丛枝菌根对喜树幼苗生长和氮、磷吸收的影响

喜树(Camptotheca acuminata)是我国特有的多年生亚热带落叶阔叶树种,因其次生代谢产物喜树碱具有良好的抗肿瘤活性而受到人们的广泛关注。该文通过温室盆栽接种试验,观察了2属6种丛枝菌根真菌即蜜色无梗囊霉(Acaulospora mellea)、光壁无梗囊霉(A. laevis)、木薯球囊霉(Glomus manihot)、地表球囊霉(G. versiforme)、幼套球囊霉(G. etunicatum)和透光球囊霉(G. diaphanum)对喜树幼苗生长和氮、磷养分吸收的影响。结果表明,丛枝菌根的形成对喜树幼苗的生长以及氮、磷营养的吸收均有影响。从生物量看,除幼套球囊霉和光壁无梗囊霉侵染形成的丛枝菌根喜树幼苗与无菌根幼苗(CK)差异不显著外,其余菌根幼苗的生物量均明显大于无菌根幼苗,透光球囊霉和蜜色无梗囊霉菌根幼苗尤为突出,分别达到无菌根幼苗的1.9和1.4倍。丛枝菌根的形成似乎不利于喜树幼苗的氮素营养吸收,并且主要体现在叶片的氮含量上。相反,丛枝菌根形成总体上促进喜树幼苗对磷素营养的吸收,并且主要体现在根的磷含量上。与无菌根幼苗比,所有菌根幼苗根的氮、磷分配比例增加,而叶片的氮、磷分配比例减少。     

Rapid and sensitive bioassay to study signals between root exudates and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi**

A sensitive bioassay was developed to provide a way to detect chemical signals from host plants which induce changes in hyphal growth patterns of germinated spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. The assay can be used to test host root exudates, as well as particulate fractions (root cap border cells and root mucilage), for their ability to affect AM fungal growth. Hyphal branching, induced by various host root components, can be detected as early as 4 h although results of the bioassay were usually determined after 16 to 24 h. The type of branching pattern observed was dose-dependent.     

武夷山不同海拔植被土壤微生物量N时空变异

为了阐明我国中亚热带森林区土壤微生物量N的时空变异特征及其主要影响因子,在福建省武夷山国家自然保护区选择了常绿阔叶林(EBF,500 m)、针叶林(CF,1200m)、亚高山矮林(SDF,1800 m)和高山草甸(AM,2100 m)4种不同海拔植被类型土壤(0～10、10～25、25～40 cm)进行研究.结果表明,土壤微生物量N随着海拔高度的增加显著增加,在0～10 cm土层中EBF、CF、SDF、AM土壤微生物量N分别为106.7、140.8、254.9和355.8 mg·kg-1,不同海拔之间土壤微生物量N差异显著(P<0.05).土壤微生物量N在0～10 cm土壤表层最高,随着土壤深度的增加而逐渐减小.4种不同植被类型的3个土壤层次中土壤微生物量N均具有明显的季节动态变化,且变化规律一致,均表现为冬季最高,秋季次之,夏季最低.相关分析表明,在0～10 am土层影响土壤微生物量N沿海拔梯度空间变异的主要因子是土壤湿度、土壤有机质及全N含量,而影响土壤微生物量N季节性变异的主要因子是土壤水分与土壤温度.     

A mycorrhizal fungus changes microtubule orientation in tobacco root cells

Summary Cortical cells of mycorrhizal roots undergo drastic morphological changes, such as vacuole fragmentation, nucleus migration, and deposition of cell wall components at the plant-fungus interface. We hypothesized that the cytoskeleton is involved in these mechanisms leading to cell reorganization. We subjected longitudinal, meristem to basal zone, sections of uninfectedNicotiana tabacum roots to immunofluorescence methods to identify the microtubular (MT) structures associated with root cells. Similar sections were obtained from tobacco roots grown in the presence ofGigaspora margarita, an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus which penetrates the root via the epidermal cells, but mostly develops in the inner cortical cells. While the usual MT structures were found in uninfected roots (e.g., MTs involved in mitosis in the meristem and cortical hoops in differentiated parenchyma cells), an increase in complexity of MT structures was observed in infected tissues. At least three new systems were identified: (i) MTs running along large intracellular hyphae, (ii) MTs linking hyphae, (iii) MTs binding the hyphae to the host nucleus. The experiments show that mycorrhizal infection causes reorganization of root MTs, suggesting their involvement in the drastic morphological changes shown by the cortical cells.     

Root Anatomy and Mycotrophy of the Achlorophyllous Voyria tenella Hook. (Gentianaceae)

The central cylinder of the root of Voynet tenella consists of up to ten central, non-lignified, tracheidal xylem elements surrounded by some parenchymatic tissue and 5–7 groups of phloem. A pericycle could not be discerned. Even though the endodermis carries a faint suberin lamella it cannot be discerned anatomically without special staining. The cells of the 1–3 cortex layers next to the endodermis are elongated longitudinally, the subsequent cortex parenchyma is multi-layered and consists of isodiametric cells. The cells of the 2–3 layered outer dermal tissue are smaller than those of the adjacent cortex, their walls carry a suberin lamella and the outermost of them constantly scale off. The dermal tissue is interpreted as a multilayered exodermis. The fungal colonization in roots of Voyria tenella remarkably differs from any known mycorrhizal pattern. After having penetrated the dermal tissue, the always intracellularly-growing hyphae head straight towards the inner cortex layers, where they spread along the central cylinder. Ramifications from these inner-spreading hyphae then colonize the cortex parenchyma from the inside and they develop dense hyphal coils. Eventually, the coiled hyphae swell and collapse, resulting in amorphous clumps of fungal material. This mycorrhizal pattern is referred to as an intraradical fungus garden. Arguments are given to call the mycorrhiza in Voyria tenella a specialized arbuscular mycorrhiza. Phylogenetic and ecological implications of the observations and the results are discussed.     

Litter N retention over winter for a low and a high phenolic species in the alpine tundra

Mycorrhizal fungus colonization of roots may modify plant metal acquisition and tolerance. In the present study, the contribution of the extraradical mycelium of an arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus, Glomus mosseae (BEG 107), to the uptake of metal cations (Cu, Zn, Cd and Ni) by cucumber (Cucumis sativus) plants was determined. The influence of the amount of P supplied to the hyphae on the acquisition and partitioning of metal cations in the mycorrhizal plants was also investigated. Pots with three compartments were used to separate root and root-free hyphal growing zones. The shoot concentration of Cd and Ni was decreased in mycorrhizal plants compared to non-mycorrhizal plants. In contrast, shoot Zn and Cu concentrations were increased in mycorrhizal plants. High P supply to hyphae resulted in decreased root Cu concentrations and shoot Cd and Ni concentrations in mycorrhizal plants. These results confirm that some elements required for plant growth (P, Zn, Cu) are taken up by mycorrhizal hyphae and are then transported to the plants. Conversely, Cd and Ni were transported in much smaller amounts by hyphae to the plant, so that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus colonization could partly protect plants from toxic effects of these elements. Selective uptake and transport of plant essential elements over non-essential elements by AM hyphae, increased growth of mycorrhizal plants, and metal accumulation in the root may all contribute to the successful growth of mycorrhizal plants on metal-rich substrates. These effects are stimulated when hyphae can access sufficient P in soil.     

丛枝菌根真菌对百喜草的生理特性的影响

采用盆栽法研究了丛枝菌根（AM）真菌摩西球囊霉（Glomus mosseae）对水分胁迫条件下百喜草（Paspalum notatum）生长、渗透调节及抗氧化酶的影响。结果表明：接种AM真菌显著提高了百喜草的株高、地上部与根部鲜重、地上部P、K、Mn及根部P、Ca、Mn含量,明显降低了地上部Zn及根部Fe、B、Cu水平;随着干旱程度的加深,接种株的地上部相对含水量及叶绿素含量相对稳定且均显著高于未接种株,接种株地上部相对电导率、MDA含量均显著低于未接种株,接种株的地上部POD活性与脯氨酸含量均显著增加且均显著高于未接种株,AM侵染对SOD活性的影响较小。可见,接种AM真菌Glomus mosseae提高了植株体内保护酶活性（如POD）及渗透调节能力（如脯氨酸、P、K、Ca等渗透调节物含量的增加）,从而显著增强了百喜草的抗旱性。