拔节期复水对玉米苗期受旱胁迫的补偿效应

拔节期恢复充分供水可使苗期受旱程度不同的玉米的株高和地上部干重恢复到或接近一直充分供水的水平;复水后叶片水势在短期内可以接近对照的水平,并在较长时间内保持较低的渗透调节能力,同时复水可降低叶片气孔阻力和蒸腾强度,提高叶片光合速率和水分利用效率,表现出一定的补偿效应。     

有限供水对复玉米产量及其水分利用效率的影响

在人工控制水分的测试坑条件下,对玉米全生育期的研究表明;随供水量减少则根系耗水深度明显加深,土壤各层次含水量变化较大。当供水量从适宜供水下降到中度亏缺供水时,则耗水深度由８０ｃｍ增加到１２０ｃｍ;在各生育期蒸腾速率,光合速率及产量和水分利用效率均随供水量的下降而下降;研究单叶水分利用效率表明：顶层第二叶在各叶层中最高;其日变化是９：００－１１：００时单叶ＷＵＥ最高。     

大豆光合速率和气孔导度对水分胁迫的响应

土壤水分胁迫使两个供试大豆品种(系)光合速率和气孔导度降低,“鲁豆四号”降低的幅度大于小粒大豆品系“7605”。在相同的叶水势下,“7605”的光合速率和气孔导度均高于“鲁豆四号”,但“7605”气孔随水势下降而关闭的速率大于“鲁豆四号”。水分胁迫使叶片温度升高,“7605”比“鲁豆四号”升温较快,但在同一水分处理中,“鲁豆四号”的叶温高于“7605”。水分胁迫降低了大豆的水分利用效率,且“鲁豆四号”降低的速率大于“7605”。结果表明,“7605”对水分胁迫具有较好的适应能力。     

有限供水对夏玉米产量及其水分利用效率的影响

在人工控制水分的测试坑条件下,对玉米全生育期的研究表明;随供水量减少则根系耗水深度明显加深,土壤各层次含水量变化较大。当供水量从适宜供水下降到中度亏缺供水时,则耗水深度由８０ｃｍ增加到１２０ｃｍ;在各生育期蒸腾速率,光合速率及产量和水分利用效率均随供水量的下降而下降;研究单叶水分利用效率表明：顶层第二叶在各叶层中最高;其日变化是９：００－１１：００时单叶ＷＵＥ最高。     

不同生育期玉米叶片光合特性及水分利用效率对水分胁迫的响应

利用大型移动防雨棚开展了玉米水分胁迫及复水试验,通过分析玉米叶片光合数据,揭示了不同生育期水分胁迫及复水对玉米光合特性及水分利用效率的影响。结果表明:水分胁迫导致玉米叶片整体光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度下降以及光合速率日变化的峰值提前;水分胁迫后的玉米叶片蒸腾速率、光合速率和气孔导度为适应干旱缺水均较对照显著下降,从而提高了水分利用效率,缩小了与水分充足条件下玉米叶片的水分利用效率差值;在中度和重度水分胁迫条件下,玉米叶片的水分利用效率降幅低于光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度的降幅, 有时甚至高于正常供水条件下的水分利用效率;适度的水分胁迫能提高玉米叶片的水分利用效率,从而增强叶片对水分的利用能力,抵御干旱的逆境;水分亏缺对玉米光合速率、蒸腾速率及水分利用效率的影响具有较明显滞后效应,干旱后复水,光合作用受抑制仍然持续;水分胁迫时间越长、胁迫程度越重,叶片的光合作用越呈不可逆性;拔节-吐丝期水分胁迫对玉米叶片光合作用的逆制比三叶-拔节期更难恢复。     

砷对小麦生长和光合作用特性的影响

研究了水培条件下砷对小麦根系和地上部分生长速率、光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Gs)、胞间CO2浓度(Ci)和蒸腾速率(Tr)的影响.结果表明,随着营养液中砷浓度的提高,小麦根长生长量和地上部分生长量较对照减少;鲜重和砷的浓度呈显著负相关.在0～90mg/L 砷处理内,Pn、Gs、Tr都随砷的浓度的提高而降低;Ci呈先降低,后升高的变化.在As≤30 mg/L时Ci逐渐降低,气孔限制值Ls升高,使Pn下降,造成气孔性限制;而As>30 mg/L时,Ci升高,气孔限制值Ls下降,Pn降低,造成了非气孔性限制.叶片水分利用效率WUE和气孔限制值Ls在As≤30 mg/L时变化一致,都有所升高;但是当As>60 mg/L时,小麦趋于死亡,水分利用率降低.叶绿素含量在0～10mg/L As处理内,差异不显著,在较高砷浓度(As>30 mg/L)时叶绿素显著下降.这说明较低浓度的砷不会抑制小麦叶绿素的合成.砷主要是毒害小麦根系生长,造成植株体光合作用的气孔性限制和非气孔性限制出现,最终影响小麦的生长和发育.     

水分胁迫和胁迫后复水对玉米叶片生长速率的影响

玉米叶片延伸速率(LER)对水分状况的变化很敏感。快速干旱处理,水分消耗迅速,LER从最大到零需5h,叶水势改变0.5～0.6 MPa,缓慢干旱处理,水分消耗较慢,LER从最大到零需20h,叶水势改变1 MPa。缓慢干旱植株叶片成熟部位的渗透势,在任何LER下,均比快速干旱叶片更负。LER为零时,快速干旱叶渗透势为-1.3 MPa,缓慢干旱为一1.6MPa左右。短时间水分胁迫后复水,LER迅速增加,有部分补偿前期胁迫减少的生长量能力;长时间水分胁迫后复水,LER在6 h内不可能恢复到正常水平。     

土壤水分胁迫下沙漠葳的光合生理特征

以从美国西部引进的沙生灌木——沙漠葳（Chilopsis linearis）的2年生实生苗为材料,通过盆栽试验于7-9份进行轻度、中度和重度土壤水分胁迫处理并分析其光合生理响应特征.结果显示：（1）60 d中度或重度土壤水分胁迫使沙漠葳的净光合速率（Pn）、水分利用效率（WUE）和光补偿点（LCP）显著降低,暗呼吸速率（DRR）减弱,而气孔导度（Cs）增大,气孔限制值（Ls）变小.（2）Pn日变化在7月份的轻度和中度土壤水分胁迫下表现为双峰曲线,其余月份的胁迫处理均为单峰曲线,同期内各胁迫处理Pn峰值出现的时间基本相同,而且8月份各水分胁迫的Pn值显著高于其它月份;WUE的日变化趋势和Pn日变化相似,而且土壤水分胁迫越严重,其水分利用效率越低;各水分胁迫处理的Pn和Tr光响应拟合曲线均基本呈抛物线形或倒抛物线形.（3）在轻度和中度土壤水分胁迫的初期,Pn降低主要受气孔限制因素的影响,随着胁迫期的延长和胁迫的加重,Pn降低由气孔限制为主逐步转向以非气孔限制为主.研究表明,沙漠葳对干旱胁迫具有一定的适应能力,但长期中度或重度干旱胁迫都会影响沙漠葳的正常生长发育,使其光合生产力大大降低.     

施用有机无机复混肥对夏玉米生长和水分利用的影响

对农业废弃物无害化处理后,添加一定的无机肥后制作成有机无机复混肥,使其肥料化资源利用.为了进一步研究有机无机复混肥的肥效,2001～2003年在夏玉米上进行了连续3年田间试验,试验结果表明,有机无机复混肥可以促进玉米生长,增加玉米生物产量1958.0～2770.5kg·hm-2,改善玉米产量结构,提高玉米籽粒产量866.0～1144.5kg·hm-2.并能降低玉米耗水系数,提高玉米水分利用效率2.680～3.399kg/ mm·hm2 .在旱地施用有机无机复混肥,可以提高旱地水资源的利用效率.     

钇元素对玉米幼苗水分利用效率的调控

盆栽实验条件下,研究不同浓度钇元素对玉米幼苗水分生理特性的影响,并分析其对玉米幼苗水分利用效率(WUE)的调控。结果表明,钇用皱在干土中的浓度为0～0．05mg／g时,玉米幼苗的根长、根冠比(R／S)、WUE呈升高趋势;当钇用量在干土中的浓度为0．05～0．50mg／g时,玉米幼苗的根长、R／S、WUE呈下降趋势。随着钇用量的增加．气孔导度(Cs)始终呈下降趋势,叶水势(LWP)始终呈升高趋势。钇元素作用下玉米幼苗WUE的提高得益于根系活性的增强和适宜的Cs,使干物质的积累和水分的耗散达到最优值．干土中最佳钇用量为0．05mg／g。     

Growth and water-use efficiency of 10 Triticum aestivum cultivars at different water availability in relation to allocation of biomass

In environments where the amount of water is limiting growth, water-use efficiency (biomass production per unit water use) is an important trait. We studied the relationships of plant growth and water use efficiency with the pattern of biomass allocation, using 10 wheat cultivars, grown at two soil moisture levels in a growth chamber. Allocation pattern and relative growth rate were not correlated, whereas allocation pattern and water use efficiency were. Variation in transpiration per plant resulted from variation in the rate of transpiration per unit leaf area or root weight, rather than from differences in leaf area or root weight per plant. Transpiration per unit leaf area or root weight was lower when the leaf area or root weight per unit plant weight was larger. Also, the efficiency of water use at the plant and leaf levels was higher for plants with a higher leaf area per unit plant weight, and it was not correlated with the plant's growth rate. Differences in water-use efficiency at the leaf level were related to variation in stomatal conductance, rather than in the rate of photosynthesis. A high photosynthetic water-use efficiency was associated with a low efficiency of nitrogen use for photosynthesis.     

Compensatory effects of elevated CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> concentration on the inhibitory effects of high temperature and irradiance on photosynthetic gas exchange in carrots

We determined the interactive effects of irradiance, elevated CO₂ concentration (EC), and temperature in carrot (Daucus carota var. sativus). Plants of the cv. Red Core Chantenay (RCC) were grown in a controlled environmental plant growth room and exposed to 3 levels of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (400, 800, 1 200 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹), 3 leaf chamber temperatures (15, 20, 30 °C), and 2 external CO₂ concentrations (C _a), AC and EC (350 and 750 μmol mol⁻¹, respectively). Rates of net photosynthesis (P _N) and transpiration (E) and stomatal conductance (g _s ) were measured, along with water use efficiency (WUE) and ratio of internal and external CO₂ concentrations (C _i/C _a). P _N revealed an interactive effect between PAR and C _a. As PAR increased so did P _N under both C _a regimes. The g _s showed no interactive effects between the three parameters but had singular effects of temperature and PAR. E was strongly influenced by the combination of PAR and temperature. WUE was interactively affected by all three parameters. Maximum WUE occurred at 15 °C and 1 200 μmol m⁻² s^{− 1} PAR under EC. The C _i /C _a was influenced independently by temperature and C _a. Hence photosynthetic responses are interactively affected by changes in irradiance, external CO₂ concentration, and temperature. EC significantly compensates the inhibitory effects of high temperature and irradiance on P _N and WUE.     

高产夏玉米褐斑病产量损失模型及损失机理

采用田间自然发病、定点标记不同褐斑病病级植株的方法,形成玉米褐斑病不同发病程度的21个小组,利用DPS统计分析软件,采用逐步回归法构建了玉米单穗质量和百粒重的损失估计模型.结果表明:玉米百粒重损失模型为y=-4.012+0.377X1-0.228X2+0.694X3-0.144X4,穗粒质量损失模型为Y=-4.536+0.173X1+0.188X2+0.248X3-0.034X4(Y为损失率,1为开花期病情指数,X2为授粉期病情指数,X3为灌浆期病情指数,X4为蜡熟期病情指数).玉米不同生育期的褐斑病病情指数与单穗质量和百粒重损失之间的实测关系与模型模拟结果相符;褐斑病直接影响玉米穗位叶的净光合速率、RuBP羧化酶和PEP羧化酶活性,病级越高,净光合速率及两种酶的活性越低.     

伤根对玉米光合作用和水分利用效率的影响

1　引　　言在世界范围内 ,水资源的短缺日益受到人们的关注 ,农业水资源的高效利用已是世界农业亟待解决的主要问题 .因此 ,现代农业不应再单纯满足于高产 ,还应着眼于节约资源 ,提高水资源利用效率 .近年来 ,为了提高产量及水分利用效率 ,农业科技工作者在植物 水分方面做了大量的工作[1～ 3 ,5～ 7,9～ 12 ] .在人类的农业生产实践中 ,水稻插秧、幼苗移栽以及对作物的中耕等都可以使植株生长状况好转 ,作物产量提高 ,而这些措施都会对植物根系产生一定的影响 .对作物根系进行人为的伤害 ,也可能会改善作物生长状况 ,调节作物对有限土壤水…     

Differential modulation of host plant delta13C and delta18O by native and nonnative arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a semiarid environment

Native, drought-adapted arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) often improve host-plant performance to a greater extent than nonnative AMF in dry environments. However, little is known about the physiological basis for this differential plant response. Seedlings of Olea europaea and Rhamnus lycioides were inoculated with either a mixture of eight native Glomus species or with the nonnative Glomus claroideum before field transplanting in a semiarid area. Inoculation with native AMF produced the greatest improvement in nutrient and water status as well as in long-term growth for both Olea and Rhamnus. Foliar delta18O measurements indicated that native AMF enhanced stomatal conductance to a greater extent than nonnative AMF in Olea and Rhamnus.delta13C data showed that intrinsic water-use efficiency in Olea was differentially stimulated by native AMF compared with nonnative AMF. Our results suggest that modulation of leaf gas exchange by native, drought-adapted AMF is critical to the long-term performance of host plants in semiarid environments. delta18O can provide a time-integrated measure of the effect of mycorrhizal infection on host-plant water relations.     

Effects of nitrogen deficiency on leaf photosynthetic response of tall fescue to water deficit

Abstract. The objective of the present work was to study the effect of nitrogen deficiency on drought sensitivity of tall fescue plants. The authors compared photosynthetic and stomatal behaviour of plants grown at either high (8 mol m⁻³) or low (0.5 mol m⁻³) nitrogen levels during a drought cycle followed by rehydration. Other processes investigated were stomatal and non-stomatal inhibition of leaf photosynthesis, water use efficiency and leaf rolling. Plants were grown in pots in controlled conditions on expanded clay. A Wescor in situ hygrometer placed on the leaf base outside the assimilation chamber permitted, simultaneously to leaf gas exchange measurements, monitoring of leaf water potential. Drought was imposed by withholding water from the pot. CO₂ uptake and stomatal conductance decreased and leaves started to roll at a lower leaf water potential in the high-N than in the low-N grown plants. Stomatal inhibition of leaf photosynthesis seemed larger in the low-N than in the high-N plants. Water-use efficiency increased more in the high-N than in the low-N grown plants during the drought. The decrease of photosynthesis was largely reversible after rehydration in low-N but not in high-N leaves. The authors suggest that low-N plants avoid water deficit rather than tolerate it.     

Effects of short-term NaCl stress on water relations and gas exchange of two jute species

Thirty-day-old seedlings of two jute species (Corchorus capsularis L. cv. JRC 212 and C. olitorius L. cv. JRO 632) were subjected to short-term salinity stress (160 and 200 mM NaCl for 1 and 2 d). Relative water content, leaf water potential, water uptake, transpiration rate, water retention, stomatal conductance, net photosynthetic rate and water use efficiency of both jute species decreased due to salinity stress. The decrease was greater in C. olitorius than in C. capsularis and with higher magnitude of stress. Greater accumulation of Na+ and Cl- and a lower ratio of K+/Na+ in the root and shoot of C. olitorius compared with C. capsularis were also recorded. Pretreatment of seedlings with kinetin (0.09 mM), glutamic acid (4 mM) and calcium nitrate (5 mM) for 24 h significantly improved net photosynthesis, transpiration and water use efficiency of salinity stressed plants, the effect being more marked in C. olitorius. Among the pre-treatment chemicals, calcium nitrate was most effective. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment, water status and applied nitrogen on water- and nitrogen-use efficiencies of wheat

Atmospheric CO₂ levels are expected to exceed 700 mol mol^–1 by the end of the 21st century. The influence of increased CO₂ concentration on crop plants is of major concern. This study investigated water- and nitrogen-use efficiency (WUE and NUE, respectively, were defined by the amount of biomass accumulated per unit water or N uptake) of spring wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) grown under two atmospheric CO₂ concentrations (350 and 700 mol mol^–1), two soil moisture treatments (well-watered and drought) and five nitrogen amendment treatments. Results showed that enriched CO₂ concentration increased canopy WUE, and more N supply led to higher WUE under the increased CO₂. Canopy WUE was significantly lower in well-watered treatments than in drought treatment, but increased with the increased N supply. Elevated CO₂ reduced the apparent recovery fraction of applied N by the plant root system (N_r, defined as the ratio of the increased N uptake to N applied), but increased the NUE and agronomic N efficiency (NAE, defined as the ratio of the increased biomass to N applied). Water limitation and high N application reduced the N_r, NUE and NAE, indicating a poor N efficiency. In addition, there was a close relationship between the root mass ratio and NUE. Canopy WUE was negatively related to the root mass ratio and NUE. Our results indicated that CO₂ enrichment enhanced WUE more at high N application, but increased NUE more when N application was less.     

A stomatal optimization theory to describe the effects of atmospheric CO2 on leaf photosynthesis and transpiration

Background and Aims

Global climate models predict decreases in leaf stomatal conductance and transpiration due to increases in atmospheric CO₂. The consequences of these reductions are increases in soil moisture availability and continental scale run-off at decadal time-scales. Thus, a theory explaining the differential sensitivity of stomata to changing atmospheric CO₂ and other environmental conditions must be identified. Here, these responses are investigated using optimality theory applied to stomatal conductance.

Methods

An analytical model for stomatal conductance is proposed based on: (a) Fickian mass transfer of CO₂ and H₂O through stomata; (b) a biochemical photosynthesis model that relates intercellular CO₂ to net photosynthesis; and (c) a stomatal model based on optimization for maximizing carbon gains when water losses represent a cost. Comparisons between the optimization-based model and empirical relationships widely used in climate models were made using an extensive gas exchange dataset collected in a maturing pine (Pinus taeda) forest under ambient and enriched atmospheric CO₂.

Key Results and Conclusion

In this interpretation, it is proposed that an individual leaf optimally and autonomously regulates stomatal opening on short-term (approx. 10-min time-scale) rather than on daily or longer time-scales. The derived equations are analytical with explicit expressions for conductance, photosynthesis and intercellular CO₂, thereby making the approach useful for climate models. Using a gas exchange dataset collected in a pine forest, it is shown that (a) the cost of unit water loss λ (a measure of marginal water-use efficiency) increases with atmospheric CO₂; (b) the new formulation correctly predicts the condition under which CO₂-enriched atmosphere will cause increasing assimilation and decreasing stomatal conductance.     

Benefits of alternate partial root-zone irrigation on growth, water and nitrogen use efficiencies modified by fertilization and soil water status in maize

Alternate partial root-zone irrigation (APRI) is a new water-saving technique and may improve crop water use efficiency without much yield reduction. We investigated if the benefits of APRI on biomass accumulation, water and nitrogen use efficiencies could be modified by different soil fertilization and watering levels in pot-grown maize (Zea mays L. cv. super-sweet No 28, a local variety). Three irrigation methods, i.e. conventional irrigation (CI), alternate partial root-zone irrigation (APRI, alternate watering on both sides of the pot) and fixed partial root-zone irrigation (FPRI, fixed watering on one side of the pot), two watering levels, i.e. water deficit (W₁, 45–55% of field capacity) and well-watered (W₂, 70–80% of field capacity), and two N fertilization levels, i.e. no fertilization and fertilization, were designed. Results showed that APRI and FPRI methods led to more reduction in transpiration than in photosynthesis, and thus increased leaf water use efficiency (leaf WUE, i.e. the ratio of leaf net photosynthetic rate to transpiration rate). Compared to the CI treatment, APRI and FPRI increased leaf WUE by 7.7% and 8.1% before the jointing stage and 3.6% and 4.2% during the jointing stage, respectively. Under the fertilization and well-watered conditions, APRI treatment saved irrigation water by 38.4% and reduced shoot and total dry masses by 5.9% and 6.7%, respectively if compared to the CI treatment. APRI also enhanced canopy WUE (defined as the amount of total biomass per unit water used) and nitrogen (N) apparent recovery fraction (Nr, defined as the ratio of the increased N uptake to N applied) by 24.3% and 16.4%, respectively, indicating that effect of APRI can be better materialized under appropriate fertilization and water supply. Responsible Editor: Rana E. Munns