超干贮藏对芥兰种子生活力和活力的影响

1年的监测结果显示：芥兰种子开放贮藏时的生活力和活力下降最快,超干种子(含水量为4．91％、3．25％和2．84％)具有良好的耐藏性,其种子发芽率和简化活力指数增大,抗老化能力、超氧物歧化酶和过氧化氢酶的活性增强,膜进性降低,以2．84％含水量的芥兰种子贮藏效果为最好。     

洋葱种子含水量与贮藏温度对其寿命的影响

不同含水量（MC 7．1％－1．2）的洋葱种子贮藏在35℃、室温、15℃和5℃条件下1－3年,适度超于处理能延长种子的贮藏寿命;种子的贮藏寿命与种子含水量和贮藏温度密切相关。种子贮藏的最适含水量随温度的改变而发生相应的变化,35℃时MC为3．4％;室温时为3．4％－3．5％;15℃时为4．5％－5．1％。MC≤2．2％不利于延长种子寿命。在室温自然条件下贮藏1－3年,适度超干种子（MC3．4％）内MDA和H2O2含量、O2^-产生速率和LOX活性明显地低于未超干种子（MC7．1％）和高度超干种子（MC1．2％）,而抗氧化酶AsA-POD 、CAT和SOD的活性显著地高于未超干种子（MC7．1％）和高度超干种子（MC1．2％）。据此认为对脂质过氧化的抑制作用是适度超干种子耐贮藏的生理原因之一。     

洋葱种子含水量与贮藏温度对其寿命的影响

不同含水量（MC7.1％～1.2％）的洋葱种子贮藏在35℃、室温、15℃和5℃条件下1～3年,适度超干处理能延长种子的贮藏寿命;种子的贮藏寿命与种子含水量和贮藏温度密切相关。种子贮藏的最适含水量随温度的改变而发生相应的变化,35℃时MC为3.4％;室温时为3.4％～4.5％;15℃时为4.5%～5.1％。MC≤2.2％不利于延长种子寿命。在室温自然条件下贮藏1～3年,适度超干种子（MC3.4％）内MDA和H2O2含量、O－*2产生速率和LOX活性明显地低于未超干种子（MC7.1％）和高度超干种子（MC1.2％）,而抗氧化酶AsA-POD、CAT和SOD的活性显著地高于未超干种子（MC7.1％）和高度超干种子（MC1.2％）。据此认为对脂质过氧化的抑制作用是适度超干种子耐贮藏的生理原因之一。     

种子的寿命与贮藏

种子是活的有机体,是植物生命的基础,它对农林园艺生产的关系十分密切。植物学上的种子,是指受精后发育成熟的胚珠。生产上所指的种子,是泛指能“传宗接代”的播种材料,包括种子、播种用的果实和无性繁殖器官。     

超干贮藏杜仲种子的研究

杜仲种子含水量降至３．５％以下,其耐藏力增强。经５０℃１０天人工加速老化后,表现出较强的抗老化能力。室温贮藏２年后,与５℃、－２０℃条件贮藏种子相比,发芽率、根长及活力指数等均无显著性差异。超干种子比对照种子（含水量７．５％,室温贮藏）电导率降低４５％;脂质过氧化产物丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）的积累减少;对脱氢酶活性的保持能力比常规种子增强。超干种子幼苗的吸氧量高于对照种子。经过氧化物酶同工酶谱分析,超干种     

贮藏温度和种子含水量对洋葱种子发芽率的影响

贮藏温度低于15℃时,温度对洋葱种子发芽率影响变小,种子含水量低于8.8%时,其衰老过程变慢,高含水量种子在高温下贮存,衰老过程加快,含水量为100%和13%的种子在25℃下贮存分别不到5个月和2个月就失去商品性。     

超干贮藏提高梭梭种子的耐贮藏性

梭梭 (HaloxylonammodendronBge .)的种子为短命种子 ,在自然状态下 ,种子的含水量为 8.5 % ,寿命约为 10个月。将梭梭种子含水量降至 2 .5 %和 1.4% ,其耐贮藏力增强。经过 5 0℃下 5d和 10d的人工加速老化后 ,超干种子表现出较强的抗老化能力。与对照相比 ,超干种子具有较高的萌发率、活力指数及较长的根 ,其细胞膜具有较低的电导率和较高的脱氢酶活性     

超干贮藏提高梭梭种子的耐贮藏性

梭梭(Haloxylon ammodendron Bge.)的种子为短命种子,在自然状态下,种子的含水量为8.5%,寿命约为10个月.将梭梭种子含水量降至2.5%和1.4%,其耐贮藏力增强.经过50 ℃下5 d和10 d的人工加速老化后,超干种子表现出较强的抗老化能力.与对照相比,超干种子具有较高的萌发率、活力指数及较长的根,其细胞膜具有较低的电导率和较高的脱氢酶活性.     

不同含水量大葱种子贮藏后的脂肪代谢研究

将大葱种子干燥成1．8％-10．5％的不同含水量后。在50℃、35℃、20℃和-18℃条件下密闭贮存16个月。通过对棕榈酸、硬脂酸、油酸、亚油酸、亚麻酸含量的研究,结果表明,随着贮存温度的升高,种子中棕榈酸、硬脂酸、油酸、亚油酸、亚麻酸含量不断升高,但在20℃和-18℃的差异不明显。在50℃下含水量为1．8％～6．6％的种子。5种脂肪酸含量明显大于含水量为7．4％-10.5％的种子。     

影响4类作物种子寿命的主要贮藏环境因素

为研究利用存活比、影响种子贮藏寿命和生活力的主要贮藏环境因子来预测高粱、苋属、甜荞麦和莴苣种子批的寿命和生活力,3个含水量水平的高粱和苋属的8个种子批被贮藏在20℃、30℃和40℃的贮藏温度下长达810 d。以概率回归和存活比线性回归方法,贮藏试验获得的高粱、苋属及文献报道的甜荞麦、莴苣种子批的发芽率和贮藏时间的成套数据,被用于估算不同种子批的平均贮藏寿命(p50)和种子死亡时间分布的标准差(σ),同时两种回归方程的拟合性也被比较;两种方法估算出的p50和σ则分别被用于对贮藏环境因子:贮藏温度(t)及其平方、种子含水量(m)及其对数(logm)以及t和m的交互作用(t×m和t×logm)作逐步回归分析,结果表明,用存活比来估算p50、σ是可行的,而且估算出的p50和σ较用概率估算的有统计学意义;贮藏温度和种子含水量的交互作用(t×m)是使4类作物种子快速丧失生活力,减少寿命的主要贮藏环境因子,包含这个因子和存活比的数学模型:G i/G0=A-p/10K-CWT(t×m),预测甜荞麦种子批的发芽率较V i=K i-p/10K-CWT(t×m)有更高的准确性;所以,建议用前者来预测初始发芽率是已知的种子的贮藏寿命和生活力,而用后者预测初始发芽率未被测定的种子的寿命和生活力。     

超干种子的膜功能与糖组分的研究

采用两相法分离种子质膜,研究超干处理对种子质膜ATP酶活力及膜流动性的影响.结果表明,白菜(Brassica pekinensis(Lour.)Rupr.)、榆树(Ulmus pumila L.)种子经超干处理后,在人工老化和自然老化条件下,与在-20℃条件下贮藏的种子比较,超干贮藏种子质膜ATP酶活力和微粘度无显著变化,过于贮藏种子的效应虽有所下降,但仍比高含水量室温贮藏的对照种子为好.此结果与超干种子具较高活力水平完全一致,说明超干贮藏种子保持了质膜的生理功能,因此提高了种子的耐藏性.高效液相色谱分析结果显示超干种子中还原糖/非还原糖的比值低于高含水量种子,积累的蔗糖、水苏糖含量与超干种子的耐干力有关.玉米(Zea mays L.)种子中不含水苏糖,这可能是玉米种子较其他种子耐干力下降的原因之一.     

超干贮藏榆树种子萌发过程中ATP和可溶性糖含量的变化

经过超干(种子含水量3.73%)贮藏(普通室温下2个月)的榆树种子萌发过程中ATP与可溶性糖含量和ATP酶、淀粉酶、抗氧化酶的活性都高于对照(种子含水量9.34%,普通室温下贮臧),说明适度的超干贮藏有利于保持种子活力.     

超干种子的膜功能与糖组分的研究

采用两相法分离种子质膜,研究超干处理对种子质膜ATP酶活力及膜流动性的影响。结果表明。白菜（Brassica pekinensis(Lour.)Rupr)。榆树（Ulmus pumilaL）种子经超干处理后,在人工老化和自然老化条件下,与在-20℃条件下贮藏的种子比较,超干贮藏种子质膜ATP酶活力和微粘度无显著变化,过干贮藏种子的效应虽有所下降,但仍比高含水量室温贮藏的对照种子为好。此结果与超干种子具较高活力水平完全一致。说明超干贮藏种子保持了质膜的生理功能。因此提高了种子的耐藏性。高效液相色谱分析结果显示超干种子中还原糖/非还原糖的比值低于高含水量种子,积累的蔗糖,水苏糖含量与超干种子的耐干力有关。玉米（Zea maysL.)种子中不含水苏糖,这可能是玉米种子较其他种子耐干力下降的原因之一。     

Message in a bottle: Inadvertent loss of seeds of native grassland species as a result of rudimentary long‐term storage

Many practitioners are likely to have collected seeds with the intention of using that seed for conservation and/or restoration plantings, but have not got around to using the seed, sometimes for many years. Currently, it is not clear what species have short‐lived or long‐lived seed when stored under rudimentary conditions such as in paper bags or in a refrigerator. We report the germinability of 12 temperate native grassland species, comprising 16 populations, whose seeds were collected with the purpose of raising seedlings to plant into the wild, but whose seeds were subsequently stored at ~2–4°C for 25+ years. We conclude that most of the grassland species that we assessed do not have viable seed after 25 years when stored in such conditions; only two species germinated despite evidence that seed germinates well for most species when first collected. Inadvertent loss of seeds of as a result of long‐term storage is most likely in readily germinable species (e.g. members of the Asteraceae). The ways in which seeds are stored by practitioners deserves consideration given the risk of seed mortality with long‐term storage under rudimentary conditions.     

Taxonomic complexity,population genetics,and plant conservation in Scotland

Summary

Groups of plants that are undergoing active diversification often do not fall into neat and tidy taxonomies. In such groups it can sometimes be very difficult to establish what does, and what does not, constitute a species. This presents problems for species-based conservation programmes that are based around prioritised species-lists (e.g. the UK Biodiversity Action Plans; BAPs), particularly as the inclusion or exclusion of taxa on these lists largely determines the allocation of conservation resources. This is an important issue as almost half of the BAP priority higher plant species for which Scotland has prime responsibility are taxonomically controversial.

Recent research using population genetic approaches to tackle some taxonomically complex plant groups has enhanced our understanding of their biology. Such approaches provide objective and independent assessments of whether a given entity is distinct or not. This information can then be used to contribute towards the decision making process of which taxa to prioritise for conservation, and address specific questions regarding BAP listed species. In the long term, however, a broader issue needs tackling. Actively evolving groups often contain a series of localised lineages, as well as complex populations that exhibit atypical levels of morphological diversity. These types of diversity do not fit well into a ‘standard’ species-based conservation system. In most cases protection will best be supplied by designated site protection or wider countryside habitat schemes. Where additional protection is need, a conservation policy is required that accepts the diversity in these actively evolving groups for what it is, rather than trying to squeeze it into conservation legislation derived for taxa whose delimitation is routine.     

Seed storage at elevated partial pressure of oxygen, a fast method for analysing seed ageing under dry conditions

Background and Aims

Despite differences in physiology between dry and relative moist seeds, seed ageing tests most often use a temperature and seed moisture level that are higher than during dry storage used in commercial practice and gene banks. This study aimed to test whether seed ageing under dry conditions can be accelerated by storing under high-pressure oxygen.

Methods

Dry barley (Hordeum vulgare), cabbage (Brassica oleracea), lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and soybean (Glycine max) seeds were stored between 2 and 7 weeks in steel tanks under 18 MPa partial pressure of oxygen. Storage under high-pressure nitrogen gas or under ambient air pressure served as controls. The method was compared with storage at 45 °C after equilibration at 85 % relative humidity and long-term storage at the laboratory bench. Germination behaviour, seedling morphology and tocopherol levels were assessed.

Key Results

The ageing of the dry seeds was indeed accelerated by storing under high-pressure oxygen. The morphological ageing symptoms of the stored seeds resembled those observed after ageing under long-term dry storage conditions. Barley appeared more tolerant of this storage treatment compared with lettuce and soybean. Less-mature harvested cabbage seeds were more sensitive, as was the case for primed compared with non-primed lettuce seeds. Under high-pressure oxygen storage the tocopherol levels of dry seeds decreased, in a linear way with the decline in seed germination, but remained unchanged in seeds deteriorated during storage at 45 °C after equilibration at 85 % RH.

Conclusions

Seed storage under high-pressure oxygen offers a novel and relatively fast method to study the physiology and biochemistry of seed ageing at different seed moisture levels and temperatures, including those that are representative of the dry storage conditions as used in gene banks and commercial practice.