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《Journal of experimental botany》1977,28(6):1247
Effects of coupled solute and water flow in plant roots withspecial reference to Brouwer's experiment. Edwin L. Fiscus. p. 71 Abstract: Line 3 delete interval insertinternal. p. 73 Materials and Methods: line 6: delete diversion insert division line 9 equation should read Jv=Lp PRT(C0C1). 74 Last line of figure legend: 101 should read 1011. 75 Line 11: delete seems insert seem. le 1 column heading106 should read 1011. 77 delete ...membrane in series of... insert membranein series or... Delete final paragraph. 相似文献
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Effect of Inorganic Phosphate on the Biosynthesis of Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotides in Suspension-Cultured Cells of Catharanthus roseus 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The levels of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides in suspensioncultures of Catharanthus roseus were determined 24 h after stationary-phasecells were transferred to fresh complete (+Pi)or phosphate-deficient (Pi) Murashige-Skoogmedium. The levels of ATP, GTP, UTP and CTP were from approx.3 to 5-fold greater in the cells grown in +Pimedium than in the cells grown in Pi medium.The levels of almost all other nucleotides were slightly higherin the cells in +Pi medium. The rates of de novoand salvage biosynthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotideswere estimated from the rates of incorporation of radioactivityfrom [14C]formate, [214C]glycine, NaH14CO3, [614C]orotate,[814C]adenine, [814C]adenosine, [214C]uraciland [214C]uridine. The results indicated that the activityof both the de novo and the salvage pathway was higher in thecells in +Pi medium than in the cells in Pimedium. The rate of degradation estimated from the rate of releaseof 14CO2 from labelled purines and pyrimidines indicated thatdegradation of uridine was significantly reduced in the cellsin +Pi medium, but no significant difference wasfound in the degradation of adenine, adenosine and uracil. Thepossible role of Pi in the control of the biosynthesis of nucleotidesand in the degradation of uridine is discussed. Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle, suspension culture, inorganic phosphate, nucleotides, purines, pyrimidines, biosynthesis, degradation 相似文献
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The Sensitivity of Net Photosynthesis in Several Plant Species to Short-term Fumigation with Sulphur Dioxide 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The effects of exposure of up to 2 h with sulphur dioxide ona range of plant species was observed by measuring changes inthe rate of net photosynthesis under closely controlled environmentalconditions. Ryegrass, Lolium perenne S23 was thespecies most sensitive to SO2; significant inhibition was detectedat 200 nl l1. Fumigations at 300 nl l1 also inhibitedphotosynthesis in field bean (Vicia faba cv. Three FoldWhite and Blaze) and in barley (Hordeumvulgare cv. Sonja). No effect was detected inwheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Virtue) at concentrationsup to 600 nl l1 SO2, or in oil-seed rape (Brassica napuscv. Rafal) except at 800 nl l1 SO2). Recoverycommenced immediately after the fumigation was terminated andwas complete within 2 h when inhibition had not exceeded 20%during the SO2 treatment. Key words: Sulphur dioxide, short-term fumigation, photosynthesis 相似文献
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This study was conducted with Lolium temulentum, Festuca pratensis,and the two hybrids L. multiflorum x F. pratensis Elmetand L. perenne x F. pratensis Prior. In a comparisonof various durations (742 d) of pretreatment at 4 or7 °C the highest yield of microspore-derived callus of L.temulentum was obtained after pretreatment of spikes at 7 °Cfor 28 d, conditions which also proved optimal for panicle pretreatmentwith F. pratensis. For Elmet, durations of 2142d were optimal, and for Prior the responses tendedto decline with increasing duration. In L. temulentum addition of charcoal (12 g l1)to medium containing 2, 4-D and KN wa 相似文献
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Floral buds of the False Horn plantain clonesMusa (AAB) Harton Verde, Harton Negra,and Currare terminate in a large single floralstructure. The apices of these floral buds are here designatedas determinate since they have lost the ability to produce additionalfloral initials or buds. Terminal peduncle segments can be culturedin a modified Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium supplementedwith N6-benzyl-aminopurine (5 mg I1). Under these conditions,this apparent inability to yield buds can be overcome as vegetativeshoot clusters form in the axils of the bracts. Rooted plantletsare obtainable by treating shoots with naphthaleneacetic acid(1 mg I1) and activated charcoal (0.025%). The adventitiousorigin of the shoots has been established. Musa cultivars, plantains, floral bud, adventitious buds, tissue culture 相似文献
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Feeding behavior of the brittle star Ophiura ophiura includesorienting posture, orienting movements, arm walking,changing the direction of walking arm coilingand ingestion. All sequential behavior patterns were releasedor enhanced by single low-molecular-weight compounds. Stimuliwhich released walking behavior at high concentrations(104 M) in all the test animals are listed in decreasingorder of sensitivity: sarcosine, glycine, urea, L-valine, L-leucine,L-methionine, L-homocysteine, L-norvaline, L-norleucine, L-threonine,L-serine, S-methyl-L-cysteine, L-proline. Threshold values forsingle amino acids were as much as 100 times different in differentindividuals and ranged from 3 x 109 to 3 x 107M for the most effective stimulus, sarcosine, and from 106to 104 M for proline. Above 105 M, only L-prolineregularly released a second behavior pattern, the arm coilingresponse, which temporarily inhibited the walkingbehavior. Behavioral thresholds for the walkingbehavior for L(+)-lactate and L-alanine were higher than thosefor the orienting movements. Thyoglycolic acid and ß-alaninereleased tube feet walking, which is not part of the feedingbehavior. Structureactivity comparisons were studied at estimated105 M concentrations. Gycline, sarcosine, L-valine, L-norvaline,L-leucine, L-isoleucine, DL-norleucine and DL-homocysteine releasedarm walking behavior in more than 75% of all thetests. With the exceptions of S-methyl-and S-ethyl-cysteine,and glycine methylester, derivatives of amino acids were noteffective behavioral stimuli in Ophiura ophiura. L-Isomers ofvaline and leucine regularly stimulated the walkingbehavior while their D-isomers were effective in some testsand ineffective in others. Acetylcholine iodide, acetyl-ß-methylcholine chloride and choline phosphate chloride regularly releasedwalking behavior at concentrations above 105M. 相似文献
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MATTSSON M.; LUNDBORG T.; LARSSON M.; LARSSON C.-M. 《Journal of experimental botany》1992,43(1):25-30
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L., cvs Golf, Mette, and Laevigatum)was grown under nitrogen limitation in solution culture untilnear maturity. Three different nitrogen addition regimes wereused: in the HN culture the relative rate of nitrate-Naddition (RA) was 0·08 d1 until day 48 and thendecreased stepwise to, finally, 0·005 d1 duringgrain-filling; the LN culture received 45% ofthe nitrogen added in HN; the CN culture was maintainedat RA 0·0375 d1 throughout. Kinetics of net nitrateuptake were measured during ontogeny at 30 to 150 mmol m3external nitrate. Vmax (which is argued to reflect the maximuminflux rate in these plants) declined with age in both HN andLN cultures. A pronounced transient drop was observed just beforeanthesis, which correlated in time with a peak in root nitrateconcentration. Similar, but less pronounced, trends were observedin CN. The relative Vmax (unit nitrogen taken up per unit nitrogenin plants and day) in all three cultures declined from 1·32·3d1 during vegetative growth to 0·10·7d1 during generative growth. These values are in HN andLN cultures 15- to more than 100-fold in excess of the demandset by growth rates throughout ontogeny. Predicted balancingnitrate concentrations (defined as the nitrate concentrationrequired to support the observed rate of growth) were below6·0 mmol m3 in HN and LN cultures before anthesisand then decreased during ontogeny. In CN cultures the balancingnitrate concentration increased during grain-filling. Apartfrom the transient decline during anthesis, most of the effectof ageing on relative Vmax can be explained in terms of reducedcontribution of roots to total biomass (R:T). The loss in uptakeper unit root weight is largely compensated for by the declinewith time in average tissue nitrogen concentrations. The quantitativerelationships between relative Vmax and R:T in ageing plantsare similar to those observed for vegetative plants culturedat different RAs. The data support the contention that the capacity for nitrateacquisition in N-limited plants is under general growth control,rather than controlled by specific regulation of the biochemicalpathway of nitrate assimilation. Key words: Barley, nitrogen concentration, root: total plant biomass ratio, Vmax 相似文献
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A Cytochrome P450 Mediated Naringenin 3'-Hydroxylase from Sweet Orange Cell Cultures 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Doostdar Hamed; Shapiro Jeffrey P.; Niedz Randall; Burke M.D.; McCollum T. Gregory; McDonald Roy E.; Mayer Richard T. 《Plant & cell physiology》1995,36(1):69-77
A microsomal flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H) catalyzing themetabolism of naringenin to eriodictyol in Citrus sinensis (L.)Osbeck cv. Hamlin cell suspension cultures wasshown to be a cytochrome P450 enzyme. This reaction requiredO2 and NADPH and was inhibited by CO, with partial reversalof CO-inhibition by light at 450 nm. Cytochrome P450 contentranged from 1020 pmol (mg microsomal protein)1.The F3'H reaction was shown to be linear in regard to proteinconcentration between 2.5 and 25 µg of microsomal protein.The optimum pH for the reaction was 7.47.6 and the temperatureoptimum was between 30 and 37°C. The apparent Km and Vmaxfor naringenin were 24 µM±3.2 and 81.4±7.9pmol eriodictyol min1 (mg protein)1, respectively.The microsomal F3'H was also capable of forming dihydroquercetinfrom dihydrokaempferol (40 pmol min1 (mg protein)1)and of quercetin from kaempferol (3.25 pmol min1 (mgprotein1). Cytochrome c and ketoconazole were the bestinhibitors of WH activity followed by piperonyl butoxide anda-naphthoflavone. Light was shown to be an inducer of the F3'Halmost doubling the specific activity and increasing the microsomalcytochrome P450 content by 30% over that of dark grown cells.F3'H activity was also confirmed in microsomal preparationsof young (new flush) leaves from Hamlin treesand flavedo of Hamlin oranges, Marshgrapefruit, and Lisbon lemon. No activity wasobserved in older, hardened leaves and albedo of all the fruittested. Initiation of embryogenesis in the Hamlincell suspension cultures by switching from a sucrose mediumto a glycerol-based medium resulted in the down-regulation ofF3'H.
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Nitrate provision has been found to regulate the capacity forChara corallina cells to take up nitrate. When nitrate was suppliedto N sufficient cells maximum nitrate uptake was reached after8 h. Prolonged treatment of the cells in the absence of N alsoresulted in the apparent ability of these cells to take up nitrate.Chlorate was found to substitute partially for nitrate in theinduction step. The effects on nitrate reductionwere separated from those on nitrate uptake by experiments usingtungstate. Tungstate pretreatment had no effect on NO3uptake induced by N starvation, but inhibitedNO3 uptake associated with NO3 pretreatment. Chloridepretreatment similarly had no effect on NO3 uptake inducedby N deprivation, but inhibited NO3 uptake followingNO3 pretreatment. The data suggest that there are atleast two mechanisms responsible for the inductionof nitrate uptake by Chara cells, one associated with NO3reduction and induced by CIO3 or NO3and one associated with N deprivation. Key words: Nitrate, Chlorate, Chara corallina, Induction 相似文献
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Fully light-intercepting simulated swards of S24 perennial ryegrasswere exposed to contrasting environmental conditions in a growthroom for 4 days. Half experienced 20 h days of 120 Wm2(400700. nm) and 5 °C, and came to have a WSC (watersoluble carbohydrate) content of 235 mg g1 and half 4h days of 20 Wm2 and 25 °C leading to a WSC of 25mg g1. Their rates of CO2 efflux were monitored at anumber of temperatures during an 8 h dark period; half experiencedincreasing (530 °C) and half decreasing (305°C) temperatures. The high WSC swards hadrespiration rates of 3.7 mg CO2 g1 (d. wt) h1at 15 °C, and the low swards 0.8 mg CO2 g1h1. The order in which the temperatures were experiencedwas immaterial. Even the low WSC swards showedno evidence of a respiratory decline during the dark periodthat could be attributed to substrate shortage. The relationshipbetween temperature and CO2 efflux was best represented by logisticcurves. Even so, a Q10 of 2 fitted the data reasonably well,at least up to 20 °C, and has practical advantages wheninterpolating estimated between measured values of respirationin the construction of a carbon balance sheet. Lohum perenne L., ryegrass, respiration, temperature, Q10, soluble carbohydrate content, simulated sward 相似文献
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Pith callus tissues were grown under continuous blue (450 mµ),green (545 mµ), red (650 mµ), and white(full-spectrum) light, and in the dark for 22 days at 27±2°C at energy levels of 15,000 ergs cm2 sec1. Mean increases in fresh weight of tissues grown under whiteand blue light were significantly greater than those of tissuesgrown in green and red light and in the dark. Tissues grownin the dark yielded mean fresh weight increases significantlylower than tissues grown under blue, red, and whitelight. No significant differences were shown between blue andwhite, red and green, and green and dark treatmentsrespectively. Cell differentiation occurred in all treatmentsonly to the extent of vessel element formation. There were nodifferences in degree of differentiation between treatments. It was proposed that the high-energy reaction of photomorphogenesiswas in operation in the Pelargonium callus tissue. The resultsindicated the presence in the tissue of high-energy photoreceptor(s).The use of high-intensity, incandescent illumination for experimentalprocedures approximating natural conditions of irradiation wasindicated as desirable for pith callus tissues of Pelargoniumzonale var. Enchantress Fiat. 相似文献
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The metabolic fate of [U-14C]sucrose in suspension culturesof Catharanthus roseus cells was monitored for 96 h after thecells were transferred to fresh complete (+Pi)or to phosphate-deficient Murashige and Skoog (Pi)medium. Sucrose was hydrolysed extracellularly to glucose andfructose. The rate of uptake of sugars by the cells was 1.53times higher in +Pi culture than in Piculture. Little difference in the rate of incorporation of radioactivityinto the ethanol-soluble fraction was found between the +Piand Pi cultures during the initial 24h of culture, but after 48 h the rate in +Picultures was higher than that in Pi cultures.Incorporation of radioactivity into ethanol-insoluble macromoleculeswas always significantly higher in the cells in +Picultures than in those in Pi cultures.The results suggest that Pi strongly affects the utilizationof sugars by cultured plant cells through the stimulation oftransport of sugars as well as through the activation of metabolism. Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle, suspension culture, inorganic phosphate, sucrose, transport, metabolism 相似文献
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The population dynamics of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita inSouthampton Water is characterized. Strobilation, indicatedby the presence of 1 mm ephyrae, occurred from the end of Januaryto the middle of March. Maximum abundances of up to 8.71 m3occurred soon after ephyrae release, after which numbers declinedsteadily until the end of June, when the population was absentfrom Southampton Water. The residence time of 34 monthsis somewhat less than that reported in many other areas, includingKiel Bight and Gullmarfjord. The carbon biomass of A.auritaaccounted for 9297% of the predominant gelatinous biomass(A.aurita, Pleurobrachia pileus and Phialidium hemisphericum)in the upper estuary, and this reached a maximum of 30.2 mgC m3 in May 1990 and 27.6 mg C m3 in June 1991.Coincident with increased water temperature and mesozooplanktonabundance during May, growth rates increased from 0.020.30mm day1 to a peak of 4.8 mm day1, with a maximumbell diameter of 120140 mm reached in late May/earlyJune. Size to maturity was variable, although the smallest medusaobserved to be ripe, i.e. containing dividingeggs and planula larvae in the brood sacs on the oral arms,were 6471 mm. Aurelia aurita is believed to be endemicto Southampton Water, but because of the double high water inthe area, short flushing rates of between 4.5 and 20 days maybe responsible for such short residence times of Aurelia medusae.The effects of strong NE winds were considered as factors governingthe distribution of medusae in years of atypical temporal abundance. 相似文献
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SINGH N; SINGH S N; SRIVASTAVA K; YUNUS M; AHMAD K. J; SHARMA S C.; SHARGA A N 《Annals of botany》1990,65(1):41-44
Five Gladiolus cultivars, namely Aldebaran, BrightEye, Illusion, Manisha andManmohan, were exposed to 1 and 2 µg l1sulphur dioxide to test their relative-sensitivity toleranceto the pollutant Plants were fumigated experimentally for 2h daily Foliar injury symptoms were observed first in Manishafollowed by Aldebaran and Illusionat the higher dose Photosynthetic pigments and leaf extractpH were significantly decreased, particularly in Manishaand Illusion Overall disturbances in the plantmetabolism due to SO2 treatment led to retarded growth of plants,as evident from decreased shoot length and phytomass valuesThe order of sensitivity of the five Gladiolus cultivars toSO2 was as follows, with the greatest first Manisha, Illusion,Aldebaran, Bright Eye, Manmohan Cultivars, Gladiolus, sensitivity, sulphur dioxide, tolerance 相似文献
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The effect of the leafless mutation (in whichtendrils replace leaflets and the stipules are reduced to avestigial form) upon foliage area, photosynthetic net CO2 uptakepotential, dry matter production and seed yield in Pisum sativumwas studied by comparing two near-isogenic lines of genotypeafafstst and ++++. The mutation is of potential agronomic valuein that it offers improved lodging resistance, crop drying andharvester throughput. In the conventional phenotype the total foliage area of themain axis attained a plateau (456 cm2) at day 56 from seedlingemergence, whereas corresponding values for the leaflessmutant showed a total area of 208 cm2 at day 68 with no indicationof a plateau. The agronomic consequence of this is discussed.During the vegetative phase of the plant the maximum CO2 uptakepotential in the fully expanded conventional leaf was 8·5mg CO2 leaf1 h1 and in the leaflessmutant this value was 7·0 mg CO2 leaf1 h1.For most leaves of the latter phenotype this valuewas between 30 and 60 per cent less than for their conventionalcounterpart. There was a consistently higher photosyntheticpotential per unit area in tendrils of the leaflessmutant than in leaflets of the conventional phenotype. The respectivemean specific values for the two phenotypes were 53 and 37 mgCO2 dm2 h1. The problem of obtaining a meaningfulsurface area value for tendrils is discussed and the cylindricalnature of tendrils is taken into account. The leafless mutant consistently accumulated 50per cent less dry matter than did conventional plants in theperiod from seedling emergence to anthesis and yield of maturedry seed per plant showed a reduction of 50 per cent both inseed number and total seed weight. The implications for future breeding and selection programmesaimed at haulm reduction are discussed in relation to evaluatingthe ability of the background genotype to produce adequate tendrilsin the presence of afafstst. Triticum aestivum, wheat, callus culture, organogenesis 相似文献
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The Importance of Light Intensity for Pollen Tube Growth and Embryo Survival in Wheat x Maize Crosses 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The success of Triticum aestivumxZea mays crosses, used to producewheat doubled haploids, is influenced by light intensity. Toexamine the basis for this response, pollen tube growth, embryosurvival and indicators of photosynthetic rate were measuredin two wheat cultivars (Karamu and Kotuku)crossed with maize at two irradiance levels (250 or 750 µmolm-2s-1, PAR). Pollen tube growth was significantly affectedby light intensity in Karamu plants but not inKotuku plants, despite both cultivars being pollinatedby the same maize source. The percentage of pollen tubes reachingthe cavity between the ovarian wall and integuments, or in themicropyle of Karamu plants at high light intensity(65%) was nearly three-times greater than that at low lightintensity (22%). Thus, either low light intensity can affectthe maternal wheat plant in a way that inhibits pollen tubegrowth and/or high light intensity may promote pollen tube growthin Karamu plants. Significant differences in ratesof electron transport in plants grown at the two light intensitiesindicated that the rate of photosynthesis may also have an effecton pollen tube growth. These results have importance for improvingthe efficiency of wheat x maize crosses and other wide cerealcrosses. Copyright 2001 Annals of Botany Company Intergeneric hybridization, light intensity, pollen tube growth, embryo survival, Triticum aestivum, wheat,Zea mays , maize 相似文献
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A study of feeding in predacious ciliates using prey ciliates labeled with fluorescent microspheres 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Feeding in predacious estuarine ciliates was investigated ina series of laboratory experiments using a new method of preylabeling which facilitates microscopic indentification of ingestedprey items. Ingestion rates of Mesodinium pulex, Euplotes vannusand E.woodruffi were estimated using the appearance, insidethe predator, of bacteriovorous ciliates (Metanophrys sp., Cyclidiumsp.and Pleuronema sp ) labeled with fluorescent microspheres. Preyremain motile and have presumably unaltered surface characteristics.Ingestion rates of log-growth phase predators increased withprey density. Mesodinium pulex ingested 0 150.32 cellsh1 over a prey concentration of 602300 ml1.Maximum ingestion rates of E. woodruffi and E. vannus were 4.5and 3.4 cells h1 respectively, estimated at prey abundancesof 75 and 172 cells ml1 respectively. Comparisons offeeding rates on prey of different sizes, and the effects ofstarvation, indicated that ingestion is likely limited by differentfactors in raptorial (M pulex) and filterfeeding (Euplotes spp.) predators. 相似文献
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Gomes Helga Do R.; Goes Joaquim I.; Parulekar A.H. 《Journal of plankton research》1992,14(9):1307-1329
This study examines the spatial distribution and size structureof phytoplankton biomass and productivity in relation to thevertical structrure of the Andaman Sea (northeastern IndianOcean). This region was characterized by low concentrationsof nutrients and high levels of insolation. Nitrogen availabilityappeared to control overall productivity with nitrate-basednew production accounting for 824% of thetotal primary production. Euphotic column chlorophyll (chl a)averaged 52.5 mg m2 of which a major portion was locatedas a subsurface chl a maximum (SCM) at 相似文献
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Zoea I larvae of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (Decapoda)were exposed to varying levels of UV radiation in a sunshinesimulator. Short-term exposures (08 h)were used to determine the highest UV dose with no significanteffect (NOEC; defined by limit of detection) and the lethaldose of 10 and 50% mortality (LD10 and LD50). Crangon crangonshowed a relatively high sensitivity to UVB radiation (NOEC= 10 kJ m2, LD10 = 15 kJ m2, LD50 = 24 kJ m2)compared to other crust-acean species. LD values (19971998)showed no adaptation to seasonal light regimes. Long-termexposures (010 days) were carried out to assessthe range where the law of reciprocity is valid.The larvae were exposed to UV levels of 0.2, 0.4 and 0.7 J m2for appropriate time intervals, always cumulating in a sublethaldose of 5 kJ m2 day1. Results reflect a possiblethreshold (0.20.4 J m2 UVB) in the effect of thedifferent UVB doses used; thus, a proportional relationshipof intensity and exposure time can only be shown at UVB levelsabove this threshold intensity. 相似文献
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KARGIOLAKI HARIKLIA; OSBORNE DAPHNE J.; THOMPSON FRANK B. 《Journal of experimental botany》1991,42(9):1189-1198
Differences in premature leaf abscission and in visible steminjury in genetic lines of poplar followed continuous fumigationswith air pollutant levels of SO2 (90100 nl l1)and O3 (7080 nl l1) either separately or together.The clones used were: Populus deltoides var. missiouriensisMarsh., P. nigra cv. italicd L., and the hybridsP. nigra cv. italica xP. deltoides (He-X/3) andP. nigra cv.italica x P. nigra cv. Serres(He-K/7). While most leaf abscission occurred within 20 d fromthe start of fumigation, stem lesions (intumescences), appearedonly after 72 d. Their anatomical characteristics include theformation of lysigenous aerenchyma in the lower parts of theintumescence, the sloughing of superficial cells from the injuredarea, and the development of crystalline formations on the surfaceof the lesions. P. deltoides exhibited the least morphologicalresponse to the gases. Ethylene released from fumigated leaves was determined at thesame gas concentration of SO2 (100 nl l1), O3 (75 nll1) and their mixture. Leaves of P. deltoides consistentlyshowed the lowest ethylene production after the gas treatments.P. italica production was higher but was littlealtered by the treatments. The two hybrids He-X/3 and He-K/7showed the greatest increases in ethylene evolution with time.With He-K/7 exposed to the gas mixture the production of ethylenedecreased after the initial sharp rise during days 12,and reflected the considerable leaf damage observed after day3. The results suggest that sensitivity to air pollution, (as shownby leaf abscission and the formation of stem intumescences)can be correlated with the level of pollutant-induced ethyleneevolution from leaves. Initially high levels could induce abscission,whilst prolonged production could be responsible for intumescenceinitiation. The discussion proposes a series of events fromSO2 and/or O3 entry into the leaf and the physiological reasonsfor the clonal differences. Key words: Sulphur dioxide, ozone, ethylene, poplar, leaf abscission, stem lesions 相似文献