Movement and Distribution of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) Adults Under Different Temperature Differences in Different Lengths of Horizontal Grain Columns

Understanding insect movement and distribution is critical for developing an effective insect pest management protocol. Movement and distribution of adult Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) in response to nominal temperature differences of 5, 10, 15, and 20°C in 1- and 2-m horizontal columns filled with 12.5% moisture content wheat were studied in 24, 48, and 72 h of movement times. In the wheat columns without temperature differences, adults had a diffusion distribution pattern caused by their random movement. Adults showed bias movement to the warmer grain in wheat columns with temperature differences and preferred the warmer grain regardless of the magnitude of temperature differences in less than 24 h. Their distribution did not have significant differences among different movement times in 1- or 2-m columns. About 40% of adults moved to the warmer wheat located at 0.4 to 0.5 m in the 1 m column but did not move to the warmer wheat located at 0.9 to 1 m in the 2-m column. Therefore, length of grain column influenced detection of warmer grain by insects. Adults under different temperatures had a similar response as that under linear temperature gradients.     

茶氨酸溴香酰胺对人肝癌细胞体内外生长的抑制作用

以L-茶氨酸作对照,评估本实验室合成的新颖的茶氨酸衍生物-茶氨酸溴香酰胺（TBrC）对人肝癌HepG2细胞系体内外生长的抑制作用,并初步探究其作用的分子机制。采用MTT法检测不同浓度的TBrC对HepG2细胞体外生长的影响,应用蛋白质印迹法检测解析HepG2细胞中与癌细胞凋亡和生长密切相关蛋白的表达和药物可能作用的分子靶点。此外,建立动物肿瘤模型,与对照组茶氨酸和临床常用抗癌药物五氟尿嘧啶组相比较,评价TBrC对荷瘤裸鼠人肝癌HepG2肿瘤生长的抑制效果。实验结果显示,TBrC抑制人肝癌细胞体内外生长的活性超过其母体化合物茶氨酸分别为3倍和4倍以上,对小鼠生长无明显毒性。TBrC比茶氨酸更显著地抑制肝癌细胞生长因子受体c-Met和抗凋亡的Bcl-2等蛋白的表达;此外,TBrC大大上调促进凋亡的Bax蛋白的表达。TBrC抑制c-Met信号传导通路,下调Bcl-2/Bax蛋白比率可能是其作用的分子机制之一。这些结果提示,TBrC具有广泛应用于临床治疗和（或）辅助治疗人肝癌和其他癌症的潜力。     

高温胁迫对无核白鸡心和无核翠宝葡萄叶片光合及荧光特性的影响

【目的】分析不同光温条件下无核白鸡心和无核翠宝葡萄光合特性与荧光特性的变化,研究高温胁迫对无核白鸡心和无核翠宝葡萄光合作用的影响,以及高温对无核白鸡心和无核翠宝葡萄光合特性的影响。【方法】以无核白鸡心和无核翠宝葡萄为材料,采用LI-6400,FMS-2等仪器测定光合指标,分析高温胁迫对无核白鸡心和无核翠宝葡萄光合作用的影响。【结果】2020年葡萄生长发育期（4~9月）,高温环境的日最高温度43℃,日最高温超过40 ℃的天数为16 d;适温环境的日最高温仅38 ℃。高温环境与适温环境最高PAR光辐射强度值分别为1 887 和1 730 µmol/（m²·s）;2个品种的净光合速率日变化均呈双峰曲线,在10：00时高温环境Pn高达18.9 µmol/（m²·s）,高于适温环境13.0 µmol/（m²·s）。无核白鸡心在适温环境下光补偿点较高,无核翠宝在高温环境光补偿点较高;2个品种表观量子效率和暗呼吸速率在高温环境较高。无核翠宝qP和NPQ值在高温环境中高于适宜环境;无核白鸡心在高温环境中ΦPSⅡ值和电子传递速率值高于适宜环境。【结论】无核白鸡心在高温环境净光合速率最高,光合能力表现较好,长期在高温环境下生长已经适应高温。     

酸枣接大枣优良品种选择研究初报

介绍了在忻州地区酸枣接大枣良种选择的概况，研究重点是品种的丰产性、抗寒性、抗旱性及果实品质，并且选择出一批适宜当地发展的优良品种，为今后红枣的发展创造了条件     

雷竹的小孢子发生和雄配子体形成

通过对雷竹 (Phyllostachys p raecox)小孢子发生和雄配子体形成的研究 ,结果表明 :雷竹幼小花药表皮下的一列孢原细胞发育为初生壁和初生造孢细胞层 ,后者向心分裂形成 8列左右次生造孢组织 ,并直接分化为一圈小孢子母细胞。减数分裂为连续型。四分体呈平面左右对称排列。花药壁由 4层细胞组成 ,即表皮层、2层中层和绒毡层。在整个发育过程中始终无药室内壁层的形成和分化 ,表皮层发育起到药室内壁的作用 ,中层在小孢子母细胞发育过程中一层退化 ,绒毡层为腺质绒毡层 ,二核 ,四分体时期呈现解体 ,贴边期被吸收殆尽。     

Relationship between resistance to vole browsing and content of ether extract in the bark of larch species and hybrids

We determined the survival rate of tree families produced by the intra- and interspecific crossing of larch species damaged by browsing of vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae Thomas) and the contents of ether extracts (EE) in their bark. The average survival ofLarix gmelini var.japonica Pilg. (L. gmelini)×L. gmelini (G×G) was highest, followed by the hybridL. gmelini×L. leptolepis Gordon (G×L). The families of the hybrid G×L, which is considered suitable for silviculture in Hokkaido, Japan, showed significant differences in survival rates, suggesting that it is possible to produce improved varieties of the hybrid which are more resistant to vole browsing. The EE contents of the bark were under strong hereditary control, and the rank of the EE content among the various families hardly fluctuated between the location of the test fields. The correlation coefficient between the survival rates and the EE contents was highly significant (r=0.89,n=24,p<0.01), indicating that the EE content in the bark may be used as a possible index of resistance or susceptibility to vole browsing in larch plantations. A part of this report was presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Forestry Society, at Sapporo, April, 1995.     

Concentrations and specific antibodies to staphylococcal enterotoxin-C and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 in bovine mammary gland secretions,and inflammatory response to the intramammary inoculation of these toxins

To investigate the pathological role of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) in bovine mastitis, the production of SEs and TSST-1 was investigated in staphylococci isolated from 120 mammary gland secretions (MGS, 51 from no clinical sign-mammary glands and 69 from staphylococcal mastitic-mammary glands) collected from dairy farms where staphylococcal mastitis frequently occurred in Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures from 1997 to 1998. Concentrations of these toxins and specific antibody titers in each MGS were also measured. Furthermore, SEC and TSST-1 were inoculated into lactating mammary glands and inflammatory responses were analyzed. A high percentage of staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from both no clinical sign- and mastitic-MGS produced both SEC and/or TSST-1. The concentration of SEC increased with the severity of the mastitis, and was significantly higher (P<0.05) in acute mastitic-than in no clinical signs-MGS. Titers of specific antibodies to TSST-1 in MGS were significantly higher (P<0.05) than those to SEC, regardless of whether or not the cows were lactating or mastitic. Specific antibodies purified from MGS neutralized each toxin in vitro. A significant increase (P < 0.05) in somatic cell counts was induced by the intramammary inoculation of SEC but not TSST-1. These findings indicated that SEC rather than TSST-1 plays an important role in the pathology of staphylococcal bovine mastitis. The inflammatory activity of TSST-1 was probably neutralized by specific antibodies in MGS.     

Accessory corpora lutea formation in pregnant Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) investigated by examination of ovarian dynamics and steroid hormone concentrations

Generally, sika deer conceive a single fetus, but approximately 80% of pregnant females have two corpora lutea (CLs). The function of the accessory CL (ACL) is unknown; moreover, the process of ACL formation is unclear, and understanding this is necessary to know its role. To elucidate the process of ACL formation, the ovarian dynamics of six adult Hokkaido sika deer females were examined ultrasonographically together with peripheral estradiol-17β and progesterone concentrations. ACLs formed in three females that conceived at the first estrus of the breeding season, but not in those females that conceived at the second estrus. After copulation, postconception ovulation of the dominant follicle of the first wave is induced by an increase in estradiol-17β, which leads to formation of an ACL. A relatively low concentration of progesterone after the first estrus of the breeding season is considered to be responsible for the increase in estradiol-17β after copulation.