白蚁消化纤维素机理研究进展

白蚁利用自身及体内共生微生物分泌的纤维素酶降解食物中的纤维素成分,来满足新陈代谢需要.据美国国家生物技术信息中心GenBank数据库统计,目前已有4科6属9种白蚁及其体内共生物的纤维素酶基因被克隆测序.同源性分析表明,白蚁及其共生物编码内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶的基因,在序列上有较高的相似性.     

The vertical distribution of fine roots of five tree species and maize in Morogoro,Tanzania

In order to assess the possibility of root competition in agroforestry, the vertical distribution of fine roots (< 2 mm in diameter) of five tree species in pure two-year-old stands was compared to that of mature maize.Cassia siamea, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Leucaena leucocephala andProsopis chilensis had a rooting pattern similar to that of maize, i.e. a slow decline in fine root mass from 0–100 cm soil depth.Eucalyptus camaldulensis had its roots evenly distributed down to 100 cm. On an average, the fine root biomass of the tree species was roughly twice as that of the maize. We conclude that the studied tree species are likely to compete with maize and other crops with a similar rooting pattern for nutrients and water.     

Erythrina brucei: Propagation attributes, leaf nutrient concentration and impact on barley grain yield

Erythrina brucei Schweinf. emend. Gillett (Papilionaceae),a tree species that is endemic to Ethiopia, is known to possess useful agroforestry attributes, but these attributes have not been quantified. To achieve this, propagation of the species, growth rate of young trees and their impact on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), and leaf-nutrient concentrations were examined. Germination of seeds planted in plastic pots varied from 73 to 93%, and direct seeding in the field yielded 83%germination. Branch cuttings obtained from 2 to 3-year-old stock plants (n =150) resulted in 70 to 80% rooting within 8 to 12 weeks after setting cuttings into the rooting medium. Considerable nodulation occurred on leaves one year after planting out seedlings and stecklings. Leaf concentrations of Mg, N,P, and S were significantly lower in nodulated than in the non-nodulated leaves. On the other hand, leaf Fe concentration was higher in nodulated than in the non-nodulated leaves. There was no significant difference in Ca and K contentsbetween the nodulated and non-nodulated leaves. E. brucei-treatment significantly increased tiller and seed numbers, as well as seed weight. However, thousand-grain weight and grain size were similar in harvests from E. brucei-treated and the control plots. The results indicate that the species is easy to propagate by seed and vegetative means, grows fast, is desirable for intercropping, and has relatively high leaf-nutrient concentration.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

益生菌与动物肠道自由基的关系

动物肠道益生菌具有免疫调节、形成肠黏膜上皮屏障功能和刺激肠道细胞增殖等多种生理作用。最新研究表明,益生菌一个重要作用机制是可通过调控肠道自由基的水平,既可发挥免疫调节作用,又避免了对肠道产生氧化损伤。益生菌能够刺激肠道细胞产生活性氧自由基(ROS),ROS参与调控肠道细胞内的氧化还原反应过程。同时,益生菌也能够利用其体内相关的酶系,清除肠道细胞产生的过量ROS,从而防止其对肠道的损伤作用。本文对益生菌通过调控肠道自由基水平,既可发挥免疫调节作用,又防止对肠道氧化损伤的功能及其相关机制进行了综述。     

大豆GmNRT1.2a和GmNRT1.2b基因的克隆及功能探究

拟南芥中硝酸盐的吸收、转运和分配是通过硝酸盐转运蛋白(nitrate transporter, NRT)实现的。尽管之前的生物信息学分析推测大豆GmNRT1.2s可能参与共生固氮过程,但尚未开展相应的功能研究。本研究通过对其表达模式分析収现,GmNRT1.2a和GmNRT1.2b分别在根和叶中高表达,且受硝酸盐诱导,在接种根瘤菌与结瘤因子(nodfactors,NFs)后表达量明显升高。功能研究结果显示,过表达GmNRT1.2a或GmNRT1.2b后大豆根瘤数目显著增加。本研究为深入探究GmNRT1.2a和GmNRT1.2b调控大豆共生固氮过程的分子机制提供了一定的数据支持。     

先锋植物沙棘Ⅰ--共生体是实现先锋作用的根本因素之一

沙棘被誉为先锋植物,是因为它是放线菌结瘤植物。放线菌结瘤植物最重要的特点是以共生体结构与功能的完美组合,固定大气中N2,使生命赖以生存的光合C循环和代谢N循环有机的连接起来,从而实现了生命的生长与发育。并解决了贫瘠土质的缺肥,地球氮循环的补充。其次,放线菌植物和Frankia菌,它们遗传上的双重多样性结合,赋予了共生生物生态上的广泛适应性和抗逆性。为荒漠化条件下的生态重建、绿化河山、植被生存和演替,创造了生存条件。     

华石斛原生境条件下人工播种的初步探讨

由于人为的采挖和原生境的破坏,华石斛野生资源受到严重威胁。因此,保护华石斛野生资源及其生境,加快野生植株的繁殖显得非常重要。该研究以华石斛种子为材料,分别于7月和9月,播种于不同的附生宿主树种(毛绵杜鹃,竹叶松,碎叶蒲桃,大叶布拉栎和大果马蹄荷),并监测其种子萌发的状况。研究结果表明:(1)华石斛种子对附生树种有一定的选择性。人工播种的毛绵杜鹃上均有原球茎萌发,萌发率达到100%,平均每株树萌发14.71个原球茎。竹叶松和碎叶蒲桃上的原球茎数增加的差异不明显,对照大叶布拉栎和大果马蹄荷则没有原球茎萌发。(2)播种时间影响华石斛种子萌发与原球茎的形成。7月份播种的毛绵杜鹃和竹叶松,原球茎萌发数较多;9月份播种的碎叶蒲桃上萌发的原球茎远远高于毛绵杜鹃和竹叶松上,达到为4.5个/株。该实验结果暗示雨季可能是华石斛播种的最佳时期。此外,人工播种树上萌发的原球茎基本集中在华石斛植株上方30cm至下方40cm的范围内,这为今后播种位置的选择提供了依据。     

Mutations affecting nodulation in grain legumes and their potential in sustainable cropping systems

Many spontaneous and a large number of induced mutants that show altered nodulation pattern have been isolated in pea, soybean, common bean, faba bean, chickpea, groundnut and pigeonpea. Available information on nodulation mutants in these crops is summarised. The importance of nodulation mutants in basic studies on plant-microbe symbiotic interactions, nitrogen fixation and breeding of cultivars with higher yield and nitrogen fixation rate are examined. The nodulation mutants, after inoculation with specific bacterial strains or a number of different strains, show either: no nodulation (nod-), few nodules (nod+/-), ineffective nodulation (fix-), hyper nodulation (nod++) or hypernodulation even in the presence of otherwise inhibitory nitrate levels (nts). No spontaneous hypernodulation or nts mutants have been found, all have been induced in independent experiments using different cultivars of pea, soybean and common bean after mutagenising seeds. Most nodulation mutants show monogenic recessive inheritance, though semi-dominant and dominant inheritance is also reported. Nodule number is controlled by a process known as autoregulation; hypernodulating mutants show relaxed autoregulation. By grafting shoots of hypernodulating soybean mutant on normal nodulating soybean, mungbean and hyacinth bean, presence of a common, translocatable signal has been shown. Nodulation mutants have contributed to the understanding of the genetic regulation of host-symbiont interactions, nodule development and N fixation. Initially, the hypernodulating mutants were found to be poor in yield. Using the induced hypernodulating mutant, a new soybean cultivar ‘Nitrobean 60’, has been released in Australia. This cultivar is reported to have given 15% higher yield over cv. ‘Bragg,’ and contributed a higher amount of fixed N to the following cereal crop in rotation. Prospects of using the nodulation mutants in developing grain legume cultivars that combine high yield with high residual N, within the bioenergetic constraints, for developing sustainable cropping systems are examined. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

花生硝酸还原酶与根瘤中固氮酶活性的研究

花生品种间根瘤量的变化有显著差异,但每克根瘤中固氮酶活性则差异不显著。固氮酶活性在全生育期出现两次高峰,分别在下针期和结荚期,而单株根瘤中固氮酶活性和单株根瘤量均在结荚期出现一次高峰。花生主茎复叶硝酸还原酶活性(NRA)在生育前期出现一次高峰,其活性的高低与品种耐肥性呈负相关。NRA 和根瘤中固氮酶活性有正相关     

Symbiotic variability in Vicia faba. 1. Genetic variation in the Rhizobium leguminosarum population

Summary Twenty isolates taken at random from indigenous populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum sampled near Aberystwyth were each inoculated into plants of a standard Vicia faba variety grown aseptically under conditions free of combined nitrogen. Plants in association with the individual rhizobium isolates exhibited large differences in dry matter yield, nitrogen content, efficiency of nitrogen utilization and date of first flower. The implications of these differences to the productivity and reliability of varieties of field beans are discussed.