Grain size is one of the most important factors affecting rice grain quality and yield,and attracts great attention from molecular biologists and breeders.In this study,we engineered a CRISPR/Cas9 system targeting the...Grain size is one of the most important factors affecting rice grain quality and yield,and attracts great attention from molecular biologists and breeders.In this study,we engineered a CRISPR/Cas9 system targeting the miR396 recognition site of the rice GS2 gene,which encodes growth-regulating factor 4(OsGRF4)and regulates multiple agronomic traits including grain size,grain quality,nitrogen use efficiency,abiotic stress response,and seed shattering.In contrast to most previous genome editing efforts in which indel mutations were chosen to obtain null mutants,a mutant named GS2^(E) carrying an in-frame 6-bp deletion and 1-bp substitution within the miR396-targeted sequence was identified.GS2^(E) plants showed increased expression of GS2 in consistent with impaired repression by miR396.As expected,the gain-of-function GS2^(E) mutant exhibited multiple beneficial traits including increased grain size and yield and bigger grain length/width ratio.Thousand grain weight and grain yield per plant of GS2^(E) plants were increased by 23.5%and 10.4%,respectively.These improved traits were passed to hybrids in a semidominant way,suggesting that the new GS2^(E) allele has great potential in rice improvement.Taken together,we report new GS2 germplasm and describe a novel gene-editing strategy that can be widely employed to improve grain size and yield in rice.This trait-improvement strategy could be applied to other genes containing miRNA target sites,in particular the conserved miR396-GRF/GIF module that governs plant growth,development and environmental response.展开更多
CO2 concentrations in different plant communities (larch, birch, lilac, and grassland) were measured during the growing season in the Heilongjiang Forest Botanical Garden to study diurnal variation, seasonal and ann...CO2 concentrations in different plant communities (larch, birch, lilac, and grassland) were measured during the growing season in the Heilongjiang Forest Botanical Garden to study diurnal variation, seasonal and annual dynamics and factors that impact CO2 concentration in different spaces. CO2 concentration in different communities in green lands had an obvious diurnal variation, chronically decreasing, and temperature influenced the lilac area and the grassland. Seasonally, CO2 was lowest in the larch green land (344.03 ±23.03 μmol/mol) and highest in the grassland (360.13 ± 22.43 μmol/mol). The overall trend in CO2 concentration was autumn 〉 spring 〉 summer; temperature is the main factor controlling variation in CO2 concentrations during the growing season; the CO2 concentration at the larch, birch, lilac, and grassland types of sites was negatively correlated with land surface temperature and air temperature, and the CO2 concentration at the larch and birch sites was positively correlated with atmospheric pressure. Without any obvious annual change law, further study and observation are needed.展开更多
Using static chamber gas chromatography, we determined the seasonal dynamics, controlling factors, and distribution patterns of forest swamp CH4 levels and related environmental factors (temperature, water level) afte...Using static chamber gas chromatography, we determined the seasonal dynamics, controlling factors, and distribution patterns of forest swamp CH4 levels and related environmental factors (temperature, water level) after fire disturbance in the Xiaoxing’an Mountains. The results showed the following: during the growing season, the annual CH4 emission distribution ranged from - 0.001 ± 0.012 to 22.373 ± 3.650 mg m^-2 h^-1;mild fire caused the swamp CH4 emission flux of tussock, shrub, Alnus sibirica and birch swamp to increase by 56.0–524.7%;at low water levels, temperature had a significant influence on the swamp type, and the correlation between the methane emission flux and temperature was significantly strengthened;after a fire disturbance, methane emissions from all types of marsh were highest in summer and second highest in autumn, with a weak absorption in spring;and along the water environment gradient of the transition zone, the CH4 emission flux presented a decreasing trend in its spatial distribution pattern.展开更多
Spherical CeO_(2)synthesized by the hydrothermal process was used as support to prepare Pt/WO_(3)/CeO_(2),and the effects of tungsten(W)contents on activity,stability and polychlorinated by-products were investigated ...Spherical CeO_(2)synthesized by the hydrothermal process was used as support to prepare Pt/WO_(3)/CeO_(2),and the effects of tungsten(W)contents on activity,stability and polychlorinated by-products were investigated to understand the role of W for vinyl chloride(VC)catalytic oxidation.The introduction of12 wt%W to Pt/CeO_(2)(P12 WC)exhibits the highest catalytic activity with 90%conversion of VC at 250℃,meanwhile the stability improves and the polychlorinated by-products in the tail gas significantly decrease due to the removal of dissociated Cl species in the formation of HCl.The beneficial effects of W on Pt/CeO_(2)are closely related to the chemical state of Pt,redox and surface acid sites distribution.The doped W not only makes Pt disperse evenly on the support with the high valence,but also weakens the interaction between Pt and CeO_(2)by the formation of Pt-O-W and Pt-O-W-O-Ce species,which facilitates oxygen mobility.In addition,the modification of W species also significantly increases the surface acidity amount and changes the distribution of acid sites.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFD0102000)“Breeding of Major New Varieties of Main Grain Crops”Program(2020ABA016)from Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province.
文摘Grain size is one of the most important factors affecting rice grain quality and yield,and attracts great attention from molecular biologists and breeders.In this study,we engineered a CRISPR/Cas9 system targeting the miR396 recognition site of the rice GS2 gene,which encodes growth-regulating factor 4(OsGRF4)and regulates multiple agronomic traits including grain size,grain quality,nitrogen use efficiency,abiotic stress response,and seed shattering.In contrast to most previous genome editing efforts in which indel mutations were chosen to obtain null mutants,a mutant named GS2^(E) carrying an in-frame 6-bp deletion and 1-bp substitution within the miR396-targeted sequence was identified.GS2^(E) plants showed increased expression of GS2 in consistent with impaired repression by miR396.As expected,the gain-of-function GS2^(E) mutant exhibited multiple beneficial traits including increased grain size and yield and bigger grain length/width ratio.Thousand grain weight and grain yield per plant of GS2^(E) plants were increased by 23.5%and 10.4%,respectively.These improved traits were passed to hybrids in a semidominant way,suggesting that the new GS2^(E) allele has great potential in rice improvement.Taken together,we report new GS2 germplasm and describe a novel gene-editing strategy that can be widely employed to improve grain size and yield in rice.This trait-improvement strategy could be applied to other genes containing miRNA target sites,in particular the conserved miR396-GRF/GIF module that governs plant growth,development and environmental response.
文摘CO2 concentrations in different plant communities (larch, birch, lilac, and grassland) were measured during the growing season in the Heilongjiang Forest Botanical Garden to study diurnal variation, seasonal and annual dynamics and factors that impact CO2 concentration in different spaces. CO2 concentration in different communities in green lands had an obvious diurnal variation, chronically decreasing, and temperature influenced the lilac area and the grassland. Seasonally, CO2 was lowest in the larch green land (344.03 ±23.03 μmol/mol) and highest in the grassland (360.13 ± 22.43 μmol/mol). The overall trend in CO2 concentration was autumn 〉 spring 〉 summer; temperature is the main factor controlling variation in CO2 concentrations during the growing season; the CO2 concentration at the larch, birch, lilac, and grassland types of sites was negatively correlated with land surface temperature and air temperature, and the CO2 concentration at the larch and birch sites was positively correlated with atmospheric pressure. Without any obvious annual change law, further study and observation are needed.
基金supported by postdoctoral grant of HeiLongJiang(Grant No.LBH-Z17002)
文摘Using static chamber gas chromatography, we determined the seasonal dynamics, controlling factors, and distribution patterns of forest swamp CH4 levels and related environmental factors (temperature, water level) after fire disturbance in the Xiaoxing’an Mountains. The results showed the following: during the growing season, the annual CH4 emission distribution ranged from - 0.001 ± 0.012 to 22.373 ± 3.650 mg m^-2 h^-1;mild fire caused the swamp CH4 emission flux of tussock, shrub, Alnus sibirica and birch swamp to increase by 56.0–524.7%;at low water levels, temperature had a significant influence on the swamp type, and the correlation between the methane emission flux and temperature was significantly strengthened;after a fire disturbance, methane emissions from all types of marsh were highest in summer and second highest in autumn, with a weak absorption in spring;and along the water environment gradient of the transition zone, the CH4 emission flux presented a decreasing trend in its spatial distribution pattern.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC0204300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21976057,21922602)+1 种基金the"Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Plan"Program(19DZ1208000)Innovation plan for college students。
文摘Spherical CeO_(2)synthesized by the hydrothermal process was used as support to prepare Pt/WO_(3)/CeO_(2),and the effects of tungsten(W)contents on activity,stability and polychlorinated by-products were investigated to understand the role of W for vinyl chloride(VC)catalytic oxidation.The introduction of12 wt%W to Pt/CeO_(2)(P12 WC)exhibits the highest catalytic activity with 90%conversion of VC at 250℃,meanwhile the stability improves and the polychlorinated by-products in the tail gas significantly decrease due to the removal of dissociated Cl species in the formation of HCl.The beneficial effects of W on Pt/CeO_(2)are closely related to the chemical state of Pt,redox and surface acid sites distribution.The doped W not only makes Pt disperse evenly on the support with the high valence,but also weakens the interaction between Pt and CeO_(2)by the formation of Pt-O-W and Pt-O-W-O-Ce species,which facilitates oxygen mobility.In addition,the modification of W species also significantly increases the surface acidity amount and changes the distribution of acid sites.