植物耐干旱胁迫的生物学机理及其基因工程研究进展

本文介绍了干旱胁迫对植物的伤害,植物耐早性的生物学机理以及通过基因工程改良作物耐旱性的研究进展。     

硫化氢信号与其它信号交互作用调控植物的耐旱性

硫化氢(H_2S)是继一氧化碳(CO)和一氧化氮(NO)后植物体内发现的第三种气体信号分子,参与种子萌发、植物生长发育及耐逆性的获得等生理过程。干旱是限制作物产量的最主要的环境胁迫因子。近年来,H_2S也已被证实参与植物耐旱性的形成。结合最新的研究进展,在讨论H_2S信号与其它信号分子如活性氧(ROS)、NO、CO、脱落酸(ABA)、乙烯(ETH)、micro RNAs等交互作用的基础上,从气孔运动、渗透调节物质、抗氧化系统、甲基乙二醛脱毒系统、热激蛋白等方面,综述了H_2S诱导植物耐旱性形成的可能机理,并提出了未来的研究方向。进一步拓展了H_2S信号的生理功能和植物耐旱性形成的机理,对深入研究H_2S与植物耐逆性包括耐旱性的关系,具有重要的指导意义。     

半干旱黄土丘陵区五种植物的生理生态特征比较

通过测定陕北黄土丘陵区5种植物在旱季的光合速率、蒸腾速率和叶水势日变化,将植物划分为不同的水分生态适应类型.结果表明:柳枝稷的光合生理特征属于高光合、低蒸腾和高水分利用效率类型,其抗旱适应性特征属于高水势延迟脱水类型;苜蓿属于高光合高蒸腾低水分利用效率类型,耐旱性为高水势延迟脱水型;达乌里胡枝子属于低光合、低蒸腾、低水分利用效率类型,耐旱性为高水势延迟脱水型;白羊草属于高光合、蒸腾较高的水分利用效率中等型,耐旱性属于能忍耐脱水造成的低水势的一类.沙打旺属于高光合中等蒸腾速率中等水分利用效率类型,耐旱性为低水势延迟脱水型.     

丛枝菌根真菌对植物耐旱性的影响研究进展

丛枝菌根真菌(arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,AMF)能与植物根系形成互惠共生体,对植物的生长发育和抗逆性有积极的影响,在改善植物水分代谢和提高植物耐旱性中发挥了重要作用.本文综述了近年来AMF与植物水分代谢关系的研究进展,从植物的光合作用、蒸腾与气孔导度、水分利用效率、水力导度、渗透调节、内源激素和抗氧化系统等方面说明AMF对植物水分代谢的影响.从4个方面介绍了AMF提高植物耐旱性的机理:1)菌丝网络增加植物根系吸收范围;2)增强植物保水能力和抗氧化能力;3)稳定和改善土壤团聚体;4)促进植物养分吸收.并提出今后研究需注意的问题和建议.     

祁连山水源区主要树种耐旱性研究

应用P-V技术对祁连山水源涵养林主要树种水分参数进行测定分析.结果表明,不同水分参数在树种上的变化规律各异,反映了植物耐旱机理的复杂性;对10项水分参数的主成分分析结果显示,以|φπ₁₀₀-φπ₀ |、RCV、ROWC₀和ε_max分析植物的耐旱性能具有可靠性.用两种几何数学方法的分析结果表明,按照耐旱性大小可将供试树种分为耐旱性强树种(青海云杉和千里香杜鹃)、耐旱性较强树种(祁连圆柏、烈香杜鹃、头花杜鹃和青海杜鹃)、耐旱性较弱树种(金露梅、绣线菊和红桦)和耐旱性弱树种(青杨).苗木清晨叶水势与土壤含水率间变化趋势可以用双曲线方程、幂函数式(或指数函数式)取得满意的拟合.通过逐步聚类分析,按照树种主要耐旱机理可分为高水势延迟脱水耐旱树种(红桦和青海杜鹃)、亚高水势延迟脱水型树种(青海云杉、千里香杜鹃和头花杜鹃)、亚低水势忍耐脱水耐旱树种(祁连圆柏)与低水势忍耐脱水型耐旱树种(金露梅、绣线菊和烈香杜鹃).     

热带季雨林不同小生境大戟科植物幼树的叶片结构、耐旱性和光合能力之间的相关性

植物的叶片结构和功能性状受到自身、环境和系统发育的影响。该研究选取西双版纳20 hm²热带雨林动态监测大样地内18种分布格局不同的大戟科植物, 测量了幼树叶片的解剖结构、水分关系特征、最大光合能力和暗呼吸, 主要探讨了叶片结构对植物耐旱性和光合能力的影响, 耐旱性和光合能力之间的权衡关系, 以及环境水分条件对植物功能性状相关性的影响。结果表明: 1)生境内植物表现出一定的结构和功能的趋同性, 分布在山脊和山坡的种比沟谷种具有更强的耐失水能力; 2)去除了系统发育的影响后, 一些关键性状(特别是叶片密度和膨压丧失点时的水势、饱和渗透势等)之间存在跨生境尺度上的相关关系, 植物叶片结构同时影响了植物的耐失水能力和光合能力, 植物叶片自身的结构限制导致了植物的耐旱性(高的叶片密度、比叶质量)和光合能力(低的叶片密度、比叶质量)存在反向进化关系; 3)如果研究的植物类群亲缘关系较近, 传统的Pearson相关分析不能很好地揭示其性状间的相关关系, 因而必须采用系统发育独立对照差作相关分析。大戟科植物的结构和功能在水分梯度和光梯度上的生态位分化也从功能性状的角度为热带季雨林能维持高生物多样性, 保持植物物种长期共存提供了一个可能的解释。     

丛枝菌根真菌对植物耐旱性的影响研究进展

随着社会经济的快速发展,近年来我国农林业领域也获得了长足的发展,尤其是在经济作物生产领域,其更是取得了巨大成就,不仅在作物生产力及生产效率方面,得到了极大的提升,在产品质量方面,也取得了显著提高。然而随着我国农林业领域的不断发展,其存在的问题也不断显现出来,其中尤以植物的干旱问题最为严峻,其极大的影响着植物的健康生长,其其产品质量的提升,因此加大对植物耐旱性影响的相关研究,有着积极意义。丛枝菌根真菌,作为一种和植物根系,构建的互惠共生体,其便是在这样一个大环境下,逐渐进入研究者视野,并逐渐广泛应用于植物的防旱中的。本文将就丛枝菌根真菌对植物耐旱性的影响研究进展情况进行详细探讨。     

三种草坪草的茎、叶解剖结构及其坪用性状

利用石蜡片法,对台湾草（Zoysia tenuifoia Willd.ex Trin.)、海雀稗（Paspalum vaginatum Sw.）、狗牙根[Cnodon dactylon(L.)Pers．]三种细叶暖季型草坪草的叶片有茎的解剖结构进行了研究。结果表明：叶片及茎的解剖结构与植物的耐旱性、耐践踏性和弹性等坪用特性有着密切联系。三种植物中,台湾草因叶片表皮细胞、泡状细胞、维管束鞘、机械组织有茎中纤维带的特征,而在耐旱性、耐踏踏性和弹性等坪用特性上表现出优于其他二种草坪草;狗牙根的耐旱性较强,耐踏踏性和弹性一般,海雀稗则在这几项坪用特征上均较弱。     

浙江东部地区古村落墙体植物多样性调查

植物墙是城市立体绿化的新形式,在景观和生态上都有重要作用,因此在城市中得到广泛应用。为了丰富城市墙体植物材料,该研究对浙江东部地区杭州、宁波、金华6个古村落中不同类型墙体上的墙体植物进行了多样性调查。结果表明:所调查到的墙体植物共有154种,隶属于69科122属,其中蕨类植物11科15属20种,被子植物59科107属134种;具有较强适应能力的植物主要集中在菊科、蓼科、禾本科、景天科、蔷薇科、葡萄科、大戟科、荨麻科,植物种类分布较为分散;从植物生活型上分析,草本有96种,藤本21种,灌木21种,乔木16种,草本占大多数;从墙体植物的分布、耐旱性上分析,生长在阳面墙体植物有45种,生长在阴面有67种,耐旱性植物有43种,喜湿性植物有26种;从观赏价值上分析,观叶植物有14种,观花植物19种,观果植物5种;此外,还对墙体植物在垂直绿化的选择应用上提出了建议。     

菌根真菌在改善附生兰干旱耐受性中的作用：以禾叶贝母兰为例

干旱胁迫是在多种生态系统中影响植物生存、发育及产量的最主要的非生物因素之一。菌根共生已被证明可以提高植物对干旱的耐受性。兰科植物对菌根真菌有非常高的依赖性,但是有关兰科菌根真菌是否可以提高宿主植物的耐旱性以及能提高到什么程度还少有报道。在本研究中,我们检测了一株分离自附生型兰科植物禾叶贝母兰Coelogyne viscosa的胶膜菌属真菌Tullasnella sp. hy-111对宿主植物幼苗生长及耐旱性的影响,并从转录组水平检测了该菌根真菌对禾叶贝母兰幼苗基因表达的影响。结果显示,接种hy-111不仅能显著提高幼苗的生物量、与耐旱相关的酶活性以及渗透调节物质的富集,而且还能显著诱导植物抗性途径相关基因的上调表达。本研究表明菌根真菌能改善生长于胁迫的附生生境中的兰科植物对于干旱的耐受性,并可能在兰科植物的生态适应中起到重要作用。     

Identification of drought tolerance determinants by genetic analysis of root response to drought stress and abscisic Acid

Drought stress is a common adverse environmental condition that seriously affects crop productivity worldwide. Due to the complexity of drought as a stress signal, deciphering drought tolerance mechanisms has remained a major challenge to plant biologists. To develop new approaches to study plant drought tolerance, we searched for phenotypes conferred by drought stress and identified the inhibition of lateral root development by drought stress as an adaptive response to the stress. This drought response is partly mediated by the phytohormone abscisic acid. Genetic screens using Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) were devised, and drought inhibition of lateral root growth (dig) mutants with altered responses to drought or abscisic acid in lateral root development were isolated. Characterization of these dig mutants revealed that they also exhibit altered drought stress tolerance, indicating that this root response to drought stress is intimately linked to drought adaptation of the entire plant and can be used as a trait to access the elusive drought tolerance machinery. Our study also revealed that multiple mechanisms coexist and together contribute to whole-plant drought tolerance.     

Exogenous 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and salicylic acid modulate the effect of short-term drought and freezing stress on wheat plants

Exogenous salicylic acid has been shown to confer tolerance against biotic and abiotic stresses. In the present work the ability of its analogue, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid to increase abiotic stress tolerance was demonstrated: it improved the drought tolerance of the winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cv. Cheyenne and the freezing tolerance of the spring wheat cv. Chinese Spring. Salicylic acid, however, reduced the freezing tolerance of Cheyenne and the drought tolerance of Chinese Spring, in spite of an increase in the guaiacol peroxidase and ascorbate peroxidase activity. The induction of cross tolerance between drought and freezing stress was observed: drought acclimation increased the freezing tolerance of Cheyenne plants and cold acclimation enhanced the drought tolerance. The induction of drought tolerance in Cheyenne was correlated with an increase in catalase activity.     

Differential expression of candidate genes for lignin biosynthesis under drought stress in maize leaves

In order to provide information for the development of molecular selection markers for drought tolerance improvement, the methods of prometric analysis, quantitative real-time PCR and field evaluation were employed for the identification of the differential expression of candidate genes under drought stress in maize. At seventeen, twenty-four and forty-eight hours of polyethylene glycol-simulated drought stress at the seventh leaf stage, leaf samples were collected from two drought-tolerant inbred lines for prometric analysis by two-dimensional electrophoresis and peptide mass fingerprinting. Fifty-eight proteins out of more than 500 were found in response to drought stress. Three drought-induced spots 2506, 3507 and 4506 showed sequence similarity with cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase, cytochrome protein 96A8 and S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthase, respectively. The expression of two key enzymes to lignin biosynthesis was quantified by quantitative real-time PCR among three drought-tolerant and one drought-sensitive inbred lines under drought stress and well-watered control conditions. After a decrease at the beginning of drought stress, the expression of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase and caffeateO-methyltransferase recovered at twenty-four hours of the drought stress in the three drought-tolerant lines, but not in the drought-sensitive lines. Leaf lignin content, anthesis-silking interval and grain weight per plant were investigated with six inbred lines of varying drought tolerance under drought stress and well-watered control. Drought tolerance coefficients of these three characters were calculated and the correlation coefficients among these drought tolerance coefficients were estimated. Significant difference in leaf lignin content was found among the inbred lines and in response to drought stress. Close correlations were observed between the drought tolerant coefficients for leaf lignin content and grain weight per plant, and between the drought tolerant coefficients for leaf lignin content and anthesis-silking interval. These results indicate that leaf lignin content is a useful index for evaluation of drought tolerance in maize. Molecular selection markers can be developed on the basis of differential expression of the candidate genes and applied to maize improvement for drought tolerance.     

内生真菌对植物抗旱性的影响

内生真菌广泛地存在于植物体内,它们在植物体内的生活不会对植物引起任何感病症状,而且内生真菌侵染对植物生长、生物和非生物胁迫抗性很好的促进作用,理解内生真菌在提高植物干旱胁迫耐受性方面的作用和机理对其在缓解植物干旱胁迫中的应用有重要意义。这篇综述介绍了植物内生真菌的多样性、对植物抗旱性的影响及其作用机理等方面的研究进展。内生真菌对植物抗旱性提高的机理包括:干旱耐受、干旱回避和干旱恢复。文中还对以后的研究进行了展望。     

Recent methods of drought stress tolerance in plants

In the climate change scenario the drought has been diagnosed as major stress affecting crop productivity. This review demonstrates some recent findings on the amelioration of drought stress. Nanoparticles, synthetic growth regulators viz. Trinexapac-ethyl, and Biochar addition helps to economize the water budget of plants, enhances the bioavailability of water and nutrients as well as overcomes drought induced osmotic and oxidative stresses. Besides ABA, SA and JA are also involved in inducing tolerance to drought stress through modulation of physiological and biochemical processes in plants. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) offer new opportunities in agricultural biotechnology. These beneficial microorganisms colonize the rhizosphere/endo-rhizosphere of plants and impart drought tolerance by improving root architechture, enhancing water use efficiency, producing exopolysaccharides, phytohormones viz, ABA, SA and IAA and volatile compounds. Further PGPR also play positive role in combating osmotic and oxidative stresses induced by drought stress through enhancing the accumulation of osmolytes, antioxidants and upregulation or down regulation of stress responsive genes. In transgenic plants stress inducible genes enhanced abiotic stress tolerance by encoding key enzymes regulating biosynthesis of compatible solutes. The role of genes/cDNAs encoding proteins involved in regulating other genes/proteins, signal transduction process and strategies to improve drought stress tolerance have also been discussed.     

Enhancing drought tolerance in C(4) crops

Adaptation to abiotic stresses is a quantitative trait controlled by many different genes. Enhancing the tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses such as drought has therefore proved to be somewhat elusive in terms of plant breeding. While many C(4) species have significant agronomic importance, most of the research effort on improving drought tolerance has focused on maize. Ideally, drought tolerance has to be achieved without penalties in yield potential. Possibilities for success in this regard are highlighted by studies on maize hybrids performed over the last 70 years that have demonstrated that yield potential and enhanced stress tolerance are associated traits. However, while our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that enable plants to tolerate drought has increased considerably in recent years, there have been relatively few applications of DNA marker technologies in practical C(4) breeding programmes for improved stress tolerance. Moreover, until recently, targeted approaches to drought tolerance have concentrated largely on shoot parameters, particularly those associated with photosynthesis and stay green phenotypes, rather than on root traits such as soil moisture capture for transpiration, root architecture, and improvement of effective use of water. These root traits are now increasingly considered as important targets for yield improvement in C(4) plants under drought stress. Similarly, the molecular mechanisms underpinning heterosis have considerable potential for exploitation in enhancing drought stress tolerance. While current evidence points to the crucial importance of root traits in drought tolerance in C(4) plants, shoot traits may also be important in maintaining high yields during drought.     

Changes in Germination and Seedling Traits of Sesame under Simulated Drought

Drought is considered one of the leading abiotic constraints to agricultural crop production globally. Present study was conducted to assess the effects of different drought treatments (viz. Control, 10% PEG, and 20% PEG) on seed germination, germination indices, seedling traits, and drought tolerance indices of sesame. Our results showed that maximum reduction in the studied parameters was observed at higher PEG concentration (i.e., 20% PEG). As compared to control, the drought treatments viz. 10% and 20% PEG decreased the values for germination indices, such as germination percentage, coefficient of variation of germination time, germination index, and seedling vigor index. Similarly, for seedling traits, the values were decreased for root length, shoot length, root shoot ratio, root fresh weight, shoot fresh weight, root dry weight and shoot dry weight under 10% and 20% PEG treatments significantly in comparison with control. Furthermore, relative to control, the values for drought tolerance indices, such as germination drought tolerance index, root length drought tolerance index, shoot length drought tolerance index, total seedling length drought tolerance index, root fresh weight drought tolerance index, shoot fresh weight drought tolerance index, total fresh weight drought tolerance index, root dry weight drought tolerance index, shoot dry weight drought tolerance index and total dry weight drought tolerance index were also reduced under 10% and 20% PEG treatments, respectively. Our results confirms that drought impact on seed germination and seedling traits could be quantified by using different indices which can further help to design drought adaptation and mitigation strategies. Based on these results it can be concluded that germination indices, seedling traits, and drought tolerance indices have great potential to simulate drought stress impacts on different crop traits thus they should be used in all kinds of stress related studies.