The Distribution of some Inorganic Elements in Plant Tissue 2

Tomato plants were fed with calcium 45, cobalt 60, copper 64,iron 59, magnesium 28, manganese 54, molybdenum 99, potassium42, sodium 24, tungsten 187, and zinc 65 in sand or water culture.Fresh tissues were then extracted with a series of reagents,and the percentage radioactivity determined in each fraction.Apart from calcium and iron, a measurable proportion of theassimilated activities were found in a form soluble in ethanol:the nature of the soluble cobalt and zinc complexes was investigated.Almost all the elements were removed by treatment with dilutehydrochloric and perchloric acids, but significant amounts ofiron and cobalt were left in the residue.     

Enzymatic Maceration of Plant Tissue

Tissue cells of Vicia faba were separated from the leaf pieces by the pectinase treatment after which the chlorophyll determination method was employed. The separation proceeded at a constant rate for 3 hours', the maximum rate of separation was at pH 5.3. The optimal pH shifted to 5.5 in the presence of 0.001 M 2Na-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), which accelerated the separation at pH levels higher than 5.5. The separation was enhanced by NaCl and MgCL₂ and delayed by CaCl₂ and hypertonicity produced by sugars. Indoleacetic acid (IAA) and naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) accelerated the separation at physiological concentrations. The rate of separation differed markedly by the age of the leaf and the species which offered the substrate material.     

Plant Cell Growth in Tissue

Cell walls are part of the apoplasm pathway that transports water, solutes, and nutrients to cells within plant tissue. Pressures within the apoplasm (cell walls and xylem) are often different from atmospheric pressure during expansive growth of plant cells in tissue. The previously established Augmented Growth Equations are modified to evaluate the turgor pressure, water uptake, and expansive growth of plant cells in tissue when pressures within the apoplasm are lower and higher than atmospheric pressure. Analyses indicate that a step-down and step-up in pressure within the apoplasm will cause an exponential decrease and increase in turgor pressure, respectively, and the rates of water uptake and expansive growth each undergo a rapid decrease and increase, respectively, followed by an exponential return to their initial magnitude. Other analyses indicate that pressure within the apoplasm decreases exponentially to a lower value after a step-down in turgor pressure, which simulates its behavior after an increase in expansive growth rate. Also, analyses indicate that the turgor pressure decays exponentially to a constant value that is the sum of the critical turgor pressure and pressure within the apoplasm during stress relaxation experiments in which pressures within the apoplasm are not atmospheric pressure. Additional analyses indicate that when the turgor pressure is constant (clamped), a decrease in pressure within the apoplasm elicits an increase in elastic expansion followed by an increase in irreversible expansion rate. Some analytical results are supported by prior experimental research, and other analytical results can be verified with existing experimental methods.Cell walls perform many functions for plant, algal, and fungal cells. Physical and chemical protection from the environment and physical support for cells and organs are obvious functions. Cell walls also withstand the stresses imposed by turgor pressure and deform irreversibly and reversible (elastically) during expansive growth. Irreversible wall deformations during expansive growth control cell enlargement, size, and shape. Growing and mature (nongrowing) cell walls undergo elastic deformations after changes in turgor pressure caused by changes in water status and environmental conditions. Elastic wall deformations are fundamental to the water relations of plant, algal, and fungal cells. For plant cells in tissues and organs, cell walls are part of the apoplasm pathway that transports water, solutes, and nutrients to cells.Importantly, pressures within the apoplasm (cell walls and xylem) are frequently different from atmospheric pressure during expansive growth of plant cells in tissues and organs. Lower pressures (tensions) are related to transpiration rates from plant organs and to expansive growth of cells in plant organs, e.g. Boyer (1967, 2001), Molz and Boyer (1978), Nonami and Boyer (1987, 1993), Nonami and Hashimoto (1996), Passioura and Boyer (2003), Boyer and Silk (2004), Koch et al. (2004), Wiegers et al. (2009), and the references within. Higher pressures (root pressures) occur during the spring when the soil is well hydrated (e.g. Kramer, 1932). Bleeding sap from cuts and broken stems is evidence of root pressure. Also, higher pressures may occur diurnally, during the night when transpiration rates are low (e.g. Tang and Boyer, 2008). Guttation drops on leaves in the morning are evidence of these higher pressures.Prior research indicates that a significant amount of chemistry and molecular biology occur within cell walls undergoing irreversible deformation during expansive growth (e.g. Cosgrove, 2005; Boyer, 2009). Two questions arise. First, how do pressures within the wall that are different from atmospheric pressure affect the turgor pressure, water uptake, and growth rate of cells in plant organs such as roots, stems, and leaves? Second, how are relevant chemical reactions affected by lower and higher pressures within the wall? The analyses conducted in this article focus on the first question.Previously, equations derived by Lockhart (1965) for wall deformation and water uptake (Growth Equations) were augmented with terms for elastic wall deformation (Ortega, 1985) and transpiration (Ortega et al., 1988). In this article, the previously established Augmented Growth Equations (Ortega, 1985, 1990, 1994, 2004; Ortega et al., 1988; Geitmann and Ortega, 2009) are modified to evaluate the turgor pressure, water uptake, and expansive growth of plant cells in tissue when pressures within the apoplasm are lower and higher than atmospheric pressure. In addition, the pressure within the apoplasm is evaluated after turgor pressure in cells decrease, thus simulating the condition produced by an increase in expansive growth rate of cells in plant tissues and organs. Also, the modified equations are used to determine how the results of stress relaxation experiments conducted on growing plant organs are affected by pressures within the apoplasm that are not atmospheric pressure. Last, the expansive growth of a plant cell is evaluated when pressure within the apoplasm undergoes a semi-instantaneous change while the turgor pressure remains constant, i.e. clamped. Some analytical results are supported by prior experimental research, and some analytical results can be verified with existing experimental methods.     

Deoxyribonucleotide Pools in Plant Tissue Cultures

Two dimensional thin-layer chromatography on anion-exchange cellulose enables the separation of the normally occurring ribo- and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. This technique was applied to perchloric acid extracts of callus tissue of sycamore and tobacco and of pine pollen grown in ³²P-orthophosphate labelled media to quantitate the nucleoside triphosphate pools under different growth conditions. The results showed that the ratio of the deoxyribonucleo-side triphosphates to their corresponding ribonucleoside triphosphates is low in plant cells, similar to the ratio previously found for animal cells. During the period of most rapid DNA synthesis in the callus tissue, the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate pools reach their highest values. This effect is also demonstrated with cells of Escbericbia coli.     

一种快速提取植物病毒DNA的方法

介绍在PCR检测体系中一种快速提取病毒DNA的方法。利用高盐缓冲液溶液释放病毒DNA,同时利用葡聚糖凝胶微柱纯化提取液,有效消除样品中PCR抑制物质并直接作为PCR反应模板扩增检测病毒。该法无需任何特殊设备,适合对大量植株进行大通量的检测分析。     

Notes on the Freeze-Drying of Plant Tissue

The moving-air type of freeze-dry apparatus decreases the length of time needed to dehydrate plant material but is detrimental to easily oxidizable compounds. Changes are described in the apparatus that both improve and simplify the original design. They consist of: (1) using high purity nitrogen instead of air thus preventing the oxidizing of compounds and allowing for the removal of the condenser necessary to dry the incoming air; (2) modification of the top of the dehydration chamber so that die tissue can be drawn from the bottom and warmed to room temperature before being removed from the apparatus; and (3) a new design for the tissue containers permitting the tissue to be more securely held and easily manipulated. Various freezing mixtures and infiltration procedures and materials were tried and the results described. A theory is proposed to explain the effectiveness of the moving-gas type apparatus based on the ability of the gas to maintain material at the optimal temperature while sweeping the water molecules from the surface.     

Lignin Biosynthesis Studies in Plant Tissue Cultures

Lignin, a phenolic polymer abundant in cell walls of certain cell types, has given challenges to scientists studying its structure or biosynthesis. In plants lignified tissues are distributed between other, non-lignified tissues. Characterization of native lignin in the cell wall has been difficult due to the highly cross-linked nature of the wall components. Model systems, like plant tissue cultures with tracheary element differentiation or extracellular lignin formation, have provided useful information r...     

植物组织培养物的超低温保存

对超低温保存技术的研究历史、基本原理、方法、影响因素和国内外植物组织培养物超低温保存的研究进展作了介绍,并对这一问题的前景作了展望.     

植物组织培养的简化

介绍简化植物组织培养中培养基、培养条件、培养器皿以及其他方面的简化所采取的方法和所取得的成果,并提出一套合理的简化植物组织培养、降低培养成本的方案。     

新疆短命植物独行菜的组织培养与植株再生

1植物名称独行菜（Lepidium apetalum Willd）。2材料类别无菌苗下胚轴。3培养条件（1）愈伤组织诱导培养基：MS＋6-BA1.0mg·L-1（单位下同）＋NAA1.5;（2）不定芽诱导与继代增殖培养基：MS＋6-BA2.0＋NAA0.5;（3）生根培养基：1/2MS＋NAA0.2。     

蓝花补血草的组织培养与快速繁殖(简报)

以补血草种子萌发的无菌苗莲座茎及叶片为材料,探讨其组织培养快速繁殖技术,并建立相应的种苗快速繁殖技术规程。     

药用植物栀子的组织培养

栀子(Gardenia jasminoides)为药用木本植物。以栀子果皮、种子团和种子为外植体,研究不同激素配比及不同培养方式对愈伤组织诱导和芽分化的影响。研究结果表明,培养基成分为MS+0.5 mg·L–12,4-D+0.25 mg·L–16-BA较适宜果皮和种子愈伤组织的诱导,诱导率分别为83.3%和88.5%;培养基成分为MS+1.0 mg·L–12,4-D+1.0 mg·L–16-BA较适宜种子团愈伤组织的诱导,诱导率为78.1%。3种外植体诱导的愈伤组织中,只有种子愈伤组织能通过液体培养分化出芽;TDZ对芽分化有明显的促进作用;最佳的芽分化培养基为MS+0.05 mg·L–1NAA+0.10 mg·L–1TDZ,其愈伤组织分化率为8.75%。该研究以栀子种子为外植体,并获得了再生植株,为药用植物栀子转基因体系的建立奠定了基础。     

The Dielectric Relaxation of Water in Plant Tissue

Thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurementson plant leaves and stems of six different species in the temperaturerange of 77–300 K revealed the existence of three differentdispersions. The first dispersion at low temperatures, whichis attributed to the relaxation of loosely bound water moleculeswas studied in detail in an attempt to obtain information onthe possible structures of water in plant tissue. Its characteristicsdiffer for various plant tissues, indicating a different organizationof water in those plant tissues. The dispersion can be describedby a continuous distribution of relaxation times t with boththe activation energy W and the pre-exponential factor To inthe Arrhenius equation being distributed parameters. The spectrumof W and T_o was determined for E. globulus and O. europaea leafsamples. The mean values of T and W are larger and that of T_osmaller than the corresponding values for free (bulk) water.The results favour a model of the organization of water in clustersrather than in multilayers and indicate a stronger binding ofwater in living systems. Key words: Dielectric relaxation, distribution of relaxation times, free and bound water     

Dark CO(2) Fixation and its Role in the Growth of Plant Tissue

Experiments were designed to determine the significance of dark CO₂ fixation in excised maize roots, carrot slices and excised tomato roots grown in tissue culture. Bicarbonate-¹⁴C was used to determine the pathway and amounts of CO₂ fixation, while leucine-¹⁴C was used to estimate protein synthesis in tissues aerated with various levels of CO₂.

Organic acids were labeled from bicarbonate-¹⁴C, with malate being the major labeled acid. Only glutamate and aspartate were labeled in the amino acid fraction and these 2 amino acids comprised over 90% of the ¹⁴C label in the ethanol-water insoluble residue.

Studies with leucine-¹⁴C as an indicator of protein synthesis in carrot slices and tomato roots showed that those tissues aerated with air incorporated 33% more leucine-¹⁴C into protein than those aerated with CO₂-free air. Growth of excised tomato roots aerated with air was 50% more than growth of tissue aerated with CO₂-free air. These studies are consistent with the suggestion that dark fixation of CO₂ is involved in the growth of plant tissues.

     

The Photography of Ice Formation in Plant Tissue

A procedure is described which enables ice to be photographedas it forms at an exposed cut surface of plant tissue. Epi-illuminationwith u.v. light is used to excite the fluorescence of substancesapplied to the cut surface in aqueous solution. The fluoresceris chosen to have a high quantum yield when absorbed on plantcell walls and when trapped in ice crystals. Time lapse photographyusing this method shows that the first tissue to freeze in ahardy plant is the vascular system.     

泽兰的组织培养和植株再生

1植物名称泽兰(Eupatorium odoratum),又名香泽兰,俗称飞机草. 2材料类别带腋芽的茎尖. 3培养条件基本培养基为MS.诱导培养基:MS 6-BA 2.0 mg·L-1(单位下同) NAA 1.0;生根培养基:MS NAA 0.5.上述培养基均添加3%蔗糖、0.6%琼脂,pH 5.8.培养温度(23±1)℃,光照时间12 h·d-1,光照度1 500 lx.     

南欧丹参的组织培养与快速繁殖(简报)

以南欧丹参种子萌发的无菌苗茎段为材料,在MS＋6IBA1．5mg／L＋NAA0．5mg／L＋GA30．05mg/L培养基上进行不定芽诱导与增殖培养,30d继代一次,繁殖系数为4～6;壮苗与生根培养基为1／2MS＋NAA1．0mg/L＋1BA0．2mg／L。本试验建立了南欧丹参的种苗快速繁殖技术规程。