环境因子对奇异虉草和小子虉草种子萌发的影响

在室内条件下考察了环境因子温度、pH、盐分、土壤含水量以及种子埋深对外来入侵植物奇异虉草和小子虉草种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响,并与小麦进行对比研究.结果显示;(1)当温度为5℃、NaCl浓度为0.25 mol/L以及种子埋藏深度达到30 mm时,奇异虉草和小子虉草的种子完全不能萌发,而同等条件下小麦种子的发芽率分别依次为89.33%、53.33%和95.00%.(2)在pH 4.0～10.0和土壤含水量10.0%～25.0%条件下,奇异虉草和小子虉草的种子均能萌发;但pH在4.0和10.0以及土壤含水量低于15%时,其发芽率受到显著抑制;当土壤含水量为10%时奇异虉草和小子虉草的种子发芽率分别为19.33%和16.67%,而小麦种子的萌发完全受到抑制.(3)奇异虉草和小子虉草的幼苗最适生长环境为,温度25℃～30℃、pH为6.0～9.0、NaCl浓度0～0.05 mol/L以及种子埋藏深度为0～5 mm.研究表明温度、盐分和种子埋藏深度是影响奇异虉草和小子虉草种子萌发的关键因素,而偏碱性环境更有利于其种子萌发,其种子萌发对干旱胁迫的耐受性强于小麦.     

葎草水浸提物对外来入侵植物喜旱莲子草营养生长的影响

利用葎草地上和地下部分的水浸提物,对喜旱莲子草根茎的营养生长进行了室内生物测定,分析其形态和相应化感强度,以明确葎草对入侵植物喜旱莲子草营养生长的影响作用。结果表明:(1)与葎草地上部分相比,葎草地下部分浸提物对喜旱莲子草的化感抑制强度更明显。(2)葎草地下部分能够明显抑制喜旱莲子草的叶片大小,0.1mg/L浓度下能比对照组显著减少40.21%。(3)葎草地上部分和地下部分浸提物对喜旱莲子草无性系小株枝条的节数无明显影响,但是浸提物对其根茎的分蘖力均具有明显抑制作用。(4)与葎草地上部分相比,其地下部分浸提物能较强抑制喜旱莲子草无性系小株高度。研究发现,葎草水提物能有效抑制喜旱莲子草的营养生长,有可能作为生物替代材料对喜旱莲子草进行替代控制。     

外来杂草入侵的化学机制

由外来杂草入侵引发的严重生态和经济问题已倍受关注,外来杂草在新生境成功入侵,除了具备一些基本的生物生态学特征外,还应具备一些特有的入侵机制,阐明外来杂草的各种入侵机制可以为入侵杂草的预测和控制提供科学依据。外来杂草只有在新生境中与原产地生物种间的相互作用中取得优势,才能定植并扩增种群而成功入侵．在这些外来杂草和原产地生物种间的相互作用关系中,化学关系是不可忽视的方面．目前研究已经证实：植物的化感作用在外来杂草成功入侵中发挥着重要的作用．事实上,植物也可以通过合成和释放特定的化学物质防御或抑制新生境的动物、植物和微生物．外来杂草入侵的化学机制涉及到植物化学生态学的各个方面。因此,外来杂草的化学生态学特征应作为入侵种预测的重要指标之一,外来杂草入侵的化学机制应是今后重要的研究方向。     

芦苇浸提液对虉草种子萌发及幼苗生长生理特性的影响

通过研究不同浓度芦苇浸提液(对照:0;处理1:150g/L;处理2:300g/L)对虉草萌发及幼苗生长影响,揭示了芦苇对虉草化感效应。结果表明:随着芦苇浸提液浓度升高,虉草发芽率、发芽指数、株高、根长以及叶绿素含量显著或极显著下降,各指标相应化感效应指数则显著或极显著上升;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性和丙二醛(MDA)含量则随芦苇浸提液浓度升高呈不同的升降趋势。所有这些结果显示,随着浸提液浓度升高,芦苇对虉草的化感胁迫效应越来越明显。     

外来杂草加拿大一枝黄花对入侵地植物的化感效应

采用人工气候箱培养试验,初步研究了入侵杂草加拿大一枝黄花对本地植物的化感作用.测定了根系和根状茎的不同浓度浸提液对白三叶发芽率和幼苗生长的影响;不同播种密度下根系1:60提取浓度对白三叶种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响;根状茎1:60提取浓度对白三叶、红三叶、天蓝苜蓿、黑麦草、北美车前、鸡眼草、苇状羊茅、胜红蓟、马齿苋、碱蓬和刺苋的种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响.结果表明,加拿大一枝黄花根系和根状茎的化感抑制作用均随浓度的升高而增强,且根状茎提取物的抑制效应高于根系提取物的效应;在1:60低浓度根系浸提液作用下,不同密度的白三叶幼苗萌发率和幼根、幼芽长度差异不显著;1:60低浓度根状茎提取物对11个物种的种子萌发均有显著抑制作用,但对不同物种的抑制程度有差异,对禾本科植物的抑制作用大于非禾本科和豆科;1:60低浓度根状茎提取物对10个物种的幼根影响与对萌发率的影响相似,但在对幼芽的影响上,仅对鸡眼草、刺苋和苇状羊茅起抑制作用,而对其他植物无显著抑制(黑麦草、北美车前、胜红蓟、马齿苋和刺苋)或起促进作用(白三叶、红三叶、天蓝苜蓿).     

淹水胁迫对虉草幼苗生长和生理的影响

水深梯度是影响河湖水陆交错带植物生长发育和分布的关键生态因子。该研究以虉草幼苗为材料,利用双套盆法,设淹水梯度0、10、20、30、40、50 cm和全淹水以及对照(常规浇水)8个处理组,通过测定虉草的株高、叶片数、SPAD值、MDA含量、SOD、POD及CAT活性、可溶性蛋白含量指标,研究不同淹水深度下虉草的形态与生理特征变化。结果表明:经过36 d淹水胁迫后,(1)随淹水深度增加,虉草的生长速度变慢,叶片数减少,叶绿素相对含量降低。(2)随淹水时间的延长,各淹水组MDA含量不断上升;淹水0~30 cm深度,虉草SOD、POD不断上升,但CAT先升后降;淹水40~60 cm深度,虉草SOD、CAT不断上升,但POD先降后升。(3)可溶性蛋白含量虽随试验时间的延长不断上升,但淹水逆境不是控制虉草可溶性蛋白含量的关键因素。淹水胁迫会对虉草生长造成伤害,主要表现为生长速度减缓、膜脂过氧化程度加剧、抗氧化酶保护系统受到破坏、植株逐渐死亡。该研究结果为虉草资源的合理利用与开发提供了科学参考。     

红薯水提物对外来入侵植物喜旱莲子草生长的化感影响

从植物化感作用的角度,探索利用具有较高经济价值的本地植物或伴生的本地物种对入侵植物进行抑制和清除,是一种控制外来入侵植物行之有效的方法。本研究以本地作物红薯和入侵植物喜旱莲子草为试验对象,探究红薯不同部位(根、茎、叶)3个浓度(0.025、0.05、0.1 g·mL^-1)的水提物对喜旱莲子草的化感作用。以形态学指标(无性系小株个数、节数、叶片数、叶面积、株高、总干重和根数)、化感响应指数、性状比值(肉质化程度、根冠比、比叶面积、叶生物量比、茎生物量比、根生物量比)、新生叶片中过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)、丙二醛(MDA)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)等作为衡量红薯对喜旱莲子草根状茎生长影响程度的参数。结果表明: 1)不同浓度不同部位红薯水提物对喜旱莲子草生长有不同影响。0.1 g·mL^-1根水提物显著抑制所有形态学指标,除总干重和根数外,其他形态学指标均随不同部位水提物浓度的升高而显著降低。2)所有处理的综合化感响应指数均为负值,说明红薯水提物对喜旱莲子草各指标具有负效应,抑制其正常生长。在所有处理中,0.1 g·mL^-1根水提物的化感抑制作用最强,化感响应指数为-0.73,其次为0.1 g·mL^-1茎水提物和0.05 g·mL^-1根水提物,化感响应指数均为-0.44。3)从性状比值可以看出,红薯水提物对肉质化程度、根冠比、比叶面积和叶生物量比有显著抑制作用,而对茎生物量比和根生物量比无显著性影响。4)红薯水提物显著增加新生叶片中丙二醛含量,显著降低超氧化物歧化酶含量,但对过氧化氢酶和过氧化物酶无显著影响。表明红薯水提物对喜旱莲子草根状茎生长有显著抑制作用。     

鸡眼草水浸提液对4种草坪草的化感作用

为探讨鸡眼草(Kummerowia striata)不同部位、不同浓度水浸提液对高羊茅(Festuca arundinacea)、黑麦草(Lolium perenne)、狗牙根(Cynodon dactylon)、白三叶(Trifolium repens)等4种草坪草的化感效应和作用规律,采用培养皿纸床法,以蒸馏水为对照,研究鸡眼草剪碎的植株、未剪碎的植株、叶、茎、根、地上部分0.012 5、0.025、0.05 g/mL 3个不同浓度的水浸提液对高羊茅、黑麦草、狗牙根、白三叶的种子发芽率、发芽速率、幼根长、幼苗高的化感作用。结果表明,鸡眼草水浸提液对高羊茅、黑麦草、狗牙根、白三叶4种受体植物种子的萌发及幼苗生长均有较强的化感抑制作用,且对种子发芽率作用强弱顺序为:狗牙根白三叶黑麦草高羊茅,对种子发芽速率作用强弱顺序为:黑麦草高羊茅狗牙根白三叶,对幼苗苗高作用强弱顺序为:黑麦草白三叶狗牙根高羊茅,对幼苗根长作用强弱顺序为:白三叶黑麦草狗牙根高羊茅。对4种受体植物的综合化感效应以高羊茅最弱,黑麦草、狗牙根、白三叶较为相近。4种受体植物所受到的抑制作用均随着水浸提液浓度的增加而增强,在同一浓度不同部位水浸提液处理下,叶、整株(剪碎)水浸提液对4种受体植物抑制作用比根、茎、整株(未剪碎)及地上部分水浸提液强。高羊茅、黑麦草、狗牙根3种草坪草受0.05 g/mL鸡眼草叶水浸提液的化感抑制作用最强,白三叶则受0.05 g/mL鸡眼草整株(剪碎)水浸提液的化感抑制作用最强。     

外来入侵杂草假高梁的化感潜力

利用种子萌发和幼苗生长的生测方法研究了假高粱(Sorghum halepense(L.)Pers.)对3种农作物小麦、玉米和棉花的化感潜力,并进行化感作用的评价.结果表明:假高粱能够抑制作物种子萌发和幼苗生长,其化感作用强度随浓度升高而增强,随时间而降低;其中对小麦种子萌发率在第3天时0.1 g·ml-1浓度下抑制强度达40.4%,第20天时相同浓度下已经丧失化感活性;第3天和第10天时对作物幼苗生长有抑制作用,第20天时对3种作物幼苗生长均无影响;假高梁的化感潜力可能是其成功入侵的原因之一.     

入侵植物野胡萝卜浸提液对4种草坪草的化感效应

【目的】明确入侵植物野胡萝卜水浸提液对4种草坪草的化感效应。【方法】采用培养皿滤纸法,观察记录不同浓度(0、10、20、30、40 g·L^-1)的野胡萝卜根、茎、叶水浸提液对4种草坪草种子萌发的影响,根据化感综合效应指数分析野胡萝卜水浸提液的化感作用。【结果】野胡萝卜不同部位浸提液对受体种子的发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数、活力指数、根长和芽长均有一定的影响。化感综合效应指数表明,随着野胡萝卜浸提液浓度的增加,对白三叶、黑麦草、翦股颖的化感抑制作用均增强,对高羊茅的化感作用表现为“低促高抑”的双重效应。4种草坪草的耐受强弱顺序为:高羊茅＞黑麦草＞翦股颖＞白三叶;野胡萝卜叶浸提液对4种草坪草的化感作用强于根和茎。【结论】入侵植物野胡萝卜浸提液对4种草坪草的化感效应较为显著,在入侵严重地区,可选用耐受力强的草坪草建坪。     

Virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains with Brassica napus and Brassica juncea

Summary Brassica napus and Brassica juncea were infected with a number of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains. Tumourigenesis was very rapid and extremely efficient on B. juncea with all but one of the strains. Tumourigenesis on B. napus varied widely. It was very efficient with the nopaline strains, was reduced with the succinamopine strain A281 and was very weak with the octopine strains. The latter observation was confirmed with six different B. napus rapeseed cultivars. The selectivity was due to differences in the virulence of Ti plasmids with B. napus, rather than the tumourigenicity of the T-DNA or virulence of the chromosomal genes associated with the strains. An exception was strain LBA4404. The virulence of the octopine strains was increased by coinfection with more virulent disarmed strains and by induction with acetosyringone.     

Relationship between Soil Nitrate Content and Activities of NADH: and NAD(P)H:Nitrate Reductases in Indian Mustard

The pattern of NADH- and NAD(P)H-specific nitrate reductase (NRs) activities in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern. and Coss.) was monitored throughout growth stages. NAD(P)H:NR (EC 1.6.6.2) activity was maximum at early stages of growth (30 days after sowing, DAS), then declined gradually reaching to almost zero at 90 DAS. Contrary to this, NADH:NR (EC 1.6.6.1) activity was low at 30 DAS, then gradually increased till 90 DAS and thereafter, it became constant. The decrease in NAD(P)H:NR activity and increase in the NADH:NR activity were associated with the seasonal decrease in nitrate content in the soil. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Production of interspecific somatic hybrids between tuber mustard (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica</Emphasis><Emphasis Type="Italic">juncea</Emphasis>) and red cabbage (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica oleracea</Emphasis>)

In the present investigation, the interspecific somatic hybridization between tuber mustard and red cabbage was established in order to introduce valuable genes from red cabbage (Brassica oleracea) into Brassica juncea. Prior to fusion treatment, protoplasts of red cabbage were inactivated with 2 mM iodoacetamide to inhibit cell division. Micro-calluses were obtained at a frequency of 10.3% after approximately 5 weeks culture following protoplast fusion. Some of the fusion-derived calluses possessed red pigmented cells after being transferred to proliferation medium, and they were presumably considered to be somatic hybrid cell lines. Plantlets were regenerated from 12 cell lines, of which nine plantlets exhibited characteristics intermediate of both parents in terms of plant morphology. With the exception of common protein bands featured by two parents, there were unique banding patterns produced in the hybrids by using SDS-PAGE analysis. By chromosome countings, it was showed that they ranged approximately from 2n=30 to 42 in chromosome numbers. Their hybridity were further confirmed by RAPD analysis revealing that genes of both parents were partially incorporated into the hybrids. Positively, all these hybrids were capable of seed-setting. The pod-setting was 4.2 in somatic hybrid H₇ when backcrossed with tuber mustard.     

Putrescine Effect on Nitrate Reductase Activity, Organic Nitrogen, Protein, and Growth in Heavy Metal and Salinity Stressed Mustard Seedlings

Putrescine effect on nitrate reductase activity, organic nitrogen and protein contents, and plant growth under Cd or Pb (0.1 – 2 mM) and salinity (5 and 100 mM NaCl) stresses was examined in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. cv. RH-30) seedlings. Cd or Pb and salinity inhibited nitrate reductase activity and decreased organic nitrogen and protein contents in leaf tissue. The increased nitrate reductase activity induced by putrescine was correlated with increased organic nitrogen and protein contents and growth of plants.     

The use of haploidy to develop plants that express several recessive traits using light-seeded canola (Brassica napus) as an example

Summary The use of haploidy to introgress recessive traits into Brassica napus canola is illustrated by describing the properties of doubled haploids obtained by microspore culture from crosses between a yellow-seeded rapeseed line (low erucic acid, high glucosinolate) and black-seeded canola. Of the 99 doubled haploid lines that were produced, 3 were yellow-seeded canola lines. This result was not significantly different than the predicted frequency of 1 in 64 for the homozygous recessive phenotype in a doubled haploid population segregating for six recessive genes. Thus, the study supports previous models of inheritance determined for yellow seededness and glucosinolate content in Brassica napus. Also, since the chances of obtaining a plant with the same characteristics in a F₂ population are 1 in 4,096, the underscore results the advantages of using haploidy to introgress recessive traits into Brassica napus canola.     

The genetics of adult-plant blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) resistance from Brassica juncea in B. napus

The genetic control of adult-plant blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) resistance in a Brassica napus line (579NO48-109-DG-1589), designated R13 possessing Brassica juncea-like resistance (JR), was elucidated by the analysis of segregation ratios in F₂ and F₃ populations from a cross between R13 and the highly blackleg-susceptible B. napus cultivar Tower. The F₂ segregration ratios were bimodal, demonstrating that blackleg resistance in R13 was controlled by major genes. Analysis of the segregation ratios for 13 F₃ families indicated that blackleg resistance in these families was controlled by three nuclear genes, which exhibited a complex interaction. Randomly sampled plants of F₃ progeny all had the normal diploid somatic chromosome number for B. napus. The similarities between the action of the three genes found in this study with those controlling blackleg resistance in B. juncea is discussed.     

MITE转座子在不同甘蓝型油菜品种中的多态性研究

微型反向重复转座因子(MITE)在真核生物基因组中普遍存在,其活动能够在物种内形成丰富的多态性,在基因组进化和基因调控中均发挥重要作用。该研究利用286对不同MITE家族侧翼序列筛选的特异引物,对101个中国油菜、27个加拿大油菜和29个合成油菜品系(共157个品系)的基因组DNA进行多态性研究,以明确MITE家族的插入/缺失多态性以及在不同油菜品种之间插入的遗传多样性,进而探讨他们之间的亲缘关系。结果显示：(1)286对引物中筛选出60对条带清晰重复性高的多态性引物,多态性比例21.0%;其中Stowaway like家族和Tourist like家族特异引物的多态性比例分别为24.6%和20.0%。(2)PCR扩增结果显示,60对多态性引物对中国、加拿大、合成油菜品系的基因组DNA分别扩增出4 029、1 044、1 087条清晰可辨的条带。(3)UPGMA聚类显示,中国油菜品种间遗传相似系数在0.59~0.95,加拿大油菜品种间遗传相似系数在0.73~0.95;合成油菜品种间遗传相似系数值在0.64~0.93。研究表明,MITE在基因组中大量随机插入,形成种内丰富的多态性,利用MITE家族引物检测不同地区的油菜种质资源的多态性,可为油菜的育种找到许多尚未被开发的遗传变异。     

Intersubgenomic heterosis in seed yield potential observed in a new type of Brassica napus introgressed with partial Brassica rapa genome

This paper reports the observation on the intersubgenomic heterosis for seed yield among hybrids between natural Brassica napus (AⁿAⁿCⁿCⁿ) and a new type of B. napus with introgressions of genomic components of Brassica rapa (A^rA^r). This B. napus was selected from the progeny of B. napus × B. rapa and (B. napus × B. rapa) × B. rapa based on extensive phenotypic and cytological observation. Among the 129 studied partial intersubgenomic hybrids, which were obtained by randomly crossing 13 lines of the new type of B. napus in F₃ or BC₁F₃ to 27 cultivars of B. napus from different regions as tester lines, about 90% of combinations exceeded the yield of their respective tester lines, whereas about 75% and 25% of combinations surpassed two elite Chinese cultivars, respectively. This strong heterosis was further confirmed by reevaluating 2 out of the 129 combinations in a successive year and by surveying hybrids between 20 lines of the new type of B. napus in BC₁F₅ and its parental B. napus in two locations. Some DNA segments from B. rapa were identified with significant effects on seed yield and yield components of the new type of B. napus in BC₁F₅ and intersubgenomic hybrids in positive or negative direction. It seems that the genomic components introgressed from B. rapa contributed to improvement of seed yield of rapeseed.     

Antioxidant defense system in leaves of Indian mustard (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica juncea</Emphasis>) and rape (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica napus</Emphasis>) under cadmium stress

Plant species capable of hyper-accumulating heavy metals are of considerable interest for phytoremediation, and differ in their ability to accumulate metals from environment. Using two brassica species (Brassica juncea and Brassica napus), nutrient solution experiments were conducted to study variation in tolerance to cadmium (Cd) toxicity based on (1) lipid peroxidation and (2) changes in antioxidative defense system in leaves of both plants (i.e., superoxide dismutase (SOD EC 1.15.1.1), catalase (CAT EC 1.11.1.6), ascorbate peroxidase (APX EC 1.11.1.11), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX EC 1.11.1.7), glutathione reductase (GR EC 1.6.4.2), levels of phytochelatins (PCs), non-protein thiols (NP-SH), and glutathione. Plants were grown in nutrient solution under controlled environmental conditions, and subjected to increasing concentrations of Cd (0, 10, 25 and 50 μM) for 15 days. Results showed marked differences between both species. Brassica napus under Cd stress exhibited increased level of lipid peroxidation, as was evidenced by the increased malondialdehyde (MDA) content in leaves. However, in Brassica juncea treated plants, MDA content remained unchanged. In Brassica napus, with the exception of GPX, activity levels of some antioxidant enzymes involved in detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS), including SOD, CAT, GR, and APX, decreased drastically at high Cd concentrations. By contrast, in leaves of Brassica juncea treated plants, there was either only slight or no change in the activities of the antioxidative enzymes. Analysis of the profile of anionic isoenzymes of GPX revealed qualitative changes occurring during Cd exposure for both species. Moreover, levels of NP-SH and PCs, monitored as metal detoxifying responses, were much increased in leaves of Brassica juncea by increasing Cd supply, but did not change in Brassica napus. These results indicate that Brassica juncea plants possess the greater potential for Cd accumulation and tolerance than Brassica napus.