Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) morphology and anatomy

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) crop, cultivated between 40 degrees N and 40 degrees S, is currently experiencing 2-11 kJ m-2 d-1 of UV-B radiation. This is predicted to increase in the near future. An experiment was conducted to study the effect of enhanced UV-B radiation on vegetative and reproductive morphology and leaf anatomy of cotton in sunlit, controlled environment chambers. From emergence to harvest, cotton plants were exposed to 0, 8 or 16 kJ m-2 d-1 of UV-B in a square wave approach for 8 h from 0800 to 1600 h. Changes in plant height, internode and branch length, mainstem node number, leaf area, length and area of petals and bracts, and anther number per flower were recorded. Epidermal cell and stomatal density, stomatal index, leaf thickness, and epidermal, palisade and mesophyll tissue thickness were also measured. Initial chlorotic symptoms on leaves turned into necrotic patches on continued exposure to enhanced UV-B. Exposure to high UV-B reduced both vegetative and reproductive parameters and resulted in a smaller canopy indicating sensitivity of cotton to UV-B radiation. Enhanced UV-B radiation increased epicuticular wax content on adaxial leaf surfaces, and stomatal index on both adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces. Leaf thickness was reduced following exposure to UV-B owing to a decrease in thickness of both the palisade and mesophyll tissue, while the epidermal thickness remained unchanged. The vegetative parameters studied were affected only by high levels of UV-B (16 kJ m-2 d-1), whereas the reproductive parameters were reduced at both ambient (8 kJ m-2 d-1) and high UV-B levels. The study shows that cotton plants are sensitive to UV-B at both the whole plant and anatomical level.     

RESPONSE OF LEAF ANATOMY AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY IN ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA (ARACEAE) TO A TRANSFER FROM LOW TO HIGH LIGHT

Alocasia macrorrhiza plants were grown in 1% and 20% full sunlight, and their leaf anatomical and physiological parameters were measured. Total leaf thickness was 41% greater and mesophyll thickness was 52% greater in high-light leaves than in low-light leaves. This increase in thickness resulted from both increased cell size and number. Maximum leaf photosynthetic capacity was also 66% greater in high- than in low-light leaves. When low-light plants were transferred to high light, the thickness of mature leaves did not increase but the thickness of the first leaf to expand after the transfer was significantly greater than that of the low-light leaves. Thus, only leaves that were still expanding at the time of transfer developed leaf thickness greater than plants remaining in low light. Fully mature leaves showed no change in photosynthetic capacity in response to transfer. Leaves that had just completed expansion at the time of low- to high-light transfer were able to develop slightly higher maximum photosynthetic capacities than older leaves. However, full photosynthetic acclimation to the new light environment did not occur until the second new leaf expanded after transfer. These results are discussed in relation to the timing and mechanisms of whole plant acclimation to increased light.     

Effects of nitrogen deprivation on cell division and expansion in leaves of Ricinus communis L.

The effects of nitrogen deprivation on leaf extension, cell numbers and epidermal cell size were followed in leaves of Ricinus communis L. The extent to which reductions in final cell number or final epidermal cell size contributed to the reduction in final leaf size depended on the developmental stage of the leaf at the time of N deprivation. In leaves which already had their full complement of cells (leaf 2), the reduction in final leaf size following nitrogen deprivation was associated with a reduction in final cell size. In leaves that were at earlier stages of development at the onset of N deprivation (leaves 3 and 4), the reduction in final leaf size was greater than in leaf 2. In these younger leaves, the final cell size was even smaller than in leaf 2, but the greatest contribution to reduced final leaf size was a reduction in the number of cells produced. This accounted for approximately 80% of the reduction in final leaf size in leaf 4. During leaf development, the contribution from different tissue layers to the total cell number changed. In the smallest leaf sizes, the contribution from upper and lower epidermis and spongy parenchyma was greater than that from palisade parenchyma. As the leaf size increased, cells in the palisade parenchyma continued to divide for longer than in the other layers. At final leaf size, the contribution from the different tissue layers to total cell number was the same for leaves 2, 3 and 4, irrespective of N treatment. In these final leaf structures, palisade parenchyma contributed 60% of the total cell number. Thus, although nitrogen deprivation affected leaf size variously through cell division and cell expansion, depending on leaf developmental stage at the time of nitrogen deprivation, the ratio of cell numbers and sizes in different tissue layers, at final leaf size, was unaffected.     

Characteristics of leaf structure and photosynthetic apparatus within the crown of systematically shadedQuercus petraea andNothofagus procera seedlings

Four-year-old seedlings ofQuercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. andNothofagus procera (Poepp. et Endl.) Querst were grown outdoors in pots while subjected to full, medium and low irradiances. Shading and decrease in height of leaf attachment generally increased specific leaf area, the diameters of chloroplasts and of palisade and spongy mesophyll cells, but decreased leaf thickness, number of palisade cell layers, length of palisade and spongy mesophyll cells, number of chloroplasts per mesophyll cell and epidermal cell and cuticle thickness, stomata and hair densities per unit leaf area, hair length, maximum hair breath and cell wall thickness in the two species. However, inN. procera grown under full irradiance, leaves at the upper and middle positions had hairs on both upper and lower epidermes, whereas those in other treatments and all leaves in all treatments inQ. petraea, had theirs only on the upper epidermis.     

Basic Types of Structural Changes in the Leaf Mesophyll during Adaptation of Eastern Pamir Plants to Mountain Conditions

Quantitative characteristics of mesophyll structure were compared in leaves of eleven alpine plant species grown under natural conditions in the Eastern Pamirs at various altitudes, from 3800 to 4750 m. Basic types of changes in mesophyll structure, associated with plant adaptation to mountain conditions, were characterized. These changes manifested themselves in different numbers of cell layers and cell sizes in the palisade tissue and, as a consequence, in changed leaf thickness and cell number per unit of leaf area. Three plant groups were identified by the changes in the leaf structural characteristics depending on the type of mesophyll structure, ecological group of plant species, and altitude of plant habitat. The first group comprised alpine xerophytes with an isopalisade structure, in which the volume of palisade cells decreased and their number per unit of leaf area increased with the altitude of plant habitat. The number of mesophyll layers and leaf thickness decreased or did not change with altitude. The second group comprised subalpine plant species with a dorsoventral structure of mesophyll; these species occur below the line of continuous night frost. In these plant species, the number of mesophyll layers, leaf thickness, and cell number per unit of leaf area increased with altitude. The third group comprised mesophyte plants with a dorsoventral and homogenous mesophyll structure, which are encountered in a wide range of habitats, including the nival belt (from 4700 to 5000 m). In this group, cell volume increased and cell number per unit of leaf area decreased with altitude. We present a general scheme of leaf structural changes, which explains the changes in the quantitative characteristics of mesophyll as a function of altitude and highland environmental conditions.     

岷江上游干旱河谷海拔梯度上白刺花叶片生态解剖特征研究

对岷江上游干旱河谷海拔梯度上（1 650～1 950 m）白刺花(Sophora davidii)叶片进行生态解剖学研究.观测指标包括叶片形态特征（叶长宽比、叶面积、叶片厚度）、解剖结构（表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度(P)、海绵组织厚度(S)、P/S比值、表皮角质膜厚度）及叶表皮特征（气孔器密度和面积、表皮细胞密度和面积、表皮毛密度和长度）.结果表明,白刺花叶片面积为0.144～0.208 cm²,叶总厚度为171.58～195.83 μm;叶肉组织分化明显,栅栏组织厚度与海绵组织厚度分别为69.83～82.42和62.00～ 80.67 μm,P/S的比值为1.14～1.01,上下表皮厚度分别为14.03～15.33和13.88～16.17 μm,上下角质膜厚度分别为2.66～4.56和2.76～2.02 μm;气孔密度为13.71～15.02个·mm^-2,其面积为249.86～280.43 μm²;表皮细胞密度为160.54～178.43个·mm^-2,其面积为557.43～626.85 μm²;表皮毛长度为186.51～260.99 μm,其密度为18.29～32.27个·mm^-2.随海拔升高叶面积、叶厚度、栅栏组织和海绵组织的厚度、气孔器面积、表皮细胞面积以及表皮毛密度呈增加趋势,而角质膜厚度、表皮细胞密度和表皮毛长度则呈减小趋势;叶长宽比、P/S的比值、表皮厚度与气孔器密度无明显差异.     

蒙古莸叶片解剖结构的地理种源变异及其对环境变化响应的意义

长期受到生长环境影响而形成的遗传变异对植物生长发育有着显著的影响。叶片是植物对环境变化最敏感的器官, 了解叶片解剖结构在不同环境中产生的适应性变异是探索植物对环境适应的基础。同质园试验是研究遗传与环境因素对植物生长代谢等影响的一种有效方法, 该研究利用同质园试验排除了环境梯度的影响, 通过常规石蜡切片、多重比较、相关性分析、一般线性模型分析等方法, 对7个不同种源地的蒙古莸(Caryopteris mongholica)叶片解剖结构及其影响因素进行了定量比较。结果表明, 7个种源地的蒙古莸叶片均为等面叶, 无海绵组织分化, 其上表皮细胞较下表皮细胞厚, 上栅栏组织较下栅栏组织厚; 叶片各解剖结构参数间存在显著的自相关性, 不同种源叶片解剖结构存在显著差异: 随种源地年平均气温升高, 叶厚度、栅栏组织厚度呈增大趋势, 其中, 最西南部的阿左旗种源蒙古莸叶片的上下栅栏组织、叶厚度及叶片结构紧密度值均最大, 表现出明显的抗旱特征。种源地经纬度、气温、降水等对解剖结构指标有显著的影响, 其解释程度为34.09%-81.43%。同质园试验说明, 种源地气候差异驱动的遗传变异是引起不同种源叶片解剖结构差异的重要因素。     

三种植物生长物质对大豆叶茎解剖结构的影响

在大田栽培条件下,大豆‘垦农4号’于开花始期叶面喷施植物生长物质2-N,N-二乙氨基乙基己酸酯（DTA）、氯化胆碱（CC）和SOD模拟物（SODM）,并比较不同植物生长物质影响大豆叶片、叶柄和茎的解剖结构。结果表明,喷施植物生长物质后30d,叶中栅栏组织厚度及栅海比均增加;喷施SODM、DTA的叶中主脉维管束横截面积和木质部导管数目增加,CC对主脉维管柬横截面积和木质部导管数目的影响不明显;喷施3种植物生长物质的叶柄表皮细胞厚度、叶柄维管束横截面积和导管数量增加,茎部薄壁组织、韧皮部和木质部厚度增加,茎的直径也增加。     

构树雌雄株叶片解剖结构特征的比较研究

为了研究雌雄异株植物构树（Broussonetia papyrifera（L.） Vent.）的性别差异,以其叶片为材料,采用石蜡切片法,对其主要解剖结构特征进行观察和比较。结果显示：（1）构树雌、雄株叶片解剖结构组成一致,均由表皮、叶肉组织和叶脉3部分组成。其上、下表皮均由一层细胞构成,具有较厚的角质层及丰富的表皮毛,叶肉中栅栏组织高度发达,此外,维管系统在叶中所占比例很大;（2）构树雌、雄株叶片细胞大小及厚度在各类型组织间存在一定差异,雄株叶片上表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、主脉维管束木质部厚度及维管束厚度均显著大于雌株叶片,且在栅海比、组织结构紧密度、组织结构疏松度和主脉维管束木质部面积占维管束的比例等方面也与雌株有极显著差异。研究结果表明构树叶片的解剖结构不仅具有旱生植物叶片的典型特征,而且还表现出明显的性别差异,这可能与构树雌、雄株的生殖分配有关。     

盐胁迫下海马齿叶片结构变化

用石蜡切片法制片、光学显微镜观察了海马齿植物营养器官--叶片的盐适应结构变化,以明确盐生植物对盐渍生境适应的叶片结构变化特征,为盐生植物的耐盐机理研究提供依据.结果表明:(1)海马齿植物叶片表现出许多适应干旱和盐渍环境的特点,其基本特征为:叶片肉质化,为典型的等面叶;栅栏组织发达,且含有大量叶绿体;叶表皮气孔微下陷,叶表皮细胞外壁的角质层较薄,表皮细胞大小不等,外切向壁外凸,参差不齐,有些表皮细胞特化为泡状细胞,其数量与盐胁迫的浓度呈正相关.(2)叶的海绵组织中含有大量的薄壁细胞,幼叶海绵组织的薄壁细胞在0.5%～2.5% NaCl胁迫下均变大,且数量也增加;而老叶海绵组织的薄壁细胞只有在低浓度(0.5% NaCl)的盐胁迫下变大,而在高浓度下其薄壁细胞反而变小或成不规则形状.(3)盐晶广泛分布在海马齿的叶肉组织细胞内,且其数量随着盐胁迫浓度增加而增加.     

Elevated CO2 and plant structure: a review

Consequences of increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration on plant structure, an important determinant of physiological and competitive success, have not received sufficient attention in the literature. Understanding how increasing carbon input will influence plant developmental processes, and resultant form, will help bridge the gap between physiological response and ecosystem level phenomena. Growth in elevated CO₂ alters plant structure through its effects on both primary and secondary meristems of shoots and roots. Although not well established, a review of the literature suggests that cell division, cell expansion, and cell patterning may be affected, driven mainly by increased substrate (sucrose) availability and perhaps also by differential expression of genes involved in cell cycling (e.g. cyclins) or cell expansion (e.g. xyloglucan endotransglycosylase). Few studies, however, have attempted to elucidate the mechanistic basis for increased growth at the cellular level. Regardless of specific mechanisms involved, plant leaf size and anatomy are often altered by growth in elevated CO₂, but the magnitude of these changes, which often decreases as leaves mature, hinges upon plant genetic plasticity, nutrient availability, temperature, and phenology. Increased leaf growth results more often from increased cell expansion rather than increased division. Leaves of crop species exhibit greater increases in leaf thickness than do leaves of wild species. Increased mesophyll and vascular tissue cross-sectional areas, important determinates of photosynthetic rates and assimilate transport capacity, are often reported. Few studies, however, have quantified characteristics more reflective of leaf function such as spatial relationships among chlorenchyma cells (size, orientation, and surface area), intercellular spaces, and conductive tissue. Greater leaf size and/or more leaves per plant are often noted; plants grown in elevated CO₂ exhibited increased leaf area per plant in 66% of studies, compared to 28% of observations reporting no change, and 6% reported a decrease in whole plant leaf area. This resulted in an average net increase in leaf area per plant of 24%. Crop species showed the greatest average increase in whole plant leaf area (+ 37%) compared to tree species (+ 14%) and wild, nonwoody species (+ 15%). Conversely, tree species and wild, nontrees showed the greatest reduction in specific leaf area (– 14% and – 20%) compared to crop plants (– 6%). Alterations in developmental processes at the shoot apex and within the vascular cambium contributed to increased plant height, altered branching characteristics, and increased stem diameters. The ratio of internode length to node number often increased, but the length and sometimes the number of branches per node was greater, suggesting reduced apical dominance. Data concerning effects of elevated CO₂ on stem/branch anatomy, vital for understanding potential shifts in functional relationships of leaves with stems, roots with stems, and leaves with roots, are too few to make generalizations. Growth in elevated CO₂ typically leads to increased root length, diameter, and altered branching patterns. Altered branching characteristics in both shoots and roots may impact competitive relationships above and below the ground. Understanding how increased carbon assimilation affects growth processes (cell division, cell expansion, and cell patterning) will facilitate a better understanding of how plant form will change as atmospheric CO₂ increases. Knowing how basic growth processes respond to increased carbon inputs may also provide a mechanistic basis for the differential phenotypic plasticity exhibited by different plant species/functional types to elevated CO₂.     

Observation of Apparently Unchanging Mesophyll Cell Diameters Throughout Leaf Ontogeny in Woody Species

The expansion of plant leaves usually lasts 3–6 weeks and it is widely believed that most cell types (epidermal and mesophyll) continue to expand in unison over a similar time period. The evidence supporting this account was derived from studies of herb leaves. We observed in woody species, however, that the diameter of mesophyll cells (spongy and palisade) changed little during leaf expansion from about 5 to 100 % maximum size. To keep pace with epidermal cell enlargement and leaf area expansion, mesophyll cells divided but palisade cell length expanded as leaves grew thicker. The prolonged division of mesophyll and apparently unchanging mesophyll cell diameters constitute a novel pattern of leaf cell development, different from that previously described for herbs. Possible mechanisms that attribute the varied expansion direction and speed to the different cellulose distributions in woody and herbaceous species are suggested. This finding could contribute to an enhanced understanding of the overall mechanism of leaf development.     

山东银莲花叶片形态结构对异质生境和海拔变化的响应

山东银莲花为一分布极其狭域的稀有物种,对海拔600 m以上的针阔混交林和山顶灌丛两种异质的生境都具有较高的适应性。为探索其适应策略,选择两种异质生境中的5个海拔梯度样带,采用常规石蜡切片法和显微观察技术,对叶片进行观察、分析和测量,通过比较叶片外部形态特征参数和内部解剖结构的差异,推测其叶片适应海拔和异质生境的响应策略。结果表明:为适应阴暗、潮湿的针阔混交林和干旱、强光照的山顶灌丛两种不同环境,山东银莲花分别表现出不同的适应策略。针阔混交林下,叶片的背腹表皮毛密度、比叶面积和气孔相对开度较山顶灌丛的大,而气孔密度、叶片厚度、栅栏组织和海绵组织的厚度较山顶灌丛的小;山顶灌丛植株叶片栅栏组织细胞排列较林下更加整齐紧密。两种生境中叶片腹面表皮毛的长度、气孔相对开度都随海拔的升高而减小,且差异明显;而叶片厚度、比叶面积、气孔指数等对600 m以上海拔变化未表现出明显的规律性。本研究将为山东银莲花的保护和利用提供理论基础及依据,为其他植物的相关研究提供参考。     

Interactive effects of elevated C02 and temperature on the anatomical characteristics of leaves in eleven species

The anatomical features of leaves in 11 species of plants grown in a temperature gradient and a temperature + CO2 gradient were studied.The palisade parenchyma thickness,the spongy parenchyma thickness and the total leaf thickness were measured and analyzed to investigate the effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on the anatomical characteristics of the leaves.Our results show that with the increase of temperature,the leaf thickness of C4 species increased while the leaf thickness of C3 species showed no constant changes.With increased CO2,seven out of nine C3 species exhibited increased total leaf thickness.In C4 species,leaf thickness decreased.As for the trend on the multi-grades,the plants exhibited linear or non-linear changes.With the increase of temperature or both temperature and CO2 for the 11 species investigated,leaf thickness varied greatly in different plants (species) and even in different branches on the same plant.These results demonstrated that the effect of increasing CO2 and temperature on the anatomical features of the leaves were species-specific.Since plant structures are correlated with plant functions,the changes in leaf anatomical characteristics in elevated temperature and CO2 may lead to functional differences.     

Leaf structure and anatomy as related to leaf mass per area variation in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types

The structural causes of variation in leaf mass per area, and of variations in leaf structure accounted for by leaf habit and life form, were explored in a set of laboratory-grown seedlings of 52 European woody species. The leaf traits analysed included density, thickness, saturated mass/dry mass, and leaf nitrogen per mass and per area. Other traits described the anatomy of leaves, most of them relating to the lamina (proportions of palisade and spongy parenchymata, epidermis, air space and sclerified tissues, expressed as volume per leaf area, and per-cell transversal areas of epidermis and parenchymata), and another referring to the mid rib (transversal section of sclerified tissues). Across the whole set of species leaf mass per area was correlated with leaf density but not with thickness, and this was confirmed by taxonomic relatedness tests. Denser leaves corresponded with greater proportion of sclerified tissues in the lamina, smaller cells and lower water and N contents, but no relation was found with the proportion of air space in the lamina. Taxonomic relatedness analysis statistically supported the negative association of leaf density with saturated to dry leaf mass ratio. Thicker leaves also exhibited greater volume per leaf area and greater individual cell area in each of the tissues, particularly parenchyma. Mean leaf mass per area and leaf thickness were lower in deciduous than in evergreen species, but no significant differences in leaf density, proportion of sclerified tissues in the lamina or cell area were found between the two groups. Leaf mass per area was higher in trees and subshrubs than in shrubs and climbers-plus-scramblers, this rank being equal for leaf density and proportion of sclerified tissues in the lamina, and reversed for cell area. Given the standardised environment and ontogenetic phase of the seedlings, we conclude that variation in leaf structure and anatomy among species and species groups has a strong genetic basis, and is already expressed early in the development of woody plants. From an ecological viewpoint, we can interpret greater leaf mass per area across this species set as greater allocation to support and defence functions, as shown predominantly by species from resource-poor environments. Received: 16 August 1999 / Accepted: 29 March 2000     

珠芽蓼叶片对海拔变化的表型可塑性

采用石蜡制片、扫描电镜和透射电镜方法,研究了祁连山植被垂直分布带海拔2300、3200和3900 m 珠芽蓼叶片组织结构、叶表皮特征和叶绿体超微结构对海拔升高的适应性变化。结果表明: 珠芽蓼为异面叶,随海拔升高,叶片表皮毛数目减少而直径增大变粗,表皮蜡质层结构更加致密。叶片厚度在海拔3200 m最大,分别比海拔2300和3900 m增加了39.6%和50.5%。从海拔2300到3200 m,栅栏组织细胞层数由2层增加为3层且细胞排列紧密,海绵组织细胞间隙逐渐增大;在海拔3900 m处,栅栏组织细胞层数减少至2层且细胞间隙增加,海绵组织细胞间隙减小,表皮细胞厚度增加,但细胞层数在3个海拔间无显著差异。随海拔升高,叶下表皮附属物和气孔下室物质的积累增加,气孔密度增加,张度降低,气孔位置由表皮拱起变为内陷。从海拔2300到3200 m,基粒片层由6～9层增至8～12层;至海拔3900 m,基粒片层降为 2～3层且片层之间变得致密,基粒数目减少且排列方向不规则,叶绿体膨大,被膜部分降解。随海拔升高,叶片部分解剖结构指标之间呈现出明显的协同进化,表现出较大的可塑性。珠芽蓼叶片解剖与超微结构在不同海拔表现出的差异显示,表型可塑性及其对高山异质环境和海拔变化的适应特征,是植物长期适应高山复杂环境的结果。     

Changes in chloroplast number per cell during leaf development in spinach

Summary The amounts of chlorophyll and nitrogen and the numbers of cells per unit area change as the green leaves of spinach plants grow and increase in size in the light. The changes in the numbers of chloroplasts per cell were measured by a new method. A 5-fold increase in the numbers of chloroplasts per cell took place in both palisade and mesophyll cells over a growing period of 10 days during which time the area of the leaves increased from 1 to 50 cm². Proplastids were not present in the young green leaves but electron-microscope and phase-contrast observations showed the presence of grana-containing chloroplasts, many of which appeared to be undergoing division by constriction. It is suggested that the large increase in chloroplast numbers as leaf cells grow and expand in the light is from the division of differentiated chloroplasts containing grana.     

Leaf anatomical and photosynthetic acclimation to cool temperature and high light in two winter versus two summer annuals

Acclimation of foliar features to cool temperature and high light was characterized in winter (Spinacia oleracea L. cv. Giant Nobel; Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynhold Col‐0 and ecotypes from Sweden and Italy) versus summer (Helianthus annuus L. cv. Soraya; Cucurbita pepo L. cv. Italian Zucchini Romanesco) annuals. Significant relationships existed among leaf dry mass per area, photosynthesis, leaf thickness and palisade mesophyll thickness. While the acclimatory response of the summer annuals to cool temperature and/or high light levels was limited, the winter annuals increased the number of palisade cell layers, ranging from two layers under moderate light and warm temperature to between four and five layers under cool temperature and high light. A significant relationship was also found between palisade tissue thickness and either cross‐sectional area or number of phloem cells (each normalized by vein density) in minor veins among all four species and growth regimes. The two winter annuals, but not the summer annuals, thus exhibited acclimatory adjustments of minor vein phloem to cool temperature and/or high light, with more numerous and larger phloem cells and a higher maximal photosynthesis rate. The upregulation of photosynthesis in winter annuals in response to low growth temperature may thus depend on not only (1) a greater volume of photosynthesizing palisade tissue but also (2) leaf veins containing additional phloem cells and presumably capable of exporting a greater volume of sugars from the leaves to the rest of the plant.     

重庆石灰岩地区主要木本植物叶片性状及养分再吸收特征

以重庆石灰岩地区15种常绿木本植物和14种落叶木本植物为研究对象,对两种生活型植物叶片衰老前后叶干物质含量(LDMC)、比叶面积(SLA)和叶片厚度(LT)进行了比较,并采用不同的计算方法(单位质量叶片养分含量、单位面积叶片养分含量)分析了两类植物叶片衰老前后养分含量及再吸收特征,最后对养分再吸收效率与其他叶性状因子之间的关系进行了相关分析。结果表明:常绿植物成熟叶LDMC、LT及衰老叶LT显著低于落叶植物,落叶植物成熟叶和衰老叶SLA均显著高于常绿植物(P0.05);基于单位质量叶片计算的养分含量,常绿植物成熟和衰老叶N、P量均低于落叶植物,而基于单位面积叶片计算的N、P含量则表现出相反的趋势;基于不同方法计算的N、P再吸收效率差异不明显,其中常绿植物基于单位质量叶片养分含量计算的N、P平均再吸收效率为39.42%、43.79%,落叶植物的为24.08%、33.59%;常绿和落叶植物N、P再吸收效率与LDMC、SLA、LT和成熟叶N、P含量之间没有显著相关性,但与衰老叶养分含量存在显著负相关(P0.05)。研究发现,无论是常绿植物还是落叶植物,衰老叶N、P含量均较低,表明石灰岩地区植物具有较高的养分再吸收程度。     

一品红试管苗移栽驯化期叶片的解剖结构变化

对一品红试管苗移栽驯化,同时研究了驯化过程中叶片结构的变化,结果表明,一品红在珍珠岩基质中成活率达98%,随着移栽时间的延长,表皮细胞增大,排列紧密;叶肉细胞间隙减小,栅栏组织细胞长度增加,主脉增厚,导管数目增加,保水,输水和抗逆能力增强。