Salinity Effects on Water Potential Components and Bulk Elastic Modulus of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb

Pressure volume curves for Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. (alligator weed) grown in 0 to 400 millimolar NaCl were used to determine water potential (Ψ), osmotic potential (ψ_s), turgor potential (ψ_p) and the bulk elastic modulus (ε) of shoots at different tissue water contents. Values of ψ_s decreased with increasing salinity and tissue Ψ was always lower than rhizosphere Ψ. The relationship between ψ_p and tissue water content changed because ε increased with salinity. As a result, salt-stressed plants had larger ranges of positive turgor but smaller ranges of tissue water content over which ψ_p was positive. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such a salinity effect on ε in higher plants. These increases in ε with salinity provided a mechanism by which a large difference between plant Ψ and rhizosphere Ψ, the driving force for water uptake, could be produced with relatively little water loss by the plant. A time-course study of response after salinization to 400 millimolar NaCl showed Ψ was constant within 1 day, ψ_s and ψ_p continued to change for 2 to 4 days, and ε continued to change for 4 to 12 days. Changes in ε modified the capacity of alligator weed to maintain a positive water balance and consideration of such changes in other species of higher plants should improve our understanding of salt stress.     

水花生Actin基因片段的克隆及序列分析

肌动蛋白基因编码生物体内一种很重要的组成型表达蛋白质,常被看作看家基因。为分离水花生肌动蛋白基因,根据GenBank上一藜科植物的———Actin基因的EST序列,分别设计引物,提取水花生根的总RNA,对上述的基因片断进行RT—PCR,扩增后测序得到230bp长的核苷酸序列。经同源性比较,这条序列与上述藜科植物Actin的EST序列基本一致,表明获得了水花生肌动蛋白序列。     

Growth and Osmotic Adjustment of Cultured Suspension Cells from Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb After an Abrupt Increase in Salinity

We have developed a cell suspension culture from alligator weed(Alternanthera philoxeroides [Mart.] Griseb), a C₃ member ofthe Amaranthaceae. Intact plants of alligator weed can growat 400 mol m^–3 NaCl. Growth of alligator weed suspensionswas compared to growth of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv.Wisconsin 38) suspensions after subculture to 200 mol m^–3NaCl. Fresh weight and cell density of salt-treated alligatorweed suspensions more than doubled by 7 d after subculture,but the fresh weight of salt-treated tobacco suspensions didnot double during the 21 d experiment. Correspondingly, cellviability dropped from about 90% to 77% in alligator weed andto 41% in tobacco, at 1 d after subculture to 200 mol m^–3NaCl. The symplastic volume of alligator weed cells declined36% by 2 h after subculture to 200 mol m^–3 NaCl, but cellcontents became iso-osmotic with the media at this point. Between2 h and 6 h there was a further decrease in osmotic potential,an increase in turgor potential and a partial recovery of symplasticvolume. Turgor potential was similar to that in control cellsby 24 h, indicating significant osmotic adjustment. Turgor potentialsremained similar in both treatments from 24 h through 21 d butthe average symplastic volume of salt-treated cells was 11 %less than in control cells. Therefore, alligator weed suspensioncells exhibit a rapid recovery of water balance and cell growthafter an abrupt and substantial increase in salinity. Key words: Cell culture, growth, osmotic adjustment, salinity, turgor potential     

空心莲子草具有较强抗盐能力的原因初探

为了探讨空心莲子草(Alternantheraphiloxeroides(Mart.)Griseb)的抗盐机理,测定了盐胁迫条件下的空心莲子草和水稻中保护酶活性和渗透调节物质的变化。结果表明,在盐胁迫下,空心莲子草中的脯氨酸、甜菜碱以及SOD、POD等含量增加速度比水稻快,膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛的含量在两种植物中虽亦增加,但在空心莲子草叶中的增加幅度小于水稻。证明盐胁迫下保护酶活性和渗透调节物质含量的迅速增加是空心莲子草具有较强抗盐能力的重要生理学基础。     

空心莲子草茎的解剖结构对不同水湿生境的适应研究

研究了空心莲子草茎的解剖结构对水分变化的适应,这些空心莲子草生活在因水分差异而形成的3种生境类型中。对茎表蜡质层厚度、髓腔面积/髓部面积、厚角细胞层数、厚角细胞壁厚、韧皮纤维束数、韧皮纤维壁厚、导管束数、导管腔大小8个结构参数的分析结果表明:茎的全部结构参数随水分条件的变化都有显著或极显著的差异,其趋异程度的大小顺序是,导管腔大小>厚角细胞壁厚>蜡质层厚度>髓腔面积/髓面积>韧皮纤维细胞壁厚>韧皮纤维束数>厚角细胞层数>导管束数;水分变化对机械组织细胞壁结构影响较大,而对细胞数量的影响较小;茎的结构在旱生生境中变异较大,保证了它对不均一环境的适应;空心莲子草茎的结构既具有旱生性特点又具有水生性特点,其结构究竟朝哪个方向发展,取决于环境水分条件。从茎的结构上看,治理该种应以限制其导管腔和髓腔分化为主要手段。     

Control and spread of Alligator Weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb., in Australia: lessons for other regions

Biological control of alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. has been successful in limiting growth in water in areas with mild or warm winters, but not on land. Until recently, herbicides have had very limited short term and no long term effectiveness. Several herbicides that now provide better control include: glyphosate over water, and metsulfuron and dichlobenil on land and in shallow water. The latter two are limited by lack of selectivity, contamination of water, and cost. Mechanical or manual control has provided local eradication of the weed at a few locations where infestations were small. Alligator weed is still spreading with new outbreaks on New South Wales, Australia (NSW) coastal beach areas and coastal river systems, and on inland waterbodies. Its use as a cultivated vegetable by some ethnic communities has resulted in many new locations in all eastern Australia states: Queensland to Tasmania. It is predicted that it will spread throughout much of coastal and inland southern Australia. The difficulties with management of this weed indicate that every effort should be made to prevent further invasion of wetlands and, in particular, its introduction to Africa, where it is predicted that all wetlands could support destructive levels of alligator weed growth.     

盐胁迫对空心莲子草生长和光合作用的影响

用NaCl浓度为0(对照)、50、100、150、200、250、300、350mmol/L处理空心莲子草[Alternantheraphiloxeroides(Mart.)Griseb]。结果表明:盐胁迫下,植株鲜重、干重和根冠比都下降,含水量和肉质化程度先略高于对照,而后逐渐下降;根、茎和叶中Na 含量呈上升趋势,而K 含量呈下降趋势,且在同一浓度的盐处理下,叶的Na 和K 含量最高,茎的次之,根的最低;游离氨基酸(free amino acid,FAA)逐渐减少,脯氨酸(proline,Pro)含量先略低于对照,而后则急剧上升,可溶性糖含量(soluble sugar,SS)的变化正相反;净光合速率(net photosynthetic rate,Pn)、气孔导度(stomatal conductance,Gs)和蒸腾速率(transpirationrate,Tr)呈下降趋势,胞间CO2浓度(intercellular CO2concentration,Ci)呈上升趋势;膜稳定性呈下降趋势。因此,空心莲子草是一种盐生植物,且最适盐浓度较低;Na 主要积累在地上部的茎和叶中。推测它有可能向盐渍土壤蔓延。     

Solutes Involved in Osmotic Adjustment to Increasing Salinity in Suspension Cells of Alternanthera philoxeroides Griseb

Cell recovery from osmotic stress was studied in suspension cell cultures from Alternanthera philoxeroides [Mart.] Griseb. Changes in different classes of cellular solutes were measured after cells were transferred from 0 to 200 mM NaCl (high salt) to obtain an integrated picture of the solute pools involved in osmotic adjustment. By 2 h, cellular [Na⁺] and [Cl⁻] had increased several-fold, potentially accounting for the osmotic adjustment that produced a rapid recovery of cell turgor. There was a four-fold increase in the concentration of quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC) by 12 h and a slower increase for several days afterward. Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) is required for synthesis of glycine betaine, a QAC produced by a range of organisms in response to osmotic stress. Western-blot analysis for BADH suggested that glycine betaine was a significant component of the QAC solutes. The amount of BADH was generally similar at different sampling times for control and high salt cells, unlike previous reports of stimulation by osmotic stress in intact plants of some species. Between 3 and 7 days after cell transfer to high salt, other organic solutes increased in concentration and [Na⁺] and [Cl⁻] decreased. In A. philoxeroides, high [Na⁺] and [Cl⁻] produce rapid osmotic adjustment but organic solutes apparently replace these potentially harmful inorganic ions after the recovery of turgor.     

完全水淹条件下空心莲子草的生长、存活及出水后的恢复动态研究

为了判断入侵植物空心莲子草(Alternanthera philoxeroides)能否在河岸带的水淹环境中生存,实验研究了空心莲子草在30、60、90 d和120 d的完全水淹条件下的形态变化、生物量变化、存活及出水后的恢复生长状况.结果发现,空心莲子草在完全水淹条件下分枝的伸长生长加剧,并能快速产生新的叶片,但总生物量及地下部分生物量显著降低.空心莲子草在完全水淹处理后有很高的存活率,淹没120 d后存活率仍高达90%.水淹处理结束后,植株能够迅速地开始恢复生长,但恢复生长能力随着水淹持续时间的延长而逐渐降低.结果表明,空心莲子草有很强的水淹耐受能力,能够在江河河岸带生存,但在水淹持续时间较长的距水面较近的地段可能生长较差.     

空心莲子草口服治疗乳鼠流行性出血热病毒感染的研究

空心莲子草经口服治疗流行性出血热病毒（ＥＨＦＶ）感染的乳鼠。结果显示,５、７．５、１０．０ｍｇ三个剂量组的存活率各为８０％、７２．２％和４０．０％,平均存活天数（ＭＴＤ）为５６．５±０．９、５３．５±１．１和４１．５±２．７ｄ,而病毒对照组的存活率为０．０％,ＭＴＤ为２６．３±０．８ｄ,经该药治疗的感染鼠体内的ＥＨＦＶ抗原表达减少,而未经治疗的感染乳鼠体内的ＥＨＦＶ抗原则在全病程中都显示出较强的表述。治疗组抗病毒效果类似于病毒唑,且口服病毒唑毒性小。说明空心莲子草在体内对ＥＨＦＶ感染鼠有治疗作用。     

陆生生境中喜旱莲子草的生长模式

喜旱莲子草(Alternanthera philoxeroides)原产南美洲, 后被引入到北美洲、大洋洲、东南亚和中国等地, 成为一个世界性的外来入侵种。对喜旱莲子草陆生种群的有效控制一直是一个难题。本文中通过种植实验建立了陆生生境中喜旱莲子草主枝长、生物量、叶面积和斑块面积等的生长模型。结果表明: (1)喜旱莲子草的主枝长、生物量、叶面积和斑块面积等均表现为指数式生长, 其日增长率(%)分别为4.28、11.27、11.59和8.67。(2)喜旱莲子草的地上重(x)－地下根茎重(y)的异速生长指数b约为3/4(01), 即总重和叶面积相对于主枝长呈二次幂增长, 由此可进一步推出总重和叶面积与斑块面积成正比; 生物量－叶面积的异速生长指数b约为1, 为等速生长(b＝1), 即单位生物量所支持的叶面积不随植株大小的变化而变化(冠层恒定性)。其叶面积比为88.24 cm²/g, 比叶面积为287.97 cm²/g。通过本研究期望对喜旱莲子草陆生局域斑块的生长进行预测, 同时为进一步建立其控制模型提供基础数据, 为制定经济有效的控制对策提供科学依据。     

入侵种喜旱莲子草和莲子草的营养生长和光合作用对温度的响应

比较温度对入侵种喜旱莲子草(Alternantheraphiloxeroides(Mart.)Griseb.)和其本土近缘种莲子草(A.sessilis(L.)DC.)的营养生长、叶片光合作用及叶绿素荧光的影响。实验将生长均衡的这两种植物放在不同温度(10℃、15℃、20℃、25℃、30℃)的光照培养箱中处理28d。结果表明,喜旱莲子草营养生长的速率和对温度的响应明显不同于莲子草:前者主茎生长的有效积温明显低于后者,分别是11.6d℃和27.0d℃;而新叶萌发的有效积温高于后者,分别是12.1d℃和6.7d℃。入侵种主茎和叶的发育起点温度都比本土种低,分别是10.4℃、11.0℃和12.8℃、14.9℃,表明喜旱莲子草的发育对低温反应不及莲子草敏感。对两种植物叶片的光合作用和叶绿素荧光的测定结果还表明:入侵种比本土种有较高的最大净光合速率和光饱和点,尤其在25℃时;10-30℃的温度范围内喜旱莲子草的最大光化学效率Fv/Fm没有显著变化,而莲子草在10℃低温条件下Fv/Fm值显著降低。较快的主茎生长速率、较宽的温度适应范围以及较高的光合能力可能使喜旱莲子草比本地种具有更强的竞争力,从而在其入侵过程中起了重要作用。     

空心莲子草、大豆和向日葵叶组织K~+(~(86)Rb~+)的吸收和通量分析

空心莲子草叶片K~+吸收的K_m比大豆和向日葵的要高,但I_m都相近。空心莲子草根系的溢泌速率及溢泌液中K~+浓度都比大豆和向日葵的高。后两者的溢泌速率相近,但向日葵根系溢泌液中K~+浓度却高于大豆。 这三种植物叶组织K~+含量因液泡的含K~+量不同而有明显差别。而液泡含K~+量和K_cv/K_cv的比值相一致。     

携带空心莲子草DNA片段的水稻导入系耐旱生理研究

以8个导入了空心莲子草DNA的水稻导入系和2个对照品种(原受体6527和巴西陆稻)为材料,采用裂区试验设计,在干旱胁迫条件下测定其剑叶的超氧化物歧化酶、丙二醛、电导率、脯氨酸、叶绿素a、叶绿素b和总叶绿素含量等生理指标,并进行主成分分析和逐步回归分析.结果表明,导入系H8的产量、综合评价值和耐旱指数明显大于对照,其耐旱性强.主成分分析和最优回归方程分析均表明丙二醛、脯氨酸、叶绿素和电导率等对水稻耐旱性有显著影响,可作为水稻耐旱性生理评价的重要参考指标.     

铜胁迫对水花生生长及活性氧代谢的影响

采用水培实验,研究了不同浓度铜胁迫下水花生(Alternanthera philoxeroides)生长特性和体内生理特性的变化规律。结果表明：铜胁迫抑制植株正常生长;当铜浓度＜5mg·L^-1时,植物细胞内的SOD、POD和CAT酶活性均有所升高;当铜浓度＞5 mg·L^-1时,随着铜浓度增加,植株生长缓慢,生物量下降,叶片叶绿素含量下降,植物体内活性氧清除系统中的SOD、POD和CAT 3种酶的活性又逐渐下降,细胞膜透性增大和MDA含量高度积累,影响植物的正常生长代谢,且铜浓度为10 mg·L^-1时植株外观表现重度伤害。     

Effects of salinity on photosynthetic characteristics in photomixotrophic cell-suspension cultures from Alternanthera philoxeroides

We studied the effect of NaCl salinity on the development of cellular photosynthesis using a green, photomixotrophic, cell-suspension culture of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. For these cells, increasing the concentration of sucrose in the media produces a rapid drop in net photosynthetic rate, which recovers as sucrose is depleted from the media. This predictable recovery provides a simple system to examine cellular photosynthetic development. Cells, unadapted to high salinity, were transferred to nutrient media with 30 mM sucrose (Control) or nutrient media with 30 mM sucrose and 100 mM NaCl (Salt). A dramatic increase in the dark respiration rate of Control and Salt cells during the first 6 d of the experiment produced net oxygen consumption in the light. The high dark respiration rates during this period were accompanied by a decline in total Chl and the amounts of two photosynthetic proteins, the light harvesting Chl a/b binding protein of photosystem II (LHCP) and the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco SSU). The dark respiration rate of Salt cells was greater than that of Control cells on days 4–8. After day 4, dark respiration rates decreased and net photosynthesis increased to stable values in both treatments at day 11 after media sucrose concentration reached a minimum. As dark respiration rates decreased and net photosynthetic rates increased, total Chl and the amounts of LHCP and rubisco SSU increased in both Control and Salt cells. The slower development of photosynthetic capacity in salt cells was correlated with a fresh weight that was 20% lower than that of control cells at the end of the experiment.     

水淹对克隆植物空心莲子草种内关系的影响

为检验“水淹程度可以改变植物种内关系的类型和强度”的假说, 将克隆植物空心莲子草(Alternanthera philoxeroides)的3种不同密度的植株(每盆种植1、4或16株)置于4种不同的水淹处理下(水位分别为-20 (不水淹)、0、20或40 cm), 研究不同水淹程度对空心莲子草种内关系的影响。随着植株密度和水淹程度的增加, 空心莲子草的生长显著减慢, 但密度效应在不同的水淹处理下显著不同。在不发生水淹的情况下, 植株密度对生长的负面(竞争)效应最强; 在水位为0和20 cm的情况下, 植株密度对生长的效应仍为负面的, 但影响强度相对减小; 而在水位为40 cm的情况下, 空心莲子草植株的生物量随着植株密度的增大而倾向于增加。进一步分析相对邻体效应时发现, 随着水淹程度的增加, 相对邻体效应显著增加, 并且数值从负值(不水淹)逐渐变为正值(40 cm水位下)。这些结果支持胁迫梯度假说, 表明水淹可以影响植物的种内关系, 即随着水淹程度的增加, 植物种内竞争作用减弱, 而易化作用增强。     

干旱胁迫对空心莲子草抗氧化酶活性和组织学的影响

目的:空心莲子草是一种水旱两栖植物,对其抗旱性的研究越来越受到重视。初步探讨空心莲子草的抗旱机理,为进一步的分子生物学实验奠定基础。方法:采用干旱胁迫的方法,测定空心莲子草的根和叶中抗氧化酶类(SOD、POD、CAT等)的活性变化,并对其组织学的变化进行分析比较。结果:在干旱胁迫下,空心莲子草总抗氧化能力一直增大,抗氧化酶活性是先增大后减小。干旱胁迫下根中抗氧化酶的活性比叶中的活性要高,总抗氧化能力也较强。经组织学比较发现,干旱胁迫后根和叶的组织细胞变小,并有少量细胞坏死。结论:空心莲子草具有较强的抗旱性,表现在干旱胁迫时根和叶能合成大量的抗氧化酶以抵抗干旱胁迫给机体带来的伤害作用,并且总抗氧化能力一直处于较高的水平。     

Short- and Long-Term Effects of Salinity on Leaf Growth in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Addition of 50 mM NaCl to Oryza sativa L. had little effectupon the time of leaf initiation, but leaf mortality prior tothe normal phase of senescence was increased and the onset ofsenescence was advanced. There was no significant effect uponthe day-to-day pattern of growth, nor upon the ultimate length,of leaves that were developing at the time of, or shortly after,salinization with 50 mM NaCI. Leaves that developed after prolongedexposure of the plants to salinity were shorter. Addition ofNaCl, KC₁ or mannitol to the root medium brought about a cessationof leaf elongation within one minute. Growth at a reduced raterestarted abruptly after a lag period that depended upon theexternal concentration. Elongation rate recovered its originalvalue within 24 h after exposure to 50 mM NaCl, though not athigher concentrations. Addition of NaCl at concentrations upto 100 mM elicited no short-term effects upon photosyntheticgas exchange. Na uptake contributed to osmotic adjustment ofthe growing zone. When plants were rapidly exposed to 50 mMNaCl, no change in turgor pressure was detectable in the growingzone with the resolution of the miniature pressure probe used(about 70 kPa). It is concluded that the initial growth reductionin rice caused by salinization is due to a limitation of watersupply. A clear distinction is made between the initial effectsof low salinity which are recoverable and the long-term effectswhich result from the accumulation of salt within expanded leaves. Key words: Leaf elongation, gas exchange, photosynthesis, water relations