Toward an understanding of mechanisms regulating plant response to biochar application

Plant growth and development are affected by several environmental factors, among which soil nutrient availability. Biochar addition to soil is recognized to exert beneficial effects on soil fertility and thus plant growth; furthermore, it is a promising option for climate change mitigation. However, multi-species studies and meta-analyses have indicated considerable variations in biochar responses among plant species. To date, information on the biochar effect on plants, especially at molecular level, is still scarce. Using a multi-target approach with a model plant such as tomato, we demonstrate that biochar has a negligible effect on soil nutrient content and plant growth, even if it misbalances the plant photosynthetic machinery, as well as mechanisms recognizing pathogen-derived molecules. Ethylene could be one of the signal-molecule driving the alteration of tomato-pathogen recognition signaling by inactivation of vesicle trafficking. All these modifications could be at the basis of the increased susceptibility of biochar-treated plants to pathogen attack. Further organ-specific and tissue-specific multi-level studies, from high-resolution internal processes towards high-throughput external phenotyping, coupled with powerful biostatistic and informatic analysis, will help to decipher, in a network-type fashion, all the factors and signaling mechanisms related to the complex interaction between different plant, soil and biochar types.     

骆驼蓬营养器官的旱生结构

 骆驼蓬是生长在荒漠或盐碱地区的旱生植物,具有显著的旱生结构特征。主根粗壮,其中柱周围产生2或3轮呈同心环状排列的异常维管束。这种异常结构对旱生植物具有重要的生态学意义。茎肉质,其皮层、韧皮部,尤其是髓内具有发达的贮水薄壁组织细胞。叶片肉质,光滑无毛。其表皮细胞的外切向壁有较厚的角质层,表面具皱纹状突起。气孔器与表皮细胞平齐,面积较大,而密度较小。栅栏组织发达,为环栅型,包围着发达的贮水组织。叶脉维管束不发达。其叶表面积与体积之比远比中生植物小。根据以上营养器官形态结构特征,可以认为骆驼蓬是典型的多浆汁旱生植物。     

羊耳朵叶化学成分的研究

从羊耳朵叶(密蒙花 Buddle ja officinalis Maxim的叶)中分得8个化合物,分别鉴定为3个萜:羽扇豆醇乙酸酯(lupeol acetute)(1),cycloeucalenol(2),chondrillasterol(3)和5个苯丙素酚甙:verbascoside((4),poliumoside(5),β-hydroxyacteoside(6),echinacoside(7)和cistanoside F(8)。化合物1,2,3为首次从该属植物中获得。     

Triterpenoids from Viburnum suspensum

Three triterpenoids, 3-oxo-11,13(18)-oleanadien-28-oic acid, 24-hydroxy-3-oxo-11,13(18)-oleanadien-28-oic acid, 6β-hydroxy-3-oxo-11,13(18)-oleanadien-28-oic acid have been isolated together with the previously known virgatic acid, vibsanin B and 3-hydroxyvibsanin E from the leaves of Viburnum suspensum. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods and by comparison of their NMR spectral data with those of the previously known 11,13(18)-oleanadien-3β-ol.     

缺镁胁迫对龙眼叶片衰老的影响

选用苗龄为 180d的龙眼 (DimocarpuslonganaLour.cv .Wulongling)幼苗 ,采用水培实验方法 ,设正常供Mg(4mmol·L-1)、低Mg(0 .4mmol·L-1)和缺Mg 3个处理 ,并在移栽后 12 0d和 15 0d取样测定 .结果表明 ,随着缺Mg程度的加重 ,龙眼叶片的叶绿素含量、PSⅡ活性、光合作用速率降低 ;蛋白质和核酸含量减少 ;O-·2 产生速率、H2 O2 含量提高 ,膜脂过氧化加剧 ;CTK类物质 (ZR、DHZR、iPA)含量下降 ,ABA含量提高 ,说明缺Mg对龙眼叶片的衰老有明显影响     

黄芪叶中黄芪甲苷的含量测定

目的 :测定黄芪叶中黄芪甲苷的含量 ,寻找提取黄芪甲苷的新药源。方法 :本实验以黄芪甲苷为标准品 ,采用薄层色谱—分光光度法测定黄芪叶中黄芪甲苷的含量。结果 :叶中的黄芪甲苷含量是根中的 2 .8倍。结论 :黄芪叶有潜在的开发价值     

Phytochemical study on the leaves of Wollemia nobilis

In this work, a phytochemical study performed on the leaves of the rare species, Wollemia nobilis W.G. Jones, K.D. Hill & J.M. Allen, is reported. By means of classical column chromatography and NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry, nine compounds were evidenced. These were: pheophorbide a (1), isocupressic acid (2), acetyl-isocupressic acid (3), sandaracopimaric acid (4), agathic acid (5), 7–4′-4‴-tri-O-methyl-agathisflavone (6), 7–4′-7″-4‴-tetra-O-methyl-agathisflavone (7), caffeic acid (8) and shikimic acid (9). Compared to our previous phytochemical analysis on the male cones, some further compounds were identified i.e. compounds 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8. This confirmed the previous chemotaxonomic considerations of the species but also added new ones which were discussed within the text. In addition, a possible different accumulation of secondary metabolites in the tissues and organs of this plant was even noticed.     

Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

Using a database of 2510 measurements from 287 species, we assessed whether general relationships exist between mass-based dark respiration rate and nitrogen concentration for stems and roots, and if they do, whether they are similar to those for leaves. The results demonstrate strong respiration–nitrogen scaling relationships for all observations and for data averaged by species; for roots, stems and leaves examined separately; and for life-forms (woody, herbaceous plants) and phylogenetic groups (angiosperms, gymnosperms) considered separately. No consistent differences in the slopes of these log–log scaling relations were observed among organs or among plant groups, but respiration rates at any common nitrogen concentration were consistently lower on average in leaves than in stems or roots, indicating that organ-specific relationships should be used in models that simulate respiration based on tissue nitrogen concentrations. The results demonstrate both common and divergent aspects of tissue-level respiration–nitrogen scaling for leaves, stems and roots across higher land plants, which are important in their own right and for their utility in modelling carbon fluxes at local to global scales.     

Interspecific variation in bulk tissue, fatty acid and monosaccharide delta(13)C values of leaves from a mesotrophic grassland plant community

The leaves of 37 grass, herb, shrub and tree species were collected from a mesotrophic grassland to assess natural variability in bulk, fatty acid and monosaccharide delta(13)C values of leaves from one plant community. The leaf tissue mean bulk delta(13)C value was -29.3 per thousand. No significant differences between tissue bulk delta(13)C values with life form were determined (P=0.40). On average, C(16:0), C(18:2) and C(18:3) constituted 89% of leaf tissue total fatty acids, whose delta(13)C values were depleted compared to whole leaf tissues. A general interspecific (between different species) trend for fatty acids delta(13)C values was observed, i.e. delta(13)C(16:0)delta(13)C(xylose)>delta(13)C(glucose)>delta(13)C(galactose), was consistently observed. Therefore, we have shown (i) diversity in compound-specific delta(13)C values contributing to leaf bulk delta(13)C values; (ii) interspecific variability between bulk and compound-specific delta(13)C values of leaves of individual grassland species, and (iii) trends between individual fatty acid and monosaccharide delta(13)C values common to leaves of all species within one plant community.     

The synthetic auxin 3,5,6-TPA stimulates carbohydrate accumulation and growth in citrus fruit

The application of the synthetic auxin 3,5,6-TPA at the cell enlargementstage increased hexoses in developing fruit from foliated and fully defoliatedplants of Satsuma mandarin, cv. Okitsu (Citrusunshiu Marc.). Although the sucrose concentrations also increased,ingeneral the differences were not statistically significant. The plant growthregulator reduced fruit abscission in defoliated trees while it stimulatedfruitgrowth in the foliated ones. The carbohydrate accumulation induced by 3,5,6-TPAindicates that its stimulatory effect on fruit growth might operate viapromotion of sink strength. The results also suggest the occurrence of pathwaysfor induction of fruit abscission, linked to carbon availability, relativelyindependent of the stage of development.