Estimation of additive, dominance and digenic epistatic interaction effects for certain yield characters in Vigna sesquipedalis Fruw

Inheritance of yield and yield contributing characters were investigated using generation mean analysis, utilising the means of six basic populations viz., P₁, P₂, F₁, F₂, BC₁P₁ and BC₁P₂ in four crosses of Vigna sesquipedalis. The analysis reiterated that the importance of dominance (h) gene effects for pod yield/plant and pods/plant as compared to additive (d) gene effects. However, significant and positive additive effects were noticed for pod yield/plant, pods/plant, pod weight and seed weight in different crosses. The three types of gene interactions (additive, dominance and epistasis) were significantly involved for pods/plant in cross KU 7 ×KU 8. Among the digenic epistatic interactions, both additive ×additive (i) and dominance × dominance (l) contributed more for pod yield/plant and pods/plant, however, it varied among the crosses. Populations having earliness can be developed as indicated by reducing dominance effects. Pedigree selection and heterosis breeding is suggested to exploit the fixable and non fixable components of variation respectively in Vigna sesquipedalis. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Physiological and Mineralogical Properties of Arsenic-Induced Chlorosis in Barley Seedlings Grown Hydroponically

The experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of arsenic (As) on the physiological and mineralogical properties of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. ‘Minorimugi’). The plants were grown in nutrient solution treated with 0, 6.7, 33.5, and 67 μ M As (0, 0.5, 2.5, and 5 ppm As, respectively) in the phytotron. Dry matter yield of shoots and roots decreased significantly with the As treatments, indicating that barley plants are As-sensitive and As-toxicity depends on the As concentration in the rooting medium. Necrosis in older leaves and chlorosis symptoms (whitish color) in the fully developed young leaves were observed at the 33.5 and 67 μ M As treatments. Arsenic concentration, accumulation, and translocation increased with the increase of As concentration in the rooting medium. Arsenic was mostly concentrated in roots and a little amount was moved to shoots, indicating that As was not easily translocated to shoots of barley seedlings. Concentrations and accumulations of phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) decreased significantly in shoots for 33.5 and 67 μ M As treatments as compared to the 0 μ M As treatment. Concentrations of P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, and Cu decreased in roots, but Zn concentration increased in roots at 67 μ M As treatment. Accumulations of P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zn, and Cu in roots also decreased significantly at 67 μ M As treatment. Accumulation of P and the cations showed negative relationship with As. Concentration of Fe decreased in shoots at 33.5 and 67 μ M As treatments where chlorosis was induced in the young leaf but increased in roots at 33.5 and 67 μ M As treatments. It was suggested that As might induce iron (Fe)-chlorosis in the plants. Among the micronutrients, Fe translocation was more affected than others by As. Phytosiderophore (PS) accumulation in roots, which is a symptom of Fe-deficiency in grasses, did not change significantly between 0 and 33.5 μ M As treatments; indicating that As-induced chlorosis did not enhance PS accumulation in roots and decreased due to As-toxicity at 67 μ M As treatment.     

两种新疆羊肚菌的分类学鉴定

[目的]对新疆霍城县大西沟采集的两种形异羊肚菌(XJURML4和XJURML5)进行分类鉴定.[方法]用真菌专一引物ITS1f和ITS4扩增两菌ITS区并进行序列分析.[结果]XJURML4 ITS片段1 130 bp( EU086775),XJURML5 ITS片段1 127 bp(EU086776).两菌的ITS2区100;相似,而ITS1区仅有4 bp差异.BLAST比对测序结果发现XJURML4和XJURML5与近缘种宽圆羊肚菌(MorcheLLa esculenta (L.:Fr.)Pers.var.rotunda Pers.:Fr.)的同源性为99.28;和98.65;;NJ法构建进化树分析ITS序列,两菌也跟宽圆羊肚菌类聚在一起.随机引物OPA3进行RAPD扩增,共产生出六条带,二条相同,剩余四条为多态性条带,表明两菌基因组上也有差异.[结论]ITS区序列和进化树分析、OPA3 - RAPD标记技术均表明两菌是宽圆羊肚菌种内的新变种,而与传统形态学鉴定结果不一致.     

转基因大豆、玉米和水稻外源基因检测通用标准分子的构建

将转基因大豆、玉米和水稻的主要外源Cry1A(B)基因、BAR基因、CP4-EPSPS基因、PAT 基因和内参RBCL基因目标片段分别克隆到克隆载体pMD18-T中,构建获得的质粒可作为定性检测3种转基因粮食作物的上述外源基因的通用标准分子质粒pMD18-T-PAT-CP4-EPSPS-Cry1A(B)-BAR-RBCL,长约4.7 kb.经过双酶切、测序及PCR扩增,获得与预期片断大小及序列一致的目的基因片段,证明所构建的标准分子质粒是正确的,可以用来作为不同品种转基因粮食作物定性检测CP4-EPSPS基因、Cry1A(B)基因、BAR基因和PAT基因的通用阳性标准分子.     

奶牛粪样中致病性大肠埃希菌的分离与鉴定

大肠埃希菌血清型众多,一些具有特殊血清型的大肠埃希菌对人和动物有致病性。本试验从包头市侯家营奶牛场77头外表健康成年泌乳荷斯坦奶牛采集新鲜粪样,进行细菌分离培养,共分离到疑似大肠埃希菌69株,经过形态观察、生化鉴定、动物致病性试验和血清型鉴定,其中12株为致病性大肠埃希菌,均为强毒株,占分离菌数的17.4%,另57株为非致病性大肠埃希菌,占分离菌数的82.6%。同时对12株致病性大肠埃希菌进行了"O"血清型鉴定,分属7种血清型O78、O6、O9、O98、O1、O8、O149,分别占定型菌株的25.0%(3/12)、8.3%(1/12)、16.7%(2/12)、8.3%(1/12)、8.3%(1/12)、8.3%(1/12)、25.0%(3/12)。     

热解温度对玉米芯生物炭碳结构、灰分与吸附四环素的影响

生物炭灰分和碳结构在抗生素吸附过程中的影响尚不明确。本文以玉米芯为原料,在300~800 ℃下热解制备生物炭（CBCs）及除灰分生物炭（CBCs_AW）,研究热解温度对生物炭灰分和碳结构的影响,探究灰分和碳形态与四环素（TC）吸附行为之间的关系。结果表明,随着热解温度升高,生物炭的碳结构由未完全碳化有机质（300 ℃）逐渐转化为石墨碳结构（800 ℃）,吸附实验结果显示CBC800_AW的吸附量最大,证实石墨碳结构是促进TC吸附量增加的重要因素。CBCs_AW对TC吸附量高于CBCs,说明灰分对TC吸附有一定抑制作用。分析TC吸附性能与生物炭理化性质的相关性,结果显示吸附量与生物炭比表面积、孔体积、芳香性和石墨化程度相关性较高,推测TC的主要吸附机理为孔隙填充作用和π-π电子供体-受体相互作用。研究结果可为生物质资源化利用和抗生素污染修复提供科学依据。     

呼伦贝尔沙地米氏冰草种群构件年龄结构动态

米氏冰草(Agropyron michnoi)是根茎型无性系植物。为了解米氏冰草在沙地生境中的繁殖适应机制,采取单位面积挖掘取样,对呼伦贝尔沙地不同演替阶段的米氏冰草分蘖株和根茎年龄结构进行了调查。结果表明:生长季末期与前期比较,米氏冰草分蘖株数量在流动和半固定沙地均增长了1.5倍,固定沙地无变化;而根茎长度在流动、半固定和固定沙地分别增加5.0,2.1和2.0倍。米氏冰草无性系分蘖株由4个龄级组成,分蘖株数量的年龄结构,在流动沙地均为明显增长型;半固定沙地由增长型转变成稳定型;固定沙地为稳定型。根茎在流动沙地由3个龄级组成,在半固定和固定沙地由4个龄级组成。随着生长季的进程,根茎长度的年龄结构,在流动沙地、半固定沙地和固定沙地均由稳定型变成增长型,增长趋势从大到小排序为:流动沙地>半固定沙地>固定沙地。随着植物群落的次生演替进程,米氏冰草无性系构件的年龄结构呈由增长型向稳定型过渡的趋势。     

Rapid detection of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Peste des Petits Ruminants</Emphasis> (PPR) virus antigen in Sudan by agar gel precipitation (AGPT) and haemagglutination (HA) Tests

AGPT and HA tests were employed for rapid diagnosis of PPRV infection in sheep and goats in Sudan. Forty lymph nodes and spleen samples from suspected cases of PPR in both sheep and goats were examined by AGPT and HA tests for detection of PPRV antigen. Viral antigen was detected from (77.5%) of the samples tested by AGPT and (92.5%) tested by HA test. The results of both tests revealed that HA test was more sensitive than AGPT for detection of PPRV antigen (Kappa statistics 0.4366). Another advantage of the HA test over AGPT was that it can differentiate PPRV from RPV. Thus the HA test represents a quick, easy, simple, cheap and reliable confirmatory test for the diagnosis of PPR and differential diagnosis of PPRV and RPV. The HA test was carried out using chicken, goat and pig RBCs. Chicken RBCs were found to be the most sensitive for detection of PPRV antigen, followed by goat then pig RBCs. The HA time when using chicken RBCs was 20–25 minutes, using goat RBCs was 25–30 minutes and using pig RBCs was 40–45 minutes. The distribution of PPR infection in four different regions of Sudan was investigated.     

Antibacterial activity of Vitex trifolia.

The petroleum ether and ethanol extracts of Vitex trifolia leaves exhibited moderate inhibiting activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.     

Antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity of extractives from Ravenia spectabilis

A methanolic extract of Ravenia spectabilis, an isolated alkaloid, arborinine plus a fraction comprising arborinine and gamma-fagarine (VLC), showed mild to significant in vitro antibacterial activity. In a brine shrimp lethality bioassay, the extract and the fraction were found to exhibit moderate cytotoxicity having LC50 of 76.26 microg/ml and 14.98 microg/ml, respectively.