篦子三尖杉愈伤组织的诱导

为给今后大规模地细胞培养生产三尖杉"双酯碱"或利用愈伤组织进行悬浮培养提供理论与技术依据,以篦子三尖杉的嫩叶为外植体,应用正交设计法对其愈伤组织进行了诱导实验,结果表明:叶片用酒精浸泡30～40 s.经升汞溶液灭菌12 min,诱导效果最好;诱导叶片愈伤组织的最佳培养基配方为MS+2,4-D1.0 mg·L-1+NAA 2.0 mg·L-1+6-BA 0.5 mg·L-1+KT0.5 nag·L-1.还就叶片的取材部位和取材时间进行了比较实验.结果表明:叶片的叶基部分愈伤组织的诱导率较高;适宜的采样时间为8～10月.     

云南大百合花器官的组织培养技术研究

以云南大百合的花被片、子房、花丝3种花器官为外植体,进行了云南大百合组织培养技术的研究.结果表明:以花器官为外植体,其消毒容易,污染率较低.不同花器官外植体的愈伤组织诱导能力有较大差异,子房的诱导率最高,以2.0～3.0 mg·L-1KT+1.0 mg·L-1NAA+3 %蔗糖+0.7 %琼脂+0.3 %活性炭以及2.0 mg·L-1KT+1.0 mg·L-12、4-D +3 %蔗糖+0.7 %琼脂+0.3 %活性炭的MS培养基为适合诱导其子房愈伤组织产生的培养基,其诱导率可达100 %;以2.0 mg·L-1KT+1.0 mg·L-12、4-D +3 %蔗糖+0.7 %琼脂+0.3 %活性炭的MS培养基为适合诱导花被片和花丝愈伤组织产生的培养基,其诱导率分别达40 %和55 %.4.0 mg·L-1KT+ 0.5 mg·L-1NAA+3 %蔗糖+0.7 %琼脂+0.3 %活性炭的MS培养基是其不定芽分化的最佳培养基;在3.0 mg·L-1KT+ 0.2 mg·L-1NAA+3 %蔗糖+0.7 %琼脂+0.3 %活性炭的MS培养基上可实现不定芽的增殖.在1/2MS+0.5 mg·L-1NAA+3 %蔗糖+0.7 %琼脂+0.3 %活性炭的生根培养基上其组培的生根率达100 %.依此,云南大百合花器官组培试管苗的移栽成活率可达92 %.     

“突尼斯软籽”石榴叶片愈伤组织再生体系的建立

为了石榴遗传转化研究的开展,以"突尼斯软籽"石榴为研究材料,叶片作为外植体,研究了不同灭菌时间和不同生长调节物质对离体叶片愈伤组织再生的影响。结果表明:最适宜的暗培养时间为14 d,最佳愈伤组织分化培养基为MS+BA 1.0 mg.L-1+NAA(0.3～0.5)mg.L-1,最佳不定芽分化培养基为MS+NAA 0.3 mg L-1+TDZ 1.5 mg L-1+KT(1.5～2.0)mg L-1,最佳新梢增高的培养基为MS+NAA 1.0 mg L-1+BA 0.2 mg L-1+KT 1.0 mg L-1,适宜生根的培养基为MS+NAA0.5 mg L-1,生根率达100%。     

香蕉薄切片愈伤组织再生体系的建立研究

以巴西香蕉品种的薄切片为外植体高频地诱导出愈伤组织,并诱导出了不定芽,获得了再生植株。在实验过程中,利用正交实验中筛选出愈伤组织诱导的最佳培养基为MS+2,4-D 4.0 mg.L-1+KT 1.0 mg.L-1+NAA 1.0 mg.L-1+活性炭200 mg.L-1,诱导率可达100%,愈伤组织增殖的最佳培养基是MS+2,4-D 2.0 mg.L-1+6-BA 0.5 mg.L-1+NAA 0.5 mg.L-1+活性炭100 mg.L-1,继代3-4次的愈伤组织在6-BA浓度为5.0 mg.L-1的分化培养基上能分化出不定芽,继代10次之后愈伤组织在继代培养基上开始出现褐化现象,愈伤组织增殖明显受到抑制,褐化的愈伤组织逐渐死亡。     

地被菊间接体细胞胚发生途径的转基因受体体系的研究

采用三步培养法建立了地被菊花品种‘玉人面'间接体细胞胚发生途径的转基因受体体系.试验以地被菊花品种‘玉人面'茎段(节间)为外植体,研究了生长调节剂、光照强度等因子对其间接体细胞胚诱导和分化的影响,同时进行了抗生素敏感性试验.结果表明:胚性愈伤组织诱导培养基为MS KT 2.0 mg·L-1 2,4-D 2.0 mg·L-1 NAA 0.5 mg·L-1,诱导15 d后,将获得的黄绿色致密颗粒状胚性愈伤组织转入胚性愈伤组织分化培养基MS KT 2.0 mg·L-1 2,4-D 1.0 mg·L-1 NAA 0.5 mg·L-1中,诱导15 d后再转入MS KT 2.0 mg·L-1 NAA 0.5 mg·L-1的分化培养基中培养20 d,光照强度为1 000～2 000 lx,胚性愈伤组织诱导率、分化率分别为95.3%、92.7%,平均每个外植体分化的芽数为17.8个,获得的再生芽的稳定性为99.5%.抗生素敏感性试验表明:地被菊花品种‘玉人面'间接体细胞胚发生途径的转基因受体体系中,卡那霉素选择压为20 mg·L-1;头孢霉素在胚性愈伤组织诱导时的选择压为300 mg·L-1,在胚性愈伤组织分化培养时选择压为100 mg·L-1.     

心叶球兰组织培养与快速繁殖试验

以心叶球兰叶片为外植体,愈伤组织诱导和继代增殖培养基MS+6-BA2.0mg.L-1+NAA0.5mg.L-1+2,4-D1.0mg.L-1+GA1.0mg.L-1+白糖3%,诱导的愈伤组织多,生长旺盛,增殖倍数为2～3倍;丛芽诱导培养基MS+KT0.5mg.L-1+NAA0.5mg.L-1+GA1.0mg.L-1+白糖3%,芽的诱导率为79.3%;在丛芽增殖及复壮培养基1/2MS+IBA1.0mg.L-1+白糖2%上,有20%～30%玻璃化丛芽转为绿色苗,玻璃化单芽经复壮培养长成绿色苗;诱导生根培养基为1/2MS+IBA0.5mg.L-1+白糖2%,玻璃化生根率为56.4%,淡绿色苗生根率达91.1%。瓶苗移栽基质泥炭土∶珍珠岩∶甘蔗渣(1∶1∶1)的成活率最高,达91.4%。     

碳源及植物生长调节剂对雷公藤愈伤组织生长和次生代谢产物含量的影响

以雷公藤根愈伤组织为材料,添加不同质量浓度的2,4-D,NAA,6-BA,KT或其组合,研究植物生长调节剂及其组合以及碳源对雷公藤愈伤组织的生长、次生代谢产物含量的影响.结果表明:2,4-D有利于雷公藤愈伤组织的生长和总生物碱的积累,6-BA对愈伤组织的生长起抑制作用,但明显促进愈伤组织中雷公藤内酯醇的形成,KT虽然对愈伤组织的生长起促进作用,但明显抑制愈伤组织中雷公藤内酯醇的形成;不同质量浓度2,4-D,NAA及与KT,6-BA组合试验表明,1.0 mg·L-12,4-D+0.5 mg·L-1KT明显促进愈伤组织的生长,1.0 mg·L-12,4-D+2.0 mg·L-1KT有利于愈伤组织中总生物碱的形成,而4.0 mg·L-1NA+0.5 mg·L-1-BA有利于愈伤组织中雷公藤内酯醇的合成.碳源中,对雷公藤愈伤组织的增长量以蔗糖最高,麦芽糖最有利于雷公藤内酯醇的合成,葡萄糖最有利于雷公藤总生物碱的合成.     

文冠果组织培养研究

以文冠果茎段为外植体,进行组织培养,试验结果表明:MS+6-BA 0.5mg·L-1+IBA 1.0mg·L-1最适宜不定芽诱导;MS+KT 1.0mg·L-1+IBA 0.5mg·L-1最适宜芽分化培养;生根最佳培养基为1/2MS+IBA 0.5mg·L-1+NAA 0.1mg·L-1。     

油茶胚状体发生诱导初步研究

为探求适宜油茶胚状体发生诱导培养条件,以油茶去壳成熟种子为外植体,进行胚状体发生诱导试验.结果表明:在其他培养条件相同的情况下,不同的油茶品种、不同的植物生长调节剂配比对诱导油茶胚状体发生的影响各异:2,4-D 2.0mg· L-1 +KT1.0mg·L-1对胚性愈伤组织的诱导率最高,达到73％;6-BA 0.6 mg·L-1 +NAA 2.0 mg·L-1对胚状体的诱导率最高,达到73％,诱导效果最佳.     

巨桉无性系EG5叶片高效再生体系的建立

以巨桉栽培无性系EG5无菌苗的叶片为外植体进行愈伤组织诱导与植株再生研究。结果表明:愈伤组织高效诱导和不定芽分化的最适培养基为改良MS+0.12 mg·L-1TDZ+0.25 mg·L-1NAA;硝酸铵对EG5叶片愈伤组织生长及植株分化的影响较大,最适宜质量浓度为0.412 5 g·L-1;最佳伸长培养基配方为改良MS+0.3 mg·L-16BA+0.05 mg·L-1IBA+0.3 mg·L-1IAA;暗培养10 d能促进不定芽分化,延缓愈伤组织老化和褐变速度。生根培养基为改良MS+0.4 mg·L-1NAA时生根率最高,为65.47%,移植成活率为90%以上。     

Decomposition and nutrient loss from prunings of different contour hedgerow species in tea plantations in the sloping highlands of Sri Lanka

Contour hedgerows of multipurpose tree species in the sloping tea lands of Sri Lanka are expected to reduce soil erosion and also add significant amounts of plant nutrients to the soil via periodic prunings. The objective of this experiment was to characterize the biomass decomposition pattern and quantify the amount of nutrients added through prunings of six tree species (Calliandra calothyrsus, Senna spectabilis, Euphatorium innulifolium, Flemingia congesta, Gliricidia sepium and Tithonia diversifolia) currently being used in hedgerows associated with tea. Withered leaf and stem prunings (50 g) were enclosed in 2-mm litter bags, placed at 5-cm depth and retrieved after one, three, six, nine and 12 weeks. Loss of initial dry weight, N, P and K was measured. Single exponential decay function adequately described both dry weight and nutrient loss. Tree species differed significantly in their rate of breakdown with decomposition constants (k) varying from 0.0299 to 0.2006 week⁻¹ for leaves and from 0.0225 to 0.0633 week⁻¹ for stems. Gliricidia showed the highest k for leaves with the rest in the following descending order: Senna > Tithonia ≥ Euphatorium > Calliandra > Flemingia. A similar pattern was observed for loss of all nutrients with Calliandra and Flemingia always having lower k values than the rest. Although N immobilization was not observed, immobilization of P and K was observed during the first week of incubation in some species, particularly in stem prunings. Annual biomass of prunings differed significantly between tree species in the following descending order: Calliandra > Senna > Flemingia > Tithonia > Gliricidia > Euphatorium. Calliandra added the greatest amount of nutrients annually to the soil with Euphatorium adding the least. Calliandra prunings provided the annual total K requirement and 49% of the N requirement of mature tea. However, none of the species provided more than 5% of the P requirement. It is concluded that among the tree species tested, Calliandra and Flemingia are the most suitable for contour hedgerows in tea plantations of this agroclimatic region because of their higher soil nutrient enrichment capacity and slower decomposition rates which would minimize leaching losses. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effects of Seed Weight and Seed Type on Early Seedling Growth of Pinus sylvestris under Harsh and Optimal Conditions

The effects of seed weight and seed type on seedling growth of Pinus sylvestris (L.) were studied by seeding individually weighed orchard and stand seed in different mixtures under harsh (direct seeding in field) and optimal (seeding in nursery) conditions. In the nursery experiment an increase in the seed weight from 3 to 7 mg increased the seedling height by 10-27% and total weight by 27-113%, and decreased the height/diameter ratio by 5-6% after 2 yrs. With elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 2% taller than stand seedlings in year 2. Without elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 7-13% taller. In the field experiment an increase in the seed weight from 3 to 7 mg increased seedling height by 18-65%, stem volume by 81-274% and the number of top-buds by 23-34% in year 5. After elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 7-13% taller than stand seedlings and without elimination of seed weight effects 20-21% taller after 5 yrs. Even after elimination of both seed weight and genetic effects orchard seedlings were 3-9% larger than stand seedlings in the field experiment. In conclusion, the influence of seed weight and seed type on growth traits and slenderness is highly significant and the influence seems to be greater in harsh conditions.     

Modelling of adequate pretwist for obtaining straight timber

Abstract

Wood in general and wooden studs in particular are often distorted owing to uneven shrinkage during the drying process in the sawmill. Twist is often the most detrimental of all types of distortion, and it is caused by spiral grain in combination with variations in moisture content. For sawmills, the objective is to produce dried, straight boards, and one method of dealing with boards with excessive spiral grain is to sort them out and then dry them in a pretwisted position to obtain straight boards after drying. A model using the finite element (FE) method for the simulation of drying twist distortions was first calibrated against laboratory experiments in which boards were dried with and without restraints and pretwists. After the calibration, the FE results were compared with industrial test results for boards that were dried without restraints or with restraints with zero pretwist, i.e. straight restraints. The FE model used an elastic–ideally plastic material model to obtain permanent deformations. The calibration was to set the yield stresses so that there was a good match between FE results and results from the laboratory experiments. The comparison between the industrial test results and the FE results showed that the FE model is capable of realistic simulations of drying boards with and without restraints and presumably also pretwists.     

Potential to harness superior nutritional qualities of exotic baobabs if local adaptation can be conferred through grafting

Baobab leaves form an important part of the local diet in Sahel countries and elsewhere in Africa. Existing leaf nutritional data and agroforestry performance information are based solely on Adansonia digitata L., the baobab of continental Africa. The introduction potential of Adansonia species from the center of diversity in Madagascar and from Australia remains untapped. To assess this potential, the mineral contents and B₁ and B₂ vitamin levels of dried baobab leaves were determined for five-year old trees of A. digitata, A. gibbosa (A. Cunn.) Guymer ex D. Baum, A. rubrostipa Jum. & H. Perrier (syn. A. fony Baill.), A. perrieri Capuron and A. za Baill. grown in an introduction trial in Mali. Nutritional data were evaluated against survival and vigor to identify promising germplasm. Leaf vitamin and crude protein contents were highest in the Madagascar species, especially A. rubrostipa (B₁ 88 mg 100 g⁻¹, B₂ 187 mg 100 g⁻¹, protein 20.7% dry weight). However, the local species far outperformed the introductions in survival, tree height, basal diameter and resistance to termites. We suggest grafting as a way of harnessing the vigor of well-adapted local baobab varieties to the superior nutritional profiles of A. rubrostipa and others. Cross-species grafting tests in Adansonia were successful, thus creating new agroforestry possibilities with different scion/rootstock combinations.     

Biogeochemical impacts of clearfelling and reforestation on blanket-peatland streams: II. major ions and dissolved organic carbon

Streams and drains in blanket-peatland forest in western Ireland were sampled weekly over 5 years, 1996–2000, using continuous, depth-proportional passive sampling. Analysis was for pH, alkalinity by Gran titration, anions by IC, metals by ICP, aluminium speciation by loaded-resin exchange, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by absorbance at 320 nm.

Effects of felling are identified graphically from two forest drains whose catchments (both about 1 ha) were clearfelled, and partial clearfelling of one larger catchment (somewhat over 1 km²), in summer 1999. Calcium concentrations and alkalinity were increased in the drain- and streamwater from the felled areas. The pH was increased in drains, while in the larger stream, pH range decreased while the mean increased. Phosphorus increased markedly with clearfell, in the absence of recent fertilising, and also increased with fertilising; these results are reported in an accompanying paper. Ammonium-nitrogen concentrations were increased in the two drains with felling, and temporarily decreased in the larger stream. Nitrate increased in some cases. Potassium and manganese concentrations also increased. Concentrations of DOC and organic monomeric aluminium increased gradually, subject to a continuing strong annual cycle. There were no clearfelling effects on concentrations of solphate, suspended solids or inorganic monomeric aluminium. In the two drains (fully clearfelled), concentrations of sodium, chloride and magnesium, and conductivity, were all reduced after felling. Fertilising effects other than for phosphorus were indistinct.

Effects of the combined clearfell–reforestation treatment were testable statistically, using randomised intervention analysis, between two larger streams (1 km²) as a treatment–control comparison. There were statistically significant positive responses in streamwater concentrations of nitrate, potassium, calcium, DOC and aluminium fractions. The implications for management practice depend on whether the loss of nutrients is sustainable for future crop productivity, and whether critical limits and loads of receiving ecosystems are exceeded.     

Effect of Drought on Growth and Mortality of Actively Growing Norway Spruce Container Seedlings Planted in Summer

Survival, root egress and height growth of 13-month-old actively growing Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.) container seedlings exposed to preplanting drying treatments (0, 4, and 8 days) and postplanting drought periods (1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks) were studied in the field between 5 July and 18 August 1999. The mortality of seedlings increased and the height growth and root egress decreased throughout the postplanting drought period. Postplanting performance was also affected by preplanting drying treatments. The results indicate that no risk of excessive mortality and growth restrictions occurs when actively growing seedlings are planted in summer, provided that seedlings are well watered before planting and the drought period does not exceed 3 weeks.     

Rehabilitation of diseased cacao fields in Peru through shade regulation and timing of biocontrol measures

The objective of this case study was to test the effectiveness of biocontrol for the rehabilitation of abandoned, diseased (moniliasis, witches' broom and black pod) cocoa and to develop testable hypotheses regarding the effect of shade and biocontrol timing. Three trial fields differed in their shade regimes. Biocontrol was administered starting either at flowering or pod filling. Disease incidence and yield were compared with cultural control alone. Biocontrol reduced moniliasis from 49% to 25%, independent of the shading regime and application time. Witches' broom was most severe without shade and unaffected by biocontrol. No significant effects on black pod were observed. Although biocontrol increased percentage healthy fruit independent of shading and timing, only the shaded plot with biocontrol from flowering onwards responded with increased yield. Our hypothesis is: 'In the rehabilitation of abandoned cacao, only fields under sustainable shade management and early onset of biocontrol can realise their production potential.' This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

qPCR quantification of Ophiognomonia clavigignenti‐juglandacearum from infected butternut trees under different release treatments

The use of a molecular assay for quantifying conidia of Ophiognomonia clavigignenti‐juglandacearum, the fungal pathogen responsible of butternut canker, was investigated. Purified DNA from conidia collected on glass fibre filters of a passive rain collectors was quantified using a TaqMan real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay. The qPCR assay could specifically discriminate the target species from all other North American known species of Ophiognomonia, and it was sensitive enough to repeatedly detect one conidium. A linear relationship between numbers of conidia and qPCR C_t values was determined, and used to assess the sporulation of the pathogen under trees that were released to promote their vigour. In total, 977 samples of field‐captured conidia from 49 trees, at two locations, and from two successive growing seasons were analysed. No significant difference of sporulation was observed under control and release treatments. However, our results demonstrated that qPCR assay was reliable for detecting and quantifying O. clavigignenti‐juglandacearum from environmental samples, which will be useful to assess further control methods for this disease.     

The potential of alley cropping in improvement of cultivation systems in the high rainfall areas of Zambia I. Chitemene and Fundikila

Three trials investigating the potential of alley cropping to improve the traditional systems of cultivation, chitemene and fundikila, in the Northern Province of Zambia are described. Flemingia congesta, Tephrosia vogelii, and Sesbania sesban, were grown in association with finger millet, groundnut, cowpea, and maize in various traditional cropping sequences. The indigenous species Tephrosia vogelii and Sesbania sesban were not able to withstand repeated pruning and the long following dry season, and were replaced with Calliandra calothyrsus, and Cassia spectabilis.Over a four year period, there was no benefit by alley cropping with any of the tree species on crop yields, and yields in alley crop treatments even dropped significantly below the control treatments in the fourth year, casting doubt on the potential of alley cropping for sustainable production. There was also no consistent effect on soil chemical characteristics in any of the trials. It was suggested that this lack of beneficial response to alley cropping was due to low tree biomass production low quality of prunings, and an inappropriate cropping sequence. There was no evidence that alley cropping contributed to enhanced nutrient recycling, despite substantial localised pools of soil nutrients, particularly in the chitemene, with which recycling could potentially occur.     

Toxicity of biocide GCSC-BtA on arthropod pests under different temperature conditions

The present research dealt with the toxicity of GCSC-BtA (Germany–China Scientific Cooperation-Bacillus thuringiensis-Abamectin), a new type biocide developed by conjugating a toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) with Abamectin from Streptomyces avermitilis, on arthropod pests under different temperature conditions. The results showed that GCSC-BtA possessed higher toxicity than B.t. crystal, Abamectin or Cypermethrin, with pest mortalities of 97.9, 93.7, 96.4, 82.3 and 96.7% for Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisd.) (Acari, Tetranychidae), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thys., Thripidae), Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hom., Aphididae), Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lep., Plutellidae) and Cameraria ohridella Deschka et Dimić (Lep., Gracillariidae), respectively. Toxicities of GCSC-BtA to T. cinnabarinus and P. xylostella decreased significantly at the older developmental stage with an exception that egg stage had the highest tolerance, in which LC₅₀s of GCSC-BtA were 0.0001, 0.0019 and 0.0708 mg/ml for nymph, adult and egg of T. cinnabarinus, and that 0.0399, 0.2035 and 0.9033 mg/ml for the 2nd instar larvae, 4th instar larvae and egg of P. xylostella, respectively. Also, the biocide was more effective to the lower stage of A. fabae than the higher one with LC₅₀s of 0.0023, 0.0086 and 0.0171 mg/ml against 1st instar nymph, 3rd instar nymph and adult, respectively. In general, toxicity of the new type of biocide was positively related to temperature against all the tested pests, except against T. cinnabarinus, where it was almost similar at the three temperature conditions. GCSC-BtA displayed significantly lower toxicities at 15/20°C than 20/25°C or 25/30°C against F. occidentalis, A. fabae, P. xylostella and C. ohridella. However, no significant difference was found in the toxicities against F. occidentalis, A. fabae and C. ohridella above 20°C, whereas toxicity against P. xylostella increased as temperature raised. Therefore, to achieve higher efficacy in the field, application rate and time should be devised according to these factors.