Improvement of Cerium on Photosynthesis of Maize Seedlings Under a Combination of Potassium Deficiency and Salt Stress

Added Ce³⁺ can partly substitute for Ca²⁺ or Mg²⁺ and improve photosynthesis under the deficiency of these elements, but very few studies focused on photosynthetic improvement in maize seedlings caused by K⁺ deficiency, salt stress, especially a combination of K⁺ deficiency and salt stress. In the present study, the effects of Ce³⁺ on the photosynthesis of maize seedlings under the three different stresses were investigated. The results showed that added Ce³⁺ under various stresses increased the ratios of free water/bound water and of K⁺/Na⁺, the pigment contents, the values of Fv/Fm, Y(II), ETR(II), Y(NPQ), Qp, qL, NPQ, and qN of photosystem II (PSII), the values of Y(I) and ETR(I) of photosystem I (PSI) and the expression levels of LhcII cab1 and rbcL, and decreased the values of Y(NO) and Y(NA). This implied that added Ce³⁺ depressed ion toxicity, photodamage of PSII, and acceptor side constraints of PSI, and enhanced adjustable energy dissipation, the responses of photochemistry, and carbon assimilation caused by K⁺ deficiency, salt stress, and the combination of K⁺ deficiency and salt stress. However, Ce³⁺ mitigation of photosynthetic inhibition in maize seedlings caused by the combined stresses was greater than that of salt stress, and Ce³⁺ mitigation under salt stress was greater than that under K⁺ deficiency. In addition, the results also showed that Ce³⁺ cannot improve photosynthesis and growth of maize seedlings under K⁺ deficiency by substituting for K⁺.     

Development of Enzymes Involved in Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation in Greening Seedlings of Maize (Zea mays)

Upon illumination of dark-grown maize seedlings (5 days old) with incandescent light, there occurred a nearly simultaneous increase, after a certain lag period, in the activities of enzymes engaged in the C₄ pathway and the Calvin-Benson cycle. The light-induced biosynthesis of chlorophyll (a and b) precedes the increase in enzyme activities and proceeds without lag phase. A diphasic feature in the elevation of enzyme activities as a function of the intensities of light provided was observed; the increase in enzyme activities was enhanced by light intensities greater than 10³ ergs per square centimeter per second in comparison with light of lower intensities. Under light intensities greater than 10³ ergs per square centimeter per second, the simultaneous addition of levulinic acid, which inhibited chlorophyll formation, markedly reduced the increase of enzyme activities. However, neither the diphasic light effect nor the inhibitory effect of levulinic acid was observed with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase. The enzyme activities in the dark-grown maize seedlings were enhanced by a brief irradiation with the red light and the red light effect was reversed by the following far red light treatment. The red light-induced increase in the enzyme activities did not accompany chlorophyll synthesis, and was completely inhibited by cycloheximide, indicating that enzyme synthesis rather than activation might be involved. Light may play a dual role in enzyme induction; one is as an energy source through the photosystems at high intensities and the other is presumably as a signal mediated by phytochrome at low intensities.     

NO参与玉米幼苗对盐胁迫的应答

以玉米幼苗为材料,研究盐胁迫下其內源NO含量、NR和NOS活性的变化;NOS专一性抑制剂L-NAME和NR非专一性抑制剂NaN3对玉米幼苗內源NO含量的影响;利用激光共聚焦显微技术观测盐胁迫下玉米幼苗根部NO含量的变化及其分布特点。结果表明,盐胁迫下玉米幼苗根尖和叶片中NO含量有猝发现象,NOS活性也随之显著提高,NR活性则显著降低;L-NAME或NaN3均可降低盐胁迫所引起的玉米幼苗NO水平的增加,L-NAME对NO含量的影响比NaN3更显著。推测,NO参与玉米幼苗对盐胁迫的应答,NOS途径是盐胁迫下玉米幼苗內源NO合成的主要途径。     

Adaptation of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Maize Leaves as a Result of Nitrogen Limitation : Relationships between Electron Transport and Carbon Assimilation

In maize (Zea mays L., cv Contessa), nitrogen (NO₃⁻) limitation resulted in a reduction in shoot growth and photosynthetic capacity and in an increase in the leaf zeaxanthin contents. Nitrogen deficiency had only a small effect on the quantum yield of CO₂ assimilation but a large effect on the light-saturated rate of photosynthesis. Linear relationships persisted between the quantum yield of CO₂ assimilation and that of photosystem II photochemistry in all circumstances. At high irradiances, large differences in photochemical quenching and nonphotochemical quenching of Chl a fluorescence as well as the ratio of variable to maximal fluorescence (Fv/Fm) were apparent between nitrogen-deficient plants and nitrogen-replete controls, whereas at low irradiances these parameters were comparable in all plants. Light intensity-dependent increases in nonphotochemical quenching were greatest in nitrogen-deficient plants as were the decreases in Fv/Fm ratio. In nitrogen-deficient plants, photochemical quenching decreased with increasing irradiance but remained higher than in controls at high irradiances. Thermal dissipative processes were enhanced as a result of nitrogen deficiency (nonphotochemical quenching was elevated and Fv/Fm was lowered) allowing PSII to remain relatively oxidised even when carbon metabolism was limited via nitrogen limitation.     

Nitrate Uptake and Assimilation by Wheat Seedlings during Initial Exposure to Nitrate

Nitrate uptake, reduction, and translocation were examined in intact, 14-day-old, nitrogen-depleted wheat (Triticum vulgare var. Knox) seedlings during a 9-hour exposure to 0.2 mm Ca (NO(3))(2). The nitrate uptake rate was low during the initial 3-hour period, increased during the 3- to 6-hour period, and then declined. By the 3rd hour, 14% of the absorbed nitrate had been reduced, and this increased to 36% by the 9th hour. Shoots accumulated reduced (15)N more rapidly than roots and the ratio of reduced (15)N to (15)N-nitrate was higher in the shoots. A significant proportion of the total reduction occurred in the root system under these experimental conditions. Accumulation of (15)N in ethanol-insoluble forms was evident in both roots and shoots by the 3rd hour and, after 4.5 hours, increased more rapidly in shoots than in roots.An experiment in which a 3-hour exposure to 0.2 mm Ca ((15)NO(3))(2) was followed by a 12-hour exposure to 0.2 mm Ca ((14)NO(3))(2) revealed a half-time of depletion of root nitrate of about 2.5 hours. A large proportion of this depletion, however, was due to loss of (15)N-nitrate to the ambient (14)N-nitrate solution. The remaining pool of (15)N-nitrate was only slowly available for reduction. Total (15)N translocation to the shoot was relatively efficient during the first 3 hours after transfer to Ca ((14)NO(3))(2) but it essentially ceased after that time in spite of significant pools of (15)N-nitrate and alpha-amino-(15)N remaining in the root tissue.     

Production of Polyamines Is Enhanced by Endogenous Abscisic Acid in Maize Seedlings Subjected to Salt Stress

It is known that salt stress and exogenously applied abscisic acid （ABA） can enhance the polyamine content in plants and that salt stress itself can lead to an increase in endogenous ABA production. In the present study, the relationships between salt-induced ABA and polyamine accumulation were inves- tigated using ABA-deficient mutant （vp5/vp5） maize （Zea mays L.） seedlings and ABA and polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors. The results show that reduced endogenous ABA levels, as a result of either the mutation or by using a chemical inhibitor （sodium tungstate）, also reduced the accumulation of polyamines in salt-stressed leaves of maize seedlings. The polyamine synthesis inhibitors D-arginine and α- difluoromethylornithine also reduced the polyamine content of the leaves of maize seedling under salt stress. Both ABA and polyamine enhanced the dry weight accumulation of salt-stressed seedlings and also increased the activities of the two dominant tonoplast membrane enzymes, H^＋-ATPase and H^＋-PPase, when plants were under salt stress. The results suggest that salt stress induces an increase in endogenous ABA levels, which then enhances polyamine synthesis. Such responses may increase a plant＇s tolerance to salt.     

红芽芋驯化苗对盐胁迫的光合及生理响应

为探讨江西铅山红芽芋的耐盐机制,以其组培移栽驯化苗为材料,研究了盐胁迫对其生物量积累、光合特性、荧光特性等抗逆生理特性的影响。结果表明:（1）红芽芋幼苗生物量和根冠比在低盐胁迫下（50 mmol·L^-1）得到显著促进,而在高盐胁迫下（100～250 mmol·L^-1）受到显著抑制。（2）低盐胁迫幼苗的净光合速率（P_n）、气孔导度（G_s）、气孔限制值（L_s）、水分利用效率（WUE）和瞬时羧化效率（CUE）比对照（0 mmol·L^-1）显著增加,细胞间CO₂浓度（C_i）比对照显著下降,蒸腾速率（T_r）与对照无显著差异;高盐胁迫幼苗的P_n、L_s、WUE、CUE和G_s较对照显著下降,C_i比对照显著增加。（3）低盐胁迫幼苗的最大荧光（F_m）、PSⅡ潜在光化学效率（F_v/F₀）和光化学猝灭系数（q_P）比对照显著增加,初始荧光（F₀）较对照显著下降,PSⅡ最大光化学效率（F_v/F_m）、PSⅡ实际光化学效率（Φ_PSⅡ）、开放的PSⅡ反应中心捕获激发能效率（F_v′/F_m′）和非光化学猝灭系数（NPQ）与对照无显著差异;而高盐胁迫幼苗的F₀、F_m、F_v/F_m、F_v/F₀、Φ_PSⅡ、F_v′/F_m′和q_P均较对照显著下降,NPQ比对照显著增加。（4）各盐胁迫幼苗叶片的可溶性蛋白含量以及过氧化物酶、超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化氢酶活性与对照相比先升后降,并以低盐下最高;可溶性总糖和脯氨酸含量均比对照显著增加;丙二醛含量和质膜透性相对值在低盐胁迫下无显著变化,而在高盐下显著增加;叶绿素含量和根系活力在低盐胁迫下无显著变化,而在高盐胁迫后开始显著下降。研究发现,江西铅山红芽芋移栽驯化苗的耐盐阈值为 50 mmol·L^-1,其能够诱导提高叶片可溶性蛋白含量和主要保护酶活性,稳定质膜透性、叶绿素含量和根系活力,增加PSⅡ潜在光化学效率,提高PSⅡ的电子传递活性,维持PSⅡ实际光化学效率,有效启动非辐射热能量耗散机制来保护了光合机构,最终提高净光合速率,增加生物量。     

一氧化氮缓解盐胁迫对玉米生长的抑制作用

研究了一氧化氮(nitric oxide,NO)对NaCl 100mmol/L胁迫下玉米幼苗生长的影响.结果表明:0.1～200μmol/L的NO供体硝普钠(sodium nitroprusside,SNP),特别是100μmol/L SNP处理可以显著提高盐胁迫下玉米幼苗的干物质积累速率.100μmol/L的SNP处理还显著提高了叶绿素含量、植株体内K /Na 比和(Spd Spm)/Put的比值,降低膜透性.推测NO对盐胁迫下玉米生长抑制的缓解作用是由于NO促进根系对K 的选择性吸收及其向地上部的运输,而降低对Na 的吸收及其向地上部的运输,并促进Put向Spd和Spm的转化.     

2,4-表油菜素内酯对盐胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片光合特性的影响北大核心CSCD

以黄瓜品种’新春4号’为试验材料,研究了在中度盐胁迫(50 mmol/L NaCl)条件下,外源喷施0.01 mg/L 2,4-表油菜素内酯(EBL)和24μmol/L油菜素内酯抑制剂(BZR)处理对盐胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片快速叶绿素荧光诱导动力学曲线(OJIP)及相关荧光参数的影响,探讨EBL缓解黄瓜幼苗中度盐胁迫伤害的光合生理机制。结果表明:(1)盐胁迫导致黄瓜幼苗叶片净光合速率(P_(n))、气孔导度(G_(s))、蒸腾速率(T_(r))下降,胞间CO_(2)浓度(C_(i))增加,初始荧光(F_(o))、最大荧光(F_(m))下降,OJIP曲线中J点、I点显著增加,降低了黄瓜幼苗叶片光合性能,且对PSⅡ受体侧的伤害大于供体侧,表现为PSⅡ反应中心损伤,光合电子从Q_(A)向Q_(B)的传递效率降低,电子传递受阻。(2)在50 mmol/L NaCl处理下,外源喷施0.01 mg/L EBL可显著提升NaCl胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片P_(n)、G_(s)、T_(r)、光合性能(PI_(ABS)),降低C_(i),显著增加单位面积内吸收(ABS/CS_(m))、捕获(TR_(o)/CS_(m))、用于电子传递(ET_(o)/CS_(m))的光能以及有活性反应中心的数目(RC/CS_(m))。(3)与NaCl+EBL处理相比,NaCl+EBL+BZR处理后黄瓜幼苗叶片光合性能进一步降低,证明EBL对黄瓜幼苗盐胁迫引起的PSⅡ伤害有缓解作用。研究发现,外源喷施适量2,4-表油菜素内酯能有效缓解黄瓜幼苗叶片在盐胁迫条件下受到的光合电子传递链中(PSⅡ)受体侧的伤害,增加电子从Q_(A)向Q_(B)传递的效率,从而显著改善盐胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片的光合性能。     

Response of Ammonia Assimilation in Cucumber Seedlings to Nitrate Stress

The influence of increased nitrate concentration—14 (control) and 140 mmol L⁻¹ (T)—in hydroponic culture on ammonia assimilation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Xintaimici) seedlings was investigated. The results showed that NH₃ accumulation in the roots and leaves of T seedlings increased significantly, indicating that NH₃ toxicity might be involved in nitrate stress. Under control conditions, GS and GOGAT activity were much higher in the leaves than in the roots, whereas GDH activity was much higher in the roots than in the leaves. Correlation analysis showed that NH₃ concentration had a strong negative linear relationship with GDH activity in the roots but had a strong negative linear relationship with GS and GOGAT activity in the leaves. These results indicate that NH₃ might be assimilated primarily via GDH reaction in the roots and via GS/GOGAT cycle in the leaves. Short-term nitrate stress resulted in the increase of GS and GOGAT activity in the roots and GDH activity in the leaves of T seedlings, indicating possible shifts in ammonia assimilation from the normal GDH pathway to GS/GOGAT pathway in the roots and from the normal GS/GOGAT pathway to the GDH pathway in the leaves under nitrate stress, but with the increase of treatment time, GS, GOGAT, and GDH activity in the roots and leaves of T seedlings decreased possibly due to low water potential and NH₃ toxicity.     

Characterization of Photosynthetic 14Carbon Assimilation by Potamogeton lucens L.

Photosynthetic assimilation of exogenous ¹⁴CO₂ and H¹⁴CO₃^–by the aquatic angiosperm Potamogeton lucens L. is reported.Equivalent maximum rates of assimilation (1.5 µmol s^–1m^–2) were obtained in the presence of saturating levelsof ¹⁴CO₂ (1.0 mol m^–3, pH 5.3) or H¹⁴CO₃^– (1.5 molm^–3, pH, 9.2). Under subsaturating ¹⁴CO₂ levels, bothgaseous diffusion and H¹⁴CO₃^– transport were shown tooperate simultaneously, such that maximal photosynthetic rateswere established. An induction lag of approximately 3 min was observed when exogenous¹⁴CO₂ was assimilated. A longer lag of approximately 12 minwas required, however, before linear assimilation rates wereestablished when H¹⁴CO₃ acted as the carbon source. The light-activatedH¹⁴CO₃^– transport system was found to be quite labile.A brief (5 min) dark treatment returned the system to the inactivestate. Bicarbonate transport was shown to be competitively inhibitedby CO₃^2–ions. The possibility is discussed that this formof inhibition may be common to many HCO₃^– assimilators. Preliminary polar cation transport studies (from lower to upperleaf surface) indicated an almost exact one to one relationshipbetween the rates of Na⁺ influx and efflux and H¹⁴CO₃^–assimilation. The possible relationship(s) between these transportprocesses and the requirement for electrical neutrality is brieflydiscussed.     

Changes in Cytoplasmic Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in a Soil Bacterium and a Fungus in Response to Salt Stress

The effects of water potential on the cellular compositions of a soil bacterium and a fungus were examined by growing the organisms in media with various KCl concentrations. In media containing up to 1 M KCl, C/N ratios in Aspergillus flavus increased significantly, while those for a Pseudomonas sp. did not. For both organisms, the proportions of cellular C and N in cytoplasm increased by a factor of 10 as salinity increased from 0 to 1 M KCl. Such compositional changes have implications for microbial biomass dynamics in soils of varying water potential and for biomass measurement by chloroform fumigation.     

Exogenous Application of Melatonin Induces Tolerance to Salt Stress by Improving the Photosynthetic Efficiency and Antioxidant Defense System of Maize Seedling

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation - Melatonin is a ubiquitous signaling plant hormone that plays a crucial role in regulating the growth and development of plants under stress conditions. Since a...     

盐胁迫下外生菌根真菌与根际有益细菌互作对杨树光合特性的影响

以美洲黑杨幼苗为对象,利用盆栽试验,在100 mmol/L NaCl胁迫条件下研究单接种和双接种外生菌根真菌红绒盖牛肝菌(Xerocamus chrysenteron,简称Xc)、溶磷细菌恶臭假单胞菌(Pseudomonas putida,简称JW-SX1)和菌根辅助细菌蜡状芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus,简称HB59)对杨树幼苗的气体交换参数、叶绿素荧光和光响应曲线参数的影响。结果表明:盐胁迫下,接种Xc、JW-SX1及HB59的杨树幼苗净光合速率(Pn)、气孔导度(Gs)、蒸腾速率(Tr)显著增强,且均显著高于对照,而单接JW-SX1和双接Xc+JW-SX1处理的胞间CO2浓度(Ci)低于对照,但与对照相比差异不显著;各接种处理显著增强了杨树的最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm),但处理之间差异不显著性;不同接种处理杨树的实际光化学效率(ΦPSⅡ)与对照(CK)差异不明显,其中接种HB59和Xc+JW-SX1处理分别高于对照14.36%和19.33%;同时接种处理还明显提高了宿主的最大光合速率(Pmax)、光饱和点(LSP)、表观有效利用效率(YAQ),降低了光补偿点(LCP)和暗呼吸速率(RD),且双接种菌根真菌Xc和JW-SX1处理效果更为明显。研究发现,外生菌根真菌、溶磷细菌和菌根辅助细菌可通过改善叶片叶绿素荧光和光合参数、光响应参数来减轻盐胁迫对宿主造成的伤害,从而提高杨树的耐盐性能力。     

Carbon Partitioning and Assimilation as Affected by Nitrogen Deficiency in Cassava

Plants of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) were raised in a sand root medium watered with nutrient solutions, under greenhouse conditions. As the N-supply increased, shoot dry mass was enhanced to a greater extent than root dry mass, thus leading to an increased shoot to root ratio. In leaves, contents of total soluble saccharides, non-reducing saccharides, and inorganic phosphate increased linearly with increasing N-supply. An opposite response was found for reducing saccharides and starch. In general, content of non-reducing saccharides was considerably greater than starch content. Activity of sucrose synthase was not detected, regardless of the N-treatments; by contrast, activity of neutral and acid invertases increased with increasing N-availability. Roots accumulated more total soluble saccharides, but less reducing saccharides and starch, as the N-supply increased. Photosynthetic rates decreased with increasing N-deficiency. Such a decrease was circumstantially associated to reducing saccharide, but not starch, accumulation. Results suggest a limited capacity for carbon export from source leaves under N-limitation. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

混合中性盐胁迫对金盏菊幼苗生长及光合生理的影响

为了解金盏菊(Calendula officinalis)幼苗对混合中性盐胁迫的响应,采用盆栽砂培法,对在Na Cl和Na2SO4(摩尔比为9∶1)胁迫下其生长和光合特性的变化进行了研究。结果表明,低盐胁迫下(≤100 mmol L–1),金盏菊幼苗通过提高抗氧化酶即超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)与过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性,降低膜酯过氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)含量,维持活性氧的代谢平衡与膜结构的完整性,使其可进行正常的光合作用,进而维持正常生长;当盐浓度≥200 mmol L–1时,金盏菊幼苗的SOD、POD和CAT活性迅速下降,MDA含量迅速升高,显著影响其光合能力与生长发育。因此,金盏菊幼苗耐混合中性盐的阈值为100 mmol L–1,可通过调节自身保护酶系统维持正常代谢平衡。     

盐胁迫对杨树幼苗叶片光合色素及气体交换特征的影响

以‘小胡24杨’和‘吴屯杨’为材料,研究了盐胁迫对杨树幼苗叶片光合色素及气体交换参数的影响。结果表明:短期盐处理下,2个杨树品种幼苗叶片的Chla、Chlb和Car含量都有所升高,其中,在pH值较低的盐处理下叶片光合色素的增加不明显,而pH值较高的盐处理下叶片Chla、Chlb显著增加,但pH值过高使叶片光合色素有下降趋势;气体交换参数Pn、Tr、Gs随着盐溶液pH值的升高而逐渐降低,Ls先升高后降低,Ci先降低后升高,即低pH值的盐处理下,杨树幼苗叶片光合下降的主要原因是气孔因素,而高pH值的盐处理下,叶片光合下降的主要原因是非气孔因素;相对于‘吴屯杨’,‘小胡24杨’对盐处理溶液的pH值更为敏感。     

番茄幼苗盐胁迫响应蛋白质组分析

采用营养液栽培,以盐敏感型番茄品种M82为试材,利用双向电泳(2-DE)研究盐胁迫处理下幼苗叶片蛋白质的表达谱,并采用基质辅助激光解析飞行时间串联质谱(MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS)技术进行差异蛋白质的分离及质谱鉴定。结果表明:(1)盐胁迫处理下,利用2-DE获得差异显著蛋白点20个,其中17个蛋白质点丰度上调表达,3个蛋白质点丰度下调表达。(2)通过质谱分析和蛋白质NCBInr数据库检索,共鉴定出19个差异蛋白,分别为果糖-二磷酸醛缩酶、S-腺苷甲硫氨酸合成酶、甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶等及3个功能未知蛋白;这些鉴定出的差异蛋白质与能量代谢、光合作用、蛋白合成、氧化还原平衡等过程相关,暗示所分离鉴定的蛋白可能参与了番茄的盐胁迫响应,为进一步研究番茄抗逆机制奠定基础。