供氮水平对番茄苗期Q型烟粉虱成虫种群动态的影响

烟粉虱(Bemisia tabaci)是重要的农业害虫。在栽培管理中,为了减少化学农药的施用,对该害虫采取生态防控措施日益得到重视。以Q型烟粉虱为研究对象,根据温室大棚内9次烟粉虱成虫种群数量调查和番茄苗期5项农艺指标测量,结合主成分分析、线性逐步回归分析及Pearson相关性分析,从"氮素-番茄-Q型烟粉虱"互作角度开展生态防控措施研究,旨在探明番茄苗期的烟粉虱成虫种群发生数量与氮素水平关系。结果表明:3个氮水平(高氮1134 mg·L^-1,标准氮945 mg·L^-1,低氮756 mg·L^-1)下的5个番茄指标(株高、茎粗、叶面积、叶绿素相对含量、叶片全氮含量)最大值基本呈现高氮>标准氮>低氮的规律;调查的9次烟粉虱虫口数量在最大峰值时的高低排序为高氮>标准氮>低氮。主成分分析表明,3种氮素水平下叶绿素相对含量是影响烟粉虱成虫虫口数量的主要因子。线性回归与相关性分析表明,3种氮素水平下的叶片全氮含量、叶绿素相对含量与虫口种群数量相关性较高。氮营养是影响植物和烟粉虱的关键因素之一,高氮水平下番茄长势较好,Q型烟粉虱虫口数量居多;作物叶片全氮含量和叶绿素相对含量可作为检测Q型烟粉虱种群发生消长的生态防控指标。     

Tomato roots have a functional silicon influx transporter but not a functional silicon efflux transporter

Silicon (Si) accumulation in shoots differs greatly with plant species, but the molecular mechanisms for this interspecific difference are unknown. Here, we isolated homologous genes of rice Si influx (SlLsi1) and efflux (SlLsi2) transporter genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and functionally characterized these genes. SlLsi1 showed transport activity for Si when expressed in both rice lsi1 mutant and Xenopus laevis oocytes. SlLsi1 was constitutively expressed in the roots. Immunostaining showed that SlLsi1 was localized at the plasma membrane of both root tip and basal region without polarity. Furthermore, overexpression of SlLsi1 in tomato increased Si concentration in the roots and root cell sap but did not alter the Si concentration in the shoots. By contrast, two Lsi2-like proteins did not show efflux transport activity for Si in Xenopus oocytes. However, when functional CsLsi2 from cucumber was expressed in tomato, the Si uptake was significantly increased, resulting in higher Si accumulation in the leaves and enhanced tolerance of the leaves to water deficit and high temperature. Our results suggest that the low Si accumulation in tomato is attributed to the lack of functional Si efflux transporter Lsi2 required for active Si uptake although SlLsi1 is functional.     

Characterization and Experimental Host Range of a Brazilian Tomato Isolate of Tomato severe rugose virus

We report the complete molecular characterization of the DNA‐A and DNA‐B of a Brazilian tomato isolate of Tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV) and the experimental host range of the virus determined using whitefly transmission tests. Genome analysis showed that ToSRV has a close evolutionary relationship with Tomato rugose mosaic virus. Of 33 plants species inoculated with viruliferous Bemisia tabaci biotype B, 13 species were susceptible to ToSRV, nine asymptomatically. Therefore, ToSRV disease management strategy should include the control of infected weeds close to tomato fields.     

Regulation and manipulation of ABA biosynthesis in roots

Overexpression of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) is known to cause abscisic acid (ABA) accumulation in leaves, seeds and whole plants. Here we investigated the manipulation of ABA biosynthesis in roots. Roots from whole tomato plants that constitutively overexpress LeNCED1 had a higher ABA content than wild-type (WT) roots. This could be explained by enhanced in situ ABA biosynthesis, rather than import of ABA from the shoot, because root cultures also had higher ABA content, and because tetracycline (Tc)-induced LeNCED1 expression caused ABA accumulation in isolated tobacco roots. However, the Tc-induced expression led to greater accumulation of ABA in leaves than in roots. This demonstrates for the first time that NCED is rate-limiting in root tissues, but suggests that other steps were also restrictive to pathway flux, more so in roots than in leaves. Dehydration and NCED overexpression acted synergistically in enhancing ABA accumulation in tomato root cultures. One explanation is that xanthophyll synthesis was increased during root dehydration, and, in support of this, dehydration treatments increased beta-carotene hydroxylase mRNA levels. Whole plants overexpressing LeNCED1 exhibited greatly reduced stomatal conductance and grafting experiments from this study demonstrated that this was predominantly due to increased ABA biosynthesis in leaves rather than in roots. Genetic manipulation of both xanthophyll supply and epoxycarotenoid cleavage may be needed to enhance root ABA biosynthesis sufficiently to signal stomatal closure in the shoot.     

Changes in growth and activity of enzymes involved in nitrate reduction and ammonium assimilation in tomato seedlings in response to NaCl stress

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In Tunisia, salt water is largely used for tomato irrigation. In this work, a study was made of the changes in the nitrate reduction and ammonium assimilation into amino acids in tomato seedlings under salinity in order to providee further insight into the salt effects on plant growth. Methods Ten-day-old tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) were subjected to 100 mm NaCl stress, and nitrogen metabolism in leaves and roots was studied. KEY RESULTS: The concentrations of Na+ and Cl- rapidly increased in the leaves and in the roots following exposure of tomato seedlings to NaCl stress. In contrast, the NO3- concentrations were lowered first in the roots and later in the leaves. From 5 to 10 d of treatment, salt ions provoked a decrease in the dry weight and an increase in the NH4+ concentrations in the leaves. Inhibition was observed in the leaves for the activities of nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.6.6.1), ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase (Fd-GOGAT, EC 1.4.7.1) and deaminating glutamate dehydrogenase (NAD-GDH, EC 1.4.1.2). NaCl affected these enzyme activities less in the roots than in leaves. This was in accordance with the pronounced decrease of dry weight by salt in leaves compared with that in the roots. CONCLUSIONS: NaCl stress effects on growth, metabolite concentrations and enzyme activities depended on the duration of salt treatment and the plant tissue.     

The cell cycle-associated protein kinase WEE1 regulates cell size in relation to endoreduplication in developing tomato fruit

Tomato fruit size results from the combination of cell number and cell size which are respectively determined by cell division and cell expansion processes. As fruit growth is mainly sustained by cell expansion, the development of pericarp and locular tissues is characterized by the concomitant arrest of mitotic activity, inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) activity, and numerous rounds of endoreduplication inducing a spectacular increase in DNA ploidy and mean cell size. To decipher the molecular basis of the endoreduplication-associated cell growth in fruit, we investigated the putative involvement of the WEE1 kinase (Solly;WEE1). We here report a functional analysis of Solly;WEE1 in tomato. Impairing the expression of Solly;WEE1 in transgenic tomato plants resulted in a reduction of plant size and fruit size. In the most altered phenotypes, fruits displayed a reduced number of seeds without embryo development. The reduction of plant-, fruit- and seed size originated from a reduction in cell size which could be correlated with a decrease of the DNA ploidy levels. At the molecular level downregulating Solly;WEE1 in planta resulted in the increase of CDKA activity levels originating from a decrease of the amount of Y15-phosphorylated CDKA, thus indicating a release of the negative regulation on CDK activity exerted by WEE1. Our data indicated that Solly;WEE1 participates in the control of cell size and/or the onset of the endoreduplication process putatively driving cell expansion.     

Elevated carbon dioxide plus chronic warming causes dramatic increases in leaf angle in tomato,which correlates with reduced plant growth

Limited evidence indicates that moderate leaf hyponasty can be induced by high temperatures or unnaturally high CO₂. Here, we report that the combination of warming plus elevated CO₂ (eCO₂) induces severe leaf hyponasty in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). To characterize this phenomenon, tomato plants were grown at two levels of CO₂ (400 vs. 700 ppm) and two temperature regimes (30 vs. 37°C) for 16–18 days. Leaf hyponasty increased dramatically with warming plus eCO₂ but increased only slightly with either factor alone and was slowly reversible upon transfer to control treatments. Increases in leaf angle were not correlated with leaf temperature, leaf water stress, or heat‐related damage to photosynthesis. However, steeper leaf angles were correlated with decreases in leaf area and biomass, which could be explained by decreased light interception and thus in situ photosynthesis, as leaves became more vertical. Petiole hyponasty and leaf‐blade cupping were also observed with warming + eCO₂ in marigold and soybean, respectively, which are compound‐leaved species like tomato, but no such hyponasty was observed in sunflower and okra, which have simple leaves. If severe leaf hyponasty is common under eCO₂ and warming, then this may have serious consequences for food production in the future.     

一个新的番茄黄绿叶突变体表型鉴定与遗传分析

植物黄绿叶突变体不但在植物的光合作用、叶绿素的合成代谢途径、叶绿体的遗传分化与发育等一系列基础研究中具有重要作用,而且还可以作为标记性状应用到育种研究上。本研究以前期化学诱变得到的一个番茄黄绿叶突变体为材料,对其主要表型与光合作用特征特性进行鉴定分析,发现突变体从第1片真叶开始变黄,植株矮小,叶片叶绿素含量和净光合速率相对野生型极显著降低,叶绿体类囊体片层结构畸形。突变体和野生型进行正反交,分析其遗传方式。发现其F2群体正常叶与黄绿叶的分离比为3∶1,表明黄绿叶是由单个基因突变引起的隐性性状。本研究为后期的基因定位研究奠定了基础。     

Virus‐induced gene silencing reveals control of reactive oxygen species accumulation and salt tolerance in tomato by γ‐aminobutyric acid metabolic pathway

γ‐Aminobutyric acid (GABA) accumulates in many plant species in response to environmental stress. However, the physiological function of GABA or its metabolic pathway (GABA shunt) in plants remains largely unclear. Here, the genes, including glutamate decarboxylases (SlGADs), GABA transaminases (SlGABA‐Ts) and succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SlSSADH), controlling three steps of the metabolic pathway of GABA, were studied through virus‐induced gene silencing approach in tomato. Silencing of SlGADs (GABA biosynthetic genes) and SlGABA‐Ts (GABA catabolic genes) led to increased accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as salt sensitivity under 200 mm NaCl treatment. Targeted quantitative analysis of metabolites revealed that GABA decreased and increased in the SlGADs‐ and SlGABA‐Ts‐silenced plants, respectively, whereas succinate (the final product of GABA metabolism) decreased in both silenced plants. Contrarily, SlSSADH‐silenced plants, also defective in GABA degradation process, showed dwarf phenotype, curled leaves and enhanced accumulation of ROS in normal conditions, suggesting the involvement of a bypath for succinic semialdehyde catabolism to γ‐hydroxybutyrate as reported previously in Arabidopsis, were less sensitive to salt stress. These results suggest that GABA shunt is involved in salt tolerance of tomato, probably by affecting the homeostasis of metabolites such as succinate and γ‐hydroxybutyrate and subsequent ROS accumulation under salt stress.