观赏向日葵（Helianthus annuus L.）花色及其花青素的研究

观赏向日葵作为一种新型花卉，具有巨大的市场开发潜力。而花色作为向日葵的重要观赏性状之一，对其的研究却比较少。本文从向日葵花色多样性、花色遗传规律、花色与虫媒传粉的关系及其对向日葵花色遗传的影响做了分析和讨论，利用英国皇家园艺学会比色卡和分光色差仪对向日葵的花色做了归类总结，并且利用高效液相色谱法对向日葵的花青苷成分做了分析研究。 本研究结果表明，彩色向日葵色系可以分为两大类，即黄色系和红色系，其中红色系向日葵的花色变异较小;而黄色系向日葵的花色变异较大，可以再细分为橙黄色和柠檬黄色两个亚类。利用高效液相色谱法测定了39份向日葵舌状花瓣中的花青苷大概有9种(A、B、C、D、E、F、G、H、I)，这9种花青苷并不是在所有39份样品中都出现，且红色系向日葵中花青苷的种类较多。花青苷G在红色系和黄色系向日葵中均被检出。对红色向日葵花瓣的花青苷提取液进行多级质谱分析发现，花青苷元类型主要是矢车菊苷元，其糖苷类型主要是和葡萄糖、鼠李糖和/或阿拉伯糖结合;而在纯黄色的向日葵中通过多级质谱分析未检测到这些花青苷，说明矢车菊类花青苷是红色向日葵舌状花红色形成的化学基础。

Reproductive engineering in crustacean aquaculture

Crustacean aquaculture industry in India suffers greatly from lack of technological developments. A major constraint in this enterprise is the limitation of seed stock availability. A critical appraisal is made of the techniques used in the manipulation of reproductive processes in order to augment year-round production of seeds. A new possibility of induced ovarian maturation in crustaceans is by administering steroid hormones of vertebrate source. Environmental factors are known to govern the gametogenic cycle of marine crustaceans. Cryopreservation of male gametes and artificial insemination by way of spermatophore transfer could solve some of the problems of mating under laboratory conditions.

Importance of live feed organisms in prawn hatcheries: a review

Live food organisms play a vital role in the artificial propagation of penaeid prawn seeds. The methods practiced for the culture of phyto and zooplankton for rearing prawn larvae through their various developmental stages are reviewed. Selection of a suitable species depends mainly on the culture characteristics, local environmental factors and the food requirements of the species of prawns cultured. Suitability of a few species isolated from Karwar waters is discussed.

Estimation of fishing mortality and migration coefficient of the fishery of juvenile Macrobrachium rosenbergii from Kalu River in Maharashtra

The freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii breeds in estuaries and the juveniles after completion of their larval stage start their upward migration towards rivers. It is at this stage fishing of juveniles takes place in river mouths. Kalu River near Titwala, in Maharashtra is estimated based on data presented by Indulkar and Shirgur (1995) for 1991 and 1992 fishing seasons. The fishing mortality was estimated to be 1.50 and 1.28 for a fishing season of 3 months in 1991 and 1992 respectively, while the migration coefficient was computed to be 3.53 during the fishing season. As the average exploitation rate during the study period was only 0.24, the juveniles are not heavily fished and there is a scope for almost doubling the present catch to about 4 million seeds per fishing season.

番茄种子萌发的高温耐性诱导及其生理效应

番茄（Lycopersicon esculentum Miller）原产于南美西部高原地带，适应原产地赤道附近高地干燥冷凉的气候特点，不耐高温多湿，种子萌发期间对高温非常敏感。本研究以佳粉17番茄种子为材料，试图寻找诱导番茄种子萌发期间高温耐性的方法，并通过研究高温耐性被诱导前后种子内部发生的生理生化变化，探索番茄种子萌发期间不耐高温以及高温耐性诱导的机理。试验结果显示： 25 ℃是种子萌发的最适温度，种子发芽率为97.5%。高温抑制种子的萌发，33 ℃和35 ℃条件下萌发率分别为58.5%和8.5%。 萌发适宜温度预吸胀、低温预吸胀、吸湿-回干预处理可提高番茄种子萌发期间的高温耐性，而水杨酸处理则没有明显效果。种子经25 ℃预吸胀30 h、0 ℃预吸胀10 h、吸湿-回干预处理后在33 ℃条件下的萌发率分别为81.5%、78.0%、90%，在35 ℃下的萌发率分别达到33.5%、42%、48.5%。经以上处理后，种子萌发速率提高，萌发高峰期提前，幼苗生长健壮，根干重增加，活力指数变大。 番茄种子萌发期间遭受高温危害时，电解质渗漏增加，相对电导率升高；脂膜过氧化作用加剧，其产物MDA的含量增加。经萌发适宜温度预吸胀、低温预吸胀、吸湿-回干等方法预处理后，高温伤害减轻，膜的完整性增强，电解质渗漏减缓，膜脂过氧化作用减弱，因而相对电导率降低，MDA含量减少。 高温抑制了抗氧化酶的活性，种子内部SOD、APX、CAT、GR等抗氧化酶活性降低。经萌发适宜温度预吸胀、低温预吸胀、吸湿-回干等方法预处理以后，抗氧化酶活性有不同程度的提高，清除细胞内超氧阴离子自由基的能力增强，因而使过氧化伤害减弱， 适宜温度预吸胀、低温预吸胀、吸湿-回干等预处理方法在保护生物膜的同时，增强抗氧化作用，抑制过氧化伤害，从而提高了番茄种子萌发的高温耐性，这是番茄种子高温耐性提高的生理机制之一。

大豆种子低温吸胀相关基因的分离与蛋白变化的研究

大豆 (Glycine max (L.) Meer.)是人们日常生活中不可缺少的食品，也是一种非常重要的油质、蛋白资源。目前根据大豆种子吸胀阶段对低温敏感性的不同，可将其划分成3种生态型：低温非敏感型、低温敏感型及中间型。对于低温非敏感型的种子来讲，4℃下吸胀24小时对其发芽率影响很小，而敏感型种子萌发率不超过5%。我国属于温带大陆性气候，大豆播种后由于温度波动而造成一部分种子不能萌发，最终导致减产甚至绝产的现象普遍存在。高产是育种工作的主要目标，提高逆境胁迫的适应能力是高产的前提和基础，所以从分子角度研究种子吸胀非常必要，一方面能够挖掘新的基因资源，另一方面为今后育种工作提供必要的理论依据。 本试验以此为立足点，低温吸胀非敏感型大豆品种 (Z22)为材料，利用cDNA-AFLP方法及蛋白质技术分离与低温吸胀相关的基因及蛋白，得到结果如下： 第一，本试验成功的分离出4个受低温诱导的基因，半定量RT-PCR方法进一步验证了这4个基因在种子吸胀24小时内受低温诱导。 第二，利用RACE方法成功的得到2个完整的全长基因，在NCBI数据库中查找后发现其中1个基因为新基因，命名为SCHI基因 (SCHI：Soybean chilling-induced gene)。SCHI全长为390bp，编码分子量大约为14.2KD的蛋白；另外一个基因是已知基因，其同源序列已经在其他的物种中得到分离。由于此基因与核糖体蛋白L34高度同源，所以把把这个基因命名为SOL34 (Soybean L34)。 第三，利用半定量RT-PCR方法对基因表达模型进行分析，结果表明：SCHI在种子低温吸胀18～24小时期间诱导表达量最高，而当种子低温吸胀24小时后转入常温下，其表达量在常温下18小时左右迅速下降；ABA (100μM)、PEG (30%，10000)及NaCl (250mM)能够诱导SCHI的表达，在诱导表达量上，ABA和PEG诱导效果最明显，而NaCl能够微弱的诱导此基因表达；对不同生态型的大豆品种而言，低温吸胀过程中，SCHI在非敏感型种子中的表达量高于敏感型种子，但非敏感型和中间型之间没有差别；另外，SCHI在大豆胚轴中是诱导型表达，在叶片和根尖中则是组成型表达。SOL34的表达在萌发前24小时内被低温诱导，但在不同生态型之间没有差别。SOL34在胚轴和根尖中受低温诱导，在叶片中是组成型表达。 第四，SCHI能够在原核生物中表达出相应蛋白，诱导表达蛋白的分子量在26-29KD，大约为理论值的2倍，说明在大肠杆菌中被表达的蛋白以2聚体形式存在。另外低温试验结果表明SCHI能够提高菌落忍耐短时间-20℃低温的能力。 第五，利用双元表达载体把SCHI转入拟南芥植株，经过低温、干旱和盐胁迫后，转基因植株的成活率均高于野生型植株。超表达SOL34的拟南芥植株降低了对低温的耐性；而抑制拟南芥中L34的表达反而提高了植株对低温的抗性。 第六，本试验利用蛋白质等有关试验检测了大豆种子低温吸胀时蛋白质发生的变化。从吸胀 (4℃和22℃下24h)后的大豆胚轴中成功鉴定出上调蛋白点25个，下调蛋白点15个。其中有参与能量代谢反应 (占10%，例如柠檬酸脱氢酶和苹果酸脱氢酶等)、细胞生长与分裂相关反应 (20%，例如LEA蛋白和种子成熟蛋白PM26)、胁迫反应 (10%，如乙醇脱氢酶)、种子宿命和贮藏蛋白 (20%，大豆球蛋白)等蛋白在此过程中发生了变化，暗示种子萌发前期低温吸胀过程中多种代谢发生变化。细胞生长变缓、能量代谢增强、胁迫代谢蛋白的高表达以及贮藏蛋白降解速度减慢等变化都有利于种子在吸胀过程中度过低温环境，为以后的生长作好准备。

Effect of size, morphology and crystallinity of seed crystal on the nucleation and growth of single grain Y-Ba-Cu-O

The effect of size, morphology and crystallinity of seed crystals on the nucleation and growth of large grain Y-Ba-Cu-O (YBCO) bulk superconductors fabricated by top seeded melt growth (TSMG) has been investigated. Seeding bulk samples with small, square shaped seed crystals leads to point nucleation and growth of the superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-y (Y-123) phase that exhibits the usual square habitual growth symmetry. The use of triangular and circular shaped seed crystals, however, modifies significantly the growth habit geometry of the grain. The use of large area seeds both increases the rate of epitaxial nucleation of the Y-123 phase and produces relatively large crystals in the incongruent melt, which decreases significantly the processing times of large grain samples. The present study is relevant to decrease processing times of samples with both preferred or no growth sectors and for multiple seeding of large grain samples which contain clean grain boundaries. © 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Grain boundaries in multi-seeded melt-grown superconductors

Future applications of high temperature superconductors require bulk materials of a complex shape. The multi-seeded-melt-growth process (MSMG) represents a promising technique for obtaining qualitatively well oriented bulk materials with different kinds of shape. In the MSMG process, several seeds are placed on a precursor pellet, from which the growth of the bulk starts. A certain problem of the MSMG process is that grain boundaries become inevitable when the growth fronts of two neighboring seeds collide. These grain boundaries are responsible for a reduction of the critical currents and pose a problem for high current applications. By polishing the sample step by step, the influence of the grain boundaries was investigated by scanning Hall probe measurements and by the magnetoscan technique. Additionally, optical microscopy and electron microscopy were employed to investigate the details of the microstructure. © 2005 IEEE.

Development of artificial breeding techniques for long-whiskered catfish, Sperata aor and giant river catfish, Sperata seenghala of Bangladesh

Sperata aor and S. seenghala are the two important native catfishes of Bangladesh but commercial farming of these species is not possible due to lack of naturally collected or artificially produced seeds for stocking. Attempts were made to develop techniques for seed production by artificial breeding and nursery-rearing of fries of these catfishes. A total of 60 S. seenghala (750-1,500 g) and 10 S. aor (600-1,000 g) broods were collected from the Brahmaputra river-basin and floodplains in Mymensingh region four months prior to their breeding season. The collected brood fishes were reared in separate earthen ponds with supplementary feeds comprising of rice bran (40%), mustard oil cake (29%), fish meal (30%) and vitamin-premix (1 %). Three experiments were conducted to optimize the hormone dose. A total of nine S. seenghala females weighing from 750 to 1,500 g were given an initial and resolving dose of 12-20 and 16-24 mg PG/kg body weight, respectively. The males weighing from 650-950 g were administered a single dose of 18-26 mg PG/kg body weight at the time of the time of administering the resolving dose to the females. The females ovulated partially and the eggs were examined under a compound microscope, but most of them were found to be less ripe or damaged. Collection of milt by stripping the males was not successful. The testes were taken out and sperm were observed to be non-motile and less developed. In view of stimulating natural propagation of S. seenghala, artificial holes (nests) were constructed in the pond bottom. Each hole was 0.7 m in diameter and 0.3 m in depth. A total of 10 holes were made and then 10 pairs of S. seenghala breeders (800-1,200 g) were stocked in the pond. In mid February, 3,000 fry of S. seenghala with a mean length of 4.60 cm and weight of 0.36 g were collected by repeated netting followed by drying of the pond. The fry were then stocked in a nursery pond and fed with commercial feed (SABINCO starter-1). The average length and weight of the fingerlings were 9.01 cm and 3.95 g, respectively and the estimated survival was 60% after two months of rearing. S. aor did not respond to natural spawning. Further study is essential to develop techniques for their successful artificial and natural breeding.

Institutional support for freshwater aquaculture development: a study of Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, India

The aquaculture sector has been playing an increasingly dominating role in Indian fisheries scenario since the last two and half decades. Introduction of induced breeding and composite fish culture (CFC) technologies has changed the freshwater aquaculture sector in India. Institutional support has been one of the most crucial aspects in all fisheries development programs, more so in the Indian context where most of fish farmers are socially and economically weak. The innovation of CFC technology in freshwater aquaculture sector in the early seventies generated the need for adequate and effective institutional support to farmers. Under the freshwater aquaculture development program, the Fish Farmers Development Agencies (FFDA) have been established at district level to provide technical and extension support to the farming community besides arranging ponds on lease and supply of seeds. In addition to above, FFDAs are also expected to arrange loans from banks and provide subsidies. Thus, FFDAs are meant to provide institutional support to fish farming community in the country. In view of the above, an effort was made to study the adequacy and effectiveness of institutional support provided by the FFDA, Mirzapur for the development of aquaculture in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh {U.P.), India. Study reveals that leasing of ponds for fish farming has been favourable to economically weaker sections of societies while bank loan accessibility is more for those having relatively higher economic status. Though the FFDA, Mirzapur performed well in providing training to potential fish farmers and creating awareness about fish farming, its effectiveness could not be equally seen in seed supply.

Interference Competition and High Temperatures Reduce the Virulence of Fig Wasps and Stabilize a Fig-Wasp Mutualism

Fig trees are pollinated by fig wasps, which also oviposit in female flowers. The wasp larvae gall and eat developing seeds. Although fig trees benefit from allowing wasps to oviposit, because the wasp offspring disperse pollen, figs must prevent wasps fr

Fragmentation effects on diversity of wasp community and its impact on fig/fig wasp interaction in Ficus racemosa L.

Habitat fragmentation usually results in alteration of species composition or biological communities. However, little is known about the effect of habitat fragmentation on the fig/fig wasp system. In this study, we compared the structure of a fig wasp community and the interaction between figs and fig wasps of Ficus racemosa L. in a primary forest, a locally fragmented forest and a highly fragmented forest. Our results show that, in the highly fragmented forest, the proportion of pollinator wasps is lower and the proportion of non-pollinator wasps is higher compared with the primary forest and locally fragmented forest. The proportion of fruits without pollinator wasps in mature fruits is also greatly increased in the highly fragmented forest. The proportion of galls in all female flowers increases in the highly fragmented forest, whereas the proportion of viable seeds does not change considerably. The disruption of groups of fig trees results in a decrease in pollinator wasps and even might result in the extinction of pollinator wasps in some extreme cases, which may transform the reciprocal interaction between figs and fig wasps into a parasite/host system. Such an effect may lead to the local extinction of this keystone plant resource of rain forests in the process of evolution, and thereby, may change the structure and function of the tropical rain forest.

蒲葵籽提取物体外抗HIV-1活性及机制的初步研究

下载PDF阅读器目的 研究蒲葵籽提取物的体外抗HIV-1活性,对有活性粗提物进行初步机制研究.方法 采用细胞毒性、合胞体抑制、HIV-1感染细胞保护实验和HIV-1 p24抗原测定等实验对蒲葵籽提取物体外抗HIV-1活性进行筛选和确认;采用重组HIV-1逆转录酶和蛋白酶活性抑制实验,融合阻断实验初步探讨活性粗提物的作用机制.结果 蒲葵籽的醋酸乙酯(P3)提取物具有较强的体外抗HIV-1活性,P3抑制HIV-1诱导C8166细胞形成合胞体的EC50为5.64 pg/mL,对C8166细胞的毒性较小,CC50大于200 μg/mL,治疗指数(T1)大于35.46;P3抑制HIV-1急性感染中p24抗原表达的EC50为23.04 μg/mL,抑制正常C8166细胞与慢性感染细胞Hg/HIV-1-B融合的EC50为8.00 μg/mL;P3在质量浓度为200μg/mL时,对HIV-1逆转录酶的抑制率为28.86%;P3抑制重组HIV-1蛋白酶活性的EC50为1.77μg/mL.结论 蒲葵籽的醋酸乙酯提取物(P3)具有较强的体外抗HIV-1活性,其作用机制可能主要为阻断病毒进入和抑制HIV-1蛋白酶活性.

The propagation of the mud crab Scylla serrata (F.) de Haan

The mud crab Scylla serrata is an important commercial species found in many brackish areas in the Philippines. During spawning and hatching, the berried females migrate to the sea. Seeds for pond stocking are obtained from the wild. Because of the unpredictability of seed supply, there is a need to propagate the species artificially. Thus, spawning, larval rearing, maturation, and rematuration of the species are being studied. The first attempts at hatching S. serrata were successful with rates varying between 75% and 90%. Two out of three trials on larval rearing yielded a few megalops. The first zoeal stages were fed diatoms, rotifers, Artemia salina, and bread yeast. Overfeeding programs were implemented during the critical premolting periods to prevent weakening of the larvae and lessen cannibalism. Larval weakening during the premolt makes them susceptible to attacks by fungi like Lagenidium and ciliates like Vorticella. S. serrata larvae survived salinity levels as low as 15 ppt until the 14th day of rearing. Other larvae were able to survive in salinities of 30-32 ppt for 8 to 13 days. Zoeal molting was hastened by lowering the salinity to 25-27 ppt. Artificial broodstocking of juveniles and adult crabs has been made possible using a simple refuge system made of three-compartmented hollow blocks. This system has been helpful in minimizing fighting among crabs. Remarkable growth rates have been observed with feeds like mussel meat and trash fish. Average growth increments of 11 mm carapace length and 20 . 35 g body weight have been observed every fortnight. A newly spent spawner could gain additional weight of 22 . 5 g in only 6 days. Feeding rates of juveniles and adult crabs have been established based on the average body weight from an experiment using mussel meat. Crabs feed more at night. In another experiment, eyestalk ablation was found to be effective in inducing growth and mating. Aside from hastening the molting process, copulation is induced even among the small crabs (average carapace length = 55 mm). Natural mating lasts about 26 hr. A copulation which lasted for seven days with a break in between was observed.

A preliminary study on the use of the local variety of ipil-ipil Leucaena leucocephala as a protein source for prawn feed

A study was carried out to determine the effect of 10 or 20% leaves or seeds in the diet of Penaeus monodon , and the extent to which local ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala ) could replace head shrimp meal. A brief description is given of the experimental methodology, and details of composition of the diet, proximate chemical composition of the diets, mean weight gain and survival of Penaeus monodon larvae fed shrimp head meal and ipil-ipil as protein sources, are presented. Mean weight gains for all groups were poor and not statistically significant. Survival rates for those fed 10% ipil-ipil were significantly higher than those fed 20% diets. Wherever the survival rate was high, mean weight gain was low and vice versa. The presence of the toxic alkaloids mimosine in ipil-ipil could have caused the low survival rate.