香木莲有性生殖特性与其濒危机制的研究

针对香木莲(Manglietia aromatica Dandy)结籽率低以及野外实生苗稀少的现象,本文研究了香木莲雌配子体发育过程、花粉萌发力、开花生物学特性与种子结构的观察.结果表明,在雌配子体发育阶段存在以下退化现象:1) 从大孢子母细胞开始减数分裂到功能大孢子形成阶段,在此过程中珠心内的功能结构发生退化,功能大孢子未能正常形成,仅残留有退化痕迹,退化率为27.9%;2) 胚囊成熟时,受精前卵器细胞发生退化,退化率为80%.花粉萌发实验结果表明,在人工培养条件下具有正常萌发能力的花粉不足0.01%.这些都是香木莲结籽率低的重要原因.同时,香木莲的开花生物学特性限制了传粉的顺利进行.调查和研究的结果显示,人为的砍伐是造成香木莲种群急剧减少的直接原因;有性生殖障碍和生境破坏是制约香木莲种群更新的最主要因素.由此提出了对香木莲的拯救和保护对策:就地保护;研究并推广繁育技术,进行种群重建;进行迁地保护,保存尽可能多的种质资源.     

濒危植物红花木莲大孢子发生和雌配子体发育的研究

研究了濒危植物红花木莲（Manglietia insignisBl)的大孢子发生和雌配子体的发育,红花木莲每朵花心皮数为48-73枚,每心皮内胚珠数4-8颗不等,多数是6颗或8颗,胚朱倒生,双珠被,厚珠心,大孢子四分体线形排列,功能大孢子位于合点端,胚囊发育为蓼型。胚珠具珠孔塞,成熟胚囊的卵细胞败育率高达79.1%。这是造成栽培红花木莲结籽率低的主要原因,较低的结籽率影响了红花木莲迁地保护的有效性。     

濒危植物红花木莲小孢子发生及雄配子体发育的研究

首次报道了木莲属胚胎学特性,研究了红花木莲Manglietia insignis(Wall.)Bl.的小孢子发生、雄配子体的发育以及花粉萌发情况,红花木莲花药具有４个小孢子囊。花药壁５－６层,腺质绒毡层具有２－层细胞,小孢减数分裂后胞质分裂为修性同时型;四个分体排列方式为交叉型或左右对称型,偶为直线型;成熟花粉为二细胞型花粉粒,同时报道了化粉木莲在小孢子发生过程中的特有的现象,花粉萌发率为１４．７％－２５．３％。联系红花木莲花粉粒数目和胚珠数目进行探讨,认为雄配子体发育不是影响红花木莲结籽率低的主要因素。     

刺五加大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育的观察

刺五加Eleutherococcus senticosus(Rupr．et Maxim．)Maxim．雄株的小孢子发生和雄配子体发育过 程正常,大孢子发生和雌配子体发育过程多不正常。雄花具5个花药,花药4室,药壁发育属双子叶型, 腺质绒毡层,绒毡层细胞多具2核。小孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成四面体形四分体,其胞质分裂为同时 型。成熟花粉为3细胞型。子房下位,5室;每室有上胚珠和下胚珠,上胚珠退化,下胚珠倒生、具单珠 被、厚珠心;大孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成线形或“T”形四分体,偶尔有2个并列或串联的四分体或在 四分体之上又出现孢原细胞。其功能大孢子位置不确定。雌配子体发育中异常现象较多。开花时,雌 配子体主要为反足细胞退化后的四细胞胚囊。刺五加雌株的小孢子母细胞不能进行减数分裂或减数分 裂不正常,不能形成四分体。开花时,药室空瘪,无花粉形成。其大孢子发生和雌配子体发育过程正常, 大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成线形或“T”形四分体,合点端大孢子为功能大孢子,胚囊发育属蓼型。开花 时,雌配子体主要为七细胞八核或七细胞七核胚囊,其卵器尚未发育成熟。刺五加两性株的小孢子发生 过程无异常,但雄配子体发育过程有部分异常;开花时,药室内有或多或少的空花粉,且花粉粒大小悬 殊,大的直径达35μm,小的仅15～18 μm。两性株的雌蕊发育大部分正常,也有一些异常胚囊形成。开 花时,雌配子体主要是七细胞八核胚囊、七细胞七核胚囊和反足细胞退化后的四细胞胚囊,其卵器也未发育成熟。     

丹东蒲公英专性无融合生殖特性

采用田间去雄套袋、花粉活性与花粉管萌发观测等交配系统实验,辅以染色体分析、胚囊发育观察以及流式细胞仪检测,对丹东蒲公英(Taraxacum antungense)生殖特性进行系统研究。结果表明,去雄套袋情况下,结籽率高达96%,由此证明交配系统具有极高的无融合发生率;自花授粉不能萌发,花粉活性仅为20.6%,异花授粉虽可萌发,但生长缓慢,花粉在到达子房前,花粉管已停止生长并消失;二分体时期,合子端大孢子发育为功能性大孢子,珠孔端大孢子退化消失,经蓼型发育,形成7细胞8核,卵细胞继续发育形成原胚,中央细胞形成胚乳,其它细胞退化消失,花未开放前,已形成球形胚。此外,丹东蒲公英为三倍体。流式细胞仪检测结果表明,丹东蒲公英为专性无融合生殖,胚乳自主发育。综合以上研究结果,说明丹东蒲公英具专性无融合生殖特性。     

云贵水韭雌配子体发育及其濒危机制的研究

为了解云贵水韭(Isoetes yunguiensis)的生殖过程和濒危原因,采用人工培养获得其雌配子体,用半薄切片法观察雌配子体发育过程。结果表明,云贵水韭的大孢子萌发率约为26%;雌配子体异养,终生都在大孢子细胞壁内发育;颈卵器发育只有2枚颈沟细胞而无腹沟细胞。雌配子体发育停止在游离核时期、颈壁细胞数量偏少或排列紊乱、颈沟细胞异常、卵细胞凋亡等可能是导致生殖濒危的原因。同时,游离核是水韭生殖生物学研究和系统学研究的重要环节之一;缺失腹沟细胞可能是水韭类简化性进化的特征之一。     

车桑子大孢子发生与雌配子体发育

采用常规石蜡切片法,对车桑子大孢子的发生和雌配子体的发育进行观察,探讨车桑子自然结籽率低的原因和明确其胚胎发育特征。结果表明:(1)车桑子花柱有花柱道,子房3室,中轴胎座,横生胚珠,每心室两枚胚珠,双珠被,厚珠心,无承珠盘。(2)位于珠心表皮细胞下的孢原细胞经平周分裂产生造孢细胞,造孢细胞发育为大孢子母细胞,大孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成线性四分体,靠近珠孔端3个大孢子退化消失,靠合点端大孢子发育为功能大孢子,大孢子发生类型为单孢子发生型。(3)单核胚囊经3次有丝分裂形成7细胞8核的成熟胚囊,胚囊发育类型为蓼型。(4)花器官形态的变化和大孢子发育过程有一定联系,可根据雌花形态特征大致判断大孢子发育时期。研究认为,车桑子雌配子体发育过程中出现的胚囊不中空、游离核不进一步细胞化等异常现象,可能是导致车桑子自然结籽率低的原因之一。     

''京白梨''结实与雌雄配子体发育的解剖学研究

以‘京白梨’、‘鸭梨’、‘雪花梨’为材料,用石蜡切片技术对其雌雄配子体发育过程进行了观察研究,并对其花粉育性、自然授粉结实率进行统计分析。结果表明:(1)‘京白梨’自然授粉结实率和花粉发芽率明显低于‘鸭梨’和‘雪花梨’;(2)京白梨从小孢子母细胞形成到成熟花粉的各个发育阶段观察到未形成小孢子或形成后很快退化、花粉囊中的花粉极少、花粉发育阶段细胞发生退化等不同类型的雄性败育个体,而且在花粉成熟阶段有部分花药中的绒毡层细胞不发生退化,花粉难以散出造成雄性败育;(3)雌配子体在大孢子母细胞发育阶段发现不能形成大孢子和大孢子形成后退化或发育不良等多种发育异常的雌配子体败育类型,而且败育频率高达36.7%。研究表明,‘京白梨’雌、雄配子体在其形成发育过程中的各种异常使其不能正常受精,最终导致坐果低下。     

樱桃品种‘拉宾斯’雌雄配子体发育的解剖学研究

以‘拉宾斯’、‘艳阳’、‘马哈利CDR-1’为材料,对其自花授粉坐果率进行统计分析。用石蜡切片技术对拉宾斯雌雄配子体发育过程进行解剖观察。结果表明：(1)‘拉宾斯’自花授粉坐果率明显低于‘艳阳’和‘马哈利CDR-1’。(2) 拉宾斯从小孢子母细胞形成至成熟花粉的各发育阶段均观察到小孢子退化、花粉囊中的花粉干瘪、出现空腔。花粉成熟阶段部分花药绒毡层细胞不发生退化,花粉难以散出,造成雄性败育。(3)雌配子体在大孢子母细胞发育阶段出现大孢子发育不良或不能形成等异常发育雌配子体败育类型。(4)雄配子体在3月1日左右开始发育,3月14日左右趋近成熟;雌配子体则发育相对较晚,3月12日左右开始发育,3月25日左右趋近成熟。研究表明,‘拉宾斯’雌、雄配子体在其形成发育过程中的各种异常使其不能正常受精并且雌雄配子体发育不同步,最终导致坐果量低下。     

桔梗开花期花粉活力变化对其结实能力的影响

对桔梗花粉离体萌发培养条件进行了筛选,并采用花粉离体萌发法测定了桔梗花粉发育过程中其活力的动态变化,采用人工授粉法对开花后不同时间花粉的授粉结实能力进行了研究.结果显示:(1)桔梗花粉离体萌发的最适温度为30℃,培养1.5 h是花粉管测定的最佳时间.桔梗花蕾期和开花当时花粉离体萌发率和花粉管长度均较低,开花后花粉继续发育,活力逐渐提高,到花后6 h其萌发率和花粉管长度均达到最高,分别为92.2%和602.9 μm,之后活力逐渐下降,花后120 h桔梗花粉的萌发率为63.1%,而花粉管长度只有287.0 μm,仅为花后6 h花粉管长度的47.6%,开花120 h(5 d)后花粉活力下降速度明显加快.(2)桔梗开花后当天花粉人工授粉的结果率、结籽率最高,之后随着花后天数的增加,结果率和结籽率均迅速下降,开花后3 d的花粉结籽率降为0,已完全丧失授粉结实能力.研究表明,在田间条件下,桔梗花粉寿命可保持5 d以上,而授粉结实能力只有2 d左右;花粉管生长缓慢、长度变短可能是导致花后3 d花粉丧失授粉结实能力的主要原因.     

柴黄姜的传粉生物学特性

对产自湖北武当山的柴黄姜（Dioscorea nipponica subsp．rosthornii Prain et Burkill）的花部特征和访花昆虫种类及访花行为、访花频率和携粉量进行了研究,并对柴黄姜的传粉方式、结实和种子萌发状况进行了检测。结果表明,柴黄姜具有虫媒花的典型花部特征,共观测到访花昆虫4目34种,其中传粉昆虫6种,隧蜂属（Halictus sp．）和地蜂属（Andrena sp．）的2种昆虫是柴黄姜的主要传粉昆虫。访花昆虫对雄株的访花高峰时段为11：00至14：00,对雌花没有明显的访花高峰时段。在自然条件下,柴黄姜的座果率为18．86％,结实率为7．12％,种子萌发率为64．76％。在武当山,柴黄姜种群扩展仍以有性繁殖为主,无性繁殖为重要补充。     

Fitness components of the hybrid Phlomis x margaritae Aparicio & Silvestre (Lamiaceae)

Studies of microsporogenesis, pollen germination, pollen stainability, fruit and seed set and ovary predation have been undertaken to evaluate the fitness of the hybrid genotype of Phlomis x margaritae relative to its parents (P. purpurea and P. x composita) and allied taxa (P. x composita nothom. composita, P. x composita nothom. trulknqueiz , and P. lychnitis). Phlomis x margaritae shows irregular meiosis with very low pollen germination rate and very high pollen sterility, no seed set, and very high ovary predation. It thus has very low reproductive success and fitness. Phlomis x composita nothom. trullenquei also shows low pollen germination and seed set, but these follow regular microsporogenesis. The existence of cryptic structural sterility is suggested for this taxon. The rest of the studied taxa (P. purpurea, P. lychnitis and P. x composita nothom. composita) were fertile and can support the specific or subspecific taxonomic status of P. x composita. A fixed ovule abortion pattern in the taxa with yellow flowers was found, since 'brood size' consisted just of one seed per fruit. On the contrary, P. purpurea was found to produce from one to four seeds per fruit. Some conservation implications are suggested.     

Floral display and habitat fragmentation: Effects on the reproductive success of the threatened mass‐flowering Conospermum undulatum (Proteaceae)

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Arctic plant species are expected to lose range due to climate change. One approach to preserve the genetic and species diversity for the future is to store propagules in seed vaults. However, germinability of seeds is assumed to be low for Arctic species. We evaluated ex situ storage potential of 113 of the 161 native angiosperms of Svalbard by studying seed ripening and germination. Seeds or bulbils were collected, and germinability was tested after one winter of storage in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Twenty-six of the species did not produce ripe propagules, 8 produced bulbils, and 79 produced seeds. Bulbils sprouted to high percentages. Seeds of 10 species did not germinate, 22 had low germination (<20 %), 34 had germination of 21–70 %, and 13 had high germination percentages (>70 %). More than 70 % of the species belonging to Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Juncaceae, Rosaceae, and Saxifragaceae germinated. Cold tolerant, common species had higher germination percentages than relatively thermophilous, rare species. Germination percentages were six times higher than observed in 1969 (n = 51) and 0.7 times that observed in 2008 (n = 22), indicating that recent climate warming improves germination in the Arctic. While in situ conservation is of vital importance, ex situ conservation in seed banks is a potential complementary conservation strategy for the majority of Arctic vascular plant species. For species that did not germinate, other methods for ex situ conservation should be sought, for example, growing in botanical gardens.     

Pollen and resource limitations to lifetime seed production in a wild population of the endangered plant Disanthus cercidifollus var.Iongipes H.T.Chang (Hamamelidaceae)

Disanthus cercidifolius Maxim.var.longipes H.T.Chang,a plant species that only occurs in a few counties in Hunan,Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces and with a relatively small number of individuals,is ranked as a second Class endangered species for conservation in China.We have studied the effect of pollen and resources available to female reproduction,and the reproductive mechanism of "excess flowers with low fruit set" in Disanthus cercidifolius Maxim.var.longipes H.T.Chang was discussed.Results are as follows:Pollen from different sources has significant effects on fruit set and seed set of Disanthus cercidifolius Maxim.var.longipes H.T.Chang.The pollen source rather than pollen numbers significantly affected reproduction of this species.In wild populations,producing one fruit needs about 54.8 flowers,and one satiation seed needs about 6.60 flowers or 83.19 ovules.After fertilizing,which was propitious to flower development,the abortion rate of flower buds was decreasing,but the flowering rate was increasing.The fruit set and seed set was also significantly increasing,while abortion rate of fruit was significantly decreasing.With the increasing percentages of cutting leaves,the fruit set decreased,but the abortion rate of fruit shows no significant differentiation among treatments.After cutting branches that were puny,broken and insectinfested branches,the flower number seemed to be decreasing,but the fruit set and seed set all increased significantly.After removing some flowers,the fruit set was calculated with respect to the number of flowers remaining after the treatment increased with increasing of percentages of flower removal,whereas fruit set calculated with respect to the initial number of flowers remained constant,and the mean weights of per fi'uit and per seed all decreased significantly.Sufficient spatial or temporal heterogeneities in nutrient levels might allow limitation of seed set by resources and pollen in a natural population,while supplying resources may indirectly affect pollination by increasing attraction of the flowers to pollinators.There were very low fruit and seed sets in natural populations ofDisanthus cercidifolius Maxim.var.longipes H.T.Chang.Different factors may have interacted to effect a low fruit set.A joint adoption of the "selection abortion hypothesis","ovary reserve hypothesis" and "male function hypothesis" seems to be the most likely explanation for the reproductive strategy of"excess flowers with few fruit sets" in Disanthus cercidifolius Maxim.var.longipes H.T.Chang.     

Reproductive biology of the invasive exotic shrub, Rhododendron ponticum L. (Ericaceae)

The reproductive biology of an exotic species will affect its ability to become naturalized and invasive in non-native habitats. Rhododendron ponticum is an ecologically damaging exotic weed in the British Isles, which spreads predominantly by seed. I investigated how inbreeding and outcrossing affect seed production and germination in a wild population of this species in Ireland. Experimental manipulations revealed low fruit and seed set when insects were excluded from flowers, suggesting that this species has limited capability for spontaneous autogamy. Hand-pollination treatments showed that, although flowers are self-compatible (with self and same plant pollen), higher levels of seed set occur following outcrossing (xenogamy). There was no significant difference in rate of germination of seeds from inbred or outcrossed treatments. The addition of xenogamous pollen to open flowers did not increase fruit or seed set, suggesting that flowers in this population are not pollen limited: native generalist pollinators, mainly bumblebees ( Bombus spp.), are providing an adequate pollinator service. This work demonstrates that outcrossing increases seed set and pollinators are required to facilitate this. Hence, generalist native pollinators can promote invasion by exotic plants. Native pollinators can clearly play an important part in alien species invasion.  © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 155 , 373–381.     

Fertility of Vriesea gigantea Gaud. (Bromeliaceae) in southern Brazil

Plant fertility is a central subject of many questions in plant evolutionary and conservation biology. Pollen availability, abiotic resources, and flowering pattern can limit fruit and seed production. Open pollination and pollen supplementation studies are used to estimate any pollen limitation in natural populations. To study the impact of these factors on the reproductive success of Vriesea gigantea, an epiphytic bromeliad in the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil, its fertility in four natural populations in Itapu? State Park was assessed by considering plant and inflorescence size, flower production, fruit and seed set, flower and fruit set pattern, and seed viability and germination rate. Supplemental pollination in adult plants was used to determine whether fruit production in V. gigantea is limited by reception of pollen. The results showed that V. gigantea has a high production of flowers, fruits, and seeds. Seeds are highly viable in all populations, presenting an average germination rate of 94% (SE ± 3.5). Plants of V. gigantea from Itapu? State Park are highly fertile. The high proportion of fruit and seed set after manual hand pollination indicates that the species is self-compatible. Pollination treatments showed evidence of pollinator limitation in the Itapu? State Park population.