(NH4)2SO4对瓜尔豆幼苗在不同光照下耐冷性的影响

通过温室穴盘育苗试验,研究叶面喷施(NH4)2SO4对低温胁迫12 h后不同光通量密度(PFD)条件下,瓜尔豆幼苗在常温培养过程中幼苗生存及叶片SOD活性、POD活性和MDA含量的影响。结果表明:低温处理一夜后,在温室自然光照(强光)下进行常温恢复时,瓜尔豆叶片中SOD和POD活性始终显著低于对照,MDA含量显著高于对照,幼苗死亡率显著高于对照;在90μmol.m-2.s-1弱光下恢复2~4 d后,叶片中保护酶活性显著高于对照,MDA含量保持较低水平,幼苗均正常生长。叶面喷施(NH4)2SO4能显著提高低温处理后的植株叶片抗氧化酶类活性,减少叶片中MDA的产生,降低幼苗死亡率,0.2%(NH4)2SO4处理效果最好,其次为0.4%(NH4)2SO4。短期低温后,使植物处在弱光环境下能减少活性氧的发生,为植物抗氧化系统达到新的平衡提供有利条件,从而减轻甚至消除低温伤害。     

温度逆境对不同品种黄瓜幼苗膜保护系统的影响

温度逆境胁迫后,黄瓜幼苗体内O2^-的产生速率和MDA含量均明显升高,温度逆境胁迫和常温恢复2d后,O2^-的产生速率都与各品系黄瓜幼苗对温度逆境的耐性呈负相关,说明在温度逆境胁迫过程中,活性氧确实是对黄瓜幼苗产生毒害的重要方式。在遭受温度逆境胁迫后,黄瓜幼苗体内酶促和非酶促防御系统均遭到破坏。AsA含量、CAT和POD活性均显著下降,低温胁迫后,对低温耐性强的品系SOD活性上升,对低温耐性弱的品系SOD活性降低。高温处理后,各品系SOD活性均降低。表明膜系统的损伤与细胞内自由基引发的膜脂过氧化有关。     

持续低温弱光对黄瓜叶片气体交换、叶绿素荧光猝灭和吸收光能分配的影响

持续常温弱光(25℃/18℃,l00umol m-2 s-1)、低温弱光(12℃/12℃,100 umol m-2 s-1和7℃/7℃,l00μmolm-2s-1)均导致黄瓜生长减慢或停滞、叶绿素含量、气孔导度和净光合速率、光合电子传递速率下降以及胞间CO2浓度上升.常温弱光和12℃弱光处理对光系统II的最大光化学效率Fv/Fm无显著影响,而7℃弱光处理导致Fv/Fm的可逆性下降.常温弱光和7℃、12℃弱光处理均导致了光化学反应速率的降低以及天线热耗散和反应中心过剩能量的增加.在胁迫后,12℃弱光0比7℃弱光更有利于植株光合功能的恢复.     

低温弱光对以色列番茄幼苗生长及生理指标的影响

用以色列引进品种F-044和安徽省地区主栽品种皖红3号番茄为材料,研究在不同低温(10℃/5℃)弱光(60μm ol.m-2.s-1)处理下及恢复过程中,番茄幼苗生长及生理指标的变化。结果表明:各处理指标变化趋势相同;10℃低温弱光处理后,番茄幼苗生长势、叶片叶绿素含量及超氧物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性下降,而过氧化物酶(POD)活性、丙二酶(MDA)含量,根冠比上升。各指标在恢复期内均能恢复到对照水平;5℃低温弱光胁迫后,F-044仅地上部分干物质积累受胁迫影响,根冠比上升了14.97%,而皖红3号因地下干物质积累减少显著,根冠比则下降了27.74%;各处理下F-044的各项指标变化、恢复情况均显著好于皖红3号,低温弱光耐性强于皖红3号。     

5-氨基乙酰丙酸对辣椒植株低温胁迫伤害的缓解效应

以‘超越五号'辣椒品种为试材,研究了低温胁迫期间及随后的常温恢复过程中5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA 25 mg·L-1)处理对始花期辣椒植株生长量,叶片中脯氨酸、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白含量,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性和电解质渗透率及丙二醛(MDA)含量的影响,以探讨ALA提高辣椒抗寒性的生理机制.结果表明,低温胁迫下叶面喷施25 mg·L-1的ALA可显著提高辣椒植株生长量,增加叶片中脯氨酸、可溶性糖及可溶性蛋白含量,增强其POD、CAT及APX活性,并显著降低辣椒叶片中SOD活性、电解质渗透率和MDA含量.叶面喷施ALA也显著降低了恢复过程中辣椒叶片中的渗透调节物质含量和抗氧化酶活性,使膜伤害基本恢复到对照水平.可见,外源ALA处理可通过提高低温胁迫下辣椒叶片的渗透调节能力和抗氧化能力,促进植株生长,缓解低温胁迫对植株的伤害.     

低温弱光下外源褪黑素对黄瓜幼苗生长及抗氧化系统的影响

以黄瓜品种‘津优4号’为材料,利用人工气候箱进行低温弱光处理(昼/夜,18℃/10℃),研究外源褪黑素(MT)对低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗生长和抗氧化系统等生理指标的影响。结果显示:低温弱光下,与对照相比,外源褪黑素处理显著提高了黄瓜幼苗株高、茎粗、植株鲜重和干重,叶绿素和根系活力分别显著提高了13.3%和18.8%,抗氧化物质GSH及ASA的含量分别显著增加了39.3%和24.7%,保护酶SOD、POD、CAT、APX活性均显著升高;同时,外源褪黑素处理还显著提高了黄瓜叶片质膜及液泡膜H+-ATP酶的活性,从而使黄瓜幼苗叶片MDA含量和电解质渗漏率分别显著降低了28.7%和29.7%。研究表明,低温弱光下外源褪黑素可通过提高黄瓜幼苗保护酶活性、抗氧化物质的含量、细胞膜ATP酶活性等来降低质膜过氧化水平,保持细胞膜的完整性和功能,从而增强黄瓜幼苗对低温弱光的适应性,维持其正常生长,并以200μmol·L-1褪黑素处理效果较好。     

低温弱光胁迫及恢复对切花菊光合作用和叶绿素荧光参数的影响

以切花菊品种‘神马’为试材,在偏低温弱光(16℃/12℃,PFD100μmol.m-2.s-1)和临界低温弱光(12℃/8℃,PFD60μmol.m-2.s-1)下分别胁迫11d,然后转入正常条件(22℃/18℃,PFD450μmol.m-2.s-1)恢复11d,研究不同低温弱光强度及恢复对菊花光合作用和叶绿素荧光参数的影响.结果表明:低温弱光导致菊花叶片的净光合速率(Pn)和气孔限制值(Ls)下降,而胞间CO2浓度(Ci)上升.偏低温弱光胁迫下菊花叶片暗适应下最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)和初始荧光(Fo)无明显变化,但光适应下最大光化学效率(Fv′/Fm′)在处理前期略有下降,后期则有所回升;而临界低温弱光处理的Fo明显升高,Fv/Fm和Fv′/Fm′显著降低.PSⅡ光合电子传递量子效率(ΦPSⅡ)、光化学猝灭系数(qP)和表观光合电子传递速率(ETR)均随着低温弱光胁迫程度的增加和时间的延长而降低;偏低温弱光处理植株在解除胁迫后能迅速恢复到对照水平,而临界低温弱光处理植株回升速度较慢;同时,低温弱光胁迫下吸收光强用于分配光化学反应部分(Prate)的比例减少,而天线热耗散(Drate)和反应中心的能量耗散(Ex)比例上升,但天线热耗散为过剩光能的主要分配途径.     

低温弱光对辣椒幼苗抗氧化酶活性与质膜透性的影响

以辣椒CapsicumannuumL.幼苗为材料,研究了辣椒幼苗叶片中活性氧清除系统对低温弱光的响应.结果表明:随着低温弱光胁迫程度和时间的增加,辣椒幼苗叶片中POD活性提高,但SOD和CAT活性下降,MDA含量增加,细胞膜透性增大;就温度而言,临界低温15℃/8℃比偏低温19℃/12℃对植株的影响更为显著;在偏低温19℃/12℃下,弱光90μmol·m-2·s-1使POD活性上升更大,而SOD和CAT活性的下降、MDA含量的增加和细胞膜透性的增大更小,而在临界低温15℃/8℃下则相反;陇椒2号耐低温弱光能力强,各项指标均优于七寸红.     

喷洒药物对低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗伤害程度的影响

试验分别用抗寒剂（K1）、PP333（P）、（K2）溶液喷洒黄瓜幼苗。在零上低温6℃光照条件下培养1、3、5d,测定膜脂过氧化水平和其它相关的生理指标。结果表明：黄瓜幼苗真叶组织中超氧物歧化酶（SOD）活性下降;膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）累积量增加;叶绿素含量降低;细胞质相对膜透性增大。受伤害程度随着低温时间的延长而加深。当胁迫1d常温恢复3d后SOD活性和叶绿素含量继续降低;MDA含量和膜透性恢复到接近零时水平。当胁迫3d,恢复3d后几个指标伤害程度都有不同程度的加深。结果还表明：几种药物处理的黄瓜幼苗比对照的受伤害程度有所减轻,其中以K2效果最为显著。     

(NH4)2SO4对瓜尔豆幼苗在不同光照下耐冷性的影响

通过温室穴盘育苗试验,研究叶面喷施(NH₄)₂SO₄对低温胁迫12 h后不同光通量密度（PFD）条件下,瓜尔豆幼苗在常温培养过程中幼苗生存及叶片SOD活性、POD活性和MDA含量的影响。结果表明：低温处理一夜后,在温室自然光照（强光）下进行常温恢复时,瓜尔豆叶片中SOD和POD活性始终显著低于对照,MDA含量显著高于对照,幼苗死亡率显著高于对照;在90 μmol·m^-2·s^-1弱光下恢复2～4 d后,叶片中保护酶活性显著高于对照,MDA含量保持较低水平,幼苗均正常生长。叶面喷施(NH₄)₂SO₄能显著提高低温处理后的植株叶片抗氧化酶类活性,减少叶片中MDA的产生,降低幼苗死亡率,0.2% (NH₄)₂SO₄处理效果最好,其次为0.4%(NH₄)₂SO₄。短期低温后,使植物处在弱光环境下能减少活性氧的发生,为植物抗氧化系统达到新的平衡提供有利条件,从而减轻甚至消除低温伤害。     

Different responses of tobacco antioxidant enzymes to light and chilling stress

The effect of elevated light treatment (25 degrees C, PPFD 360 mumol m-2 sec-1) or chilling temperatures combined with elevated light (5 degrees C, PPFD 360 mumol m-2 sec-1) on the activity of six antioxidant enzymes, guaiacol peroxidases, and glutathione peroxidase (GPx, EC 1.11.1.9) protein accumulation were studied in tobacco Nicotiana tabacum cv. Petit Havana SR1. Both treatments caused no photooxidative damage, but chilling caused a transient wilting. The light treatment increased the activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APx, EC 1.11.1.11) and guaiacol peroxidases while catalase (EC 1.11.1.6), superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1), monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR, EC 1.6.5.4), dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR, EC 1.8.5.1), and glutathione reductase (EC 1.6.4.2) were unchanged. In contrast, chilling treatment did not increase any of the antioxidant enzyme activities, but decreased catalase and to a lesser extent DHAR activities. Glutathione peroxidase protein levels increased sporadically under light treatment and constantly under chilling. Both chilling and light stress caused induction of glutathione synthesis and accumulation of oxidised glutathione, although the predominant part of the glutathione pool remained in the reduced form. Antioxidant enzymes from the chilling treated plants were measured at both 25 degrees C and 5 degrees C. Measurements at 5 degrees C revealed a 3-fold reduction in catalase activity, compared with that measured at 25 degrees C, indicating that the overall reduction in catalase after four days of chilling was approximately 10-fold. The overall reduction in activity for the other antioxidant enzymes after four days of chilling was 2-fold for GR and APx, 1.5-fold for MDHAR, 3.5-fold for DHAR. The activity of SOD was the same at 25 and 5 degrees C. These results indicate that catalase and DHAR are most strongly affected by the chilling treatment and may be the rate-limiting factor of the antioxidant system at low temperatures.     

Changes in antioxidant enzyme activities in detached leaves of cucumber exposed to chilling

We studied changes in biochemical and physiological status, level of oxidative damage, and antioxidant enzyme activities in detached leaves of cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Pyunggangnaebyungsamchuk) that were exposed to a low temperature (4°C). Chlorophyll fluorescence (F_v/F_m) declined during the chilling treatment, but was slowly restored after the tissues were returned to 25°C. Likewise, the fluorescence quenching coefficient and relative water content decreased during the stress period, but then increased during recovery. In contrast, we detected a significant rise in protein and hydrogen peroxide contents in the chilled leaves, as well as higher activities for superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, peroxidase, and glutathione reductase. However, the level of catalase decreased not only during chilling but also after 24 h of recovery. These results indicate that exposure to low temperatures acts as an oxidative stress. Moreover, we propose that a regulating mechanism exists in the detached cucumber leaves and contains an antioxidant defense system that induces active oxygen species, thereby alleviating the effects of chilling stress within 12 h.     

茄子嫁接苗根系对低温环境胁迫的响应

以‘济农2000’为对照,研究了低温胁迫下不同抗冷性茄子砧木嫁接苗根系的生理生化变化及其与抗冷性的关系.结果表明,在10 ℃(昼)/3 ℃(夜)低温处理初期,根系对低温最敏感,表现为MDA含量、冷害指数、POD活性、脯氨酸含量、可溶性蛋白含量等迅速增加,而根系呼吸速率、SOD、CAT活性等迅速降低.随着低温胁迫时间的延长,根系呼吸速率持续降低,而冷害指数持续升高,渗透调节物质基本呈增加的趋势.常温恢复3 d后,呼吸速率、渗透调节物质、SOD活性等升高,但均以抗冷性较强的赤茄砧木嫁接苗恢复能力较强,而抗冷性较弱的台茄砧木嫁接苗与自根苗较差.利用抗冷性较强的砧木进行嫁接,可显著增强茄子根系的活性,进而提高其抗冷性.     

Factors contributing to enhanced freezing tolerance in wheat during frost hardening in the light

The interaction between light and temperature during the development of freezing tolerance was studied in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. var. Mv Emese). Ten-day-old plants were cold hardened at 5 degrees C for 12 days under normal (250 micromol m(-2)s(-1)) or low light (20 micromol m(-2)s(-1)) conditions. Some of the plants were kept at 20/18 degrees C for 12 days at high light intensity (500 micromol m(-2)s(-1)), which also increased the freezing tolerance of winter wheat. The freezing survival rate, the lipid composition, the antioxidant activity, and the salicylic acid content were investigated during frost hardening. The saturation level of hexadecanoic acid decreased not only in plants hardened at low temperature, but also, to a lesser extent, in plants kept under high light irradiation at normal growth temperature. The greatest induction of the enzymes glutathione reductase (EC 1.6.4.2.) and ascorbate peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.11.) occurred when the cold treatment was carried out in normal light, but high light intensity at normal, non-hardening temperature also increased the activity of these enzymes. The catalase (EC 1.11.1.6.) activity was also higher in plants grown at high light intensity than in the controls. The greatest level of induction in the activity of the guaiacol peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7.) enzyme occurred under cold conditions with low light. The bound ortho-hydroxy-cinnamic acid increased by up to two orders of magnitude in plants that were cold hardened in normal light. Both high light intensity and low temperature hardening caused an increase in the free and bound salicylic acid content of the leaves. This increase was most pronounced in plants that were cold treated in normal light.     

Chilling-induced leaf abscission of Ixora coccinea plants. III. Enhancement by high light via increased oxidative processes

The role of increased oxidation induced by successive stresses of chilling and high light in the induction of leaf abscission was studied in Ixora coccinea plants in relation to auxin metabolism and oxidative processes. Exposure of plants following dark chilling (7°C for 3 days) to high light (500–700 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ photosynthetically active radiation) for 5 h at 20–25°C enhanced chilling-induced leaf abscission. This abscission was inhibited by pretreatment with the antioxidant butylated hydroxyanisole, α -naphthaleneacetic acid or the ethylene action inhibitor, 1-methylcyclopropene. The oxidative processes initiated during the low light period following the dark chilling period, such as indoleacetic acid (IAA) decarboxylation and lipid peroxidation, were further enhanced by subsequent exposure to high light. Photoinhibition, expressed by the reduction of the chlorophyll fluorescence parameter Fv/Fm, was evident following exposure to high light, irrespective of the temperature of the pretreatment, but this reduction persisted only in chilled plants. This suggests that oxidative processes generated during and after the chilling period might have inhibited the recovery from photoinhibition. The chilling stress under darkness induced a 60% reduction in superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and significant increases (130–600%) in the activities of several other antioxidative enzymes. These data suggest that the chilling-induced reduction in SOD activity may well be responsible for the increase in the oxidative stress induced by the subsequent light treatment, as expressed by the increased enzymatic activities. Taken together, this study provides further support for the involvement of oxidative processes in the events occurring in tissues exposed to sequential chilling and light stresses, leading to reduction in free IAA content in the abscission zone and to leaf abscission.     

Peroxide Levels and the Activities of Catalase, Peroxidase, and Indoleacetic Acid Oxidase during and after Chilling Cucumber Seedlings

The activities of catalase, peroxidase, indoleacetic acid (IAA) oxidase and peroxide levels in cucumber plants during and after chilling were determined. During 96 hours at 5 C and 85% relative humidity, catalase activity declined, IAA oxidase activity increased, and peroxide concentrations increased. Peroxidase activity was not affected by chilling. When chilled plants were returned to 25 C to recover, enzyme activities and peroxide concentration were restored to their prechilling levels. The increase in peroxide and IAA oxidase activity may inactivate or destroy IAA and thus retard growth.     

Antioxidant enzymes and isoflavonoids in chilled soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) seedlings

Changes of activity antioxidant enzymes and of levels of isoflavonoids were studied in the roots and hypocotyls of the etiolated soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr. var. Essor) seedlings, submitted to cold. Prolonged exposure to 1 degrees C inhibited hypocotyl and root elongation and limited their growth after seedlings were transferred to 25 degrees C. Roots were more sensitive to chilling than hypocotyls. At 1 degrees C a gradual increase in MDA concentration in roots but not in hypocotyls was observed. An increase in catalase (CAT, EC 1.11.1.6) and superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) activity in hypocotyls was observed both at 1 degrees C and after transfer of plants to 25 degrees C. In roots, CAT activity increased after 4 days of chilling, while SOD activity only after rewarming. L-Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3.1.5) activity decreased in roots of chilled seedlings, but did not change in hypocotyls until activity increased after transfer to 25 degrees C. The content of genistein and daidzein increased after 24 h of treatment by low temperature and then decreased with prolonged chilling in hypocotyls and remained high in roots. However, it should be noted that genistin level (genistein glucoside) in chilled hypocotyls is 10 times higher than in roots, despite falling tendency. The role of antioxidant enzymes and isoflavonoids in preventing chilling injury in hypocotyls and roots of soybean seedlings is discussed.     

Effect of temperature on ascorbate peroxidase activity and flowering of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes under different light conditions

Four Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes were grown at 14 degrees C and 22 degrees C under two light conditions (300 microE m-2 s-1 or 150 microE m-2 s-1) and the effect of temperature on their growth and flowering time was studied. Flowering occurred within 31 days (experimental period) at 22 degrees C, whereas a decrease in growth temperature resulted in a delay in flowering (63 days) under both light conditions. At 14 degrees C, membrane-bound APX (tAPX) activity decreased and total chlorophyll (Chl) content increased with growth under both light conditions. However, at 22 degrees C, the tAPX activity increased and total Chl content decreased with growth under both light conditions. These results suggest that at 22 degrees C oxidative stress was high under both light conditions and consequently Chl content decreased under stressful conditions or vice versa for all the four A. thaliana ecotypes studied. Under both the temperature and light conditions, soluble APX activity showed an irregular pattern of growth. The increase in tAPX activity, with growth only at 22 degrees C but not at 14 degrees C, suggests increased H2O2 formation in flowering plants at 22 degrees C for all the four A. thaliana ecotypes studied. Before flowering, the tAPX activity showed a significantly negative correlation with flowering time. Higher oxidative stress in the lower-latitude ecotypes might induce earlier flowering than the higher-latitude ecotypes. From these results, we propose a hypothesis that H2O2 is one of the possible factors in flower induction.     

Chill-induced inhibition of photosynthesis was alleviated by 24-epibrassinolide pretreatment in cucumber during chilling and subsequent recovery

To investigate whether brassinosteroids (BRs) could be used to alleviate chill-induced inhibition of photosynthesis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L) during chilling and subsequent recovery, the effects of exogenously applied 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) on gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, and antioxidant enzyme activity were studied. Cucumber plants were exposed to chilling under low light (12/8°C and 100 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ PPFD) for 3 days and then recovered under normal temperature and high irradiance (28/18°C and 600 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ PPFD) for 6 days. Chilling significantly decreased the net photosynthetic rate (P _N) and stomatal conductance (g _s), and increased rate of O₂ ^·− formation and H₂O₂ and malondialdehyde (MDA) content in cucumber leaves, but did not influence the optimal quantum yield of PSII (F_v/F_m). Chilling also decreased the effective quantum yield of PSII photochemistry (Φ_PSII) and photochemical quenching (q_P), but induced an increase in nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ), and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX). High irradiance (600 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) further aggravated the decrease in P _N, g _s, Φ_PSII and q_P, and enhanced the increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and accumulation in the first day of recovery after chilling. However, high irradiance induced a sharp decrease in F_v/F_m and NPQ, as well as the activities of SOD and APX on the first day of recovery. EBR pretreatment significantly alleviated chill-induced inhibition of photosynthesis during chilling stress and subsequent recovery period, which was mainly due to significant increases in g _s, Φ_PSII, q_P and NPQ. EBR pretreatment also reduced ROS generation and accumulation, and increased the activities of SOD and APX during chilling and subsequent recovery. Those results suggest that EBR pretreatment alleviates the chill reduction in photosynthesis and accelerated the recovery rate mainly by increasing of the stomatal conductance, the efficiency of utilization and dissipation of leaf absorbed light, and the activity of the ROS scavenging system during chilling and subsequent recovery period.