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Biochemical properties, i.e. endogenous abscisic acid, proline,sugars, respiration, adenosine phosphates and adenylate energycharge, and growth and moisture content were measured duringthe development of seeds of Machilus thunbergii. As dry matteraccumulated in the embryo during development, moisture content,ABA, proline, respiration and sugars all declined. At maturity,the dry mass of the seeds failed to attain a plateau beforethe period of natural seed shedding; the axis and cotyledonsreached moisture contents of 58 and 45%, respectively. Dryingof immature seeds at 73% relative humidity and 25 °C for30 d resulted in a complete loss of viability at all developmentalstages tested with the exception of mature seeds that were ableto tolerate a 5% decrease in moisture content before germinationdeclined. ABA was detected in all embryos tested, with a maximum value16.·16 µg g-1 d. wt about midway through development.Although the presence of ABA induced no tolerance to desiccationof mature seeds, it did coincide with decreased content of waterin the developing seeds and decreased respiration. Desiccationdamage of M. thunbergii seeds occurred when moisture contentwas still high (45%) and this damage was not related to theabsence of oligosaccharides in the mature seeds. We concludethat developing embryos and mature seeds of M. thunbergii haveproperties common to many recalcitrant seeds, with seeds beingsensitive to desiccation at all stages, having a prominent ABApeak, little proline, lacking oligosaccharides, and specifically,little dormancy and a moderate rate of respiration of matureseeds (0·9 µmol O2 min-1 g-1 f. wt). Adenosinetriphosphate content and energy charge decreased from stagefour to stage eight of seed development, then increased againto 103 nmol g-1 d. wt and 0·73, respectively, in matureseeds. The moderate energy charge observed in mature seeds indicatesthat continuous metabolism is also a characteristic of recalcitrantseeds.Copyright 1995, 1999 Academic Press Machilus thunbergii, seed development, recalcitrant seed, abscisic acid, energy charge 相似文献
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Carbon dioxide efflux from 5- to 20-day-old pea fruits was measuredfor plants grown in controlled environment at 15 °C and600 µmol s1 m2 photon flux density in a16 h photoperiod. The rate of CO2 output per fruit increasedquickly from 0.005 to 0.018 mg CO2 min1 during fruitelongation and subsequently more slowly to 0.030 mg CO2 min1as the fruits inflated. On a d. wt basis the rate was highest,0.175 mg CO2 g1 min1, in the youngest fruits anddeclined curvilinearly with increasing fruit weight to 0.02mg CO2 g1 min1. Separation of maintenance andgrowth components was achieved by starvation methods and bymultiple regression analysis. From the latter method estimatesof the maintenance coefficient declined hyperbolically from150±8.7 mg carbohydrate g1 d. wt day1 inthe very young fruits (0.05 g) to 10.4±0.36 mg carbohydrateg1 d. wt day1 in older fruits (2.0 g). On a nitrogenbasis maintenance costs decreased from 2240 to 310 mg carbohydrateg1 nitrogen day1 while nitrogen concentrationfell from 6.7 to 3 per cent d. wt. A simple linear relationshipbetween maintenance cost per unit d. wt and nitrogen concentrationwas not observed. A growth coefficient of 50±6.7 mg carbohydrate g1growth (equivalent to a conversion efficiency, YG, of 0.95)was estimated for all fruits examined. The overall efficiency, Y, increased from a mean of 0.70 to0.85 during fruit elongation and subsequently declined to 0.80.For a given fruit weight, efficiency increased asymptoticallywith relative growth rate; both asymptote and slope of the relationshipincreased as the fruits grew. Pisum sativum L., garden pea, legume fruit, carbon dioxide efflux, maintenance respiration, growth respiration 相似文献
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The Carbon Economy of Rubus chamaemorus L. II. Respiration 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Respiratory activity and seasonal changes in carbohydrate contentof the storage organs of Rubus chamaemorus L. have been investigated.Leaf dark respiration rate increases in a non-linear mannerfrom 0·7 mg CO2 evolved dm2 h1 at 0 °Cto 4·6 rng CO2 evolved dm2 hh1 at 30 °C.Root and rhizome respiration rates increase from 1 µ1O2 uptake g1 fresh weight h1 at 0.7 ° C to10 µ10, uptake g1 f. wt h1 at 20 °C.Rhizome carbohydrate reserves decline from a September peakof 33 per cent alcohol insoluble d. wt to 16 per cent in May. The circumpolar distribution of R. chamaemorus is discussedin relation to the evidence presented here and in the precedingpaper of the series. 相似文献
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Nodule lipid, glyoxylate and ureide transformations associatedwith nitrogenase activity of Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis(L.) DC.) were determined at anthesis, 72 day age from emergence(DAE), and with mature seed pod development at 149 DAE. Totalnodule lipid content decreased about 86% during seed development.Acylglycerides were dominant, 10.9 g kg1 nodule, withtriacyl content decreasing from 55% at anthesis to about 13%at full seed set. Phosphatidylcholine composed about 39% oftotal nodule glycerphosphatides, 9.03 g kg1 nodule atanthesis, decreasing to 16% at full seed set. Oleic was theprincipal unsaturated fatty acid, 33.0% at anthesis decreasingto 25.8% at full seed set. Nitrogenase activity decreased from617.8 nmol C2H4 plant1s1 at anthesis to 499.5nmol C2H4 plant1s1 at full seed set. Key glyox-ylatecycle enzymes changed significantly with increase of isocitratasefrom 4.59 katal?10-6 (µkat) kg1 to 18.36µkatkg1 nodule and decrease of malate synthetase from 32.47µkat kg1 to 4.25µkat kg1 nodule. Highlysignificant decreases occurred with purine catabolic enzymes;uricase decreased from 39.10µkat kg1 to 2.21 µkatkg1, allantoinase decreased from 4.08µkat kg1to 1.36µkat kg1 and allantoicase decreased from3.91 µkat kg1 to 0.85 µkat kg1 nodule.Ureide content decreased from 204.40 mMol kg1 to 33.03mMol kg1 nodule. (Received April 4, 1988; Accepted August 17, 1988) 相似文献
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The relationships between CO2 concentrating mechanisms, photosyntheticefficiency and inorganic carbon supply have been investigatedfor the aquatic macrophyte Littorella uniflora. Plants wereobtained from Esthwaite Water or a local reservoir, with thelatter plants transplanted into a range of sediment types toalter CO2 supply around the roots. Free CO2 in sediment-interstitial-waterranged from 101 mol m3 (Esthwaite), 0.79 mol m3(peat), 0.32 mol m3 (silt) and 017 mol m3(sand), with plants maintained under PAR of 40 µmol m2s1. A comparison of gross morphology of plants maintained underthese conditions showed that the peat-grown plants with highsediment CO2 had larger leaf fresh weight (069 g) andtotal surface area (223 cm2 g1 fr. wt. including lacunalsurface area) than the sand-grown plants (0.21 g and 196 cm2g1 fr. wt. respectively). Root fresh weights were similarfor all treatments. In contrast, leaf internal CO2 concentration[CO2], was highest in the sand-grown plants (269 molm3, corresponding to 6.5% CO2 in air) and lowest inthe Esthwaite plants (108 mol m3). Expressionof CAM in transplants was also greatest in the low CO2 regime,with H+ (measured as dawn-dusk titratable acidity) of 50µmolg fr. wt., similar to Esthwaite plants in natural sediment.Assuming typical CAM stoichiometry, decarboxylation of malatecould account largely for the measured [CO2]1 and would makea major contribution to daytime CO2 fixation in vivo. A range of leaf sections (02, 10, 50 and170 mm) was used to evaluate diffusion limitation andto select a suitable size for comparative studies of photosyntheticO2 evolution. The longer leaf sections (17.0 mm), which weresealed and included the leaf tip, were diffusion-limited witha linear response to incremental addition of CO2 and 10mol m3 exogenous CO2 was required to saturate photosynthesis.Shorter leaf sections were less diffusion-limited, with thegreatest photosynthetic capacity (36 µmol O2 g1 fr. wt. h1) obtainedfrom the 1.0 mm size and were not infiltrated by the incubatingmedium. Comparative studies with 1.0 mm sections from plants grown inthe different sediment types revealed that the photosyntheticcapacity of the sand-grown plants was greatest (45 µmolO2 g1 fr. wt. h1) with a K0.5 of 80 mmol m3.In terms of light response, saturation of photosynthesis intissue slices occurred at 8501000 µmol m2s1 although light compensation points (611 µmolm2s1) and chlorophyll a: b ratios (1.3) were low.While CO2 and PAR responses were obtained using varying numbersof sections with a constant fresh weight, the relationshipsbetween photosynthetic capacity and CO2 supply or PAR were maintainedwhen the data were expressed on a chlorophyll basis. It is concludedthat under low PAR, CO2 concentrating mechanisms interact inintact plants to maintain saturating CO2 levels within leaflacunae, although the responses of the various components ofCO2 supply to PAR require further investigation. Key words: Key words-Uttorella uniflora, internal CO2 concentration, crassulacean acid metabolism, root inorganic carbon supply, CO2 concentrating mechanism 相似文献
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The main shoot of field-grown Jyoti barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) grown at 40 kg ha1 was separated into different organsat various stages of growth and development. Changes in freshand dry weights and duration for which the parts remained metabolicallyactive (green) were recorded. Weight duration (gram x day),a factor contributing to total NO3 reduction of eachorgan, was calculated. The dry matter percentage increased inthe successively formed laminae and sheaths. The weight durationof the different components viz. internodes, spike (excludingthe grains), laminae, and sheaths, respectively were 40.2, 10.5,21.8, and 17.8. Nitrate content (µmol g1 dry wt.)was high in the initially formed organs and declined in thesuccessively formed ones. In the laminae, there was a sharpfall after achieving maximal values except for the flag laminawhere the changes in NO3 content were marginal over afairly long period. The ear components had low NO3 concentration.Total NO3 content (µmol) in the main shoot showedpeaks at 49, 84, and 118 d after sowing. 相似文献
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Eastmond Peter; Kolc Lucie; Rawsthorne Stephen 《Journal of experimental botany》1996,47(11):1763-1769
The aim of this study was to assess the photosynthetic potentialof developing seeds of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) andto compare photosynthetic properties of embryo plastids withthose of leaf chloroplasts from the same species. Measurementsof CO2-dependent O2 evolution show that developing seeds ofB. napus are photosynthetically active in vitro. Essentially,all of the photosynthetic activity of the developing seed isaccounted for by the embryo. The rate of photosynthesis by developingembryos increased until the onset of desiccation, after whichit declined, so that by maturity embryos were no longer photosyntheticallyactive. Photosynthetic activity was positively correlated withchlorophyll content throughout development. Comparison of thephotosynthetic characteristics of leaf and embryo chloroplastsrevealed that rates of uncoupled electron transport were 2.5-foldgreater in those from the embryo. Light-saturated rates of CO2-dependentO2 evolution, per unit chlorophyll, and CO2 saturation pointswere similar for chloroplasts from both tissues. However, light-saturationpoints and chlorophyll a/b ratios were lower for embryo thanfor leaf choroplasts. Embryos and embryo chloroplasts also containedconsiderably less ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenaseprotein per unit total protein, than leaves. Although excisedembryos were capable of high rates of CO2-dependent O2 evolution(90100 mol mg1 chlorophyll h1) under asaturating photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), low transmittanceof light through the silique wall (30%), together with the highPPFD required to achieve light compensation points in developingseeds (500 mol m2 s1), suggests that photosynthesisin vivo is unlikely to make a net contribution to carbon economyunder normal environmental conditions. Key words: Embryo, development, photosynthesis, chloroplast, Brassica napus L. 相似文献
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Amounts of the enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylasewere estimated in seedling leaves of barley (Hordewn vulgareL.) and flag leaves of wheat (Triticum aestitum L.) by radialimmuno diffusion. A fourfold variation among barley varietiesfor amount of RuBPCase at the seedling stage was observed (c.3.515mg g1 fr. wt). Range in variation for amountof flag leaf RuBPCase among wheat varieties was 6-09-9.39 mgRuBPCase g1 fr. wt. F1 hybrids from interspecific andintergeneric crosses of crested wheatgrasses (Agropyron andElymus spp.) and their amphidiploid analogues were comparedfor amount of RuBPCase in the most recent fully expanded leavesharvested before seed set. Amount of enzyme varied from 3.4to 77.6 mg g1 fr. wt among the hybrids. No effect chromosomenumber on enzyme concentration was observed among 13 hybridsand their amphidiploid counterparts. Key words: RuBPCase, wheatgrasses 相似文献
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Ndon, B. A. 1985. Some morphological and chemical characteristicsof developing fruits of Raphia hookeri.J. exp. Bot. 36:18171830. Fruits which were at different stages of development were randomlysampled from different inflorescences of Raphia hookeri palms.The morphological characteristics and chemical (the dry matter,lipid and carbohydrate) contents of the exocarp and seeds weredetermined. The results showed that the seed length, circumferenceand volume were optimal at 24 months after pollination whichindicates that Raphia seeds attained maximum size at that period.The seed endosperm was liquid or semi-liquid between 618months after pollination but became solid with a prominent embryoat 24 months. The seed dry matter was low at the early stagesof development but there was a rapid increase in seed dry weightat 1833 months after pollination. The seeds were physiologicallymatured at 3033 months after pollination, while the exocarpmatured at 2430 months after pollination. The Raphia seeds were low in lipid (about 2%) compared to theexocarp which had 3040% lipid at full maturity. Maximumamount of lipid was accumulated within the exocarp at 3642months after pollination and this period indicates the timefor harvesting Raphia fruits for maximum oil which is probablythe most economic part of the fruit. The total sugar concentration increased in the exocarp withincrease in maturity. Conversely the concentration of sugarsdecreased within the seeds as the fruit matured. Maximum totalsugar concentration (about 309 mg g1 dry fat free sample)was found in the exocarp at 3642 months after pollination.Mature seeds at 48 months after pollination had about 50 mgof total sugars per g of fat free sample. There was insignificantaccumulation of starch in the exocarp. The mature seeds werelow in starch (510% of the dry weight). Key words: Raphia hookeri, development, fruit 相似文献
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In this paper we report for the first time the occurrence ofan inducible weak CAM in leaves of Talinwn triangulare (Jacq.)Willd. This plant is a terrestrial perennial deciduous herbwith woody stems and succulent leaves which grows under fullexposure and in the shade in northern Venezuela. Plants grownin a greenhouse (sun plants) and a growth cabinet(shade plants) with daily irrigation showed CO2uptake only during the daytime (maximum rate, 4?0 µmolm2 s1) and a small acid accumulation during thenight (6?0 µmol H+g1 FW). Twenty-four hours aftercessation of irrigation, no CO2 exchange was observed duringpart of the night. Dark fixation reached a maximum (1?0 µmolCO2 m2 s1, 100 µmol H+ g1 FW) onday 9 of drought. By day 30 almost no gas exchange was observed,while acid accumulation was still 10 µmol H+ g1FW. Rewatering reverted the pattern of CO2 exchange to thatof a C3 plant within 24 h. Daytime and night-time phosphoenolpyruvatecarboxylase activity increased up to 100% (shade) and 62% (sun)of control values after 10 and 15 d of drought, respectively.Light compensation point and saturating irradiance were similarin well-watered sun and shade plants, values being characteristicof sun plants. CAM seems to be important for the tolerance ofplants of this species to moderately prolonged (up to 2 months)periods of drought in conditions of full exposure as well asshade, and also for regaining high photosynthetic rates shortlyafter irrigation. Key words: Talinum triwigulare, inducible CAM, PEP-C activity, recycling 相似文献
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Lee, H. S. J. and Griffiths, H. 1987. Induction and repressionof CAM in Sedurn relephluni L. in response to photopcnod andwater stress.J. exp. Bot. 38: 834841. The introduction and repression of CAM in Sedurn telephiunmL, a temperate succulent, was investigated in watered, progressivelydrouglited and rewatered plants in growth chambers. Measurementswere made of water vapour and CO2 exchange, titratable acidity(TA) and xylem sap tension. Effects of photoperiod were alsostudied. CAM was induced by drought under long or short days,although when watered no CAM activity was expressed. C3-CAM intermediate plants were used for the investigation ofwater supply. Those which had received water and those drought-stressedboth displayed a similar nocturnal increase in TA, with a day-nightmaximum (H+) of 69 µmol g1 fr. wt. The wateredplants took up CO2 at a maximum rate of 2?2 µmol m2s1 only in the light period, while the droughted plantsshowed a maximum nocturnal CO2 uptake rate of 0?69 µmolm2 s1. Subsequently, as CAM was repressed, thewatered S. telephiwn displayed little variation in TA, withconstant levels at 42 µmol g1 fr. wt. (day 10).After 10 d of drought stress, the CAM characteristics of S.telephiurn were aLso affected, with reduced net CO2 uptake andH+. The transition between C3 and CAM in S. telephium can be describedas a progression in terms of the proportion of respiratory CO2which is recycled and refixed at night as malic acid, in comparisonwith net CO2 uptake. Recycling increased from 20% (day 1) to44% (day 10) as a result of the drought stress and was highin both the CAM-C3 stage (no net CO2 uptake at night) and alsoin the drought-stressed CAM stage (reduced net CO2 uptake atnight). The complete C3-CAM transition occurred in less than8 d, and the stages could be characterized by xylem sap tensionmeasurements: CAM = 0?50 MPa C3-CAM = 0?36 MPa C3 = 0?29 MPa. Key words: CAM, Sedum telephium L., recycling 相似文献
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Stem from three- and four-week-old Soyabean [Glycine max (L.)Merr. cv. Tracy] plants reduced from 0.3 to 0.7 µmol nitratehl gl f. wt. Leaf activity was 4.77.6 µmolnitrate hl gl f. wt. Outer stem was two to fourtimes more active at reducing nitrate than was inner stem. Plantnitrate nutrition had a strong effect upon the ratio of activitypresent in stem and leaf. More nitrate increased the proportionpresent in leaves. Glycine max L., soyabean, nitrate assimilation, nitrogen metabolism, Rhizobium japonicum 相似文献
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The calanoid copepod, Eudiaplomus graciloides, was reared fromegg to adult on uni-algal diets (0.1. 0.5 and 2.5 mg dry wt11) using the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,as food, or on a mixed diet consisting of Lake Esrom water filteredthrough a plankton net with pore size 45 µm and supplementedwith C. reinhardtii (2.5 mg dry wt 11). On the mixeddiet at 21.0°C growth in body dry wt (W, µg dry wt)was exponential, and the growth constants were 0.21 day1in the early to mid juvenile stage (N1 - C4) and 0.11 day1in the late juvenile to early adult stage (C4-A). At 14.5°Cthe corresponding growth rate constants were 0.10 and 0.08 day1.Similar growth rates were found at uni-algal concentrationsof 0.5 and 2.5 mg dry wt I1, and it was argued that thethreshold concentration for growth in Eudiaptomus was closeto 0.1 mg dry wt I1. The clearance (C, ml h1)of copepodites was measured on the uni-algal diets. The constantsof the regression (C = aWb) were: a = 0.125, b = 0.858 (2000C. reinhardtii ml1), a = 0.068, b = 0.849 (10 000), a= 0.028, b = 0.875 (50 000). Ingestion rates were calculatedfrom the clearances and the average algal concentrations. Atthe three food levels the average daily rations were 30, 67and 125% of body dry wt. The respiration rate (R, nl O2 h1)was measured in individuals reared on the mixed diet. The constantsof the regression (R = aWb) were: a = 4.82, b = 1.07 (nauplii,14.5°C), a = 4.17, b = 0.904 (copepodites and adults, 14.5°C),a = 6.87, b = 0.757 (copepodites and adults, 21.0°C). Nosignificant difference in the respiration rate of copepoditesreared on uni-algal diets and the mixed diet could be demonstrated.Energy budgets were calculated. The assimilation efficiencyand the gross growth efficiency of copepodites decreased markedlywith increasing food concentration, the net growth efficiencyvaried from an average of 0.44 at the lowest algal concentrationto 0.60 on the mixed diet. The results are discussed in relationto previous findings with both freshwater and marine copepods. 相似文献
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Chloroplast preparations from the young primary leaves of Phaseolusvulgaris L. cv. Canadian Wonder carry out the DNA-dependentincorporation of UTP into RNA at rates between 8 and 14 pmolUTP µg1 chlorophyll h1. It is estimatedthat 90% of the activity was localized in the chloroplasts.The incorporation proceeded for between 20 and 30 min at 35°C. The maximum rates of RNA synthesis were attained atpH 8.3, in the presence of 15 mM MgCl2. Chloroplasts were alsoactive, to a lesser extent, with 1.5 mM MnCl2. The simultaneouspresence of MnCl2 and MgCl2 resulted in inhibition of activity.Nuclear material prepared from young P. vulgaris leaves incorporatedUTP at a rate of about 12 pmol UTP µg1 DNA h1.On a chloroplast (Tritonsoluble) DNA basis chloroplast activitywas over 40-fold that of nuclei. Methods of solubilizing chloroplastRNA polymerase were explored. Yields of over 75% were achieved,but methods suitable for one species were not always successfulwhen applied to another. The highest yields of the P. vulgarisenzyme were obtained using EDTA and KCl. All methods resultedin solubilization of DNA. RNA synthesis by the soluble P. vulgarisenzyme proceeded for more than 40 min at 35 °C. 相似文献
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Influx and Efflux of Nitrate and Ammonium in Italian Ryegrass and White Clover Roots: Comparisons Between Effects of Darkness and Defoliation 总被引:9,自引:2,他引:7
Seedlings of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam. cv. RVP)and clonal stolon cuttings of white clover (Trifolium repensL. cv. Blanca) were grown for 19 d in flowing solution culture,with N supplied as either 250 mmol m3 NO3 or NH3+.Rates of net uptake, influx and translocation of NO3and NH4+ were then determined using 15N and 13N labelling techniques:between 35 h into the photoperiod following 8 h darknessfor white clover (CL), and for ryegrass plants that were eitherentire (IL) or with shoots excised 90 min prior to 13N influx(IC); and 75 min into the photoperiod following 3739h darkness for ryegrass (ID). Rates of net uptake, influx andefflux of NH4+ exceeded those of NO3 in IL and IC ryegrassplants: the opposite occurred in white clover (CL). The decreasein net uptake following defoliation of ryegrass was greaterfor NH4+ (62%) than NO3 (40%). For NH4+ this was associatedwith a large decrease in influx from 110 to 6.0µmol h1g1 root fr. wt; but for NO3, influx only decreasedfrom 42 to 37 µmol h1 g1. Prolonged exposureto darkness (ID plants) also lowered net uptake of NO3and NH4+ by, respectively, 86% and 95% of IL levels. For NH4+this was characterized by a large decrease in influx and a smalldecrease in efflux; whilst for NO3 the effect of a largedecrease in influx was reinforced by a smaller increase in efflux. The data were used to estimate the translocatory fluxes of NO3(0320µmol h1 g1) and NH4+ (0030.4µmolh1 g1), assimilation in the roots of NO3(0226µmol h1 g1) and NH+4 (0589 µmolh1 g1), and the concentrations of NO3 (915mol m3) in the cytoplasmic compartment of the roots.The relevance of variable influx and efflux to models for theregulation of N uptake is discussed. Key words: Lolium multiflorum, Trifolium repens, influx, efflux, nitrate, ammonium, 13N 相似文献
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Nitrate Effects on Pre-emergence Growth and Emergence Percentage of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from Different Sowing Depths 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The effects of a range of applied nitrate (NO3) concentrations(020 mol m3) on germination and emergence percentageof Triticum aestivum L. cv. Otane were examined at 30, 60, 90and 120 mm sowing depths. Germination percentage was not affectedby either sowing depth or applied NO3 concentration whereasemergence percentage decreased with increased sowing depth regardlessof applied NO3 concentration. Nitrate did not affectemergence percentage at 30 mm sowing depth, but at 60 to 120mm depth, emergence percentage decreased sharply with an increasedapplied NO3 concentration of 0 to 1·0 mol m3then decreased only slightly with further increases in appliedNO3 of about 5·0 mol m3. Root and shoot growth, NO3 accumulation and nitrate reductaseactivity (NRA) of plants supplied with 0, 1·0 and 1·0mol m3 NO3 at a sowing depth of 60 mm were measuredprior to emergence. The coleoptile of all seedlings opened withinthe substrate. Prior to emergence from the substrate, shootextension growth was unaffected by additional NO3 butshoot fr. wt. and dry wt. were both greater at 1·0 and1·0 mol m3 NO3 than with zero NO3.Root dry wt. was unaffected by NO3. Nitrate concentrationand NRA in root and shoot were always low without NO3.At 1·0 and 10 mol m3 NO3, NO3 accumulatedin the root and shoot to concentrations substantially greaterthan that applied and caused the induction of NRA. Regardlessof the applied NO3 concentration, seedlings which failedto emerge still had substantial seed reserves one month afterplanting. Coleoptile length was substantially less for seedlingswhich did not emerge than for seedlings which emerged, but wasnot affected by NO3. It is proposed that (a) decreasedemergence percentage with increased sowing depth was due tothe emergence of leaf I from the coleoptile within the substrateand (b) decreased emergence percentage with additional NO3was due to the increased expansion of leaf 1 within the substrateresulting in greater folding and damage of the leaf. Key words: Triticum aestivwn L., nitrate, sowing depth, seedling growth, seedling emergence 相似文献
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Two-node explants from Sweet Orange cv. St Ives Valencia orangeshoots produced prolific callus and formed secondary abscissionzones within internodes when cultured in vitro with abscisicacid (ABA, 5 µM) or -naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA, 5 µM).Benzyladenine (BA, 1 µm) induced callus but had littleeffect on abscission. Secondary abscission zone formation wasassociated with ABA-induced and auxin-induced ethylene formation.Treatment of explants with inhibitors of ethylene synthesis[aminoethoxyvinyl glycine (AVG), Co2+, PO43] preventedformation of secondary abscission zones but had variable effectson callus formation. Newly made explants contained high concentrationsof endogenous ABA (up to 6000 ng g1 f.wt), as measuredby GC/MS/SIM. Long-term subculture of explants (two years) inmedia containing BA (1 µm) led to a reduction in endogenousABA level (40 ng g1 f. wt) and to loss of capacity toform extensive callus and secondary abscission zones. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck cv. St Ives Valencia, sweet orange, secondary abscission zones, in vitro, ethylene, endogenous ABA, endogenous IAA 相似文献
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The method for assay of in vivo nitrate reductase (NR) activitywas standardized for barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). NR activitywas determined in the various organs of the main shoot of field-grownJyoti barley at 40 kg N ha1. Total nitrate reductaseactivity (TNRA) of each organ for the period it was metabolicallyactive was calculated. The NR activity was highest in the laminae,followed by the sheaths, reproductive organs; and internodes.The NR activity was high in the first-formed laminae and itshowed a decline in the ones formed subsequently. The valuesvaried from 43.2 ± 4.33 to 7.2 ± 1.49 µmolNO3 reduced g1 dry wt. h1. Maximum TNRAin the laminae, sheath, and internodes was at 49, 84, and 8493d after sowing, respectively. The TNRA of the main shoot asa whole showed three peaks, one around 49 d, a second around63 d, and a third around 84 d after sowing. Correlation coefficient(r) between NR and NO3 concentration was highly significantin the laminae and sheath viz. 0.76*** and 0.62***, respectively.The results are discussed in relation to alteration in managementpractices to maximize nitrate assimilatory activity and theamount of reduced N harvested. 相似文献
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Photosynthetic 14C fixation by Characean cells in solutionsof high pH containing NaH14CO3 gave a measure of the abilityof these cells to take up bicarbonate (H14CO3). Whereascells of Nitella translucens from plants collected and thenstored in the laboratory absorbed bicarbonate at 11.5µµmoles cm2 sec1, rates of 38µµmoles cm2 sec1 were obtained withN. translucens cells from plants grown in the laboratory. Influxesof 56 µµmoles cm2 sec1 wereobtained with Chara australis, 38 µµmolescm2 sec1 with Nitellopsis obtusa, and 15µµmoles cm2 sec1 with Tolypella intricata.It is considered that these influxes represent the activityof a bicarbonate pump, which may be an electrogenic process. In solutions of lower pH, H14CO3 uptake would be maskedby rapid diffusion of 14CO2 into the cells: the four Characeanspecies fixed 14CO2 at maximum rates of 3040 µµmolescm2 sec1 (at 21° C). 相似文献
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Potassium-Ammonium Uptake Interactions in Tobacco Seedlings 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
SCHERER HEINRICH W.; MACKOWN CHARLES T.; LEGGETT J. EVERETT 《Journal of experimental botany》1984,35(7):1060-1070
Short-term (< 12 h) uptake experiments were conducted with67-week-old tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Ky 14)seedlings to determine absorption interactions between K+ andNH4+. At equal solution concentrations (0.5 mol m3) netK+ uptake was inhibited 3035% by NH4+ and NH4+ uptakewas decreased 924%. Removal of NH4+ resulted in completerecovery in K+ uptake rate, but NH4+ uptake rate did not recoverwhen K+ was removed. In both cases, inhibition of the uptakerate of one cation saturated as the concentration of the othercation was increased up to 0.5 mol m3. The relative effectof K+-NH4+ interactions was not altered when Cl- was replacedwith SO42, but the magnitudes of the uptake rates wereless in the absence of Cl-. The Vmax for NH4+ uptake was reducedfrom 128 to 105 µmol g1 dry wt. h1 in thepresence of 0.5 mol m3 K+ and the Km for NH4+ doubledfrom 12 to 27 mmol m3 in the presence of K+. The resultsof these K+-NH4+ experiments are interpreted as mixed-noncompetitiveinteractions. However, an enhanced efflux of K+ coupled to NH4+influx via an antiporter cannot be ruled out as contributingto the decrease in net K+ uptake. Key words: Nicotiana tabacum, K+, NH4+, Uptake interactions 相似文献