Mild Drought Stress‐Induced Changes in Yield,Physiological Processes and Chemical Composition in Festuca,Lolium and Festulolium

The impact of mild drought stress (3 weeks at 40 % field water capacity) on yield, physiological processes, accumulation of proline and phenolic compounds and forage quality parameters in forage grasses was evaluated in pot experiments. During four different growing periods, the effects of water deficit were assessed in nine varieties from five species (Lolium perenne, Lolium multiflorum, Festuca pratensis, Festuca arundinacea and Festulolium braunii). All measured parameters were affected by drought stress in the different cuts. Photosynthesis, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance and dry matter yield were significantly lower in drought stress than under well‐watered conditions in all varieties. Higher water‐use efficiency was only observed during the first and fourth drought period, while this was not the case in the second and third. Mild drought stress significantly increased the content of proline, phenolic acid, flavonoids, water‐soluble carbohydrates and protein. All tested grasses showed also an increase of organic matter digestibility and cell wall digestibility under drought stress conditions.     

观赏羽衣甘蓝的离体繁殖

以花蕾为外植体，离体繁殖羽衣甘蓝８个杂各一代材料。培养基为（ｍｇ／Ｌ）：ＭＳ＋ＢＡ１－２＋ＮＡＡ０．１－０．２＋ＩＡＡ０．５＋（或不加）ＧＡ３０．３＋３％蔗糖。平均１８％－６７％的接咎花蕾产生不定芽；药有３０％的不定芽发育成完整植物。培养物的严重褐化和再生植物的普遍玻璃质化是影响植株成活的主要因素。培养基中加入活性炭和青霉素，并给以强光照射，可提高植株成活率。     

观赏植物抗病育种现状

观赏植物种类繁多,在这些植物的育种、销售及栽培过程中,与植物病害相关的各种病原物也被广泛传播。因此,培育抗病品种一直是园艺育种工作者的重要目标性状之一。在粮食作物中,抗病育种方面已经投入了很大的人力物力,新的生物技术不断被用于作物新品种的培育。但对于观赏植物而言,这些新技术应用范围还极为有限。本综述对园艺植物抗病育种现状进行了总结,并对育种前景进行了预测。     

铺地木蓝对肇庆地区柑橘园土壤养分及细菌群落的影响

【目的】探究铺地木蓝在柑橘果园种植 1 年后对杂草、0~20 cm 土层土壤养分含量和土壤细菌多样性的影响。【方法】设置自然生草（CK1）、土壤覆盖遮草布（PD1）、土壤覆盖银黑地膜 + 种植铺地木蓝（PD2）、种植铺地木蓝（PD3）4 个处理,1 年后调查杂草种类、测定土壤理化性质（pH、有机质、全氮、碱解氮、全磷、速效磷、全钾和速效钾）和土壤细菌群落情况。【结果】 PD2 处理土壤全氮（0.86 mg/g）、全磷（0.78 g/kg）、速效磷（23.84 mg/kg ）、全钾（11.91 g/kg）、有机质（34.82 g/kg）含量最高;PD2 处理土壤全氮和碱解氮含量比 PD1处理的分别增加了 0.37、27.43 mg/kg,PD1 处理土壤全磷含量最低（0.41 g/kg）,PD3 处理速效磷（10.67 mg/kg）和有机质（25.99 g/kg）含量最低;PD1~PD3 处理的土壤全钾含量均大于 CK1 处理,速效钾含量则相反;杂草调查结果表明 PD1、PD2 处理均可很好地抑制杂草的生长。与 CK1 相比,PD1~PD3 处理均可降低土壤细菌群落多样性,但不影响细菌群落分布均匀性。PD2 和 PD3 处理的土壤细菌群落结构和丰度较相似,表现为变形菌门（Proteobacteria）相对丰度降低,绿弯菌门（Chloroflexi）、酸杆菌门（Acidobacteria）、浮霉菌门（Planctomycetes）、罗库菌门（Rokubacteria）、芽单胞菌门（Gemmatimonadetes）等有益细菌的相对丰度增加;其中 PD2 处理的优势菌属为 MND1（3.47%）、Sh765B-TzT-35（4.37%）,PD3 处理的优势菌属为 MND1（4.29%）。从 PD1 处理土壤中检测到视为土壤环境恶化的标志类群异常球菌 - 栖热菌门（5.10%）。【结论】柑橘果园行间道覆盖地膜后再种植铺地木蓝的综合表现最好,可以增加土壤养分和土壤中有益细菌群落的相对丰度。     

生草对关中地区有机猕猴桃园土壤养分及细菌群落的影响

为探究不同生草模式对关中地区有机猕猴桃园土壤养分及细菌群落的影响,试验设置多年生黑麦草+毛苕子(Mode 1)、多年生黑麦草+草木樨(Mode 2)、多年生黑麦草+白三叶(Mode 3)及鼠茅草(Mode 4),以自然生草处理为对照(CK),观察草种生长特性、研究生草对果园耕层(0～20 cm)土壤养分影响,采用高通量测序法分析细菌群落结构。结果表明：鼠茅草越冬率最高,样地杂草株数最少。人工生草较自然生草有机质提高了6.46%～38.63%,以多年生黑麦草+毛苕子效果更为明显,且该处理提高土壤脲酶、蔗糖酶和碱性磷酸酶活性最为显著,分别为3.37、44.17和3.46 mg·d^-1·g^-1。同时,与自然生草相比,多年生黑麦草+毛苕子、多年生黑麦草+草木樨和多年生黑麦草+白三叶提高了土壤细菌群落的丰富度和多样性,多年生黑麦草+毛苕子存在最多差异显著的细菌分支。综上,关中地区有机猕猴桃园种植多年生黑麦草+毛苕子在一定程度上有助于提高土壤有机质及养分含量,改善土壤微生态环境。     

The effects of sodium chloride on ornamental shrubs

The use of saline waters is an option for the irrigation of salt tolerant ornamentals as competition for high quality water increases. However, despite the importance of ornamental shrubs in Mediterranean areas, salt tolerance of such species has received little attention. The aims of our investigation were to quantify the growth response and any injury symptom of 12 widely cultivated ornamental shrubs to irrigation with saline water and to investigate any possible relation with the concentration of Na⁺ and Cl⁻ in the plants. Species were irrigated with different salinities (10, 40, and 70 mM NaCl) for a 120-day period. At the end of salt treatment, plants were sampled and dry biomass recorded; the relative growth rate (RGR) was also calculated. Root and leaf samples from each species were used to evaluate Na⁺, K⁺ and Cl⁻ concentrations. Growth rates were significantly reduced in Cotoneaster lacteus, Grevillea juniperina and Pyracantha ‘Harlequin’, which also showed the highest percentage of necrotic leaves. The increasing external NaCl lead to an increase of Na⁺ and Cl⁻ in roots and leaves of the different species, although less Na⁺ was accumulated than Cl⁻: growth reduction well correlated with the concentration of Cl⁻ and/or Na⁺ in the leaves. The most sensitive species (i.e. C. lacteus, G. juniperina and Pyracantha ‘Harlequin’) had high concentrations of Na⁺ and/or Cl⁻ in their leaves and also showed a decrease in their leaf K⁺/Na⁺ ratios. Even though other species (i.e. Bougainvillea glabra, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, Leptospermum scoparium, Leucophyllum frutescens and Ruttya fruticosa) demonstrated a high ion concentration in their leaves, they could be considered relatively salt tolerant as there was little growth reduction and few symptoms of injury in the leaves. In some other cases (i.e. Cestrum fasciculatum, Escallonia rubra and Viburnum lucidum) the observed tolerance was related to higher ion concentration in the roots compared to the leaves, probably indicative of a limited transport to the shoots. Only in Eugenia myrtifolia was the absence of symptoms associated with a limited Na⁺ and Cl⁻ uptake from the rhizosphere.     

广西唇柱苣苔属植物及其园林应用

介绍了广西唇柱苣苔属植物资源的基本特点、观花性状和园林应用,同时对广西唇柱苣苔属植物的保护和开发利用提出了建议.其中,广西唇柱苣苔属植物的6个基本特点是:①唇柱苣苔属观赏植物资源丰富;②观花性状显著;③特有现象突出;④抗逆性特点强;⑤同一种类不同居群其形态变化很大;⑥分布不均性.     

Classification of guppies’ (Poecilia reticulata) gender by computer vision

Labor costs of guppy growers and breeders are largely those of manual sorting (by strain, quality and gender) and counting fish. In most farms, female and male fish are grown together and sold either separately or together. Sorting fish according to gender is important for marketing as well as for breeding programs, so that a device for sorting and counting fish can potentially reduce production costs and improve quality.

A project aiming to develop sorting and counting technologies for ornamental fish growers included development and testing of image-processing algorithms for sorting guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata) by gender. The algorithms are derived from shape and color differences between female and male guppies. An algorithm for the determination of landmarks on fish contours was developed and found to be accurate in accordance with human judgment, enabling extraction of specific shape and color features of the tail and the body.

The algorithms were applied to three sets of images of guppies of the “Red-Blond” strain. Gender identification accuracy was approximately 90% using shape features, approximately 96% using color features and was slightly improved when both color and shape features were used.

Some of the components used are essential for future development of a computer vision based system for sorting and grading ornamental fish by strain and quality.     

草本园林植物耐盐性研究进展

本文分别对草本园林植物在盐胁迫下植物的形态指标和生理生化指标的反应进行了概述,探求不同植物在盐分胁迫下的适应表现如何,并进一步评价了植物耐盐品种在盐碱地对丰富园林景观起到的作用,以便为盐碱地园林植物景观的建设提供参考,对能够满足于园林绿地景观评价指标体系的构建具有现实意义。     

Inter‐specific variability in organic nitrogen uptake of three temperate grassland species

We tested the inter‐specific variability in the ability of three dominant grasses of temperate grasslands to take up organic nitrogen (N) in the form of amino acids in soils of differing fertility. Amino acid uptake was determined by injecting dual labeled glycine‐2‐¹³C‐¹⁵N into the soil, and then measuring the enrichment of both ¹³C and ¹⁵N in plant tissue after 50 hours. We found enrichment of both ¹³C and ¹⁵N in root and shoot material of all species in both soils, providing first evidence for direct uptake of glycine. We show that there was considerable inter‐specific variability in amino acid uptake in the low fertility soil. Here, direct uptake of amino acid was greater in the grass Agrostis capillaris, which typically dominates low fertility grassland, than Lolium perenne, which inhabits more fertile sites. Direct uptake of amino acid for Holcus lanatus. was intermediate between the above two species. Unlike in the low fertility soil, there was no difference in uptake of either ¹³C or ¹⁵N by grasses in the high fertility soil, where uptake of mineral N is thought to be the major mechanism of N uptake of these grasses. Overall, our findings may contribute to our understanding of differences in competitive interactions between grasses in soils of different fertility status.