火棘属果实发育解剖学研究

火棘属植物的托附杯呈深杯状,具有５个分离心皮,子房半不位。托附杯发育成肉质果壁,主要藉细胞体积增大,子房壁全部石细胞化,发育成骨质瘦果状小果的果皮。火棘属的果实不是典型和梨果,是蔷薇科果实在演化过程中的一个过渡类型。火棘属肉质果壁的厚角组织经过角隅减薄后再转变成厚壁组织。     

火棘不同组织内生细菌群落多样性

为了解火棘不同组织内生细菌群落多样性,该研究采用高通量测序技术对火棘内生细菌16S rRNA V5～V7可变区进行测序,分析火棘不同组织部位内生细菌群落多样性。结果表明:(1)从火棘根、茎、叶组织中共获得内生细菌OTU 1 818个,其中根部754个,茎部 308 个,叶部756个,三者共有 OTU 152 个。(2)物种分类显示,不同火棘组织内生细菌具有丰富的群落多样性,火棘根部内生细菌种类隶属于23门53纲137目216科373属557种,其中异样根瘤菌属(Allorhizobium-Neorhizobium-Pararhizobium-Rhizobium)和链霉菌属(Streptomyces)为优势属,其相对丰度分别为 10.57%和 8.00%; 茎部内生细菌种类隶属于21门32纲76目126科204属270种,其中马赛菌属(Massilia)和未知分类的丛毛单胞菌科属(unclassified_f_Comamonadaceae)为优势属,其相对丰度分别为31.10%和12.82%; 叶部内生细菌种类隶属于21门52纲130目210科380属581种,其中土芽孢杆菌属(Geobacillus)和假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)为优势属,其相对丰度分别为12.31%和9.84%。(3)PICRUSt功能预测表明,根部内生细菌物种最丰富,参与各种代谢调控的细菌丰度最高。该研究结果为进一步探讨植物内生细菌功能,挖掘新的有益微生物资源提供了参考。     

贵州省野生火棘果营养成分与气候因子相关性分析

野生火棘在贵州省的资源分布广泛，由于省内各地区气候因子的不同，导致野生火棘果实的营养性成分存在差异。为探究贵州省野生火棘果的营养性成分差异，明确影响营养成分积累的气候因子，筛选出适宜生长区域，采用硫酸-苯酚法、全自动凯氏定氮仪、索氏提取法和福林-酚比色法对火棘果粗多糖、总蛋白、总脂肪和总多酚含量进行测定，并进行差异性分析、主成分分析和聚类分析；同时结合气候因子，进行灰色关联度的相关性分析。结果显示，不同产地之间4种营养成分含量存在明显差异，可将10个不同产地火棘分成3大类；灰色关联度分析表明，相对湿度是影响贵州野生火棘果营养成分含量的主要影响因子；降低相对湿度利于火棘果中营养性成分的积累。     

湘西北火棘籽油脂含量及其与土壤养分的关系

对湘西北岩溶山区5个生境火棘属植物的籽含油率与油脂组分进行了测定,探讨了土壤养分与火棘籽含油率及籽油主要组分的关联性.结果表明:土壤全磷与籽油中的亚油酸呈正相关,其他土壤元素与籽油脂肪酸无关联性;火棘籽油维生素E浓度与土壤全钙、全镁呈显著正相关.湘西北火棘籽最高含油率为5.9%,籽油中维生素E平均浓度达9.9g·kg-1,籽油中主要组分亚油酸、油酸和软脂酸的相对含量分别为63.7%、20.8%和13.2%.     

火棘多糖铁(Ⅲ)复合物中铁含量检测方法的建立

为了优化建立火棘多糖铁(Ⅲ)复合物(PPC)中铁含量检测的方法。考察了邻菲啰啉溶液浓度(w/w,%)及用量(mL)、抗坏血酸溶液浓度(w/w,%)及用量(mL)、反应时间(h)及温度(℃)等因素对PPC中铁含量测定的影响。在单因素实验的基础上,运用响应面软件进一步优化PPC的检测条件。结果表明,PPC中铁含量的最佳检测条件为:向1.0 mL适宜浓度的PPC溶液中,依次加入1.5 mL 10%的抗坏血酸溶液及3.0 mL 0.1%的邻菲啰啉溶液,于45℃水浴2.0 h后,冰水快速冷却,在室温下于510 nm波长处测其吸光度。该方法具有良好的重复性及重现性,回收率达99.93%。此方法也适合推广于其他植物多糖铁复合物中铁含量的测定。     

从火棘果中提取精氨酸的研究

以天然野生植物火棘果为原料分离提取精氨酸,考察了树脂类型、吸附方式、温度、pH值、洗脱液、脱色及精制方法等因素对提取精氨酸的影响,并对产物进行了分析鉴定。结果表明,在20℃、pH值7-8的条件下,选用D001型大孔阳离子交换树脂静态吸附,40 min即达到饱和;以3 mol.L-1氨水为洗脱液,流速控制在40 mL.h-1,精氨酸的洗脱率达到90%以上;采用711型阴离子树脂进行脱色,D001型大孔阳离子交换树脂动态精制,精氨酸的提取率达到95.83%。     

火棘化学成分的研究

从火棘叶中分离得到四种化合物(晶1～4),经UV,IR,NMR和MS等方法鉴定了它们的结构,分别是芦丁(晶1),芒甙(晶2),异槲皮甙(晶3)和槲皮素(晶4)。以上四种成分均为首次由该植物中分得。     

野生火棘果红色素提取工艺优化

目的:通过正交实验,确定火棘果红色素的最佳提取工艺。方法:以贵州野生火棘果为原料,首先,以柠檬酸的乙醇溶液为提取剂,在400～800nm范围内对提取液的吸收光谱进行扫描,确定其最大吸收波长;然后,以最大吸收波长处的吸光度为衡量指标,确定最佳提取剂;再次,探讨了提取次数、提取温度、提取时间、料液比等单因素对火棘果红色素提取效果的影响;最后,在单因素实验结果的基础上,通过L9(34)正交实验,确定红色素的最佳提取工艺。结果:1.在400～800nm范围内,火棘果红色素的最大吸收波长为530nm;2.最佳提取剂为9%柠檬酸乙醇溶液;3.火棘果红色素的最佳提取工艺为,料液比1∶10,提取时间60min,提取次数2次,提取温度40℃。     

Plant invasions in undisturbed ecosystems: The triggering attribute approach

The invasion of a target community by a non‐indigenous plant species includes the stages of arrival, establishment and spread, which tend to depend on different characteristics of the invasive species and its context. While the mechanisms behind the invasion of highly disturbed ecosystems are well known, our understanding of the invasion process in undisturbed or weakly disturbed ecosystems is much more limited. Here we propose that, once a non‐indigenous species has arrived to a new ecosystem and become established, the likelihood that it spreads, and thus becomes invasive, may depend on just one or very few characteristics, called‘triggering attributes’(TA). We propose that a TA is a vegetative or regenerative attribute discontinuously distributed in comparison to the resident community. This attribute allows the species to benefit from a resource that is permanently or temporarily unused by the resident community. We present an original study case and examples from the literature to illustrate our approach, and we also propose some ways to test it in different ecosystems.     

Mountain invasions on the way: are there climatic constraints for the expansion of alien woody species along an elevation gradient in Argentina?

Aims Increasing evidence worldwide indicates that high mountain regions are not immune to invasion by alien plants. Here, we aimed to address whether three major woody invaders of low-mountain areas are constrained to lower altitudes due to climatic restrictions or just by low propagule pressure. We hypothesize that the increasing climatic harshness towards higher altitudes restricts seedling establishment and survival of these woody invaders and thus their potential for altitudinal expansion.Methods The study was carried out in the Sierras Grandes Mountains, Córdoba, central Argentina (32o50′S, 64o90′W). We addressed the hypothesis with an experimental approach, dissociating the effect of the environmental gradient from that of propagule pressure, by discarding the influence of seed sources. We translocated seeds of Gleditsia triacanthos L., Ligustrum lucidum W.T. Aiton. and Pyracantha angustifolia (Franch.) C.K.Schneid. along the altitudinal gradient (from 900 to 2700 m asl). Seven sites were selected along the altitudinal gradient, spaced every 200–400 m. Three plots (4×4 m) were selected within each altitudinal site and excluded from livestock; 100 seeds of each species were sown within each plot (6300 seeds in total). Seedling emergence and survival was monitored during two growing seasons and soil temperature and moisture was recorded as well. The field experiment was complemented with lab assays.Important findings Climate along this altitudinal gradient might be least restrictive at mid elevations, as a result of the intersection between opposite soil temperature and moisture gradients. Sown seeds germinated along the whole altitudinal gradient and seedlings successfully established and over-wintered well above their current altitudinal distribution (up to 2200 m for Ligustrum and 2400 m for Gleditsia and Pyracantha). Additional lab assays confirmed field patterns and gave some insights into contrasting regeneration strategies between these invaders that might help to overcome stochastic environmental constraints in the germination stage. Overall, seedlings of three major woody invaders of low-mountain woodlands can establish and survive at higher elevations than their current distribution. In contrast to natives, they seem to be broad climate tolerators, rather than specialized stress tolerators, capable of germinating and growing across a wide elevational range. While long-term experiments might be necessary to fully address the potentials for altitudinal expansion, out results on early lifecycle stage suggest that the invaders studied here would have mostly a dispersal barrier rather than a climate barrier to establish in the upper belt of the Sierras Grandes.