垂蒴真藓原丝体发育特征的研究

在室内培养垂蒴真藓(Bryum uliginosum)孢子的基础上,对其孢子萌发、原丝体发育及配子体发生的全过程进行了跟踪观察。结果表明：该种孢子萌发后直接产生绿丝体。而轴丝体和假根仅在绿丝体上产生;配子体原始细胞产生于绿丝体基部细胞或轴丝体上。由此可以看出：垂蒴真藓属于真藓型孢子萌发型(Bryum-type)。     

波叶仙鹤藓的孢子培养及发育生物学研究

首次成功地进行了人工条件下波叶仙鹤藓(Atrichum undulatum(Hedw.)P.Beauv)单细胞孢子的培养,并详细研究、拍摄了其植物体(配子体)形态发育的全过程。孢子无后熟或体眠期,3-4天即可萌发,萌发率可达95％以上;培养10天左右绿丝体系统、轴丝体系统及假根开始分化,约40天开始出现芽体原基,50天芽体陆续形成,80天左右植物体完成营养生长,开始性器发育。初生假根发育不良,基原细胞不分裂,由绿丝体产生轴丝体的方式复杂,轴丝体细胞分裂面有球形和斜向、横向三种,芽原基分化时,首先在轴丝体上产生光合能力很强的细胞群,其基部产生芽原基,芽原基的分化成功率仅有50％左右,芽体形成后,原丝体系统多枯萎或特化为假根。并就波叶仙鹤藓的形态发育、生理生态、生殖和进化等方面也进行了理论探讨。     

大帽藓(Encalypta ciliata Hedw.)原丝体发育特征的实验研究

在人工培养大帽藓(Encalypta ciliata Hedw.)孢子的基础上,对其孢子萌发、原丝体发育及配子体发生的全过程进行了观察、描绘和照相。实验结果表明:在大帽藓的原丝体系统中主要包括两种成分,即:粗短的丝状绿丝体和细长的柳枝状轴丝体。丝状绿丝体一般由4～6个短粗柱状细胞组成;而轴丝体则是由多数细长柱形细胞构成,其上间隔分布有2～5个细胞组成的棒状体,初生假根有或者无。同时,还对大帽藓原丝体发育的特征进行了分析和讨论,初步确定大帽藓孢子萌发属于新的孢子萌发类型——大帽藓型(Encalypta-type)。     

大帽藓(Encalypta ciliata Hedw.)原丝体发育特征的实验研究

在人工培养大帽藓(Encalypta ciliata Hedw．)孢子的基础上,对其孢子萌发、原丝体发育及配子体发生的全过程进行行了观察、描绘和照相。实验结果表明：在大帽藓的原丝体系统中主要包括两种成分,即：粗短的丝状绿丝体和细长的柳枝状轴丝体。丝状绿丝体一般由4～6个短粗柱状细胞组成,而轴丝体则是由多数细长柱形细胞构成,其上间隔分布有2～5个细胞组成的棒状体,初生假根有或者无。同时,还对大帽藓原丝体发育的特征进行了分析和讨论,初步确定大帽藓孢子萌发属于新的孢子萌发类型——大帽藓型(Encalypta-type)。     

中华缩叶藓孢子萌发与原丝体发育特征研究

通过室内人工培养中华缩叶藓的孢子,在光学显微镜下详细观察了其孢子萌发、原丝体发育及配子体发生的全过程.结果表明:中华缩叶藓的孢子在壁内萌发,随后分裂产生块状原丝体;块状原丝体上可产生两种丝状体,一种是具疣的棒状原丝体,另一种是由长圆柱状细胞组成的轴丝体;配子体原始细胞只产生于块状原丝体上.根据中华缩叶藓的孢子萌发和原丝体发育特征,并参照Nishida对藓类植物孢子萌发类型的划分,确定中华缩叶藓的萌发孢子型应属于缩叶藓型(Ptychomitrium-type).     

碎米藓属两种藓类植物孢子萌发与原丝体发育特征研究

为获取其孢子萌发类型与该属植物系统发育、生态选择以及生殖策略选择的相关性,该研究通过室内人工培养的方式,在微米量级下观察并描述了碎米藓属(Fabronia)碎米藓(F.pusilla)和东亚碎米藓(F.matsumurae)两种藓类植物孢子萌发、原丝体发育和配子体发生的过程。结果表明:(1)两种藓类植物孢子均为壁外萌发,均产生由1~15个半圆球形细胞组成的绿丝体(chloronema)短枝;(2)碎米藓在绿丝体顶端分化产生轴丝体细胞,东亚碎米藓未分化产生轴丝体(caulonema);(3)两种藓类植物配子体原始细胞均在绿丝体上分化产生。参照Nishida对藓类植物孢子萌发型划分标准,分析并确定了碎米藓属两种藓类植物孢子萌发型均为蓑藓型(Maromitrium-type),为碎米藓属的系统分类提供了发育学证据。     

梨蒴珠藓孢子萌发与原丝体发育特征研究

为了解梨蒴珠藓（Bartramia pomiformis）孢子萌发和原丝体发育特征,在显微镜下观察室内人工培养的梨蒴珠藓单倍配子体发育过程。结果表明,梨蒴珠藓孢子吸水膨胀5 d后,开始破壁萌发,原丝体系统以丝状绿丝体为主,轴丝体在绿丝体上分化产生。培养22 d后,配子体在轴丝体细胞上分化产生。参照Nishida的标准,梨蒴珠藓孢子萌发类型为真藓型（Bryum-type）。这为梨蒴珠藓的人工扩繁提供了发育学基础资料。     

仙鹤藓的孢子萌发及愈伤组织诱导

通过对采自河北雾灵山海拔1500m的仙鹤藓（Atrichum undulatum）的孢子萌发以及原丝体发育的观察,发现仙鹤藓孢子无休眠现象,孢子接种3天左右萌发：其原丝体发育分为绿丝体和轴丝体两个阶段。扩大培养实验结果表明。仙鹤藓茎叶体在添加2％葡萄糖的MS培养基上,置于25℃／20℃、14小时光照/10小时黑暗、36μmol·m^-2·s^-1条件下培养．产生新生茎叶体最多,且茎叶体长势最好,可以获得大量无菌材料。仙鹤藓愈伤组织诱导实验显示,形成愈伤组织的最佳培养基为添加2％葡萄糖和1．0mg·L^-16-BA的MS培养基。     

小扭口藓(Barbula indica)芽胞发育特征的实验研究

在光照培养箱中人工对照培养小扭口藓(Barbula indica(Hook.) Spreng)的芽胞,显微镜下观察并记录其发育成配子体的全过程。结果表明:小扭口藓芽胞在3~4 d即可萌发;10 d左右开始分化出绿丝体、轴丝体及假根;18 d,轴丝体上的侧枝顶端细胞以分生缢割的方式产生单细胞或多细胞芽胞;40 d,轴丝体上开始出现配子体原始细胞;之后,配子体原始细胞发育成桑椹状的幼小配子体。还对芽胞形态发育、生理生态及配子体发生过程的特点进行了分析和讨论。     

原丝体、原叶体和原植体

原丝体、原叶体、原植体都是在孢子植物中提到的概念。它们虽只一字之差,但函义却不同。原丝体(Protonema)是在苔藓植物生活史中的一种构造。它是由孢子萌发后所形成的绿色丝状体或片状体。在原丝体上产生假根和芽体,由芽体发育成具有假根和拟茎、叶(或片状体)的绿色植物体——配子体。此时的原丝体一般都死亡,只有少数种类的原丝体能继续存活。形成原丝体是苔藓植物的一个主要特征。     

Characteristics of spore germination and protonemal development in Hypnum pacleseens

The spore germination,protonemal development,and gametophyte differentiation of Hypnum pacleseens were observed in cultivation.Photomicrographs showed that spore germination of Hypnum pacleseens occured within the exospore.Its protonema is massive with filamentous chloronema formed inside.The terminal part of the chloronema differentiated into filamentous caulonema and its rhizoid was derived from the apical cell of the filamentous chloronema.The initial cell of gametophyte differentiated from chloronema and caulonema.Sporeling type of Hypnum pacleseens is developmentally similar to Glyphmitrium-type.     

Characteristics of spore germination and protonemal development in Hypnum pacleseens

The spore germination, protonemal development, and gametophyte differentiation of Hypnum pacleseens were observed in cultivation. Photomicrographs showed that spore germination of Hypnum pacleseens occured within the exospore. Its protonema is massive with filamentous chloronema formed inside. The terminal part of the chloronema differentiated into filamentous caulonema and its rhizoid was derived from the apical cell of the filamentous chloronema. The initial cell of gametophyte differentiated from chloronema and caulonema. Sporeling-type of Hypnum pacleseens is developmentally similar to Glyphmitrium-type.     

Unique Tissue-Specific Cell Cycle in Physcomitrella

Abstract: The moss Physcomitrella patens (Hedw.) B.S.G. is a novel tool in plant functional genomics as it has an inimitable high gene targeting efficiency facilitating the establishment of gene/function relationships.
Here we report, based on flow cytrometric (FCM) data, that the basic nuclear DNA content per cell of Physcomitrella is 0.53 pg, equating to a genome size of 1 C = 511 Mbp. Furthermore, we describe a unique tissue-specific cell cycle change in this plant. Young plants consisting of only one cell type (chloronema) displayed one single peak of fluorescence in FCM analyses. As soon as the second cell type (caulonema) developed from chloronema, a second peak of fluorescence at half the intensity of the previous one became detectable, indicating that caulonema cells were predominantly at the G1/S transition, whereas chloronema cells were mainly accumulating at the G2/M transition. This conclusion was validated by further evidence: i) The addition of ammonium tartrate arrested Physcomitrella in the chloronema state and in G2/M. ii) Two different developmental mutants, known to be arrested in the chloronema/caulonema transition, remained in G2/M, regardless of age and treatment. iii) The addition of auxin or cytokinin induced the formation of caulonema, as well as decreasing the amount of cells in G2/M phase. Additionally, plant growth regulators promoted endopolyploidisation.
Thus, cell cycle and cell differentiation are closely linked in Physcomitrella and effects of plant hormones and environmental factors on both processes can be analysed in a straight forward way. We speculate that this unique tissue-specific cell cycle arrest may be the reason for the uniquely high rate of homologous recombination found in the Physcomitrella nuclear DNA.     

On the formation of protonema ofDrummondia sinensis of the orthotrichaceae

In the present study, the mode of formation of the protonema ofDrummondia sinensis is recorded and the relationship between the sporeling type as a response to ecological adaptation is discussed. A spore germinates inside the stretched exospore, and later forms a massive protonema consisting of 8–20 cells. Soon after, the stretched spore coat ruptures and a mass of 5–6 cells protrdes from the broken exospore. In this species neither chloronema nor caulonema could be observed, although such is often seen in other species of Bryales. An initial cell of the leafy shoot is formed from the apical cell of the massive protonema.     

Distribution of activated calmodulin in the chloronema tip cells of the moss Funaria hygrometrica

Auxin (indole-3-acetic acid) regulates caulonema differentiation as a result of gradual transitional events in the chloronema tip cells in moss protonema. This auxin action in the moss Funaria hygrometrica involves a rapid influx of calcium ions from the extracellular medium. This investigation demonstrates spatial and temporal changes in calmodulin (CaM) activation (formation of Ca(2+)-CaM complex) in the chloronema tip cells subjected to auxin treatment. Photomicroscopic localisation of the fluorescence (excitation at 365 nm and emission of 397 nm) from the tricomplex of Ca(2+)-CaM with trifluoperazine (TFP, a blocker of Ca(2+)-CaM action) shows a tip to base (tip high) gradient of Ca(2+)-CaM in the chloronema tip cells. Comparison of Ca(2+)-CaM-TFP fluorescence over time in the chloronema tip cells of wild type Funaria with the response in an auxin overproducer mutant (86.1) and an auxin deficient mutant (87.13) reveals the involvement of auxin in calmodulin activation as a rapid response prior to cell differentiation.