Comparison of S-RNase,RNase T1, T2, and A effects on growth inhibition and RNA degradation of in vitro-cultured pear pollen

To obtain the basic information on fruit set regulation, effects of several RNases including S-RNase on pollen tube growth and RNA degradation in the tube were studied in the pear. Purified S-RNase from the Japanese pear ‘Kosui’ (S₄S₅) predominantly inhibited the growth of ‘Kosui’ pollen tubes (self) in vitro at 0.28 unit μL⁻¹, but it inhibited ‘Chojuro’ (S₂S₃) pollen (cross) only slightly. The same unit of RNase T₁ (EC 3.1.27.3) clearly inhibited the pollen tube growth, but the action was significantly weaker than that of the S-RNase against the self-pollen. Inhibitory effect of RNase T₂ (EC 3.1.27.1) and RNase A (EC 3.1.27.5) was only slight. The proteins other than the S-RNase extracted from pear style did not have any inhibitory action, though they possessed RNase activity 3.8 times higher than S-RNase. Thus, RNases tested here could not substitute for the S-RNase in specific inhibition against the self-pollen tube growth. Total RNA degradation by each RNase occurred in the pollen tubes as following order; S-RNase (self) ≥T₁ > T₂ ≥ A > S-RNase (cross). Degradation degree of 28S and 18S rRNA was as follows; S-RNase (self) > A > T₁ > T₂ > S-RNase (cross). The degradation of 5.8S and 5S rRNA was; S-RNase (self) > S-RNase (cross) > A > T₂ > T_1. The degree of rRNA degradation was, thus, not always in parallel with the degree of pollen growth inhibition. The S-RNase may degrade not only rRNA but also mRNA essential for pollen tube growth, and may be specifically adapted to inhibit the growth of self-pollen tubes. Therefore, controlling S-RNase amount in the style will produce self-thinning cultivars efficiently, which are unnecessary not only for hand-pollination but fruit-thinning practices in the pear. Practically, cultivar with weak self-incompatibility and small amount of S-RNase, such as ‘Okusankichi’, may be an expecting candidate for breeding self-thinning cultivars.     

Ultrastructural study on scab resistance expressed in epidermal pectin layers of pear leaves

Proliferation and collapse of subcuticular hyphae of Venturia nashicola race 1 were studied ultrastructurally, after inoculation of susceptible Japanese pear cv. Kousui, resistant Japanese pear cv. Kinchaku, resistant Asian pear strain Mamenashi 12 and nonhost European pear cv. Flemish Beauty leaves, to understand the nature of the resistance mechanism. After cuticle penetration by the pathogen, the hyphae were observed at lower frequency in epidermal pectin layers and middle lamellae of leaves of the three resistant plants than in those of susceptible ones. This result suggested that fungal growth was suppressed in the incompatible interaction between pear and V. nashicola race 1. In the pectin layers of all inoculated plants, some hyphae had modifications such as breaks in the plasmalemma with plasmolysis, necrotic cytoplasm and degraded cell walls. More hyphae had collapsed in the leaves of the three resistant plants than in those of the susceptible cv. Kousui. In collapsed hyphae, the polymerized cell walls broke into numerous fibrous and amorphous pieces, showing that the scab resistance might be associated with cell wall-degrading enzymes from pear plants.     

鸭梨果实石细胞分化特性研究

以鸭梨为试材,利用透射电镜显微技术和组织化学技术对梨果实石细胞分化及次生壁形成过程进行研究。结果表明,石细胞分化始于开花第7天,原生质体收缩于细胞一侧,随后胞内出现颗粒状凝聚物,次生壁逐渐增厚,之后胞质继续收缩消失,早期形成的石细胞多以群体形式同时出现。石细胞次生壁形成是逐步进行的,即先形成纤维素或半纤维素网架结构,再进行木质化填充。透射电镜下石细胞分化过程中依次呈现出细胞核染色质凝聚、细胞核变形、核膜界限不清晰的现象;胞内出现同心层次的自噬泡,形成大量囊泡;细胞核消失,内质网断裂并大量增生,质膜向内突起形成泡状结构;次生壁增厚,胞内细胞器仅有线粒体和内质网,最终细胞质收缩消失。     

不同摘袋时间对日面红梨果实品质及贮藏性的影响

以条黑育果袋在3个不同时期摘袋,研究其对日面红梨品质的影响。结果表明：7月上旬摘袋,果锈、日烧均严重,失水率高。7月下旬摘袋,黑点病多,裂果严重,着色不良。7月中旬摘袋,果锈少,黑点病、裂果、日烧、失水均较少,着色也良好,是摘袋最佳时间。     

黄金梨和鸭梨叶片光合作用的光抑制及其恢复的比较研究

 以黄金梨和鸭梨的连体和离体叶片为研究材料, 在自然光强和模拟光强下测定光合作用和叶绿素荧光参数。结果表明: 黄金梨和鸭梨连体叶片经午间强光处理后, 净光合速率( P_n) 、表观量子效率(AQY) 和光系统Ⅱ ( PSⅡ) 的光化学效率(F_v /F_m ) 降低, 初始荧光( F_o ) 升高, 且其降低或升高的幅度随着光强的增强而加大, 说明强光胁迫使叶片发生了光抑制; 黄金梨和鸭梨离体叶片的光抑制程度均随着强光照射时间的延长而加重, 但是在光强减弱或在弱光下恢复2～4 h, 均可基本恢复到正常值, 说明仅强光引起的光抑制是可逆的; 对DTT处理的叶片进行强光处理, 其F_v/F_m比未吸入DTT的叶片低, F_o比对照高, 说明依靠叶黄素循环进行热耗散是梨树叶片防御强光破坏光合机构的重要途径之一; 黄金梨对强光胁迫的忍耐能力和恢复能力较鸭梨弱, 说明梨树光抑制程度品种间有差异。     

梨叶片中苹果褪绿叶斑病毒的引物原位标记检测

 选用带苹果褪绿叶斑病毒的香梨叶片，制备成适合进行原位RT-PCR的石蜡切片。设计特异引物，利用引物原位标记技术对切片组织中的病毒进行了检测研究，结果表明，PRINS-FITC染色法和PRINS-Rhodamine染色法均能获得良好的检测效果，有病毒部位分别显示绿色荧光和红色荧光，而且荧光出现的位置与原位RT-PCR检测的结果一致。由此证明引物原位标记技术可用于果树病毒的原位检测。     

连栋大棚苦瓜立体套种试验

通过研究在连栋大棚中立体套种苦瓜、大白菜、芹菜对土地利用率及产量和效益的影响。试验结果表明,套种栽培模式土地利用率可达175%;常规苦瓜栽培模式1hm2种植13500株,产量为46200kg;套种模式1hm2栽苦瓜6750株,产量达78450kg,比常规栽培增产69.81%,1hm2净收入132960.0元,比常规栽培增收346%,效益明显高于常规种植。     

赤霉酸涂布剂在绿宝石梨上的应用效果研究

试验证明,应用赤霉酸涂布剂涂抹果柄,可以有效地减少绿宝石梨裂果率(较对照减少裂果25.38%),增大果个、提高产量(较对照增长14.15%),明显提高经济效益,并使可溶性固形物的含量增加2.55%,果心减小3.48%.用3%赤霉酸脂膏于花后10d涂抹果柄基部长度1.5cm,对减轻绿宝石梨裂果的作用和提高果实其他性状效果最好.     

农优1号苦瓜与丽华苦瓜比较试验初报

为了解农优1号苦瓜与丽华苦瓜在熟性、结果习性、产量、抗病性等方面的对比情况,在春季进行品比试验.结果表明农优1号苦瓜表现早熟、产量高、抗病强.值得进一步示范推广.