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3IP nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra are used to monitorintracellular changes in sections of potato tuber (Solariumtuberosum), maize root tips (Zea mays) and the roots of singlemaize seedlings. Intracellular changes that result from theuptake of inorganic phosphate, D-mannose, the spectroscopicbroadening probe Mn2+ and 2, 4-dinitrophenol are described.It is concluded that NMR provides a powerful, direct methodfor following intracellular changes in plant tissues. 相似文献
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Bock C.; Jacob A.; Kirst G. O.; Leibfritz D.; Mayer A. 《Journal of experimental botany》1996,47(2):241-249
The energy status and the phosphate metabolism of Prasiola crispduring and after desiccation stress was investigated by in vivo31P NMR. The effect of desiccation was simulated by additionof the nonionic osmoticum PEG 200 (polyethylene glycol). Photosynthesisand respiration were effectively inhibited under these conditions.The most notable changes in the in vivo 31P NMR spectra werean increase in the cytoplasmic inorganic phosphate signal afterPEG stress, a decrease in the polyphosphates and a lowfieldshift of the core polyphosphate signal followed by an appearanceof extracellular inorganic phosphate. Cytoplasmic pH remainedalmost constant during stress. After a return to control conditions,photosynthesis and respiration recovered within 4 h as wellas the concentrations of the phosphorus metabolites. An as yetunassigned phosphate signal increased in the phosphodiesterregion of the NMR spectra. Simultaneousty, the polyphosphatesignal recovered in intensity and chemical shift. It is suggestedthat phosphate metabolism and complexation of cations to polyphosphatesmay play an important role in the distinct desiccation toleranceof P. crispa. Key words: In vivo 31P NMR, Prasiola crispa, desiccation tolerance, polyphosphates 相似文献
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Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) spectra ofintact cells of Scenedesmus mutant C-2A' and of their perchloricacid extracts are presented. Sugarphosphates, including glucose-6-phosphateand fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, orthophosphate, nucleotide di-and triphosphates, NAD(P), UDPG andin the case of intactcellsalso polyphosphates were identified. Blue light,which is known to stimulate the carbohydrate breakdown of greenalgae, leads to a transient drop in Pi, a pronounced decreasein the ATP/ADP ratio, and an increase in sugarphosphates, givingrise to the idea that the enhancement of phosphorolytic starchbreakdown is a primary response to blue light. Addition of glucoseto Scenedesmus mutant cells leads to comparable changes (besidesan additionally enhanced glucose-6-phosphate level), which thussupport the view that blue light stimulates dark-type respiration.Altogether the results demonstrate the applicability of 31PNMR spectroscopy to the study of the metabolism of green algae. (Received December 7, 1984; Accepted February 12, 1985) 相似文献
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Yazaki Yoshiaki; Asukagawa Norio; Ishikawa Yutaka; Ohta Eiji; Sakata Makoto 《Plant & cell physiology》1988,29(6):919-924
The cytoplasmic [MgATP]/[ATP]free ratios, free Mg2+ concentrations,and phosphorylation potentials in mung bean [Vigna mungo (L.)Hepper] root tip cells were investigated by 31P nuclear magneticresonance spectroscopy. 31P NMR spectra show well defined peaksdue to G6P, cytoplasmic Pi, vacuolar Pi, ATP, UDP-glucose andnicotinamide adenine nucleotides. The concentrations of phosphorusmetabolites were determined from quantitative 31P NMR spectra.The [MgATP]/[ATP]free ratio was 9.45. Accordingly, about 90%of the cytoplasmic ATP was complexed to Mg2+. Utilizing thedissociation constant (Kd) determined for MgATP, the cytoplasmicfree Mg2+ concentration was estimated to be 0.4mM. The NMR-derivedphosphorylation potential, [ATP]/([ADP][Pi]), was 960 M-1. Thesodium azide treatment decreased the [ATP]/[ADP] ratio and thephosphorylation potential, and increased the [Mg2+]free. Metabolicinhibition may have been enhanced by an increase in [Mg2+freeand a decrease in the free energy change for ATP hydrolysis,which resulted due to a decrease in the ATP level.
1Present address: National Food Research Institute, TsukubaCity, Ibaraki 305, Japan. (Received February 8, 1988; Accepted June 1, 1988) 相似文献
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ISHIZAKA NOBUYUKI; TOMIYAMA KOHEI; KATSUI NOBUKATSU; MURAI AKIO; MASAMUNE TADASHI 《Plant & cell physiology》1969,10(1):183-192
Rishitin, a norsesquiterpene alcohol, found in infected, resistantpotato-tuber tissue completely inhibited zoospore germinationand germtube elongation of Phytophthora infestans (MONT.) DEBARY at 103M. There was little difference in sensitivityto rishitin among races of Phytophthora infestans. IAA-inducedelongation of Avcna coleoptile sections and GA3-induced elongationof wheat leaf sections were also inhibited by rishitin. Theinhibition of IAA-induced elongation of Avena coleoptiles wasrelieved to some extent by increasing IAA concentration. However,little relief of the inhibition of GA3-induced elongation ofwheat leaf sections was obtained by increasing GA3 concentration.No plant injury was observed at this concentration of rishitin(103M). Examination of a series of rishitin derivatives indicated thatthe hydroxyl group at C-3 is indispensable for antifungal activity.This activity was intensified by saturating the double bondbetween the rings of rishitin and/or that of the isopropenylgroup at C-7, though activity decreased when oxygenated functionalgroups were introduced into the side chain. Aromatization of the A ring did not lower biological activities.The antifungal activities of most rishitin derivatives almostparalleled their activities as plant growth retardants. However,some compounds without antifungal activity were active as growthretardants.
1Studies on the phytoalexins (5). (Received August 14, 1968; ) 相似文献
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Torimitsu Keiichi; Yazaki Yoshiaki; Nagasuka Kinuyo; Ohta Eiji; Sakata Makoto 《Plant & cell physiology》1984,25(8):1403-1409
The effect of the external pH on the intracellular pH in mungbean (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) root-tip cells was investigatedwith the 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method. The 31PNMR spectra showed three peaks caused by cytoplasmic G-6-P,cytoplasmic Pi and vacuolar Pi. The cytoplasmic and vacuolarpHs could be determined by comparing the Pi chemical shiftswith the titration curve. When the external pH was changed overa range from pH 3 to 10, the cytoplasmic pH showed smaller changesthan the vacuolar pH, suggesting that the former is regulatedmore strictly than the latter. The H+-ATPase inhibitor, DCCD,caused the breakdown of the mechanism that regulates the intracellularpH. H+-ATPase appears to have an important part in the regulationof the intracellular pH. (Received January 4, 1984; Accepted August 27, 1984) 相似文献
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QUIQUAMPOIX H.; BACIC G.; LOUGHMAN B. C.; RATCLIFFE R. G. 《Journal of experimental botany》1993,44(12):1809-1818
The uptake of manganese by maize roots was monitored in vivoby 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and a quantitativeanalysis was developed on the basis of the line broadening ofthe vacuolar orthophosphate (P1) signal. The line broadening,which was followed indirectly by measuring changes in the reciprocalpeak height of the P1 signalin fully relaxed spectra, was foundto depend on pH and P1 concentration, as well ason the presenceof organic acids, but for P1 concentrations in the millimolarrange the method was sensitive to Mn2+ concentrations as lowas 0·11 µM. A linear relation was establishedbetween the reciprocal peak height of the vacuolar P1 signalobserved in vivo and the total manganese content of the tissuedetermined subsequently by atomicabsorption. However, the paramagneticcontribution to the line widthobserved in vivo was much smallerthan expected from measurements on simple solutions and freeze-thawextracts and it was concluded that less than 5% of the manganesetaken up by the root tissue was present in the vacuoles as solubleMn2+. The ability to detect the free pool of divalent manganeseis one of several advantages of the 31P-NMR method relativeto the analogous1H-NMR method based on the interaction betweenmanganese and water; and the non-invasive nature ofthe method,coupled with the potential to distinguish the cytoplasmic andvacuolar manganese fractions, allows the NMR method to complementthe information obtained by atomic absorption. Key words: Cytoplasm, intracellular compartmentation, manganese, 31P-NMR, vacuole 相似文献
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A Model for Mortality in a Self-thinning Plant Population 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
A model for mortality process in a self-thinning plant populationis proposed. It considers the spacial process but does not requirepositional information of each individual plant due to the assumptionsthat plants with interacting neighbours all greater than themselvesare the first to die and neighbours' sizes are mutually independentat each growth stage. Mortality of plants of size x at age t,M(t, x), is given as M(t, x) = m{P(t, x)}n where P(t, x) isthe proportion of plants of size greater than x at age t, andm and n are parameters. This model fits data from an experimentalplantation of Abies sachalinensis and will be useful for furtherdevelopment of the theoretical study of plant population growth. Abies sachalinensis Fr. Schm., self-thinning, mortality, size distribution, neighbourhood effect, spacial process model 相似文献
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Kato Ryoichi; Takatsuna Sachiko; Wada Tsuyoshi; Narihara Yumi; Suzuki Takashi 《Plant & cell physiology》1996,37(5):667-672
Five-mm sections of elongation zones of Zea mesocotyls wereincubated for designated periods with various concentrationsof IAA. In vitro protein phosphorylation in the soluble fraction(85,000 x g supernatant) prepared from the sections was analyzedby sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.The phosphorylation of proteins in the soluble fraction thathad been prepared from sections incubated for 20 min in thepresence of 10{small tilde}s M IAA was greater than that inthe sections incubated for 20 min without IAA. The amount ofphosphorylation of proteins per protein became higher when higherconcentrations increased (10{small tilde}810{small tilde}5M).The growth of sections incubated in the presence of 10{smalltilde}8 M IAA or higher concentrations was greater than thatof sections incubated in the absence of IAA. The promotion ofgrowth by IAA was greater at higher concentrations of IAA. Proteinsin the soluble fraction, prepared from sections incubated for20 min in the presence of 10{small tilde}5 M IAA, were phosphorylatedin the presence of either 10 fM cAMP, 10 µM cGMP, 100µM W-7, 100 µM W-5, 20 µM H-7 or 20 µMHA1004. The calmodulin antagonist, W-7, and the inhibitor ofprotein kinase C, H-7, inhibited the phosphorylation of proteinsstimulated by incubation with IAA. These results suggest thatIAA promotes cell elongation via protein phosphorylation thatdepends on calmodulin-dependent protein kinase and protein kinaseC. (Received November 29, 1995; Accepted May 20, 1996) 相似文献
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Katechakis Alexis; Stibor Herwig; Sommer Ulrich; Hansen Thomas 《Journal of plankton research》2004,26(6):589-603
Selectivity-size spectra, clearance and ingestion rates andassimilation efficiencies of Acartia clausi (Copepoda), Peniliaavirostris (Cladocera) and Doliolum denticulatum (Doliolida)from Blanes Bay (Catalan Sea, NW Mediterranean) were evaluatedin grazing experiments over a wide range of food concentrations(0.028.8 mm3 L1 plankton assemblages from BlanesBay, grown in mesocosms at different nutrient levels). Acartiaclausi reached the highest grazing coefficients for large algae>70 µm (longest linear extension), P. avirostris forintermediate food sizes between 15 and 70 µm, and D. denticulatumfor small sizes from 2.5 to 15 µm. Penilia avirostrisand D. denticulatum acted as passive filter-feeders. Acartiaclausi gave some evidence for a supplementary raptorial feedingmode. Effective food concentration (EFC) decreased linearlywith increasing nutrient enrichment for D. denticulatum andfollowed domed curves for A. clausi and for P. avirostris withmaximum values at intermediate and high enrichment levels, respectively.Clearance rates of crustacean species showed curvilinear responseswith narrow modal ranges to increasing food concentration. Clearancerates of D. denticulatum increased abruptly and levelled intoa plateau at low food concentrations. Mean clearance rates were13.9, 25.5 and 64.1 mL ind.1 day1, respectively.No clearance could be detected for A. clausi at food concentrations<0.1 mm3 L1 and for P. avirostris at food concentrations 相似文献
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Effects of light intensity and quality on the relative N and P requirement (the optimum N:P ratio) of marine planktonic algae 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The relative requirement of N and P (the optimum N:P ratio)by Dunaliella tertiolecta, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Prymnesiumparvum and Thalassiosira pseudonana was studied under variouslight intensities and spectra. The ratio was determined as theratio of the minimum cell N and P concentrations (q0N and q0pwhen either nutrient was limiting. The ratio varied widely amongspecies; under light-saturation for growth (116 µEin m2s1 it ranged from 11.8 in D. tertiolecta to 36.6 in P.tricornutum. The ratio appeared to be higher at a sub-saturatingintensity (24 µEin m2 s1 in all except P.tricornutum, mainly because of higher qoN with little changein qoP. In T. pseudonana QoP also increased, resulting in aninsignificant change in the ratio. The ratio varied little withinthe range of saturation intensity. Light quality affected qoNand qoP as well as the ratio, and the pattern of change variedfrom species to species. The optimum ratio of individual specieswas linearly correlated to their qoN except in P. tricornutum.qoN for all species showed a linear correlation with cell proteinconcentrations irrespective of light conditions. The changeof optimum N:P ratios in the three species thus appears to berelated to changes in cell protein contents. The ratio of carbohydratesto protein remained constant regardless of light intensity orquality and was higher in P-limited cultures. We conclude thatchanges in light regime can strongly influence algal nutrientrequirements and species interrelationships by altering theoptimum cellular N:P ratio. 相似文献
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Mi Hualing; Endo Tsuyoshi; Schreiber Ulrich; Ogawa Teruo; Asada Kozi 《Plant & cell physiology》1992,33(8):1233-1237
The redox kinetics of P700 induced by far-red light and a pulseof strong white light in wild type cells were compared withthose in NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH)-defective mutants of thecyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. The wild type cells showedthe electron donation from the respiratory donor and the photoreductantgenerated in PS I to P700+ through the plastoquinone, whichis mediated by a Hg2+-sensitive enzyme. The NDH-defective mutantcells, however, did not show the electron transfer to P700+through the plastoquinone from both the photoreductant in PSI and cytosolic electron donors using pyndine nucleotides asan intermediate. Thus, NDH appears to be the site of main entryof electrons into the plastoquinone pool in the NAD(P)H-mediatedcyclic electron flow and the respiratory electron flow in Synechocystis. (Received August 31, 1992; Accepted October 1, 1992) 相似文献
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Measurements of the rate of photosynthesis of plants of Solanumtuberosum L. var. King Edward were made, using 14CO2, at weeklyintervals throughout their growth in a controlled environment.Leaf area and dry weight of sections of the plant were alsodetermined. The results are discussed in relation to existingtheories that photosynthesis can be limited by carbohydrateaccumulation in the leaves, and stimulated by the initiationof tubers. 相似文献
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A micropropagation technique was developed for Delphinium malabaricumusing nodes from inflorescence stalks Maximum shoot proliferationwas obtained on Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with2-1P (10 mg l1) and inositol (100 mg l1) Fromthe sixth passage onwards, shoots could be multiplied by omissionof inositol and reduction of 2-1P (0.5 mg l1) concentrationBest rooting response was obtained with a 24-h pulse treatmentof shoots with 0.5 mg I1 IBA in the dark, transfer oftreated shoots to hormone-free half-strength MS medium and incubationunder 24-h light. Regenerated plants were established successfullyin the field Cytological examination of root tips of in vitroand control plants showed identical chromosome number (2n =16) Delphinium malabaricum (Huth) Munz, micropropagation, tissue culture, rare plant 相似文献
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BERLIN J.; WRAY V.; FORCHE E.; RENG H.-G.; SCH?LER H.; LUCKINGER R.; MOHLBACH H.-P. 《Journal of experimental botany》1985,36(12):1985-1995
Berlin, J., Wray, V., Forche, E., Reng, H.G , Schler,H, Luckinger, R. and Mhlbach, H.P. 1985. Production ofpotato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV) by large scale fermentationof PSTVinfected potato cell suspension cultures.J.exp. Bot 36: 19851995. Cell suspension cultures of Solatiumdemissum, infected with the potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV),were scaled up to volumes of up to 800 dm3 to provide sufficientand uniform plant material for subsequent studies on viroidbiosynthesis. Here we describe the technological aspects ofproducing the required amounts of biomass and viroid. The cells,which had been maintained on a medium containing expensive coconutmilk, were first adapted to rapid growth on the less expensiveB5medium. The physiological state of the cells was monitoredby in vivo 31PNMR spectroscopy Under the chosen conditionsthe scaleup from 10 dm3 inoculum from shake flasks tothe harvest of the 800 dm3 stirred fermenter lasted 38 d andprovided 112 kg biomass. Growth characteristics and viroid productionin shake flasks and large bioreactors were rather similar. Gelelectrophoretic analysis of isolated nucleic acids using silverstaining and Northern blot hybridization revealed a PSTVcontentof approximately 700 µg PSTV per kg fresh mass of culturedcells. Key words: Solanum demissum, plant cell cultures, potato spindle tuber viroid, biomass production, fermentation, in vivo 31P-NMR 相似文献
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Effects of elevated carbon dioxide on three montane grass species: I. Growth and dry matter partitioning 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Baxter R.; Ashenden T.W.; Sparks T.H.; Farrar J.F. 《Journal of experimental botany》1994,45(3):305-315
Upland grasslands are a major component of natural vegetationwithin the UK. Such grasslands support slow growing relativelystable plant communities. The response of native montane grassspecies to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrationshas received little attention to date. Of such studies, mosthave only focused on short-term (days to weeks) responses, oftenunder favourable controlled environment conditions. In thisstudy Agrostis caplllaris L.5, Festuca vivipara L. and Poa alpinaL. were grown under semi-natural conditions in outdoor open-topchambers at either ambient (340µmol mol1) or elevated(680µmol mol1) concentrations of atmospheric carbondioxide (CO2 for periods from 79 to 189 d, with a nutrient availabilitysimilar to that of montane Agrostis-Fescue grassland in Snowdonia,N. Wales. Whole plant dry weight was increased for A. capillarisand P. alpina, but decreased for F. vivipara, at elevated CO2.Major components of relative growth rate (RGR) contributingto this change at elevated CO2 were transient changes in specificleaf area (SLA) and leaf area ratio (LAR). Despite changes ingrowth rate at 680 µmol mol1 CO2, partitioningof dry weight between shoot and root in plants of A. capillarisand P. alpina was unaltered. There was a significant decreasein shoot relative to root growth at elevated CO2 in F. viviparawhich also showed marked discoloration of the leaves and increasedsenescence of the foliage. Key words: Allometry, growth analysis, elevated CO2, grasses 相似文献
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Carbon Economy of Sour Orange in Relation to Mycorrhizal Colonization and Phosphorus Status 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
The effects of plant phosphorus (P) status and the mycorrhizal(M) fungus, Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith, on thecarbon (C) economy of sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) weredetermined during and following active M colonization. Therewere four treatments: M seedlings grown at standard-strength(1 mM) P (M1) and nonmycorrhizal (NM) plants grown at one, twoand five times standard-strength P (NM1, NM2 and NM5). Mycorrhizalcolonization, tissue dry mass, P content, root length and leafarea were determined in five harvests from 6 to 15 weeks ofage. Rate of C assimilation (A) was determined at 7, 8 and 12weeks by gas exchange. Partitioning of 14 C was determined from7 to 15 weeks using a 10-min pulse followed by a 24-h chaseperiod. For a given attribute, M1 plants were compared to thecurve defining the NM response as a function of tissue P concentration.In contrast to the large effects of P nutrition on C economyof sour orange, M effects were generally subtle. Mycorrhizaeincreased the root biomass fraction, the root length/leaf arearatio and the percentage of 14C recovered from below-groundcomponents. A higher percentage of below-ground 14 C was inthe respiration and soil fractions in M than NM plants of equivalentP status. Mycorrhizal plants tended to enhance A only for abrief period. Mycorrhizal plants had lower relative growth ratesthan NM plants of equivalent P status, suggesting that the temporarilyenhance A of M plants did not fully compensate for their greaterbelow-ground carbon expenditure. Problems of interpreting thedynamic effects of mycorrhizae on C economy that are independentof P nutrition are discussed.Copyright 1993, 1999 Academic Press Citrus aurantium L., sour orange, carbon economy, 14carbon, CO2 assimilation, vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae, phosphorus fertilization, phosphorus nutrition 相似文献
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Significant amounts of ethylene was produced by Pseudomonassolanacearum (all strains), P. syringae pv. phaseolicola (Kudzustrains isolated from Pueraria lobata) and Erwinia rhapontici(2 strains out of 22) out of 24 species, 3 subspecies and 38pathovars of plant pathogenic bacteria tested in yeast extract-peptonebroth. The bean strains of P. syringae pv. phaseolicola causinghalo blight in kindney bean plants did not produce ethylene.The Kudzu strains produced ethylene at a rate of 7 to 100?109nl cell1 h1, which was 500 to 1,000 times higherthan that of P. solanacearum and several times higher than thatof Penicillium digitatum, the most potent ethylene producerknown among microorganisms. The presence of living cells was essential for ethylene productionby the Kudzu strains. The bacterium effectively produced ethylenefrom amino acids such as glutamate, aspartate and their amides.Although glucose and succinate were also good substrates forethylene biosynthesis, the rate of ethylene production was significantlysmaller than that with glutamate. Methionine, which is knownas the precursor of ethylene in plants, had no effect on ethyleneproduction by the bacterium. 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylicacid (ACC) also had no effect on ethylene production, and therewas not enough ACC in the bacterial cells to account for thehigh rate of ethylene production. Ethylene production from glutamatewas inhibited by n-propylgallate and EDTA, but not by aminoethoxyvinylglycine.These results indicate that ACC is not involved as an intermediatein the process of ethylene biosynthesis by the bacterium, suggestingthe presence of a pathway different from that of plant tissues. (Received September 4, 1984; Accepted October 27, 1984) 相似文献
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全球气候变化包括氮沉降增加和降水格局改变, 影响着生态系统的生物地球化学循环, 进而可能会对植物的养分保持特性产生影响。研究不同氮、磷和水分梯度上植物叶片养分特性的响应格局, 对于预测氮沉降增加和降水格局的改变对植物养分策略的潜在影响, 具有一定的理论与实践意义。该研究通过3个盆栽控制实验 (施氮肥实验:0、0.5、1、2、4、8、16、32、64和128g·m-2等10个水平;施磷肥实验:梯度同施氮肥实验;控水实验:3600、 4000、4500、5143、6000、7200、9000、12000、18000和36000ml-pot-1等10个水平), 探讨了羊草 (Leymuschinensis) 绿叶氮、磷浓度和比叶面积 (Specificleafarea, SLA) 对这些环境因子改变的响应。结果表明, 在一定范围内, 施氮肥提高了羊草绿叶比叶面积和绿叶氮浓度, 但对绿叶磷浓度没有明显的影响;施磷肥显著提高了绿叶比叶面积、绿叶氮浓度和绿叶磷浓度;供水量增加提高了羊草绿叶比叶面积, 降低了绿叶氮浓度, 但对绿叶磷浓度无显著影响。这表明, 氮、磷和水分因子的改变影响了植物叶片的养分保持能力, 且不同梯度的影响程度也不同。因此, 全球气候变化可能影响植物养分利用策略, 进而可能对植被-土壤系统养分循环产生影响。 相似文献
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A Model for Plant and Crop Growth, Allowing for Competition for Light by the use of Potential and Restricted Projected Crown Zone Areas 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Relations for competition for light are developed and used ina plant growth model applicable to the isolated plant, to plantsin even-aged monoculture and to plants in mixed-aged monoculture.In an isolated plant, it is assumed that a leaf area, proportionalto the plant mass, is contained within a crown whose projectedzone area is proportional to plant mass to the 2/3 power. Self-shadingprogressively reduces the specific growth rate. If light werethe sole limiting resource and were constant, one can derivea growth equation, dw/dt = rw[1 - exp (-KW1/3)]KW1/3, which,integrated, gives w1/3 = K-1 ln {1 + [exp (KW1/30)-1] exp (rt/3)}.It approximates, initially, to a particular case of the Richards(1959) empirical growth equation. In even-aged evenly-spaced monocrops competing only for light,it is assumed that the zone areas merge at canopy closure, andgrowth then follows the expolinear equation of Goudriaan andMonteith (1990), giving a continuous function based on groundcover. For mixed-aged monocrops, we assume a phase of canopyclosure that affects the younger plants earlier than the olderones. Under varying environmental conditions in the field, plant growthmay be affected by other factors in addition, e.g. temperature.In the growth conductance model of Aikman and Scaife (1993),the shading expressions are applied to the light-dependence. Data from two sowings of cabbage and carrot in even-aged andmixed-aged monocrops were used to test the model. The parametervalues derived from the even-aged monocultures predict the growthrates in the mixed-aged monocultures better than models whichassume uniform canopies.Copyright 1994, 1999 Academic Press Growth, model, monocrop, even-aged, mixed-aged, PAR, density, competition, light, shading, zone area, ground cover, temperature, carbon dioxide, expolinear, carrot, Daucus carota L., cabbage, Brassica oleracea L 相似文献