Root-microbial effects on plant iron uptake from siderophores and phytosiderophores

Collaborative experiments were conducted to determine whether microbial populations associated with plant roots may artifactually affect the rates of Fe uptake and translocation from microbial siderophores and phytosiderophores. Results showed nonaxenic maize to have 2 to 34-fold higher Fe-uptake rates than axenically grown plants when supplied with 1 μM Fe as either the microbial siderophore, ferrioxamine B (FOB), or the barley phytosiderophore, epi-hydroxymugineic acid (HMA). In experiments with nonsterile plants, inoculation of maize or oat seedlings with soil microorganisms and amendment of the hydroponic nutrient solutions with sucrose resulted in an 8-fold increase in FOB-mediated Fe-uptake rates by Fe-stressed maize and a 150-fold increase in FOB iron uptake rates by Fe-stressed oat, but had no effect on iron uptake by Fe-sufficient plants. Conversely, Fe-stressed maize and oat plants supplied with HMA showed decreased uptake and translocation in response to microbial inoculation and sucrose amendment. The ability of root-associated microorganisms to affect Fe-uptake rates from siderophores and phytosiderophores, even in short-term uptake experiments, indicates that microorganisms can be an unpredictable confounding factor in experiments examining mechanisms for utilization of microbial siderophores or phytosiderophores under nonsterile conditions.     

Modelling the effects of population aggregation on the efficiency of insect pest control

A methodology is developed to assess the effects of spatial distribution on the efficiency of insect pest control. This methodology is especially applicable to pest control methods whose efficiency of action depends either positively or negatively on pest density It is applied here to the sterile insect technique and pheromone trapping for male annihilation, which both depend negatively on density. This methodology relies on quantifying clumps of various size and then relating this to efficiency of control and predicting the total pest production given the information on clump sizes and efficiency of control for each clump size. It is found that control is about four times as difficult for a population that is highly clumped (k of the negative binomial distribution=0.25) as for a regularly dispersed population.     

Amino acids in anthers of Milo and in cytoplasmic genetic male sterile sorghums (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) of Indian origin

Summary Amino acid composition of proteins from anthers of milo and Indian origin male steriles were determined. Comparison of amino acid between A and B lines showed lower contents of histidine, threonine, glutamic acid, glycine, leucine and phenylalanine and higher contents of alanine, serine, proline and tyrosine in line A compared to line B. Alanine content in anthers of A lines was more than two fold higher than that in the anthers from B lines. Marked differences in amino acid composition of anthers of A and B lines are suggestive of their involvement in male sterility. Cytoplasmic male steriles of Indian origin M35-1A and M31-2A showed greater similarity but differed from milo, VZM2A and B.     

Stereological investigation on the increase in surface area due to the microtriches of the hydatid cyst in different organs and in different hosts

Bortoletti G. and Diaz G. 1978. Stereological investigation on the increase in surface area due to the microtriches of the hydatid cyst in different organs and in different hosts. International Journal for Parasitology8: 433–436. The increase in surface area of the germinal membrane due to the microtriches has been morphometrically investigated in Echinococcus granulosus cysts developed in three different intermediate hosts. The results, achieved by Stereological methods, indicate that the development of the microtriches: (a) is more or less homogeneous all over the germinal membrane of the cysts; (b) is greater in human than in pig and sheep cysts; (c) is also greater in lung than in liver cysts within the same host and it is not related to the fertility or sterility of the parasite.     

镧胁迫下外源H2O2对裸燕麦幼苗叶绿素荧光参数和光合碳同化酶活性的影响

稀土污染已成为制约农业发展的一种重要因素,为探讨外源过氧化氢(H_2O_2)缓解裸燕麦镧(La)胁迫伤害的光合生理机制,以‘白燕7号’裸燕麦幼苗为材料,采用砂培方法,研究了5 mmol/L H_2O_2喷施预处理对1.20 mmol/L La~(3+)胁迫下裸燕麦幼苗生长、叶片叶绿素荧光参数和碳同化关键酶活性的影响。结果表明:La胁迫下,H_2O_2预处理的裸燕麦幼苗根长、株高和生长量的降幅及叶片叶黄素循环脱环氧化状态(A+Z)/(V+A+Z)显著下降,PSⅡ最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)、实际光化学效率(Φ_(PSⅡ))、光化学猝灭系数(qP)和吸收光能用于光化学反应的份额(P)显著提高,PSⅡ非光化学猝灭系数(NPQ)、调节性能量耗散Y(NPQ)、非调节性能量耗散Y(NO)、吸收光能用于天线热耗散的份额(D)、PSⅡ反应中心非光化学耗散的份额(E_x)和双光系统间激发能分配不平衡偏离系数(β/α-1)明显降低,同时1, 5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化酶(Rubisco)、1, 7-二磷酸景天庚酮糖酯酶(SBPase)和1, 6-二磷酸果糖醛缩酶(FBAase)活性显著提高,但转酮醇酶(TKase)活性无显著变化。表明外源H_2O_2能够通过提高PSⅡ光化学效率和碳同化关键酶活性而非依赖叶黄素循环的热耗散来减轻La胁迫导致的光抑制,从而缓解La胁迫幼苗生长的受抑程度,增强裸燕麦对La胁迫的适应性。     

低温敏核不育水稻go543S育性对温、光的反应

以新型光温敏核不育（PTGMS,Photo-thermo sensitive genic male sterile)水稻go543S为材料,通过自然生态条件下和人工温、光处理条件下的育性观察,对其育性转换与温度和光周期的关系进行了研究。结果表明：go543S育性主要受温度控制,表现为低温条件下不育,高温条件下可育,育性转换的不育临界温度值为29．5℃,对温度传感的部位是幼穗,敏感时期为花粉母细胞形成致减数分裂,对应的剑叶叶枕距变化范围为－12．2－＋0．7cm;育性敏感期在人工恒温28．0℃条件下,无论长日（14－16h）或短日（10－12h）处理均表现不育,其不育性不受光周期影响,在人工恒温31.5℃条件下,无论长日还是短日处理均表现可育,但短日可明显提高其可育性。     

陆地棉核不育株扦插繁殖与宿生保持及杂种优势利用

利用广西南宁冬季无霜冻的气候特点,对陆地棉(Gossypium hirsutum L.)洞A细胞核雄性不育扦插株与宿生株及其杂交一代进行比较研究.结果表明:(1)1 a生扦插株开花较早,茎粗、主茎节间长度、铃重、子指4个性状显著好于实生株,但扦插株的种子产量显著低于实生株,其原因是果枝扦插形成的僵苗占扦插株的23.04%,而且扦插株全为不育株,实生株中则有50%左右的可育株;(2)2 a生扦插株性状与实生株无显著差异;(3)由扦插繁殖的不育株和种子繁殖的不育株配制的杂交F1代的产量与纤维品质无显著差异.因此认为,扦插繁殖陆地棉核不育株用于多年杂交制种是可行的,选择营养枝扦插是陆地棉核不育株扦插繁殖需要注意的关键问题. 宿生株及其杂交一代进行比较研究.结果表明:(1)1 a生扦插株开花较早,茎粗、主茎节间长度、铃重、子指4个性状显著好于实生株,但扦插株的种子产量显著低于实生株,其原因是果枝扦插形成的僵苗占扦插株的23.04%,而且扦插株全为不育株,实生株中则有50%左右的可育株;(2)2 a生扦插株性状与实生株无显著差异;(3)由扦插繁殖的不育株和种子繁殖的不育株配制的杂交F1代的产量与纤维品质无显著差异.因此认 ,扦插繁殖陆地棉核不育株用于多年杂交制种是可行的,选择营养枝扦插是陆地棉核不育株扦插繁殖需     

小鼠着丝粒DNA探针对流式仪分选微核的染色体组成的初步研究

本文报道用作者建立的流式细胞仪红细胞微核自动检测技术,将染色体断裂剂丝裂霉素C(MMC)和非整倍体毒剂秋水仙碱(COM)诱导的大量微核分选在载玻片上,然后使用小鼠着丝粒γ-卫星DNA探针(约为234bp),对分选微核进行荧光原位杂交(FISH),以显示微核(MN)内着丝粒的情况,进而判定M N是由整条染色体还是由染色体断片组成。结果MN内着丝粒荧光阳性比例为COM50.1%,MMC 22.3%。两者相差显著,藉此方法可以准确有效地将两类毒剂区分开。 Abstract:Basis on auther’s new automatic flow cytometric technique for micronuclei,a lot micronuclei induced by clastogen Mitomycin C and aneugen colcemid were collected on slides using sorting function of flow cytometry,them the centromere Gamma satellite DNA probes of mouse (about 234bp) was used to do in situ hybridization for micronuclei,furthermore,the kinetochores of micronuclei can be showed,and the micronuclei which consist of the whole chromosomes or the chromosome fragments,can also be indicated.The results showed that 50.1% MN induced by COM and 22.3% MN induced by MMC had the positive fluorescent singles.There are significant difference between them,this means it is possible to distinglish clastogens and aneugens exactly and effectively with this method.     

新型抗除草剂棉花不育系Yu98-8A1的培育及鉴定

通过连续回交,将抗除草剂基因EPSPS-G6转育花粉败育彻底（无微量花粉,不育度达100%）的棉花单基因隐性控制的核不育系Yu98-8A,进而培育成抗除草剂核不育系Yu98-8A1。对该转育不育系花冠表型测量观察表明,与同质系正常可育株比较,不育株花冠较小, 不育株子房直径略大于可育株,花柱长和花柱外露长度均明显高于同质系正常可育株,花柱头外露为其最显著的表型特征;显微观察显示,不育系Yu98-8A1小孢子败育主要是在四分体形成后的小孢子发育期。小孢子败育特征表现为花粉粒无内含物、无刺突产生,最后解体、退化。PCR分子鉴定表明,抗除草剂基因EPSPS-G6转育入Yu98-8A1,除草剂抗性试验表明,该转育不育系可抗质量百分比浓度达0.3%的草甘膦。该抗除草剂核不育系的培育在棉花杂种优势利用方面有重大利用价值。