A new coumestan with immunosuppressive activities from Flemingia philippinensis

A new coumestan, 1,3,9-trihydroxy-8-methoxycoumestan, named flemicoumestan A 1 together with nine isoflavone-related compounds were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the roots of Flemingia philippinensis. Their structures were elucidated and confirmed by spectroscopic methods and literature data. Compounds 3 and 4 showed strong lymphocyte proliferation inhibitory activity with an IC₅₀ value of 1.04-2.76 μM, and the low cytotoxicity with the CC₅₀ value of 71.01 and 56.36 μM, respectively.     

A set of primers for analyzing chloroplast DNA diversity in Citrus and related genera

Chloroplast simple sequence repeat (cpSSR) markers in Citrus were developed and used to analyze chloroplast diversity of Citrus and closely related genera. Fourteen cpSSR primer pairs from the chloroplast genomes of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) and Arabidopsis were found useful for analyzing the Citrus chloroplast genome (cpDNA) and recoded with the prefix SPCC (SSR Primers for Citrus Chloroplast). Eleven of the 14 primer pairs revealed some degree of polymorphism among 34 genotypes of Citrus, Fortunella, Poncirus and some of their hybrids, with polymorphism information content (PIC) values ranging from 0.057 to 0.732, and 18 haplotypes were identified. The cpSSR data were analyzed with NTSYS-pc software, and the genetic relationships suggested by the unweighted pair group method based on arithmetic means (UPGMA) dendrogram were congruent with previous taxonomic investigations: the results showed that all samples fell into seven major clusters, i.e., Citrus medica L., Poncirus, Fortunella, C. ichangensis Blanco, C. reticulata Swingle, C. aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle and C. grandis (L.) Osbeck. The results of previous studies combined with our cpSSR analyses revealed that: (1) Calamondin (C. madurensis Swingle) is the result of hybridization between kumquat (Fortunella) and mandarin (C. reticulata), where kumquat acted as the female parent; (2) Ichang papeda (C. ichangensis) has a unique taxonomic status; and (3) although Bendiguangju mandarin (C. reticulata) and Satsuma mandarin (C. reticulata) are similar in fruit shape and leaf morphology, they have different maternal parents. Bendiguangju mandarin has the same cytoplasm as sweet orange (C. sinensis), whereas Satsuma mandarin has the cytoplasm of C. reticulata. Seventeen PCR products from SPCC1 and 21 from SPCC11 were cloned and sequenced. The results revealed that mononucleotide repeats as well as insertions and deletions of small segments of DNA were associated with SPCC1 polymorphism, whereas polymorphism generated by SPCC11 was essentially due to the variation in length of the mononucleotide repeats.     

Structure of a novel diterpenoid ester,fritillahupehin from bulbs of Fritillaria hupehensis Hsiao and K.C. Hsia

A new diterpenoid ester, fritillahupehin (1) together with three known fatty acids: palmitic acid (2), lignoceric acid (3) and azelaic acid (4) were isolated from the bulbs of Fritillaria hupehensis Hsiao and K.C. Hsia. The structure of fritillahupehin has been established to be ent-kauran-16beta-yl lignocerate by means of spectroscopic and chemical evidence. Compounds 2-4 were isolated from Fritillaria sp. for the first time.     

高温水供热干燥速生杉木方材

运用高温水供热系统干燥速生杉木方材。生产性试验表明，6天内初含水率为55．5％的杉木方材干至始含水率5．4％，干燥质量符合细木工板生产的要求（少数高含水率木材除外）。此干燥法集中供热，具有热效率高、运行安全和经济可行等特点。     

怀集县木荷防火林带的防护效能

怀苎县营建的木荷生物防火林带，经测试具有很好的抗火性、耐火性、难燃性等特点，可阻隔地表火和林冠火的蔓延，起到防火的作用，并可改善林地环境，防止水土流失，其经济效益、生态效益和社会效盖显著。文章还介绍了木荷防火林带的营建技术。     

稀土提高枣树产量及果实品质的研究*

板枣是我国枣树的名优品种之一。枣果营养丰富,经济价值高,既味美可口,又可入药,还是食品加工的重要原料,是我国一大特产。但因管理粗放,病虫较多,影响产量和质量的提高。在推广枣树增产技术措施中,虽以枣树开花期喷施赤霉素提高座果率效果较好,但目前赤霉素价格高,货源缺乏,严重影响了这一增产措施的实施。     

油橄榄中试园主栽品种佛奥及其授粉品种选配的研究

1980—1987年在湖北省武昌、宜昌、巴东和陕西省城固等地的8个县(市)进行了油橄榄丰产栽培中间试验,总面积约133.3ha。结果表明,佛奥品种在各主要中试点生长发育良好,生态适应性强,花型优越(完全花百分率高达80—95％),具有一定的自交结果能力(自交座果率1.96—2.40％),果实品质好(果肉率79.0—79.2％),含油率高(干果44.08％,干果肉71.5—73.9％),早实丰产,适合作为主栽品种。城固32、莱星同佛奥品种花期一致,授粉可配性高(正、反交座果率分别为7.13—9.35％、10.64—11.25％),作为授粉品种和佛奥搭配种植可增加油撖榄园的产量。     

我国油橄榄中试园土壤条件及其营养指标的研究

1983—1987年对湖北省武昌、宜昌、当阳县和陕西省城固县油橄榄中试园土壤与营养状况进行了研究。结果表明:油橄榄生长较好的(一类树下)土壤条件是pH7—8,CaCO_3>5％,有机质>1.8％,速效N>74.4—87.4mg/kg土,速效P>40mg/kg土,速效K>200mg/kg土,交换性Ca103—181mmol/kg土,交换性Mg24—34mmol/kg土。生长结实好的一类树叶片营养指标为N2.0—2.5％,P_2O_5 0.14％,K_2O 1.5％,CaO 4.0％,MgO 0.8％。通过分析建立了预测产量和施肥控制的回归方程。     

五针白皮松林区系特点研究

从植物科属种的分布角度，分析了五针白皮松林区系特征，认为五针白皮松林区系种类为我国所特有和以东亚成分为主，是亚热带区系的一部分，是北温带和泛热带植物区系的衍生区系．其成分组成较简单，特有现象明显．     

贵州苏铁研究进展

本文对贵州苏铁研究在形态特征、生物地理学、生殖生物学特性、细胞学和分子生物学等几个方面开展的科研工作进行综述。