行波液体静压轴承浮力及其稳定方法的实验研究

提出了一种基于蠕动传输作用的新型行波液体静压轴承。首先基于行波液体静压轴承原理,建立了轴承原理验证装置。然后基于差动螺纹机构建立了轴承面倾斜调整机构,实现轴承的完全上浮。利用所开发的轴承验证装置,实验研究了行波液体静压轴承在上浮方向上有导轨时的轴承承载能力,证明了行波液体静压轴承及其稳定方法的可行性,并给出了驱动参数,例如:驱动电压和驱动频率,以及轴承间隙高度对轴承浮力稳态值的影响规律。     

Characterization of a novel gravitropic mutant of morning glory, weeping2

In higher plants, gravity is a major environmental cue that governs growth orientation, a phenomenon termed gravitropism. It has been suggested that gravity also affects other aspects of morphogenesis, such as circumnutation and winding movements. Previously, we showed that these aspects of plant growth morphology require amyloplast sedimentation inside gravisensing endodermal cells. However, the molecular mechanism of the graviresponse and its relationship to circumnutation and winding remains obscure. Here, we have characterized a novel shoot gravitropic mutant of morning glory, weeping2 (we2). In the we2 mutant, the gravitropic response of the stem was absent, and hypocotyls exhibited a severely reduced gravitropic response, whereas roots showed normal gravitropism. In agreement with our previous studies, we found that we2 mutant has defects in shoot circumnutation and winding. Histological analysis showed that we2 mutant forms abnormal endodermal cells. We identified a mutation in the morning glory homolog of SHORT-ROOT (PnSHR1) that was genetically linked to the agravitropic phenotype of we2 mutant, and which may underlie the abnormal differentiation of endodermal cells in this plant. These results suggest that the phenotype of we2 mutant is due to a mutation of PnSHR1, and that PnSHR1 regulates gravimorphogenesis, including circumnutation and winding movements, in morning glory.