植物激素在苔藓生长发育与逆境响应过程中的作用机制研究进展

植物激素是由植物自身代谢产生的一类从产生部位移动到作用部位发挥调控功能的微量小分子有机物质,在植物生长发育、响应环境胁迫过程中起到关键作用.苔藓植物作为早期登陆的非维管植物,处于陆生植物进化早期的阶段,具有许多不同于维管植物的形态和生理特征.大部分苔藓中普遍存在8种主要的植物激素及其衍生物(包括ABA、JA、ET、SA...     

影响广东黑石顶树附生苔藓分布的环境因子

通过对广东省黑石顶自然保护区内5个2500 m2样地内树附生苔藓的调查及有关环境因子的测定,研究了树附生苔藓的分布格局及其与环境因子的关系.树附生苔藓在不同高度的分布存在一定梯度,20 cm高处树附生苔藓的种类数与盖度均大于60 cm及更高处,且其群落优势种的数量组成与后者存在较大差异.不同树种附生苔藓盖度和种数差异较大.基于附生苔藓植物的盖度进行DCA排序及聚类分析将树种分成四组,马尾松(Pinus massoniana)因具有两种特有的网藓(巴西网藓Syrrhopodon prolifer和鞘刺网藓S.armatus)单独一组,福建青冈(Quercus chungii)亦与其余各种的差异均较大,形成一组,其余阔叶树种根据其所处的森林类型分成两组,针阔叶混交林内的阔叶树种和次生阔叶林内的阔叶树种各形成一组.对环境因子及树皮含水量和pH的分析显示,垂直梯度上空气湿度的差异可能是造成附生苔藓在不同高度分布差异的主要影响因子之一,不同树种附生苔藓的差异在一定程度上受树皮pH的影响,而与树皮含水量无关.同一树种上树附生苔藓的分布又在一定程度上受森林类型的影响.     

生物土壤结皮对全球气候变化的响应

生物土壤结皮在干旱、半干旱区和极地、亚极地区等脆弱生态区广泛存在,生物土壤结皮对脆弱生态系统的稳定、碳氮循环和生态平衡等具有重要的生态意义.概述了脆弱生态区生物结皮的碳氮循环与气候变化关系,综合分析了脆弱生态区生物结皮对气候变暖、降水变化和UV-B增加的响应.分析认为应该加强区域尺度下干旱与半旱区生物结皮对气候变化响应研究.     

藓类植物RNA提取方法研究

根据提取RNA质量等方面比较了4种RNA提取方法提取东亚砂藓正常生长和干燥处理后的组织的总RNA的效果。结果表明改良的SDS法能提取高质量的RNA。该方法还可用于紫萼藓等藓类植物RNA的提取。     

The barriers to oceanic island radiation in bryophytes: insights from the phylogeography of the moss Grimmia montana

Aim In contrast to angiosperms, bryophytes do not appear to have radiated in Macaronesia and the western Mediterranean. We evaluate if: (1) the apparent lack of radiation in bryophytes reflects our failure to recognize cryptic endemic species; (2) bryophytes are characterized by extremely low evolutionary rates; or (3) bryophytes have a high dispersal ability, which prevents genetic isolation. Location Worldwide, with a special emphasis on Macaronesia and the western Mediterranean. Methods Three chloroplast regions were sequenced from samples of the moss Grimmia montana from its entire distribution range. Network analyses, Fst and Nst statistics were used to describe and interpret the phylogeographical signal in the data. Results Despite significant phylogeographical signal in the chloroplast genome, which demonstrates limits to gene flow at the continental scale, repeated sister group relationships observed among accessions from different geographical areas suggest recurrent colonization patterns. These observations are consistent with mounting evidence that intercontinental distributions exhibited by many bryophyte species result from long‐distance dispersal rather than continental drift. Madeiran and western Mediterranean island haplotypes are either shared by, or closely related to, European and North American ones. Fst values between Madeira, western Mediterranean islands, North America and Europe are not significantly different from zero, and suggest that Madeira and the south‐western Mediterranean are subject to strong transatlantic gene flow. By contrast, haplotypes found in the Canary Islands are shared or closely related to those of populations from south‐western Europe or southern Africa. Main conclusions Multiple origins and colonization events are not consistent with the hypothesis of a relictual origin of the Macaronesian moss flora. One possible reason for the failure of taxa that experienced multiple colonization events to radiate is niche pre‐emption. We suggest that strong gene flow, coupled with the occupancy of all suitable niches, either by earlier conspecific colonizers or by other species, could be the mechanism preventing island radiation in G. montana and other cryptogams with high long‐distance dispersal abilities.     

镉胁迫下3种藓类植物抗氧化酶活性变化的比较研究

采用水培实验研究了重金属Cd对3种藓类植物尖叶拟船叶藓(Dolichomitriopsis diversiformis)、湿地匍灯藓(Plagiomnium acutum)和匍枝青藓(Brachythecium procumbens)的抗氧化酶系统(SOD、POD和CAT)的影响.结果表明,在1-100 mg·L-1的镉胁迫浓度范围内,Cd对3种藓类植物的SOD活性都具有显著的促进作用,SOD对Cd胁迫的种间敏感性顺序为尖叶拟船叶藓>湿地匍灯藓>匍枝青藓;3种藓类植物的POD和CAT活性对Cd胁迫均表现为先升后降,POD对Cd胁迫的种间敏感性顺序为匍枝青藓>湿地匍灯藓>尖叶拟船叶藓;高浓度Cd对CAT具有明显的抑制效应,CAT对Cd胁迫的种间敏感性顺序为湿地匍灯藓>尖叶拟船叶藓>匍枝青藓.在Cd长期胁迫下,SOD对3种藓类植物体内活性氧的清除起到关键作用,可作为藓类植物抗镉能力强弱的敏感生理指标;3种鲜类植物中匍枝青藓的抗镉能力最强,湿地匍灯藓次之,尖叶拟船叶藓最弱,并且这种抗性与cd在植物体内的积累成反相关.     

Associative Cyanobacteria Isolated from the Roots of Epiphytic Orchids

Associative cyanobacteria were isolated from the rhizoplane and velamen of the aerial roots of the epiphytic orchids Acampe papillosa, Phalaenopsis amabilis, and Dendrobium moschatum and from the substrate roots of A. papillosa and D. moschatum. Cyanobacteria were isolated on complete and nitrogen-free variants of BG-11 medium. On all media and in all samples, cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc predominated. Nostoc, Anabaena, and Calothrixwere isolated from the surface of the A. papillosa aerial roots, whereas the isolates from the substrate roots were Nostoc, Oscillatoria,and representatives of the LPP group (Lyngbia, Phormidium, and Plectonema, incapable of nitrogen fixation). On the D. moschatum substrate roots, Nostoc and LPP group representatives were also found, as well as Fischerella. On the aerial roots of P. amabilis and D. phalaenopsis grown in a greenhouse simulating the climate of moist tropical forest, cyanobacteria were represented by Nostoc, LPP group, and Scytonema in D. phalaenopsis and by Nostoc, Scytonema, Calothrix, Spirulina, Oscillatoria, and the LPP group in P. amabilis. For D. moschatum, the spectra of cyanobacteria populating the substrate root rhizoplane and the substrate (pine bark) were compared. In the parenchyma of the aerial roots of P. amabilis, fungal hyphae and/or their half-degraded remains were detected, which testifies to the presence of mycorrhizal fungi in this plant. This phenomenon is attributed to the presence of a sheath formed by cyanobacteria and serving as a substrate for fungi.