Background:Plant root-knot nematode(RKN)disease is a serious threat to agricultural production across the world.Meloidogyne incognita is the most prominent pathogen to the vegetables and cash crops cultivated.Arachis ...Background:Plant root-knot nematode(RKN)disease is a serious threat to agricultural production across the world.Meloidogyne incognita is the most prominent pathogen to the vegetables and cash crops cultivated.Arachis hypogaea can effectively inhibit M.incognita,but the underlying defense mechanism is still unclear.Methods:In our study,the chemotaxis and infestation of the second-stage juveniles(J2s)of M.incognita to A.hypogaea root tips were observed by the Pluronic F-127 system and stained with sodium hypochlorite acid fuchsin,respectively.The transcriptome data of A.hypogaea roots with non-infected or infected by J2s were analyzed.Results:The J2s could approach and infect inside of A.hypogaea root tips,and the chemotactic migration rate and infestation rate were 20.72%and 22.50%,respectively.Differential gene expression and pathway enrichment analyses revealed ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis pathway,plant hormone signal transduction pathway,and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway in A.hypogaea roots responded to the infestation of M.incognita.Furthermore,the AhHPT gene,encoding homogentisate phytyltransferase,was considered to be an ideal candidate gene due to its higher expression based on the transcriptome data and quantitative real-time PCR analysis.Conclusion:Therefore,the key gene AhHPT might be involved in the A.hypogaea against M.incognita.These findings lay a foundation for revealing the molecular mechanism of A.hypogaea resistance to M.incognita and also provide a prerequisite for further gene function verification,aiming at RKN-resistant molecular breeding.展开更多
The effect of salinity on biological nitrogen and denitrifying phosphorus removal was investigated in a Modified University of Cape Town(MUCT)system.Removal rates of COD,NH_(4)^(+)-N,NO_(3)^(-)-N,NO_(2)^(-)-N,phosphor...The effect of salinity on biological nitrogen and denitrifying phosphorus removal was investigated in a Modified University of Cape Town(MUCT)system.Removal rates of COD,NH_(4)^(+)-N,NO_(3)^(-)-N,NO_(2)^(-)-N,phosphorus and the sludge characteristics at salt concentrations(0.0,3.2,6.4,11.2 and 16.0 g L^(-1))were analyzed.With the salt concentration increasing,all the COD,NH_(4)^(+)-N,TN and TP removal rates exhibited a trend of decline,and exhibited an initial reduction and subsequent increase at every stage of salt concentration.NH_(4)^(+)-N,TN and TP removal rates were 92.7%,51.5%and 67.2%in 16 g L^(-1) salt concentration,respectively.And they were outperformed the literature reported and acceptable in practical applications.When the salinity of wastewater changed from 0.0 to 16.0 g L^(-1),the biomass yield coefficients increased from 0.0794 to 0.126 g VSS/g COD.Increased salinity had a detrimental effect on phosphorus-accumulating organisms(PAOs)and denitrifying PAOs(DPAOs)(especially DPAOs).Therefore,phosphorus removal gradually depended on PAO.The simultaneous nitrification and denitrification(SND)rate and nitrogen removal rate(including nitrification rate,denitrification rate,and total nitrogen removal rate)gradually decreased with the increased salinity.展开更多
基金supported by the Post-Doctoral Program of Hebei Province(2019003011)Foundation of President of Hebei University(XZJJ201924).
文摘Background:Plant root-knot nematode(RKN)disease is a serious threat to agricultural production across the world.Meloidogyne incognita is the most prominent pathogen to the vegetables and cash crops cultivated.Arachis hypogaea can effectively inhibit M.incognita,but the underlying defense mechanism is still unclear.Methods:In our study,the chemotaxis and infestation of the second-stage juveniles(J2s)of M.incognita to A.hypogaea root tips were observed by the Pluronic F-127 system and stained with sodium hypochlorite acid fuchsin,respectively.The transcriptome data of A.hypogaea roots with non-infected or infected by J2s were analyzed.Results:The J2s could approach and infect inside of A.hypogaea root tips,and the chemotactic migration rate and infestation rate were 20.72%and 22.50%,respectively.Differential gene expression and pathway enrichment analyses revealed ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis pathway,plant hormone signal transduction pathway,and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway in A.hypogaea roots responded to the infestation of M.incognita.Furthermore,the AhHPT gene,encoding homogentisate phytyltransferase,was considered to be an ideal candidate gene due to its higher expression based on the transcriptome data and quantitative real-time PCR analysis.Conclusion:Therefore,the key gene AhHPT might be involved in the A.hypogaea against M.incognita.These findings lay a foundation for revealing the molecular mechanism of A.hypogaea resistance to M.incognita and also provide a prerequisite for further gene function verification,aiming at RKN-resistant molecular breeding.
基金This work was supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(LGF20E080003,LQ20E080002)National Natural Science Foundation of China(21808200)+2 种基金Major Social Development Project of Ningbo(2017C510006)the Ningbo Natural Science Foundation of China(2018A61028,202003N4312)BNU Interdisciplinary Research Foundation for the First-Year Doctoral Candidates(No.BNUXKJC1806).
文摘The effect of salinity on biological nitrogen and denitrifying phosphorus removal was investigated in a Modified University of Cape Town(MUCT)system.Removal rates of COD,NH_(4)^(+)-N,NO_(3)^(-)-N,NO_(2)^(-)-N,phosphorus and the sludge characteristics at salt concentrations(0.0,3.2,6.4,11.2 and 16.0 g L^(-1))were analyzed.With the salt concentration increasing,all the COD,NH_(4)^(+)-N,TN and TP removal rates exhibited a trend of decline,and exhibited an initial reduction and subsequent increase at every stage of salt concentration.NH_(4)^(+)-N,TN and TP removal rates were 92.7%,51.5%and 67.2%in 16 g L^(-1) salt concentration,respectively.And they were outperformed the literature reported and acceptable in practical applications.When the salinity of wastewater changed from 0.0 to 16.0 g L^(-1),the biomass yield coefficients increased from 0.0794 to 0.126 g VSS/g COD.Increased salinity had a detrimental effect on phosphorus-accumulating organisms(PAOs)and denitrifying PAOs(DPAOs)(especially DPAOs).Therefore,phosphorus removal gradually depended on PAO.The simultaneous nitrification and denitrification(SND)rate and nitrogen removal rate(including nitrification rate,denitrification rate,and total nitrogen removal rate)gradually decreased with the increased salinity.