SOIL AGGREGATION BY CRYPTOGAMS OF A SAND PRAIRIE

Cryptogam-covered, sandy soils of the Big Sand Mound prairie in southeastern Iowa are significantly more aggregated than bare soils. Soil particles covered by moss are intertwined by rhizoids, whereas cyanobacteria and lichen fungal hyphae adhere to the particles and glue them together. Lichen-covered samples that were tested and oven dried, then retested 2 yr later, retain their aggregation, indicating that the aggregating material is stable even after the death of the fungus.     

土壤水分亏缺对春小麦根系干物质累积和分配的影响

在人工气候室中进行实验,实施光、温自动控制,研究了土壤水分对春小麦根系干物质积累和分配的影响,３个处理是春小科整个生长发育期内土壤水分分别控制在田间持水量的３０％,６０％,９０％,实验结果表明,在四叶一心－抽穗开花期间,３个处理气孔阻力逐渐降低,光合速率蒸腾速度逐渐上升,其中,中等水分条件下蒸腾速率明显低于充分供水,而光合速率则接近或显著高于是。抽一开花期,下层以根长,根竽中等水分处理显著高于其余     

用地统计学方法对落叶松人工纯林表层细根生物量的估计

 采用地统计学的变异函数分析方法定量研究了落叶松（Larix olgensis）纯林表层（0～10 cm）细根的空 间异质性特征,利用地统计学的克里格内插法结合定积分,对落叶松纯林表层细根（<2 mm）的生物量进 行了估测。结果表明：1）6种林龄（14～40 年）的落叶松人工纯林表层细根的变异函数曲线理论模型均 为球状模型,空间变异主要是由结构性因素引起,且空间自相关程度均属中等以上（空间结构比>25%）。 14、19、22、26、32、40年生的落叶松纯林表层细根的空间变异尺度分别为1.76、3.40、1.02、4.12、 3.37和5.58 m。在所研究的林龄范围内,随林龄的增长,落叶松纯林表层细根的空间变异尺度近似呈直线 增长（p =0.074 4）。2）非参数统计的成对样本符号检验结果表明,变异函数分析结果基础上的克里格 内插法适用于落叶松纯林表层细根生物量的估计。利用此估计值,拟合其与位置坐标值之间的多元回归关 系均为二元十次余弦级数多项式。利用此多项式,通过定积分的方法（积分区间为整块样地的大小）,估 计出14、19、22、26、32、40年生的落叶松纯林表层细根生物量分别为1.097 3、1.434 0、1.185 4、 0.974 3、1.682 6、1.255 6 Mg• hm-2。3）在本次调查的林龄范围内（14～40年）,落叶松纯林表层细 根的现存量近似相等（α=0.037 3）,土壤表层单株细根生物量与林龄之间呈极显著的指数增长关系（α =0.002）。4）采用地统计学的克里格空间插值,结合多元回归和定积分的方法,可以实现落叶松人工林 表层细根生物量的准确估计。     

刈割冬牧70黑麦地上生物量动态与草群再生效应的研究

通过刈割冬牧70黑麦研究一、二茬草地上生物量动态特征及草群的再生效应,结果表明:从返青至初夏(6月7日)的生长期内,冬牧70黑麦可收获两茬草,地上最高总生物量可达1004.20g/m²,表明其具有强的光合生产效率。通过一、二茬草生产性能比较可以看出,在最高总生物量中,二茬草占57.11%,生长天数占总生长天数的42.06%;一茬草鲜干比相对较大,茎叶比则相对较低,说明一茬草更适合用作青饲或制备青绿饮食品,二茬草则更利于制备干草饲用或纤维食品。AGR与RGR的比较可进一步证明一茬草后期的管理对草群总生物量的形成具有重要的作用。本研究为最大限度发挥冬牧70黑麦生产性能及实施高效生态农业工程提供理论依据。     

玉米地土壤呼吸作用对土壤温度和生物因子协同作用的响应

基于2005年玉米(Zea mays)生长季土壤呼吸作用及其影响因子的动态观测资料,分析了玉米地土壤呼吸作用的日和季动态及其对土壤温度和生物因子协同作用的响应。结果表明,玉米地土壤呼吸作用的日变化为不对称的单峰型,其最小值和最大值分别出现在6∶00~7∶00和13∶00左右;玉米生长季中,土壤呼吸速率波动较大,其均值为3.16 μmol CO₂·m^-2·s^-1,最大值为4.87 μmol CO₂·m^-2·s^-1,出现在7月28日,最小值为1.32 μmol CO₂·m^-2·s^-1,出现在5月4日。在土壤呼吸作用日变化中,土壤呼吸速率(SR)与10 cm深度土壤温度(T)呈显著的线性关系:SR=αT+β。在整个生长季节,玉米净初级生产力(NPP)与直线斜率(α)呈显著正相关,生物量(B)也明显影响直线的截距(β)。基于此,建立了玉米地土壤呼吸作用动态模型SR=(aNPP+b)T+cB²+dB+e。土壤呼吸作用季节变化的大部分(97%)可以由土壤温度、NPP和生物量的季节变化来解释。当仅考虑土壤温度对土壤呼吸作用的影响时,指数方程会过大或过小地估计了土壤呼吸强度。该文的结果强调了生物因子在土壤呼吸作用季节变化中的重要作用,同时指出土壤呼吸作用模型不仅要考虑土壤温度的影响,在生物因子影响土壤呼吸作用的温度敏感性时,还应该把生物因子纳入模型。     

AGGREGATION OF SOIL PARTICLES BY ALGAE1

Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick (Indiana University Number 252), Nostoc commune Vaucher (I.U. 584), and Oscillatoria prolifica (Grev.) Gomont (I.U. 1270) were grown separately on Peoria loess soil material to measure their effects on the water stability of soil aggregates. Each alga significantly (10% LSD) increased the percentage of soil aggregates after 6 weeks of incubation as compared with the soil without algae. Oscillatoria, Chlorella, and Nostoc increased water stability of aggregates >74 μ in diameter by 3.4, 1.1, and 0.6%, respectively. Nostoc and Oscillatoria produced measurable water stable aggregates in the 1000–2000 μ diameter range; Chlorella formed them in the 500–1000 μ range, while the control soil showed no aggregates >295 μ.     

How much sodium accumulation is necessary for salt tolerance in subspecies of the halophyte Atriplex canescens?

Two sympatric subspecies of the xerohalophyte Atriplex canescens Pursh. (Nutt.) were compared for 84 d in outdoor salinity trials in their native coastal desert environment in Sonora, Mexico. Subspecies linearis grows naturally on sea water in the high intertidal zone of estuaries while subspecies canescens grows on dunes. In lysimeter pot experiments, ssp. linearis exhibited 50% growth reduction when the mean root zone salinity reached 1160 mol m⁻³ NaCl compared to just 760 mol m⁻³ for ssp. canescens. When irrigated with sea water in a flood plot, ssp. linearis had 50% higher growth rates than ssp. canescens. The specialization of ssp. linearis for a saline environment was associated with greater net transport of Na⁺ from root to shoot, greater Na⁺ accumulation in the leaves and a higher Na:K ratio in the leaves compared to ssp. canescens. On the other hand, the two subspecies achieved approximately the same degree of osmotic adjustment in the leaves, equal to two to three times the external salinity, and had similar water use efficiencies. Even at relatively low salinities, both subspecies accumulated larger quantities of Na⁺ for osmotic adjustment than K⁺. The results suggest that breeding for Na⁺ accumulation rather than exclusion might be the more effective strategy for improving salt tolerance of conventional crop plants.     

土壤中镉对丛枝菌根真菌Glomus mosseae生长的效应

采用分室培养法,在同一宿主植物生长的土壤中设含有0、5、25、50mg/kg4个不同浓度重金属镉的菌丝生长室(用30μm尼龙网与根系隔开)以期建立在宿主植物生长状况完全相同的条件下研究环境因素对AM真菌直接影响的新方法,并在此基础上探讨不同浓度的重金属镉对丛枝菌根真菌Glomus mosseae(BEG167)生长的直接影响。结果表明,与不施加镉的处理相比,土壤中施加低浓度镉(5mg/kg)刺激了G.mosseae的生长,其菌丝总长度最大;高浓度镉(大于25mg/kg)抑制了G.mosseae的生长,其菌丝总长度较小。AM真菌的代谢活性与土壤镉浓度的关系也表现出与菌丝生物量相同的规律。以上结果表明:G.mosseae在镉污染环境中有应激反应的特征,即:当G.mosseae受到轻微毒害时,为了适应其生存条件的改变而不断增加其代谢活性和生长量来降低镉的毒害。此外,本方法用于研究宿主植物生长状况相同的条件下,重金属毒害或其他环境因素对AM真菌生长代谢的直接影响是可行的。     

PHYTOREMEDIATION OF HEPTACHLOR AND HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE IN SOIL BY CUCURBITACEAE

Plants in the family of Cucurbitaceae family are known to up take organochlorines. This study was designed to screen seven cultivars of the Lagenaria siceraria species of the Cucurbitaceae family to determine their capacity to remediate heptachlor- and heptachlor epoxide-contaminated soil. The seven Lagenaria cultivars were grown in contaminated and uncontaminated Molokai soil for 13 weeks. The results showed that all the plants tolerated heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide at levels of 0.169 and 0.376 μg/g, respectively, in the soil and were able to bear a limited number of immature fruits during the short study period. All seven Lagenaria cultivars showed some ability to up take heptachlor epoxide into their vines with bioaccumulation factors varying from 1.0 to 5.2. The two contaminants were not detected in the fruits and heptachlor itself was not detected in the vines. The mean concentrations of heptachlor in the soil of all the pots including the no-plant control were not significantly different from that in the initial soil, which might be due to the gradual release of the soil soil-bound heptachlor residues. In the soil, all pots showed a significant decrease for heptachlor epoxide as compared to the initial level, but there was no significant difference between the no-plant control pots and the planted pots of six of the seven cultivars. The local Hyotan cultivar showed the largest decrease, from 0.376 down to 0.050 μg/g dry soil, and was the only cultivar showing a significant difference in the soil heptachlor epoxide concentration with the no-plant control.     

不同水分条件下春小麦根系耗碳及其与产量形成的关系

 在自动控制的遮雨棚中,用盆栽法研究了不同水分条件下春小麦(Triticum aestivum)根系耗碳过程及与籽粒产量的关系。设高(W)、中(M)、低(S)3个水分处理,试验品种为`陇春8139-2'(L)和`定西24'(D)。在开花期及之前,根系的日生物量碳、日呼吸耗碳和日分泌耗碳量占根系日总耗碳量的比例平均为26%、58%和16%。在成熟期,W、M处理的根日生物量碳的下降(负值)在两品种之间没有显著差异,而在S处理中,D品种根生物量碳日下降幅度显著高于L品种,日呼吸耗碳量和日分泌耗碳量也最低,致使其根日生物量碳下降超过根总耗碳量的100倍,而根日呼吸耗碳量和日分泌耗碳量分别是根日总耗碳量的7.89倍和3.75倍,与其它处理/品种形成了鲜明对比。以根系日呼吸和日分泌耗碳之和占日光合固碳量的百分比来看,L品种在W、M和S处理中分别为53%、52%和83%,D品种分别为58%、49%和55%。两个品种根系碳消耗比例最低的是M处理,S处理的D品种远低于L品种。两品种产量水平接近,湿润条件下,L品种产量略高于D品种。籽粒产量与平均产量之比（Y/Ym）L品种在3个处理中分别为1.34, 1.14和0.53;D品种分别为1.04, 1.06和0.90。干旱条件下D品种保持了良好的产量稳定性。对D品种而言,中、重度干旱条件下光合固碳的相对稳定和根系耗碳量的降低是植物既能提高水分利用效率又能保持较高籽粒产量的主要原因。     

土壤大气湿度组合对玉米生长和WUE效应研究

采用人工气候生长箱盆栽试验,模拟土壤和大气湿度不同组合处理,发现土壤干旱和大气干旱显著抑制玉米生长。大气湿度提高,在一定程度能改善作物的水分状况,降低蒸腾,解除土壤干旱危害,产生生长和生理补偿效应,明显提高水分利用效率。     

STRUCTURE OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES PRODUCED BY A SOIL CRYPTOMONAS SP. (CRYPTOPHYCEAE)1

The Hindak strain of a Cryptomonas species (Cryptophyceae) produces extracellular polysaccharides. Because there is no information on the structure of these compounds in the Cryptophyceae we conducted structural studies. Gas–liquid chromatographic analyses showed that the polysaccharide is composed of fucose, rhamnose, xylose, mannose, glucose, galactose, galacturonic acid, glucuronic acid, and traces of 3-O-methyl galactose. The polysaccharide was separated into two subtractions by ion-exchange chromatography. Fraction A consisted mainly of 1,3-linked galactose units and 1,4-linked galacturonic acid. Unlike fraction B, fraction A did not have xylose, 3-O-methyl galactose, or glucuronic acid. Also, its degree of branching was low compared to that of fraction B. Only traces of sulfate were present infraction A, but fraction B was 10–15% sulfated. Protein was approximately 1% in both fractions. These polysaccharides appear to be a novel type of polymer in algae.     

Epidermal bladder cells confer salinity stress tolerance in the halophyte quinoa and Atriplex species

Epidermal bladder cells (EBCs) have been postulated to assist halophytes in coping with saline environments. However, little direct supporting evidence is available. Here, Chenopodium quinoa plants were grown under saline conditions for 5 weeks. One day prior to salinity treatment, EBCs from all leaves and petioles were gently removed by using a soft cosmetic brush and physiological, ionic and metabolic changes in brushed and non‐brushed leaves were compared. Gentle removal of EBC neither initiated wound metabolism nor affected the physiology and biochemistry of control‐grown plants but did have a pronounced effect on salt‐grown plants, resulting in a salt‐sensitive phenotype. Of 91 detected metabolites, more than half were significantly affected by salinity. Removal of EBC dramatically modified these metabolic changes, with the biggest differences reported for gamma‐aminobutyric acid (GABA), proline, sucrose and inositol, affecting ion transport across cellular membranes (as shown in electrophysiological experiments). This work provides the first direct evidence for a role of EBC in salt tolerance in halophytes and attributes this to (1) a key role of EBC as a salt dump for external sequestration of sodium; (2) improved K⁺ retention in leaf mesophyll and (3) EBC as a storage space for several metabolites known to modulate plant ionic relations.     

FURTHER STUDIES ON THE BREAKDOWN OF 2:4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID BY A SOIL BACTERIUM

Bacterial growth rates and the kinetics of detoxication have been followed during the course of breakdown of 2:4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in a liquid mineral salt medium by cultures of Bacterium globiforme isolated from garden soil. It was found that toxicity persisted apparently unchanged long after bacterial growth had ceased, and finally disappeared suddenly after a lag period comparable in duration with those obtained in soil perfusion experiments. These results can best be explained by the production of highly phytotoxic intermediates in the first stages of 2:4-D breakdown. Preliminary experiments involving paper partition chromatography indicate that there may be at least two such intermediates.