向日葵螟幼虫的空间分布型及抽样技术

欧洲向日葵螟Homoeosoma nebulellum Denis et Schiffermüller是向日葵上的主要害虫,本文利用6种聚集指标对向日葵螟幼虫的空间分布型进行了测定,结果表明其呈现聚集分布。样本平均数(m)与方差(S2)的对数值的关系式为:lgS2=lg0.2130+0.5639lgm,显示向日葵螟幼虫的空间分布随密度的升高而趋向均匀分布。Iwao的m*-m回归方程为:m*=8.1177+0.1447m,显示该虫在田间分布的基本成分是个体群,个体间相互吸引,个体群的空间分布型为均匀分布。对聚集原因进行分析,得出λ<2,表明向日葵螟幼虫的聚集是由于环境作用所引起的。用Iwao的理论抽样数模型计算出向日葵螟幼虫的理论抽样数模型为:D=0.1时,n=911.77/m-85.53,D=0.2时,n=227.94/m-21.38。采用m*-m关系的序贯抽样模型制定出食葵田间的序贯抽样模型为:T1(n),T0(n)=7.40n±4.54n,油葵田间的序贯抽样模型为:T1(n),T0(n)=10.05n±2.29n。     

Are hybrid species more fit than ancestral parent species in the current hybrid species habitats?

Hybrid speciation is thought to be facilitated by escape of early generation hybrids into new habitats, subsequent environmental selection and adaptation. Here, we ask whether two homoploid hybrid plant species (Helianthus anomalus, H. deserticola) diverged sufficiently from their ancestral parent species (H. annuus, H. petiolaris) during hybrid speciation so that they are more fit than the parent species in hybrid species habitats. Hybrid and parental species were reciprocally transplanted into hybrid and parental habitats. Helianthus anomalus was more fit than parental species in the H. anomalus actively moving desert dune habitat. The abilities to tolerate burial and excavation and to obtain nutrients appear to be important for success in the H. anomalus habitat. In contrast, H. deserticola failed to outperform the parental species in the H. deserticola stabilized desert dune habitat, and several possible explanations are discussed. The home site advantage of H. anomalus is consistent with environmental selection having been a mechanism for adaptive divergence and hybrid speciation and supports the use of H. anomalus as a valuable system for further assessment of environmental selection and adaptive traits.     

向日葵花盘水溶性多糖提取工艺及抗氧化研究

目的:研究了向日葵花盘中水溶性粗多糖的提取工艺及抗氧化性能.方法:采用单因素试验和L_9(3~4)正交试验设计,对多糖提取工艺进行优化,并采用Fenton体系和邻苯三酚自氧化法评价了该提取物的体外抗氧化能力.结果:优化工艺条件为:提取温度95℃、料液比1:20、提取时间4h,向日葵水溶性粗多糖得率为9.73%,其中温度是影响粗多糖提取的重要因素.结论:结果表明向日葵水溶性粗多糖有较好的抗氧化活性.     

向日葵胰蛋白酶抑制剂SFTI-1

向日葵胰蛋白酶抑制剂(sunflower trypsininhibitor-1,SFTI-1)是近来发现的Bowman-Birk抑制剂(Bowman-Birk inhibitor,BBI)家族的新成员。由14个氨基酸残基组成的SFTI-1是具有胰蛋白酶抑制活性的天然环肽。SFTI-1的天然环状结构使它成为药物研发中的重要前导化合物。本文综述了近年来SFTI-1在结构、功能、环化机制等方面的研究进展。     

Purification and characterization of alpha-galactosidase from sunflower seeds

From 100 g sunflower seeds, 1.2 mg purified -galactosidase was obtained with an overall yield of 51%. The -galactosidase acted on both terminal -galactosyl residues and side-chain -galactosyl residues of the galactomanno-oligosaccharides and galactomannans. The cDNA coding for sunflower -galactosidase was cloned and the deduced amino acid sequence revealed that the mature enzyme consisted of 363 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 40263. Seven cysteine residues were found but no putative N-glycosylation sites were present in the sequence. The deduced amino acid sequences of mature enzyme and -galactosidases from coffee, guar and Mortierella vinacea -galactosidase II showed over 81%, 77%, and 47% homology, respectively. These enzymes are classified into the third group in which the enzyme has no insertion sequence and a broad specificity on galactomanno-oligosaccharides compared to the other groups.     

Experimental determination and modelling of the soil water extraction capacities of crops of maize,sunflower, soya bean,sorghum and wheat

The estimation of soil water reserves is essential for irrigation management. The usual way of calculating these reserves, held between the soil moisture content at field capacity and the classical limit of –1.5 MPa considered as the lower limit of available water, over the rooting depth of the crop, does not correspond with the real behaviour of crops as regards their ability to extract soil water and should be only considered as the apparent available water (AAW). Measurements of moisture profiles made using a neutron probe soil moisture meter from 1970 until 1991 on unirrigated crops at the INRA Agronomy Station at Toulouse-Auzeville, France, on a deep silty clay soil with a high water holding capacity have enabled us to define the water extraction capacities of maize ( Zea mays L.), sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), soya bean (Glycine max L. Merr.), and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The results show, not only that all the crops can extract soil water from beyond –1.5 MPa in the surface layers to varying degrees and depths, depending on the crop, but also that deeper down, AAW is not fully used, as the moisture profile gradually returns to field capacity. Of the five crops studied, maize extracts the most water from the top 0.5 m, removing 150% of AAW. This amount falls rapidly lower down, reaching nil at 1.6 m. Conversely sunflower extracts less near the surface, but uses all AAW up to 1.2 m, and still extracts 85% of AAW at 1.6 m. Sorghum is somewhat comparable to sunflower, but with a lower use over the entire profile. Soya bean exhibits strong extraction to 1.0 m, and then much less at depth. As to wheat, its extraction capability is quite high near the surface, and then falls steadily with depth where it is still 30% of AAW at 1.6 m. Soil moisture measurements realised on a bare soil during several successive years were used to fix the maximum soil evaporation and to suggest the contribution of crops in soil water depletion from uppermost layers.The water extraction capacities have been modelled and introduced into the model EPICphase, a modified version of the model EPIC, adapted for irrigation management. Four parameters have been introduced to simulate: (1) the rooting pattern of the crop (parameter ), (2) the degree of involvement of deep layers (parameter p), (3) the fraction of AAW beyond which crop transpiration is affected (parameter t) and (4) the intensity of extraction beyond the limit of –1.5 MPa as a function of soil depth (parameter d). Calibrated on the basis of the driest year since 1970 for each crop, the model was then validated under unirrigated conditions, and then tested on irrigated maize plots. Under unirrigated conditions, the simulations correctly reproduced the water extraction by the five crops, both in an extremely dry year and in a wet year. The observed differences between simulations and observations were found mostly at about 0.1 m depth, and were due to lack of precision of moisture measurements with the neutron probe. From 0.2 to 0.6 m the simulations have a tendency to overestimate the extraction. These differences are explained by water fluxes which are especially high in these layers because of the processes of evaporation from the soil and plant transpiration, which are difficult to simulate with precision. Below 0.6 m, a more stable zone where water movements are of minor importance, the simulations are very precise. For irrigated maize, the results show a very good fit between simulation and measurement, indicating that these water extraction capacity figures could be used for irrigation management provided that the rules for exploitation of the water reserves are well established.     

Purification and properties of β-xylosidase isozymes from cucumber seeds

Transformed tissues can be efficiently selected with the help of selectable markers. We studied the influence of genotype, culture medium, and chemical nature of selectable markers on the callus formation of sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.) hypocotyl explants during the selection process. Kanamycin was found not to be a suitable marker for sunflower transformation, while paromomycin and phosphinotri-cin are both useful. Because the mechanism of action of these inhibitors is intimately connected with the physiological reactions of the cultured tissues, we investigated the influence of key media components on the efficiency of selection of transformed callus on phosphinotricin. Auxin, cytokinin, and gibberellic acid, as well as nitrate concentration, all had a strong influence on the spontaneous resistance of untrans-formed sunflower hypocotyl explants against this herbicide. The number of transformed cells varied in function of the growth regulator balance. Possible reasons for this media dependence are discussed.     

Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from hypocotyl protoplasts of sunflower (Helianthus annum L.)

A sunflower genotype (Helianthus annuus L. cv. Florom-328) able to regenerate plants from in vitro cultures was identified by screening hybrids and inbred lines. Protoplasts of this genotype were isolated from dark grown hypocotyls and were cultured in droplets of agarose-solidified V-KM medium covered by liquid V-KM supplemented with naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and benzylaminopurine (BAP). One week later colonies were subjected to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyaceticacid for a one week period. Further culture in V-KM with reduced concentrations of NAA and BAP resulted in the appearence of somatic embryos. Maturation of embryos was achieved by culture on MS medium supplemented with NAA, BAP, gibberellic acid A₃ and the ethylene inhibitor AgNO₃. Embryos were then transferred onto hormone free MS medium for germination. The frequency of shoot formation in the best case was 9.6 percent of viable colonies (1.3 percent of protoplasts plated). Some of the shoots with roots could be transplanted into soil, others were grafted on hypocotyls of in vivo germinated seedlings. Eighty percent of grafted shoots and over 95 percent of rooted shoots survived. The plants flowered and produced 5 to 10 seeds each. Factors affecting the frequency of embryo formation and plant regeneration are discussed.Abbreviations BAP 6-benzylaminopurine - GA3 gibberellic acid - MES morpholinoethanesulfonic acid - MS Murashige and Skoog medium - NAA naphthaleneacetic acid - V-KM protoplast culture medium of Binding and Nehls - 2,4D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid