试论麦类作物非水力根信号与生活史对策

从植物非水力根信号的生理调节作用和生活史进化解度看,在水分亏缺条件下,自然选择会导致植物产生大量根系以增加对水分的竞争能力,而浅根系则可在干旱来临时,以快速反应的根信号来调节和平衡植株水分状况,度过干旱时期。但是,自然选择压力下的植物特征往往不利于作物籽粒产量这一种群水平上的属性的改善。作物产量的提高过程是一个不断加强的人工选择过程。在作物生产中,作物水环境得到了改善,强大的多年生竞争者基本消失,     

二倍体、四倍体和六倍体小麦产量及水分利用效率

试验选用了6个不同染色体倍性的小麦进化材料（3个二倍体、2个四倍体和1个六倍体）,分别在不同水肥条件下研究其根系、地上生物量、产量、蒸腾耗水量和水分利用效率等指标,旨在阐明小麦进化材料产量及水分利用效率的差异及水肥条件对这些特性的影响。试验表明：不同倍性小麦进化材料的生物量、产量和水分利用存在显著的差异,而且水肥条件对其有显著影响。在染色体倍性由2n→4n→6n的进化过程中,小麦根系及地上生物量均先增加后降低,而产量却显著增加,这与收获指数的增加有关。小麦产量的大小顺序为：T.aestivum〉T.dicoccum〉T.dicoccoides〉Ae.squarrosa〉Ae.speltoides〉T.boeoticum。水分亏缺显著降低小麦的生物量、产量和收获指数;在不同水分条件下,增加施肥量有利于这些指标的增加。但是水分亏缺下,增加施肥却降低各小麦材料的根系生物量。随小麦的进化,蒸腾耗水量显著降低,这与其生育期缩短有关;而生物量水分利用效率和产量水分利用效率却显著升高,且后者的差异要大于前者。各小麦产量水分利用效率的大小排序与产量的完全一致。水分亏缺处理显著减少各小麦进化材料的蒸腾耗水量47％～52％，而显著增加生物量水分利用效率3％～40％；但水分亏缺对产量水分利用效率的促进作用却随染色体倍性的增加而降低，甚至降低六倍体小麦T.aestivum的产量水分利用效率19％。不同水分条件下，高肥处理均有利于蒸腾耗水量、生物量水分利用效率和产量水分利用效率的增加。     

叶面喷施腐殖酸对小麦临界期干旱的生理调节作用的初步研究

临界期干旱使小麦后期分蘖不能成穗,总穗数减少,每穗的不孕小穗数增加,穗粒数减少,产量明显降低。临界期干旱时喷施腐殖酸类物质能使小麦叶片气孔开张度减小,蒸腾降低,水分消耗速度减慢,从而使小麦体内水势提高,叶片含水率上升,水分亏缺程度减轻;同时,叶绿素含量提高,下层叶片衰老推迟,根系活力保持较高,每穗粒数及千粒重都有增加。叶面喷施腐殖酸类物质有抗旱增产的作用。     

灌水对小麦旗叶光合功能衰退的影响

利用田间小区试验研究了不同灌水对冬小麦旗叶光合功能衰退的影响。研究表明：小麦旗叶光合衰退初期引起光合下降的原因主要是气孔限制,后期则为非气孔限制。灌水可提高旗叶光合速率,并使由气孔限制非气孔转变的时间推后,同时,还可增加叶绿素含量,增强根活力,使小麦旗叶光合功能持续期延长,过量灌水改善旗叶光合速衰的效果主要表现在后期,对产量提高的意义并不大。     

黄土高原地区春小麦对有限灌溉的反应及其生理生态基础

从对黄土高原地区有限灌溉条件下作物生理生态反应的众多研究中得出：（1）水分轻度亏缺时,作物可通过根信号物质ABA调节叶片的气孔导度。非水力根信号作用太强,可因降低光合作用而减少干物质生产和影响干物质分配模式而影响产量和水分利用效率,故削弱非水力根信号的作用将有利于提高产量。（2）浅层根系占根系总量比值越高,对干旱越敏感,表现为根信号能力增强;深层根系所占比例越高,越有利于土壤深层水分利用,并可削弱根信号,同理,给土壤中下层补水或采用播种前灌溉,可因为减少了无效蒸发,且削弱根信号而提高水分利用率。（3）本地区有限灌溉的最佳时期由于降水变率较高而变得较为复杂,不同降水年型,最佳灌溉时期差异很大,对有限灌溉进行科学管理还需要做更多的研究工作。     

水分亏缺下作物补偿效应类型及机制研究概述

总结了作物在水分亏缺下产生补偿效应的类型、机制及条件,补偿效应类型可分为生长补偿、生理生化补偿、代谢及产量补偿等;从渗透调节、脱水保护等方面对补偿效应的生化及分子机制作了探讨,并阐明了作物产生补偿效应的生物学基础,指出了进一步研究的方向。     

夏玉米苗期有限水分胁迫拔节期复水的补偿效应

以作物调亏灌溉原理为基础 ,对夏玉米苗期水分胁迫拔节期复水进行了试验研究。结果表明 ,复水增加了夏玉米叶片气孔导度和光合速率 ,提高叶片水平上的水分利用效率(WUE)。复水 2天后 ,叶片气孔导度和光合速率即恢复到对照水平 ,部分时段 ,特别在下午 ,复水处理表现出高于对照的“反冲”现象。复水使苗期受旱的夏玉米株高、叶面积、地上 (下 )部分干物重和根系生长发育都恢复到或接近充分供水的植株生长水平。使其产量及构成因子与对照接近 ,水分利用效率显著地提高了 2 4 7%。这为玉米中后期的水分管理 ,提高玉米水分利用效率 ,提供了一定的理论依据 ;也提供了一种便于广大农民掌握的简单易行的灌溉方式     

不同沟灌模式对沙漠绿洲区葡萄生长和水分利用的效应

在甘肃河西荒漠绿洲区研究了覆膜与不覆膜条件下隔沟交替灌溉、常规沟灌对葡萄生长和水分利用的影响.结果表明,隔沟交替灌溉可以保证作物一部分根区处于比较湿润状态,另一部分根区处于相对干燥状态,湿润与干燥区域的交替出现可诱导葡萄的补偿生长效应.隔沟交替灌溉条件下葡萄叶片气孔开度减小,光合速率略有降低或下降不显著,而蒸腾速率明显下降,水分利用效率增大.光合作用日变化也表现出类似规律.隔沟交替灌溉与地膜覆盖技术相结合能显著提高水分利用效率,为在田间实施气孔最优化调控提供了一种有效途径.     

小麦叶片气孔性状与产量和抗旱性的关系

以小麦旱选10号/鲁麦14 DH群体为试材,对干旱胁迫和正常灌溉条件下花后10 d和20d旗叶中部气孔密度、气孔大小、气孔导度、光合速率、蒸腾速率与产量和抗旱系数的关系进行相关和通径分析.结果表明:在两种水分条件下,花后10 d气孔密度、气孔大小、气孔导度、光合速率、蒸腾速率与产量和抗旱系数的相关性大多不显著;但花后20 d与千粒重呈极显著正相关,与穗粒数、单株产量和抗旱系数的相关性仍大多不显著.气孔导度、光合速率和蒸腾速率是影响单株产量和抗旱系数的主要因素,不仅对单株产量和抗旱系数的直接作用较大,间接作用也较大;气孔密度与气孔大小对单株产量和抗旱系数的直接作用和间接作用均较小.在两种水分条件下,花后10 d和20 d,气孔密度与气孔长度之间,气孔长度与气孔宽度、气孔导度、光合速率和蒸腾速率之间的相关性均显著或极显著,但气孔密度、气孔长度与气孔导度、光合速率和蒸腾速率间的相关性在不同水分条件和不同生育阶段存在差异,表明水分条件、生长发育阶段对这些性状之间的相关性影响较大.通过育种手段以叶片气孔密度和气孔大小为选择目标,来改善小麦气孔导度、光合速率和蒸腾速率,进而提高产量并不总是一种有效手段.     

不同类型作物对干湿交替环境的反应

通过对干湿交替环境下春小麦、马铃薯、大豆和玉米等作物的产量,水分利用效率及光合作用、蒸腾作用、气孔导度等生理变化的研究表明：（１）春小麦和马铃薯在干湿交替环境下可获得与充分供水相当的产量而它们的水分利用效率却显著提高,大豆减产幅度较大,玉米减产严重,其水分利用效率显著低于全湿处理;（２）浇水后各作物的光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度都有所增加,但不同作物增加的幅度不同,就是同一作物各指标的增幅也不同;     

Controlled alternate partial root-zone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency

Controlled alternate partial root-zone irrigation (CAPRI), also called partial root-zone drying (PRD) in other literature, is a new irrigation technique and may improve the water use efficiency of crop production without significant yield reduction. It involves part of the root system being exposed to drying soil while the remaining part is irrigated normally. The wetted and dried sides of the root system are alternated with a frequency according to soil drying rate and crop water requirement. The irrigation system is developed on the basis of two theoretical backgrounds. (i) Fully irrigated plants usually have widely opened stomata. A small narrowing of the stomatal opening may reduce water loss substantially with little effect on photosynthesis. (ii) Part of the root system in drying soil can respond to the drying by sending a root-sourced signal to the shoots where stomata may be inhibited so that water loss is reduced. In the field, however, the prediction that reduced stomatal opening may reduce water consumption may not materialize because stomatal control only constitutes part of the total transpirational resistance. The boundary resistance from the leaf surface to the outside of the canopy may be so substantial that reduction in stomatal conductance is small and may be partially compensated by the increase in leaf temperature. It is likely that densely populated field crops, such as wheat and maize, may have a different stomatal control over transpiration from that of fruit trees which are more sparsely separated. It was discussed how long the stomata can keep 'partially' closed when a prolonged and repeated 'partial' soil drying is applied and what role the rewatering-stimulated new root growth may play in sensing the repeated soil drying. The physiological and morphological alternation of plants under partial root-zone irrigation may bring more benefits to crops than improved water use efficiency where carbon redistribution among organs is crucial to the determination of the quantity and quality of the products.     

Genetic and management approaches to boost UK wheat yields by ameliorating water deficits

Faced with the challenge of increasing global food production, there is the need to exploit all approaches to increasing crop yields. A major obstacle to boosting yields of wheat (an important staple in many parts of the world) is the availability and efficient use of water, since there is increasing stress on water resources used for agriculture globally, and also in parts of the UK. Improved soil and crop management and the development of new genotypes may increase wheat yields when water is limiting. Technical and scientific issues concerning management options such as irrigation and the use of growth-promoting rhizobacteria are explored, since these may allow the more efficient use of irrigation. Fundamental understanding of how crops sense and respond to multiple abiotic stresses can help improve the effective use of irrigation water. Experiments are needed to test the hypothesis that modifying wheat root system architecture (by increasing root proliferation deep in the soil profile) will allow greater soil water extraction thereby benefiting productivity and yield stability. Furthermore, better knowledge of plant and soil interactions and how below-ground and above-ground processes communicate within the plant can help identify traits and ultimately genes (or alleles) that will define genotypes that yield better under dry conditions. Developing new genotypes will take time and, therefore, these challenges need to be addressed now.     

水分胁迫对冬小麦叶片CO_2/H_2O交换参数的影响

水资源严重匮乏已成为华北平原农业可持续发展的主要障碍因素 [1] ,提高有限水资源的利用效率显得十分重要。以前的研究主要注重农田水平作物与水分的关系 [2 ,4 ] ,利用作物生物学进行节水研究不够 [3,4 ] 。Roa等人认为作物适度的水分亏缺可获得高产 [15] ;Jensen等人认为适度水分胁迫甚至能使作物水分利用效率显著提高 [5,6] ,依此发展了调亏灌溉思想 ,对有限水量在作物生育期内时空最优分配制度进行研究 ,目前已为世界各国广泛关注 [6] 。作物 CO2 /H2 O交换参数包括光合速率、蒸腾速率、水分利用效率等 ,这些是确定作物水分高效利用…     

水分胁迫对冬小麦叶片CO2／H2O交换参数的影响

Changes of CO2/H2O exchange parameters were continually measuredin winter wheat under different water stress stages.The results showed that photosynthesis rate and transpiration rate of winter wheat in water stress conditions were obviously lower than that in non-stress conditions.After water stress,both of them slowly increased and even overtook that on sufficient irrigation treatment. Responses of winter wheat to water stress in different growth stages were different.To some extent, water stress can improve crop water use efficiency,speed up the process of milking.Under water stress condition,stomatal conductance limited diurnal changes of photosynthesis and transpiration in the morning but not in the afternoon.Transpiration is more sensitive to water stress than photosynthesis.     

Dark Respiration of Winter Wheat Crops in Relation to Temperature and Simulated Photosynthesis

The dark respiration of shoots (measured between March and anthesisin mid-June) and of ears (measured between anthesis and maturityat end of July) of winter wheat crops, grown in 1982 and 1985under different nitrogen application and irrigation conditions,was determined in the field. The respiration rate of 126 averagesof four samples was measured hourly for a 12–14-h darkperiod including the night. Respiration (expressed per unitdry mass) generally declined through the season for both shootsand ears. The average rate of respiration obtained on the samenight was greater for fertilized and irrigated crops, comparedwith unfertilized and droughted crops. The relationship betweenthe measured respiration and photosynthesis, simulated usinga modified version of the model developed by Spitters (1986),was analysed. This revealed that: (a) Shoot respiration was less well correlated with photosynthesisfrom the day preceding measurement than with the average ofthe photosynthesis from the two days preceding measurement. (b) The constants relating shoot respiration to total crop photosynthesisper unit crop mass and ear respiration to total crop photosynthesisper unit ear mass had similar values. This suggests that allgrowth respiration takes place in the ears at the end of theseason. (c) Crop growth respiration consumes about 35% of assimilatebefore anthesis, and that growth respiration of the ear consumesabout 40% of assimilate at the end of the season. (d) No significant effect of treatment on the relationship betweenrespiration and photosynthesis was detected, suggesting thatthe observed effect of treatment on respiration is due entirelyto differences in photosynthesis. Triticwn aestivum var. Avalon, winter wheat, dark respiration, growth coefficient, photosynthesis model, nitrogen nutrition, irrigation     

灌溉和种植方式对冬小麦生育后期旗叶光合特性及产量的影响

于2009—2011年通过田间试验,以高产中筋冬小麦品种济麦22为材料,设等行距平作、宽窄行平作、沟播3种种植方式,每种种植方式下设不灌水(W₀)、灌拔节水(W₁)、灌拔节水+开花水(W₂)、灌拔节水+开花水+灌浆水(W₃)4种灌溉处理(每次灌水量为60 mm),研究不同灌溉和种植方式对冬小麦生育后期旗叶光合特性和产量的影响.结果表明: 随冬小麦灌水量的增加,3种种植方式下小麦花后旗叶叶面积和光合速率均增加,光系统Ⅱ最大光化学效率和实际光化学效率也增加;与W₀处理相比,各灌水处理提高了小麦籽粒产量,但水分利用效率(WUE)降低.同一灌溉条件下,与其他两种种植方式相比,沟播方式小麦花后旗叶光合速率、光系统Ⅱ最大光能转化效率和实际光化学效率均较高,且W₂处理籽粒产量显著高于其他处理.统筹考虑冬小麦的籽粒产量和WUE,沟播结合灌拔节水+开花水是华北平原冬麦区较适宜的节水种植方式.     

Cassava biology and physiology

Cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a perennial shrub of the New World, currently is the sixth world food crop for more than 500 million people in tropical and sub-tropical Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is cultivated mainly by resource-limited small farmers for its starchy roots, which are used as human food either fresh when low in cyanogens or in many processed forms and products, mostly starch, flour, and for animal feed. Because of its inherent tolerance to stressful environments, where other food crops would fail, it is often considered a food-security source against famine, requiring minimal care. Under optimal environmental conditions, it compares favorably in production of energy with most other major staple food crops due to its high yield potential. Recent research at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Colombia has demonstrated the ability of cassava to assimilate carbon at very high rates under high levels of humidity, temperature and solar radiation, which correlates with productivity across all environments whether dry or humid. When grown on very poor soils under prolonged drought for more than 6 months, the crop reduce both its leaf canopy and transpiration water loss, but its attached leaves remain photosynthetically active, though at greatly reduced rates. The main physiological mechanism underlying such a remarkable tolerance to drought was rapid stomatal closure under both atmospheric and edaphic water stress, protecting the leaf against dehydration while the plant depletes available soil water slowly during long dry periods. This drought tolerance mechanism leads to high crop water use efficiency values. Although the cassava fine root system is sparse, compared to other crops, it can penetrate below 2 m soil, thus enabling the crop to exploit deep water if available. Leaves of cassava and wildManihotpossess elevated activities of the C₄ enzyme PEP carboxylase but lack the leaf Kranz anatomy typical of C₄ species, pointing to the need for further research on cultivated and wild Manihot to further improve its photosynthetic potential and yield, particularly under stressful environments. Moreover, a wide range in values of K _m (CO₂) for the C₃ photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco was found among cassava cultivars indicating the possibility of selection for higher affinity to CO₂, and consequently higher leaf photosynthesis. Several plant traits that may be of value in crop breeding and improvement have been identified, such as an extensive fine root system, long leaf life, strong root sink and high leaf photosynthesis. Selection of parental materials for tolerance to drought and infertile soils under representative field conditions have resulted in developing improved cultivars that have high yields in favorable environments while producing reasonable and stable yields under stress.     

Cassava biology and physiology

Cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a perennial shrub of the New World, currently is the sixth world food crop for more than 500 million people in tropical and sub-tropical Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is cultivated mainly by resource-limited small farmers for its starchy roots, which are used as human food either fresh when low in cyanogens or in many processed forms and products, mostly starch, flour, and for animal feed. Because of its inherent tolerance to stressful environments, where other food crops would fail, it is often considered a food-security source against famine, requiring minimal care. Under optimal environmental conditions, it compares favorably in production of energy with most other major staple food crops due to its high yield potential. Recent research at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Colombia has demonstrated the ability of cassava to assimilate carbon at very high rates under high levels of humidity, temperature and solar radiation, which correlates with productivity across all environments whether dry or humid. When grown on very poor soils under prolonged drought for more than 6 months, the crop reduce both its leaf canopy and transpiration water loss, but its attached leaves remain photosynthetically active, though at greatly reduced rates. The main physiological mechanism underlying such a remarkable tolerance to drought was rapid stomatal closure under both atmospheric and edaphic water stress, protecting the leaf against dehydration while the plant depletes available soil water slowly during long dry periods. This drought tolerance mechanism leads to high crop water use efficiency values. Although the cassava fine root system is sparse, compared to other crops, it can penetrate below 2 m soil, thus enabling the crop to exploit deep water if available. Leaves of cassava and wild Manihot possess elevated activities of the C₄ enzyme PEP carboxylase but lack the leaf Kranz anatomy typical of C₄ species, pointing to the need for further research on cultivated and wild Manihot to further improve its photosynthetic potential and yield, particularly under stressful environments. Moreover, a wide range in values of K _m (CO₂) for the C₃ photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco was found among cassava cultivars indicating the possibility of selection for higher affinity to CO₂, and consequently higher leaf photosynthesis. Several plant traits that may be of value in crop breeding and improvement have been identified, such as an extensive fine root system, long leaf life, strong root sink and high leaf photosynthesis. Selection of parental materials for tolerance to drought and infertile soils under representative field conditions have resulted in developing improved cultivars that have high yields in favorable environments while producing reasonable and stable yields under stress.