Potato tillage method is associated with soil microbial communities, soil chemical properties, and potato yield

Ma Haiyan,Xie Chen,Zheng Shunlin,Li Peihua,Cheema Hafsa Nazir,Gong Jing,Xiang Zhuqing,Liu Juanjuan,Qin Jiahao 한국미생물학회 2022 The journal of microbiology Vol.60 No.2

Intensive potato continuous cropping (IPCC) results in low potato yields compared with non-intensive potato continuous cropping (PCC) and potato-maize rotation (PMRC). However, it is still unclear whether the degree of potato continuous cropping obstacle is related to the soil environment formed by the previous crop. To investigate the effect of planting potatoes and planting maize after harvesting the spring potatoes on soil chemical properties and soil microbial community structure, an experiment was carried out in the same origin soil environment over a period of seven years: (a) PCC, i.e., spring planting; (b) IPCC, i.e., autumn and spring planting (IPCC); (c) PMRC, i.e., spring potatoes and summer maize (PMRC), and (d) fallow (CK). We confirmed that the potato yield under PMRC was significantly higher than that under PCC and IPCC. Under IPCC, soil total phosphorus content was significantly higher than other treatments, whereas ammonium nitrogen content was the lowest. Compared with PCC and IPCC, PMRC had a higher ammonium nitrogen content and lower total phosphorus content. The significantly different fungal taxa in IPCC (Glomerellales, Plectosphaerella, Thelebolales) may threaten the health of the plant and positive correlated with soil total phosphorus, while other microbial taxa in PMRC (Bacillales, Polythrincium, Helotiales) can mainly promotes plant nitrogen uptake and protects plants against diseases. The PMRC-promoting taxa were positively correlated with the ammonium nitrogen content and negative correlated with soil total phosphorus content. In summary, the cropping systems might have affected potato yields by changed soil microorganism community structures – especially fungal community structures – and by the chemical properties of the soils that also depends on microbes.

Rapid Expression of Bm46 in Bombyx mori Cell Lines, Larvae and Pupae

Wang, Haiyan,Chen, Keping,Guo, Zhongjian,Yao, Qin,Wang, Qiang,Mu, Runhong Korean Society of Sericultural Science 2007 International Journal of Industrial Entomology Vol.15 No.1

In this study, ORF 46 of Bombyx mod nucleopolyhedrovirus(Bm46) fused with EGFP was expressed in Bombyx mod cell lines, larvae and pupae by BmNPV Bacmid system. Bm46 and EGFP were cloned into donor plasmid pFastBacHTb, which was transformed to competent DH10B cells containing helper and BmNPV bacmid by site-specific transposition. Recombinant bacmid was used to transfected BmN-4 cells to produce the recombinant baculovirus vBm-Bm46-EGFP. Recombination virus was injected into silkworm larvae and pupae. The expression of the fusion protein was monitored by examining green fluorescence using a fluorescent microscope. Intense fluorescence in cells and silkworm was observed at 4 days post-infection, indicating the Bm46-EGFP fusion gene was expressed successfully.

Deep sequencing reveals microRNA signature is altered in the rat epididymis following bilateral castration

Yanling Liu,Haiyan Wang,Yangmei Qin,Juan Liu,Ning Li,Zhiliang Ji,Jianyuan Li 한국유전학회 2019 Genes & Genomics Vol.41 No.7

Background In the epididymis of bilateral castrated male rat, gene expression profile changed significantly. However, up to date, no study has investigated how these genes were regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs). Objective We investigated the alterations in the miRNA signature of the epididymis from sham-operated and bilaterally castrated rats. Methods By employing deep sequencing technology and qPCR, the global alterations of epididymal miRNA signature between sham-operated (Con-EP library) and bilaterally castrated rats (Cas-EP library) were explored. MiRNA-target interaction networks were annotated by GO and KEGG enrichment. Results We identified 313 and 306 known miRNAs as well as 152 and 114 novel miRNAs in the Con-EP and Cas-EP libraries, respectively. 59 miRNAs were differentially expressed, including 24 up-regulated and 35 down-regulated miRNAs, among which two up-regulated and three down-regulated ones were validated using qPCR. The expression of these miRNAs in the epididymides of rats at different postnatal ages showed regular changes from birth to adult, suggesting they were androgen-regulated. GO analysis showed that many of the miRNA targets were enriched in metabolic processes. KEGG analysis demonstrated that the targets mainly participated in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Moreover, 3 and 6 functional modules were detected among the up- and down-regulated miRNA target interaction networks, respectively, and these modules were involved in various biological processes. Conclusion This study represents the first systematic investigation of alterations in the miRNA signature of the epididymis from bilaterally castrated rats and will provide useful resources for functional studies of the miRNAs in the male reproductive system.

Mussel Adhesive Protein/platelet-rich Plasma Composite-coated Titanium Surfaces Increase Functionality of Dermal Fibroblasts

Zhongshan Wang,Haiyan Qin,Zhihong Feng,Guofeng Wu,Shizhu Bai,Yan Dong,Yimin Zhao 한국생물공학회 2015 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Vol.20 No.3

Bacterial invasion and epithelial downgrowth with pocket formation are still severe clinical challenges for transcutaneous implants, and both have a close relationship with the lack of a stable biological seal around the transcutaneous parts. Dermal fibroblasts are the main cells in the skin tissue and have been proven to play vital roles in the formation of biological seals. In this work, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which can release high concentrations of natural cytokines upon activation, was used to stimulate rapid fibroblast growth. Mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs) were used as mediators to anchor the platelets in the PRP onto Ti surfaces, and MAP/PRP composite-coated Ti surfaces were constructed successfully. This in vitro study indicated increased fibroblast adhesion (P < 0.05), spreading, and proliferation (P < 0.05) and upregulated extracellular matrix-related gene expression (P < 0.05) on a MAP/PRP composite-coated Ti surface compared with a control smooth Ti surface. Our results suggest that MAP/PRP composite-coated Ti surfaces are potentially useful for the formation of a stable biological seal in transcutaneous areas.

Nematicidal activity against Aphelenchoides besseyi and Ditylenchus destructor of three biflavonoids, isolated from roots of Stellera chamaejasme

Hui Jin,Haiyan Cui,Xiaoyan Yang,Lihong Xu,Xudong Li,Rentao Liu,Zhiqiang Yan,Xiuzhuang Li,Weili Zheng,Yuhui Zhao,Xiaoxia Song,Lihua Zhong,Anxiang Su,Bo Qin 한국응용곤충학회 2018 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.21 No.4

Aphelenchoides besseyi and Ditylenchus destructor can cause serious problems for a number of important agricultural crops and vegetables. In this study, the ethanol extract of Stellera chamaejasme L. roots showed strong nematicidal activity against Aphelenchoides besseyi and Ditylenchus destructor. By using a bioactivity-driven fractionation, three biflavonoids were isolated from the extract and their structures were identified by mass and nuclear magnetic resonance spectral data. Nematicidal activity bioassays revealed that isoneochamaejasmin A had the strongest nematicidal activity against A. besseyi and D. destructor with LC 50 values of 2.32 and 0.18 mM at 72 h, respectively. Chamaejasmenin B displayed weaker nematicidal activity against A. besseyi with an LC 50 value of 3.94 mM at 72 h. Neochamaejasmin B induced the lowest mortality against D. destructor with an LC 50 values of 15.6 mM at 72 h. These results suggested that the kind and position of substitutions and the relative configuration of 2-H/3-H and 2”-H/3”-H could be considered as important factors responsible for the nematicidal activity of these purified C-3/C-3″ biflavonoids.

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Thick Ti–6Al–3Nb–2Zr–1Mo Joint by Magnetron-Controlled Narrow Gap TIG Welding

Laifa Ding,Binhao Qin,Keke Ge,Zhibin Zeng,Khaskin Vladyslav,Feng Li,Yupeng Zhang,Haiyan Wang 대한금속·재료학회 2023 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.29 No.8

The butt joint of 30 mm-thick Ti–6Al–3Nb–2Zr–1Mo titanium alloys were achieved by the magnetron-controlled narrow gapTIG welding. Microstructure and mechanical properties of joint were comprehensively explored. Ti6321 base metal (BM)was composed of primary α (accounting for 55%) and structure of β transformation (secondary α + β phase). Fine grainedheat affected zone was composed of primary α, acicular α and β phase. Coarse grained heat affected zone was composed ofacicular α and clusters of α phase with different orientations. The fusion zone (FZ) was composed of acicular α phase, lathα phase and a few β phase. The ratio of high-angle grain boundaries in the HAZ reached the maximum of 94.5% while thoseof the FZ and BM were 78.1% and 59.4%, respectively. Due to the differences in microstructures and grain orientation, thehardness of FZ (286 HV) was lower than those of BM (304 HV) and HAZ (306 HV). The tensile strength of the weldingjoint (838 MPa) reached 95% of the BM (883 MPa), and the joint showed excellent impact performance with great impactenergies of FZ (72 J) and HAZ (75 J), higher than that of BM (51 J). It was owing to the greater ratio of high-angle grainboundaries in FZ and HAZ that could store more grain boundary energies. Thicker phases hinder the growth of cracks, and,therefore, improve the impact performance of the joint.

Correction to Anomalous Pseudocapacitive Behavior of a Nanostructured, Mixed-Valent Manganese Oxide Film for Electrical Energy Storage

Song, Min-Kyu,Cheng, Shuang,Chen, Haiyan,Qin, Wentao,Nam, Kyung-Wan,Xu, Shucheng,Yang, Xiao-Qing,Bongiorno, Angelo,Lee, Jangsoo,Bai, Jianming,Tyson, Trevor A.,Cho, Jaephil,Liu, Meilin American Chemical Society 2012 Nano letters Vol.12 No.8

Transcriptome analysis reveals the effects of grafting on sweetpotato scions during the full blooming stages

Changhe Wei,Ming Li,Jia Qin,Yunfan Xu,Yizheng Zhang,Haiyan Wang 한국유전학회 2019 Genes & Genomics Vol.41 No.8

Background Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a hexaploid plant and generally most genotypes do not flower at all in subtropics. Heterografting was carried out between sweetpotato cultivar ‘Xushu 18’ and Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil). With sweetpotato as ‘scion’ and I. nil as ‘rootstock’, sweetpotato was induced flowering in the autumn. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying sweetpotato responses to grafting, especially during the full blooming stages. Objectives To investigate the poorly understood molecular responses underlying the grafting-induced phenotypic processes in sweetpotato at full anthesis. Methods In this study, to explore the transcriptome diversity and complexity of sweetpotato, PacBio Iso-Seq and Illumina RNA-seq analysis were combined to obtain full-length transcripts and to profile the changes in gene expression of five tissues: scion flowers (SF), scion leaves (SL), scion stems (SS), own-rooted leaves (OL) and own-rooted stems (OS). Results A total of 138,151 transcripts were generated with an average length of 2255 bp, and more than 72% (100,396) of the transcripts were full-length. During full blooming, to examine the difference in gene expression of sweetpotato under grafting and natural growth conditions, 7905, 7795 and 15,707 differentially expressed genes were detected in pairwise comparisons of OS versus SS, OL versus SL and SL versus SF, respectively. Moreover, differential transcription of genes associated with anthocyanin biosynthesis, light pathway and photosynthesis, ethylene signal transduction pathway was observed in scion responses to grafting. Conclusion Our study is useful in understanding the molecular basis of grafting-induced flowering in grafted sweetpotatoes, and will lay a foundation for further research on sweetpotato breeding in the future.

Diversity and Functions of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Roots and Leaves of Stipa purpurea in an Alpine Steppe at Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

( Xiaoyan Yang ),( Hui Jin ),( Lihong Xu ),( Haiyan Cui ),( Aiyi Xin ),( Haoyue Liu ),( Bo Qin ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2020 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.30 No.7

Stipa purpurea is a unique and dominant herbaceous plant species in the alpine steppe and meadows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). In this work, we analyzed the composition and diversity of the culturable endophytic fungi in S. purpurea according to morphological and molecular identification. Then, we investigated the bioactivities of these fungi against plant pathogenic fungi and 1- aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase (ACCD) deaminase activities. A total of 323 fungal isolates were first isolated from S. purpurea, and 33 fungal taxa were identified by internal transcribed spacer primers and grouped into Ascomycota. The diversity of endophytic fungi in S. purpurea was significantly higher in roots as compared to leaves. In addition, more than 40% of the endophytic fungi carried the gene encoding for the ACCD gene. The antibiosis assay demonstrated that 29, 35, 28, 37 and 34 isolates (43.9, 53.1, 42.4, 56.1, and 51.5%) were antagonistic to five plant pathogenic fungi, respectively. Our study provided the first assessment of the diversity of culturedepending endophytic fungi of S. purpurea, demonstrated the potential application of ACCD activity and antifungal activities with potential benefits to the host plant, and contributed to high biomass production and adaptation of S. purpurea to an adverse environment.

Anomalous Pseudocapacitive Behavior of a Nanostructured, Mixed-Valent Manganese Oxide Film for Electrical Energy Storage

Song, Min-Kyu,Cheng, Shuang,Chen, Haiyan,Qin, Wentao,Nam, Kyung-Wan,Xu, Shucheng,Yang, Xiao-Qing,Bongiorno, Angelo,Lee, Jangsoo,Bai, Jianming,Tyson, Trevor A.,Cho, Jaephil,Liu, Meilin American Chemical Society 2012 Nano letters Vol.12 No.7

<P>While pseudocapacitors represent a promising option for electrical energy storage, the performance of the existing ones must be dramatically enhanced to meet today’s ever-increasing demands for many emerging applications. Here we report a nanostructured, mixed-valent manganese oxide film that exhibits anomalously high specific capacitance (∼2530 F/g of manganese oxide, measured at 0.61 A/g in a two-electrode configuration with loading of active materials ∼0.16 mg/cm<SUP>2</SUP>) while maintaining excellent power density and cycling life. The dramatic performance enhancement is attributed to its unique mixed-valence state with porous nanoarchitecture, which may facilitate rapid mass transport and enhance surface double-layer capacitance, while promoting facile redox reactions associated with charge storage by both Mn and O sites, as suggested by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and density functional theory calculations. The new charge storage mechanisms (in addition to redox reactions of cations) may offer critical insights to rational design of a new-generation energy storage devices.</P><P><B>Graphic Abstract</B> <IMG SRC='http://pubs.acs.org/appl/literatum/publisher/achs/journals/content/nalefd/2012/nalefd.2012.12.issue-7/nl300984y/production/images/medium/nl-2012-00984y_0006.gif'></P><P><A href='http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/nl300984y'>ACS Electronic Supporting Info</A></P>