The effects of UV-B radiation on loblolly pine. 3. Interaction with CO2 enhancement

Projected depletions in the stratospheric ozone layer will result in increases in solar ultraviolet-B radiation (290–320 nm) reaching the earth's surface, These increases will likely occur in concert with other environmental changes such as increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Currently very little information is available on the effectiveness of UV-B radiation within a CO₂-enriched atmosphere, and this is especially true for trees. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings were grown in a factorial experiment at the Duke University Phytotron with either 0, 8.8 or 13.8 kJ m⁻² of biologically effective UV-B radiation (UV-B_BE). The CO₂ concentrations used were 350 and 650 μmol mol⁻¹. Measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence were made at 5-week intervals and photosynthetic oxygen evolution and leaf pigments were measured after 22 weeks, prior to harvest. The results of this study demonstrated a clear growth response to CO₂ enrichment but neither photosynthetic capacity nor quantum efficiency were altered by CO₂. The higher UV-B irradiance reduced total biomass by about 12% at both CO₂ levels but biomass partitioning was altered by the interaction of CO₂ and UV-B radiation. Dry matter was preferentially allocated to shoot components by UV-B radiation at 350 μmol mol⁻¹ CO₂ and towards root components at 650 μmol mol⁻¹ CO₂. These subtle effects on biomass allocation could be important in the future to seedling establishment and competitive interactions in natural as well as agricultural communities.     

四氯化碳损伤成年大鼠肝细胞后原癌基因（c－fos／c－jun）表达的观察

用四氯化碳（ＣＣｌ４）损伤正常大鼠后,采用Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹法和免疫组化法观察肝细胞原癌基因（ｃ－ｆｏｓ／ｃ－ｊｕｎ）的表达。Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹法表明,当成年大鼠的静息期肝细胞受到ＣＣｌ４损伤性刺激后,ｃ－ｆｏｓ／ｃ－ｊｕｎ产物（Ｆｏｓ和Ｊｕｎ）水平升高,在ＣＣｌ４处理后３０ｍｉｎ开始升高,在４ｈ时消失。８ｈ后Ｆｏｓ／Ｊｕｎ再度出现,并持续２４ｈ以上。ＩＣＣ法表明,Ｊｕｎ阳性细胞为靠近肝中央静脉区的肝实质细胞。根据上述资料推测,肝受ＣＣｌ４损伤后肝细胞的原癌基因ｃ－ｆｏｓ／ｃ－ｊｕｎ出现即时的与滞后的两次表达,这与肝细胞进入细胞周期有关,这种基因表达也许可作为肝再生过程中识别特殊体液因子的标志。     

Changes in carbon storage in temperate humic loamy soils after forest clearing and continuous corn cropping in France

Soil samples from forest and agricultural sites in three areas of southwest France were collected to determine the effect of forest conversion to continuous intensive corn cropping with no organic matter management on soil organic carbon (C) content. Soils were humic loamy soils and site characteristics that may affect soil C were as uniform as possible (slope, elevation, texture, soil type, vegetation). Three areas were selected, with adjacent sites of various ages of cultivation (3 to 35 yr), and paired control forest sites. The ploughed horizon (0-Dt cm) and the Dt-50 cm layer were collected at each agricultural site. In forest sites, each 10 cm layer was collected systematically down to 1 meter depth. Carbon concentrations were converted to total content to a given depth as the product of concentration, depth of sample and bulk density, and expressed in units of kg m^-2. For each site and each sampled layer, the mineral mass of soil was calculated, in order to base comparisons on the same soil mass rather than the same depth. The pattern of C accumulation in forest soils showed an exponential decrease with depth. Results suggested that soil organic carbon declined rapidly during the first years of cultivation, and at a slower rate thereafter. This pattern of decrease can be fitted by a bi-exponential model assuming that initial soil organic carbon can be separated into two parts, a very labile pool reduced during the first rapid decline and more refractory fractions oxidizing at a slower rate. Sampling to shallow depths (0-Dt cm) resulted in over-estimation of the rate of carbon release in proportion to the initial amount of C, and in under-estimation of the total loss of C with age. The results for the 0–50 cm horizon indicated that losses of total carbon average about 50% in these soils, ranging in initial carbon content from 19 to 32.5 kg m^-2. Carbon release to the atmosphere averaged 0.8 kg m^-2 yr^-1 to 50 cm depth during the first 10 years of cultivation. The results demonstrate that temperate soils may also be an important source of atmospheric carbon, when they are initially high in carbon content and then cultivated intensively with no organic matter management.     

秦岭火地塘林区油松林下主要灌木碳吸存

林下灌木是森林生态系统的重要组成部分,在维持森林碳平衡中发挥着重要作用.为估算林下灌木的固碳功能,采用TOC-VT H-2000A型TOC/TON分析仪,测定了油松林下主要灌木不同器官的含碳率;根据野外实测资料,建立了油松群落内主要灌木测树因子与其器官生物量的回归模型;计算了2006年和2007年,灌木层CO2年吸存量.结果表明:5种灌木叶、茎、根和皮的平均含碳率为:41.80%～46.25%,39.24%～49.22%,39.56%～46.71%和36.65%～48.23%;刚毛忍冬(Lonicera Hispida pall)各器官的含碳率最高,栓翅卫矛(Euonymus alatus)的叶和茎,白檀 (Symplocos paniculata)的根和皮含碳率最低;不同灌木同一器官和同一灌木不同器官的含碳率均存在显著差异;不同灌木同一器官平均含碳率差值最高达10.58%,同一灌木不同器官平均含碳率差值最高达6.47%;模拟显示:灌木器官的生物量和测树因子间的关系可用复合式、幂、二次方程、三次方程、对数方程、指数方程和倒数方程来描述;残差和误差分析表明,均方差根不大于1.70,模型有效性指数均接近于1,残差系数均接近于0,灌木根、茎、叶和皮的生物量模型估计值与实测值间相对误差的绝对值分别为3.89%～8.58%,0.57%～6.84%,4.69%～9.09%和4.50%～7.03%.回归模型的决定系数(R2)都在0.90以上,估计精度在95%以上,建立的油松群落内主要灌木测树因子与其器官生物量的回归模型,具有较高的估计精度和较好的适用性;研究区2006～2007年,主要灌木CO2年吸存量为10.138 Mghm-2.     

Genetic variation and drought response in two Populus × euramericana genotypes through 2-DE proteomic analysis of leaves from field and glasshouse cultivated plants

Genotype and water deficit effects on leaf 2-DE protein profiles of two Populus deltoides × Populus nigra, cv. ‘Agathe_F’ and ‘Cima’, were analysed over a short-term period of 18 days in glasshouse using 4-month-old rooted cuttings and over a long-lasting period of 86 days in open field using 4-year-old rooted cuttings. Leaf proteomes were analyzed using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and proteins were identified after database searching from MS peptide spectra.A reliable genotype effect was observed in the leaf proteome over experiment locations, water regimes and sampling dates. Quantitative differences between genotypes were found. Most of them corresponded to proteins matching isoforms or post-translational modification variants. However, ‘Cima’ displayed the highest abundance of antioxidant enzymes.In response to water deficit, about 10% of the reproducible spots significantly varied regardless of the experiment location, among which about 25% also displayed genotype-dependent variations. As a whole, while ‘Cima’ differed from ‘Agathe_F’ by increased abundance of enzymes involved in photorespiration and in oxidative stress, ‘Agathe_F’ was mainly differentiated by increased abundance of enzymes involved in photosynthesis.     

Carbon dioxide-concentrating mechanism and the development of extracellular carbonic anhydrase in the marine picoeukaryote Micromonas pusilla

A range of marine photosynthetic picoeukaryote phytoplankton species grown in culture were screened for the presence of extracellular carbonic anhydrase (CA_ext), a key enzyme in inorganic carbon acquisition under carbon- limiting conditions in some larger marine phytoplankton species. Of the species tested, extracellular carbonic anhydrase was detected only in Micromonas pusilla Butcher. The rapid, light-dependent development of CA_ext when cells were transferred from carbon-replete to carbon-limiting conditions was regulated by the available free- CO₂ concentration and not by total dissolved inorganic carbon. Kinetic studies provided support for a CO₂- concentrating mechanism in that the K _0.5[CO₂] (i.e. the CO₂ concentration required for the half-maximal rate of photosynthesis) was substantially lower than the K _m[CO₂] of Rubisco from related taxa, whilst the intracellular carbon pool was at least seven fold greater than the extracellular DIC concentration, for extracellular DIC values 1.0 m m .
It is proposed that when the flux of CO₂ into the cell is insufficient to support the photosynthetic rate at an optimum photon irradiance, the development of CA_ext increases the availability of CO₂ at the plasma membrane. This ensures rapid acclimation to environmental change and provides an explanation for the central role of M. pusilla as a carbon sink in oligotrophic environments.     

Predicting CO2 adsorption and reactivity on transition metal surfaces using popular density functional theory methods

ABSTRACT

In this work, with Ni (110) as a model catalyst surface and CO₂ as an adsorbate, a performance study of Density Functional Theory methods (functionals) is performed. CO being a possible intermediate in CO₂ conversion reactions, binding energies of both, CO₂ and CO, are calculated on the Ni surface and are compared with experimental data. OptPBE-vdW functional correctly predicts CO₂ binding energy on Ni (?62?kJ/mol), whereas CO binding energy is correctly predicted by the rPBE-vdW functional (?138?kJ/mol). The difference in computed adsorption energies by different functionals is attributed to the calculation of gas phase CO₂. Three alternate reaction systems based on a different number of C=O double bonds present in the gas phase molecule are considered to replace CO₂. The error in computed adsorption energy is directly proportional to the number of C=O double bonds present in the gas phase molecule. Additionally, both functionals predict similar carbon–oxygen activation barrier (40?kJ/mol) and equivalent C1s shifts for probe species (?2.6?eV for CCH₃ and +1.5?eV CO₃^?), with respect to adsorbed CO₂. Thus, by including a correction factor of 28?kJ/mol for the computed CO₂ gas phase energy, we suggest using rPBE-vdW functional to investigate CO₂ conversion reactions on different metals.     

湛江5种红树林树种光合作用特性及光合固碳能力研究

应用Li-6400便携式光合作用测定系统,对湛江市特呈岛5种红树林树种的净光合速率日变化和光合作用—光响应曲线进行了测定,探讨了各树种的光合作用特性以及主要影响因子并评估其固碳能力大小。结果表明:在自然光照条件下,秋茄和红海榄叶片净光合速率(Pn)的日变化曲线呈单峰型,白骨壤、木榄和桐花树为双峰型,光合"午休"现象明显,而且峰值分别出现在10:00和14:00左右。其中,白骨壤和木榄的光合午休主要由气孔限制因素引起,桐花树主要由非气孔限制因素引起。通径分析表明,光合有效辐射(PAR)是影响白骨壤和桐花树叶片Pn的主要决策因子,而叶面大气蒸汽压亏缺(VPD)是主要限制因子;影响秋茄和红海榄叶片Pn的主要决策因子是气孔导度(Gs),主要限制因子是叶温(Tl);影响木榄叶片Pn的主要决策因子是气孔导度(Gs)。基于叶片净光合作用速率的各树种日净固碳量存在显著性差异(P0.01),秋茄的日净固碳量最大(13.83 g·m-2·d-1),其次为白骨壤和桐花树(9.48和8.24 g·m-2·d-1),木榄和红海榄的较小(6.72和6.30 g·m-2·d-1)。5种红树林树种的光补偿点(LCP)介于28.3~137.0μmol·m-2·s-1之间,显示了阳生植物的特性。光饱和点(LSP)介于169.3~1189.3μmol·m-2·s-1之间,桐花树最大,红海榄最小。5种红树林树种的表观量子效率(AQY)存在极显著差异(P0.01),白骨壤最高为0.064 mol·mol-1,木榄最低,仅为0.005 mol·mol-1。5种红树林植物叶片的光响应参数与日净固碳量的关联度大小顺序为最大净光合速率(Pmax)、LSP-LCP、AQY、LSP、LCP。     

Carbon nutrition of seaweeds: Photosynthesis,photorespiration and respiration

Techniques are described for measuring gas exchange in seaweeds held in moist air (air suspension). In the species we have examined, oxygen has little or no effect on photosynthesis except at very low (50 μ1·1^?1) CO₂ concentration. Photorespiration could not be detected unless the seaweeds were treated simultaneously with high O₂ and low CO₂ or with the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, diamox. However, sporulating and meristematic tissues exhibit oxygen-insensitive light respiration (CO₂production in light not associated with photorespiratory metabolism). Elevated pH in the surface water of seaweeds also caused light respiration. Oxygen-sensitive wound respiration was observed that could easily be mistaken for photorespiration. C₄ photosynthesis could not be detected. On the basis of several experimental approaches it was concluded that these seaweeds normally absorb bicarbonate rather than CO₂ from sea water. High CO₂ concentrations are required in gas streams aerating seaweed cultures in air or water suspension to maintain the bicarbonate concentration at levels normally found in sea water and to support normal levels of photosynthesis.     

Carbon and nitrogen metabolism in legume root nodules

The literature concerning the metabolism of carbon compounds during the reduction, assimilation and translocation of nitrogen in root nodules of leguminous plants is reviewed. The reduction of dinitrogen requires an energy source (ATP) and a reluctant which are both supplied by respiratory catabolism of carbohydrates produced by the host plant. Photosynthates are also required to generate the carbon skeletons for amino acid or urcide synthesis during the assimilation of ammonia produced by the bacteria within the nodule tissue. Competition for photosynthates occurs between the bacteroids, nodule tissue and the various vegetative and reproductive sinks in the host plant. The nature of carbon compounds involved in these processes, their routes of metabolism, the mechanisms of control and the partitioning of metabolises between the various sites of utilization are only poorly understood. It is apparent that dinitrogen is reduced to ammonia in the bacteroids. Both fast- and slow-growing strains of Rhizobium possess the Entner-Doudoroff pathway of glucose catabolism, and some, if not all, enzymes of the Emden-Meyerhof pathway. Some bacterial cultures also metabolize carbon through the ketogluconate pathway but only the fast-growing strains of cultured rhizobia possess the key enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway (6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase). The host cells are thought to contain the complete Emden-Meyerhof pathway and tricarboxylic acid cycle, which provides the carbon skeletons for assimilation of the ammonia, formed by the bacteroids, into α-amino acids. A pathway of anapleurotic carbon conservation, operative in the host cells, synthesizes oxaloacetic acid through β-carboxylation of phosphoenol pyruvate. This process could be important in the recapture and assimilation of respired CO₂ in the rhizosphere. The main route of assimilation of ammonia produced by the bacteroids would appear to be via the glutamine synthetase-glutamate synthase pathway in the host cells. However, glutamate dehydrogenase may also be involved in ammonia assimilation. These enzymes also occur in in vitro cultures of Rhizobium and in bacteroids where they presumably participate in the synthesis of amino acids for growth of the bacteria or bacteroids. Nitrogen assimilated into glutamine or glutamate is exported from the nodules in a variety of forms, which include asparagine, glutamine, aspartate, homoserine and allantoates, in proportions which depend on the legume species. Studies on regulation of the overall process have focussed on expression of bacteroid genes and on the control of enzyme activity, at the level of nitrogenase and enzymes of nitrogen assimilation in particular. However, due to the wide range of experimental techniques, environmental conditions and plant species which have been used, no clear conclusions can yet be drawn. The pathways of carbon flow in nitrogen metabolism, particularly in relation to the synthesis of ureides and the regulation of carbon metabolism, remain key areas for future research in symbiotic nitrogen fixation.