Bursts of CO2 released during freezing offer a new perspective on avoidance of winter embolism in trees

MethodsCO₂ efflux measurements were conducted during freezing experiments for saplings of three Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and three Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees under laboratory conditions, and the magnitudes of the freezing-related bursts of CO₂ released from the stems were analysed using a previously published mechanistic model of CO₂ production, storage, diffusion and efflux from a tree stem. The freezing-related bursts of CO₂ released from a mature Scots pine tree growing in field conditions were also measured and analysed.ConclusionsAll gases dissolved in the xylem sap are not trapped within the ice in the stem during freezing, as has previously been assumed, thus adding a new dimension to the understanding of winter embolism formation. The conduit water volume not only determines the volume of bubbles formed during freezing, but also the efficiency of gas efflux out of the conduit during the freezing process.     

青杆PwUSP1基因的克隆及表达模式分析

广泛逆境胁迫蛋白（universalstressprotein,USP）在非生物胁迫响应中起重要作用,但在植物中其功能还大部分未知。本研究通过BLAST分析青杆EST文库,得到职zP基因的EST序列,通过RACEPCR方法获取USP基因的末端序列,经过与EST序列拼接得到USP基因的cDNA全长序列,命名为PwUSP1。分析发现PwUSP1全长cDNA为1167bp,编码区为519bp,编码172个氨基酸残基。生物信息学分析显示,PwUSP1编码的蛋白相对分子质量为19．07kDa,理论等电点为6．38,为非跨膜的亲水性蛋白。PwUSP1具有USP家族典型的UspA结构域和ATP结合位点G-（2x）-G-（9x）-G（S／T）。半定量RT-PCR与RT-qPCR分析表明,PwUSP1在青杆的根、茎、针叶、花粉、种子中均有表达,在根和花粉中表达量较高。同时,PwUSP1受干旱和盐胁迫的诱导表达上调,均在处理6h后表达量较高,推测该基因可能在青杆逆境胁迫响应中发挥作用。     

Process‐based models not always better than empirical models for simulating budburst of Norway spruce and birch in Europe

Budburst models have mainly been developed to capture the processes of individual trees, and vary in their complexity and plant physiological realism. We evaluated how well eleven models capture the variation in budburst of birch and Norway spruce in Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom and Finland. The comparison was based on the models performance in relation to their underlying physiological assumptions with four different calibration schemes. The models were not able to accurately simulate the timing of budburst. In general the models overestimated the temperature effect, thereby the timing of budburst was simulated too early in the United Kingdom and too late in Finland. Among the better performing models were three models based on the growing degree day concept, with or without day length or chilling, and an empirical model based on spring temperatures. These models were also the models least influenced by the calibration data. For birch the best calibration scheme was based on multiple sites in either Germany or Europe, and for Norway spruce the best scheme included multiple sites in Germany or cold years of all sites. Most model and calibration combinations indicated greater bias with higher spring temperatures, mostly simulating earlier than observed budburst.     

基于RAPD标记的丽江云杉遗传多样性及谱系地理

由于青藏高于独特的地理环境,第四纪冰期反复的退缩和扩展对目前该地区生物物种的地理分布及居群结构产生重要的影响。本文对这一地区特有分布物种丽江云杉(Picea likiangnsis)3个变种丽江云杉变种(var. likiangensis)、川西云杉变种(var. rubescens)和林芝云杉变种(var. linzhiensis)共11个种群228个个体进行RAPD分析,研究其遗传多样性及谱系地理。结果表明,该种具有较高的总体遗传多样性,多态位点达85.42%;然而在群体水平上却保持了相对低的多态性,种群间差异不显著,种群平均多态条带百分率为62.31%,Nei’s平均遗传多样性指数(H_E)为0.250,Shannon’s多样性指数(H_pop)从0.267到0.421 1。Nei’s基因多样性(G_ST=0.256)和AMOVE分析(Phi_st=0.236)表明,群体间有较高的遗传分化,群体间基因流有限(N_m=1.453 2),远远低于已报道的其它松科植物。UPGMA聚类分析表明3个形态上分离的变种没有单个聚成一枝,形成单系群。本研究认为,在第四纪冰期丽江云杉这一种在南部可能存在至少3个不同的避难所,北边和西边的居群应该是南方避难所里的居群经过不同的回迁路线而产生的,有可能是由于种内亚种间的反复杂交造成了目前的种群分布模式。     

欧洲云杉的扦插基质选择和穗条效应研究

以欧洲云杉6年生母树为采穗母株,系统研究了不同插穗条件对生根和幼苗生长的响应,同时观测了网袋容器基质配比对扦插幼苗生长的影响.结果表明:扦插后20 d愈伤组织开始形成,37 d时根尖开始出现,50～65 d是生根的高峰期和根系发育期,65 d时扦插苗根系基本形成.不同基质对欧洲云杉插穗生根率影响达到极显著水平,1份泥炭...     

增温、施肥与种内竞争的交互作用对云杉根系属性的影响

增温、施肥与种内竞争的交互作用对云杉根系属性的影响 物种竞争、气温和土壤养分是青藏高原东部高寒地区影响树木生长的重要因素。虽然已开展了大量关于物种竞争、气温、施肥单因素对树木生长的影响研究,但关于这三者的交互作用对根系生长的影响还知之甚少。因此,本研究拟通过测量根系属性(细根长、根表面积、比根长、比表面积、根尖数、根系分支数等)、根生物量,以及根系养分吸收,研究施肥和增温对物种竞争的影响,并进一步探讨施肥、增温与物种竞争的交互作用对云杉(Picea asperata)生长的影响机制以及所采取的适应策略。研究结果表明,增温、施肥和竞争均提高了细根的氮、钾浓度,但并未影响细根生物量和根长、根表面积、根尖数和根分支数等根系特征。然而,无论是增温、施肥,或是它们的联合作用,与物种竞争进行交互时,均增加了根长、根表面积、根尖数、根系分支数和养分吸收。此外,施肥降低了根比表面积、比根长和单位面积的根尖数和根分支数,增温和竞争的交互作用使根比表面积、比根长下降,其他参数不受温度和竞争的影响。该结果表明,云杉在物种竞争、气候变暖、施肥及其交互作用下保持着保守的营养策略。该研究加强了对树木应对全球变化的生理和生态适应性的理解。     

A long‐term record of Quercus decline,logging and fires in a southern Swedish Fagus‐Picea forest

Abstract. We reconstructed forest development and disturbance events (fire and logging) during the last 1000 yr with tree‐ring data, pollen and charcoal analysis from a semi‐natural Fagus sylvatica‐Picea abies forest (ca. 1 km²) in the hemiboreal zone. According to pollen analysis, Quercus robur together with Pinus sylvestris was abundant in the forest until the turn of the 18th/19th centuries when these species disappeared completely (Quercus) or nearly completely (Pinus) and were replaced by Fagus and Picea. The disappearance of Quercus was corroborated by the remarkable discovery of a single Quercus stump that had been cut in the 18th century and had become overgrown and preserved by a very old Picea. In total 11 fires were dated from 1555 to 1748 from fire scars in several Pinus stumps cut 100 ‐ 200 yr ago. Since the last fire in 1748, no Quercus or Pinus have regenerated in the core of the reserve apart from single pines in neighbouring managed forest (80 yr ago). During the period of documented fires Fagus was protected from fires in a refuge made up of large boulders. Picea colonized the region at the time when the fires ceased 250 yr ago. We hypothesize that most of the fires were probably of human origin because of their patchiness and high frequency compared to the natural background levels of lightning ignitions in the region. On a 300‐yr time scale, logging and fire suppression seem to strongly overshadow the effect of climate change on forest composition and dynamics.