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The euryhaline charophyte Lamprothamnium papulosum (Wallr.)J. Gr. was adapted to media with decreasing salinities rangingfrom 550 to 0 mosmol kg1. Vegetative plants grown inmedia with osmotic pressures (0) in the range of 550 to 130mosmol kg1 maintained a constant turgor pressure () at309 + 7 mosmol kg1. The ions K+, Na+ and Cl, werethe predominant solutes in the vacuole. Changes in their concentrationsaccount for the variation in internal osmotic pressure (1) with,0. The divalent ions Mg2+, Ca2+ and were also present in significant amounts, but their concentrationsdid not alter with changes in, 0. In cells subjected to hypo-osmotic shock the regulation of was incomplete. The turgor pressure increased from 302 to 383mosmol kg1. The first rapid response to the sudden decreasein 0 was a loss of K+ and Cl. In contrast to the decreasein ionic concentrations an accumulation of sucrose occurredwhich could account for the increase of . The increase in sucroseconcentration started 24 to 48 h after the downshock and reachedits highest value after 3 to 4 weeks. The sucrose concentrationin the vacuole was up to 320 mol m3. During this timethe ionic content continued to decrease but did not counterbalancethe sucrose concentration sufficiently to regain the original. High sucrose levels accompanied by an enhanced were also observedduring the period of fructification (sexual reproduction: formationof antheridia and oogonia) in Lamprothamnium kept under conditionsof constant salinity. It is concluded that high sucrose content and elevated arecharacteristic of sexual reproduction in this charophyte. Lamprothamniumis able to tolerate different during various developmentalstages (e.g. vegetative and reproductive phases). Key words: Lamprothamnium papulosum, sucrose, turgor pressure 相似文献
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This work aimed to study the impacts of acquisition and assimilationof various nitrogen sources, i.e. NO3, NH4+ or NH4NO3,in combination with gaseous NH3 on plant growth and acid-basebalance in higher plants. Plants of C3 Triticum aestivum L.and C4 Zea mays L. grown with shoots in ambient air in hydroponicculture solutions with 2 mol m3 of nitrogen source asNO3, NH4+ or NH4NO3 for 21 d and 18 d, respectively,had their shoots exposed either to 320 µg m3 NH3or to ambient air for 7 d. Variations in plant growth (leaves,stubble and roots), and OH and H+ extrusions as wellas the relative increases in nitrogen, carbon and carboxylatewere determined. These data were computed as H+/N, H+/C, (C-A)/N,and (C-A)/C to analyse influences of different nitrogen sourceson acid-base balance in C3 Triticum aestivum and C4 Zea maysplants. Root growth in dry weight gain was significantly reduced bytreatment with 320 µg m3 NH3 in Triticum aestivumand Zea mays growing with different N-forms, whereas leaf growthwas not significantly affected by NH3. In comparison with C3Triticum aestivum, non-fumigated C4 Zea mays had low ratiosof OH/N in NO33-grown plants and of H+/N in NH4+- and NH 4NO3-grown plants. Utilization of NH3 from the atmospherereduced both the OHN ratios in NO3 -grown plantsand the H+/N ratio in NH4+ - and NH4NO3 -grown plants of bothspecies. Furthermore, Zea mays had higher ratios of (C-A)/Nin NH4+ - and NH4NO3-grown plants than Triticum aestivum. Thismeans that C4 Zea mays had synthesized more organic anion perunit increase in organic N than C3 Triticum aestivum plants.Within both species, different nitrogen sources altered theratios of (C-A)/N in the order: NH4NO3>NH4+>NO3.Fumigation with NH3 increased organic acid synthesis in NO3- and NH4+ - grown plants of Triticum aestivum, whereas it decreasedorganic acid synthesis in Zea mays plants under the same conditions.Furthermore, these differences in acid-base regulation betweenC3 Triticum aestivum and C4 Zea mays plants growing with differentnitrogen sources are discussed. Key words: Acid-base balance, ammonia, ammonium, nitrate, ammonium nitrate, C3 Triticum aestivum L., C4 Zea mays L. 相似文献
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Mechanisms of Inhibition of Water Movement in Anaerobically Treated Roots of Zea mays L. 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Changes in water flux (Jv) across detopped, 7-d-old, maize rootswere characterized during the initial 24 h of being made anoxicby exposure to an anaerobic nutrient solution. Suction (50 kPa)was applied to the xylem and samples of the xylem sap were collectedat intervals and the osmolality and ionic content were measured. Values of Jv through anoxic roots fell below those of aerobiccontrols 1 h after the equilibrium oxygen partial pressure inthe bathing medium dropped below 20 kPa (air = 20.6 kPa). Thereduction in Jv was due primarily to a nullification of thediurnal rhythm in hydraulic conductivity (Lp) that was measuredin aerobic roots. However, about one-quarter of the reductionin Jv could be accounted for by a smaller osmotic componentof the driving force () on water movement. The significance of changes in Jv in anoxic roots is discussedin terms of the reliability of estimates of Lp, the reflectioncoefficient () and . Key words: Anaerobiosis, hydraulic conductivity, osmotic potential, water 相似文献
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In Trifolium repens L. there were immediate transient depolarizationsof the membrane electropotential (Evo) when KH2PO4 was addedto phosphate-free media, but these were of the same magnitudeas the controls (K2SO4 and KCI). Furthermore, the extents ofdepolarization were the same as the expected effect of the addedK+ calculated using the Goldman equation. There was no significantdepolarization on adding H3PO4 to buffered media. Consequently,there was no evidence for a depolarization caused by phosphate.This result provides evidence that the H+H2PO4 symportin roots of T. repens operates with a stoichiometry of 1: 1. In a group of control plants ( + P plants) and a group whichwere stressed by reducing the supply of phosphate ( Pplants), the P plants had lower values for Evo than+P plants ( 118 mV and 130 mV, respectively).The absence of phosphate from the measurement media also reducedEvo (mean effect = 9 mV). A significant difference in Evo between P and + P plants persisted when phosphate was addedto P plants. The electropotential difference acrossthe tonoplast (Evo) in P plants became more positivewith time. Key words: White clover, membrane transport, roots, tonoplast, symport 相似文献
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LOBODA T.; KLECZKOWSKI L. A.; TARLOWSKI J.; NALBORCZYK E. 《Journal of experimental botany》1988,39(12):1765-1770
The effects of -hydroxy-2-pyridinemethanesulphonic acid (-HPMS)upon net photosynthesis (Pn, the CO2 compensation point (),post-lower illumination burst of CO2 (PLIB) and post-lower temperatureburst of CO2 (PLTB) in detached rye (Secale cereale L.) leaveswere investigated. At low concentrations ( 0.5 mol m3),-HPMS initially stimulated Pn and decreased the magnitude ofboth PLIB and PLTB. The decreased at all concentrations of-HPMS (0.055.0 mol m3. The effects of -HPMS onPn and were time-dependent and, after a few minutes, the Pnwas inhibited while values increased considerably. At a higherconcentration (5.0 mol m 3), the transient effects of-HPMS were shorter () or not observed at all (Pn. Both PLIBand PLTB, when expressed in relation to Pn, increased at higherlevels of this compound. Similar data with respect to the effectsof -HPMS on PLIB and PLTB were found for leaves of dandelion(Taraxacum officinale L.). The results suggest that -HPMS may stimulate Pn by inhibitingphotorespiration, as originally suggested by Zelitch (1966),but only at low concentrations and over a short time span. Thedecrease of PLIB and PLTB values at low -HPMS levels is consistentwith these processes being a residual activity of the glycolatepathway. Key words: CO2 compensation point, -hydroxy-2-pyridinemethanesulphonic acid, photorespiration, photosynthesis 相似文献
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In recent years alternative ways have been proposed to transformmeasurements of leaf water potential, , and relative water content,R*, in order to derive values of osmotic pressure at full turgidityin leaves and shoots, o(when 0). Two types of transformationsare usually considered: 1/ versus R* and versus 1/R*, and linearregression is used to fit the data in the region where turgoris thought to be zero. It appears that when o is estimated bylinear extrapolation of 1/Psi; versus R* then apoplastic watermight not influence the accuracy of o but when the versus \/R*transformation is used apoplastic water causes an underestimateof o. We examine the accuracy of the estimate of o obtainedfrom the two transformations when there are random errors in, systematic errors in , and when the osmotic solutions arenon-ideal. The 1/ versus R* transformation generally producesthe best estimate of 0 by linear extrapolation. 相似文献
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Effects of Priming and Endosperm Integrity on Seed Germination Rates of Tomato Genotypes: II. GERMINATION AT REDUCED WATER POTENTIAL 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Seed germination rates (GR =inverse of time to germination)are sensitive to genetic, environmental, and physiological factors.We have compared the GR of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)seeds of cultivar T5 to those of rapidly germinating L. esculentumgenotypes PI 341988 and PI 120256 over a range of water potential(). The influence of seed priming treatments and removal ofthe endosperm/testa cap enclosing the radicle tip on germinationat reduced were also assessed. Germination time-courses atdifferent 's were analysed according to a model that identifieda base, or minimum, allowing germination of a specific percentage(g) of the seed population (b(g)), and a hydrotime constant(H) indicating the rate of progress toward germination per MPa.h.The distribution of b(g) determined by probit analysis was characterizedby a mean base (b) and the standard deviation in b among seeds(b). The three derived parameters, b, b) and H, were sufficientto predict the time-courses of germination of intact seeds atany . A normalized time-scale for comparing germination responsesto reduced is introduced. The time to germination at any (tg())can be normalized to be equivalent to that observed in water(tg(0)) according to the equation tg(0)=[l(/b(g))]tg().PI 341988 seeds were more tolerant of reduced and had a morerapid GR than T5 seeds due to both a lower b and a smaller H.The rapid germination of PI 120256, on the other hand, couldbe attributed entirely to a smaller H. Seed priming (6 d in1.2 MPa polyethylene glycol 8000 solution at 20 ?C followedby drying) increased GR at all >b(g), but did not lower theminimum allowing germination; i.e. priming reduced H withoutlowering b. Removing the endosperm/testa cap (cut seeds) markedlyincreased GR and lowered the mean required to inhibit germinationby 0.7 to 0.9 MPa. However, this resulted primarily from downwardadjustment in b during the incubation of cut seeds at low inthe test solutions. The difference in b between intact and cutseeds incubated at high was much less (0.l MPa), indicatingthat at the time of radicle protrusion, the endosperm had weakenedto the point where it constituted only a small mechanical barrier.In the intact seed, endosperm weakening and the downward adjustmentin embryo b ceased at < 0.6 MPa, while the reductionin H associated with priming proceeded down to at least 1.2MPa. Based on these data and on the pressure required to pushthe embryos from the seeds at various times after imbibition,it appears that the primary effect of priming was to shortenthe time required for final endosperm weakening to occur. However,as priming increased GR even in cut seeds, priming effects onthe embryo may control the rate of endosperm weakening. Key words: tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., water potential, germination rate, seed priming, genetic variation 相似文献
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An error occurs in the calibration of xylem pressure potential() against leaf-water potential () when the calibration is madeusing plant material in which the water stress has been inducedartificially after excision. The impostion of water stress afterexcision affects the determination more than it affects , consequentlythe relationship between these two indices of water stress isaltered. Care should be exercised to ensure that identical proceduresare adopted during . calibrations and during susbsequent fieldmeasurements of with the pressure-chamber apparatus. 相似文献
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Thomas, H. 1987. Physiological responses to drought of Loliumperenne L.: Measurement of, and genetic variation in, waterpotential, solute potential, elasticity and cell hydration.J.exp. Bot. 38: 115125. Clonally-replicated genotypes of Loiium perenne L. were grownin a controlled environment. Leaf water potential (w) osmoticpotential (s), turgor potential (p = w s), elasticity(E), leaf hydration (g water per g dry matter, H) and numberof green leaves per tiller (NGL) were measured before and duringa 42 d drought treatment. A simplified method of estimating E (at w < 1?0 MPa) usingonly six measurements was developed to permit a measurementrate of 8 leaves per hour. Measurement errors in all characterswere 3% or less. During drought, w and s (at w = 0?5 MPa) decreased significantly,p and E increased significantly, and H decreased slightly. Plantsize during drought was negatively correlated with s, and Hand positively correlated with p, osmotic adjustment, E andNGL. Measurements made on the genotypes before draughting didnot give a reliable indication of their physiological conditionafter adaptation to drought. Genetically controlled variation (broad sense heritability)of drought-adapted plants for E was 15%, w 23%, s, 34%, p, 35%,H 34% and NGL 64%. The possibilities for, and effectivenessof, divergent selection of genotypes with high and low expressionof the characters are discussed. Key words: Water relations, Lolium, genetic variation 相似文献
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《Journal of experimental botany》1996,47(4):604
Light response curves for () gross 16O2 evolution, and() CO2 uptake in 210 mmol mol1 O2 with 9001000µbar CO2 or () in air by leaves of Hirschfeldia incana.The difference between () and () or () was quantitativelyequivalent to the measured 18O2 uptake. The areas under thecurves are labelled to identify regions of assimilatory andnon-assimilatory electron flow redrawn from data of Canvin etal. (1980). It should be noted that the data and the labelling of the figureaxes are correct as printed. 相似文献
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Leaf diffusion resistance interpreted as stomatal resistance,leaf water potential (w), solute potential (s) and leaf turgorpotential (p) of the chilling sensitive species Phaseolus vulgariswere determined during chilling at 4 °C in the light. Bothchill-hardened and non-hardened plants were used. For comparison,the chilling resistant species Pisum sativum was also used. The results for chilled P. sativum were similar to those obtainedfor chill-hardened P. vulgaris plants receiving a chilling treatment.In both cases a reduction in stomatal aperture and the maintenanceof a positive leaf turgor were the responses to chilling. Leavesof chilled but non-hardened P. vulgaris plants were found tomaintain open stomata throughout the chilling treatment despitea severe wilt developing after 7 h at 4 °C. This was incontrast to the chill-resistant P. sativum. which showed a rapidclosing and subsequent re-opening of the stomata to a new reducedaperture. During the first 12 h of chilling wof P. vulgaris leaves changedfrom 0.47 MPa to 1.24 MPa. On more prolonged chillingw tended to return to pre-chilling values. In addition. p decreasedfrom 0.42 MPa to zero after only 9 h of chilling, and remainedat this value for the remainder of the chilling period, s, changedrapidly from 0.89 MPa to 1.35 MPa in the first7.5 h, and after 9 h. w and s, were equal, i.e. zero p. In contrast,the chilling resistant plant P. sativum maintained a positivep throughout the chilling period, and there was little differencebetween values of w, and s in control and chilled leaves. Key words: Chilling, Stomata, ater relations, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum 相似文献
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We examined the importance and the mechanisms of the root systems'effect on leaf water status in two bean species: Phaseolus vulgarisL. cv. Redcloud (Pv) and P. acutifolius Gray MN cultivatedaccession 258/78 (Pa). Pa maintains a higher leaf water potential(1) than Pv. We used reciprocal grafts between the two species.We grew four plants (one of each graft combination) in one potso they experienced the same soil water potential. Shoot genotypedetermined 1 of well-watered plants. Root genotype determined1 of the most stressed plants. Stressed Pa root systems increased1 of Pv shoots by 0·1 MPa over Pv shoots on Pv roots.Pa roots did not maintain by affecting stomatal conductancenor by simply having more dry weight. Pa roots may have greaterhydraulic conductivity than Pv roots. Key words: Phaseolus acutifolius, Phaseolus vulgaris, leaf water potential, root-shoot communication 相似文献
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Effects of soil moisture deficits on the water relations of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Collinson S.T.; Clawson E.J.; Azam-Ali S.N.; Black C.R. 《Journal of experimental botany》1997,48(4):877-884
The components of leaf water potential (l) and relative watercontent (RWC) were measured for stands of bambara groundnut(Vigna subterranea) exposed to three soil moisture regimes incontrolled-environment glasshouses at the Tropical Crops ResearchUnit, Sutton Bonington Campus. Treatments ranged from fullyirrigated (wet) to no irrigation from 35 days after sowing (DAS)(dry). RWC values varied between 9296% for the wet treatment,but declined from 93% to 83% in the dry treatment as the seasonprogressed. l at midday decreased in both the wet and dry treatments,but the seasonal decline was more pronounced in the latter:seasonal minimum values were 1.19 and 2.08 MPa,respectively. Plants in the wet treatment maintained turgor(p) at about 0.5 MPa throughout the season, whereas values inthe dry treatment approached zero towards the end of the season.There was a linear relationship between p and l9 with p approachingzero at a l of 2.0 MPa. Mean daily leaf conductance wasconsistently higher in the wet treatment (0.460.79 cm-1)than in the intermediate and dry treatments (0.130.48cm s-1 Conductances in the intermediate and dry treatments weresimilar, and the lower evapotranspirational water losses inthe latter were attributable to its consistently lower leafarea indices (L): L at final harvest was 3.3, 3.3 and 1.9 forthe wet, intermediate and dry treatments. Bambara groundnutwas apparently able to maintain turgor through a combinationof osmotic adjustment, reductions in leaf area index and effectivestomatal regulation of water loss. Key words: Vigna subterranea, water relations, soil moisture 相似文献
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Derivation of Pressure-Volume Curves by a Non-Linear Regression Procedure and Determination of Apoplastic Water 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Data from pressure-volume (PV) analysis may be submitted totransformation I [i.e. leaf water potential (1) versus inverserelative water content (1/R)] or to transformation II (i.e.1/1 versus R). This may cause an essential distortion of theerror structure especially in transformation II due to the relativelylarge range which is to be covered by the 1/1 ratio. Similarly,logarithmic transformation of leaf turgor potential (P) whenderiving the sensitivity factor of elasticity (ß)by linear regression from values of In p and 1/R may distortthe error structure. In order to investigate the magnitude ofthe distortion effect on parameters derived from PV analysisby regression a non-linear regression procedure was comparedwith the common linear procedure when calculating p from ßin the turgid region and leaf osmotic potential (P) in boththe turgid and non-turgid region. As test plants we used fieldgrown species of spring barley (Hordeum distichum L., cvs Gunnarand Alis). The results show that transformations and applicationof linear regression procedures distort the error structureof p more than the error structure of ', which was only slightlyaffected. However, we recommend the use of the non-linear procedurein both cases. Furthermore, from PV analysis, obtained by thermocouple hygrometryon living and killed leaf tissue, respectively, we derived themathematical basis for calculating the apoplastic water fraction(Ra). Ra was 0.15 at R= 1 and decreased with dehydration. The equations describing the relation between and R and betweenp and R were extended to take into account the apoplastic waterfraction. Key words: Apoplastic water, distortion errors, non-linear regression, pressure-volume curves 相似文献
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Legge, N. J. 1985. Water movement from soil to root investigatedthrough simultaneous measurement of soil and stem water potentialin potted trees.J. exp. Bot. 36: 15831589. Osmotic tensiometers implanted in the stems of three mountainash (Eucalyptus regnans F. Muell.) saplings growing in largeplastic bins recorded stem water potential, w, while soil waterpotential, w, was simultaneously recorded by instruments nearthe trees' roots and in the surrounding root-free soil Earlyin a drying cycle, with the soil still wet, the diurnal variationin 1, was often slight, despite diurnal variations in u approaching2.0 M Pa. Late in a drying cycle the diurnal fluctuations in1, and u were very similar although changes in 1, still laggedup to 1.5 h behind changes in u. 1values at this time occasionallyreached 3.0 MPa with no apparent damage to the treesWatering the bins in daytime led to a response in 1, valueswithin about 5 min, whereas u, values did not respond for afurther 20 min. u values then rose rapidly but after only 1h began to decline again, while 1, values remained at or nearsaturation for the rest of the day. Water uptake hypotheseswhich attribute an important role to a soil-root interface resistanceare not supported by these data Key words: Soil water potential, penrhizal gradients 相似文献
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Carbon Isotope Discrimination and the CO2 Accumulating Mechanism in Chlorella emersonii 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The relationship between the CO2 accumulating mechanism andcarbon isotope discrimination has been investigated in the unicellulargreen alga Chlorella emersonii. Growth of Chlorella at highC02 levels (5%) which repress the activity of the CO2 accumulatingmechanism results in more negative 13C values. The data presentedin this paper suggest that it is possible to induce the accumulatingmechanism by nitrogen limitation as well as by carbon limitation.Activity of the accumulating mechanism, irrespective of whetherit is induced by C or by N limitation, is accompanied by 13Cvalues considerably less negative than those of cells whichdo not possess such a mechanism. It is suggested that the CO2accumulating mechanism results in essentially a closed systemin which the inherent isotope discrimination by RuBP carboxylaseis not expressed. 相似文献
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HENSON I. E.; ALAGARSWAMY G.; MAHALAKSHMI V.; BIDINGER F. R. 《Journal of experimental botany》1983,34(4):442-450
The water potential () at which stomata completed closure (8Lmin)was determined for pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum [L.]Leeke) at two growth stages by monitoring changes in leaf conductance(gL) and following shoot detachment. Leaf water status wasevaluated concurrently using a pressure-volume (P-V) technique. In a pot experiment with young vegetative plants, 8Lmin closelyapproximated to the estimated at zero turgor (u) both for controland for drought-conditioned plants which had osmotically adjusted.However, for penultimate leaves of field-grown flowering plants,8Lmin was found to be 0.61 (irrigated plants) and 0.87 (droughtedplants) MPa below u. In drought-stressed field-grown plants,osmotic adjustment (characterized by a decrease in solute (osmotic)potential (s ) at both full hydration and zero turgor) was insufficientto maintain a positive bulk leaf turgor potential (p) once had declined to below about -1.5 MPa. It is suggested that localizedadjustment by the stomatal complex in response to environmentaldifferences, leaf ageing and/or ontogenetic change, is responsiblefor the uncoupling of stomatal from bulk leaf water status. Key words: Stomata, Water stress, Pennisetum americanum 相似文献
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An equation is derived expressing average turgor pressure ofa leaf (p) as a function of relative water content (RWC). Basedon this derivation, the relationships of the bulk elastic modulus(v) and both RWC and p, are formulated and discussed. The bulkelastic modulus (v) becomes zero for p = 0, that is at the turgorloss point for the leaf. At full water saturation the valueof ev is proportional to the water saturation turgor potentialp(max). The factor relating P and v (structure coefficient ,Burstrom, Uhrstr?m and Olausson, 1970) changes only very littlefor values of p, which are not too close to zero. An exampleis given for the calculation from experimental data of the turgorpressure function, the structure coefficient function, and thev function. Key words: Cell wall, Turgor pressure, Bulk elastic modulus 相似文献
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Mycorrhizal influence on hydraulic and hormonal factors implicated in the control of stomatal conductance during drought 总被引:17,自引:1,他引:16
Duan Xiangrong; Neuman Dawn S.; Reiber Janet M.; Green Craig D.; Saxton Arnold M.; Aug Robert M. 《Journal of experimental botany》1996,47(10):1541-1550
During drying, mycorrhizal plants often maintain higher stomatalconductance (gs) than similarly-sized and -nourished non-mycorrhizalplants, but the mechanism of mycorrhizal influence remains unclear.Several hydraulic and non-hydraulic factors previously implicatedin control of stomatal behavior during drought were measured,to learn which are affected when roots of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata[L.] Walp. cv. White Acre) are extensively colonized by Glomusintraradices Schenck and Smith isolate UT143. At low soil watercontents (), mycorrhizal plants maintained higher gs, transpirationand shoot water potential () than non-mycorrhizal plants. Thesehigher foliar water status characters were associated with lowerxylemsap abscisic acid concentrations ([ABA]) and lower ABAfluxes to leaves in mycorrhizal plants at low soil . Stomatalconductance was most closely correlated with xylem-sap [ABA],ABA flux to leaves and shoot . Stomatal conductance was notcorrelated with xylemsap concentrations of calcium or zeatinriboside equivalents, or with xylem-sap pH, nor were these xylem-sapconstituents affected by mycorrhizal symbiosis. Stomata of mycorrhizaland non-mycorhizal leaves showed similar sensitivities to ABA,whether leaves were intact or detached. It is concluded thatmycorrhizal fungi probably increased the capability of rootsystems to scavenge water in drier soil, resulting in less strainto foliage and hence higher gs, and shoot at particular soil. Key words: Abscisic acid, cytokinins, Glomus intraradices 相似文献
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The Transport of Water from Soil to Shoot in Wheat Seedlings 总被引:14,自引:5,他引:9
A technique is described for precisely measuring the drop inwater potential, , between the soil and the leaf xylem of wheatseedlings. The technique was used to explore the relation betweentranspiration rate and at various times during the monotonicdrying of the soil in which the plants were growing. When thesoil was wet, the relation was linear, but, as the soil dried,nonlinearities appeared which were, in the main, explicablein terms of simple soil physical models describing the flowof water through the soil to the roots. There was no sign ofthe major hydraulic resistance at the root: soil interface thatother people have recently found. 相似文献