Leaves provide substances and signals for pod and seed development in soybean.However,the regulatory feedbacks of pod and seed to leaf development remain unclear.We investigated the effects of pod and seed on leaf sen...Leaves provide substances and signals for pod and seed development in soybean.However,the regulatory feedbacks of pod and seed to leaf development remain unclear.We investigated the effects of pod and seed on leaf senescence by conducting pod removal and seed injury experiments.Pod removal and seed injury delayed leaf senescence and caused the staygreen phenotype of leaves.There were dosage effects of pod number on the extent of staygreen in depodded plants.The concentrations of chlorophyll(SPAD value,an index of relative chlorophyll content),soluble protein,and soluble sugar in the leaves of depodded plants were higher than those of intact plants.During seed development,the content of IAA decreased,while that of ABA increased.This trend was more pronounced in intact than in depodded and seed-injured plants.The GA3/ABA ratio decreased gradually in all treatments.The content of GA3 was relatively stable and was higher in intact than in depodded plants.The expression levels of four senescence-related genes,Gm SARK,Gm SGR1,Gm CYN1,and Gm NAC,declined in depodded or seed-injured treatments and were positively correlated with the number of leaves retained on plants.Gm FT2 a,the major flowering-promoting gene,was expressed at a higher level while E1,a key flowering inhibitory gene,was expressed at a lower level in depodded than in intact plants.We propose that the pod or seed can regulate leaf development.When the seed is aborted owing to disease infection or pest attack,the leaves stay green because of the absence of the seed signals for senescence.展开更多
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the ability and mechanism by which grape seed procyanidin extract (GSPE) relieves arsenic trioxide (As2O3)-induced renal inflammatory injury. Therefore, male Kunming mic...The aim of the present study is to evaluate the ability and mechanism by which grape seed procyanidin extract (GSPE) relieves arsenic trioxide (As2O3)-induced renal inflammatory injury. Therefore, male Kunming mice were treated with As2O3 and/or GSPE by gavage for 5 weeks. Mice were then sacrificed and inflammatory cytokines of kidneys were examined by ELISA, whereas the expression levels of molecules involved in the nuclear factor (NF)-KB signaling pathway were evaluated by both qRT-PCR and Western blot. Our results indicate that GSPE prevents As2O3-mediated renal inflammatory injury by inhibiting activation of the NF-KB signaling pathway and inflammatory cytokine production, while promoting expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines.展开更多
In order to optimize the parameters of bowl-tray rice precision seeder and improve its performance,three major factors respectively at five levels,including shaped hole diameter,vertical displacement of rice seeds and...In order to optimize the parameters of bowl-tray rice precision seeder and improve its performance,three major factors respectively at five levels,including shaped hole diameter,vertical displacement of rice seeds and rotating speed of cam,were tested,the quadratic orthogonal rotational regression experiments were conducted,and the effects on seeding rate,leakage sowing rate and the injury rate were investigated.The test results show that factors affecting rice seeding rate are in the order of shaped hole diameter,rotating speed of cam and vertical displacement of rice seeds.The factors affecting rice planting leakage rate are in the order of shaped hole diameter,vertical displacement of rice seeds and rotating speed of cam,and the factors affecting rice injury rate are in the order of rotating speed of cam,vertical displacement of rice seeds and shaped hole diameter.Optimal parameters(shaped hole diameter:10 mm,vertical displacement of rice seeds:27 mm,rotating speed of cam:13 r/min)and performance index(seeding rate:95.43%,leakage sowing rate:0.37%,injury rate:0.58%)provided the basis for design and performance improvement of the bowl-tray rice precision seeder.展开更多
基金supported by the China Agriculture Research System (No.CARS-04)the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program to T.F.Hanthe National Major Project for Breeding of Transgenic Crops (No.2016ZX08004002) to C.H.Guo
文摘Leaves provide substances and signals for pod and seed development in soybean.However,the regulatory feedbacks of pod and seed to leaf development remain unclear.We investigated the effects of pod and seed on leaf senescence by conducting pod removal and seed injury experiments.Pod removal and seed injury delayed leaf senescence and caused the staygreen phenotype of leaves.There were dosage effects of pod number on the extent of staygreen in depodded plants.The concentrations of chlorophyll(SPAD value,an index of relative chlorophyll content),soluble protein,and soluble sugar in the leaves of depodded plants were higher than those of intact plants.During seed development,the content of IAA decreased,while that of ABA increased.This trend was more pronounced in intact than in depodded and seed-injured plants.The GA3/ABA ratio decreased gradually in all treatments.The content of GA3 was relatively stable and was higher in intact than in depodded plants.The expression levels of four senescence-related genes,Gm SARK,Gm SGR1,Gm CYN1,and Gm NAC,declined in depodded or seed-injured treatments and were positively correlated with the number of leaves retained on plants.Gm FT2 a,the major flowering-promoting gene,was expressed at a higher level while E1,a key flowering inhibitory gene,was expressed at a lower level in depodded than in intact plants.We propose that the pod or seed can regulate leaf development.When the seed is aborted owing to disease infection or pest attack,the leaves stay green because of the absence of the seed signals for senescence.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81560517)the Key Areas of Science and Technology Research Project of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps(No.2014BA039,No.2015AG014)the International Cooperative Project of Shihezi University(No.GJHZ201602)
文摘The aim of the present study is to evaluate the ability and mechanism by which grape seed procyanidin extract (GSPE) relieves arsenic trioxide (As2O3)-induced renal inflammatory injury. Therefore, male Kunming mice were treated with As2O3 and/or GSPE by gavage for 5 weeks. Mice were then sacrificed and inflammatory cytokines of kidneys were examined by ELISA, whereas the expression levels of molecules involved in the nuclear factor (NF)-KB signaling pathway were evaluated by both qRT-PCR and Western blot. Our results indicate that GSPE prevents As2O3-mediated renal inflammatory injury by inhibiting activation of the NF-KB signaling pathway and inflammatory cytokine production, while promoting expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines.
基金This work was supported by Science and Technology Research Projects of Education of the Heilongjiang Province of China(12531439)Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China(E201331)Heilongjiang Province Agricultural Reclamation Administration Science and Technology Projects(HNk11A-09-11-02).
文摘In order to optimize the parameters of bowl-tray rice precision seeder and improve its performance,three major factors respectively at five levels,including shaped hole diameter,vertical displacement of rice seeds and rotating speed of cam,were tested,the quadratic orthogonal rotational regression experiments were conducted,and the effects on seeding rate,leakage sowing rate and the injury rate were investigated.The test results show that factors affecting rice seeding rate are in the order of shaped hole diameter,rotating speed of cam and vertical displacement of rice seeds.The factors affecting rice planting leakage rate are in the order of shaped hole diameter,vertical displacement of rice seeds and rotating speed of cam,and the factors affecting rice injury rate are in the order of rotating speed of cam,vertical displacement of rice seeds and shaped hole diameter.Optimal parameters(shaped hole diameter:10 mm,vertical displacement of rice seeds:27 mm,rotating speed of cam:13 r/min)and performance index(seeding rate:95.43%,leakage sowing rate:0.37%,injury rate:0.58%)provided the basis for design and performance improvement of the bowl-tray rice precision seeder.