Kinetics of leaf temperature fluctuation affect isoprene emission from red oak (Quercus rubra) leaves

Because the rate of isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) emission from plants is highly temperature-dependent, we investigated natural fluctuations in leaf temperature and effects of rapid temperature change on isoprene emission of red oak (Quercus rubra L.) leaves at the top of the canopy at Harvard Forest. Throughout the day, leaves often reached temperatures as much as 15 degrees C above air temperature. The highest temperatures were reached for only a few seconds at a time. We compared isoprene emission rates measured when leaf temperature was changed rapidly with those measured when temperature was changed slowly. In all cases, isoprene emission rate increased with increasing leaf temperature up to about 32 degrees C and then decreased with higher temperatures. The temperature at which isoprene emission rates began to decrease depended on how quickly measurements were made. Isoprene emission rates peaked at 32.5 degrees C when measured hourly, whereas rates peaked at 39 degrees C when measurements were made every four minutes. This behavior reflected the rapid increase in isoprene emission rate that occurred immediately after an increase in leaf temperature, and the subsequent decrease in isoprene emission rate when leaf temperature was held steady for longer than 20 minutes. We concluded that the observed temperature response of isoprene emission rate is a function of measurement protocol. Omitting this parameter from isoprene emission models will not affect simulated isoprene emission rates at mild temperatures, but can increase isoprene emission rates at high temperatures.     

中国竹类多样性及其重要价值

竹类属于禾本科Gramineae（Poaceae）、竹亚科Bambusoideae植物,全世界约1 500多种。中国竹类的自然分布广阔,横跨热带、亚热带和温带地区,涵盖包括台湾、香港在内的21个有竹子分布的省、自治区、直辖市和特区。中国是世界上竹类多样性最丰富的国家,也是世界上栽培竹类最丰富的国家,共有竹类植物753种（含22种引进种）,约占世界总数的50%以上。同时,中国竹类在起源、遗传进化、内部构造、生态及林型等方面均具有十分丰富的多样性。中国竹类从宏观到微观所展现出的多样性特质,是大自然留给人类的宝贵遗产,对于人类认识自然、保护自然、从而更好的利用竹类资源服务于人类的长远利益,具有重要价值。文章从起源、生态、林型、物种、形态、遗传等方面概述了中国竹类的多样性,为进一步探讨竹类多样性提供基础信息。     

白蜡虫种虫生产中“三红三黑”原因研究

长期以来,在白蜡虫种虫生产上经常出现“三红三黑”现象,造成白蜡产量极不稳定。作者经近２０ａ的调查研究认为：白蜡生产出现这一现象,不是干热风,９￣１０月阴雨、雾淞、寄主树不合理利用等因素造成的,而是白蜡虫的天敌昆虫,主要是寄生蜂消长危害结果。白蜡虫的寄生蜂有５科１４种,可在雌雄白蜡虫体内互相寄生,９￣１０月份寄生蜂危害达高峰期,致使大量雌虫死亡变黑;危害轻时,种虫红润,获得丰收。     

海涂农田林网防护效益研究

对上虞市海涂实验农场农田林网防护效益的测定,结果表明通风结构审林带防风效能达到３１．０％左右;在八九月份高温干旱季节,林网内增加相对湿度约１．８％。林带背风而树高２～３倍地区为林带增产作用的显著范围,棉花产量比对照区增产１３．０％～３８．１％,除林缘等胁地外,受林带有利影响测试区棉花产量平均增产８．４％。     

Achieving food and nutritional security through agroforestry: a case of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Faidherbia albida</Emphasis> in sub-Saharan Africa

Faidherbia albida is an ideal agroforestry tree commonly intercropped with annual crops like millet and groundnuts in the dry and densely populated areas of Africa. With its peculiar reverse phenology, it makes growth demands at a different time from that of crops. In addition, it deposits great amount of organic fertilizer on food crops. Leaves entering soils are comparable to fertilization of almost 50 t·ha 1 ·year 1 of manure in dense stands of 50 large trees per ha. These nutrients help maximize agricultural production and reduce the need for a fallow period on poorer soils. Research has shown that millet grown under F. albida yielded 2.5 and 3.4 fold increases in grain and protein, respectively. Animals eat pods which contain mean amounts of crude protein of 20.63% and carbohydrate of 40.1% in seeds. Moreover, the continued existence of F. albida in agroforestry parklands as in Ethiopia and Mali signifies the success of traditional conservation measures. Modern scientists have also developed much interest in the role of agroforestry in maintaining long-term biological balance between agriculture and livestock production systems. To ensure food security, which still remains a major challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, and concurrently minimize environmental degradation, promotion of agroforestry that specifically involves indigenous trees is crucial. We discuss the prospective role of F. albida in alleviating poverty while simultaneously protecting the environment from factors associated with, for example, deforestation and loss of biodiversity. The overall aim is to promote wide-scale adoption of F. albida as a valuable tree crop in farming systems, particularly in those areas where it remains unexploited.     

杨黄野生菌人工栽培技术研究

杨黄（Phellinus vaninii Ljup.）,又名杨树桑黄,分类学研究表明：广义上的＂杨黄＂包括生长在杨树上7种真菌,它们分属于担子菌门、担子菌纲,锈革孔菌目、锈革孔菌科的4个属中,分别是光核纤孔菌、团核纤孔菌、辐射纤孔菌、华木层孔菌、窄盖木层孔菌、瓦尼木层孔菌和肿红皮孔菌。     

后河自然保护区野生保护植物优先保护定量研究

笔者在野外调查和查阅文献资料的基础上,研究了湖北五峰后河自然保护区国家重点保护野生植物的分布情况,并运用濒危系数、遗传价值系数和物种价值系数对其优先保护顺序进行了定量分析.结果表明:①后河自然保护区共有国家重点保护野生植物25种,其中Ⅰ级7种,Ⅱ级18种,分别占湖北省分布的54.4%、87.5%和47.4%;②采用优先...     

枫杨研究进展

枫杨是我国长江中下游地区广泛分布的重要优良乡土树种和速生丰产造林树种.笔者从种源、育苗造林、群落分布、材性、淹水、灭螺等方面总结了枫杨研究进展情况,对枫杨培育和综合利用以及开展枫杨的速生丰产研究具有重要的理论价值和实际意义.     

Stratified vegetation cover index: A new way to assess vegetation impact on soil erosion

Vegetation cover is an important parameter used in assessing the relationship between vegetation and soil erosion. However, the intensity of soil erosion actually changes not only with vegetation cover but also with differences in vegetation type and structure. How to integrate the cumulative effect of the different growth forms making up a vegetation community into one index for inclusion in soil loss predictive equations is an open research question. This paper proposes a method to separately measure the cover of different vegetation strata, estimate their contribution to reducing soil loss, and then to integrate this into a single vegetation index called the stratified vegetation cover index (C_s). The results show that C_s is more effective than projected vegetation cover for the assessment of soil erosion and also can overcome the disadvantages of vegetation indices such as NDVI. This means that C_s is a good substitute for vegetation cover or cover-related vegetation indices in studies on the relationship between vegetation and soil erosion. The concept of Cs may help the local governors or forest department understand the importance of vegetation structure and make right management decisions.     

番茄不孕病毒BJ株系基因组测定与侵染性克隆

番茄不孕病毒(Tomato aspermy virus,TAV)可侵染包括藜科(Chenopodiaceae)、茄科(Solanaceae)等在内的24个双子叶家族和3个单子叶家族的100多种植物,是具有重要经济价值的植物病毒之一.为研究TAV BJ株系(Tomato aspermy virus,TAV-BJ)的基因组功能,本实验对TAV-BJ基因组克隆测序,并构建侵染性克隆.以TAV-BJ侵染心叶烟(ic otiana glutinosa)的总RNA为模板,RT-PCR获得其RNA2和RNA3;以TAV-BJ的dsRNA为模板,RT-PCR获得全长RNA1,目的片段PCR产物克隆测序获得TAV-BJ基因组全序列信息.RNA1全长3 409 nt,编码994个氨基酸的1a蛋白;RNA2全长3 023 nt,含2个开放阅读框(open reading frame,ORF),2a ORF编码829个氨基酸的2a蛋白,2b ORF编码78个氨基酸的2b蛋白;RNA3全长为2 216 nt,包含2个ORF,3a ORF编码247个氨基酸的3a蛋白,外壳蛋白(coat protein,CP)ORF 编码219个氨基酸的CP蛋白(TAV-BJ基因组RNA1、2和3 GenBank登录号分别为HQ424163,HQ424164和HQ424165).TAV-BJ基因组cDNA克隆体外转录成RNA并接种于心叶烟上,结果表明转录产物在寄主上的症状反应和TAV-BJ病毒粒子RNA的接种相一致,TAV-BJ基因组cDNA侵染性克隆具有活性.由TAV-BJ各个基因片段与缺失2b基因的黄瓜花叶病毒Fny株系(Cucumber mosaic virus,CMV-Fny△2b)构建的假重组病毒接种于心叶烟,结果显示TAV-BJ的RNA2和RNA3能恢复CMV-Fny△2b在寄主上症状反应.嵌合型RNA3F3aTcp和RNA3T3aFcp的症状反应结果表明,F1F2△2bRNA3 T3aFcp在寄主上产生花叶症状与F1 F2△2bT3相一致.本研究获得TAV-BJ的基因组序列,成功构建侵染性克隆,同时发现TAV-BJ的3a基因具有CMV-Fny的2b基因的某些功能.