氮素形态对杉木幼苗侧根生长和叶片光合特性的影响

以3月龄的杉木实生苗为试验材料,分析了不同氮素形态——硝态氮(NO₃^- N)、铵态氮(NH4⁺ N)和硝酸铵(NH₄NO₃)(氮素浓度均为3 mmol·L^-1)对杉木幼苗侧根生长、叶片光合气体交换参数和叶绿素荧光参数的影响,以揭示杉木幼苗对不同形态氮的偏好性,以及不同形态氮肥下杉木幼苗侧根生长和光合生理的响应特征,为杉木苗期氮肥管理提供理论依据。结果显示：(1)不同氮素形态对杉木幼苗地上部和侧根生物量具有显著影响,其中NH₄⁺ N处理下幼苗地上部和侧根生物量最大,NO₃^- N处理次之,而NH₄NO₃处理最小。(2)NH₄⁺ N和NO₃^- N处理下杉木幼苗总根长、根系总表面积和根系总体积均显著高于NH₄NO₃处理(P＜0.05),且NH₄⁺ N处理又显著高于NO₃^- N处理,但不同氮形态处理间侧根数量差异不显著。(3)NH₄⁺ N处理下杉木幼苗叶片净光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率明显高于NO₃^- N和NH₄NO₃处理,但NO₃^- N和NH₄NO₃处理之间无明显差异。(4)NH₄⁺ N处理下杉木叶片初始荧光强度低于NO₃^- N处理,而最大荧光强度、可变荧光强度和PSⅡ潜在活性却高于全硝氮和硝铵氮处理。上述结果表明,NH₄⁺ N处理不仅有利于杉木幼苗侧根生长发育,且其叶片具有较强的光合能力,较高的PSⅡ中心稳定性、光化学活性以及电子传递效率,从而更有利于植株生长。因此,从根系生长和光合特性来看,杉木幼苗对铵态氮具有偏好性。     

The Androctonus australis garzoni scorpion venom contains toxins that selectively affect voltage-dependent K+-channels in cerebellum granular cells

A purified peptide from Androctonus australis Garzoni venom (AaG) affects selectively a K⁺-current recorded from cerebellum granular cells. This current is characterized by fast activating and inactivating kinetics similar to an I_A-type current. Addition of 2 μm peptide Aa1 (from Androctonus australis, toxin 1) to the external side of the channel suppressed completely and in a selective manner the I_A-type current, with an IC50 value of 130 nm, whereas in the same conditions, the other potassium current, identified as delayed rectifier (I_d), was not affected. Additionally, we show that another partially purified peptide (III-12) from the same venom was able to block reversibly both K⁺-currents. Received: 10 February 1997 / Accepted: 7 August 1997     

丛枝菌根真菌和施加不同形态氮肥对杉木幼苗养分吸收的影响

为了解丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)和不同形态氮对杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)生长和养分吸收的影响,以1 a生杉木幼苗接种摩西球囊霉(Glomus mosseae)和添加不同形态氮(NH₄⁺-N和NO₃^–-N),对其养分元素和生长状况的变化进行研究。结果表明,AMF显著提高了杉木的苗高和生物量,促进了杉木对N、P、K、Ca、Mg、Fe和Na的吸收,AMF对微量元素Fe、Na的促进作用总体上要强于大量元素K、Ca。与NO₃^–-N相比,AMF显著提高了NH₄⁺-N处理杉木的生物量、总C和N、Ca、Mg、Mn含量,而且这种显著性在叶中普遍高于根和茎。接种AMF可以促进杉木幼苗的生长和对养分元素的吸收,且添加NH₄⁺-N处理的促进作用要强于NO₃^–-N。     

Kinetics of urea uptake by Melosira italica (Ehr.) Kütz at different luminosity conditions

The kinetic parameters K_m and V_max for urea uptake by Melosira italica were determined at 160 μeinsteins m⁻² s⁻¹ and in the dark. The transport systems showed an affinity for the substrate and a storing capacity in the dark (K_m = 65.07 μM; V_max = 2.18 nmoles 10⁵ cells ⁻¹ h⁻¹) greater than under 160 μE m⁻² s ⁻¹ (K_m = 111.2 μM; V_max = 1.11 nmoles 105 cells⁻¹ h⁻¹). Similarly, a reduction in consumption rate of urea under increasing photon flux densities was observed. The use of an inhibitor (potassium cyanide) indicated that the uptake process requires metabolic energy. That urea transport is more important in darkness, may constitute a survival strategy in which this compound is utilized by cells mainly during heterotrophic growth.     

Effects of mono- and multi-valent cations on the inward-rectifying potassium channel in isolated protoplasts from maize roots

Transport properties mediated by ionic channels were studied by the patch-clamp technique in protoplasts from cortical parenchyma cells of maize roots (CPMR). While outward currents could be seen only occasionally, macroscopic voltage- and time-dependent potassium-selective inward currents (I_K+in) were frequently observed in the whole-cell configuration. These currents increased continuously as a function of K⁺ concentration (in the range 3 – 200 mm) and the slow-saturating macroscopic chord-conductance was fitted by a Michaelis-Menten function with K_m = 195 ± 39 mm. Other ions, like sodium and lithium, did not permeate at all through the maize root inward-channel, or like ammonium (P_NH4+/ P_K+ = 0.16 0.25) and rubidium (P_Rb+/P_K+≈ 0.10) displayed a very low permeability ratio. Up to 5 mm Rb⁺ did not induce any inhibition of the K⁺ inward current, whereas submillimolar concentrations of Cs⁺ were sufficient to block, in a voltage-dependent manner, the inward currents. A decrease of the external potassium concentration favoured Cs⁺ inhibition (K_m = 89 ± 6 μm and 26 ± 2 μm in 200 and 100 mm KCl, respectively). The potassium inward-currents were reversibly and consistently inhibited by submillimolar external concentrations of the metal ions Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Co²⁺, while 1 mm La³⁺ only slightly decreased (≈10%) both the single channel conductance (9.2 ± 1.2 pS in 100 mm potassium) and the macroscopic current. In contrast to the case with Cs⁺, inhibition induced by other metal ions did not show any voltage dependence. These results suggest that, as with animal potassium channels, the inward channel of maize-root cortical cells has a narrow pore of permeation and metal ions decrease the K⁺ current, possibly by acting on binding sites located outside the pore. Received: 21 February 1997 / Accepted: 27 May 1997     

A new model for relationship between irradiance and the rate of photosynthesis in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Oryza sativa</Emphasis>

The calculated maximum net photosynthetic rate (P _N) at saturation irradiance (I _m) of 1 314.13 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ was 25.49 μmol(CO₂) m⁻² s⁻¹, and intrinsic quantum yield at zero irradiance was 0.103. The results fitted by nonrectangular hyperbolic model, rectangular hyperbolic method, binomial regression method, and the new model were compared. The maximum P _N values calculated by nonrectangular hyperbolic model and rectangular hyperbolic model were higher than the measured values, and the I _m calculated by nonrectangular hyperbolic model and rectangular hyperbolic model were less than measured values. Results fitted by new model showed that the response curve of P _N to I was nonlinear at low I for Oryza sativa, P _N increased nonlinearly with I below saturation value. Above this value, P _N decreased nonlinearly with I.     

Gluconobacter oxydans NH-10中短链D-阿拉伯糖醇脱氢酶的研究

以氧化葡萄糖酸杆菌(Gluconobacter oxydans)NH-10基因组DNA为模板,扩增得到D-阿拉伯糖醇脱氢酶基因arDH,将其克隆到大肠杆菌表达载体JM109(DE3)中进行诱导表达。SDS-PAGE电泳分析ArDH的分子量约为30 kDa,是一个短链脱氢酶,既能催化D-阿拉伯糖醇氧化为D-木酮糖,又能催化D-木酮糖还原为D-阿拉伯糖醇。催化氧化反应时,对D-阿拉伯糖醇的K_m为60.67 mmol/L,V_max为0.803 U/mg;它能同时依赖于NAD⁺和NADP⁺,但是更加偏好辅酶NAD⁺;最适pH为12.0。还原反应对D-木酮糖的 K_m为36.39 mmol/L,V_max为1.71 U/mg;最优pH为7.0,最适温度均为30℃。     

柠条锦鸡儿生物量分配规律与异速生长对氮、磷添加的响应

氮（N）和磷（P）元素在生态系统的结构和功能、稳定性、服务价值和可持续发展中起着关键作用。但自工业革命以来，全球气候变化受人类活动影响愈加剧烈。气候变化不同程度的影响干旱和半干旱区的氮磷循环过程，进而改变植物个体生物量积累以及植被生产力。因此，探究荒漠植物的生物量积累与分配规律对氮、磷添加的响应机制，有助于深入理解干旱区植物应对大气氮磷沉降等气候变化的适应策略。以荒漠植物柠条锦鸡儿（Caragana korshinskii Kom.，以下简称柠条）为研究对象，通过养分添加控制实验研究柠条地上/地下生物量的积累和分配，揭示其异速生长规律。实验包括3种形态的氮素添加（NH₄⁺、NH₄NO₃、NO₃^-）和1种磷素添加（H₂PO₄^-），分别对应4个浓度梯度（4 g/m²、8 g/m²、16 g/m²和32 g/m²）。结果表明，NO₃^-添加对柠条生物量有显著影响，但不同浓度对柠条生物量的影响无显著差异；单独的NH₄⁺添加对柠条地上/地下部分生长都具有显著抑制作用，且抑制作用与添加浓度呈显著的正相关关系；NH₄NO₃添加初期对柠条地上/地下生物量均具有促进作用，但这种促进作用会随着柠条生长和后期NH₄NO₃添加浓度的增加而消失；高浓度NH₄NO₃添加量（32 g/m²）会抑制柠条的生长。低浓度（4 g/m²、8 g/m²）外源氮添加会使柠条的生物量主要优先配给地下部分；磷添加则会使柠条的生物量分配策略向地上部分倾斜。综上所述，研究结果表明柠条改变地上和地下的生物量分配策略以响应氮或/和磷沉降。这一结论不仅增强了我们对植物生长策略的认识，而且有助于我们揭示全球气候变化条件下干旱地区土壤与植物之间的氮、磷循环和转化。     

极端嗜热菌Thermus thermophilus HB8中天冬氨酸转氨酶在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化及酶学性质研究

为获得具有热稳定性的天冬氨酸转氨酶,从极端嗜热细菌Thermus thermophilus HB8中克隆得到天冬氨酸转氨酶基因aspC,并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)和Rosetta(DE3)中进行表达,发现在Rosetta(DE3)中具有较高的表达量。重组酶的最适反应pH是7.0,37 ℃下在pH8～10的缓冲液中保温1 h酶活几乎不改变。重组酶反应的最适温度为75 ℃,酶活稳定的温度范围为25～55℃。重组酶在65℃时半衰期为3.5h,75℃时为2.5h。重组酶的K_m^KG为7.559mmol/L,V_max^KG为0.086mmol/(L·min),K_m^Asp为2.031mmol/L,V_max^Asp为0.024mmol/(L·min)。Ca²⁺、Fe³⁺、Mn²⁺等金属离子对酶活性有微弱抑制作用。     

极端嗜热菌Thermus thermophilus HB8中天冬氨酸转氨酶在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化及酶学性质研究

为获得具有热稳定性的天冬氨酸转氨酶,从极端嗜热细菌Thermus thermophilus HB8中克隆得到天冬氨酸转氨酶基因aspC,并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)和Rosetta(DE3)中进行表达,发现在Rosetta(DE3)中具有较高的表达量。重组酶的最适反应pH是7.0,37 ℃下在pH8～10的缓冲液中保温1 h酶活几乎不改变。重组酶反应的最适温度为75 ℃,酶活稳定的温度范围为25～55℃。重组酶在65℃时半衰期为3.5h,75℃时为2.5h。重组酶的K_m^KG为7.559mmol/L,V_max^KG为0.086mmol/(L·min),K_m^Asp为2.031mmol/L,V_max^Asp为0.024mmol/(L·min)。Ca²⁺、Fe³⁺、Mn²⁺等金属离子对酶活性有微弱抑制作用。     

嫁接与施氮对甜瓜产量和氮素吸收、利用的影响

通过裂区设计田间试验,主区为2种栽培方式(嫁接栽培和自根栽培),副区为4个施氮水平(0、120、240、360 kg N·hm^-2),研究了栽培方式和施氮量对甜瓜产量和品质、氮素运移和分配,以及氮素利用率的影响.结果表明: 嫁接栽培的甜瓜商品瓜产量较自根甜瓜提高了7.3%,可溶性固形物含量降低了0.16%～3.28%;生长前期嫁接栽培甜瓜氮素累积量较自根栽培低,结果后嫁接栽培氮素累积量显著升高,收获时植株氮素累积量较自根栽培增加了5.2%,果实中的氮素累积量提高了10.3%;嫁接栽培植株氮素向果实的转移量较自根栽培提高了20.9%,嫁接栽培果实中的氮素分配率在80%以上,自根栽培的分配率在80%以下;在同一施氮水平下,嫁接栽培的甜瓜氮素吸收利用率较自根栽培提高了1.3%～4.2%,氮素农学效率提高了2.73～5.56 kg·kg^-1,氮素生理利用率提高了7.39～16.18 kg·kg^-1;从商品瓜产量、氮素吸收量和氮素利用率综合考虑,施氮量240 kg·hm^-2为本区域嫁接甜瓜较适宜的氮素用量.     

The nitrogen status of Austrian forest ecosystems as influenced by atmospheric deposition,biomass harvesting and lateral organomass exchange

Measurements of the deposition rates of atmospheric trace constituents to forest ecosystems in Austria have shown that the deposition of plant utilizable nitrogen compounds is in the range from 12 kg N to more than 30 kg N ha^-1 a^-1. Locally, even higher deposition rates are encountered as a consequence of point sources or special deposition mechanisms such as fog interception, hoar frost formation, and accumulation in snow drifts. In order to place these values into perspective, they are compared with the nitrogen demand of past and present forest land use and with natural processes of nitrogen depletion and accumulation in forest ecosystems. During wind erosion of forest litter, woody material with a wide C/N-ratio remains on the windward side of ridges, while nutrient-rich material with a narrow C/N-ratio is deposited on the leeward side. As a result, total nitrogen storage in the forest soil as well as overall C/N-ratios change dramatically along a transect over a ridge, thus indicating a strong influence of litter C/N ratio on nitrogen retention in the forest soil. A study of nitrogen stores in the soil of beech ecosystems of the same yield class in the Vienna Woods showed a significant correlation of total N-content with base saturation. These results suggest that nitrogen storage capacity of forest soils may be managed by liming and tree species selection. As knowledge is still meagre, a special study on factors which determine nitrogen storage in forest soils is proposed within the FERN-programme.     

土壤微生物生物量氮及其在氮素循环中作用

简述了土壤微生物生物量氮的含量及其影响因素,阐述了其在土壤氮素循环中的重要作用,着重讨论了其与可矿化氮、矿质氮、有机氮和固定态铵之间的关系,指出土壤微生物生物量氮与供氮因子间的关系在氮素循环研究中有非常重要的作用,可为调控土壤氮素的供应状况,减少氮素损失,提高氮肥利用率提供科学依据,并提出了需要深入研究的问题。     

Available soil nitrogen in relation to fractions of soil nitrogen and other soil properties

The available N of 27 soils from England and Wales was assessed from the amounts of N taken up over a 6-month period by perennial ryegrass grown in pots under uniform environmental conditions. Relationships between availability and the distribution of soil N amongst various fractions were then examined using multiple regression. The relationship: available soil N (mg kg^–1 dry soil)=(N_min×0.672)+(N_inc×0.840)+(N_mom×0.227)–5.12 was found to account for 91% of the variance in available soil N, where N_min=mineral N, N_inc=N mineralized on incubation and N_mom=N in macro-organic matter. The N mineralized on incubation appeared to be derived largely from sources other than the macro-organic matter because these two fractions were poorly correlated. When availability was expressed in terms of available organic N as % of soil organic N (N_ao) the closest relationship with other soil characteristics was: N_ao=[N_inc×(1.395–0.0347×CN_mom]+[N_mom×0.1416], where CN_mom=CN ratio of the macro-organic matter. This relationship accounted for 81% of the variance in the availability of the soil organic N.The conclusion that the macro-organic matter may contribute substantially to the available N was confirmed by a subsidiary experiment in which the macro-organic fraction was separated from about 20 kg of a grassland soil. The uptake of N by ryegrass was then assessed on two subsamples of this soil, one without the macro-organic matter and the other with this fraction returned: uptake was appreciably increased by the macro-organic matter.     

Nitrogen outputs from fecal and urine deposition of small mammals: implications for nitrogen cycling

The contribution of small mammals to nitrogen cycling could have repercussions for the producer community in the maintaining or perhaps magnifying of nitrogen availability. Our objective was to model nitrogen outputs (deposition of feces and urine) of small mammals in an old-field ecosystem and estimate the amount of fecal and urinary nitrogen deposited annually. To address this objective, we used models from laboratory studies and combined these with data from field studies to estimate dietary nitrogen and monthly and annual nitrogen outputs from fecal and urine deposition of five rodent species. The models accounted for monthly fluctuations in density and biomass of small-mammal populations. We estimated that the minimal amount of nitrogen deposited by rodents was 1.0 (0.9–1.1) and 2.7 (2.6–2.9) kg Nha⁻¹ year⁻¹ from feces and urine, respectively, for a total contribution of 3.7 (3.5–4.0) kg Nha⁻¹ year⁻¹. Hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) accounted for >75% of the total nitrogen output by small mammals. Our estimates of annual fecal and urinary nitrogen deposited by rodents were comparable to nitrogen deposits by larger herbivores and other nitrogen fluxes in grassland ecosystems and should be considered when assessing the potential effects of herbivory on terrestrial nitrogen cycles.     

沉积物氮形态与测定方法研究进展

长期以来,国内外学者对沉积物中氮进行了大量的研究,在氮生物地球化学循环和生态学效应方面取得了重要进展.然而,现有关于氮赋存形态的研究主要集中在总氮和无机氮方面,还不能深入阐明沉积物氮的生物和生态学机制.分析了沉积物和土壤氮赋存形态划分和测定方法的研究进展,研究表明:沉积物氮的形态划分与测定方法基本上还是借鉴了土壤氮的研究方法;无机态氮的研究多集中在可交换态氮方面,对固定铵的研究相对较少;在可交换态氮提取方法上并没有针对沉积物与土壤的差异进行必要的论证和改进,沉积物中可溶态氮对可交换态氮测定的影响还不明确;有机氮的测定方法基本上是经验方法,目前还无针对有机氮生态学效应的分类及测定方法;连续分级浸提方法从生态学效应的角度对沉积物氮的研究进行了有益的探索,为深入揭示氮的生态学机制提供了新的思路,但是此类方法目前还集中在国内学者的相关研究中.     

Permafrost nitrogen status and its determinants on the Tibetan Plateau

It had been suggested that permafrost thaw could promote frozen nitrogen (N) release and modify microbial N transformation rates, which might alter soil N availability and then regulate ecosystem functions. However, the current understanding of this issue is confined to limited observations in the Arctic permafrost region, without any systematic measurements in other permafrost regions. Based on a large‐scale field investigation along a 1,000 km transect and a laboratory incubation experiment with a ¹⁵N pool dilution approach, this study provides the comprehensive evaluation of the permafrost N status, including the available N content and related N transformation rates, across the Tibetan alpine permafrost region. In contrast to the prevailing view, our results showed that the Tibetan alpine permafrost had lower available N content and net N mineralization rate than the active layer. Moreover, the permafrost had lower gross rates of N mineralization, microbial immobilization and nitrification than the active layer. Our results also revealed that the dominant drivers of the gross N mineralization and microbial immobilization rates differed between the permafrost and the active layer, with these rates being determined by microbial properties in the permafrost while regulated by soil moisture in the active layer. In contrast, soil gross nitrification rate was consistently modulated by the soil content in both the permafrost and the active layer. Overall, patterns and drivers of permafrost N pools and transformation rates observed in this study offer new insights into the potential N release upon permafrost thaw and provide important clues for Earth system models to better predict permafrost biogeochemical cycles under a warming climate.     

Sources,fates, and impacts of nitrogen inputs to terrestrial ecosystems: review and synthesis

The relative importance of nitrogen inputs from atmospheric deposition and biological fixation is reviewed in a number of diverse, non-agricultural terrestrial ecosystems. Bulk precipitation inputs of N (l–l2 kg N ha^–1 yr^–1) are the same order of magnitude as, or frequently larger than, the usual range of inputs from nonsymbiotic fixation (< 1=" –=" 5=" kg=" n=">^–1 yr^–1), especially in areas influenced by industrial activity. Bulk precipitation measurements may underestimate total atmospheric deposition by 30–40% because they generally do not include all forms of wet and dry deposition. Symbiotic fixation generally ranges from 10–160 kg N ha^–1 yr^–1) in ecosystems where N-fixing species are present during early successional stages, and may exceed the range under unusual conditions.Rates of both symbiotic and nonsymbiotic fixation appear to be greater during early successional stages of forest development, where they have major impacts on nitrogen dynamics and ecosystem productivity. Fates and impacts of these nitrogen inputs are important considerations that are inadequately understood. These input processes are highly variable in space and time, and few sites have adequate comparative information on both nitrogen deposition and fixation.

Nitrogen deposition and forest nitrogen cycling along an urban–rural transect in southern China

There is increasing concern over the impact of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on forest ecosystems in the tropical and subtropical areas. In this study, we quantified atmospheric N deposition and revealed current plant and soil N status in 14 forests along a 150 km urban to rural transect in southern China, with an emphasis on examining whether foliar δ¹⁵N can be used as an indicator of N saturation. Bulk deposition ranged from 16.2 to 38.2 kg N ha^?1 yr^?1, while the throughfall covered a larger range of 11.7–65.1 kg N ha^?1 yr^?1. Foliar N concentration, NO₃^? leaching to stream, and soil NO₃^? concentration were low and NO₃^? production was negligible in some rural forests, indicating that primary production in these forests may be limited by N supply. But all these N variables were enhanced in suburban and urban forests. Across the study transect, throughfall N input was correlated positively with soil nitrification and NO₃^? leaching to stream, and negatively with pH values in soil and stream water. Foliar δ¹⁵N was between ?6.6‰ and 0.7‰, and was negatively correlated with soil NO₃^? concentration and NO₃^? leaching to stream across the entire transect, demonstrating that an increased N supply does not necessarily increase forest δ¹⁵N values. We proposed several potential mechanism that could contribute to the δ¹⁵N pattern, including (1) increased plant uptake of ¹⁵N‐depleted soil NO₃^?, (2) foliage uptake of ¹⁵N‐depleted NH₄⁺, (3) increased utilization of soil inorganic N relative to dissolved organic N, and (4) increased fractionation during plant N uptake under higher soil N availability.