statement of an approximate accuracy of 10% when measuring the transpiration rate of herbaceous plants. The response to sudden changes in stem flow rate is not instantaneous, but investigation of the time constant shows that it decreases as stem flow increases, to the extent that, at flow rates typical of daytime conditions the system is capable of accurately tracking changes in stem flow within 5 min or less.
We describe a new gauge design that is relatively rugged, simple to use with an appropriate digital datalogger and suitable for field use over prolonged periods of time. It does not injure or penetrate the stem, is amenable to continuous and direct recording of the mass flow rate of water in the stem and requires no calibration. A further refinement, which should improve both the accuracy and the dynamic response of the system, is proposed.     

Exosomal microRNA-155-5p from PDLSCs regulated Th17/Treg balance by targeting sirtuin-1 in chronic periodontitis

The mechanism of local inflammation and systemic injury in chronic periodontitis is complicated, in which and exosomes play an important role. In our study, we found that T helper cell 17 (Th17)/regulatory T cell (Treg) balance is destabilized in the peripheral blood of patients with periodontitis, with upregulated Th17 or downregulated Treg, respectively. Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used to simulate the inflammatory microenvironment of chronic periodontitis. The exosomes were extracted from periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) in LPS-induced periodontitis environment, which inversely effected on CD4+ T cells under normal and inflammatory conditions. Furthermore, compared with exosomes from normal PDLSCs, lower expression of microRNA-155-5p (miR-155-5p) and higher expression of Sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) were observed in exosomes from LPS-stimulated PDLSCs. Exosomes from PDLSCs alleviated inflammatory microenvironment through Th17/Treg/miR-155-5p/SIRT1 regulatory network. This study aimed to find the “switching” factors that affected the further deterioration of periodontitis to maximally control the multiple downstream damage signal factors to further understand periodontitis and find new targets for its treatment.     

Unilateral and bilateral hybridization barriers in inter-series crosses of 4x 2EBN Solanum stoloniferum, S. pinnatisectum, S. cardiophyllum, and 2x 2EBN S. tuberosum haploids and haploid-species hybrids

Wild Mexican potato species are an important untapped source of useful variation for potato improvement. Introgression methods such as 2n gametes, chromosome doubling, and crossing with disomic 4x 2 endosperm balance number (EBN) bridge species have been used to overcome post-zygotic endosperm failure according to the EBN hypothesis. Stylar barriers can prevent zygote formation, bilaterally when zygote formation is blocked in both directions of the cross or unilaterally when zygote formation is blocked in self incompatible (SI) × self compatible (SC) crosses. In several Solanaceae species, the S-locus for SI has been implicated in interspecific incompatibility. The objectives of this research were to determine if: (1) disomic 4x 2EBN Solanum stoloniferum can be used as a bridge species for introgression of the Mexican 2x 1EBN species Solanum cardiophyllum and Solanum pinnatisectum, (2) pre- and/or post-zygotic barriers limit hybridization among EBN compatible Solanum inter-series crosses, and (3) reproductive barriers act unilaterally or bilaterally. Fruit formation and seed set was recorded for inter-pollinations of S. stoloniferum, 4x 2EBN chromosome doubled S. cardiophyllum and S. pinnatisectum, and 2x 2EBN S. tuberosum haploids (HAP) or haploid-species hybrids (H-S). In vivo pollen tube growth was analyzed for each cross combination with fluorescence microscopy. Attempts to create bridge hybrids between S. stoloniferum, and S. cardiophyllum or S. pinnatisectum were not successful. Pre- and post-zygotic barriers prevented seed formation in crosses involving S. cardiophyllum and S. pinnatisectum. Self compatibility in S. stoloniferum and S. pinnatisectum suggests that the S-locus does not contribute to the stylar barriers observed with these species. Alternatively, the presence of functional and nonfunctional (SC) S-alleles may explain interspecific incompatibility in intra- and inter-ploidy crosses. A non-stylar unilateral incongruity was discovered in H-S/HAP × S. stoloniferum crosses, indicating either a post-zygotic barrier, or a pre-zygotic barrier acting at or within the ovary. Furthermore, lack of S. stoloniferum pollen rejection may occur through absence of S. stoloniferum pollen-active genes needed to initiate pollen rejection, or through competitive interaction in S-locus heterozygous S. stoloniferum pollen. Introgression strategies using these species would benefit potato breeding by introducing genetic diversity for several traits simultaneously through co-current introgression.     

差巴嘎蒿灌丛土壤和根系含水量对降雨的响应

以科尔沁沙地半固定沙丘灌木差巴嘎蒿(Artemisia halodendron)为对象,用土钻取样法和壕沟法研究了2006年生长季降雨后差巴嘎蒿周围土壤和根系含水量的时空分布特征及其相互关系,并计算了该灌丛的水量平衡.结果表明:该灌丛在降雨后对水分有暂时存储作用;降雨结束后,灌丛主干的茎流作用使得灌丛中心位置的土壤含水量高于灌丛丛幅垂直投影1/4和3/4处的土壤含水量;雨后6 h灌丛根系含水量与灌丛中心位置的土壤含水量呈极显著的负相关(r=-0.89,P＜0.01);灌丛根系含水量在雨后126 h内出现胁迫脉冲间歇反应.水量平衡计算表明,灌丛边缘外1 m处土壤蒸散量高于灌丛覆盖区的蒸散量,灌丛覆盖可降低土壤水分蒸散速率.