低磷胁迫下大麦叶片磷素利用特征

以大麦(Hordeum vulgare)磷高效基因型(DH110和DH147)和低效基因型(DH49)为材料, 采用盆栽实验研究大麦在极低磷(25 mg·kg^-1土)、低磷(50 mg·kg^-1土)和正常磷(75 mg·kg^-1土)处理下叶片的磷组分和酸性磷酸酶活性特征。结果表明, 低磷胁迫显著降低大麦叶片的无机磷含量, 但对难溶态磷含量影响较小。高效基因型上部叶核酸态磷含量显著高于低效基因型, 而下部叶则显著低于低效基因型, 是低效基因型的18.4%-91.4%。大麦下部叶酯磷含量和分配比例表现为高效基因型低于低效基因型, 而上部叶仅在低效基因型中显著低于高效基因型。核酸态磷和酯磷在高效基因型叶片中的含量分配表明其上部叶的磷素营养状况较优, 而下部叶易溶性有机磷的分解转化作用更强。低磷和极低磷胁迫下, 下部叶酸性磷酸酶的活性显著增加, 且高效基因型显著高于低效基因型, 分别为低效基因型的1.29-1.41倍。磷高效基因型大麦通过提高下部叶酸性磷酸酶活性加强酯磷和核酸态磷的分解, 转化为无机磷, 增加可移动性磷源的含量和比例, 以提高生育后期大麦的磷素再利用能力。     

Phosphorus efficiency of plants

Plant species differ in their P efficiency,i.e. the P content in soil needed to reach their maximum yield. The differences in external P requirements can be atributed to either a lower internal P requirement for optimum growth or higher uptake efficiency of the plant. The objective of this research was to investigate the reasons for different P efficiencies of seven plant species.Onion, ryerass, wheat, rape, spinach, tomato and bean were grown in a P-deficient subsoil fertilized with 0, 2, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg P 100 g^–1. All species showed a strong yield increase due to P fertilization. To reach 80% of maximum yield onion and tomato needed 17 and 11 mg P 100 g^–1 respectively, corresponding to a soil solution concentrations of 6.9 and 5.7 mol P l^–1, whereas ryegrass, wheat and rape needed about 5 mg P 100g^–1 corresponding to only 1.4 mol P l^–1 in soil solution. These differences in external P requirement cannot be explained by differences in their internal P requirement since onion, with the highest external P requirement, only contained 0.14% P in the shoot at 80% of maximum yield, while wheat, as the most P efficient species, contained 0.28%.P efficiency was related to the uptake efficiency of the plant which is determined by both root-shoot ratio and absorption rate per unit of root (influx). Species of low efficiency such as onion, tomato and bean had low influx rates and low root-shoot ratios, whereas species of medium to high efficiency had either high influx rates (rape and spinach) or high root-shoot ratios (ryegrass and wheat). The combination of both high influx rate and high root-shoot ratio was not found in any of the species studied.     

Phosphorus in prebiotic chemistry

The prebiotic synthesis of phosphorus-containing compounds-such as nucleotides and polynucleotides-would require both a geologically plausible source of the element and pathways for its incorporation into chemical systems on the primitive Earth. The mineral apatite, which is the only significant source of phosphate on Earth, has long been thought to be problematical in this respect due to its low solubility and reactivity. However, in the last decade or so, at least two pathways have been demonstrated which would circumvent these perceived problems. In addition, recent results would seem to suggest an additional, extraterrestrial source of reactive phosphorus. It appears that the 'phosphorus problem' is no longer the stumbling block which it was once thought to be.     

Phosphorus efficiency of plants

Föhse et al. (1988) have shown that P influx per unit root length in seven plant species growing in a low-P soil varied from 0.6×10^-14 to 4.8×10^-14 mol cm^-1s^-1. The objective of this work was to investigate the reasons for these differences. No correlation was found between P influx and root radius, root hairs, cation-anion balance and Ca uptake. However, when root hairs were included in mathematical model calculations, the differences of P influx could be accounted for. These calculations have shown that in soils low in available P, contribution to P uptake by root hairs was up to 90% of total uptake. The large contribution of root hairs to P uptake was partly due to their surface area, which was similar to that of the root cylinder. However, the main reason for the high P uptake efficiency of root hairs was their small radius (approx. 5×10^-4 cm) and their perpendicular growth into the soil from the root axis. Because of the small radius compared to root axes, P concentration at root hair surfaces decreased at a slower pace and therefore P influx remained higher. Under these conditions higher I_max (maximum influx) or smaller K_m values (Michaelis constant) increased P influx. The main reasons for differences found in P influx among species were the size of I_max and the number and length of root hairs. In a soil low in available P, plant species having more root hairs were able to satisfy a higher proportion of their P demand required for maximum growth.     

Sustainable Phosphorus Loadings from Effective and Cost-Effective Phosphorus Management Around the Baltic Sea

Nutrient over-enrichment of the Baltic Sea, accompanied by intensified algal blooms and decreasing water clarity, has aroused widespread concern in the surrounding countries during the last four decades. This work has used a well-tested dynamic mass-balance model to investigate which decrease in total phosphorus loading would be required to meet the environmental goal to restore the trophic state in the Baltic Sea to pre-1960s levels. Furthermore, the extent to which various abatement options may decrease the phosphorus loading in a cost-effective manner has been studied. Upgrading urban sewage treatment in the catchment could, alone or in combination with banning phosphates in detergents, be sufficient to meet the set environmental goal, at an estimated annual basin-wide cost of 0.21–0.43 billion euro. Such a plan would potentially decrease the total phosphorus loading to the Baltic Sea with 6,650–10,200 tonnes per year.