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1.
Apical abortion in calabrese (Brassica oleracea var.
italica), a highly destructive disorder which occurs
in overwintered transplants, has been investigated using a model system in
which blindness (abortion of the apical meristem) can be reproducibly and
predictably induced. An initial experiment examined the susceptibility of
12 cultivars to apical abortion when grown throughout a winter period under
commercial conditions. Three of those varieties showed very high levels of
blindness (100%). Subsequently, plants of the susceptible cultivar PETO
7204 were subjected to an inductive period of low light intensity (30
mol m-2
s-1) and low temperature (4 C). Apical meristematic cells of all plants ceased
mitotic activity within 3 d of being transferred to a regime comprising
higher light intensity (100 mol
m-2 s-1) and temperature (15
C). Using this system the structures of
normal apices were compared with those which became blind. Blindness was
characterized by a cessation of leaf primordium production by the
vegetative apex, the last formed primordium growing on in some cases to
form a mature normal leaf, or in others, a deformed structure known as a
whip-tail. The inactive apical bud became embedded in the tissues of this
last-formed structure. The cells of the inactivated apical bud remained
alive, but lost their meristematic capability, becoming enlarged, highly
vacuolated parenchyma cells with amyloplasts.Keywords:
Apical abortion, apical meristem, blindness, calabrese.
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2.
In a companion paper several methods of calculating the marginal unit water
cost of plant carbon gain (E/A) were tested to determine
whether stomata were behaving optimally in relation to regulating leaf gas
exchange. In this paper one method is applied to several tropical tree
species when leaf-to-air vapour pressure difference (D), photosynthetic
photon flux density, leaf temperature, and atmospheric soil water
availability were manipulated. The response of leaves that had expanded
during the dry season were also compared to that of leaves that had
expanded in the wet season. Few differences in absolute value of
E/A, or the form of the relationship, were observed
between species or between seasons. In the majority of species,
E/A increased significantly as either leaf-to-air vapour
pressure difference increased, at a leaf temperature of either 33C or 38C, or as in
photosynthetic photon flux density increased. In contrast, as leaf
temperature increased at constant D, E/A was generally
constant. As pre-dawn water potential declined, E/A
declined. The relationship between E/A and D did not
differ whether internal or ambient carbon dioxide concentration were kept
constant. It is concluded that stomata are only behaving optimally over a
very small range of D. If a larger range of D is used, to incorporate
values that more closely reflect those experienced by tropical trees in a
savanna environment optimization is incomplete.Key
words: Stomatal optimization theory, marginal unit water cost.
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3.
The Role of Glutamate Decarboxylase and {gamma}-Aminobutyric Acid in Germinating Barley 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The variations in glutamate decarboxylase activity and in glutamicacid and -ABA concentration have been measured in barley embryosduring the uptake of water and in the roots and shoots for upto 6 days of growth. Glutamate decarboxylase activity was relativelysteady in the embryos during soaking but rose rapidly once growthbegan. This development paralleled an increase in the concentrationof glutamic acid in both roots and shoots at a time when theconcentration of -ABA was falling. During soaking in aeratedwater, the -ABA content of the embryos rose for 36 h, at whichpoint it accounted for 35 per cent of the soluble amino acids.-ABA was found to be a major free amino acid in roots but notin shoots. Experiments in vivo involving 14C-labelled glutamicacid and -ABA indicated that carbon from -ABA passed very rapidlyinto the citric-acid cycle intermediates and also that, throughoutthe period studied, -ABA was formed from glutamic acid despitethe alterations in relative concentrations of these amino acidsin the growing tissue. 相似文献
4.
Hydrothermal time analysis of tomato seed germination responses to priming treatments 总被引:5,自引:1,他引:4
Controlled hydration of seeds followed by drying (seed priming) is used to
break dormancy, speed germination, and improve uniformity of radicle
emergence. To date, empirical trials are used to predict optimal priming
conditions for a given seed lot. Since priming is based upon seed water
relations, it was hypothesized that the sensitivity of germination to
reduced water potential before priming might be mechanistically related to,
and therefore predictive of, priming responsiveness. Analyses of
germination of 13 tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum
Mill.) seed lots at two temperatures (15C
and 20C) and three water potentials (0,
-0.28 and -0.43 MPa) showed that seed lot germination responses could be
quantitatively characterized by parameters derived from thermal time,
hydrotime, and hydrothermal time models
(R20.73-0.99). Six of the seed
lots were primed at two temperatures (15°C and 20°C) and
three water potentials (-1.0, -1.5 and -2.0 MPa) for various durations,
dried, and their subsequent germination rates analysed according to
hydropriming time and hydrothermal priming time models. The responses of
germination rates to priming were characterized by hydropriming time
(HP) and hydrothermal priming time (HTP) constants and
the minimum water potential (min) and temperature
(Tmin) for achieving a priming effect. The values of
min and Tmin varied relatively little among
tomato seed lots, and the generalized values of min=2.39 MPa and
Tmin=9.10°C accounted for 74% (15°C),
57% (20°C), and 62% (across both temperatures) of the increase in
germination rates following priming. Nonetheless, while the hydrothermal
time models described germination patterns both before and after priming,
there was relatively little predictive relationship between
them. 相似文献
5.
Bromus tectorum L. (cheatgrass) is an invasive winter
annual whose seeds lose dormancy through dry after-ripening. In this paper
a thermal after-ripening time model for simulating seed dormancy loss of
B. tectorum in the field is presented. The model
employs the hydrothermal time parameter mean base water potential
(b(50)) as an index of dormancy status. Other parameters of the
hydrothermal time equation (the hydrothermal time constant HT,
the standard deviation of base water potentials b, and
the base temperature Tb) are held constant, while
b(50) is allowed to vary and accounts for changes in germination
time-course curves due to stage of after-ripening or incubation
temperature. To obtain hydrothermal time parameters for each of four
collections, seeds were stored dry at 20C
for different intervals, then incubated in water (O MPA) or polyethylene
glycol (PEG) solutions (-0.5, -1.0, -1.5 MPa) at 15 and 25C. Germination data for the thermal after-ripening
time model were obtained from seeds stored dry in the laboratory at 10, 15,
20, 30, 40, and 50°C for 0 to 42 weeks, then incubated at two
alternating temperatures in water. Change in b(50) was
characterized for each collection and incubation temperature as a linear
function of thermal time in storage. Measurements of seed zone temperature
at a field site were combined with equations describing changes in
b(50) during after-ripening to make predictions of seed dormancy
loss in the field. Model predictions were compared with values derived from
incubation of seeds retrieved weekly from the field site. Predictions of
changes in b(50) were generally close to observed values,
suggesting the model is useful for simulating seed dormancy loss during
after-ripening in the field. 相似文献
6.
Natural abundance of 15N in amino acids and polyamines from leguminous nodules: unique 15N enrichment in homospermidine 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The natural 15N abundance
(15N value) in acetylpropyl derivatives of
amino acids and in ethyloxycarbonyl derivatives of polyamines was
determined using a gas chromatography/combustion/mass
spectrometer-(GC/C/MS). 15N value
determined for 12 amino acids and five polyamines by GC/C/MS were identical
to those obtained by a direct combustion method using an automatic nitrogen
and carbon analysis (ANCA) mass spectrometer, the difference being less
than 1.0% in most cases. The GC/C/MS
method was used to analyse 15N values in
the amino acids and polyamines from root nodules of pea and faba bean and
from stem nodules of Sesbania rostrata. The analysis
of 15N values revealed that homospermidine
had high 15N values, as much as +40%, while
the amino acids investigated had 15N values
between -3 and +6%, putrescine between +2 and +8%, cadaverine between +1
and +7%, spermidine between -2 and +4%, and spermine between 0 and +6%. The
mechanism of 15N enrichment in homospermidine is
discussed. 相似文献
7.
Short communication. A steep Ca2[IMAGE]-dependence of a K[IMAGE] channel in a unicellular green alga
Bauer C; Plieth C; Hansen U; Simonis W; Schonknecht G 《Journal of experimental botany》1998,49(327):1761-1765
An increase of cytosolic Ca2 in the
unicellular green alga Eremosphaera viridis activities
Ca2-dependent
K channels causing a hyperpolarization of
the plasma membrane. Data from parallel calcium, and potential measurements
were combined with I/V relationships. This yielded a
steep Ca2-dependence of
K channels with a co-operativity of 4 and
an affinity of 300 nM.Key words: Eremosphaera viridis,
plasma membrane, Ca2-dependent
K channel, co-operative binding.
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8.
Mastoparan analogues stimulate phospholipase C- and phospholipase D-activity in Chlamydomonas: a comparative study 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
van Himbergen J; ter Riet B; Meijer H; van den Ende H; Musgrave A; Munnik T 《Journal of experimental botany》1999,50(341):1735-1742
The G-protein activator mastoparan and its analogues are becoming popular
tools for studying signalling in plants. Therefore the abilities of
mastoparan, mas7, mas8, and mas17 to activate phospholipase C (PLC), PLD
and to induce the deflagellation response in Chlamydomonas
moewusii Gerloff were compared. The aim was to test whether
their relative potencies in a plant system resemble those reported for
bovine brain Go and Gi, as is generally assumed, and to determine at which
concentrations cells become permeabilized, a known effect of higher
concentrations. The concentrations at which 50% deflagellation was induced,
were 2.0 M mastoparan, 3.0 M mas8, 3.6 M mas7, and 5.8 M
mas17. Similar activities were found for the production of phosphatidic
acid, which is the result of the combined activities of PLD and PLC
(together with diacylglycerol kinase). PLD activity alone was measured
in vivo by its ability to phosphatidylate
n-butanol. Surprisingly, the concentrations that
stimulated maximum activity were about 10-fold lower (1
M) than those that stimulated maximum PLC activity (10
M). Mas17 was an exception with both maxima above 10 M.
All the compounds except mas17 permeabilized C.
moewusii cells. The concentrations at which 50% of the cells
were permeabilized to Evan's blue were 7.4 M mas8, 16.0 M
mas7 and 22.4 M mastoparan. In conclusion, only mastoparan itself
and the least active analogue mas17 induced maximum deflagellation, PLC and
PLD activities without permeabilizing the cells.Keywords:
Chlamydomonas, deflagellation, mastoparan,
phospholipases C and D, phospholipid metabolism
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9.
The Meaning of Matric Potential 总被引:6,自引:1,他引:5
The commonly used equation, = P - + , which describes thepartitioning of plant water potential, , into components ofhydrostatic pressure, P, osmotic pressure, , and matric potential,, is misleading. The term , which is supposed to show the influenceof a solid phase on , is zero if a consistent definition ofpressure is used in the standard thermodynamic derivation. However,it can be usefully defined by = + D, where D is the osmoticpressure of the equilibrium dialysate of the system. The practicaland theoretical significance of this definition is discussed. 相似文献
10.
Developmental Responses to Drought and Abscisic Acid in Sunflower Roots: I. ROOT GROWTH, APICAL ANATOMY, OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
ROBERTSON J. MASON; HUBICK KERRY T; YEUNG EDWARD C.; REID DAVID M 《Journal of experimental botany》1990,41(3):325-327
Aeroponically grown sunflower seedlings (Helianthus annuus L.cv. Russian Giant) were droughted or treated with abscisic acid(ABA) for 7 d. Drought stress prompted a three-phase growthresponse in sunflower roots: an initial phase of increased rootelongation was followed by a period of almost complete inhibitionbetween about 6 h and 72 h; this was followed, in turn, by aphase of partial recovery in the rate of root elongation. Droughtdecreased the size of the apical meristem as cells in the proximalregion of the meristem vacuolated and elongated. Root-to-shootbiomass ratios (R:S) increased initially but declined after72 h. Drought stress decreased water potential () and osmoticpotential ( and increased turgor pressure p in the apical 30mm of the roots. These initial changes were transitory, lastingabout 3 h. Thereafter, and began to rise; p fell back to controllevels. In the later stages of treatment, fell as the stressgrew more severe, but fp was maintained by osmotic adjustment.Desiccation for 1 h increased turgor pressures in excised 30mm apical segments. The transitory increase in root elongationwas contemporary with the initial rise in p in the root apices,while the periods of greatest inhibition and partial recoveryin root elongation were contemporary with the periods of declineand partial recovery in the length of the apical meristem respectively.The inhibition of root elongation and the anatomical changesin the root apices were not determined by loss of turgor orlack of photosynthate, but rather appeared to be an active responseby the meristem to a drop in external . Treatment with ABA triggeredmany of the same changes as drought stress: ABA promoted a three-phasegrowth response, increased R:S, triggered the same initial changesin , , and p, increased p in excised 3.0 mm apical segments,and induced the same pattern of anatomical changes in the rootapices as drought stress. It is proposed that ABA mediates drought-inducedchanges in the primary development of sunflower roots. Key words: Abscisic acid, apical meristem, drought, osmotic adjustmen 相似文献
11.
A karyopherin (LeKAP1) cDNA was isolated from tomato
plants. The deduced LeKAP1 protein sequence of 527 amino acids
showed similarity to other plant karyopherin proteins. When
LeKAP1 was expressed in a yeast two-hybrid
system together with the gene coding for the capsid protein (CP) of the
tomato yellow curl leaf virus (TYLCV), it interacted directly with CP.
Thus, LeKAP1 may be involved in the nuclear import of TYLCV CP
and, potentially, the TYLCV genomes during viral infection of the host
tomato cells. 相似文献
12.
An improved strain-gauge device for continuous field measurement of stem and fruit diameter 总被引:7,自引:2,他引:5
An improved strain-gauge dendrometer was tested on apple (Pyrus
malus L.) tree trunks and fruit to measure thickness dynamics.
The sensor is similar to previous devices, but is more flexible allowing
for a greater range of thickness change before it has to be physically
reset. The practical resolution of the measurement system is given as one
standard deviation about the mean of 51 observations taken on an Invar
metal alloy in the field when temperatures ranged between 16C and 17C. The mean
of these observations was 3.68356 mm with one standard deviation of 0.00947
mm. There is a positive correlation between temperature and sensor output
having a slope of 2.96 m°C-1. For a typical
daily temperature change of 21°C, this causes an apparent change of
62 m. Stem thickness varied 0.7 mm diurnally
with maximum values at night and minimum values during the day. Apple fruit
diameter increased 3.3 mm over the 15 d period.Keywords:
Strain gauge dendrometer, plant stem and fruit thickness sensor,
plant water status, growth.
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13.
The effect of rhizosphere dissolved inorganic carbon on gas exchange characteristics and growth rates of tomato seedlings 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The possibility that an enhanced supply of dissolved inorganic carbon
(DIC=CO2+HCO3-) to the root solution could increase
the growth of Lycopersicon esculentum (L.) Mill. cv.
F144 was investigated under both saline and non-saline root medium
conditions. Tomato seedlings were grown in hydroponic culture with and
without NaCl and the root solution was aerated with CO2 concentrations in
the range between 0 and 5000 mol
mol-1. The biomass of both control and
salinity-stressed plants grown at high temperatures (daily maximum of
37C) and an irradiance of 1500 mol m-2
s-1 was increased by up to 200% by enriched
rhizosphere DIC. The growth rates of plants grown with irradiances of less
than 100 mol m-2 s-1
were increased by elevated rhizosphere DIC concentrations only when grown
at high shoot temperatures (35C) or with
salinity 28°C). At high light intensities, the photosynthetic rate,
the CO2 and light-saturated photosynthetic rate (jmax)
and the stomatal conductance of plants grown at high light intensity were
lower in plants supplied with enriched compared to ambient DIC. This was
interpreted as 'down-regulation' of the photosynthetic system in plants
supplied with elevated DIC. Labelled organic carbon in the xylem sap
derived from root DI14C incorporation was found to
be sufficient to deliver carbon to the shoot at rates equivalent to 1% and
10% of the photosynthetic rate of the plants supplied with ambient- and
enriched-DIC, respectively. It was concluded that organic carbon derived
from DIC incorporation and translocated in the xylem from the root to the
shoot may provide a source of carbon for the shoots, especially under
conditions where low stomatal conductance may be advantageous, such as
salinity stress, high shoot temperatures and high light
intensities. 相似文献
14.
In recent years alternative ways have been proposed to transformmeasurements of leaf water potential, , and relative water content,R*, in order to derive values of osmotic pressure at full turgidityin leaves and shoots, o(when 0). Two types of transformationsare usually considered: 1/ versus R* and versus 1/R*, and linearregression is used to fit the data in the region where turgoris thought to be zero. It appears that when o is estimated bylinear extrapolation of 1/Psi; versus R* then apoplastic watermight not influence the accuracy of o but when the versus \/R*transformation is used apoplastic water causes an underestimateof o. We examine the accuracy of the estimate of o obtainedfrom the two transformations when there are random errors in, systematic errors in , and when the osmotic solutions arenon-ideal. The 1/ versus R* transformation generally producesthe best estimate of 0 by linear extrapolation. 相似文献
15.
Flowering time in pea (Pisum sativum L.) is determined
by genetically controlled responses to photoperiod and temperature. To
investigate these responses, 11 lines homozygous for the flowering genes
Lf, Sn, E, and Hr were grown
under contrasting semi-controlled photothermal environments and the
durations (d) from sowing to first flower (f) were
recorded. The effects of the four genes were quantified using a two-plane
photothermal model which linearly relates the rate of progress from sowing
to flowering (1/f) with the mean pre-flowering values
of temperature (T) and/or photo-period (P), based on
1/fa + bT
(when P is longer than the critical photoperiod, Pc) and
1/fa +
bT + cP
(when P<Pc). The main effect of Lf alleles was
on temperature sensitivity (b) when P>Pc, which
increased in the sequence
Lfd<Lf<
lf<lfa. Gene
Hr, when together with Sn,
increased photoperiod sensitivity (c) and
reduced the intercept (a) when P<Pc.
Allele sn determined a single plane response to
temperature alone (i.e. a day-neutral response). Gene
E, when present with lf Sn,
increased 1/f in both the thermal (P<Pc) and
photothermal (PPc) domains, mainly by
increasing a and b,
respectively. Variations in the coefficients of the thermal and
photothermal responses determined that the critical photoperiod varied with
temperature in all photoperiod-sensitive genotypes. A common base
temperature of 0.2C was determined amongst
Day-Neutral Class genotypes (sn) and thermal time from
sowing to flowering increased in the sequence
lfa<lf<
<:f<Lfd. Intra-Class
variations attributed to the Lf alleles were also
detected in the Late (Sn hr) and Late High Response
(Sn Hr) Classes. The linear photothermal model
provided a sound basis for studying the quantitative effects of flowering
genes in pea. 相似文献
16.
The euryhaline charophyte Lamprothamnium papulosum (Wallr.)J. Gr. was adapted to media with decreasing salinities rangingfrom 550 to 0 mosmol kg1. Vegetative plants grown inmedia with osmotic pressures (0) in the range of 550 to 130mosmol kg1 maintained a constant turgor pressure () at309 + 7 mosmol kg1. The ions K+, Na+ and Cl, werethe predominant solutes in the vacuole. Changes in their concentrationsaccount for the variation in internal osmotic pressure (1) with,0. The divalent ions Mg2+, Ca2+ and were also present in significant amounts, but their concentrationsdid not alter with changes in, 0. In cells subjected to hypo-osmotic shock the regulation of was incomplete. The turgor pressure increased from 302 to 383mosmol kg1. The first rapid response to the sudden decreasein 0 was a loss of K+ and Cl. In contrast to the decreasein ionic concentrations an accumulation of sucrose occurredwhich could account for the increase of . The increase in sucroseconcentration started 24 to 48 h after the downshock and reachedits highest value after 3 to 4 weeks. The sucrose concentrationin the vacuole was up to 320 mol m3. During this timethe ionic content continued to decrease but did not counterbalancethe sucrose concentration sufficiently to regain the original. High sucrose levels accompanied by an enhanced were also observedduring the period of fructification (sexual reproduction: formationof antheridia and oogonia) in Lamprothamnium kept under conditionsof constant salinity. It is concluded that high sucrose content and elevated arecharacteristic of sexual reproduction in this charophyte. Lamprothamniumis able to tolerate different during various developmentalstages (e.g. vegetative and reproductive phases). Key words: Lamprothamnium papulosum, sucrose, turgor pressure 相似文献
17.
Influence of UV-B radiation and Cd2+ on chlorophyll fluorescence, growth and nutrient content in Brassica napus 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
The possible interaction of two stresses, UV-B radiation and cadmium,
applied simultaneously, was investigated in Brassica
napus L. cv. Paroll with respect of chlorophyll fluorescence,
growth and uptake of selected elements. Plants were grown in nutrient
solution containing CdCl2, (0, 0.5, 2 or 5 M)
and irradiated with photosynthetically active radiation
(PAR, 400-700 nm, 800 mol m-2
s-1) with or without supplemental ultraviolet-B
radiation (UV-B, 280-320 nm, 15 kJ m-2
d-1, weighted irradiance). After 14 d of treatment,
the most pronounced effects were found at 2 and 5 M CdCl2 with and
without supplemental UV-B radiation. Exposure to cadmium significantly
increased the amount of Cd in both roots and shoots. In addition, increases
occurred in the concentrations of Fe, Zn, Cu, and P in roots, while K was
reduced. In shoots the S content rose significantly both in the presence
and absence of UV-B radiation, while significant increases in Mg, Ca, P,
Cu, and K occurred only in plants exposed to Cd and UV-B radiation.
Manganese decreased significantly under the combined exposure treatment.
The rise in S content may have been due to stimulated glutathione and
phytochelatin synthesis. Cadmium exposure significantly decreased root dry
weight, leaf area, total chlorophyll content, carotenoid content, and the
photochemical quantum yield of photosynthesis. As an estimation of energy
dissipation processes in photosynthesis, non-photochemical quenching
(qNPQ) was measured using a pulse amplitude modulated
fluorometer. The qNPQ increased with increasing Cd,
while the combination of cadmium and UV-B reduced the
qNPQ compared to that in plants exposed only to
cadmium or UV-B radiation. The chlorophyll a:b ratio
showed a reduction with UV-B at no or low Cd concentrations (0 M,
0.5 M CdCl2), but not at the higher Cd concentrations used (2
M, 5 M CdCl2). Thus in some instances there appeared to
be a UV-B and Cd interaction, while in other plants response could be
attributed to either treatment alone.Keywords:
Brassica napus, cadmium, ultraviolet-B
radiation.
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18.
An error occurs in the calibration of xylem pressure potential() against leaf-water potential () when the calibration is madeusing plant material in which the water stress has been inducedartificially after excision. The impostion of water stress afterexcision affects the determination more than it affects , consequentlythe relationship between these two indices of water stress isaltered. Care should be exercised to ensure that identical proceduresare adopted during . calibrations and during susbsequent fieldmeasurements of with the pressure-chamber apparatus. 相似文献
19.
Effects of Priming and Endosperm Integrity on Seed Germination Rates of Tomato Genotypes: II. GERMINATION AT REDUCED WATER POTENTIAL 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Seed germination rates (GR =inverse of time to germination)are sensitive to genetic, environmental, and physiological factors.We have compared the GR of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)seeds of cultivar T5 to those of rapidly germinating L. esculentumgenotypes PI 341988 and PI 120256 over a range of water potential(). The influence of seed priming treatments and removal ofthe endosperm/testa cap enclosing the radicle tip on germinationat reduced were also assessed. Germination time-courses atdifferent 's were analysed according to a model that identifieda base, or minimum, allowing germination of a specific percentage(g) of the seed population (b(g)), and a hydrotime constant(H) indicating the rate of progress toward germination per MPa.h.The distribution of b(g) determined by probit analysis was characterizedby a mean base (b) and the standard deviation in b among seeds(b). The three derived parameters, b, b) and H, were sufficientto predict the time-courses of germination of intact seeds atany . A normalized time-scale for comparing germination responsesto reduced is introduced. The time to germination at any (tg())can be normalized to be equivalent to that observed in water(tg(0)) according to the equation tg(0)=[l(/b(g))]tg().PI 341988 seeds were more tolerant of reduced and had a morerapid GR than T5 seeds due to both a lower b and a smaller H.The rapid germination of PI 120256, on the other hand, couldbe attributed entirely to a smaller H. Seed priming (6 d in1.2 MPa polyethylene glycol 8000 solution at 20 ?C followedby drying) increased GR at all >b(g), but did not lower theminimum allowing germination; i.e. priming reduced H withoutlowering b. Removing the endosperm/testa cap (cut seeds) markedlyincreased GR and lowered the mean required to inhibit germinationby 0.7 to 0.9 MPa. However, this resulted primarily from downwardadjustment in b during the incubation of cut seeds at low inthe test solutions. The difference in b between intact and cutseeds incubated at high was much less (0.l MPa), indicatingthat at the time of radicle protrusion, the endosperm had weakenedto the point where it constituted only a small mechanical barrier.In the intact seed, endosperm weakening and the downward adjustmentin embryo b ceased at < 0.6 MPa, while the reductionin H associated with priming proceeded down to at least 1.2MPa. Based on these data and on the pressure required to pushthe embryos from the seeds at various times after imbibition,it appears that the primary effect of priming was to shortenthe time required for final endosperm weakening to occur. However,as priming increased GR even in cut seeds, priming effects onthe embryo may control the rate of endosperm weakening. Key words: tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., water potential, germination rate, seed priming, genetic variation 相似文献
20.
The role of solute accumulation, osmotic adjustment and changes in cell wall elasticity in drought tolerance in Ziziphus mauritiana (Lamk.) 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Clifford S; Arndt S; Corlett J; Joshi S; Sankhla N; Popp M; Jones H 《Journal of experimental botany》1998,49(323):967-977
Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) is a major fruit tree
crop of the north-west Indian arid zone. In a study of the physiological
basis of drought tolerance in this species, two glasshouse experiments were
conducted in which trees were droughted during single stress-cycles. In the
first experiment, during a 13 d drying cycle, pre-dawn leaf water
(leaf) and osmotic () potentials in droughted
trees declined from -0.5 and -1.4 MPa to -1.7 and -2.2 MPa, respectively,
for a decrease in relative water content () of 14%. During
drought stress, changes in sugar metabolism were associated with
significant increases in concentrations of hexose sugars (3.8-fold),
cyclitol (scyllo-inositol; 1.5-fold), and proline (35-fold; expressed per
unit dry weight), suggesting that altered solute partitioning may be an
important factor in drought tolerance of Ziziphus. On
rewatering pre-dawn leaf and recovered fully, but
remained depressed by 0.4 MPa relative to control
values, indicating that solute concentration per unit water content had
changed during the drought cycle.Evidence for osmotic adjustment was
provided from a second study during which a gradual drought was imposed.
Pressure-volume analysis revealed a 0.7 MPa reduction in osmotic potential
at full turgor, with leaf at turgor loss depressed by 1 MPa in
drought-stressed leaves. Coupled with osmotic adjustment, during gradual
drought, was a 65% increase in bulk tissue elastic modulus (wall rigidity)
which resulted in turgor loss at the same in both stressed and
unstressed leaves. The possible ecological significance of maintenance of
turgor potential and cell volume at low water potentials for drought
tolerance in Ziziphus is discussed.Keywords:
Ziziphus mauritiana, drought, solute
accumulation, osmotic adjustment, proline.
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