The Effect of Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles on Germination,Early Seedling Development,and Metabolome of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Changes in the metabolome of germinating seeds and seedlings caused by metal nanoparticles are poorly understood. In the present study, the effects of bio-synthesized silver nanoparticles ((Bio)Ag NPs) on grains germination, early seedlings development, and metabolic profiles of roots, coleoptile, and endosperm of wheat were analyzed. Grains germinated well in (Bio)Ag NPs suspensions at the concentration in the range 10–40 mg/L. However, the growth of coleoptile was inhibited by 25%, regardless of (Bio)Ag NPs concentration tested, whereas the growth of roots gradually slowed down along with the increasing concentration of (Bio)Ag NPs. The deleterious effect of Ag NPs on roots was manifested by their shortening, thickening, browning of roots tips, epidermal cell death, progression from apical meristem up to root hairs zone, and the inhibition of root hair development. (Bio)Ag NPs stimulated ROS production in roots and affected the metabolic profiles of all tissues. Roots accumulated sucrose, maltose, 1-kestose, phosphoric acid, and some amino acids (i.e., proline, aspartate/asparagine, hydroxyproline, and branched-chain amino acids). In coleoptile and endosperm, contrary to roots, the concentration of most metabolites decreased. Moreover, coleoptile accumulated galactose. Changes in the concentration of polar metabolites in seedlings revealed the affection of primary metabolism, disturbances in the mobilization of storage materials, and a translocation of sugars and amino acids from the endosperm to growing seedlings.     

增敏光度法测定粮食中微量碘

研究了NaCl增敏碘 淀粉显色反应。NaCl用量为0 24g mL,H3PO4(3 97)为0.5mL的酸度条件下以KI还原KIO3与淀粉显色,λmax=483nm,λmax=2 7×105L·mol-1·cm-1。在483nm处,测得碘在大米、小麦和玉米中的回收率在96.3%～99.1%,RSD<2.5%。该法已用于大米、小麦、玉米等食品中微量碘的分析。     

粮食中玉米赤霉烯酮和镰刀菌氧萘满酮高效液相色谱分析方法的研究

建立了粮食样品中镰刀菌氧萘满酮（ＴＤＰ－１）和玉米赤霉烯酮（ＺＥＡ）的高效液相色谱－荧光检测分析方法。粮食样品在碱性和中性条件下用乙腈－水（３：１,Ｖ／Ｖ）提取,经正己烷脱脂,过Ｆｌｏｒｉｓｉｌ柱净化,最后用反相高效液相色谱－荧光检测法测定。该法的最低检出灵敏度：玉米赤霉烯酮为５×１０＾－９ｇ,镰刀菌氧萘满酮为１×１０＾－９ｇ。玉米中镰刀菌氧萘满酮和玉米赤霉烯酮的回收率分别为１００．２％和９２．４     

悬浮液进样ZAAS测定粉末试样中的Se─—小麦粉、猪肝、甘兰中Se的无标准分析

本文在甘油－硝酸－水介质中，利用悬浮液直接进样进行了小麦粉、猪肝、甘兰中Ｓｅ无标准分析。文中详细地研究了悬浮液介质对测定的影响。找出了甘油：硝酸：水＝１∶０．０５∶４为适宜条件，应用此方法测定了标准物质小麦粉、猪肝和甘兰中Ｓｅ，结果与证书值和荧光法值十分吻合，相对标准偏差（ｎ＝６）最大为７．０％，适合于含Ｓｅ大于０．１μｇ／ｇ的粉末试样中Ｓｅ的测定。     

Cloning, Expression and Purification of Wheat Acetyl-CoA Carboxylases CT Domain in E. coil

The entire gene of carboxyltransferase（CT） domain of acetyl-CoA carboxylase（ACCase） from Chinese Spring wheat（CSW） plastid was cloned firstly, and the 2.3 kb gene was inserted into PET28a^＋ vector and expressed in E. coil in a soluble state. The （His）6 fusion protein was identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. The recombinant protein was purified by affinity chromatography, and the calculated molecular mass（Mr） was 88000. The results of the sequence analysis indicate that the cloned gene（GeneBank accession No. EU124675） was a supplement and revision of the reported ACCase CT partial cDNA from Chinese Spring wheat plastid. The recombinant protein will be significant for us to investigate the recognizing mechanism between ACCase and herbicides, and further to screen new herbicides.     

Rice Bran as an Excellent Sorbent for Heavy Metals from Aqueous Media, 1. Optimization of Conditions

In this two‐part report, the efficiency of rice bran in removal of heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, zinc, nickel, copper and iron(III) from aqueous solution is investigated. The different experimental conditions such as pH, temperature, volume of solution, bran amount, particle size, exchange time, stirring speed, etc. are studied, and the optimum conditions are selected in part 1 of this series of reports. The efficiency of bran in removal of heavy metals is presented with and without treatments. For treatment, heat or acid, alkali and salt solutions were used. The results obtained show that after treating with saturated sodium chloride solution, its efficiency for Ni²⁺ and Zn²⁺ improves. At pH 5, all studied cations have recoveries more than 93% (lead and cadmium 100%). The exchange speed is very high and has preference over the classical ion exchangers.     

应用逐步统计判别模型预报麦蚜复合种群动态

本文应用逐步统计判别原理 ,对山东省曲阜地区 1982～ 1994年共 13年麦蚜复合种群动态的系统调查资料进行了统计分析 ,建立了 4个统计判别数学模型 :dy1=0 .1 343x1- 0 .1 472x2 ;　　y2 =0 .740 9x1- 0 .1 1 85x2 ;y3=- 8.391 5x1- 1 .785 6x2 ;　y4=2 .32 40x1- 0 .30 82x2运用所建模型 ,对历史资料进行回代验证 ,其平均历史拟合率在 93%以上 ,并以 1 995年作为独立样本进行试报 ,结果与实际一致。     

近红外漫反射光谱法测定整粒小麦单株蛋白质含量

应用近红外漫反射光谱技术(波长为1 100～2 498 nm,分辨率为2 nm),以整粒小麦为材料建立适合于小麦单株分析的蛋白质含量分析系统。首先选取籽粒蛋白质含量具有梯度差异的小麦样品,然后对样品扫描得到原始光谱信息,通过散射校正及数学处理来消除原始光谱噪声,最后分别采用多元线性回归、主成分分析法和偏最小二乘法法建立回归方程。结果表明,优化各项参数后,光谱经过标准乘性散射校正和一阶导数处理后,回归分析采用修正的偏最小二乘法(MPLS)得到的定标模型效果最佳。最终得到的预测方程定标相关系数(RSQ)、交叉验证标准误差(SECV)、交叉验证相关系数(1-VR)分别为0.94,0.42,0.87。数学模型经过验证样品集检验,预测相关系数达到0.88。该模型达到了快速、无损分析单株小麦的要求,非常适合于品质育种的早代选择。     

The influence of inert solids on ethanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The catalytic role of various inert solid supports on acceleration of alcohol fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae was investigated. The enhanced rate of alcohol production was dependent on the nature of the support as well as on the amount used. Among all the tested supports, chitosan flakes showed the maximum yield of alcohol (93% of theoretical yield). This higher rate of alcohol production was associated with the twofold increase in the activity of alcohol dehydrogenase over control. Our results suggest that the addition of a small fraction of solids in submerged fermentations to facilitate cell anchorage for enhanced metabolic activity is easier and more economical compared to cell immobilization processes. IICT Communication No. 4266. Some of the results in this article are covered under a patent.     

Viscoelastic properties of durum wheat and common wheat dough of different strengths

Linear viscoelastic properties (LVP) were determined for five durum wheat doughs and five common wheat doughs (representing four different classes of Canadian common wheat) of different strength using creep testing. A creep time of 10,000 s was sufficient to reach a state of steady state flow for all of the doughs. Creep compliances were analyzed in terms of a Burgers model. For the durum doughs, the entire elastic compliance curve was shifted to higher values as the strength of the dough (as measured by extensigraph) decreased, while the steady state viscosity increased with strength. For common wheat doughs, the elastic compliance curves were steeper and the steady state viscosities were lower than for durum doughs of comparable extensigraph strength. The retardation strengths associated with a maximum in the retardation spectra were lower for the stronger durum doughs than for common wheat doughs of comparable strength. Differences in the LVP between durum and common wheat doughs of similar extensigraph strength were interpreted in the context of physical gels with crosslinks and entanglements, whose contributions to material properties are difficult to distinguish in short-time creep or dynamic measurements. The increased extensibility of common wheat doughs relative to durum doughs of comparable extensigraph strength was attributed to a higher molecular weight fraction in the polypeptide chains, similar in some respects to end-linked bimodal polymer networks. The idea of considering these doughs as physical gels was supported by their stress relaxation behavior. Received: 6 February 2000 Accepted: 22 August 2000