Modelling daily root interactions for water in a tropical shrub and grass alley cropping system

A two-dimensional physically-based model for the daily simulation of root competition for water in an alley cropping system associating Gliricidia sepium with Digitaria decumbens is developed. This paper deals with the impact of root distribution on soil water partitioning. By adapting existing principles of root water uptake modelling for pure crops, the model accounts simultaneously for the sink terms of each species in a defined soil domain. Soil-root water transport functions are solved at the level of discrete volumes of soil; each of them are characterized by the inherent soil physical properties, root length density, soil-root distances, and the calculated sink terms of each species. The above ground boundary conditions, such as transpiration and soil evaporation, were managed by simple equations found from the literature or provided by experimental measurements. Running the model with two contrasting observed root maps, an evaluation was carried out over a 10-day period following a rainfall event. With both root maps, the simulated soil water potential profiles at the row, at 0.75 m and 1.50 m from the row did not differ significantly, and were in good agreement with the measurements. However, although water was not limiting during this period, the simulated cumulative water absorption profiles of G. sepium and D. decumbens contrasted markedly, and matched their observed root distribution. This model, although still under further development, forms the basis for development of an above and below ground coupled model to simulate plant interactions for water in intercrops or agroforestry.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

应用iTRAQ结合2D LC-MS/MS技术分析草菇同核和异核菌丝蛋白质组

首次利用同位素标记相对和绝对定量(isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification,iTRAQ)技术结合二维液相色谱串联质谱对草菇(Volvariella volvacea)同核和异核菌丝蛋白质组进行研究。采用QExactive质谱鉴定并经MASCOT软件搜库,对所有鉴定蛋白进行主成分分析(principal component analysis,PCA)、层次聚类(hierarchical clustering)分析和GO(gene ontology)注释,并进行生物信息学分析。结果共获得2335个不同肽段,鉴定到1039个蛋白,其中1030个蛋白具有定量信息。在同核菌丝中显著上调蛋白83个,下调蛋白97个,表明iTRAQ标记技术结合二维液相色谱串联质谱可有效地分离和鉴定草菇菌丝蛋白质组。该研究结果为更深入全面地研究草菇菌丝蛋白质组学奠定基础。     

刺参制品质量安全追溯系统设计与实现

针对目前市场上刺参制品价格较高,但质量却良莠不齐的现象,保证刺参制品的质量安全尤为重要。以刺参制品为研究对象,分析其养殖加工的全流程,确定产品质量安全控制的关键点,进行HACCP计划一览表分析;对各环节进行了编码设计,并基于GS1编码框架对产品最终追溯码进行统一编码;采用B/S模式结构体系、使用C#语言编程,设计并实现了刺参制品质量安全追溯系统。该系统在加工最后环节生成统一追溯码和二维码,并连接控件实现标签打印功能。系统可以通过编码对产品各加工环节出现的问题实现精准定位;并且为消费者提供了产品追溯查询平台。消费者能够直接通过浏览器输入追溯码或扫描二维码查询到产品的全流程信息,对食品质量安全追溯系统研究有现实意义。     

二维相关红外光谱分析鉴别不同产地黑木耳

不同产地黑木耳的营养成分含量存在差异,因此对黑木耳的产地鉴别具有实用价值。选取8个不同产地的黑木耳,采用傅里叶变换红外光谱(Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,FT-IR)和二维相关红外光谱(two-dimensional correlation infrared spectroscopy,2D-IR),对不同样本的2D-IR谱图进行处理和分析,并结合系统聚类分析以鉴别黑木耳的不同产地。结果显示,不同产地黑木耳的傅里叶变换红外光谱整体特征极为相似,偏相关系数的最小值为0.955,不能用于区分黑木耳的产地。不同产地黑木耳在1 730～1 400 cm-1、1 350～1 040 cm-1以及1 030～900 cm-1范围内的二维相关红外光谱中自动峰数目不同,它们之间的自动峰和交叉峰的强度也有较大差异;对1 700～950 cm-1范围内的FT-IR光谱进行系统聚类分析,不同产地黑木耳都得到正确归类。结果表明,二维相关红外光谱分析,结合系统聚类分析能够简单、快速、无损地鉴别不同产地黑木耳。     

蛋白质组学在植物雄性不育研究中的应用

基因转录后还需要进行一系列的转录后修饰,仅从基因组水平不足以揭示植物雄性不育分子机制,还需要结合蛋白质组学的研究.现综述了近年来主要作物雄性不育的蛋白质组学研究情况,指出不育基因表达时具有器官特异性和时空性,并提出将蛋白质组学技术和基因工程相结合研究植物雄性不育机理的策略.     

Distribution and Speciation of Chromium and Cadmium in an Organic and Inorganic Fertilized Chernozem

Fertilizers are widely applied in agricultural practice to improve crop yield and quality. However, they can also alter the behavior of soil pollutants. A field experiment was conducted on a chernozem in Heilongjiang Province, China. Various proportions of inorganic nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and organic (manure) fertilizers were applied. Soil samples were collected four times over 2 years, and the total concentrations and speciation of chromium (Cr) and cadmium (Cd) were analyzed. Inorganic fertilizer addition had little effect on the total concentration of Cr and Cd, while organic fertilizer addition reduced the total concentrations of both Cr and Cd. Inorganic fertilizers increased the concentration of Cr in the exchangeable form, but decreased that of the residual form (P < 0.05). Addition of inorganic or organic fertilizer alone decreased concentrations of exchangeable Cd (P < 0.05), but the combination of inorganic and organic fertilizers had the opposite effect. High concentration of total Cd exceeding the upper limits of the Environmental Quality Standard for Soils proposed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China could result in an environmental risk, and fertilizer application could lower that risk. Results of risk assessment code calculated as the percentage of the sum of metal concentrations in the exchangeable and carbonate-associated form in total metal concentration showed that Cr and Cd risks were lowered when organic fertilizer was applied alone or in combination with inorganic fertilizers. Our study highlighted that organic fertilizer should be applied alone or in combination with inorganic fertilizers to lower the environmental risks of Cr and Cd pollution in the chernozem.     

普通羊肚菌密码子偏好性分析

采用CodonW1.4.2软件和CUSP程序,以普通羊肚菌(Morchella conica)全基因组蛋白质编码序列(coding sequence,CDS)为对象,解析了该菌的有效密码子数(effective number of codon,ENC)、密码子3个位点的 GC含量、相对同义密码子使用度(relative synonymous codon usage,RSCU)和高表达优越密码子。结果表明：普通羊肚菌全基因组密码子第2位密码子的 GC含量明显低于第1位和第3位,第3位密码子与第1位含量差异不大,分别为57.8%和56.8%,RSCU 值大于等于1的密码子总共35个,其中以 G 或 C 结尾的25个,占71.4%,确定了25个高表达优越密码子。     

甘草愈伤组织蛋白质组双向电泳技术的建立

以来源于野生乌拉尔甘草的愈伤组织为试材,对甘草愈伤组织蛋白质的提取、SDS-PAGE电泳、上样量、染色方法等关键步骤进行了优化,结果表明:采用改良丙酮法可提高提取液中蛋白质的含量及单向电泳图谱的分辨率;17 cm IPG胶条上样量为450μg时,采用银染法提高了双向电泳图谱的分辨率及分离效果,获得了1 132个蛋白点。建立了一套适用于乌拉尔甘草的愈伤组织蛋白质组分析的双向电泳方法。     

Application of a putative fatty-acid binding protein to discriminate serologically the two European quarantine root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax, from other Meloidogyne species

Two major proteins, Mcf-A67 and Mcf-B66, were identified by mini two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in order to distinguish the two European quarantine root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax, from eight other species. These quarantine proteinic markers have been microsequenced after enzymatic digestion. The internal amino acid sequences exhibit similarities to members of a family of low molecular weight intracellular lipid-binding proteins. Moreover, to explore a simple, rapid, and inexpensive way to identify the two quarantine nematodes, dot blot hybridizations were performed using an antiserum (A67) produced from the longest amino-acid sequence of the protein Mcf-A67. Although several proteins stained on the M. chitwoodi and M. fallax western blot membranes, the two nematodes were easily distinguished from other root-knot nematodes, on dot blot assays with soluble proteins extracted from a single female. Because of its specificity and sensitivity, the use of the A67 antiserum to improve the diagnosis of the two European quarantine root-knot nematodes is discussed.