低磷供应对拟南芥根系构型的影响

在人工气候箱中,采用Johnson培养基对拟南芥在低磷供应条件下根系构型的变化进行了研究,结果表明：拟南芥在磷饥饿诱导下,主根缩短,侧根密度、根毛的数量和长度显著增加,并且,根尖到第一侧根和第一根毛的距离也大大缩短。这些改变增加了根系比表面积,并且使得根系分布更加靠近土壤表层,有利于提高植物吸收土壤中有机磷的效率。低磷胁迫还导致拟南芥根系分生组织区细胞形状变异,柱细胞数量减少;主根生长和细胞伸长的动力学分析显示,磷饥饿促使拟南芥主根生长变缓,细胞长度随磷饥饿程度的加深迅速缩小。CycB1;1:GUS染色分析结果表明,低磷破坏拟南芥根系分生组织细胞分裂能力,这些结果说明磷胁迫同时抑制了细胞的伸长和分裂,从而引起拟南芥主根的缩短。     

低磷对大豆主根伸长生长的影响

文章采用卷纸培养和分层琼脂培养的方法,研究磷对大豆主根伸长影响的结果表明:低磷[0.2 μmol(KH2PO4)·L-1]显著促进大豆主根伸长,特别是延长大豆主根根尖至最新侧根间的距离;组织切片表明,低磷对主根伸长的促进主要是通过延迟主根伸长区的分化实现的,并且低磷对主根的促进作用不受亚磷酸盐的影响.琼脂分层培养的结果表明,在磷分布不均匀的条件下,低磷影响主根的仲长生长,上层或下层不施磷的大豆主根伸长均有增加.     

甾类激素炔雌醇、炔诺酮和左炔诺孕酮对拟南芥根生长的影响

采用不同浓度的人工合成甾类激素炔雌醇、炔诺酮和左炔诺孕酮处理拟南芥幼苗,研究3种激素对其根生长和根中内源激素含量的影响.结果表明:(1)30μg?L-1炔雌醇处理显著促进主根的伸长、侧根数及侧根总长的增加,促进主根根毛数和地下部鲜重的增加,增大内源IAA和iPAs含量,以及IAA/iPAs比值;3 000μg?L-1炔雌醇处理则增加主根的弯曲度;(2)炔诺酮活性相对较弱,浓度为300μg?L-1时对主根长、侧根数、侧根总长的促进效果最大,IAA含量增加而iPAs含量降低,IAA/iPAs比值最大;3 000μg?L-1炔诺酮则引起主根弯曲,抑制根毛的生长,但促进侧根数和的地下部鲜重的增加;(3)左炔诺孕酮的活性较高,3μg?L-1时对拟南芥主根长、主根根毛数增加最为显著;300μg?L-1时对侧根数、根毛密度的增幅最大,IAA含量增加,IAA/iPAs比值最大;3 000μg?L-1时显著抑制主根的生长和侧根的生成.     

水培条件下营养元素对枳幼苗根毛发育及根生长的影响

以柑橘砧木枳实生苗为试材,研究水培条件下N、P、K、Ca、Mg、Fe和Mn等7种营养元素分别缺乏对其根系主根长度、侧根数和主、侧根根毛密度、根毛长度及根毛直径等的影响.结果表明:水培条件下,不同缺素处理枳实生幼苗的根毛均能生长,但根毛主要集中在近根基段,根尖处分布较少;侧根的根毛密度显著大于主根,而其根毛长度显著小于主根.不同缺素处理对根毛的生长发育影响较大,主根根毛密度为55.0～174.3条·mm-2.与对照相比,缺Ca诱发主根的根毛密度、长度显著增加;缺P使主根的根基段、中段及侧根的根毛密度、长度显著增加;缺Fe使主根根尖段根毛密度显著增加,而长度显著降低;缺K使主根、侧根的根毛密度、长度及根毛直径均显著降低;缺Mg使主根根毛长度显著增加.各处理主根的生长较一致;侧根除缺N、Mg处理外,其他处理均出现脱落后再生的现象.     

水培条件下营养元素对枳幼苗根毛发育及根生长的影响

以柑橘砧木枳实生苗为试材,研究水培条件下N、P、 K、Ca、Mg、Fe和Mn等7种营养元素分别缺乏对其根系主根长度、侧根数和主、侧根根毛密度、根毛长度及根毛直径等的影响．结果表明: 水培条件下,不同缺素处理枳实生幼苗的根毛均能生长,但根毛主要集中在近根基段,根尖处分布较少;侧根的根毛密度显著大于主根,而其根毛长度显著小于主根.不同缺素处理对根毛的生长发育影响较大,主根根毛密度为55.0~174.3 条·mm^-2．与对照相比,缺Ca诱发主根的根毛密度、长度显著增加;缺P使主根的根基段、中段及侧根的根毛密度、长度显著增加;缺Fe使主根根尖段根毛密度显著增加,而长度显著降低;缺K使主根、侧根的根毛密度、长度及根毛直径均显著降低;缺Mg使主根根毛长度显著增加．各处理主根的生长较一致;侧根除缺N、Mg处理外,其他处理均出现脱落后再生的现象.     

在控制条件下云南松幼苗根系对低磷胁迫的响应

磷是控制生命过程的重要元素,植物在生长过程中需要大量的磷,低磷常导致一些植物发生适应性变化。云南松(PinusyunnanensisFranch.)以云南高原为起源和分布中心,其对低磷土壤环境表现出了很强的适应能力,广泛分布并正常生长于贫瘠的低磷红壤上,研究云南松对低磷环境的适应机制,对人类探索高效利用有限的磷素资源的方法具有现实意义。本实验通过对不同磷处理水平下培养的云南松幼苗根系生物量和根冠比等的研究,分析了云南松幼苗根系对低磷胁迫的响应。实验所用云南松种子采集自云南省通海县秀山森林公园内的健壮云南松林。结果表明:当磷浓度下降到0.5mmol/L时,云南松幼苗主根长度开始随磷浓度的降低而增加,根冠比随磷浓度的降低而增大,而侧根发生数没有随磷浓度的降低而显示出显著的增减规律,根系生物量也没有随磷浓度的降低而呈现出有规律的增减,根系生物量始终保持在一定的水平。进一步的分析表明:低磷胁迫下,云南松幼苗保证了物质分配对根的优先地位,以维持其根的生物量在一定水平,进而维持整个生命;云南松幼苗主要是靠主根长度的增加而不是靠侧根数量的增加来适应低磷环境。     

丛枝菌根真菌和磷水平对番茄幼苗侧根形成的影响

为了探讨丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)和磷水平对植物根系构型的影响,在两个磷水平下对番茄幼苗接种AMF菌株Rhizophagus irregularis BGC JX04B,研究AMF和磷水平对番茄幼苗侧根形成的影响.结果表明: AMF对植株生物量的促进效应不明显,但显著降低了植株的根冠比;显著增加了主根长而减少了1级侧根长,并与侵染时期存在互作;显著降低了2～3级侧根数量及2级侧根数与1级侧根数的比值,对1~2级侧根密度无显著影响.高磷(50 mg·kg^-1P)显著促进了植株生长,降低了植株的根冠比;对主根长和1级侧根长无显著影响,显著增加了1~3级侧根数量及2级侧根数与1级侧根数的比值,提高了1~2级侧根密度.表明AMF和磷水平对番茄侧根形成的影响机制不同,高磷的影响可能基于对养分吸收和生长的促进效应,而AMF的影响则更为复杂,且AMF与侵染时期的互作效应预示着碳素分配(糖信号)可能参与了AMF对根系构型的调控.     

异三聚体G蛋白在NAA诱导的拟南芥根生长发育中的作用

以拟南芥的野生型(ws)、异三聚体G蛋白α亚基基因GPA1缺失突变体(gpa1-1,gpa1-2)和超表达突变体(wGα,cGα)为材料,通过施加不同浓度(0~0.2 mg/L)的NAA处理,对拟南芥根生长发育的一些形态指标进行了观测比较.结果表明:(1)随着培养基中NAA浓度的不断升高,5种基因型主根的伸长生长均受到抑制,且抑制作用随浓度升高而增强;4种突变体和野生型主根的生长在相同浓度NAA处理下,无明显差异;(2)NAA在一定浓度范围内,对拟南芥侧根的生长发育起促进作用;在NAA诱导的侧根生长中,G蛋白超表达突变体比野生型更敏感,缺失突变体则不敏感.初步证明G蛋白不参与主根生长发育的调节,而在侧根生长发育中可能起正调节作用.     

多胺生物合成抑制剂D-精氨酸对拟南芥幼苗根系生长的影晌

为探讨多胺生物合成抑制剂D-精氨酸（D-arginine,D-Arg）对拟南芥根系生长的影响,首先用腐胺（0．1mmol‘L-1）和D—Arg（1．0mmol·L-1）处理种子萌发后生长2d的拟南芥幼苗。腐胺（0．1mmol·L-1）显著促进主根伸长,D-Arg（1．0mmol-L-1）显著抑制主根伸长,并对主根根尖的细胞形态有明显影响。为了进一步了解D—Arg影响拟南芥主根生长的机理,采用浓度梯度D．Arg处理幼苗根系。实验结果表明,随着D-Arg浓度增加（0．2～1．0mmol·L-1）,拟南芥幼苗主根生长受抑制的程度越严重。微分干涉观察主根根尖发现,外源施加D—Arg,引起拟南芥主根根尖分生区的细胞数目减少,使拟南芥幼苗表现出主根的伸长生长变缓。当分生区数目较少时,出现主根几乎不再仲长的现象。由此推测,多胺生物合成抑制剂D-Arg对拟南芥幼苗根生长的抑制作用机制,是D-Arg影响了其根尖分生区的细胞分裂活动,使分生区细胞数目减少,从而引起分生区长度减小,最终导致拟南芥主根仲长生长受到抑制。     

Leukamenin E调节拟南芥幼苗生长发育的模式及其机制

研究对映-贝壳杉烷型二萜化合物Leukamenin E对拟南芥种子萌发、下胚轴伸长以及根生长发育的作用模式,并探讨植物激素生长素和乙烯可能介导Leukamenin E影响拟南芥主根生长、侧根和根毛发育的初步机制。结果表明:Leukamenin E浓度在10~160μmol·L~(-1)范围对拟南芥种子的萌发率无显著影响,但高浓度Leukamenin E(80~160μmol·L-1)显著抑制种子的萌发速率。Leukamenin E对拟南芥幼苗根生长的抑制作用明显高于对下胚轴的抑制效应。进一步研究表明,Leukamenin E通过阻滞根尖细胞有丝分裂和细胞伸长进而抑制主根的生长,并能促进侧根提前发生并影响其形成数量,同时减少根毛密度及降低根毛长度。Leukamenin E联合乙烯利(乙烯释放剂)处理可阻止乙烯利单独使用对拟南芥幼苗根毛生长的促进作用,与Ag+(乙烯竞争抑制剂)联合乙烯利的作用效果相一致,表明Leukamenin E可能通过干扰根细胞乙烯途径而抑制根毛发育。流动注射化学发光分析和酶联免疫检测的结果发现,Leukamenin E显著上调拟南芥幼苗根组织中生长素(IAA)水平,表明生长素可能作为主要因子介导了Leukamenin E对拟南芥幼苗根生长发育的调节作用。     

Reactive oxygen species localization in roots of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Arabidopsis thaliana</Emphasis> seedlings grown under phosphate deficiency

Arabidopsis plants responding to phosphorus (P) deficiency increase lateral root formation and reduce primary root elongation. In addition the number and length of root hairs increases in response to P deficiency. Here we studied the patterns of radical oxygen species (ROS) in the roots of Arabidopsis seedlings cultured on media supplemented with high or low P concentration. We found that P availability affected ROS distribution in the apical part of roots. If plants were grown on high P medium, ROS were located in the root elongation zone and quiescent centre. At low P ROS were absent in the elongation zone, however, their synthesis was detected in the primary root meristem. The proximal part of roots was characterized by ROS production in the lateral root primordia and in elongation zones of young lateral roots irrespective of P concentration in the medium. On the other hand, plants grown at high or low P differed in the pattern of ROS distribution in older lateral roots. At high P, the elongation zone was the primary site of ROS production. At low P, ROS were not detected in the elongation zone. However, they were present in the proximal part of the lateral root meristem. These results suggest that P deficiency affects ROS distribution in distal parts of Arabidopsis roots. Under P-sufficiency ROS maximum was observed in the elongation zone, under low P, ROS were not synthesized in this segment of the root, however, they were detected in the apical root meristem.     

Phosphate Availability Alters Lateral Root Anatomy and Root Architecture of Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr. Seedlings

Plants have evolved some mechanisms to maximize the efficiency of phosphorus acquisition.Changes in root architecture are one such mechanism. When Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr. seedlings were grown under conditions of low phosphorus availability, the length of cells in the meristem zone of the lateral roots was longer, but the length of cells in the elongation and mature zones of the lateral roots was shorter,compared with seedlings grown under conditions of high phosphorus availability. The elongation rates of primary roots increased as phosphorus availability increased, but the elongation rates of the branched zones of the primary roots decreased. The number of lateral root primordia and the length of the lateral roots decreased as phosphorus availability increased. The topological index (altitude slope) decreased as phosphorus availability increased, suggesting that root architecture tended to be herringbone-like when seedlings were grown under conditions of low phosphate availability. Herringbone-like root systems exploit nutrients more efficiently, but they have higher construction costs than root systems with a branching pattern.     

Phosphate Availability Alters Lateral Root Anatomy and Root Architecture of Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr. Seedlings

Plants have evolved some mechanisms to maximize the efficiency of phosphorus acquisition. Changes in root architecture are one such mechanism. When Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr. seedlings were grown under conditions of low phosphorus availability, the length of cells in the meristem zone of the lateral roots was longer, but the length of cells in the elongation and mature zones of the lateral roots was shorter,compared with seedlings grown under conditions of high phosphorus availability. The elongation rates of primary roots increased as phosphorus availability increased, but the elongation rates of the branched zones of the primary roots decreased. The number of lateral root primordia and the length of the lateral roots decreased as phosphorus availability increased. The topological index (altitude slope) decreased as phosphorus availability increased, suggesting that root architecture tended to be herringbone-like when seedlings were grown under conditions of low phosphate availability. Herringbone-like root systems exploit nutrients more efficiently, but they have higher construction costs than root systems with a branching pattem.     

A role for redox factors in shaping root architecture under phosphorus deficiency

The developmental response of the Arabidopsis root system to low phosphorus (P) availability involves the reduction in primary root elongation accompanied by the formation of numerous lateral roots. We studied the roles of selected redox metabolites, namely, radical oxygen species (ROS) and ascorbic acid (ASC) in the regulation of root system architecture by different P availability. Rapidly growing roots of plants grown on P-sufficient medium synthesize ROS in root elongation zone and quiescent centre. We have demonstrated that the arrest of root elongation at low P medium coincides with the disappearance of ROS from the elongation zone. P-starvation resulted in a decrease in ascorbic acid level in roots. This correlated with a decrease in cell division activity. On the other hand, feeding P-deficient plants with ASC, stimulated mitotic activity in the primary root meristem and partly reversed the inhibition of root growth imposed by low P conditions. In this paper, we discuss the idea of the involvement of redox agents in the regulation of root system architecture under low P availability.Key words: ascorbic acid, phosphate deficiency, primary root, radical oxygen species, root growth, root system architecture     

Phosphate availability alters architecture and causes changes in hormone sensitivity in the Arabidopsis root system

The postembryonic developmental program of the plant root system is plastic and allows changes in root architecture to adapt to environmental conditions such as water and nutrient availability. Among essential nutrients, phosphorus (P) often limits plant productivity because of its low mobility in soil. Therefore, the architecture of the root system may determine the capacity of the plant to acquire this nutrient. We studied the effect of P availability on the development of the root system in Arabidopsis. We found that at P-limiting conditions (<50 microM), the Arabidopsis root system undergoes major architectural changes in terms of lateral root number, lateral root density, and primary root length. Treatment with auxins and auxin antagonists indicate that these changes are related to an increase in auxin sensitivity in the roots of P-deprived Arabidopsis seedlings. It was also found that the axr1-3, axr2-1, and axr4-1 Arabidopsis mutants have normal responses to low P availability conditions, whereas the iaa28-1 mutant shows resistance to the stimulatory effects of low P on root hair and lateral root formation. Analysis of ethylene signaling mutants and treatments with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid showed that ethylene does not promote lateral root formation under P deprivation. These results suggest that in Arabidopsis, auxin sensitivity may play a fundamental role in the modifications of root architecture by P availability.     

Nitrate and phosphate availability and distribution have different effects on root system architecture of Arabidopsis

Plant root systems can respond to nutrient availability and distribution by changing the three-dimensional deployment of their roots: their root system architecture (RSA). We have compared RSA in homogeneous and heterogeneous nitrate and phosphate supply in Arabidopsis. Changes in nitrate and phosphate availability were found to have contrasting effects on primary root length and lateral root density, but similar effects on lateral root length. Relative to shoot dry weight (DW), primary root length decreased with increasing nitrate availability, while it increased with increasing phosphate supply. Lateral root density remained constant across a range of nitrate supplies, but decreased with increasing phosphate supply. In contrast, lateral root elongation was suppressed both by high nitrate and high phosphate supplies. Local supplies of high nitrate or phosphate in a patch also had different effects. Primary root growth was not affected by a high nitrate patch, but growth through a high phosphate patch reduced primary root growth after the root left the patch. A high nitrate patch induced an increase in lateral root density in the patch, whereas lateral root density was unaffected by a high phosphate patch. However, both phosphate- and nitrate-rich patches induced lateral root elongation in the patch and suppressed it outside the patch. This co-ordinated response of lateral roots also occurs in soil-grown plants exposed to a nutrient-rich patch. The auxin-resistant mutants axrl, axr4 and aux1 all showed the wild-type lateral root elongation responses to a nitrate-rich patch, suggesting that auxin is not required for this response.     

An auxin transport independent pathway is involved in phosphate stress-induced root architectural alterations in Arabidopsis. Identification of BIG as a mediator of auxin in pericycle cell activation

Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants display a number of root developmental responses to low phosphate availability, including primary root growth inhibition, greater formation of lateral roots, and increased root hair elongation. To gain insight into the regulatory mechanisms by which phosphorus (P) availability alters postembryonic root development, we performed a mutant screen to identify genetic determinants involved in the response to P deprivation. Three low phosphate-resistant root lines (lpr1-1 to lpr1-3) were isolated because of their reduced lateral root formation in low P conditions. Genetic and molecular analyses revealed that all lpr1 mutants were allelic to BIG, which is required for normal auxin transport in Arabidopsis. Detailed characterization of lateral root primordia (LRP) development in wild-type and lpr1 mutants revealed that BIG is required for pericycle cell activation to form LRP in both high (1 mm) and low (1 microm) P conditions, but not for the low P-induced alterations in primary root growth, lateral root emergence, and root hair elongation. Exogenously supplied auxin restored normal lateral root formation in lpr1 mutants in the two P treatments. Treatment of wild-type Arabidopsis seedlings with brefeldin A, a fungal metabolite that blocks auxin transport, phenocopies the root developmental alterations observed in lpr1 mutants in both high and low P conditions, suggesting that BIG participates in vesicular targeting of auxin transporters. Taken together, our results show that auxin transport and BIG function have fundamental roles in pericycle cell activation to form LRP and promote root hair elongation. The mechanism that activates root system architectural alterations in response to P deprivation, however, seems to be independent of auxin transport and BIG.     

Phosphate starvation induces a determinate developmental program in the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

When growing under limiting phosphate (P) conditions, Arabidopsis thaliana plants show dramatic changes in root architecture, including a reduction in primary root length, increased formation of lateral roots and greater formation of root hairs. Here we report that primary root growth inhibition by low P is caused by a shift from an indeterminate to a determinate developmental program. In the primary root, the low P-induced determinate growth program initiates with a reduction of cell elongation followed by the progressive loss of meristematic cells. At later stages, cell proliferation ceases and cell differentiation takes place at the former cell elongation and meristematic regions of the primary root. In low P, not only the primary but also almost all mature lateral roots enter the determinate developmental program. Kinetic studies of expression of the cell cycle marker CycB1;1:uidA and the quiescent center (QC) identity marker QC46:GUS showed that in low P conditions, reduction in proliferation in the primary root was preceded by alterations in the QC. These results suggest that in Arabidopsis, P limitation can induce a determinate root developmental program that plays an important role in altering root system architecture and that the QC could act as a sensor of environmental signals.     

甘蓝型油菜根系突变体lrn1、prl1和野生型根系显微结构的差异

油菜外源细胞分裂素不敏感突变体lrn1和prl1表现为磷高效。营养液培养0.2μmol/L细胞分裂素(6-BA)处理,与甘蓝型油菜野生型‘宁油7号’(WT)相比,突变体lrn1侧根较多,prl1主根较长。本研究利用体式显微技术、非切片压片法以及石蜡切片等技术,对3个基因型在ddH2O和0.2μmol/L 6-BA处理下的根毛、根表皮细胞分化及根尖解剖结构的差异进行了观察,结果表明:ddH2O处理,种子发芽后第1、3、6、9 d,lrn1、prl1和WT根尖成熟区根毛较少。0.2μmol/L 6-BA处理,种子发芽后第3 d,lrn1、prl1和WT根尖形成大量根毛,其中WT根毛最多、密度最大;prl1根毛最少,密度也最小;lrn1处于两者之间。种子发芽后第6 d,lrn1、prl1和WT分生区和伸长区明显缩短,lrn1和prl1分生区面积无显著差异,但两者均显著大于WT;lrn1和prl1根冠细胞结构较正常,而WT根冠细胞结构畸形;lrn1皮层原细胞之间排列较WT和prl1紧密。种子发芽后第9 d,lrn1已有4条侧根,但prl1与WT无侧根形成。6-BA处理,prl1主根较长,与其根尖分生区面积较大密切相关;lrn1侧根较多,可能与中柱原细胞排列密度较高密切相关。