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Investigations of Carbon Transport in Plants: II. THE EFFECTS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND SINK ACTIVITY ON TRANSLOCATION 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The use of 11C as a tracer has allowed repetitive measurementsof the speed of assimilate translocation to be made on singlemaize plants throughout prolonged periods of light and darkness.The speed appeared to double when the light was switched on.The time required to achieve a maximum speed, usually about3·5 cm min1, depended on the duration of the previousdark period. When the plant was transferred to darkness thespeed immediately decreased by about 20 per cent and continuedto decrease over the next 20 h to values of 0·5 to 0·9cm min1. The mean speed of translocation in tomato in the light, andother C3 plants, was usually about 1 cm min1. It wasreduced by 1530 per cent when the fruit was removed orcooled from 26 to 10°C. 相似文献
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Dillon PF Root-Bernstein RS Lieder CM 《American journal of physiology. Cell physiology》2006,291(5):C977-C984
Ascorbate has previously been shown to enhance both 1- and 2-adrenergic activity. This activity is mediated by ascorbate binding to the extracellular domain of the adrenergic receptor, which also decreases the oxidation rate of ascorbate. H1 histamine receptors have extracellular agonist or ascorbate binding sites with strong similarities to 1- and 2-adrenergic receptors. Physiological concentrations of ascorbate (50 µM) significantly enhanced histamine contractions of rabbit aorta on the lower half of the histamine dose-response curve, increasing contractions of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 µM histamine by two- to threefold. Increases in ascorbate concentration significantly enhanced 0.2 µM histamine (5500 µM ascorbate) and 0.3 µM histamine (15500 µM ascorbate) in a dose-dependent manner. Histamine does not measurably oxidize over 20 h in oxygenated PSS at 37°C. Thus the ascorbate enhancement is independent of ascorbate's antioxidant effects. Ascorbate in solution oxidizes rapidly. Transfected histamine receptor membrane suspension with protein concentration at >3.1 µg/ml (56 nM maximum histamine receptor) decreases the oxidation rate of 392 µM ascorbate, and virtually no ascorbate oxidation occurs at >0.0004 mol histamine receptor/mol ascorbate. Histamine receptor membrane had an initial ascorbate oxidation inhibition rate of 0.094 min·µg protein1·ml1, compared with rates for transfected ANG II membrane (0.055 min·µg protein1·ml1), untransfected membrane (0.052 min·µg protein1·ml1), creatine kinase (0.0082 min·µg protein1·ml1), keyhole limpet hemocyanin (0.00092 min·µg protein1·ml1), and osmotically lysed aortic rings (0.00057 min·µg wet weight1·ml1). Ascorbate enhancement of seven-transmembrane-spanning membrane receptor activity occurs in both adrenergic and histaminergic receptors. These receptors may play a significant role in maintaining extracellular ascorbate in a reduced state. molecular complementarity; vitamin C; seven-transmembrane-spanning membrane receptors 相似文献
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Potassium transport has been studied in the marine euryhalinealga, Enteromorpha intestimlis cultured in seawater and in low-salinitymedium (Artificial Cape Banks Spring Water, ACBSW; 25·5mol m3 Cl, 20·4 mol m3 Na+, 0·5mol m3 K+). K+ fluxes were measured using 42K+ and 86Rb+although 86Rb+ does not act as an efficient K+ analogue in thisplant. 42K+ experiments on seawater plants typically exhibiteda single protoplasmic exchange phase whereas 86Rb+ exhibitedtwo exchange phases. Compartmental analysis of 86Rb+ effluxexperiments on seawater-grown Enteromorpha plants were usedto deduce the intracellular partition of K+ between the cytoplasm(279±38 mMolal) and vacuole (405±68 mMolal). Theplasmalemma K+ flux in plants in seawater was greater in thelight than in the dark (563±108 nmol m2 s1versus 389±66·7 nmol m2 s1). Inlow-salinity plants, separate cytoplasmic and vacuolar exchangephases were apparent. Analysis of 42K+ efflux experiments onlow-salinity plants yielded a cytoplasmic K+ of 222±38mMolal and a vacuolar K+ of 82±11 mMolal. The plasmalemmaand tonoplast flux was 23±4·5 nmol m2 s1. The Nernst equation showed that, although K+ was close to electrochemicalequilibrium, active accumulation of K+ across the plasmalemmaoccurred in plants in seawater and ACBSW both in the light anddark. K+ was also actively transported inwards across the tonoplastin low-salinity plants. The electrochemical potential for K+across the plasmalemma ranged from 2·41±0·60kJ mol1 in plants grown in seawater in the light to 5·79±0·87kJ mol1 for plants in ACBSW in the light. Although K+is close to electrochemical equilibrium, the flux of K+ in plantsin both seawater and ACBSW media is high, hence the power consumptionof K+ transport is high. The permeability of K+ (PK+) was significantlyhigher in the light than in the dark in plants in seawater (about7·0 versus 2·5 nm s1) but in plants inlow-salinity (ACBSW) medium the permeability was independentof light (about 12 nm s1). The energy requirements ofactive K+ transport by ATP-dependent pumps is discussed. Key words: Enteromorpha, Potassium transport, Ionic relations, Saltwater, Low salinity, Thermodynamics 相似文献
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Ecological studies on the phytoplankton of Boknafjorden, western Norway. II. Environmental control of photosynthesis 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Both predicted (incubator) and measured (in situ) 14C-assimilationrates were studied from February to November 1981 at three stationsin Boknafjorden, a deep silled fjord of western Norway. Sampleswere taken from different light depths within the euphotic zone.A high degree of conformity was found between the two approaches.Daily values of carbon assimilation integrated over the euphoticzone varied between 0.05 and 1.4 g C m2. Yearly primaryproduction varied between stations from 82 to 112 g C m2(120148 g C m2 when based on average light conditions).The light-saturation curve parameters B and PBmax ranged from0.0056 to 0.0537 mg C mg Chla1 h1 µE1m2 and from 0.7 to 8.5 mg C mg Chla1 h2 (in situassimilation numbers ranged from 0.9 to 9.3 mg C mg Chla1h1) respectively, which compare well with those publishedfrom the northwestern side of the Atlantic. The overall importanceof light in controlling photosynthesis throughout the year wasrevealed by the light utilization index , estimated to be 0.43mg C mg Chla1 E1 m2. The maximum quantum yieldwas encountered on August 17, with 0.089 mol CE1. Chla/Cratios above and below 0.010 were found to be typical for shade-and light-adapted cells respectively. Assimilation numbers andgrowth rates were linearly related only when considering light-adaptedcells. Consistent with the findings of this study, the applicabilityof IK, B and PBmax as indicators of light-shade adaptation propertiesshould be questioned. Maximum growth rates were encounteredduring an autumn bloom of the dinoflagellate Gyrodinium aureolum(1.0 doublings day1), while 0.70.8 doublings day1were found for a winter bloom (water temperature of 2°C)of the diatom Skeletonema costatum. No unambiguous temperatureeffect on assimilation number and growth of phytoplankton couldbe recognized in Boknafjorden. A tendency towards increasedassimilation numbers coinciding with increased water columnstability was revealed. The highest PBmax values were oftenencountered at almost undetectable nutrient concentrations.At least during summer this could be attributed to recyclingof nutrients by macro- and/or microzooplankton, responsiblefor a greater part of the primary production now being grazeddown. This study supports the convention that the depth of theeuphotic zone may extend considerably below the 1% light depth. 相似文献
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Short-day photoperiods can increase the partitioning of assimilatesto filling seeds of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.), resultingin higher seed growth rates. The plant growth substance ABAhas been implicated in the regulation of assimilate transferwithin filling soybean seeds. Thus, we hypothesized that anincreased concentration of endogenous ABA in seeds may enhancesucrose accumulation and seed growth rate of soybeans exposedto short-day photoperiods. Plants of cv. Hood 75 were grownin a greenhouse under an 8-h short-day photoperiod (SD) until11 d after anthesis (DAA) of the first flower, when half ofthe plants were transferred to a night-interruption (NI) treatment(3 h of low-intensity light inserted into the middle of thedark period). Plants remaining in SD throughout seed developmenthad seed growth rates 43% higher than that of plants shiftedto NI (7·6 mg seed1 d1 vs. 5·3 mgseed1 d1). On a tissue-water basis, the concentrationof ABA in SD seeds increased rapidly from 7.6 µmol l1at 11 DAA to 65·2 µmol l1 at 18 DAA, butthen declined to 6·6 µmol l1 by 39 DAA.In contrast, the concentration of ABA increased more slowlyin NI seeds, reaching only 47·4 µmol l1by 18 DAA, peaking at 57·0 µmol l1 on 25DAA, and declining to 10·2 µmol l1 by 39DAA. The concentration of sucrose in SD embryos peaked at 73·5mmol l1 on 25 DAA and remained relatively constant forthe remainder of the seed-filling period. In NI, the concentrationof sucrose reached only 38·3 mmol 11 by 25 DAA,and peaked at 61·5 µmol l1 on 32 DAA. Thusin both SD and NI, sucrose accumulated in embryos only afterthe peak in ABA concentration, suggesting that ABA may havestimulated sucrose movement to the seeds. The earlier accumulationof ABA and sucrose in SD suggests that ABA may have increasedassimilate availability during the critical cell-division period,thus regulating cotyledon cell number and subsequent seed growthrate for the remainder of the seed-filling period. Glycine max L. Merr. cv. Hood 75, soybean, assimilate partitioning, abscisic acid, photoperiod, source-sink 相似文献
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Measuring the Canopy Net Photosynthesis of Glasshouse Crops 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
HAND D. W.; CLARK G.; HANNAH M.A; THORNLEY J. H. M.; WILSON J. WARREN 《Journal of experimental botany》1992,43(3):375-381
A null balance method is described for measuring net photosynthesisof mature canopies of cucumber and other protected crops overperiods of 10 min in a single-span glasshouse (c. 9m x 18m inarea). Accuracy of control of the CO2 concentration in the greenhouseatmosphere is within ±10 vpm of the normal ambient level(c. 350 vpm). The amounts of CO2 used in canopy net photosynthesisare measured with linear mass flowmeters accurate to within±0.80g. The total errors incurred in measuring canopynet photosynthesis at an ambient CO2 level are estimated tobe of the order of ± 1·2% in bright light (350W m2, PAR)and ±3·6% in dull light (100W m2, PAR). Measurements of the rates of net photosynthesis of a maturecanopy of a cucumber crop were made at near-ambient CO2 concentrationsover a range (0350 W m2) of natural light fluxdensities. A model of light absorption and photosynthesis applicableto row crops was used to obtain a net photosynthesis versuslight response curve for the cucumber crop. At a light fluxdensity of 350 W m2 the fitted value of canopy net photosynthesiswas 2.65 mg CO2 m2s1 (equivalent to over 95 kgCO2 ha1h1). The results are discussed in relationto the need for CO2 supplements to avoid depletion in both ventilatedand unventilated glasshouses during late spring and summer. Key words: Glasshouse crops, cucumber, measurement, canopy photosynthesis, light, CO2 相似文献
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The purpose of the investigation is the determination of thevolumes and numbers of cells of the meristematic dome and ofeach of the first 7 primordia and internodes at the apex ofthe shoot of Lupinui albus. This system occupies a zone whichis about 0·4 mm. in length. Techniques are describedfor dissecting the region in which the observations are made,for determining the numbers of cells and the volumes of theseveral fragments. From the number of cells and the volume ofeach fragment an average cell volume it calculated. It is shown that in the midphase of the plastochron the domecontains 3,500 cells and has a volume of 1·6 x103mm.3,the first primordium contains 1,630 cells and has a volume of0·38 x103 mm.3, and the first intemode containsabout 700 cells and has a volume of about 1·4 x103mm3The number of cells and the volume of the primordium increaseexponentially with increasing plastochron age, and the seventhprimordium contains 26,000 cells and has a volume of 20·9x 103mm3 The seventh intemode contains about 5,000 cellsand has a volume of 8·6x103mm3 The average cell volume in the dome is 4·7 x 107mm.3in the first primorndium it is 2·3 x 107mm.3 andin the first internode it is 20·9x 107mm.3 Inthe seventh primordium the average cell volume increases to7·9 x 107mm.3 In the internodes there is little,if. any, change in cell volume from the first to the seventhof the series. The significance of these changes is discussed. 相似文献
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Export, Mobilization, and Respiration of Assimilates in Uniculm Barley during Light and Darkness 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
GORDON A. J.; RYLE G. J. A.; POWELL C. E.; MITCHELL D. 《Journal of experimental botany》1980,31(2):461-473
The respiratory losses and the pattern of carbon supply froma leaf of unicuim barley were examined during a complete diurnalperiod using a steady state 14C-labelling technique. After a delay of c. 1 h a portion of the 14C exported from acontinuously assimilating leaf was lost in respiration in thelight. This respiratory loss amounted to c. 20% of the total14C fixed. A further 28% of the total 14C fixed was respiredduring the dark period. In the light, carbon was fixed at a rate of c. 8·9 mgC dm2 h1 and exported from the leaf at c. 5·3mg C dm2 h1. Dark export averaged c. 31% of theday-time rate. Carbohydrate was stored in the leaf during the day and was almostcompletely remobilized during the dark. Sucrose, the major reservecarbohydrate, was exported first whilst the starch level remainedconstant. After some 9 h of darkness, sucrose declined to alow level and starch remobilization began. 相似文献
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Azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AZC), which occurs naturally inLiliaceous plants, is reported to be a proline (pro) analoguePlant cell walls contain extensin, which is richin hydroxyproline (hyp). Peptidyl hyp arises through hydroxylationof peptidyl pro followed by glycosylation (arabinose attachment)of hyp Because AZC replaces peptidyl prolyl residues, it maybe a useful tool for evaluating the significance of hyp-o-arabinoselinkages in cell elongation. Therefore, we determined the effectof AZC on [14C]pro uptake, incorporation and conversion to wall-bound[14C]hyp in relation to elongation of lily pollen tubes whosewalls consist, in part, of hyp-containing glycopeptides TheAZC suppressed pollen germination 942 per cent (110mM) and subsequent tube elongation 4054 per cent (0·11mM without affecting respiration In contrast, similar hyp concentrationswere without effect on tube elongation Whereas uptake of [14C]prowas 16·56·2 per cent of the control at0·11 mM AZC, [14C]leucine uptake was 8525per cent of the control. Light microscope radioautography revealedfewer silver grains over tubes elongated in 0·11mM AZC than in its absence. Incorporation of [14C]pro into tnchloroaceticacid (TCA)-precipitable cytoplasm was reduced by only 10 percent at 0·011 mM but 43 per cent at 10 mM AZCGel filtration of cytoplasm from pollen germinated without AZCbut with [14C]pro resulted in labelled void volume (V) and threeretarded peaks (RIIII) Incorporation into V and RI wasinhibited at both 0·01 and 1 mM AZC These AZC concentrationsreduced conversion of [14C]pro to wall-bound hyp by 20 percent However, total incorporation of [14C]pro into salt-water-purifiedwall fractions was suppressed 4753 per cent (0·11mM AZC). Lilium longiflorum, lily, hydroxyproline, proline, azetidine-2-carboxylic acid, pollen, pollen tube elongation 相似文献
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Density and distribution of bacterioplankton and planktonic ciliates in the Bering Sea and North Pacific 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The total number of planktonic bacteria in the upper mixed layerof the Bering Sea during the late spring-early summer periodranged between 1 and {small tilde}4 x 106 ml1 (biomass1040mg C m3). In the northern Pacific, along 47526N,the corresponding characteristics of the bacterioplankton densityin the upper mixed water layer were: total number 12x 106 cells ml1 and biomass 1546mg C m3Below the thermocline at 50100 m, the density of bacterioplanktonrapidly decreased. At 300 m depth, it stabilized at 0.10.2x 106 cells ml1. The integrated biomass of bacterioplanktonin the open Bering Sea ranged between 1.2 and 3.6 g C m2(wet biomass 618 g m2) Its production per dayvaried from 2 to 23 mg C m3 days1 in the upper0100 m. The numerical abundance of planktonic ciliatesin this layer was estimated to be from 3 to l0 x 103 cells l1,and in the northern Pacific from 0.4 to 4.5 x 103 l2.Their populations were dominated by naked forms of Strombidium,Strombilidium and Tontonia. In some shelf areas, up to 40% ofthe total ciliate population was represented by the symbioticciliate Mesodinium rubrum. The data on the integrated biomassof basic groups of planktonic microheterotrophs are also presented,and their importance in the trophic relationships in pelagiccommunities of subarctic seas is discussed. 相似文献
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CLIFFORD S. C.; STRONACH I. M.; MOHAMED A. D.; AZAM-ALI S. N.; CROUT N. M. J. 《Journal of experimental botany》1993,44(12):1763-1770
Stands of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), a C3 legume, weregrown in controlled-environment glasshouses at 28 °C (±5°C)under two levels of atmospheric CO2 (350 ppmv or 700 ppmv) andtwo levels of soil moisture (irrigated weekly or no water from35 d after sowing). Elevated CO2 increased the maximum rate of net photosynthesisby up to 40%, with an increase in conversion coefficient forintercepted radiation of 30% (from 166 to 216g MJ1) in well-irrigated conditions, and 94% (from 064to 1·24 g MJ1) on a drying soil profile. In plantswell supplied with water, elevated CO2 increased dry matteraccumulation by 16% (from 13·79 to 16·03 t 1) and pod yield by 25% (from 2·7 to 3·4t ha1).However, the harvest index (total poddry weight/above-grounddry weight) was unaffected by CO2 treatment. The beneficial effects of elevated CO2 were enhanced under severewater stress, dry matter production increased by 112% (from4·13 to 8·87 t ha1) and a pod yield of1·34t ha1 was obtained in elevated CO2, whereascomparable plotsat 350 ppmv CO2 only yielded 0·22 t ha-1.There was a corresponding decrease in harvest index from 0·15to 0·05. Following the withholding of irrigation, plants growing on astored soil water profile in elevated CO2 could maintain significantlyless negative leaf water potentials (P<0·01) for theremainder of the season than comparable plants grown in ambientCO2, allowing prolonged plant activity during drought. In plants which were well supplied with water, allocation ofdry matter between leaves, stems, roots, and pods was similarin both CO2 treatments. On a drying soil profile, allocationin plants grown in 350 ppmv CO2 changed in favour of root developmentfar earlier in the season than plants grown at 700 ppmv CO2,indicating that severe waterstress was reached earlier at 350ppmv CO2. The primary effects of elevated CO2 on growth and yield of groundnutstands weremediated by an increase in the conversion coefficientfor intercepted radiation and the prolonged maintenance of higherleaf water potentials during increasing drought stress. Key words: Arachis hypogaea, elevated CO2, water stress, dry matter production 相似文献
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Experiments were done in controlled conditions to investigatethe relationship of plant weight, leaf number and raising conditionsto inflorescence initiation in onion seedlings. Above a shootdry weight of 0.06 g the spring-sown cv. Rijnsburger could initiateinflorescences, whereas the autumn-sown cv. Senshyu semi-globeYellow needed to be heavier than 0.45 g. Plants raised at aphoton flux density of 200 µmol m2S1 anda temperature of 25 C required longer to initiate inflorescencesthan plants raised at 600 µmol m2S1 and17 C which had higher reserve carbohydrate content. The minimumleaf number for inflorescence initiation was larger for plantswith low reserve carbohydrate content. Photon flux densitiesof 50, 100, 200 and 400 µmol m2S1 duringvernalization at 9 C caused no differences in inflorescenceinitiation in plants previously raised at l7 C and 600 µmolm2S1 but the lowest photon flux density duringvernalization reduced initiation in plants previously raisedat 25 C and 200 µmol m2S1. 相似文献
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Mitochondrial superoxide production in skeletal muscle fibers of the rat and decreased fiber excitability 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
van der Poel C Edwards JN Macdonald WA Stephenson DG 《American journal of physiology. Cell physiology》2007,292(4):C1353-C1360
Mammalian skeletal muscles generate marked amounts of superoxide (O2·) at 37°C, but it is not well understood which is the main source of O2· production in the muscle fibers and how this interferes with muscle function. To answer these questions, O2· production and twitch force responses were measured at 37°C in mechanically skinned muscle fibers of rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle. In mechanically skinned fibers, the sarcolemma is removed avoiding potential sources of O2· production that are not intrinsically part of the muscle fibers, such as nerve terminals, blood cells, capillaries and other blood vessels in the whole muscle. O2· production was also measured in split single EDL muscle fibers, where part of the sarcolemma remained attached, and small bundles of intact isolated EDL muscle fibers at rest, in the presence and absence of modifiers of mitochondrial function. The results lead to the conclusion that mitochondrial production of O2· accounts for most of the O2· measured intracellularly or extracellularly in skeletal muscle fibers at rest and at 37°C. Muscle fiber excitability at 37°C was greatly improved in the presence of a membrane permeant O2· dismutase mimetic (Tempol), demonstrating a direct link between O2· production in the mitochondria and muscle fiber performance. This implicates mitochondrial O2· production in the down-regulation of skeletal muscle function, thus providing a feedback pathway for communication between mitochondria and plasma membranes that is not directly related to the main function of mitochondria as the power plant of the mammalian muscle cell. excitation-contraction coupling; mechanically skinned fiber; physiological temperature 相似文献
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The Carbon Economy of Rubus chamaemorus L. II. Respiration 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Respiratory activity and seasonal changes in carbohydrate contentof the storage organs of Rubus chamaemorus L. have been investigated.Leaf dark respiration rate increases in a non-linear mannerfrom 0·7 mg CO2 evolved dm2 h1 at 0 °Cto 4·6 rng CO2 evolved dm2 hh1 at 30 °C.Root and rhizome respiration rates increase from 1 µ1O2 uptake g1 fresh weight h1 at 0.7 ° C to10 µ10, uptake g1 f. wt h1 at 20 °C.Rhizome carbohydrate reserves decline from a September peakof 33 per cent alcohol insoluble d. wt to 16 per cent in May. The circumpolar distribution of R. chamaemorus is discussedin relation to the evidence presented here and in the precedingpaper of the series. 相似文献
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A response surface was developed by regression analysis to quantifythe seasonal respiratory losses by a kiwifruit [Actinidia deliciosa(A. Chev.) C. F. Liang et A. R. Ferguson var. deliciosa cv.Hayward] berry growing in Fresno, CA. The equation of the surfacewas LNRESP = 1·622 + 0·0697 x TEMP 0·0472x DAY + 0·000165 x DAYSQ, where LNRESP is the naturallogarithm of the respiration rate (nmol CO2 g d. wt1s1), TEMP is fruit temperature (°C), DAY is the numberof days after flowering, and DAYSQ is the square of the numberof days after flowering. Respiratory losses for a fruit witha final dry mass of 18·5 g were calculated to be 5·57and 5·92 g glucose per fruit per season in 1985 and 1986,respectively. Maintenance respiration was estimated to be 2·84and 3·19 g glucose per fruit per season for 1985 and1986, respectively. The total calculated bioenergetic cost ofkiwifruit berry growth and respiration was 25·25 and25·60 g glucose per fruit per season for 1985 and 1986,respectively. Respiratory losses, expressed as a proportionof the total carbohydrate required for fruit growth, were significant(mean 22·6%). The cost of fruit growth was estimatedto be very similar for two cooler sites (Davis and Watsonville)but estimates of maintenance respiration based on Fresno fruitrespiration data were unrealistically low for the Watsonvillesite. Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) C. F. Liang et A. R. Ferguson var. deliciosa cv. Hayward, kiwifruit, growth respiration, maintenance respiration, bioenergetic costs, model 相似文献
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Root Aeration and Respiration in Young Mangrove Plants (Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh.) 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The roots of young plants of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh.grown under simulated tidal conditions were harvested so asto obtain the entire root system. The roots were subdividedand weighed and subsamples taken for manometric determinationof respiration rates at different temperatures. The supply capacityof the above-ground portion of the root system was determinedand the results compared in terms of supply and demand. Theoxygen consumption rate of the roots at 15°C was found tobe 1·69±0·07 µmol kg1 s1for cable roots and 3·27±0·12 µmolkg1 s1 for fine roots. The Q10 for respirationwas 2·55 for oxygen consumption in both fine and cableroots, and for carbon dioxide production was 2·66 forfine roots and 3·04 for cable roots. The respiratoryquotient varied with temperature but was less than unity. Concentrationdifferences of between 1·8 mol m3 and 3·4mol m3 between the inside of root and the air were sufficientto permit aeration of the root system by diffusion alone, andthe aerenchyma contained sufficient oxygen to maintain aerobicconditions while the roots were covered with water. The effectof tide and seasonal temperature change on gas exchange, togetherwith the possibility of some form of carbon dioxide fixationwithin the root, are examined and the implications of theseeffects on growth and development are discussed. Key words: Mangrove, root aeration, respiration, aerenchyma 相似文献
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Studies were conducted over a 13 month period at four pelagicsites in eutrophic Lake Okeechobee, Florida (USA), in orderto quantify carbon (C) uptake rates by size-fractionated phytoplankton,and subsequent transfers of C to zooplankton. This was accomplishedusing laboratory 14C tracer methods and natural plankton assemblages.The annual biomass of picoplankton (<2 µm), nanoplankton(220 µm) and microplankton (<20 µm averaged60, 389 and 100 µg C 11 respectively, while correspondingrates of C uptake averaged 7, 51 and 13 µg C11h1. The biomass of microzooplankton (40200 µm)and macrozooplankton (<200 µm averaged 18 and 60 µgC 11, respectively, while C uptake rates by these herbivoregroups averaged 2 and 3 µg C 11 h1. Therewere no strong seasonal patterns in any of the plankton metrics.The ratio of zooplankton to phytoplankton C uptake averaged7% over the course of the study. This low value is typical ofthat observed in eutrophic temperate lakes with small zooplanktonand large inedible phytoplankton, and indicates ineffectiveC transfer in the grazing food chain. On a single occasion,there was a high density (<40 11) of Daphnia lumholrzii,a large-bodied exotic cladoceran. At that time, zooplanktoncommunity C uptake was <20 µg C 11 h1and the ratio of zooplankton to phytoplankton C uptake was near30%. If D.lumholrzii proliferates in Lake Okeechobee and theother Florida lakes where it has recently been observed, itmay substantially alter planktonic C dynamics. 相似文献
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Seeds of 19 native British herbaceous species (14 grasses andfive forbs) were exposed to white light at three photon fluencerates: high (192 mol m2 d1), medium (9·6mol m1 d1) and low (2·3 mol m2 d2) These photon doses have been found by previous workers to inhibitgermination in several species. High and low photon doses wereapplied only as continuous light, but the medium dose was appliedas both continuous light and as a 12 h light/12 h dark photoperiod.All four treatments, plus a dark control, were carried out at15 °C; the high and low doses were also applied with a dailyalternation of 10/20 °C. The majority of species (15) fell into one of two groups. Inseven species germination was relatively high and consistentacross all treatments, including darkness; in the other eightspp germination was inhibited only in darkness. Mostly thesedata confirmed published results for the same species In contrast in Agrostis capillaris and A. stolonifera germinationwas high only at alternating temperatures, irrespective of photondose, but was also slightly promoted by a constant temperaturecombined with light/dark alternations. Only in Bromus sterilisand B. ereclus was germination inhibited by light, in B. erectusat all photon doses and in B. sterilis only at the highest photondose These results suggest that inhibition of germination by highirradiance light is not widespread among native British species Aira caryophyllea, Arrenatherum elatius, Festuca ovina, F. rubra, Hordeum murinum, Milhim effusum, Silene dioica, Achillea millefolium, Brachypodium syhaticum, Digitalis purpurea, Holcus lanatus, Leucanlhemum vulgare, Phleum pratense, Poa trivialis, Taraxacum officinale, Agrostis capillaris, A. stolonifera, Bromus erectus, B. sterilis, seed, dormancy, germination, light, High irradiance reaction, alternating temperatures, photoperiod 相似文献
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Adolf Jason E.; Stoecker Diane K.; Harding Lawrence W. Jr 《Journal of plankton research》2006,28(8):737-751
We studied autotrophic and heterotrophic C metabolism duringmixotrophic growth of Karlodinium micrum (Leadbeter et Dodge)Larsen (Dinophyceae) on prey Storeatula major (Cryptophyceae).Our goal was to determine the balance of autotrophy and heterotrophythat supports mixotrophic growth in K. micrum. Assimilationof inorganic 14C and 14C-labeled prey was used to separate thequantity and quality (i.e., lipid, polysaccharide and protein)of C obtained by autotrophy and heterotrophy, respectively.Growth rates (µ) of mixotrophic K. micrum were 0.520.75div.·day1, equal to or greater than the maximumautotrophic growth rate (0.55 div.·day1) of K.micrum. Autotrophy represented 2769% of gross C uptakeduring mixotrophic growth. Cellular photosynthetic performance(PPcell, pg C cell1·day1) was 2452%lower during mixotrophic growth than during autotrophic growthof K. micrum. Mixotrophic K. micrum assimilated 16% less photosynthateas protein compared to autotrophic K. micrum, while proteinwas the major net assimilation product (52%) from ingested preyC. Growth efficiency (%GE) of mixotrophic cultures, based onboth autotrophic and heterotrophic C sources, averaged 36 ±2.9%, slightly lower than the 4050% GE typical of purelyautotrophic K. micrum, but higher C gains associated with heterotrophicfeeding more than compensated for the decrease in %GE in mixotrophicK. micrum. We conclude that mixotrophic growth of K. micrumis dominated by heterotrophic metabolism, although photosynthesiscontinues at a lowered rate. This is consistent with a shifttoward secondary production in plankton assemblages dominatedby mixotrophically growing K. micrum. 相似文献