根际低氧逆境对网纹甜瓜幼苗生长及根系呼吸代谢途径的影响

以耐低氧性具有明显差异的两个网纹甜瓜(Cucumis melo var. raticulalus)品种为试材,研究了根际低氧胁迫下幼苗生长、根系活力及根系呼吸关键酶活性的变化。结果表明,根际低氧胁迫下,两品种幼苗生长均受到明显抑制,而根系活力升高;根系PDC活性两品种均显著提高,品种间无显著差异; MDH活性两品种均显著降低,且耐低氧性弱的‘西域一号’下降幅度较大;根系ADH和LDH活性两品种均显著提高,耐低氧性强的‘东方星光’ADH活性增加的幅度显著高于耐低氧性弱的‘西域一号’,而‘西域一号’LDH活性增加幅度显著高于‘东方星光’。说明‘东方星光’在低氧胁迫下能保持较高的有氧呼吸水平,无氧呼吸的主要途径为乙醇发酵,而‘西域一号’在低氧胁迫下无氧呼吸的主要途径为乳酸发酵。     

营养液低氧胁迫对网纹甜瓜幼苗脯氨酸和多胺含量的影响

营养液中低氧胁迫下网纹甜瓜幼苗根系和叶片中脯氨酸、PAs含量均提高,Spd升幅最大,Put次之,spm最小;根中脯氨酸、PAs含量变化幅度显著高于叶片.表明营养液低氧胁迫可诱导植物组织中脯氨酸、PAs的快速合成.这可能是幼苗低氧耐性提高的原因.     

外源γ-氨基丁酸对营养液低氧胁迫下网纹甜瓜幼苗抗氧化酶活性和活性氧含量的影响

在营养液低氧胁迫处理下,研究了γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)处理对低氧敏感性不同的网纹甜瓜品种植株根和叶抗氧化酶活性和活性氧(ROS)含量的影响.结果表明:在低氧胁迫下,GABA处理提高了网纹甜瓜植株根和叶抗氧化酶SOD、POD、CAT活性,降低了H2O2、O2-·、MDA等ROS含量,其中GABA 50mmol/L处理效果显著高于GABA 25和100 mmol/L的处理;与耐低氧性弱的"西域一号"品种相比,GABA处理对耐低氧性强的"东方星光"品种效果更明显,表明外源GABA处理通过促进抗氧化酶活性的提高,降低了低氧胁迫下植株体内ROS含量,增强植株的耐低氧的能力.     

低氧胁迫下钙对网纹甜瓜幼苗多胺含量及多胺氧化酶活性的影响

以低氧性敏感的网纹甜瓜(Cucumis melo var. raticulalus)品种`西域一号'(Xiyu 1)为材料,研究了钙对低氧胁迫下幼苗生长、游离态、结合态和束缚态的腐胺(Put)、亚精胺(Spd)、精胺(Spm)含量、二胺氧化酶(DAO)和多胺氧化酶(PAO)活性、H₂O₂含量的影响。结果表明:与通气对照相比,低氧胁迫处理幼苗鲜重和干重显著降低,根、叶中3种形态的Put、Spd、Spm含量显著增加,DAO和PAO活性、H₂O₂含量显著提高;营养液加钙处理不但缓解了低氧胁迫对幼苗生长的抑制作用,而且幼苗游离态、结合态和束缚态Put、Spd、Spm含量显著高于单纯低氧胁迫处理,DAO和PAO活性、H₂O₂含量显著低于低氧胁迫处理;低氧胁迫下缺钙处理加重了低氧胁迫对网纹甜瓜幼苗的伤害。表明在低氧胁迫下,钙参与了网纹甜瓜幼苗多胺的代谢过程,对增强幼苗耐低氧性起着重要的作用。     

根际低氧胁迫对网纹甜瓜果期根系氮代谢的影响

采用气雾法栽培系统,研究了根际低氧(10%和5% O2)胁迫对网纹甜瓜(Cucumis melo)果实发育期间根系氮代谢的影响。结果表明:在30 d试验期内,与对照(21% O2)相比,低氧胁迫网纹甜瓜根系硝态氮(NO3--N)含量、铵态氮(NH4+-N)含量、硝酸还原酶(NR)活性、谷氨酰氨合成酶(GS)活性先增后降;在低氧处理20 d时,网纹甜瓜上述指标显著高于对照,低氧处理30 d时,显著低于对照,且5% O2处理变化的幅度大于10% O2处理;谷氨酸脱氢酶(GDH)活性在低氧处理10 d时显著低于对照,处理20 d时,与对照差异不显著;谷草转氨酶(GOT)活性在低氧处理20 d时与对照差异不显著,处理30 d时,显著低于对照;在5% O2处理期间谷丙转氨酶(GPT)活性显著低于对照,10% O2处理20 d时显著低于对照;在低氧处理期间,根系中可溶性蛋白质含量、根系伤流液中氨基酸的总量和大部分氨基酸的含量均随着根际O2浓度的降低而减少;网纹甜瓜果实发育期间根际O2浓度长期处于10% O2以下时,根系对氮的吸收、代谢能力下降,植株氮循环水平降低。     

根际低氧胁迫对网纹甜瓜生长、根呼吸代谢及抗氧化酶活性的影响

采用气雾法栽培系统,研究了根际低氧（10% O₂和5% O₂）胁迫对网纹甜瓜果实发育期间植株生长、根呼吸代谢及抗氧化酶活性的影响.结果表明：与对照相比,低氧胁迫下,网纹甜瓜株高、根长降低,植株鲜、干物质量显著下降;根呼吸速率极显著低于对照（21% O₂）,且5% O₂处理下降幅度大于10% O₂处理;乳酸脱氢酶（LDH）、乙醇脱氢酶（ADH）和丙酮酸脱羧酶（PDC）活性较对照显著升高,而苹果酸脱氢酶（MDH）活性显著降低;根系中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性和丙二醛（MDA）含量显著高于对照,其中10% O₂处理抗氧化酶活性升高幅度显著大于5% O₂处理,而MDA含量5% O₂处理高于10% O₂处理.说明网纹甜瓜果实发育期间根际氧浓度降到10%及其以下时,根系有氧呼吸明显受阻,无氧呼吸代谢被促进,同时根系抗氧化酶发生应激反应,但随低氧胁迫时间的延长,根细胞质膜过氧化程度加剧,根系受到伤害,植株生长受到抑制,最终导致果实产量和品质下降.     

根际低氧胁迫对黄瓜幼苗根系呼吸代谢的影响

采用营养液栽培方法,研究了低氧胁迫对两个耐低氧能力不同的黄瓜品种根系呼吸代谢的影响.结果表明：低氧胁迫下,两个黄瓜品种根系三羧酸循环显著受阻,无氧呼吸代谢被促进.与耐低氧能力较弱的中农8号相比,耐低氧能力较强的绿霸春4号根系琥珀酸脱氢酶和异柠檬酸脱氢酶活性的降低幅度较小,乳酸脱氢酶活性、乳酸和丙酮酸含量的增加幅度较小,而丙酮酸脱羧酶、乙醇脱氢酶活性及乙醇、丙氨酸含量的增加幅度较大;低氧胁迫8d时,与相应对照相比,绿霸春4号根系乙醇脱氢酶活性及乙醇和丙氨酸含量分别增加了409.30%、112.13%和30.64%,中农8号根系分别增加了110.42%、31.84%和4.78%,这是两个黄瓜品种耐低氧能力差异的主要生理原因.两品种幼苗根系丙氨酸氨基转移酶活性和乙醛含量没有显著差异.表明低氧胁迫下黄瓜根系乙醇发酵代谢途径的增强和丙氨酸的积累有利于防御低氧伤害.     

外源γ-氨基丁酸对低氧胁迫下甜瓜幼苗活性氧代谢的影响

以甜瓜品种‘西域一号’幼苗为材料,采用营养液水培方法,设置正常通气(对照)、正常通气+GABA(5mmol.L-1)、低氧胁迫、低氧胁迫+GABA(5mmol.L-1)4个处理,研究了外源γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)对正常通气和低氧胁迫下甜瓜幼苗活性氧代谢的影响。结果表明:与正常通气处理相比,低氧胁迫处理导致甜瓜幼苗体内O2.-产生速率和H2O2、MDA含量显著增加,同时SOD、POD、CAT、APX、GR等抗氧化酶活性和抗氧化物质AsA、GSH含量显著提高。低氧胁迫下外源GABA能显著提高甜瓜幼苗叶片SOD、CAT、APX、GR等酶活性和AsA、GSH含量,降低了植株体内O2.-产生速率和H2O2、MDA含量;而正常通气条件下添加外源GABA处理对甜瓜幼苗活性氧代谢的影响较小,仅CAT、GR活性和AsA、GSH含量显著提高,而H2O2、MDA含量显著降低。结果证明,添加外源GABA可以通过显著提高低氧胁迫下抗氧化酶活性和抗氧化物质含量来降低甜瓜幼苗活性氧积累,维持其细胞膜结构稳定性,从而有效减轻低氧胁迫对甜瓜幼苗的伤害。     

γ-氨基丁酸对低氧胁迫下甜瓜幼苗多胺代谢的影响

以‘西域一号’甜瓜为试验材料,采用营养液水培法,研究了低氧胁迫下外源添加γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)对甜瓜幼苗多胺代谢的影响.结果表明:与通气对照相比,低氧胁迫处理的甜瓜幼苗谷氨酸脱羧酶(GAD)活性和GABA含量显著提高,同时多胺合成酶活性提高诱导多胺含量显著增加,但二胺氧化酶(DAO)和多胺氧化酶(PAO)活性也显著提高;根系精氨酸脱羧酶(ADC)活性提高幅度较大,导致根系游离态腐胺含量较高,而叶片乌氨酸脱羧酶(ODC)和S-腺苷甲硫氨酸脱羧酶(SAMDC)活性提高幅度较大,导致叶片游离态亚精胺(Spd)含量较高;根系游离态DAO和PAO活性显著低于叶片,其细胞壁结合态PAO活性显著高于叶片.与低氧胁迫处理相比,低氧胁迫下外源添加GABA处理的甜瓜幼苗叶片和根系中GABA和谷氨酸含量均显著提高,而GAD活性显著降低;精氨酸、鸟氨酸、甲硫氨酸含量的提高促使多胺合成酶活性显著提高,从而诱导多胺含量显著增加,DAO和PAO活性显著降低.     

钙对根际低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗活性氧代谢的影响

采用营养液栽培系统,以黄瓜品种中农8号为材料,研究了Ca2 对根际低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内超氧阴离子(O2?-)、过氧化氢(H2O2)、丙二醛(MDA)含量和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、谷胱苷肽还原酶(GR)活性的影响.结果表明:低氧胁迫下黄瓜体内活性氧含量和保护酶活性均高于对照;低氧缺钙处理的活性氧含量最高,而保护酶活性却较低;营养液Ca2 浓度提高到8mmol/L后,显著降低了低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内MDA、H2O2含量和O?2-产生速率,提高了SOD、POD、CAT、APX、GR活性,说明Ca2 可减少低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内活性氧的产生,提高抗氧化酶的活性、降低膜脂过氧化水平,减缓低氧胁迫对植株的伤害,增强黄瓜幼苗对低氧逆境的适应性.     

Effects of Salt-Alkaline Stress on Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rice Seedlings

The aim of this study was to investigate carbohydrate metabolism in rice seedlings subjected to salt-alkaline stress. Two relatively salt-alkaline tolerant (Changbai 9) and sensitive (Jinongda 138) rice cultivars, grown hydroponically, were subjected to salt-alkaline stress via 50 mM of salt-alkaline solution. The carbohydrate content and the activities of metabolism-related enzymes in the leaves and roots were investigated. The results showed that the contents of sucrose, fructose, and glucose in the leaves and roots increased under salt-alkaline stress. Starch content increased in the leaves but decreased in the roots under salt-alkaline stress. The activities of sucrose-phosphate synthase, sucrose synthase, amylase, and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase increased whereas the activities of neutral invertase and acid invertase decreased in the leaves under salt-alkaline stress. The activities of sucrose-phosphate synthase, sucrose synthase, amylase, neutral invertase, and acid invertase increased in the roots under salt-alkaline stress. In conclusion, salt-alkaline stress caused the accumulation of photosynthetic assimilates in the leaves and decreased assimilation export to the roots.     

Carbohydrate metabolism in Musa paradisiaca

Considerable variations exist in the content of glucose, fructose, sucrose, starch and protein and in the activities of enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism between different parts of the banana plant (Musa paradisiaca). Sucrose synthetase is present in the highest concentration in rootstock and fruit pulp, and sucrose phosphate synthetase in the pseudostem. The highest ratio of the activity of sucrose phosphate synthetase to sucrose synthetase is found in leaves. Acid invertase is present in leaves, leaf-sheath and fruit pulp and is not demonstrable in rootstock and pseudostem. Neutral invertase activity is high in pseudostem and leaf-sheath. Starch phosphorylase is largely concentrated in fruit pulp and rootstock. The maximum activity of ATP:d-phosphoglucose (ADPG) pyrophosphorylase is found in rootstock. β-Amylase is not demonstrable in rootstock and is largely concentrated in leaf-sheath. Hexokinase is most active in rootstock and the lowest in leaves. Acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase activity is highest in fruit pulp and pseudostem. Glucosephosphate isomerase is most active in the rootstock and lowest in the leaves.     

外源腐胺对根际低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗多胺和抗氧化系统的影响

采用营养液栽培,研究了外源腐胺(Put)对根际低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内多胺含量和抗氧化系统的影响.结果显示,低氧胁迫显著刺激了黄瓜幼苗体内活性氧(ROS)和内源多胺含量的增加,提高了抗氧化酶活性;外源Put进一步提高了低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内多胺的含量和抗氧化酶活性,降低了ROS含量,从而缓解了低氧胁迫的伤害作用;Put合成抑制剂D-精氨酸(D-Arg)不仅显著抑制黄瓜幼苗体内多胺的合成,而且抑制抗氧化酶活性,同时ROS大量积累,进一步抑制黄瓜幼苗的生长;而外源Put可缓解D-Arg的抑制作用;Put转化抑制剂甲基乙二醛-双(脒基腙)(MGBG)和Put降解抑制剂氨基胍(AG)的混合施用造成游离态Put的过量积累,以及亚精胺(Spd)、精胺(Spm)含量和抗氧化酶活性的显著降低,造成ROS大量积累,进一步加重了低氧胁迫对植株的伤害.结果表明,低氧胁迫下外源Put可提高黄瓜幼苗体内游离态Put含量,促进游离态Put向Spd和Spm转化,Spd、Spm含量的增加以及(free-Spd free-Spm)/free-Put比值的升高有利于提高植株抗氧化酶活性,增强清除ROS的能力,降低膜脂过氧化的伤害,从而增强植株的低氧胁迫耐性.     

Effect of Irradiance, Sugars and Nitrogen on Leaf Size of In Vitro Grown Ceratonia Siliqua L.

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) has compound pinnate leaves consisting of 4 – 6 pairs of leaflets. However, in conditions of in vitro culture only one pair of leaflets develops. With increasing irradiance from 9.3 to 74.1 µmol m^–2 s^–1, leaf area increased 5-fold. Sucrose also significantly increased leaf area and the maxima were at concentration 147 mM at high irradiance and 233.6 mM at low irradiance. Sucrose was superior to fructose, glucose and combination of both in increasing leaf area. Decreasing concentration of KNO₃ and NH₄NO₃ caused a 3-fold decline of leaf area.     

Asparagus somatic embryos: Production in suspension culture and conversion to plantlets on solidified medium as influenced by carbohydrate regime

Methods were developed for the production of somatic embryos of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) in suspension culture and subsequent conversion to plantlets on solidified medium. Stem-derived callus that was subcultured twice on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium + 0.54 M naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 1.4 M 2-isopentenyladenine (2iP) was used to initiate suspension cultures. Six out of 15 such cell suspensions (MS medium with 54 to 107 M NAA) had a high embryogenic capacity. These cell suspensions consisted primarily of single elongated cells (about 90% of all single cells), embryogenic cell clusters (2571/ml), and globular translucent embryos (32/ml). The latter converted to plantlets within four weeks on embryo development medium (EDM), which was solidified MS medium containing 0.54 M NAA and 0.98 M 2iP. Suspension-derived embryos formed secondary globular embryos at high frequencies (251 to 258/g callus) when placed on EDM with a low carbohydrate (sucrose, glucose or fructose) level (2%). In contrast, EDM with a high carbohydrate level (10%) caused a reduction in the frequency of secondary embryos (30 to 85/g callus), while resulting in the promotion of embryo growth and conversion, 3.6 to 8.5 times higher than 2% carbohydrates. Transfer of globular somatic embryos from cell suspension to EDM with high carbohydrate levels (4 to 10%) for two weeks followed by transfer to EDM with a low carbohydrate level (2%) resulted in a 2 to 4 times higher conversion rate to plantlets than those that remained at the 4 to 10% levels.Abbreviations ANOVA analysis of variance - EDM embryo development medium - NAA naphthaleneacetic acid - MS Murashige and Skoog - RCBD randomized complete block design - 2iP 2-isopentenyladenine - 2,4-d 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - IAA indoleacetic acid     

Effects of addition of different sources and doses of sugars on in vitro digestibilities of dry matter,fibre and cell wall monosaccharides of corn silage in ruminants

In ruminant diets, soluble sugar is an important factor in the digestive process. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the source and dose of soluble sugars, under controlled pH conditions, on the in vitro digestibility of DM, fibre fractions (NDF and ADF) and cell wall neutral monosaccharides of corn silage. Silage was collected from several points in a silage mass from a bunker silo, oven-dried at 55°C and ground through a 1-mm screen. Sub-samples were combined with sugars to compose the treatments, in a 5 × 5 factorial arrangement, as a combination of five soluble sugar sources (glucose, fructose, arabinose, xylose and sucrose) and five sugar doses (0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 g/kg sugar in DM corn silage), respecting the following proportions of sugar : corn silage, 0 : 100, 10 : 90, 20 : 80, 30 : 70, 40 : 60 represented by the sugar doses, respectively. An in vitro test was performed to determine the true digestibility (D) of the chemical entities (DM, NDF and ADF) and cell wall monosaccharides (glucose = gluc, arabinose = arab and xylose = xyl). During the first 12 h of incubation, the pH was maintained above 6.0 by the addition of 2.5 N NaOH. The concentrations of neutral monosaccharides (arabinose, xylose and glucose) were determined by GLC. The soluble sugars decreased the digestibility of corn silage followed by pH reduction, especially at doses higher than 200 g/kg sugar. Overall, xylose, followed by sucrose, fructose and arabinose, had greater impacts on DM digestibility, whereas fibre digestibility was impaired by sucrose at all doses. Xylose and fructose had greater impacts on NDF digestibility at 300 and 400 g/kg sugar. Although xylose impaired the Dgluc in the cell wall in all doses. All doses of glucose improved the Dgluc and Dxyl in the cell wall.     

Carbohydrate and carbon metabolite accumulation responses in leaves of ozone tolerant and ozone susceptible spinach plants after acute ozone exposure

The objective of this study was to determine whether exposure of plants to ozone (O₃) increased the foliar levels of glucose, glucose sources, e.g., sucrose and starch, and glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), because in leaf cells, glucose is the precursor of the antioxidant, L-ascorbate, and glucose-6-phosphate is a source of NADPH needed to support antioxidant capacity. A further objective was to establish whether the response of increased levels of glucose, sucrose, starch and G6P in leaves could be correlated with a greater degree of plant tolerance to O₃. Four commercially available Spinacia oleracea varieties were screened for tolerance or susceptibility to detrimental effects of O₃ employing one 6.5 hour acute exposure to 25O nL O₃ L^-1 air during the light. One day after the termination of ozonation (29 d post emergence), leaves of the plants were monitored both for damage and for gas exchange characteristics. Cultivar Winter Bloomsdale (cv Winter) leaves were least damaged on a quantitative grading scale. The leaves of cv Nordic, the most susceptible, were approximately 2.5 times more damaged. Photosynthesis (Pn) rates in the ozonated mature leaves of cv Winter were 48.9% less, and in cv Nordic, 66.2% less than in comparable leaves of their non-ozonated controls. Stomatal conductance of leaves of ozonated plants was found not to be a factor in the lower Pn rates in the ozonated plants. At some time points in the light, leaves of ozonated cv Winter plants had significantly higher levels of glucose, sucrose, starch, G6P, G1P, pyruvate and malate than did leaves of ozonated cv Nordic plants. It was concluded that leaves of cv Winter displayed a higher tolerance to ozone mediated stress than those of cv Nordic, in part because they had higher levels of glucose and G6P that could be mobilized during diminished photosynthesis to generate antioxidants (e.g., ascorbate) and reductants (e.g., NADPH). Elevated levels of both pyruvate and malate in the leaves of ozonated cv Winter suggested an increased availability of respiratory substrates to support higher respiratory capacity needed for repair, growth, and maintenance.Abbreviations ADPG-PPiase ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase - ASC L-ascorbic acid - APX ascorbate peroxidase - Ce CO₂ concentration in air in the measuring cuvette during photosynthesis measurements - Ci CO₂ concentration in the leaf intercellular spaces during photosynthesis measurement - Chl chlorophyll - DHA dehydroascorbic acid - DHA reductase dehydroascorbate reductase - DHAP dihydroxyacetone phosphate - GAP glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate - Gluc glucose - GR glutathione reductase - G_sw stomatal conductance with units as mmol H₂O m^-2 s^-1 - GSSG oxidized glutathione - GSH reduced glutathione - G1P glucose-1-phosphate - G6P glucose-6-phosphate - G6P dehydrogenase glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase - 6PG 6-phosphogluconate - 6PG dehydrogenase 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase - F6P fructose-6-phosphate - FBP fructose-1,6-bisphosphate - MAL malate - MDHA reductase monodehydroascorbate reductase - PE post-emergence - PEP phosphoenolpyruvate - PGA 3-phosphoglycerate - Pi orthophosphate - PYR pyruvate - Pn net CO₂ photoas-similation in leaves - PPFD photosynthetic photon flux density with units of mol photons m^-2 s^-1 - PPRC pentose phosphate reductive cycle - RuBP ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate - rubisco ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase - SLW specific leaf weight - TCA cycle tricarboxylic acid cycle - Triose-P DHAP+GAP     

钙对低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内多胺及多胺氧化酶的影响

以‘中农8号’黄瓜品种为实验材料,采用营养液栽培法研究了钙对根际低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内多胺(PAs)含量及多胺氧化酶(PAO)活性的影响。结果表明:(1)各处理黄瓜幼苗根系和叶片中的PAs含量以及3种形态的腐胺(Put)、亚精胺(Spd)、精胺(Spm)含量均表现为低氧高钙(8 mmol.L-1Ca2 )>低氧常钙(2 mmol.L-1Ca2 )>低氧缺钙(0 mmol.L-1Ca2 )>通气常钙(2 mmol.L-1Ca2 )处理,而PAO活性却表现出相反的趋势(通气常钙>低氧缺钙>低氧常钙>低氧高钙),且处理间大多存在显著差异(P<0.05);根系中的PAs含量明显高于叶片,而PAO活性明显低于叶片。(2)黄瓜幼苗体内3种形态的PAs以游离态含量最高,其次是结合态,最低为束缚态;游离态和结合态PAs在叶片中均以Spd为主,在根系中均以Put为主,束缚态PAs含量在根系和叶片中均为Spd>Put>Spm。研究表明,在低氧胁迫下,营养液加钙引起黄瓜幼苗体内多胺含量的上升和PAO活性下降,钙参与了黄瓜幼苗体内多胺的代谢过程,对缓解低氧胁迫有重要作用。     

Influence of sequential prolonged periods of dark and light on pinitol concentration in clover and soybean tissue

The influence of prolonged dark periods on the concentration of pinitol in white clover ( Trifolium repens L. ev. Regal Ladino) and soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] tissue was investigated. Clover and soybean plants were harvested periodically throughout continuous dark periods of 40 and 44 h, respectively, followed by 24 h of continuous light. The foliage and root tissue of clover and foliage tissue of soybeans were analyzed for the concentration of glucose, fructose, sucrose and pinitol. Pinitol concentration (mg/g dry weight tissue) was unchanged by the prolonged dark period followed by 24 h of continuous light compared to tissue of plants harvested at 0-h and plants receiving normal photoperiods. Concentrations of the carbohydrates, in the tissue were depleted by the prolonged dark period. However after 6 h of light, the concentration of these sugars increased to concentrations equal to 0-h harvested plant tissue and tissue of plants receiving normal photoperiods. These results indicate that pinitol probably does not function as a source of reserve energy comparable to sucrose, glucose, and fructose.