INITIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROOTS IN JUVENILE AND MATURE LEAF BUD CUTTINGS OF FICUS PUMILA L.

Adventitious root formation (ARF) was studied in woody leaf bud cuttings of Ficus pumila L., creeping fig. Juvenile cuttings rooted easily, whereas only mature cuttings treated with indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) attained any rooting success. In the rooting process, both juvenile and mature material exhibited dedifferentiation of phloem ray parenchyma, root initial formation, primordia differentiation, and root elongation. The early stages of adventitious rooting were most critical since few primordia were observed in mature controls. The stages leading up to root primordia differentiation and elongation occurred more rapidly in IBA-treated juvenile vs. mature cuttings; however, time differences in both types between first observable roots and maximum rooting were comparable. Root primordia differentiated from basal callus of some cuttings, but neither these nor the few primordia in mature controls elongated into well-developed roots. Anatomical differences between the juvenile and mature material did not account for rooting disparity, nor did presence of perivascular fibers, sclereids, and laticifers retard rooting.     

欧美杂种山杨微扦插不定根发生过程的解剖学研究

采用石蜡切片技术,以欧美杂种山杨插穗基部茎段为实验材料,连续解剖观察插穗不定根发生发育过程,分析根原基发生部位与扦插生根的关系。结果显示:欧美杂种山杨插穗不定根的发生过程分为4个时期,为根原基诱导期,不定根起始期、表达期和伸长生长期。根原基诱导期维管形成层产生具有分生组织特点的薄壁细胞;不定根起始期,维管形成层及附近的薄壁细胞脱分化,形成不定根原基发端细胞;不定根表达期,根原基发端细胞不断分裂成具有方向性的根原基,根原基穿过韧皮射线和皮层,向皮孔方向发展;不定根伸长生长期,根原基从皮孔伸出,其内部的维管系统开始发育,形成不定根。研究认为,欧美杂种山杨为皮部诱导生根类型,不定根原基起源于维管形成层区,起源部位单一,扦插难生根。     

核桃试管不定根的组织学研究

以核桃品种‘新早丰’试管嫩茎为试材,采用二步生根法诱导生根,对其试管苗不定根发生发育过程进行了解剖学研究。结果表明:核桃试管嫩茎内未发现潜伏根原基;诱导生根后,不定根原基起源于形成层,特别是髓射线正对的形成层部分,属于诱生根原基型;不定根上的侧根起源于中柱鞘细胞。核桃试管嫩茎不定根的发育过程可分为4个阶段:(1)形成层细胞分裂;(2)转变为分生组织细胞群(即根原始细胞);(3)细胞群发育成可见的根原基; (4)根原基内细胞继续分裂分化形成根尖的外形,其内发育出维管束,并向外生长,穿过皮层,突破茎表皮。在组织培养条件下长出的不定根内部解剖构造为典型的初生构造,移栽后68 d出现次生构造。另外,试管苗根毛出现与否及其发育状况受基质理化性质的影响,即生态条件可以改变组织发生及其形状。     

不定根发生机理的研究进展

综述了近年来试管苗不定根发生机理的研究进展,在不定根发生过程中,专一基因的表达,内源激素水平的动态变化,酶活性的变化,多胺和钙水平以及碳水化合物水平的变化与不定根诱导,根原基形成和根发育生长有密切关系。自发性生根和诱导生根系统的植物或组织在不定根发生过程中存在较大的生理生化差异。通过了解不定根发生机理的研究动态,有助于更好地研究试管苗生根和试管苗商品化生产。     

Morpho-Histological Investigation of Plantlet Formation In Vitro in Taiwania flousiana Gaussen

Histological events during adventitious shoot formation in cultured shoot apex of 10–12-day-old seedlings and adventitious root formation in the elongated shoot of Taiwania floudana Gaussen were examined. Ceils of the peripheral subsurface layers of the shoot apex responded to cytokinin and divided into meristematic cells from which the shoot primordia were proliferated. A few bud primordia also originated from the epidermis and hypodermis of the adaxial surface of the cotyledon. The parenchyma of leaf gap of the shoots cultured in rooting medium dedifferentiated to regain the capacity of division and form adventitious root. Besides, cells that had relatively low potential of differentiation, such as the cortex parenchyma, pith ray, phloem parenchyma and cambium zone, albeit initiated to divide, but seldom formed root primordium. The origin of the adventitious roots in the leaf gap facilitated the establishment of the vascular connection between the shoot and root.     

侧柏扦插不定根发生模式研究

该研究以侧柏一年生硬枝插穗为实验材料,利用连续组织切片技术观察插穗不定根发生发育过程中的组织结构变化,分析插穗外部形态变化、不定根原基起源和不定根的形成过程,探讨侧柏插穗不定根发生模式和不定根的组织学起源。结果显示:侧柏扦插后可由愈伤组织、皮部诱导产生不定根,出现皮部生根、愈伤组织生根、愈伤组织兼具皮部生根3种类型;侧柏插穗中存在少量潜伏根原基,但插穗生根类型以诱导生根为主;不定根原基诱导产生于愈伤组织、木质部、形成层及次生韧皮部等部位。研究认为侧柏扦插生根属于多位点发生模式,不定根原基的组织学起源是愈伤组织、髓射线、射线原始细胞、尚未分化成熟的木质部细胞,通过人工诱导同时激活这些不定根起源位点能够显著提高生根率和生根质量。     

红皮云杉茎的解剖结构与插条不定根形成的研究

１９９２年７－８月定时固定红皮云杉插条基部材料于ＦＡＡ液中,石蜡制片法室内解剖研究不定根的发生。结果表明：红皮云杉插条诱发根原基的来源有两种途径。一种是愈伤组织生根型,在愈伤组织的再生形成层处,或茎的维管形成层诱发根原基;另一种是非愈伤组织生根型,在插条切口处的维管形成层、皮层或初生木质部与次生木质部间的薄壁组织较深的部位,直接产生纵向不定根原始体,有的在距离切口０．１－０．５ｃｍ以上茎的维管形成层,维管形成层与木射线的交界处及叶隙等薄壁组织产生径向不定根。不同个体间产生的不定根数量及发育的早晚差异较大。     

Proteomic analysis of different mutant genotypes of Arabidopsis led to the identification of 11 proteins correlating with adventitious root development

A lack of competence to form adventitious roots by cuttings or explants in vitro occurs routinely and is an obstacle for the clonal propagation and rapid fixation of elite genotypes. Adventitious rooting is known to be a quantitative genetic trait. We performed a proteomic analysis of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants affected in their ability to develop adventitious roots in order to identify associated molecular markers that could be used to select genotypes for their rooting ability and/or to get further insight into the molecular mechanisms controlling adventitious rooting. Comparison of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis protein profiles resulted in the identification of 11 proteins whose abundance could be either positively or negatively correlated with endogenous auxin content, the number of adventitious root primordia, and/or the number of mature adventitious roots. One protein was negatively correlated only to the number of root primordia and two were negatively correlated to the number of mature adventitious roots. Two putative chaperone proteins were positively correlated only to the number of primordia, and, interestingly, three auxin-inducible GH3-like proteins were positively correlated with the number of mature adventitious roots. The others were correlated with more than one parameter. The 11 proteins are predicted to be involved in different biological processes, including the regulation of auxin homeostasis and light-associated metabolic pathways. The results identify regulatory pathways associated with adventitious root formation and represent valuable markers that might be used for the future identification of genotypes with better rooting abilities.     

Strigolactones suppress adventitious rooting in Arabidopsis and pea

Adventitious root formation is essential for the propagation of many commercially important plant species and involves the formation of roots from nonroot tissues such as stems or leaves. Here, we demonstrate that the plant hormone strigolactone suppresses adventitious root formation in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and pea (Pisum sativum). Strigolactone-deficient and response mutants of both species have enhanced adventitious rooting. CYCLIN B1 expression, an early marker for the initiation of adventitious root primordia in Arabidopsis, is enhanced in more axillary growth2 (max2), a strigolactone response mutant, suggesting that strigolactones restrain the number of adventitious roots by inhibiting the very first formative divisions of the founder cells. Strigolactones and cytokinins appear to act independently to suppress adventitious rooting, as cytokinin mutants are strigolactone responsive and strigolactone mutants are cytokinin responsive. In contrast, the interaction between the strigolactone and auxin signaling pathways in regulating adventitious rooting appears to be more complex. Strigolactone can at least partially revert the stimulatory effect of auxin on adventitious rooting, and auxin can further increase the number of adventitious roots in max mutants. We present a model depicting the interaction of strigolactones, cytokinins, and auxin in regulating adventitious root formation.     

杨树试管苗嫩茎生根过程中内源IAA的免疫金银定位

生长素类物质在木本植物生根过程中发挥重要作用。杨树生根与生长素的关系及生根过程中内源激素的变化已有大量报道, 而生根过程中生长素的组织定位分析则尚未见报道。该文应用免疫化学分析方法对741杨(Populus alba × (P. davidiana × P. simonii) × P. tomentosa)嫩茎生根过程中内源IAA在组织中的分布进行了研究。结果显示, 741杨的嫩茎在无外源激素的1/2MS培养基上诱导10天后可生根, 14天后生根率达100%。诱导前, 嫩茎基部组织中几乎没有IAA信号; 诱导8天后, 嫩茎基部维管组织中有大量的IAA积累, 而且中部的维管组织中也有明显的IAA信号(主要分布在韧皮部和维管形成层); 10天后, 形成不定根原基, 此时IAA主要分布在根原基; 12天后, 根原基分化成不定根并突破表皮, IAA在不定根中的分布主要集中在根尖和中柱。该文对741杨的嫩茎生根过程中IAA的组织分布特点及运输途径进行了讨论。     

Triadimefon stimulates rooting in bean hypocotyl

Triadimefon, a broad spectrum fungicide and an inhibitor of gibberellic biosynthesis, whitened, thickened, and shortened the roots of bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Spring Green) seedlings and stimulated the development of root primordia along the hypocotyl. In a comparative study, triadimefon, IAA, spermidine, putrescine and spermine all stimulated adventitious root growth, but triadimefon was more effective than the other 4 compounds. Equimolar concentrations of gibberellic acid (GA₃) completely eliminated the stimulatory effect of triadimefon. Stimulation of root development by triadimefon was accompanied by inhibition of ethylene biosynthesis followed by removal of basal dominance and an increase in polyamine levels, both of which occurred after rooting had begun. Although triadimefon was effective in stimulating rooting, its mechanism of action is apparently not mediated via the control of ethylene and polyamine biosynthesis.     

Genetic analysis of adventitious root formation with a novel series of temperature-sensitive mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

When cultured on media containing the plant growth regulator auxin, hypocotyl explants of Arabidopsis thaliana generate adventitious roots. As a first step to investigate the genetic basis of adventitious organogenesis in plants, we isolated nine temperature-sensitive mutants defective in various stages in the formation of adventitious roots: five root initiation defective (rid1 to rid5) mutants failed to initiate the formation of root primordia; in one root primordium defective (rpd1) mutant, the development of root primordia was arrested; three root growth defective (rgd1, rgd2, and rgd3) mutants were defective in root growth after the establishment of the root apical meristem. The temperature sensitivity of callus formation and lateral root formation revealed further distinctions between the isolated mutants. The rid1 mutant was specifically defective in the reinitiation of cell proliferation from hypocotyl explants, while the rid2 mutant was also defective in the reinitiation of cell proliferation from root explants. These two mutants also exhibited abnormalities in the formation of the root apical meristem when lateral roots were induced at the restrictive temperature. The rgd1 and rgd2 mutants were deficient in root and callus growth, whereas the rgd3 mutation specifically affected root growth. The rid5 mutant required higher auxin concentrations for rooting at the restrictive temperature, implying a deficiency in auxin signaling. The rid5 phenotype was found to result from a mutation in the MOR1/GEM1 gene encoding a microtubule-associated protein. These findings about the rid5 mutant suggest a possible function of the microtubule system in auxin response.     

灰叶胡杨根蘖繁殖的形态解剖学特征

利用常规石蜡切片法对灰叶胡杨(Populus pruinosa)根蘖繁殖特性进行形态解剖学研究。结果表明: 灰叶胡杨横走侧根由周皮、次生维管组织和四原型的初生木质部构成, 具有次生维管组织中维管射线、次生韧皮薄壁组织发达的结构特征。灰叶胡杨的根蘖繁殖源于横走侧根上不定芽的发生及生长发育。不定芽起源于横走侧根的木栓形成层, 木栓形成层经细胞分裂活动形成不定芽原基, 不定芽原基细胞分裂和生长分化形成在横走侧根表面可观察到的不定芽, 进而生长发育为根蘖苗。不定芽的发生具有同步或非同步的时间特征和单点或多点聚集的空间分布特点, 在生长发育过程中其基部可以产生新的不定芽。不定芽发生、分布和生长特点是根蘖苗大小不一、密集丛生的内在原因, 表明灰叶胡杨具有较强的根蘖繁殖能力。     

Adventitious rooting adjuvant activity of 1,3-di(benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)urea and 1,3-di(benzo[d]oxazol-6-yl)urea: new insights and perspectives

Here we report new insights on the adventitious rooting adjuvant activity of 1,3-di(benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)urea (5-BDPU) and 1,3-di(benzo[d]oxazol-6-yl)urea (6-BDPU), both symmetrically substituted urea derivatives that do not show either auxin- or cytokinin-like activity per se. Our data demonstrate that these synthetic molecules enhance adventitious rooting in distantly-related herbaceous and woody species, in the presence of endogenous or exogenous auxin. For the first time, we report that BDPUs enhance adventitious rooting in the presence of either indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or 1-naphtalene acetic acid and that their optimal concentration depends on the strength of the exogenous auxin. Trying to understand the mode of action of BDPUs, we also show that their adventitious rooting adjuvant activity correlates with high mRNA levels of auxin-responsive genes related to the adventitious rooting process at the very early stages of adventitious rooting, before the activation of cell divisions in pine hypocotyls cuttings. The high mRNA levels are measured in the presence of low auxin concentrations and BDPUs. The mRNA levels quantified in these conditions are similar to those measured in the presence of high auxin concentrations but in the absence of BDPUs. In addition, the spatial distribution of endogenous auxin is localized in globular-shaped structures of cell divisions located centrifugal to the resin canals, at the positions of adventitious root formation, in the presence of urea derivatives and IBA after 6 days of the root induction process.     

iTRAQ Protein Profiling of Adventitious Root Formation in Mulberry Hardwood Cuttings

The ability to form mature adventitious roots (AR) provides a competitive advantage for clonal multiplication of elite genotypic plant species, because high economic losses occur as a result of insufficient rooting. To better understand potential mechanisms involved in AR formation, we utilized an iTRAQ-based proteomic approach on mulberry hardwood cuttings. A total of 4427 proteins were identified from the base of cuttings, of which 595 and 231 proteins showed differential accumulations in the two periods of rooting, respectively. Three differentially expressed enzyme proteins were validated by an enzyme assay and qPCR. Functional annotation analysis showed that dysregulated proteins were involved in glucose metabolism, flavonoids biosynthesis, cell wall modification, and hormone regulation, indicating potential contributions to adventitious rooting. These results provide fundamental and important information for research on the molecular mechanism of AR development in mulberry cuttings and facilitate rooting efficiency in agricultural practice.     

牡丹不定根形成相关基因PsARRO-1的克隆及表达分析

不定根发生相关加氧酶基因（adventitious rooting related oxygenase,ARRO—1）被认为是木本植物不定根形成的分子标记之一,属不定根发生起始阶段的特异表达基因。本实验以牡丹‘乌龙捧盛’为材料,运用RT-PCR和RACE相结合的方法克隆得到一个ARRO-1的全长cDNA序列,命名为PsARRO-J（GenBank登录号KJ620008）。PsARRO-1cDNA序列的开放阅读框长度为900bp,编码299个氨基酸。氨基酸序列同源性分析结果显示与拟南芥、毛果杨、苹果、梅花等植物有较高的相似性。利用实时荧光定量PCR对该基因在牡丹‘凤丹白’试管苗及实生苗的表达情况分析表明,PsARRO-1在试管苗及实生苗的根、茎、叶、花中均有不同程度的表达,根中的平均表达量大于其他部位,且实生苗中的整体表达量一般高于试管苗中的表达量。试管苗中,PsARRO-1在根中的表达量变化趋势明显,生根诱导初期表达量平稳且微弱,第10天开始上调表达,第15天和第40天分别出现两次峰值;实生苗中,PsARRO-1在根中的表达量在取样初期就开始快速上升,第10天达到峰值,之后迅速回落。这与牡丹不定根的发生过程基本一致,说明PsARRO-1与牡丹不定根的形成密切相关。