极小种群野生植物崖柏的生殖物候、传粉及胚胎发育研究

以濒危植物崖柏(Thuja sutchuenensis Franch.)为对象,对其生殖物候、传粉机制进行观察,并采用石蜡切片法对其胚胎发育过程进行研究。结果显示:崖柏于8月分化出大、小孢子叶球,次年3月传粉,为花粉无气囊、具传粉滴、胚珠直立型传粉机制,球果于10月开裂;显微观察发现,传粉期花粉进入珠孔后,贮藏在珠心上方的贮粉室内,同时珠心组织中分化出孢原细胞,进入雌配子体发育阶段,5月中旬,花粉管开始萌发,6月初完成受精,进入胚胎发育阶段,10月初,胚胎发育成熟。研究表明崖柏从大、小孢子叶球形成至种子成熟的整个发育过程中均存在败育,而胚珠败育及雌配子体游离核时期至幼胚发育期间的败育是其生殖障碍的主要原因。本研究获得了崖柏生殖生物学的基础资料,为其人工繁育和制定保护策略提供了重要依据。     

短柄五加大,小孢子发生和雌,雄配子体发育的研究

短柄五加花药５枚,每个花药四个花粉囊。小孢子母细胞减数分裂时,胞质分裂为同时型,产生正四面体形的四分体。花药壁由表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层四层细胞组成,其发育类型为双子叶型。腺质绒毡层,其细胞为二核。三细胞型花粉。子房５室,每室两个胚珠,上胚珠败育,下胚珠可育。下胚珠倒生,具单珠被,厚珠心。大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成线性排列的四个大孢子,雌配子体发育属蓼型。开花当天,花粉散开,雌配子体尚未成熟,处     

深山含笑大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育研究

采用石蜡切片技术对深山含笑大、小孢子的发生和雌、雄配子体发育进行观察：深山含笑花药4室,花药囊壁由5-7层细胞构成,腺质绒毡层,小孢子胞质分裂为修饰性同时型,四分体有四面体型、对称型,偶有交叉型,成熟花粉为2细胞型;胚珠倒生、双珠被、厚珠心,大孢子四分体直线型排列,合点端为功能大孢子、雌配子体发育方式为蓼型。从雌、雄配子体发育时间的先后来看,深山含笑春季雌、雄配子体能正常发育,雄蕊先熟,雄蕊和花瓣凋谢后雌蕊大孢子母细胞才形成。而秋季开花的深山含笑,花药中小孢子在孢原细胞或初生造孢细胞期停止发育,花粉败育;雌蕊胚珠珠心组织也未见大孢子母细胞发育,开花后雌蕊随花柄凋落。该研究为深山含笑生殖发育和杂交育种积累了资料。     

高山红景天有性生殖过程及濒危原因的生态学分析

研究了高山红景天(Rhodiola sachalinensis)的生殖生态学特性,并探讨了其致濒的原因。高山红景天花药具4个小孢子囊,腺质绒毡层,初生造孢细胞直接行小孢子母细胞功能,小孢子四分体呈四面体形,小孢子形成初期有败育现象,成熟花粉2细胞,有二种类型花粉。胚珠倒生,大孢子四分体线形排列,功能大孢子位于合点端,胚囊发育属蓼型。高山红景天花粉败育是其濒危的内因,恶劣的生境条件及其大规模人工采挖是其濒危的主要原因     

凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育的研究

凹叶厚朴花药四囊型,腺质绒毡层有1-2层细胞,小孢子形成时胞质分裂方式为修饰性同时型,小孢子四分体排列方式为左右对称型．成熟花粉粒为二细胞型。四分体和小孢子在发生时有不规则变形。子房单心皮,心皮腹面壁上着生2个胚珠,胚珠倒生型,厚珠心,双珠被;孢原细胞一个,并且自表皮下第2层细胞处分化。胚囊发育为单孢蓼型。凹叶厚朴的胚胎学特征与木兰科其它植物的胚胎学特征基本相同,属于较原始的被子植物胚胎类型。在凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育过程中存在部分败育现象。本文初步探讨了凹叶厚朴濒危的生殖生物学原因。     

鹅掌楸雌配子体败育对生殖的影响

胚珠和雌配子体败育是限制鹅掌楸生殖成功的一个重要因素。中国东部和西部鹅掌楸种群在雌配子体发育的各阶段上的败育程度有差异,以西部种群的发育较好。西部分布区较合适的生境促进了胚囊的发育,一定温度和湿度的环境可以活化珠心细胞输送营养物质供给雌配子体发育,提高受精和结籽的能力     

杉木大孢子叶球发育过程中形态结构的变化

以福州生长的成年杉木（Cunninghamia lanceolata（Lamb.） Hook.）为实验材料,采用数码相机实地拍照、体视镜、半薄切片以及扫描电镜等方法,从形态学、解剖学系统观察了杉木大孢子叶球的发育过程。结果显示,2011年10月底至11月初,杉木大孢子叶球形成,此时大孢子叶球呈绿色,体积较小;翌年3月中下旬,大孢子叶球成熟,进入传粉期,期间大孢子叶球经历了由绿变黄的颜色转变、体积增大以及苞片开张的过程。胚珠发育过程中,胚珠原基于1月上旬发生,1月中下旬珠被和珠心组织已分化形成;2月下旬,珠心组织继续发育,形态呈椭圆型,并在其上方形成贮粉室,周围的珠被组织继续生长包围珠心组织,形成珠孔道;3月初珠孔形成,开口达到最大,胚珠的体积继续增大;3月中下旬,胚珠珠孔处开始分泌传粉滴。授粉后,传粉滴消失,珠孔上方的组织停止生长,珠孔开口亦不再增大。研究结果表明杉木大孢子叶球从分化形成到发育成熟需要约5个月的时间,胚珠的形态结构经过长期演化形成了许多适应风媒传粉的结构特征。     

云南松雌雄配子体的发育

云南松(Pinus yunnanensis Fr.)雄配子体于10月在小孢子叶腹面产生二个小孢子囊,内有许多进行分裂的造孢组织细胞。第二年一月下旬至二月初小孢子母细胞进行减数分裂。在分裂期间,细胞内所贮存的淀粉粒的分布发生变化。二月初四分体小孢子形成,绒毡层细胞解体。二日中旬单核花粉粒形成,外壁扩展形成二个异极对称的气囊。三月花粉在四细胞时期散发。 雌配子体于二月上旬在珠心皮下分化出孢原细胞。二月下旬大孢子母细胞进入减数分裂期。三月初直列四分体大孢子形成,珠孔端三个退化,合点端一个功能大孢子进入有丝分裂期,形成约32个游离核的配子体。次年三月初雌配子体形成,四月初中央细胞核分裂,四月底颈卵器成熟,卵核周围产生辐射状原生质纤丝。五月初受精开始。云南松雌雄配子体的发育与亚热带分布的P.roburghii相似。     

凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育的研究

凹叶厚朴花药四囊型,腺质绒毡层有1-2层细胞,小孢子形成时胞质分裂方式为修饰性同时型．小孢子四分体排列方式为左右对称型,成熟花粉粒为二细胞型。四分体和小孢子在发生时有不规则变形。子房单心皮。心皮腹面壁上着生2个胚珠,胚珠倒生型,厚珠心,双珠被;抱原细胞一个,并且自表皮下第2层细胞处分化。胚囊发育为单孢蓼型。凹叶厚朴的胚胎学特征与木兰科其它植物的胚胎学特征基本相同,属于较原始的被子植物胚胎类型。在凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育过程中存在部分败育现象。本文初步探讨了凹叶厚朴濒危的生殖生物学原因。     

南方红豆杉小孢子发生与雄配子体发育

采用石蜡切片法,对南方红豆杉小孢子发生及雄配子体发育过程进行了系统地观察。结果表明：南方红豆杉小孢子叶球于7月下旬分化,9月中旬形成造孢细胞,11月初形成小孢子母细胞;同一小孢子叶球中的小孢子母细胞表现出发育不同步现象;11中旬,进入减数分裂时期,形成游离小孢子后休眠越冬,于翌年1月下旬逐渐成熟,成熟花粉粒为单核;2月中下旬开始散粉,散粉时间持续15 d 左右。花粉落入胚珠后,经过3次分裂形成管细胞、柄细胞和2个精子;管细胞和柄细胞最终退化解体,未见花粉败育现象。认为南方红豆杉小孢子发生与雄配子体发育正常,不是致其濒危的主要原因。     

SEX EXPRESSION,BREEDING SYSTEM,AND POLLEN BIOLOGY OF RICINOCARPOS PINIFOLIUS: A CASE OF ANDRODIOECY?

A population of 54 Ricinocarpos pinifolius (Euphorbiaceae) plants contained male plants, which produced only staminate flowers, and hermaphrodites, which produced staminate and pistillate flowers. The fraction of pistillate flowers ranged continuously from 0 to 0.68. Insect pollination was effective and fruit set virtually complete except for losses to herbivores. Self pollen, outcross pollen from male plants, and outcross pollen from hermaphrodites were all equivalent in viability, germination, tube growth, ovule penetration, and fruit setting ability. Inbreeding depression was manifested as late abortion of some selfed seeds. Geitonogamous selfing is largely prevented by temporal separation of male and female functions within plants. This temporal separation, combined with population-wide synchrony of flowering, may create unusual conditions allowing male plants at low frequency to match hermaphrodites in reproductive success.     

Resource partitioning to male and female flowers of Spinacia oleracea L. in relation to whole-plant monocarpic senescence

Male plants of spinach (Spinacea oleracea L.) senesce following flowering. It has been suggested that nutrient drain by male flowers is insufficient to trigger senescence. The partitioning of radiolabelled photosynthate between vegetative and reproductive tissue was compared in male (staminate) versus female (pistillate) plants. After the start of flowering staminate plants senesce 3 weeks earlier than pistillate plants. Soon after the start of flowering, staminate plants allocated several times as much photosynthate to flowering structures as did pistillate plants. The buds of staminate flowers with developing pollen had the greatest draw of photosynthate. When the staminate plants begin to show senescence 68% of fixed C was allocated to the staminate reproductive structures. In the pistillate plants, export to the developing fruits and young flowers remained near 10% until mid-reproductive development, when it increased to 40%, declining to 27% as the plants started to senesce. These differences were also present on a sink-mass corrected basis. Flowers on staminate spinach plants develop faster than pistillate flowers and have a greater draw of photosynthate than do pistillate flowers and fruits, although for a shorter period. Pistillate plants also produce more leaf area within the inflorescence to sustain the developing fruits. The (14)C in the staminate flowers declined due to respiration, especially during pollen maturation; no such loss occurred in pistillate reproductive structures. The partitioning to the reproductive structures correlates with the greater production of floral versus vegetative tissue in staminate plants and their more rapid senescence. As at senescence the leaves still had adequate carbohydrate, the resources are clearly phloem-transported compounds other than carbohydrates. The extent of the resource redistribution to reproductive structures and away from the development of new vegetative sinks, starting very early in the reproductive phase, is sufficient to account for the triggering of senescence in the rest of the plant.     

Light Microscope Study of Pollen Tube Growth, Fertilization and Early Embryo and Endosperm Development in the Avocado Varieties Fuerte and Hass

Pollen tube growth, fertilization and early embryo and endospermdevelopment were studied using light microscopy in the avocadovarieties Fuerte and Hass. The ovule was penetrated by a pollen tube by 24 h after pollination.On reaching the ovary, the pollen tube grew along the surfaceof the inner ovary wall. It then grew around the funicle, throughthe micropyle in the inner integument and between the papillatecells at the apex of the nucellus. It entered the embryo sacvia a synergid. Sperm nuclei were present in the embryo sacat 48 h after pollination and fusion of the polar and spermnuclei took place before fusion of the egg and sperm. The endospermnucleus was the first to divide and cell wall formation occurredfollowing division. The first division of the zygote occurredat 5 or 6 days after pollination. In the variety Fuerte less than 20 per cent of the 1- and 2-day-oldembryo sacs had been penetrated by a pollen tube although tubeswere often observed in the integument or nucellus. In the varietyHass over 60 per cent of the embryo sacs were penetrated. Inwas concluded that low yields of the variety Fuerte may be partlyattributable to the failure of the pollen tube to penetratethe embryo sac. Persea americana Mill, avocado, pollen tube, fertilization, embryo, endosperm     

GENE EXCHANGE IN LOBLOLLY PINE: THE RELATION BETWEEN POLLINATION MECHANISM,FEMALE RECEPTIVITY AND POLLEN AVAILABILITY

The pollination process in loblolly pine has been examined over several years, both in the field (seed orchards) and experimentally on greenhouse-grown material. Female strobili are receptive to pollination for periods of a wk or more. Initially, background pollen from outside the seed orchard is the main source of pollen but as peak receptivity approaches, pollen from the stand itself predominates especially in older orchards. Consequently, strobili can receive pollen both from outside the orchard as well as from within. The pollen lands on the micropylar horns where it is transferred through the micropyle onto the nucellus by either rainfall or the pollen drop, whichever comes first. Since the pollen drop does not occur until the latter part of the receptive period, rainfall is the most likely transfer agent and pollen flotation is vital if rain occurs. Early arriving pollen does not appear to have an advantage over later arriving pollen for uptake onto the nucellus, even if rain follows the first pollination immediately. Therefore, total pollination of the strobilus can result from both distant and nearby pollen sources.     

焦核与大核龙眼雌配子体发育、授粉受精及早期胚胎发育的比较研究

利用人工授粉,采用压片法对大核龙眼‘九月乌’和焦核龙眼‘闽焦64-1’、‘闽焦64-2’、‘白核’等的自交与杂交后花粉管的生长特性进行研究,同时应用常规石蜡切片技术对大核与焦核龙眼的雌配子体以及合子胚早期发育进行观察。结果表明,龙眼胚珠在单核胚囊形成前就开始败育,且焦核品种(系)的败育率显著高于大核品种。不同亲本组合的授粉率存在差异,所有授粉组合在授粉36～48 h后均能观察到1个花粉管生长并进入胚囊受精。焦核品种(系)的胚胎在谢花后10 d开始败育,且败育率明显高于大核品种。受精是龙眼子房发育的首要条件,胚珠败育的雌蕊在谢花后10 d不膨大,不能发育形成焦核果实。谢花后10～30 d的早期胚胎败育是形成焦核龙眼的主要原因。焦核品种‘白核’胚乳具有成胚能力。约有24%的‘闽焦64-1’胚珠在胚胎发育过程中,其助细胞、合点端细胞及胚乳发生异常,这可能与早期胚胎败育有关。     

An experimental study of the interaction between the dwarf palm (Chamaerops humilis) and its floral visitor Derelomus chamaeropsis throughout the life cycle of the weevil

Palm pollination can be quite diverse but has been poorly studied. This paper describes the life cycle of Derelomus chamaeropsis, a Coleoptera that inhabits the inflorescences of the Mediterranean dwarf palm Chamaerops humilis. D. chamaeropsis is specific to Chamaerops inflorescences, where it eats pollen and the rachis of inflorescences on pistillate plants. They usually lay eggs only on staminate inflorescences where larvae develop and bore into the inflorescence rachis. Larvae do not develop on pistillate inflorescences, except for cases with almost no fruit development. Pistillate plants can thus protect themselves from weevil predation. When visiting pistillate inflorescences, weevils can feed on rachis but usually do not find the brood place reward. Pollination is thus by deceit and weevils should be selected to avoid pistillate inflorescences. D. chamaeropsis pupate within the rachis of staminate inflorescences, but disperse before collecting pollen, thus staminate plants do not have an individual advantage in breeding weevils. However, because larvae develop on dead tissues, the costs of larval development are likely to be low for the plant. This study provides a new example of pollination symbiosis where the pollinator develops on the plant it pollinates, and illustrates how the evolutionary functioning of such relationships can be diverse.     

Thrips pollination of the dioecious ant plant Macaranga hullettii (Euphorbiaceae) in Southeast Asia

Discussion about thrips (Thysanoptera) as main pollinators has been controversial in the past because thrips do not fit the preconception of an effective pollinator. In this study, we present evidence for thrips pollination in the dioecious pioneer tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae). Macaranga hullettii is pollinated predominantly by one thrips species, Neoheegeria sp. (Phlaeothripidae, Thysanoptera). As a reward for pollinators, the protective floral bracteoles function as breeding sites for thrips and trichomal nectaries on the adaxial surface of the floral bracteoles provide alimentation. Flowering phenology of both staminate and pistillate trees was highly synchronized within 3-4 wk periods. In contrast to pistillate trees, staminate trees start to breed the thrips inside the developing inflorescences ～2 wk before anthesis. Breeding of Neoheegeria sp. in the laboratory indicates that the thrips development is completed within ～17 d. Thus, staminate trees offer breeding sites for one thrips generation until the onset of pollen presentation. Intraspecific pollen transfer by thrips was proved by pollen loads of thrips taken from receptive pistillate inflorescences of M. hullettii. Bagging experiments of different mesh sizes showed that seed set reached almost the level of open-pollinated flowers when exclusively tiny insects like thrips were able to enter the net bags, but no apomictic seed set occurred when no insect access was given to the flowers.     

太白红杉雌配子体的形成、受精、胚胎发育及其系统学意义

太白红杉(Iarix chinensis Beissn)雌球花于7月中下旬开始分化,9月上旬至9月中旬形成大孢子母细咆,10月中旬,大孢子母细胞进入休眠期。翌年4月底至5月初解除休眠,大孢子母细胞进行减数分裂,于5月10日左右形成直列四分体,随后珠孔端的3个大孢子退化,合点端的1个大孢子进一步发育,成熟卵细胞于7月初受精;花粉管将内含物释放入卵细胞后在尾部形成浓密物质沉淀;受精后,合子被染色较深的新细胞质所包围,并发现存在多精入卵的现象。合子经过两次连续有丝分裂,产生4个游离核后伴随新细胞质一起移至合点端,接着同时进行一次有丝分裂产生8个核,并分成上下两层后形成细胞壁,但上层细胞顶部不形成细胞壁。原胚发育属于松型。在幼胚阶段,我们发现部分胚珠发育异常,其雌配子体有的变为半透明状,有的则干瘪萎缩。太白红杉具简单多胚和莲座胚。9月中旬,成熟胚形成,成熟胚具5～6枚子叶。太白红杉从雌球花花芽分化到胚胎成熟历时14个月。     

THE INTRAFLORAL PHENOLOGY OF STREPTANTHUS TORTUOSUS (BRASSICACEAE)

The sequence of floral events during anthesis was examined in Streptanthus tortuosus to determine the relationship between the male and female floral phases. The flowers are strongly protandrous. In the staminate phase, the anthers mature sequentially over a 3–4-day period. Because pollinators quickly remove pollen from the anthers, sequential anther maturation prolongs the male phase relative to what it would be if anthers did not mature sequentially. Pollen applied to the stigma during the staminate phase does not adhere readily and does not germinate. The length of the pistillate phase depends on pollinator activity, as pollination accelerates the abscission of floral parts. Unpollinated flowers remain pistillate for 3–4 days, during which time stigmatic receptivity declines gradually. In the field, 72% to 80% of flowers are staminate at any time, indicating that the staminate phase is three times longer than the pistillate phase when pollinators have access to the flowers. The consequences of the relative length of the floral phases and the schedule of stigmatic receptivity are discussed in terms of outcrossing mechanism, floral longevity, and sexual selection models.