干旱生境中接种丛枝菌根真菌对三叶鬼针草

为阐明丛枝菌根真菌对石灰岩地区适生植物三叶鬼针草(Bidens pilosa L.)光合作用的影响,设置正常浇水(A)、中度干旱胁迫(B)和重度干旱胁迫(C)3个水分处理梯度,比较了不同水分处理条件下接种丛枝菌根真菌Glomus mosseae和未接种三叶鬼针草之间净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率、胞间CO2浓度、羧化效率、水分利用效率等特征的差异.结果表明,水分胁迫显著降低三叶鬼针草的净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和羧化效率.胞间CO2浓度在处理的前期(7d)因干旱胁迫而降低,在后期随土壤含水量的降低而升高;水分利用效率则是中度胁迫的植株、正常浇水处理植株、重度胁迫植株依次降低.在正常浇水条件下接种G. mosseae 对三叶鬼针草光合参数没有产生显著性影响;在中度胁迫条件下,接种植株较未接种植株在水分处理的前28d有更高的净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和羧化效率;在重度胁迫条件下,虽然净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和羧化效率接种植株高于未接种植株,但是二者并不显著.研究认为,干旱胁迫对三叶鬼针草光合作用的影响在水分处理的前期表现为气孔因素制约,在后期则主要是非气孔因素的影响;在正常浇水条件下接种G. mosseae 对三叶鬼针草的光合作用没有显著性影响,在干旱胁迫条件下,丛枝菌根真菌通过改善三叶鬼针草气孔导度和羧化效率等减弱干旱胁迫对植株的伤害,但是这种保护作用因为土壤水分的严重匮乏以及土壤干旱的时间延长而受到限制.     

亚低温及钾肥对温室番茄光合作用和品质的影响

以‘金棚10号’番茄为试验材料,采用盆栽方法,研究了温度与钾肥交互作用对温室盆栽番茄光合作用和品质的影响,为合理施用钾肥提高番茄生长发育过程中抵抗亚低温乃至低温耐性提供理论依据。结果显示:(1)与常温下正常栽培相比,亚低温使番茄植株生长发育迟缓,花序数、叶片数、节间距、叶绿素含量、净光合速率、气孔导度、胞间CO2浓度、蒸腾速率、气孔导度、水分利用效率、单果重及品质显著下降,气孔限制值升高。(2)增施一定量的钾肥能够显著提高亚低温下温室番茄的花序数、叶片数、节间距、叶绿素含量、光合作用、番茄单果重和品质,缓解了亚低温胁迫对温室番茄的伤害。(3)亚低温胁迫下,单株钾肥用量为18.54g时对番茄植株受到亚低温胁迫伤害的缓解效果最佳,少施或者多施都不利于亚低温下番茄植株的正常生长发育。研究表明,亚低温条件下,增施适量的钾肥能有效提高番茄抵抗亚低温胁迫能力,有利于番茄植株的生长和果实品质的提高。     

土壤水分对温室盆栽番茄叶片生理特性的影响及光合下降因子动态

以温室盆栽番茄(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill．)为试验材料,研究了土壤水分对叶水势(LWP)、细胞液浓度(CSC)、气孔导度(Gs)、气孔限制值(Ls)和叶片光合特性的影响,以及引起光合下降的因子动态。结果表明,随着土壤水分胁迫程度的增加,净光合速率(Pn)、蒸腾速率(Tr)、LWP明显下降．Gs具有相同的趋势,而CSC显著升高。土壤水分胁迫和高水分处理的Pn与Tr日变化呈双峰曲线,但在适宜土壤水分下为单峰曲线。随着土壤含水量的增加,光合下降的非气孔限制出现的时间具有滞后现象。本文对非气孔限制出现的临界点动态作了进一步的探讨。     

叶片水力性状研究进展

叶片水力性状表征了叶片为适应外在环境而形成的水分传输方面的生存策略。叶片水力性状会限制整个植株的水分传输,并影响植物的气体交换及其对干旱的响应,因此关于叶片水力性状的研究已成为植物水分关系领域的研究热点之一。本文概括了叶片水力性状的基本指标(包括叶片整体水力导度(Kleaf)、叶片木质部水力导度(Kxylem)、叶片木质部外水力导度(Kout-xylem)等)和叶片水力导度的5种主要测量方法;总结了叶脉网络结构和环境因素对叶片水力性状的影响、叶片水力性状与叶片功能指标(气孔导度、叶片水势、叶片最大光合速率)的匹配与权衡关系,以及叶片水力性状与植物抗旱性关系的最新研究进展;对今后叶片水力性状的研究提出了两点建议:1)将叶片水力性状与气体交换和叶解剖结构等相结合,构建叶片碳-水耦合模型,揭示叶片应对外界环境变化而采取的生态策略,以及植物的水-碳投资机理;2)开展植株各部分(根-茎-叶)间水分传输的交互作用研究,筛选出水力系统高效安全的物种。     

羊草叶片气体交换参数对温度和土壤水分的响应

 采用生长箱控制的方法研究了羊草(Leymus chinensis)幼苗叶片光合参数对5个温度和5个水分梯度的响应和适应。结果表明：轻度、中度土壤干旱并没有限制羊草叶片的生长,对气体交换参数亦无显著影响,反映了羊草幼苗对土壤水分胁迫的较高耐性。叶片生物量以26 ℃时最大,其它依次为23 ℃、20 ℃、29 ℃和32 ℃。温度升高使气孔导度和蒸腾速率增加, 却使光合速率和水分利用效率降低。水分和温度对叶片生物量、光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率存在显著的交互作用,表明高温加强了干旱对叶片生长和气体交换的影响, 降低了羊草对土壤干旱的适应能力。高温和干旱的交互作用将显著减少我国半干旱地区草原的羊草生产力。     

5℃夜间低温对红树幼苗光合速率和蒸腾速率的影响

5℃夜间低温处理温室栽培红海榄（Rhizophora stylosa和银叶树（Heritiera littoralis)幼苗,白天20℃室温分别恢复1h和4h,测定功能叶的净光合速率、气孔导度、胞间CO2浓度、蒸腾速率和叶绿素含量。结果表明：夜间低温明显降低红海榄和银叶树的净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和水分利用率,促进胞间CO2浓度增加,而叶绿素含量变化不大。白天空温恢复时间增长,净光合速率、气孔导率和蒸腾速率回升,胞间CO2浓度下降,红树幼苗对低温有一定的适用能力。低温处理2d,红海榄叶净光合速率的抑制程度大于1d处理,而银叶树叶净光合速率的抑制程度则有所减轻。两种红树叶气孔导度与净光合速率和蒸腾速率均呈线性关系,气孔导度是控制叶片光合成和蒸腾水分丢失动态平衡的主要因素。     

硅对干旱胁迫下玉米水分代谢的影响

利用盆栽试验研究了施硅(K2SiO3)对玉米植株水分代谢的影响.结果表明:施硅降低了干旱胁迫下玉米植株的气孔导度,降低了干旱胁迫早期到中期的蒸腾速率,保持了干旱胁迫后期较高的蒸腾速率,从而导致施硅玉米植株的叶片含水量和水势高于对照.由于植株的水分状况改善,施硅玉米植株生物量高于对照.硅增强玉米植株的抗旱性,而提高植株保水能力是硅提高抗旱性的重要原因.     

授粉后秋水仙素处理对大青杨子代生长性状的影响

为东北林区选育出速生、优质、抗逆性强的杨树新品种,本研究采用秋水仙素溶液处理授粉后的大青杨雌花序,分析诱导后大青杨子代植株光合特性、生长量和叶形态指标的差异。结果表明：(1)雌花序授粉后24 h开始处理,秋水仙素4 g·L^-1处理12 h后大青杨子代植株的苗高、地径均最大,且与对照差异显著;(2)雌花序授粉后24h开始处理,秋水仙素处理12 h后大青杨子代植株蒸腾速率最小,对照蒸腾速率最大;雌花序授粉后24 h开始处理,子代植株气孔导度最小,36 h后开始处理所得的子代植株气孔导度最大;雌花序授粉后12 h开始处理子代植株水分利用效率最大,对照最小。(3)子代植株生长量指标（苗高、地径）与叶形态指标以及气孔导度、胞间CO₂浓度、蒸腾速率、水分利用效率相关显著。     

夏玉米苗期主要生长指标的土壤水分临界点确定方法

土壤水分不足是引起作物干旱的最主要因素。准确确定作物响应土壤水分的临界点对客观辨识、监测作物干旱的发生发展具有重要意义。本研究基于6个初始土壤水分的夏玉米持续干旱模拟试验,利用多元方差分析确定了较早响应土壤水分变化的玉米生长指标,并提出了基于正态总体统计容忍下限确定引起各指标发生显著性变化的临界土壤湿度的方法。结果表明:夏玉米苗期茎含水率、叶含水率、蒸腾速率、光合速率、气孔导度和叶面积较早响应土壤水分,其临界土壤水分(0~30 cm平均土壤相对湿度)分别为72%、65%、62%、60%、58%、46%,反映出随着土壤水分降低、干旱发生发展,玉米的茎含水率、叶含水率、蒸腾速率、光合速率、气孔导度和叶面积会依次受到影响。研究结果可为夏玉米苗期干旱发生发展的监测和定量评估提供依据,也为生态系统响应阈值的确定提供了思路。     

作物干旱指标对西北半干旱区春小麦缺水特征的反映

针对作物水分胁迫较为严重的西北半干旱区,应用CI301-PS光合作用仪对春小麦开花到乳熟期间的生理特征和环境因子进行了近1个月的观测, 并研究分析了3种作物干旱指标叶水势、作物水分胁迫指数以及气孔导度随时间变化和对气象因子的响应.发现干旱胁迫增加时,叶片水分减少,作物水分胁迫指数增大,叶水势降低,气孔导度有所减小.因此,气孔下腔的CO2浓度降低,作物净光合速率有所减小,不利于半干旱区小麦生物量的累积;三者相比,叶水势是反应西北半干旱区作物干旱最敏感的指标;受半干旱区逆湿现象的影响,9:00或之后一段时间观测叶水势和气孔导度对小麦等作物缺水状况反映得更客观.     

Coordination of stomatal,hydraulic, and canopy boundary layer properties: Do stomata balance conductances by measuring transpiration?

A striking coordination is observed in sugarcane between prevailing levels of stomatal opening and the hydraulic capacity of the soil, roots and stem to supply the leaves with water. This coordination of vapor phase and liquid phase conductances is associated with decreases in stomatal conductance on a leaf area basis that compensate for increasing leaf area during canopy development, causing transpiration to approach a maximum value on a per plant or ground area basis rather than increase linearly with leaf area. The resulting balance between water loss and water transport capacity maintains leaf water status remarkably constant over a wide range of plant. sizes and growing conditions. These changes in stomatal conductance during development are determined by changes in the composition of the xylem sap rather than by changes in leaf properties. Changes in boundary layer conductance resulting from non-developmental changes in canopy structure such as loding cause additional changes in stomatal conductance mediated by altered humidity at the leaf surface. These maintain a constant level of total canopy vapor phase conductance (stomatal and boundary layer in series) and a constant level of canopy transpiration. These patterns indicate that stomata exert an active role in regulating transpiration even in dense canopies. This control function is consistent with stomatal metering of transpiration, mediated by fluxes of root-derived materials in the xylem sap.     

Stomata response to changes in temperature and humidity in wheat cultivars grown under contrasting climatic conditions

Stomatal response to changes in temperature and humidity was studied in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cv. Iren’ cultivated under conditions of high water supply and cv. Kazakhstanskaya 10, which is relatively drought tolerant. Experiments were performed under both laboratory and field conditions. It was demonstrated that stomata of cv. Kazakhstanskaya 10 plants closed rapidly with reducing humidity (the response of the first type), whereas, in cv. Iren’, this response was less expressed and, under conditions of a high water content in soil, stomatal conductance could increase in response to reduced humidity (the response of the second type). At an increased stomatal conductance and transpiration, water content in cv. Iren’ plants was maintained due to the increase in hydraulic conductance and water inflow from the roots. A possible role of the first-type response (rapid stomata closure) for growth maintenance under drought and of the second-type response (a parallel increase in the stomatal and hydraulic conductance) for providing of rapid growth and high productivity under sufficient water supply is discussed. A possibility to use the type of stomata behavior for cultivar assessment is considered.     

Unraveling the Effects of Plant Hydraulics on Stomatal Closure during Water Stress in Walnut

The objectives of the study were to identify the relevant hydraulic parameters associated with stomatal regulation during water stress and to test the hypothesis of a stomatal control of xylem embolism in walnut (Juglans regia x nigra) trees. The hydraulic characteristics of the sap pathway were experimentally altered with different methods to alter plant transpiration (Eplant) and stomatal conductance (gs). Potted trees were exposed to a soil water depletion to alter soil water potential (Psisoil), soil resistance (Rsoil), and root hydraulic resistances (Rroot). Soil temperature was changed to alter Rroot alone. Embolism was created in the trunk to increase shoot resistance (Rshoot). Stomata closed in response to these stresses with the effect of maintaining the water pressure in the leaf rachis xylem (P(rachis)) above -1.4 MPa and the leaf water potential (Psileaf) above -1.6 MPa. The same dependence of Eplant and gs on P(rachis) or Psileaf was always observed. This suggested that stomata were not responding to changes in Psisoil, Rsoil, Rroot, or Rshoot per se but rather to their impact on P(rachis) and/or Psileaf. Leaf rachis was the most vulnerable organ, with a threshold P(rachis) for embolism induction of -1.4 MPa. The minimum Psileaf values corresponded to leaf turgor loss point. This suggested that stomata are responding to leaf water status as determined by transpiration rate and plant hydraulics and that P(rachis) might be the physiological parameter regulated by stomatal closure during water stress, which would have the effect of preventing extensive developments of cavitation during water stress.     

Transport constraints on water use by the Great Basin shrub, Artemisia tridentata

As soil and plant water status decline, decreases in hydraulic conductance can limit a plant's ability to maintain gas exchange. We investigated hydraulic limitations for Artemisia tridentata during summer drought. Water use was quantified by measurements of soil and plant water potential ( Ψ ), transpiration and leaf area. Hydraulic transport capacity was quantified by vulnerability to water stress-induced cavitation for root and stem xylem, and moisture release characteristics for soil. These data were used to predict the maximum possible steady-state transpiration rate ( E _crit) and minimum leaf xylem pressure ( Ψ _crit). Transpiration and leaf area declined by ~ 80 and 50%, respectively, as soil Ψ decreased to –2·6 MPa during drought. Leaf-specific hydraulic conductance also decreased by 70%, with most of the decline predicted in the rhizosphere and root system. Root conductance was projected to be the most limiting, decreasing to zero to cause hydraulic failure if E _crit was exceeded. The basis for this prediction was that roots were more vulnerable to xylem cavitation than stems (99% cavitation at –4·0 versus –7·8 MPa, respectively). The decline in water use during drought was necessary to maintain E and Ψ within the limits defined by E _crit and Ψ _crit.     

Stomatal and hydraulic conductance in growing sugarcane: stomatal adjustment to water transport capacity*

Abstract Stomatal conductance per unit leaf area in well-irrigated field- and greenhouse-grown sugarcane increased with leaf area up to 0.2 m² plant ¹, then declined so that maximum transpiration per plant tended to saturate rather than increase linearly with further increase in leaf area. Conductance to liquid water transport exhibited parallel changes with plant size. This coordiantion of vapour phase and liquid phase conductances resulted in a balance between water loss and water transport capacity, maintaining leaf water status remarkably constant over a wide range of plant size and growing conditions. The changes in stomatal conductance were not related to plant or leaf age. Partial defoliation caused rapid increases in stomatal conductance, to re-establish the original relationship with remaining leaf area. Similarly, pruning of roots caused rapid reductions in stomatal conductance, which maintained or improved leaf water status. These results suggest that sugarcane stomata adjusted to the ratio of total hydraulic conductance to total transpiring leaf area. This could be mediated by root metabolites in the transpiration stream, whose delivery per unit leaf area would be a function of the relative magnitudes of root system size, transpiration rate and leaf area.     

Contrasting physiological effects of partial root zone drying in field-grown grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Monastrell) according to total soil water availability

Different spatial distributions of soil moisture were imposed on field-grown grapevines by applying the same irrigation volumes to the entire (DI; deficit irrigation) or part of the (PRD; partial root zone drying) root zone. Five treatments were applied: controls irrigated at 60% ETc (crop evapotranspiration) for the whole season (308 mm year(-1)); DI-1 and PRD-1 that received the same irrigation as controls before fruit set, 30% ETc from fruit set to harvest and 45% ETc post-harvest (192 mm year(-1)); and DI-2 and PRD-2 that were the same, except that 15% ETc was applied from fruit set to harvest (142 mm year(-1)). Compared with DI-1, PRD-1 maintained higher leaf area post-veraison and increased root water uptake, whole-plant hydraulic conductance, leaf transpiration, stomatal conductance, and photosynthesis, but decreased intrinsic gas exchange efficiency without causing differences in leaf xylem abscisic acid (ABA) concentration. Compared with DI-2, PRD-2 increased leaf xylem ABA concentration and decreased root water uptake, whole-plant hydraulic conductance, leaf transpiration, stomatal conductance, and photosynthesis, mainly at the beginning of PRD cycles. Distinctive PRD effects (e.g. greater stomatal closure) depended on the volumetric soil water content of the wet root zone, as predicted from a model of root-to-shoot ABA signalling.     

Rapid hydraulic recovery in Eucalyptus pauciflora after drought: linkages between stem hydraulics and leaf gas exchange

In woody plants, photosynthetic capacity is closely linked to rates at which the plant hydraulic system can supply water to the leaf surface. Drought‐induced embolism can cause sharp declines in xylem hydraulic conductivity that coincide with stomatal closure and reduced photosynthesis. Recovery of photosynthetic capacity after drought is dependent on restored xylem function, although few data exist to elucidate this coordination. We examined the dynamics of leaf gas exchange and xylem function in Eucalyptus pauciflora seedlings exposed to a cycle of severe water stress and recovery after re‐watering. Stomatal closure and leaf turgor loss occurred at water potentials that delayed the extensive spread of embolism through the stem xylem. Stem hydraulic conductance recovered to control levels within 6 h after re‐watering despite a severe drought treatment, suggesting an active mechanism embolism repair. However, stomatal conductance did not recover after 10 d of re‐watering, effecting tighter control of transpiration post drought. The dynamics of recovery suggest that a combination of hydraulic and non‐hydraulic factors influenced stomatal behaviour post drought.     

Evidence from Amazonian forests is consistent with isohydric control of leaf water potential

Climate modelling studies predict that the rain forests of the Eastern Amazon basin are likely to experience reductions in rainfall of up to 50% over the next 50-100 years. Efforts to predict the effects of changing climate, especially drought stress, on forest gas exchange are currently limited by uncertainty about the mechanism that controls stomatal closure in response to low soil moisture. At a through-fall exclusion experiment in Eastern Amazonia where water was experimentally excluded from the soil, we tested the hypothesis that plants are isohydric, that is, when water is scarce, the stomata act to prevent leaf water potential from dropping below a critical threshold level. We made diurnal measurements of leaf water potential (psi 1), stomatal conductance (g(s)), sap flow and stem water potential (psi stem) in the wet and dry seasons. We compared the data with the predictions of the soil-plant-atmosphere (SPA) model, which embeds the isohydric hypothesis within its stomatal conductance algorithm. The model inputs for meteorology, leaf area index (LAI), soil water potential and soil-to-leaf hydraulic resistance (R) were altered between seasons in accordance with measured values. No optimization parameters were used to adjust the model. This 'mechanistic' model of stomatal function was able to explain the individual tree-level seasonal changes in water relations (r2 = 0.85, 0.90 and 0.58 for psi 1, sap flow and g(s), respectively). The model indicated that the measured increase in R was the dominant cause of restricted water use during the dry season, resulting in a modelled restriction of sap flow four times greater than that caused by reduced soil water potential. Higher resistance during the dry season resulted from an increase in below-ground resistance (including root and soil-to-root resistance) to water flow.     

Drought, abscisic acid and transpiration rate effects on the regulation of PIP aquaporin gene expression and abundance in Phaseolus vulgaris plants

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Drought causes a decline of root hydraulic conductance, which aside from embolisms, is governed ultimately by aquaporins. Multiple factors probably regulate aquaporin expression, abundance and activity in leaf and root tissues during drought; among these are the leaf transpiration rate, leaf water status, abscisic acid (ABA) and soil water content. Here a study is made of how these factors could influence the response of aquaporin to drought. METHODS: Three plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs) or aquaporins were cloned from Phaseolus vulgaris plants and their expression was analysed after 4 d of water deprivation and also 1 d after re-watering. The effects of ABA and of methotrexate (MTX), an inhibitor of stomatal opening, on gene expression and protein abundance were also analysed. Protein abundance was examined using antibodies against PIP1 and PIP2 aquaporins. At the same time, root hydraulic conductance (L), transpiration rate, leaf water status and ABA tissue concentration were measured. KEY RESULTS: None of the treatments (drought, ABA or MTX) changed the leaf water status or tissue ABA concentration. The three treatments caused a decline in the transpiration rate and raised PVPIP2;1 gene expression and PIP1 protein abundance in the leaves. In the roots, only the drought treatment raised the expression of the three PIP genes examined, while at the same time diminishing PIP2 protein abundance and L. On the other hand, ABA raised both root PIP1 protein abundance and L. CONCLUSIONS: The rise of PvPIP2;1 gene expression and PIP1 protein abundance in the leaves of P. vulgaris plants subjected to drought was correlated with a decline in the transpiration rate. At the same time, the increase in the expression of the three PIP genes examined caused by drought and the decline of PIP2 protein abundance in the root tissues were not correlated with any of the parameters measured.