Testing and evaluation of natural durability of wood in above ground conditions in Europe – an overview

Natural durability of wood is determined by the European standard EN 252 for specimens in ground contact and EN 113 for basidiomycetes in the laboratory, but no test exists for above ground conditions. For above ground conditions, the European prestandard ENV 12037 and EN 330 are used to determine the durability of treated wood. The most important factors for fungal establishment on the surface and within wood are the moisture content, the surrounding temperature, and the relative humidity. Strength tests are the most sensitive for decay detection, but neither strength tests nor identification of fungi responsible for the decay are included in the standards of above ground durability in field tests. To detect decay, visual examination, pick or splinter tests, and mass loss determination are used. Identifying fungi with traditional methods, e.g., growth on solid medium, is time consuming and complicated. Molecular methods like polymerase chain reaction and sequencing do not require mycological skill for identification to species level, and furthermore the methods do not depend on the subjective judgement like most traditional methods, but are based on the objective information of the target organism (e.g., nucleotide sequences). The next generation of standard field tests will probably consider the drawbacks of standard tests today and be rapid and include both quality tests like molecular identification and nondestructive quantitative tests, e.g., acoustic tests. Laboratory tests can be improved by using fungi identified from field trials and by combining different fungi in the same test and thus simulate degradation in practice.     

Variation in Heterobasidion annosum detected by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNAs

The production of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was used to detect variation in the isolates of Heterobasidion annosum with various geographical origins. Specific RAPD products were detected for each of the intersterility groups: the European S, F, P and the North American S group. There was considerably more polymorphism found among European S than P isolates. The analysis of RAPDs was shown to be a simple and a fast way to generate DNA markers specific to the previously established intersterility groups and thus useful for diagnostic purposes.     

苏云金杆菌杀虫晶体蛋白基因转化美洲黑杨的研究

本研究首先建立了美洲黑杨叶片外植体的再生系统，并利用Ｈｏｒｓｃｈ等人１９８５年发明的叶盘法，将分别带有嵌合基因ＮＰＴＩＩ和１．８ｋｂ或２．１ｋｂ Ｂｔ．基因的土壤杆菌ＬＢＡ４４０４与美洲黑杨叶片共培养。采用３０ｍｇ／ｌ和５０ｍｇ／ｌ两种浓度的卡那霉素筛选转子，约２８天左右的时间，有不定芽从外植体切口处形成。两种卡那霉素浓度下共形成２７５个伸长芽，存活了１８７株。这１８７株分别进入卡那霉素３０ｍｇ／     

杉木单染色体的显微分离及体外扩增

染色体微分离及体外扩增是传统细胞生物学和现代分子生物学相结合而发展起来的一项新技术.自1981年Scalenghe等[1]首次在果蝇唾腺染色体上取得成功后,该技术很快在人及动物分子遗传学研究中得到广泛应用,并取得很多重要的结果.     

桤木群体遗传分化研究I.DNA提取和PCR条件的建立

桤木(ＡｌｎｕｓｃｒｅｍａｓｔｏｇｙｎｅＢｕｒｋ)为桦木科(Ｂｅｔｕｌａｃｅａｅ)植物,主要分布于四川盆地及其周边地区。桤木喜光、喜湿,根系发达,对土壤要求不严,适应性强,在长江中下游地区防护林建设中具有重要作用。国外对桤木属(Ａｌｎｕｓ)植物的研究起步较早,主要集中于生理生化方面包括生长、固Ｎ、抗涝性以及种间杂交研究等[1　3]。虽有学者利用ＲＦＬＰ研究其核糖体ＤＮＡ的基因结构、以同工酶技术研究桤木属的群体遗传变异[4　6],但未见应用ＲＡＰＤ技术的研究报道。随着现代生物技术的发展,生物多样性的检测技术日趋成熟和多…     

枫香DNA提取方法与PCR扩增程序的优化

从SDS、CTAB、高盐低pH值3种方法中选择了CTAB法作为枫香适合的DNA提取方法,同时构建了枫香DNA的PCR扩增程序,并从Mg^ 浓度、Taq酶用量、dNTP浓度、引物浓度、DNA模板用量等方面优化了PCR扩增程序。     

抗生素对泡桐丛枝病植原体和发病相关蛋白质的影响

泡桐(Paulownia sp.)是我国重要的速生用材和绿化树种;然而,丛枝病的发生给我国的泡桐生产带来了巨大的损失.     

HaNPV病毒对寄主昆虫的持续作用研究

用不同浓度的HaNPV病毒感染3龄棉铃虫幼虫并分别收集不同处理的存活试虫进行室内传代饲养.结果表明,病毒对寄主昆虫不仅具有直接致死作用,而且对蛹质量和化蛹均有明显的影响,尤其是对亲代和子一代的寄主昆虫.同时,通过PCR技术,从子一代的幼虫和蛹中成功检测到该病毒,从而在分子水平上证明了病毒能够经过亲代传递到子代的种群中.这对病毒的高效利用和害虫的持续控制具有重要的理论和实践意义.