植物顽拗性种子研究进展

对植物顽拗性种子的概念、物种分类、形态、分布及一些生理生态特征进行了综述,分析了顽拗性种子脱水敏感性的原因和对环境的生态适应性,探讨其可能的进化地位和贮存技术。同时,对顽拗性种子研究的发展趋势和应用前景进行了展望,即加强生境调查,更新顽拗性种子植物数据库,从形态学、生理生态学和分子生物学分析种子顽拗性本质。     

种子顽拗性：最新评价

根据种子的脱水行为,可以把种子分为正常性、顽拗性和中间性种子三种类型。种子脱水耐性和脱水敏感性的鉴定是制定种子的贮藏策略和物种基因资源长期保存的依据。除了物种的内在特性外,种子的发育状态、脱水速率、脱水时和重新水合时的环境是影响种子脱水耐性的重要因子。种子的存活率、电解质渗漏速率和存活种子的萌发生长速率是衡量种子脱水耐性的良好的综合参数。种子的脱水耐性是一种数量性状,用“临界含水量”的概念来判断是不正确的,且在评价种子顽拗性中引起了一些混乱。本文还提出了一种全新的评价种子顽拗性的工作模式。     

种子顽拗性的形成机理及其保存技术

根据种子的脱水行为将种子分为正常性种子、顽拗性种子和中间性种子。顽拗性种子在发育的末期不经历成熟脱水．脱落时有相对高的含水量,并且对低温和脱水干燥非常敏感。在自然界,顽拗性种子存在一个连续群,即低度、中度和高度顽拗性种子,其差异在于对脱水伤害的敏感程度。影响种子顽拗性的因素,既有种子本身的生理生化物质基础,也有种子在母株上发育过程中所经受的外界环境的影响。目前,对种子脱水耐性的分子机制及其保存技术研究得较多。本文综述了有关顽拗性种子研究的近期进展。     

种子顽拗性:最新评价

根据种子的脱水行为,可以把种子分为正常性、顽拗性和中间性种子三种类型.种子脱水耐性和脱水敏感性的鉴定是制定种子的贮藏策略和物种基因资源长期保存的依据.除了物种的内在特性外,种子的发育状态、脱水速率、脱水时和重新水合时的环境是影响种子脱水耐性的重要因子.种子的存活率、电解质渗漏速率和存活种子的萌发生长速率是衡量种子脱水耐性的良好的综合参数.种子的脱水耐性是一种数量性状,用"临界含水量"的概念来判断是不正确的,且在评价种子顽拗性中引起了一些混乱.本文还提出了一种全新的评价种子顽拗性的工作模式.     

顽拗性竹柏种子的贮藏特性

文章对竹柏(Podocarpus nagi)种子的脱水耐性和贮藏特性进行了研究,结果表明:竹柏种子成熟时初始含水量约为(35±0.7)%,种子对脱水敏感,其最低安全含水量约为(16.86±0.73)%,具有顽拗性种子的典型特征;湿藏和半干藏都可以作为短期保存竹柏种子的方法,且以4℃保存优于15℃保存,但不管种子含水量如何,零下低温保存对竹柏种子都是致命的;半干藏法保存实验中,未进行脱水处理的种子(对照)在4℃贮藏6个月,种子萌发率没有发生明显下降,但贮藏期延长到9个月时,临界含水量的种子萌发力保存最高;不管贮藏介质的含水量高低,也无论贮藏在4℃还是15℃,湿藏种子在9个月的贮藏期内萌发率均没有明显的降低,但当贮藏到12个月时,15℃湿藏种子的萌发率显著高于4℃贮藏的种子,但15℃湿藏的种子在贮藏到3个月时即发现种子在贮藏期间萌发,且随着贮藏介质含水量的升高和贮藏期的延长,萌发的种子增多;竹柏的离体胚经过2 h硅胶快速脱水至含水量7%后再冷冻即可获得90%以上的融后存活率,且超低温保存1年的离体胚解冻后,与只保存1周的存活率没有明显差异,表明超低温长期保存竹柏种子是可行的。本研究可以为进一步探究顽拗性种子的短期贮藏和长期保存提供理论基础和基础资料。     

顽拗性竹柏种子的贮藏特性?

文章对竹柏( Podocarpus nagi)种子的脱水耐性和贮藏特性进行了研究,结果表明：竹柏种子成熟时初始含水量约为(35±0?7)％,种子对脱水敏感,其最低安全含水量约为(16?86±0?73)％,具有顽拗性种子的典型特征;湿藏和半干藏都可以作为短期保存竹柏种子的方法,且以4℃保存优于15℃保存,但不管种子含水量如何,零下低温保存对竹柏种子都是致命的;半干藏法保存实验中,未进行脱水处理的种子(对照)在4℃贮藏6个月,种子萌发率没有发生明显下降,但贮藏期延长到9个月时,临界含水量的种子萌发力保存最高;不管贮藏介质的含水量高低,也无论贮藏在4℃还是15℃,湿藏种子在9个月的贮藏期内萌发率均没有明显的降低,但当贮藏到12个月时,15℃湿藏种子的萌发率显著高于4℃贮藏的种子,但15℃湿藏的种子在贮藏到3个月时即发现种子在贮藏期间萌发,且随着贮藏介质含水量的升高和贮藏期的延长,萌发的种子增多;竹柏的离体胚经过2h硅胶快速脱水至含水量7％后再冷冻即可获得90％以上的融后存活率,且超低温保存1年的离体胚解冻后,与只保存1周的存活率没有明显差异,表明超低温长期保存竹柏种子是可行的。本研究可以为进一步探究顽拗性种子的短期贮藏和长期保存提供理论基础和基础资料。     

顽拗型种子的生物学特性及种子顽拗性的进化

综述了顽拗型种子的形态、大小、含水量、植物分类、植物生态方面的一般特性,分析了顽拗型种子对环境的生态适应性,并讨论了种子顽拗性的可能进化模式,进而指出顽拗型种子生理生态学研究的意义和应用前景.顽拗型种子一般千粒重和体积较大,含水量较高,萌发迅速且多无休眠特性;产生顽拗性种子的植物分布很广,与其系统分类地位无关,但多起源于湿润的生境;目前尚无足够的证据表明种子顽拗性是原始性状或是衍生性状,要解决这一问题还需更深入的研究,尤其是种子生理学和生态学家的合作研究.     

顽拗性黄皮种子税水过程中活性氧清除酶活性的变化

以正常性种子花生为对照,研究了顽拗性黄皮种子脱水过程中活性氧清除酶、膜脂过氧化作用以及电解质渗漏率的变化。随着含水量的下降,黄皮胚的电解质渗漏率和膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）含量均显著增加;当黄皮胚含水量下降致40％后,SOD活性开始急剧下降,而POD和CAT活性在胚含水量下降过程中呈现出缓慢下降的趋势。花生胚在含水量从45％降至145的过程中,电解质渗漏率没有明显增加,MDA含量只有少量增加;当含水量降至14％后,电解质渗漏率出现少量增加,花生胚脱水初期,活性氧清除酶活怀明显增加,并在整个脱水过程中维持较高的水平。以上结果表明：顽拗性处子黄皮的脱水敏感性与活性氧清除酶相对活性变化有关。脱水引起黄皮胚活性氧清除酶活性降低,活性氧清除能力下降,膜脂过氧化作用加强,膜透性增大。黄皮胚的膜系统可能是脱水伤害的靶位之一。     

试论种子顽拗性的复合数量性状特征

文章简要概述了从顽拗型种子到顽拗性种子这样一个对顽拗性种子认识提高的过程,在综述了前人关于顽拗性种子数量性状特征论述的基础上,把种子顽拗性的数量性状特征划分为种间、种内和个体发育三个层面,提出种子顽拗性是一种复合性状,其核心至少包括脱水耐性、低温耐性和贮藏耐性三方面的内容,其伴随性状包括种子尺度、千粒重、初始含水量、休眠特性、分类地位、地理分布和保护性物质含量等多方面的内容,而且这些核心内容和伴随性状的每一个方面都具有渐变的、过渡的、数量型的特征,从而阐明种子顽拗性是一种复合数量性状.种子顽拗性的复合数量性状特征的提出及其三个层面的划分,有助于加深对种子顽拗性的认识,并用以指导我们在实践中解决种子顽拗性方面的具体问题.     

植物种质资源超低温保存概述

简要回顾了植物种质资源超低温保存的历史,说明了超低温保存植物材料的多样性,阐述了超低温耐性的生物学基础及超低温伤害产生的原因和类型,介绍了各种常用超低温保存方法的技术要点,并对生产顽拗性种子的植物种质资源的超低温保存作了专门的论述,分析了生产顽拗性种子的植物种质资源超低温保存的潜力、现状和困难,指出顽拗性种子的超低温保存是植物种质资源超低温保存的重点和难点,而真正实现用超低温保存技术贮藏顽拗性植物种质资源还有很长的路要走。     

Cryopreservation and long-term storage of pear germplasm

Summary Germplasm collections of vegetatively propagated crops are usually maintained as plants in fields or potted in greenhouses or screened enclosures. Safety duplication of these collections, as duplicate plants or separate collections, is costly and requires large amounts of space. Cryopreservation techniques which were recently developed for long-term storage of pear germalasm may offer an efficient alternative to conventional germplasm collection maintenance. Pear (Pyrus L.) germplasm may now be stored as seeds (species), dormant buds or pollen from field-grown trees, or shoot tips fromin vitro-grown plants (cultivars). Pear germplasm may now be cryopreserved and stored for long periods (> 100 yr) utilizing slow-freezing or vitrification ofin vitro-grown shoot-tips. Dormant bud freezing, pollen, and seed cryopreservation of other lines are being developed to complete the base collection forPyrus. This cryopreserved collection provides base (long-term) storage for the field-grown pear germplasm collection at the National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis, Oregon. Based on a presentation at the 1997 Congress on In Vitro Biology held in Washington, D.C., June 14–18, 1997.     

五种豆科药用植物种子超低温保存技术研究

以豆科药用植物降香檀、决明、含羞草、灰毛豆和猪屎豆的成熟种子为材料,探讨含水量对其发芽率的影响,以及超低温冷冻方式对种子超低温保存的影响。结果表明,降香檀、决明、猪屎豆和灰毛豆种子发芽率均随含水量的下降而从80%左右降至20%以下,而含羞草种子含水量低于10%时,其发芽率仍在75%以上。经超低温冷冻后,五种豆科药用植物种子发芽率较对照组均有显著差异;适宜的含水量下,种子经过超低温冷冻后其发芽率与对照组差异不显著,甚至高于对照组。三种冷冻方法中,玻璃化冷冻法更适合降香檀种子的超低温保存,缓慢冷冻法更适合猪屎豆种子的超低温保存,快速冷冻法适合于决明种子、灰毛豆种子和含羞草种子的超低温保存。由此可知,液氮超低温冷冻法保存降香檀等五种豆科药用植物种子是可行的。     

Dehydration in cryopreservation of moist plant tissues and seed maturation

The feasibility of long-term cryopreservation of plant objects depends on their moisture content. In orthodox seed, dehydration takes place at the late stage of maturation and is accompanied by accumulation of protective sugars and proteins. Such seed easily withstand cryopreservation. Moist objects such as meristems and recalcitrant seed must be desiccated in the presence of sucrose before freezing. In both naturally dry and dehydrated tissues, differential scanning calorimetry and electron paramagnetic resonance reveal intracellular vitrification; this glassy state is supposed to determine the success of cryostorage. Methodical approaches to cryopreservation of moist plant tissues are reviewed.     

植物种质的玻璃化超低温保存

植物种质的玻璃化超低温保存技术已受到广泛重视。玻璃化法主要由装载、玻璃化保护液脱水、降温、复温、洗涤这5个环节构成。目前已对百余种植物进行过玻璃化冻存研究,但主要应用于高等植物,而用该法保存藻类获得成功的报道很少。将玻璃化法用于某些藻类种质的冻存将会有广阔的应用前景。     

Cryopreservation of sugarbeet germplasm

Meristems aseptically isolated from shoots developed on sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) inflorescences were precultured on modified MS agar medium containing 19.4 M 6-benzylaminopurine, 6 M triiodobenzoic acid, and supplemented with 5% DMSO. After two days the meristems were transferred to liquid modified MS medium and the cryoprotectants sorbitol and DMSO added in varying concentrations. The meristems were frozen to –40°C and stored in liquid nitrogen. Growth resumed when the meristems were quick-thawed at 39°C.     

State and Phase Transition Behaviors ofQuercus rubraSeed Axes and Cotyledonary Tissues: Relevance to the Desiccation Sensitivity and Cryopreservation of Recalcitrant Seeds

Freezing and melting transitions of cellular water in embryonic axes and cotyledonary tissues of recalcitrantQuercus rubra(red oak) seeds were compared under slow and rapid cooling conditions. The relevance of desiccation sensitivity (critical water content) and state/phase transition behaviors to cryopreservation was examined. Under a slow to intermediate cooling condition (≤10°C min⁻¹), unfrozen water content in the tissues decreased to less than the critical water content, resulting in a dehydration damage. Under a rapid cooling condition (>100°C min⁻¹) using liquid nitrogen (LN₂), freeze-induced dehydration damage could be avoided if the initial water content was >0.50 g g⁻¹dry wt. However, at water content >0.50 g g⁻¹dry wt, the vitrified cellular matrix was highly unstable upon warming at 10°C min⁻¹. These results offered a theoretical explanation on the difficulty for successful cryopreservation of recalcitrant red oak embryonic axes. A complete state/phase transition diagram for red oak axes was constructed, and a vitrification-based cryopreservation protocol that employed predehydration and rapid cooling was examined. State/phase transition behaviors of cellular water are important parameters for cryopreservation; however, vitrification alone was not sufficient for seed tissues to survive the cryopreservation condition.     

Cryopreservation of sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) shoot tips

Summary The objective of this study was to establish a cryopreservation protocol for sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.). Cryopreservation was carried out via encapsulation-dehydration, vitrification, and encapsulation-vitrification on shoot tips excised from in vitro cultures. Results indicated that a maximum of 83% survival and 47% regrowth of encapsulated-dehydrated and cryopreserved shoot tips was obtained with 0.5M sucrose in the preculture medium and further dehydration for 6 h to attain 18% moisture content. Dehydration of encapsulated shoot tips with silica gel for 2h resulted in 93% survival but only 37% regrowth of cryopreserved shoot tips. After preculturing with 0.5M sucrose, 80% of the vitrified cryopreserved shoots survived when 2M sucrose plus 10% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was used as a cryoprotectant for 20 min at 25°C. Survival and regrowth of vitrified cryopreserved shoot tips were 67% and 43%, respectively, when 0.4M sucrose plus 2M glycerol was used as a loading solution followed by application of 100% plant vitrification solution (PVS2) for 20 min. Increased duration of exposure to the loading solution up to 60 min increased survival (83%) and regrowth (47%) of cryopreserved shoot tips. With encapsulation-vitrification, dehydration with 100% PVS2 for 2 or 3 h at 0°C resulted in 50 or 57% survival and 30 or 40% regrowth, respectively, of cryopreserved shoot tips.     

猕猴桃茎尖超低温保存过程中超微结构观察

应用透射电镜观察了猕猴桃组培苗茎尖细胞在玻璃化法超低温保存过程中的超微结构变化.研究发现:在预培养、PVS2脱水处理过程中,茎尖细胞内液泡逐渐变多、变小,质壁分离愈加显著,表明细胞的抗冻力增强;在随后的冷冻和解冻过程中,部分细胞的质壁分离更加严重,细胞壁与细胞膜之间出现液腔,细胞器变得模糊,有些细胞的细胞膜、甚至细胞壁撕裂,细胞腔内留下破碎的细胞膜和细胞残片,细胞结构破坏严重,这可能是导致材料在恢复培养中死亡的原因之一;部分细胞经过7d的恢复培养后,细胞器清晰,细胞膜完好并紧贴细胞壁,细胞中央出现较大的液胞,具有与对照相似的结构特征,最终存活下来并能够再生植株.     

Prediction of desiccation sensitivity in seeds of woody species: a probabilistic model based on two seed traits and 104 species

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Seed desiccation sensitivity limits the ex situ conservation of up to 47 % of plant species, dependent on habitat. Whilst desirable, empirically determining desiccation tolerance levels in seeds of all species is unrealistic. A probabilistic model for the rapid identification of woody species at high risk of displaying seed desiccation sensitivity is presented. METHODS: The model was developed using binary logistic regression on seed trait data [seed mass, moisture content, seed coat ratio (SCR) and rainfall in the month of seed dispersal] for 104 species from 37 families from a semi-deciduous tropical forest in Panamá. KEY RESULTS: For the Panamanian species, only seed mass and SCR were significantly related to the response to desiccation, with the desiccation-sensitive seeds being large and having a relatively low SCR (i.e. thin 'seed' coats). Application of this model to a further 38 species, of known seed storage behaviour, from two additional continents and differing vegetation types (dryland Africa and temperate Europe) correctly predicted the response to desiccation in all cases, and resolved conflicting published data for two species (Acer pseudoplatanus and Azadirachta indica). CONCLUSIONS: This model may have application as a decision-making tool in the handling of species of unknown seed storage behaviour in species from three disparate habitats.     

大苞鞘石斛原球茎玻璃化超低温保存技术的研究

本文研究建立了大苞鞘石斛(Dendrobium wardianum Warner)原球茎玻璃化法超低温保存的技术体系。结果发现,预处理和玻璃化溶液(plant vitrification solution 2,PVS2)装载脱水是影响大苞鞘石斛原球茎相对存活率的两个关键步骤,高渗与低温-高渗两种预处理方法测定的相对存活率具有显著性差异;玻璃化溶液的种类以及脱水时间对冻后存活率具有重要的影响。基于此,建立了大苞鞘石斛原球茎的超低温保存体系,即:以继代培养60 d的大苞鞘石斛原球茎为材料,1/2MS+0.8 mol/L蔗糖的培养基上4℃低温预处理6 d后,转至1/2 MS+2 mol/L甘油+0.4 mol/L蔗糖的装载液中室温下装载40 min,在0℃下装载PVS2脱水40 min,然后转入装有新鲜PVS2冷冻管中并迅速投入液氮。在液氮保存1 h后放在40℃水浴中快速解冻1 min,利用含1.2 mol/L蔗糖的1/2MS培养液洗涤3次,每次间隔10 min;待恢复培养30 d后统计存活率,可使大苞鞘石斛原球茎超低温保存后存活率达到20.0%。