根瘤菌结瘤因子的微量生物检测法

在豆科植物根系分泌物诱导下,根瘤菌在自生状态下能产生胞外寡糖胺类物质─—结瘤因子,其生物学功能之一是引起某些豆科植物根毛卷曲。结瘤因子与根毛接触４ｈ后,即使去除结瘤因子,３～６天后根毛即能发生变形。据此设计出一种结瘤因子微量生物检测法。该法操作方便,并且只需耗用微量结瘤因子。     

非豆科植物固氮研究概况

由于氮素化肥能源耗费和环境污染问题的日趋严重,人们逐渐认识到农林业生产完全依赖化肥终非良策,于是生物固氮研究日益受到世界各国的重视。豆科植物有与根瘤菌天然结瘤固氮的能力。长期以来人们一直希望非豆科植物也能结瘤固氮,以减少对化肥的依赖。对于人工诱导非豆科作物结瘤固氮的研究,国内外开展的研究工作较多。早在30年代初至60年代中期（1933－1967年）,许多学者就试验用离体的豆科植物根、愈伤组织和细胞培养物与相应的根瘤菌联合培养,以探索二者在体外共生的可能。但限于当时的技术条件,在30多年内一直未能证明根瘤菌能在…     

类黄酮激活根瘤菌在油菜上结瘤和固氮的研究初报

１引言自然界大多数植物不具备共生固氮系统．在非豆科中除Ｐａｒａｓｐｏｎｉａ［８］外,至今还未发现其它非豆科植物能像豆科植物一样与根瘤菌形成共生．聂延富报道了２．４Ｄ能使小麦根系诱导结瘤的作用［２］．ＡｌＭａｌｅｎ等研究了根瘤菌在水稻和油菜幼苗根系...     

黄酮类物质在豆科植物结瘤固氮中的作用

介绍黄酮类物质对根瘤菌的趋化、结瘤基因的诱导、根瘤菌的生长、根瘤的发育和固氮的作用,以及黄酮类物质在豆科植物中的分布和分泌。     

根瘤菌—豆科植物竞争结瘤的分子生态学研究

研究根瘤菌—豆科植物竞争结瘤的分子生态学问题,首要的是先对所要研究的根瘤菌进行标记。然而,由于根瘤菌—豆科植物的竞争结瘤是一个极其复杂的过程,研究不同阶段的问题,需要采用不同的标记基因     

非豆科固氮树种-沙棘与微生物联合共生体的纯培养研究

Ｆｒａｎｋｉａ 非豆科树木共生固氮体系是自然界中重要的固氮生物资源 ,具有与Ｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍ 豆科植物相似的固氮能力 ,在自然界能量循环和生态平衡中起着重要作用 ,而且与形成共生固氮的非豆科植物其抗逆性强 ,耐干旱、盐碱 ,抗高寒、瘠薄 ,能在一般豆科植物不能生长的环境下正常生长结瘤固氮。非豆科固氮树种 沙棘是三北地区重要垦荒先锋树种1) ,其果实富含多种维生素 ,具有重要的经济开发价值。同时 ,沙棘又是具有内生菌根真菌的固氮树种[1] 。本文通过对沙棘菌根、根瘤联合共生体人工构建技术以及沙棘联合共生的增效作用的研究 ,…     

共生固氮体系中的豆科植物基因

豆科根瘤菌发现的近百年历史以来,共生固氮作用一直受到人们的瞩目。近廿几年来对根痛瘤—豆科植物共生体的研究进展迅速,对共生体中根瘤菌本身的固氮基因(nif)和结瘤基因的编码、定位等有了较深入的了解。然而,共生体系中基因的调控是比较复杂的,环境因素和寄生植物基因对共生固氮的调控也起着重要作用。人们对豆科寄主结瘤和固氮遗传进行了一系列研究,并力图选育高固氮的豆科品种资源。本文仅就豆科植物—根瘤菌共生固氮体系中寄主植物基因及它在共生固氮体系研究中的作用和意义作简要的概述。     

载有苜蓿根瘤菌巨型质粒的豇豆根瘤菌侵染苜蓿根瘟的形态

生物固氮的过程是把大气氮素还原为氨,为植物生长提供有效的氮素营养。在共生固氮过程中,根瘤菌与豆科植物共生有着较为严格的宿主专性关系,如苜蓿根瘤菌只诱导苜蓿植物结瘤固氮,豌豆根瘤菌只诱导豌豆植物结瘤固氮。     

凝集素在植物中的生理功能

本文介绍了近年来凝集素在豆科植物—根瘤菌共生结瘤固氮、植物防御和生长发育中所起作用的一些研究进展,并讨论了凝集素在植物体内的一些可能的生理功能。     

高氮抑制豆科植物结瘤固氮机制研究进展

豆科植物通过与根瘤菌共生,形成根瘤并进行生物固氮。豆科植物的结瘤固氮作用在农业上具有减肥增效、改良土壤等重大意义。然而,高氮会抑制豆科植物结瘤固氮,形成"氮阻遏"效应。着重论述了高氮抑制豆科植物结瘤的分子机制,包括氮素通过结瘤自调控AON(Autoregulation of nodulation)信号、NLP(NIN-like protein)转录因子、植物激素信号等途径抑制根瘤数目和发育的最新进展;并探讨了高氮抑制根瘤固氮活性的假说及争议,包括亚硝酸盐毒性和碳饥饿等,以期为提高豆科植物应对"氮阻遏"效应提供理论基础。     

Inherent allocation patterns and potential growth rates of herbaceous climbing plants

We tested the hypothesis that herbaceous climbing plants, unlike non-climbing herbs, maximize height growth and leaf area, with minimal expenditure in support structures. The enhanced investment in leaf area was expected to result in high relative growth rates in terms of biomass increment. Four leguminous herbaceous climbers from nutrient-poor sites and four non-leguminous herbaceous climbers from nutrient-rich sites, were compared with non-climbing, self-supporting leguminous and non-leguminous herbaceous species from similar habitats. Plants were grown in hydroponic cultures in controlled environment chambers. All climbers had inherently taller shoots than self-supporting plants when compared at an equal amount of total plant dry weight, due to longer stems per unit of support biomass. In contrast to the hypothesis, the relative growth rates of all climbers were relatively low compared to the range found for self-supporting species. The biomass allocation patterns of the non-leguminous climbers were similar to those of the self-supporting species. Leguminous climbers allocated more biomass to support tissue and less biomass to leaves than non-climbers. As a result, height growth was even more emphasized in leguminous climbers than in non-leguminous climbers. Climbing legumes had high rates of net carbon gain, which partly compensated the lower relative leaf weight. We conclude that leguminous herbaceous climbers maximize height growth by a large investment in support biomass, enabling them to keep a large proportion of their leaves in the better illuminated environment at the top of the vegetation canopy.     

Use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria as biofertiliser for non-legumes: prospects and challenges

The potential of nitrogen-fixing (NF) bacteria to form a symbiotic relationship with leguminous plants and fix atmospheric nitrogen has been exploited in the field to meet the nitrogen requirement of the latter. This phenomenon provides an alternative to the use of the nitrogenous fertiliser whose excessive and imbalanced use over the decades has contributed to green house emission (N(2)O) and underground water leaching. Recently, it was observed that non-leguminous plants like rice, sugarcane, wheat and maize form an extended niche for various species of NF bacteria. These bacteria thrive within the plant, successfully colonizing roots, stems and leaves. During the association, the invading bacteria benefit the acquired host with a marked increase in plant growth, vigor and yield. With increasing population, the demand of non-leguminous plant products is growing. In this regard, the richness of NF flora within non-leguminous plants and extent of their interaction with the host definitely shows a ray of hope in developing an ecofriendly alternative to the nitrogenous fertilisers. In this review, we have discussed the association of NF bacteria with various non-leguminous plants emphasizing on their potential to promote host plant growth and yield. In addition, plant growth-promoting traits observed in these NF bacteria and their mode of interaction with the host plant have been described briefly.     

Expression of a bacterial gene in transgenic tobacco plants confers resistance to the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

Plants resistant to the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) were produced through the genetic engineering of a novel detoxification pathway into the cells of a species normally sensitive to 2,4-D. We cloned the gene for 2,4-D monooxygenase, the first enzyme in the plasmid-encoded 2,4-D degradative pathway of the bacterium Alcaligenes eutrophus, into a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter expression vector and introduced it into tobacco plants by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Transgenic tobacco plants expressing the highest levels of the monooxygenase enzyme exhibited increased tolerance to 2,4-D in leaf disc and seed germination assays, and young plants survived spraying with levels of herbicide up to eight times the usual field application rate. The introduction of the gene for 2,4-D monooxygenase into broad-leaved crop plants, such as cotton, should eventually allow 2,4-D to be used as an inexpensive post-emergence herbicide on economically important dicot crops.     

In vitro induction of lipo-chitooligosaccharide production in Bradyrhizobium japonicum cultures by root extracts from non-leguminous plants

Bradyrhizobium japonicum can form a N2-fixing symbiosis with compatible leguminous plants. It can also act as a plant-growth promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) for non-legume plants, possibly through production of lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCOs), which should have the ability to induce disease resistance responses in plants. The objective of this work was to determine whether non-leguminous crop plants can induce LCO formation by B. japonicum cultures. Cultures treated with root extracts of soybean, corn, cotton or winter wheat were assayed for presence and level of LCO. Root extracts of soybean, corn and winter wheat all induced LCO production, with extracts of corn inducing the greatest amounts. Root washings of corn also induced LCO production, but less than the root extract. These results indicated that the stimulation of non-legume plant growth by B. japonicum could be through the production of LCOs, induced by materials excreted by the roots of non-legume plants.     

Study on Infectivity of the Nodule Endophyte of Some Non-Leguminous N2-Fixing Plants

Cross inoculations were made with Frankia spp. from the nodules of non-leguminous plants belonging to different families, genera and species. The results showed that there are no apparent host specificity in these strains. Under general cases, many strains can nodulate plants in different families, genera and species, but there also are some special results. Both infective ability of the same strains on diffierent host and the different strains on the same host are different. Different isolates from the same host plant were found in certain cases to have various degrees of infectivity. If the original host plant was replaced by others, both these Frankia infective ability and nitrogenase activity in new symbiotic system were lower. The strains that are higher N2-fixing activity in the nodules of the original host also possess stronger N2-fixing activity in the nodules of other hosts. Under test condition, there are positive correlation between the number of the nodules of host plants and N2-fixing activity of the root nodules. The morphology of the spores of the strains in the nodules of new host plant also change more or less.     

几种非豆科植物根瘤内生菌侵染特征的研究

自不同科、属、种的非豆科植物根瘤分离内生菌,对其寄主植物进行了交叉侵染,结果表明,这些Frankia菌对不同寄主的侵染没有明显的专一性,供试菌可以进行跨越科、属、种的侵染,但有的菌株对于某些植物的侵染,可能存在一些特殊情况,相同菌株对不同植物的侵染能力,以及不同菌株对同一寄主的侵染能力是有差异的。从同一种植物根瘤中分离的不同菌株,侵染能力也有高低之分,供试菌随寄主植物的改变,侵染能力及所建立的共生系统固氮活性有所降低,侵染原寄主植物所形成的根瘤固氮活性较高的菌株,在改变寄主后所形成的根瘤固氮活性也比较高,在一定条件下,寄主植物的结瘤量与根瘤固氮活性呈正相关,而侵染不同寄主后,根瘤中菌体孢子的表面结构也发生了一定变化。     

Distribution of isoflavonoids in non-leguminous taxa - an update

Common emphasis of the fact that isoflavonoids are characteristic metabolites of leguminous plants sometimes leads to overlooking that the presence of isoflavonoids has been reported in several dozen other families. The spectrum of isoflavonoid producing taxa includes the representatives of four classes of multicellular plants, namely the Bryopsida, the Pinopsida, the Magnoliopsida and the Liliopsida. A review, recently published by Reynaud et al. [Reynaud, J., Guilet D., Terreux R., Lussignol M., Walchshofer N., 2005. Isoflavonoids in non-leguminous families: an update. Nat. Prod. Rep. 22, 504-515], provided listing of 164 isoflavonoids altogether reported in 31 non-leguminous angiosperm families. In this contribution we complement the abovementioned inventory bringing the references on further 17 isoflavonoid producing families and on additional 49 isoflavonoids reported to occur in non-leguminous plants.     

Biological nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous field crops: Recent advances

There is strong evidence that non-leguminous field crops sometimes benefit from associations with diazotrophs. Significantly, the potential benefit from N₂ fixation is usually gained from spontaneous associations that can rarely be managed as part of agricultural practice. Particularly for dryland systems, these associations appear to be very unreliable as a means of raising the nitrogen status of plants. However, recent technical advances involving the induction of nodular structures on the roots of cereal crops, such as wheat and rice, offer the prospect that dependable symbioses with free-living diazotrophs, such as the azospirilla, or with rhizobia may eventually be achieved.     

Regeneration of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Aeschynanthus radicans</Emphasis> via direct somatic embryogenesis and analysis of regenerants with flow cytometry

Plant regeneration through direct somatic embryogenesis in Aeschynanthus radicans ‘Mona Lisa’ was achieved in this study. Globular somatic embryos were formed directly from cut edges of leaf explants and cut ends or on the surface of stem explants 4 wk after culture on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with N-phenyl-N′-1, 2, 3-thiadiazol-5-ylurea (TDZ) with α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), TDZ with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), or 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) or kintin (KN) with 2,4-D. MS medium containing 9.08 μM TDZ and 2.68 μM 2,4-D resulted in 71% of stem explants producing somatic embryos. In contrast, 40% of leaf explants produced somatic embryos when induced in medium containing 6.81 μM TDZ and 2.68 μM 2,4-D. Somatic embryos matured, and some germinated into small plants on the initial induction medium. Up to 64% of stem explants cultured on medium supplemented with 9.08 μM TDZ + 2.68 μM 2,4-D, 36% of leaf explants cultured on medium containing 6.81 μM TDZ and 2.68 μM 2,4-D had somatic embryo germination before or after transferring onto MS medium containing 8.88 μM BA and 1.07 μM NAA. Shoots elongated better and roots developed well on MS medium without growth regulators. Approximately 30–50 plantlets were regenerated from each stem or leaf explant. The regenerated plants grew vigorously after transplanting to a soil-less substrate in a shaded greenhouse with more than a 98% survival rate. Three months after their establishment in the shaded greenhouse, 500 plants regenerated from stem explants were morphologically evaluated, from which five types of variants that had large, orbicular, elliptic, small, and lanceolate leaves were identified. Flow cytometry analysis of the variants along with the parent showed that they all had one identical peak, indicating that the variant lines, like the parent, were diploid. The mean nuclear DNA contents of the variant lines and their parent ranged from 4.90 to 4.99 pg 2C⁻¹, which were not significantly different statistically. The results suggest that the regenerated plants have a stable ploidy level, and the regeneration method established in this study can be used for rapid propagation of ploidy-stable Aeschynanthus radicans.     

Antifungal proteins and peptides of leguminous and non-leguminous origins

Antifungal proteins and peptides, as their names imply, serve a protective function against fungal invasion. They are produced by a multitude of organisms including leguminous flowering plants, non-leguminous flowering plants, gymnosperms, fungi, bacteria, insects and mammals. The intent of the present review is to focus on the structural and functional characteristics of leguminous, as well as non-leguminous, antifungal proteins and peptides. A spectacular diversity of amino acid sequences has been reported. Some of the antifungal proteins and peptides are classified, based on their structures and/or functions, into groups including chitinases, glucanases, thaumatin-like proteins, thionins, and cyclophilin-like proteins. Some of the well-known proteins such as lectins, ribosome inactivating proteins, ribonucleases, deoxyribonucleases, peroxidases, and protease inhibitors exhibit antifungal activity. Different antifungal proteins may demonstrate different fungal specificities. The mechanisms of antifungal action of only some antifungal proteins including thaumatin-like proteins and chitinases have been elucidated.