干热河谷区不同林龄赤桉叶中养分含量和再吸收率的比较及其线性回归分析

以种植于干热河谷区的赤桉(Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.)幼龄林、中龄林和成熟林为研究对象,分析了赤桉鲜叶和凋落叶中养分(包括N、P、K、Ca、Mg和Na)的含量和化学计量比,并计算各养分的再吸收率;在此基础上,对鲜叶和凋落叶中各养分的含量与再吸收率进行线性回归分析.结果表明:成熟林赤桉鲜叶和凋落叶的有机碳、全氮、全磷、全钾和全钠含量总体上高于幼龄林,而全钙和全镁含量则低于幼龄林;且鲜叶中的全氮、全磷、全钾、全钠和全镁含量总体上高于凋落叶,而有机碳和全钙含量则低于凋落叶.成熟林赤桉鲜叶和凋落叶的C:N比、鲜叶的N:P比和N:K比以及凋落叶的K:P比和Ca:Mg比均低于幼龄林,但其鲜叶的K:P比和Ca:Mg比及凋落叶的N:P比和N:K比则高于幼龄林;且不同林龄鲜叶的C:N比、K:P比和Ca:Mg比均低于凋落叶.各林龄赤桉叶的Ca再吸收率及幼龄林和中龄林叶的Na再吸收率均为负值,而其余养分的再吸收率均为正值;随林龄增长,N、K和Mg的再吸收率先升高后降低,而P、Ca和Na的再吸收率却先降低后升高;总体上看,赤桉叶中各养分的再吸收率从高到低依次为P、N、K、Mg、Na、Ca.线性回归分析结果表明:赤桉鲜叶的全钾和全钠含量分别与K和Na再吸收率呈极显著正相关(P<001),全钙含量与Ca再吸收率呈显著正相关(P<005);而凋落叶的全氮含量与N再吸收率呈极显著负相关,全镁含量与Mg再吸收率呈显著负相关.综合分析结果显示:林龄对赤桉叶的养分含量和再吸收率有明显影响,其保存养分的能力随林龄增长呈现先增强后减弱的趋势.     

A relationship between potassium and proline accumulation in salt-stressed Sorghum bicolor

The amount of total monovalent cations in leaves of Sorghum bicolor , L. Moench, RS 610, which were exposed to salinity stress, was a function of both the osmotic potential and the concentration of K⁺ of growth media. The plants have a Na⁺ exclusion mechanism that keeps the level of Na⁺ in leaves low. Thus, most of the osmotic adjustment in leaves was due to K⁺. Proline did not start to accumulate in leaves until the concentration of total monovalent cations in leaves reached a threshold of approximately 200 μmol/g fresh weight. Above this threshold, the contents of prolioe and monovalent cations in leaves increased with increasing salinity of the medium. The ratio of proline to monovalent cation was 5% of that amount of monovalent cation in excess of the threshold concentration. Therefore, if the cations are located in the vacuoles and proline accumulates in the cytoplasm, then the amount of accumulated proline is sufficient to act as a balancing osmoticum across the tonoplast. Very little proline accumulated in roots because this tissue contained much less total monovalent cations than leaves from the same salt-stressed plants. The same threshold of 200 μmol/g fresh weight of total monovalent cations was required in roots as in leaves to initiate proline accumulation.     

Some effects of low pH and calcium on the growth and tissue mineral content of yearling brown trout, Salmo trutta

Yearling brown trout, Salmo trutta , were exposed to low mineral content water (nominal concentrations of 20μmol 1⁻¹ magnesium, 7.7 μmol 1⁻¹ potassium, 44 μmol 1⁻¹ sodium) over a pH range of 4.0–5.2 with ambient calcium concentrations of 2.5–60 μmol 1⁻¹. All fish died at pH 4.0 and 4.2 irrespective of ambient calcium concentration and also at pH 4.4 with only 2–3 μmol 1 ⁻¹ calcium (that is calcium-free water except for that leached from the diet or excreted by the fish). Good growth rates were obtained over the remaining treatments which extended down to pH 4.4 with as little as 7 μmol 1⁻¹ calcium. When starved, weight loss was inversely correlated with pH. Effects on plasma chloride, percentage dry weight and calcium, potassium sodium, and phosphorus contents of skin, muscle and bone tissue were also investigated. These demonstrated pH effects on mineral metabolism in starved fish, but no effects were detected in fed fish.     

Production and organ distribution of succinate in rice seedlings during anoxia

Anaerobic production of succinate, a common feature in animals able to sustain anoxia, has seldom been reported in plants. By the use of ¹H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy we show here that succinate is produced by rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L. cv. Arborio) subjected to anoxic conditions. Starting from levels below I μmol (g fresh weight)⁻¹ in air, after 48 h of anoxia the levels of alanine, succinate and lactate had increased to 23.8, 5.2 and 1.0 μmol (g fresh weight) ⁻¹, respectively, in shoot tissues. Succinate was accumulated in shoots, notably in the coleoptiles, but not in roots of the rice seedlings, suggesting its involvement in rice coleoptile elongation under anoxia. Other possible functions of succinate production in rice seedling, an organism highly tolerant to anoxia, are discussed.     

Growth Adaptability and Salt Tolerance Osmoregulation of Aneurolepidium chinense Grown on Saline Grassland

The growth of Aneurolepidium chinense Kitag. grown on different saline soil of a Northeast grassland of China was studied and the K+,Na+proline and citric acid accumulated in plants or their organs were determined . The results showed that A. chinense had a strong adaptability to saline habitat and could grow on soil with a salt content of 0. 088%--1.63%,and pH ranging from 8.3 to 9.8. Sodium,proline and citric acid were accumulated by plants for osmotic adjustment when the salinity and Na+content of the soil increased. A. chinense absorbed Na+ rapidly from the soil and excluded K+ when the soil Na+ concentration was less than 20 μmol/g. Sodium was adsorbed slowly and K+ remained constant in plants when Na+ concentrations of soil were 20–80 μmol/g,and proline and citric acid contents were markedly increased. Sodium and K+ decreased slightly in plant tissue and organic solutes increased when Na+ concentrations exceeded 80 μmol/g in soil. Most K+ was distributed in young leaves which were metabolically active. The major sites of Na+ accumulation were in the roots and older mature leaves;whereas proline and citric acid accumulation occurred primarily in young leaves,mature leaves and stems. Tillering buds had strong ability to absord and accumulate K+,Na+ and Proline.     

Cultivar differences in soluble sugar content of mature rice grain

Mature grain from 31 rice ( Oryza sativa L.) cultivars grown in the same location was analyzed for soluble sugar content to determine quantitative differences in this parameter. Cultivar variation in caryopsis sucrose content was 4-fold ranging from 15 to 59 μmol sucrose (g fresh weight)⁻¹. Soluble reducing sugar ranged from 7 to 15 μmol hexose (g fresh weight)⁻¹. Soluble sugar content was much greater in the outer part of the grain than in the endosperm. Caryopsis enzyme activities were measured in 8 cultivars having a range of grain sucrose content. No relationship between grain sucrose content of these cultivars and the level of enzymes of sucrose metabolism, glycolysis, and oxidative pentose pathway was established. Caryopsis respiration after 1 h of imbibition also was not related to the amount of soluble sugars available in the grain among these 8 cultivars. The results show that there are significant differences in the sugar-accumulating capacity of the caryopsis of different rice cultivars. The detection of a fructose 2,6-bisphosphate-sensitive, PP_i: fructose 6-phosphate phosphototransferase (EC 2.7.1.90) in the endosperm suggests the presence of a regulatory mechanism for sucrose/starch partitioning established in other plant tissues.     

Biomass Production and Carbohydrate Content of Arabidopsis thaliana at Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations from 390 to 1680 μl l-1

Abstract: The concentration dependency of the impact of elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentrations on Arabidopsis thaliana L. was studied. Plants were exposed to nearly ambient (390), 560, 810, 1240 and 1680 μl I^-1 CO₂ during the vegetative growth phase for 8 days. Shoot biomass production and dry matter content were increased upon exposure to elevated CO₂. Maximal increase in shoot fresh and dry weight was obtained at 560 μl I^-1 CU₂, which was due to a transient stimulation of the relative growth rate for up to 3 days. The shoot starch content increased with increasing CO₂ concentrations up to two-fold at 1680 μl I^-1 CO₂, whereas the contents of soluble sugars and phenolic compounds were hardly affected by elevated CO₂. The chlorophyll and carotenoid contents were not substantially affected at elevated CO₂ and the chlorophyll a/b ratio remained unaltered. There was no acclimation of photosynthesis at elevated CO₂; the photosynthetic capacity of leaves, which had completely developed at elevated CO₂ was similar to that of leaves developed in ambient air. The possible consequences of an elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration to Arabidopsis thaliana in its natural habitat is discussed.     

Fermentation of extremophilic microorganisms

Abstract: The cultivation of the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus , the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus shibatae and the halophile Marinococcus M52 in dialysis membrane reactors resulted in cell yields of 2.6 g 1⁻¹, 114 g 1⁻¹ and 132 g 1⁻¹ (cell dry weight), respectively. In the case of P. furiosus neither hydrogen (up to 160 μmol 1⁻¹) nor the metabolic products were found to be responsible for growth cessation at a cultivation temperature of 90°C. The low cell yield at an agitation speed of above 1800 rpm demonstrates the sensitivity of P. furiosus to hydrodynamic stress. The oxygen transfer rate into culture medium at extreme temperatures was shown to be equal or even greater than that under mesophilic condition.     

Uptake kinetics of iron-phytosiderophores in two maize genotypes differing in iron efficiency

Iron inefficiency in the maize ( Zea mays L.) mutant ysl is caused by a defect in the uptake system for Fe-phytosiderophores. To characterize this defect further, the uptake kinetics of Fe-phytosiderophores in ysl was compared to the Fe-efficient maize cultivar Alice. Short-term uptake of ⁵⁹Fe-labeled Fe-deoxymugineic acid (Fe-DMA) was measured over a concentration range of 0.03 to 300 μM. Iron uptake in Fe-deficient plants followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics up to about 30 μM and was linear at higher concentrations, indicating two kinetically distinct components in the uptake of Fe-phytosiderophores. The saturable component had similar K_m (∼ 10 μM) in both genotypes. In contrast. V_max was 5.5 μmol Fe-DMA g⁻¹ dry weight [30 min]⁻¹ in Alice, but only 0.6 μmol Fe-DMA g⁻¹ dry weight [30 min]⁻¹ in _ysl. Uptake experiments with double-labeled ⁵⁹Fe-[¹⁴C]DMA suggest that in both cultivars Fe-DMA was taken up by the roots as the intact chelate. The results indicate the existence of a high-affinity and a low-affinity uptake system mediating Fe-phytosiderophore transport across the root plasma membrane in maize. Apparently, the mutation responsible for Fe inefficiency in ysl affected high-affected uptake and led to a decrease in activity and/or number of Fe-phytosiderophore transporters.     

Photosynthesis and photoassimilation of glucose during photomixotrophic growth of Marchantia polymorpha cells in suspension culture

Even in the presence of glucose the growth of Marchantia polymorpha L. (cell line HYH-2F) requires light, and growth is more sensitive to 10⁻⁶ M 3-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea than to 10⁻⁴ Antimycin A. The inability of the cells to grow in the dark is due to the low level of respiration. The respiration rate under light increased to four times the dark value. The values of the compensation ratio (the photosyntehtic rate/the respiration rate) for the oxygen exchange were below 1.0 daring the growth period, although oxygen evolution was found. At the early exponential phase, oxygen evolution was 0.373 μmol (mg cell dry weight)⁻¹ h⁻¹ [61.7 μmol (mg chlorophyll)⁻¹ h⁻¹]. M. polymorpha cells are unable to grow anaerobically in the light without a supply of carbon dioxide. When 1% carbon dioxide in nitrogen is supplied, photochemically produced oxygen and energy are sufficient for sustained growth although at significantly reduced yields in both cell dry weight and chlorophyll. Photosyntehtic CO₂ assimilation rate was 0.13 μmol (mg cell dry weight)⁻¹ h⁻¹[11.3 μmol (mg chlorophyll)⁻¹ h⁻¹]. At least one-third of the carbon atoms in cellular constituents seem to be derived from atmospheric carbon dioxide, which indicates that M. polymorpha cells grow photomixotrophicaily.     

能源植物杂交狼尾草对NaCl胁迫的响应及其耐盐阈值

以能源植物杂交狼尾草(Pennisetum americanum × P. purpureum)为实验材料, 用沙培盆栽的方法, 分别用0、0.3%、0.5%、0.9%和1.2%的NaCl处理4周后, 测定植株鲜重、干重、含水量、株高、分蘖数和不同部位的离子含量, 以确定其耐盐阈值和耐盐方式。结果表明, 随着NaCl浓度的增加, 杂交狼尾草的鲜重、干重、株高和分蘖数都显著降低, 地上部分鲜重和干重分别在NaCl浓度为0.568%和0.570%时下降了50%, 1.2% NaCl处理的杂交狼尾草几乎全部死掉。表明杂交狼尾草的耐盐阈值为0.57%; 但植株含水量和功能叶的Na⁺含量变化不明显, 老叶Na⁺含量在NaCl浓度为0.9%时明显升高, 是对照的2倍; 随NaCl浓度的升高, 根中的Na⁺含量显著升高, 在NaCl浓度为0.9%时, 根中的Na⁺含量达到对照的3倍以上。Na⁺含量在功能叶, 老叶和根中含量依次升高; 随NaCl浓度的升高, 地上部分和根中的K⁺含量都无明显变化; 随NaCl浓度的升高, 根中的Na⁺/K⁺明显增加, 而地上部分Na⁺/K⁺只有当NaCl浓度为0.9%时明显增加。以上结果表明杂交狼尾草具有一定的耐盐性, 其耐盐方式为拒盐, 耐盐阈值为0.57% (约100 mmol·L^-1)。     

The accumulation of proline in Prasiola crispa during winter in Antarctica

Samples of Prasiola crispa were collected in Antarctica throughout a 13-month period and analysed for free amino acids by HPLC. There was a marked increase in the levels of proline with the onset of winter, concurrent with a decrease in the other predominant amino acids. In January, proline constituted 1.2 ± 0.1 μ mol (g dry weight)⁻¹. whereas by mid-April it was the major component at 28.4 ± 2.9 μ mol (g dry weight)⁻¹. When winter samples were thawed in a growth cabinet, their proline content declined to 4.3 ± 0.5 μ mol (g dry weight)⁻¹ after 7 days. Measurements of photosynthetic quantum yield indicated that winter samples of P. crispa also recovered photosynthetic activity upon thawing. Amino acids and other solutes are involved in the preservation of photosynthetic activities during freezing and it seems probable that proline is involved in cryoprotection in this species. In summer samples, there was no evidence that proline levels in P. crispa increased with the conductivity of the water in which they were found growing.     

Betaine accumulation in salt-stressed sorghum

Two analytical methods for measuring betaine were compared in a study of betaine accumulation in salt-stressed sorghum. Spectrophotometric determination of betaine as the p -bromophenacyl ester is highly sensitive and specific. However, a periodide assay was found to be more convenient for screening numerous plant samples without undue sacrifice in accuracy.
The accumulation of betaine in grain sorghum [ Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] cvs NK 265 and Double TX was measured in salt-stressed plants grown hydroponically and in the field and in drought-stressed potted plants. Neither drought nor mild salinity (-0.2 MPa) stress was effective in stimulating betaine accumulation. However, when the osmotic potential of the culture solution was lowered to -0.8 MPa, betaine levels in the shoots rose rapidly for 12 days after initiation of salination, and then declined, apparently because of dilution by plant growth. In young leaf blades, betaine was strongly accumulated up to 70–75 μmol (g dry weight)⁻¹; the concentration in leaf sheaths was less than 6 μmol (g dry weight)⁻¹.
In the field, betaine levels in salt-stressed sorghum increased 6- to 7-fold over the basal level of the control plants. In a comparable study of two wheat species ( Triticum aestivum L. cv. Probred and T. durum Desf. cv. 1000-D), betaine increased only 3- to 4-fold over unstressed plants.     

Mechanism of phosphorus-induced zinc deficiency in cotton. III. Changes in physiological availability of zinc in plants Is mail

The effect of varied supply of P (2.5× 10⁻⁵ to 6× 10⁻⁴ M) and Zn (0 to 10⁻⁶ M) on uptake and concentrations of P and Zn was studied in cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Deltapine 15/21) grown in nutrient solution under controlled environmental conditions. At a given Zn supply, increasing levels of P had no significant effect on the concentrations of total Zn in plants. However, increasing levels of P induced or enhanced visual Zn deficiency symptoms when the Zn concentration in the nutrient solution was low. The concentrations of water-soluble Zn in roots and shoots constituted 60% of the total Zn concentrations for plants grown with low P and 30% for plants grown with high P. The concentration of water-soluble Zn in leaves, but not total Zn, was closely correlated with visual Zn deficiency symptoms, levels of chlorophyll, super oxide dismutase and membrane permeability. The critical deficiency concentration of water-soluble Zn in cotton leaves was in the range of 6 to 7 μg (g dry weight)⁻¹ or about 1.0 μg (g fresh weight)⁻¹. The results show that high P concentrations in plant tissue decrease the physiological availability of Zn. Water-soluble Zn in the tissue appears to be a suitable indicator for Zn nutritional status in general and phosphorus-induced Zn deficiency in particular. Also in field-grown orange trees (Citrus sinensis) visual Zn deficiency symptoms in leaves were closely related to the concentration of water-soluble Zn.     

Pectic polysaccharides elicit chitinase accumulation in tobacco

Upon infection of leaves of tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L. ev. Havana) with Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holl, strain 3912, a phytopathogenic bacterium that secretes pectinolytic enzymes, chitinase (EC 3.2.1.14) levels increased 12-fold within 48 h. Heat-killed E. carotovara cells did not induce this response. In young excised tobacco plants supplied with pectic polysaccharides, chitinase activity increased to about the same level as in leaves infected with E. carotovora . The amount of pectic polysaccharides required for half-maximal induction was about 160 μg (g fresh weight)⁻¹. Using in vivo labeling of plants with [³⁵S]-cysteine, it could be demonstrated that elicitormediated chitinase induction is due to enhanced de novo synthesis of the enzyme.     

盐胁迫下盐地碱蓬体内无机离子含量分布特点的研究

用不同浓度NaCl溶液处理盐地碱蓬（Suaeda salsa)植株后,测定并比较老叶、幼叶及根部的无机离子含量和对K的选择性,叶片及根部的Na^ 、Cl^-含量随盐度的增加而升高,且累积趋势相似,盐胁迫下根部Na^ 、Cl^-及总离子含量（K^ 、Na^ 、Ca^2 ,NO3^-,Cl^-)明显低于叶片,说明盐地碱蓬地盐胁迫下,以叶片优先积累大量离子（如Na^ ,Cl^-) 为其适应特征。NaCl处理下,叶片的K^ ,Ca^2 含量低于对照,但随盐度的增加保持相对稳定,而根部K^ 含量,K/Na比、对K的选择性则高于叶片,这对盐胁迫下地上部的K^ 亏缺有一定补偿作用。低盐度处理（100mmol/LNaCl)促进NO3^-的吸收,另外随盐度的增加,叶片渗透势下降,渗透调节能力增强,幼叶渗透势低于老叶,但渗透调节能力相同。     

盐胁迫下蒙古冰草幼苗生长和离子含量的变化

用不同浓度的NaCl溶液处理蒙古冰草幼苗后,测定了不同时间胁迫下植株地上部分鲜重和离子含量。结果表明:轻度盐胁迫对蒙古冰草幼苗的生长有一定的促进作用,而中度和重度盐胁迫对幼苗生长有明显的抑制作用。经分析认为,轻度盐胁迫下蒙古冰草可以将Na⁺等有害离子截流在根部,抑制其向地上部分的运输,而中度和重度盐胁迫下过多的Na⁺等有害离子运输到地上代谢活跃部分,限制了对K⁺、Ca²⁺等的吸收,造成植株的营养亏缺,从而引起植株的伤害。     

Effect of water stress on some oxidative enzymes and senescence in Vigna seedlings

Seedlings of Vigna catjang Endl. were subjected to water stress for 6, S and 10 days by withholding water to investigate the activities of some oxidative enzymes and the pattern of senescence in leaves of 17-day-old seedlings undergoing water stress. Increasing duration of stress produced a proportional increase in the activities of IAA-oxidase, AA-oxidase, peroxidase and glycolate oxidase but decreased catalase activity and the contents of both chlorophyll and protein, hastening senescence. Leaf water potential and relative water content were also lowered with incresing duration of stress. Permeability was increased in leaf tissue undergoing water stress for 8 days. Seed treatment with CaCl₂ (10⁻² and 10⁻¹⁴ M ) for 6 h improved the water status of leaves, decreased tissue permeability, activities of oxidative enzymes, decline of chlorophyll and protein contents and delayed senescence compared to untreated water stressed plants.     

Changes in pigment levels, Rubisco and respiratory enzyme activity of Ficus benjamina during acclimation to low irradiance

The objective of the present study was to determine the influence of reduced irradiance on the activities of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (Rubisco) and respiratory enzymes. Rooted cuttings of the tropical epiphyte. Ficus benjamina L., were grown in a shaded environment that excluded approximately 50% of the natural photosynthetically active irradiance (890 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) for 4 months. Established plants were transferred and grown for 10 months under a range of irradiance levels with daily average maxima varying from a full-sun environment to 20% full sun (100%−1735; 50%−890; 40%−695; and 20%−303 μmol m⁻²s⁻¹). Chlorophyll, carotenoid and soluble protein content increased in Ficus leaves as irradiance level decreased, while Rubisco increased on a fresh weight basis but decreased on a protein basis. Glycolytic enzymes, enolase and pyruvate kinase, showed higher activities in full-sun plants on a protein and fresh weight basis. However, the activity of two mitochondrial enzymes, aconitase and malate dehydrogenase, was not different under the various irradiance levels. When transferred to a very low irradiance environment (18 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹), mature leaves exhibited increased chlorophyll and carotenoid levels regardless of previous irradiance treatment. Exposure to very low irradiance resulted in a large increase in enolase and pyruvate kinase activities. Only plants grown under full sun conditions showed a decline in Rubisco activity following growth at very low irradiance. Together, these studies demonstrate the ability of mature leaves of Ficus to biochemically adjust photosynthetic and respiratory components over a wide range of irradiance.     

Occurrence and activity of hydrogenase in symbiotic Frankia from field-collected Alnus incana

Occurrence and activity of the hydrogen uptake enzyme were studied in root nodule homogenates made from plants of Alnus incana (L.) Moench collected from field sites in the northern part of Sweden. Nitrogenase (EC 1.7.99.2) activity (estimated by acetylene reduction) and hydrogen evolution were studied in excised nodules. All Frankia sources showed acetylene reduction activity, and possessed a hydrogen uptake system. Hydrogen uptake in nodule homogenates from the Frankia sources measured at 23.8 μM H₂ ranged from 0.04 to 5.0 μmol H₂ (g fresh weight nodule)⁻¹ h⁻¹. The H₂ uptake capacity of nodule homogenates from one of the Frankia sources was almost 8 times higher than the hydrogen evolution from nitrogenase, both expressed on a nodule fresh weight basis. Frankia sources from field sites 6 and 11 showed K_m for H₂ of 13.0 and 23.6 μM H₂, respectively. This indicates similarities in the hydrogen uptake enzymes in the two Frankia sources. It is concluded that hydrogen uptake is a common characteristic in Frankia.