中国产三种野生稻比较胚胎学研究

普通野生稻是热带、亚热带分布种。在我国主要分布于南方几个省区。普通野生稻与栽培稻同属AA型染色体组，与栽培稻亲缘关系最近，可能是栽培稻的祖先种。从农学和育种学角度对普通野生稻开展了不少研究工作。但对其胚胎学方面的工作，似乎无人涉及。本文针对这一情况而展开工作，主要结果如下： 1．花药还处在造孢时期，花药壁层由4-5层细胞组成，而且被胞间连丝联结，其造孢细胞间存在胞间连丝和胞质通道． 2．小孢子母细胞减数分裂时，其胞质分裂是连续型，小孢子呈左右对称排列。在小孢子和花粉粒发育过程中，有明显极性存在。在小孢予液泡化后期，小孢子核和细胞质远离小孢子萌发孔和绒毡层呈极性分布o在二核花粉粒时期，花粉粒中淀粉粒的积累也呈极性方式，即从萌发孔处开始积累，向远离萌发孔处推进。 3．花粉粒中的二精子，具有“头尾一状结构。精细胞与不规则形状的营养核存在空间上的物理联结。 4．在自由小孢子期，绒毡层内质网发生叠堆，可能是对小孢子液泡化后产生的膨压和张力的一种适应。绒毡层在小孢子液泡化中期开始退化，开始退化的绒毡层表现为内质网腔膨大，核周腔增大，核孔数增加． 5．在二胞花粉时期，内壁形成之前，出现4-5层的层状结构，这在禾本科其它植物未曾观察到。 6．普通野生稻花药开裂与双子叶植物明显不同，没有circular cell clus-ter和stomium结构。其花药开裂通过“开裂腔一来完成的，败育的花药不形成开裂腔，并建立了模型。 7．胚囊发育为蓼型，反足细胞分裂形成反足组织，反足组织含有大量淀粉粒，反足细胞直到胚乳细胞化时才退化，反足细胞在胚和胚乳发育中起着积极作用． 8．合子在受精后约6小时开始横向分裂，形成两个大小不等原胚细胞，接着顶细胞第二次纵向分裂。在原胚期，其基细胞具淀粉粒，且细胞通过胞间连丝相互联系．胚柄伸入珠心组织直至子房壁，为营养物的输入提供了有效的通道． 9．胚乳发育属核型。胚乳细胞化通过初期自由生长壁形成细胞壁，后期通过成膜体和细胞板的方式共同形成细胞壁。刚形成的胚乳细胞通过胞间连丝相连，并含有各种细胞器。 10.通过对8个居群(群体)398个子房切片观察，在普通野生稻中未发现有无融合生殖现象。

小麦WHM基因的抗性分析

植物抗病研究一直是科学领域的一个热点，它不仅能从形态结构到分子基础对植物抗病进行机理的阐释，而且能够直接应用于农业生产，提高农业产值。 玉米基因组中Hm基因是编码一种依赖NADPH的HC-toxin 还原酶。Hm基因的序列和玉米，矮牵牛及金鱼草中的二氢黄酮醇-4-还原酶(Dihydroflavonol -4- reductase，DFR)基因的序列具有较高的同源性；对水稻中Hm同源基因YK1的研究表明，过表达YK1后植物抗胁迫能力增强。本实验室从小麦中克隆得到了Hm同源基因WHM，由于在双子叶植物中不含有Hm的同源基因，为了检测WHM在双子叶植物中是否具有生物学功能，我们选取了烟草为模式植物进行了相关研究。 WHM基因cDNA全长1255bp，编码361个氨基酸，WHM基因序列与Hm基因序列具有78%的同源性。为分析此基因在双子叶植物中的功能，我们构建了WHM基因的pBI121植物表达载体，并通过农杆菌介导叶圆片法转化烟草，成功获得了转基因植株。同时我们还构建了WHM基因的原核表达载体并成功诱导了WHM蛋白的表达。对转基因烟草进行抗病与抗盐实验，实验结果表明，对烟草叶片接种烟草黑胫病菌后，转基因烟草的抗病能力显著性的高于对照烟草；烟草叶片接种黑胫病菌后，与对照烟草相比，转基因烟草积累了更多的H2O2，具有更高的POD活性。烟草种子在含不同浓度NaCl的培养基上萌发一定时间后，发现对照烟草的根长变化倍数高于转基因烟草的根长变化倍数，说明转基因烟草对NaCl浓度变化不敏感，尤其是在高浓度时，转基因烟草的生长状态明显好于对照烟草。我们还对IPTG诱导的WHM基因的原核表达载体表达的总蛋白进行了DFR活性的检测，结果表明WHM蛋白在总蛋白中能够竞争性的结合NADPH，但是由于蛋白没有进行纯化，其是否具有DFR的活性还不能确定。

Application of a laminar flamelet model to confined explosion hazards

The majority of computational studies of confined explosion hazards apply simple and inaccurate combustion models, requiring ad hoc corrections to obtain realistic flame shapes and often predicting an order of magnitude error in the overpressures. This work describes the application of a laminar flamelet model to a series of two-dimensional test cases. The model is computationally efficient applying an algebraic expression to calculate the flame surface area, an empirical correlation for the laminar flame speed and a novel unstructured, solution adaptive numerical grid system which allows important features of the solution to be resolved close to the flame. Accurate flame shapes are predicted, the correct burning rate is predicted near the walls, and an improvement in the predicted overpressures is obtained. However, in these fully turbulent calculations the overpressures are still too high and the flame arrival times too low, indicating the need for a model for the early laminar burning phase. Due to the computational expense, it is unrealistic to model a laminar flame in the complex geometries involved and therefore a pragmatic approach is employed which constrains the flame to propagate at the laminar flame speed. Transition to turbulent burning occurs at a specified turbulent Reynolds number. With the laminar phase model included, the predicted flame arrival times increase significantly, but are still too low. However, this has no significant effect on the overpressures, which are predicted accurately for a baffled channel test case where rapid transition occurs once the flame reaches the first pair of baffles. In a channel with obstacles on the centreline, transition is more gradual and the accuracy of the predicted overpressures is reduced. However, although the accuracy is still less than desirable in some cases, it is much better than the order of magnitude error previously expected.

National report of the frame survey 2006 in the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria

Fisheries Frame surveys have been carried out on Lake Victoria biannually since 2000 to determine· the number of fishers, fish landing sites, facilities at the landing sites. Information on the composition fishing crafts, their mode of propulsion, fishing gears and the fish species they target is also collected. This information is used to guide development and management of the lake's fisheries. The results of the four surveys carried out since 2000 show that the number of landing sites has decreased by 24% from 597 in 2000 to 481 in 2006, mainly as result of reorganisation of landing sites into Beach Management Units (BMUs). The fish landing sites continue to have inadequate facilities to service the fisheries industry e.g. in the 2006 survey only 11.2% of landing sites had fish shades; <0.6% had cold rooms; 3.5% had electricity; and only 35.5% had toilet facilities. Similarly, only 11.4% of landing sites had portable water; 2.5% had jetties, 3.7% had 'fish stores; and 36% were accessible by all weather roads. There is need to improve facilities servicing fisheries at landing sites, with major emphasis on sanitary facilities, especially toilets and portable water. The BMUs should be sensitised to prioritise the construction and utilisation of public toilet facilities at their respective landing sites. The ultimate aim should be to have public toilets at all fish landing sites. The trend of the various indicators of fishing effort has continued upwards: The total number of fishers increased by 43.5% from 37,721 in 2004 to 54,148 in 2006 and the number of fishing crafts increased (43.9%) from 16,775 in 2004 to 24,148 in 2006 over the same period. The total number of gillnets increased by 28.6% from 458,597 in 2004 to 589,777 in 2006 and the number of long line hooks increased by 136% from 968,848 to 2,285,609. The number of fishing crafts using outboard engines also increased from 3,173 in 2004 to 5,047 in 2006 suggesting that more fishers were going far in search of fish. There is still a large number of illegal gears especially beach seines, which increased by 58.8% from 954 in 2004 to 1420 in 2006. Efforts to remove these very destructive gears should be stepped up. There was also larger increase in number of illegal gillnets <5 inch mesh size. These increased by 63% from 56,246 in 2004 to 91,740 in 2006 compared with 23.8% increase of gillnets ~5 inch mesh size. There were also large increases in the numbers of gillnets of 5 and 5% inch mesh size, which increased by 48% and 130% from 2004 to 2006 implying a trend towards use of smaller gillnet mesh sizes. The number of traps which are used in shallow vegetated areas, flood plains and river mouths to target tilapiines and riverine species decreased drastically from 5,361 traps in 2004 to only 499 traps in 2006, a decrease of 974%, a phenomenon attributed to the receding water levels which have left the shallow vegetated areas dry. A total of 17,475 fishing crafts, 72% of all fishing crafts, in the Ugandan part of the lake are still using paddles and the. number of parachute crafts is also still very high, (Le. 5,064) comprising a high proportion (21 %) of the total number of fishing. There is need to promote the use of large fishing crafts with sails or a combination of sail and outboard motor. The Mukene fishery in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria has remained underdeveloped with only 9% of all fishing crafts operating in this fishery. Also less than 2% of fishing crafts with sails or motor operate in this fishery which implies that it is limited to near shore waters. Effort should be made to develop this fishery as it appears to have high potential, especially in deep offshore waters which are hardly fished.