纹党和红芪加工废弃物活性多糖对衰老小鼠的抗氧化作用

为了研究陇南道地中药材纹党和红芪加工废弃物中活性多糖对衰老小鼠的抗氧化作用,用低糖低脂饲料适应性喂养小鼠15 d,以剂量为500 mg·kg^-1颈部皮下注射D-半乳糖（D-galactose）溶液构建小鼠亚急性衰老模型。将建模成功的小鼠随机分为正常对照组、衰老模型组、纹党多糖（Codonopisis pilosula polysaccharides, CPP）、红芪多糖（Hedysarum polybotrys polysaccharides ,CHP）剂量处理组和阳性（V_E170 mg·kg^-1）处理组。连续灌胃给药28 d,研究两种多糖对衰老小鼠体重及动物脏器指数、血清中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)的活力变化以及丙二醛（MDA）的含量变化。经过测定,提取的纹党多糖和红芪多糖得率分别为16.52%和13.96%,纯度为 99.65%和99.38%,剂量在400 mg·kg^-1时纹党多糖对衰老小鼠治疗效果明显优于红芪多糖,其心脏和脾脏指数、血清中的SOD、CAT和GSH-Px活力均高于模型组,血清中的MDA含量均低于模型组,对衰老小鼠具有缓解体重下降的作用。结果表明,纹党多糖和红芪多糖均能提高衰老小鼠的抗氧化作用,且纹党多糖和红芪多糖联用后抗氧化和抗衰老能力最好。     

氮素水平对不同穗型水稻品种植株衰老和产量的影响

在大田条件下，研究了两种氮素水平对直、弯穗水稻品种植株生长、叶片衰老和产量的影响。结果表明，高氮条件下两品种的朱粗度和叶片性状均优于低氮条件。增施氮肥能提高剑叶的叶绿素含量，延长叶绿素含量缓降期，使植株在生育后期能保持较高的绿叶面积；同时能提高剑叶的全氮含量，延长光合速率高值持续期，增加植株的干物质积累和籽粒产量。在同一氮素水平下，直立穗型品种的植株粗度、剑叶活力、籽粒灌浆速率、千粒重、生物产量及籽粒产量均略优于弯曲穗型品种。     

Inhibition of postharvest senescence of green leafy vegetables by exogenous D-cysteine and L-cysteine as precursors of hydrogen sulphide

Hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) inhibits senescence in harvested fruit and vegetables but presents logistical, safety and regulatory issues to become a commercial treatment. D-cysteine and L-cysteine are semi-essential amino acids that are metabolised to hydrogen sulphide by plant tissues albeit by different pathways. This paper examines the effect of cysteine on postharvest senescence of three green leafy vegetables. Spraying pak choy leaves with 10 mmol D-cysteine, L-cysteine or DL-cysteine inhibited leaf senescence through a delayed loss of green colour expressed as market life, reduced respiration rate and reduced ethylene production. The beneficial effects of cysteine were similar to those achieved by fumigation with hydrogen sulphide. L-cysteine sprays on parsley and peppermint leaves also showed reduced leaf colour loss and respiration compared to untreated leaves. Cysteine, either as the racemate or individual enantiomers, is considered to have commercial potential for green leafy vegetables as it provides the beneficial effect of hydrogen sulphide but should be easier to register for commercial use due to the GRAS status of L-cysteine.     

HXKs基因在香蕉果实后熟过程中功能初探

香蕉是世界主要水果之一,对乙烯非常敏感,属于呼吸跃变型果实。目前,香蕉果实后熟机理还未完全探明,后熟过程中己糖激酶(HXK)与乙烯的关系还不清楚。通过BLAST比对从香蕉基因组数据库中发现HXK基因家族的11个成员,经克隆获得这些基因的序列,并研究HXKs基因在香蕉果实自然后熟过程中的转录表达谱,重点研究乙烯利、甘露糖、NAG和1-MCP对HXKs基因表达、HXK酶活和内源乙烯生物合成的影响。结果表明:在香蕉果实后熟过程中HXKs基因呈现差异性表达,乙烯利上调大多数HXKs基因的表达和HXK酶活,1-MCP的作用正好相反,这表明外源乙烯正作用于HXK。另一方面,甘露糖加快内源乙烯生物合成,NAG却推迟内源乙烯生物合成,这说明HXK正作用于内源乙烯生物合成。所以,在香蕉果实后熟过程中乙烯和HXK之间存在相互促进的关系。这将为进一步阐明香蕉果实后熟机制提供理论依据,也将为香蕉果实保鲜新技术的挖掘提供新思路。     

超高产水稻开花结实期间叶片衰老与活性氧代谢的关系

 对超高产水稻培矮64S/9311和协优9308从抽穗到籽粒成熟过程中剑叶中H2O2 、膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）、组织自动氧化速率、脂氧合酶（LOX）及保护酶超氧物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶（POD）和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（ASP）的动态变化过程进行了测定。结果表明，协优9308的剑叶衰老较慢。2个材料的剑叶叶片衰老可能原因是叶片内SOD、CAT、ASP活性过早下降，LOX活性增加，进而导致膜脂过氧化，使活性氧代谢失调，引起叶绿素和蛋白质降解，培矮64S/9311的各项生理指标比协优9308早衰老，而且乳熟期是培矮64S/9311早衰的关键时期。     

地膜覆盖栽培对春小麦叶片衰老特性的影响

为了揭示春小麦在地膜栽培条件下是否早衰的问题,采用管栽模拟试验的方法,研究了地膜覆盖和露地栽培条件下春小麦叶片的叶绿素、蛋白质、叶片丙二醛(M DA)含量和细胞质膜相对透性的变化。结果表明,采用地膜覆盖栽培方法,在春小麦生长前期能明显提高叶片叶绿素和蛋白质的含量(日均增加量分别比露地春小麦高31.49%和7.94%),但后期又会加速其降解速率;M DA含量和细胞质膜相对透性均表现为覆膜处理高于露地处理(日均增加量分别比露地春小麦高71.96%~11.78%和2.42%~9.57%)。说明覆膜栽培可使春小麦提前进入正常衰老阶段,但由于其增温、保湿等效应,使春小麦生长量增加,穗粒数和穗粒重比露地春小麦提高22.95%和27.68%,表现出良好的增产效应。     

FLOODING STRESS: The Effects of Planting Pattern and Water Regime on Root Morphology,Physiology and Grain Yield of Rice

Field experiments were conducted over two growing seasons to investigate the effects of variations in water regime and planting pattern on the growth of rice plant roots and shoots and on yield. Four water regimes were evaluated with split plot design: intermittent flooding during the vegetative stage only (IF‐V); intermittent flooding extending into the reproductive stage (IF‐R); not flooded (NF); and continuously flooded (CF), interacting with three different planting patterns: single seedling per hill with wider 30 × 30 cm spacing (P1); single seedling per hill with closer 20 × 20 cm spacing (P2); and three to four seedlings per hill with 20 × 20 cm spacing (P3). The treatment combination CF/P3 corresponds most closely with current conventional practice. The other combinations were evaluated to contribute to a better understanding of the effects of the two parameters studied, respectively and together. IF‐V/P1 was considered as an approximation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practice. This study found that the combination of singly transplanted seedlings, both P1 and P2, with the IF‐V water regime improved root length density, root physiological activity, and chlorophyll content of the upper and lower leaves, leading to higher grain yield compared with the other treatment combinations. With continuous flooding (CF), P2 gave 23 % more yield compared with the P3 planting pattern. Combining IF‐V and P2 produced 32 % more grain yield compared with the CF/P3 treatment. These results showed a synergistic effect on grain yield from reduced intra‐hill competition and IF‐V water management. In these trials, there was no significant yield difference between the IF‐V/P1 and CF/P3 treatments. Wider spacing improved the performance of individual hills when grown under IF‐V water regimes, but tiller number per unit area remained a dominant determinant of yield. The yield reduction observed for CF/P1 compared with CF/P3 indicated that in more hypoxic CF soils, denser plant populations can produce more than sparser ones, whereas the latter benefit from more aerobic soil conditions. Intermittent irrigation during the vegetative growth stage and transplanting single seedlings/hill are major elements of SRI methodology. These findings contribute to an understanding of why SRI methods can produce the higher yields reported. A consideration of the effects of interaction between planting pattern and water regime shows the need to establish empirically the optimum values for these treatments according to varietal, soil and climatic characteristics for the greatest yield response.     

乙烯生物合成关键酶基因研究进展

ACC合成酶(ACS)和ACC氧化酶(ACO)是催化乙烯生物合成的两个关键酶，这两个酶的基因在调控果品和花卉完熟及衰老方面具有重要意义，本文综述了ACS和ACO基因最新研究进展。