油菜终花后角果和叶片光合对籽粒产量和品质的影响

以‘秦优7号’油菜品种为材料,设置叶片和角果遮光及摘除叶片处理,通过田间试验测定分析终花后角果和叶片的光合特性及其对籽粒产量、含油量及脂肪酸组成的影响。结果显示:(1)终花后油菜角果遮光使籽粒的千粒重、产量、含油量分别显著降低54.7%、62.1%、44.2%,且籽粒中硫甙含量及脂肪酸中棕榈酸、硬脂酸含量显著升高,亚麻酸含量显著降低。(2)叶片遮光和摘除叶片分别显著降低角粒数11.7%、11.3%,降低籽粒千粒重22.5%、17.9%,单株产量分别降低35.3%、44.7%,使籽粒脂肪酸中亚油酸、亚麻酸等含量显著增加,但对籽粒含油量无显著影响。(3)终花后油菜绿色角果皮最大面积是绿叶面积的1.54倍,角果叶绿素a、b以及类胡萝卜素含量显著低于叶片,但角果的净光合速率、蒸腾速率显著高于叶片;且角果层的光辐射强度显著高于角果层下的叶片层;角果响应光辐射强度的光补偿点、光饱和点均显著高于叶片;即角果能够适应较高强度光辐射环境。研究发现,油菜结角期角果层接受大部分光辐射,角果的光合活性显著高于叶片,是主要的光合器官,角果光合状况对籽粒产量、含油量及脂肪酸组成有显著影响。     

BTH和SA处理及白粉菌接种对甜瓜叶片光合特性的影响

以抗病品种Tam Dew和感病品种卡拉克赛为材料,研究了BTH和SA处理及白粉菌接种对甜瓜叶片叶面积、叶绿素含量、净光合速率、气孔导度、胞间CO2浓度的影响.结果表明,BTH和SA处理及白粉菌接种对甜瓜苗期叶面积扩展无显著影响;BTH和SA处理植株的叶片(第3叶)和新生叶片(第5叶)的净光合速率、叶绿素含量和气孔导度显著高于对照;白粉菌接种后,2个甜瓜叶片的叶绿素含量、净光合速率和气孔导度显著降低,而BTH和SA处理能缓解由白粉菌接种带来的叶绿素含量、净光合速率和气孔导度的下降趋势.说明BTH和SA处理能延长甜瓜叶片的光合寿命,延缓甜瓜叶片的叶绿素含量、净光合速率和气孔导度的下降趋势.     

不同生育时期断根对花生光合特性及产量的影响

在田间试验条件下,以青花5号花生品种为材料,研究了不同生育时期断根对花生功能叶片光合特性及产量的影响。结果表明:适期断根(花后20d)可促进花生叶片生长,显著提高叶面积指数,且维持较高的叶面积指数和叶绿素含量的时间较长;植株功能叶片的净光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率较高,胞间CO2浓度较低,光合效率显著提高;可增加花生结果数量和果重,提高单株生产力,显著提高荚果产量和经济系数。过早断根(花后5d至10d)叶面积增长慢、峰值低、后期下降快,叶绿素含量低;功能叶片净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率峰值低且峰值过后下降速度快,而胞间CO2浓度一直维持在较高水平;断根时间越早,产量越低。过晚(花后25d)断根不利于叶面积指数的发展和较高叶绿素含量的维持,基本不影响花生叶片各光合性能指标,对产量影响较少。研究认为,开花后20d断根可作为花生栽培中的一项技术措施。     

干旱胁迫对大豆鼓粒期叶片光合能力和根系生长的影响

以晋大70(抗旱型)和晋豆26(敏感型)2个大豆品种为材料,采用盆栽方法,在鼓粒期设置充分供水、轻度干旱和重度干旱3种水分处理,研究了干旱胁迫对大豆鼓粒期叶片光合能力和根系生长的影响.结果表明： 随着干旱程度加剧,2个品种的叶面积、叶绿素含量、净光合速率、叶片气孔导度、蒸腾速率、胞间CO₂浓度、株质量、株高、籽粒产量和收获指数均降低;根长和根质量在轻度干旱胁迫下增加,在重度干旱胁迫下减少;根冠比随干旱程度加剧而升高.重度干旱胁迫下,抗旱型品种晋大70根冠比的增幅达到135.7%,大于敏感型品种晋豆26根冠比的增幅(116.7%),晋大70的叶面积和叶绿素含量分别为对照的69.3%和85.5%,均优于晋豆26,晋大70的气孔导度和净光合速率分别下降了67.9%和77.9%,降幅均小于晋豆26,晋大70的收获指数的降幅为43.8%,小于晋豆26 (78.8%).不同干旱处理下,2个品种的叶面积、叶绿素含量、净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率、胞间CO₂浓度两两之间均呈显著正相关;株质量、株高、根长、根质量、籽粒产量、收获指数两两之间均呈显著正相关;根冠比与根质量呈显著正相关,而与其他5个指标呈显著负相关.     

栽培方式对夏直播花生叶片光合特性及产量的影响

在田间试验条件下,以青花7号花生品种为材料,研究了不同栽培方式对麦后夏直播花生叶片光合特性及产量的影响.结果表明:与传统栽培方式相比,采用夏直播高产保护性栽培方式可促进花生叶片生长,显著提高叶面积指数,且维持较高的叶面积指数和叶绿素含量的时间较长;植株功能叶片的净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率较高和胞间CO2浓度较低,光合效率显著提高.夏直播高产保护性栽培方式下花生单株生产力较高,荚果产量显著增加,经济系数明显提高.地膜覆盖和秸秆还田均可改善夏直播花生叶片光合特性,提高花生产量.夏直播高产保护性栽培方式能够有效缓解夏直播花生生育期较短、单株生产力低等不利因素,是一项实用的夏直播花生高产栽培方法.     

栽培方式对夏直播花生叶片光合特性及产量的影响

在田间试验条件下,以青花7号花生品种为材料,研究了不同栽培方式对麦后夏直播花生叶片光合特性及产量的影响.结果表明: 与传统栽培方式相比,采用夏直播高产保护性栽培方式可促进花生叶片生长,显著提高叶面积指数,且维持较高的叶面积指数和叶绿素含量的时间较长;植株功能叶片的净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率较高和胞间CO₂浓度较低,光合效率显著提高.夏直播高产保护性栽培方式下花生单株生产力较高,荚果产量显著增加,经济系数明显提高.地膜覆盖和秸秆还田均可改善夏直播花生叶片光合特性,提高花生产量.夏直播高产保护性栽培方式能够有效缓解夏直播花生生育期较短、单株生产力低等不利因素,是一项实用的夏直播花生高产栽培方法.
     

模拟酸雨对油菜花期生理特性和产量的影响

以甘蓝型油菜品种秦优九号为材料,通过盆栽试验研究了不同pH值模拟酸雨处理对油菜花期生理特性和产量的影响.结果表明:当模拟酸雨pH=4.0～5.0时,在一定程度上刺激了油菜的生长,植株的生物量、叶绿素含量、光合生理特性和产量构成因素等指标均略高于对照(pH 6.0)或与对照相当,但差异不显著.随着模拟酸雨酸度的增强,植株的生物量、叶绿素含量、光合生理特性、抗氧化酶活性和非酶抗氧化剂含量等生理指标逐渐下降,且随酸度增强下降幅度增大,丙二醛含量和相对电导率显著增加,膜脂过氧化加剧,最终导致单株角果数、每角粒数、粒重和实际产量等指标逐渐下降.但不同产量构成因素对酸雨敏感性不同,单株角果数、每角粒数随酸雨酸度的增强而显著下降,而粒重受酸雨影响不显著.     

欧洲3种常见乔木幼苗在两种光环境下叶片的气体交换、叶绿素含量和氮素含量

在室内测定了分别栽培于全光照和20％光照条件下的垂枝桦Betulapendula,欧洲水青冈Fagussylvatica和欧洲白栎Quercusrobur幼苗叶片的光合作用－光响应曲线、叶片气孔导度、胞间二氧化碳浓度、水分利用效率,叶绿素含量和氮素含量,并分析叶片叶绿素含量和净光合速率的回归关系．20％光照条件引起净光合速率的光饱和点下降,叶片气孔导度和水分利用效率以及单位叶面积叶绿素含量降低,叶片的光合物质积累减少,但氮素含量上升．回归分析结果表明,叶片叶绿素含量与净光合速率成正相关．3种植物的幼苗对荫蔽条件有一定的适应性,其中B．pendula和Q．robur的耐荫能力比Fsylvatica强.     

光质对花生幼苗叶片光合色素含量及光合特性的影响

在单色LED灯光照条件下,以青花6号花生品种为材料,研究了不同光质对花生幼苗光合色素含量及光合特性的影响.结果表明:与自然光照相比,蓝光(445~470 nm)可显著提高花生幼苗比叶面积、叶绿素a/b值和类胡萝卜素含量,净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率较高,胞间CO2浓度较低,光合效率显著提高;红光(610~660 nm)显著提高了叶片叶绿素含量,降低了比叶面积、叶绿素a/b值和类胡萝卜素含量,光合效率低于自然光照;绿光(515~520 nm)和黄光(590~595 nm)不利于光合色素的积累,显著抑制了花生幼苗叶片的光合作用.     

3个纤维颜色不同的棉花近等基因系主茎功能叶生理特性变化与产量因素的相关性分析

本研究选用3个纤维颜色不同的棉花近等基因系—绿色棉、棕色棉和白色棉为材料,研究参试材料的主茎功能叶片在整个生育期的生理特性变化,并对生理指标与产量因素进行相关性分析。结果表明:整个生育期2种彩色棉的净光合速率均低于白色棉;除吐絮期外,彩色棉总叶绿素含量、蔗糖合成酶和蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性均低于白色棉;净光合速率与单株铃数、单铃重及单株产量呈显著正相关;总叶绿素含量与单铃重、单株产量呈极显著正相关;蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性与单铃重呈极显著正相关,与单株产量呈显著正相关。本研究结果将为彩色棉高产品种选育提供理论依据。     

Climate and the U.S. distribution of C4 grass subfamilies and decarboxylation variants of C4 photosynthesis

I compared the C(4) grass flora and climatic records for 32 sites in the United States. Consistent with previous studies, I found that the proportion of the grass flora that uses the NADP malic enzyme (NADP-ME) variant of C(4) photosynthesis greatly increases with increasing annual precipitation, while the proportion using the NAD malic enzyme (NAD-ME) variant (and also the less common phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase [PCK] variant) decreases. However the association of grass subfamilies with annual precipitation was even stronger than for the C(4) decarboxylation variants. Analysis of the patterns of distribution by partial correlation analysis showed that the correlations between the frequency of various C(4) types and rainfall were solely due to the association of the C(4) types with particular grass subfamilies. In contrast, there was a strong correlation of the frequency of the different subfamilies with annual precipitation that was independent of the influence of the different C(4) variants. It therefore appears that other, as yet unidentified, characteristics that differ among grass subfamilies may be responsible for their differences in distribution across natural precipitation gradients.     

Effect of altitude on the primary products of photosynthesis and the associated enzymes in barley and wheat

There is little information available on the primary products of photosynthesis and the change in the activity of the associated enzymes with altitude. We studied the same in varieties of barley and wheat grown at 1300 (low altitude, LA) and 4200 m (high altitude, HA) elevations above mean sea level in the western Himalayas. Plants at both the locations had similar photosynthetic rates, leaf water potential and the chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics. The short-term radio-labelling experiments in leaves showed appearance of ¹⁴CO₂ in phosphoglyceric acid and sugar phosphates in plants at both the LA and HA, suggesting a major role of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) in CO₂ fixation in the plants at two altitudes, whereas the appearance of labelled carbon in aspartate (Asp) and glutamate (Glu) at HA suggested a role of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase) in photosynthesis metabolism. Plants at HA had significantly higher activities of PEPCase, carboxylase and oxygenase activity of Rubisco, aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT), and glutamine synthetase (GS). However, the activities of malate dehydrogenase, NAD-malic enzyme and citrate synthase were similar at the two locations. Such an altered metabolism at HA suggested that PEPCase probably captured CO₂ directly from the atmosphere and/or that generated metabolically e.g. from photorespiration at HA. Higher oxygenase activity at HA suggests high photorespiratory activity. OAA thus produced could be additionally channelised for Asp synthesis using Glu as a source of ammonia. Higher GS activity ensures higher assimilation rate of NH₃ and the synthesis of Glu through GS-GOGAT (glutamine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase) pathway, also as supported by the appearance of radiolabel in Glu at HA. Enhanced PEPCase activity coupled with higher activities of AspAT and GS suggests a role in conserving C and N in the HA environment.     

Formation of stromatolite lamina at the interface of oxygenic–anoxygenic photosynthesis

In modern stromatolites, mineralization results from a complex interplay between microbial metabolisms, the organic matrix, and environmental parameters. Here, we combined biogeochemical, mineralogical, and microscopic analyses with measurements of metabolic activity to characterize the mineralization processes and products in an emergent (<18 months) hypersaline microbial mat. While the nucleation of Mg silicates is ubiquitous in the mat, the initial formation of a Ca‐Mg carbonate lamina depends on (i) the creation of a high‐pH interface combined with a major change in properties of the exopolymeric substances at the interface of the oxygenic and anoxygenic photoautotrophic layers and (ii) the synergy between two major players of sulfur cycle, purple sulfur bacteria, and sulfate‐reducing bacteria. The repetition of this process over time combined with upward growth of the mat is a possible pathway leading to the formation of a stromatolite.     

Modulation of chlorophyll biosynthesis by water stress in rice seedlings during chloroplast biogenesis*

To understand the impact of water stress on the greening process, water stress was applied to 6-day-old etiolated seedlings of a drought-sensitive cultivar of rice (Oryza sativa), Pusa Basmati-1 by immersing their roots in 40 mm polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 (-0.69 MPa) or 50 mm PEG 6000 (-1.03 MPa) dissolved in half-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS)-nutrient-solution, 16 h prior to transfer to cool-white-fluorescent + incandescent light. Chlorophyll (Chl) accumulation substantially declined in developing water-stressed seedlings. Reduced Chl synthesis was due to decreased accumulation of chlorophyll biosynthetic intermediates, that is, glutamate-1-semialdehyde (GSA), 5-aminolevulinic acid, Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethylester and protochlorophyllide. Although 5-aminolevulinic acid synthesis decreased, the gene expression and protein abundance of the enzyme responsible for its synthesis, GSA aminotransferase, increased, suggesting its crucial role in the greening process in stressful environment. The biochemical activities of Chl biosynthetic enzymes, that is, 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase, porphobilinogen deaminase, coproporphyrinogen III oxidase, porphyrinogen IX oxidase, Mg-chelatase and protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase, were down-regulated due to their reduced protein abundance/gene expression in water-stressed seedlings. Down-regulation of protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase resulted in impaired Shibata shift. Our results demonstrate that reduced synthesis of early intermediates, that is, GSA and 5-aminolevulinic acid, could modulate the gene expression of later enzymes of Chl biosynthesis pathway.     

Effects of day and night temperature and temperature variation on photosynthetic characteristics

Net photosynthetic rates and mesophyll conductances were measured under standardized conditions for leaves of two C₃ and one C₄ annual species grown at temperatures of 20 to 32°C. Plants were grown with varying day and night temperatures, and also at constant temperatures equal to all the day and night temperatures used. Plants were grown with 8, 12, and 16 hours of light per day. This design allowed determination of whether photosynthetic characteristics were best correlated with day, night, mean, or time-weighted mean temperatures, The results showed that for Glycine max (L.) Merr. (C₃) night temperature was most important in determining photosynthetic characteristics, while in Helianthus annuus L. (C₃) and Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. (C₄) the time-weighted mean temperature was most important. The results for all species were consistent with the hypothesis that development of photosynthetic characteristics is related to a balance between the rate of leaf expansion and the rate of photosynthesis under the growth conditions.     

循环光合磷酸化和光合作用

光合作用被称为"地球上最重要的化学反应",其二氧化碳同化是由还原辅酶II(NADPH)和腺三磷(ATP)来推动的。ATP主要来源于非循环光合磷酸化和循环光合磷酸化,但以往研究集中在前者。21世纪以来,随着测定技术的发展和多条与循环光合磷酸化有关的电子传递途径的发现,循环光合磷酸化的重要性和功能引起了极大地关注。该文作者结合自己实验室的相关的研究,围绕循环光合磷酸化的发现和重要性、同化力两个组分的比例与促进光合磷酸化提高光合作用的途径进行探讨,为进一步深入研究提供参考。     

An improved approach for measuring the impact of multiple CO2 conductances on the apparent photorespiratory CO2 compensation point through slope–intercept regression

Biochemical models of leaf photosynthesis, which are essential for understanding the impact of photosynthesis to changing environments, depend on accurate parameterizations. One such parameter, the photorespiratory CO₂ compensation point can be measured from the intersection of several CO₂ response curves measured under sub‐saturating illumination. However, determining the actual intersection while accounting for experimental noise can be challenging. Additionally, leaf photosynthesis model outcomes are sensitive to the diffusion paths of CO₂ released from the mitochondria. This diffusion path of CO₂ includes both chloroplastic as well as cell wall resistances to CO₂, which are not readily measurable. Both the difficulties of determining the photorespiratory CO₂ compensation point and the impact of multiple intercellular resistances to CO₂ can be addressed through application of slope–intercept regression. This technical report summarizes an improved framework for implementing slope–intercept regression to evaluate measurements of the photorespiratory CO₂ compensation point. This approach extends past work to include the cases of both Rubisco and Ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate (RuBP)‐limited photosynthesis. This report further presents two interactive graphical applications and a spreadsheet‐based tool to allow users to apply slope–intercept theory to their data.     

Calculation of CO2 gas phase diffusion in leaves and its relation to stomatal resistance

A new theory and experimental method was developed to measure the diffusion resistance to CO₂ in the gas phase of mesophyll leaf tissue. Excised leaves were placed in a chamber and their net evaporation and CO₂ assimilation rates measured at two different ambient pressures. These data were used to calculate CO₂ gas phase diffusion resistances. A variety of field grown leaves were tested and the effects of various experimental errors considered. Increasing the gas phase diffusion resistance decreased transpiration more than it decreased CO₂ assimilation. It was concluded that gas phase diffusion resistance associated with CO₂ assimilation may sometimes be 100 or 200 s·m^-1 greater than the resistance implied by transpiration rates. This may be due to longer path lengths for the CO₂ diffusion, constricted in places by the shape and arrangement of mesophyll cells.