铅污染对青杨雌雄幼苗铅富集和营养特征的影响

该研究以青杨雌雄幼苗为实验材料,采用盆栽控制实验的方式,设置20.5(CK)、50(T1)和100mg·kg-1(T2)3个铅浓度水平,分析面源水平铅污染条件下青杨性别间铅的积累和营养状况的差异。结果表明:(1)与CK相比,面源水平铅污染条件下,青杨雄株幼苗的总生物量未受到显著影响,雌株总生物量显著降低,但相同处理条件下雌株生物量均显著高于雄株。(2)2个梯度的铅污染均未显著影响两种性别青杨各器官中N的浓度,且雌雄间的性别差异不显著,但T2处理一定程度降低了两种性别各器官中P的浓度;与CK相比,雄株在受铅胁迫处理时N/P逐渐增加,说明此时雄株的生长可能会逐渐受到P素营养缺乏的影响。(3)随着铅处理浓度的增加,青杨雌株幼苗对铅的积累总量逐步增加,但雄株的积累总量的增加却不显著。可见,青杨雄株在面源水平铅污染条件下的抗性和耐受性优于雌株;雌雄青杨对土壤铅污染有不同的适应策略,雌株对铅的积累策略是其生物量下降以及营养平衡受到影响的主要原因,雄株对铅低吸收的策略使其更适应在铅污染区域生长。     

丛枝菌根真菌对不同性别组合模式下青杨雌雄植株根系生长的影响

丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)对雌雄异株植物根系生长,尤其是对邻近生长的不同雌雄个体的影响还鲜有研究。该研究以泥土:河沙:蛭石体积比为1:1:1的混合物为培养基质,分别在雄-雄、雌-雌和雄-雌3种组合栽培模式下对青杨(Populus cathayana)雌雄幼苗进行接种和不接种摩西球囊霉(Funneliformis mosseae)处理,通过比较接种AMF与否雌雄植株根系在侵染率、生物量、形态、碳、氮含量等方面的差异来分析AMF对青杨雌雄幼苗根系生长发育的影响。结果发现:与对照组相比,接种AMF对3种栽培模式下青杨雌雄植株的侵染率、根干质量、根系形态(除分枝强度、比表面积)和碳、氮含量影响显著。此外,不同性别组合模式对青杨雌雄植株的根干质量、根系形态和碳、氮含量影响显著。接种AMF后,与雌-雌合栽模式下的雌株相比,雄-雌合栽模式下雌株的根干质量、氮含量都有不同程度的提高,根系形态发生改变;而与雄-雄合栽模式下的雄株相比,雄-雌合栽模式下雄株的相应指标出现降低或轻微增加。该研究表明AMF对不同性别组合模式下青杨植株根系生长具有显著促进作用,尤其是雄-雌合栽模式下AMF接种最有利于雌株根系的生长发育。     

The sexual dimorphism displayed by the roots of mulberry (Morus alba) saplings depends on the sex of the neighboring plants

桑树幼苗根系表现出的性别二态性取决于相邻植株的性别 雌雄异株植物通常呈现性别二态性,但其雌株和雄株的根系性状和养分吸收如何响应相邻植株 的性别变化尚不清楚。本研究以中国广泛栽培的雌雄异株植物桑树(Morus alba)为试验对象,在水培环境 下,采取雌-雌、雄-雄和雌-雄3种组合种植模式进行试验。植株生长3个月后,分别测定雌雄植株根系的解剖结构、形态、营养浓度和生物量。研究结果表明,在水培环境中,与同性相邻相比,当桑树雄株与异性相邻时,其根系木质部变小,根和径生物量减少,根系中N、P、K浓度增加。相比,当桑树雌株与异性相邻时,其根系木质部变大,细根长度、表面积和体积以及根系δ¹³C和N、P、K浓度增加。雌雄植株根系δ¹³C和N、P、K浓度的变化与根系性状的改变有关。这些结果表明,相邻植株的性别影响了雌雄桑树根系解剖结构和形态。同时,雌雄植株对相邻植株性别改变的响应呈现性别二态性,这种二态性响应影响了雌雄植株水分利用效率和营养吸收。这些发现对于理解森林和自然系统中其它雌雄异株物种的种群动态变化具有重要意义。     

丛枝菌根真菌对不同性别组合模式下青杨雌雄植株根系生长的影响

丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)对雌雄异株植物根系生长, 尤其是对邻近生长的不同雌雄个体的影响还鲜有研究。该研究以泥土:河沙:蛭石体积比为1:1:1的混合物为培养基质, 分别在雄-雄、雌-雌和雄-雌3种组合栽培模式下对青杨(Populus cathayana)雌雄幼苗进行接种和不接种摩西球囊霉(Funneliformis mosseae)处理, 通过比较接种AMF与否雌雄植株根系在侵染率、生物量、形态、碳、氮含量等方面的差异来分析AMF对青杨雌雄幼苗根系生长发育的影响。结果发现: 与对照组相比, 接种AMF对3种栽培模式下青杨雌雄植株的侵染率、根干质量、根系形态(除分枝强度、比表面积)和碳、氮含量影响显著。此外, 不同性别组合模式对青杨雌雄植株的根干质量、根系形态和碳、氮含量影响显著。接种AMF后, 与雌-雌合栽模式下的雌株相比, 雄-雌合栽模式下雌株的根干质量、氮含量都有不同程度的提高, 根系形态发生改变; 而与雄-雄合栽模式下的雄株相比, 雄-雌合栽模式下雄株的相应指标出现降低或轻微增加。该研究表明AMF对不同性别组合模式下青杨植株根系生长具有显著促进作用, 尤其是雄-雌合栽模式下AMF接种最有利于雌株根系的生长发育。     

Sex-specifically responsive strategies to phosphorus availability combined with different soil nitrogen forms in dioecious Populus cathayana

雌雄青杨不同氮形态下性别差异性的磷利用策略 磷的吸收和利用效率对植物生长和产量尤为重要。然而,在不同氮形态下,雌雄异株植物对土壤磷的吸收和利用策略尚不清楚。本论文研究了雌雄青杨(Populus cathayana)在低氮、硝态氮和铵态氮下对 土壤磷的吸收和利用策略。研究结果表明,在较高的土壤供磷条件下,青杨雌株在两种氮形态下较雄株而言,均具有较高的生物量、根长密度、比根长和地上磷含量。此外,在正常供磷条件下,与硝态氮相比,青杨雌株在铵态氮的供应下具有更长的根系、更大的根长密度和比根长,而具有较少的根尖数。相比而言,在低磷条件下,青杨雄株在两种氮形态下均具有较小的根系、较大的叶片光合磷的利用效率以及较高的磷的再转运潜力。而且,青杨雌株在硝态氮条件下与铵态氮相比,具有较高的应对低磷潜力。在低磷条件下,铵态氮下青杨雄株叶片磷的光合利用效率和叶片磷再转运潜力明显高于硝态氮。这些结果表明,在正常供磷条件下,青杨雌株较雄株而言,具有更强的磷吸收能力及较高的生物量,尤其在硝态氮条件下;相比而言,青杨雄株在两种氮形态下较雌株而言,具有更有效的磷的利用效率,从而具有较高的对磷缺乏的忍耐能力。     

去叶对青杨雌雄植株生长和非结构性碳水化合物的影响

近年来,森林食叶害虫在全世界呈爆发趋势。树木的非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)如何响应叶片损失对其生长和生存至关重要。雌雄异株植物在维持森林生态系统稳定性方面扮演着重要角色。然而,目前对该类植物性别之间如何响应去叶的研究还比较少。本文以我国重要的经济和生态恢复树种青杨(Populus cathayana)为研究材料,比较了雌雄青杨幼苗的生长、NSC含量和储量对去叶(0,50%和100%叶片去除)的响应差异。结果表明:随去叶强度的增加,植物的生物量和植株NSC呈降低趋势,且根系(尤其是粗根)的生物量和NSC比地上部分受去叶的影响更大;雌株叶、粗根、细根和植株NSC储量总是高于雄株;随去叶强度增加,雄株的生物量积累和NSC含量和储量降低得比雌株更多。这些结果表明,青杨雌雄植株生长和NSC对不同去叶强度的响应存在性别差异,且去叶对青杨雄株的影响更大。这暗示了雌性青杨对去叶的耐性比雄性强。这些结果有助于理解雌雄异株植株性别水平上的碳平衡机理,也可为杨树人工林的选育提供支撑。     

青杨雌雄幼苗对主要矿质元素的吸收与分配差异

研究了一年生青杨雌雄幼苗及其不同部位对主要矿质元素（N、P、K、Ca、Mg）的吸收与分配特性及其性别间差异。结果显示：青杨雌株总P、总Ca的含量均显著高于雄株,总K含量则显著低于雄株。青杨雌雄幼苗叶片N含量均显著高于根、茎N含量,P、K、Mg含量分别表现出根＞茎＞叶、叶＞根＞茎、根＞叶＞茎的趋势。青杨雄株Ca含量呈现出根＞茎＞叶的趋势,但雌株却表现出根＞叶＞茎的趋势。同时,青杨雌株根P、叶Ca的含量均显著高于雄株,根Mg含量则显著低于雄株。此外,矿质元素含量比例在雌、雄幼苗根、茎、叶中均分别表现为Ca＞K＞N＞Mg＞P,Ca＞N＞K＞P＞Mg,N＞K＞Ca＞Mg＞P。结果表明,尽管矿质元素的比例模式在青杨雌雄幼苗的根、茎和叶中均相似,但其含量和分配在雌雄幼苗间具有显著的性别差异。     

小五台山天然青杨林雌雄群体的生长差异

通过对小五台山天然青杨种群的野外调查,并使用胸径与株高的异速生长模型来分析其雌雄群体间的生长差异,以探究雌雄异株植物青杨在性成熟条件和形态特征中是否存在性间差异。结果表明:(1)在青杨生长过程中,胸径随年龄呈指数型增长,而株高随年龄呈对数型增长;(2)雌雄植株的性成熟条件不同。雌株进入性成熟阶段的最低年龄和胸径都小于雄株;(3)青杨高径生长过程存在性别差异。雌株的异速生长指数显著大于雄株(P=0.024)。表明天然青杨种群中雌株一般性成熟较早,成熟后营养生长偏重于胸径增粗;而雄株性成熟较晚,营养生长偏重于植株增高。相对于雄株,雌株具有较高的树干机械强度。     

淹水胁迫对青杨雌雄幼苗生理特性和生长的影响

为揭示青杨(Populus cathayana)雌雄幼苗对淹水胁迫的适应性, 在实验地内通过土培盆栽淹水方式从植株生理生态和生长发育方面探讨淹水胁迫对青杨扦插苗的影响。试验分为对照和淹水2个处理, 处理时间为40天。结果显示: (1)淹水胁迫导致青杨幼苗叶片中的丙二醛(MDA)含量和茎部淹水区的不定根数显著升高, 植株的净光合速率(P_n)、叶绿素含量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性、株高、基径、总叶面积、比叶面积(SLA)、根生物量、叶生物量、茎生物量、总生物量干重和根冠比(R/S)显著降低。(2)与雄株相比, 淹水胁迫显著增加了雌株幼苗的MDA含量, 降低了SOD活性、P_n、类胡萝卜素(Caro)含量、叶绿素a/b、SLA、根生物量和R/S, 并导致雄株在淹水胁迫下具有比雌株更高的气孔导度(G_s)、胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、不定根数和株高。可见, 淹水胁迫对青杨雌雄幼苗的形态生长和生理过程均有严重的抑制作用, 但表现出显著的性别间差异。雄株可以通过维持更高的光合作用能力和增加不定根数量来维持植株的生长, 从而表现出比雌株更强的抗逆性。     

遮荫条件下黄檗生长和生理响应的性别差异研究

分析遮荫条件下黄檗幼苗形态指标、生理指标和代谢物质性别间差异，探讨其对遮荫的响应策略，为黄檗野生资源保护及造林抚育提供理论依据。以2年生黄檗雌雄株幼苗为试验材料，采用控制实验，设置3个遮荫梯度，自然光为对照，对比研究遮荫条件下黄檗幼苗雌雄植株形态特征、生物量分配、抗氧化防御酶活性、代谢物质的差异，以揭示其遮荫条件下的生存策略。结果表明：遮荫处理更有利于黄檗的生长，轻度遮荫雌株生物量积累大于雄株，重度遮荫后雄株大于雌株；遮荫处理对叶绿素a、总叶绿素含量均有显著影响（P<0.01），性别间差异不显著，遮荫条件有利于促进黄檗幼苗叶绿素积累；遮荫处理对酶活性和MDA含量均有显著影响，性别间差异不显著，SOD酶活性均随遮荫强度的增强而增大，POD和CAT酶活性随遮荫强度的增强而减小，MDA含量在对照处理时最高；遮荫条件下可溶性糖和可溶性淀粉含量下降，性别间差异不显著。黄檗幼苗通过改变构件性状、生物量、抗氧化酶活性及代谢物质含量，适应遮荫环境。研究遮荫对黄檗生长和生理响应的性别差异，以期为遮荫环境下黄檗个体发育、种群形成、适应机制及种群繁衍等研究奠定基础，为雌雄异株植物资源的保护利用提供科学借鉴。     

Pupal period and adult size in Drosophila melanogaster: a cautionary tale of contrasting correlations between two sexually dimorphic traits

Sexual dimorphism (SD) is widespread, reflecting a resolution of genetic conflicts arising from sex-specific differences in selection. However, genetic correlations among traits may constrain the evolution of SD. Drosophila melanogaster exhibits SD for pupal period (males longer) and adult weight (females heavier). This negative inter-sex covariance between the traits contrasts with a significant intra-sex positive genetic correlation (r(g) = 0.95) estimated using lines selected for fast larval development. Path analysis indicated that within sexes the selection regime indirectly reduced adult weight which in turn reduced pupal period. A hypothesis is proposed for the evolution of SD whereby the trait 'pupal period' is divided into 'intrinsic' (correlated with body size) and 'ecological' (uncorrelated with body size) components, and (the larger) females eclose earlier than males size via a shortening of the ecological component, thus achieving the advantage of provisioning eggs prior to sexual maturity. This hypothesis avoids invoking successful 'incompatible antagonistic selection'.     

Inter-sex and intra-sex differences in quantitative digital dermatoglyphics of Sardinian-speaking groups

In this study, we analysed inter-sex differences within two linguistic groups from the Sardinian linguistic area and intra-sex differences between the two groups by means of 41 quantitative digital dermatoglyphic variables: 20 digital dermatoglyphic traits (radial and ulnar ridge counts on each of the 10 fingers), 15 digital dermatoglyphic directional asymmetry variables, total finger ridge count, bilateral summed radial and ulnar finger ridge counts, an index of asymmetry between homologous fingers, and two indices of intra-individual diversity of finger ridge counts. The comparisons between males and females within the same linguistic groups and between the males of the two groups and the females of the two groups were carried out with the Mann-Whitney test at a prefixed level of alpha = 0.05, using the Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. The results indicate a strong similarity of the two linguistic groups in the inter-sex differences, whereas there are no significant differences between them for either males or females. The similar pattern of sexual dimorphism and the homogeneity of the males and females of the two groups suggest a common genetic matrix of these Sardinian-speaking groups.     

Sex-related differences in morphological, physiological, and ultrastructural responses of Populus cathayana to chilling

Low temperature is one of the abiotic factors limiting plant growth and productivity. Yet, knowledge about sex-related responses to low temperature is very limited. In our study, the effects of low, non-freezing temperature on morphological, physiological, and ultrastructural traits of leaves in Populus cathayana Rehd. males and females were investigated. The results showed that 4 °C temperature caused a chilling stress, and females suffered from greater negative effects than did males. At the early growth stage of development, chilling (4 °C) significantly inhibited plant growth, decreased net photosynthesis rate (P(n)), stomatal conductance (g(s)), transpiration (E), and chlorophyll pigments (Chl), and increased intercellular CO(2) concentration (C(i)), chlorophyll a/b (Chl a/b), proline, soluble sugar and H(2)O(2) contents, and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity in both sexes, whereas peroxidase (POD) and glutathione reductase (GR) activities decreased and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) content increased only in females. Chilling stress also caused chloroplast changes and an accumulation of numerous plastoglobules and small vesicles in both sexes. However, disintegrated chloroplasts and numerous tilted grana stacks were only found in chilling-stressed females. Under chilling stress, males showed higher Chl and soluble sugar contents, and higher superoxide dismutase (SOD), POD, and GR activities than did females. In addition, males exhibited a better chloroplast structure and more intact plasma membranes than did females under chilling stress. These results suggest that sexually different responses to chilling are significant and males possess a better self-protection mechanism than do females in P. cathayana.     

光照和氮素对喜旱莲子草形态特征和生物量分配的影响

研究了两个光照梯度和3个土壤氮素水平交互作用对喜旱莲子草(Alternan thera philoxeroides(Mart.)Griseb.)形态特征和生物量分配的影响。结果表明,全光照促进喜旱莲子草总生物量的积累,但在遮荫条件下,喜旱莲子草可以通过增加株高、光合叶面积和改变生物量分配来适应弱光生境。土壤中氮素含量对喜旱莲子草生长有明显影响,总生物量、株高、叶面积、茎生物量比和叶生物量比等随土壤氮素水平增加而增加。光照和氮素的交互作用对总生物量、根生物量比、茎生物量比和叶生物量比也有显著影响。随着氮素水平的增高,遮荫和高光照处理下喜旱莲子草的叶面积、总生物量和叶生物量比之间的差异减小,而株高和根生物量比之间的差异增大。此外,光照强度对茎生物量比的影响具有明显的氮素浓度依赖性,低氮条件下,茎生物量比在高光照处理下显著高于遮荫处理,而在中氮条件下,遮荫处理却显著高于高光照处理,且在高氮处理下其差异进一步加大。这些结果表明喜旱莲子草在高氮素环境下能够通过形态可塑性和生物量分配模式的改变来适应弱光环境所带来的不利影响。研究结果不但可为研究喜旱莲子草对异质生境的入侵机制提供资料,也可为进一步研究喜旱莲子草的入侵和扩散与农业等生态系统中土壤氮素残留的关系提供参考。       

Neighbor species differentially alter resistance phenotypes in Plantago

In this study, we investigated how neighbors (i.e., competitors) altered resistance phenotypes, namely plant size and levels of secondary compounds (iridoid glycosides), of individual plants and specifically tested whether neighbor identity mattered. We conducted a greenhouse experiment with Plantago lanceolata and Plantago major (Plantaginaceae) in which each species served as focal plants as well as neighbors in a factorial design. In addition, we harvested plants six and nine weeks after transplantation to test whether effects changed as plants grew. In both species, competition reduced plant size, and this effect increased over time. Plantago lanceolata neighbors suppressed growth of both focal plant species more than P. major neighbors. Effects of competition on levels of secondary compounds were more complex. Concentrations of iridoid glycosides were increased by competition in both species at harvest one. By the second harvest, an effect of competition on iridoid glycosides was found only in P. major. Neighbor identity influenced levels of iridoid glycosides in P. lanceolata at harvest one; concentrations were higher in plants grown with P. lanceolata neighbors than in plants grown with P. major neighbors. We also tested whether there was a trade-off between growth (biomass) and defense (levels of iridoid glycosides). Biomass and iridoid glycoside content were significantly correlated only in plants grown with competition and harvested at nine weeks, and this relationship was positive in both species, indicating that there was no trade-off between growth and defense. This study suggests that neighbor identity could play an important role in interspecific interactions, including the interactions of plants with other trophic levels.     

Nitrogen nutrient status induces sexual differences in responses to cadmium in Populus yunnanensis

Populus yunnanensis was employed as a model species to detect sexual differences in growth, physiological, biochemical, and ultrastructural responses to cadmium (Cd) stress, nitrogen (N) deposition, and their combination. Compared with the control conditions, Cd decreased plant biomass, damaged the photosynthetic apparatus, visible as a decreased maximum efficiency of photosystem II (PSII; F(v)/F(m)) and effective quantum yield of PSII (Yield), depressed gas exchange capacity, and induced oxidative stress, visible as the disruption of antioxidative enzymes and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), in both sexes. On the other hand, Cd toxicity was mitigated by the recovery of gas exchange capacity, a decrease in ROS, and improvement of the redox imbalance in both sexes when N deposition was applied. However, males showed a higher gas exchange capacity, lower enzyme inhibition and ROS accumulation, stronger abilities to maintain cellular redox homeostasis, and a better maintenance of chloroplast ultrastructure than did females when exposed to Cd stress alone. Although males exhibited a higher Cd content in leaves than did females, males also accumulated higher levels of non-protein thiols (NP-SHs) and free amino acids (FAAs) for detoxification than did females. Sexual differences induced by Cd, visible, for example, in F(v)/F(m), Yield, net photosynthesis rate (A), and stomatal conductance (g(s)), decreased under N deposition, as no significant differences between the sexes existed in these parameters under the combined treatment. The results indicated that females are more sensitive to Cd stress and suffer more injuries than do males. Moreover, N deposition can mitigate Cd toxicity and decrease sexual differences in Cd sensitivity.