NaCl和等渗聚乙二醇对苹果属植物游离脯氨酸含量的影响

测定了不同耐盐性苹果属植物珠眉海棠、小金海棠和山定子幼苗各部位的游离脯氨酸含量,结果表明,NaCl胁迫下苹果属植物游离脯氨酸含量增加均大于等渗PEG处理,NaCl和等渗PEG处理对耐盐种的游离脯氨酸含量影响较小,高盐度下盐敏感种的游离脯氨酸含量持续大量增加。     

等渗NaCL和KCL胁迫对高梁幼苗生长和气体交换的影响

本文比较研究了等渗NaCl和KCl胁迫下,高粱幼苗生长及叶片离子含量、质膜相对透性和有关气体交换参数的变化。结果表明,在低浓度NaCl和KCl胁迫7天时,高粱生长、含水量和质膜相对透性与对照相比没有明显变化,而净光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度已明显下降,叶肉细胞间隙CO2浓度明显增加。NaCl胁迫下叶片Na+含量成倍增加,而K+和Ca2+含量无明显变化。KCl胁迫时叶片K+含量明显增加,Ca2+含量明显下降,而Na+含量没有明显变化。随着NaCl或KCl浓度的增加,幼苗生长和叶片含水量明显下降,质膜透性和细胞间隙CO2浓度明显增加,净光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度进一步下降。 NaCl胁迫下叶片Na+含量进一步增加,K+和Ca2+进一步下降,而KCl胁迫下叶片K+含量进一步 增加,Na+和Ca2+含量进一步下降。KCl对高粱生长抑制、质膜透性、Ca2+含量下降及光合气体交换参数的影响均明显大于等渗的NaCl。     

外源亚精胺对NaCl胁迫下毕氏海蓬子光合参数和叶绿体超微结构的影响

在0、100、300、500和700 mmol·L-1NaCl胁迫条件下比较了喷施0.1mmol·L-1亚精胺(Spd)对毕氏海蓬子(Salicomia bigelovii Torr.)幼苗叶绿素含量、净光合速率、气孔导度、胞间CO2浓度和叶绿体超微结构的影响.结果表明:毕氏海蓬子的叶绿素含量、净光合速率和气孔导度均呈低浓度条件下(0、100和300 mmol·L-1NaCl)升高、高浓度条件下(500和700 mmol·L-1NaCl)降低的趋势,在300 mmol·L-1 NaCl胁迫条件下达到最高值:胞间CO2浓度则呈低浓度NaCl胁迫条件下降低、500 mmol·L-1NaCl条件下升高、700 mmol·L-1NaCl条件下略降低的趋势;在0～500 mmol·L-1NaCl胁迫条件下叶绿素a/b值变化不明显,但在700 mmol·L-1NaCl条件下急剧降低.在低浓度NaCl胁迫条件下,叶绿体整体膨胀,类囊体片层结构松散,但叶绿体和类囊体结构仍保持完整;而经500和700mmol·L-1NaCl处理后,叶绿体超微结构被严重破坏,叶绿体膜结构破裂、类囊体结构松散呈放射状、有些叶绿体完全解体.而在相应的NaCl胁迫条件下喷施0.1 mmol·L-1Spd,毕氏海蓬子的叶绿素含量、净光合速率、气孔导度和胞间CO2浓度虽然也呈现出相同的变化趋势,但其数值均显著高于对照(未喷施Spd);且叶绿体超微结构的损伤程度也轻于对照.研究结果说明:喷施外源Spd能够减缓NaCl胁迫对毕氏海蓬子的伤害作用.     

KCl和NaCl对毕氏海蓬子生长和几种抗氧化酶活性的影响

50-200 mmol·L-1NaCl显著促进海蓬子生长和抗氧化酶[超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)]活性,与NaCl浓度相同的KCl明显抑制海蓬子生长和此3种酶的活性,但KCl下的超氧阴离子(O2-)和丙二醛(MDA)含量增加程度则明显高于同浓度的NaCI处理.据此认为,KCl伤害海蓬子的原因之一是抗氧化酶活性下降,不能及时清除活性氧,以致活性氧和MDA积累,引起质膜伤害,海蓬子生长受抑和生长量下降.     

Effects of NaCl on Metabolic Heat Evolution Rates by Barley Roots

The effect of salinity stress on metabolic heat output of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) root tips was measured by isothermal microcalorimetry. Several varieties differing in tolerance to salinity were compared and differences quantified. Two levels of inhibition by increasing salt were found. Following the transition from the initial rate to the first level, inhibition remained at about 50% with further increases in salt concentration up to 150 millimolar. The concentration of salt required to inhibit to this level was cultivar dependent. At higher concentrations (>150 millimolar) of salt, metabolism was further decreased. This decrease was not cultivar dependent. The decreased rate of metabolic heat output at the first transition could be correlated with decreases in uptake of NO₃⁻, NH₄⁺, and Pi that occurred as the salt concentration was increased. The high degree of dependence of the inhibition of metabolic heat output on NaCl concentration points to a highly cooperative reaction responsible for the general inhibition of metabolism and nutrient uptake. The time required to attain the first level of salt inhibition is less than 20 minutes. Inhibition of root tips was not reversible by washing with salt free solutions. In addition to revealing these features of salt inhibition, isothermal microcalorimetry is a promising method for convenient and rapid determination of varietal differences in response to increasing salinity.     

Effects of NaCl and Proline on Polyphenol Oxidase Activity in Bean Seedlings

In this work, the effects of NaCl (0, 50, 100, and 150 mM), proline (0, 5 and 10 mM) and NaCl + proline in combinations on activity of polyphenol oxidase (PPO; E.C. 1.10.3.1) and soluble protein content have been investigated in the root, stem and leaf tissues of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seedlings grown in embryo culture. PPO activities were higher in all the tissues treated with NaCl, proline and NaCl + proline combinations those that of the control tissues. The protein content was very high in tissues exposed to proline and NaCl + proline combination, but NaCl alone decreased protein contents in root and leaf tissues. The results suggest that proline may play a role as an enzyme-stabilizing agent in salt stress.     

NaCl and TDZ are Two Key Factors for the Improvement of In Vitro Regeneration Rate of Salicornia europaea L.

The present study aimed to find out suitable conditions for the In vitro culture of Sallcornla europaea L. and to develop an efficient regeneration system. S. europaea plants were regenerated successfully In vitro from callus derived from mature embryos. Via the method of 2,4-dlchlorophenoxyacetlc acid （2,4-D）-short-treatment on mature seeds, callus was Induced from hypocotyls on the MS medium with 4.55 μmol/L N-phenyl-N＇-1, 2, 3-thladlazol-5-yl urea （TDZ） 3-4 weeks after the seeds germinated. The callus differentiated Into shoots at a rate of 27.6% after subculture for one time on the same medium. When NaCl was Included In the medium, shoots were formed In cluster and the shoot differentiation frequency was Increased to 55.2%. The shoots were rooted when cultured on 1/2 MS medium supplemented with Indole-3-butyric acid （IBA）, kinetin （KN） end activated charcoal （AC）. The results Indicated that NeCl and TDZ played an Important role In the Improvement of the regeneration rate of the halophyte, S. europaea.     

Mechanism of cadmium tolerance in Salicornia europaea at optimum levels of NaCl

• Many saline-alkali soils around the world are polluted by the heavy metal Cd, restricting the development of agriculture and ecology in those regions. The halophyte Salicornia europaea L. is capable of growing healthily in Cd-contaminated saline-alkali soil, suggesting that the species is tolerant to stress caused by both salt and heavy metals. In this study, the mechanism of Cd tolerance in this species was explored under 200 mM NaCl.
• Flame spectrophotometric assays for ions content and spectrophotometric for organic soluble substances, antioxidant enzyme activity, phytochelatins (PCs) content and phytochelatin synthase (PCS) activity, the photosynthetic parameters by portable photosynthesis measurement system, genes expression by qRT-PCR analysis were carried out.
• Cd treatment significantly decreased the dry weight, photosynthetic rate, K⁺, Zn²⁺, and Fe^2+/3+ content, while significantly increasing Na⁺ and Cd⁺, soluble organic matter, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. Compared with Cd treatment at 0 mM NaCl, Cd treatment at 200 mM NaCl significantly increased dry weight and photosynthetic rate while significantly decreasing ROS content through increased antioxidant enzyme activity. When exposed to Cd stress, treatment with 200 mM NaCl significantly increased PCs content and PCS activity and up-regulated the expression of the phytochelatin synthase genes CDA1 and PCS1 were, thereby increasing resistance to Cd.
• NaCl treatment increases the tolerance of S. europaea to the heavy metal Cd by growing rapidly, reducing the quantity of Cd²⁺ from entering the plant shoots, increasing the levels of PCs that chelate Cd²⁺, thereby reducing its toxicity.

     

Effects of Fusicoccin on the Early Stages of Sorghum Growth at High NaCl Concentrations

The effects of fusicoccin (FC) on the early growth processes in sorghum (Sorghum vulgare M.) seeds germinated in water and in 0.1 M or 0.2 M NaCl solutions were investigated. We studied the rate of seed imbibition, the onset of radicle protrusion, the occurrence of the first mitoses, the mitotic index, the distribution of cells according to the phases of the cell cycle, as well as the length and weight of roots. Seed imbibition was considerably accelerated by treating them with 5 × 10^–6 M FC for 1 h. In these FC-treated seeds placed on NaCl solutions, FC stimulated water influx into seeds, radicle protrusion, and occurrence of the first mitoses. FC pretreatment did not affect substantially the distribution of meristematic cells according to the periods of the cell cycle after 72 h of seed germination on water or 0.1 M NaCl. Root growth was inhibited by 0.1 M NaCl, but it was partially recovered in the presence of FC. 0.2 M NaCl caused a decrease in the mitotic index and in the number of cells in the S phase, an accumulation of cells in the G₂ period and in the prophase, as well as a considerable inhibition of root growth. FC pretreatment of seeds subsequently germinated on 0.2 M NaCl resulted in an increase in the number of cells in the G₁ period, in the mitotic index, and in the root-growth rate. FC virtually did not affect the growth of sorghum in the absence of salt. Pretreatment of seeds with FC followed by salinization resulted in an increase in the water content in seeds. It is suggested that a FC-induced increase in the water content of seeds accelerated metabolic processes in seeds germinating on NaCl solutions, thus regulating ionic homeostasis and thereby stimulating the initial growth processes.__________Translated from Fiziologiya Rastenii, Vol. 52, No. 3, 2005, pp. 378–383.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Lutsenko, Marushko, Kononenko, Leonova.     

Effects of photoperiod on some vegetable species

Seven vegetable species grown in controlled environments were given similar daily amounts of visible radiation (500 J cm^-2) during three different photoperiod treatments. Plants were given (A) 12 h of visible irradiance (115 W m^-2) from fluorescent and tungsten lamps, (B) 16 h of the same light at 88 W m^-2 or (C) Treatment A extended to 16 h with 4 h of low-intensity incandescent light (3 W m?²) from tungsten lamps only. All seven species grew faster when daylength was extended with light of photosynthetic intensity (B), probably through increased net assimilation rates, and leaf area of these plants increased in proportion to change in plant dry weight. Daylength extension with a mixture of red and far-red light (C) induced photomorphogenic changes in specific leaf area in all species examined and increased leaf area and plant dry weight of lettuce, celery, beetroot and spinach beet but not of three members of the Cruciferae (radish, cabbage and oilseed rape).     

百草枯和苯甲酸钠对渗透胁迫下抗旱性不同玉米品种愈伤组织的影响

两个品种玉来愈伤组织经0．5和5mmol/L的百草枯处理3h后,在渗透胁迫（PEG6000－0．5MPa溶液）下处理24h,电解质泄漏率增加;H2O2和MDA积累;AsA和CAR含量的减少加剧。0．5和5mmol/L的苯甲酸钠减轻渗透胁迫诱导的氧化伤害,促进CAT活性的增加;使SOD、GR、AP和POD能维持较高的活性;AsA和CAR含量降低的幅度减小。抗旱性强的品种PAN6043愈伤组织抗氧化胁迫和渗透胁迫能力强于抗旱性弱品种SC701,并与合高活力抗氧化系统密切相关。     

NaCl胁迫对两种南瓜幼苗离子含量的影响

NaCl胁迫7d明显抑制了两种南瓜——黑籽南瓜（Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche．）和白籽南瓜（Cucurbita moschata Duch．）幼苗地上部和根系的生长,使地上部相对含水量明显下降。随NaCl胁迫浓度（150、300和500mmol／L）的提高,两种南瓜幼苗根、茎和叶片中Na^＋含量明显增加,K^＋含量明显下降。Na^＋和K^＋含量在两个南瓜品种各器官中的分布规律分别是：根〉茎〉叶片和茎〉叶片〉根。NaCl胁迫后黑籽南瓜根、茎和叶片Na^＋含量远低于白籽南瓜,而叶片游离脯氨酸含量、可溶性糖含量和地上部相对含水量明显高于白籽南瓜。表明两者在渗透调节方式、离子的吸收和运输能力上有差异,黑籽南瓜耐盐性较强。     

NaCl胁迫对海蓬子(Salicornia bigelovii Torr.)离子区室化、光合作用和生长的影响

用含有0、100、300、600mmol/L的NaCl的Hoagland培养液处理海蓬子幼苗,处理一定时间后测定其鲜重、干重、离子含量、Na /K 比值、Na 在细胞中的分布、光合速率、叶绿体超微结构等的变化.结果表明一定浓度NaCl处理促进了海蓬子的生长,300mmol/L左右的NaCl是海蓬子生长的最适盐度.盐处理条件下海蓬子主要将Na 、Cl-积累在地上部,且主要储存在液泡中.随盐处理浓度的增加海蓬子地上部的Na /K 比增大;光合速率在低盐度下随盐浓度的升高而增大,高盐度下受到抑制;叶绿体超微结构在高盐度下受到部分破坏.     

NaCl胁迫对两种铁线子属果树叶片组织结构的影响

应用石蜡切片方法,结合光学显微镜、扫描电镜研究NaCl胁迫下两种铁线子属果树古巴牛乳树Manilkara roxburghiana、人心果Manilkara zapota的叶片形态结构变化。结果表明,叶表皮、解剖结构与NaCl处理浓度有一定相关性,随着处理浓度增加,叶片角质膜的皱褶增多,气孔开度增大,气孔器进一步变形,栅栏组织更加疏松,海绵组织和维管束遭受破坏,韧皮部受损早于木质部。叶内部结构在较低浓度NaCl(0、0.2%、0.4%)处理下保持正常,在高浓度胁迫下(0.6%、0.8%)则表现异常,说明叶内部结构的变化较表皮滞后。     

Screening for MCL-PHA-Producing Fluorescent Pseudomonads and Comparison of MCL-PHA Production Under Iso-osmotic Conditions Induced by PEG and NaCl

The medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates (MCL-PHA) have attracted much attention from academic and industrial communities for their interesting applications in medical field. The aim of this study was to screen high MCL-PHA-producing fluorescent pseudomonads, and to compare the effect of osmotic stress generated by NaCl (ionic) and polyethylene glycol (PEG, non-ionic inert polymer) on PHA production. A total of 50 fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from rhizospheric soil were screened for PHA production by Sudan Black staining. Out of all the PHA-producing isolates only five were MCL-PHA producers as detected by MCL-PCR. Isolate Bar1 identified as Pseudomonas fluorescens by 16S rRNA gene sequencing was selected for further analysis due to its high MCL-PHA production ability. The iso-osmotic stress generated by NaCl and PEG-6000 showed 5.75- and 3.19-fold enhanced production of PHA at ?2 bar osmotic potential, over control (0 bar), respectively. There was 1.8-fold enhanced production of PHA at ?2 bar osmotic stress induced by NaCl over PEG. PEG reduces availability of water to microorganisms without reducing exogenously provided nutrients which appear to be responsible for its down performance over NaCl. The FTIR analysis of PHA sample purified from cells showed strong marker bands near 1742, 2870, 1170, 1099, and 2926 cm^?1, corresponding to MCL-PHA. The study reported that supplementation of NaCl (electrolyte) in growth media enhances the production of MCL-PHA which can be very useful for its industrial production.     

Effects of Environmental Toxicants on Metabolic Activity of Natural Microbial Communities

Two methods of measuring microbial activity were used to study the effects of toxicants on natural microbial communities. The methods were compared for suitability for toxicity testing, sensitivity, and adaptability to field applications. This study included measurements of the incorporation of ¹⁴C-labeled acetate into microbial lipids and microbial glucosidase activity. Activities were measured per unit biomass, determined as lipid phosphate. The effects of various organic and inorganic toxicants on various natural microbial communities were studied. Both methods were useful in detecting toxicity, and their comparative sensitivities varied with the system studied. In one system, the methods showed approximately the same sensitivities in testing the effects of metals, but the acetate incorporation method was more sensitive in detecting the toxicity of organic compounds. The incorporation method was used to study the effects of a point source of pollution on the microbiota of a receiving stream. Toxic doses were found to be two orders of magnitude higher in sediments than in water taken from the same site, indicating chelation or adsorption of the toxicant by the sediment. The microbiota taken from below a point source outfall was 2 to 100 times more resistant to the toxicants tested than was that taken from above the outfall. Downstream filtrates in most cases had an inhibitory effect on the natural microbiota taken from above the pollution source. The microbial methods were compared with commonly used bioassay methods, using higher organisms, and were found to be similar in ability to detect comparative toxicities of compounds, but were less sensitive than methods which use standard media because of the influences of environmental factors.     

Sugar Repression of Mannitol Dehydrogenase Activity in Celery Cells

We present evidence that the activity of the mannitol-catabolizing enzyme mannitol dehydrogenase (MTD) is repressed by sugars in cultured celery (Apium graveolens L.) cells. Furthermore, this sugar repression appears to be mediated by hexokinases (HKs) in a manner comparable to the reported sugar repression of photosynthetic genes. Glucose (Glc)-grown cell cultures expressed little MTD activity during active growth, but underwent a marked increase in MTD activity, protein, and RNA upon Glc starvation. Replenishment of Glc in the medium resulted in decreased MTD activity, protein, and RNA within 12 h. Addition of mannoheptulose, a competitive inhibitor of HK, derepressed MTD activity in Glc-grown cultures. In contrast, the addition of the sugar analog 2-deoxyglucose, which is phosphorylated by HK but not further metabolized, repressed MTD activity in mannitol-grown cultures. Collectively, these data suggest that HK and sugar phosphorylation are involved in signaling MTD repression. In vivo repression of MTD activity by galactose (Gal), which is not a substrate of HK, appeared to be an exception to this hypothesis. Further analyses, however, showed that the products of Gal catabolism, Glc and fructose, rather than Gal itself, were correlated with MTD repression.     

不同酸化条件对菜豆幼苗碳氮代谢酶系活性的影响

采用4个不同pH值(pH7,6,5,4)培养液模拟菜豆萌发和幼苗生长环境,研究了酸化条件下菜豆种子萌发和幼苗生长特性、幼苗根系和幼叶的抗氧化酶系活性以及叶片的碳氮代谢的主要酶系活性和产物水平,以期明确菜豆的碳氮代谢对酸化胁迫的响应机制。结果表明:随着pH的降低,菜豆发芽势和发芽率降低,幼苗和根系干物质量减少;谷氨酰胺合成酶活性降低,蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性增强,从而增加了蔗糖、果糖和总可溶性糖含量;根系的超氧阴离子自由基(O2ˉ·)和丙二醛(MDA)含量降低,叶片的O2ˉ·和MDA含量增加,而叶片和根系的抗氧化酶系活性同向变化,即超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化氢酶活性增强,过氧化物酶活性降低。酸化条件下,菜豆的碳代谢加强,氮代谢受到抑制;叶片过氧化物酶活性的降低和O2ˉ·含量的增加,导致了叶片膜脂过氧化程度的加剧。     

等渗Ca(NO3)2和NaCl胁迫对黄瓜幼苗生长及渗透调节物质含量的影响

采用营养液培养方法,以耐盐性较弱的‘津春2号’黄瓜品种为试材,研究了等渗Ca(NO3)2和NaCl胁迫对黄瓜幼苗生长、根系电解质渗透率、根系活力、Na+和K+含量及渗透调节物质含量的影响。结果显示:(1)在84mmol.L-1 NaCl和56mmol.L-1 Ca(NO3)2等渗胁迫下,黄瓜幼苗鲜重和干重均显著下降,且NaCl处理下降的幅度大于等渗Ca(NO3)2处理。(2)NaCl主要通过对黄瓜根系的伤害来抑制植株生长,表现为根系活力下降、根系质膜透性增大、Na+大量积累、K+含量显著下降、Na+/K+明显上升,最终导致根冠比下降;而Ca(NO3)2处理对根系质膜透性、K+含量、Na+/K+的影响均小于NaCl胁迫,且根系活力和根冠比上升,但Ca(NO3)2胁迫后叶片含水量和渗透调节能力均小于NaCl胁迫。(3)NaCl胁迫条件下,黄瓜幼苗内渗透调节物质以可溶性糖为主,而Ca(NO3)2胁迫以可溶性蛋白为主。研究表明,NaCl胁迫对黄瓜幼苗的伤害大于等渗Ca(NO3)2,NaCl主要通过破坏根系质膜结构影响植株生长,而Ca(NO3)2主要通过引起地上部生理干旱来影响植株生长。