Population heterogeneity of plasmid-bearing and plasmid-freeBacillus subtilis strains under different environmental conditions

The population heterogeneity of recombinant and plasmid-freeBacillus subtilis strains introduced into aquatic microcosms was studied. After introduction, the population of the plasmid-free strainB. subtilis 2335 in microcosms has long been represented by both vegetative cells and spores, whereas, already ten days after introduction, the population of the recombinant strainB. subtilis 2335/105 (Km^rInf⁺) was represented only by spores. The number of plasmid copies in the spore isolates of the recombinant strain was the same as before introduction, but the plasmid abundance in the vegetative isolates of this strain decreased. The isolates ofB. subtilis 2335/105 obtained from microcosms and the variants of this strain obtained by ten successive subcultures on M9 and 0. I× M9 media with and without kanamycin (Km) differed in the number of plasmid copies, Km resistance, and maximum biomass yield during batch cultivation. Irrespective of the presence of Km, more than 50% of the variants subcultured on M9 medium showed reduced plasmid abundance. At the same time, about 70% of the variants subcultured on 0.1 × M9 medium with Km and 90% of the variants subcultured on the same medium without Km retained the initial number of plasmid copies. The variants subcultured on media with Km retained the initial biomass level. In more than 70% of the variants isolated from media without Km, the biomass yield increased.     

厦门地区百合新品种引种栽培

本文总结了厦门园林植物园25个百合新品种的引种栽培表现,探讨栽培管理中光照、温度、土壤pH、施肥、病虫害等若干因素的影响。     

浙江植物引种驯化研究进展与思考

引种驯化是增加植物资源的一种传统育种方法。本文从浙江省农业科学院亚热带作物研究所引种驯化研究发展回顾入手,剖析了温州植物引种结果,以方法的改进反映浙江现代引种驯化学术水平的进步,最后讨论了植物引种驯化研究的若干问题。     

Naturalization and invasion of alien plants: concepts and definitions

Abstract.  Much confusion exists in the English-language literature on plant invasions concerning the terms 'naturalized' and 'invasive' and their associated concepts. Several authors have used these terms in proposing schemes for conceptualizing the sequence of events from introduction to invasion, but often imprecisely, erroneously or in contradictory ways. This greatly complicates the formulation of robust generalizations in invasion ecology.
Based on an extensive and critical survey of the literature we defined a minimum set of key terms related to a graphic scheme which conceptualizes the naturalization/invasion process. Introduction means that the plant (or its propagule) has been transported by humans across a major geographical barrier. Naturalization starts when abiotic and biotic barriers to survival are surmounted and when various barriers to regular reproduction are overcome. Invasion further requires that introduced plants produce reproductive offspring in areas distant from sites of introduction (approximate scales: > 100 m over < 50 years for taxa spreading by seeds and other propagules; > 6 m/3 years for taxa spreading by roots, rhizomes, stolons or creeping stems). Taxa that can cope with the abiotic environment and biota in the general area may invade disturbed, seminatural communities. Invasion of successionally mature, undisturbed communities usually requires that the alien taxon overcomes a different category of barriers.
We propose that the term 'invasive' should be used without any inference to environmental or economic impact. Terms like 'pests' and 'weeds' are suitable labels for the 50–80% of invaders that have harmful effects. About 10% of invasive plants that change the character, condition, form, or nature of ecosystems over substantial areas may be termed 'transformers'.     

苦丁茶在海南儋州的引种试种

在海南儋州进行苦丁茶引种试验。结果表明,儋州地区适宜种植苦丁茶,且能获得较高产量。田间试验表明,适当遮阳能促进植株的生长,灌溉是种植成功并获得高产的重要条件;生产中要加强技术管理,培养合理的树冠,以便保持持续的高产、稳产。     

粤东沿海引种无瓣海桑试验

粤东沿海引种无瓣海桑试验4年的结果表明:该引种区分别比原产地及我国已引种成功的湛江、深圳更北1°08'2°22'和1°06',有其特殊的生长发育、生态适应性等特点以及造林、管护等技术规程,共造林面积243.3hm²,是目前我国该树种引种最北、面积最大、引种最成功的林分.经观测,该林分生长发育正常,在适宜生境下,造林后1年平均树高生长可达2.24m,比乡土树种提前6～7年实现防护作用:造林后一年开花结实,每年2次,能自然更新,1998年9月种植的林分已出现4期自然更新小苗,而且,其抗逆性、经济品质等生物、经济学特性与原产地基本相同.     

闽南丘陵山地引种栽培树木的物候期与抗寒力调查

本试验以厦门同安祥溪国有林场为试验点,进行为期30多年的引种驯化试验。对35种主要树种的物候观测表明,引种树木叶芽及幼叶的生长集中在每年3月,花期集中在2~6月,果熟期集中在7~10月。寒害调查结果表明,引种保存的117个树种中,未受寒害或受寒害轻、能在同安正常越冬的有83种,占70.9%;中度冻害的有八宝树、石笔木等16种,占13.7%;而受冻严重和地上部分冻死的有柚木、白格等18种,占15.4%。绝大部分树种均可顺利渡夏,90多种已开花结实;无病虫害或危害轻微不影响生长发育的有109种,占93.2%;病虫影响严重的有桔红、细子龙等8种,占6.8%;造林成活率大于80%的有110种,占93.8%。试验结果表明,闽南丘陵山地收集保存的树种种质资源的生态适应性是多样的,这些树种在生长发育和适应性等方面表现出较大的差异性。     

人为引入和气候变化对灰喜鹊未来分布的影响

气候变化和人为引种正在改变世界物种的分布格局,对生态系统中的关键物种构建分布模型,有助于理解全球气候变化背景下物种的分布变化规律,并预测其对生态系统的潜在影响。灰喜鹊(Cyanopica cyanus)是重要的食虫鸟类,对控制虫害、维持森林生态系统的稳定性具有重要意义,由于人为引种等原因,目前灰喜鹊已在其自然分布地外建立了多处可自我维持的种群。基于气候生态位理论,使用最大熵模型构建了自然分布地模型、引入地模型及综合分布模型等3种模型,模拟灰喜鹊在当前时期、2050s时期及2070s时期的潜在适生区,并以此分析灰喜鹊的分布格局与变化趋势。结果表明：(1)当前时期,自然分布地种群的适生区主要分布于华北、华中和华东地区,而引入地种群的适生区则主要分布于华南和西南地区;(2)在未来气候变化的背景下,各模型结果均表明灰喜鹊有显著的扩张趋势,自然分布地种群主要表现为向高纬度、高海拔地区扩散,截至2070s时期,适生区的质心向北偏东25°方向移动了229.16 km,而引入地种群扩张趋势较缓,截至2070s时期,质心仅向北偏东46°方向移动了67.69 km;(3)从适宜值方面来看,自然分布地模型中...     

人工引入传粉者对油茶丰产的意义及潜在的生物安全

动物传粉在全球生态系统中提供重要服务,全球农业生产对动物传粉服务的需求稳定增长。油茶是我国特有的重要木本油料植物,栽培历史悠久,由于严格自交不亲和而高度依赖动物传粉。基于我国油茶产业发展的新形势,从资源分配和花粉限制等生态因素系统分析了油茶产量受限制的原因,提出油茶的传粉者限制效果等同于花粉限制效果,人工引入潜在的高效传粉者是解除油茶资源限制措施和传粉生态限制措施之间冲突、提高油茶产量的有效途径。论述了人工引入传粉者传粉服务的优势和挑战。对人工引入传粉者,特别是外来传粉者所面临的潜在风险和控制途径进行了梳理,提出从传粉生态服务解决油茶产量和质量问题的新思路。全文旨在为人工引入传粉者在油茶丰产中的作用提供理论与科学依据,以期促进油茶产业健康有序发展。     

Genetic examination of the type specimen of Ulva australis suggests that it was introduced to Australia

‘Ana‐aosa’, one of the most common marine green algae in Japan, was described as Ulva pertusa Kjellman in 1897 from Hakodate in northern Japan. Ulva pertusa was considered to be a temperate species, with its native distributional range restricted to northeastern Asia. Although this species has been reported from various regions outside northeastern Asia, these records have been explained as non‐indigenous populations. Recently, on the basis of genetic data and nomenclatural priority, U. pertusa was synonymized with U. australis Areschoug, a species described in 1851 from specimens collected in South Australia. Based on genetic studies, Australian populations identified as U. pertusa had been considered to have originated from Japan. However, the published genetic data on U. australis in Australia have been based only on recent collections and no historical specimens have been examined. We tested the hypothesis that native (true) U. australis is an independent species of very similar morphology to U. pertusa, but that its natural domination of shoreline habitats has been suppressed by introduced populations of U. pertusa from Asia. In the present study, we extracted DNA from the type specimen of U. australis housed in the Swedish Museum of Natural History (S) and obtained DNA sequences of the chloroplast rbcL gene and the nuclear rDNA ITS2 region. Our results show that U. australis and U. pertusa are genetically virtually identical, confirming that U. pertusa is a synonym of U. australis. This suggests that the introduction of U. australis to Australia occurred by the middle of the 19th century, when the type was collected and before there was a direct shipping route between Japan and Australia. We speculate that the introduction of U. australis to Australia occurred as a secondary introduction from non‐indigenous populations in northeastern Asia, but not directly from Japan.