小麦籽实中蛋白质-Cd,Pb结合形态及其稳定性

在体外消化酶模拟条件下,对小麦籽实中Ｃｄ,Ｐｂ蛋白质结合体的稳定性进行了研究．结果表明:小麦籽实中存在的表观分子量为５４．５×１０３和５．５×１０３的蛋白质－Ｃｄ,Ｐｂ结合体,在体外胃蛋白酶和胰蛋白酶消化后,蛋白质结构发生变化．特别是分子量为５４．５×１０３的Ｃｄ,Ｐｂ－蛋白质结合体不稳定,容易被胰蛋白酶分解,变成分子量为５．５×１０３的稳定的Ｃｄ,Ｐｂ－蛋白质结合体或更小的多肽．     

乙烯消减盐抑制苜蓿种子萌发的机理研究

0．25mol/L的NaCl胁迫下的苜蓿种子转变1－氨基环丙烷－1－羧酸（ACC）和乙烯利为乙烯的能力明显降低。加入外源乙烯能引发受NaCl胁迫48h的苜蓿种子迅速萌发,但对种子内的Na^ 含量无明显影响。在种子吸涨过程中,外源乙烯对受NaCl胁迫的种子的水分吸收也无影响。外源乙烯能显著地提高NaCl胁迫下种子的呼吸速率和ATP含量。对乙烯消减盐抑制苜蓿种子萌发的作用机理进行了讨论。图6表1参21     

Functional nonredundancy of elephants in a disturbed tropical forest

Conservation efforts are often motivated by the threat of global extinction. Yet if conservationists had more information suggesting that extirpation of individual species could lead to undesirable ecological effects, they might more frequently attempt to protect or restore such species across their ranges even if they were not globally endangered. Scientists have seldom measured or quantitatively predicted the functional consequences of species loss, even for large, extinction‐prone species that theory suggests should be functionally unique. We measured the contribution of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) to the dispersal of 3 large‐fruited species in a disturbed tropical moist forest and predicted the extent to which alternative dispersers could compensate for elephants in their absence. We created an empirical probability model with data on frugivory and seed dispersal from Buxa Tiger Reserve, India. These data were used to estimate the proportion of seeds consumed by elephants and other frugivores that survive handling and density‐dependent processes (Janzen‐Connell effects and conspecific intradung competition) and germinate. Without compensation, the number of seeds dispersed and surviving density‐dependent effects decreased 26% (Artocarpus chaplasha), 42% (Careya arborea), and 72% (Dillenia indica) when elephants were absent from the ecosystem. Compensatory fruit removal by other animals substantially ameliorated these losses. For instance, reductions in successful dispersal of D. indica were as low as 23% when gaur (Bos gaurus) persisted, but median dispersal distance still declined from 30% (C. arborea) to 90% (A. chaplasha) without elephants. Our results support the theory that the largest animal species in an ecosystem have nonredundant ecological functionality and that their extirpation is likely to lead to the deterioration of ecosystem processes such as seed dispersal. This effect is likely accentuated by the overall defaunation of many tropical systems.     

金沙江干热河谷地区不同含油量麻疯树种子的差异性

根据金沙江干热河谷地区麻疯树种子的含油量,将麻疯树种子分为组Ⅰ(26%~30%)、组Ⅱ(30%~34%)、组Ⅲ(34%~38%)、组Ⅳ(38%~42%).该地区种子体积介于1.544~1.680 cm3之间;其中组Ⅱ的种子最大(1.680 cm3),组Ⅳ的种子最小(1.544 cm3).组Ⅱ种子的百粒重同样为最高(69.367 g),组Ⅲ的种子最轻(62.313 g).出仁率从低到高依次为:组Ⅰ(61.752%)<组Ⅲ(63.352%)<组Ⅱ(64.132%)<组Ⅳ(65.192%).百粒种子产油量从组Ⅰ到组Ⅳ逐渐升高(17.731~25.342 g).1H-NMR图谱分析发现,各组种子之间的脂肪酸组成无明显差异,而脂肪酸成分的含量存在显著差异.种子的发芽势、发芽率和发芽指数随含油量的增加而升高,种子的吸胀速率则相反.种子含油量与种子大小的相关性不显著,与种子质量、出仁率、种子产油量、脂肪酸组成、发芽势、发芽率、发芽指数和吸胀速率之间则都有着极显著的相关性.图3表4参30     

会泽铅锌尾矿区自然生长的3种豆科植物铅锌耐性的研究

为了解会泽铅锌尾矿区自然发生的豆科植物对重金属的耐性,研究了该地区自然发生的3种豆科植物在Pb2＋/Zn2＋单盐和双盐胁迫下种子萌发及其幼苗生长的情况。研究表明：在本实验所设的浓度范围内,Pb2＋/Zn2＋单独胁迫时,对供试植物种子及幼苗的生长主要表现为抑制作用,除苕子（Vicia Cracca L.）外,金属离子的质量浓度越大抑制作用越强;Pb2＋/Zn2＋共同胁迫时出现复杂的交互作用。对于苕子的种子及幼苗的生长,Pb2＋/Zn2＋呈现明显的相互加强抑制作用;对于其它2种植物,当Zn2＋浓度在低质量浓度时,Pb2＋似乎对Zn2＋抑制有缓解作用,同样当Pb2＋浓度在低质量浓度时,Zn2＋似乎对Pb2＋抑制有缓解作用,但是当Pb2＋/Zn2＋高浓度时,Pb2＋/Zn2＋呈现明显的相互加强抑制作用。不论是单盐还是双盐,苕子对的耐性最强,其次为白三叶（Trifolium repens L.）,紫花苜蓿（Medicago sativa L.）最弱。会泽铅锌尾矿区重金属含量高是该区植被恢复的最大障碍,进一步研究植物对Pb2＋及Zn2＋的耐受性对于铅锌尾矿区的植被恢复有极其重要的意义。     

国内外土壤种子库研究情况对比分析

摘要：土壤种子库是植被更新和生态恢复的自然来源。对生物多样性维护和植被的演替过程具有重要作用。通过查阅近年来国内外发表的关于土壤种子库的代表性文献,运用文献分析与管理软件EndnoteX3、Refviz和Excel数据处理软件对该领域的国内外研究情况进行了分析。同时,对国内外研究领域的扩展、土壤种子库的鉴别方法、土壤种子库的个体特征及群落结构的变化、土壤种子库的研究内容进行了系统对比,最后提出国内外对土壤种子库研究存在的问题,并就这些问题提出展望,为今后土壤种子库的研究工作提供了参考策略。     

Sowing the seeds of resilience: a case study of community-based Indigenous seed conservation from Andhra Pradesh,India

ABSTRACT

Despite increasing evidence of threats to Indigenous food systems, many Indigenous communities are innovating to enhance their resilience while conserving and promoting their traditional food systems, offering important lessons for rural development policy. This community-based case study explores one such Indigenous initiative: Sanjeevini, in Andhra Pradesh, India. Sanjeevini has been effective in designing and implementing creative strategies for seed sovereignty and biocultural conservation. Interviews with key persons associated with Sanjeevini (n?=?8) and participatory field-research in the Araku Valley region, including interviews with small scale farmers (n?=?30), revealed community development strategies emphasising a link between biological and cultural heritage in Indigenous food systems. These include hosting cultural seed festivals, establishing and maintaining community-based seed banks, and facilitating inter-community seed exchanges. Importantly, these strategies take place against a backdrop of community-organising that counteracts the dominant neo-liberal development agenda while resisting deforestation that threatens Indigenous livelihoods. Sanjeevini’s success demonstrates that through the adaptive assertion of self-determination, rural social change is possible. This paper highlights alternative, community-driven articulations of seed sovereignty while underscoring the significance of this community’s own vision in guiding rural innovation and offering promising working models for cultivating rural resilience.     

Governance of seed and food security through participatory plant breeding: Empirical evidence and gender analysis from Syria

This paper presents the findings of a study on the governance of seed conducted in the framework of a participatory plant breeding (PPB) programme, based on a multi‐year inquiry with a panel of ten Syrian households. The study assessed the interactions between governance regimes regulating the rights to access and control genetic resources at international and national level, compared to the actual ability of the respondent women farmers to access and control the seed of varieties they co‐developed with the PPB programme. The paper argues that gender equal access to seed can “optimally” contribute to enhancing household food security in small scale farming. The paper also argues that to support a gender‐equal access to seed in the respondent households legislation needs to explicitly protect the rights of women farmers to access and share the benefits of genetic material and draw from empirical evidence of the actual access to and control of seed at ground level.     

Climatic dependence of the Late Holocene dynamics of tree species cenotypes in the intrazonal ecotone of Eastern Sayan forests

A comprehensive study of paleobotanical materials collected in the northern part of the Eastern Sayan was performed, including botanical analysis of peat, palynological and carpological analysis, and radiocarbon dating. The results provided a basis for reconstructing in detail the spatiotemporal distribution of ecocenotic complexes and corresponding paleoclimate types and calculating quantitative gradients of heat and moisture supply in the Late Holocene, beginning from 3500 ka.     

Characterization of particulate products for aging of ethylbenzene secondary organic aerosol in the presence of ammonium sulfate seed aerosol

Aging of secondary organic aerosol(SOA) particles formed from OH– initiated oxidation of ethylbenzene in the presence of high mass(100–300 μg/m~3) concentrations of(NH_4)_2SO_4seed aerosol was investigated in a home-made smog chamber in this study.The chemical composition of aged ethylbenzene SOA particles was measured using an aerosol laser time-of-flight mass spectrometer(ALTOFMS) coupled with a Fuzzy C-Means(FCM) clustering algorithm.Experimental results showed that nitrophenol,ethyl-nitrophenol,2,4-dinitrophenol,methyl glyoxylic acid,5-ethyl-6-oxo-2,4-hexadienoic acid,2-ethyl-2,4-hexadiendioic acid,2,3-dihydroxy-5-ethyl-6-oxo-4-hexenoic acid,1H-imidazole,hydrated N-glyoxal substituted1H-imidazole,hydrated glyoxal dimer substituted imidazole,1H-imidazole-2-carbaldehyde,N-glyoxal substituted hydrated 1H-imidazole-2-carbaldehyde and high-molecular-weight(HMW) components were the predominant products in the aged particles.Compared to the previous aromatic SOA aging studies,imidazole compounds,which can absorb solar radiation effectively,were newly detected in aged ethylbenzene SOA in the presence of high concentrations of(NH_4)_2SO_4seed aerosol.These findings provide new information for discussing aromatic SOA aging mechanisms.