核基因和线粒体基因在叶螨分子系统学上的应用

为了对叶螨科螨类进行准确分类并广泛应用于生产和科研中,应用线粒体基因和核基因等分子手段进行螨类分子系统学研究,能够高效的进行物种区别与鉴定、发现新种和隐存种以及进行系统发育分析。与传统的形态学鉴定相比,分子分类能对处于不同发育阶段的生物进行鉴定,研究结果更客观而且可以反复被验证,并且核基因和线粒体基因联合分析对系统树上的不同深度能提供重要的系统进化信息以更好解决系统进化问题,并将传统形态学分类和分子生物学分类相结合,有助于正确鉴定生物物种分析系统发育。     

转基因克隆牛外源基因整合位点的研究

整合位点的侧翼序列是外源基因表型研究和功能探讨的前提条件,对目的基因的正常转录和表达有着重要影响。本试验利用热不对称交措式PCR（Thermal Asymmetric Interlaced PCR,TAIL-PCR）的方法克隆了目的基因。结果表明：外源基因整合到牛的12号染色体基因组克隆(NW_003104315.1)中。分析了整合位点的纯合性发现转基因牛为整合位点杂合子。TAIL-PCR法能够有效、快速的鉴定外源基因在基因组中的整合位置,具有良好的应用前景。     

亚麻籽油的开发利用

亚麻是山西省高寒山区的主要油用作物之一。亚麻籽含油率达到42%,油中不饱和脂肪酸占到主要脂肪酸组成的91%,其中,ω-3脂肪酸含量高达49%,比其他油用作物含量高7倍～50倍。ω-3脂肪酸营养油具有预防冠心病、心脑血管病,降低胆固醇,抗血栓,降血压,提高动脉系统柔性的功能,极具开发价值。ω-3脂肪酸营养油是在常规油脂加工工艺基础上,通过对部分工艺的改进,使产品中α-亚麻酸的含量较传统工艺提高了38.9%。     

实用型荔枝虫害诊断专家系统设计方法研究 实用型荔枝虫害诊断专家系统设计方法研究

针对大型检索表为表示的专家知识体系，研究提出了一套可重用的、实用性强的系统设计方法，建立了荔枝虫害诊断专家系统（LDS）。经生产示范应用表明：实现了人机操作界面直观、明了，降低了客户端的专业要求，提高了系统的实用性。还对系统所构造的人机界面、知识存储结构设计和控制策略给出实践示例。     

陕西百年农业科技发展研究

笔者回顾了陕西百年来不同时期农业科技发展的历史背景与社会环境,分析了陕西农业科技发展的动因与本质、范围与对象、社会需求等内在属性特征;总结了陕西农业科技发展的主要成效,即构建了农业科研技术服务体系、培育推广了技术良种方法、发展了农业产业、形成了农业科技发展的政策人才环境、改变了农业传统观念与生产方式;归纳凝练出陕西农业科技发展的经验启示,即农业科技发展是解决农业诸多矛盾的必然要求、实现农业现代化的有效途径、构建农业安全的重要举措,同时农业科技发展必须以国家需要、人民需求为根本出发点。指出陕西农业科技发展中成果转化率不高、体制机制僵化、省级支持不够、基层人员结构不合理等问题,提出通过“科研面向需求”、设立省级基金、开展农技有偿服务、扩大农技部门人事权限、发挥各类市场主体作用来解决问题,推动全省农业科技持续稳步发展。     

Variation of soil organic carbon,nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry and biogeographic factors across the desert ecosystem of Hexi Corridor,northwestern China

Purpose

The purposes of present study were to display the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry; identify the biogeographic characteristics of SOC, N, and P stoichiometry along an aridity gradient across the desert ecosystem of Hexi Corridor; and determine how biogeographic distribution patterns of SOC, N, and P stoichiometry are related to vegetation, soil texture, geography, and climate.

Materials and methods

We investigated the distribution and characteristics of SOC, N, and P stoichiometry based on samples collected from Hexi Corridor during 2011–2012 with total 400 plots of 80 sites. This region presents a precipitation gradient from about 250 mm in the east to less than 50 mm in the west. The measured variables included belowground and aboveground biomass, pH, bulk density, sand, clay, silt, SOC, N, and P contents. ANOVA analysis, reduced major axis, redundancy analysis, Person’s correlation, and regression analysis were used to analysis the variation of SOC, N, and P stoichiometry and related biogeographic factors.

Results and discussion

In present study, SOC, N, and P contents decreased significantly with increasing soil depth. C/N did not change significantly, while C/P and N/P decreased significantly. SOC and N, SOC and P, and N and P were well constrained within 0–100 cm. SOC, N, and P contents in 0–20 cm were higher than them in other studies. Vegetation, soil texture, climate, and geography could explain 91.6% of the total variance of soil stoichiometry. The impact of latitude and longitude on SOC, N, and P stoichiometry was mainly caused by the redistribution of precipitation, while the impact of altitude mainly resulted from the variation of temperature. With increasing aridity, SOC, N, and P contents and C/N/P ratios reduced consistently with inconsistent decrease rates.

Conclusions

Our results suggested that the interaction of vegetation structure, soil condition, and shortage of precipitation should be the main driver for the lower contents and much shallower distributions of SOC, N, and P of Hexi Corridor. The increasing aridity should be the critical factor that is responsible for the decrease of SOC, N, and P contents and C/N/P ratios. This study contributes to the understanding of soil stoichiometry in the desert ecosystem.

     

Adjustments in leaf water relations of mangrove (Avicennia germinans) seedlings grown in a salinity gradient

We used pressure-volume analysis and dewpoint hygrometry to determine leaf water relation parameters of mangrove (Avicennia germinans L.) seedlings grown at salinities of 0, 8, 20 and 32 per thousand. Seedlings responded to an increase in salinity from 0 to 32 per thousand by an increase in leaf succulence as reflected in an increase in leaf water content per unit area from 300 to 360 g m(-2). Additionally, osmotic potential at full turgor decreased from -2.3 to -3.5 MPa and osmotic potential at zero turgor decreased from -2.7 to -4.3 MPa. Cell elasticity decreased as salinity increased from 0 to 32 per thousand, as indicated by a progressive increase in volumetric modulus of elasticity from 19 to 27 MPa. Increased leaf succulence enabled leaves to sequester large amounts of solutes without adversely increasing cell osmotic pressure. On the other hand, osmotic adjustment facilitated turgor maintenance as water potential diminished. Salinity-induced decreases in tissue elasticity generated greater water potential differences between leaves and soil under saline conditions than under non-saline conditions.     

Flower strips adjacent to greenhouses help reduce pest populations and insecticide applications inside organic commercial greenhouses

Journal of Pest Science - Flower strips can play an important role in agro-ecosystems by supporting populations of pests’ natural enemies, thereby enhancing biological control. However, few...     

马铃薯生料发酵制备乙醇的研究

比较了商品复合酶和生淀粉酶对马铃薯生料直接发酵转化乙醇的影响,60Co-γ射线辐照处理马铃薯对乙醇发酵的影响。结果表明,以生淀粉酶为糖化剂的发酵液中乙醇体积分数远远高于商品复合酶的乙醇体积分数,辐照处理可显著提高马铃薯生料转化乙醇的能力。     

花生AhLEA18蛋白基因的克隆与表达分析

LEA蛋白家族是一类在种子胚胎发育晚期丰富表达的蛋白,在种子的正常发育过程中大量积累,同时在植物处于干旱、寒冷、盐胁迫等逆境条件下高水平表达,推测该类蛋白在缺水条件下具有一定的生理保护功能。根据蛋白序列特点,该蛋白家族分为多个组,LEA18蛋白属于其中一组蛋白。PvLEA18蛋白在干燥种子、花粉粒中大量积累,也参与到对水分缺失、ABA处理的生理应答过程过程。本研究从栽培种花生鲁花14中克隆得到一个LEA18基因,命名为AhLEA18。对其序列的生物信息学分析表明,AhLEA18具有典型LEA18蛋白序列特征。通过半定量RT-PCR的方法对该基因在花生植株不同组织及不同发育时期的种子中的表达情况进行了分析。