Somatic embryogenesis and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) using immature cotyledons

This study describes a successful method of somatic embryogenesis and genetic transformation using immature cotyledons of Prunus mume. Immature cotyledons from four different developmental stages of eight different P. mume cultivars were used for the experiments to optimize somatic embryogenesis and genetic transformation protocols. Somatic embryogenesis was induced when the explants were cultured on somatic embryo inducing medium consisting of MS basic medium supplemented with 1 μM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 1 μM 6-benzyladenine (BA). They were cultured for 30 days and then transferred to somatic embryo propagation medium containing 0.1 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 5 μM BA. It appeared that the developmental stage of the immature cotyledons used as explants was the most important factor for somatic embryogenesis; higher frequencies of somatic embryogenesis were observed when the immature cotyledons were less than 5 mm in length regardless of cultivars. For genetic transformation, the immature cotyledons were inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA101 harbouring a binary plasmid vector with neomycin phosphotransferase II and an intron-interrupted β-glucuronidase gene under the control of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter, and three transgenic plant lines were obtained from inoculated “Sirakaga” immature cotyledons. Transgenic somatic embryos and shoots were selected using 25 mg l⁻¹ kanamycin. Integration of transgenes in the genome of GUS-positive putative transgenic shoots was confirmed by PCR and Southern blot analyses.     

不同浓度2,4-D对罗布麻茎尖诱导成活率的影响

采用MS基本培养基,分别添加不同浓度的2,4-D、6-BAI、BA,筛选适合罗布麻组织培养的最佳培养基。结果表明:最适合罗布麻诱导分化的培养基为C(MS+2,4-D 0.9 mg/L+6-BA 1.5 mg/L+琼脂8 g/L+蔗糖30 g/L)、D(MS+2,4-D 1.1 mg/L+6-BA 1.5 mg/L+琼脂8 g/L+蔗糖30 g/L)。     

棉花抗除草剂2,4-D品系抗性遗传分析

利用高抗除草剂2,4-D的亲本与不抗除草剂的品系配制组合,对亲本、F1和F2植株进行抗性鉴定、调查、统计,进行棉花抗除草剂2,4-D性状遗传分析,结果表明,棉花除草剂2,4-D抗性性状是由一对显性基因控制。该抗除草剂性状属于质量性状遗传,便于在棉花育种中利用,抗性水平较高,能达到800mg/kg以上水平。抗除草剂性状可以在棉花常规育种和杂交种生产利用中发挥作用。     

激光传感器在喷雾靶标检测中的研究应用

树木尺寸、形状等特征信息的获取,是现代化农业中重要的环节,为农林管理中的变量精密喷雾提供依据。为了实现对树木靶标信息的精确测量,搭建了基于UTM-30LX型激光传感器的室内滑台靶标检测系统,实现对规则物体、仿真树的扫描检测,通过编写的C++程序,实时读取数据信息并存储于控制计算机中。利用MATLAB软件对存储的数据信息进行后期的离线分析,重构物体三维图像,通过最大相对误差、轮廓相似度两个参数,分析激光传感器检测得到靶标目标尺寸、重构目标三维图像的精确度。以长方体柜子、圆柱体泡沫、2棵仿真树为试验对象,按照选取的3个检测距离和4个检测速度分别对4个试验对象进行检测与数据分析。试验结果显示,多次试验下,与人工测量尺寸比较而言,激光传感器测得的长方体柜子长度、宽度和高度尺寸最大相对误差分别为6.76%、6.86%和3.92%,圆柱体泡沫的高度、直径尺寸最大相对误差分别为4.25%和7.33%,仿真树1高度、宽度尺寸最大相对误差分别为4.06%和5.91%,仿真树2高度、宽度尺寸最大相对误差分别为3.24%和4.00%;仿真树1、2的激光扫描重构图像与对应实物轮廓相似度最小值分别为0.928 8和0.932 6。研究表明,UTM-30LX型激光传感器在各种试验条件下对多种试验靶标特征检测均具有较好的精确性和准确性,可以担负变量喷雾检测的任务,具有应用到农业生产中的前景。     

Jasmonic acid and abscisic acid play important roles in host–pathogen interaction between Fusarium graminearum and wheat during the early stages of fusarium head blight

The effect of phytohormones on the defense response of wheat against Fusarium graminearum infection was investigated. Infection of heads with F. graminearum induced accumulation of salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), abscisic acid (ABA), and indole acetic acid (IAA). Exogenous phytohormone treatments showed crosstalk between them and a complex effect on expression of the genes ATB2, ExpB6, LEA Td16, PR1, Pdf1.2, PR4. JA treatment reduced F. graminearum growth and fusarium head blight (FHB) symptoms while an increase in FHB was observed with ABA. Transient down-regulation of allene oxide synthase (AOS) supports a complex role for JA in wheat head.     

微波辐射催化合成2’-羰环戊基甲酸乙酯

以己二酸二乙酯为原料,在微波辐射下经Dieckmann缩合反应合成2′-羰环戊基甲酸乙酯。研究了反应时间、反应温度、催化剂用量等因素对反应产率的影响,并通过正交设计优选了2′-羰环戊基甲酸乙酯的合成条件。结果表明,各试验因素的影响效能为反应温度(反应时间(催化剂用量;最佳合成条件为反应温度90℃,反应时间50 min,催化剂与原料的摩尔比为1.1∶1,在此条件下,常压合成目标物的产率可以达到99.5%。     

Protection of spruce from colonization by the bark beetle, Ips perturbatus, in Alaska

Field bioassays were conducted in south-central Alaska in a stand of Lutz spruce, Picea × lutzii, to determine whether a semiochemical interruptant (verbenone and trans-conophthorin) and/or a defense-inducing plant hormone (methyl jasmonate, MJ) could be used to protect individual standing trees from bark beetle attack. During two experiments (initiated in May 2004 and 2005, respectively), attacks by Ips perturbatus on standing trees were induced by using a three-component aggregation pheromone (ipsenol, cis-verbenol, and ipsdienol) and prevented by using the interruptant. In 2005, treatments from 2004 were repeated and additional treatments were evaluated by using MJ spray or injection with and without the interruptant. Aggregation began before 3 or 7 June, and attack density was monitored through 3 or 16 August. During both years, tree mortality caused by I. perturbatus was recorded twice (in August, and in May of the following year). In both experiments, attack density was greatest on trees baited with the three-component attractive pheromone, but was significantly reduced by addition of the semiochemical interruptant to trees baited with the attractant. There were no significant differences in attack density between attractant + interruptant-treated trees and unbaited trees. In 2004, mortality was highest among attractant-baited trees, whereas addition of the interruptant significantly reduced the level of initial (10 week post-treatment) and final (54 week post-treatment) mortality. In 2005, no significant reduction in attack density occurred on trees baited with the attractant when MJ was sprayed or injected. The highest initial (10.6 week post-treatment) and final (49.4 week post-treatment) mortality was observed among trees that had been injected with MJ and baited with the attractant. Mortality at the final assessment was significantly lower in all other treatment groups. As in 2004, addition of the interruptant to attractant-baited trees significantly reduced the level of final mortality compared to attractant-baited trees. MJ was not attractive or interruptive to I. perturbatus or associated bark beetles in a flight trapping study. However, MJ-treated trees (sprayed or injected) exuded copious amounts of resin on the bark surface. Anatomical analyses of felled trees from four treatment groups [Tween (solvent)-sprayed, MJ-sprayed, Tween-injected, and MJ-injected + attractant baited] showed that treatment with MJ increased the number and size of resin ducts produced following treatment. These analyses also revealed a reduction in radial growth in MJ-treated trees. Our results show that during both years, treatment with a simple, two-component interruptant system of verbenone and trans-conophthorin significantly reduced I. perturbatus attack density and tree mortality on attractant-baited trees and provided a full year of protection from bark beetle attack.     

光学三维测量技术在原木三维重建中的应用

提出了利用光学三维测量技术中的位相测量轮廓技术和图像拼接技术得到原木完整三维轮廓点云数据的原理和方法,并介绍运用Image ware软件进行原木的三维轮廓重建.该方法具有非接触性、快速高效、分辨率高且易于实现的特点.     

Inhibitory effect of 2,4-dibromophenol and 2,4,6-tribromophenol on larval survival and metamorphosis of the sea urchin <Emphasis Type="Italic">Strongylocentrotus nudus</Emphasis>

ABSTRACT:   As a possible factor leading to the low recruitment level of sea urchins in kelp forests, the inhibitory effect of 2,4-dibromophenol (DBP) and 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP) released from the large perennial brown algae Ecklonia kurome and Eisenia bicyclis on survival and metamorphosis of eight-armed larvae of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus was examined. The percentage of larvae that underwent metamorphosis in filtered sea water after 1 h exposure to one-half dilution of saturated dibromomethane solution (∼60 ppm) as a chemical inducer reached approximately 100% after 1 h, while that in filtered sea water containing 1 ppm TBP was reduced to 73%. This was further reduced to less than 40% in the presence of 10 and 20 ppm TBP after 2 h. In filtered sea water containing 1 and 10 ppm DBP, the proportion of metamorphosed larvae was reduced markedly to 43 and 5% after 2 h, respectively. All larvae exposed to 50 ppm TBP and to 20 and 50 ppm DBP died after 1 h. These findings suggest that DBP is more toxic than TBP for sea urchin larvae, strongly inhibiting their metamorphosis.     

High frequency embryogenic callus induction and plant regeneration from mature caryposis of big bluestem and little bluestem

Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) and little bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michaux) Nash.] are native to the North America and are important forage grasses and ornamental grasses. Both grasses are proposed as ideal biomass producers for cellulosic ethanol production. To apply genetic transformation, which is an important tool for incorporating desirable agronomic traits into plants to both species, however requires an efficient and reproducible regeneration protocol. We used mature caryopses from big and little bluestem as explants and tested the effect of various combinations of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 mg l⁻¹) and kinetin (KT) (0, 0.1 or 0.2 mg l⁻¹) on embryogenic callus induction with LS as the basal medium. The highest percentage of embryogenic calli induction occurred on medium containing 2, 4-D alone at 2 mg l⁻¹ for ‘Bison’ and on medium containing 4 mg l⁻¹ 2, 4-D alone for ‘Bonilla’ big bluestem. For little bluestem, the highest percentage of embryogenic callus induction occurred on medium containing 3 mg l⁻¹ 2, 4-D plus 0.1 mg l⁻¹ kinetin, suggesting that addition of KT is beneficial. Shoot regeneration took place on LS basal medium without any plant growth regulator for both species, although the addition of KT increased both regeneration frequency and the number of shoots produced per callus. Rooting of shoots reaching about 2 cm long occurred readily with or without α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Rooted plantlets were all successfully established in the soil.