外源海藻糖对高温胁迫下穗分化期水稻叶片生理特性及产量的影响

该研究以耐热型水稻品种Nagina22和热敏型水稻品种YR343为供试材料,采用盆栽试验,设置喷施清水+常温处理(NT0)、喷施清水+穗分化期高温胁迫(HT0),以及分别喷施5、10、15、20 mmol·L^-1外源海藻糖+高温胁迫(分别记为HT1、HT2、HT3、HT4)共6个处理,分析外源海藻糖对高温胁迫下穗分化期水稻叶片叶绿素含量、光合气体交换参数、抗氧化酶活性、渗透调节物质含量、活性氧含量等生理特性,以及籽粒产量及其构成因素的影响,为水稻抗热栽培和耐热品种的选育提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)在高温胁迫下水稻穗分化期,2个水稻品种叶片的叶绿素含量、光合气体交换参数及渗透调节物质含量均降低,叶片MDA和H₂O₂含量以及■的产生速率均上升,叶片抗氧化酶活性呈先增后降的趋势,最终显示水稻籽粒产量及其构成因素显著下降。(2)喷施外源海藻糖能显著增加高温胁迫下穗分化期水稻的每穗粒数、千粒重和结实率,从而提高籽粒产量,其中弱势粒千粒重和结实率的增幅高于强势粒,外源海藻糖最适喷施浓度为15 mmol·L^-1...     

脱落酸与植物细胞的抗氧化防护

水分胁迫是一种影响植物生长发育、限制植物产量的重要胁迫因子。植物能够通过感知刺激、产生和传导信号、启动各种防护机制来响应与适应水分胁迫。植物激素脱落酸(ABA)作为一种胁迫信号,在调节植物对水分胁迫的反应中起着重要的作用。ABA不仅能诱导气孔关闭,而且能诱导编码耐脱水蛋白的基因表达。正在增加的证据显示,ABA增强水分胁迫的耐性与其诱导抗氧化防护系统有关。本文综述了ABA在诱导活性氧(ROS)产生、调节抗氧化酶基因表达以及增强抗氧化防护系统方面的作用,着重讨论了在ABA诱导的抗氧化防护过程中Ca2 、NADPH氧化酶与ROS之间的交谈机制。     

云南不同类型一季稻产量形成及其与气象因子的关系

利用云南省14个不同海拔农业气象观测站1994-2010年水稻大田发育期和产量观测资料,研究水稻产量形成及气象因子对低产水稻产量构成因素的影响;根据14个站点水稻产量构成因素的系统聚类分析结果和水稻类型,将水稻分为低产粳型、低产籼型、高产粳型和高产籼型4个类型.对这4类水稻产量构成因素的分析结果表明,单位面积颖花量与产量呈极显著正相关,低产粳型水稻产量主要受结实率和颖花量影响,其他3类颖花量对产量影响较大.低产粳型水稻主要受低温的影响,孕穗期低温降低颖花量和有效穗数,孕穗期和抽穗开花期低温增加空壳率,以平均气温、平均最高气温和冷积温的影响较大;乳熟前期较低的平均气温增加秕谷率,同时降低千粒重.低产籼型水稻产量构成因素受多种气象因子的综合影响明显;分蘖期和拔节期一定程度的增温不利于增加低产籼型水稻有效穗数,而分蘖期较多的日照时数和较大的平均气温日较差有利于有效穗数的增加,分蘖期和拔节期气温和日照时数与每穗粒数的关系呈“抛物线型”;低产籼型水稻空壳率一定程度上受抽穗开花期低温的影响,而乳熟前期高温少雨不仅增加秕谷率,还导致千粒重明显下降.     

应用基因表达芯片分析水稻高温胁迫相关基因

非生物逆境,如低温、高温、干旱通常会严重影响到农作物的生长及产量,其中高温胁迫则是造成植物伤害的主要原因之一.为深入了解水稻高温胁迫反应的分子机理,发现新的耐高温相关功能基因,为水稻生物工程育种提供候选材料,采用Affymetrix水稻表达芯片分析了超级稻两优培九母本培矮64S(Oryza sativa L.)在高温逆境胁迫下,孕穗期、抽穗开花期的叶片全基因组表达谱,得到大量高温诱导表达基因.应用实时定量PCR方法对其中一部分基因的表达水平进一步分析,所得结果与基因芯片结果基本吻合,证明芯片分析数据是可靠的,为下一步耐高温相关基因的克隆、功能分析等研究提供了基础.     

高盐低温胁迫下水稻叶细胞ROS清除系统的相关基因表达

采用Affymetrix水稻表达谱芯片,分析高盐和低温胁迫下水稻叶细胞内ROS清除系统的相关基因表达状况,探讨在响应非生物胁迫过程中水稻植株体内抗氧化防卫体系的积极作用。结果表明:(1)水稻叶细胞内ROS清除系统涉及187个基因和/或EST,由抗氧化的非酶类物质如抗坏血酸、谷胱甘肽、生育酚等和抗氧化酶如超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)等组成。(2)在低温逆境下,籼稻(i-93-11)叶细胞表达上调基因(2倍以上,下同)有5个,下调(0.5倍以下,下同)基因有2个;粳稻(j-NJ-1)叶细胞表达上调基因5个,下调基因6个。(3)在高盐胁迫下,籼稻(i-93-11)叶细胞表达上调基因有31个、下调基因13个;粳稻(j-NJ-1)叶细胞表达上调基因27个,下调基因25个。(4)高盐和低温胁迫下水稻叶细胞ROS清除系统相关基因的表达在籼粳稻间存在较大差异,并根据水稻基因表达谱芯片数据构建了水稻响应高盐和低温胁迫ROS清除网络图。     

不同播期和抽穗期弱光胁迫对杂交稻生理性状及产量的影响

以耐阴性中等的杂交稻川香9838为材料,研究不同播期和抽穗期弱光胁迫对杂交稻抽穗期光合特征、渗透调节物质、保护性酶活性和产量的影响.结果表明:不同播期和抽穗期弱光胁迫对水稻抽穗期干物质积累、剑叶光合速率、抗氧化酶活性和产量均有显著影响.随播期的推迟,全生育期明显缩短,稻谷产量呈不同程度的下降趋势.与对照相比,抽穗期轻度弱光胁迫(遮光20％)能缓解水稻生育过程中面临的高温及强光照危害,进而能缓解剑叶光合速率和抽穗期干物质累积的降低,调节抗氧化酶活性,适度提高结实率;而抽穗期中度(遮光40％)、重度(遮光60％)弱光胁迫均不利于水稻生长.剑叶光合速率、丙二醛含量和超氧化物歧化酶活性对播期和抽穗期弱光胁迫较为敏感.水稻始穗1 ～5d剑叶光合速率与稻谷产量和抽穗后干物质积累量显著相关.     

GA_3、ABA和IBA对不同灌溉方式下水稻叶绿素荧光特性及产量构成的影响

为了明确外源激素诱导水稻抗旱性的效果及其生理机制。以中嘉早17为材料,分析外源激素在淹水灌溉、干湿交替灌溉和干旱灌溉方式下叶绿素荧光参数的差异及其对产量与产量构成的影响。结果表明,干旱灌溉显著降低了叶片光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)最大光化学量子产量、实际光量子效率、非光化学猝灭值、有效穗数、每穗粒数、结实率,孕穗期比分蘖期更为敏感,表现为相同胁迫时间下最大光化学量子产量、每穗粒数、单株穗数等下降更显著。赤霉素(gibberellin,GA3)处理后降低了PSⅡ最大光化学量子产量、非光化学猝灭和光化学猝灭系数,导致有效穗数减少、千粒重和结实率降低。脱落酸(abscisic acid,ABA)处理能缓解孕穗期干旱胁迫,减轻水稻叶片的光抑制程度,提高叶绿素荧光参数,增强抗旱能力。综合来看,以分蘖期淹水条件下结合IBA处理产量最高,比对照增产7.4%,这可能与淹水条件下吲哚丁酸(indolebutyric acid,IBA)处理能提高光合效率有关。     

脱落酸与植物细胞的抗氧化防护

水分胁迫是一种影响植物生长发育、限制植物产量的重要胁迫因子.植物能够通过感知刺激、产生和传导信号、启动各种防护机制来响应与适应水分胁迫.植物激素脱落酸(ABA)作为一种胁迫信号,在调节植物对水分胁迫的反应中起着重要的作用.ABA不仅能诱导气孔关闭,而且能诱导编码耐脱水蛋白的基因表达.正在增加的证据显示,ABA增强水分胁迫的耐性与其诱导抗氧化防护系统有关.本文综述了ABA在诱导活性氧(ROS)产生、调节抗氧化酶基因表达以及增强抗氧化防护系统方面的作用,着重讨论了在ABA诱导的抗氧化防护过程中Ca2 、NADPH氧化酶与ROS之间的交谈机制.     

耐热水稻品种“Nagina 22”高温胁迫下的生理响应

为研究耐热水稻品种Nagina 22(N22)开花结实期高温胁迫下的主要生理响应,采用温室盆栽试验,在各供试材料的开花期,利用人工气候室进行高温胁迫处理。研究结果表明:N22在高温胁迫下不改变开花期但表现出日开花量的转峰;与N22相比,水稻感热品种Moroberekan花药开裂显著受阻,柱头上萌发的花粉数显著减少;花粉萌发数与花药开裂状况呈极显著的相关关系,进而表现出主穗结实率与柱头上花粉萌发数呈显著的相关关系;主穗日结实率在高温下呈递减趋势,且Moroberekan较N22的下降速率显著加快,表明耐热品种与高温胁迫对结实率存在累积效应,而且高温胁迫效应发生在开花授粉之前。     

外源钙对蜜橘抗日灼生理病害的分子与生理机制研究

该研究以‘南丰蜜橘’为试验材料,于高温来临前期(6月份)在果实表面喷施0.14 g/L螯合钙为钙处理,以喷施清水为对照,测定果皮相关基因表达水平和抗氧化酶活性以及活性氧含量变化,探究钙对‘南丰蜜橘’果皮在日灼发生期间的钙信号转导途径相关基因调节抗氧化系统基因的表达特征,以揭示外源钙减轻蜜橘日灼生理病害的分子与生理机制,为实际生产中喷施螯合钙防控蜜橘日灼生理病害提供理论依据。结果显示:(1)经钙处理后‘南丰蜜橘’果实的日灼发生率较对照显著降低了13.76%。(2)实时荧光定量PCR发现,钙处理显著提高‘南丰蜜橘’钙信号转导途径相关基因(CsNADK、CsMPK 8、CsCPK、CsRBOH、CsCAMK 1、CsGAD),以及抗氧化酶相关基因(CsSOD、CsCAT、CsPOD、CsAPX、CsGSR、CsGPX)在果皮中的相对表达量。(3)钙处理可显著提高‘南丰蜜橘’果皮抗氧化酶(SOD、CAT、POD、APX、GR、GPX)活性,并显著降低O^(-·)_(2)、H_(2)O_(2)和MDA的含量。(4)荧光染色发现,在7-10月高温和强直射光胁迫期,果皮细胞产生了过量的ROS绿色荧光,且随胁迫时间的延长荧光不断漫延积累,但钙处理的ROS荧光强度均显著弱于对照。研究表明,喷施螯合钙处理可通过增强蜜橘果皮钙信号转导途径相关基因的表达,调控抗氧化系统基因表达以及抗氧化酶活性,清除过量的ROS,维持果皮细胞ROS代谢平衡,从而提升蜜橘果皮的抗日灼能力;生产中于高温来临前期在果实表面喷施螯合钙,是一种简便有效的预防蜜橘日灼病害的技术措施。     

高温下喷施水杨酸和磷酸二氢钾对中稻生理特征和产量的影响

为探寻减轻水稻抽穗开花期高温热害的技术途径,以3个籼型杂交稻品种为材料,于2017—2018年在江西省吉安县、余干县、南昌县进行田间试验.在抽穗开花期自然高温下,设置叶面喷施5个不同浓度的水杨酸(SA)处理(SA₁～SA₅分别为100、500、1000、1500、2000 μmol·L^-1)和5个不同浓度的磷酸二氢钾(KH₂PO₄)处理(K₁～K₅分别为7.35、14.70、22.05、29.40、36.75 mmol·L^-1),并以叶面喷施蒸馏水为对照(CK),分析中稻生理特征和产量.结果表明: 与对照相比,SA处理和KH₂PO₄处理分别降低了剑叶丙二醛含量,提高了叶绿素、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、脯氨酸含量和超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶活性,其中SA₂和K₃处理效果最好.SA₂、SA₃和K₃、K₄处理提高了水稻穗粒数、结实率和产量,其中SA₂和K₃处理效果显著,与对照相比,SA₂处理分别使穗粒数、结实率和产量增加了7.0%、4.0%和11.9%,K₃处理增加了3.9%、4.7%和6.6%.抽穗开花期高温下,采取叶面喷施500 μmol·L^-1 SA或22.05 mmol·L^-1 KH₂PO₄的技术措施可显著提高中稻产量.     

Abscisic acid prevents pollen abortion under high‐temperature stress by mediating sugar metabolism in rice spikelets

Heat stress at the pollen mother cell (PMC) meiotic stage leads to pollen sterility in rice, in which the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and sugar homeostasis are always adversely affected. This damage is reversed by abscisic acid (ABA), but the mechanisms underlying the interactions among the ABA, sugar metabolism, ROS and heat shock proteins in rice spikelets under heat stress are unclear. Two rice genotypes, Zhefu802 (a recurrent parent) and fgl (its near‐isogenic line) were subjected to heat stress of 40°C after pre‐foliage sprayed with ABA and its biosynthetic inhibitor fluridone at the meiotic stage of PMC. The results revealed that exogenous application of ABA reduced pollen sterility caused by heat stress. This was achieved through various means, including: increased levels of soluble sugars, starch and non‐structural carbohydrates, markedly higher relative expression levels of heat shock proteins (HSP24.1 and HSP71.1) and genes related to sugar metabolism and transport, such as sucrose transporters (SUT) genes, sucrose synthase (SUS) genes and invertase (INV) genes as well as increased antioxidant activities and increased content of adenosine triphosphate and endogenous ABA in spikelets. In short, exogenous application of ABA prior to heat stress enhanced sucrose transport and accelerated sucrose metabolism to maintain the carbon balance and energy homeostasis, thus ABA contributed to heat tolerance in rice.     

Regulation of leaf senescence, grain-filling and yield of rice by kinetin and abscisic acid

Senescence of rice ( Oryza sativa L. cv. Jaya) leaves was regulated with kinetin and abscisic acid (ABA) sprays at the reproductive stage. The effect of such sprays on grain-filling and yield was analyzed. Spraying 100-day-old plants with kinetin solution (100 μg ml^-1) significantly delayed senescence as indicated by higher total chlorophyll and protein levels in the three uppermost leaves compared with the controls. In contrast, spraying with ABA (15 μg ml^-1) significantly promoted foliar senescence. The number of spikelets per panicle, number of panicles, percentage filled grains, panicle weight and grain yield per plant and the mobilization and harvest indices were significantly increased by kinetin treatment, while ABA decreased most of them. The possibility of increased grain-filling and thus, yield due to delayed foliar senescence by kinetin treatment and decreased grain-filling due to hastening of senescence by ABA is discussed.     

Rice yield formation under high day and night temperatures—A prerequisite to ensure future food security

Increasing temperatures resulting from climate change dramatically impact rice crop production in Asia. Depending on the specific stage of rice development, heat stress reduces tiller/panicle number, decreases grain number per plant and lower grain weight, thus negatively impacting yield formation. Hence improving rice crop tolerance to heat stress in terms of sustaining yield stability under high day temperature (HDT), high night temperature (HNT), or combined high day and night temperature (HDNT) will bolster future food security. In this review article, we highlight the phenological alterations caused by heat and the underlying molecular-physiological and genetic mechanisms operating under different types of heat conditions (HDT, HNT, and HDNT) to understand heat tolerance. Based on our synthesis of HDT, HNT, and HDNT effects on rice yield components, we outline future breeding strategies to contribute to sustained food security under climate change.     

A point mutation in LTT1 enhances cold tolerance at the booting stage in rice

The cold tolerance of rice at the booting stage is a main factor determining sustainability and regional adaptability. However, relatively few cold tolerance genes have been identified that can be effectively used in breeding programmes. Here, we show that a point mutation in the low-temperature tolerance 1 (LTT1) gene improves cold tolerance by maintaining tapetum degradation and pollen development, by activation of systems that metabolize reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cold-induced ROS accumulation is therefore prevented in the anthers of the ltt1 mutants allowing correct development. In contrast, exposure to cold stress dramatically increases ROS accumulation in the wild type anthers, together with the expression of genes encoding proteins associated with programmed cell death and with the accelerated degradation of the tapetum that ultimately leads to pollen abortion. These results demonstrate that appropriate ROS management is critical for the cold tolerance of rice at the booting stage. Hence, the ltt1 mutation can significantly improve the seed setting ability of cold-sensitive rice varieties under low-temperature stress conditions, with little yield penalty under optimal temperature conditions. This study highlights the importance of a valuable genetic resource that may be applied in rice breeding programmes to enhance cold tolerance.     

Sugars,antioxidant enzymes and IAA mediate salicylic acid to prevent rice spikelet degeneration caused by heat stress

Salicylic acid (SA) can alleviate damage to rice plants induced by heat stress, but its role in preventing spikelet degeneration under high-temperature stress has not been documented. Rice plants pretreated with SA (0–50 mmol L^?1) were subjected to heat stress at 40?°C at the pollen mother cell meiosis stage for 10 days. The results indicated that there were no significant differences in grain yields and yield components among rice plants that were exogenously sprayed with SA (0–50 mmol L^?1) under natural conditions. Under heat stress, the grain yield, spikelet number per panicle and setting rate in response to SA treatments were higher than under the control (0 mmol L^?1 SA or NON-SA) treatment, especially with 1 and 10 mmol L^?1 SA. A higher grain yield, spikelet number per panicle and setting rate were recorded in these two SA treatments compared with the NON-SA treatment. During this process, soluble sugars, proline, phytohormones including ABA, GA₃, BRs, IAA, ZR and JA, and antioxidant enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase, peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), were induced by SA. Moreover, soluble sugars, IAA, POD and APX in the spikelets with SA treatments were not only higher than with the NON-SA treatment but the changing patterns were also similar to that of the spikelet number per panicle under natural conditions and heat stress. Therefore, our results suggest that sugars, antioxidant enzymes and IAA might mediate SA to prevent spikelet degeneration caused by heat stress.     

Physiological and biochemical characterization of NERICA‐L‐44: a novel source of heat tolerance at the vegetative and reproductive stages in rice

The predicted increase in the frequency and magnitude of extreme heat spikes under future climate can reduce rice yields significantly. Rice sensitivity to high temperatures during the reproductive stage is well documented while the same during the vegetative stage is more speculative. Hence, to identify and characterize novel heat‐tolerant donors for both the vegetative and reproductive stages, 71 rice accessions, including approximately 75% New Rice for Africa (NERICAs), were phenotyped across field experiments during summer seasons in Delhi, India, and in a controlled environment study at International Rice Research Institute , Philippines. NERICA‐L‐44 (NL‐44) recorded high seedling survival (52%) and superior growth and greater reproductive success exposed to 42.2°C (sd ± 2.3) under field conditions. NL‐44 and the heat‐tolerant check N22 consistently displayed lower membrane damage and higher antioxidant enzymes activity across leaves and spikelets. NL‐44 recorded 50–60% spikelet fertility, while N22 recorded 67–79% under controlled environment temperature of 38°C (sd ±1.17), although both had about 87% fertility under extremely hot field conditions. N22 and NL‐44, exposed to heat stress (38°C), had similar pollen germination percent and number of pollen tubes reaching the ovary. NL‐44 maintained low hydrogen peroxide production and non‐photochemical quenching (NPQ) with high photosynthesis while N22 avoided photosystem II damage through high NPQ under high‐temperature stress. NL‐44 with its reproductive stage resilience to extreme heat stress, better antioxidant scavenging ability in both vegetative tissue and spikelets and superior yield and grain quality is identified as a novel donor for increasing heat tolerance at both the vegetative and reproductive stages in rice.     

Selenium protects sorghum leaves from oxidative damage under high temperature stress by enhancing antioxidant defense system

Oxidative stress is commonly induced when plants are grown under high temperature (HT) stress conditions. Selenium often acts as an antioxidant in plants; however, its role under HT-induced oxidative stress is not definite. We hypothesize that selenium application can partly alleviate HT-induced oxidative stress and negative impacts of HT on physiology, growth and yield of grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. Objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of selenium on (a) leaf photosynthesis, membrane stability and antioxidant enzymes activity and (b) grain yield and yield components of grain sorghum plants grown under HT stress in controlled environments. Plants were grown under optimal temperature (OT; 32/22 °C daytime maximum/nighttime minimum) from sowing to 63 days after sowing (DAS). All plants were foliar sprayed with sodium selenate (75 mg L^?1) at 63 DAS, and HT stress (40/30 °C) was imposed from 65 DAS through maturity. Data on physiological, biochemical and yield traits were measured. High temperature stress decreased chlorophyll content, chlorophyll a fluorescence, photosynthetic rate and antioxidant enzyme activities and increased oxidant production and membrane damage. Decreased antioxidant defense under HT stress resulted in lower grain yield compared with OT. Application of selenium decreased membrane damage by enhancing antioxidant defense resulting in higher grain yield. The increase in antioxidant enzyme activities and decrease in reactive oxygen species (ROS) content by selenium was greater in HT than in OT. The present study suggests that selenium can play a protective role during HT stress by enhancing the antioxidant defense system.