根寄生植物种子萌发刺激物研究进展

根寄生植物是被子植物中一类寄生在寄主根部, 以摄取寄主水分和营养物质为生的特殊植物类群, 其种子萌发需要寄主萌发刺激物的诱导。该文主要阐述根寄生植物种子萌发的特异性, 以及目前已发现的刺激种子萌发的信号物质及其调节机制和生物合成途径, 并就萌发刺激物的识别机制及其在根寄生植物或丛枝菌根真菌与寄主建立寄生关系过程中所起的作用进行综述, 提出根寄生植物种子萌发研究中存在的问题, 并对其研究前景进行了展望。     

转基因植物外源基因逃逸的途径

随着转基因植物商品化进程的加快,对其进行生态风险性评价也日益引起许多学者和科学家的重视,人们对转基因逃逸到其它亲缘物种中能否产生超级杂草,昆虫是否会产生耐受性及转基因植物对生物多样性的影响等问题进行了广泛的研究,本文对转基因植物外中源基因逃逸的几种主要途径作了综述,并对研究方法与手段进行了简要讨论,希望能为有关决策和科研部门提供一些思路。     

丛枝菌根(AM)对根瘤菌趋化作用研究

对紫穗槐非接种(AM-+Rh-)、单接种根瘤菌(Rh+)、单接种AM真菌(AM+)和双接种(AM++Rh+)处理, 研究AM真菌、根瘤菌对宿主植物紫穗槐侵染情况, 并采用经过改良的根部微生物趋化试验手段研究AM真菌侵染根系后分泌物对根瘤菌的趋化性。实验结果表明：在接种AM++ Rh+情况下, 使宿主先于AM+、Rh+处理形成根瘤, 且双接种能够显著提高菌根侵染率; 在共生体形成期间, AM真菌与根瘤菌之间存在着识别互动反应和一定的信号物质, 接种AM真菌对根瘤菌有正趋化作用; 同时, 外界温度对AM真菌-宿主植物---根瘤菌三者共生体初始信号识别也起到一定的调控作用。     

Root Exudates of Tomato Plants and Their Effect on the Growth and Antifungal Activity of Pseudomonas Strains

The study of the effect of the root exometabolites of tomato plants on the growth and antifungal activity of plant growth–promoting Pseudomonas strains showed that the antifungal activity of plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria in the plant rhizosphere may depend on the sugar and organic acid composition of root exudates.     

柠条根系发育特征及有关生理特性研究

简述了柠条(Caragana)根系发育特征及有关生理特性近年来的研究进展以及作者的一些研究结果,主要包括柠条苗期和不同年龄的根系形态发育特征、根系的分布特征、根瘤的特性、根的解剖结构和根系分泌物等方面研究。同时,提出了今后柠条根系研究的方向和重点。     

Genotypic variability in phosphorus solubilizing activity of root exudates by pigeonpea grown in low-nutrient environments

A pot experiment confirmed that pigeonpea could efficiently utilize various sources of phosphorus (P) (aluminium phosphate, iron phosphate and apatite), irrespective of genotype. A qualitative assay method for iron (Fe)-P solubilizing activity showed that root exudates collected from P-deficient pigeonpea contained Fe-P solubilizing substances and that they were released mainly from root tips. Citric, malic, malonic, succinic and piscidic acids were identified in root exudates. Citric and piscidic acids release from roots was increased by low-P treatment in all the genotypes tested. The release rates of citric and piscidic acids were affected by the P concentration of shoots rather than that of roots. The pigeonpea roots released approximately 5–100 times more piscidic acid than citric acid depending on P stress status, plant age and genotype. When organic acids were added to Alfisols, citric acid was most capable of mobilizing P from the soil, followed by piscidic acid and malic acid. No correlation was found between genotypic variability in the release rates of citric and piscidic acids from the roots under low-P treatment at hydroponic culture and in the growth and P uptake of plants on Alfisols. Although citric and piscidic acids released from pigeonpea roots may play a partial role in solubilizing unavailable insoluble P in soils, the releases were thought to be an unsatisfactory strategy for explaining genotypic variation in low P availability of pigeonpea.     

Production of a functional single-chain Fv protein in transgenic tobacco root exudates

Nicotiana tabacum was transformed with a gene encoding anti-PreS1 of hepatitis B surface antigen single-chain Fv antibody (scFv) and bearing an N-terminal endoplasmic reticulum protein signal peptide sequence. The scFv antibody protein was continuously secreted from the transgenic tobacco roots into a simple hydroponic medium at 630 to 760 ng g^–1 dry wt root day^–1. The antibody was about 2% of the total secreted protein and still possessed antigen-binding activity.     

Bt toxin is not taken up from soil or hydroponic culture by corn,carrot, radish,or turnip

The culture of transgenic Bt corn (Zea mays L.) has resulted in concern about the uptake of the Cry1Ab protein toxin by crops subsequently grown in soils in which Bt corn has been grown. The toxin released to soil in root exudates of Bt corn, from the degradation of the biomass of Bt corn, or as purified toxin, was not taken up from soil, where the toxin is bound on surface-active particles (e.g. clays and humic substances), or from hydroponic culture, where the toxin is not bound on particles, by non-Bt corn, carrot (Daucus carota L.), radish (Raphanus sativus L.), and turnip (Brassica rapa L.). The persistence of the toxin in soil for 90 days after its addition in purified form or for 120–180 days after its release in exudates or from biomass, the longest times evaluated, confirmed that the toxin was bound on surface-active particles in soil, which protected the toxin from biodegradation. The greater toxicity of the toxin in soil amended with 9% montmorillonite or kaolinite than in soil amended with 3% of these clay minerals indicated that the binding and persistence of the toxin increased as the clay concentration was increased.     

南瓜组培根根系分泌物的化感效应研究

使用组织培养技术、生物测试法及室内分析相结合的方法研究了南瓜组培根在不同生长时期与不同营养谐迫下(利用正交设计调节标准B₅培养基中的大量元素、微量元素、有机质和激素)根分泌物对南瓜、萝卜和小麦3种受体的种子萌发及幼苗生长的化感作用.结果表明,南瓜具有自毒作用,南瓜组培根根系分泌物对受体幼苗生长的抑制作用呈现出高抑低促的作用表型;南瓜组培根根系分泌物产生化感作用的活性与南瓜组培根生长速度有关,南瓜组培根根系分泌物的生长抑制活性以15～17d即生长速度指数末期为最高,21d生物量最大时的南瓜组培根根系分泌物的生长抑制活性最低;营养元素的改变明显影响了南瓜根系分泌物的产生,并通过筛选出能诱导南瓜组培根对受体具有强烈抑制作用的大量元素、微量元素、维生素和激素种类和含量的最优化组合,为研究南瓜化感作用营养胁迫机理提供依据.