脱落酸（ABA）在蒜苔衰老中的作用

蒜苔在切除珠蒜后可减少贮存中干物质的损失,延缓衰老,在切口处施加外源ABA可加速苔干叶绿素的破坏和组织的老化,气相色谱与色质联用法检测完整蒜苔和无珠蒜蒜苔各部分组织中ABA含量在衰老过程中的变化,发现无珠蒜苔干上,中,下各段ABA含量在衰老进程中是逐步减少的,变化幅度小,而带有珠蒜的苔干各相应段和珠蒜的ABA含量均有一迅速增加而后减少的过程,珠蒜的ABA含量最大,ABA含量高峰出现时间最早,苔干各段ABA含量按上,中,下顺序依次减少,高峰出现的时间也是由上至下依次推迟,没有发现蒜苔在衰老过程中有乙烯放出,外加乙烯对其衰老进程影响不大,本文认为珠蒜是蒜苔衰老的关键部位,能加速苔干衰老的ABA主要是在珠蒜中合成的,并自上向下极性运往苔干组织,进而动员物质的再分配,起着信息传递作用,蒜苔的衰老过程可分为“准备期”和“活跃期”两个阶段。     

细胞分裂素在离体蒜苔内的运转

离体蒜苔饲喂带3H标记的6 — 苄基腺嘌呤(BA)后在暗中25℃下放置,分别在第 3、5、10、15、20天取样,进行放射性物质的分布分析。结果表明：(1) BA能沿着苔茎大量、长距离地上运,并在顶端的珠蒜中积累;(2) BA的这种运转具有很强的向顶极性;(3) 这种运转是一个平缓而稳定的过程,珠蒜中BA的积累与时间成较好的线性关系;(4) 顶端的珠蒜对BA的上运是必不可少的。根据以上结果,本文对蒜苔内BA的运转机理及意义进行了讨论。     

离体蒜苔衰老过程中乙烯产生和纤维素酶活力的变化

自Horton和Osborne(1967)报道衰老、脱落中激素和纤维素酶活力相关性以来,许多实验证明,乙烯和纤维素酶与衰老和脱落有密切关系。关颖谦等(1981)指明离体水稻叶片衰老时,纤维素酶的活力     

The Endodermoid in Garlic Scape: Its Fine Structure and Physiological Function

In garlic scape there is a distinct boundary layer of cells between the cortex and stele. Its fine structure and possible ruction seem to agree with the endodermoid first defined by Esau[7], hence the frame. Lightand electron-microscopic examination and cytochemical test have revealed that this particular laryer is probably responsible for the withdrawal of cellular contents of parenchyma to the peripheral vascular bundles, during a long period of storage the excised withering scape would thoroughly exhaust itself to give rise to the new apical cloves. As already shown, the laticiferous tubes scattered throughout the cortex are always turgid, and their sap is rich of nutrients in variable proportion[3]. Possibility of mobilizing these nutrients by the aid of endodermoid to join in phloem transport also has been discussed.     

大蒜不同品种蒜薹发育的解剖学研究

通过形态观测和石蜡切片法,比较了2个大蒜品种的蒜薹发育和解剖结构。结果表明：（1）“陇县火蒜”比“改良蒜”蒜薹的表皮细胞形状规则,排列致密;角质层较薄;（2）“陇县火蒜”比“改良蒜”蒜薹表面的气孔数量少,但开张度大;分泌细胞出现早、体积大、数量多;维管束数量少、直径小;（3）“陇县火蒜”蒜薹髓细胞卫多边形,髓细胞间隙率小,而“改良蒜”蒜薹的髓细胞呈椭圆形,髓细胞间隙率大。     

磷脂酶Dδ对拟南芥叶片衰老过程中内源ROS和激素含量的影响

活性氧（ROS）和植物激素是植物衰老过程中重要的内在或者外在的调控因子。我们发现,相对于离体诱导的衰老过程,在脱落酸（ABA）和乙烯（ethylene）促进的衰老过程中有较多的活性氧积累;在对拟南芥磷脂酶Dδ（PLDδ）缺失型突变体的研究中发现,与野生型相比,突变体在衰老过程中产生较少的活性氧。我们比较了上述两种基因型的离体叶片在离体、ABA和ethylene三种衰老处理下内源的ABA、茉莉酸甲酯（MeJA）、玉米素核苷（Zeatin Riboside, ZR）和吲哚乙酸（IAA）的含量变化,发现每一种激素对上述三种衰老处理的响应模式都很相似。在离体诱导的衰老中,两种基因型拟南芥的内源激素含量没有差异;而在ABA促进的衰老过程中,PLDδ缺失型突变体叶片中的MeJA的含量较低,ZR和IAA含量较高;在乙烯促进的衰老过程中,突变体中的ABA和MeJA的含量较低,ZR和IAA含量较高。上述内源激素的这种变化可能有助于延缓突变体的衰老。     

Intra and Inter-Cellular Changes in Constitution during the Development of Laticiferous System in Garlic Scape

Systematic investigations, mainly based on electron microscopy, have been conducted on constitutional changes in the laticifer and its adjoining parenchyma during the development of laticiferous system in garlic scape. The laticiferous system of the scape consists of several layers of articulated unbranched latieifers. About half of them are situated 2–3 cell layers below the epidermis, and the rest scattered throughout the cortex (Fig. 23). Latieifer differentiation starts with a thinning out and vacuolation of the dense protoplasm in the latieifer initials (Fig.2), which is followed by gradual degeneration of nuclei, plastids, endoplasmic reticulum, and dictyosomes; and by a sharp diminution of free ribosomes (Figs.3, 4). Remanent and defective forms of some organelles can still be found in the laticifer at the later stage. In spite of these drawbacks, the differentiating laticifer appears to function actively. Its protoplasm is delimited by a distinct plasmalemma (Figs. 3, 4). Its wall is interspersed with pits inclose spacings, to which most plasmodesmata are confined (Figs. 8, 24). The cell interior is packed with vesicles and mitoehondria (Figs. 4, 11, 15). Structurally, the laticifer seems well adapted to material exchange with the adjoining parenchyma. During the sprouting stage of the scape, the laticifer initials enlarge itself or fuse with each other by lateral wall dissolution to extend the diameter; at the same time, the laticifer elongates at an increasingly rapid rate. As a final result, the laticifer can attain 30–50 times the length and 2–3 times. the diameter of the adjoining parenchyma. The electron-dense material which protrudes into the laticifer initial from the parenchyma may be of lysosomal nature and probably concerned with wall dissolution and intracellular lytic processes in latieifer formation (Figs. 5, 7, 10). An excised garlic scape is employed in the observation of mature laticifers, which is always full of sap and is quite turgid. Once the scape is cut open, sap exudes almost exclusively from the cut end of the laticifers at the periphery, which lasts only some seconds. However, if the scape is left aside for a few days, exudation will again take place at the fresh cut end. Unlike the milky juice of many latex plants, the sap exuded from the garlic scape is watery and slightly turbid. The organic solute content is mainly made up of simple sugar and amino acids. It also contains a small amount of proteins and even protoplasmic fragments. Besides, it is worthy to note that decrease in organic solutes in the exudation is closely connected with the degree of exhaustion of cell contents from the withering scape, which is, as has already been shownm the sole agent of supplying materials required for the formation of apical cloves. All the above facts seem to indicate that there exists a loading and unloading process in the latieifer. Our electron micrographs (Figs. 16, 22) give evidence that vesicular transport through plasmodesmata in the pit field is capable of performing such a process: from the parenchyma to the laticifer in loading and from the latter to the former in unloading. The possible role of the laticifers in garlie scape could be a temporary storage of cell contents released successively from the deteriorating parenchyma. The sap content in the laticifer is in full turgidity as a result of loading, and can be readily drawn by unloading if so required. Transcellular cytosis is a term tentatively given by us to designate intercellular transport of sap, solutes, and macromolecular particles in small vesicles, which are formed and packed in one celt, traverse through plasmodesmata and merge into the other; whereas endo and exoeytosis refer to vesicular transport in a single cell only and to its moving in and out of the cell primarily through the plasma membrane, which also takes active part in the formation and dissolution of the vesicle and in the enclosure and release of its content. Transcellular cytosis was first observed by us in the withering parenchyma of an excised garlic scape; and, in the present case, between the latieifer and parenehyma, both being active functionally. As compared with the early notion that intercellular material transport is primarily carried out by secretion and reabsorption of highly degraded products through plasmalemma, transcellular eytosis appears to be a far more efficient means of translocating prefabricated assortment and well packed cargo from one cell into the other.     

Abscisic Acid, Auxin, and Ethylene in Explant Abscission

Experiments with explants of Phaseolus vulgaris L., cv. CanadianWonder, show that abscission and the associated rise in oarboxymethyl-cellulaseactivity in the separation zone are initiated by a peak in ethyleneproduction during senescence of pulvinar tissue distal to thezone. Distal applications of abscisic acid (ABA) induce an earlierpeak in ethylene production, increase cellulase activity, andpromote abscission. ABA is more effective in these ways if treatmentis delayed from 0 to 24 h after excision. With increasing concentrations of ABA the maximum rate of ethylene production is achievedsooner. Indol-3yl-acetic acid (IAA) and ABA are antagonisticin this system and have opposing effects. IAA retards the timeof peak ethylene-production and delays abscission. Explantsmay be retained for long periods without abscinding if incubatedin an ethylene-free atmosphere: the addition of ethylene forany one 24-h period (except the first 24 h after excision) willinduce abscission. The initial period of insensitivity to ethyleneis extended by distal applications of IAA. Ethylene-inducedabscission can be inhibited by IAA applied up to 72 h afterexcision provided the ethylene is not applied first. It is proposedthat abscission in the explant is controlled at two levels:(1) an auxin-dependent stage determining the duration of insensitivityto ethylene; (2) the timing of a rise in ethylene productionin senescing tissue distal to the separation zone. An auxin-ethylenebalance-mechanism at the separation zone is discussed.     

Dormancy in Garlic (Allium sativum L.) cv. Rosado Paraguayo I. Levels of Growth Substances in "Seed Cloves" under Storage

The period of dormancy in "seed cloves" of garlic (Allium sativumL.) under storage was determined by measuring the growth ofthe "first foliar leaf" and its sprouting capacity. The endogenouscontents of growth inhibitors and gibberellins were also measuredby bioassays. Dormancy of garlic bulbs can be characterizedby lack of gibberellin and a presence of moderate contents ofgrowth inhibitors. (Received October 26, 1982; Accepted August 25, 1983)     

ABA和乙烯在草莓采后成熟衰老中的作用

随着草莓果实采后成熟衰老,ABA和乙烯生成迅速增长,乙烯累积与果实的变质腐烂程度呈正相关。ABA处理能增高纤维素酶活性和呼吸,而GA有抑制作用。ABA能促进乙烯、ACC生成,对MACC则无影响。GA_3抑制乙烯、ACC生成,促进MACC积累。CO_2对草莓有良好保鲜效果,并有效地抑制ABA和乙烯生成,低温下效果更为显著。     

Senescence in cut carnation flowers: Temporal and physiological relationships among water status, ethylene, abscisic acid and membrane permeability

Changes in water status, membrane permeability, ethylene production and levels of abscisic acid (ABA) were measured during senescence of cut carnation flowers ( Dianthus caryophyllus L. cv. White Sim) in order to clarify the temporal sequence of physiological events during this post-harvest period. Ethylene production and ABA content of the petal tissue rose essentially in parallel during natural senescence and after treatment of young flowers with exogenous ethylene, indicating that their syntheses are not widely separated in time. However, solute leakage, reflecting membrane deterioration, was apparent well before the natural rise in ethylene and ABA had begun. In addition, there were marked changes in water status of the tissue, including losses in water potential (ψ_w), and turgor (ψ_p), that preceded the rise in ABA and ethylene. As senescence progressed, ψ_w continued to decline, but ψ_p returned to normal levels. These temporal relationships were less well resolved when senescence of young flowers was induced by treatment with ethylene, presumably because the time-scale had been shortened. Thus changes in membrane permeability and an associated water stress in petal tissue appear to be earlier symptoms of flower senescence than the rises in ABA or ethylene. These observations support the contention that the climacteric-like rise in ethylene production is not the initial or primary event of senescence and that the rise in ABA titre may simply be a response to changes in water status.     

Effects of Promoters and Inhibitors of Ethylene and ABA on Flower Senescence of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. flowers (cv La France) senesce and die over a 12-h period after opening. The aim of this study was to examine the physiological mechanisms regulating the senescence process of ephemeral hibiscus flowers. Different flower stages and floral organs were used to determine whether any interaction existed during flower senescence between endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) and the predisposition of the tissue to ethylene synthesis. This was carried out on whole flowers treated with promoters and inhibitors of ethylene and ABA synthesis or a combination of them. Treatments with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), a precursor of ethylene biosynthesis, enhanced flower senescence, whereas amino-oxyacetic acid (AOA) and fluridone, an ethylene and an ABA inhibitor, respectively, extended flower longevity. These effects were more significant when applied before anthesis. Ethylene evolution was substantially reduced in all organs from open and senescent flowers treated with fluridone and AOA. Similarly, endogenous ABA accumulation was negatively affected by AOA and fluridone treatments. Application of fluridone plus ACC reduced ethylene evolution and increased ABA content in a tissue-specific manner but did not overcome the inhibitor effect on flower longevity. AOA plus fluridone treatment slightly accelerated flower longevity compared to AOA-treated flowers. Application of ABA alone promoted senescence, suppressed ethylene production, and, when applied with fluridone, countered the fluridone-induced increase in flower longevity. Taken together, these results suggest that the senescence of hibiscus flowers is an endogenously regulated ethylene- and ABA-dependent process.     

The Importance of Roots in Regulating the Senescence of Soybean Primary Leaves

The role of roots in regulating primary leaf senescence of 14-day-old soybean seedlings was investigated. Compared with intact seedlings, the senescence of primary leaves is accelerated by removal of the root system but delayed if apical bud and the first trifoliate leaf are removed. No difference in senescence was found between intact seedlings and seedlings without roots, apical bud, and first trifoliate leaf. Lateral roots seem to play a predominant role in regulating primary leaf senescence. However, neither root nodules nor primary root play any function in senescence. Results indicate that benzyladenine (BA) at optimal concentration (2 mg/1) completely replaces the roots to prevent the senescence of primary leaves, whereas gibberellic acid (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA) accelerate. The effect of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) to replace roots in preventing senescence depends on the season the young seedlings are grown. Additional, though indirect, information of acropetal transport of ABA is provided. In conclusion, it seems that cytokinins in lateral roots play a predominant role in leaf senescence and the normal supply of root cytokinins is important in leaf metabolism.     

Senescence in isolated carnation petals : effects of indoleacetic Acid and inhibitors of protein synthesis

Indoleacetic acid induces senescence in isolated carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus, cv. White Sim) petals, increasing the duration and amount of ethylene production. This effect is inhibited by Actinomycin D, an inhibitor of RNA synthesis, and cycloheximide, a translational inhibitor of protein synthesis. The ability of petals to respond to indoleacetic acid appears to be a function of physiological age. Indoleacetic acid is capable of enhancing ethylene evolution and senescence only in specific portions of the petal.     

香梨果实成熟衰老过程中4种内源激素的变化

以库尔勒香梨[白梨(PyrusbretschneideriRehd.)的变种]为材料,在果实生长发育、成熟衰老期间检测内源IAA、GA3、ABA、乙烯含量变化规律及其相互关系。结果表明果实发育初期IAA、GA3、ABA含量最高,有利于幼果坐果;CA3与ABA的比值变化对果实迅速膨大起关键作用;高浓度GA3对阻抑叶绿素分解起明显作用;果实成熟衰老期间,IAA含量与乙烯释放速率呈方向相同的变化;在此期间GA3含量变化与乙烯释放变化相反。     

Interrelationship between Abscisic Acid and Ethylene in the Control of Senescence Processes in Carnation Flowers

The involvement of abscisic acid (ABA) in senescence of carnationflowers, in the presence of silver ions (which inhibit ethyleneaction), and aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) (an inhibitor ofethylene synthesis) was studied. ABA stimulated senescence asseen by advancement of ethylene surge, and time to the developmentof in-rolling of petal margins. ABA also increased the sensitivityof the flowers to ethylene. Silver ions did not affect the timeor extent of the ethylene surge, but prevented the appearanceof visual senescence symptoms, and lowered the sensitivity toethylene. AVG delayed the ethylene surge and lowered the maximumrate of ethylene production. Also, AVG delayed the developmentof visible senscence. In the presence of silver ions, ABA advanced the ethylene surgebut senescence symptoms did not develop. The effect of ABA onthe parameters measured was prevented by AVG. Thus it is suggestedthat ABA exerts its effect on senescence via ethylene. The possibleinvolvement of an ABA-ethylene sequence as a mediator of waterstress-promoted senescence is discussed.     

Ethylene‐triggered abscisic acid: A principle in plant growth regulation?

The application of auxins to sensitive plant species or their overproduction in transgenic plants stimulates ethylene biosynthesis via induction of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase. Recent studies with auxin herbicides and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) have revealed that auxin-stimulated ethylene triggers an increase in the biosynthesis of abscisic acid (ABA), which then functions as a second messenger, leading to growth inhibition and senescence. This raises the question of whether ethylene-triggered ABA is restricted to the action of auxin herbicides or whether it is a widespread phenomenon in the normal plant growth regulation. Our own results and a reappraisal of the literature indicate that ethylene-induced ABA may, indeed, play a role in natural physiological phenomena, such as root gravireaction and suppression of lateral bud growth in apical dominance. In addition, it would be worthwhile to investigate whether ethylene-triggered ABA is involved in other processes which coincide with a strong stimulation of ethylene biosynthesis, such as growth inhibition induced by cytokinins and senescence elicited under stress conditions.     

甘薯块根膨大过程中ATP酶活性、ATP和ABA含量的变化

研究选用鲁薯7号和徐薯18号为材料,对甘薯块根膨大速率变化动态及其块根中可溶性碳水化合物含量、ATP含量、ATP酶活性和脱落酸（ABA）含量的变化进行了研究分析。结果表明：（1）块根膨大速率变化动态呈一双峰曲线,第一个高峰出现在栽秧后50－70d,第二个高峰出现在栽秧后120－165d;（2）块根膨大高峰期,块根中可溶性碳水化合物含量较高,ATP含量则较低;（3）块根中ATP酶活性和ABA含量变化动态与块根膨大速率变化动态相似。讨论了ATP酶和ABA在块根膨大过程中的可能作用。