留营养枝棉花根系生长发育与分布规律的研究

棉花根系建成是棉花高产、优质、高效的前提。本文针对留营养枝和整枝棉花在不同的种植方式、不同密度条件下进行了根系生长发育和分布规律研究,结果表明,（１）留营养枝棉花根系生长发育早,一般比整枝棉花早１０～３０ｄ达到根系生长高峰期;（２）留营养枝棉花根系生长量大,峰值高,比整枝棉花最大根长密度高１．８～３．４ｍｍ·ｃｍ－２,即高１４．４％～１６．６％;（３）留营养枝棉花根系的生长速率大于整枝棉,一熟条件下可为整枝棉的３．２倍,达到０．９９ｍｍ·ｃｍ－２·ｄ－１;（４）留营养枝棉根系中后期易早衰。本文还研究讨论了留营养枝与整枝棉花根系在土壤中的分布规律。并针对留营养枝棉花根系的生长发育和分布特点,提出留营养枝棉花高产栽培中应注意早施肥、早浇水,而且肥、水量要比常规管理大,中后期应注重及时追施花铃肥和根外补肥,防止棉花早衰。这项研究对于制定棉花简化栽培规范化技术有一定的理论指导意义。     

重叠群物理图谱的构建及其应用

人类对各种生物的基因组结构和功能的研究都需要确定DNA序列在染色体上的位置。与遗传图相比,物理图反映了基因或DNA标记之间在染色体上的真实距离。依其作图方法分为三类,即限制性酶切图谱、重叠群图谱和DNA序列图谱。重叠群物理图是将获得的大片段克隆,如YAC、BAC克隆,依其在染色体上的真实顺序排列而成,主要应用于基因组测序、重要基因的图位克隆、靶分子标记开发及比较基因组学研究等,特别是为那些由于缺乏合适的作图群体而不能建立遗传图的物种提供了一个重要的从事基因组学研究的平台。本文综述了近年来重叠群物理图构建研究的主要进展,比较分析了不同重叠群物理图谱构建方法的特点,提出了改进物理作图质量的建议,认为应根据基因组不同区域的特点,综合特异性探针的杂交、PCR筛选、酶切指纹分析、BAC克隆STC延伸、BAC末端测序等多种方法才能完成重叠群的构建。此外,物理图的构建还应努力整合各种基因组的资源和数据,如遗传连锁图、分子细胞遗传图、DNA序列图、EST数据等,这将有助于提高其在基因组学研究中的使用价值及应用范围。文章最后对重叠群物理图的发展趋势进行了展望。     

Major bacterial contribution to marine dissolved organic nitrogen

Next to N2 gas, the largest pool of reduced nitrogen in the ocean resides in the enormous reservoir of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON). The chemical identity of most of this material, and the mechanisms by which it is cycled, remain fundamental questions in contemporary oceanography. Amino acid enantiomeric ratios in the high molecular weight fraction of DON from surface and deep water in three ocean basins show substantial enrichment in D enantiomers of four amino acids. The magnitude and pattern of these D/L enrichments indicate that peptidoglycan remnants derived from bacterial cell walls constitute a major source of DON throughout the sea. These observations suggest that structural properties of specific bacterial biopolymers, and the mechanisms for their accumulation, are among the central controls on long-term cycling of dissolved organic nitrogen in the sea.     

Pancreatic Polypeptide and Insulin-Secreting Tumor in a Dog With Duodenal Ulcers and Hypertrophic Gastritis

A 7-year-old spayed female Cocker Spaniel was hospitalized with a history of chronic vomiting, anorexia, and weight loss. Laboratory abnormalities included leukocytosis, metabolic alkalosis, hypoglycemia, hypoproteinemia, and hyperinsulinemia. Gastroscopy and ultrasonography revealed multiple gastric masses and a possible pancreatic mass, respectively. Examination of tissues obtained at necropsy showed a pancreatic adenocarcinoma with hepatic metastasis, gastric hypertrophy, and multiple duodenal ulcers. Immunocytochemical staining of the neoplasia was positive for pancreatic polypeptide (PP) and insulin and negative for gastrin, calcitonin, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), serotonin, L-enkephalin, chromagranin, glucagon, and somatostatin. Subsequent serum gastrin and PP assays showed a fasting hypergastrinemia with a normal response of gastrin to provocative testing and extremely increased PP values. The high PP values may have resulted in the vomiting and gastrointestinal ulceration. A PP-secreting tumor has not previously been reported in the dog.     

A Simple Apparatus for Frequent Measurement of Gastrointestinal Intraluminal PCO2

The accuracy and precision of an end-tidal infrared CO₂ monitor and customized capnography tubing system designed to measure gastrointestinal intraluminal CO₂ partial pressure (P_iCO₂) were tested in vitro. Samples were taken from the customized capnography tubing placed in either 5% or 10% CO₂ gas at discrete intervals ranging from one minute to twelve minutes. For a given time interval, the tubing PCO₂ measurement was a constant fraction of the actual PCO₂ (all standard errors < 0.02). For increasing time intervals, the ratio of the tubing PCO₂ to actual PCO₂ increased logarithmically. In the 5% and 10% CO₂, the regression coefficients were 0.89 and 0.85 for 8 French tubing and 0.99 and 0.91 for 6 French tubing. Beacuase of its accuracy and precision, this system may provide automated gastrointestinal CO₂ partial pressure monitoring at short intervals (e.g. 5 minutes), facilitating testing of the role of gastrointestinal P_iCO₂ information in treatment algorithms. (Vet Emerg & Crit Care, 1998; 8: 109–116)     

利用多种质资源选育多抗型棉花品种的育种学启示

用选自陆海杂交后代的抗蚜选系抗７７为母本与具中棉亲缘的丰产品种江苏棉１号杂交，后代与父本江苏棉１号回交２次，经２０代综合鉴定和多性状定向选育的川棉１０９。该品种抗棉蚜，抗枯萎病和立枯病，耐黄萎病，耐旱，抗倒，耐瘠薄；并克服了陆地棉密茸毛与短纤维的连锁，将抗虫与抗病、丰产与优质有机组合；综合性状鉴定为国内领先和国际先进水平．目前己累积推广２７万ｈｍ２，是利用多质资源培育多抗型丰产品种的实例。多质资源是前提，多抗性、强生长势、强补偿力等构成了川棉１０９丰产稳产的综合遣传优势。启示育种目标日趋综合的现代棉花育种应选择宽广的质源，培育多抗性取代单抗性，并以胁迫和非胁迫双重条件下的产量比较为核心，实现抗性与丰产性的统一。     

Effect of Progesterone and Ionomycin on Domestic Cat Sperm Motility Patterns and Acrosome Reaction

This study was aimed at assessing the changes in sperm motion patterns and the percentage of acrosome reaction (AR) in domestic cat semen after treatment with either ionomycin or progesterone (P₄). Ten ejaculates were collected from five tomcats using an artificial vagina, and were diluted, centrifuged and resuspended in a capacitation medium. Samples were evaluated and divided into seven equal aliquots and, after 2 h at 25°C, were incubated for 30 min at 38°C in 5% CO₂ and then analyzed. Computer-assisted sperm analysis and a combination of three fluorescent probes were used to assess sperm plasma, acrosomal membrane integrity and mitochondrial transmembrane potential. Thirty minutes after the start of incubation, P₄ was added (10 μg/ml) to the P1 group. Groups P2 and P3 were supplemented with P₄ (10 and 20 μg/ml, respectively) only after 2 h of incubation, and groups I1 and I2 were supplemented with ionomycin (4 and 8 μ m , respectively) 2 h after incubation. Group E was supplemented with ethanol (0.6%) at 2 h after incubation and group C received no supplementation. Ionomycin and P₄ treatments led to a hyperactivation-like sperm motion and an increase (p < 0.05) in the percentage of AR. Although a higher (p < 0.05) percentage of AR was obtained in group I2 when compared with all P₄ groups, a decrease (p < 0.05) in total and progressive motility was observed in I2 group. As I1 group was similar to I2 to induce AR without diminishing sperm motility, we can conclude that ionomycin at 4 μ m seems to be more suitable to trigger AR in domestic cat sperm.     

MAGNETIC RESONANCE, ULTRASOUND AND HISTOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATION OF ACUTE AND HEALING EQUINE TENDON INJURIES

Ultrasonography and MRI have become valuable tools for imaging of tendon injuries. The current study examines the histopathologic basis for the imaging abnormalities. Five injured equine forelimbs and two normal contralateral limbs were studied with high resolution real time ultrasound and MRI. Histologic sections were made and correlated with the diagnostic images. All lesions were readily seen by both modalities. Lesions characterized by hemorrhage, edma, and cellular infiltration were sonolucent on ultrasound and bright on MRI images. MRI returned to normal as fibrogenesis ensued. Ultrasound images remained abnormal until fibrillar reallgnment occured with completion of the healing process. High resolution real time ultrasound and MRI both accurately reflect the tissue abnormalities in acute tendon injuries. The injured horse does appear to be an effective model for correlative imaging studies of tendon injuries.     

Akabane disease in sheep

Perinatal lamb mortality, associated with malformations of the CNS due to Akabane viral infection, occurred in 4 of 9 flocks of ewes lambing on 3 farms between 26 May and 14 November, 1976. Cases were restricted to ewes conceiving prior to the second week of March and lambing between 26 May and 19 July. As judged by seroconversion in sentinel flocks on 2 of the farms, field infection with Akabane virus occurred mainly between mid-February and mid-April. Malformations of the CNS occurred in 42.5%, 51.2%, 100% and 31.0% of the dead lambs examined in the affected flocks respectively. Prevalence in the 4 affected flocks, expressed as the proportion of ewes lambing which delivered at least one malformed foetus, was 6.1%, 8.4%, 88.9% and 5.7% respectively. Lamb mortality due to malformations of the CNS was 7.1%, 5.5%, 92.3% and 5.7% of lambs born. Age-specific prevalence was calculated for 3 of the 4 flocks and 2-year-old ewes accounted for 71.4% and 76.9% of total cases respectively in 2 flocks, whereas in one flock malformations occurred at equivalent frequencies throughout several older age groups. Birthweights of affected lambs were usually significantly lighter than those of unaffected lambs of similar sex and birth-type, and their mean duration of gestation was slightly, and significantly, prolonged. Micrencephaly (88.1% of cases) and hydrocephalus (68.7% of cases) were the outstanding pathological features of the malformations with hydranencephaly, microgyria, porencephaly and attenuation of the spinal cord occurring at much lower frequencies.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

棉枯萎抗性形成规律的发现与抗性定向培育法

采用棉枯萎人工病床病圃连续群体选择法发现，枯萎抗性转化现象和抗性形成规律：所有供试原感病高产优质品种在病菌连续入侵条件下，病床病株率逐年逐代下降，矮化症状逐年逐代缓解，群体高度逐年逐代上升，表明抗性逐年逐代提高。经５年左右均转化为高抗品种，为寄主免疫功能渐变性定向的遗传适应变异和后天获得抗性遗传的累加作用结果，病理学和生化分析均证实这一解释。获得高抗性后，原品种之丰产性和品质也有改进，不存在抗性丰产性品质间的遗传反相关关系，从而创棉枯萎抗性定向培育原理方法。１９７４～１９９４年，此法已育成抗性、丰产性、品质三兼优或二兼优品种和资源３０余个。