Natural variation in life history strategy of Arabidopsis thaliana determines stress responses to drought and insects of different feeding guilds

Plants are sessile organisms and, consequently, are exposed to a plethora of stresses in their local habitat. As a result, different populations of a species are subject to different selection pressures leading to adaptation to local conditions and intraspecific divergence. The annual brassicaceous plant Arabidopsis thaliana is an attractive model for ecologists and evolutionary biologists due to the availability of a large collection of resequenced natural accessions. Accessions of A. thaliana display one of two different life cycle strategies: summer and winter annuals. We exposed a collection of 308 European Arabidopsis accessions, that have been genotyped for 250K SNPs, to a range of stresses: one abiotic stress (drought), four biotic stresses (Pieris rapae caterpillars, Plutella xylostella caterpillars, Frankliniella occidentalis thrips and Myzus persicae aphids) and two combined stresses (drought plus P. rapae and Botrytis cinerea fungus plus P. rapae). We identified heritable genetic variation for responses to the different stresses, estimated by narrow‐sense heritability. We found that accessions displaying different life cycle strategies differ in their response to stresses. Winter annuals are more resistant to drought, aphids and thrips and summer annuals are more resistant to P. rapae and P. xylostella caterpillars. Summer annuals are also more resistant to the combined stresses of drought plus P. rapae and infection by the fungus Botryris cinerea plus herbivory by P. rapae. Adaptation to drought displayed a longitudinal gradient. Finally, trade‐offs were recorded between the response to drought and responses to herbivory by caterpillars of the specialist herbivore P. rapae.     

沙葱萤叶甲成虫不同夏滞育阶段的转录组分析(英文)

【目的】本研究旨在揭示内蒙古草原新害虫沙葱萤叶甲Galeruca daurica专性夏滞育相关的重要基因以及代谢通路。【方法】应用RNA-Seq技术,对沙葱萤叶甲成虫不同夏滞育阶段［滞育前期(PD)、滞育期(D)及滞育后期(TD)］进行转录组测序、分析及基因功能预测,基于RNA-Seq数据筛选夏滞育不同阶段差异表达基因;利用qPCR对基于RNA-Seq数据筛选的10个差异表达基因的表达水平进行验证。【结果】从9个文库中获得202 770 198 clean reads,将12 078 060条转录本组装获得82 292 条unigene,平均长度为783.59 bp,N50为1 545 bp。沙葱萤叶甲D vs PD和TD vs D 比较组分别有2 395(2 119上调和277下调)和62(59上调和3下调)个差异基因。KEGG分析表明,D vs PD和TD vs D比较组差异表达基因分别显著富集于糖孝解/糖异生通路和脂肪酸生物合成通路;此外,许多与钙离子信号转导相关的基因在滞育期间差异表达。10个差异表达基因的qPCR分析表明,RNA-Seq与qPCR结果高度一致。【结论】糖孝解/糖异生、脂肪酸生物合成及钙离子信号通路可能在沙葱萤叶甲滞育调节中起着重要的作用。本研究为进一步研究沙葱萤叶甲成虫专性夏滞育的分子机理奠定了基础。     

烟草青枯病危害对烟田中小型土壤动物群落的影响

为了掌握重庆植烟区烟草青枯病危害对烟田中小型土壤动物群落结构及多样性特征的影响,分别于2015年3月烟田休耕期、6月烟株旺长期和9月烟叶成熟期在重庆市彭水县进行了定点实验,调查了烟草青枯病连续成灾烟田及其对照无青枯病危害烟田中的中小型土壤动物群落。共捕获中小型土壤动物50112只,隶属于33个类群。其中,线虫、螨类和弹尾虫构成了烟田中小型土壤动物的主体,对烟田土壤动物群落特征起决定性作用。不同季节青枯病田及其对照田土壤动物整体数量表现为3月6月9月。两类烟田不同季节的土壤动物及其主要类群相对多度和密度,以及群落Margalef丰富度指数、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Pielou均匀度指数和Simpson优势集中性指数均表现出了明显的动态变化,且出现了显著性差异(P0.05)。群落相似性分析显示,两类烟田土壤动物群落组成相似度高,但烟草青枯病危害加剧会使相似度降低。群落稳定性结果表明,6月和9月对照田稳定性均要明显大于青枯病田。螨类与弹尾虫个体数的A/C比值均为对照田大于青枯病田,且3月和6月差异显著(P0.05)。主成分分析(PCA)表明,青枯病危害对土壤动物个体数、土壤动物密度、中气门亚目、甲螨亚目、线虫、啮虫目和棘跳虫科以及螨类与弹尾虫个体数的A/C比值影响较大;而这些对青枯病危害反应敏感的土壤动物指标,可作为青枯病发生和危害程度评价的特征指标;另外,基于PCA得分的土壤样品采集点排序结果进一步指出,两类烟田土壤动物群落组成的异质性随着青枯病危害程度的加剧而加大。上述结果说明土壤动物群落组成和多样性特征与青枯病的发生和危害密切相关;在农业生产上要开展可持续和有效的烟草青枯病生物防治,应不断加强该病原菌与土壤中小型动物生态关系的基础研究。     

六盘山主要植被类型冠层截留特征

通过野外观测和模型模拟,研究了六盘山主要森林类型的冠层截留量、冠层截留容量和冠层截留模拟参数的变化.结果表明：六盘山主要森林类型的冠层截留率在8.59%～17.94%,穿透降雨率超过80%,树干茎流率在0.23%～3.10%;冠层截留容量在0.78～1.84 mm,其中叶截留容量在0.62～1.63 mm,枝干截留容量在0.13～0.29 mm,且针叶林的冠层截留容量高于阔叶林.考虑冠层叶面积指数的冠层截留改进模型较原有模型具有更好的模拟精度, 其中,研究区红桦林、华山松林、李灌丛和辽东栎-少脉椴混交林的模拟效果较好,辽东栎林、油松林和华西四蕊槭 石枣子灌丛模拟效果相对较差,这可能与冠层结构、叶面积指数以及降水特性等差异有关.     

施氮水平和收获时期对夏玉米产量和籽粒品质的影响

为明确黄淮海夏玉米适宜的施肥量和最佳收获时期,设计了5个氮肥水平（不施肥、113、181、249和375 kg N·hm^-2）和2个收获时期（S₁：9月23日,农民习惯收获时间;S₂：9月29日,推迟6 d收获）,研究施氮量和收获时期对夏玉米产量和品质的影响.结果表明：随施肥量增加,夏玉米穗粒数、千粒重和产量均增加,但差异不显著,其中施肥量在113～181 kg N·hm^-2的玉米产量、氮素利用效率均相对较高;随施肥量增加,夏玉米蛋白质和赖氨酸含量增加,淀粉含量降低.与9月23日蜡熟期收获相比,9月29日完熟期收获的夏玉米籽粒千粒重、产量、淀粉和赖氨酸含量均增加,籽粒蛋白质和脂肪含量降低.依据产量水平,黄淮海高产夏玉米区适宜的施肥量在113～180 kg N·hm^-2,最佳收获时期应推迟至9月29日-10月5日.     

半胱胺盐酸盐对高温条件下泌乳后期奶牛生产性能的影响

目的:探讨夏季高温、环境温湿指数(THI)高于76条件下半胱胺盐酸盐(Lactonin)对泌乳后期奶牛产奶性能的影响.方法:96头黑白花奶牛,分为Lactonin(3000 U/d)处理(LT,n=49,泌乳中期曾接受Lactonin)和对照组(n=47),再根据高温期以前的产奶量(M)将LT组和对照组分别组分成4个产量组(G,n=12;第4组LT,n=13;对照组,n=11):G1(M＜24 kg/d),G2(24＜M＜28 kg/d),G3(28＜M＜32 kg/d),G4(M＞32kg/d).结果:与对照相比,第一产量组LT奶牛的体温降低(P＜0.05);常乳、标准乳及饲料转化效率提高(P＜0.05)、乳脂率增加(P＜0.05),乳蛋白量倾向增加;体细胞数趋于降低.所有参试LT奶牛平均乳脂率显著增加(P＜0.05),乳蛋白量倾向增加;常乳和标准乳产量趋于提高;血清中胰岛素浓度显著提高(P＜0.01),T3、T4浓度有降低趋势.结论:Lactonin有利于高温季节奶牛正常代谢的维持,改善奶产量和乳品质,提高饲料利用效率.Lactonin对奶牛的积极影响是经过胰岛素、T3、T4等内分泌激素和生长轴介导的.     

Maritime climate influence on chaparral composition and diversity in the coast range of central California

We investigated the hypothesis that maritime climatic factors associated with summer fog and low cloud stratus (summer marine layer) help explain the compositional diversity of chaparral in the coast range of central California. We randomly sampled chaparral species composition in 0.1‐hectare plots along a coast‐to‐interior gradient. For each plot, climatic variables were estimated and soil samples were analyzed. We used Cluster Analysis and Principle Components Analysis to objectively categorize plots into climate zone groups. Climate variables, vegetation composition and various diversity measures were compared across climate zone groups using ANOVA and nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Differences in climatic variables that relate to summer moisture availability and winter freeze events explained the majority of variance in measured conditions and coincided with three chaparral assemblages: maritime (lowland coast where the summer marine layer was strongest), transition (upland coast with mild summer marine layer influence and greater winter precipitation), and interior sites that generally lacked late summer water availability from either source. Species turnover (β‐diversity) was higher among maritime and transition sites than interior sites. Coastal chaparral differs from interior chaparral in having a higher obligate seeder to facultative seeder (resprouter) ratio and by being dominated by various Arctostaphylos species as opposed to the interior dominant, Adenostoma fasciculatum. The maritime climate influence along the California central coast is associated with patterns of woody plant composition and β‐diversity among sites. Summer fog in coastal lowlands and higher winter precipitation in coastal uplands combine to lower late dry season water deficit in coastal chaparral and contribute to longer fire return intervals that are associated with obligate seeders and more local endemism. Soil nutrients are comparatively less important in explaining plant community composition, but heterogeneous azonal soils contribute to local endemism and promote isolated chaparral patches within the dominant forest vegetation along the coast.     

江西桃红岭自然保护区夏季梅花鹿对生境的选择性

2005年6-8月在江西桃红岭自然保护区对夏季梅花鹿的生境选择性进行了初步研究。结果表明：梅花鹿选择灌丛和灌草丛、郁闭度较低、灌木盖度较小、食物丰富度高、阴坡、中上坡位、坡度平缓、水源距离在100-400m、人为干扰距离〉800m和海拔高度〉300m的环境;对郁闭度〉80％和水源距离≤100m的环境表现为随机选择。     

不同氮肥喷涂吡啶对夏玉米田氮素利用及土壤N2O排放的影响

为减少土壤N₂O排放,提高作物氮素利用,采用田间试验法研究了不同氮肥用量喷涂一定比例的吡啶(0、180、270、360 kg N·hm^-2)对夏玉米生育期内土壤N₂O排放和氮素表观损失、籽粒产量及氮素利用的影响.结果表明:不同氮肥用量下喷涂吡啶的土壤N₂O排放主要集中在播种-苗期和拔节-抽雄期,基肥和追肥后均会出现显著的土壤N₂O排放通量高峰.随氮肥用量增加,玉米产量不断增加,但270和360 kg N·hm^-2间无显著差异,2种施氮量下的玉米分别净增收5209和5426元·hm^-2.与不施氮肥比,各施氮处理下的玉米籽粒吸氮量提高幅度为109.6%～134.1%.各处理间的氮肥农学效率和氮肥利用率均以氮肥喷涂吡啶270 kg N·hm^-2较大,而土壤氮素表观损失较小.氮肥喷涂吡啶在270 kg N·hm^-2时玉米增产增收,氮肥利用效率较高,土壤N₂O排放和氮素表观损失较少,是一种较为合理的氮肥调控施用技术.     

Flight responses in a wind tunnel of the parasitoid Microplitis croceipes to three spring and three summer host plants of Heliothis spp.

Flight responses of the parasitoid, Microplitis croceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to two phenological stages of spring host plants (crimson clover, Trifolium incarnatum L., hairy vetch, Vicia villosa Corbiere, and cutleaf geranium, Geranium dissectum L.) and summer host plants (cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., sorghum, Sorghum bicolor L., and soybean Glycine max (L.) Merr.) of Heliothis virescens (F.), were measured in a dual choice situation in a wind tunnel. Preflowering clover was more attractive than preflowering geranium, followed by preflowering vetch. Clover was preferred over geranium in flowering stages as well. No within species differences were detected for the two phenological stages. Preflowering and flowering cotton and soybean were preferred over preflowering and flowering sorghum. The findings could be important in pre-determining release sites for M. croceipes in the field.