Silencing of the tomato Sugar Partitioning Affecting protein (SPA) modifies sink strength through a shift in leaf sugar metabolism

Limitations in our understanding about the mechanisms that underlie source‐sink assimilate partitioning are increasingly becoming a major hurdle for crop yield enhancement via metabolic engineering. By means of a comprehensive approach, this work reports the functional characterization of a DnaJ chaperone related‐protein (named as SPA; sugar partition‐affecting) that is involved in assimilate partitioning in tomato plants. SPA protein was found to be targeted to the chloroplast thylakoid membranes. SPA‐RNAi tomato plants produced more and heavier fruits compared with controls, thus resulting in a considerable increment in harvest index. The transgenic plants also displayed increased pigment levels and reduced sucrose, glucose and fructose contents in leaves. Detailed metabolic and enzymatic activities analyses showed that sugar phosphate intermediates were increased while the activity of phosphoglucomutase, sugar kinases and invertases was reduced in the photosynthetic organs of the silenced plants. These changes would be anticipated to promote carbon export from foliar tissues. The combined results suggested that the tomato SPA protein plays an important role in plastid metabolism and mediates the source‐sink relationships by affecting the rate of carbon translocation to fruits.     

ToCV单独侵染和TYLCV&ToCV复合侵染番茄植株上烟粉虱寄主适应性及寄主植物营养成分含量和防御反应变化

[目的]本研究以番茄褪绿病毒(tomato chlorosis virus,ToCV)和番茄黄化曲叶病毒(tomato yellow leaf curl virus,TYLCV)为主体,旨在明确ToCV单独侵染及TYLCV&ToCV复合侵染对烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci MED隐种寄主适应性的影响,并从寄主植物营...     

外源GSH对盐胁迫下番茄幼苗生长及抗逆生理指标的影响

采用营养液栽培法,研究外源谷胱甘肽(GSH)对NaCl胁迫下番茄幼苗生长、根系活力、电解质渗透率和丙二醛(MDA)、脯氨酸(Pro)、可溶性糖含量以及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性的影响,为利用外源物质减轻盐胁迫伤害提供理论依据。结果显示:(1)NaCl胁迫显著抑制了番茄幼苗的生长、根系活力和SOD、POD、CAT活性,提高了电解质渗透率及MDA、Pro、可溶性糖含量;(2)外源喷施GSH能够诱导NaCl胁迫下番茄幼苗叶片抗氧化酶SOD、POD、CAT活性上调,电解质渗透率及MDA含量下降,Pro和可溶性糖含量恢复至对照水平;(3)外源喷施还原型谷胱甘肽抑制剂(BSO)使NaCl胁迫下番茄幼苗的根系活力以及抗氧化酶SOD、POD、CAT活性下降,脯氨酸含量提高;(4)喷施GSH可诱导BSO和NaCl共处理番茄植株的根系活力、SOD、POD、CAT活性提高,MDA和Pro含量降低。研究表明,外源GSH可通过提高促进盐胁迫下番茄幼苗植株渗透调节能力及清除活性氧的酶促系统的防御能力、降低细胞膜脂过氧化程度、保护膜结构的完整性,从而有效缓解NaCl胁迫对番茄幼苗生长的抑制,提高其耐盐性。     

蚓粪和益生菌互作对土壤性状及番茄产量和品质的影响

本试验研究了两株益生细菌(巨大芽孢杆菌BM和解淀粉芽孢杆菌BA)与化肥和蚓粪配施对土壤性状、番茄产量和品质的影响．结果表明:与化肥相比,在等养分条件下蚓粪能够提高番茄产量、果实可溶性糖和蛋白质含量,并提高土壤pH和速效磷含量．与单施蚓粪相比,益生菌与蚓粪配施不仅能提高番茄产量、果实可溶性糖、蛋白质、维生素C含量和糖酸比,降低有机酸和硝态氮含量,而且增加了土壤pH和硝态氮含量,降低了土壤电导率;益生菌与化肥配施的效果不如益生菌与蚓粪配施．BA和BM与化肥或蚓粪配施时,番茄品质无显著差异,但BA配施蚓粪处理的番茄产量显著高于BM配施蚓粪处理;BM与化肥配施处理显著提高了土壤速效磷含量,而BA与蚓粪配施处理则显著提高了土壤速效钾含量．本研究表明,益生菌和蚓粪可替代化肥用于番茄生产和土壤肥力改良.     

施蚯蚓粪对日光温室土壤及番茄产量与品质的影响

设施蔬菜化肥过量施用造成土壤劣化、土传病虫害发生严重,从而导致蔬菜产量和品质下降。蚯蚓粪在改善土壤环境和促进蔬菜生长、提高产量和品质方面具有良好的效果。本试验在日光温室采用等量撒施和沟施两种方式研究了增施蚯蚓粪对土壤养分、酶活性、微生物数量及番茄生长、产量和品质的影响。结果表明: 与不施蚯蚓粪的对照相比,撒施蚯蚓粪和沟施蚯蚓粪处理均改善了土壤环境,显著增加了土壤有机质和氮、磷、钾等养分含量;显著提高了蔗糖酶和过氧化氢酶活性,增加了土壤中细菌、放线菌数量,降低了真菌数量。沟施蚯蚓粪处理明显促进了植株地上部的生长,撒施效果不显著。蚯蚓粪处理明显增强了植株根系活力,提高了叶片的光合作用和叶绿素含量,促进了植株氮和钾含量的积累。撒施和沟施蚯蚓粪处理的番茄产量比对照分别提高了22.7%和32.6%。沟施处理果实中可溶性蛋白、可溶性糖、维生素C和可滴定酸含量分别提高了66.1%、11.0%、122.6%和29.9%,硝酸盐含量降低了65.7%,而撒施处理对番茄果实品质提升效果不明显。     

氟化氢熏气对金华佛手叶片、花和果实中有机营养物含量的影响

HF人工熏气后佛手叶中光合速率及叶绿素、可溶性总糖、蔗糖、核酸、蛋白质含量均下降,淀粉及果糖含量上升;花中果糖、蔗糖、可溶性总糖及核酸含量均下降;果中的果糖、蔗糖及可溶性糖含量均上升,蛋白质含量下降.     

Variation in tomato host response to Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in relation to acyl sugar content and presence of the nematode and potato aphid resistance gene Mi

Two commercial cultivars of tomato, Alta and Peto 95, the accession line number LA716 of Lycopersicon pennellii and lines 94GH-006 and 94GH-033 (backcrosses between Peto 95 and LA716), with different leaf acyl sugar contents were screened for resistance to Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring (corresponding to the Spanish B-biotype of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)), in greenhouse- and field-no-choice experiments. There was no oviposition on LA716 (with the highest acyl sugar content) while the greatest fecundity and fertility values were observed on the cultivar Alta (no acyl sugar content). However, no clear relationship was found between the low acyl sugar content in the other tomato cultivars tested and whitefly reproduction. Thus, resistance to B. tabaci did not appear to correlate with acyl sugar content below a threshold level of 37.8 microg cm-2 leaf. In a greenhouse choice-assay, B. tabaci exhibited reduced host preference and reproduction on the commercial tomato cultivars Motelle, VFN8 and Ronita all of which carry the Mi gene resistance to Meloidogyne nematodes and the aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), than on the Mi-lacking cultivars Moneymaker, Rio Fuego and Roma. When data of Mi-bearing plants were pooled, the mean values for daily infestation and pupal production of B. tabaci were significantly lower than those of Mi-lacking plants. This reflected a level of antixenosis- and antibiosis-based resistance in commercial tomato and indicated that Mi, or another closely linked gene, might be implicated in a partial resistance which was not associated either with the presence of glandular trichomes or their exudates. These findings support the general hypothesis for the existence of similarities among the resistance mechanisms to whiteflies, aphids and nematodes in commercial tomato plants.     

Physiological,biochemical and molecular analysis of sugar-starvation responses in tomato roots

Two-month-old tomato plants were submitted to day/night cycles and to prolonged darkness in order to investigate the physiological and biochemical response to sugar starvation in sink organs. Roots appeared particularly sensitive to the cessation of photosynthesis, as revealed by the reduction of the growth rate and the decline of the carbohydrate and protein content. Therefore, excised tomato roots were used as a model to deepen the characterization of sugar starvation symptoms. In excised roots, the endogenous sugars were rapidly exhausted and significant degradation of protein was observed. Glutamine and asparagine accounted for most of the nitrogen released by protein breakdown. Respiration declined and proliferation- and growth-associated genes were repressed soon after the beginning of the sugar depletion. Among the genes studied, only the gene encoding asparagine synthetase was strongly induced. All the starvation symptoms were reversible when the roots were resupplied with sugar. When the culture conditions deteriorated, the metabolic and molecular changes led to the triggering of apoptosis of the root cells.     

Effect of exogenous quercetin on the level of carbohydrates and amino acids in Lycopersicon esculentum fruit

Low doses of the exogenous flavonoid quercetin increased in contents of sugars in tomato fruits of various cultivars. The content of glucose in tomato fruits of cv. Ukrainskii teplichnyi increased from 3.62 to 11.24% per unit dry weight. Increases in the content of glucose were found in all tomato cultivars examined. An analysis of qualitative and quantitative compositions of amino acids showed that their levels were markedly decreased in fruits of quercetin-treated plants. Our studies and data found in the literature suggest that this effect is due to the synthesis of sugars from amino acids by gluconeogenesis. The reverse process of sugar hydrolysis does not occur because exogenous quercetin inhibits the activity of pyruvate kinase.     

激光照射萌发的番茄种子的生物学效应的初步研究

将萌发的番茄(Lycopersicon esculentum)种子用不同时间(0、40、80、120、160、200、240 s)的He-Ne激光照射后,测定了种子的发芽势、发芽率和幼苗的生长量.待幼苗生长25 d后,取番茄叶片测定了细胞内叶绿素、可溶性糖、蛋白质和核酸的含量.结果显示,随着照射时间延长,种子的发芽势、...     

Effect of Zinc on the Contents of Tomato Chloroplast DNA,RNA, Protein and Chl-Protein Complexes in Relation to Light

Changes of chloroplast DNA, RNA and protein contents in normal andzinc deficient tomato plants grown under different light intensity were studied in thispaper. It was shown that there is no much difference between normal and zinc deficient chloroplast DNA, RNA and protein e0ntents when the plants were grown underlower light intensity, while the DNA, RNA and protein contents of zinc deficient plantsdecreased dramatically under higher light intensity. The DNA and protein contentsof normal plants increased when light intensity was increased from 18000 lx to 45000 lx.The P700 Chl a-protein complexes and light harvesting Chl a/b-protein complexes of zincdeficient plants decreased seriously under higher light intensity.     

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BSL16 improves phytoremediation potential of Solanum lycopersicum during copper stress

Current study aimed at exploring the diversity of bacterial endophytes with Boswellia sacra and their role in copper (Cu) stress to tomato plants. Bacterial endophytes were belonged to Bacillus, Rhizobium and Paenibacillus, which were screened against Cu (0–10?mM) stress to dwarf and normal rice seeds. Among strains, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BSL16 showed significantly higher bioremediation potential by accumulating high Cu and promoting growth of rice seeds. B. amyloliquefaciens BSL16 significantly increased growth of tomato plants during 2.5?mM Cu stress. Active colonization of BSL16 reduced the accumulation of Cu in leaf, shoot, and root, and in parallel up-regulated total protein contents in leaf and stem. Glutathione peroxidase and reduced glutathione contents were significantly higher and lipid peroxidation was lower in endophyte-treated tomato plants as compared to Cu treatment. The current results conclude that application of metal bio-accumulating bacteria can help in improving the plant growth of tomato plants during Cu stress.     

Comparison of a novel tomato sucrose synthase,SlSUS4, with previously described SlSUS isoforms reveals distinct sequence features and differential expression patterns in association with stem maturation

Sucrose synthase (SUS) plays a role in many contexts of sugar metabolism, including low-oxygen and low-ATP respiration and the synthesis of cellulose. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), as in many plants, SUS is encoded by genes at several independent loci. Here, we report the isolation of a novel tomato SUS (SlSUS) isoform, SlSUS4, that is homologous to potato SUS isoform 1 (StSUS1) and also shows greater homology to SUS isoforms of other plants than to the other tomato SUS isoforms. All three tomato isoforms are very similar in genomic structure and sequence, yet each is located on a separate chromosome. Real-time expression analysis of the three distinct isoforms revealed widely varying patterns of expression, in terms of both tissue specificity and overall magnitude of expression. Analysis of SlSUS expression along the tomato stem revealed opposing expression gradients for two of the SlSUS isoforms, in apparent correlation with vascular tissue maturation. Western-blot analysis of SlSUS protein showed an increasing SlSUS concentration gradient along the developmental axis of the tomato stem, with the protein concentrated mainly in the vascular tissue of the stem. These gene expression and protein accumulation patterns indicate that each isoform may play a discrete role in the development of tomato plants, most notably in the development of vascular tissue in the stem.     

光周期诱导甘蔗花芽分化及成花逆转过程中生理代谢的变化

以两个在自然条件下难开花的甘蔗品种‘ROCl6’和‘ROC22’为材料,研究经光周期诱导甘蔗花芽分化和成花逆转过程中叶片碳水化合物和可溶性蛋白质含量的变化。结果表明,未分化前,两品种经光周期诱导后叶片可溶性总糖、淀粉和蛋白质含量与对照相比无明显变化;从花芽分化诱变期开始,两品种叶片可溶性总糖、淀粉和蛋白质含量迅速增加,明显高于对照（未分化）。随着花芽进一步分化,其叶片可溶性总糖、淀粉含量逐渐降低并低于对照,处在一个较低的水平,蛋白质含量始终高于对照。成花逆转植株在花芽分化前期叶片可溶性总糖、淀粉和蛋白质含量也高于对照,但低于正常抽穗开花植株;之后随着花芽分化的停止,其叶片可溶性总糖、淀粉含量一直保持较稳定的水平,仅蛋白质略有降低。说明甘蔗花芽分化期间大量的基因表达并且合成各种蛋白质的过程需要消耗大量的碳水化合物。     

硝普钠对缺铁和硝酸盐胁迫下番茄幼苗生长及生理特性的影响

采用营养液培养方法,研究外源NO供体(硝普钠,SNP)对缺铁和硝酸盐胁迫番茄幼苗生长、养分吸收及抗氧化酶活性的影响.结果表明: 处理7 d后,缺铁使番茄幼苗生长受到抑制,叶绿素a、b、类萝卜素含量显著降低,出现明显失绿症状;降低叶片中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)的活性,电解质渗漏率、丙二醛含量明显增加,脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量变化不显著,幼苗叶片和根中N、P、K、Ca、Mg、Fe含量比对照处理有不同程度的减少.硝酸盐和缺铁双重胁迫对番茄幼苗生长抑制加剧,叶绿素a、b、类萝卜素含量、SOD、POD和CAT活性显著降低,电解质渗漏率、脯氨酸、可溶性糖和丙二醛含量明显增加;番茄幼苗叶片和根中N、P、Mg、Fe含量显著减少,而K、Ca含量显著增加. 与不添加处理相比,添加0.1 mmol·L^-1 SNP处理使胁迫番茄幼苗的生长抑制明显缓解.添加0.1 mmol·L^-1 SF(亚铁氰化钠)的处理在SOD、POD和CAT等指标上也表现出一定程度的缓解或促进作用,但其他生理指标没有表现出缓解或促进作用,原因是SF中也含有铁离子.     

Improved growth,productivity and quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants through application of shikimic acid

A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of seed presoaking of shikimic acid (30, 60 and 120 ppm) on growth parameters, fruit productivity and quality, transpiration rate, photosynthetic pigments and some mineral nutrition contents of tomato plants. Shikimic acid at all concentrations significantly increased fresh and dry weights, fruit number, average fresh and dry fruit yield, vitamin C, lycopene, carotenoid contents, total acidity and fruit total soluble sugars of tomato plants when compared to control plants. Seed pretreatment with shikimic acid at various doses induces a significant increase in total leaf conductivity, transpiration rate and photosynthetic pigments (Chl. a, chl. b and carotenoids) of tomato plants. Furthermore, shikimic acid at various doses applied significantly increased the concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in tomato leaves as compared to control non-treated tomato plants. Among all doses of shikimic acid treatment, it was found that 60 ppm treatment caused a marked increase in growth, fruit productivity and quality and most studied parameters of tomato plants when compared to other treatments. On the other hand, no significant differences were observed in total photosynthetic pigments, concentrations of nitrogen and potassium in leaves of tomato plants treated with 30 ppm of shikimic acid and control plants. According to these results, it could be suggested that shikimic acid used for seed soaking could be used for increasing growth, fruit productivity and quality of tomato plants growing under field conditions.     

不同钾水平对钾饥饿墨兰碳水化合物和蛋白质含量的影响

墨兰（Ｃｙｍｂｉｄｉｕｍｓｉｎｅｎｓｅ（Ａｎｄｒ．）Ｗｉｌｌｄ）植株经过钾饥饿后,无上栽培于不同钾浓度的培养液中．随着钾浓度的升高（５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ）,体内可溶性糖、淀粉、纤维素和蛋白质含量比对照分别增加１２５、１１７、１２７和４１％,而还原糖和游离氨基酸含量则比对照分别下降４４％和２４％．假球茎是贮藏还原糖、可溶性糖、淀粉、游离氨基酸和蛋白质的主要器官,叶片是纤维素最多的器官．钾供应充足时,叶片丙酮酸激酶活性明显加强（比对照强１５倍）,而硝酸还原酶活性也加强（比对照强０．８倍）．本文对钾促进墨兰生长发育和抗病等原因加以讨论．并初步提出诊断墨兰体内钾状况的三种生理指标．     

Increased hexose transport in the roots of tomato plants submitted to prolonged hypoxia

We investigated the effects of prolonged hypoxia on the sugar uptake in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. var. MP-1) roots. Hydroponic cultures of whole tomato plants were submitted to hypoxic treatment for 1 week, and the roots were analyzed for sugar concentrations, hexose uptake and hexose transporter expression level. Contrary to what has been observed after anoxic shock or short-term hypoxic treatment, we show that sugar concentrations increase and hexose uptake is up-regulated in the roots after 1 week of hypoxic treatment. Increased hexose transport is concomitant with the induction of the hexose transporter gene LeHT2. These responses may be due either to a direct effect of low O₂ supply, or to a secondary effect associated with the increase in sugar concentrations, which, typically, develops in most hypoxic plants.     

不同色彩珙桐苞片与叶片的生理特性研究

以生长在同一生境下的粉红珙桐和普通珙桐植株为试材,比较两种珙桐苞片/叶片的色素、基础代谢物含量和酶活性,探讨粉红珙桐苞片与叶片的呈色机理。结果显示：粉红珙桐叶片的类黄酮含量是普通珙桐的1.52倍,两种珙桐苞片中的类黄酮含量都较低,且无显著差异（P>0.05）;粉红珙桐苞片和叶片的花色苷含量极显著高于普通珙桐（P<0.01）,分别是普通珙桐的1.68倍和3.67倍;粉红叶片的光合色素略低于绿色叶片,但无显著差异（P>0.05）。粉红珙桐苞片和叶片的可溶性糖、脯氨酸含量显著高于普通珙桐（P<0.05）,可溶性蛋白含量则相反;苞片的可溶性糖含量极显著低于叶片（P<0.01）,而可溶性蛋白和脯氨酸含量更高（P<0.01）。粉红珙桐苞片和叶片的苯丙氨酸解氨酶（PAL）、查尔酮异构酶（CHI）活性极显著高于普通珙桐（P<0.01）,过氧化物酶（POD）和超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性无显著差异（P>0.05）;苞片中的酶活性大多都显著高于叶片（P<0.05）,尤其是CHI活性。类黄酮、花色苷含量与可溶性糖、脯氨酸含量、PAL、CHI活性呈显著正相关,而与可溶性蛋白含量显著负相关。研究表明,花色苷是珙桐苞片转粉红的直接因素,而叶片转粉红受类黄酮和花色苷的共同影响,可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、脯氨酸、PAL、CHI影响花色苷的合成。     

Tomato Jasmonic Acid-Deficient Mutant <Emphasis Type="Italic">spr2</Emphasis> Seedling Response to Cadmium Stress

The involvement of jasmonic acid (JA) in the plant response to cadmium (Cd) stress has been addressed in some publications by application experiments or analysis of endogenous contents of JA. In this study, we comparatively investigated the response of tomato wild type (WT) and its JA-deficient mutant spr2 to Cd stress aimed at clarifying the role of JA. One-month-old potted plants were exposed to CdCl₂ at final concentrations of 5, 25, and 50 mg kg^?1 in soil, respectively, for 15 days. The root and leaf Cd contents were dramatically increased, especially in the spr2 plants, in a CdCl₂ dose-effect manner. In the Cd dose-dependent inhibitory effect on plant growth, spr2 plants were more obvious than WT plants. This was also reflected by certain physiological and biochemical metabolisms. We analyzed photosynthesis-related parameters including total chlorophyll, actual efficiency of PS2, ratio of variable to maximum chlorophyll fluorescence, and net photosynthetic rate; relative water content, soluble sugar and proline contents, and starch accumulation; oxidative stress and antioxidative defense including malondialdehyde production, electrolyte leakage, H₂O₂ levels, activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase, and their isoform expression profiles. The Cd-induced changes in all these parameters supported the conclusion that endogenous JA deficiency enhanced tomato seedling sensitivity to Cd. This implies that JA positively regulates the tomato plant response to Cd stress.