Induction of root-mat symptoms on cucumber plants by Rhizobium, but not by Ochrobactrum or Sinorhizobium, harbouring a cucumopine Ri plasmid

Ochrobactrum CSL 2573, Rhizobium CSL 2411 and Sinorhizobium CSL 2611 strains harbouring the Agrobacterium cucumopine Ri plasmid (pRi), previously were shown to induce root-mat symptoms in an in vitro cucumber cotyledon assay. In whole-plant, rockwool-grown cucumber host tests Rhizobium CSL 2411 was shown to be as efficient an inducer of root-mat symptoms as the virulent Agrobacterium radiobacter strain NCPPB 4042, which also harbours a cucumopine pRi. Conjugal transfer of pRi to ingressing, avirulent Agrobacterium isolates was observed within root tissues with symptoms. Ochrobactrum CSL 2573 and Sinorhizobium CSL 2611 were not able to induce root-mat symptoms on plants. Rhizobium CSL 2411 and Ochrobactrum CSL 2573 were reisolated from inoculated plants, but Sinorhizobium CSL 2611 was not detected or isolated from inoculated plants 68 days after inoculation. It was postulated that the differences in pathogenicity observed between the in vitro and in situ host tests were caused by a lack of proper attachment to inoculated root tissues by pRi-harbouring Ochrobactrum and Sinorhizobium in the whole-plant host tests.     

Pathogenesis by fungi and by parasitic plants: Similarities and differences

The processes by which fungi and parasitic plants infect their plant host are compared. The steps considered are: location of the host by the pathogen, the concept of the haustorium, attachment of the pathogen to the host, mechanism of penetration into the host, responses of the host to infection by fungi and by parasitic plants, and the suppression of the host response by the pathogen. Although superficially similarities between fungal infection and infection by parasitic plants exist, the underlying mechanisms appear to be different and only in the penetration step are similar strategies used, including the use of lytic enzymes. These differences are important when seeking ways of combating the parasitic plants. The strategies used against the parasitic plants must be different from those used to combat fungal infections and should not be based only on analogies with host resistance to fungal pathogens. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Nov. 2, 2005.     

核基质结合区对马铃薯Y病毒全长非翻译CP基因介导抗病性的影响

 为探索核基质结合区(matrix attachment regions,MARs)对RNA介导的病毒抗性的影响,我们将从烟草中克隆到的核基质结合区TM2构建在包含马铃薯Y病毒全长非翻译CP基因的植物表达载体pRPVYCPN的表达盒的两侧,构建了植物表达载体pRTM2CPNTM2。采用农杆菌介导基因转化法,将表达载体pRPVYCPN和pRTM2CPNTM2转入烟草品种NC89中,分别获得了144株和344株转基因烟草。抗病性检测发现,核基质结合区的存在能明显提高RNA介导抗性的产生效率。在含MARs转基因植株中,抗病植株的比率为15.1%,而不含核基质结合区的转基因植株的抗病比率则为8.3%。这一研究结果对抗病毒植物的分子育种和转基因表达调控有指导意义。     

甘蓝短散布元件对转基因表达效果的研究

为检验甘蓝短散布元件(SINE)对植物转基因表达的影响,采用PCR方法,从甘蓝基因组中克隆了一段短散布元件序列(Short Interspersed Nuclear Element,SINE),该SINE具有核基质结合区(matrix attachmentregion,MAR)的结构特征,将其构建到β-葡糖醛酸酶(β-glucuronidase,GUS)基因(uidA)的两侧翼,形成SINE调控的植物表达载体,采用农杆菌介导法,将含SINE序列和不含SINE序列的植物表达载体导入烟草中。对转基因植株进行GUS活性定量测定,结果表明,SINE表现出类似MAR的功能,可以提高外源uidA基因的表达水平,与不含SINE的转化植株相比,外源基因的平均表达水平提高了2倍,但转基因植株个体间表达水平存在较大的差异。     

乡镇公共空间场所依恋影响因素与提升策略研究——以安徽省滁州市腰铺镇为例

随着城乡建设的快速推进,乡镇公共空间建设过程中出现地方特色流失、缺乏人性化关怀、乡土空间精致化等现象。深入探讨乡镇发展过程中的"人地关系"能为乡镇发展提供新的思路。安徽省滁州市腰铺镇居民的公共空间依恋感知现状表明,腰铺居民对于乡镇的情感依恋高于功能依赖;年龄越大、文化水平越低的居民对于公共空间的功能性依赖越强,其情感认同也越深;居民依恋感知与出生地距离负相关,与其居住时长正相关。建议从保护居民日常活动空间、延续当地特色文化脉络、增进居民价值感知三个方面着手,提高居民场所依恋,促进乡镇地域性特征的保护和传承。