香之道：吸引与护佑

迷人的芳香，起源自生物生存繁衍的需要，飘散到人类生活的各个领域。它既能安神开窍，又可祛病疗疾；既能悠然于书斋琴房，又可缥缈于庙宇神坛。它被赋予了神性与美感。古往今来，香已经逐渐成为我们生活中不可或缺的味道。     

苯甲酸钠对植物萌发的影响初探

苯甲酸钠是常用的食品防腐剂，对酵母菌和细菌的繁殖有较强的抑制作用。本文报告苯甲酸钠对大蒜和豌豆这两种植物萌发影响的初步试验，表明一定浓度的苯甲酸钠对植物的萌发有明显的抑制作用。     

新年寄语

时光荏苒,岁月如梭,伴随着新年的轻快脚步,历史准时翻开了它崭新的篇章。值此2012年新春之际,我谨代表《植物生理学报》,向本刊的读者、作者、审稿专家、编委以及所有关心和支持本刊的朋友们表示诚挚的问候、衷心的感谢和美好的祝愿!感谢大家对本     

植物凝集素类受体蛋白激酶研究进展

自然界中植物的生长发育受到各种环境变化的影响。为了响应外界各种环境条件,植物演化出一系列识别和传递环境信号的蛋白分子,其中比较典型的是植物细胞质膜上的类受体蛋白激酶(RLKs)。凝集素类受体蛋白激酶(LecRLKs)是类受体蛋白激酶家族中的一个亚族,它主要包含3个结构域:细胞外凝集素结构域、跨膜结构域和细胞内激酶结构域。根据细胞外凝集素结构域的不同,LecRLKs可分为3种不同类型:L、G和C型。近年来,研究表明LecRLKs在植物生物/非生物胁迫和发育调控中发挥非常重要的作用。该文综述了植物凝集素类受体蛋白激酶的研究历史、结构特点、分类以及生物学功能,并重点阐述凝集素类受体蛋白激酶在植物生物/非生物胁迫响应和调控发育方面的功能。对不同类型和不同功能的植物凝集素类受体蛋白激酶进行阐述将有利于对该类蛋白开展功能研究,并为作物改良提供有益借鉴。     

食用艾蒿植物学性状和栽培技术探究——兼评《植物学》

植物学属于生物学的一门分支学科,主要研究植物的生物结构、生长形态、品种分类、生态分布及遗传进化等。人类开发、应用并保护植物资源,让植物为世界发展提供更多可能。由李扬汉主编的《植物学》是一本以认识植物学为基础,全面介绍各类植物形态特点的科学普及教材,有助于读者了解植物的多样性与功能性,认识植物对人类的重要作用,同时对于食用艾蒿植物学性状和栽培技术的相关研究具有一定的参考价值。《植物学》由上海科学技术出版社于2015年出版发行,入选“全国高等农业院校教材”。     

元谋干热河谷植被的类型研究 Ⅱ.群丛以下单位

本文用法瑞植物社会学学派的方法,并经主分量分析验证,对元谋干热河谷的植被进行了重点在群丛及其以下单位的系统分类研究。结果得到9个群丛以及各群丛之下的6个亚群丛、3个群丛变型和两个群丛相的一套系统单位。     

The relationship between the reduction of nonstructural carbohydrate induced by defoliator and the growth and mortality of trees

Large scale herbivorous insect outbreaks can cause death of regional forests, and the events are expected to be exacerbated with climate change. Mortality of forest and woodland plants would cause a series of serious consequences, such as decrease in vegetation production, shifts in ecosystem structure and function, and transformation of forest function from a net carbon sink into a net carbon source. There is thus a need to better understand the impact of insects on trees. Defoliation by insect pests mainly reduces photosynthesis (source decrease) and increases carbon consumption (sink increase), and hence causes reduction of nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC). When the reduction in NSC reaches to a certain level, trees would die of carbon starvation. External environment and internal compensatory mechanisms can also positively or negatively influence the process of tree death. At present, the research of carbon starvation is a hotspot because the increase of tree mortality globally with climate change, and carbon starvation is considered as one of the dominating physiological mechanisms for explaining tree death. In this study, we reviewed the definition of carbon starvation, and the relationships between the reduction of NSC induced by defoliation and the growth and death of trees, and the relationships among insect outbreaks, leaf loss and climate change. We also presented the potential directions of future studies on insect-caused defoliation and tree mortality.     

A Putative Calcium-Permeable Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel, CNGC18, Regulates Polarized Pollen Tube Growth

A tip-focused Ca^2＋ gradient is tightly coupled to polarized pollen tube growth, and tip-localized influxes of extracellular Ca^2＋ are required for this process. However the molecular identity and regulation of the potential Ca^2＋ channels remains elusive. The present study has implicated CNGC18 （cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 18） in polarized pollen tube growth, because its overexpression induced wider and shorter pollen tubes. Moreover, CNGC18 overexpression induced depolarization of pollen tube growth was suppressed by lower extracellular calcium （[Ca^2＋]ex）. CNGC18-yellow fluorescence protein （YFP） was preferentially localized to the apparent post-Golgi vesicles and the plasma membrane （PM） in the apex of pollen tubes. The PM localization was affected by tip-localized ROP1 signaling. Expression of wild type ROP1 or an active form of ROP1 enhanced CNGC18-YFP localization to the apical region of the PM, whereas expression of RopGAP1 （a ROP1 deactivator） blocked the PM localization. These results support a role for PM-Iocalized CNGC18 in the regulation of polarized pollen tube growth through its potential function in the modulation of calcium influxes.