Survival and Possible Spread of Erwinia amylovora and Related Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria Exposed to Environmental Stress Conditions

The fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora was assayed for survival under unfavourable conditions such as on nitrocellulose filters, in non‐host plants as well as in inoculated mature apples and in infested apple stem sections. In a sterile dry environment, an E. amylovora EPS (exopolysaccharide) mutant, and to a lesser extent its parental wild‐type strain decreased within 3 weeks to a low titre. However, under moist conditions the decrease of viable cells occurred only partially for both strains. Very low cell titres were recovered after application of E. amylovora onto the surface of tobacco leaves, whereas infiltration into the leaves produced lesions (hypersensitive response, HR), in which the bacteria survived in significant amounts. A similar effect was found for the necrotic zones of HR in tobacco leaves caused by E. pyrifoliae, by Pseudomonas syringae pathovars and HR‐deficient E. amylovora mutants or mutants deficient in EPS synthesis and disease‐specific genes. During 7 years of storage, the viability of E. amylovora in wood sections from fire blight‐infested apple trees declined to a low titre. In tissue of mature apples, E. amylovora cells slowly dispersed and could still be recovered after several weeks of storage at room temperature. A minimal risk of accidental dissemination of E. amylovora apart from infested host plants can experimentally not be excluded, but other data confirm a very low incidence of any long distance distribution.     

浙江省清凉峰自然保护区苔藓植物区系成分研究

通过对2013~2014年于清凉峰自然保护区采集的1 500余份苔藓植物标本进行鉴定和文献研究,统计分析了清凉峰自然保护区苔藓植物种类组成,区系地理成分及特点,并对该地区与相邻8个地区藓类植物的丰富度系数比较和相似性系数比较,以明确该地区苔藓植物不同的生态分布类型,揭示浙江清凉峰保护区苔藓植物多样性的变化规律。结果表明:(1)浙江省清凉峰国家自然保护区苔藓植物共有62科143属337种(包括3个变种),其中苔类植物20科29属49种,藓类植物42科114属288种。(2)藓类植物的优势科9个、优势属16个。(3)该地区苔藓植物区系成分主要以东亚成分为主(占总种数41.84%),温带成分次之(占总种数28.57%),热带成分再次之(占总种数20.74%)。(4)浙江清凉峰自然保护区苔藓植物区系与浙江省境内的金华山、大盘山、天目山和凤阳山的亲缘关系较为密切。(5)浙江清凉峰自然保护区苔藓植物生态分布类型复杂多样,以石生类型(占总标本数的47.09%)最多,其次为岩面土生(占总标本数的27.68%)和土生(占总标本数的12.85%)类型。     

月亮山自然保护区苔藓植物垂直分布初步研究

该研究通过采集、鉴定和测量苔藓植物标本并用SPSS软件进行数据分析,对贵州省月亮山自然保护区苔藓植物的垂直分布规律进行了初步分析。结果表明：月亮山自然保护区苔藓植物共有69科147属374种,苔藓植物呈明显的带状分布;不同海拔苔藓植物科属种所占的百分比均呈先升高后降低,优势科灰藓科( Hypnaceae)和细鳞苔科( Lejeuneaceae)和优势属凤尾藓属( Fissidens)、耳叶苔属( Frullania)、真藓属( Bryum)、疣鳞苔属( CoLoLejeunea)和细鳞苔属( Lejeunea)内种数在不同海拔也呈相同趋势;该地区苔藓植物石生群落和土生群落分布最广,木生群落次之,水生群落分布最少;苔藓植物雌雄异株数量在不同海拔均比同株数量多,比例约为7∶3;随着海拔升高,多种不利环境使长柄绢藓( Entodon macropodus)的叶片显著变小、叶长与叶宽的比显著增大,叶片由卵圆形变为卵状披针形,孢蒴极显著缩短、孢子直径显著增大,孢子的产量逐渐减少,不利苔藓植物的繁殖,蒴柄显著增长,有利于孢子的传播,体现了苔藓植物在不同的海拔的适应性。该研究结果为进一步研究苔藓植物的分布及环境适应性提供了基本资料。     

Habit differentiation and chromosome evolution inPleione (Orchidaceae)

Karyotypic and heterochromatin studies suggest a basic division of the orchid genusPleione into two groups, one represented by the clearly epiphytic species and the other including both species with terrestrial trends as well as those that are truly terrestrial. The epiphytic group possesses only (sub) metacentric chromosomes and is characterised by a considerable amount of terminal heterochromatin while the terrestrial group has some subtelocentric chromosomes and only small amounts of centromeric heterochromatin. It is concluded that a major phyletic split in the mode of chromosome change occurred during the transition from the epiphytic to the terrestrial habitat.     

苹果霉心病病原Alternaria alternata拮抗菌的筛选

通过分析不同生态条件下苹果繁殖器官中的附生微生物,我们从分离到的292株菌中筛选出11株苹果霉心病病原菌Alternaria alternata的拮抗菌,它们归属于芽孢杆菌属和链霉菌属。田间试验表明B25株与A32株在防治苹果霉心病方面比多菌灵更有效。这两种菌均能定植于不同于其原始生态条件下的苹果树。     

Extracellular polysaccharidases synthesized by the epiphytic lichen Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach.

Evernia prunastri Ach., an epiphytic lichen growing on Quercus rotundifolia Lam., produces a -1,4-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.4) and a polygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15). The activity of these polysaccharidases increases as a response to incubation of the lichen with carboxymethylcellulose or sodium polygalacturonate, respectively. This increase in activity is thought to be the result of enzyme induction because it is inhibited by both cycloheximide and 8-azaguanine. Both polysaccharide-degrading enzymes are partially secreted into the incubation media.     

Riunione Generale Straordinaria in Val D'aosta

Abstract

The present study focused on the bryoflora of watercourses of the Tiber River basin watercourses (Central Italy). A total of 20 bryophyte species, which included 14 mosses and 6 liverworts, were collected at 32 river stations. Most species were recorded at stations of the watercourses' upper sections, which have rocky substrate and where there is cool and well oxygenated running water, with low trophic load. Only few species, such as Leptodictyum riparium, Cinclidotus fontinaloides and Riccia fluitans, were also found at stations of the middle and lower sections, which are characterized by slow-flowing, turbid, warm and eutrophic waters. Some species are widely distributed, among which Fontinalis antipyretica ssp. antipyretica and Platyhypnidium riparioides, while others are very rare, such as Cinclidotus aquaticus, Dialytrichia mucronata and R. fluitans. Some of the collected species are new regional records (Hygroamblystegium fluviatile, D. mucronata), regional confirmations of rare taxa in Italy (C.aquaticus) or confirmations of old regional reports (Hygroamblystegium tenax, C. fontinaloides, Aneura pinguis).     

哀牢山湿性常绿阔叶林地生、树干及树枝 附生苔藓生活型组成及其水分特性

为探讨林内不同垂直高度生境下及不同生活型苔藓植物水分特征的差异,该文对哀牢山湿性常绿阔叶林内地生苔藓、林下树干附生和林冠层树枝附生苔藓优势或常见种的生活型组成、持水力、失水特征和水分利用效率进行了研究。结果表明:地生、树干附生和树枝附生苔藓植物类群分别以交织型、扇型、悬垂型苔藓植物占据优势;地生、树干附生、枝条附生苔藓植物的饱和持水率分别为476%DW、210.98%DW、238.95%DW;地生苔藓植物的持水率和失水速率均高于附生苔藓,树干附生苔藓植物持水率低于树枝附生苔藓,而失水速率高于树枝附生苔藓。在不同生活型苔藓的水分特性上,交织型苔藓具有较高的持水率和失水速率,保水性能较弱,其次为悬垂型苔藓,扇型苔藓的持水率最小,失水速率也较快;地生和树干附生苔藓的水分利用效率均显著高于树干附生苔藓,交织型和扇型苔藓的水分利用效率显著高于悬垂型苔藓。在三种生境下,地生苔藓持水力高,水分利用效率较高而保水能力低;枝条附生苔藓持水力低,水分利用效率低而保水能力较高;树干附生苔藓水分利用效率较高而持水力和保水能力均较差。因此,不同生境下苔藓植物生活型组成及其水分变化特性在一定程度上反映了它们对不同生境的适应策略。     

龙脑香热带雨林附生苔藓沿宿主垂直梯度的微生境偏好及其指示作用

该研究首次借助林冠塔吊调查了西双版纳国家级自然保护区龙脑香热带雨林样地内69棵树13个垂直高度上的附生苔藓植物,结果表明:目标样树上共记录到隶属于25科60属的90种附生苔藓,其中细鳞苔科物种数最多,占比达25.6%。13个垂直高度上共划分出三种生态类型:喜阳苔藓(散生巨树上45 m的区域),喜阴苔藓(乔木树干上15 m的区域),广布苔藓(广泛分布于宿主各个垂直高度上,生态位宽),并筛选出对微生境有特殊偏好的17种苔藓指示种(IndVal≥0.7,P0.05)。随宿主垂直高度的升高,扇型和交织型的苔藓占比降低,悬垂型苔藓占比先升高后降低,细平铺型和粗平铺型的苔藓占比升高。大气湿度、水汽压、胸径以及树皮粗糙度对附生苔藓生活型的分布偏好具有显著影响。总之,沿宿主垂直高度上的附生苔藓对微环境变化在生活型和形态结构上有着不同的响应方式,而同一种生态型的苔藓群落有相似的适应机制。因此,在森林林冠生境变化的监测和管理中,对微生境具有明显偏好的附生苔藓物种可作为有效的指示材料。