葡萄果皮花色苷构成特点、遗传规律及其在果实成熟过程中的变化

通过利用高效液相色谱-质谱联用技术，研究110 个不同基因型（包括3 个种和5 个种间杂种）葡萄品种的花色苷含量和成分特点。在所有品种中，最多鉴定出29 种花色苷。对葡萄的花色苷总量来说，一般情况下，欧亚种和欧美杂交种的花色苷含量较低，而野生种和砧木品种显著高于其它的种间杂种；在同一个种内，酿酒品种高于鲜食品种；在大多数高花色苷含量的种质中，二甲基花翠素类花色苷是主要的花色苷，而在低总花色苷量的品种，花青素类和花翠素类花色苷是主要的成分。此外，在欧亚种葡萄中，仅检测到单糖苷类花色苷，而在其它葡萄种质中，既有单糖苷花色苷又有双糖苷花色苷。在欧亚鲜食葡萄中，Pn-3-glucoside 是主要的花色苷，而在欧亚酿酒葡萄中，Mv-3-glucoside 是主要的花色苷。通过主成分分析，最终根据花色苷总量的不同和单、双糖苷含量的不同，110 个品种在散点图中被明显的分成3 部分。 通过连续两年调查3 个欧亚鲜食葡萄杂交组合的亲本和后代的花色苷含量来分析花色苷的遗传特点。共鉴定出16 种花色苷，且均为单糖苷类。母本中各花色苷的比例决定了后代中花色苷含量的比例，但是后代中花色苷的绝对含量不受亲本影响。不论亲本还是后代中，Peonidin 3-O-glucoside 和Malvidin3-O-glucoside 都是含量最高的花色苷。花色苷的有或无是寡基因控制的质量性状，而含量的多少是多基因控制的数量性状。通过主成分分析可以得知：在杂交后代中， peonidin 3-O-glucoside, malvidin 3-O-glucoside, delphinidin3-O-glucoside, cyanidin 3-O-glucoside, petunidin 3-O-glucoside, peonidin3-O-(6-O-coumaryl)-glucoside 和malvidin 3-O-(6-O-coumaryl)-glucoside 是影响果皮中花色苷总量的主要种类。花色苷的含量是一种高广义遗传力的性状，而且这种性状在两年间是稳定的（0.65-0.98）。 5 个不同基因型葡萄品种在成熟过程中果实品质的变化也被研究。始熟期开始后，果粒重量继续增加，果粒较大的鲜食品种增长很慢，而果粒较小的制汁和酿酒品种增长幅度很大；果实内两种主要的糖（葡萄糖和果糖）开始快速上升，且在整个成熟过程中保持1：1；有机酸的含量开始快速下降，苹果酸下降的幅度大于酒石酸。多酚物质在果实始熟期也发生巨大变化，花色苷快速积累。 ‘北紫’和‘梅鹿辄’中的花色苷在成熟前1-2 周达到最大值，‘黑奥林’、‘康可’和‘北醇’在整个成熟过程中花色苷一直增加；对非花色苷类多酚来说，‘黑奥林’和‘梅鹿辄’在果实成熟过程中一直增加，而在另3 个品种中是下降的；花色苷之间以及与黄酮醇之间成正相关，花色苷和酚酸成负相关关系，酚酸和黄酮醇也成负相关关系，黄烷醇物质之间以及与其它类黄酮物质之间成负相关关系。

National Agricultural Research Organisation. Fisheries Resources Research Institute Annual Report 1999/2000

Lake Victoria shoreline in Jinja Municipality has four urban wetlands of Kirinya West/Loco, Kirinya East/Walukuba, Masese and Budumbuli which have undergone major changes during the past fifty years due to increased human activities. Amongst these activities is the continuous inflow of agricultural run-off, industrial and municipal wastewater. A significant increase in nutrient loads of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from the catchment area continues to enhance eutrophication of Lake Victoria. Pollution from point sources (Industrial plants and NWSC Kirinya final maturation pond) into Jinja’s urban wetlands were therefore studied using a simplified material flux analysis methodology to identify the active elements and estimate the pollution loads due to Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Carbon (nutrients), Chromium, Copper, Lead, Nickel and Manganese metals.

生殖激素对奶水牛卵母细胞成熟及发育潜能的影响

本试验以屠宰场获取的奶水牛卵巢为试验材料,收集卵母细胞进行体外成熟培养(IVM)、体外受精(IVf)及早期胚胎培养(IVC).研究激素(FSH、LH、E2、P4)的不同浓度对奶水牛卵母细胞成熟和早期胚胎发育的影响,以期探讨奶水牛卵母细胞成熟和早期胚胎体外培养发育机制,优选不同激素的最佳浓度.结果表明:添加FSH试验组奶水牛颗粒细胞扩散率和卵裂率高于未添加试验组(P<0.05);添加LH试验组奶水牛颗粒细胞扩散率、卵裂率及8-细胞率与未添加试验组比较,差异不明显(P>0.05);17β-E2试验组(1.0μg/mL)的奶水牛颗粒细胞扩散率、卵裂率及8-细胞率高于未添加试验组(P<0.05);添加P4试验各组(0.9μg/mL、1.2μg/mL)的颗粒细胞扩散率明显低于未添加试验组(P<0.01).

Laboratory culture of Moina with organic ana inorganic fertilizers

An experiment was conducted in the laboratory condition to determine the effect of organic (poultry drop, cow dung and mustard oil cake) and inorganic fertilizer (urea) on production, reproduction rate and maturation time of Moina species. Production rate was also determined in both aerated and non-aerated system in plastic containers with carrying capacity of 2.5-liter each. Total production was significantly higher in both aerated (2475 individuals/2.5 l water) and non-aerated (3253 individuals/2.5 l water) containers using poultry manure compared to other fertilizers. Moreover, the reproduction rate and maturation time in poultry drops showed distinct efficacy in Moina species. Reproduction rate of 11 individuals was the maximal while lowest maturation time was found 78 hours. Reproduction and maturation were induced surprisingly in test tube where the aeration system was absent.

Effect of age and breeding season on the developmental capacity of oocytes from unstimulated and follicle-stimulating hormone-stimulated rhesus monkeys

Effects of age and season on the developmental capacity of oocytes from unstimulated and FSH-stimulated rhesus monkeys were examined, Immature cumulus-oocyte complexes were matured in vitro in modified CMRL-1066 medium containing 20% bovine calf serum and

Reproductive biology of freshwater crab, Paratelphusa spinigera, Wood Mason (Crustacea-Decapoda)

This study was aimed to analyze the annual reproductive cycle of the freshwater crab Paratelphusa spinigera (Wood Mason, 1871). P. spinigera breeds only once in a year; hence, it is a monovoltine species. Gonad maturation, changes in abdomen shape, size and female maturity index (FMI) marked the onset of sexual maturity of female P. spinigera. The occurrence of berried females marked the onset of breeding season. The fecundity of P. spinigera ranged from 533 to 1306 in number, with an average of 699.11 ± 217.38. The correlation of fecundity with carapace width and body weight was also found to be positively significant (r = 0. 780 and 0.933, respectively). The eggs were carried on the pleopods and nurtured for approximately 30-35 days, until the eggs hatch, showing perfect maternal care. The FMI values ranging between 0.70 and 0.80 represented immature stage of gonadal development. When the FMI ranged from 0.91 to 1.00, all stages of gonadal development, i.e. developing, maturing and mature stages were observed. The females with fully ripe ovary had FMI values greater than 1.00.

Emigration dynamics of three species of penaeid prawn from backwaters and tidal ponds of Cochin, India

Emigration of three species of penaeid prawn from backwaters and tidal ponds were studied. Considerable diel, tidal, lunar and seasonal fluctuations were observed in emigration process, which was almost nocturnal. Rate of emigration and composition of emigrants varied with time of migration. Large pulses of emigration always coincided with spring tides with major peak during new moon. Seasonal variation was observed with peak emigration of Penaeus indicus during monsoon months and that of Metapenaeus dobsoni and Metapenaeus monoceros during pre-monsoon. Rate of emigration was relatively large from shallow tidal ponds. It correlated directly with the prevailing environmental conditions and juvenile density. Instantaneous rate of emigration was also large in seasonal ponds. The basic stimulus for emigration is the urge for sexual maturation. Coupled with it ecological changes in the habitat have been causing various patterns in migration.

Suggestive role of eye-stalk of Macrobrachium gangeticum Bate, 1868 in regulation of its reproductive behaviour

Role of eye-stalk of Macrobrachium gangeticum Bate, 1868 in its reproductive behaviour has been examined by conducting deletion and addition experiments. Eye-stalk ablation induced gonadal maturity in both sexes, leading to change in colour and size of ovaries and increase in GSI and oocyte diameter in females and increased length of testes and diameters of seminiferous tubules in males. Injection of eye-stalk extracts tended to at least partly restrict the effects in both sexes. The experiments thus suggested that the eye-stalk of M. gangeticum released some gonad inhibiting factors.

An ARGONAUTE4-containing nuclear processing center colocalized with Cajal bodies in Arabidopsis thaliana.

ARGONAUTE4 (AGO4) and RNA polymerase IV (Pol IV) are required for DNA methylation guided by 24 nucleotide small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here we show that AGO4 localizes to nucleolus-associated bodies along with the Pol IV subunit NRPD1b; the small nuclear RNA (snRNA) binding protein SmD3; and two markers of Cajal bodies, trimethylguanosine-capped snRNAs and the U2 snRNA binding protein U2B''. AGO4 interacts with the C-terminal domain of NRPD1b, and AGO4 protein stability depends on upstream factors that synthesize siRNAs. AGO4 is also found, along with the DNA methyltransferase DRM2, throughout the nucleus at presumed DNA methylation target sites. Cajal bodies are conserved sites for the maturation of ribonucleoprotein complexes. Our results suggest a function for Cajal bodies as a center for the assembly of an AGO4/NRPD1b/siRNA complex, facilitating its function in RNA-directed gene silencing at target loci.

Dynamic regulation of ARGONAUTE4 within multiple nuclear bodies in Arabidopsis thaliana.

DNA methylation directed by 24-nucleotide small RNAs involves the small RNA-binding protein ARGONAUTE4 (AGO4), and it was previously shown that AGO4 localizes to nucleolus-adjacent Cajal bodies, sites of snRNP complex maturation. Here we demonstrate that AGO4 also localizes to a second class of nuclear bodies, called AB-bodies, which are found immediately adjacent to condensed 45S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences. AB-bodies also contain other proteins involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation including NRPD1b (a subunit of the RNA Polymerase IV complex, RNA PolIV), NRPD2 (a second subunit of this complex), and the DNA methyltransferase DRM2. These two classes of AGO4 bodies are structurally independent--disruption of one class does not affect the other--suggesting a dynamic regulation of AGO4 within two distinct nuclear compartments in Arabidopsis. Abolishing Cajal body formation in a coilin mutant reduced overall AGO4 protein levels, and coilin dicer-like3 double mutants showed a small decrease in DNA methylation beyond that seen in dicer-like3 single mutants, suggesting that Cajal bodies are required for a fully functioning DNA methylation system in Arabidopsis.

Seasonal variations in the total cholesterol content of the liver of cat fish Heteropnuestes fossilis (Bloch)

Variations in the total liver cholesterol content of Heteropnuestes fossilis followed well defined seasonal cycle. A decline was recorded during the period when the gonads were passing through the peak ripe stage. The highest value of the cholesterol was however attained before this phase of gonad maturation. Concentration pattern of liver cholesterol seemed related to variations in the cholesterol metabolism of the fish, necessitated, besides other factors, by the demand for sex hormones. A possibility of the influence of feeding intensity on liver cholesterol content has also been indicated.

In vitro construction of a recombinant human embryonic brain-derived neurotrophin-4 gene and pEGFP-N1 vector

BACKGROUND: Neurotrophin-4 (NT-4) can promote neuronal growth, development, differentiation, maturation, and survival. NT-4 can also improve recovery and regeneration of injured neurons, but cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier, which limits its ac

A simple method of tagging prawns

The recognition of individual animals is crucial to many aspects of research. Prawns (Penaeus monodon) present unique difficulties in this respect since they molt regularly. Thus, almost all tagging and marking methods developed for prawns so far have proven inadequate. Some tags or marks are lost during molting; others cause injury to the prawns. A new and efficient method has been developed at the Igang Seafarming Station of the Aquaculture Department. Rectangular brass tags measuring 5 mm by 20 mm and numbered consecutively are used. The prawn is held gently but firmly at the base of the carapace with the left hand while the right hand slips the brass tag around the stalk of the unablated eye and presses the tag gently. All tagging must be made under water to avoid stress. From May 29 to September 7 1977 to a total of 348 unilaterally-ablated adult female prawns were tagged on the unablated eyestalk in 5 batches to enable individual observations on gonadal maturation, molting, and growth. Periodic examinations were made four times a month to coincide with the different phases of the lunar cycle. On each examination, survival and recovery rates were recorded. The data included death due to immediate mortality during ablation and loss to cannibalism for the duration of the experiments. In all five tagging experiments, most of the prawns recovered had their tags intact. These included even dead and molting animals. The eyestalk tagging method is suitable for prawns because the tags can be attached without causing injury and has no effect on the rate of growth, maturity, molting and behavior of the animal. The tags are identifiable and permanent; they remain attached to the animal even after death.

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.

Notes on ovarian rematuration of ablated sugpo (prawn) Penaeus monodon Fabricius

To what extent spent P. monodon females can remature and spawn successive broods is an important question in terms of recycling spawners in a commercially viable operation. Corollary to this is the quantity and quality of fry from rematured females in comparison to those from first spawning. Of 347 experimental females, only 10.1% had a second spawning, and 1.4% a third spawning. To a large degree the low rate of rematuration is due to high spawner mortality - average survival period after spawning was only 6 days in a sample of 176 spawners. It took an average of 23 days after ablation for a prawn with undeveloped ovaries to mature and spawn. An ablated female may have another spawning in as little as 5 days after the previous one. Average fecundity was 180,000 eggs per second spawning, and 140,000 eggs per third spawning. The average number of eggs from first spawning ablated females was 110-120,000. Hatching rate was lower for rematuration: 44% for second spawnings, and 35% for third spawnings, as compared to 64% for first maturation.