Molecular bases for sensitivity to tubulin-binding herbicides in green foxtail

We investigated the molecular bases for resistance to several classes of herbicides that bind tubulins in green foxtail (Setaria viridis L. Beauv.). We identified two alpha- and two beta-tubulin genes in green foxtail. Sequence comparison between resistant and sensitive plants revealed two mutations, a leucine-to-phenylalanine change at position 136 and a threonine-to-isoleucine change at position 239, in the gene encoding alpha2-tubulin. Association of mutation at position 239 with herbicide resistance was demonstrated using near-isogenic lines derived from interspecific pairings between green foxtail and foxtail millet (Setaria italica L. Beauv.), and herbicide sensitivity bioassays combined with allele-specific PCR-mediated genotyping. Association of mutation at position 136 with herbicide resistance was demonstrated using herbicide sensitivity bioassays combined with allele-specific PCR-mediated genotyping. Both mutations were associated with recessive cross resistance to dinitroanilines and benzoic acids, no change in sensitivity to benzamides, and hypersensitivity to carbamates. Using three-dimensional modeling, we found that the two mutations are adjacent and located into a region involved in tubulin dimer-dimer contact. Comparison of three-dimensional alpha-tubulin models for organisms with contrasted sensitivity to tubulin-binding herbicides enabled us to propose that residue 253 and the vicinity of the side chain of residue 251 are critical determinants for the differences in herbicide sensitivity observed between organisms, and that positions 16, 24, 136, 239, 252, and 268 are involved in modulating sensitivity to these herbicides.     

A Ser–Gly substitution in plastid-encoded photosystem II D1 protein is responsible for atrazine resistance in foxtail millet (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Setaria italica</Emphasis>)

A foxtail millet (Setaria italica L. Beauv.) line resistant to atrazine was obtained through interspecific hybridization between wild S. viridis L. Beauv. and cultivated S. italica. The resistance was proved to be controlled by a chloroplast-inherited gene and it has further been utilized in foxtail millet production. However, the sequence information of the putative atrazine resistance gene, psbA in foxtail millet’s chloroplast genome encoding photosystem II D1 protein (32 kDa thylakoid membrane protein) (photosystem Q_B protein) and the mutation site responsible for the resistance are not known. In this paper the psbA sequences of six atrazine susceptible/resistant foxtail millet varieties were obtained and compared. The results indicated that there was only one amino acid difference between susceptible and resistance gene, resulting from a single base substitution. It was concluded that a mutant allele of photosystem II protein D1 encoding a Gly residue instead of a Ser residue at position 264 is a major gene of resistance to atrazine. Moreover, the phylogenetic tree based on the psbA coding region of thirty-five plant species was carried out. The phylogenetic relationship between S. italica and other plants and the related evolutionary issues were discussed and it was suggested that psbA sequences could be used in phylogenetic studies in plants. Xiaoping Jia and Jincheng Yuan have equal contribution.     

抗拿捕净晋谷21突变体的筛选和分子鉴定

谷子(Setaria italica(L.)P.Beauv.)是我国重要的杂粮作物,具有抗旱耐贫瘠、水分利用率高、适应性广、营养丰富等特点,但谷子田间除草一直制约着谷子的集约化栽培和有机旱作产业规模化的推广与发展。为快速选育抗除草剂谷子品种,本试验以晋谷21突变体M2群体为试验材料,通过喷施0.33%拿捕净除草剂对晋谷21突变群体进行初次筛选和再次筛选,进而快速获得抗拿捕净除草剂突变体植株并对其进行分子鉴定。结果显示,在大田苗期喷施0.33%拿捕净除草剂的初次筛选中,筛选出抗拿捕净除草剂的晋谷21突变体共39个株系;对这39个突变体株系再次喷施0.33%拿捕净除草剂,筛选获得9个有抗拿捕净除草剂特性的株系。对筛选获得的抗拿捕净突变体株系的其中3个株系共15个植株进行分子鉴定,发现有4个突变体植株的ACCase基因编码的第1780个氨基酸-异亮氨酸突变为亮氨酸。该结果可为今后利用分子生物学手段改良名优谷子品种晋谷21、加速抗除草剂谷子品种的选育提供理论和材料基础。     

谷子叶绿体乙酰辅酶A羧化酶cDNA的克隆和禾本科除草剂靶位点的序列分析

乙酰辅酶A羧化酶是一个生物素羧化酶,它所催化的反应是脂肪酸生物合成中的第一个植物叶绿体中的乙酰辅酶A羧化酶是两类禾本科除草剂的靶蛋白.从抗除草剂拿捕净和感拿捕净的谷子(SetariaitalicaBeauv.)中克隆了两个乙酰辅酶A羧化酶的全长cDNA,分别命名为foxACC-R和foxACC-S,它们推导的蛋白质均编码2 321个氨基酸,然而在第1 780个氨基酸处,foxACC-R编码亮氨酸,而foxACC-S编码异亮氨酸.采用生物信息学方法,我们推断这个cDNA编码的是叶绿体中的乙酰辅酶A羧化酶,并预测了它的功能域和保守区.通过这两个cDNA编码的氨基酸序列与其他乙酰辅酶A羧化酶的序列比较得出结论,亮氨酸/异亮氨酸位点可能是APPs和CHDs两类除草剂作用的关键位点.Southern杂交分析的结果显示,该基因在谷子基因组中只有一个拷贝.     

Genetic structure of landraces in foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) revealed with transposon display and interpretation to crop evolution of foxtail millet

Although the origin and domestication process of foxtail millet (Setaria italica subsp. italica (L.) P. Beauv.) has been studied by several groups, the issue is still ambiguous. It is essential to resolve this issue by studying a large number of accessions with sufficient markers covering the entire genome. Genetic structures were analyzed by transposon display (TD) using 425 accessions of foxtail millet and 12 of the wild ancestor green foxtail (Setaria italica subsp. viridis (L.) P. Beauv.). We used three recently active transposons (TSI-1, TSI-7, and TSI-10) as genome-wide markers and succeeded in demonstrating geographical structures of the foxtail millet. A neighbor-joining dendrogram based on TD grouped the foxtail millet accessions into eight major clusters, each of which consisted of accessions collected from adjacent geographical areas. Eleven out of 12 green foxtail accessions were grouped separately from the clusters of foxtail millet. These results indicated strong regional differentiations and a long history of cultivation in each region. Furthermore, we discuss the relationship between foxtail millet and green foxtail and suggest a monophyletic origin of foxtail millet domestication.     

谷子全生育期抗旱性鉴定及抗旱指标筛选

作物全生育期抗旱性对发掘和利用抗旱品种和抗旱基因至关重要,但谷子全生育期抗旱鉴定至今未有报道,抗旱鉴定缺乏鉴定指标。本试验在干旱池模拟干旱条件下,对苗期抗旱性表现不同的谷子品种进行了全生育期抗旱性研究,调查分析了根干重等形态和生理性状在干旱胁迫条件下的变化;采用相关和灰色关联度等方法,分析这些指标与抗旱性(DRI)的关系。结果表明,相对根冠比、相对单穗粒重和灌浆期光合速率、蒸腾速率同抗旱性表现极显著相关,可以作为谷子全生育期抗旱性鉴定的指标;而相对根干重、相对单穗重、相对株高和气孔导度则可以作为谷子全生育期抗旱性鉴定的参考指标;在供试的品种中,红根谷和大齐头白表现了良好的综合抗旱性。本文还讨论了抗旱性的复杂性以及不同性状对干旱胁迫的反应,所建立的指标对谷子全生育期抗旱鉴定具有指导意义。     

Setaria viridis and Setaria italica, model genetic systems for the Panicoid grasses

Setaria italica and its wild ancestor Setaria viridis are diploid C(4) grasses with small genomes of ～515 Mb. Both species have attributes that make them attractive as model systems. Setaria italica is a grain crop widely grown in Northern China and India that is closely related to the major food and feed crops maize and sorghum. A large collection of S. italica accessions are available and thus opportunities exist for association mapping and allele mining for novel variants that will have direct application in agriculture. Setaria viridis is the weedy relative of S. italica with many attributes suitable for genetic analyses including a small stature, rapid life cycle, and prolific seed production. Setaria sp. are morphologically similar to most of the Panicoideae grasses, including major biofuel feedstocks, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and Miscanthus (Miscanthus giganteus). They are broadly distributed geographically and occupy diverse ecological niches. The cross-compatibility of S. italica and S. viridis also suggests that gene flow is likely between wild and domesticated accessions. In addition to serving as excellent models for C(4) photosynthesis, these grasses provide novel opportunities to study abiotic stress tolerance and as models for bioenergy feedstocks.     

Expression of the Acc1 Gene-Encoded Acetyl-Coenzyme A Carboxylase in Developing Maize (Zea mays L.) Kernels

A mutation (Acc1-S2) in the structural gene for maize (Zea mays L.) acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) that significantly reduces sethoxydim inhibition of leaf ACCase activity was used to investigate the gene-enzyme relationship regulating ACCase activity during oil deposition in developing kernels. Mutant embryo and endosperm ACCase activities were more than 600-fold less sensitive to sethoxydim inhibition than ACCase in wild-type kernel tissues. Moreover, in vitro cultured mutant kernels developed normally in the presence of sethoxydim concentrations that inhibited wild-type kernel development. The results indicate that the Acc1-encoded ACCase accounts for the majority of ACCase activity in developing maize kernels, suggesting that Acc1-encoded ACCase functions not only during membrane biogenesis in leaves but is also the predominant form of ACCase involved in storage lipid biosynthesis in maize embryos.     

Regeneration of somatic hybrids in relation to the nuclear and cytoplasmic genomes of wheat and Setaria italica.

Somatic hybridization via PEG (Polyethylene 6000)-mediated protoplast fusion was achieved between two different wheat culture lines (Triticum aestivum L., "Jinan"177, T1 and T2) and Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. The T1 recipient originated from non-regenerable long-term cell suspensions, while T2 was derived from embryogenic calli with a high regeneration capacity. Donor protoplasts were obtained from embryogenic calli of S. italica (S) (with low regeneration capacity) irradiated with different doses of ultraviolet light. Twenty-three putative hybrid cell lines were produced in fusion combinations with the donor protoplasts treated with UV light for 30 s (combination I) and 1 min (combination II), but only one (from combination II) differentiated into green plants. Three cell lines from combination I and five cell lines from combination II possessed the nuclear genomes of T1, T2, and S. italica as revealed by cytological, isozyme, RAPD, and 5S rDNA spacer sequence analyses. Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) analysis showed that most hybrid cell lines had 22-36 wheat chromosomes, 0-2 S. italica chromosomes, and 1-6 wheat - S. italica recombinant chromosomes, whereas the regenerable cell line had 44-56 wheat chromosomes and 3-6 recombinant chromosomes, but no intact S. italica chromosomes. RFLP analysis of organellar DNA revealed that mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA of both parents coexisted in all hybrid cell lines and recombined in most hybrid cell lines. These results indicate that the regeneration of hybrid plants involves not only the integration of S. italica nuclear and organellar DNA, but also the genome complementation of T1 and T2.     

Occurrence of a herbicide-resistant acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase mutant in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) selected by sethoxydim

The spectrum of herbicide resistance was determined in an annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) biotype (SLR 3) that had been exposed to the grass herbicide sethoxydim, an inhibitor of the plastidic enzyme acetylcoenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase, EC 6.4.1.2), for three consecutive years. This biotype has an 18-fold resistance to sethoxydim and enhanced resistance to other cyclohexanedione herbicides compared with a susceptible biotype (VLR 1). The resistant biotype also has a 47- to >300-fold cross-resistance to the aryloxyphenoxypropanoate herbicides which share ACCase as a target site. No resistance is evident to herbicide with a target site different from ACCase. The absorption of [4-¹⁴C]sethoxydim, the rate of metabolic degradation and the nature of the herbicide metabolites are similar in the resistant and susceptible biotypes. While the total activity of the herbicide target enzyme ACCase is similar in extracts from the two biotypes, the kinetics of herbicide inhibition differ. The concentrations of sethoxydim and tralkoxydim required to inhibit the activity of ACCase by 50% are 7.8 and >9.5 times higher, respectively, in the resistant biotype. The activity of ACCase from the resistant biotype was also less sensitive to aryloxyphenoxypropanode herbicides than the susceptible biotype. The spectrum of resistance at the whole-plant level is correlated with resistance at the ACCase level and confirms that a less sensitive form of the target enzyme endows resistance in biotype SLR 3.Abbreviations ACCase acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase - AOPP aryloxyphenoxypropanoate - CHD cyclohexanedione - GR₅₀ dose giving 50% reduction of growth - IG₅₀ dose giving 50% reduction of germination - LD₅₀ lethal dose 50 This work was partially supported by The Grains Research and Development Corporation of Australia through a grant to Dr. R. Knight, Department of Plant Science, Waite Agricultural Research Institute. The encouragement and generous support of Dr. R. Knight is gratefully acknowledged.     

Fitness costs linked to dinitroaniline resistance mutation in Setaria

A mutant Thr-239-Ileu at the α2-tubulin gene was found to confer resistance to dinitroanilines, a family of mitosis-disrupting herbicides. However, mutations affecting microtubule polymerization and cell division are expected to impact growth and reproduction, that is, the fitness of a resistant weed or the yield of a tolerant crop, although it has not been demonstrated yet. This study was designed to test this hypothesis for the growth and reproduction of near-isogenic resistant and susceptible materials that were created in F(2) and F(3) generations after a Setaria viridis x S. italica cross. Differential growth was noticeable at the very onset of seedling growth. The homozygous resistant plants, grown both in a greenhouse cabinet and in the field, were smaller and had lower 1000-grain weight and therefore a lower yield. This fitness penalty is certainly due to modified cell division kinetics. Although the presence of the mutant allele accounted for 20% yield losses, there were also measurable benefits of dinitroaniline resistance, and these benefits are discussed.     

Allelic mutations in acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase confer herbicide tolerance in maize

Summary The genetic relationship between acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase; EC 6.4.1.2.) activity and herbicide tolerance was determined for five maize (Zea mays L.) mutants regenerated from tissue cultures selected for tolerance to the ACCase-inhibiting herbicides, sethoxydim and haloxyfop. Herbicide tolerance in each mutant was inherited as a partially dominant, nuclear mutation. Allelism tests indicated that the five mutations were allelic. Three distinguishable herbicide tolerance phenotypes were differentiated among the five mutants. Seedling tolerance to herbicide treatments cosegregated with reduced inhibition of seedling leaf ACCase activity by sethoxydim and haloxyfop demonstrating that alterations of ACCase conferred herbicide tolerance. Therefore, we propose that at least three, and possible five, new alleles of the maize ACCase structural gene (Acc1) were identified based on their differential response to sethoxydim and haloxyfop. The group represented by Acc1-S1, Acc1-S2 and Acc1-S3 alleles, which had similar phenotypes, exhibited tolerance to high rates of sethoxydim and haloxyfop. The Acc1-H1 allele lacked sethoxydim tolerance but was tolerant to haloxyfop, whereas the Acc1-H2 allele had intermediate tolerance to sethoxydim but was tolerant to haloxyfop. Differences in tolerance to the two herbicides among mutants homozygous for different Acc1 alleles suggested that sites on ACCase that interact with the different herbicides do not completely overlap. These mutations in maize ACCase should prove useful in characterization of the regulatory role of ACCase in fatty acid biosynthesis and in development of herbicide-tolerant maize germplasm.Cooperative investigation of the Minnesota Agriculture Experiment Station and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Supported in part by a grant from BASF Corporation and a University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to LCM. Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Publication No. 19,056Mention of a trademark, vendor, or proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product by University of Minnesota or the USDA, and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products or vendors that may also be suitable     

Wounding-induced cell wall pH shifts in coleoptile segments of various Poaceae

Wounding-induced extracellular pH shifts were characterized previously in excised segments of maize (Zea mays L.) coleoptiles. In the present study it is demonstrated that similar pH shifts also occur in Triticum aestivum L., Secale cereale L., Hordeum vulgare L., Avena sativa L., Sorghum durra (Forsk.) Stapf, and Setaria italica (L.) Beauv., with characteristic quantitative differences between the species. Indole-acetic acid induces pronounced drops of the medium pH in all species except Setaria italica. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

谷子叶绿体乙酰辅酶A羧化酶cDNA的克隆和禾本科除草剂靶位点的序列分析

乙酰辅酶A羧化酶是一个生物素羧化酶,它所催化的反应是脂肪酸生物合成中的第一个关键步骤。禾本科植物叶绿体中的乙酰辅酶A羧化酶是两类禾本科除草剂的靶蛋白。从抗除草剂拿捕净和感拿捕净的谷子(Setaria italicaBeauv.)中克隆了两个乙酰辅酶A羧化酶的全长cDNA,分别命名为foxACC-R和foxACC-S,它们推导的蛋白质均编码2 321个氨基酸,然而在第1 780个氨基酸处,foxACC-R编码亮氨酸,而foxACC-S编码异亮氨酸。采用生物信息学方法,我们推断这个cDNA编码的是叶绿体中的乙酰辅酶A羧化酶,并预测了它的功能域和保守区。通过这两个cDNA编码的氨基酸序列与其他乙酰辅酶A羧化酶的序列比较得出结论,亮氨酸/异亮氨酸位点可能是APPs和CHDs两类除草剂作用的关键位点。Southern 杂交分析的结果显示,该基因在谷子基因组中只有一个拷贝。     

Selection and characterization of sethoxydim- tolerant maize tissue cultures

`Black Mexican Sweet' (BMS) maize (Zea mays L.) tissue cultures were selected for tolerance to sethoxydim. Sethoxydim, a cyclohexanedione, and haloxyfop, an aryloxyphenoxypropionate, exert herbicidal activity on most monocots including maize by inhibiting acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase). Selected line B10S grew on medium containing 10 micromolar sethoxydim. Lines B50S and B100S were subsequent selections from B10S that grew on medium containing 50 and 100 micromolar sethoxydim, respectively. Growth rates of BMS, B10S, B50S, and B100S were similar in the absence of herbicide. Herbicide concentrations reducing growth by 50% were 0.6, 4.5, 35, and 26 micromolar sethoxydim and 0.06, 0.5, 5.4, and 1.8 micromolar haloxyfop for BMS, B10S, B50S, and B100S, respectively. Sethoxydim and haloxyfop concentrations that inhibited ACCase by 50% were similar for BMS, B10S, B50S, and B100S. However, ACCase activities were 6.01, 10.7, 16.1, and 11.4 nmol HCO₃⁻ incorporated per milligram of protein per minute in extracts of BMS, B10S, B50S, and B100S, respectively, suggesting that increased wild-type ACCase activity conferred herbicide tolerance. Incorporation of [¹⁴C]acetate into the nonpolar lipid fraction was higher for B50S than for BMS in the absence of sethoxydim providing further evidence for an increase in ACCase activity in the selected line. In the presence of 5 micromolar sethoxydim, [¹⁴C]acetate incorporation by B50S was similar to that for untreated BMS. The levels of a biotin-containing polypeptide (about 220,000 molecular weight), presumably the ACCase subunit, were increased in the tissue cultures that exhibited elevated ACCase activity indicating overproduction of the ACCase enzyme.     

谷子肌动蛋白基因的克隆及序列分析

以谷子 (Setariaitalica)为材料 ,提取总RNA。根据植物肌动蛋白基因编码区的两端的保守序列设计了简并引物 ,用 5’RACE方法扩增出了谷子肌动蛋白基因编码区序列。以豌豆肌动蛋白cDNA作探针进行的Southern杂交分析表明扩增出了目的基因。将所获得的片段克隆到T载体后进行测序 ,序列分析结果表明 :谷子肌动蛋白基因的编码区长 1 1 3 1个核苷酸 ,编码了 3 77个氨基酸 ;所得序列 (命名为MIAc)与GenBank中注册的肌动蛋白基因序列的相似性均在 6 0 %以上 ,与其它肌动蛋白氨基酸序列的相似性达 89%以上。根据高等植物肌动蛋白序列相似性重建了进化树 ,表明谷子肌动蛋白与水稻肌动蛋白异型体RAc2和RAc3之间的亲缘关系最为密切 ,在进化过程中分化时间最为接近     

谷子肌动蛋白基因的克隆及序列分析

以谷子（Setaria italica）为材料,提取总RNA。根据植物肌动蛋白基因编码区的两端的保守序列设计了简并引物,用5'RACE方法扩增出了谷子肌动蛋白基因编码区序列。以豌豆肌动蛋白cDNA作探针进行的Southern杂交分析表明扩增出了目的基因。将所获得的片段克隆到T载体后进行测序,序列分析结果表明：谷子肌动蛋白基因的编码区长1131个核苷酸,编码了377个氨基酸;所得序列(命名为MIAc)与GenBank中注册的肌动蛋白基因序列的相似性均在60%以上,与其它肌动蛋白氨基酸序列的相似性达89%以上。根据高等植物肌动蛋白序列相似性重建了进化树,表明谷子肌动蛋白与水稻肌动蛋白异型体RAc2和RAc3之间的亲缘关系 最为密切,在进化过程中分化时间最为接近。     

Effect of CO2 Concentration Doubling on the Leaf Morphology and Structure of 10 Species in Gramineae

The effects of CO2 concentration on leaf thickness, chloroplast manbers in the bundle sheath cell, epidermal cell density, stomatal density, stomatal index, stomatal size were compared in 10 species in Gramineae: Triticum aestivum L., T. aestivum ssp. tibeticum, Hordeum vulgare L., H. brevisubulatum ( Trin. ) Link, Oryza sativa L., O. meyeriana ssp. granulata, Setaria italica (L.) Beauv, S. viridis (L.) Beauv, Sorghum vulgare Pers., Zea mays L. following their exposure to doubled carbon dioxide (700μL/L) and ambient carbon dioxide concentration (350μL/L). The results indicated that different species of plants might vary in their response to doubled CO2. In general, the leaves became thicker under the elevated CO2 condition. The mean stomatal density of the C3 species was decreased in doubled CO2, whereas the results of C4 species showed an inverse trend. The epidermal cell density and the chloroplast numbers of the bundle sheath cell in the wild plant species were less than those in the control under CO2 enrichment. The stomatal density was positively correlated with the stomatal index. Finally, the general pattern of structural variation under different CO2 concentrations was proposed, and their implication to the research of global change was discussed as well.     

An isoleucine residue within the carboxyl-transferase domain of multidomain acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase is a major determinant of sensitivity to aryloxyphenoxypropionate but not to cyclohexanedione inhibitors

A 3,300-bp DNA fragment encoding the carboxyl-transferase domain of the multidomain, chloroplastic acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) was sequenced in aryloxyphenoxypropionate (APP)-resistant and -sensitive Alopecurus myosuroides (Huds.). No resistant plant contained an Ile-1,781-Leu substitution, previously shown to confer resistance to APPs and cyclohexanediones (CHDs). Instead, an Ile-2,041-Asn substitution was found in resistant plants. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequences revealed that Asn-2,041 ACCase alleles derived from several distinct origins. Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction associated the presence of Asn-2,041 with seedling resistance to APPs but not to CHDs. ACCase enzyme assays confirmed that Asn-2,041 ACCase activity was moderately resistant to CHDs but highly resistant to APPs. Thus, the Ile-2,041-Asn substitution, which is located outside a domain previously shown to control sensitivity to APPs and CHDs in wheat (Triticum aestivum), is a direct cause of resistance to APPs only. In known multidomain ACCases, the position corresponding to the Ile/Asn-2,041 residue in A. myosuroides is occupied by an Ile or a Val residue. In Lolium rigidum (Gaud.), we found Ile-Asn and Ile-Val substitutions. The Ile-Val change did not confer resistance to the APP clodinafop, whereas the Ile-Asn change did. The position and the particular substitution at this position are of importance for sensitivity to APPs.     

CO2浓度倍增对10种禾本科植物叶片形态结构的影响

在CO_2正常浓度(350μL/L)和倍增(700μL/L)条件下,对小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)、半野生小麦(T.aestivum ssp.tibeticum)、大麦(Hordeum vulgare L.)、野大麦(H.brevisubulatum(Trin.)Link)、水稻(Oryza sativa L.)、野生稻(O.meyeriana subsp.granulata)、谷子(Setaria italica(L.)Beauv)、狗尾草(S.viridis (L.)Beauv)、高粱(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)和玉米(Zea mays L.)等10种禾本科植物幼苗期叶的形态结构进行比较研究。结果表明,在CO_2浓度倍增条件下,除野大麦和玉米外,其它几种禾本科植物的叶片厚度普遍增加;表皮细胞密度下降(野大麦和谷子的远轴面除外)。其中C_3种类的平均气孔密度和气孔指数下降,C_4种类则呈相反趋势。在CO_2浓度倍增条件下,栽培种类表皮细胞密度和维管束鞘细胞中的叶绿体数明显增加,野生种类则呈相反趋势。气孔密度与气孔指数基本呈正相关。