青藏苔草叶片解剖结构对生境干旱化的响应

叶片是暴露在外界环境条件下最大且可塑性较敏感的营养器官。为探讨生境干旱化对湿地植物叶片解剖结构的影响,该文以青藏苔草(Carex moorcroftii)叶片为研究对象,沿生境干旱化梯度设置样地,并分析了青藏苔草叶片解剖结构对生境干旱化的响应。结果表明:(1)叶尖和叶基部位远轴面的表皮细胞、泡状细胞和气腔面积,以及叶基部位的叶片厚度和机械组织厚度均与土壤体积含水率呈显著正相关(R²=0.06～0.34, P<0.01); 叶尖、叶中和叶基部位近轴面角质层厚度、细胞面积、维管束数量,叶中部位维管束直径均与土壤体积含水率呈显著负相关(R² = 0.08～0.53, P<0.01)。(2)青藏苔草叶片解剖结构具有较大的可塑性(0.53～0.94)和变异性(18%～63%),泡状细胞、气腔、近轴面表皮细胞的可塑性和变异性最大,叶基解剖结构可塑性指数与变异系数显著高于叶尖和叶中部位(P<0.05)。当生境干旱化时,青藏苔草叶片近轴面角质层加厚、表皮细胞面积增大、气腔面积减小、分化出泡状细胞等特征适应干旱生境,主要采取保护型和节约型策略适应干旱生境。该研究结果有助于揭示青藏苔草叶片解剖结构应对干旱生境的响应策略,为高寒草甸的保护和植被恢复提供理论参考。     

高寒草甸矮生嵩草不同根序解剖结构对生境干旱化的响应

植物根系由不同根序组成,然而,它们的解剖结构对生境干旱化的响应是否一致尚不清楚。本研究于藏东南东达山矮生嵩草(Kobresia humilis)高寒草甸沿生境干旱化梯度设置6个样方,采集矮生嵩草根系。采用石蜡切片法,运用方差分析和主成分分析,比较不同土壤水分生境中矮生嵩草一、二级根序解剖结构的差异及可塑性强弱。结果表明：一、二级根序间解剖结构组成无明显差异,其中横切面表皮细胞近似长方形,排列紧密,面积较大(87.6～126.0μm²);一、二级根序解剖结构对生境干旱化的响应不一致,一级根中表皮细胞面积和厚度、皮层厚度(含厚壁组织与薄壁组织)均与土壤含水率呈显著负相关,而二级根呈显著正相关(P<0.05);一级根表皮占径比在土壤水分梯度间的差异显著,其他解剖结构差异不显著,二级根解剖结构(除皮层厚壁组织外)的占径比在土壤水分梯度间均存在显著差异;一级根皮层薄壁组织厚度可塑性最强,皮层厚壁组织厚度可塑性最弱;二级根横切面面积可塑性最强,中柱面积可塑性最弱。总之,矮生嵩草根系表皮、皮层解剖结构对土壤水分梯度变化的可塑性强,但不同根序解剖结构对生境干旱化的响应机制不...     

西藏东达山3种嵩草属植物气孔特征沿海拔的变化

嵩草属(Kobresia)植物是藏东南高山草甸的优势种和建群种,对该区畜牧业发展和维持生态系统平衡起着重要作用。选择西藏左贡县东达山为研究地点,从林线开始,海拔每升高约100m设置1个样带直至高山草甸分布边缘,共8个样带,调查各样带中物种的组成及盖度,并依据相对盖度和相对频度计算3种嵩草植物矮生嵩草(K.humilis)、线叶嵩草(K.capillifolia)和大花嵩草(K.macrantha)在群落中的重要值,同时取样观察它们叶片远、近轴面表皮细胞形态,测量气孔长度及保卫细胞宽度,计算气孔密度,探讨嵩草属植物对海拔梯度的适应性。结果表明:(1)3种嵩草属植物叶表皮细胞均呈波浪状,气孔器仅分布于远轴面,近轴面无气孔器分布。(2)3种嵩草属植物气孔密度沿海拔梯度的变化均呈单峰曲线分布格局,且在海拔4 537m样带处达到最大值,并表现为矮生嵩草(777.6个/mm2)线叶嵩草(476.4个/mm2)大花嵩草(414.3个/mm2)。(3)随海拔的增加,矮生嵩草和线叶嵩草气孔长度显著增大(P0.05),而保卫细胞宽度显著减小;但大花嵩草气孔长度随海拔的升高而显著减小,保卫细胞宽度基本保持不变。(4)矮生嵩草和线叶嵩草气孔密度、长度和保卫细胞宽度与海拔梯度均显著相关,气孔特征对海拔梯度变化的敏感程度高,与其在群落中重要值高的分布特征一致;而大花嵩草仅气孔密度和长度与海拔梯度显著相关,气孔特征对海拔梯度变化的敏感性低,与其在群落中重要值低的分布特征一致;嵩草属植物气孔密度、长度和保护细胞宽度与海拔梯度之间的相关性,反映出它们在海拔梯度上对生境的适应程度。可见,3种嵩草属植物气孔特征对海拔梯度上生境变化的适应性不同,从而影响它们在群落中的分布范围和物种优势度,其中矮生嵩草和线叶嵩草对环境变化敏感,而大花嵩草对环境变化相对不敏感;保卫细胞宽度与气孔长度同样对植物适应环境变化起重要作用。     

中国嵩草属植物地理分布模式和适应的气候特征

为了明确嵩草属(Kobresia)植物分布与气候要素的关系, 收集了嵩草属植物地理分布资料和气象台站气候数据, 应用ArcGIS软件及SPSS软件中的聚类分析方法, 分析了嵩草属植物地理分布模式和适应的气候特征。结果显示: 嵩草属植物分布在青藏高原、西北、华北和东北部分地区, 广泛分布13种, 间断分布10种, 分布海拔为1 400-5 000 m, 经度和纬度范围分别为81-112° E和23-46° N。嵩草属植物适应的气候要素平均值范围: 年生物学温度为4-19 ℃, 年平均气温为0-20 ℃, 年平均最高气温为7-28 ℃, 年平均最低气温为-6-16 ℃, 极端最高气温为25-40 ℃, 极端最低气温为-37.0-0.0 ℃, 1月和7月平均气温分别为-14-13 ℃和11-24 ℃, 1月和7月最高气温分别为-7-23 ℃和18-30 ℃, 1月和7月最低气温分别为-22-7 ℃和5-20 ℃, 春夏秋冬季气温分别为-4-19 ℃、9-23 ℃、6-21 ℃和-11-15 ℃, 温暖指数为23-159 ℃, 寒冷指数为-36-0 ℃, 年降水量为154-1 500 mm, 春夏秋冬降水量分别为19-135 mm、53-662 mm、48-545 mm和5-92 mm, Holdridge潜在蒸散量为261-1 100 mm, Thornthwaite潜在蒸发量为399-895 mm, 干燥度为167-786, 湿润指数为179-816, 4-10月日照时数为990-2 100 h。在热量要素平均值较低和中等、降水量与干燥湿润度平均值中等或辐射时数平均值较高范围下分布种数较多。嵩草属植物适应的气候要素极值, 年平均气温最小最大值范围为-6-21 ℃, 年平均最低气温最小值最高气温最大值范围为-12-28 ℃, 极端最低气温最小值最高气温最大值范围为-48-42 ℃, 最冷最热月气温范围为-32-33 ℃, 冬夏季最低最高气温范围为-20-25 ℃, 降水量最小最大值范围为15-1 800 mm, 干燥度最小最大值范围为7-890, 日照时数最小最大值范围为701-2 300 h。在热量要素极值较低、降水量及干燥度极值中等或日照时数极值较大范围下分布种数较多。说明嵩草属植物主要适应于低温亚湿润型和中温湿润型气候。     

干旱区叶片形态特征与植物响应和适应的关系

叶片形态是指示植物适应特定环境的重要指标。由于植物叶片形态不仅对时空环境变化具有极强的敏感性和可塑性, 而且能够通过叶片形态的调整调节自身的生存适应能力, 所以叶片形态学研究一直是植物生理及植物生态学研究中的热点。该文在总结前人叶片形态学研究成果的基础上, 探索建立了简单的叶片形态指标分类体系; 结合物质能量交换的物理学原理, 回顾总结了叶片表观形态变化与叶片物质能量交换之间的相关关系; 应用叶片形态影响物质能量交换的物理学原理, 重点分析了干旱区植物叶片表观形态对低水分环境、高辐射(或高温)的响应与适应特征; 最后, 在回顾分析的基础上, 对叶片形态研究中存在的几个问题进行了讨论。     

新疆四种补血草属植物叶片的解剖学研究

利用叶片离析法和石蜡切片法研究了补血草属4种植物叶片的形态结构。结果表明:(1)4种植物的叶片有许多共同的结构适应特征,表皮细胞排列紧密,表面有厚的角质层;气孔类型均为不等型,气孔位置为平置或略微下陷;上下表皮还具有多细胞构成的盐腺;栅栏组织发达,多为等面叶;存在粘液细胞和单宁细胞;机械组织和维管组织都不发达等。(2)不同种间有不同的结构适应特征,如表皮细胞的形状、大小、垂周壁饰样,气孔密度,盐腺密度,叶片厚度和栅栏组织厚度等。通过叶的结构特征反映出盐生植物与旱生植物的不同。     

2种补血草属植物幼苗对NaCl胁迫的生理响应

以盐生植物大叶补血草和黄花补血草为实验材料,研究了NaCl胁迫对其幼苗叶绿素、可溶性蛋白、丙二醛含量等的影响,探讨这些生理指标的变化与补血草耐盐性的关系。结果表明,150mmol/LNaCl胁迫均使大叶补血草和黄花补血草幼苗叶片的叶绿素a(Chla)、叶绿素b(Chlb)和叶绿素总量降低,而过氧化氢(H2O2)和丙二醛(MDA)含量增加,且这种胁迫效应随处理时间的延长而增强,在相同胁迫时间段,大叶补血草各指标的减少或增加幅度明显大于黄花补血草;NaCl胁迫使大叶补血草叶片可溶性蛋白含量降低,却使黄花补血草可溶性蛋白含量增加。表明,NaCl胁迫对大叶补血草的伤害更大,黄花补血草的耐盐性可能强于大叶补血草。     

2种补血草属植物幼苗对NaCI胁迫的生理响应

以盐生植物大叶补血草和黄花补血草为实验材料,研究了NaCI胁迫对其幼苗叶绿素、可溶性蛋白、丙二醛含量等的影响,探讨这些生理指标的变化与补血草耐盐性的关系。结果表明,150mmol／LNaCI胁迫均使大叶补血草和黄花补血草幼苗叶片的叶绿素a（Chla）、叶绿素b（Chlb）和叶绿素总量降低,而过氧化氢（Hzoz）和丙二醛（MDA）含量增加,且这种胁迫效应随处理时间的延长而增强,在相同胁迫时间段,大叶补血草各指标的减少或增加幅度明显大于黄花补血草;NaCI胁迫使大叶补血草叶片可溶性蛋白含量降低,却使黄花补血草可溶性蛋白含量增加。表明,NaCI胁迫对大叶补血草的伤害更大,黄花补血草的耐盐性可能强于大叶补血草。     

狗尾草属5种植物叶片的形态特征

为了解狗尾草属(Setaria Beauv.)植物的叶片形态特征,采用石蜡切片法和徒手切片法观察5 种狗尾草属植物的叶片形态结构。结果表明,5 种狗尾草属植物叶表皮的解剖特征较一致,叶表皮细胞长度、气孔器大小、叶厚、角质层厚度等性状在种间存在显著差异,其中长细胞形状、垂周壁深浅、气孔器副卫细胞的形状和刺毛数量可以用来区分种类。叶片性状的相关分析表明,叶片气孔密度与气孔长度以及气孔宽度呈显著负相关,泡状细胞厚度与角质层厚度以及上表皮厚度呈显著正相关。根据禾本科叶表皮特征的演化趋势,狗尾草(S. viridis)最原始,金色狗尾草(S. glauca)和大狗尾草(S. faberii)较进化,皱叶狗尾草(S.plicata)和莩草(S. chondrachne)最高级。这些为狗尾草属植物分类学和系统演化关系提供资料。     

稻属三种植物叶片下表皮的形态比较

稻属有20多种,其中3种和其他物种明显不同.Oryza eichingeri被认为在亚洲和非洲间断分布;O. officinalis和O punctata被证明同时含有二倍体和四倍体.为了识别种内微形态差异,利用光镜和扫描电镜,对这3个物种的成熟叶片下表皮进行了观察.结果表明,O. eichingeri的叶脉长细胞乳突形状在种内是不一致的,除了斯里兰卡地理宗具有的瘤状乳突外,乌千达地理宗还具有长条状的乳突;同样,种内多样性也存在于O. officinalis和O.punctata内,特别存在于它们不同倍性的细胞型间.在D officinalis中,四倍体有粒状气孔器外围乳突和脉带表皮毛较少,二倍体细胞型具有三角形拱状排列的气孔器外围乳突和较密集的脉带表皮毛;而在O. punctata中,和四倍体相比,二倍体具有小的长细胞表面乳突和低密度分布的气孔.这些稳定的差异为3种植物的种内鉴定和分类修订提供了新的证据.     

Estimation of tree root lengths using fractal branching rules: a comparison with soil coring for Grevillea robusta

Previous theoretical research has suggested that lengths of tree roots can be estimated on the basis of their branching characteristics, if branching has a fractal pattern that is independent of root diameter. This theory and its underlying assumptions was tested for Grevillea robusta trees at a site in Kenya by comparing estimates of root length from conventional soil coring and the output of a fractal branching algorithm. The trees were in a 4-year-old stand established on a 3 × 4 m planting grid. Root lengths (L _r) in four units of the planting grid were estimated by soil coring. Branching characteristics determined by examination of 32 excavated roots from 16 trees were: The number of branches at each branching point; the length of links between branching points (L _l); the diameter of root tips; and parameters which describe the change in diameter at each branching point. Each was found to be independent of root size. These data were used to parameterise a branching algorithm, which was then used to estimate numbers of root links in the four grid units (n _l) from root diameters at the bases of the four trees at the corners of each unit. Root lengths, from L _r = n₁ L₁, severely underestimated L _r. This discrepancy probably resulted from inaccuracy in the parameterisation of the branching algorithm, as output from the algorithm was very sensitive to small changes in parameter values. Use of fractal branching rules alone to estimate roots length does not appear possible unless the algorithm is calibrated to adjust for errors in parameter estimation. Calibration can be achieved by calculation of an 'effective link length', L ^eff ₁, from L _r/n _l, where L _r is measured by a reference method such as soil coring.     

Hydraulic architecture and water flow in growing grass tillers (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.)

The water relations and hydraulic architecture of growing grass tillers (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) are reported. Evaporative flux density, E (mmol s^?1 m^?2), of individual leaf blades was measured gravimetrically by covering or excision of entire leaf blades. Values of E were similar for mature and elongating leaf blades, averaging 2·4 mmol s^?1 m^?2. Measured axial hydraulic conductivity, K_h (mmol s^?1 mm MPa^?1), of excised leaf segments was three times lower than theoretical hydraulic conductivity (K_t) calculated using the Poiseuille equation and measurements of vessel number and diameter. K_t was corrected (K_t*) to account for the discrepancy between K_h and K_t and for immature xylem in the basal expanding region of elongating leaves. From base to tip of mature leaves the pattern of K_t* was bell‐shaped with a maximum near the sheath–blade joint (≈ 19 mmol s^?1 mm MPa^?1). In elongating leaves, immature xylem in the basal growing region led to a much lower K_t*. As the first metaxylem matured, K_t* increased by 10‐fold. The hydraulic conductances of the whole root system, (mmol s^?1 MPa^?1) and leaf blades, (mmol s^?1 MPa^?1) were measured by a vacuum induced water flow technique. and were linearly related to the leaf area downstream. Approximately 65% of the resistance to water flow within the plant resided in the leaf blade. An electric‐analogue computer model was used to calculate the leaf blade area‐specific radial hydraulic conductivity, (mmol s^?1 m^?2 MPa^?1), using , K_t* and water flux values. values decreased with leaf age, from 21·2 mmol s^?1 m^?2 MPa^?1 in rapidly elongating leaf to 7·2 mmol s^?1 m^?2 MPa^?1 in mature leaf. Comparison of and values showed that ≈ 90% of the resistance to water flow within the blades resided in the liquid extra‐vascular path. The same algorithm was then used to compute the xylem and extravascular water potential drop along the liquid water path in the plant under steady state conditions. Predicted and measured water potentials matched well. The hydraulic design of the mature leaf resulted in low and quite constant xylem water potential gradient (≈ 0·3 MPa m^?1) throughout the plant. Much of the water potential drop within mature leaves occurred within a tenth of millimetre in the blade, between the xylem vessels and the site of water evaporation within the mesophyll. In elongating leaves, the low K_t* in the basal growth zone dramatically increased the local xylem water potential gradient (≈ 2·0 MPa m^?1) there. In the leaf elongation zone the growth‐induced water potential difference was ≈ 0·2 MPa.     

Branching patterns of root systems: quantitative analysis of the diversity among dicotyledonous species

Background and Aims

Root branching, and in particular acropetal branching, is a common and important developmental process for increasing the number of growing tips and defining the distribution of their meristem size. This study presents a new method for characterizing the results of this process in natura from scanned images of young, branched parts of excavated roots. The method involves the direct measurement or calculation of seven different traits.

Methods

Young plants of 45 species of dicots were sampled from fields and gardens with uniform soils. Roots were separated, scanned and then measured using ImageJ software to determine seven traits related to root diameter and interbranch distance.

Results

The traits exhibited large interspecific variations, and covariations reflecting trade-offs. For example, at the interspecies level, the spacing of lateral roots (interbranch distance along the parent root) was strongly correlated to the diameter of the finest roots found in the species, and showed a continuum between two opposite strategies: making dense and fine lateral roots, or thick and well-spaced laterals.

Conclusions

A simple method is presented for classification of branching patterns in roots that allows relatively quick sampling and measurements to be undertaken. The feasibilty of the method is demonstrated for dicotyledonous species and it has the potential to be developed more broadly for other species and a wider range of enivironmental conditions.     

Leaf appearance, tillering and their coordination in response to NxP fertilization in barley

The aim of this work was to study the effects of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deficiencies and their interaction on the appearance of leaves and tillers of barley (Hordeum vulgare spp. distichum L.) by analyzing the rate and duration of the appearance period. Three microcrops experiments were carried out in 200 L containers using malting barley cv. Quilmes Palomar. Treatments were a factorial combination of two levels on N and two or three levels of P fertilization. Both N and P deficiencies delayed leaf and tiller appearance rates but leaf appearance was less susceptible to nutrient deficiencies than tiller appearance. P deficiency effects on leaf emergence differed from N effects. While N deficiency diminished the rate of leaf appearance (RLA), it has no significant effect on the duration of leaf appearance or on the duration of the period from emergence to flowering. On the other hand, P deficiency diminished RLA, and increased both the duration of leaf appearance and the duration of the period from emergence to flowering.     

Effects of phosphorus nutrition on tiller emergence in wheat

Phosphorus (P) deficiency limits the yield of wheat, particularly by reducing the number of ears per unit of area because of a poor tiller emergence. The objectives of this work were to (i) determine whether tiller emergence under low phosphorus availability is a function of the availability of assimilates for growth or a direct result of low P availability, (ii) attempt to establish a quantitative relation between an index of the availability of P in the plant and the effects of P deficiency on tiller emergence, and (iii) to provide a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in tiller emergence in field-grown wheat. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L., cv. INTA Oasis), was grown in the field under drip irrigation on a typic Argiudol, low in P (5.5 μg P g^-1 soil Bray & Kurtz I) in Balcarce, Argentina. Treatments consisted of the combination of three levels of P fertilization 0, 60 and 200 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1, and two levels of assimilate availability, a control (non-shaded) and 65% of reduction in incident irradiance from seedling emergence until the end of tillering (shaded). Phosphorus treatments significantly modified the pattern of growth and development of the plants. Shading reduced the growth and concentration of water-soluble carbohydrates in leaves and stems. Leaf photosynthetic rate at saturating irradiance was reduced by P deficiency, but was not affected by shading. At shoot P concentrations less than 4.2 g P kg^-1 the heterogeneity in the plant population increased with respect to the number of plants bearing a certain tiller. At a shoot P concentration of 1.7 g P kg^-1 tillering ceased completely. Phosphorus deficiency directly altered the normal pattern of tiller emergence by slowing the emergence of leaves on the main stem (i.e. increasing the phyllochron), and by reducing the maximum rate of tiller emergence for each tiller. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A rapid quantitative measurement of root length and root branching by microcomputer image analysis

A computer program was made for fast and reliable measurement of root length and for estimating the number of root tips and branching points. Image-processing procedures available in a program package for image analysis by means of a personal computer were used. The method is described in this paper and some results of tests on variance and systematic errors (bias) are discussed.Time required for analysis of an evenly spread root (sub-)sample with a total length of max. 300 cm was reduced to less than 20 seconds. Random deviations from the real length, determined by measuring known lengths of wire, did not exceed 5%, after correction for length density dependent bias. Counts of root tips appeared to be unreliable, but branching ratios could be determined fairly accurately, after correction for the length density dependent number of pseudo-branches (e.g. crossings). Rhizotron root photographs were also analysed satisfactorily, after modification of a few steps in the program.     

The effect of abscisic acid on root and shoot growth of cauliflower plants

Addition of abscisic acid (ABA) to the nutrient solution increased the root to shoot ratio of hydroponically-grown cauliflower plants by reducing the dry weight of the shoot and increasing that of the root. At concentrations higher than 10^–7 M, ABA increased root branching and root hair formation. Root extension was inhibited in plants kept continuously in solutions containing high ABA concentrations but following removal from the ABA solution root elongation was increased in comparison with plants given no ABA treatment. This elongation was greatest in plants with increased root branching caused by higher ABA concentrations.     

水稻黄叶少分蘖突变体yllt10的遗传与定位

水稻(Oryza sativa L.)是重要的粮食作物,其植株光合作用与肥料利用的效率是决定水稻产量的重要因素。本研究在水稻‘科辐粳7号’的辐射诱变群体中筛选到一个叶片黄化且分蘖减少的突变体,并将其命名为yllt10(yellow leaf and less tillering 10)。与野生型对照相比,该突变体叶片的叶绿素含量降低、叶绿体的结构发育异常、光合作用速率显著下降。遗传分析表明yllt10突变体的表型受单隐性核基因控制,利用图位克隆技术将YLLT10基因定位于水稻第10号染色体J4与J5两个分子标记之间,通过对该区间内的注释基因进行PCR测序,发现在yllt10突变体中CAO1/PGL基因的第1个外显子发生单碱基缺失,从而导致该基因的移码突变,是CAO1/PGL基因的一个新等位变异。此外,在不同氮素浓度种植条件下,yllt10突变体均表现出对氮素不敏感的表型。本研究表明YLLT10基因调控水稻的叶色和分蘖数,影响水稻的光合作用和产量,对该基因的功能机制研究能够为水稻高产育种提供一定的理论依据。