水稻幼苗叶片光合作用和量子产额对低温强光的响应

水稻(Oryza sativa)幼苗叶片光合作用及 CO_2吸收的量子产额有不同的最适温度。20℃以下,光合速率和量子产额降低,两者的变化趋势相似。6—12℃抑制量子产额34—74%、抑制光合速率46—89%。低温弱光不抑制量子产额,但处理后给予强光(低温),抑制率达33%。经强光(1000μmol m~(-2)s~(-1))低温(8℃)处理2小时的叶片,转入高温(30℃)弱光(120μmol m~(-2)s~(-1))中,出现了量子产额的可逆变化,从0.018(对照0.049)提高到0.034(恢复1小时)及0.039(恢复2小时)。低氧(2%)可减弱在大气中因强光低温产生的抑制作用。结果表明,高光强和高氧是与低温共同作用的重要因子。低温强光引起光氧化损伤,表现光抑制现象。     

不同CO_2浓度与温度条件下马铃薯叶片的淀粉浓度与比叶重和矿质元素浓度的关系(英文)

三个马铃薯(Solanum tuberosum L.)品种在500、1000、1500、2000μmol·mol~(-1)CO_2浓度与16、20℃空气温度下生长35d,测定了植株叶片的比叶重(g·m~(-2))、淀粉浓度及主要养分N、P、K、Ca、Mg的浓度。在16℃和20℃下,叶片淀粉浓度随CO_2浓度的增加而增加,且16℃下的测定值高于20℃下的测定值。比叶重与以叶面积或干重为基础的叶片淀粉浓度成正相关。叶片N、P、Ca、Mg浓度与14％范围内的淀粉浓度成负相关,但与高于14％的淀粉浓度无明显关系。去除淀粉效应后的比叶重及叶片养分浓度呈现类似的变化趋势。然而,不同CO_2浓度下的叶片K浓度相对稳定,因此受淀粉浓度影响较小。研究结果表明,不同CO_2浓度与温度条件下马铃薯叶片的比叶重及N、P、Ca、Mg浓度的变化不完全是叶片淀粉浓度的变化所致。     

THE INFLUENCE OF LOW PLANT WATER POTENTIAL ON THE GROWTH AND NITROGEN METABOLISM OF THE NATIVE CALIFORNIA SHRUB LOTUS SCOPARIUS (NUTT. IN T & G) OTTLEY

Reduced plant water potential, induced by polyethylene glycol in hydroponics, inhibited growth and decreased the number of leaves per branch in the southern California drought-deciduous species Lotus scoparius (Nutt. in T & G) Ottley. Decreasing plant water potential diminished the proportion of large leaves per branch and therefore reduced the leaf area. Nitrate uptake rate decreased with decreasing water potential, although the nitrate ion concentration increased in the roots and the leaves. Ammonium ion concentration increased significantly in the roots at −5 bars and lower osmotic potentials in the root medium. Kjeldahl nitrogen remained the same in all treatments and tissues over the experimental period. It is suggested that the increase in ammonium ion in the roots was due to a decreased rate of ammonium transport caused by low plant water potential. The slight increase in nitrate ion in the roots may correspond to a decrease in nitrate reductase activity. This study indicates that some of the changes in nitrogen metabolism associated with low water potentials in agricultural plants occur also in a plant which experiences frequent droughts in its native habitat.     

INFLUENCE OF SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE ON GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN THE EXTREMOPHILIC CHLOROPHYTE,NANNOCHLORIS SP.

Major, K. M. & Henley, W. J. Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-3013 USA Preliminary data suggest Nannochloris sp., isolated from the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, is a true extremophile. This alga is able to withstand salinities ranging from 0 to 150 ç and temperatures up to 45°C. To test the hypothesis that acclimation to high salinity confers tolerance to high temperature, experimental cultures were acclimated to salinities of 25 and 100 ç and/or temperatures of 23 and 38°C; irradiance (500 mol photons m^-2 s^-1) was saturating for both growth and photosynthesis. Cells acclimated to low salt and low temperature exhibited high photosynthetic performance in terms of both light-saturated photosynthesis (P_max; 45.0 fmol O₂ cell^-1 h^-1) and light-harvesting efficiency (0.103 fmol O₂ cell^-1 h^-1/mol photons m^-2 s^-1). However, high-salinity cells exhibited values for net P_max (18.1 fmol O₂ cell^-1 h^-1), (0.107 fmol O₂ cell^-1 h^-1/mol photons m^-2 s^-1) and growth rates (ca. 0.4 d^-1) that were equal to, or higher than, those of low-salinity cells when acclimated to high temperature. Both the amount of light required to achieve net photosynthesis (I_c) and that required to achieve light-saturated photosynthesis (I_k) were lower in high-salinity cells than those exhibited by low-salinity cells grown at high temperature; reductions in I_c and I_k were primarily due to increases in light-harvesting efficiency. We propose that an increase in growth temperature might release Nannochloris sp. from energy constraints associated with osmolyte production and low-temperature effects on enzyme activity. These data are consistent with effects of short-term temperature stress on Chl a fluorescence kinetics in this alga.     

THE INFLUENCE OF HUMIDITY, PHOTOPERIOD, AND TEMPERATURE ON THE DORMANCY AND ACTIVITY OF HELIX LUCORUM L. (GASTROPODA, PULMONATA)

The dormancy of Helix lucorum from N. Greece is controlled primarilyby low humidity. Photoperiod and temperature have no directeffect, except in the anomalous combination of long cool daysor short hot days. Adults hibernate more readily than juveniles.The duration of hibernation (before rejection of the calcareousepiphragm) is only slightly shorter at high temperatures. (Received 15 December 1985;