Effects of CO2-Enrichment on the Growth of Young Tomato Plants in Low Light

Carbon dioxide-enrichment of young tomato plants grown in controlled-environmentcabinets at low light intensity (14 cal cm^–2 day^–1,visible radiation) increased their net assimilation rates and,initially, relative growth-rates. Subsequently, the relativegrowth-rate fell to near the rate of non-enriched plants, owingto a fall in leaf-area ratio associated with an increase inleaf dry weight/area. Sowing non-enriched plants a few daysearlier to reach the same total dry weight would not have producedidentical plants. The effects of CO₂-enrichment to 1000 vpm could be simulatedby increasing light intensity by approximately one third exceptthat the plants had shorter internodes than those in extra CO₂.This was a morphogenetic effect of light since CO₂-enrichmentitself produced slightly shorter plants than controls for anequivalent total dry weight. CO₂-enrichment did not change the dry-weight distribution inthe plants and had little effect on rate of leaf produoctionor the number of flower primordia. There were no indicationsthat beneficial effects of CO₂-enrichment operated other thanthrough increased photosynthesis.     

Effect of Light Quality on the Growth and Growth-substance Content of Plants

The main effect of incandescent light on most of several speciesand varieties of plants grown in cabinets illuminated by fluorescentlight was to increase the length of internodes. Although leafarea was little affected, incandescent light increased the dryweight of most plants. In dwarf French bean plants, the longer internodes of plantsgrown with additional incandescent light was associated with,and perhaps a result of, the higher content of gibberellic acid-likeand indolylacetic acid-like growth substances.     

不同光质LED弱光对樱桃番茄植株形态和光合性能的影响

基于新型LED光源研究了不同光质弱光对樱桃番茄植株形态和光合性能的影响.结果显示:(1)红蓝光(RB)的基础上添加不同的光色处理,对植株的形态没有显著影响,但对植株生物量有显著影响,能调节生物量的分配.除红蓝黄绿紫复合光处理(Z)外,其他复合光处理的单株总生物量都大于RB处理,添加绿光、黄光、紫光和黄紫光有利于植株地上部的生长,而添加绿光和紫光却抑制植株地下部的生长.(2)除红蓝黄紫复合光(RBYP)和红蓝紫复合光(RBP)处理外,所有处理的光合色素含量都比RB处理高,并以Z处理光合色素含量最高.(3)叶片的光补偿点和表观量子效率以及净光合速率受光质的调控.RBYP处理的最大净光合速率和表观量子效率显著大于其他处理,光补偿点在红蓝绿复合光(RBG)和红蓝黄复合光(RBY)下较大,而在白光(CK)和Z处理下较小.(4)各处理光系统Ⅱ的光能分配存在差异,RB处理光化学淬灭系数较其他处理小,而Z和RBP的非光化学淬灭系数较小,各处理间最大光化学效率及电子传递速率无显著差异.研究发现,复合光质的光色间对植株生长发育的影响是相互协同、相互制约的关系;红蓝黄紫复合光处理植株光合潜能较大,能够在一定程度上缓解红蓝弱光胁迫,促进植株幼苗生长;在红蓝光基础上添加其他光色有利于植株光合色素的积累并促进光合,同时可提高植株光化学效率.     

外源24-表油菜素内酯对弱光胁迫下番茄幼苗生长及光合作用的影响

以弱光敏感型番茄品种‘基尔斯’为试验材料,采用营养液栽培方式,研究了外源24-表油菜素内酯(24-epi-brassinolide,EBR)对弱光(80μmol.m-2.s-1)胁迫下番茄幼苗生长、气体交换参数、叶绿素荧光参数、叶绿素含量、抗氧化酶活性和MDA含量的影响。结果显示,弱光胁迫显著影响番茄幼苗的生长和相关生理指标。而弱光下叶面喷施EBR 15d后,番茄幼苗的茎粗、地上部鲜重、干重、壮苗指数分别显著升高15.8%、29.3%、79.0%、114.5%,净光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Gs)、蒸腾速率(Tr)分别显著升高34.1%、46.3%、35.9%,叶绿素荧光参数Fv/Fm、ФPSⅡ、ETR分别升高21.0%、15.4%、16.7%,SOD、POD、CAT和APX活性分别升高16.7%、31.8%、32.7%、51.2%,株高、叶面积、胞间CO2浓度(Ci)、叶绿素总量、MDA含量分别下降9.8%、13.9%、0.9%、13.2%、19.5%。研究表明,适量外源EBR可以通过增强保护酶系统的活性来减轻弱光胁迫造成的膜脂过氧化伤害,有效解除弱光胁迫下番茄幼苗光合作用减弱的非气孔限制因素,维持光合活性,促进幼苗生长。     

光强在低温弱光胁迫后番茄叶片光合作用恢复中的作用

为了研究光强在低温弱光胁迫后番茄叶片光合作用恢复中的作用,以番茄品种浙粉202为材料,研究了低温弱光后恢复期全光照与遮荫对光合作用和叶绿素荧光参数的影响。结果表明：低温弱光（8℃/12℃,PFD 80 μmol·m^-2·s^-1）导致番茄叶片P_n、Φ_PSⅡ、qP和F_v′/F_m′的下降,但诱导了NPQ的上升,未引起F_v/F_m的变化;全光照（100%光照）下恢复1 使得植株叶片P_n、F_v/F_m、Φ_PSⅡ、qP、NPQ和F_v′/F_m′均大幅下降,随后光合和荧光参数可缓慢恢复至对照水平;遮荫（40%光照）恢复植株F_v/F_m、Φ_PSⅡ和F_v′/F_m′仅在第一天稍有下降,而P_n和qP还略有上升,NPQ虽有所降低但仍显著高于对照水平,随后光合和荧光参数均可迅速恢复到对照水平。说明低温弱光虽抑制了光合作用的进行,但并未引起光抑制的发生;全光照恢复加剧了叶片光抑制的发生,而遮荫恢复可通过叶片PSⅡ光化学活性的快速恢复和天线色素热耗散能力的增强以保护光合机构免受伤害,有利于光合作用的迅速恢复。     

Effects of Waterlogging on the Gibberellin Content and Growth of Tomato Plants

Flooding of tomato roots results in decreased stem growth. Wehave shown that flooding will reduce levels of gibberellins(GA) in the roots, shoots, and bleeding sap of tomato plants.The adventitious roots that appear on the third day of waterloggingmay be responsible for the production of GA that accumulatein the shoot after 3 to 4 days of flooding. The endogenous GAof tomato will stimulate stem growth of tomato plants. Initially,application of gibberellic acid (GA₃) will stimulate the growthof flooded plants to a greater extent than that of nonwaterloggedplants. It is suggested that one of the first effects of floodingis to reduce GA levels and so inhibit stem elongation. At alater stage of waterlogging GA₃ is less effective and otherfactors appear to inhibit shoot growth.     

Carbohydrate Level and Growth of Tomato Plants: II. The Effect of Irradiance and Temperature

The growth response of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) to temperature and irradiance may be related to carbohydrate concentration. Plants in the exponential phase of vegetative growth were grown under temperatures ranging from 9 to 36°C and under low or high irradiances of approximately 110 or 370 microeinsteins per square meter per second photosynthetically active radiation for a 12 hour photoperiod. The relative growth rate, leaf area ratio, net assimilation rate and whole plant carbohydrate levels were measured. At high irradiance, relative growth rate was 43% faster and total nonstructural carbohydrate concentration was 41% greater than at low irradiance. The change in carbohydrate with irradiance could explain the growth response. Plant growth was fastest at 25°C and decreased parabolically at lower and higher temperatures with a half-maximal rate at 13 and 36°C. Total nonstructural carbohydrate decreased between 13 and 23°C and remained constant at higher temperatures. Soluble sugar concentrations varied little with temperature above 13°C except for sucrose, whose level rose above 30°C. The change in carbohydrate with temperature could not explain the growth response. Above 23°C tomato plants appeared to regulate growth rate to maintain a relatively constant nonstructural carbohydrate concentration.     

Effect of Transpiration-reducing Chemicals on Growth, Flowering, and Stomatal Opening of Tomato Plants

Phenyl mercuric acetate, 8-hydroxyquinoline, N-dimethylamino succinamic acid, or 2-chloroethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride were sprayed on 37-day-old tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Sioux) plants seven times at weekly intervals. Plants of nearly normal appearance resulted with all treatments except 2-chloroethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride. There was no change in leaf number, but 2-chloroethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride increased the number of flowers. 2-Chloroethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and phenyl mercuric acetate caused earlier flowering. Yield was not affected significantly. Stomatal opening was reduced 80% immediately after spraying with phenyl mercuric acetate or 2-chloroethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, but 6 days after spraying, the reduction in stomatal opening was only 30 to 40%. Wilting was delayed 8 days by phenyl mercuric acetate and 4 days by 2-chloroethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and N-dimethyl amino succinamic acid treatments, when water was withheld 59 days after the final spray application.     

Root Exudates of Tomato Plants and Their Effect on the Growth and Antifungal Activity of Pseudomonas Strains

The study of the effect of the root exometabolites of tomato plants on the growth and antifungal activity of plant growth–promoting Pseudomonas strains showed that the antifungal activity of plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria in the plant rhizosphere may depend on the sugar and organic acid composition of root exudates.     

LED光质对番茄幼苗生长及内源性GA和IAA含量的影响

采用发光二极管调制光谱能量分布,以荧光灯为对照,研究不同光质(红光、蓝光、黄光、绿光)下番茄幼苗生理特性及内源性GA和IAA水平与其生长的关系。结果表明:(1)红光和蓝光有利于番茄幼苗茎的伸长和叶面积的增加。(2)除蓝光处理下可溶性糖含量和SOD活性与对照无显著性差异外,各单色光质处理下番茄幼苗根系活力、色素含量、可溶性蛋白和可溶性糖含量、SOD活性较对照均显著降低。(3)与对照相比,各单色光质处理下番茄幼苗叶片中GA含量显著降低,IAA含量在红光下显著升高,在黄光和绿光下显著降低,且叶面积与IAA含量呈显著正相关关系。(4)番茄幼苗茎中GA和IAA含量在红光和蓝光处理下显著高于对照和黄、绿光处理,且株高与茎中GA和IAA含量呈正相关关系。     

Effects of Far-red Light on the Hormonal Control of Side Shoot Growth in the Tomato

Side shoot growth in young tomato plants was almost completelysuppressed by a 5 min period of far-red light immediately followinga 16 h photoperiod from fluorescent tubes, whereas plants givenan identical photoperiod but lacking the far-red treatment branchedprofusely. The influence of far-red light on the degree of sideshoot suppression and the correlated changes in the levels ofauxins, gibberellins, cytokinins and abscisic acid is presentedand discussed in relation to current hypotheses of correlativeinhibition. It is suggested that far-red light causes increasedauxin synthesis in the apex and young leaves, which in turninduces the formation of abscisic acid in or near the axillarybuds, and it is this hormone which inhibits bud outgrowth. Therole of cytokinins and gibberellins remains uncertain but theyprobably act in a sequential manner, the gibberellins promotingbud growth following cytokinin-mediated release from apicaldominance.     

Long-Term Chilling of Young Tomato Plants under Low Light. III. Leaf Development as Reflected by Photosynthesis Parameters

Young tomato plants were exposed to two weeks of chilling undernon-photoinhibiting or mild photoinhibiting conditions. Thedevelopment of the leaves was studied under chilling and controlconditions by measuring several physiological parameters. Agradual decrease of the efficiency of the photosynthetic apparatuswith maturation and ageing occurred in unchilled plants. Thiswas reflected by gradual changes in CO₂-saturated photosynthesisand protein and rubisco contents. Except for senescing leaves,a correlation close to 1 : 1 was observed between maximum rubiscoactivity and CO₂-saturated photosynthesis. Chlorophyll (Chl)contents and photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenchingshowed strong decreases only in the last phase of senescencein the oldest leaves. In plants chilled under non-photoinhibitingconditions (10C, 100–150 µE m^–2 s^–1or 6C, 30–50 µE m^-2 s^–1), a similar patternof ageing was observed, and no indications were found for aninduction of protein or rubisco degradation by chilling. Sincethese plants stopped growing in the cold, they revealed lowertotal photosynthetic capacities than unchilled plants of thesame size. When the chilling conditions were mildly photoinhibitory(6C, 100–150 µE m^–2 s^–1), a much strongerdepression of rubisco activity and photosynthetic capacity wasfound in all leaves, which was partly reversible in the youngones. This decrease in CO₂fixation capacity, in turn, led toa higher susceptibility of the chilled plants to photoinhibitionat 20C. It is concluded that the decrease of both photosyntheticcapacity and growth after long-term chilling in tomato is aconsequence of the preceeding ageing and senescing of the leavesduring chilling, in contrast to chilling-tolerant species withthe ability for acclimation to low temperatures. (Received April 26, 1993; Accepted September 7, 1993)     

不同光照度对3种藻生长的影响（简报）

不同光照度和相同的最适营养、温度(25±1)℃以及光周期(12h/12 d)培养铜绿微囊藻、多变鱼腥藻和斜生栅藻的实验结果表明,在15 000 lx和21 000～25 000 lx的光照度下,3种藻的比增长率和现存量最高.15 000 lx是铜绿微囊藻和多变鱼腥藻生长的最适光照度,21 000～25 000 lx是斜生栅藻生长的最适光照度范围.     

Growth of Tomato Plants in Soil Contaminated with Kuwait Crude Oil

This laboratory study measured growth of one plant species, Lycopersicon esculentum Big Girl (tomato), that is sensitive to the presence of soil contamination, in Kuwait soil amended with crude-oil-contaminated soil. Germinated tomato seeds were placed in containers with soil containing 0, 0.12, 0.24, 0.36, 0.48, 0.60, 1.2, and 2.4% crude oil and were grown in an indoor growth chamber. Plants grew in Kuwait soil containing up to 0.36% crude oil; however, growth and fruit production were compromised at crude oil concentrations greater than 0.12% when compared with control plants. Plants did not grow in Kuwait soil amended with 0.48% crude oil or higher.