我国豆科植物根瘤菌资源多样性及应用基础研究

北京农业大学菌种保藏中心(CCBAU)现已保藏根瘤菌5000余株,是全世界最大的根瘤菌资源数据库。通过对其中的2000余株根瘤菌作多相分类研究,确定根瘤菌新属2个、新种11个。结合根瘤菌宿主及其生态环境的关系,提出根瘤菌与豆科植物共生关系的新认识;并得出豆科植物接种根瘤菌的新见解,这对于西部大开发中新区种植豆科植物接种适宜的根瘤菌具有重要指导意义。     

豆科植物修复土壤重金属污染研究进展

随着经济的发展, 生态环境污染日趋严重, 其中土壤重金属污染成为一个突出问题。利用植物修复土壤重金属污染是当前环境科学和生态学领域的研究热点之一。采用根瘤菌-豆科植物共生体系修复土壤重金属污染是一种有效的植物修复方法, 它不仅可以利用根瘤菌与豆科植物互利共生的优势来抵抗重金属胁迫, 而且其固氮作用有助于提高土壤养分。通过文献检索分析, 收集整理了我国现已发现的具有土壤重金属污染修复潜力的豆科植物, 并对根瘤菌修复土壤重金属污染的机理以及根瘤菌-豆科植物共生体系修复土壤重金属污染的研究进展进行了综述, 以期为今后利用根瘤菌-豆科植物共生体系修复土壤重金属污染的研究和实践提供参考。     

能上树的小鱼

我们都知道,豆科植物的种子在土壤中萌发后,土壤中与该种豆科植物相适应的根瘤菌就在幼苗的根系附近大量繁殖,并且侵入到根内,形成根瘤,豆科植物与根瘤菌之间有一种共生关系,根瘤菌可以将空气中的氮转变为含氮的养料,供豆科植物利用。     

根瘤菌-豆科植物共生体系在重金属污染环境修复中的地位、应用及潜力

土壤重金属污染严重影响了人类健康和生态系统稳定,已成为亟待解决的现实问题。在重金属污染地,氮素的极端不足是植被恢复主要限制因子之一。根瘤菌-豆科植物共生体系是固氮能力最强的生物固氮体系,在促进重金属污染地氮素循化和营养元素积累中具有重要作用。本文阐述土壤重金属污染的修复方法及其特点,微生物抗重金属的机理及促植物生长和重金属积累的特性,根瘤菌-豆科植物共生体系在土壤重金属污染修复中的优越性,研究现状及应用潜力。提出应用"豆科植物-根瘤菌共生体系"修复重金属污染土壤的新思路和新任务。     

根瘤菌选育研究进展

生物固氮是一个全球性的战略课题,其中豆科植物与根瘤菌共生固氮一直是生物固氮研究的焦点。该文从菌株选育的角度,通过对比总结国内外根瘤菌选育方法的研究进展,详细阐述了各种育种方法在根瘤菌选育过程中的应用和优缺点,指出筛选周期过长和筛选技术低效是当前研究中的限制问题,并进一步对选育工作的前景进行了展望。     

豆科植物SHR-SCR模块——根瘤“奠基细胞”的命运推手

豆科植物-根瘤菌共生固氮是可持续性农业氮肥的最重要来源。根瘤作为豆科植物共生固氮的一种特化植物侧生器官, 提供了根瘤菌生物固氮必需的微环境, 是根瘤菌的安身之本, 因此, 根瘤的正常发育是实现豆科植物-根瘤菌共生固氮的结构基础。根瘤器官的从头发生主要起始于根瘤菌诱导的根皮层细胞分裂。通常认为豆科植物的根皮层具备有别于非豆科植物根皮层的某种特异属性, 从而响应根瘤菌并与之建立固氮共生, 但长期以来该属性决定的分子机制一直不明确。近日, 中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心王二涛团队以蒺藜苜蓿(Medicago truncatula)等豆科植物和拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)等非豆科植物为研究对象, 发现豆科植物中保守的SHR-SCR干细胞模块决定了其皮层细胞分裂潜能从而赋予根瘤器官发生的命运。该研究揭示了豆科植物根瘤发育的全新机制, 提供了研究和理解植物-根瘤菌固氮共生进化的重要线索, 对提高豆科作物固氮效率和非豆科作物固氮工程具有重要意义。     

神木地区耐旱灌木和草本豆科植物根瘤菌遗传多样性

豆科植物具有抗逆性强、耐瘠薄的特性,许多豆科植物是荒漠地区的先锋植物,在生态环境保护中起重要作用.以神木地区主要的灌木和草本豆科植物-根瘤菌共生体系为材料,采用16S rRNA PCR-RFLP和序列分析等方法,对分离得到的55株菌进行多样性分析,其中,30株菌分离自灌木豆科植物紫穗槐和柠条,25株菌分离自草本豆科植物斜茎黄芪、苜蓿、草木樨黄芪等.结果表明: 这些菌株共有11种16S rRNA PCR-RFLP遗传图谱类型,分离自草本豆科植物的菌株主要归属于中慢生根瘤菌属、剑菌属、根瘤菌属、叶瘤杆菌属和土壤杆菌属5个属,分别与华癸中慢生根瘤菌、地中海中慢生根瘤菌、刺槐中慢生根瘤菌、费氏剑菌、草木樨剑菌、木兰根瘤菌、放射根瘤菌、突尼斯叶杆菌和根癌土壤杆菌系统发育关系最近.分离自灌木豆科植物的菌株仅归属于中慢生根瘤菌属,分别与华癸中慢生根瘤菌和地中海中慢生根瘤菌系统发育关系最近.华癸中慢生根瘤菌和地中海中慢生根瘤菌是两类豆科植物的共生菌种,表明在干旱地区,根瘤菌对两种类型豆科植物的选择共生存在差异,这与豆科植物种类有关,还可能与其所处生态环境有关.     

The Legume SHR-SCR Module Predetermines Nodule Founder Cell Identity

豆科植物-根瘤菌共生固氮是可持续性农业氮肥的最重要来源。根瘤作为豆科植物共生固氮的一种特化植物侧生器官, 提供了根瘤菌生物固氮必需的微环境, 是根瘤菌的安身之本, 因此, 根瘤的正常发育是实现豆科植物-根瘤菌共生固氮的结构基础。根瘤器官的从头发生主要起始于根瘤菌诱导的根皮层细胞分裂。通常认为豆科植物的根皮层具备有别于非豆科植物根皮层的某种特异属性, 从而响应根瘤菌并与之建立固氮共生, 但长期以来该属性决定的分子机制一直不明确。近日, 中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心王二涛团队以蒺藜苜蓿(Medicago truncatula)等豆科植物和拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)等非豆科植物为研究对象, 发现豆科植物中保守的SHR-SCR干细胞模块决定了其皮层细胞分裂潜能从而赋予根瘤器官发生的命运。该研究揭示了豆科植物根瘤发育的全新机制, 提供了研究和理解植物-根瘤菌固氮共生进化的重要线索, 对提高豆科作物固氮效率和非豆科作物固氮工程具有重要意义。     

豆科植物凝集素及其对根瘤菌的识别作用

本文讨论了豆科植物凝集素的性质、分布、基因及其表达;近年来研究表明识别根瘤菌的因子是豆科植物根上的凝集素。将一种豆科植物的凝集素基因转化到另一种豆科植物后,再接种前一种豆科植物的根瘤菌,可以使其被侵染和结瘤。由此人们提出了扩大根瘤菌宿主范围到非豆科植物,特别是粮食作物范围的可能性。     

豆科植物凝集素及其对根瘤菌的识别作用

本文讨论了豆科植物凝集素的性质、分布、基因及其表达;近年来研究表明识别根瘤菌的因子是豆科植物根上的凝集素。将一种豆科植物的凝集素基因转化到另一种豆科植物后,再接种前一种豆科植物的根瘤菌,可以使其被侵染和结瘤。由此人们提出了扩大根瘤菌宿主范围到非豆科植物,特别是粮食作物范围的可能性。     

Agro-industrial waste materials and wastewater sludge for rhizobial inoculant production: a review

Inoculating legumes with commercial rhizobial inoculants is a common agriculture practice. Generally, inoculants are sold in liquid or in solid forms (mixed with carrier). The production of inoculants involves a step in which a high number of cells are produced, followed by the product formulation. This process is largely governed by the cost related to the medium used for rhizobial growth and by the availability of a carrier source (peat) for production of solid inoculant. Some industrial and agricultural by-products (e.g. cheese whey, malt sprouts) contain growth factors such as nitrogen and carbon, which can support growth of rhizobia. Other agro-industrial wastes (e.g. plant compost, filtermud, fly-ash) can be used as a carrier for rhizobial inoculant. More recently, wastewater sludge, a worldwide recyclable waste, has shown good potential for inoculant production as a growth medium and as a carrier (dehydrated sludge). Sludge usually contains nutrient elements at concentrations sufficient to sustain rhizobial growth and heavy metals are usually below the recommended level. In some cases, growth conditions can be optimized by a sludge pre-treatment or by the addition of nutrients. Inoculants produced in wastewater sludge are efficient for nodulation and nitrogen fixation with legumes as compared to standard inoculants. This new approach described in this review offers a safe environmental alternative for both waste treatment/disposal and inoculant production.     

Trends in rhizobial inoculant production and use

Rhizobia inoculants have contributed to increase N₂ fixation and yield in legumes crops. However, most of the inoculants produced world-wide are of poor or suboptimal quality. We discuss here why some of them are poor products and how to improve their quality and efficacy. Reported data on the inoculation rate effect can be used to design good inoculants. Technologies are now available to produce inoculants with a shelf-life of more than 1 year. Available quality control methods can help to improve the quality of inoculants although they do not take into account the physiological satus of the rhizobia. Unfortunately quality control is not commonly used except in major inoculant companies and the quality of inoculants sold on the market is low. The need for an increase in quality standards is discussed especially for the number of rhizobia delivered per seed and for the presence of contaminants. Some new technologies which able to increase efficacy and reliability of inoculation are discussed.     

Mineral Soils as Carriers for Rhizobium Inoculants

Mineral soil-based inoculants of Rhizobium meliloti and Rhizobium phaseoli survived better at 4°C than at higher temperatures, but ca. 15% of the cells were viable at 37°C after 27 days. Soil-based inoculants of R. meliloti, R. phaseoli, Rhizobium japonicum, and a cowpea Rhizobium sp. applied to seeds of their host legumes also survived better at low temperatures, but the percent survival of such inoculants was higher than peat-based inoculants at 35°C. Survival of R. phaseoli, R. japonicum, and cowpea rhizobia was not markedly improved when the cells were suspended in sugar solutions before drying them in soil. Nodulation was abundant on Phaseolus vulgaris derived from seeds that had been coated with a soil-based inoculant and stored for 165 days at 25°C. The increase in yield and nitrogen content of Phaseolus angularis grown in the greenhouse was the same with soil-and peat-based inoculants. We suggest that certain mineral soils can be useful and readily available carriers for legume inoculants containing desiccation-resistant Rhizobium strains.     

Lifestyle alternatives for rhizobia: mutualism, parasitism, and forgoing symbiosis

Strains of rhizobia within a single species can have three different genetically determined strategies. Mutualistic rhizobia provide their legume hosts with nitrogen. Parasitic rhizobia infect legumes, but fix little or no nitrogen. Nonsymbiotic strains are unable to infect legumes at all. Why have rhizobium strains with one of these three strategies not displaced the others? A symbiotic (mutualistic or parasitic) rhizobium that succeeds in founding a nodule may produce many millions of descendants. The chances of success can be so low, however, that nonsymbiotic rhizobia can have greater reproductive success. Legume sanctions against nodules that fix little or no nitrogen favor more mutualistic strains, but parasitic strains that use plant resources only for their own reproduction may do well when they share nodules with mutualistic strains.     

鲁黄1号大豆与根瘤菌的共生匹配性

大豆可与中华根瘤菌属及慢生根瘤菌属的多种根瘤菌共生固氮.研究大豆品种与不同种根瘤菌之间的共生匹配性,对获得高效根瘤菌用于接种,提高大豆的产量及品质有重要的理论和实践意义.本研究使用黄淮海地区的优质高蛋白大豆品种鲁黄1号从当地土壤内捕捉并分离纯化到27株根瘤菌.经持家基因recA的序列分析,发现其中18株属于中华根瘤菌属,9株属于慢生根瘤菌属.选用两个属的代表菌株各一株(Sinorhizobium fredii S6和Bradyrhizobium sp. S10),分别在蛭石、土壤盆栽及大田试验条件下,研究这两株菌单独及混合接种对鲁黄1号大豆的生长、结瘤、固氮活力、产量、种子蛋白含量及含油量的影响.结果表明： 与S10菌株相比,S6菌株对大豆的促生能力更强,对提高产量和品质的效果更好,从而确定S6为与鲁黄1号大豆相匹配的高效根瘤菌,可作为黄淮海地区推广种植鲁黄1号大豆时接种高效根瘤菌的菌种资源.
     

Mutation breeding of grain legumes

Summary Grain legumes are an important group of crop plants. They provide an essential source of protein food for many developing countries, but their production has gone down in favour of more profitable crops like cereals. Therefore, genetic improvement of grain legumes is urgently needed. The primary aim of grain legume breeding must be the increase of production through adaptation to more advanced cropping schemes and reduction of crop losses. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation as developed by natural evolution does not always seem to be compatible with the needed substantial increase in yield: It is not supplying sufficient nitrogen and supplementation by fertilizer is rather uneconomic. By genetic manipulation of the plant's regulatory system nitrogen fixation may become more effective and tolerant to high soil nitrogen levels. Through a number of mutation breeding projects in different countries involving all important grain legume species it has been proven that mutation induction is a good tool for supplementing the genetic variation available from natural evolution and from selection by man. High-yielding cultivars have been developed from induced mutants, which eventually also possess a more efficient nitrogen fixation capacity.     

Effectiveness of Rhizobium Strains Used in Inoculants after Their Introduction into Soil

Rhizobium strains used in inoculants for Trifolium spp., Medicago spp., Glycine max, and Lotus pedunculatus were isolated from nodules of these legumes grown in soils into which the rhizobia had been introduced 4 to 8 years before. Isolations were made from a total of 420 nodules. Nodule occupancy by the inoculant strains varied from 17.7% for a soybean strain to 100% in the case of L. pedunculatus whose specific rhizobia did not occur in the soils studied. In general, inoculant strains isolated from nodules did not differ in effectiveness from cultures of the same strains concurrently maintained in lyophilized form. The average effectiveness of all of the isolates (identified and unidentified) from a legume was 7.1 to 73.3% higher than that of the unidentified isolates alone, demonstrating the prolonged effect that a single-seed inoculation has on the rhizobial population in a soil which had not been planted with legumes before. Relatively weak recovery of a Rhizobium japonicum strain introduced into soil 4 years after soybean seed inoculated with a different strain had been planted in the same soil confirmed the advantage of a resident population over an introduced inoculant strain.     

Recent development and new insight of diversification and symbiosis specificity of legume rhizobia: mechanism and application

Currently, symbiotic rhizobia (sl., rhizobium) refer to the soil bacteria in α- and β-Proteobacteria that can induce root and/or stem nodules on some legumes and a few of nonlegumes. In the nodules, rhizobia convert the inert dinitrogen gas (N₂) into ammonia (NH₃) and supply them as nitrogen nutrient to the host plant. In general, this symbiotic association presents specificity between rhizobial and leguminous species, and most of the rhizobia use lipochitooligosaccharides, so called Nod factor (NF), for cooperating with their host plant to initiate the formation of nodule primordium and to inhibit the plant immunity. Besides NF, effectors secreted by type III secretion system (T3SS), exopolysaccharides and many microbe-associated molecular patterns in the rhizobia also play important roles in nodulation and immunity response between rhizobia and legumes. However, the promiscuous hosts like Glycine max and Sophora flavescens can nodulate with various rhizobial species harbouring diverse symbiosis genes in different soils, meaning that the nodulation specificity/efficiency might be mainly determined by the host plants and regulated by the soil conditions in a certain cases. Based on previous studies on rhizobial application, we propose a ‘1+n−N’ model to promote the function of symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) in agricultural practice, where ‘1’ refers to appreciate rhizobium; ‘+n’ means the addition of multiple trace elements and PGPR bacteria; and ‘−N’ implies the reduction of chemical nitrogen fertilizer. Finally, open questions in the SNF field are raised to future think deeply and researches.     

Potential for increasing biological nitrogen fixation in soybean

The importance of soybean as a source of oil and protein, and its ability to grow symbiotically on low-N soils, point to its continued status as the most valuable grain legume in the world. With limited new land on which to expand, and emphasis on sustainable systems, increases in soybean production will come mostly from increased yield per unit area. Improvements in biological nitrogen fixation can help achieve increased soybean production, and this chapter discusses research and production strategies for such improvement.The soybean-Bradyrhizobium symbiosis can fix about 300 kg N ha^-1 under good conditions. The factors which control the amount of N fixed include available soil N, genetic determinants of compatibility in both symbiotic partners and lack of other yield-limiting factors. Response to inoculation is controlled by the level of indigenous, competing bradyrhizobia, the N demand and yield potential of the host, and N availability in the soil.Research efforts to improve BNF are being applied to both microbe and soybean. While selection continues for effective, naturally occurring bradyrhizobia for inoculants and the use of improved inoculation techniques, genetic research on bradyrhizobia to improve effectiveness and competitiveness is advancing. Selection, mutagenesis and breeding of the host have focused on supernodulation, restricted nodulation of indigenous B. japonicum, and promiscuous nodulation with strains of bradyrhizobia from the cowpea cross-inoculation group. The research from the host side appears closer to being ready for practical use in the field.Existing knowledge and technology still has much to offer in improving biological nitrogen fixation in soybean. The use of high-quality inoculants, and education about their benefits and use can still make a significant contribution in many countries. The importance of using the best adapted soybean genotype with a fully compatible inoculant cannot be overlooked, and we need to address other crop management factors which influence yield potential and N demand, indirectly influencing nitrogen fixation. The implementation of proven approaches for improving nitrogen fixation in existing soybean production demands equal attention as received by research endeavours to make future improvements.     

Single-Strain versus Multistrain Inoculation: Effect of Soil Mineral N Availability on Rhizobial Strain Effectiveness and Competition for Nodulation on Chick-Pea, Soybean, and Dry Bean

The nitrogen-fixing effectiveness of multistrain inoculants was found to be determined by both the effectiveness of the component strains and the percentage of the nodules occupied by them. Multistrain formulations were always either as good as the most effective single-strain inoculant or intermediate between the most and the least effective. The percentage of nodules occupied and the amount of nitrogen fixed by the component strains of a multistrain inoculant showed highly significant linear correlation. The availability of soil N had a significant influence on the nitrogen fixation potential of each strain. The mineral N status of the soil was clearly a significant factor in affecting the competition pattern of Rhizobium loti (chick-pea) and Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains. Differences between the effectiveness of strains were masked under conditions of soil N availability. However, when soil N was immobilized with sugarcane bagasse, the differences became significant. In the chick-pea system, R. loti TAL 1148 (Nit 27A8) was the most effective but not the most competitive of the three strains used. In the soybean and dry bean systems, B. japonicum TAL 102 (USDA 110) and R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli TAL 182, respectively, were consistently the most effective and, more often than not, the most competitive of the strains used for each species.