The effect of growth regulators on meristem tip development and in vitro multiplication ofSolanum tuberosum L. plants

Summary We studied the effect of β-indoleacetic acid (IAA), α-naphthylacetic acid (NAA), kinetin (K), 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and gibberellic acid (GA₃) on development of isolated meristems of four potato cultivars (subsp. tuberosum). GA₃ had a stimulating effect on in vitro meristem growth. The differences among the cultivars are presented. K+IAA+GA₃ induced formation of multiple shoots. We describe a method of continual plant multiplication under in vitro conditions and propose the produce for maintenance, multiplication and virus eradication of potato germplasm and cultivars.

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Zusammenfassung Von vier Kartoffelsorten (Blanik, Cira, Nora und Radka) wurden die Meristemspitzen entnommen. Der N?hrboden enthielt Makround Mikroelemente gem?ss Murashige & Skoog (1962), Vitamine entsprechend B-5 (Gamborg et al., 1968), 100mg/l Inositol, 30 g/l Saccharose und 8 g/l Agar. Wir untersuchten die Wirkung von β-Indolessigs?ure (IAA), α-Naphytlessigs?ure (NAA), Kinetin (K), 6-Benzylaminopurin (BAP) und Gibberellins?ure (GA₃). Auf den N?hrb?den mit IAA und NAA wurde mangelhaftes Triebwachstum und unvollst?ndige Blattentwicklung (Abb. 1) festgestellt; die Pflanzen konnten nicht in Erde versetzt werden. K (0.1 μM) induzierte vollst?ndige Pflanzenentwicklung (Tabelle 1), w?hrend BAP (0,1μM) die Triebenentwicklung anregte, worauf die Bewurzelung auf N?hrboden mit 0,1 μM IAA (Abb. 2) erfolgte. Alle GA₃-Konzentrationen hatten einen vorteilhaften Einfluss auf die Entwicklung von Pfl?nzchen aus Meristemspitzen (Abb. 1 und Tabelle 1). Optimales Wachstum und rasche Entwicklung der Pflanzen aller vier Sorten wurde mit dem N?hrboden mit IAA+K+GA₃ erreicht. Mehrfache Triebbildung erfolgte auf den Medien mit erh?hten GA₃-Konzentrationen (5 und 10 μM), speziell bei den Sorten Cira und Blanik (Abb. 3). Die Pflanzen aus der Meristemspitzenkultur konnten unter sterilen Bedingungen in Perlit, das mit der Hoagland's-L?sung und mit einem Zusatz von 0,1 μM IAA ges?ttigt war, fortlaufend vermehrt werden. Die Pflanzen entwickeln sich aus Achselknospen. Ein Steckling aus einem Meristem ist f?hig, 5–8 Pflanzen in zwei Monaten hervorzubringen. Der Artikel beschreibt das System der mehrfachen Triebbildung und die laufende Fortpflanzung in vitro zur Erhaltung und Vermehrung von Kartoffel-Keimplasma (Westcott et al., 1977) und virusfreien Züchtungen (Abb. 4).

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Résumé Des méristèmes apicaux ont été prélevés sur quatre variétés de pommes de terre: Blanik, Cira, Nora et Radka. Le milieu de culture contenait des macro-et microéléments d'après les indications de Murashige & Skoog (1962), des vitamines B-5 (d'après Gamborg et al., 1968), 100 mg/l d'inositol, 30 g/l de sucrose et 8 g/l d'agar. Nous avons étudié l'action de l'acide β-indoleacetic (IAA), de l'acide α-naphtylacétique (NAA), de la kinétine (K), de la 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) et de l'acide gibberellic (GA₃). Sur les milieux contenant de l'IAA et du NAA, nous avons observé un développement imparfait des pousses, et un développement partiel des feuilles (fig. l); les plantes ne pouvaient pas être transplantées en terre. K (0,1 μM) a induit un développement complet des plantes (tableau 1) tandis que le BAP (0,1 μM) a stimulé le développement des pousses suivi de leur enracinement dans le milieu contenant 0,1 μM d'IAA (fig. 2). Toutes les concentrations de GA₃ ont eu un effet bénéfique sur le développement des plantules issues de méristèmes apicaux (fig. 1 et tableau 1). La croissance optimale et le développement rapide des plantes des 4 variétés ont été observés sur le milieu contenant IAA+K+GA₃. Des pousses multiples se sont formées sur les milieux contenant des concentrations élevées en GA₃ (5 et 10 μM), notamment sur les variétés Cira et Blanik (fig. 3). Les plantes obtenues à partir de culture de méristèmes apicaux ont p? être continuellement propagées en conditions stériles dans de la perlite saturée d'une solution de Hoagland avec addition de 0,1 μM de IAA. Les plantes se développent à partir des bourgeons axillaires; une plantule d'origine méristématique est capable de donner naissance à 5 à 8 plantes en 2 mois. L'article décrit le système de formation des pousses multiples et la propagation continue in vitro pour la maintenance et la multiplication de variétés de pommes de terre indemnes de maladies (Westcott et al., 1977) et de virus (fig. 4).

     

Thermal degradation kinetics of bioactive compounds from black rice flour (Oryza sativa L.) extracts

The effect of thermal processing on the degradation of the phytochemicals in black rice flour by means of fluorescence spectroscopy and degradation kinetics was investigated. In order to investigate the influence of food matrices, a comparative analysis between integral rice flour and different fractions was performed. The preliminary compositional results suggested a higher content in phytochemicals in fraction four of the seven fractions of black rice flour, which was sifting through a sieve with a diameter of 180 μm. The compositional complexity was highlighted by fluorescence spectroscopy. The heat-treatment caused structural changes that led to red- or blue-shifts in maximum emission. The first-order kinetic model was used to describe the mechanism of degradation. The activation energies were 10.07 ± 1.04 kJ/mol for total polyphenolic, 7.26 ± 0.58 kJ/mol for total monomeric anthocyanins and 6.71 ± 1.12 kJ/mol for antioxidant activity in case of integral flour extract. For fraction four extract obtained by, the E_a values were: 3.51 ± 0.53 kJ/mol, 11.49 ± 1.47 kJ/mol, 15.80 ± 1.50 kJ/mol and 19.91 ± 3.27 kJ/mol, respectively. The calculated values of the activation energy revealed higher temperature dependence of total polyphenols in integral flour and of antioxidant activity in fraction four, respectively.     

肉桂枝枯原因研究

肉桂泡盾盲蝽吸食肉桂枝条的汁液，造成微小伤口，并携带可可毛色二孢菌，使肉桂枝条容易被该菌侵染，造成皮层坏死，引发极严重的枝枯病。在某些林分，其它枝梢害虫如肉桂双瓣卷蛾、肉桂小峰、肉桂瘿蚊、肉桂木蛾、肉桂天牛，它们的为害也能不同程度地引起肉桂的枝梢枯死。     

栽培大豆耐盐性的主基因+多基因混合遗传分析

选用栽培大豆南农1138-2(耐盐)、南农88-31(较耐盐)和Jackson(盐敏感)配制的南农1138-2×南农88-31和南农88-31×Jackson等2套组合,通过P1、P2、F1、F2和F2:3苗期植株耐盐性调查,利用主基因 多基因混合遗传模型联合分离分析了栽培大豆耐盐性的遗传规律.结果表明南农88-31×Jackson和南农1138-2×南农88-31耐盐性遗传均符合加性-显性-上位性多基因遗传模式.在高世代选择耐盐性植株的效率较高,从F2:3估计,南农88-31×Jackson组合的NaCl耐性微效基因遗传率为82.13%;南农1138-2×南农88-31组合的耐盐性微效基因遗传率为67.47%.     

Methanotrophy-driven accumulation of organic carbon in four paddy soils of Bangladesh

Biological methane oxidation is a crucial process in the global carbon cycle that reduces methane emissions from paddy fields and natural wetlands into the atmosphere.However,soil organic carbon accumulation associated with microbial methane oxidation is poorly understood.Therefore,to investigate methane-derived carbon incorporation into soil organic matter,paddy soils originated from different parent materials(Inceptisol,Entisol,and Alfisol) were collected after rice harvesting from four major rice-producing regions in Bangladesh.Following microcosm incubation with 5%(volume/volume)¹³ CH₄,soil¹³ C-atom abundances significantly increased from background level of 1.08% to 1.88%–2.78%,leading to a net methane-derived accumulation of soil organic carbon ranging from 120 to 307 mg kg^-1.Approximately 23.6%–60.0% of the methane consumed was converted to soil organic carbon during microbial methane oxidation.The phylogeny of¹³ C-labeled pmoA(enconding the alpha subunit of the particulate methane monooxygenase) and 16 S rRNA genes further revealed that canonical α(type II) and γ(type I) Proteobacteria were active methane oxidizers.Members within the Methylobacter-and Methylosarcina-affiliated type Ia lineages dominated active methane-oxidizing communities that were responsible for the majority of methane-derived carbon accumulation in all three paddy soils,while Methylocystis-affiliated type IIa lineage was the key contributor in one paddy soil of Inceptisol origin.These results suggest that methanotroph-mediated synthesis of biomass plays an important role in soil organic matter accumulation.This study thus supports the concept that methanotrophs not only consume the greenhouse gas methane but also serve as a key biotic factor in maintaining soil fertility.     

A conceptual framework and an empirical test of complementarity and facilitation with respect to phosphorous uptake by plant species mixtures

Plant species have different traits for mobilizing sparingly soluble phosphorus (P) resources, which could potentially lead to overyielding in P uptake by plant species mixtures compared to monocultures due to higher P uptake as a result of resource (P) partitioning and facilitation. However, there is circumstantial evidence at best for overyielding as a result of these mechanisms. Overyielding (the outcome) is easily confused with underlying mechanisms because of unclear definitions. We aimed to define a conceptual framework to separate outcome from underlying mechanisms and test it for facilitation and complementarity with respect to P acquisition by three plant species combinations grown on four soils. Our conceptual framework describes both mechanisms of complementarity and facilitation and outcomes (overyielding of mixtures or no overyielding) depending on the competitive ability of the species to uptake the mobilized P. Millet/chickpea mixtures were grown in pots on two calcareous soils mixed with calcium-bound P (CaP) and phytate P (PhyP). Cabbage/faba bean mixtures were grown on both acid and neutral soils mixed with P-coated iron (hydr)oxide (FeP) and PhyP. Wheat/maize mixtures were grown on all four soils. Rhizosphere carboxylate concentration and acid phosphatase activity (mechanisms) as well as plant P uptake and biomass (outcome) were determined for monocultures rhizosphere and species mixtures. Facilitation of P uptake occurred in millet/chickpea mixtures on one calcareous soil. We found no indications for P acquisition from different P sources, neither in millet/chickpea, nor in cabbage/faba bean mixtures. Cabbage and faba bean on the neutral soil differed in rhizosphere acid phosphatase activity and carboxylate concentration, but showed no overyielding. Wheat and maize, with similar root exudates, showed overyielding (the observed P uptake being 22% higher than the expected P uptake) on one calcareous soil. We concluded that although differences in plant physiological traits (root exudates) provide necessary conditions for complementarity and facilitation with respect to P uptake from different P sources, they do not necessarily result in increased P uptake by species mixtures, because of the relative competitive ability of the mixed species.     

Evaluation of immobilizing agents as soil quality conditioners in addition to their metal(loid) immobilizing effect

In trace metal (TM)-contaminated agricultural soils,management of TM availability is important for safe crop production.In addition,maintenance or improvement of soil quality is vital for sustainable crop cultivation.Decreased TM phytoavailability and increased soil quality can be achieved by the application of various immobilizing agents to soil,which can supply both macronutrients and organic matter.This study investigated the long-term influences of four common immobilizing agents on soil biogeochemical properties and the phytoavailability of TMs in mixed metal-contaminated soil from a cultivated upland near an abandoned mining site.Lime (L),gypsum (G),fly ash (F),and animal manure-based compost (C) were applied to pots containing contaminated soil,either individually or in combination.After incubation for three years under sequential cultivation of two crops and fallow,soil biogeochemical properties were determined,and Brassica rapa plant bioassay was performed.The phytoavailability of all TMs (both cationic metals and anionic metalloids) remained significantly lower in soils treated with immobilizing agents even after three years,when compared with the no-agent control (CK) soil.In addition,the soil quality was significantly improved by treatment with immobilizing agents.For instance,the C and L+C treatments were the most effective in improving soil physical (bulk density,porosity,and water-resistant aggregate stability),chemical (pH,organic matter,total nitrogen,cation exchange capacity,and plant-available phosphorus,magnesium,and potassium),and biological (microbial biomass carbon and dehydrogenase activity) properties.The improvement of soil properties and lowering of TM bioavailability were also consistent with the most significant increase in B.rapa biomass production observed in the C treatment,followed by the L+C,G+F,L,G,F,and L+G treatments,as compared with that in CK.These results indicate that the function of the TM-immobilizing agent as a soil quality conditioner,in addition to its TM immobilizing effect,should be considered when selecting such agents for agricultural or ecological applications.     

不结球白菜BcLBD37基因的克隆及其对硝酸盐吸收的调节

LBD转录因子是高等植物特有的一类转录因子。为研究不结球白菜LBD基因对硝酸盐吸收的影响,以紫色不结球白菜自交系NJZX3-4为材料,采用同源克隆的方法克隆BcLBD37基因;通过构建PRI101过表达载体,异缘转化拟南芥,实现BcLBD37基因的过表达;同时借助病毒介导的基因沉默技术(VIGS),使不结球白菜中的BcLBD37基因沉默;并利用实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)分析BcLBD37基因过表达以及沉默后对硝酸盐吸收相关基因表达量的影响。结果表明,该基因片段长度为840 bp,编码279个氨基酸。与野生型相比,转基因拟南芥中硝酸盐代谢相关基因NIA1、NIA2、NRT1.1、NRT1.7、NRT2.1、NRT2.5的表达量均显著下调,硝酸还原酶活性和硝态氮含量亦显著降低。而在不结球白菜中沉默该基因后,沉默植株PTY-2/4中硝酸盐代谢相关基因的表达显著上调,硝酸还原酶活性和硝态氮含量亦显著提高。综上可知,BcLBD37基因通过抑制硝酸盐代谢相关基因的表达,调节硝酸还原酶的活性,进而抑制$\text{NO}_{3}^{-}$的吸收。本研究为提高不结球白菜营养品质提供了理论依据。     

含结构体工程堆积体土壤侵蚀研究

为探究野外实际调查中常见的含结构体工程堆积体土壤侵蚀过程,设计含结构体工程堆积体和对照组2种试验材料（对照组为不含结构体工程堆积体,后文中对2种试验材料简称为结构体和堆积体）,通过室内模拟降雨试验,研究了结构体和堆积体坡面径流侵蚀特征与雨强和场次的关系。结果表明：（1）初产历时随雨强和场次的增加而减小,结构体对初产历时有延缓作用,这与结构体的土壤特性和下垫面特征有关;（2）平均径流率和平均流速均随雨强和场次的增加而增大,堆积体平均流速和平均径流率分别是结构体的1.11~1.22,1.11~1.37倍,而结构体流速和径流率快速增加和趋于稳定的时间均较堆积体提前,且用时更短;（3）雨强对侵蚀速率、流速和径流率的贡献率较大,场次与侵蚀速率负相关,各条件下结构体的侵蚀速率均大于堆积体,且侵蚀速率和总侵蚀量分别是堆积体的1.03~2.15,1.36~2.63倍;（4）径流功率能够更好地描述结构体和堆积体侵蚀动力过程,结构体发生侵蚀的临界径流剪切力和径流功率均小于堆积体。     

临洮水浇地高垄菜用马铃薯复种大白菜栽培技术

为了提高单位面积产值和生产效益,实现一年两茬种植。从选地整地、品种选择、施肥、土壤处理、机械耕作、合理密植、田间管理、病虫害防治、适时收获等方面总结了前茬马铃薯和后茬大白菜栽培技术,以实现一年两茬种植。