Effects of in ovo feeding of L‐arginine on the development of digestive organs,intestinal function and post‐hatch performance of broiler embryos and hatchlings

This study was to investigate the effects of in ovo feeding (IOF) L‐arginine (Arg) solution on the development of digestive organs, the duodenal mucosa of broiler embryos and hatchlings, and the growth performance of chicks during the first week post‐hatch. A total of 720 fertilized eggs with similar weight were randomly allocated to three groups, consisting of eight replicates of 30 eggs each. Three treatments were arranged as non‐injected control, diluent‐injected (0.75% NaCl solution) group and Arg solution‐injected group containing 1% Arg, dissolved in diluent. At 17.5 days of incubation, 0.6 ml of IOF solution was injected into amniotic fluid of each egg of injected groups. Results showed IOF of Arg solution increased (p < .05) the chick embryo weight at 19 days of incubation; the body weight gain of post‐hatch broilers during 1–7 days; the weights of liver, pancreas, proventriculus and gizzard; the concentrations of duodenal ghrelin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and glucagon‐like peptide 2; and the duodenum mucosal enzyme activities of alkaline phosphatase, maltase, sucrase and inducible nitric oxide synthase of 7‐day‐old post‐hatch broilers compared with other groups. The IOF of Arg solution also increased (p < .05) the villus height (VH) and the ratio of VH to crypt depth (CD) and decreased (p < .05) the CD in duodenum of broiler embryos and post‐hatch hatchlings, except for the CD at 19 days of incubation. In conclusion, IOF of 1% Arg solution into the amnion at 17.5 days of incubation could improve the development of digestive organs, the duodenal morphology, the releasing of gastrointestinal hormones and mucosal enzyme activities of broiler embryos and hatchlings and finally the growth performance of chicks during the first week post‐hatch. Therefore, IOF of appropriate Arg solution could be an effective technology for regulating early nutrition supply and subsequent growth development in poultry industry.     

硒胁迫对紫花苜蓿硒积累及矿质元素吸收的效应

为了探讨硒胁迫对紫花苜蓿硒积累及对其他矿质元素吸收的影响。以3种苜蓿阿尔冈金、大叶苜蓿、维多利亚为试材,采用土培试验方法,研究了硒胁迫对紫花苜蓿不同组织的生物量、转运系数、耐性指数、硒积累量、硒含量和矿质元素含量的影响及紫花苜蓿对硒的积累能力。结果表明:施以100μmol/L硒时,硒处理显著提高了3个品种苜蓿根、茎、叶片的硒含量、耐性指数、硒积累量和K、P、Ca、Mg元素的吸收,当硒浓度为900μmol/L时,则降低了阿尔冈金和维多利亚不同器官生物量及大叶苜蓿根的生物量积累,且降低了阿尔冈金和维多利亚不同器官及大叶苜蓿根和茎对Zn吸收积累量。不同品种间相比较,大叶苜蓿生物量、硒积累量和K、P、Mg元素吸收显著高于其他2个苜蓿,且差异显著。综合评价表明,大叶苜蓿对矿质元素和Se有较好的吸收和富集能力。     

利用荧光SSR分析中国糜子遗传多样性

分析糜子种质资源的遗传多样性,有助于了解糜子起源与进化,可为糜子优异种质发掘及资源高效利用提供理论基础。本研究利用15个糜子特异性荧光SSR标记检测来源于中国11个省(区)的132份糜子种质资源,检测到107个等位变异,每个位点等位变异数为2~14个,平均7个;基因多样性指数为0.0936~0.8676,平均0.5298;多态性信息含量为0.0893~0.8538,平均0.4864。采用遗传距离的聚类将试验材料分为4类,类群I来自东北春糜子区,类群II来自黄土高原春、夏糜子区,类群III来自于北方春糜子区,类群IV来自北方春糜子区和黄土高原春、夏糜子区。分析模型的遗传结构表明,中国糜子资源来自4个(东北地区、黄土高原、北方地区和西北地区)基因库,与基于遗传距离的聚类结果基本一致,均与材料的地理起源相关。糜子遗传变异丰富,主要存在于糜子材料间。该结果从分子水平上准确揭示了中国糜子的遗传多样性。     

叶面喷施吲哚乙酸对油菜蕾薹期渍水的缓解效应

以油菜品种秦优7号(敏感)和苏油4号(耐渍)为材料,通过盆栽试验研究吲哚乙酸(IAA)对油菜蕾薹期渍水的缓解效应。蕾薹期渍水持续10d,渍水结束后,叶面喷施浓度为0.1mmol/L的IAA,随后的0~15d调查油菜的生理变化。结果发现:渍水后生物量和叶片光合色素含量降低;谷胱甘肽、抗坏血酸含量和超氧化物歧化酶活性升高;丙二醛含量升高;蔗糖合成酶、蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性上升,蔗糖和可溶性糖含量增加。渍水结束后喷施IAA,对敏感的秦优7号缓解效应更明显;叶片中的光合色素含量升高,5d后显著恢复生长;蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性降低,降低蔗糖含量;蔗糖合成酶活性降低,减少蔗糖的分解;尤其是喷施15d后IAA对渍水胁迫的缓解作用最明显,苏油4号根干重显著增加,而秦优7号的根干重和茎干重均显著增加。叶面喷施IAA有效缓解单株角果数、每角粒数和产量的降低,但对抗氧化系统影响较小。     

An investigation into the grazing efficiency of perennial ryegrass varieties

The objective of this study was to compare the grazing efficiency of 30 perennial ryegrass varieties, differing in ploidy and heading date. Plots were grazed by lactating dairy cows and managed under a rotational grazing system with 19 grazing events occurring over two years. Pre-grazing and post-grazing compressed sward heights were measured with a rising plate meter. A mixed model was used to predict the post-grazing sward height of each variety based on year, grazing event, block and pre-grazing sward height. Residual grazed height (RGH) was derived as the difference between the actual and predicted post-grazing sward height and was used as the measure of grazing efficiency. Negative RGH values indicated that the actual herbage removed was greater than that predicted and so indicated a superior grazing efficiency. Varieties differed in their level of grazing efficiency (p < .001), with RGH values ranging from −0.38 to +0.34 cm. Tetraploid varieties exhibited significantly greater grazing efficiency performance than diploids (p < .001), with average RGH values of −0.13 and +0.13 cm respectively. A significant difference in grazing efficiency was found among recommended perennial ryegrass varieties that are not being recorded by mechanically harvested simulated grazing protocols. A variety reappraisal that included grazing efficiency could identify varieties capable of improving on-farm livestock productivity from grass.     

患红体病凡纳滨对虾肝胰腺NAGase基本性质的改变研究

[目的]为虾养殖过程中红体病的诊断和控制提供重要的理论依据。[方法]分别测定健康和患红体病的凡纳滨对虾（Litopenaeus vanname）的肝胰腺N-乙酰-β-D-氨基葡萄糖苷酶（EC3.2.1.52,NAGase）的比活力及其性质差异。[结果]2种来源NAGase的比活力、基本酶学性质等均存在差异。对虾患红体病后,肝胰腺NAGase的比活力和最适温度下降,但催化反应动力学常数Km、Vm值和活化能上升。[结论]该研究表明NAGase与对虾患病可能存在着密切关系。     

铺地竹叶片对结球生菜种子发芽及幼苗生长的影响

采用基质盆栽试验,研究了铺地竹(Sasa argenteastriatus E.G.Camus)叶片对结球生菜(Lactucasativa L.var.capitata L.)种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响,结果表明,铺地竹叶片粉末对结球生菜种子的萌发和幼根生长具有一定的抑制作用,随着浓度的增加抑制作用增强,在50～200 g/m2的范围内,幼根抑制率为12.15%～28.91%。在50～100 g/m2的用量下,铺地竹叶片对结球生菜苗长表现为促进生长作用,而在200 g/m2时,则表现为抑制生长作用。施用铺地竹叶片后3 d、6 d、9 d和12 d,结球生菜幼苗的叶绿素含量特别是叶绿素a的含量显著减少,随着基质中叶片粉末浓度的增加,结球生菜叶绿素含量降低,叶绿素a含量高低依次为对照、低浓度处理、中浓度处理、高浓度处理。随着处理后时间的延长,竹叶对结球生菜叶片叶绿素a含量的影响减弱。这个结果进一步验证了自然条件下铺地竹叶片对植物生长的化感效应,说明其具有开发植物源除草剂的潜力,为研究铺地竹叶片中的化感物质提供了佐证。     

Abscisic Acid May Alter the Salicylic Acid‐Related Abiotic Stress Response in Maize

The effect of 0, 0.05 or 0.1 mm abscisic acid treatment on chilling tolerance and salicylic acid‐related responses was investigated in young maize seedlings (Zea mays L., hybrid Norma). Although the pre‐treatment of maize seedlings with abscisic acid slightly decreased the chlorophyll content, it also reduced the level of chilling injury caused by 6 days of cold treatment at 5 °C. Under normal growth conditions, increased levels of bound salicylic acid and of bound ortho‐hydroxycinnamic acid were observed in the leaves during abscisic acid treatment. In the roots, abscisic acid did not affect the free and bound salicylic acid levels, but increased the amount of free and bound ortho‐hydroxycinnamic acid. The activity of glutathione‐S‐transferase increased on the 3rd day of abscisic acid treatment, whereas it did not change when followed by cold stress, compared with the control leaves. In the roots, the activities of glutathione reductase, glutathione‐S‐transferase and ascorbate peroxidase increased during the abscisic acid treatment, and those of glutathione‐S‐transferase and ascorbate peroxidase were also stimulated when abscisic acid pre‐treatment was followed by cold stress, compared with the control roots. Our results suggest that an overlap may exist between the abscisic acid‐induced cold acclimation and the salicylic acid‐related stress response.     

低温与氮耦合对水稻内源激素含量的影响

【目的】探究不同耐冷氮高效水稻材料内源激素代谢特点,以阐明氮营养对提高水稻耐冷性的调节机理。【方法】以水稻近等基因系耐冷氮高效I16和冷敏氮低效I67为材料,采用水培试验,研究人工气候室模拟低温胁迫与4个氮肥水平(10,20,40和60 mg/L)耦合对水稻根、叶中内源激素吲哚乙酸(IAA)、细胞分裂素(CTK)、赤霉素(GA)、脱落酸(ABA)含量的影响及其互作效应。【结果】随水稻生育进程,根和叶中IAA、CTK、GA含量呈先升高后降低的趋势,在开花期达到峰值,ABA含量在成熟期达峰值。水稻根和叶中IAA、CTK、GA含量随施氮水平增加而升高,ABA则相反;在相同施氮水平下,低温抑制IAA、CTK、GA合成,促进ABA升高,4种激素含量呈现I16高于I67,叶高于根。低温与中氮耦合对水稻根和叶中IAA、CTK、GA的调控为正效应,低温与高氮耦合调控ABA为负效应,中氮可使水稻维持较高内源激素含量,这是增强水稻耐冷性的内在机理之一。【结论】在低温和氮肥耦合下,维持根叶中较高的IAA、CTK、GA、ABA含量,以及施氮对根、叶激素耦合效应的差异,是引起水稻耐冷性和氮素利用效率差异的重要生理调节因素。