根系深度对旱后复水玉米补偿性生长的影响

基于根系诱导的细胞分裂素对玉米生长的影响,本研究探讨了根系深度与旱后复水玉米(Zea mays)补偿性生长的关系。以苗期玉米为试验材料,从4月20日—6月3日,设置充分供水、充分供水且断根、旱后复水、旱后复水且断根4个处理。在玉米干旱胁迫结束时,即出苗后第28天对其进行断根处理,用薄背刀在盆纵向的中间位置水平横切,使根系完全断为两半以得到浅根系。结果表明:与充分供水相比,干旱抑制玉米生长,使其地上生物量、根系生物量与总生物量大幅下降;未断根条件下,复水后,根系能感知水分刺激产生细胞分裂素,且细胞分裂素会经由伤流液转运至玉米叶片;叶片中细胞分裂素含量水平的增加能促进其净光合速率的提高,并可使玉米地上生物量、根系生物量与总生物量增加,进而促进玉米复水后的较快生长;而断根条件下,深根被去除,复水后,浅根虽能感受水分刺激,但并不能产生大量细胞分裂素,进而导致叶片中细胞分裂素含量不能明显升高,净光合速率也不能明显增加,各部分生物量增加亦不明显,玉米不能够快速生长。总之,根系诱导的叶片细胞分裂素是旱后复水玉米补偿性生长的核心因素;而断根使得深根大量丧失,复水后玉米浅根系不易产生细胞分裂素,从而不能引起补偿性生长,即深根对玉米的旱后复水玉米补偿性生长起着关键性作用。     

低温胁迫和解除对4种阔叶幼苗生理特征的影响

以台湾相思(Acacia confusa)、火棘(Pyracantha fortuneana)、银合欢(Leucaena glauca)和葛藤(Pueraria lobota)幼苗为试验材料, 研究其在人工低温6 ℃胁迫下的生理变化。结果表明: 随着低温时间的延长, 台湾相思和葛藤幼苗的叶绿素总含量下降, 分别在低温胁迫48 h和72 h达最小值, 比对照显著减少13%和27%。银合欢和火棘先升后降, 其中银合欢72 h时显著减少25%; 台湾相思、火棘和葛藤幼苗的脯氨酸含量均先增后降, 在低温胁迫48 h分别比对照显著大41%、47%和29%, 银合欢为升-降-升, 各低温阶段与对照无显著差异; 台湾相思和葛藤幼苗的可溶性蛋白质含量显著上升后下降, 火棘和银合欢显著上升, 均在低温胁迫24 h 增加最快, 分别比对照显著大196%、86%、105%和72%; 台湾相思和火棘幼苗的可溶性糖含量先升后降, 在48 h达最大值, 分别比对照显著大27%和83%, 银合欢和葛藤持续上升, 在72 h达最大值, 分别比对照显著大46%和28%; 台湾相思、火棘和银合欢幼苗的SOD活性先升后降, 葛藤持续上升, 且在各个低温胁迫处理时间均显著高于对照; 4 种幼苗的丙二醛(MDA)含量均持续上升, 在72 h达最大值, 分别比对照大46%、54%、8%和165%。主成分分析表明, 低温下幼苗抗寒能力顺序为: 银合欢>葛藤>火棘>台湾相思。     

气候因子对银合欢共生固氮的影响

本文研究气候因子对银合欢共生固氮的影响。银合欢结瘤固氮有明显的季节性变化,夏秋结瘤多,固氮酶活性高,冬天及早春结瘤少,活性低。银合欢结瘤固氮的适宜温度为25-30℃,低于10℃或高于30℃时活性显著下降,处于0℃或45℃时活性极低,逆境温度处理时间越长活性越低。温度相近的条件下,土壤湿度对银合欢结瘤固氮的影响尤其突出,水分过多或干旱都严重影响结瘤固氮。遮光条件下银合欢根瘤固氮酶活性显著降低,晴天取样的根瘤固氮酶活性比阴天的高。银合欢根瘤固氮酶活性在一天中出现两个峰,第一个峰在11时,第二个峰在17-20时。离体根瘤的固氮酶活性随离体时间的延长而降低,表明植株光合作用产物对根瘤的供应及其在根瘤中的贮备对固氮酶活性有显著影响。     

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。     

干旱及复水条件下接种AMF和根瘤菌对疏叶骆驼刺根系生长的影响北大核心CSCD

疏叶骆驼刺为塔里木河下游优势草本植物,对下游地区防风固沙,涵养水源具有重要的生态价值。该试验以疏叶骆驼刺为研究对象,设定正常水分(土壤相对含水量70%±5%)、干旱胁迫(土壤相对含水量20%±5%)和复水处理(干旱胁迫60 d后恢复至正常水分)3个水分梯度,以及单接种丛枝菌根真菌、单接种根瘤菌、双接种丛枝菌根真菌+根瘤菌和不接种4组接种处理,分析不同水分条件下各接种处理对疏叶骆驼刺根系生长的影响。结果表明:(1)双接种丛枝菌根真菌+根瘤菌处理的疏叶骆驼刺根系AMF侵染率在干旱胁迫、复水条件下均显著降低,且低于单接种AMF处理。(2)随着正常水分→干旱胁迫→复水的水分变化,双接种处理疏叶骆驼刺根系根瘤数量先降低后增加,复水后显著高于单接种根瘤菌处理。(3)双接种处理扩大了疏叶骆驼刺的根系吸收范围,提高了根系的吸收能力,并随着正常水分→干旱胁迫→复水的水分变化,呈现先降低后增加的变化趋势。(4)双接种处理显著提高了疏叶骆驼刺根系SOD和POD活性,并随着正常水分→干旱胁迫→复水的水分变化而逐渐升高。研究发现,双接种AMF+根瘤菌处理可以显著促进疏叶骆驼刺根系的生长,增强其抗逆性,而干旱胁迫会降低AMF和根瘤菌的协同促进作用,复水后双接种AMF+根瘤菌处理的疏叶骆驼刺能及早地做出响应,对其根系生长表现出一定的补偿效应。     

土壤水分和磷营养对小麦根系生长生理特性的影响

采用小偃６号小麦品种,在模拟田间原状土容重的条件下土培,研究了土壤水分和磷营养对小麦根系生长生理特性的效应。结果表明：在土壤相对含水量为４０％─７０％范围内,土壤水分亏缺,小麦根系生长受到限制,根系比表面积（ＲＡ）、根呼吸速率（Ｒｐ）、根水势（Ｒψｗ）和叶片蒸腾强度（ＥＩ）明显降低,根系干物重（ＲＤＷ）减少;轻度干旱有利于根系的延伸生长;在土壤干旱条件下,磷营养可以提高根系ＲＡ,降低根系Ｒｐ,提高Ｒψｗ、增加叶面ＥＩ,促进根系延伸生长,扩大小麦根系对土壤深层水分的吸收和利用,进而促进地下部生长,提高ＲＤＷ。磷除作为一种营养物质促进作物根系生长发育外,在水分胁迫条件下,磷营养可明显改善植株体内的水分关系,增强对干旱缺水环境的适应能力,提高作物抗旱性。促进根系生长,提高水分利用的有效方法是根据土壤水分状况调节磷的用量。     

干旱-复水对两种石斛属植物叶水势的影响

石斛属植物多附着在其他植物体或岩石上,水分获取困难,其特殊的水分利用策略是其生存和发展的重要保证。为弄清石斛属植物对干旱胁迫的适应能力和机制,该文选用3年生金钗石斛和铁皮石斛,通过盆栽控水进行干旱胁迫和复水处理,探讨在不同干旱历时和干旱后复水条件下两种石斛的叶水势变化情况。结果表明:随着干旱时间的延长,两种石斛叶水势均呈升高趋势;金钗石斛叶水势由充分供水时的(-1.04±0.02)MPa增加到干旱60 d时的(-0.86±0.03)MPa,铁皮石斛叶水势由(-1.04±0.02)MPa增加到(-0.87±0.03)MPa;两种石斛均表现出高水势延迟脱水的抗旱适应机制;干旱结束后复水,两种石斛的叶水势随着复水时间的增加均呈下降趋势;复水20 d时,金钗石斛和铁皮石斛叶水势分别为(-0.96±0.05)MPa和(-0.96±0.02)MPa,其叶水势均未恢复到干旱前充分供水时的水平;相关分析结果显示,两种石斛的土壤含水率和叶水势间相关关系显著(P<0.05)。由此认为,两种石斛属植物均表现出较强的干旱胁迫耐受能力和相对较差的胁迫后恢复能力。     

干旱胁迫下外源茉莉酸甲酯对玉米幼苗根系吸水的影响

茉莉酸类化合物作为环境信号分子,不仅参与植物生长发育的调控,同时受到环境胁迫的诱导,参与植物对逆境胁迫的响应和防御。本研究以北方广泛种植的玉米品种‘郑单958’为材料,通过对根系外源施加茉莉酸甲酯的方式,探究干旱胁迫下茉莉酸甲酯对玉米幼苗抗旱性以及根系吸水的影响。结果表明,外源茉莉酸甲酯可提高玉米幼苗光合速率、蒸腾作用和气孔导度,增强抗氧化酶活性,降低H_2O_2和丙二醛的含量,从而缓解干旱胁迫对植株造成的损伤。通过测定根系水导、氯化汞处理的蒸腾速率的变化以及水通道蛋白的表达量,发现干旱胁迫下外源茉莉酸甲酯可增强根系水通道蛋白的表达,进而增强玉米幼苗的根系吸水能力,从而缓解干旱胁迫造成的叶片水分含量的下降和水势的降低,提高了玉米幼苗的抗旱性。     

复水对旱后不同玉米品种植株生长恢复能力及其生理响应特性的影响

该研究选用2个抗旱能力相似但旱后恢复能力存在显著差异的玉米品种‘P3’和‘郑单958’为材料,采用盆栽称重控水法在苗期进行干旱及复水处理,通过测定其生长、水分状况、光合参数、叶绿素荧光参数以及叶绿素含量在干旱及复水过程中的变化规律,探讨干旱及复水过程中生理生化响应与旱后恢复能力的关系。结果发现:(1)抗旱性相同的2个玉米品种在干旱复水后的生长恢复能力表现为‘P3’显著强于‘郑单958’。(2)干旱胁迫后,‘郑单958’和‘P3’的叶片相对含水量差异不显著,但‘P3’能维持较高的叶水势、PSⅡ最大光化学效率和叶绿素含量。(3)经干旱胁迫复水后,‘P3’的净光合速率,PSⅡ最大光化学效率和气孔导度恢复速度快于‘郑单958’,说明‘P3’光合损失恢复能力高于‘郑单958’。研究表明,玉米品种‘P3’的旱后复水生长恢复能力较强,因‘P3’在干旱胁迫下能维持较高的Fv/Fm值和叶绿素含量,光系统的损伤较轻,而且复水后也能较快的恢复;在干旱过程中减轻干旱胁迫对植物光合系统的伤害是旱后复水快速恢复生长的基础,而在复水后快速修复光系统损失能够加快植物复水的恢复速度。     

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。     

Can stomatal closure caused by xylem ABA explain the inhibition of leaf photosynthesis under soil drying?

Effects of leaf water deficit and increase in endogenous ABA on photosynthesis of two tropical trees, t Acacia confusa and t Leucaena leucocephala, were investigated with two soil-drying methods, i.e. half or whole root system was subjected to soil drying. Half-root drying was achieved by allowing upper layer of soil column to dry and lower layer of soil column to remain watered. Half-root drying had little effect on leaf water potential, but when compared to the well-watered control, both methods of soil drying substantially increased the ABA concentration in xylem and reduced leaf conductance in both species. There was a significant relationship between leaf conductance and xylem ABA concentrations in both species, which was comparable to the same relationship that was generated by feeding ABA to excised twigs. The rate of photosynthesis was inhibited substantially in both soil-drying treatments and in both species, but photochchemical efficiency, measured as a ratio of variable fluorescence to a peak fluorescence emission of a dark-adapted leaf (F_v/F_m), was not reduced except in the whole root-dried t L. leucocephala plants where leaf water potential was reduced to –2.5 MPa. In all the cases where photosynthesis was inhibited, there was a concomitant reduction in both leaf conductance and calculated internal CO₂ concentration. After two days of rewatering, leaf water potential and xylem ABA concentration rapidly returned to pre-treatment levels, but leaf conductance and photosynthesis of both whole-root and half root dried t L. leucocephala remained inhibited substantially. Rewatering led to a full recovery of both stomatal conductance and photosynthesis in soil-dried t A. confusa, although its photosynthesis of whole-root dried plants did not recover fully but such difference was not significant statistically. These results suggest that drought-induced decline of photosynthesis was mainly a result of the stomatal factor caused by the increase of ABA concentration in the xylem sap. Non-stomatal factors, e.g. reduced photochemical activity and/or carbon metabolic activity, were species-specific and were brought about only at very low water potential.     

The relations of stomatal closure and reopening to xylem ABA concentration and leaf water potential during soil drying and rewatering

Two tropical tree species, Acacia confusa and Leucaena leucocephala, were used to study the relationships among stomatal conductance, xylem ABA concentration and leaf water potential during a soil drying and rewatering cycle. Stomatal conductance of both A. confusa and L. leucocephala steadily decreased with the decreases in soil water content and pre-dawn leaf water potential. Upon rewatering, soil water content and pre-dawn leaf water potential rapidly returned to the control levels, whereas the reopening of stomata showed an obvious lag time. The length of this lag time was highly dependent not only upon the degree of water stress but also on plant species. The more severe the water stress, the longer the lag time. When A. confusa and L. leucocephala plants were exposed to the same degree of water stress (around –2.0 MPa in pre-dawn leaf water potential), the stomata of A. confusa reopened to the control level 6 days after rewatering. However, it took L. leucocephala about 14 days to reopen fully. A very similar response of leaf photosynthesis to soil water deficit was also observed for both species. Soil drying resulted in a significant increase in leaf and xylem ABA concentrations in both species. The more severe the water stress, the higher the leaf and xylem ABA concentrations. Both leaf ABA and xylem ABA returned to the control level following relief from water deficit and preceded the full recovery of stomata, suggesting that the lag phase of stomatal reopening was not controlled by leaf and/or xylem ABA. In contrast to drying the whole root system, drying half of the root system did not change the leaf water relations, but caused a significant increase in xylem ABA concentration, which could fully explain the decrease of stomatal conductance. After rewatering, the stomatal conductance of plants in which half of the roots were dried recovered more rapidly than those of whole-root dried plants, indicating that the leaf water deficit that occurred during the drying period was related to the post-stress stomatal inhibition. These results indicated that the decrease in stomatal conductance caused by water deficit was closely related to the increase in xylem ABA, but xylem ABA could not fully explain the reopening of stomata after relief of water stress, neither did the leaf ABA. Some unknown physiological and/or morphological processes in the guard cells may be related to the recovery process.     

CHANGES IN HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND ANATOMY CAUSED BY DRYING AND REWETTING ROOTS OF AGAVE DESERTI (AGAVACEAE)

Concurrent determinations of changes in hydraulic conductivity and tissue anatomy were made for roots of Agave deserti excised during drying and following rewetting in soil. At 30 d of drought, hydraulic conductivity had declined less than twofold for older nodal roots, tenfold for young nodal roots, and more than 20-fold for lateral roots (“rain roots” occurring as branches on the nodal roots). These decreases were consistent with increases in cortical lacunae caused by cell shrinkage and collapse. Similarly, reduction of lacunae in response to rewetting after 7 d of drought corresponded to levels of recovery in hydraulic conductivity, with young nodal roots showing full recovery, lateral roots returning to only 21 % of initial conductivity, and older nodal roots changing only slightly. Increases in suberization in the exodermis, endodermis, and cortex adjacent to the endodermis in response to drying coincided with decreases in hydraulic conductivity. Measurements of axial hydraulic conductance per unit length before and after pressurization indicated that embolism caused reductions in axial conductance of 98% for lateral roots, 35% for young nodal roots, and 20% for older nodal roots at 7 d of drought. Embolism, cortical lacunae, and increasing suberization caused hydraulic conductivity to decline during drought in the three root types, thereby helping limit water loss to dry soil; the recovery in hydraulic conductivity for young nodal roots after rewetting would allow them to take up water readily once soil moisture is replenished.     

Drought-induced changes in soil contact and hydraulic conductivity for roots of Opuntia ficus-indica with and without rhizosheaths

Water movement between roots and soil can be limited by incomplete root–soil contact, such as that caused by air gaps due to root shrinkage, and can also be influenced by rhizosheaths, composed of soil particles bound together by root exudates and root hairs. The possible occurrence of air gaps between the roots and the soil and their consequences for the hydraulic conductivity of the root–soil pathway were therefore investigated for the cactus t Opuntia ficus-indica, which has two distinct root regions: a younger, distal region where rhizosheaths occur, and an older, proximal region where roots are bare. Resin-embedded sections of roots in soil were examined microscopically to determine root–soil contact for container-grown plants kept moist for 21 days, kept moist and vibrated to eliminate air gaps, droughted for 21 days, or droughted and vibrated. During drought, roots shrank radially by 30% and root–soil contact in the bare root region of nonvibrated containers was reduced from 81% to 31%. For the sheathed region, the hydraulic conductivity of the rhizosheath was the least limiting factor and the root hydraulic conductivity was the most limiting; for the bare root region, the hydraulic conductivity of the soil was the least limiting factor and the hydraulic conductivity of the root–soil air gap was the most limiting. The rhizosheath, by virtually eliminating root–soil air gaps, facilitated water uptake in moist soil. In the bare root region, the extremely low hydraulic conductivity of the root–soil air gap during drought helped limit water loss from roots to a drier soil.     

Effect of Changes of Temperature Around Roots in Relation to Water Uptake by Roots and Leaf Transpiration

Effects of changes in temperature around roots on water uptake by roots and leaf transpiration were studied in Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit., a subtropical woody plant species, and in Zea mays L. When the temperature around roots was rapidly lowered from 25 ℃ to 15 ℃, the water uptake by the roots and leaf transpiration were stimulated significantly within a short period ( 14 min). However, this effect did not occur when the cooling time was prolonged neither did if occur when the temperature around the roots was resumed from 15 ℃ to 25 ℃. Both the hydraulic conductivity of roots and leaf transpiration were increased substantially at first (within 20 min)and then decreased steadily to a level lower than those of the control in which the roots were continuous exposed to a low temperature ( 15 ℃ ). Low temperature also promoted the biosynthesis of ABA in roots and enhanced the xylem ABA concentration, but such stimulation did not occur untill about 30 min after cooling treatment, leaf transpiration was reduced markedly, but the hydraulic conductivity of roots increased when the root system was treated with exogenous ABA. It was suggested that some mechanisms other than ABA may be involved in the short-time cryostimulation of water uptake by roots and leaf transpiration.     

Water uptake and structural plasticity along roots of a desert succulent during prolonged drought

Desert succulents resume substantial water uptake within 1–2 d of the cessation of drought, but the changes in root structure and hydraulic conductivity underlying such recovery are largely unknown. In the monocotyledonous leaf succulent Agave deserti Engelm. substantial root mortality occurred only for lateral roots near the soil surface; nearly all main roots were alive at 180 d of drought. New main roots were initiated and grew up to 320 mm at soil water potentials lower than – 5·0 MPa, utilizing water from the shoot. The hydraulic conductivity of distal root regions decreased 62% by 45 d of drought and 70% thereafter. After 7 d of rewetting, root hydraulic conductivity was restored following 45 d of drought but not after 90 and 180 d. The production of new lateral roots and the renewed apical elongation of main roots occurred 7–11 d after rewetting following 180 d of drought. Hydraulic conductivity was higher in the distal region than at midroot and often increased again near the root base, where many endodermal cells lacked suberin lamellae. Suberization and xylem maturation were influenced by the availability of moisture, suggesting that developmental plasticity along a root allows A. deserti to capitalize on intermittent or heterogeneous supplies of water.     

亚低温与干旱胁迫对番茄植株水分传输和形态解剖结构的影响

为探讨亚低温和干旱对植株水分传输的影响机制,以番茄幼苗为试材,利用人工气候室设置常温(昼25 ℃/夜18 ℃)和亚低温(昼15 ℃/夜8 ℃)环境,采用盆栽进行正常灌水(75%～85%田间持水量)和干旱处理(55%～65%田间持水量),分析了温度和土壤水分对番茄植株水分传输、气孔和木质部导管形态解剖结构的影响。结果表明: 与常温正常灌水处理相比,干旱处理使番茄叶水势、蒸腾速率、气孔导度、水力导度、茎流速率、气孔长度和叶、茎、根导管直径显著减小,而使叶、茎、根导管细胞壁厚度和抗栓塞能力增强;亚低温处理下番茄叶水势、蒸腾速率、气孔导度、水力导度和叶、茎、根导管直径显著降低,但气孔变大,叶、根导管细胞壁厚度和叶、茎、根抗栓塞能力显著升高。亚低温条件下土壤水分状况对番茄叶水势、蒸腾速率、气孔导度、水力导度、气孔形态、叶、根导管结构均无显著影响。总之,干旱处理下番茄通过协同调控叶、茎、根结构使植株水分关系重新达到稳态;亚低温处理下番茄植株水分关系的调控主要通过改变叶和根导管结构实现,且受土壤水分状况的影响较小。     

Changes in root hydraulic conductivity for two tropical epiphytic cacti as soil moisture varies

The tropical epiphytic cacti Epiphyllum phyllanthus and Rhipsalis baccifera experience extreme variations in soil moisture due to limited soil volumes and episodic rainfalls. To examine possible root rectification, whereby water uptake from a wet soil occurs readily but water loss to a dry soil is minimal, responses of root hydraulic conductivity (L_p) to soil drying and rewetting were investigated along with the underlying anatomical changes. After 30 d of soil drying, L_p decreased 50%–70% for roots of both species, primarily because increased suberization of the periderm reduced radial conductivity. Sheaths composed of soil particles, root hairs, and mucilage covered young roots and helped reduce root desiccation. Axial (xylem) conductance increased during drying due to vessel differentiation and maturation, and drought-induced embolism was relatively low. Within 4 d of rewetting, L_p for roots of both species attained predrought values; radial conductivity increased for young roots due to the growth of new branch roots initiated during drying and for older roots due to the development of radial breaks in the periderm. The decreases in L_p during drought reduced plant water loss to a dry soil, and yet maximal water uptake and transpiration occurred within a few days of rewetting, helping these epiphytes to take advantage of episodic rainfalls in a moist tropical forest.     

MAIN ROOT-LATERAL ROOT JUNCTIONS OF TWO DESERT SUCCULENTS: CHANGES IN AXIAL AND RADIAL COMPONENTS OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY DURING DRYING

The influence of junctions between main roots and lateral roots on water flow was investigated for the desert succulents Agave deserti and Ferocactus acanthodes during 21 d of drying in soil. Under wet conditions, the junctions did not restrict xylem water flow from lateral roots to main roots, consistent with predictions of axial conductance based on vessel diameters. Embolism caused by drying reduced such axial conductance more at the junctions than in adjoining root regions. Connective tracheary elements at the junctions were abundantly pitted and had large areas of unlignified primary wall, apparently making them more susceptible to embolism than vessels or tracheids elsewhere in the roots. Unlike the decrease in axial conductance, the overall hydraulic conductivity of the junction increased during drying because of an increase in the conductivity of the radial pathway. Despite such increases, main roots may not lose substantial amounts of water to a dry soil during drought, initially because embolism at the junctions can limit xylem flow and later because soil hydraulic conductivity decreases. Moreover, the increased root hydraulic conductivity and a potentially rapid recovery from embolism by connective tracheary elements may favor water uptake near the junctions upon soil rewetting.     

台湾相思结瘤固氮与吸氢酶活性研究

台湾相思的根系具有多年生的根瘤,根瘤初发生时球状,以后发育成分叉瘤和扇状瘤。根瘤固氮活性因苗龄、成熟度不同而有明显差异。环境条件影响结瘤及固氮活性。15℃时结瘤受到明显抑制,固氮作用最适温度条件是25～30℃。光照不足降低根瘤固氮活性。短期轻度干旱不影响根瘤固氮活性,但持续干旱使固氮活性明显下降。pH4.5～8.5条件能正常结瘤,pH5.5时结瘤最好。根瘤固氮作用时不释放H_2,具有较高的吸氢酶活性,在固氮反应系统中加入5％的H_2,能提高根瘤固氮活性。