山东滨海盐生植物根结构及通气组织的比较研究

对山东滨海14种盐生植物的根及根中的通气组织进行了解剖学的比较研究。研究表明：除了少数植物的根中产生发达的机械组织、通气组织不发达以外,绝大多数植物的根中都具有发达的通气组织。这些通气组织的胞间隙非常明显,形成多个通气道,特别是一些根状茎、平卧茎发达的植物,如沙滩黄芩(Scutellaria strigillosa Heml.)、海边香豌豆(Lathyrus maritimus (L.)Bigel.)、肾叶打碗花(Calystegia soldanella(L.)　R.Br.),其通气道较大。胞间隙的发生主要有二种情况：（1）裂生胞间隙;（2）溶生胞间隙,这是大多数胞间隙形成的方式。通气组织大多分布于靠近表皮的皮层和靠近周皮的次生韧皮部中,即位于保护组织的内侧。     

藏荠营养器官解剖结构及其与环境的关系

藏荠属十字花科植物,生长于高山冰缘地带,为典型的高山耐寒植物。采用石蜡切片方法对藏荠的根、茎和叶3种营养器官的解剖结构进行观察分析,以揭示其形态与环境适应性的关系。结果显示:藏荠在长期的演化过程中,根、茎和叶均具有发达的通气组织;叶片表面有明显的蜡质层和表皮毛;栅栏组织为2～4层,海绵组织明显减少;根横切面呈"车轮形",具有明显的带状加厚和发达的腔髓组织;根和茎的表皮细胞和皮层细胞均有类似"质壁分离"现象。研究表明,藏荠在结构上具有明显抵御大风、低温、干旱等逆境的生态适应特征,这些独特的结构可能是其长期适应高山冰缘环境的结果。     

山东滨海盐生植物根结构及通气组织的比较研究

对山东滨海14种盐生植物的根及根中的通气组织进行了解剖不的比较研究。研究表明：除了少数植物的根中产生发达的机械组织,通气组织不发达以外,绝大多数植物的根中都具有发达的通气组织。这些通气组织的胞间隙非常明显,形成多个通气道,特别是一些根状茎,平卧茎发达的植物,如沙滩黄芩（Scutellaria strigillosa Heml.),海边香豌豆(Lathyrus maritimus(L.)Bigel.）,肾叶打碗花（Calystegia,soldanella(L.)R.Br.),其通气道较大。胞间隙的发生主要有二种情况;（1）裂生胞间隙;（2）溶生胞间隙,这是大多数胞间隙形成的方式。通气组织大多分布于靠近表皮的皮层和靠近周皮的次生韧怪部中,即位于保护组织的内侧。     

穿叶眼子菜茎叶结构及其通气组织发育解剖学研究

通气组织(aerenchyma)是植物薄壁组织内一些气室或腔隙的集合,对于水生及湿地植物体内的气体运输至关重要。该实验以沉水植物穿叶眼子菜为材料,利用石蜡切片技术,通过对茎的纵切面及横切面结构进行观察,从时间和空间上分析其茎、叶通气组织的发生过程。结果表明:(1)穿叶眼子菜的茎结构包括表皮、皮层及维管柱,通气组织发达,存在于内皮层与表皮之间;茎通气组织由距茎尖约0.6mm处开始形成,并成熟于约2.4mm处。(2)穿叶眼子菜的叶由表皮、皮层薄壁细胞及维管柱组成,其通气组织形成于靠近茎尖的第2~3片新生叶且仅形成于主叶脉。(3)穿叶眼子菜的茎和叶通气组织的发育过程相似,起初为排列致密的细胞团,然后由皮层细胞的分裂产生小的细胞间隙,随后的腔隙膨大过程涉及细胞的生长分裂及细胞降解,最终形成发达的通气组织。(4)穿叶眼子菜的通气组织发育过程可划分为实心期、形成期、膨大期、成熟期四个时期;不同时期茎通气组织的发达程度差异很大,实心期、形成期、膨大期和成熟期的孔隙度分别为0.54%、10.90%、27.61%和57.58%;但节处通气组织不发达,成熟期的节处孔隙度仅为3.62%。     

小盐芥营养器官的结构特点与其盐渍环境的关系研究

利用石蜡切片法研究了盐生植物小盐芥(Thellungiella halophila)营养器官的解剖结构。结果表明：小盐芥根的初生结构中表皮细胞为1层,且细胞大而高度液泡化,根毛数量较少;皮层仅由外皮层和内皮层2层细胞构成,细胞大,排列紧密;根次生维管组织发达。茎的初生结构中外剀维管束8～10束,大小不等,呈一轮排列;髓和髓射线发达;茎次生结构中维管组织也很发达。根和茎的这些结构特点提高了植物体吸收、运输水分的能力,而且根的特殊结构和输导系统将盐分限制在根内,适应于盐渍环境所造成的渗透胁迫和干旱胁迫。小盐芥叶片较小,上、下表皮细胞各1层,细胞大而高度液泡化,叶肉中栅栏组织与海绵组织分化不明显,但叶绿体体积大、数目多,细胞间隙较大,通气性能好,光合效率高。这些特点对其适应干旱盐渍环境有重要意义。小盐芥上述结构特征与典型真盐生植物、旱生植物相去其远,其营养器官内也无盐腺、囊泡等泌盐结构。由此推论,小盐芥更倾向于似盐生植物(拒盐植物)。     

红豆杉营养器官的解剖学研究

通过对红豆杉营养器官的解剖学研究,阐明其根、茎、叶的结构特征,为红豆杉的开发利用研究提供了解剖学依据。研究结果表明红豆杉营养器官具有以下特征：（1）根、茎、叶中均无树脂道;（2）根、茎皮层中均有含单宁类物质的细胞分布;（3）根、茎中均有石细胞分布,（4）叶气孔器为双环型,略内陷;（5）根为二原型,（6）幼根的内皮层具凯氏带加厚,中柱鞘细胞富含单宁类物质;（7）根的次生维管组织中射线发达。     

盐生马齿苋解剖学研究

利用光学显微技术对生长在内蒙古赤峰盐碱地上马齿苋(Portulaca oleracea)的营养器官进行了形态解剖学研究,并用黑土地上生长的马齿苋作了对照。结果表明,不同生态环境中生长的马齿苋解剖结构显著不同,盐生马齿苋具有适应盐渍环境的结构特征,这些特征表现为:营养器官通气组织发达;根的次生结构中木栓发达;根、茎的薄壁组织中含有大量的黏液细胞和糊粉粒;叶片表皮的角质膜厚;叶肉中含晶细胞、叶绿体及贮水组织丰富;而这些特征是黑土地上生长的马齿苋所不具备的。     

川西高原4种高山海棠的根茎解剖结构特征及其抗旱响应策略分析

采用石蜡制片法对川西高原区4种高山海棠的根、茎解剖结构进行观测分析,明确根茎结构特征与抗旱性的关系,揭示高山海棠的抗旱适应策略。结果表明:(1)4种海棠植物根茎的解剖构造基本相似,根由周皮组织和维管组织构成,茎由周皮组织、皮层薄壁组织、维管组织和髓组成。(2)根茎中均发现特化结构:根系中木射线细胞增宽至6~8列,有利于增强植物根系的水分横向运输;茎中的栓内层厚壁细胞、环髓带中的厚壁细胞以及导管周围的"假薄壁细胞"均是增强水分输导和机械支持的特化结构特征。(3)4种高山海棠植物在响应干旱逆境时采取的策略有所不同,其中,变叶海棠(Malus toringoides)主要通过根茎中发达的输导组织响应干旱逆境,花叶海棠(M.transitoria)根中强壮的韧皮部和茎中发达的髓结构使之能很好地适应干旱环境,山荆子(M.baccata)通过根中孔径较大的导管和茎中强大的韧皮部来响应干旱逆境,湖北海棠(M.hupehensis)根系中发达的栓内层、韧皮部结构和茎中宽广的髓结构使得干旱适应能力增强。     

金鱼藻营养器官的形态解剖学研究

通过对金鱼藻最常见的营养器官茎和叶的形态解剖观察发现:整个植株脆性较大;茎中通气组织不发达,木质部和机械组织不发达,凯氏带不明显;叶片薄而透明,二歧状分枝,表皮含大量的叶绿体,通气组织特别发达,气腔有端壁且有通道相连,木质部退化.     

半边莲营养器官结构与生态环境的关系

利用石蜡切片和光学显微镜,对半边莲的营养器官进行形态解剖学研究。结果表明:半边莲根和茎的次生结构不发达;地上茎表现为根的特征:茎皮层所占比例较大,茎中有明显的内皮层,内皮层上具凯氏带;根的皮层和茎的髓具通气组织,裂生型分泌道存在于茎的皮层;叶的气孔高于表皮,气孔只在上表皮有分布,叶尖具水孔。半边莲的形态结构特征表现出对水生生活的高度适应。对半边莲的系统位置也作了简单探讨。     

AERENCHYMA DEVELOPMENT IN WATERLOGGED PLANTS

Aerenchyma development in waterlogged Helianthus annuus, Lycopersicon esculentum, and Salix fragilis was studied. More than half of the root cortical tissue sometimes became an air cavity in willow roots which developed in water. There was no cortical aerenchyma in the terminal portion, but more advanced aerenchyma developed towards the base of the sunflower roots formed in water. Waterlogged sunflower and tomato plants developed lysigenous aerenchyma in the cortex of waterlogged stems within two days.     

入侵植物水花生解剖学和组织化学染色研究

水花生(Alternanthera philoxeroides)因其表型可塑性、高生长速率和快速无性繁殖能适应水、陆生境。该文利用光学显微镜和荧光显微镜对水、陆生境的水花生不定根、茎解剖结构、组织化学特征及质外体通透性进行了研究。结果表明:(1)水生境下,其不定根皮层中具较大裂生型通气组织,无次生生长,内皮层具凯氏带且栓质化,皮层和皮下层明显木质化。(2)在陆生环境下,其不定根有次生生长,胞间具通气组织,内皮层具凯氏带且栓质化,皮层和皮下层略木质化;此外,不定根还具额外形成层,产生次生维管束、薄壁组织和不定芽;多年生不定根中具直接分裂的薄壁组织,周皮具凯氏带,且栓质化和木质化。(3)水、陆生境下,其匍匐茎具髓和中空髓腔,发生次生生长,具裂-溶生型通气组织、单层内皮层、厚角组织和木质化且栓质化的角质层,陆生匍匐茎周皮栓质化且木质化。(4)水花生质外体屏障结构组成复杂,黄连素无法穿透质外体屏障结构。水花生的上述解剖学特征,是水花生适应水、陆生境的有力证据。     

涝渍对3个树种生长、组织孔隙度和渗漏氧的影响

为了了解落羽杉(Taxodium distichum)、乌桕(Sapium sebiferum)和美国山核桃(Carya illinoensis)等树种的耐涝机制, 采用盆栽模拟涝渍环境的试验方法, 设置了淹水、渍水和对照3个处理, 测定了一年生落羽杉、乌桕和美国山核桃实生苗的生长、组织孔隙度、根氧消耗等指标。结果表明, 涝渍处理抑制了落羽杉、乌桕和美国山核桃的生物量和生物量增量(渍水处理下落羽杉的生长得到了促进), 增加了3树种的根冠比, 从生物量和生物量增量下降幅度来评价, 落羽杉的耐涝性最强, 其次为美国山核桃。淹水和渍水处理下, 落羽杉、乌桕和美国山核桃的根、茎和叶中的组织孔隙度显著增加, 且随着处理时间的延长, 各器官的组织孔隙度有增加的趋势, 3个树种中, 落羽杉的根、茎和叶中的组织孔隙度均较其他2个树种高。淹水和渍水处理下, 移除茎明显增加了落羽杉、美国山核桃和乌桕的根的氧消耗, 表明涝渍处理增强了O₂在3个树种体内的运输并通过根系扩散到涝渍土壤中的能力, 并且随着处理时间的延长, 3个树种体内运输O₂并扩散到土壤中的能力有逐渐增强的趋势。因此, 涝渍环境总体上抑制了落羽杉、乌桕和美国山核桃等树种的生长, 但各树种为了适应这种生长环境, 形成了大量的通气组织, 从而导致各器官组织孔隙度的增加, 增强了O₂通过植物体运输到根系并扩散到土壤中的能力, 解决了根系及根际缺氧的矛盾。     

菰适应湿地环境的解剖和屏障结构特征研究

菰(Zizania latifolia)是一种多年生挺水植物,为了探讨该植物根、茎和叶的解剖结构、组织化学及其质外体屏障的通透性生理。该文利用光学显微镜和荧光显微镜,对菰的根、茎、叶进行了解剖学和组织化学研究。结果表明:(1)菰不定根解剖结构由外而内分别为表皮、外皮层、单层细胞的厚壁机械组织层、皮层、内皮层和维管柱;茎结构由外而内分别为角质层、表皮、周缘厚壁机械组织层、皮层、具维管束的厚壁组织层和髓腔。叶鞘具有表皮和具维管束皮层,叶片具有表皮,叶肉和维管束。(2)不定根具有位于内侧的内皮层及其邻近栓质化细胞和外侧的外皮层组成的屏障结构;茎具内侧厚壁机械组织层,外侧的角质层和周缘厚壁机械组织层组成的屏障结构,屏障结构的细胞壁具凯氏带、木栓质和木质素沉积的组织化学特点,叶表面具有角质层。(3)菰通气组织包括根中通气组织,茎、叶皮层的通气组织和髓腔。(4)菰的屏障结构和解剖结构是其适应湿地环境的重要特征,但其茎周缘厚壁层和厚壁组织层较薄。由此推测,菰适应湿地环境,但在旱生环境中分布有一定的局限性。     

Arginase activity in the cotyledons of soybean seedlings

The influence of naphthylacetic acid, abscisic acid, gibberellic acid and kinetin on the formation of aerenchyma in seedling roots of Zea mays L. cv. Capella has been studied in relation to reported changes of their concentration in poorly aerated roots, which readily form aerenchyma, and to the effects of these hormones on the production of ethylene, a major factor promoting aerenchyma formation. Because the absence of nitrate accelerates aerenchyma formation in aerated roots, their influence on these roots was compared. The growth regulators were added to roots growing in non-aerated and aerated nutrient solutions, and aerenchyma formation and the production and endogenous concentration of ethylene were measured. Naphthylacetic acid prevented aerenchyma formation in both aerated roots without nitrate and in non-aerated roots although it enhanced the ethylene concentration of the roots. Abscisic acid also prevented aerenchyma formation, but without affecting the ethylene concentration. Gibberellic acid promoted aerenchyma formation in aerated roots only, but ethylene production in both aerated and non-aerated roots. Kinetin promoted aerenchyma formation in both aerated and non-aerated roots. It stimulated ethylene production in aerated roots, but slightly inhibited it in non-aerated roots. Co²⁺ and Ag⁺, which suppress ethylene production and action, respectively, reduced the promoting effects of gibberellic acid, but not those of kinetin. It is concluded that the effects of the plant growth regulators on aerenchyma formation in maize roots were, with a possible exception for gibberellic acid, not the result of altered ethylene concentrations in the roots. Their influence on aerenchyma formation is discussed in relation to their reported actions on cell membranes.     

Transduction of an Ethylene Signal Is Required for Cell Death and Lysis in the Root Cortex of Maize during Aerenchyma Formation Induced by Hypoxia

Ethylene has been implicated in signaling cell death in the lysigenous formation of gas spaces (aerenchyma) in the cortex of adventitious roots of maize (Zea mays) subjected to hypoxia. Various antagonists that are known to modify particular steps in signal transduction in other plant systems were applied at low concentrations to normoxic and hypoxic roots of maize, and the effect on cell death (aerenchyma formation) and the increase in cellulase activity that precedes the appearance of cell degeneration were measured. Both cellulase activity and cell death were inhibited in hypoxic roots in the presence of antagonists of inositol phospholipids, Ca2+- calmodulin, and protein kinases. By contrast, there was a parallel promotion of cellulase activity and cell death in hypoxic and normoxic roots by contact with reagents that activate G-proteins, increase cytosolic Ca2+, or inhibit protein phosphatases. Most of these reagents had no effect on ethylene biosynthesis and did not arrest root extension. These results indicate that the transduction of an ethylene signal leading to an increase in intracellular Ca2+ is necessary for cell death and the resulting aerenchyma development in roots of maize subjected to hypoxia.     

Location of diazotrophs in the root interior with special attention to the kallar grass association

There is increasing evidence that nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to colonize the interior of grass roots. Several techniques have been used to demonstrate the sites of colonization and are discussed. Among the techniques useful for specific labelling, gold-labelled reagents have been frequently successfully applied in other fields. We propose the use of the protein A-gold technique coupled with silver amplification and light microscopy to render diazotrophs visible in semi-thin sections of roots, and we have applied this technique to gnotobiotically grown kallar grass. LR white resin soft grade was a suitable resin for embedding. Diazotrophic rods predominating in the endorhizosphere of naturally growing kallar grass had the potential to colonize the aerenchyma of gnotobiotically-grown plants. Penetration by the bacteria probably occurred at epidermal cell junctions and at points of emergence of lateral roots, as also proposed forAzospirillum. Larger cell aggregates described by us for naturally occurring kallar grass plants were not detected in the gnotobiotic system. Physiological consequences of colonization of the aerenchyma are discussed.     

Internal aeration and respiration of submerged tomato hypocotyls are enhanced by ethylene-mediated aerenchyma formation and hypertrophy

With the impending threat that climate change is imposing on all terrestrial ecosystems, the ability of plants to adjust to changing environments is, more than ever, a very desirable trait. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants display a number of responses that allow them to survive under different abiotic stresses such as flooding. We focused on understanding the mechanism that facilitates oxygen diffusion to submerged tissues and the impact it has on sustaining respiration levels. We observed that, as flooding stress progresses, stems increase their diameter and internal porosity. Ethylene triggers stem hypertrophy by inducing cell wall loosening genes, and aerenchyma formation seems to involve programmed cell death mediated by hydrogen peroxide. We finally assessed whether these changes in stem morphology and anatomy are indeed effective to restore oxygen levels in submerged organs. We found that aerenchyma formation and hypertrophy not only increase oxygen diffusion toward the base of the plant, but also result in an augmented respiration rate. We consider that this response is crucial to maintain adventitious root development under such conditions and, therefore, making it possible for the plant to survive when the original roots die.     

Variation for Root Aerenchyma Formation in Flooded and Non-Flooded Maize and Teosinte Seedlings

Morphological and anatomical factors such as aerenchyma formation in roots and the development of adventitious roots are considered to be amongst the most important developmental characteristics affecting flooding tolerance. In this study we investigated the lengths of adventitious roots and their capacity to form aerenchyma in three- and four-week-old seedlings of two maize (Zea mays ssp. mays, Linn.) inbred accessions, B64 and Na4, and one teosinte, Z. nicaraguensis Iltis & Benz (Poaceae), with and without a flooding treatment. Three weeks after sowing and following a seven day flooding treatment, both maize and teosinte seedlings formed aerenchyma in the cortex of the adventitious roots of the first three nodes. The degree of aerenchyma formation in the three genotypes increased with a second week of flooding treatment. In drained soil, the two maize accessions failed to form aerenchyma. In Z. nicaraguensis, aerenchyma developed in roots located at the first two nodes three weeks after sowing. In the fourth week, aerenchyma developed in roots of the third node, with a subsequent increase in aerenchyma in the second node roots. In a second experiment, we investigated the capacity of aerenchyma to develop in drained soil. An additional three teosinte species and 15 maize inbred lines, among them a set of flooding-tolerant maize lines, were evaluated. Evaluations indicate that accessions of Z. luxurians (Durieu & Asch. Bird) and two maize inbreds, B55 and Mo20W, form aerenchyma when not flooded. These materials may be useful genetic resources for the development of flooding-tolerant maize accessions.