拟松材线虫对黑松苗的致病性

测定来源于中国、日本、韩国、加拿大、挪威和法国的20个拟松材线虫种群对2年生黑松苗的致病力。根据其致病力大小分为3类：第1类致病力很强，致死率大于85％，RHS(相关寄主适生性)系数大于100，包括法国的1个种群和中国的3个种群；第Ⅱ类有较强的致病潜能，在环境适宜的情况下可能造成严重危害，这一类数量最多，包括中国的11个种群和加拿大的1个种群；第Ⅲ类几乎没有致病力，其致死率和RHS系数都是0，包括韩国的2个种群及日本和挪威各1个种群。试验证明法国BmFr种群致死速度最快，致病力最强。黑松苗在感染拟松材线虫后，用自然界水分胁迫和PEG胁迫处理，结果表明，干旱胁迫能明显加快黑松苗死亡速度，且大大提高死亡率。提示在高温干旱的年份拟松材线虫可造成松树的大面积死亡。     

天津地区鱼塘中的HCHs残留

在天津郊区选择2处代表性鱼塘,采集了水、悬浮物、沉积物、鲫鱼和鲢鱼样品,测定了各种样品中的六六六含量,发现六六六在各相中均有较高残留。水相、悬浮物和沉积物中六六六平均浓度分别为19.2ng·L-1,1160.5ng·g-1和8.4ng·g-1。两鱼塘相差2～10倍。鱼塘各相六六六含量与周边土壤状况密切相关。各相六六六含量高的鱼塘位于农业土壤遭受严重污染的地区。污染严重的鱼塘中鱼体六六六富集量也大大高于相对浓度较低的鱼塘。采自两鱼塘的鱼的肌肉中平均六六六含量分别为71.4ng·g-1和19.7ng·g-1。以水相浓度为基准的生物富集系数分别为2.06×103和5.36×103。肝胰脏、肠、鳃、卵巢等器官都富集了更高浓度的六六六。     

甘蔗根癌农杆菌介导转化海藻糖合酶基因获得抗渗透胁迫能力增强植株

 由双拷贝CaMV35S启动子驱动担子菌灰树花 (Grifolafrondosa)的海藻糖合酶基因 (TSase)构建植物表达载体 pBBBT ,通过三亲交配法将 pBBBT导入根癌农杆菌EHA10 5菌株 ,经根癌农杆菌介导转化甘蔗 (Saccha rumhybrid)栽培品种 ,以增强甘蔗的抗旱能力。结果表明 ,甘蔗胚性愈伤组织对EHA10 5菌株敏感 ,甘蔗外植体开始大量形成胚性愈伤组织时是感染的适宜时期 ,用膦丝菌素 (PPT)筛选 ,抗性植株发生频率平均为 4 .5 %。经PCR及dot Southern检测证明 ,TSase已经整合到甘蔗基因组中。部分转化植株根叶畸形、株型异常、生长缓慢。移栽到含PEG80 0 0 17.4 % (w/v)的MS培养基后 ,观察到转基因植株抗渗透胁迫能力增强     

不同松材线虫虫株接种雪松等寄主后的组织病理学变化

用来自日本和中国的几个松材线虫虫株,分别对黑松、马尾松和雪松进行接种,接种后分离树体内的线虫,并观察树体的组织细胞变化。研究结果表明,2个日本虫株均能使黑松、马尾松和雪松发病并枯死,而中国线虫虫株仅能够使黑松和马尾松发病枯死,不能使雪松致病。接种后不同时间分离线虫,比较线虫在寄主体内的数量消长情况。发现凡接种发病死亡的,其体内线虫数量最多;发病但没有死亡的,其体内线虫数量也较多;中国虫株接种的雪松,一直没有表现任何症状,其体内也分离到了一定数量的线虫。接种后组织病理学变化表明,细胞和组织变化与线虫的移动和扩散有关。黑松和马尾松,接种日本和中国浙江松材线虫虫株后,72 h时皮层和韧皮部的薄壁细胞变形、死亡普遍存在,树脂道泌脂细胞和木射线细胞均遭到线虫破坏。144 h后,皮层、韧皮部、木质部和髓心大量细胞死亡,形成空洞,管胞中可见线虫活动。而对于雪松,接种日本松材线虫虫株后,皮层、韧皮部和形成层细胞死亡,树脂道泌脂细胞和木射线细胞死亡,有少量代谢物聚集。中国松材线虫虫株接种后,初期皮层、韧皮部细胞变形并破坏;但是,细胞的破坏只局限在小范围内。后期皮层、韧皮部细胞被破坏,但形成层完整,木射线和管胞基本完好。     

三种植物性杀虫剂对烟草码绢金龟生物活性的初步研究

室内生物活性测定表明,印楝素对烟草码绢金龟成虫具有较强的忌避作用和拒食作用,苦楝油作用稍弱,烟株表现出药害症状,除虫菊反而具有一定的诱集和刺激取食效果,这3种植物性杀虫剂的毒杀作用均很弱.根据1%印楝素安全、活性高,但药效期较短的特点,提出了用印楝素防治码绢金龟的意见.     

Extracellular Polymeric Substances Produced by the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa gelatinosa: Characterization and Assessment of Their Antioxidant and Metal-Chelating Activities

Cyanobacteria, particularly thermophilic strains, represent an important potential source of EPSs, harboring structural complexity that predicts diverse and specific bioactive potential. The thermophilic cyanobacteria Gloeocapsa gelatinosa, isolated from a natural hot source in Ain Echfa (Tunisia), was cultivated in a cylindrical reactor, and the production of biomass and EPSs was investigated. Results revealed that the strain is amongst the most efficient EPSs producers (0.89 g L⁻¹) and that EPSs production was not correlated with the growth phase. EPSs were sulfated heteropolysaccharides containing carbohydrates (70%) based on nine different monosaccharides, mainly mannose (22%), and with the presence of two uronic acids. EPSs were formed by two polymers moieties with a molecular weight of 598.3 ± 7.2 and 67.2 ± 4.4 kDa. They are thermostable in temperatures exceeding 100 °C and have an anionic nature (zeta potential of −40 ± 2 mV). Atomic force microscopy showed that EPSs formed multimodal lumps with 88 nm maximum height. EPSs presented high water holding capacity (70.29 ± 2.36%) and solubility index (97.43 ± 1.24%), and a strong bivalent metal sorption capacity especially for Cu²⁺ (91.20 ± 1.25%) and Fe²⁺ (75.51 ± 0.71%). The antioxidant activity of G. gelatinosa EPSs was investigated using four methods: the β-carotene-bleaching activity, DPPH assays, iron-reducing activity, and metal-chelating activity. EPS has shown high potential as free radicals’ scavenger, with an IC₅₀ on DPPH (0.2 g L⁻¹) three-fold lower than ascorbic acid (0.6 g L ⁻¹) and as a metal chelating activity (IC₅₀ = 0.4 g L⁻¹) significantly lower than EDTA. The obtained results allow further exploration of the thermophilic G. gelatinosa for several biotechnological and industrial applications.     

Dietary habits of grazers influence their suitability as biological controls of fouling macroalgae in ex situ mariculture

The dietary habits of the sea urchin Salmacis sphaeroides and the gastropod Trochus maculatus in ex situ mariculture were examined. Fouling algal assemblages on terracotta tiles were exposed to the grazers and compared. Except for Day 0, the assemblages on Days 2, 13 and 27 differed significantly across treatments. S. sphaeroides rapidly consumed most algae, leaving an assemblage dominated by turf algae and bare tile. T. maculatus primarily fed on green filamentous algae, resulting in an even distribution of other algal functional groups, while control tiles were dominated by green filamentous algae. Using three representative fouling algae species (Bryopsis corymbosa, Hypnea spinella and Lobophora variegata), the consumption rates of both grazers and dietary preferences of S. sphaeroides were examined through a single‐diet and a choice experiment respectively. The single‐diet experiment revealed differential algal consumption rates for S. sphaeroides (H. spinella = B. corymbosa > L. variegata) and T. maculatus (B. corymbosa > H. spinella = L. variegata). The choice experiment showed that S. sphaeroides preferred H. spinella over the other two species. These experiments highlighted the importance of understanding the dietary habits of grazers as this has direct implications on their effectiveness as biological controls of fouling macroalgae in mariculture.     

Production of Interesting Peptide Fractions by Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Tuna Dark Muscle By-Product Using Alcalase

ABSTRACT

A protein hydrolysate was prepared from proteins of tuna dark muscle by-product. The hydrolysis conditions (time, temperature, pH, and enzyme concentration) using Alcalase was optimized by response surface methodology (RSM). The regression coefficient close to 1.0, observed during experimental and validation runs, indicated the validity of the model. The hydrolysate produced under the optimum conditions determined by RSM has a low rate of peptide fraction of molecular weight of 4–1 kDa. Meanwhile, the results obtained by hydrolysis under optimal conditions determined by a complementary study (temperature 55°C, time 60 min, 1% enzyme concentration, and pH 8.5) show that the hydrolysate produced has a height rate of the peptide fraction of molecular weight of 4–1 kDa. The amino acid composition of the protein hydrolysate prepared proved to have the potential for application as an ingredient in balanced fish diets and as a source of nitrogen in microbial growth media.     

Effects of no‐take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta‐analytical approach

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are often promoted as tools for biodiversity conservation as well as for fisheries management. Despite increasing evidence of their usefulness, questions remain regarding the optimal design of MPAs, in particular concerning their function as fisheries management tools, for which empirical studies are still lacking. Using 28 data sets from seven MPAs in Southern Europe, we developed a meta‐analytical approach to investigate the effects of protection on adjacent fisheries and asking how these effects are influenced by MPA size and age. Southern European MPAs showed clear effects on the surrounding fisheries, on the ‘catch per unit effort’ (CPUE) of target species, but especially on the CPUE of the marketable catch. These effects depended on the time of protection and on the size of the no‐take area. CPUE of both target species and the marketable catch increased gradually by 2–4% per year over a long time period (at least 30 years). The influence of the size of the no‐take area appeared to be more complex. The catch rates of the entire fishery in and around the MPA were higher when the no‐take areas were smaller. Conversely, catch rates of selected fisheries that were expected to benefit most from protection increased when the no‐take area was larger. Our results emphasize the importance of MPA size on its export functions and suggest that an adequate, often extended, time frame be used for the management and the evaluation of effectiveness of MPAs.     

Optimal conditions for egg storage, incubation and post-hatching growth for the freshwater turtle, Chelodina rugosa: Science in support of an indigenous enterprise

Incubation of northern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina rugosa) eggs and subsequent sale of hatchlings for the pet industry has the potential to provide culturally suitable employment for indigenous communities in northern Australia. Developmental arrest in response to egg inundation is unique to C. rugosa. Eggs can be stored under water for up to 10 weeks without appreciable impact on egg or embryo survival, allowing the transport and sale of eggs into niche markets without high levels of mortality, and permitting eggs to accumulate in diapause until there are sufficient numbers to incubate as batches. Eggs that are not inundated or inundated for short periods experience similar survival rates to eggs inundated for lengthy periods. Incubation temperature influences embryo survival and development period in C. rugosa. Embryonic survival is greatest at 26 °C, steadily declining as temperature increases to 32 °C. A similar increase in incubation temperature decreases incubation period by approximately 40 days, however almost half of this variation is attributed to the increase in incubation temperature from 26 to 28 °C. Hatchling growth in C. rugosa is characterized by two phases. There is an initial phase of relatively slow growth under the partial influence of initial egg size and incubation duration, followed by a second phase of relatively rapid growth under the partial influence of water temperature and mass at hatching. Post-hatching survival is negatively correlated with duration of egg inundation and water temperature. Evidence suggests that inundation of C. rugosa eggs for 6 weeks, incubation of embryos at 28 °C and raising hatchlings in 28 °C water will yield the best overall outcomes.