杂种杨无性系的光系统Ⅱ放氧活性、光合色素及叶绿体超微结构对光胁迫的响应

 用氧电极仪、红外CO2气体分析仪及叶绿素荧光仪,结合透射电镜技术对几个杂种杨无性系在光胁迫下的光系统Ⅱ活性、光合色素及叶绿体超微结构进行了测定。随着预处理光强的增加,各无性系叶片的净光合速率和光系统Ⅱ放氧活性明显下降。二倍体无性系B11的光系统Ⅱ最大光化学效率（Fv/Fm）及实际光化学效率［(Fm′-F)/Fm′］高于两个三倍体无性系B346和B342。强光下三倍体无性系B346的非光化学淬灭远高于B342和二倍体无性系B11。叶绿素含量和光合速率没有明显的线性关系,叶绿素a/b含量在自然光胁迫下存在季节变化,受强光胁迫2个三倍体无性系的叶绿素a/b增大。预处理光强PFD超过3 000 μmol photons·m-2·s-1,各无性系的基粒类囊体片层结构遭到破坏,但二倍体无性系的类囊体片层结构受破坏程度较三倍体无性系轻。叶绿体蛋白合成抑制剂（硫酸链霉素,SM）可加剧叶绿体超微结构的破坏。     

与变化光环境关联的刺槐光合气体交换和复叶运动

在夏季的晴天阳生叶和阴生叶方位角和方向角的日变化均很小 ,但是叶片的中脉角存在显著的日变化差异 ,这种叶片垂直方向上的显著运动与躲避中午的强光胁迫有关。而在阴天 ,阳生叶和阴生叶方位角、方向角和中脉角的日变化均很小。这说明变化的光环境是引起刺槐复叶运动的主要原因 ,而节律性运动不是刺槐复叶运动的诱导因素。机械固定叶片的控制实验显示 :机械固定叶片的光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率均显著低于对照叶片 ,而机械固定叶片温度明显高于对照叶片 ,这可能是由于机械固定叶片和对照叶片两者在光辐射接受量上的差异造成的。光诱导下的刺槐复叶运动是植株维持最佳生理状态的形态调节表现。     

与变化光环境关联的刺槐光合气体交换和复叶运动

在夏季的晴天阳生叶和阴生叶方位角和方向角的日变化均很小,但是叶片的中脉角存在显著的日变化差异,这种叶片垂直方向上的显著运动与躲避中午的强光胁迫有关.而在阴天,阳生叶和阴生叶方位角、方向角和中脉角的日变化均很小.这说明变化的光环境是引起刺槐复叶运动的主要原因,而节律性运动不是刺槐复叶运动的诱导因素.机械固定叶片的控制实验显示:机械固定叶片的光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率均显著低于对照叶片,而机械固定叶片温度明显高于对照叶片,这可能是由于机械固定叶片和对照叶片两者在光辐射接受量上的差异造成的.光诱导下的刺槐复叶运动是植株维持最佳生理状态的形态调节表现.     

白杨派新无性系气孔生理生态特性的研究

采用液氮现场固定叶样,扫描电镜直接观察（照相）结合气体交换测定白杨派２个新无性系气孔形态,分布,日变化,导度及非均匀关闭等情况,结果表明,三倍体无性系在气孔形态指标上比二倍体无性系大,但密度相反,无性系ＺＨ４的气孔对环境的敏感程度比无性系ＢＬ１大,依据气孔开度的平均值和标准差,笔者提出一个修正的光合过程中计算叶肉细胞间ＣＯ２浓度值的公式。     

日照强度对观叶菠萝叶绿体内含物变化的影响

用在强光下固定观叶菠萝自顶端至基部６层叶片的方法,发现第１层至第６层叶片的叶绿体内均有一种球形物质,用常规电镜的双染色法不能使之着色,其随阳光强弱有明显的日变化,即８：００尚未出现,１０：００出现少数,１２：００大量出现,１４：００数量大为减少,１６：００消失。基部老叶片内球形物和淀粉颗粒极少,用四甲亚胺高碘酸银法染球形物成黑色,证明为复合碳水化合物,推测可能为光合碳循环的中国产物在不能输出的情况     

光胁迫对杂种杨无性系光合放氧,光化学能量贮藏的影响

以光声光谱技术对经不同光强预处理的 3个杂种杨无性系即三倍体无性系B34 2、二倍体无性系B1 1[(Populusalba×P .glandulosa)× (P .tomentosa×P .bolleana) ]和三倍体无性系B34 6 [(P .tomentosa×P .bolleana)×(P .alba×P .glandulosa) ]的光合放氧、光声热信号及光化学能量贮藏进行测定。叶圆片的光声放氧信号和光化学能量贮藏与预处理光强度成反比 ;而光声热信号与预处理光强度成正比。光化学能量贮藏分配到PSⅡ的份额要比分配到PSⅠ的多。在强光胁迫下PSⅠ的光化学能量贮藏要比PSⅡ的光化学能量贮藏稳定。 3种抑制剂 (strepto mycin ,dithiothreitol,sodiumfluoride)均对叶圆片的光声放氧信号有影响。无性系B1 1和B34 2抵抗光胁迫的能力比无性系B34 6高     

NaCl和Na2SO4胁迫下两种刺槐叶肉细胞叶绿体超微结构

二倍体刺槐(diploid Robinia pseudoacacia)是我国水土保持林的先锋树种,具有较强的适应性和抗逆性,对改善生态环境、防治水土流失、调节水文状况有重要作用。四倍体刺槐(tetraploid Robinia pseudoacacia)是二倍体刺槐的加倍品种,也称多倍体刺槐,由韩国引进,具有速生、耐盐碱、耐干旱和耐烟尘等特点。目前,关于四倍体刺槐的研究,主要集中于栽培技术和繁殖技术方面,而关于四倍体刺槐叶片超微结构与其耐盐性的关系尚缺乏报道。比较了二倍体刺槐和四倍体刺槐在NaCl和Na₂SO₄胁迫下,叶片叶绿体超微结构的变化特点,一方面可以对二者的耐盐性进行鉴定,同时也可以探讨不同盐分胁迫条件下的作用机制。利用NaCl和Na₂SO₄进行20d的盐胁迫处理,观察叶绿体超微结构的变化特点,发现:NaCl处理前,二者叶肉细胞叶绿体为梭形、形态饱满、结构完整,NaCl处理后10d时,二倍体刺槐的叶绿体出现变形、膜模糊、基粒片层松散、类囊体解体、脂质球增多等现象,NaCl处理后20d时,叶绿体肿胀、变形,基粒片层断裂,膜系统解体。Na₂SO₄处理后10d时,二倍体刺槐的叶绿体肿胀,膜模糊,基粒片层松散、类囊体解体,Na₂SO₄盐胁迫处理后20d时,膜系统全部解体,结构破坏更为严重。总体来说,四倍体刺槐在盐胁迫后叶绿体结构变化不明显,只是在Na₂SO₄处理20d时,四倍体刺槐的叶绿体出现中空、基粒片层松散、膜边缘模糊现象。在处理前,两种刺槐的叶绿体均紧贴细胞壁,分布于细胞壁边缘。在NaCl处理后10d时,二倍体刺槐的叶绿体仍呈有序排列,紧贴细胞壁,但在处理后20d时,大部分叶绿体脱离细胞壁,呈随机分布。在Na₂SO₄处理后10d时,二倍体刺槐部分叶绿体脱离细胞壁,位于细胞中央。在Na₂SO₄处理后20d时,二倍体刺槐叶绿体大部分与细胞壁脱离。四倍体刺槐在两种盐胁迫处理前后叶绿体的排列变化不明显,均分布于细胞壁边缘,紧贴细胞壁。所以在盐胁迫下,耐盐植物叶片的叶绿体表现为结构完整,基粒片层清晰,类囊体结构完整,而不耐盐植物则表现为叶绿体超微结构松散、变形,基粒片层模糊,破坏严重时基粒片层扭曲,叶绿体解体,失去完整结构。     

应用细胞工程技术选育四倍体龙牙百合的研究

用二倍体龙牙百合鳞片为外植体,培养在添加２,４Ｄ,６-ＢＡ的ＭＳ培养基上,诱导愈伤组织、不定牙与小鳞茎分化,建立了二倍体的体细胞无性系。用浓度０.０２％～０.０５％的秋水仙碱或再加２％～４％的二甲基亚砜溶液处理二倍体小鳞茎、鳞片与愈伤组织均诱导出变异试管苗,通过多代筛选与增殖培养首次获得了变异苗无性系,选育出同源四倍体龙牙百合,其染色体数目为４８（２ｎ＝４ｘ＝４８）。同源四倍体苗粗壮,叶片宽而厚,小鳞茎增殖速度快,小鳞茎所含核酸、蛋白质、氨基酸、淀粉、脂肪、ＡＴＰ及维生素Ｂ２的量均高于二倍体     

丹桂叶片越冬期气孔运动的观察（简报）

越冬期间丹桂叶片气孔运动日变化为单峰态,与秋季呈双峰态不同。阴天,气孔开张率、开度与光强、气温有一定正相关性,但晴天只与光强呈明显正相关。越冬期间GA_3明显地促进气孔开张率,降低气孔全部张开的照度阈值,而IAA的促进作用比GA_3差,ABA则抑制气孔开放     

叶角、光呼吸和热耗散协同作用减轻大豆幼叶光抑制

研究了大豆叶片逐步展开过程中的色素组成、气体交换、荧光动力学以及叶片角度等特性。随着叶片展开程度的增加 ,叶绿素含量和叶绿素 a/ b比值增加 ;光合速率 (Pn)也增加 ,揭示叶片展开过程中光合机构是逐步完善的。自然状态下 ,不同展开程度的叶片均未发生明显的光抑制 ;但将叶片平展并暴露在 12 0 0μmol/ (m2 · s)光下时幼叶发生严重的光抑制 ,伴随叶面积的增加光抑制程度减轻。强光下 ,尽管幼叶光呼吸 (Pr)的测定值较低 ,但幼叶光呼吸与总光合之比 (Pr/ Pm)较高。将叶片平展置于强光下时 ,幼叶的实际光化学效率 (ΦPSII)明显下调 ,非光化学猝灭 (NPQ)大幅增加 ;幼叶叶黄素库较大 ,光下积累较多的脱环氧化组分 ,揭示幼叶依赖叶黄素循环的热耗散增强。自然条件下测量叶片角度 ,观察到在叶片展开过程中叶柄夹角逐渐增加 ;日动态过程中幼叶的悬挂角随光强增加而明显减小 ,完全展开叶的悬挂角变化幅度很小。叶片角度的变化使实际照射到幼叶叶表的光强减少。推测较强的光呼吸、依赖叶黄素循环的热耗散以及较大的叶角变化可能是自然状态下幼叶未发生严重光抑制的原因     

不同倍性大青杨的光合特性及叶片解剖结构比较

通过对二年生二倍体、三倍体和四倍体大青杨叶片结构和光合特性的研究,探讨不同倍性大青杨生长性状差异的原因。结果表明：不同倍性大青杨的净光合速率（Pn）、光饱和点（LSP）、光补偿点（LCP）等光合指标差异显著。三倍体的最大净光合速率（Pmax）高出二倍体21%。叶片厚度、表皮细胞厚度、栅栏组织厚度、栅栏组织与海绵组织厚度的比值,都是三倍体和四倍体大青杨比二倍体高,且均呈现增加的趋势。其中,四倍体大青杨表皮细胞最厚,上下表皮分别高出二倍体64%和17%。三倍体大青杨的栅栏组织厚度及栅栏组织与海绵组织厚度的比值最大,比值高出二倍体50%。通过叶片光合特性和解剖结构比较证明,三倍体和四倍体大青杨对光的适应性和光合作用能力强于二倍体。     

THE EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY AND TEMPERATURE ON PLANT GROWTH AND CHLOROPLAST ULTRASTRUCTURE IN SOYBEAN

Soybean plants grown in controlled environment cabinets under light intensities of 220 w/m² or 90 w/m² (400–700 nm) and day to night temperatures of 27.5–22.5 C or 20.0–12.5 C in all combinations, exhibited differences in growth rate, leaf anatomy, chloroplast ultrastructure, and leaf starch, chlorophyll, and chloroplast lipid contents. Leaves grown under the lower light intensity at both temperatures had palisade mesophyll chloroplasts containing well-formed grana. The corresponding leaves developed under the higher light intensity had very rudimentary grana. Chloroplasts from high temperature and high light had grana consisting of two or three appressed thylakoids, while grana from the low temperature were confined to occasional thylakoid overlap. Spongy mesophyll chloroplasts were less sensitive to growth conditions. Transfer experiments showed that the ultrastructure of chloroplasts from mature leaves could be modified by changing the conditions, though the effect was less marked than when the leaf was growing.     

A simple low-cost microcontroller-based photometric instrument for monitoring chloroplast movement

A new microcontroller-based photometric instrument for monitoring blue light dependent changes in leaf transmission (chloroplast movement) was developed based on a modification of the double-beam technique developed by Walzcak and Gabrys [(1980) Photosynthetica 14: 65–72]. A blue and red bicolor light emitting diode (LED) provided both a variable intensity blue actinic light and a low intensity red measuring beam. A phototransistor detected the intensity of the transmitted measuring light. An inexpensive microcontroller independently and precisely controlled the light emission of the bicolor LED. A typical measurement event involved turning off the blue actinic light for 100 μs to create a narrow temporal window for turning on and measuring the transmittance of the red light. The microcontroller was programmed using LogoChip Logo (http://www.wellesley.edu/Physics/Rberg/logochip/) to record fluence rate response curves. Laser scanning confocal microscopy was utilized to correlate the changes in leaf transmission with intercellular chloroplast position. In the dark, the chloroplasts in the spongy mesophyll exhibited no evident asymmetries in their distribution, however, in the palisade layer the cell surface in contact with the overlying epidermis was devoid of chloroplasts. The low light dependent decrease in leaf transmittance in dark acclimated leaves was correlated with the movement of chloroplasts within the palisade layer into the regions previously devoid of chloroplasts. Changes in leaf transmittance were evident within one minute following the onset of illumination. Minimal leaf transmittance was correlated with chloroplasts having retreated from cell surfaces perpendicular to the incident light (avoidance reaction) in both spongy and palisade layers.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at     

Importance of the green color,absorption gradient,and spectral absorption of chloroplasts for the radiative energy balance of leaves

Terrestrial green plants absorb photosynthetically active radiation (PAR; 400–700 nm) but do not absorb photons evenly across the PAR waveband. The spectral absorbance of photosystems and chloroplasts is lowest for green light, which occurs within the highest irradiance waveband of direct solar radiation. We demonstrate a close relationship between this phenomenon and the safe and efficient utilization of direct solar radiation in simple biophysiological models. The effects of spectral absorptance on the photon and irradiance absorption processes are evaluated using the spectra of direct and diffuse solar radiation. The radiation absorption of a leaf arises as a consequence of the absorption of chloroplasts. The photon absorption of chloroplasts is strongly dependent on the distribution of pigment concentrations and their absorbance spectra. While chloroplast movements in response to light are important mechanisms controlling PAR absorption, they are not effective for green light because chloroplasts have the lowest spectral absorptance in the waveband. With the development of palisade tissue, the incident photons per total palisade cell surface area and the absorbed photons per chloroplast decrease. The spectral absorbance of carotenoids is effective in eliminating shortwave PAR (<520 nm), which contains much of the surplus energy that is not used for photosynthesis and is dissipated as heat. The PAR absorptance of a whole leaf shows no substantial difference based on the spectra of direct or diffuse solar radiation. However, most of the near infrared radiation is unabsorbed and heat stress is greatly reduced. The incident solar radiation is too strong to be utilized for photosynthesis under the current CO₂ concentration in the terrestrial environment. Therefore, the photon absorption of a whole leaf is efficiently regulated by photosynthetic pigments with low spectral absorptance in the highest irradiance waveband and through a combination of pigment density distribution and leaf anatomical structures.     

Correlation between chloroplast motility and elastic properties of tobacco mesophyll protoplasts

Translocations of chloroplasts induced by blue light were investigated in both leaves and protoplasts isolated from leaf mesophyll of Nicotiana tabacum. In the leaf tissue, the responses of chloroplasts were similar to those observed in other, higher and lower plant species. Weak and strong light induced movements of chloroplasts towards cell walls perpendicular and parallel to the light direction, respectively. Treatment with cytochalasin D, an actin-disturbing agent, blocked the movements. This shows that actin is involved in the motile system of chloroplast translocation in tobacco. By monitoring the response of chloroplasts to light in isolated protoplasts, we addressed the question whether the presence of the cell wall is necessary for the translocations of chloroplasts to occur. In control protoplasts (isolated at room temperature from unstressed leaves), no clear light intensity-dependent changes were observed in chloroplast distribution pattern. In contrast, in protoplasts obtained from plants treated with 4 °C for 8 h the chloroplasts maintained their responsiveness to light. Atomic Force Microscopy was used to measure elastic properties of the protoplasts. Young’s modulus, which reflects rigidity of the material, was 10 times higher for protoplasts of the coldstressed plants as compared to those isolated from the control plants. The rigidity of protoplasts isolated from the plants treated with low temperature was reduced four-fold by exposure to cytochalasin D. It appears that the status of protoplast actin is a factor responsible for elasticity of protoplasts. We speculate that unknown, cold stress-induced factors, maintain the orientational movements due to anchorage of the actin cytoskeleton in the plasma membrane despite the cell wall removal.     

The DCL gene of tomato is required for chloroplast development and palisade cell morphogenesis in leaves.

The defective chloroplasts and leaves-mutable (dcl-m) mutation of tomato was identified in a Ds mutagenesis screen. This unstable mutation affects both chloroplast development and palisade cell morphogenesis in leaves. Mutant plants are clonally variegated as a result of somatic excision of Ds and have albino leaves with green sectors. Leaf midribs and stems are light green with sectors of dark green tissue but fruit and petals are wild-type in appearance. Within dark green sectors of dcl-m leaves, palisade cells are normal, whereas in albino areas of dcl-m leaves, palisade cells do not expand to become their characteristic columnar shape. The development of chloroplasts from proplastids in albino areas is apparently blocked at an early stage. DCL was cloned using Ds as a tag and encodes a novel protein of approximately 25 kDa, containing a chloroplast transit peptide and an acidic alpha-helical region. DCL protein was imported into chloroplasts in vitro and processed to a mature form. Because of the ubiquitous expression of DCL and the proplastid-like appearance of dcl-affected plastids, the DCL protein may regulate a basic and universal function of the plastid. The novel dcl-m phenotype suggests that chloroplast development is required for correct palisade cell morphogenesis during leaf development.     

CORRELATES OF LEAF OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN TROPICAL FOREST SUN AND EXTREME-SHADE PLANTS

Thirteen shade-adapted rain forest species were compared with twelve sun-adapted tropical forest species for correlates to leaf optical properties (described previously in Amer. J. Bot. 73: 1100–1108). The two samples were similar in absorptance of quanta for photosynthesis, but the shade-adapted taxa: 1) had significantly lower specific leaf weights, indicating a more metabolically efficient production of surface for quantum capture; 2) synthesized less chlorophyll per unit area; and 3) used less chlorophyll for capturing the same quanta for photosynthesis. The anatomical features that best correlate with this increased efficiency are palisade cell shape and chloroplast distribution. Palisade cells with more equal dimensions have more chloroplasts on their abaxial surfaces. This dense layer of chloroplasts maximizes the light capture efficiency limited by sieve effects. The more columnar palisade cells of sun-adapted taxa allow light to pass through the central vacuoles and spaces between cells, making chloroplasts less efficient in energy capture, but allowing light to reach chloroplasts in the spongy mesophyll. Pioneer species may be an exception to these two groups of species. Three pioneer taxa included in this study have columnar palisade cells that are extremely narrow and packed closely together. This layer allows little penetration of light, but exposure of the leaf undersurface may provide illumination of spongy mesophyll chloroplasts in these plants.     

Leaf structure and specific leaf mass: the alpine desert plants of the Eastern Pamirs, Tadjikistan

This study examines interrelationships between eight leaf attributes (specific leaf mass, area, dry mass, lamina thickness, mesophyll cell number per cm², mesophyll cell volume, chloroplast volume, and number of chloroplasts per mesophyll cell) in field-grown plants of 94 species from the Eastern Pamir Mountains, at elevations between 3800 and 4750 m. Unlike most other mountain areas, the Eastern Pamirs, Karakorum system, Tadjikistan provide localities where low temperatures and radiation combine with moisture stress at high altitudes. For all the attributes measured, significant differences were found between plants with different mesophyll types. Leaves with dorsiventral palisade structure (dorsal palisade, ventral spongy mesophyll cells) had thicker leaves with larger but fewer mesophyll cells, containing more and larger chloroplasts. These differences in mesophyll type are reflected in differences in the total surface of mesophyll cells per unit leaf area ( A _mes/ A ) or volume ( A _mes/ V ). Plants with isopalisade leaf structure (palisade cells under both dorsal and ventral surfaces) are more commonly xerophytes and their increased values of A _mes/ A and A _mes/ V decrease CO₂ mesophyll resistance, which is an important adaptation to drought. Path analysis shows the critical importance of mesophyll cell volume in leading to the covariance between the different leaf attributes and hence to specific leaf mass (SLM), even though mesophyll cell volume is not itself strongly correlated with SLM. This is because mesophyll cell volume increases SLM through its effects on leaf thickness and chloroplast number per cell, but decreases SLM through its negative effect on mesophyll cell density.