Growth and respiration in two mangrove species at a range of salinities

Growth and dark respiration rates were measured in leaves and roots of seedlings of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh, (grey mangrove), and Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco (river mangrove). Plants were grown in a soil mixture at ambient temperatures and watered with 0.25 and 100% sea-water. Oxygen uptake was measured in excised root and leaf samples. In both species growth was maximal in 25% sea-water, and root respiration was lowest in 100% sea-water. Differences were found between the two species in the responses of leaf respiration to salinity. In A. corniculatum leaf respiration was raised in both 25 and 100% sea-water, while in A. marina only leaves in 100% sea-water showed higher rates of respiration. These results are consistent with the view that A. marina is the more salt-tolerant of the two species. In A. corniculatum the respiration rates of the hypocotyl were also measured, and were much higher in 100% sea-water than in the other two treatments. The results suggest that at high salinities there is a high metabolic cost in the shoots of both species, and that at such salinities rates of root respiration may be limited by the supply of substrate from the shoots.     

Isolating high-quality RNA from mangroves without liquid nitrogen

Mangroves form unique communities in tropical coastal regions and tidal lowlands. Isolating RNA from mangrove leaves is difficult because of high amounts of secondary metabolites and polysaccharides. Conventional extraction methods produce poor-quality mangrove RNA. We present a simple, fast, and convenient protocol for isolating RNA from 5 mangrove species:Aegiceras corniculatum, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Ceriops tagal, Kandelia candel, andSonneratia apetala. Isolating RNA from other mangrove species is also possible. Obtained RNA was of high quality and used in an RT-PCR reaction that amplified 0.6 kb of theA. corniculatum CPI-1 gene.     

桐花树活性内生真菌筛选及其抗菌化学成分的研究

为了探究桐花树内生真菌在抑菌方面的价值,该文以内生真菌发酵产物的抑菌作用为评价指标筛选活性菌株,采用生物活性跟踪方法结合多种色谱技术分离活性菌株的化学成分,通过波谱与文献数据比对鉴定单体化合物结构,并利用微孔板法测定单体化合物的抑菌活性。结果表明:(1)从桐花树分离得到的16株内生真菌分属2纲7目10科10属,镰刀菌属(Fusarium)为优势菌属。内生真菌GXIMD02029和GXIMD02039的发酵产物对枯草芽孢杆菌、表皮葡萄球菌、耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌、藤黄微球菌、粘性放线菌和金黄色葡萄球菌有不同程度的抑制作用,GXIMD02038发酵产物对耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌、藤黄微球菌和金黄色葡萄球菌有抑制作用。(2)7个化合物从内生真菌Phomopsis sp. GXIMD02029中被分离并鉴定为(15R)-acetoxydothiorelone A(1)、cytosporone B(2)、pestalotiopsone H(3)、pestalotiopsone B(4)、4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde(5)、p-Hydroxybenzoic acid(6)、N-(2-phenylethyl)acetamide(7)。(3)化合物1和2有不同程度的抑菌作用,化合物1对枯草芽孢杆菌、表皮葡萄球菌、耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌的MIC值为16.25 SymbolmA@ g·mL^-1,对藤黄微球菌和粘性放线菌的MIC值为7.812 5 SymbolmA@ g·mL^-1,对金黄色葡萄球菌的MIC值为31.25 SymbolmA@ g·mL^-1。化合物2对藤黄微球菌的MIC值为62.5 SymbolmA@ g·mL^-1,对枯草芽孢杆菌、表皮葡萄球菌、耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌、粘性放线菌的MIC值为125 SymbolmA@ g·mL^-1,对金黄色葡萄球菌的MIC值为250 SymbolmA@ g·mL^-1。该文筛选了3株活性菌株,首次报道化合物1具有抗菌活性,为桐花树内生真菌在抗菌价值方面提供了依据。     

The role of freezing in setting the latitudinal limits of mangrove forests

Mangrove trees dominate coastal vegetation in tropical regions, but are completely replaced by herbaceous salt marshes at latitudes above 32 degrees N and 40 degrees S. Because water deficit can increase damage caused by freezing, we hypothesized that mangroves, which experience large deficits as a result of saline substrates, would suffer freeze-induced xylem failure. Vulnerability to freeze-induced xylem embolism was examined in the most poleward mangrove species in North America, in an area where freezing is rare but severe, and in Australia, in an area where freezing is frequent but mild. Percentage loss in hydraulic conductivity was measured following manipulations of xylem tension; xylem sap ion concentration was determined using X-ray microanalysis. Species with wider vessels suffered 60-100% loss of hydraulic conductivity after freezing and thawing under tension, while species with narrower vessels lost as little as 13-40% of conductivity. These results indicate that freeze-induced embolism may play a role in setting the latitudinal limits of distribution in mangroves, either through massive embolism following freezing, or through constraints on water transport as a result of vessel size.     

NaCl胁迫下高纬度移植桐花树幼苗的生理生态效应

通过砂培试验,研究了不同浓度NaCl(0、100、200、300和400 mmol·L-1)处理对高纬度移植桐花树幼苗生物量、离子吸收、碳氮代谢、叶片光合色素和叶片抗氧化系统的影响.结果表明:100 mmol·L-1NaCl处理对桐花树生长有轻微的促进作用,当NaCl浓度达到300mmol·L-1时,桐花树根、茎、叶器官的干鲜质量、根冠比、株高和基径均显著下降.高盐胁迫抑制了叶片抗氧化系统中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)的活性,提高了丙二醛含量,降低了叶片中叶绿素、类胡萝卜素总量以及根茎叶的可溶性总糖和游离氨基酸总量.不同浓度NaCl胁迫下,桐花树根茎叶中Na+含量快速上升,K+含量相对下降,K+/Na+快速下降,导致各器官中离子平衡失调.当NaCl浓度高于300 mmol·L-1时,桐花树根茎叶的碳氮代谢运转失调,抑制了植株的正常生长,导致各器官的生物量显著下降.     

桐花树五环三萜化学成分的研究

从桐花树树皮的乙醇提取物的乙酸乙酯部分分离到3个化合物,利用波谱技术分别鉴定为protoprimulagenin(1),embelinone(2)和aegicerin(3),其中化合物1和2是首次从该植物中分离到。     

Variation in the δ<Superscript>13</Superscript>C of Two Mangrove Plants is Correlated with Stomatal Response to Salinity

To better understand the relationship between salinity and the carbon stable isotope composition (expressed as δ¹³C) of mangrove plants and to test whether the patterns of variation in δ¹³C of mangrove plants differ from those of nonhalophytes as response to salinity, the effect of salinity on leaf δ¹³C in two dominant mangrove species, Aegiceras corniculatum and Kandelia candel, was studied. Furthermore, to determine whether the variation in δ¹³C of mangrove species is adjusted by stomatal conductance, K. candel was selected as an example, and leaf gas-exchange characteristics of the seedlings were measured. It was observed that both mangrove species had a lower leaf δ¹³C under their optimum salinity (1.50% for Ae. corniculatum and 2.00% for K. candel). This variation in δ¹³C of mangrove plants was attributable largely to stomatal adjustment as for nonhalophytes in which a strong correlation between δ¹³C and relevant photosynthetic properties is observed. This result suggests that the different response pattern in δ¹³C was a consequence of the variation in stomata in relation to the different tolerance to salinity. The optimum salinity inferred by leaf δ¹³C provides a feasible method for comparing salt tolerance between mangrove plants belonging to different species, which is useful for mangrove restoration.     

人工红树林中黑口滨螺和黑线蜒螺分布的差异性

研究了福建九龙江河口不同林龄、不同红树种类的人工林中黑口滨螺（Littoraia elanostoma）和黑线蜒螺（Nerita lineata）的分布情况.结果表明,黑线蜒螺主要分布于秋茄林内,且其生物量随林龄增加而增加;桐花树林内黑口滨螺的生物量和密度均大于林龄相近的秋茄林,但个体大小则小于秋茄林.黑口滨螺的生物量在桐花树林内随林龄增加呈现先增加后减少的趋势,而在秋茄林内则随林龄增加而减少.这种差异性反映了人工红树林植物种类及其演替过程对腹足类动物分布的影响.     

多氯联苯对桐花树幼苗生长及膜保护酶系统的影响

通过盆栽实验,研究了不同浓度(180、900、1 800和2 700 μg·kg^-1)多氯联苯(PCBs)对红树植物桐花树幼苗生长、叶绿素含量、膜质过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）以及膜保护酶系统的影响.结果表明：PCBs对桐花树幼苗的生长有一定的促进作用,随着PCBs浓度的提高,桐花树幼苗的茎高、茎径和茎体积均呈升高趋势;在试验PCBs浓度范围内,桐花树幼苗叶片能保持相对正常的叶绿素水平和相对稳定的叶绿素a/b值,叶绿素a、叶绿素b和叶绿素a+b含量虽然有所降低,但均未低于对照的75%;叶绿素a/b值有所升高,但均未超过对照的10％.随着PCBs浓度的提高,桐花树幼苗叶片SOD活性呈单峰曲线变化,而POD活性和MDA含量呈单谷曲线变化.红树植物桐花树可通过生理生化机制适应一定浓度的PCBs污染,对PCBs有较强的耐受性和适应性,可用于PCBs污染的植物修复.     

广西龙门岛群桐花树天然林生物量的初步研究

 本研究测定了广西龙门岛群桐花树天然林地上部分的生物量。按径阶标准木法分别调查了3种不同年龄阶段天然林的群落生物量,根据18株不同径阶标准木的测定数据,建立了估测群落单株林木地上部各器官生物量的回归方程,方程的相关系数均达极显著水平,估测精度较高,具有实用价值。研究的结果表明,5年、l7年和20年生的桐花树群落地上部生物量分别为3743.5g／m2、7279.0g／m2和8817.1g／m2,年均生产量分别为748.7g／m2·a、428.2g／m2·a和440.9g／m2·a。