Influence of water stress on endogenous hormone contents and cell damage of maize seedlings

Phytohormones play critical roles In regulating plant responses to stress. We Investigated the effects of water stress Induced by adding 12% (w/v) polyethylene glycol to the root medium on the levels of abscisic acid (ABA), indole-3-acid (IAA), zeatin (ZT), and gibberellin3 (GA3) in maize leaves. The results suggested that water stress had significant effects on the four hormone levels. There was a transient increase in the IAA content during the initial stage of adaptation to water stress in maize leaves, but it dropped sharply thereafter in response to water stress. ABA content increased dramatically in maize leaves after 24 h of exposure to water stress, and then the high levels of ABA were maintained to the end, The contents Of ZT and GA3 rapidly declined in maize leaves subjected to water stress. The effects of water stress on chlorophyll content, electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde levels in maize leaves were also studied. The variation of cell damage was negatively correlated with ZT and GA3 levels in maize leaves under water stress. Thus, we explored the roles of ZT and GA3 on the growth of maize seedlings under water stress by exogenous application. It is possible that both ZT and GA3 were effective in protecting maize seedlings from water stress, which would be of great importance for the improvement of drought tolerance in maize by genetic manipulation.     

土壤水分与温度共同作用对植物根系水分传导的效应

 本文根据不同大气环境温度和土壤温度及不同土壤含水率处理条件下的玉米、向日葵、台湾相思(Acacia confusa)、银合欢(Leucaena glauca)的试验资料，分析了土壤水分和温度以及土壤水分与温度共同作用对植物根系水分传导的效应。台湾相思和银合欢的试验结果表明，在一定的土壤水分范围内，高温(白天/夜晚的温度为40／30℃)环境中的根系水分传导大于低温(30/25℃)环境中的，但当根系水分胁迫十分严重(台湾相思根系水势小于-1.5MPa，银合欢根系水势小于-2.0MPa)时，30/25℃环境的根系水分传导反而大于40／30℃环境的；玉米、向日葵的试验结果表明，在一定土壤温度范围内，根系水分传导随土壤温度增加而增加，其增加的幅度与生育阶段有关；在向日葵生育期土壤温度高于35℃、玉米生育期高于30℃时，其根系水分传导随温度增加而降低。通过植物根区土壤逐渐干旱和干旱复水后的试验，其结果表明复水后根系水分传导上升较快，银合欢复水1.5d、向日葵复水3d后测得的根系水分传导即可达到受旱前的水平，其后的水分传导还略高于一直充分供水处理的，表明根系经受一定程度的干旱锻炼后，对其水分传导具有明显的补偿效应。在干旱和复水过程中根系水分传导与根水势的变化规律相一致。     

钇元素对玉米幼苗水分利用效率的调控

盆栽实验条件下,研究不同浓度钇元素对玉米幼苗水分生理特性的影响,并分析其对玉米幼苗水分利用效率(WUE)的调控。结果表明,钇用皱在干土中的浓度为0～0．05mg／g时,玉米幼苗的根长、根冠比(R／S)、WUE呈升高趋势;当钇用量在干土中的浓度为0．05～0．50mg／g时,玉米幼苗的根长、R／S、WUE呈下降趋势。随着钇用量的增加．气孔导度(Cs)始终呈下降趋势,叶水势(LWP)始终呈升高趋势。钇元素作用下玉米幼苗WUE的提高得益于根系活性的增强和适宜的Cs,使干物质的积累和水分的耗散达到最优值．干土中最佳钇用量为0．05mg／g。     

Changes in response to drought stress of triticale and maize genotypes differing in drought tolerance

Direct effects and after-effects of soil drought for 7 and 14 d were examined on seedling dry matter, leaf water potential (ψ), leaf injury index (LI), and chlorophyll (Chl) content of drought (D) resistant and sensitive triticale and maize genotypes. D caused higher decrease in number of developed leaves and dry matter of shoots and roots in the sensitive genotypes than in the resistant ones. Soil D caused lower decrease of ψ in the triticale than maize leaves. Influence of D on the Chl b content was considerably lower than on the Chl a content. In triticale the most harmful D impact was observed for physiologically younger leaves, in maize for the older ones. A period of 7-d-long recovery was too short for a complete removal of an adverse influence of D.     

土壤水分胁迫对玉米形态发育及产量的影响

未来气候变化可能加剧的干旱化将对我国主要粮食和最重要的饲料作物玉米产生严重影响。为增进玉米对干旱化响应与适应的理解及制定应对策略 ,利用大型活动遮雨棚及池栽对玉米进行了全程水分控制试验研究。对不同土壤水分胁迫下的玉米形态表征、生长发育及产量的分析表明 ,玉米受干旱胁迫的影响程度因受旱轻重、持续时间以及生育进程的不同而不同 ,受旱越重 ,持续时间越长 ,影响越甚。大喇叭口期前 ,玉米株高和生物产量受有限供水或轻度干旱影响不算很大 ,但从大喇叭口期后直至抽雄和灌浆期 ,轻度干旱胁迫持续久了也会对株高和生物产量产生较大不良影响。严重干旱胁迫则从拔节始至灌浆期均对株高和生物产量影响更为不利。进而引起果穗性状恶化 ,穗粒数和百粒重减小 ,最终导致经济产量大幅下降。说明玉米生育前期(大喇叭口期前 )进行有限的控水可行。而玉米生育前期干旱胁迫将使生育进程明显延缓 ,严重干旱胁迫可使抽雄、吐丝期较水分充足滞后 4 d左右 ,并引起成熟期推迟     

不同生育期玉米叶片光合特性及水分利用效率对水分胁迫的响应

利用大型移动防雨棚开展了玉米水分胁迫及复水试验,通过分析玉米叶片光合数据,揭示了不同生育期水分胁迫及复水对玉米光合特性及水分利用效率的影响。结果表明:水分胁迫导致玉米叶片整体光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度下降以及光合速率日变化的峰值提前;水分胁迫后的玉米叶片蒸腾速率、光合速率和气孔导度为适应干旱缺水均较对照显著下降,从而提高了水分利用效率,缩小了与水分充足条件下玉米叶片的水分利用效率差值;在中度和重度水分胁迫条件下,玉米叶片的水分利用效率降幅低于光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度的降幅, 有时甚至高于正常供水条件下的水分利用效率;适度的水分胁迫能提高玉米叶片的水分利用效率,从而增强叶片对水分的利用能力,抵御干旱的逆境;水分亏缺对玉米光合速率、蒸腾速率及水分利用效率的影响具有较明显滞后效应,干旱后复水,光合作用受抑制仍然持续;水分胁迫时间越长、胁迫程度越重,叶片的光合作用越呈不可逆性;拔节-吐丝期水分胁迫对玉米叶片光合作用的逆制比三叶-拔节期更难恢复。     

Salinity,water use and yield of maize: Testing of the mathematical model ecosys

There is a need to establish how root water uptake should be calculated under saline conditions, and to test calculated uptake against experimental data recorded under documented site conditions. In this study, the ecosystem simulation model ecosys was expanded to include an ion transfer-equilibrium-exchange model used to calculated electrical conductivity and osmotic potential. This expanded model was tested against experimental data for maize growth and water use reported under different irrigation and salinity levels at four different sites in the western U.S. to determine if salinity effects on crop growth and water use could be modelled from the effects of salinity on soil osmotic potential. The model was able to reproduce reductions in water use and phytomass yields on salinized (10 g total salts kg^–1 water) soils that ranged from 10 to 50% of those on non-salinized controls. In general, these reductions increased with increasing irrigation deficits. These reductions arose in the model from reduced canopy water potentials and conductances caused by reduced osmotic potentials in the saline soils. The hypothesis that salinity effects on crop growth and water use are caused by salinity effects on soil osmotic potential appear to be supported under the range of conditions included in this study. Models such as ecosys that are based on general hypotheses for the effects of salinity upon biological activity may be well adapted for general use in assessing the effects of salinity on crop growth and water use with different soils, managements and climates.     

洛阳旱地夏玉米生产潜力长周期定量模拟与评价

以洛阳孟津地区气象数据库、土壤数据库、作物数据库和多年田间试验数据库为基础,应用DSSAT作物生长模型估算了当地夏玉米光温生产潜力和光温水生产潜力,并对节水潜力开发现状及途径进行了分析.结果表明,洛阳孟津地区47a夏玉米光温生产潜力为6900.00～15805.00 kg · hm-2,均值为12039.96 kg · hm-2,可作为补灌区平均最高产量的上限参考值;光温水生产潜力为1529.31～13742.00 kg · hm-2,均值为8894.42 kg · hm-2,仅占光温生产潜力82%左右,可作为雨养夏玉米平均最高产量的上限参考值.夏玉米生育期内平均降水量为356.22mm,年际间波动幅度较大,平均水分满足率为71.9%,不同土壤类型及不同降雨年型夏玉米潜在水分利用效率变幅较大,波动范围为8.04～37.46 kg · hm-2 · mm-1,47a均值为26.424 kg · hm-2 · mm-1.近8a旱作夏玉米现实水分利用效率仅占潜在水分利用效率的45.87%,平均光温水生产潜力开发度为47.55%.夏玉米节水潜力非常大,采用合理的节水农业措施,加强农田建设,改善地力状况,增强土壤储水蓄水稳定能力,高效利用降水资源,提高水分利用效率是今后提高夏玉米产量的重要途径.     

玉米早期根系构型及其生理特性对土壤水分的响应

为了探明玉米早期根系结构及其对土壤水分的生理响应,揭示玉米幼苗的抗旱机理,以蠡玉18为材料,采用盆栽试验,设置轻度胁迫(LS)、中度胁迫(MS)、重度胁迫(SS)和正常供水(CK)4个水分处理,系统研究从播种开始持续水分处理对夏玉米苗期根系形态结构及活力、保护酶系统及生理调节物质的影响。结果表明:随着水分胁迫程度的加剧,玉米根长、根表面积、根体积和根干重等各形态指标较CK下降幅度逐渐增大,不同水分胁迫使夏玉米苗期根系结构存在差异。轻度和中度胁迫显著增加了细根(0.05—0.25 mm)根长和根表面积比例,重度水分胁迫显著降低粗根(0.50 mm)根长与根表面积比例。玉米苗期根冠比、根系活力和丙二醛(MDA)含量随水分胁迫程度的增强而上升,随着胁迫时间的延长,根冠比逐渐降低。根系可溶性蛋白含量随土壤水分含量的下降而下降,MS、SS处理较CK显著降低(P0.05)。夏玉米根系中SOD对水分胁迫较CAT、POD更敏感,轻度水分胁迫下主要依赖CAT、中度水分胁迫下主要依赖POD、重度水分胁迫下主要依赖SOD来降低氧化伤害;且重度胁迫下,随着胁迫时间的延长保护酶活性下降。苗期玉米通过增加根冠比、增强根系活力和不同保护酶活性及降低可溶性蛋白等渗透调节物质来协同减少水分胁迫的危害。     

Maize stomatal conductance in the field: its relationship with soil and plant water potentials, mechanical constraints and ABA concentration in the xylem sap

Abstract. Stomatal conductance, leaf water potential, soil water potential and concentration of abscisic acid (ABA) in the xylem sap were measured on maize plants growing in the field, in two treatments with contrasting soil structures. Soil compaction affected the stomatal conductance, but this effect was no longer observed if the soil water potential was increased by irrigation. Differences in leaf water potential did not account for the differences in conductance between treatments. Conversely, the relationship between stomatal conductance and concentration of ABA in the xylem sap was consistent during the experiment. The proposed interpretation is that stomatal conductance was controlled by the root water potential via an ABA message. Control of the stomatal conductance by the leaf water potential or by an effect of mechanical stress on the roots is unlikely.     

Effect of water potential on the development of an haploid strain of Sporisorium reilianum f.sp. zeae

Sporisorium reilianum f.sp. zeae, the causal agent of head smut, infects the roots of the maize plantlets. Little information is available concerning the development of the fungus in soil, although this saprophytic phase is an important part of the life cycle. This paper reports that water potential also affects hyphal induction, and this effect on the fungus may influence disease transmission. In response to a decrease in water potential from 0 to –1.52 MPa in presence of variable molecular weight polyethylene glycols, haploid hyphae develop from the haploid yeast. Hyphal extension is fastest at low water potentials (–1.2 MPa) controlled with high molecular weight polyethylene glycols, PEG-3350 and PEG-8000. Formation of parasitic dikaryotic hyphae following fusion between haploid hyphae was possible at low water potential (–1.2 MPa) and was not inhibited by water stress. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the effects of low soil water potential on yeast–hyphal transition and hyphal growth facilitate the convergence of compatible haploid strains, and that this may increase disease severity.     

The gradient between pre-dawn rhizoplane and bulk soil matric potentials, and its relation to the pre-dawn root and leaf water potentials of four species

Uptake of soil water by plants may result in significant gradients between bulk soil and soil in the vicinity of roots. Few experimental studies of water potential gradients in close proximity to roots, and no studies on the relationship of water potential gradients to the root and leaf water potentials, have been conducted. The occurrence and importance of pre-dawn gradients in the soil and their relation to the pre-dawn root and leaf water potentials were investigated with seedlings of four species. Pre-germinated seeds were grown without watering for 7 and lid in a silt loam soil with initial soil matric potentials of -0.02, -0.1 and -0.22 MPa. Significant gradients, independent of the species, were observed only at pre-dawn soil matric potentials lower than -0.25 MPa; the initial soil matric potentials were -0.1 MPa. At an initial bulk soil matric potential of -0.22 MPa, a steep gradient between bulk and rhizoplane soil was observed after 7 d for maize (Zea mays L. cv. Issa) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. cv. Nanus), in contrast to barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Athos) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Kolibri). Pre-dawn root water potentials were usually about the same as the bulk soil matric potential and were higher than the rhizoplane soil matric potential. Pre-dawn root and leaf water potentials tended to be much higher than rhizoplane soil matric potentials when the latter were lower than -0.5 MPa. It is concluded that plants tend to become equilibrated overnight with the wetter bulk soil or with wetter zones in the bulk soil. Plants can thus circumvent negative effects of localized steep pre-dawn soil matric potential gradients. This may be of considerable importance for water uptake and growth in drying soil.     

灌浆期不同水分处理对玉米籽粒蛋白质及其组分和相关酶活性的影响

蛋白质作为氮素代谢的终极产物,与玉米(Zea mays)籽粒品质呈正相关关系,其生物合成主要在硝酸还原酶(NRase)、谷氨酰胺合成酶(GS)、谷氨酸脱氢酶(GDH)等一系列酶催化下完成,受制于品种自身遗传特性及环境因素,栽培管理措施和生态环境条件对玉米品质具有十分重要的影响。关于土壤水分供应状况对玉米籽粒主要品质成分的分布、积累动态和相关酶活性的影响的研究尚少见报道。以两种不同类型玉米:普通玉米‘掖单22’和高油玉米‘高油115’为研究对象,采用防雨棚池栽试验。水分处理以开花期为界线,设置3种水分处理,花后不浇水(W0)、花后浇1水(灌浆期,W1)、花后浇3水(灌浆期、乳熟期、蜡熟期,W2)。结果表明:两种类型玉米籽粒蛋白质及其组分含量的积累动态基本一致,且不受土壤水分供应状况的影响。玉米籽粒蛋白质及清蛋白、谷蛋白含量,均为‘高油115’较高,球蛋白含量为‘掖单22’较高,醇溶蛋白两类型玉米含量相近。在不同水分供应条件下,两种类型玉米叶片中NRase、GS酶活性和籽粒中GS、GDH酶活性的变化动态一致,NRase酶活性自灌浆初期至成熟期一直下降,GS、GDH酶活性呈单峰曲线,在授粉后20~40 d达到高峰,充足的水分供应有利于酶的活性维持较高水平;玉米叶片中NRase酶活性,‘掖单22’高于‘高油115’,叶片GS和籽粒GDH酶活性显著低于‘高油115’。研究表明:用玉米叶片中NRase和GS活性的高低表征籽粒蛋白质含量的高低不确切,土壤水分条件与不同类型玉米穗位叶和籽粒中GS 和GDH活性关系密切。     

夏玉米叶片水分变化与光合作用和土壤水分的关系

叶片是光合作用的重要器官,其含水量的变化必将影响光合作用,但关于叶片水分变化对光合作用的影响报道较少。以华北夏玉米为研究对象,利用三叶期不同水分梯度的持续干旱模拟试验资料,分析夏玉米叶片水分变化及其与叶片净光合速率和土壤水分的关系。结果表明:夏玉米叶片净光合速率对叶片水分变化的响应显著且呈二次曲线关系,叶片含水量约为70.30%时,叶片净光合速率为零;叶片含水量与土壤相对湿度呈非直角双曲线关系,叶片最大含水量约为85.14%。研究结果可为准确描述叶片水分变化对光合作用的影响及客观辨识夏玉米干旱的发生发展及监测预警提供参考。     

华北旱地覆膜春玉米田水温效应及增产限制因子

为探求覆膜栽培春玉米旱作田土壤水温变化特征及其对玉米产量和水分利用效率(WUE)的影响,设计垄作覆膜、垄作裸地、平作覆膜、平作裸地(对照)4个处理的田间试验,对春玉米田各生育时段的土壤温度、土层水分、耗水结构及玉米产量进行了监测.结果表明：自播种到抽雄的生育前期春玉米田覆膜较裸地增温1～3 ℃,土壤积温增加155.2～280.9 ℃;延长生育期约5.9～10.7 d.自播种到成苗期覆膜保水效应显著,WUE较裸地提高81.6%～136.4%.春玉米成苗到拔节期正值该区域稳定干旱期,覆膜处理土壤供水层深达80～100 cm,干旱胁迫使WUE较对照降低17.0%～21.6%,产生奢侈耗水.春玉米小喇叭口期后进入雨季,各处理土体复水,并产生过饱渗漏,最终使收获期土体水分与播期持平,贮水丰富.垄作覆膜较裸地增产9.5%;平作覆膜不利于降水入渗而导致渍水,减产5.0%;垄作裸地与平作裸地差异不显著.以雨季前气象干旱期的土壤枯水与雨季后的土壤库水为特征的春玉米田水分供求时序失衡,限制了春玉米的高产.     

根际土壤通透性对玉米水分和养分吸收的影响

为改善作物根系生长微环境,探索根际土壤通透性对作物水分和养分吸收的影响,在3个灌溉水平下（灌水量分别为每次600、400和200 ml）,采用盆栽玉米不通气、每隔2 d通1次气、每隔4 d通1次气等处理方法,研究了根际土壤通透性对盆栽玉米生理指标及水分和养分吸收的影响.结果表明：在相同灌水条件下,通气处理促进了玉米株高、叶面积的增长,提高了叶绿素含量;促进了玉米对土壤养分的吸收;显著提高了玉米的根系活力,灌水量为每次600 ml时,拔节期每隔4 d通气处理的玉米根系活力最大（8.24 mg·g^-1·h^-1）,较不通气处理（4.94 mg·g^-1·h^-1）提高了66.7%;根际土壤通气处理对盆栽玉米蒸腾的影响不显著,说明根际通气可提高玉米对水分与养分的吸收利用效率,促进植株生长发育.     

Sequence of drought response of maize seedlings in drying soil

Leaf elongation in monocotyledonous plants is sensitive to drought. To better understand the sequence of events in plants subjected to soil drying, leaf elongation and transpiration of maize seedlings ( Zea mays L.) of 4 cultivars were monitored continuously and the diurnal courses of the root and leaf water relations were determined. Results from this study indicate the following sequence of drought response: Leaf elongation decreased before changes in the leaf water relations of non‐growing zones of leaf blades were detected and before transpiration decreased. Reductions in leaf elongation preceded changes in the root water potential (ψ_w). Root ψ_w was not a very sensitive indicator of soil dryness, whereas the root osmotic potential (ψ_s) and root turgor (ψ_p) were more sensitive indicators. The earliest events observed in drying soil were a significant increase in the largest root diameter class (1 720 to 1 960 gm) and a decrease in leaf elongation ( P = 0.08) 2 days after withholding water. Significant increases in root length were observed 2 days later. Soil drying increased the number of fine roots with diameters of <240 µm. Slight increases in soil strength did not affect leaf elongation in the drying soil.     

一氧化氮对水分胁迫下玉米种子萌发及幼苗生理特性的影响

以0.4mol/L的甘露醇(M)模拟水分胁迫状况,研究了外源一氧化氮(NO)供体硝普钠(SNP)对水分胁迫下玉米种子萌发、幼苗生长和生理特性的影响。结果表明:(1)水分胁迫下,玉米种子萌发和幼苗生长受到抑制,叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量、质膜相对透性、脯氨酸含量均显著增加;(2)SNP能显著提高水分胁迫下玉米种子的发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数和活力指数,增加玉米幼苗的根长、茎长、根重和整株干重,抑制水分胁迫下玉米幼苗叶片MDA含量的上升,降低叶片质膜相对透性,降低脯氨酸含量。其中以100μmol/L和200μmol/LSNP对水分胁迫的缓解效果最佳。     

水分胁迫对春播玉米苗期生长及其生理生化特性的影响

采用盆栽试验,以‘蠡玉18'玉米单交种为供试材料,设置充分供水(CK)、轻度水分胁迫(LS)、中度水分胁迫(MS)和重度水分胁迫(SS)4个水分处理水平,研究了水分胁迫对春播玉米苗期保护酶活性和生长的影响,以探讨土壤水分胁迫对玉米苗期生长发育及其生理过程的影响机制.结果表明:(1)随着水分胁迫程度的加剧,玉米幼苗的生物量显著下降,根冠比、根系活力和脯氨酸含量增加,且水分胁迫对玉米幼苗地上部生物量的抑制作用更大;可溶性蛋白含量差异不明显,MDA含量波动变化.(2)随着水分胁迫时间的延长,根冠比、根系活力和植株脯氨酸含量先升高后降低,可溶性蛋白含量呈先下降后升高的趋势;玉米幼苗叶片和根系MDA积累波动变化,而叶片MDA含量始终高于根系.(3)在水分胁迫初期,玉米叶片中CAT活性较SOD、POD响应更敏感;玉米苗期根系在中度水分胁迫下主要依赖CAT来降低氧化危害,而在重度水分胁迫下前期主要依赖CAT、后期通过CAT和POD的共同作用来降低氧化伤害;水分胁迫条件下,叶片和根系POD同步降低氧化伤害,而SOD和CAT在叶片和根系间存在互补作用.研究表明,在不同程度的水分胁迫条件下,玉米幼苗的生长受到一定程度的抑制,但其能够通过调节自身的保护酶活性和渗透调节物质含量来减轻干旱伤害,维持植株的正常生理代谢功能.     

老化和风干处理对蚓粪微生物学性质和结构稳定性的影响

蚓粪水稳性团聚体含量是结构稳定性表征之一,蚓粪中水稳性团聚体含量与其微生物学性质是紧密联系的,并且受到老化时问和有机质等因素的影响。国内将蚓粪水稳性团聚体含量与其微生物学性质联系,并结合施用不同有机物处理的研究很少见报道。研究通过室内短期培养试验,研究了在不同碳氮比有机物施用下蚓粪老化和风干处理对其微生物生物量、微生物活性和结构稳定性变化的影响。研究结果表明蚓粪经过老化处理后真菌数量、微生物生物量碳和微生物活性都显著降低。不同有机物的施用对蚓粪微生物学性质的影响主要表现在施用牛粪的处理中蚓粪细菌数量高于施用秸秆的处理,真菌数量相反。新鲜蚓粪经过老化处理后总的水稳性团聚体含量（〉0．053mm）增加,主要表现在水稳性大型大团聚体（〉2mm）含量增加,且在施用牛粪的处理中达到显著,可能是与牛粪比秸秆能分解产生更多的粘结物质有关。蚓粪的风于处理也显著增加各个处理中总水稳性团聚体含量,且风干后蚓粪中水稳性团聚体主要以微团聚体（0．25～0．053mm）形式存在。施用秸秆的处理中,新鲜蚓粪0．25～0．053mm粒级的水稳性团聚体含量显著高于施用牛粪的处理。经风干后,施用秸秆的处理0．25～0．053mm的水稳性团聚体含量显著低于施用牛粪的处理,而水稳性大型大团聚体含量显著高于施用牛粪的处理。蚓粪的不同粒级水稳性团聚体含量和蚓粪的生物学性质之间存在良好的相关性。