The Effect of Detopping the Field Bean Plants (Vicia faba L. minor) and Lack of the Pod Setting on the Symbiosis with Root Nodule Bacteria

The plants of field bean var. Nadwiślaνski were detopped after about 1 month since the beginning of flowering and after that all flower buds were removed from some plants. The effect of a change in the trophic balance on the setting and subsequent growth of root nodules was studied.
The removal of pods had the greater effect on the increase in the weight of the remaining organs than the detopping of plants. Detopping retarded the ageing of the plants and delayed the phase of the greatest reduction of the number of pods. The detopping of plants revealed their considerable compensative possibilities in terms of production of the pod weight and the potential of leaves for biomass production. The data obtained indicate that plant detopping may disturb the root–bacteria exchange of signals, necessary to initiate the nodule development, while the further growth of nodules depends, above all, on the amount of available photosynthates.
A very high correlation between the dry weight of the whole plant to the dry weight of leaves ratio and the weight of nodules was observed. It proves the importance of the trophic balance of the plant for the root nodule weight production.     

青蛙放养个体大小对稻蛙共育效益的影响

稻蛙共育是一种新的生态稻作模式,高产高效,但在青蛙繁育过程中,由于个体差异,造成稻田可套养时单体质量低于100 g的青蛙数量较多。针对这一情况,笔者对稻田放养单体质量低于100 g青蛙对治虫、养殖效益的影响开展了对比试验。结果表明,稻蛙共育中采用单体质量75g的青蛙放养是可行的,能基本达到100 g单体质量青蛙的放养效果。     

Guanine-cytosine contents of the host and symbiont cDNA in a symbiotic coral

ABSTRACT:   Hermatypic (reef-building) corals harbor dinoflagellate endo-symbionts Symbiodinium spp. In studying gene expression in such symbiotic corals, problems arise regarding how to distinguish the coral and symbiont mRNA, and how to estimate their fractions in the mRNA population of the holobiont (symbiotic complex of the coral and Symbiodinium cells). In this study, these issues were addressed using juveniles of hermatypic coral Acropora tenuis in symbiosis with Symbiodinium cells of strain PL-TS-1. First, the guanine-cytosine (GC) contents were determined in expressed sequence tags (EST) from PL-TS-1 cells cultured in vitro and symbiont-free larvae of A. tenuis , and their average GC contents were found to be significantly different. The average GC content of the EST from the holobiont was much closer to that of A. tenuis larvae, suggesting that the majority (>90%) of mRNA isolated from the holobiont originated in the host. In protein-coding sequences, little overlap was observed between the GC-content distributions of PL-TS-1 cells and A. tenuis larvae. All of the coding sequences ( n  = 59) found in the A. tenuis EST had GC contents below 0.5, whereas the GC content exceeded 0.5 in the majority (43/44) of coding sequences from the nuclear genome of PL-TS-1 cells.     

Molecular characterization of coral sulfate transporter homolog that is up-regulated by the presence of symbiotic algae

Reef-building corals are in symbiosis with the dinoflagellates Symbiodinium spp. In our previous study, the expression of two mRNAs (AtSym-01 and 02) was up-regulated by the presence of Symbiodinium cells (strain PL-TS-1) in juveniles of the reef-building coral Acropora tenuis. In this study, the AtSym-01 mRNA was found to encode a cnidarian ortholog of the vertebrate SLC26A11 sulfate transporter. The AtSym-01 and human SLC26A11 proteins exhibited 46% identity over 542 amino acids. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that the expression level of the AtSym-01 mRNA was also increased by the presence of Symbiodinium strain CCMP2467 cells. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed using polyclonal antibodies against the AtSym-01 protein, in order to study the distribution of the protein in A. tenuis tissues. Cell-specific immunoreaction was observed in diverse tissues in juvenile and adult specimens. Notable immunoreaction was observed in mucocytes (mucus cells) in the outer epithelium of juveniles, and gastrodermal cells located between the coelenteron and skeleton of the adult colony. These observations suggest the possibility that the AtSym-01 protein is involved in uptake of sulfate ion for synthesis of sulfated macromolecules that are contained in the mucus and organic matrix of the calcified skeleton.     

Effects of nitrogen feeding for extraradical mycelium of Rhizophagus irregularis maize symbiosis incorporated with phosphorus availability

In terrestrial ecosystems, plants are frequently in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) with mineral nutrients and photosynthesis carbon exchanges in between. This research sought to identify the effects of phosphorus (P) levels on the nitrogen (N) uptake via extraradical mycelium (ERM) and the mycorrhizal growth response (MGR) of maize plants within the AMF symbiosis. Pots were separated into root compartments and hyphae compartments (HCs) with two layers of a 30‐μm mesh membrane and an air gap in between, where only hyphae could pass through, to avoid both N diffusion and root growth effects. Maize plants were inoculated with Rhizophagus irregularis with different N fertilization in HCs under two different P fertilization levels. Our results indicated that a strong increase in MGR with low‐P fertilization. The same tendency was not observed with high‐P fertilization, although both had a large increase in P concentration as a potential source of growth in shoot tissue of mycorrhizal plants. Substantial effects (10.5% more N) were observed in the case of high‐P availability for the host plants from ERM fed with N, whereas under low‐P conditions ERM may prioritize P uptake rather than N uptake. The AM fungi increase the uptake of N and P, which are most limiting in the soil with fewer forces from soil resources. In addition, there was still more P accumulated than N due to the high N for ERM with high‐P supply. Low N in HCs corresponded with a lower colonization rate in roots but with high hyphae density in HCs; this result suggest that N and P availability might change the ratio of extraradical to intraradical hyphae length.     

Is N‐feedback involved in the regulation of nitrogenase activity in Medicago truncatula?

To determine whether senescing leaves provoke an active nitrogen (N) remobilization that results in the reduction of nitrogenase activity, 60% of Medicago truncatula lower leaves were either darkened or individually excised for two weeks. Although a considerable amount of N was remobilized, N₂ fixation activity was found to be increased to maintain the N source/sink balance, indicating an absence of the negative N‐feedback regulation of nitrogenase activity in the senescing M. truncatula.     

诱导根瘤菌与玉米结瘤共生的研究

以２,４－Ｄ处理玉米苗并接种根瘤菌,诱导根瘤菌与玉米苗结瘤共生．试验结果如下：５个玉米品种的始瘤期仅需２～３ｄ,结瘤率高达９０％～１００％,固氮酶活性（乙炔还原法）在４５～５５ｎｍｏｌ株－１ｄ－１之间．在闽单８８中,还出现琼脂液化、结红瘤等特殊现象．经显微镜观察表明,根瘤菌可从弯曲、膨大、变形的根毛侵入,可形成类侵入线;瘤组织细胞内含有数量众多的根瘤菌菌体．说明了２,４－Ｄ能诱导根瘤菌进入非豆科植物根瘤,并能在瘤内繁殖．     

华南地区17个农作物病原真菌菌株间拮抗作用的初步研究

 通过PDA平板对峙试验研究了华南地区17种农作物病原真菌菌株之间的共生关系和拮抗关系,结果表明菌丝对峙生长可分为5种类型。稻小黑菌核病菌株与大部分供试菌株有明显的拮抗作用,稻黑粒病新月弯孢霉菌株与大部分供试菌株不能共生,花生冠腐病菌株的菌丝能覆盖大部分供试菌株的菌落,茶云纹叶枯病菌株、桑炭疽病菌株和柚子炭疽病菌株的菌落有明显的区别。     

丛枝菌根真菌提高植物非生物胁迫耐受性研究进展

丛枝菌根真菌(Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,AMF或AM真菌)是一种在土壤中广泛存在的有益真菌,能与地球上80％左右陆生植物根系共生形成丛枝菌根结构.AM真菌能通过与宿主植物交换碳源,促进宿主植物对N和P等无机营养元素的吸收,提高植株生产力和抵抗非生物胁迫的能力.全球气候变化和化肥农药的使用...     

中国鸡(土从)菌研究进展

鸡(土从)菌(Termitomyces spp.)是我国传统的典型野生食用菌,具有极高的科学研究价值。由于鸡(土从)菌无法人工栽培,年产量波动严重,市场价值较高,这导致了以假乱真的现象屡见不鲜,并造成了我国鸡(土从)菌市场和科研领域的混乱。通过综述鸡(土从)菌的分类地位、生物学特性、与白蚁的共生关系、食(药)用价值以及鸡地从菌栽培现状等,分析和展望了未来可能的研究方向。为推动鸡(土从)菌人工栽培研究以及传播正确的鸡(土从)菌知识提供参考,从而促进整个鸡(土从)菌产业的可持续发展。