小麦光温敏核雄性不育系开颖和柱头外露特征及其对异交结实能力的影响

为明确小麦光温敏核雄性不育系的开颖、柱头外露特征及其异交结实能力,在小区制种条件下考察了4个不育系的开颖、柱头外露小花数和异交结实粒数,并分析了开颖率、柱头外露率与异交结实率的关系。结果表明,供试不育系的开颖率为18.10%～86.28%、柱头外露率为28.68%～67.33%,其中BS366为高开颖率低柱头外露率类型,BS206为中开颖率高柱头外露率类型,BS212为低开颖率中柱头外露率类型,BS1453为低开颖率低柱头外露率类型。供试不育系柱头外露小花和开颖小花的异交结实率分别为59.39%～65.62%和26.16%～55.54%,二者平均异交结实率相差23.46个百分点,表明柱头外露小花异交结实能力高于开颖小花,且不育系间的差异较小。供试不育系的异交结实率在23.58%～53.16%之间,各不育系间差异显著;开颖小花异交结实粒数占总异交结实粒数的平均比例为50.55%,柱头外露小花异交结实粒数占总异交结实粒数的平均比例为68.47%。开颖率、柱头外露率与异交结实率呈极显著正相关,相关系数分别为0.719和0.372,开颖率与柱头外露率也呈极显著正相关(r=0.467)。因此,高...     

抗生素溶杆菌13-6对玉米小斑病的生防作用机制初步研究

玉米小斑病是玉米生产中的重要病害之一,本研究利用传统植物病理学和荧光定量PCR方法,研究抗生素溶杆菌对玉米小斑病菌(Bipolaris maydis)的生防效果和作用机制,为玉米小斑病的生物防控提供理论依据.结果显示,抗生素溶杆菌13-6对玉米小斑病菌丝生长和孢子萌发具有显著抑制作用,造成菌丝顶端生长受阻、表面粗糙,部...     

玉米小斑病菌中一种维多利亚病毒的分离及其基因组全序列分析

 从玉米小斑病菌(Bipolaris maydis)中检测发现一种dsRNA (double-stranded RNA)病毒,暂命名为Bipolaris maydis victorivirus 2 (BmV2)。电子显微镜下观察到病毒粒子为二十面体球状,直径为40 nm左右、无包膜;病毒基因组为单条dsRNA核酸分子,长度为5 222 bp,其基因组结构与其他维多利亚病毒相似,包含两个开放阅读框(ORFs)。序列BLASTx分析发现,BmV2的基因组核酸序列与Coniothyrium minitans RNA virus Illinois isolate (CmRV-IL)具有较高的同源性(78.15%),后者CmRV-IL是单分体病毒科(Totiviridae)维多利亚病毒属(Victorivirus)的暂定种,两者的外壳蛋白(CP)和RNA依赖性RNA聚合酶(RdRp)的氨基酸序列之间的同源性分别为88.02%和89.87%,说明BmV2、CmRV-IL是同一种病毒的不同分离物。基于BmV2和选择的单分体病毒的RdRp氨基酸序列的系统发育分析表明,BmV2与单分体病毒科维多利亚病毒属中的病毒形成了一个单系进化支。     

玉米小斑病研究进展

玉米作为重要的粮、饲、工兼用作物, 是重要的战略资源, 在国民经济中具有举足轻重的作用。但在实际生产过程中, 玉米受多种病虫害的威胁, 其中由玉蜀黍平脐蠕孢Bipolaris maydis引起的玉米小斑病严重影响玉米产量与品质, 是制约玉米高产与稳产的重要因素之一。近些年该病害的发病频率与严重程度均呈快速增长的态势, 对我国玉米安全生产构成巨大的潜在威胁。本文综述了玉米小斑病发生概况, 包括发生时期和引起的主要症状; 概括了玉米小斑病菌的侵染过程和相关功能基因的致病机制; 总结了抗玉米抗小斑病基因的定位、克隆与功能分析方面的研究进展, 玉米小斑病的防治措施等, 并对未来研究提出了一些建议和展望, 以期为玉米小斑病可持续治理提供理论参考和研究思路。     

Pollination of urban meadows – Plant reproductive success and urban-related factors influencing frequency of pollinators visits

Pollination is a key ecological service for human food security and the reproduction of the majority of flowering plants. This plant-animal interaction is crucial in both wild and urban habitats, however, increasing urbanization and change in land use alter these interactions. The concerns regarding pollination have led to numerous efforts aimed at improving the quality of wildlife in cities, however, understanding the importance of these activities warrants further research. In Warsaw, the Polish capital, we analyzed the influence of urban-related factors such as floral resource richness, the proportion of green areas in the proximity of foraging sites, air pollution or temperature on plant-pollinator interaction in 14 meadows. We also analyzed the reproductive success and the heterospecific pollen transfer in the case of plants growing in the meadows. Our study revealed that the frequency of visits to flowers was related to city-related factors, but the reaction varied among different groups of pollinators. For example, bumblebees were negatively influenced by higher air pollution, while the rest of the flower visitors were not, Syrphidae flies were more frequent flower visitors when the proportion of green area was higher in the buffer of 150 m, while we did not observe this tendency in other groups of flower visitors. Plants growing in Warsaw meadows were frequently visited and effectively pollinated - urban pollinator assemblages seem to provide sufficient pollination services to plants growing in the city. Species-rich communities were not a threat to pollination; we found mostly conspecific pollen grains on the stigmas of the studied plant species. The results of our study show that species-rich communities make a valuable contribution to pollinator conservation. The conservation activities, however, should be adjusted to the target group of pollinators, since different groups of flower visitors respond differently to urban-related factors studied.