硅对连作黄瓜幼苗光合特性和抗氧化酶活性的影响

以‘津研四号’黄瓜品种为试材,研究了叶面喷施不同浓度硅(Si)(0、1、2、3、4、5 mmol·L^-1)对连作黄瓜幼苗生长、光合特性和抗氧化酶活性的影响.结果表明: 在一定浓度(1～3 mmol·L^-1 Si)范围内,施Si可降低幼苗叶片电解质渗漏率(EL)和丙二醛(MDA)含量;提高叶绿素a(Chl a)、叶绿素b(Chl b)、类胡萝卜素(Car)和总叶绿素含量,叶片净光合速率(P_n)升高;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性均有所提高;黄瓜幼苗株高、茎粗、叶面积及干物质积累量增加.随施Si浓度的进一步增加(4～5 mmol·L^-1),叶片中EL和MDA含量升高,但仍低于对照;抗氧化酶活性和光合作用下降,幼苗生长受到显著抑制.说明外源Si可通过提高黄瓜幼苗叶片抗氧化酶活性来降低膜脂过氧化,通过增加光合作用来提高黄瓜幼苗长势,进而增强对连作障碍的抗性.以2 mmol·L^-1Si处理效果最好.     

外源一氧化氮对NaCl胁迫下黄瓜幼苗生长、活性氧代谢和光合特性的影响

采用营养液水培的方法,研究了外源一氧化氮（Nitricoxide,NO）对50mmol·L^-1 NaCl胁迫下黄瓜幼苗生长、活性氧代谢和光合特性的影响。结果表明：10～4001μmol·L^-1 NO供体硝普钠（Sodium nitroprusside,SNP）能显著缓解NaCl胁迫对黄瓜植株造成的伤害,100μmol·L^-1 SNP缓解效果最好,可提高幼苗的生长量,增强幼苗叶片超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（APX）活性,提高了叶片叶绿素和脯氨酸（Pro）含量、净光合速率（Pn）、蒸腾速率（n）及气孔导度（Gs）;降低了叶片丙二醛（MDA）和过氧化氢（H2O2）的含量、超氧阴离子（O2^-）的产生速率、质膜透性和胞间二氧化碳浓度（Ci）。     

Soil fungal floras in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, Japan

Soil fungi in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, Japan are surveyed, and among a total of 370 isolates studied, more than 81 fungus species belonging to 47 genea are identified. The significance of the flora is discussed.     

Comparison of electric and growth responses to excision in cucumber and pea seedlings. I. Short-distance effects are a result of wounding

The local electric response to stem excision in both pea epicotyls and cucumber hypocotyls is a depolarization of the cells in the wound area. If we define wound area as the region of local depolarization, we find that it extends for approximately 10 mm from the cut or wound site in pea epicotyls, whereas it can reach up to 40 mm in cucumber hypocotyls. The wound-induced depolarization in pea cells is transient, reaching its maximal amplitude within 1–2 min, whereas in cucumber cells this depolarization is more sustained. A third difference between wound responses in pea and cucumber is the intermittent appearance of spikes, i.e. very short, rapidly reverted depolarizations which frequently accompany the basic depolarization in cucumber but not in pea cells. These spikes can propagate in both directions along the hypocotyl axis. The cause of the different responses of pea and cucumber cells is unknown. A possible explanation might be found in different degrees of electrical cell coupling in the two species. This possibility was investigated in cucumber hypocotyls by measuring the cell input resistance (R_in) of epidermal cells at various axial distances from the cut. Shorter distances increase the likelihood of shunting the cell membrane resistance through the shortened symplastic path to the cut surface. With a series of cuts made at decreasing distances from the measured site, cell depolarization increased without comparable changes in R_in. Two conclusions were drawn. Firstly, wound-induced depolarizations are not brought about by shunting of the cell resistance in the wound area. Secondly, the depolarization is probably not carried by ion channels but may be caused by an inhibition of proton pump activity. Parallel to its depolarizing effect on the membrane potential, excision led to a severe and sustained decline in the cucumber hypocotyl growth rate only when carried out sufficiently close to the growing region (45 mm from the hook). Similar excision in pea epicotyls failed to change the growth rate. Both electrical and growth data support the concept that the high and sustained responsiveness of cucumber seedlings to wounding is caused by a particular sensitivity of their proton pump mechanism.     

Soperoxide dismutase activity in ripening cucumber and pepper fruit

Superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) was identified from ripening cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.) and pepper( Capsicum annuum L.) fruits, Gel filtration revealed the presence of two major peaks of SOD with molecular masses of about 32 000 and 40 000. Peroxidase activity was observed mainly in material with a molecular mass above 70 000. SOD activity was inhibited by cyanide but not by chloroform-ethanol, indicating a cupro-zinc enzyme. SOD activity levels were high in immature-green fruits of both species, declining in cucumbers to a minimum during the mature-green stage and in peppers during the mature-green and breaker stages. SOD levels increased again until peppers became orange and cucumbers turned yellow, and finally decreased with ripening. The possible connection between SOD activity and tolerance to sunscald is discussed.     

Cucumber fruit sucrose synthase isozymes

Two forms of sucrose synthase (SSI and SSII) were resolved from cucumber (Cucumis sativus) fruit pericarp and fruit peduncle tissue using DEAE-cell     

Localization of fatty acid hydroperoxide cleavage activity in membranes of cucumber fruit

The subcellular localization of the fatty acid hydroperoxide cleavage enzyme from cucumber fruit has been studied. Activity from the flesh tissue has been located in 3 fractions; plasma and Golgi membranes and endoplasmic reticulum, at equilibrium densities on sucrose gradients of 1.17, 1.15 and 1.12 g/cm³ respectively. Enzymatic activity and electron microscopy studies were carried out to identify plasma and Golgi membranes. Little activity was associated with microbodies (1.23), plastids (1.21) and mitochondria (1:19 g/cm³). However, chloroplasts isolated from the peel of the cucumber fruit contained a large amount of hydroperoxide cleavage activity.     

The amino acid sequence of plastocyanin from Cucumis sativus

The amino acid sequence of plastocyanin from cucumber (Cucumis sativus) has been determined. Analysis was by the dansyl—phenylisothiocyanate meth