空气湿度与土壤水分胁迫对紫花苜蓿叶表皮蜡质特性的影响

选用2个抗旱性不同的紫花苜蓿品种,敖汉(强抗旱)和三得利(弱抗旱),设置空气湿度(45%-55%和75%-85%)和土壤水分胁迫(75%和35%田间持水量)处理,分析紫花苜蓿叶表皮蜡质含量、组分及晶体结构、气体交换参数、水势及脯氨酸含量的变化规律。结果表明,单独土壤水分胁迫时,紫花苜蓿叶表皮蜡质晶体结构及蜡质总量无显著变化;敖汉蜡质组分中烷类、酯类含量增加,醇类含量下降;三得利醇类含量下降,烷类、酯类含量变化不显著。低空气湿度胁迫时,两品种蜡质总量无显著变化,烷类和酯类含量显著增加,醇类含量显著下降,叶表皮片状蜡质晶体结构熔融呈弥漫性,扩大了对叶表面积的覆盖,其蒸腾速率显著低于正常湿度。复合胁迫处理时,叶表皮片状蜡质晶体结构继续呈弥漫性,烷类、酯类、未知蜡质组分含量均高于单独胁迫处理,醇类含量最低,而蜡质总量除三得利显著高于对照外,其余均无显著差异。紫花苜蓿叶表皮蜡质各组分含量(除醇类)及蜡质总量与光合速率呈显著负相关,与蒸腾速率无显著相关关系。蜡质总量与叶水势呈显著正相关。总体上,敖汉蜡质总量显著高于三得利,蜡质组分中烷类物质的增加有助于提高植株的抗旱性。在复合胁迫下,强抗旱品种主要通过气孔因素控制水分散失,而弱抗旱品种通过气孔和非气孔因素共同控制植物水分散失。     

苦瓜叶片结构与白粉病抗性的关系

以不同抗白粉病的苦瓜品系幼苗为材料,对它们的叶片及上下表皮厚度、栅栏组织及海绵组织厚度、叶片结构紧密度及疏松度、蜡质含量、比叶重、气孔及茸毛密度等叶片结构进行观察比较,探讨苦瓜白粉病抗性与其主要叶片结构指标的关系。结果显示:（1）抗病苦瓜品系叶片的蜡质含量显著高于感病品系,与病情指数呈显著负相关关系,蜡质层是其抵抗和延迟病原菌侵入的一个有力结构屏障。（2）感病品系叶片的气孔和叶背面茸毛数量显著多于抗病品系,且叶背面的气孔及茸毛密度与病情指数呈显著正相关关系,即气孔和茸毛越少越抗病。（3）抗病苦瓜品系的叶片栅栏组织以及海绵组织排列整齐、紧密,而高感品系的叶片组织出现大量孔隙,较难观察到完整细胞。（4）抗病品系叶片厚度、下表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、叶片结构紧密度明显高于感病品系,而感病品系的海绵组织厚度、叶片结构疏松度明显高于抗病品系;且苦瓜比叶重与其白粉病抗性关系不大。研究认为,苦瓜叶片蜡质含量、叶背面气孔及茸毛密度可以作为苦瓜白粉病抗性鉴定的参考指标。     

粗缩病对不同抗性玉米品种叶片生理特性的影响

以6个对玉米粗缩病（MRDV）表现不同抗性的玉米品种为材料, 研究了粗缩病对玉米叶片叶绿素含量、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性和可溶性蛋白含量的影响。结果表明, 感病后, 各品种叶片叶绿素含量、SOD活性和可溶性蛋白含量显著降低, 叶绿素含量和SOD活性下降幅度表现为感病品种〉中抗品种〉抗病品种, 可溶性蛋白含量下降幅度表现为抗病品种〉中抗品种〉感病品种（‘青农105’除外）。对病情指数与各生理指标变化幅度的相关分析发现, 叶绿素含量和SOD活性的下降幅度与病情指数均呈显著正相关, 除‘青农105’外的5个品种可溶性蛋白含量的下降幅度与病情指数呈极显著负相关。这说明, 品种对粗缩病的抗病性与感病后各生理指标的变化幅度有关; 品种抗性越强, 感病后叶绿素含量和SOD活性下降幅度越小, 可溶性蛋白含量下降幅度越大。     

不同苹果品种对褐斑病抗性的鉴定及抗性生理研究

对42个苹果栽培品种叶片褐斑病进行了田间发病状况调查与抗性鉴定,分析了叶片气孔密度和大小与抗病性之间的关系,同时研究了不同抗性品种离体叶片接种病原菌后超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、多酚氧化酶（vPo）、过氧化物酶（POD）、苯丙氨酸解氨酶（PAL）活性和木质素含量的差异变化。依照抗性分级标准,供试材料中抗病品种有14个（其中高抗品种2个）,感病品种有28个（其中高感品种7个）;叶片气孔密度与病情指数之间存在显著正相关,相关系数r=0．683;叶片接种后,诱导了4种酶活性和木质素含量的升高,抗病和感病品种的SOD和PP0活性无显著差异,而抗病品种的POD和PAL活性以及木质素含量显著高于感病品种。苹果叶片的气孔密度、POD和PAL的活性以及木质素含量与褐斑病抗性有关。     

枯萎病不同抗性黄瓜(Cucumis sativus L.)根系分泌物氨基酸组分与抗病的相关性

以5种对枯萎病不同抗性黄瓜品种为试材,对其根系分泌物氨基酸组分进行测定,并对氨基酸组分与黄瓜品种枯萎病抗病性之间的相关性进行了分析。结果表明：在中抗品种根系分泌中检测到的16种氨基酸：半胱氨酸Cys、苏氨酸Thr、丙氨酸Ala、缬氨酸Val、异亮氨酸Lle、天冬氨酸Asp、亮氨酸Leu、苯丙氨酸Phe、甘氨酸Gly、甲硫氨酸Met、组氨酸His、谷氨酸Glu、酪氨酸Tyr、赖氨酸Lys、丝氨酸Ser和精氨酸Arg。其中的精氨酸在感病品种中没有被检出,组氨酸和精氨酸组分在抗病品种中没有被检出。根系分泌物中总氨基酸含量随品种抗性的增加而降低;精氨酸、丝氨酸和赖氨酸的含量与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈负相关,其他13种氨基酸组分含量与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈正相关,其中苯丙氨酸含量与病情指数呈显著正相关。丝氨酸与苯丙氨酸、天冬氨酸、丙氨酸、甘氨酸的比值均与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈显著负相关,其中Ser／Phe与品种对枯萎病的病情指数呈极显著负相关。     

细胞壁羟脯氨酸和游离脯氨酸与棉花对枯萎病抗性的关系

氟乐灵处理能推迟棉苗枯萎病症状的出现、降低发病株率和病情指数,说明氟乐灵处理能提高棉酋对枯萎病的抗性。在健康棉苗中,抗病品种（中棉１２）细胞壁结合的羟脯氨酸含量显著高于感病品种（６０３７）,但游离脯氨酸含量无明显差异。在氟乐灵处理和未处理而接种棉枯萎病菌的两个处理中,两个品种的细胞壁结合的羟脯氨酸和游离脯氨酸含量均高于各自的健康株对照,而且抗病品种中的含量都高于感病品种,说明细胞壁结合的羟脯氨酸和游禹脯氨酸的积累是氟乐灵诱发的抗病性表现及棉苗受枯萎病菌侵染后抗性反应的生化机制之一。     

核盘菌侵染对拟南芥表皮蜡质结构及化学组成的影响

以野生型拟南芥与蜡质突变体cer1、cer4为试验材料,通过研究核盘菌胁迫对拟南芥茎表皮蜡质结构及组分含量的影响,揭示核盘菌侵染与表皮蜡质的关系。扫描电镜结果显示,野生型拟南芥蜡质晶体以垂直于表面的杆状、块状结构为主;突变体cer1晶体类型以水平的松针状、块状结构为主;突变体cer4蜡质晶体以垂直片层结构为主。核盘菌胁迫下,拟南芥蜡质晶体结构及分布形态发生变化。蜡质层结构在核盘菌胁迫下表现为:杆状、松针状蜡质晶体减少—蜡质晶体熔融—表皮"囊状凸起"—表皮膜层破裂。这些结构变化有利于病菌突破角质层屏障而侵入到植株体内。色质谱分析结果显示:与野生型相比,cer1突变体烷、次级醇、酮类显著减少;cer4突变体表现为一级醇含量减少。接种核盘菌后,野生型拟南芥与蜡质突变体一级醇类显著增加(cer1增加不显著);烷类、次级醇类、酮类含量与蜡质总量均显著减少,表明蜡质前体物质在受到核盘菌胁迫后更多地通过酰基还原途径生成一级醇,从而减少了由脱羰基途径所生成的蜡质组分。核盘菌通过改变表皮蜡质晶体结构与化学组分分泌量来促进侵染。     

外源硅对纹枯病菌(Rhizoctonia solani)侵染下水稻叶片光合功能的改善

为了进一步探讨外源加硅增强水稻对纹枯病的抗性作用,以抗病品种91SP和感病品种Lemont为材料,研究了人工接种纹枯病菌条件下外源硅对水稻叶片叶绿素含量、光合作用、叶绿素荧光特性和MDA含量的影响。结果表明：（1）外源加硅能降低抗病品种91SP的纹枯病病级和病情指数,显著降低感病品种Lemont的病级和病情指数;（2）接种纹枯病菌后,水稻叶片叶绿素含量、净光合速率（Pn）、气孔导度（Gs）均明显降低,胞间CO2浓度（Ci）增大,而加硅处理的水稻叶片叶绿素含量、Pn、Gs不同程度增加,Ci有所降低;（3）接种纹枯病菌后,两个品种PSⅡ最大光化学效率（Fv／Fm）、PSⅡ有效光化学效率（Fv＇／Fm＇）、PSⅡ实际光化学效率（ФPSⅡ）、光化学猝灭系数（qP）和表观光合电子传递速率（ETR）均降低,非光化学猝灭系数（qNP）增大,而对于加硅处理的水稻叶片,上述荧光参数在纹枯病菌侵染条件下的变化均受到不同程度的抑制。（4）外源硅可不同程度地减缓纹枯病菌侵染引起的丙二醛（MDA）含量的增加,对感病品种Lemont的缓解作用要大于抗病品种91SP。可见,外源硅处理可以不同程度地缓解纹枯病菌侵染条件下非气孔因素引起的水稻叶片光合速率的下降以及对光合机构的破坏作用,提高光化学效率,改善叶片的光合功能,减轻叶片膜脂过氧化程度,增强水稻对纹枯病的抗性。     

粗缩病对玉米产量和籽粒品质的影晌

以6个对玉米粗缩病（MRDV）表现不同抗性的玉米品种为材料,研究了粗缩病对玉米产量性状和籽粒品质的影响。结果表明,在供试品种中,‘青农105’和‘青农8’为抗病品种,‘登海3622’和‘农大108’为中抗品种,‘先玉335’和‘郑单958’为感病品种。感病后,玉米果穗穗长、行粒数、穗粒重和产量显著降低,且损失程度表现为抗病品种〈中抗品种〈感病品种：籽粒中粗淀粉含量显著降低,粗蛋白含量升高,粗脂肪含量变化不明显。回归分析表明,通过旃情指数可以准确预测玉米粗缩病导致的产量损失。     

小麦品系CP98(11)不同器官表皮蜡质组分和蜡质晶体结构的差异分析

为明确小麦不同器官表皮蜡质晶体结构和蜡质组分的差异,该研究以小麦品系CP98(11)为材料,在小麦扬花期分别取小麦的旗叶、叶鞘、穗下茎、花药和颖壳,利用气相色谱技术对各器官表皮蜡质组分进行鉴定,并通过扫描电镜观察其蜡质晶体结构。结果表明:(1)小麦不同器官的蜡质成分共鉴定出30种,主要为初级醇、二酮、烷烃、脂肪醛、脂肪酸、酯。(2)叶鞘、穗下茎、颖壳的蜡质中二酮含量最高,分别占蜡质总量的78.96%、67.03%和68.6%;花药的蜡质中烷烃含量最高(75.82%);旗叶的蜡质中初级醇含量最高(45.91%),其次为烷烃33.19%。(3)扫描电镜观察显示,旗叶正面的蜡质晶体呈片状结构,旗叶反面和颖壳的蜡质晶体结构呈片状与柱状混合的结构,花药的蜡质呈明显的波浪状结构,穗下茎和叶鞘的蜡质晶体呈柱状结构。     

Leaf cuticular waxes and physiological parameters in alfalfa leaves as influenced by drought

Drought significantly constrains higher yield of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in arid and semiarid areas all over the world. This study evaluated the responses of leaf cuticular wax constituents to drought treatment and their relations to gas-exchange indexes across six alfalfa cultivars widely grown in China. Water deficit was imposed by withholding water for 12 d during branching stage. Cuticular waxes on alfalfa leaves were dominated by primary alcohols (41.7?C54.2%), alkanes (13.2?C26.9%) and terpenes (17.5?C28.9%), with small amount of aldehydes (1.4?C3.4%) and unknown constituents (4.5?C18.4%). Compared to total wax contents, the wax constituents were more sensitive to drought treatment. Drought decreased the contents of primary alcohol and increased alkanes in all cultivars. Alkane homologs, C25, C27, and C29, were all negatively correlated with photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, and leaf water potential. Under drought conditions, both stomatal and nonstomatal factors were involved in controlling water loss from alfalfa leaves. No direct relationship was observed between wax contents and drought resistance among alfalfa cultivars. An increase in alkane content might be more important in improving drought tolerance of alfalfa under water deficit, which might be used as an index for selecting and breeding drought resistant cultivars of alfalfa.     

Ontogenetic variation in chemical and physical characteristics of adaxial apple leaf surfaces

The reaction of plants to environmental factors often varies with developmental stage. It was hypothesized, that also the cuticle, the outer surface layer of plants is modified during ontogenesis. Apple plantlets, cv. Golden Delicious, were grown under controlled conditions avoiding biotic and abiotic stress factors. The cuticular wax surface of adaxial apple leaves was analyzed for its chemical composition as well as for its micromorphology and hydrophobicity just after unfolding of leaves ending in the seventh leaf insertion. The outer surface of apple leaves was formed by a thin amorphous layer of epicuticular waxes. Epidermal cells of young leaves exhibited a distinctive curvature of the periclinal cell walls resulting in an undulated surface of the cuticle including pronounced lamellae, with the highest density at the centre of cells. As epidermal cells expanded during ontogenesis, the upper surface showed only minor surface sculpturing and a decrease in lamellae. With increasing leaf age the hydrophobicity of adaxial leaf side decreased significantly indicated by a decrease in contact angle. Extracted from plants, the amount of apolar cuticular wax per area unit ranged from only 0.9 microgcm(-2) for the oldest studied leaf to 1.5 microgcm(-2) for the youngest studied leaf. Differences in the total amount of cuticular waxes per leaf were not significant for older leaves. For young leaves, triterpenes (ursolic acid and oleanolic acid), esters and alcohols were the main wax components. During ontogenesis, the proportion of triterpenes in total mass of apolar waxes decreased from 32% (leaf 1) to 13% (leaf 7); absolute amounts decreased by more than 50%. The proportion of wax alcohols and esters, and alkanes to a lesser degree, increased with leaf age, whereas the proportion of acids decreased. The epicuticular wax layer also contained alpha-tocopherol described for the first time to be present also in the epicuticular wax. The modifications in the chemical composition of cuticular waxes are discussed in relation to the varying physical characteristics of the cuticle during ontogenesis of apple leaves.     

Caffeine and theobromine in epicuticular wax of Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil

Caffeine and theobromine were identified and quantified in leaf epicuticular waxes of Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil. (Aquifoliaceae). The total epicuticular leaf wax content was ca. 0.5% on average of dry leaf weight. Epicuticular caffeine and theobromine contents varied from 0.16 to 127.6 microg/mg and from 0 to 9.5 microg/mg of wax, respectively. For some selected samples, the intracellular methylxanthine concentration was also determined. A positive correlation was found between inner and epicuticular caffeine contents.     

Chemical composition of the Prunus laurocerasus leaf surface. Dynamic changes of the epicuticular wax film during leaf development

The seasonal development of adaxial Prunus laurocerasus leaf surfaces was studied using newly developed methods for the mechanical removal of epicuticular waxes. During epidermal cell expansion, more than 50 microg leaf(-1) of alkyl acetates accumulated within 10 d, forming an epicuticular wax film approximately 30 nm thick. Then, alcohols dominated for 18 d of leaf development, before alkanes accumulated in an epicuticular wax film with steadily increasing thickness (approximately 60 nm after 60 d), accompanied by small amounts of fatty acids, aldehydes, and alkyl esters. In contrast, the intracuticular waxes stayed fairly constant during development, being dominated by triterpenoids that could not be detected in the epicuticular waxes. The accumulation rates of all cuticular components are indicative for spontaneous segregation of intra- and epicuticular fractions during diffusional transport within the cuticle. This is the first report quantifying the loss of individual compound classes (acetates and alcohols) from the epicuticular wax mixture. Experiments with isolated epicuticular films showed that neither chemical conversion within the epicuticular film nor erosion/evaporation of wax constituents could account for this effect. Instead, transport of epicuticular compounds back into the tissue seems likely. Possible ecological and physiological functions of the coordinate changes in the composition of the plant surface layers are discussed.     

Ontogenetic variations in the composition of peach leaf wax

The composition of the epicuticular waxes from the adaxial and abaxial surfaces of peach leaves varies considerably during one season's growth. Triterpenoid acids are major components 84–95% of the waxes from the youngest leaves but the proportions of these constituents decrease as the leaves expand. The waxes from the abaxial surfaces of fully expanded leaves consist primarily of hydrocarbons (C_22–C34) and triterpenoid acids, whereas the adaxial surface waxes also contain large proportions of primary alcohols (C₂₆-C₃₄) and esters (C₄₂-C₅₂). The latter include sitosteryl esters of hexacosanoic, octacosanoic and eicosanoic acids. Variations were also noted between fully expanded leaves of different ages, the abaxial surface waxes of the oldest leaves containing the highest proportions of hydrocarbons, whilst the wax from the adaxial surface of the corresponding leaves contained the largest amounts of esters, sitosterol and hydrocarbons.     

Effect of alterations in cuticular wax biosynthesis on the physicochemical properties and topography of maize leaf surfaces

The leaf surface properties of 11 cuticular wax mutants of maize were characterized, and this information was used to identify the quantitative relations among distinct leaf surface traits. Compared with the wild‐type maize, these mutants were reduced 3–24% in their leaf surface hydrophobicity, 20–88% in the mass of cuticular waxes on their leaves, and 52–94% in the percentage of planar leaf surface area covered with epicuticular crystalline waxes. They also differed in the presence and abundance of the epicuticular crystalline waxes in each of seven structural classes. With the exception of one mutant, the mass of cuticular waxes produced by these mutants was positively correlated with the number of epicuticular crystalline waxes per unit area on their leaves. Furthermore, an increase of 0·4 mg of cuticular wax per gram of leaf (dry weight) was associated with a 1% increase in leaf surface area covered by epicuticular crystalline waxes, and this 1% increase was associated with a 2° increase in the contact angle of a water droplet on the leaf surface. Linear differences in the leaf surface hydrophobicity were associated with exponential differences in the mass of the cuticular waxes produced. Quantitative knowledge of these leaf surface properties is highly relevant to the interactions of leaves with environmental factors such as microbes, insects, agricultural chemicals, and pollutants.     

Epicuticular wax crystals of Wollemia nobilis: morphology and chemical composition

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The morphology of the epicuticular leaf waxes of Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae) was studied with special emphasis on the relationship between the microstructure of epicuticular wax crystals and their chemical composition. Wollemia nobilis is a unique coniferous tree of the family Araucariaceae and is of very high scientific value as it is the sole living representative of an ancient genus, which until 1994 was known only from fossils. METHODS: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), gas chromatography (GC) combined with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) were used for characterizing the morphology and the chemical structure of the epicuticular wax layer of W. nobilis needles. KEY RESULTS: The main component of the leaf epicuticular wax of W. nobilis is nonacosan-10-ol. This secondary alcohol together with nonacosane diols is responsible for the tubular habit of the epicuticular wax crystals. Scanning electron micrographs revealed differences in the fine structure of adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces that could be explained by gas chromatographic studies after selective mechanical removal of the waxes. CONCLUSIONS: SEM investigations established the tubular crystalline microstructure of the epicuticular wax of W. nobilis leaves. GC-MS and NMR experiments showed that nonacosan-10-ol is the major constituent of the epicuticular wax of W. nobilis leaves.