Biomass partitioning and water content relationships at the branch and whole-plant levels and as a function of plant size in Elaeagnus mollis populations in Shanxi, North China

Understanding of the biomass (dry weight) allocation and water relations in populations will provide useful information on the growth patterns and resource-allocation dynamics. By destructive sampling, foliage, branch and root biomass were measured in the endangered shrub Elaeagnus mollis populations growing in Shanxi province, North China. Biomass partitioning and water content relationships were compared at the branch and whole-plant levels, and as a function of basal diameter (plant size). The biomass was mainly distributed in the bigger branches at the branch level, and in the branch wood at the whole-plant level, and branch biomass (but not foliage or root biomass) increases significantly with increasing basal diameter. As a result, branch wood became the major biomass pool, even though considerable biomass was also allocated to the roots. However, the relative water content decreased from the periphery of the crown to the interior of the shrub at the branch level, and from the aboveground to the belowground at the whole-plant level though no significant variation among foliage, branches, and roots. Yet it increased significantly for the whole-plant with increasing basal diameter. The ratio of belowground to aboveground biomass was smaller than 1.0, even as a function of basal diameter. These growth responses indicated a strong adaptation to the shrub’s growing conditions. Biomass was primarily allocated above the ground and the aboveground components grew faster than the belowground one.     

沙枣组织脱分化培养与快繁体系建立的研究

研究了以沙枣的种子为外植体诱导形成愈伤组织以及植株再生的过程,对培养中出现的愈伤组织和不定芽的类型进行了探讨。通过正交试验及单因素试验方法,确定了沙枣快繁体系的最适培养方案：①诱导材料：苗期为10 d的沙枣无菌苗子叶;②有效愈伤组织诱导培养基：MS+NAA 0.5 mg·L^-1+BA 2.0 mg·L^-1+3%蔗糖;③有效芽的分化培养基：MS+NAA 0.1 mg·L^-1+BA1.0 mg·L^-1+3% 蔗糖;④壮苗培养基：MS+NAA 0.1mg·L^-1+BA 1.0 mg·L^-1+GA 30.2 mg·L^-1+3%蔗糖;⑤生根培养基：1/2MS+ABT生根粉（1号）1.0 mg·L^-1+1.5%蔗糖。     

干旱胁迫对沙枣和孩儿拳头的生理特性的影响

以沙枣和孩儿拳头2年生盆栽苗为材料,采用称重控水的方法对4个梯度土壤干旱胁迫条件对沙枣和孩儿拳头生理特性的影响进行了研究.结果显示:(I)干旱胁迫造成了两物种体内水分的严重亏缺,重度胁迫(6.4%～8.0%)下,两物种自然饱和亏为对照的3～4倍;同一干旱胁迫梯度下沙枣自然饱和亏总高于孩儿拳头,但水分临界饱和亏和需水程度低于孩儿拳头;沙枣自由水含量随干旱胁迫加剧下降幅度较大,自由水向束缚水转化率较高;沙枣最高水势的下降幅度低于孩儿拳头,最低水势的下降幅度高于孩儿拳头,且沙枣的绝对水势比孩儿拳头低.(2)随着干旱胁迫程度的加剧,两物种叶片中的脯氨酸含量、可溶性总糖含量均有不同程度的增加,特别是在重度干旱胁迫下,脯氨酸含量高出对照4倍多,且孩儿拳头脯氨酸含量明显高于沙枣,但可溶性总糖含量低于沙枣;沙枣本身的可溶性蛋白含量较孩儿拳头高,随干旱胁迫的加重沙枣的可溶性蛋白含量先增加后下降,而孩儿拳头逐渐下降.结果表明,沙枣和孩儿拳头对干旱胁迫均具有积极的水分生理响应方式,推测两种植物的水分耐受极限为6.4%～8.0%,但物种间生理响应方式存在差异,沙枣较孩儿拳头具有更强的防御干旱的生理机制.     

干旱胁迫下尖果沙枣幼苗的根系活力和光合特性

以尖果沙枣1年生实生苗为材料,研究了自然干旱时不同土壤相对含水量对幼苗叶片细胞质膜相对透性、叶片相对含水量、根系活力、光合色素含量和光合参数等指标的影响.结果表明:土壤相对含水量从70%(CK)降到40%时,幼苗根系活力和净光合速率均逐渐上升并达到最大值,分别为1178μg.g-1.h-1和21.9μmol.m-2.s-1;光合色素含量稳步上升;蒸腾速率和水分利用效率均保持稳定;叶片细胞质膜相对透性保持较低水平.土壤相对含水量从40%降到20%时,幼苗叶片相对含水量仍在50%以上,叶片细胞质膜相对透性仍保持较低水平;根系活力和光合色素含量仍较高;但其他光合参数开始缓慢下降.土壤相对含水量从10%降到5%时,幼苗叶片细胞质膜相对透性急剧上升;叶片相对含水量、根系活力、总叶绿素含量、光合参数均极显著下降;而土壤相对含水量为10%时幼苗表现出最高的水分利用效率.尖果沙枣土壤相对含水量最好控制在40%~50%,其1年生实生苗的永久萎蔫系数为4.3%(土壤相对含水量).     

Nodulation and nitrogenase activity in nitrogen-fixing woody plants stimulated by CO2 enrichment of the atmosphere

The responses of three species of nitrogen-fixing trees to CO₂ enrichment of the atmosphere were investigated under nutrient-poor conditions. Seedlings of the legume, Robinia pseudoacacia L. and the actinorhizal species, Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. and Elaeagnus angustifolia L. were grown in an infertile forest soil in controlled-environment chambers with atmospheric CO₂ concentrations of 350 μl ⁻¹ (ambient) or 700 μl ⁻¹. In R. pseudoacacia and A. glutinosa , total nitrogenase (N₂ reduction) activity per plant, assayed by the acetylene reduction method, was significantly higher in elevated CO₂, because the plants were larger and had more nodule mass than did plants in ambient CO₂. The specific nitrogenase activity of the nodules, however, was not consistently or significantly affected by CO₂ enrichment. Substantial increases in plant growth occurred with CO₂ enrichment despite probable nitrogen and phosphorus deficiencies. These results support the premises that nutrient limitations will not preclude growth responses of woody plants to elevated CO₂ and that stimulation of symbiotic activity by CO₂ enrichment of the atmosphere could increase nutrient availability in infertile habitats.     

山西南部翅果油树种群动态与谱分析

从种群生态方面,探讨山西南部濒危树种——翅果油树（Elaeagnus mollis Diels）的濒危机制,具有重要的科学价值。本文利用生存分析理论研究了翅果油树种群径级结构,编制了特定时间生命表,并绘制存活曲线、死亡曲线等曲线,同时又分析了生存率、积累死亡率和死亡密度等生存函数;而且应用谱分析理论分析了翅果油树种群的周期性。结果表明：（1）径级结构分析说明翅果油树种群属于增长型。（2）生命表分析表明,翅果油树种群损失度动态趋势和死亡率变化基本相似,呈现波动变化。存活曲线经统计检验更趋于DeeveyⅡ型。生命期望在17～21 cm径级出现高峰,说明此径级阶段翅果油树的生存质量相对较高。（3）生存函数分析表明,积累死亡率单调增加,生存率单调下降,其增加或下降幅度是前期高于后期。死亡密度函数曲线和死亡曲线变化趋势基本一致,危险率函数曲线也和死亡率变化趋势一致。（4）谱分析表明在自然更新过程中翅果油树种群动态表现出大周期内的小周期迭加现象,并且受基波的影响较大。     

气候变化条件下山西翅果油树适宜分布区的空间迁移预测

气候变化对生物多样性的影响及其适应性直接关系着生物多样性保护的成效,预测未来气候变化条件下受威胁物种适宜生境的空间变化趋势对生物多样性保护具有重要的理论和实践意义.本文选取我国特有濒危植物翅果油树为研究对象,在区域尺度上预测气候变化条件下的物种适宜分布区,进而通过空间分析模拟不同气候变化情景下其适宜分布区的空间变化和迁移趋势.最大熵(Maxent)物种分布模型预测结果显示: 翅果油树的两个适宜分布区在未来气候变化情景下呈现不同的迁移趋势,吕梁山适生区呈现出纬度方向上的轻微波动,而中条山适生区则呈现出向高海拔地区迁移的趋势.适生区空间格局变化分析表明,翅果油树当前适生区的边界存在明显变化区域,包括新增适生区(零星分布在两个适生区的边缘地带,新增率为9.1%～20.9%)和丧失适生区(集中分布在吕梁山适生区北缘和中条山适生区东南部,丧失率为16.4%～31.2%),且两者对气候变化的响应较为敏感.利用分类统计工具Zonal计算得出,在未来气候变化条件下吕梁山适生区的中心点呈现向南迁移的趋势,最大迁移距离为7.451 km;中条山适生区的中心点则呈现出向西北迁移的趋势,最大迁移距离为8.284 km.表明山西翅果油树的分布对气候变化的响应较为剧烈.     

Effects of substrate nitrate concentration on symbiotic nodule formation in actinorhizal plants

The response ofAlnus glutinosa, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Elaeagnus angustifolia andMyrica cerifera to a range of substrate nitrogen levels in solution, in relation to plant growth, infection, nodulation and root fine structure was studied. Nine concentrations of potassium nitrate ranging from 0.05 to 3.0 mM, were tested on each of the species. Plants were inoculated withFrankia pure cultures after a two week exposure to one of the nine levels of added nitrate. After six more weeks with constant exposure to nitrate, plants were harvested and assayed. With the exception of Myrica, regression analyses of whole plant dry weights as a function of added nitrate were highly significant. There was a tendency for nodulated plants grown at intermediate levels of added nitrate to exhibit higher relative growth rates, probably due to the additive effect of substrate nitrogen and fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. The mean numbers of nodules per plant were, with the exception of Alnus, significantly higher at intermediate levels of added nitrate, as were mean nodule dry weights. A highly significant inverse relationship between nodule weight as a percentage of whole plant weight was found in Elaeagnus and Myrica. The observed response of Elaeagnus to added nitrate compared to other actinorhizal plants appears to demonstrate that root hair infected plants are much more sensitive to the inhibitory effects of added nitrate than plants infected by intercellular penetration. A sharp reduction in the presence of root hairs at high concentrations of nitrate was observed. This indicates that the inhibition of nodulation in some actinorhizal plant species results from nitrate induced root hair suppression.     

Soil properties and actinorhizal vegetation influence nodulation of Alnus glutinosa and Elaeagnus angustifolia by Frankia

Nodulation (mean number of nodules per seedling) was 5 times greater for Elaeagnus angustifolia than for Alnus glutinosa overall when seedlings were grown in pots containing either an upland or an alluvial soil from central Illinois, USA. However, the upland Alfisol had 1.3 times greater nodulation capacity for A. glutinosa than for E. angustifolia. The presence of A. glutinosa trees on either soil was associated with a two-fold increase in nodulation capacity for E. angustifolia. Nodulation increases for soils under A. glutinosa were obtained for A. glutinosa seedlings in the Alfisol, but decreased nodulation for A. glutinosa seedlings occurred in the Mollisol. Greatest nodulation of E. angustifolia seedlings occurred near pH 6.6 for soil pH values ranging from 4.9 to 7.1, while greatest nodulation of A. glutinosa occurred at pH 4.9 over the same pH range. Nodulation was not affected by total soil nitrogen concentrations ranging from 0.09 to 0.20%. Mollisol pH was significantly lower under A. glutinosa trees than under E. angustifolia trees. For 4- to 8-year-old field-grown trees, A. glutinosa nodule weights were negatively correlated with soil pH, while for similar aged E. angustifolia trees nodulation in the acidic Alfisol was not detected.     

黔南石灰岩石山新植物

<正> 荔波瘤果茶 新种 图1 Camellia rubimuricata Chang et Z. R. Xu., sp. nov. Species floribus rubris, ovariis glabris 4-1ocularibus, capsula parva 1 cm alta, pericarpio tubercuiato et irregulariter crispo 2—3 mm crasso.