不同群落类型中柔毛淫羊藿无性系构件的形态特征及生物量配置比较

在构件水平上,对生长在油樟(Cinnamomum longepaniculatum)群落、细叶青冈(Cyclobalanopsis glauca var.gracilis)群落、红桦(Betula albosinensis)群落中的柔毛淫羊藿的无性系构件特征及生物量配置进行比较,结果表明:(1)各群落中柔毛淫羊藿各龄级根茎数量均从高年龄级向低年龄级呈上升趋势,种群为增长型年龄结构;(2)细叶青冈群落中柔毛淫羊藿种群间隔子最长,各年龄级根茎上的地上枝数量、平均长度和叶面积均最大;(3)各群落中柔毛淫羊藿种群均将最高比例生物量分配给根茎,其次是叶片;(4)野生自然状态下,柔毛淫羊藿在相对光照低、土壤腐质层薄和土壤含水量低的生境中,种群地上构件生物量和单位面积总生物量均更高.研究表明柔毛淫羊藿种群在不同群落中发生了明显的可塑性变化.结合这些变化讨论柔毛淫羊藿种群的生态适应意义及其保护机制.     

Comparative analysis of morphological characteristics and effective composition contents of Epimedium pubescens in different habitats

采用高效液相色谱法和紫外分光光度法分别测定了不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿的有效成分,并运用oneway ANOVA统计分析了不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿有效成分的差异以及形态参数和生物量的差异.结果表明:3个生境中,相对光照强度较低的生境,其形态参数和植株各个部位的生物量均要低于光照强度相对较强的生境,但3个生境中的整体叶形基本一致;三个生境中淫羊藿总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量在光照强度较高的生境中要大于光照较低的生境;柔毛淫羊藿植株各个部位的有效成分大小为叶＞根＞茎;在不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿叶片的黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量都能达到用药标准,其余的部位则不能达到用药标准.因此在人工栽培柔毛淫羊藿时,应模拟野外生长条件,以期提高柔毛淫羊藿质量,替代和保护野生资源.     

不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿形态特征及其有效成分差异分析

采用高效液相色谱法和紫外分光光度法分别测定了不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿的有效成分,并运用one-way ANOVA统计分析了不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿有效成分的差异以及形态参数和生物量的差异。结果表明:3个生境中,相对光照强度较低的生境,其形态参数和植株各个部位的生物量均要低于光照强度相对较强的生境,但3个生境中的整体叶形基本一致;三个生境中淫羊藿总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量在光照强度较高的生境中要大于光照较低的生境;柔毛淫羊藿植株各个部位的有效成分大小为叶>根>茎;在不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿叶片的黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量都能达到用药标准,其余的部位则不能达到用药标准。因此在人工栽培柔毛淫羊藿时,应模拟野外生长条件,以期提高柔毛淫羊藿质量,替代和保护野生资源。     

川产淫羊藿属（Epimedium）药用植物的无性系构件特征和生物量配置比较

在构件水平上,对川产的3种药用淫羊藿属植物（淫羊藿（Epimedium brevicornu）、箭叶淫羊藿（E.sagittatum）、柔毛淫羊藿（E.pubescens））的无性系构件特征、克隆构型及构件生物量配置进行比较,结果表明在野生状态下：该属3个种无性系构件的形态特征差异显著,且存在较大的变异性,变异系数范围在29.29%~48.31%之间;箭叶淫羊藿更趋于“游击型”克隆构型,而淫羊藿和柔毛淫羊藿则更趋于“密集型”克隆构型;该属3个种都将高比例生物量配置到叶片或者根茎,其次为茎,再其次为根。柔毛淫羊藿具有更强的克隆繁殖能力,单位面积上各构件生物量均最大,应作为人工引种栽培的首选种。     

密度制约作用对箭叶淫羊藿有性繁殖时期形态特征的影响

运用回归分析和非参数检验方法,研究了箭叶淫羊藿（Epimedium sagittatum）在有性繁殖的3个时期克隆片段密度对其各个形态特征的影响,以揭示其资源和繁殖投资情况。结果表明：箭叶淫羊藿在3个有性繁殖期间克隆片段密度对其各个形态特征的影响显著。从回归分析的R^2指数来看,其克隆片段密度增大对3个生长时期的制约作用是由弱到强,同时在有性繁殖期间随克隆片段密度的增加其资源投资趋向于有性繁殖;从非参数检验结果来看,有性繁殖期间箭叶淫羊藿明显增加其叶数、叶宽等来获取更多的资源用于提高其繁殖能力,以取得生存。     

密度制约作用对箭叶淫羊藿有性繁殖时期形态特征的影响

运用回归分析和非参数检验方法,研究了箭叶淫羊藿(Epimedium sagittatum)在有性繁殖的三个时期克隆片段密度对其各个形态特征的影响,以揭示其资源和繁殖投资情况。结果表明：箭叶淫羊藿在三个有性繁殖期间克隆片段密度对其各个形态特征的影响显著。从回归分析的R2指数来看,其克隆片段密度增大对三个生长时期的制约作用是由弱到强,同时在有性繁殖期间随克隆片段密度的增加其资源投资趋向于有性繁殖;从非参数检验结果来看,有性繁殖期间箭叶淫羊藿明显增加其叶数、叶宽等来获取更多的资源用于提高其繁殖能力,以取得生存。     

金城山柔毛淫羊藿的开花物候与生殖特性

采用实地观测的方法,对南充市金城山三个不同生境中柔毛淫羊藿的开花物候特征及其生殖特性进行了研究。结果表明:柔毛淫羊藿花期为3月上旬至4月上旬,其种群、个体、花序和单花的花期分别历时30~41、22~34、9~18和4~8 d。三个生境中柔毛淫羊藿种群的开花物候进程基本相同,均呈单峰集中开花式样,因而能够吸引更多的传粉者访问而达到生殖成功。开花物候指数与坐果数之间的相关分析结果表明,坐果数与始花日期存在显著的负相关关系,与花期持续时间和开花数均呈极显著的正相关关系。揭示了药用植物柔毛淫羊藿的开花物候特征与生殖特性。     

不同群落类型柔毛淫羊藿总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量及其与土壤因子的关系

2009年8月,采用高效液相色谱法和紫外分光光度法测定了唐家河自然保护区次生落叶阔叶林红桦群落(群落Ⅰ)、常绿落叶阔叶混交林细叶青冈群落(群落Ⅱ)和常绿阔叶林油樟群落(群落Ⅲ)下生长的柔毛淫羊藿各器官的总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量,分析其与土壤因子的关系结果表明：柔毛淫羊藿叶片中总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量最高、茎中最低;群落Ⅰ的柔毛淫羊藿总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量［(5.32±0.23)%和(0.47±0.05)%］均显著高于群落Ⅱ［(4.06±0.03)%和(0.32±0.01)%］和群落Ⅲ［(4.15±0.07)%和(0.28±0.09)%］;土壤氮含量和pH值对柔毛淫羊藿的总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量影响较大,柔毛淫羊藿总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量与土壤全氮和碱解氮呈显著负相关(P<0.05),与土壤pH值呈极显著正相关(P<0.01).土壤较低的氮供应水平和较高的土壤酸度可能使群落Ⅰ柔毛淫羊藿的总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量增加.     

盐胁迫对两种淫羊藿属植物生长及各器官总黄酮含量的影响

采用不同浓度NaCl(0、100、200、300和500 mmol/L)的Hoagland's培养液处理两种淫羊藿属植物--淫羊藿、箭叶淫羊藿幼苗,处理30 d后分别测定其株高、叶表面积、干物质生物量以及根、茎、叶的总黄酮含量,以明确淫羊藿属两种药用植物的抗盐特性.结果显示:(1)盐胁迫对淫羊藿和箭叶淫羊藿的生长均有影响,随着NaCl处理浓度的增加,淫羊藿、箭叶淫羊藿的株高和叶表面积均逐渐显著减小;各器官干物质生物量逐渐降低,但淫羊藿的干物质下降量较小(不显著),且同一处理下淫羊藿的生物量明显小于箭叶淫羊藿.(2)随着NaCl胁迫浓度的增加,除淫羊藿茎的总黄酮含量一直呈下降趋势外,淫羊藿根、叶和箭叶淫羊藿根、茎、叶均呈现在低浓度范围内总黄酮含量增加,且箭叶淫羊藿的含量高于淫羊藿;而在高浓度盐胁迫下,其总黄酮含量均呈下降的趋势,且淫羊藿的含量高于箭叶淫羊藿.研究表明,淫羊藿的抗盐性明显高于箭叶淫羊藿,适于高盐土壤环境种植,但在低盐环境条件下,种植箭叶淫羊藿可显著提高总黄酮产量并提高经济效益.     

柔毛淫羊藿愈伤组织诱导及其总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量测定

本研究旨在探讨柔毛淫羊藿愈伤组织的最佳诱导条件和愈伤组织中总黄酮、淫羊藿苷含量。采用正交试验设计方法研究不同外植体、培养基、培养温度和光照条件对柔毛淫羊藿愈伤组织诱导的影响,分光光度法测定愈伤组织中总黄酮含量,高效液相色谱法测定其中淫羊藿苷含量。结果显示,以幼叶为外植体,培养基为N6+2, 4-D 3 mg/L+6-BA 1 mg/L+NAA 0.5 mg/L,在黑暗或弱光(1 000 Lx)和(21±1)℃条件下愈伤组织诱导效果最好;愈伤组织中总黄酮和淫羊藿苷含量分别达5.24%和0.564%,与叶中含量无显著差异。初步建立了柔毛淫羊藿愈伤组织诱导的适宜培养条件,为高产淫羊藿总黄酮和淫羊藿苷的组培苗生产和细胞悬浮培养体系的建立提供了依据。     

新疆郁金香营养生长、个体大小和开花次序对繁殖分配的影响

植物有性繁殖与资源分配的关系研究对于揭示植物生活史特征及繁育系统进化具有重要意义。新疆郁金香(Tulipa sinkiangensis)是新疆天山北坡荒漠带特有的一种多年生早春短命植物。在自然生境中,该物种仅以有性繁殖产生后代,每株能产生1-8朵花,且不同植株上的花数及果实数以及花序不同位置上的花与果实大小明显不同。本文通过对新疆郁金香有性繁殖与营养生长及植株大小的关系以及花序中不同位置花及果实间的资源分配研究,旨在揭示营养生长、个体大小及开花次序对其繁殖分配的影响。结果表明:在开花和果实成熟阶段,新疆郁金香植株分配给营养器官(鳞茎和地上营养器官)与繁殖器官的资源间均存在极显著的负相关关系(P<0.01),说明其植株的营养生长与生殖生长间存在权衡关系。多花是新疆郁金香的一个稳定性状,其植株上花数目、花生物量、果实生物量和种子数量与植株生物量间均呈极显著的正相关关系(P<0.01),说明新疆郁金香植株的繁殖分配存在大小依赖性。在具2-5朵花的新疆郁金香植株中,花序内各花的生物量、花粉数和胚珠数、结实率、果实生物量、结籽数、结籽率及种子百粒重按其开花顺序依次递减,说明花序内各花和果实的资源分配符合资源竞争假说。植株通过减少晚发育的花或果实获得的资源来保障早发育的花或果实获得较多的资源,从而达到繁殖成功。     

展毛翠雀花期繁殖特征和生物量分配对放牧的响应

生物量分配影响植物生长和繁殖,是植物生活史研究的重要内容。为了了解植物生活史性状对放牧的响应,该研究以青藏高原高寒草甸毒杂草展毛翠雀为对象,分析了放牧干扰对展毛翠雀的花期繁殖分配和性分配的影响。结果表明:放牧显著降低了展毛翠雀的总生物量、个体大小和繁殖投入; 放牧未改变展毛翠雀的营养部分与繁殖部分的等速生长关系,但显著增加了繁殖部分的生物量分配和总花数; 展毛翠雀的个体大小与总花数呈显著的正相关关系,但与性分配呈显著的负相关关系; 展毛翠雀的总花数与单花大小、单花的花瓣比例均表现出负相关关系,表明总花数与单花大小之间、总花数与单花的花瓣比例之间均存在权衡。因此,在放牧条件下,展毛翠雀的繁殖分配和性分配均表现出显著的可塑性。     

Effects of organ removal on trade‐offs between sexual and clonal reproduction in the stoloniferous herb Duchesnea indica

Resource allocation patterns and trade‐off between sexual and clonal reproduction in clonal plants have been extensively studied, but little is known about effects of organ removal on the trade‐offs in clonal plants. To examine the effects, we conducted an experiment with the stoloniferous herb Duchesnea indica in which we removed plant organs like roots, flowers, or fruits. Removing roots significantly increased number of ramets and biomass allocation to stolons, but decreased number of fruits. Removing flowers or fruits greatly increased number of ramets and biomass allocation to stolons and roots, but decreased spacer length, number of fruits, and fruits set. Onset and median date of flowering phenology of D. indica shifted after flowers, fruits, or roots were removed. These results may indicate that removing organs can affect trade‐off between sexual and clonal reproduction of D. indica.     

Variation in Floral Sex Allocation and Reproductive Success in Sequentially Flowering Inflorescence of Corydalis remota var. lineariloba (Fumariaceae)

In hermaphroditic plants, female reproductive success often varies among different positions within an inflorescence.However, few studies have evaluated the relative importance of underlying causes such as pollen limitation, resource limitation or architectural effect, and few have compared male allocation. During a 2-year investigation, we found that female reproductive success of an acropetally flowering species, Corydalis remota Fisch. ex Maxim. var. Iineariloba Maxim. was significantly lower in the upper late developing flowers when compared with the lower early flowers. Supplementation with outcross pollen did not improve female reproductive success of the upper flowers, while removal of the lower developing fruits significantly increased female reproductive success of the upper flowers in both years, evidencing resource limitation of the upper flowers. Female production in upper flowers was greatly improved by simultaneous pollen supplementation of the upper flowers and removal of the lower fruits, suggesting that, when resources are abundant, pollen may limit the female reproductive success of the upper flowers. The less seed mass in the upper flowers didn't increase in all treatments due to architecture. In the upper flowers, ovule production was significantly lower and the pollen : ovule ratio was significantly higher. These results suggest that male-biased sex allocation in the upper flowers may lead to increased male reproductive success, whereas the lower flowers have higher female reproductive success.     

Flowering phenology and sexual allocation in single-mutation lineages of Arabidopsis thaliana

We investigated the relationship between flowering time and sexual allocation in wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana and in genetically similar lineages with single-locus mutations of floral induction genes. We examined whether the mechanisms of growth and development that govern resource investment would permit the independent evolution of reproductive phenology and sexual allocation, or whether constraints, manifested as pleiotropic effects of the single mutations, would link these two life-history traits. Flowering times differed significantly among genotypes, and, as expected, later flowering times were associated with larger vegetative size. Later flowering genotypes produced heavier floral parts (larger petals, in particular), and allocated a significantly lower proportion of biomass to androecia, especially in final allocations that included fruit biomass. At least part of this pleiotropic covariation of flowering time and sexual allocation is likely to be mediated by vegetative size and the rate of resource supply to growing reproductive tissues, because the larger fruits of late-flowering genotypes required the same time, or proportionately less time than the difference in biomass, to mature. Because fruit mass is considered an investment in female function, sexual allocation measured at the end of a growing season tends to be highly female biased in angiosperms. We consider the implications of the pleiotropic association of flowering time, vegetative size, and sexual investment for the theory of sex allocation, and suggest that the idiosyncratic phenology of sexual investment in flowering plants creates a departure from a central assumption of Fisher's seminal sex allocation argument.     

Temporal variation of resource allocation between sexual and asexual structures in response to nutrient and water stress in a floating-leaved plant

Aims Adaptive plasticity of biomass allocation to different environmental stressors enables plants to maintain functional relationships among reproductive structures. In freshwater systems, water depth and nutrient content of sediments can have a major effect on biomass allocation in aquatic macrophytes. However, the relative importance of these two stressors is unknown as it is the temporal variation of biomass allocation to the stressors during the growing period. This information may be critical for understanding the tolerance of a plant to environmental conditions.Methods Here, we used four levels of environmental stressors generated by deep and shallow water and high or low sediment nutrient content in a factorial experiment to investigate the biomass allocation responses of a floating macrophyte, Trapella sinensis, during the growing period.Important findings The results showed that the lower sediment nutrient content inhibited biomass increase, whereas the lower water depth increased the sexual reproduction of the plants. The lower sediment content also led to a delay in flowering and compensated trade-offs among sexual reproduction and elongation and clonal reproduction during the growing period. These results indicated that water depth affected the ratio of biomass allocation, whereas the sediment nutrient content affected biomass accumulation when the plants faced these two environmental factors simultaneously. The temporal changes in allocation under lower sediment nutrient content underscored the importance of collecting data at different stages of growth when trying to interpret resource allocation, especially in resource-limited environments.     

四合木种群生殖对策的研究

 通过研究四合木(Tetraena mongolica Maxim)种群的生殖对策,发现四合木既可进行有性生殖,又可进行营养繁殖,以有性生殖为其主要的生殖方式。有性生殖过程中具以下特征：1)具有自交和异交相结合的交配系统,异交比例(50％)高于自交比例(15％);2)具有花多果少的生殖格局,其开花率与生境、降水、植株年龄关系密切,不同种群的开花率有一定差异,种群的年龄结构对开花率有较大影响。在3～5月降水丰富的情况下,不仅开花比例高(40％～80％),且每一植株的花量很大。不同年份种群结实率普遍偏低,3～5月降雨较少的1996年平均结实率为19.8％;3～5月降雨较多的1998年为12.2％。只是由于开花基数大,对四合木种群种子的总产量不会造成较大威胁;3)胚胎发育过程中败育比率极高,只有约10％～20％的胚能发育成熟。     

青藏高原露蕊乌头不同海拔居群的开花持续期与繁殖分配

对青藏高原东部3个不同海拔居群的露蕊乌头(Aconitum gymnandrum)(毛茛科)开花持续期和繁殖分配进行了野外观察和检测试验。结果表明:(1)随着海拔的升高,露蕊乌头的开花持续期时间延长,且不同居群间存在显著差异。(2)露蕊乌头的植株个体越大,繁殖投入越高。(3)露蕊乌头的繁殖分配在地上总生物量中所占的比例随海拔升高而增加。研究认为,露蕊乌头在高海拔地区较高的繁殖分配比例强调了有性繁殖在高山恶劣环境中的重要性,而高海拔地区开花持续期的延长补偿了传粉昆虫的减少并增加了对传粉昆虫的吸引能力。     

Predispersal reproductive biology of female Osyris quadripartita (Santalaceae), a hemiparasitic dioecious shrub of Mediterranean scrublands

Female Osyris quadripartita plants exhibit uninterrupted reproductive activity throughout the year, due to the long duration of successive stages in the cycle and marked within-crop developmental asynchrony. Cycles corresponding to the flowering seasons of consecutive years overlap in each individual. Flowering takes place in spring, and fruits develop in the dry summer season and ripen at any time of the year. Variation in flowering time explains a negligible proportion of variation in ripening time. The greatest reproductive losses are incurred in the phase extending from closed flowers through unripe fruits, mostly due to ovary abortion. Only 30% of closed flowers eventually reach this latter stage. In contrast, 75% of unripe fruits complete their development, with subsequent dispersal of seeds. The probability of the setting of ripe fruit steadily decreases from early to late season flowers, due to increased ovary abortion rates. Resource limitation in the dry summer season seems responsible for this pattern of selective fruit maturation.     

Long-term responses of Melilotus segetalis to salinity. I. Growth and partitioning

Annual sweetclover plants [Melilotus segetalis (Brot) Ser.] were grown for a complete life cycle with and without saline (NaCl treatment of CE=15 dS m⁻¹). Growth and partitioning analyses were performed. Sequential harvests (every 15 d) during the life cycle, and separation of plant material into roots, stems, petioles, leaves and reproductive structures were carried out Salt treatment reduced growth during the early and middle stages of the life of the plant, but did not significantly affect RGR in the reproductive phase. The root–shoot allometric coefficient of salinized plants in the generative phase decreased more than in control plants. We suggest that salinity-induced growth reduction in M. segetalis was primarily a result of a lower unit leaf rate (ULR) despite an increased leaf area ratio (LAR). Earlier flowering, higher biomass allocation to shoot and greater reproductive investment, but similar relative growth rate (RGR), were some of the main characteristics of salt-stressed plants compared to controls during the reproductive phase, these apparently being associated with increased sink strength caused by developing flowers and fruits.