Macronutrient content in leaves of bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris,L.) grown with differents rates of N/S as fertilizers

Summary The effect of increasing rates of nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) as fertilizers on the yield, leaf area and N, P, S, Ca, Mg, NO₃ ⁻ and SO₄ ⁼ content in leaves of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, L.) were studied in a hydroponic culture experiment under greenhouse conditions. Bean plants responded significantly to all treatments with differents N/S ratios. When plants grew with high N/S ratios, the leaf content of N, Ca and NO₃ ⁻ increased while the content of K, P and SO₄ ⁼ decreased. However, optimal yield and leaf area were not obtained. Optimal leaf and fruit dry matter was obtained at N/S ratio value of 1.41. When lower N/S rates were used, optimal leaf and fruit dry matter was only observed when the leaf N/S ratio was between 15 and 16. At high sulphate levels in the nutrient solution there is no interaction with nitrate which is easily observed, resulting in an increase in yield. An interaction between nitrate and sulphate in the nutrient solution was found at a N/S ratio of 0.81 which produced in leaves a synergic effect between P-K, an antagonistic effect between N-P and N-K and a lower yield. This research was supported by Fundacion ‘Ramon Areces’.     

Water stress, carbon dioxide, and light effects on sucrosephosphate synthase activity in Phaseolus vulgaris

The characteristics of sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS; EC 2.4.1.14) activity in leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Linden was studied in plants subjected to water stress and various CO₂ and light treatments. When water was withheld for 3 days causing mild water stress (–0.9 MPa), the activity of SPS measured in crude extracts was reduced ca 50%. The effect of water stress was most evident when the enzyme was assayed with saturating amounts of its substrates fructose 6-phosphate and UDP glucose. Placing a water-stressed plant in an atmosphere containing 1% CO₂ reversed the effect of water stress on SPS activity over 5 h even though the water stress was not relieved. Holding unstressed leaves in low CO₂ partial pressure reduced the extractable activity of SPS. After 1 h of low CO₂ treatment the effect of low CO₂ could be reversed by 20 min of 5% CO₂. However, after 24 h of low CO₂ treatment, less SPS activity was recovered by the 20 min treatment. The cytosolic protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide prevented the slow recovery of SPS activity, but did not affect the rapid recovery of SPS. We conclude that the effect of water stress on SPS activity was a consequence of the inhibition of photosynthesis caused by stomatal closure. Responses of Phaseolus vulgaris SPS to light were similar to the response to low CO₂ in that the effects were most pronounced under V_max assay conditions. This is the first report of this type of light response of SPS in a dicotyledonous species.     

Occurrence of osmiophilic particles is correlated to elongation growth of higher plants

Summary The occurrence of elongation growth-related osmiophilic particles (OPs) was investigated in hypocotyls of sunflower, bean, and spruce as well as in pea epicotyls and in cress roots of intact seedlings. In all analyzed species, OPs were found to occur specifically within the periplasmic space between plasma membrane and the outer epidermal cell walls of elongating parts of hypocotyls, epicotyls, and roots, whereas cells of nonelongating parts were devoid of OPs. Auxin (IAA) markedly increased the number of OPs in epicotyl and hypocotyl segments. Treatment of pea epicotyl segments with the lectin concanavalin A inhibited their elongation growth in the presence of IAA. At a subcellular level this effect was characterized by the occurrence of a pronounced osmiophilic layer in the periplasmic space of the outer periclinal and the outer part of the anticlinal epidermal cell walls. Treatment of IAA-incubated segments with the secretion inhibitor brefeldin A inhibited both elongation growth and periplasmic occurrence of OPs. This effect was accompanied by complementary accumulation of OPs in the peripheral cytoplasm of epidermal cells. Together the results indicate that IAA-induced epidermis-specific secretion of OPs is closely related to cell elongation growth not only in organs of monocotyledonous species, but also in dicotyledonous angiosperms as well as in gymnosperms.Abbreviations OPs osmiophilic particles - ConA concanavalin A - BFA brefeldin A - IAA -indolyl acetic acid     

紫外线辐射对菜豆幼苗某些胁迫响应基因表达的影响

报道了ＵＶ－Ｃ辐射对菜豆（ＰｈａｓｅｏｌｕｓｖｕｌｇａｒｉｓＬ．）ＰＲＰ、ｄｅｈｙｄｒｉｎ、ＰＲ蛋白、ｐｏｌｙｕｂｉｑｕｉｔｉｎ和ＤａｎＪ－ｌｉｋｅ蛋白等胁迫响应基因表达的影响。Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ杂交结果表明：ＵＶ辐射能强烈地诱导ＰＲ蛋白基因的表达,并能促进ＰＲＰ、ｐｏｌｙｕｂｉｑｕｉｔｉｎ和ＤａｎＪ－ｌｉｋｅ蛋白等基因的转录,而对ｄｅｈｙｄｒｉｎ基因的转录有抑制作用,这些防御蛋白共同作用可能对于保护细胞免受ＵＶ伤害和维持细胞的正常代谢有重要作用。     

Iron stress-induced redox reactions in bean roots

Iron stress-induced and constitutive redox activity of bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Delinel) roots was measured on intact plants using FeEDTA and ferricyanide as electron acceptors. The presence of the translation inhibitor cycloheximide caused a decrease in the reduction of both oxidants. However, a differential decline in the reduction rates of FeEDTA and ferricyanide was observed, suggesting enzyme heterogeneity. In the presence of the H⁺ -ATPase inhibitor vanadate, the reduction of FeEDTA was nearly completely suppressed in both Fe-deficient (–Fe) and Fe-sufficient (+Fe) plants, providing evidence for an involvement of plasma membrane-bound ATPase activity in the regulation of the reduction process. The inhibition of the ferricyanide reduction by vanadate was restricted to –Fe plants.
The data are interpreted in terms of simultaneous operation of distinct redox systems in roots of iron-deficient bean plants. The role of proton extrusion in iron stress-induced electron transfer is discussed.     

沙地种草养鹅生态模式的研究

沙地种草养鹅生态模式的研究邢廷铣,方热军,胡民强,陈惠萍,谭支良,何烈华（中国科学院长沙农业现代化研究所,４１０１２５）ＡｎＥｃｏ－ＭｏｄｅｌｏｆＧｒａｓｓＣｕｌｔｉｖｎｔｉｏｎａｎｄＧｏｏｓｅＲｅａｒｉｎｇｏｎＳａｎｄｙＬａｎｄｓ．￥ＸｉｎｇＴｉｎ...     

Benzyladenine-induced increase in DNA content in the nucleus of bean leaf cells

Primary leaves of bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) were treated with benzyladenine (BA) from 7 days after sowing. Nuclei were isolated and the DNA content per nucleus was determined. BA increased the amount of DNA per nucleus of untreated controls by about 50% without nuclear division.     

Lectin activity in pollen from plants representative of thirty orders of spermatophyta

Summary Pollen extracts from a variety of species representative of thirty orders of spermatophyta, including gymnosperms, dicotyledons and monocotyledons, were examined for the presence of lectin activity by means of a hemagglutination assay. Hemagglutinating activity (HA) was detected in the pollen extracts of all the species examined, indicating that lectins are generally present in the pollen of spermatophyta. The response of this pollen hemagglutinating activity to the sugars and glycoproteins tested as potential inhibitors was identical in all species examined. Moreover, the hemagglutinating activity of pollen extracts from eight species which had been selected as representative of the gymnosperms and both subclasses of angiosperms exhibited similar properties (e.g. distribution by differential centrifugation, stability to heat, response to bivalent ions). The bulk of the hemagglutinating activity was always recovered in the pellet after centrifugation at 1000 g for 5 min. Although sequential treatments with 1% Triton X-100 and 1 M KCl were ineffective, subsequent incubation of the pellet with saline phosphate buffer released hemagglutinating activity. The solubilized hemagglutinating activity was destroyed by protease treatment, indicating that the substance(s) responsible for the activity is (are) protein in nature and, consequently, might be considered to be a lectin. The sugar specifity of the pollen lectin activity from wheat, potato and bean was compared with that of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), potato agglutinin and bean agglutinin — the lectins present in sporophytic tissues of these plants. For all three plants, the response of the pollen lectin activity to sugars and glycoproteins was different from that shown by the lectin from sporophytic tissues.Abbreviations HA Hemagglutinating activity - PBS 150 mM Na-phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) containing 0.9% NaCl - PHA Phaseolus vulgaris agglutinin - STA Solanum tuberosum agglutinin - WGA wheat germ agglutinin     

菜豆黄色花叶病毒(BYMV)—新疆苜蓿分离株的鉴定

从新疆苜蓿黄斑花叶病株上分离到病毒分离物M-4,该分离物能引起多种豆科值物系统花叶,并在藜科植物上产生局部褪绿斑,易经汁液摩擦接种和蚜虫传毒,不经菜豆种子传毒。病毒致死温度60—65℃,体外保毒期4—5天,稀释限点10~(-3)—10~(-4)。病毒粒体线状,长约660—740nm,宽15nm;在感病的寄主叶片细胞中,电镜观察到风轮状、带状和环状内含体。免疫电镜法测定,该分离物与菜豆黄色花叶病毒(BYMV)抗血清有血清反应。经SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和氨基酸自动分析仪分析分别测得该病毒的衣壳蛋白亚基分子量为16,200道尔顿,氨基酸残基数128个。鉴定结果认为,分离物M-4是BYMV的一个株系。     

感染菜豆普通花叶病毒植株的形态、生理代谢及产量性状与病毒浓度的关系

在四个菜豆品种“沙克沙”、“家雀蛋”、“自来油”、“白大架”上按种菜豆花叶病毒(Bean Common Mosaic Virus(BCMV)V-5],接种后15—25天测定,病毒在植株体内的浓度达到高峰。同时,植高、叶面积,叶绿素总量,光合速率较健康株明显下降,呼吸强度、游离态氨基酸总量上升。接种后30—35天,病毒含量开始下降,光合速率,呼吸强度、株高几乎接近正常水平。叶面积、叶绿素总量,游离态氨基酸总量同健株的差异也大大减少。继病毒侵入后植株生理代谢的失调,温室盆栽条件下,菜豆不同品种的产量损失为40—64％。