Plasticity in R/S ratio, morphology and fitness-related traits in response to reciprocal patchiness of light and nutrients in the stoloniferous herb, Glechoma longituba L

Clonal fragments of the stoloniferous herb Glechoma longituba were subjected to a complementary patchiness of light and soil nutrients including two spatially homogeneous treatments (SR–SR and IP–IP) and two spatially heterogeneous treatments (IP–SR and SR–IP). SR and IP indicate patches (shaded, rich) with low light intensity (shaded, S), high nutrient availability (rich, R) and patches (illuminated, poor) with high light intensity (illuminated, I) and low nutrient availability (poor, P), respectively. Plasticity of the species in root–shoot ratio, fitness-related traits (biomass, number of ramets and dry weight per ramet) and clonal morphological traits (length and specific length of stolon internodes, area and specific area of laminae, length and specific length of petioles) were experimentally examined. The aim is to understand adaptation of G. longituba to the environment with reciprocal patches of light and soil nutrients by plasticities both in root–shoot ratio and in (clonal) morphology. Our experiment revealed performance of the clonal fragments growing from patches with high light intensity and low soil nutrient availability into the adjacent opposite patches was increased in terms of the fitness-related characters. R/S ratio and clonal morphology were plastic. Meanwhile, the capture of light resource from the light-rich patches was enhanced while the capture of soil nutrients from either the nutrient-rich or the nutrient-poor patches was not. Analysis of cost and benefit disclosed positive effects of clonal integration on biomass production of ramets in the patches with low light intensity and high soil nutrient availability. These results suggest an existence of reciprocal translocation of assimilates and nutrients between the interconnected ramets. The reinforced performance of the clonal fragments seems to be related with specialization of clonal morphology in the species.     

白透骨消化学成分的研究

采用乙醇提取,硅胶柱反复层析的方法,从白透骨消[Glechoma biondiana (Diels) C.Y.Wu et C.Chen]全草的乙酸乙酯部分分离了11个化合物,利用现代波谱技术(MS,1H-NMR,13C-NMR,DEPT)以及与文献对照的方法鉴定了这些化合物的结构,分别为2α-羟基乌苏酸(1)、2α,3α-二羟基乌苏-12-烯-28-酸(2)、乌苏酸(3)、2α,3α,23-三羟基乌苏-12-烯-28-酸(4)、3β,24-二羟基乌苏-12-烯-28-酸(5)、3α-羟基乌苏-12-烯-28-酸(6)、豆甾烷-3,6-二酮(7)、7β-羟基谷甾醇(8)、豆甾醇(9)、β-胡萝卜苷(10)、棕榈酸(11).除化合物(3)和(10)外,其余均为首次从该植物中分离得到.     

活血丹小尺度空间遗传结构

活血丹(Glechoma lonituba)是唇形科活血丹属的多年生克隆草本植物。采用简单重复序列区(ISSR)分子标记技术,比较分析了3个不同斑块活血丹的遗传多样性、克隆多样性以及小尺度空间遗传结构,并探讨其与生境异质性、繁殖体传播和人为干扰的相关性。结果表明:1)活血丹物种水平的遗传多样性很低,各斑块的遗传多样性较低,以水渠边斑块最高,平葛村斑块次之,竹林下斑块最低。2)活血丹物种水平的克隆多样性较高,各斑块活血丹的克隆多样性以水渠边斑块最大,平葛村斑块次之,竹林下斑块最低。3)遗传分化系数Gst为0.7129,表明活血丹的遗传变异大部分存在于斑块间;斑块间的基因流较小,仅为0.2004。4)空间自相关分析表明活血丹一定的空间距离下存在显著的空间遗传结构,竹林下斑块在100cm时存在显著性正相关,其X轴截矩为205.994cm;平葛村斑块在200cm时存在显著性正相关,其X轴截矩为235.388cm;水渠边斑块在150cm时存在显著性正相关,其X轴截矩为240.336cm。应用软件SPAGeDi 1.2软件对各斑块的空间遗传结构进行量化,表明平葛村斑块具有最强的空间遗传结构,水渠边和竹林下斑块的空间遗传结构较弱。活血丹的遗传结构、克隆结构及空间分布格局受到其繁殖体传播特征、人为干扰和繁殖权衡的影响,是其对生境异质性的适应结果。     

Effects of physical connection and genetic identity of neighbouring ramets on root-placement patterns in two clonal species

Root-placement patterns were examined in the clonal species Glechoma hederacea and Fragaria vesca when grown with different types of neighbours. Three different patterns were predicted as consequences of different types of interactions between roots: the avoidance pattern if root growth decreases in the presence of neighbouring roots; the intrusive pattern if root growth increases towards neighbouring roots; and the unresponsive pattern if root growth is unaffected by neighbouring roots. Experiments were conducted in which physical connection between ramets, and the genetic identity of neighbouring ramets, were manipulated. The patterns of distribution of entire root systems and elongation rates of individual roots were measured. Root systems and individual roots of G. hederacea avoided contact with roots of neighbouring ramets, irrespective of connection to the neighbour and its genetic or specific identity. In contrast, F. vesca roots grew equally towards and away from intraspecific ramet neighbours and their elongation was stimulated by contact with roots of G. hederacea ramets. These results demonstrate that root-placement patterns of plants grown with different types of neighbours vary between species, and suggest that factors additional to resource depletion could be involved in their development.     

Karyotype Analysis in Lycoris longituba Y. Hsu et Fan

A karyotypic analysis of Lycoris longituba Y. Hsu et Fan was carried out. The voucher specimen, Z. G. Mao 10501, is preserved in the Herbarium of Hangchow Botanical Garden. The chromosome number in root tip cells of the species is found for the first time to be 16, among which 6 are large, V-shaped with submedian primary constrictions, and the other 10 are short, rod-shaped with terminal primary constrictions. Photomicrograph of the chromosome complement and idiogram are given in Fig. 1-3 respectively. The karyotype formula of the species is therefore 2n=16=6m+6t+4t (SAT) in the light of the chromosomal terminology defined by Levan and al.^[5] Based on the view stressed by Jones^[3] and Brandham^[4], successive fusion of the chromosomes should be taken as the essential mechanism for karyotype evolution and speciation in Lycoris. Reciprocal translocation, with the loss of one of the centromeres, might be the mechanism of origin for a V chromosome. It is, then, suggested that the decrease in chromosome number as a result of fusion of the rods with terminal or subterminal primaryconstrictions has taken place in the speciation of L. longituba.     

抗欧亚活血丹凝集素特异性多克隆抗体的制备

欧亚活血丹外源凝集素(Gleheda)是分离自欧亚活血丹 (Glechoma hederacea) 叶片中的一种糖基化植物新蛋白. 如同其他糖基化蛋白,通过免疫学方法探测 Gleheda 的过程中通常受到一些不相干糖蛋白的妨碍,为此制定了抗 Gleheda 特异性多克隆抗体的纯化方案. 免疫血清蛋白经硫酸铵选择性沉淀后,分别以 Gleheda 和刺槐外源凝集蛋白 (RPA) 结合在 Sepharose 4B作为亲和配体,采用亲和层析法连续纯化 2 次,然后进一步采用离子交换层析 Q Fast Flow 提纯. 经每一步骤提纯得到的抗体组分对 Gleheda 的特异性,均同时采用双向免疫扩散检验和 Western blot 分析. 结果表明,以 Gleheda 为配体,亲和纯化制备得到的抗体组分对叶片粗提物中的许多植物 (糖) 蛋白仍然表现交叉反应. 为除去由植物糖蛋白中的聚糖所引起这些非特异性交叉反应抗体,接着以 RPA 为配体再次进行亲和纯化,Western blot 分析显示,抗体的特异性得到提高但并非除去了所有非特异性交叉反应的抗体. 最后进一步采用离子交换层析制备得到仅抗 Gleheda 蛋白的特异性抗体组分,此抗体组分适用于免疫探测研究. 该抗体纯化制备程序简易而高效,而且不需要昂贵的设备.     

连钱草化学成分研究

从连钱草(Glechoma longituba)分离并鉴定了10个化合物,分别为β-谷甾醇(1)、齐敦果酸(2)、熊果酸(3)、2α,3α-二羟基乌苏-12-烯-28-酸(4)2、α,3β-二羟基乌苏-12-烯-28-酸(5)、胡萝卜苷(6),3,6-二甲氧基-6″,6″-二甲基苯并吡喃-(7,8,2″,3″)-黄酮(7)、芫花素(8)、芹菜素-7-O--βD-葡萄糖苷(9)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖甙(10)。其中化合物2,4~8首次从该植物中分离得到。     

Soil nutrient patchiness affects nutrient use efficiency,though not photosynthesis and growth of parental Glechoma longituba ramets: both patch contrast and direction matter

Aims Most plants are clonal in nature. Clonal ramets can share water, nutrients and photosynthate, especially when they experience patchy resources. Patch contrast (i.e. a difference in resources among patches) and patch direction (i.e. source–sink relations) are among the basic attributes of spatial patchiness. Here, I hypothesize that young established ramets in nutrient-rich patches support old ramets in nutrient-poor patches when ramets are subjected to different patch contrasts and patch directions.Methods In a greenhouse experiment, old and young ramets of Glechoma longituba were grown in four combinations consisting of patch contrast and patch direction. Minus patch direction refers to a patch combination in which parent ramets grow in nutrient-rich patches while connected daughter ramets grow in nutrient-poor ones and plus patch direction is the opposite direction. I measured photosynthesis and fluorescence traits, harvested all ramets, took morphological measures, weighed their dry mass and determined their nutrient uptake and use.Important findings For parental ramets of G. longituba, patch contrast and patch direction and their interactions had no significant effects on net photosynthetic rate, maximal fluorescence yield, photochemical quenching (quenching refers to any process which decreases the fluorescence intensity of a given substance), non-photochemical quenching, nutrient uptake, biomass and stolon weight ratio. Patch direction alone significantly affected root weight ratio. Large patch contrast enhanced N use efficiency (NUE) and P use efficiency (PUE); plus patch direction decreased NUE, but increased PUE; the patch contrast by patch direction interaction affected PUE and K use efficiency (KUE). There were significant interactions between patch direction and patch contrast on PUE and KUE. It is concluded that soil nutrient patchiness may influence nutrient use strategies, but not nutrient uptake, photosynthesis and growth of parent ramets of G. longituba connected to daughter ramets, and that patch contrast and patch direction jointly affect PUE and KUE.     

匍匐茎草本活血丹(Glechomalongituba)在不同养分条件下的克隆形态

通过人工施肥的方法,对活血丹无性系实验种群在不同养分供应情况下的形态特征进行了研究。研究结果表明：施肥可以显著改变克隆植株的形态,无怀系分株产生能力增强,个体生长旺盛;匍匐茎总长增长,生物量增大,节间短,匍匐茎较粗壮;相对叶面积小,叶片厚,叶柄较粗短。在未施肥条件下,克隆植株形态表现则正好相反。养分供应的差异对叶片的形态以及根重和根量的影响较其对隔离者和叶柄的特征的影响更大。     

长筒石蒜鳞茎中的生物碱类成分(英文)

从长筒石蒜鳞茎的乙醇提取物中分离得到7个生物碱类化合物,经理化方法和波谱分析,分别鉴定为galanthamine(1),lycoramlne(2),6β-hydroxycrinamine(3a),6α-hydroxycrinamine(3b),(-)-amarbellisine(4),tazettine(5),macowine(6).其中化合物3a～6为首次从该植物中分离得到.