不同刈割强度对牧草地上部和地下部生长性状的影响

研究了不同刈割强度对牧草地上部和地下部生长状况的影响.结果表明,适度刈割可提高牧草地上部植株的再生能力.刈割后牧草再生叶片的叶绿素总量变化不大,而叶绿素a/b比值有所增加,轻刈割和重刈割的牧草叶绿素a/b比值分别增至1.59∶1和1.52∶1、不刈割为1.22∶1,有利于增强植物的光合作用.与不刈割处理相比,在刈割初期,重刈割处理下柱花草根系总长、总表面积和平均直径分别下降了54.9%、66.5%和27.2%,根系活力显著下降;但在中后期,刈割处理的牧草地下部根系形态指标活力可恢复到更高的水平.从一年两次收获的累计生物量来看,以轻刈割最高,为3 179.8 g·m^-2,重刈割次之,为3 006.1 g·m^-2,不刈割最低,为2 936.98 g·m^-2,说明一年两次刈割可以提高牧草产量.     

厦门港表层水体磷周转的生物学过程Ⅱ：桡足类对浮游植物的摄食压力

为了解桡足类在磷的生物地球化学循环中的作用,于2005年5、8、11月和2006年3月分别在厦门时间序列站（XMTS）采用肠道色素法,研究了桡足类对浮游植物的现场摄食率,同步分析了桡足类的种类组成和数量变化,进而得到桡足类群体对浮游植物的摄食率.结果表明：厦门港桡足类对浮游植物的年平均摄食率为55.53 μg·m^-3·d^-1;其中秋季最高,为108.98 μg·m^-3·d^-1,夏季最低,为7.18 μg·m^-3·d^-1.根据试验数据估算,厦门港桡足类对浮游植物现存量的摄食压力四季平均为1.81%,春、夏、秋、冬分别为3.22%、0.06%、3.52%和0.46%.     

香溪河水系附石藻类的时空动态

香溪河系长江三峡水库湖北库区内第一大支流.对香溪河2005年7月—2006年6月干流及主要支流上12个样点的附石藻类进行调查,共观察到藻类218种,其中硅藻183种、绿藻24种、蓝藻10种、黄藻1种,硅藻门的线形曲壳藻为绝对优势种.其物种丰富度和Shannon-Wiener多样性指数时空动态差异显著（或接近显著）,总平均值分别为32和154.附石藻类密度和叶绿素a含量年总平均值分别为8.75×10.9 cells·m^-2和14.62 mg·m^-2.不同样点的藻类密度和叶绿素a含量差异显著,其中古夫河支流最高,九冲河支流最低,两者相差一个数量级; 不同季节附石藻类密度和叶绿素a含量差异不显著(P>0.05),但均表现出冬春季高、夏秋季低的趋势.附石藻类密度及叶绿素a含量与海拔及水流流速呈显著负相关,而与总氮呈正相关.     

苗期遮光光质对生姜光合及生长的影响

以不同颜色塑料薄膜为遮光材料,研究了苗期遮光光质对生姜生长及光合作用的影响.结果表明:幼苗覆膜期,生姜叶片叶绿素含量以蓝膜及绿膜处理较高,白膜次之,红膜较低;叶片P_n则以绿膜处理较高,为14.9 μmol·m^-2·s^-1（第4叶）,分别较白膜、红膜及蓝膜提高5.7%、10.4%和18.3%.旺盛生长期撤膜后,P_n较幼苗期升高,但处理间的变化趋势与幼苗期相似;新生叶片叶绿素含量除红膜处理较低外,其它处理无显著差异,但下位叶片叶绿素含量则以蓝膜和红膜处理显著低于绿膜和白膜处理.蓝膜处理生姜植株茎秆增高、变细,分枝数较少;绿膜处理植株根、茎、叶及根茎鲜质量较高,白膜、红膜及蓝膜处理依次降低,收获时,其产量分别达57 000、53 709、51 487和48 712 kg·hm^-2.说明生姜苗期采用绿膜遮光,可增强叶片光合作用,促进植株生长,提高生姜产量.     

四种野生苔草属植物的耐寒性评价

以采自泰山的白颖苔草、披针叶苔草、青绿苔草和低矮苔草为材料,观察越冬期间田间适应性并测定低温胁迫下抗寒相关的生理指标,计算半致死温度(LT₅₀),利用模糊隶属函数法对耐寒性进行综合评价.结果表明: 4种野生苔草属植物均能安全越冬,且翌春恢复生长良好,年绿期达到260～310 d,越冬期间枯叶率为12%～95%;LT₅₀为-18.65～-11.74 ℃.随着低温胁迫的加剧,4种苔草的丙二醛(MDA)含量、游离脯氨酸(Pro)和可溶性蛋白含量总体呈先上升后下降的趋势,可溶性糖含量呈上升趋势.除披针叶苔草表现为整体呈下降趋势外,其他3种苔草的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性均呈先上升后下降的趋势.耐寒性相对较弱的白颖苔草较早地积累MDA、Pro和可溶性糖.可溶性蛋白含量在低温处理后期达到最大值,且苔草的耐寒性越强其峰值越小.在低温处理初期披针叶苔草SOD活性显著高于其他3种苔草.4种苔草属植物的耐寒性强弱为:披针叶苔草>青绿苔草>低矮苔草>白颖苔草.     

利用RAPD技术对属品种遗传关系的分析

利用随机扩增多态性ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）技术分析了我国栽培的几个主要葱属品种。所用的２０个引物,有１１个能扩增出重现性好且稳定的谱带,１０个品种共扩增出１０２条带,其中６８条具多态性。根据ＤＮＡ谱带计算的１０个品种相似系数范围为０．５７１￣０．９４７。对１０个品种的ＵＰＧＭＡ聚类分析表明,章丘大葱、天津五叶齐、上海分葱、南京冬葱和韩国大葱关系较近。根据聚类结果,将章丘大葱、天津五叶齐、上海分葱、南京冬     

大葱组织培养中玻璃苗特性研究

以章丘大葱为试验材料,从形态组织学及生理生化等方面探讨了大葱试管苗玻璃化发生的可能机理。结果表明,玻璃苗形态组织结构与正常苗有很大差异,玻璃苗组织含水量增加,过氧化物酶(POD)活性增强,叶绿素总量、叶绿素a、叶绿素b、过氧化氢酶(CAT)的活性、可溶性蛋白含量均降低。玻璃苗酯酶同工酶谱带与正常苗相比,增加了一条带,同时缺少了两条带;可溶性蛋白电泳分析表明,玻璃苗与正常苗间也存在明显差异。可见,当外界环境条件不适宜植物生长需要时,植物体在基因表达水平上将会受到影响,表达产物的差异可引起生理代谢功能上的紊乱,从而导致形态结构的畸型,进而产生玻璃化苗。     

中国典型丘陵区人口密集乡村景观的土壤碳氮磷分布特征

基于IKONOS高分辨率(1 m)卫星遥感图,根据生态立地分层分类规则,评价了四川盆地、江南山地和华南山地等典型丘陵区人口密集的乡村景观结构对0～30 cm土壤有机碳(SOC)、全氮(TN)和全磷(TP)密度及储量的影响.结果表明：SOC密度的面积加权平均值为江南山地丘陵(2.72±0.76 kg·m^-2) > 华南山地丘陵(2.65±0.73 kg·m^-2)>四川盆地丘陵(2.15±0.57 kg·m^-2);TN密度的面积加权平均值为江南山地丘陵(0.28±0.06 kg·m^-2) >四川盆地丘陵(0.27±0.06 kg·m^-2) >华南山地丘陵(0.21±0.06 kg·m^-2);TP密度的面积加权平均值为四川盆地丘陵(0.19±0.04 kg·m^-2) >江南山地丘陵(0.11±0.03 kg·m^-2)>华南山地丘陵(0.08±0.04 kg·m^-2).四川盆地、江南山地和华南山地丘陵SOC、TN和TP储量最高的生态立地类型分别为小规模1年生旱地作物、两季水田和斜坡次生阔叶疏林.SOC和TN密度均以水田或林地最高,而以低覆盖度的挖掘地和山顶旱地最低,TP密度的分布较为复杂.细微尺度的生态立地水平分析可以较好地反映出丘陵区人口密集乡村景观地区的生态结构和SOC、TN、TP的分布情况.     

陕北黄土区生物结皮条件下土壤养分的积累及流失风险

分析了陕北黄土高原典型流域生物结皮的形成和发育对土壤养分的积累效应,同时对生物结皮条件下土壤养分的流失风险进行评价.结果表明：生物结皮生长发育后能够迅速增加结皮层及2 cm土层的养分含量,但对深层土壤影响较小;退耕0～20年间结皮层的养分含量与退耕年限之间的关系可用指数函数（y=a［b-exp(-cx)］）拟合,其中有机质、全氮和碱解氮在退耕20年间的增加速度变化不大,而全磷、速效磷和速效钾在退耕初期增加迅速,后期增加缓慢;自然发育生物结皮对土壤养分的年均净贡献量为：有机质50.15 g·m^-2、全氮1.95 g·m^-2、全磷0.44 g·m^-2、碱解氮164.33 mg·m^-2、速效磷9.64 mg·m^-2和速效钾126.21 mg·m^-2,人工培育条件下生物结皮发育更快,对养分尤其是速效养分的贡献速率更高;生物结皮条件下养分含量的提高增加了养分流失风险,尤其是养分随泥沙流失大幅度增加,生物结皮增加的养分中平均有39.06%随泥沙流失,仅有60.94%得以保留.总之,生物结皮可迅速、全面增加表层土壤养分,但同时会加大养分流失风险.尽管如此,土壤养分的净增加量仍相当可观,显示生物结皮具有较好的土壤养分积累效应.     

不同水稻品种产量形成过程的能量积累与热值特征

通过测定晚季稻汕优63 (三系杂交稻)、两优2186（两系杂交稻）和IR64（常规稻）生长过程中的干物质和热值,研究了不同水稻品种生长过程中的热值动态和能量固定特征.结果表明,完熟期汕优63、两优2186和IR64 3种水稻的干物质积累量分别为1926.38、1933.80和1842.30 g·m^-2,能量积累量分别为31137.05、31060.63和30454.89 kJ·m^-2,不同水稻品种的干物质及能量积累量间无显著差异.在灌浆过程中,汕优63、两优2186和IR64总的能量表观转化率分别为38.95%、 28.38%和32.66%,汕优63和IR64的能量流动比两优2186顺畅,两优2186茎器官能量输出受阻.完熟期3种水稻分配到籽粒中的能量依次占53.03%、46.43%和50.11%,三系杂交稻汕优63具有能量分配优势.热值分析表明,3种水稻各生育期间的热值平均值间无显著差异;不同器官热值大小依次为：叶＞籽粒＞鞘＞茎＞根,热值范围为：叶16.81～17.25 kJ·g^-1,籽粒15.89～16.54 kJ·g^-1,鞘14.33～15.49 kJ·g^-1,茎14.23～15.15 kJ·g^-1,根11.51～13.25 kJ·g^-1,叶片的热值显著高于其它器官,而根的热值显著低于其它器官.水稻叶片热值与其碳含量、叶绿素a含量、氮含量存在显著正相关,确定系数R²分别为0.609、0.471和0.485.     

利用RAPD技术对葱属品种遗传关系的分析

利用随机扩增多态性DNA(RAPD)技术分析了我国栽培的几个主要葱属品种。所用的20个引物,有11个能扩增出重现性好且稳定的谱带,10个品种共扩增出102条带,其中68条具多态性。根据DNA谱带计算的10个品种相似系数范围为0.571～0.947。对10个品种的UPGMA聚类分析表明,章丘大葱(Allium fistulosum var. gigantum cv. Zhangqiu Welsh onion)、天津五叶齐（A. fistulosum var.gigantum cv. Tianjin Wuyeqi Welsh onion）、上海分葱（A. fistulosum var. caepitosum cv.Shanghai Spring onion）、南京冬葱（A. fistulosum var. caepitosum cv. Nanjing Winter onion）和韩国大葱（A. fistulosum var .gigantum cv. Korea Welsh onion）关系较近。根据聚类结果,将章丘大葱、天津五叶齐、上海分葱、南京冬葱、韩国大葱、细香葱（A. schoenoprasum）以及楼葱（A. fistulosum var. viviparum）归为葱组;而将胡葱（A. ascalonicum）、洋葱（A. cepa）及洋葱和大葱的杂交种归为洋葱组。最后根据RAPD标记,讨论了各品种之间的亲缘关系。     

东北中部地区水稻不同生育时期低温处理下生理变化及耐冷性比较

摘要：研究水稻不同生育时期低温条件下各种生理指标的变化,选育耐低温水稻新品种,对于东北地区的水稻生产具有重要意义。以东北中部地区目前主要栽培的15个主要栽培水稻品种为实验材料,利用人工气候箱进行低温处理,分析苗期、孕穗期、抽穗期和灌浆期4个不同生育时期各个品种过氧化物酶（POD）、丙二醛（MDA）、脯氨酸和叶绿素4种生理指标含量变化与耐低温系数之间的关系。同时利用不同生理指标隶属函数的加权平均值（D值）对不同水稻品种的抗冷性进行分类划分。结果表明,每个生育时期的低温处理下,过氧化物酶（POD）、脯氨酸、叶绿素均呈下降趋势,丙二醛（MDA）则呈上升趋势,并且4种指标的变化幅度与水稻耐低温系数之间呈极显著相关性（P＜0.01）,各种指标的加权平均值（D值）与抗低温系数之间相关系数达到极显著,并且高于每一个单一指标。因此,D值可以更有效的对水稻进行抗低温评价和分级。     

盐胁迫对海岛棉和陆地棉幼苗生长及生理特性的影响

采用盆栽法,以海岛棉(Gossypium barbadense)品种新海21号、新海34号和陆地棉(G.hirsutum)品种新陆早50号、新陆早57号为材料,探讨了盐胁迫下海岛棉和陆地棉植株的生长、叶绿素含量、净光合速率、蒸腾速率、抗氧化酶活性、渗透调节物质及丙二醛含量变化的差异。结果显示,随着盐浓度的增加,4个供试品种幼苗的生长、叶绿素含量、净光合速率、蒸腾速率均呈不同程度的下降,而过氧化物酶、超氧化物歧化酶及可溶性糖含量随着盐浓度的增加呈先增后降的趋势,脯氨酸和丙二醛含量均上升。不同品种之间,新海21号和新海34号受胁迫的影响程度小于新陆早57号和新陆早50号。在0.6%Na Cl胁迫下,海岛棉和陆地棉品种均表现出较好的耐盐性。而0.8%和1.0%的Na Cl胁迫对4个供试品种的生长抑制作用大,导致新陆早57号和新陆早50号幼苗生长缓慢、叶面积小、干物质积累少甚至死苗。在较高浓度的盐胁迫下,棉花品种幼苗第1片真叶展开受到显著抑制,可以作为棉花耐盐品种的筛选指标。     

低温胁迫下不同甘蔗品种(系)光合特性的变化及其与耐寒性的关系

以广西农科院甘蔗研究所自育的7个新材料和2个生产上的主栽品种为研究对象,在甘蔗苗期进行低温胁迫处理,研究了各品种(系)甘蔗形态特征的冷害指数、叶绿素含量及光合特性相关指标的变化及其光合特性相关指标与甘蔗抗寒性间的相关性。结果表明:随着低温胁迫处理时间的延长,冷害指数不断增大,但变化的大小与快慢因品种(系)不同表现不一样。各甘蔗品种(系)叶片叶绿素含量均随时间延长而降低。叶片净光合速率、气孔导度在低温处理与常温处理间具有显著差异。低温胁迫处理显著降低了各甘蔗品种(系)最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)、PSⅡ实际光能转化效率ΦPSⅡ、光适应下PSⅡ反应中心的最大光能转化效率Fv′/Fm′、光化学猝灭系数qP、电子传递速率ETR,而显著提高了初始荧光Fo、稳态荧光Fs、非光化学猝灭系数qNP。相关性分析表明整个测定时期各指标间相关显著,Fv/Fm、Fv′/Fm′、ΦPSⅡ与冷害指数I之间的相关系数在0.800以上,Fv/Fm、Fv′/Fm′、ΦPSⅡ可以作为甘蔗品种(系)抗寒性鉴定的重要参考指标。     

Salt-induced modulation in growth,photosynthesis and antioxidant system in two varieties of Brassica juncea

The present study was carried out to examine salt-induced modulation in growth, photosynthetic characteristics and antioxidant system in two cultivars of Brassica juncea Czern and Coss varieties (Varuna and RH-30). The surface sterilized seeds of these varieties were sown in the soil amended with different levels (2.8, 4.2 or 5.6 dsm⁻¹) of sodium chloride under a simple randomized block design. The salt treatment significantly decreased growth, net photosynthetic rate and its related attributes, chlorophyll fluorescence, SPAD value of chlorophyll, leaf carbonic anhydrase activity and leaf water potential, whereas electrolyte leakage, proline content, and activity of catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase enzymes increased in both the varieties at 30 d stage of growth. The variety Varuna was found more resistant than RH-30 to the salt stress and possessed higher values for growth, photosynthetic attributes and antioxidant enzymes. Out of the graded concentrations (2.8, 4.2 or 5.6 dsm⁻¹) of sodium chloride, 2.8 sm⁻¹ was least toxic and 5.6 dsm⁻¹ was most harmful. The variation in the responses of these two varieties to salt stress is attributed to their differential photosynthetic traits, SPAD chlorophyll value and antioxidant capacity, which can be used as potential markers for screening mustard plants for salt tolerance.     

不同蚕豆品种对铅污染的光合生理响应特征

以3个蚕豆品种(分别为K0883、K0502、K0697)为试验材料,通过大田模拟小剂量Pb污染(浓度为40和250 mg·kg^-1),研究了净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率、细胞间隙CO₂浓度、水分利用效率、叶绿素含量等光合生理响应特征的变化在不同品种中的差异.结果表明,Pb污染下3个蚕豆品种气孔导度和蒸腾速率没有显著变化,叶绿素含量有不同程度的上升;在250 mg·kg^-1 Pb浓度下,K0883蚕豆品种净光合速率、水分利用效率、细胞间隙CO₂浓度分别升高121.80％、上升193.70％、下降42.76％.3个蚕豆品种对Pb污染的抗性大小顺序为K0883＞K0697＞K0502.蚕豆不同光合生理指标对小剂量Pb污染的响应特征不同.不同蚕豆品种对小剂量Pb污染的响应特征存在差异,这种种内的差异性采用单个生理指标难以反映,只有通过对多个指标的整合分析才能表现出来.     

Protection of photosynthesis and antioxidative system by 24-epibrassinolide in Solanum melongena under cold stress

This study was carried out to understand the mechanism of protection of plants under cold stress by exogenous 24-epibrassinolide (EBR). The eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) seedlings were pretreated with five concentrations of EBR (0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 °M) and then exposed to day/night temperatures of 10/5 °C for 8 d. The results show that EBR, especially 0.1 °M EBR, dramatically alleviated growth suppression and a decrease in chlorophyll content and photosynthetic rate caused by the cold stress. In addition, EBR also decreased malondialdehyde content and O₂ ^·? production rate induced by the cold stress, and increased the activities of superoxide dismutase, guaiacol peroxidase, catalase, and ascorbate peroxidase, and proline content. The results of the present study suggest that exogenous EBR could improve cold tolerance of eggplant by regulating photosynthesis and antioxidative systems.     

Overexpression of ethylene response factor <Emphasis Type="Italic">TERF2</Emphasis> confers cold tolerance in rice seedlings

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a warm-season plant exposed to various stresses. Low temperature is an important factor limiting extension of rice cultivation areas and productivity. Previously, we have demonstrated that tomato ERF protein TERF2 enhances freezing tolerance of transgenic tobacco and tomato plants. Herein, we report that overexpression of TERF2 enhances transgenic rice tolerance to cold without affecting growth or agronomic traits. Physiological assays revealed that TERF2 could not only increase accumulation of osmotic substances and chlorophyll, but also reduce reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content and decrease electrolyte leakage in rice under cold stress. Further analysis of gene expression showed that TERF2 could activate expression of cold-related genes, including OsMyb, OsICE1, OsCDPK7, OsSODB, OsFer1, OsTrx23, and OsLti6, in transgenic rice plants under natural condition or cold stress. Thus, our findings demonstrated that TERF2 modulated expression of stress-related genes and a series of physiological adjustments under cold stress, indicating that TERF2 might have important regulatory roles in response to abiotic stress in rice and possess potential utility in improving crop cold tolerance.     

Chlorophyll fluorescence emission as a reporter on cold tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

Non-invasive, high-throughput screening methods are valuable tools in breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Optical signals such as chlorophyll fluorescence emission can be instrumental in developing new screening techniques. In order to examine the potential of chlorophyll fluorescence to reveal plant tolerance to low temperatures, we used a collection of nine Arabidopsis thaliana accessions and compared their fluorescence features with cold tolerance quantified by the well established electrolyte leakage method on detached leaves. We found that, during progressive cooling, the minimal chlorophyll fluorescence emission rose strongly and that this rise was highly dependent on the cold tolerance of the accessions. Maximum quantum yield of PSII photochemistry and steady state fluorescence normalized to minimal fluorescence were also highly correlated to the cold tolerance measured by the electrolyte leakage method. In order to further increase the capacity of the fluorescence detection to reveal the low temperature tolerance, we applied combinatorial imaging that employs plant classification based on multiple fluorescence features. We found that this method, by including the resolving power of several fluorescence features, can be well employed to detect cold tolerance already at mild sub-zero temperatures. Therefore, there is no need to freeze the screened plants to the largely damaging temperatures of around −15°C. This, together with the method''s easy applicability, represents a major advantage of the fluorescence technique over the conventional electrolyte leakage method.Key words: chlorophyll fluorescence, cold acclimation, electrolyte leakage, high-throughput screening, natural accessions     

RNA-Seq Reveals Leaf Cuticular Wax-Related Genes in Welsh Onion

The waxy cuticle plays a very important role in plant resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses and is an important characteristic of Welsh onions. Two different types of biangan Welsh onions (BG) were selected for this study: BG, a wild-type covered by wax, which forms a continuous lipid membrane on its epidermal cells, and GLBG, a glossy mutant of BG whose epidermal cells are not covered by wax. To elucidate the waxy cuticle-related gene expression changes, we used RNA-Seq to compare these two Welsh onion varieties with distinct differences in cuticular wax. The de novo assembly yielded 42,881 putative unigenes, 25.41% of which are longer than 1,000 bp. Among the high-quality unique sequences, 22,289 (52.0%) had at least one significant match to an existing gene model. A total of 798 genes, representing 1.86% of the total putative unigenes, were differentially expressed between these two Welsh onion varieties. The expression patterns of four important unigenes that are related to waxy cuticle biosynthesis were confirmed by RT-qPCR and COG class annotation, which demonstrated that these genes play an important role in defense mechanisms and lipid transport and metabolism. To our knowledge, this study is the first exploration of the Welsh onion waxy cuticle. These results may help to reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying the waxy cuticle and will be useful for waxy gene cloning, genetics and breeding as well as phylogenetic and evolutionary studies of the Welsh onion.