施肥对短枝木麻黄幼苗总酚和可溶性缩合单宁含量的影响

研究了施用氮肥和磷肥对短枝木麻黄幼苗总酚(total phenolics,TP)和可溶性缩合单宁(extractable condensed tannin,ECT)含量的影响,探讨短枝木麻黄单宁形成的养分效应.结果表明:施加氮肥使短枝木麻黄幼苗小枝的TP和ECT含量显著降低,支持碳氮平衡假说和生长分化平衡假说,但对氮含量没有显著影响,从而导致TP/N和ECT/N降低;施加磷肥对TP和ECT含量没有显著影响;随着处理时间的延长,短枝木麻黄幼苗小枝TP含量升高了9.91%～14.32%,而ECT含量降低了14.32%～298.88%;TP或ECT与有机物质含量的关系则相反,表明不同类型单宁的合成途径不同,但由于TP和ECT均与氮含量无显著相关性,故不支持蛋白质竞争模型;在贫瘠土壤条件下,TP/N和ECT/N的水平较高,有利于提高短枝木麻黄的防御水平,降低凋落物的分解率,减少养分损失,从而保持较高的生产力.     

不同抗性短枝木麻黄种源苗木接种青枯病菌后酚类物质含量的变化

为了解短枝木麻黄(Casuarina equisetifolia)抗青枯病的机理,对接种青枯病菌(Ralstonia solanacearum)后短枝木麻黄的单宁和黄酮含量变化进行了分析。结果表明,不同抗性短枝木麻黄种源小枝的总酚和单宁含量呈现不同的变化趋势,高抗、中抗种源均呈现先升高后降低的变化趋势,峰值均约为126 mg g–1,但中抗种源的峰值出现时间较晚,而易感种源则呈逐渐升高趋势。抗、感种源木麻黄接种青枯菌后,小枝中缩合单宁含量均呈现逐渐升高的趋势,但高抗种源的缩合单宁含量均显著高于易感种源,增加70.33%。抗性种源黄酮含量呈S型上升趋势,易感种源则持续缓慢升高。这表明接种青枯病菌后,抗、感短枝木麻黄种源表现出不同的防御特征,次生物质含量增幅越大,抑菌抗氧化能力越强,短枝木麻黄表现出的抗性越强。     

不同林龄短枝木麻黄小枝单宁含量及养分再吸收动态

通过对福建省惠安县不同林龄短枝木麻黄人工林不同发育阶段小枝单宁含量及氮磷再吸收率的研究,探讨了短枝木麻黄林分发育过程中的营养保存策略。结果表明,幼龄林(5年生)成熟小枝中的总酚(TP)、可溶性缩合单宁(ECT)总缩合单宁(TCT)含量及蛋白质结合能力(PPC)显著高于成熟林(21年生)和衰老林(38年生)。随着林分发育,成熟小枝中N含量显著升高,而P含量呈降低趋势。不同发育阶段林分成熟小枝中N:P比均大于20,且随着林龄的增加而升高。磷再吸收率(PRE)显著高于氮再吸收率(NRE),均以成熟林分最高。这表明短枝木麻黄小枝单宁含量与养分再吸收受林龄影响,其养分保存机制会随着林分生长发育的变化而进行调节。     

桔梗水浸提液对小麦幼苗的化感作用

采用培养皿滤纸法研究了不同浓度桔梗水浸提液对小麦的幼苗生长及生理生化指标的影响,探讨桔梗植株水浸提液对小麦的化感作用,推测其可能的生理机制。结果表明：桔梗植株水浸提液对小麦幼苗的地上部生长表现为低浓度（≤1mg／mL）促进、高浓度（5—20mg／mL）抑制作用;对根部生长为抑制作用,且抑制强度大于地上部。随处理浓度的升高,小麦幼苗体内POD活性、脯氨酸含量、MDA含量逐渐升高;CAT活性、根系活力、光合色素含量先升高后降低;可溶性蛋白含量和伤害率先降低后升高。桔梗植株水浸提液对小麦总体的化感效应表现为低促高抑,小麦可作为桔梗的轮作作物种植。     

反枝苋水浸提液与挥发油对黄瓜根尖的影响

采用悬空气法研究了在入侵植物反枝苋(Amaranthus retroflexus L.)水浸提液和挥发油作用下,黄瓜根缘细胞活性、根冠果胶甲基酯酶(PME)、根尖过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)以及丙二醛(MDA)含量的变化规律.结果表明:反枝苋水浸提液对黄瓜根的生长无显著性影响而挥发油显著抑制黄瓜根的生长,且随浓度增大抑制作用显著增强.PME活性随着水浸提液浓度的增大呈先上升后下降趋势,而随着挥发油浓度的升高呈现逐渐上升的趋势;水浸提液和挥发油均降低了对根缘细胞的存活率,这种抑制作用随浓度的增加而增大;随着处理液浓度增大,黄瓜根尖中MDA含量、CAT活性整体表现为增加,SOD活性先升高后降低,POD活性与对照差异不显著.反枝苋挥发油的化感效应大于水浸提液的化感效应.     

角茴香根水浸液对生菜的化感潜力及机理初探

以生菜为受体植物,使用培养皿法研究了角茴香根水浸液的化感潜力,并对其可能的机理进行了初步探讨.结果表明:不同浓度角茴香根水浸液对生菜种子的萌发、幼苗的根和下胚轴的生长以及植株鲜重均有显著抑制作用,而凡处理液浓度越高,生菜生长所受到的抑制程度越深;随着角茴香根水浸液处理浓度的增大,生菜幼苗中超氧阴离子自由基的含量逐渐升高,其抗氧化酶如SOD、POD和CAT活性比对照显著增强.研究发现,角茴香根水浸液中可能含有较强活性的化感物质,使生菜幼苗受到了明显的活性氧伤害,也因此而表现出较强的化感潜力,但生菜通过上调体内抗氧化酶活性来应对这种伤害.     

β-西柏三烯二醇对拟南芥的化感效应及其作用机理研究

以拟南芥幼苗为受体植物,研究了不同浓度二萜类化合物β-西柏三烯二醇对拟南芥生长的活性作用以及作用机理,以揭示萜类化感物质的作用机制。结果表明:(1)β-西柏三烯二醇对拟南芥幼苗的鲜重具有显著抑制作用,当处理浓度为50μmol/L时抑制作用达到显著水平,并对拟南芥鲜重的抑制率均大于30%。(2)经过β-西柏三烯二醇处理后,拟南芥叶片中叶绿素a、b含量显著下降,且抑制作用随处理浓度的增大和处理时间的延长而增加。(3)随着β-西柏三烯二醇处理浓度的增大,拟南芥中过氧化物酶(POD)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)的活性逐渐显著降低,而过氧化产物MDA含量显著增加。可见,β-西柏三烯二醇通过抑制拟南芥体内抗氧化酶的活性,引起膜脂过氧化,从而抑制拟南芥幼苗的正常生长和生理过程,且这种抑制作用随浓度的升高而增强。     

黄花棘豆水提液对燕麦的化感作用及其机理研究

以燕麦种子和幼苗为受体,采用室内培养皿法、室内盆栽法和生化分析法,研究了甘肃天祝草地有毒植物黄花棘豆水浸提液对燕麦种子、幼苗的化感作用及其作用机理.结果表明:(1)黄花棘豆水提液均可抑制燕麦种子萌发和幼苗生长,且化感抑制作用随着水提液浓度的增大显著增强;燕麦幼苗根在高浓度的黄花棘豆水提液作用下表现出畸形.(2)随着水提液浓度的增大,根尖有丝分裂逐渐减弱及分裂高峰时间逐渐推迟,种子淀粉酶活性也逐渐下降.(3)燕麦幼苗茎叶部和根部的可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白和叶绿素的含量随着水提液浓度的增大以及作用时间的延长逐渐降低,丙二醛含量则逐渐升高.(4)随着黄花棘豆水提液浓度的增大,其对燕麦幼苗过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性的抑制作用逐渐增强,随着作用时间的延长抑制作用逐渐减弱.研究发现,黄花棘豆水提液通过降低燕麦幼苗渗透调节物质含量,抑制保护性酶活性,增加膜脂过氧化伤害,导致根尖细胞分裂缓慢,抑制燕麦种子萌发和幼苗生长,从而表现出化感作用,且化感作用随着浓度的增加而增强.     

木麻黄浸提液对榄仁树幼苗生长及生理生化的影响

该研究试图将榄仁树引入木麻黄海防林以期形成混交林型的海防林。以15 d榄仁树种子苗为材料,分别采用浓度为125 g·L~-1的木麻黄根、木麻黄凋落物和林下表层土壤的水浸提液胁迫处理榄仁树幼苗60 d,研究木麻黄化感作用对榄仁树幼苗生长、光合作用、膜系统伤害、抗氧化系统酶活性及游离Pro含量的影响。结果表明:木麻黄根、木麻黄凋落物及林下表层土壤的水浸提液都能降低榄仁树幼苗的存活率,影响幼苗株高、叶和根生物量,可以推断不同浸提液中对影响植物生长成分的浓度有所不同。3种浸提液均显著降低处理15~45 d期间幼苗的净光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Ccond)、胞间CO_2浓度(Ci)、蒸腾速率(Tr),且显著增加幼苗水分利用率(WUE)。第60天时3种木麻黄浸提液能显著增加幼苗叶片、根的Pro含量,使得幼苗根系组织细胞膜通透性增加,而木麻黄根浸提液能显著增加幼苗Ccond、Ci、叶SOD、根CAT含量,木麻黄凋落物浸提液能显著增加幼苗Ccond和Tr,同时凋落物浸提液会显著降低幼苗根POD含量。榄仁树幼苗通过调整自身的生理生化能适应木麻黄化感胁迫的影响,为此可考虑榄仁树作为沿海防护林建设的树种之一。     

接种菌根菌短枝木麻黄对低温胁迫的响应特征

通过对接种不同菌根菌短枝木麻黄幼枝进行系列低温胁迫处理,分析抗寒性相关生理指标与接种菌根菌短枝木麻黄抗寒性关系,探讨短枝木麻黄接种菌根菌对低温胁迫的响应特征,为科学评价和改良短枝木麻黄的抗寒能力提供依据。结果表明:(1)接种菌根菌有助于短枝木麻黄形成菌根,可显著促进其苗期生长。(2)随着胁迫温度的降低,接种菌根菌短枝木麻黄嫩枝SOD、POD、CAT活性均呈先上升后下降的趋势,MDA含量逐渐增加,且细胞膜透性均升高。(3)与相同温度处理下未接种对照相比,7个接种处理短枝木麻黄的嫩枝SOD、POD、CAT活性显著提高,并在0～4℃达到最高值,其MDA含量和细胞膜透性显著降低,而且各菌株处理的升降幅度存在显著差异。研究发现,在一定低温胁迫下,接种菌根菌可以显著提高短枝木麻黄嫩枝主要保护酶活性,有效降低其细胞膜透性和MDA含量,从而提高自身抗寒能力;接种内生菌根菌苏格兰球囊霉和外生菌根菌多根硬皮马勃对短枝木麻黄耐寒性的促进效果最佳。     

Tannin impacts on microbial diversity and the functioning of alpine soils: a multidisciplinary approach

In alpine ecosystems, tannin-rich-litter decomposition occurs mainly under snow. With global change, variations in snowfall might affect soil temperature and microbial diversity with biogeochemical consequences on ecosystem processes. However, the relationships linking soil temperature and tannin degradation with soil microorganisms and nutrients fluxes remain poorly understood. Here, we combined biogeochemical and molecular profiling approaches to monitor tannin degradation, nutrient cycling and microbial communities (Bacteria, Crenarcheotes, Fungi) in undisturbed wintertime soil cores exposed to low temperature (0°C/−6°C), amended or not with tannins, extracted from Dryas octopetala . No toxic effect of tannins on microbial populations was found, indicating that they withstand phenolics from alpine vegetation litter. Additionally at −6°C, higher carbon mineralization, higher protocatechuic acid concentration (intermediary metabolite of tannin catabolism), and changes in fungal phylogenetic composition showed that freezing temperatures may select fungi able to degrade D. octopetala 's tannins. In contrast, negative net nitrogen mineralization rates were observed at −6°C possibly due to a more efficient N immobilization by tannins than N production by microbial activities, and suggesting a decoupling between C and N mineralization. Our results confirmed tannins and soil temperatures as relevant controls of microbial catabolism which are crucial for alpine ecosystems functioning and carbon storage.     

Inhibitory activity of pine needle tannin extracts on some agriculturally resourceful microbes

Crude extracts of water and solvent extractable tannin fractions from pine needles were found to contain tannin concentrations of 10.15% and 13.15% tannic acid equivalents respectively. Thin Layer Chromatography revealed the presence of four distinct phenolic compounds, amongst which two were tannic acid like compounds. Both the extracts were found to be inhibitory to several microbes of agricultural importance. Amongst the bacterial strains studied, Azotobacter sp (VL-A2) was able to tolerate upto 1000 ppm of crude tannin concentration without any growth inhibition. While growth of Rhizobium (VL-R1) and Bacillus halodurans (MTCC 7181) was inhibited by crude tannin concentrations of 50 and 100 ppm respectively of both water and solvent extracted tannins. Among the fungal genera, Pleurotus djamor was found to tolerate up to 10000 ppm of crude tannins, while Trichoderma virescens (MTCC 6321) and T. reesii could tolerate up to 3000 ppm of both water extractable and acetone extractable crude tannins without any growth inhibition.     

Fine Structural Details of Tannin Accumulations in Non-Dividing Cambial Cells

The fine structure of autumn cambial cells of Aesculus hippocastanumand Populus x euramericana reveals the presence of electron-densebodies, other than lipids, in both the cytoplasm and vacuoles.These deposits are identified as tannins following a cytochemicaltest with ferrous sulphate. Small tannin bodies associated withthe strands of ER and inside small vesicles are often evidentin the cytoplasm. The cytoplasmic tannins are deposited intovacuoles by fusion of the tannin-containing vesicles with thetonoplast. The positive reaction of tannin inclusions with periodicacid-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate suggests their polysaccharidicnature. The observations support the role of ER in tannin synthesisand deposition into the central vacuole. Aesculus hippocastanum, Populus x euramericana, cambial cells, tannin, vacuoles     

Inhibitory action of five tannins on growth induced by several gibberellins

The following tannins, Chinese gallotannin, 1,2,3,4,6-pentagalloyl glucose, chebulinic acid, procyanidin dimers, and procyanidin trimers were tested and found to be antagonists of seven gibberellins (GAs). Each tannin inhibited the growth induced by any of the gibberellins GA(1), GA(3), GA(4), GA(7), GA(9), GA(13), and GA(14) in the dwarf pea assay. Endogenous growth was not affected. The highest ratio of tannin to gibberellin tested (1000:1 by weight) inhibited from 60 to 95% of the induced growth for all tannins and all gibberellins tested. The tannins were particularly inhibitory against GA(4) and GA(14) where a ratio of 10:1 (tannins: GA by weight) resulted in up to 85% growth reduction. Inhibition could be completely reversed by increasing the amount of gibberellin in all combinations studied. The procyanidin dimers and trimers were the first purified components of condensed tannins to be tested in this system and were potent inhibitors particularly against growth induced by GA(4) and GA(14). Inhibition by these compounds along with similar inhibition by previously tested hydrolyzable tannins demonstrates that the effect is general to tannins of all classes.     

Condensed Tannin Formation by Agrobacterium rhizogenes Transformed Root and Shoot Organ Cultures of Lotus corniculatus

Root cultures of Lotus corniculatus L. cv. Leo transformed withAgrobacterium rhizogenes (C58Cl-pRi15834) grew rapidly in liquidmedium when cultured in the dark and produced large numbersof shoots when illuminated. The shoots, which could be regeneratedto produce fertile plants, were maintained in liquid mediumas shoot-organ cultures The accumulation and cellular distribution of condensed tanninswas determined during the growth of these root and shoot organcultures and in primary callus from non-transformed explants.Root and shoot cultures predominantly accumulated insolublepolymeric tannins which yielded both cyanidin and delphinidinon hydrolysis at ratios equivalent to control plants. Methanol-solublevanillin-positive compounds were isolated but no free oligomericproanthocyanidins, monomeric flavans or dihydroflavonols weredetected in these extracts. Condensed tannin accumulation waslinearly related to root growth and had a similar spatial distributionin ‘tannin’ cells in roots and leaves as comparedto control plants. Tannin-containing cells were absent frommeristematic cells of the root tip and root/shoot interface.Primary callus cultures failed to accumulate condensed tanninson media containing auxins, and exogenously supplied auxinswere found to inhibit tannin accumulation by transformed rootand shoot cultures Key words: Lotus corniculatus, Agrobacterium rhizogenes, hairy roots, condensed tannins, shoot and root cultures.     

Tannin inclusions in cell suspension cultures of white spruce

Summary Tannins were detected cytochemically in cell suspension cultures of white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) and were studied by electron microscopy. Tannin inclusions originated within cytoplasmic vacuoles, possibly derived from the endoplasmic reticulum, and accumulated in the central vacuole through enlargement and coalescence of those cytoplasmic vacuoles. Structural information supported the suggested metabolic relationship between starch and tannin, although tannins did not develop within plastids. Membranous material, resembling myelinlike bodies, was often observed in close association with tannins.     

Increasing the oxidative stress response allows Escherichia coli to overcome inhibitory effects of condensed tannins

Tannins are plant-derived polyphenols with antimicrobial effects. The mechanism of tannin toxicity towards Escherichia coli was determined by using an extract from Acacia mearnsii (Black wattle) as a source of condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins). E. coli growth was inhibited by tannins only when tannins were exposed to oxygen. Tannins auto-oxidize, and substantial hydrogen peroxide was generated when they were added to aerobic media. The addition of exogenous catalase permitted growth in tannin medium. E. coli mutants that lacked HPI, the major catalase, were especially sensitive to tannins, while oxyR mutants that constitutively overexpress antioxidant enzymes were resistant. A tannin-resistant mutant was isolated in which a promoter-region point mutation increased the level of HPI by 10-fold. Our results indicate that wattle condensed tannins are toxic to E. coli in aerobic medium primarily because they generate H(2)O(2). The oxidative stress response helps E. coli strains to overcome their inhibitory effect.     

Tree resistance to Lymantria dispar caterpillars: importance and limitations of foliar tannin composition

The ability of foliar tannins to increase plant resistance to herbivores is potentially determined by the composition of the tannins; hydrolyzable tannins are much more active as prooxidants in the guts of caterpillars than are condensed tannins. By manipulating the tannin compositions of two contrasting tree species, this work examined: (1) whether increased levels of hydrolyzable tannins increase the resistance of red oak (Quercus rubra L.), a tree with low resistance that produces mainly condensed tannins, and (2) whether increased levels of condensed tannins decrease the resistance of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), a tree with relatively high resistance that produces high levels of hydrolyzable tannins. As expected, when Lymantria dispar L. caterpillars ingested oak leaves coated with hydrolyzable tannins, levels of hydrolyzable tannin oxidation increased in their midgut contents. However, increased tannin oxidation had no significant impact on oxidative stress in the surrounding midgut tissues. Although growth efficiencies were decreased by hydrolyzable tannins, growth rates remained unchanged, suggesting that additional hydrolyzable tannins are not sufficient to increase the resistance of oak. In larvae on condensed tannin-coated maple, no antioxidant effects were observed in the midgut, and levels of tannin oxidation remained high. Consequently, neither oxidative stress in midgut tissues nor larval performance were significantly affected by high levels of condensed tannins. Post hoc comparisons of physiological mechanisms related to tree resistance revealed that maple produced not only higher levels of oxidative stress in the midgut lumen and midgut tissues of L. dispar, but also decreased protein utilization efficiency compared with oak. Our results suggest that high levels of hydrolyzable tannins are important for producing oxidative stress, but increased tree resistance to caterpillars may require additional factors, such as those that produce nutritional stress.