种子超干贮藏技术研究的背景和现状

综述了种子超干贮藏技术的研究背景和进展, 对目前超干贮藏技术研究所涉及的物种、种子超干贮藏的方法、超干贮藏种子含水量的安全下限和最佳贮藏含水量, 以及种子超干贮藏应用于种质库的可行性和前景作了评述。     

超干种子的膜功能与糖组分的研究

采用两相法分离种子质膜,研究超干处理对种子质膜ATP酶活力及膜流动性的影响。结果表明。白菜（Brassica pekinensis(Lour.)Rupr)。榆树（Ulmus pumilaL）种子经超干处理后,在人工老化和自然老化条件下,与在-20℃条件下贮藏的种子比较,超干贮藏种子质膜ATP酶活力和微粘度无显著变化,过干贮藏种子的效应虽有所下降,但仍比高含水量室温贮藏的对照种子为好。此结果与超干种子具较高活力水平完全一致。说明超干贮藏种子保持了质膜的生理功能。因此提高了种子的耐藏性。高效液相色谱分析结果显示超干种子中还原糖/非还原糖的比值低于高含水量种子,积累的蔗糖,水苏糖含量与超干种子的耐干力有关。玉米（Zea maysL.)种子中不含水苏糖,这可能是玉米种子较其他种子耐干力下降的原因之一。     

超干种子的膜功能与糖组分的研究

采用两相法分离种子质膜,研究超干处理对种子质膜ATP酶活力及膜流动性的影响.结果表明,白菜(Brassica pekinensis(Lour.)Rupr.)、榆树(Ulmus pumila L.)种子经超干处理后,在人工老化和自然老化条件下,与在-20℃条件下贮藏的种子比较,超干贮藏种子质膜ATP酶活力和微粘度无显著变化,过于贮藏种子的效应虽有所下降,但仍比高含水量室温贮藏的对照种子为好.此结果与超干种子具较高活力水平完全一致,说明超干贮藏种子保持了质膜的生理功能,因此提高了种子的耐藏性.高效液相色谱分析结果显示超干种子中还原糖/非还原糖的比值低于高含水量种子,积累的蔗糖、水苏糖含量与超干种子的耐干力有关.玉米(Zea mays L.)种子中不含水苏糖,这可能是玉米种子较其他种子耐干力下降的原因之一.     

超干种子耐贮藏性的细胞学及生理生化基础

种子超干贮藏是近年来种子生物学研究和植物种质资源保存领域的研究热点。本文综述了种子超干贮藏研究的进展 ,包括 :(1)超干种子的细胞和亚细胞结构变化 ;(2 )超干处理对种子水分状态的影响以及与劣变反应速率的关系 ;(3)超干种子中的自由基伤害和有毒物质的积累 ;(4)超干种子中的内源抗氧剂 ;(5 )糖类物质以及两性物质对极度脱水种子细胞的保护。此外 ,还对此领域的研究进行了展望     

超干红花种子抗老化作用及其机理

红花种子含水量（ＭＣ） 降至５ ％ 以下,能显著提高抗老化劣变能力;在同等老化条件下,对照种子（ ＭＣ＝ ９ ．０１ ％ ） 活力已大幅度下降,而超干种子（ＭＣ＝ ４ ．８４ ％ ～１ ．８８ ％ ）的活力保持不变。超干处理对红花种子脱氢酶、过氧化氢酶（ＣＡＴ） 及超氧物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ） 活性均无明显影响。经同等老化处理后,超干种子脱氢酶活性明显高于对照种子。在同等老化条件下,当对照种子ＣＡＴ 和ＳＯＤ 活性明显下降时,超干种子仍保持较高活性。红花种子在超干老化处理后,其胚中自由基水平相对地升高,超干种子经吸胀萌发前的回水处理,可使因老化导致的过多自由基及时得到清除,从而保证了超干种子能正常进入萌发状态。     

种子超干保存新技术

种子含水量和贮藏温度是影响种子贮存寿命的两个最重要因子,适当降低种子含水量和贮藏温度均可有效延长种子寿命。但长期以来受干燥技术上的限制和脱水方法不当,很难将种子含水量降至５％以下,加上忽略种子萌发前“再水合”过程中吸胀损伤的预防和渗控,致使普遍认为种...     

洋葱种子含水量与贮藏温度对其寿命的影响

不同含水量（MC7.1％～1.2％）的洋葱种子贮藏在35℃、室温、15℃和5℃条件下1～3年,适度超干处理能延长种子的贮藏寿命;种子的贮藏寿命与种子含水量和贮藏温度密切相关。种子贮藏的最适含水量随温度的改变而发生相应的变化,35℃时MC为3.4％;室温时为3.4％～4.5％;15℃时为4.5%～5.1％。MC≤2.2％不利于延长种子寿命。在室温自然条件下贮藏1～3年,适度超干种子（MC3.4％）内MDA和H2O2含量、O－*2产生速率和LOX活性明显地低于未超干种子（MC7.1％）和高度超干种子（MC1.2％）,而抗氧化酶AsA-POD、CAT和SOD的活性显著地高于未超干种子（MC7.1％）和高度超干种子（MC1.2％）。据此认为对脂质过氧化的抑制作用是适度超干种子耐贮藏的生理原因之一。     

超干对种子活力及水分热力学特性的影响

以耐干的菜心种子和不耐干的豇豆种子为材料,研究了超干对其活力和水分吸附等温线及热力学参数（△S、△H、△G）的影响。超干使红豇豆种子活力下降,SOD、POD活性降低,膜结构受损,这些变化即发生在水分降低的干燥过程中又发生在眼干状态下的贮藏过程中,菜心种子的活力和SOD,POD的活性受超干的影响小,超干对细胞膜的轻微损伤可在萌发吸胀时得到修复,超干种子水分吸附等温线上区段1和区段2的含水量明显下降;超干种子除－△S和－△H在区段1略有所升高外,－△S、－△H在区段和2和区段3和－△G在各区段均有程度不同的下降;这些改变尤以豇豆种子较显著,说明豇豆种子的水分束缚能力低,较易失去水分吸附等温线上的强吸附水,继而引起大分子结构的改变,降低种子活力;而菜心种子则相反,能在超干状态下较好地保持酶的活性和细胞膜的结构,故适宜超干贮藏。     

洋葱种子含水量与贮藏温度对其寿命的影响

不同含水量（MC 7．1％－1．2）的洋葱种子贮藏在35℃、室温、15℃和5℃条件下1－3年,适度超于处理能延长种子的贮藏寿命;种子的贮藏寿命与种子含水量和贮藏温度密切相关。种子贮藏的最适含水量随温度的改变而发生相应的变化,35℃时MC为3．4％;室温时为3．4％－3．5％;15℃时为4．5％－5．1％。MC≤2．2％不利于延长种子寿命。在室温自然条件下贮藏1－3年,适度超干种子（MC3．4％）内MDA和H2O2含量、O2^-产生速率和LOX活性明显地低于未超干种子（MC7．1％）和高度超干种子（MC1．2％）,而抗氧化酶AsA-POD 、CAT和SOD的活性显著地高于未超干种子（MC7．1％）和高度超干种子（MC1．2％）。据此认为对脂质过氧化的抑制作用是适度超干种子耐贮藏的生理原因之一。     

种子吸胀期间的泄漏物与活力的关系

综述了种子吸胀期间渗漏的蛋白质和氨基酸、糖类、无机离子、酚类等物质,以及浸出液的电导率、ｐＨ值、种子贮藏中释放的气体在种子活力测定中的应用。     

兰坪铅锌矿区植被恢复初期土壤种子库与地上植被关系的研究

尾矿废弃地是一种极端的生态系统,其植被恢复的研究将丰富传统的生态学理论。该研究通过野外植被调查与室内萌发实验相结合的方法,探讨了兰坪铅锌矿区植被恢复初期不同群落类型地上植被、土壤种子库及其相互关系。结果显示:（1）与对照群落（云南松林、高山栎灌丛）相比,尾矿区恢复期各群落（早熟禾人工草地、魁蒿群落、马桑灌丛）地上植被及土壤种子库的物种数、物种多样性均较低。（2）植被恢复时间较短的2个群落（魁蒿群落、人工草地）土壤种子库较地上植被物种多样性高。（3）尾矿区恢复期各群落地上植被及土壤种子库的优势种均主要由风播、种子繁殖的植物组成,菊科、禾本科占较大比例,这些植物在尾矿区植被恢复初期起重要作用。（4）尾矿区恢复期各群落土壤种子库与地上植被的物种相似性较高,各群落之间地上植被及土壤种子库的相似性则较低。研究表明,尾矿区恢复初期土壤种子库与地上植被紧密联系,群落改造方式、恢复时间对土壤种子库具有重要影响。     

Seed banks and seed population dynamics of halophytes

In this review I will describe the importance of seed banks and thepopulation dynamics of seeds on the distribution of species in salinehabitats. The main questions being examined in this review include: 1.Does the seed bank represent the flora of the entire salinity gradient or isit restricted to the species in each zonal community? 2. Is the size andspecies composition of the persistent seed bank regulated by the degree ofsalt stress in habitats along an environmental gradient? 3. Does thepopulation dynamics of seeds influence the temporal and spatial distributionof plant species in saline habitats? Seed banks may be transient orpersistent depending upon the physiological responses of species and thesoil environment in which the seeds are found. The formation of zonalcommunities in salt marsh environments is affected by changes in soilsalinity and flooding along an elevational gradient. Population dynamics ofseeds have been found to determine the spatial and temporal distributionof species along salinity gradients. The flora and relative density of speciesof zonal communities are significantly dependent upon the stress toleranceof species at different stages of development and the presence of transientor persistent seed banks. The occurrence of a seed bank is related to thesalinity tolerance of species at the germination stage of development, aseeds ability to tolerate hypersaline conditions and flooding, and whetheror not species are able to maintain a persistent seed bank until hypersalineconditions are alleviated.

     

Seed banks are biodiversity reservoirs: species–area relationships above versus below ground

Soil seed banks offer plants the possibility to disperse through time. This has implications for population and community dynamics, as recognised by ecological and evolutionary theory. In contrast, the conservation and restoration literature often find seed banks to be depauperate, weedy and without much conservation value or restoration potential. One explanation for these contrasting views might lie in a systematic bias in the sampling of seed banks versus established plant communities. We use the species–area relationship as a tool to assess and compare the per‐area species richness and spatial structuring of the diversity of the established plant community versus soil seed banks. To allow this direct comparison we extensively survey the species–area relationship of the vegetation and underlying seed bank of a grassland community across twelve sites spanning regional bioclimatic gradients. We also compile a global dataset of established vegetation and seed banks from published sources. We find that seed banks have consistently higher intercepts and slopes of the relationship, and hence higher diversity at any given spatial scale, than the vegetation both in the field and literature study. This is consistent across habitat types, climate gradients, and biomes. Similarity indices are commonly used to compare vegetation and seed bank, and we find that sampling effort (% of the vegetation area sampled for seed bank) was the strongest predictor of vegetation–seed bank similarity for both the Sørensen (R² = 0.70) and the Raup–Crick (R² = 0.25) index. Our study suggests that the perception that seed banks are intrinsically less diverse than established plant communities has been based more on inadequate sampling than on biological reality. Across a range of ecosystems and climatic settings, we find high diversity in seed banks relative to the established community, suggesting potentially important roles of seed banks in population dynamics and diversity maintenance.     

地中海沿岸沙丘土壤种子库的异质性

应用自然萌发法和物理筛选法相结合的方法,调查了地中海沿岸沙丘三种微生境土壤总种子库和永久种子库特征,用功能群的方法分析了微生境之间的土壤总种子库和永久土壤种子库的组成和结构差异,也分析了主要物种土壤种子库的微生境分布格局,分析了种子大小和土壤种子库中的种子永久性关系。发现地中海沿岸沙丘土壤种子库具有明显的空间异质性,即使在相同的微生境内,土壤种子库的分布也不是均匀的,甚至具有很大的差异;微生境对总的土壤种子库和各功能群的土壤种子库的分布格局具有显著的影响,开阔地区域具有最大的种子密度,而灌丛下和路径具有较小的种子密度;在永久土壤种子库中,豆科类植物种子在休眠种子中占有最大的比例,约为76％,而一年生和多年生禾草未发现休眠种子,豆类、伞形科类、多年生阔草、菊科类、一年生阔叶草和十字花科类等种子在土壤中的永久性比例依次下降,分别为50％、46％、41％、6％、6％和1％,微生境影响各功能群种子在土壤中的永久性。微生境显著影响大部分主要物种的土壤种子库分布;种子大小与其在土壤中的永久性为正相关,即大种子具有较高的永久性,小种子具有较低的永久性。     

Rapid Seed Bank Development in Restored Tidal Freshwater Wetlands

Studies of seed bank development have rarely been included in evaluations of wetland restoration. We compared the seed bank of a recently restored tidal freshwater marsh in Washington, D.C., Kingman Marsh, with seed banks of another restored site (Kenilworth Marsh) and two reference marshes (Dueling Creek and Patuxent Marsh). The density and richness of emerging seedlings from Kingman Marsh seed bank samples increased from less than 4 seedlings and 2 taxa/90-cm² sample in 2000 (the year of restoration) to more than 130 seedlings and 10 taxa/90-cm² sample in 2003. The most important seed bank taxa at Kingman Marsh included Cyperus spp., Juncus spp., Lindernia dubia , Ludwigia palustris , and the non-native Lythrum salicaria . These taxa are not abundant in most mid-Atlantic tidal freshwater marshes but are almost identical to those described for a created tidal freshwater wetland in New Jersey. Seed banks of both the restored sites contained few seeds of several important species found at the reference sites. Flooding had a significant negative effect on emerging seedling density and taxa density, suggesting that slight decreases in soil elevation in restored wetlands will dramatically decrease recruitment from the seed bank. Because seed banks integrate processes affecting growth and reproduction of standing vegetation, we suggest that seed banks are a useful metric of wetland restoration success and urge that seed bank studies be incorporated into monitoring programs for restored wetlands.     

尕海湖滨湿地种子库初探

在青藏高原湖泊尕海湖滨湿地的高寒草甸中,选取4个样地22个样点研究种子库基本组成及其与地表植被的关系。结果表明,尕海湖滨湿地种子库由13科34属37种湿生植物组成,平均为7400 seeds/m2,种类以一年生草本植物为主;地表植被由17科29属31种湿生植物构成,以多年生草本植物为主,种子库与地表植被组成的差异较为明显,符合高寒草甸的特征。总体而言,种子库垂直分布的各深度间种子密度有明显的相关性,土壤表层的种子库密度显著高于深层,在物种水平上,仅露蕊乌头Aconitum gymnandrum有这一趋势。种子库物种与水位变化研究表明,种子库中物种的生活型随着水位变化而发生变化：随着水位的升高,种子库中的优势种逐渐由以露蕊乌头为指示种的中生植物向以水毛茛Batrachium bungei为指示种的沉水植物过渡。本研究表明,尕海湖滨湿地种子库具有对受损湿地进行修复的潜在可能,同时水位对其分布有一定影响;如果是针对目标植物的选择性修复则要注意该物种是否存在于种子库中。     

Seed germination cues and the importance of the soil seed bank across an environmental gradient in the Serengeti

Soil seed banks are an important source of new individuals for many plant populations and contribute to future genetic variability. In general, the size and persistence of soil seed banks is predicted to be greater where growth occurs in unpredictable pulses, where opportunities for disturbance‐related recruitment are frequent and where the probability of recruitment failure is high. In savanna ecosystems, characterized by disturbance from fire and unpredictable water availability, soil seed banks should be relatively important sources of recruitment. However, the few studies conducted in savannas are inconclusive about the importance of soil seed banks and, more specifically, how seed banks should change across environmental gradients. We determined the number of viable seeds in the soil seed bank across savanna‐grasslands in the Serengeti, an ecosystem characterized by frequent fire and seasonal drought. Soils were exposed to a combination of smoke and heat, cues which may be required to break seed dormancy in such ecosystems. Our a priori expectation was to observe large seed banks in regions characterized by seasonal drought and comparatively smaller seed banks in regions of higher moisture availability and high fire frequencies. In contrast to our hypothesis, seed germination increased strongly with precipitation and fire frequency. In addition, there was a significant interaction effect between fire and rainfall: low rainfall sites with frequent fire had greater seed germination than low rainfall sites with low fire frequency. Moreover, in laboratory experiments, heat had a negative, smoke a positive effect on final seed germination numbers. Together, these findings suggest that fire may be a key factor in driving herbaceous seed bank dynamics in tropical savannas.     

Capturing,protecting and restoring plant diversity in the UK: RBG Kew and the Millennium Seed Bank

Ex situ seed banking is a practical and cost-effective means of preserving wild plant diversity and a crucial complement to the in situ conservation and restoration of species and habitats. As pressures on the natural environment have grown, so has the call for seed banks to provide scientifically-robust,practical solutions to seed-related problems in nature conservation, from single-species recovery and reintroduction to the restoration of complex, dynamic communities at the largest scales. In this paper, we discuss how the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and its Millennium Seed Bank have responded to this call in the United Kingdom. We demonstrate that banked seed collections can provide a range of otherwiseunavailable, high quality, known-origin, genetically-diverse biological materials. The data, expertise and specialist facilities that accompany these collections are also valuable, helping overcome constraints to the collection, production and effective use of native seed. Challenges remain-to ensure ex situ collections protect the species and genetic diversity that will enable plants to adapt to a changing environment, and to find new ways for seed banks to mobilise their resources at a landscape scale.     

Seed regeneration potential of canopy gaps at early formation stage in temperate secondary forests, Northeast China

Promoting the seed regeneration potential of secondary forests undergoing gap disturbances is an important approach for achieving forest restoration and sustainable management. Seedling recruitment from seed banks strongly determines the seed regeneration potential, but the process is poorly understood in the gaps of secondary forests. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the effects of gap size, seed availability, and environmental conditions on the seed regeneration potential in temperate secondary forests. It was found that gap formation could favor the invasion of more varieties of species in seed banks, but it also could speed up the turnover rate of seed banks leading to lower seed densities. Seeds of the dominant species, Fraxinus rhynchophylla, were transient in soil and there was a minor and discontinuous contribution of the seed bank to its seedling emergence. For Quercus mongolica, emerging seedling number was positively correlated with seed density in gaps (R?=?0.32, P<0.01), especially in medium and small gaps (<500 m(2)). Furthermore, under canopies, there was a positive correlation between seedling number and seed density of Acer mono (R?=?0.43, P<0.01). Gap formation could promote seedling emergence of two gap-dependent species (i.e., Q. mongolica and A. mono), but the contribution of seed banks to seedlings was below 10% after gap creation. Soil moisture and temperature were the restrictive factors controlling the seedling emergence from seeds in gaps and under canopies, respectively. Thus, the regeneration potential from seed banks is limited after gap formation.     

Seed bank influences on genetic diversity in the rare annual Clarkia springvillensis (Onagraceae)

The potential for seed banks to significantly affect the genetic structure of populations was recognized nearly two decades ago. However, there has been little empirical work that examines the problem. In this study, we explore the possibility that the seed bank of a rare annual, Clarkia springvillensis, could act as a buffer against the genetic consequences of small population size. We examined the adult and seed bank cohort in three natural populations. The seed bank was surveyed by collecting soil cores twice during the growing season: postgermination and post seed set. The genetic constitution of the adults and seed bank cohort was determined by examining eight polymorphic isozyme loci via starch gel electrophoresis. The total genetic diversity in the seed bank (Ht = 0.355) was significantly higher than in the adults (Ht = 0.260). Additionally, Fst estimates of genetic differentiation among populations showed significantly less differentiation among population seed banks (Fst = 0.008) than among adults (Fst = 0.045). These results are in agreement with the expectation that seed banks would act to maintain genetic diversity in populations as well as have the effect of slowing differentiation of populations.