scholarly journals Conservation and reintroduction of the rare and endangered orchid Paphiopedilum armeniacum

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1903817
Author(s):  
Meina Wang ◽  
Suzhen Li ◽  
Lijun Chen ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
Liqiang Li ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syifaur Rahmah ◽  
Ni Made Armini Wiendi ◽  
Willy B. Suwarno ◽  
Krisantini Krisantini

Dendrobium mannii and Dendrobium mirbelianum were rare and endangered orchid species. In vitro micro propagation could be used to conserve and proliferate these species. The aims of this study were to determine the effects of chitosan on proliferation of the protocorm-like-bodies (PLBs) of in vitro grown Dendrobium mannii and D. mirbelianum. Chitosan has been reported as an important component to promote orchid growth in vitro. In this study chitosan was included in the in-vitro media at the concentrations of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 mg.L-1. The highest PLBs formation, clump diameter, and fresh weight on D. mannii were obtained from explants cultured on medium supplemented with 1 mg.L-1 chitosan. After 14 weeks of culture, fresh weight, clump diameter and average number of PLBs of D.mannii were 29.52 %, 33.00 % and 35.88% greater at chitosan (1 mg.L-1) compared to control media.  D. mirbelianum treated with low chitosan concentrations (1 and 2 mg.L-1) had 65.71% more leaves than those without chitosan treatment. Chitosan, however, had an adverse effects on growth of both species at  4 mg.L-1. Medium contain 4 mg.L-1 chitosan induced PLBs proliferation of D.mannii, but inhibited PLBs proliferation of D.mirbelianum.  These results suggested that chitosan had important roles in PLB proliferation and could be used for the propagation of D. mannii PLBs in vitro. Keywords: rare orchid species, in-vitro


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Marta Justić ◽  
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Marija Bučar ◽  
Petra Vizec ◽  
Ana Vukres ◽  
...  

Botany ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianrong Wu ◽  
Huancheng Ma ◽  
Mei Lü ◽  
Sufen Han ◽  
Youyong Zhu ◽  
...  

Orchids are among the most prized ornamental plants in many societies throughout the world. As a result, consumer demands have created a significant pressure on wild populations of many species, including Cymbidium goeringii Rchb. f., a rare terrestrial orchid endemic in China, Korea, and Japan. To help conserve natural populations of C. goeringii, we recently started investigating methods to cultivate these orchids. Here we fulfilled Koch’s postulates and demonstrated that fungal strains isolated from the roots of natural Cymbidium plants increased fresh mass, plant height, number of leaves, and root length of C. goeringii, and that the two fungal strains originally isolated from C. goeringii showed overall greater effects on growth than two other strains from other Cymbidium species. Internal transcribed spacer sequence analyses revealed that the four fungal strains likely represented at least two new taxonomic groups, both belonging to the family Ceratobasidiaceae of the Rhizoctonia fungi. Our study demonstrated that these fungal strains could potentially help the commercial cultivation of the increasingly rare and endangered orchid C. goeringii.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 319-324
Author(s):  
Victor K. Uteshev ◽  
Edith N. Gakhova ◽  
Ludmila I. Kramarova ◽  
Natalia V. Shishova ◽  
Svetlana A. Kaurova ◽  
...  

In modern biology, a search for efficient and safe ways of long-term storage of animal genomes is vital for the survival of rare and endangered species. To date, the only reliable method of prolonging the preservation of genome is deep freezing of somatic and reproductive cells, including spermatozoa. Here we overview the current state of reproductive technologies and present the cryopresevation strategies of genetic material of selected amphibian species. These strategies were developed at the Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia. Cryopreservation could help managing the threatened populations of amphibian species through genome storage and mediate the production of healthy animals from the stored material.


2003 ◽  
pp. 62-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Yamalov ◽  
A. A. Filinov ◽  
A. I. Solomeshch

The five new steppe-meadow associations are des­cribed in the South Urals. They refer to the class Molinio-Arrhenatheretea R. Tx. 1937 em. R. Tx. 1970, ord. Galietalia veri Mirkin et Naumova 1986, all. Trifolion montani Naumova 1986, and the suball. Trifolienion montani Mirkin et Naumova 1986. The communities of these associations are typical of their richness in species, including such rare and endangered ones as Dianthus acicularis, Stipa korshinskyi, Stipa sareptana, Stipa zalesski, Stipa pennata, Stipa da­syphylla, Tulipa biebersteiniana etc., the fact which makes for their significant value for nature protection purposes.


2019 ◽  
pp. 42-44
Author(s):  
I.V. GUSAROV ◽  
V.A. OSTAPENKO ◽  
T.V. NOVIKOVА

Впервые в мире создана популяция зубров на территории 60 градусов северной широты. В новых климатических условиях разведения и сохранения зубров определены и проанализированы факторы существования вида на севере Европейской части РФ. Выявлены признаки, динамика численности, которые являются составной частью системы, предназначенной для управления биоразнообразием. Интродукция, являясь процессом введения в экосистему нехарактерных для нее видов, может усиливать изменения биоценозов как положительно, так и отрицательно. Насколько быстро и успешно проходит процесс адаптации заселенного вида, и усматривается его влияние на окружающую среду зависит дальнейшее существование зубров и в целом биоразнообразия. В статье обсуждаются вопросы взаимоотношения зубров с другими видами копытных и хозяйственной деятельностью человека, а также дальнейшим использованием зубров в сельскохозяйственном производстве. Пластичность зубров, выявление изменений и их анализ при вселении видов в новые условия обитания необходимы не только для определения развития или деградации биоценозов и в целом экосистемы, но и прогноза социально-экономических последствий интродукции как одного из методов сохранения редких и исчезающих видов фауны.For the first time in the world, a bison population has been created in an area of 60 degrees north latitude. In the new climatic conditions of breeding and preservation of bison, the factors of the species existence in the north of the European part of the Russian Federation are identified and analyzed. The signs, dynamics of abundance, which are an integral part of the system designed to manage biodiversity are identified, since the preservation of biological diversity on the planet is one of the main problems of our time. Introduction, being the process of introducing non-typical species into an ecosystem, can enhance changes in biocenoses, both positively and negatively. The question posing sounds especially when it comes to such a large hoofed animal as the European bison. How quickly and successfully the process of adaptation of the universe takes place and its environmental impact is seen depends on the continued existence of bison and biodiversity in general. The article discusses the relationship of bison with other types of ungulates and human activities, as well as the further use of bison in agricultural production. How these issues will be resolved positively depends on the future of these animals. Thus, the plasticity of bison, the identification of changes and their analysis, with the introduction of species into new habitat conditions is necessary not only to determine the development or degradation of biocenoses and the ecosystem as a whole, but also to predict the socio-economic consequences due to the introduction as one of the methods of preserving rare and endangered species of fauna.


2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Lei ◽  
Shi Shi ◽  
Liao Wenbo ◽  
Chen Chunquan ◽  
Li Zhen

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 601-609
Author(s):  
Wang Deyun ◽  
Peng Jie ◽  
Chen Yajing ◽  
Lü Guosheng ◽  
Zhang Xiaoping ◽  
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