不同年际间异子蓬种子大小、萌发能力及结实格局

异子蓬(Borszczowia aralocaspica)为中亚荒漠特有种,在我国仅分布于新疆,其果实具有二型性。对同一生长地2006、2007、2008年异子蓬种子的大小、萌发特性及结实格局进行比较,结果表明:(1)年份和种子类型对种子大小和重量均有显著影响(P<0.05)。(2)2种类型种子具有不同的萌发行为,褐色种子萌发率高(>90%),萌发速度快,而黑色种子萌发率低(2006年的萌发率为31%),萌发速度慢;2种类型种子的萌发指数在不同年际间均差异显著。(3)不同年际间,种子总数、褐色种子数、黑色种子数均具有极显著差异(P<0.001),且随个体的增大黑色种子的比例逐渐减小,褐色种子的比例逐渐增大,并且黑色种子数目均高于褐色种子数目。该研究为深入认识异型种子的生态适应对策提供理论基础。     

异子蓬二型种子的萌发与休眠特性及其生态适应

异子蓬为中亚荒漠的特有种,其果实为胞果,花被片在结果时宿存包被果实形成浆果状的散布单位.对异子蓬的散布单位、果实形态进行比较观察,并在5/15℃、5/25℃、15/25 ℃(暗/光=12h/12h)3个温变周期下进行种子萌发实验,结果表明:(1)异子蓬的散布单位绿色、浆果状,有大小两种形态;大小两种散布单位内包被的果实在形状、大小、颜色上存在着明显差异.(2)大的散布单位内包被的果实圆形,扁平,褐色,无光泽,直径(2.64±0.03) mm,重量(3.68±0.04) mg;小的散布单位内包被的果实双凸镜形,黑色,有光泽,直径(2.40±0.04) mm,重量(2.86±0.06) mg.(3)褐色种子在3个温变周期下的萌发率都在81%以上,萌发速度快,而黑色种子萌发率低,萌发慢,具有休眠现象.(4)划破种皮及低温层积处理可显著提高黑色种子在3个温变周期下的萌发率,延长储存时间也可有效地促进黑色种子的萌发,表明黑色种子处于非深度生理休眠状态.异子蓬产生的两种不同类型的种子及其在时间和空间上的萌发差异对荒漠异质环境具有重要的适应意义.     

异子蓬二型性种子的种皮结构及离子含量差异

异子蓬(Borszczowia aralocaspica)是中亚荒漠区系特有的一年生盐生植物,其种子具有二型性。通过检测异子蓬二型性种子中的生理生化物质以及观察种皮的结构,比较异子蓬二型性种子中营养物质、养分全量以及种皮结构的差异,结果表明:(1)异子蓬的棕色种子只有一层薄种皮,而黑色种子不但具有一层薄的内种皮还有一层坚硬致密的外种皮;(2)棕色种子的质量大、质量频数分布较为集中,并且吸水迅速,在吸水率较低时就能够大量萌发;(3)棕色种子的可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白质、全氮、全磷以及K+、Na+、K+/Na+和Mg2+/Na+都显著高于黑色种子。说明在繁殖子代、产生二型性种子时,异子蓬对棕色种子和黑色种子之间的繁殖投入存在着巨大的差异,这可能是导致异子蓬二型性种子产生差异性萌发机制的重要原因。     

盐生植物角果碱蓬种子二型性对环境的适应策略

角果碱蓬(Suaeda corniculata)是藜科一年生盐生植物, 在我国分布于北方盐碱滩涂和盐碱荒漠地区。角果碱蓬具有棕色和黑色两种异型体种子(简称棕色和黑色种子)。对采自内蒙古鄂托克前旗盐渍化生境的角果碱蓬二型种子的形态、休眠和萌发特性开展对比研究, 测定了二型种子休眠和萌发行为对温度、光照和盐分(NaCl)的响应, 以揭示盐生植物异型种子对温带盐漠生境的适应对策。结果表明: (1)二型性种子在大小、种皮特性和结实比例方面有显著差异。与黑色种子相比, 棕色种子个体较大, 种皮透水性强。黑色种子与棕色种子的结实比例约为5.6 : 1。(2)新成熟的棕色种子的萌发对各温度梯度和光照条件不敏感, 萌发率较高(84%-100%); 而新成熟的黑色种子萌发率较低(8%-78%), 萌发对光照敏感。(3)黑色种子具有浅度生理休眠, 种皮划破、赤霉素处理和低温层积均可有效地提高种子的萌发率。(4)二型种子萌发对土壤盐分的胁迫具有不同的响应。与黑色种子相比, 棕色种子对盐分胁迫不敏感, 在较高的盐分浓度下仍有较高的萌发率, 低温层积处理能够降低黑色种子对盐胁迫的敏感性, 有效地提高种子的初始萌发率、萌发恢复率和最终萌发率。角果碱蓬二型种子不同的形态、休眠和萌发特性, 提高了该物种在高度异质性生境中的适合度, 对种群成功地适应温带盐漠环境具有重要的意义。     

盐分、变温和激素处理对盐生植物异子蓬异型性种子萌发及成苗的影响

利用培养皿种子萌发及土壤盆栽方法对新疆特有藜科1年生盐生植物异子蓬(Suaeda aralocaspica)在不同盐分(NaCl和Na2SO4)、变温(4～30℃)和激素(GA3)处理下的种子萌发及成苗行为进行了研究.结果表明:异子蓬2种种子在NaCl和Na2SO42种盐胁迫下的萌发和休眠特性表现出明显差异,其中黑色种子的萌发率比褐色种子低;黑色种子属于非深度生理休眠,可分别通过15/30℃变温处理、4℃低温层积30 d及用800mg·L-1赤霉素处理促进其萌发;盐处理及温度变化对褐色种子的出苗率和成苗率影响显著,对黑色种子则不明显,说明黑色种子萌发存在着持续性的缓萌机制,有利于其形成持久种子库,以上特性均显示出其对初春盐生环境的适应性.     

外源激素ABA影响新疆荒漠盐生植物异子蓬异型种子萌发机制

以新疆荒漠盐生植物异子蓬(Suaeda aralocaspica)异型种子为材料,通过外源ABA直播(长时间)与浸种(短时间)处理分别研究不同浓度(0、0.5、1.0、5.0、10.0μmol/L)ABA对异型种子萌发、幼苗生长的影响,并通过定量PCR技术分析与萌发相关的ABC转运蛋白基因、丝裂原活化蛋白激酶激酶基因和DNA修复和转录因子基因在5.0μmol/L ABA处理下的表达规律,探讨外源ABA影响异子蓬异型种子萌发差异的机制。结果显示:(1)外源ABA直播处理下,褐色种子萌发及幼苗生长均受到明显抑制,黑色种子的萌发和幼苗生长在低浓度被促进,较高浓度被显著抑制;短时间浸种处理,能够同时促进异型种子的萌发及幼苗生长,且随ABA浓度增加促进效应增强。(2)直播萌发后,褐色种子中3个基因的表达量与对照相比均不变或降低表达(除了DNA修复和转录因子基因在8 h显著升高),黑色种子与对照相比均上调表达(除了ABC转运蛋白基因在8h显著下调);短时间浸种萌发后,褐色种子中3个基因的表达量均比对照显著升高,黑色种子中升高不明显。基因表达规律与种子萌发结果趋势一致,暗示ABA浸种可能触发了异子蓬种子萌发内在机制并对随后的萌发过程产生促进作用。而黑色种子对ABA处理表现出较好的萌发响应,可能是其幼苗能抵御荒漠地区逆境环境的重要原因。     

种子生态学: 种子在群落中的作用

种子是指由胚珠发育而成的繁殖器官。在生态学研究中,其涵义要比植物学上种子的概念宽泛有时也指果实。作为种子植物生活史的一个重要阶段,种子从其发生、发育到成熟、传播、萌发以至成苗都与周围的环境紧密联系着。因而种子生态学是研究种子与其环境相互关系的科学。种子生态学的研究内容主要包括:种子发育与成熟的环境调节(生殖分配和结实格局)、种子性状、种子捕食、种子传播(包括种子雨)、种子库、种子休眠、种子萌发、幼苗建成和种群更新等,其中种子传播、土壤种子库、种子休眠与萌发是研究的核心内容。     

荒漠一年生植物异时萌发研究进展

荒漠一年生植物在严峻的环境条件下形成其特殊的萌发时间格局,即种子异时萌发:在特定条件下,同胞种子群形态一致的部分种子可以即时萌发,而另一部分仍保留在种子库中的现象。目前对荒漠一年生植物的异时萌发研究多集中在种子萌发特性、萌发后性状及繁殖分配等方面。该文系统总结了国内外种子异时萌发性的研究工作,主要内容包括:1)种子异时萌发的概念;2)具有异时萌发性的一年生植物种类及分布;3)异时萌发对植物生活史类型及模式的影响;4)异时萌发的植株在表型响应上的不同,如存活率、物候特征、繁殖产量、生物量分配等;5)异时萌发的生物学和环境因素。在综述文献的基础上,对今后的研究进行了展望,这有助于从更深层面理解荒漠一年生植物的异时萌发特性及其适应机制。     

准噶尔荒漠异苞滨藜(Atriplex micrantha)的种子二型性及其萌发行为

异苞滨藜的果实(种子)存在二型性,这两种类型的果实在形状、大小、颜色及包被其苞片的大小上均有差异。黑色果实果皮光滑,有光泽,直径1.481mm±0.186mm,包被果实的苞片较小;褐色果实扁平,直径2.642mm±0.254mm,包被果实的苞片较大。以异苞滨藜的两种果实(种子)为材料,在3个变温条件(5/25℃、5/15℃、15/25℃,暗12h/光12h)下进行萌发实验,褐色种子成熟后即具有一定的萌发能力,最终萌发率都在80%以上。黑色种子仅在低的夜间温度(5℃)和高的昼间温度(25℃)条件下有较高的萌发率(>70%),而在5/15℃、15/25℃条件下,种子的最终萌发率较低(<20%),2星期的低温层积处理能够有效地加速和提高黑色种子在3个变温条件下的萌发,划破果皮和种皮也能不同程度的加速和促进黑色种子的萌发,表明黑色种子处于非深度生理休眠状态。苞片中盐含量低,苞片对褐色种子萌发无抑制作用。异苞滨藜的果实(种子)二型性及其萌发行为是对荒漠异质环境的适应。     

盐地碱蓬二型性种子的萌发和休眠及生态适应特性

二型性种子可能增强植物(尤其是盐生植物)应对难于预测环境变化的能力。该研究以运城盐湖盐地碱蓬(Suaeda salsa)二型性种子(黑色和棕色)为材料,采用室内观察和萌发方法对两种种子的形态、休眠和萌发特性进行比较,以揭示盐生植物二型性种子对盐渍化环境的适应对策。结果表明:(1)黑色种子体积小,种皮角质有光泽,而棕色种子体积大,种皮膜质无光泽。(2)新成熟的棕色种子在实验温度范围内萌发率均超过90%,而黑色种子仅在15/25℃下萌发最高(但低于85%),并且棕色种子萌发速度较黑色更快。(3)低盐(0.39mol/L)条件下,光照或黑暗对棕色种子萌发没有显著影响;高盐(0.39mol/L)条件下,棕色种子在黑暗中的萌发显著高于光照环境,而黑色种子在光照条件下的萌发率显著高于黑暗;所有温度和光照处理中,2种种子均随盐分浓度的升高而下降,但棕色种子在盐分浓度为0.78mol/L时萌发率仍能够达到30%以上,而黑色种子在盐分浓度大于0.59mol/L时几乎不萌发。(4)棕色种子为非休眠种子,而黑色种子具有非深度生理休眠特性;划破种皮、干储、低温层积和GA3处理均能够提高黑色种子的萌发率。研究发现,盐地碱蓬通过二型性种子休眠和萌发行为上的差异,采用"两头下注"对策提高其对盐渍化异质生境的适应性。     

Reproductive allocation and fruit-set pattern in the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa in controlled and field conditions

Reproductive allocation and fruit-set pattern are important characteristics of halophytes, and these characteristics were investigated in euhalophyte Suaeda salsa (S. salsa). The plants comprised of those treated with 1 mM (control) or 500 mM (high salinity) of NaCl for 120 days in a glasshouse and those collected in the field. In controlled conditions, high salinity increased reproductive allocation and the number of fruits and seeds in each node of the branches. In field conditions, reproductive allocation and the number of fruits and brown seeds in S. salsa at the upper tide line were higher than at the lower tide line. There were more fruits and seeds distributed in the central part than those in the base or top of branches in both controlled and field conditions. Soil organic matter, total nitrogen and total phosphorus content at the upper tide line were lower than at the lower tide line. An opposite trend could be observed in the total soluble salt, Na⁺ and Cl^? content in soil. In conclusion, the fruit-set pattern of S. salsa may be affected by both resource constraints and resource allocation. Reproductive allocation and fruit-set pattern may ensure the establishment of S. salsa in high saline and low nutrient environments.     

新疆郁金香营养生长、个体大小和开花次序对繁殖分配的影响

植物有性繁殖与资源分配的关系研究对于揭示植物生活史特征及繁育系统进化具有重要意义。新疆郁金香(Tulipa sinkiangensis)是新疆天山北坡荒漠带特有的一种多年生早春短命植物。在自然生境中,该物种仅以有性繁殖产生后代,每株能产生1-8朵花,且不同植株上的花数及果实数以及花序不同位置上的花与果实大小明显不同。本文通过对新疆郁金香有性繁殖与营养生长及植株大小的关系以及花序中不同位置花及果实间的资源分配研究,旨在揭示营养生长、个体大小及开花次序对其繁殖分配的影响。结果表明:在开花和果实成熟阶段,新疆郁金香植株分配给营养器官(鳞茎和地上营养器官)与繁殖器官的资源间均存在极显著的负相关关系(P<0.01),说明其植株的营养生长与生殖生长间存在权衡关系。多花是新疆郁金香的一个稳定性状,其植株上花数目、花生物量、果实生物量和种子数量与植株生物量间均呈极显著的正相关关系(P<0.01),说明新疆郁金香植株的繁殖分配存在大小依赖性。在具2-5朵花的新疆郁金香植株中,花序内各花的生物量、花粉数和胚珠数、结实率、果实生物量、结籽数、结籽率及种子百粒重按其开花顺序依次递减,说明花序内各花和果实的资源分配符合资源竞争假说。植株通过减少晚发育的花或果实获得的资源来保障早发育的花或果实获得较多的资源,从而达到繁殖成功。     

Fitness costs of jasmonic acid-induced defense in tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum

The resource allocation hypothesis is based on the assumption that defenses are costly, but relatively few studies have quantified the reproductive price of induced defenses, which represent the best means of measuring such costs in isolation from the genotypic costs that confound research involving constitutive defenses. Jasmonic acid (JA) is a plant signal molecule involved in the defensive responses of plants. It induces many of the same chemicals that are associated with herbivore damage, and thus offers a means of inducing plants without the removal of leaf area, which incurs its own costs. In tomato plants, JA induced resistance to Manduca sexta and increased levels of two defensive enzymes, polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase. We measured the impact of JA-induced defenses in tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae), on several variables associated with reproductive success: fruit number, fruit weight, ripening time, time of fruit-set, number of seeds per fruit, total seeds per plant, the relationship between fruit weight and seed number, and germination success. Plants were grown in a pest-free greenhouse and treated biweekly with solvent or with JA at either of two concentrations: 10 mM or 1 mM. The high concentration of JA led to fewer but larger fruits, longer ripening time, delayed fruit-set, fewer seeds per plant, and fewer seeds per unit of fruit weight. The reproductive impact of induction was reduced at the lower dose, but still significant; 1 mM JA resulted in delayed fruit-set and fewer seeds per unit of fruit weight, compared to control plants. Our research indicates that JA-induced defenses impose significant costs on tomato plants.     

Sink strength manipulation in branches of a Mediterranean woody plant suggests sink-driven allocation of biomass in fruits but not of nutrients in seeds

The relative autonomy of branches within an individual plant may favor different resource allocation responses after reproductive losses. The assessment of these reproductive strategies at the branch level before their integration at the plant level would provide more insight into how plants deal with reproductive losses. Here, we present a field experiment to assess changes in the allocation strategies at the branch level after sink strength manipulation in a Mediterranean woody plant (Cistus ladanifer). We applied three levels of removal of developing fruits (75, 25 and 0 %) on branches of the same plants, and measured their effects on resource allocation (biomass, nitrogen and phosphorus) and seed production after controlling for the effects of branch diameter and leaf weight per branch. Our results suggest that after experimental fruit thinning, C. ladanifer branches presented a sink-driven allocation of biomass to fruits but this was not the case for the allocation of nutrients to seeds, which could be driven by competition with leaf biomass. Reductions in biomass per fruit resulted in a reduction in seed output since the average weight per seed remained constant. From these results, it could be suggested that an heterogeneous distribution of fruit losses among the branches within a crown would produce a higher impact on reproductive output than a more equitable distribution.     

Reproductive effort in desert versus mediterranean crucifers: the allogamous Erucaria rostrata and E. hispanica and the autogamous Erophila minima

Components of the total sexual investment of plants growing under mediterranean climatic and edaphic conditions were compared with those of plants growing in the desert, in the closely related allogamous species pair Erucaria hispanica and E. rostrata and in populations of the autogamous species Erophila minima. In all cases lower total investment was evident in the desert plants. At the prezygotic phase it was expressed by (1) reduced production of flowers; (2) lower allocation to the production of male gametophytes and some floral organs; and (3) packaging of more ovules per ovary. The ratio of reproductive: vegetative biomass which was found to be greater in the desert plants and their lower pollen: ovule ratio are perhaps indicative of greater efficiency. Their smaller investment at the postzygotic phase was expressed in: (1) reduction in total numbers of fruits and seeds; (2) decrease in seed size and weight. Yet in the desert plants the number of seeds per total biomass was found to be significantly larger and fertility rates (seed-set per ovule, fruit-set per flower per plant) were equal to or greater than those in the mediterranean plants. The trends observed in this study in desert plants, which may result in more efficient exploitation of resources, are similar in the species involved, regardless of their breeding system-autogamous or allogamous.     

胡卢巴属4种短命植物个体大小依赖的繁殖输出与生活史对策

 对准噶尔荒漠中胡卢巴属(Trigonella)4种短命植物网脉胡卢巴（T． cancellata ）、单花胡卢巴（T. monantha）、直果胡卢巴（T. orthoceras）和弯果胡卢巴（T. arc uata）的物候特征及生物量分配进行了比较研究,结果表明：1）这4种植物的萌发对策多样,具有春 、夏、秋萌现象,但以春、秋季萌发为主。其萌发时间在种间差异不明显,而与温度、降水等环境因子密切相关;2）生长发育快,生活周期短,一次结实,在干热夏季来临前完成生活周期,因此属于典型的避旱型植物;3) 秋、春萌株在早春返青或种子萌发后,经过短暂的营养生长后很快进入生殖生长,通过物候期（尤其是营养生长与生殖生长阶段）的迅速转换来获得高的繁殖力,最后达到较高的繁殖产量;4）繁殖分配比率均较高,分别达62.3%、51.9 %、54.3%和58.3%,且其繁殖输出与植株大小呈正相关;5）萌发时间不同的植株（春、秋萌 株）在大小及繁殖输出上差异显著,但繁殖分配比率差异不显著,说明由萌发时间差异引起的繁殖输出差异归根结底是由植株大小差异引起的。最后探讨了胡卢巴属这4种短命植物的生活史对策以及因萌发时间不同产生的植株在个体大小、生存力和繁殖输出等方面的差异对准噶尔荒漠干旱环境的适应意义。     

入侵植物小花山桃草种群构件生物量结构及种子萌发特征

通过野外设置样方调查和室内萌发试验,研究小花山桃草种群各构件生物量的结构特征和它们之间的关系模型、繁殖分配以及种子萌发特点。结果表明:(1)小花山桃草根、茎、叶、花(果)序生物量与植株高度之间以及各构件生物量之间均呈正相关关系,可用幂函数模型或线性函数模型较好地表达;(2)各构件生物量在个体生物量中所占的比率表现为茎>花序>叶>根;(3)小花山桃草的繁殖投入和繁殖分配都随植株个体的增大而增加;(4)小花山桃草个体大小和繁殖投入之间为线性关系,而个体大小和繁殖分配之间为幂函数关系;(5)小花山桃草存在一个较小的繁殖阈值(0.6043g);(6)小花山桃草种子在有光照(12h)和黑暗条件下发芽率均可达到85%以上;未经贮藏的种子不萌发,低温沙藏(1～2℃)和室温干藏(14～32℃)一个半月种子萌发率分别可达92.5%和79%;低温沙藏时种子即可发芽,且发芽率可达61%。在研究地区,小花山桃草几乎整个生长季都可萌发,甚至初冬还有幼苗产生。小花山桃草构件生物量结构和繁殖分配特征、种子萌发特点等都有助于其入侵能力的提高,是其成功入侵我国的重要原因。