Contrasting Rootstock-Mediated Growth and Yield Responses in Salinized Pepper Plants (Capsicum annuum L.) Are Associated with Changes in the Hormonal Balance

Salinity provokes an imbalance of vegetative to generative growth, thus impairing crop productivity. Unlike breeding strategies, grafting is a direct and quick alternative to improve salinity tolerance in horticultural crops, through rebalancing plant development. Providing that hormones play a key role in plant growth and development and stress responses, we hypothesized that rootstock-mediated reallocation of vegetative growth and yield under salinity was associated with changes in the hormonal balance. To test this hypothesis, the hybrid pepper variety (Capsicum annuum L. “Gacela F1”) was either non-grafted or grafted onto three commercial rootstocks (Creonte, Atlante, and Terrano) and plants were grown in a greenhouse under control (0 mM NaCl) and moderate salinity (35 mM NaCl) conditions. Differential vegetative growth versus fruit yield responses were induced by rootstock and salinity. Atlante strongly increased shoot and root fresh weight with respect to the non-grafted Gacela plants associated with improved photosynthetic rate and K⁺ homeostasis under salinity. The invigorating effect of Atlante can be explained by an efficient balance between cytokinins (CKs) and abscisic acid (ABA). Creonte improved fruit yield and maintained the reproductive to vegetative ratio under salinity as a consequence of its capacity to induce biomass reallocation and to avoid Na⁺ accumulation in the shoot. The physiological responses associated with yield stability in Creonte were mediated by the inverse regulation of CKs and the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid. Finally, Terrano limited the accumulation of gibberellins in the shoot thus reducing plant height. Despite scion compactness induced by Terrano, both vegetative and reproductive biomass were maintained under salinity through ABA-mediated control of water relations and K⁺ homeostasis. Our data demonstrate that the contrasting developmental and physiological responses induced by the rootstock genotype in salinized pepper plants were critically mediated by hormones. This will be particularly important for rootstock breeding programs to improve salinity tolerance by focusing on hormonal traits.     

机械活化-湿化学合成LiMn2O4的组成、结构与表征

以MnO2和LiOH·H2O为原料,采用机械活化与湿化学集成的方法,在水溶液中直接合成了结晶态的尖晶石锂锰氧化物.当锂含量介于3.78%～4.35%之间时,所得锂锰氧化物为纳米级球形粉末,以尖晶石结构为主,含极少量的Mn3O4杂相;在300～800℃温度范围内热处理后,Mn3O4杂相消失,尖晶石结构更趋完善.所合成的含锂5.80%的高锂样品则以LiMnO2层状结构为主,含少量Mn3O4杂相,其SEM形貌为片状;在300～700℃下热处理8 h后,层状LiMnO2转变成尖晶石LiMn2O4,Mn3O4杂相峰明显减弱并随热处理温度的升高而消失;当温度升高至700～800℃时,开始出现缺锂的Li1-xMn2O4相.结果表明:该法制备锂锰氧化物可实现锂、锰、氧在原子级水平的均匀混合,所得产物的热稳定性能良好,其化学计量组成与结构易于调整和控制.     

1Cr18Ni9Ti不锈钢氮离子注入层超显微硬度的研究

应用超显微硬度计测定１Ｃｒ１８Ｎｉ９Ｔｉ奥氏体不锈钢氮离子注入层的硬度，并用Ａｕｇｅｒ电子能谱仪（ＡＥＳ）及高精度轮廓仪测定氮离子注入层氮浓度分布及深度．结果表明：在９０ｋｅＶ，３ｘ１０~１７Ｎ＋／ｃｍ~２注入时．共注入层深度为０．１８μｍ、用１ｍＮ载荷侧得本征硬度ＨＶ为３．４７ＧＰａ，比非注入态表面硬度提高三倍之多，合理的试验载荷应≤ｌｍＮ（０．１ｇ）．     

强流脉冲离子束表面再制造技术原理与应用

采用TEMP-6型强流脉冲离子束(HIPIB)装置开展了HIPIB表面再制造技术的研发.HIPIB装置主体由高压脉冲电源系统和高功率离子二极管系统组成,通过高压短脉冲在二极管中放电产生阳极等离子体并引出ns级强流离子束.HIPIB辐照材料表面,发生显著的熔融、蒸发和剧烈烧蚀,物质喷射的反冲作用在辐照表面形成由表及里的应力波,导致材料表层强烈的热-力学效应.利用HIPIB与材料表面的相互作用,应用于涡轮叶片表面的清洗维修,可有效去除涡轮叶片基体因高温氧化形成的氧化物,伴随表层的重熔将叶片基体表面微观缺陷焊合,获得了光滑、平整的涡轮叶片修复表面.实现了HIPIB辐照在涡轮叶片表面再制造方面的应用.     

锰含量对衬板用低碳高合金钢组织和性能的影响

用光学金相显微镜、衍射仪及显微硬度计，研究了锰含量对衬板用低碳高合金钢组织和性能的影响。结果表明，当锰含量由2．0％增加到3，0％时，合金的退火态组织由上贝氏体＋屈氏体转变为马氏体，淬火回火后均为单相板条马氏体组织。随锰含量的增加，硬度稍有增大，冲击韧度下降，均匀耐腐蚀性有所降低。含锰量为2％的低碳高合金钢达到了矿山用衬板的使用要求，从成本考虑，是更经济的。     

Synergistic inhibition between o-phenanthroline and chloride ion for steel corrosion in sulphuric acid

The corrosion inhibition of cold rolled steel in 0.5 M sulphuric acid in the presence of o-phenanthroline and sodium chloride (NaCl) has been investigated by using weight loss and electrochemical techniques. The experimental data suggest that the inhibition efficiency increases with increasing NaCl concentration in the presence of 0.0002 M o-phenanthroline, but decreases with increasing temperature. A synergistic effect is observed when o-phenanthroline and chloride ions are used together to prevent cold rolled steel corrosion in 0.5 M sulphuric acid. The polarization curves showed that the complex of o-phenanthroline and NaCl acts as a mixed type inhibitor. The experimental results suggested that the presence of chloride ions in the solution stabilized the adsorption of o-phenanthroline molecules on the metal surface and improved the inhibition efficiency of o-phenanthroline. The adsorption of the complex accords with the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Some thermodynamic parameters such as adsorption heat, adsorption entropy and adsorption free energy have been calculated by employing thermodynamic equations. Kinetic parameters such as apparent activation energy and pre-exponential factor have been calculated and discussed.     

FORMATION OF MANGANESE SILICIDE THIN FILMS BY SOLID PHASE REACTION

1. IntroductionThe transition metal silicides have attraeted much attention because of their potentialapplicatiOIl in very large scale integration (VLSI) de.ice[1]. Near-noble metal silicides canbe used as Schottky al1d ohn1ic col1tacts in silicon-based d…     

高锰钢的泡沫陶瓷过滤净化

采用泡沫陶瓷过滤片对高锰钢进行过滤处理，对其进行金相分析和测试密度，冲击韧性和耐磨性能，并与未过滤的高锰钢进行对比，实验结果表明，在过滤的高锰钢中，金属夹杂物明显减小，密度提高0．53％，冲击韧性39．5％，耐磨性能提高1．04倍，批量生产结果表明，过滤的高锰钢球磨机衬板的使用寿命提高0．6－0．7倍。     

Dose and dose rate effects on coherent-to-incoherent transition of precipitates upon irradiation

A typical precipitation hardened alloy, Cu-Co dilute alloy was selected to study the precipitation behavior and irradiation effect on precipitates. It is found that the principal effect of ion irradiation on the coherent precipitates is loss of coherency, and TEM cross-section observations show that the fraction of the incoherent precipitates is dependent on dose but not on dose rate during heavy ion irradiation.