Regulation of leaf senescence, grain-filling and yield of rice by kinetin and abscisic acid

Senescence of rice ( Oryza sativa L. cv. Jaya) leaves was regulated with kinetin and abscisic acid (ABA) sprays at the reproductive stage. The effect of such sprays on grain-filling and yield was analyzed. Spraying 100-day-old plants with kinetin solution (100 μg ml^-1) significantly delayed senescence as indicated by higher total chlorophyll and protein levels in the three uppermost leaves compared with the controls. In contrast, spraying with ABA (15 μg ml^-1) significantly promoted foliar senescence. The number of spikelets per panicle, number of panicles, percentage filled grains, panicle weight and grain yield per plant and the mobilization and harvest indices were significantly increased by kinetin treatment, while ABA decreased most of them. The possibility of increased grain-filling and thus, yield due to delayed foliar senescence by kinetin treatment and decreased grain-filling due to hastening of senescence by ABA is discussed.     

Effects of foliar applications of fungicides during plant growth on grain development and grain germinability in spring barley

In 1990 and 1991 grain samples of spring barley were obtained from plots in which fungal diseases were controlled until ear emergence using fungicide sprays, and from comparable plots which had received no fungicide applications. The grain was stored at 10^oC, and tested for germination at intervals during storage. Grain from plots treated with fungicide consistently exhibited more dormancy than grain from untreated plots. In 1992, grain development was monitored from anthesis to harvest-ripeness in treated and untreated plots of cvs Blenheim, Camargue and Tyne. In cvs Blenheim and Camargue, grains in fungicide-treated plots had a greater dry weight at harvest-ripeness, and dehydrated later in development than grains in untreated plots. Neither of these differences was observed in cv. Tyne. Possible interpretations of the effects of fungicide treatment of the parent plant on the physiology of the grain are discussed.     

Structural and histochemical studies on grain-filling in the caryopsis of rice (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Oryza sativa</Emphasis> L.)

The endosperm and embryo that constitute the filial tissues of rice caryopsis are isolated from the maternal tissues by the absence of any symplastic continuity. Nutrients are transported to the endosperm through a single ovular vascular trace present on the ventral side of the ovary. Initially solute enters through the chalaza into the nucellar projection and then into the endosperm. At later stages transport occurs through the nucellar epidermis, centripetally towards the endosperm. The cell walls of the nucellar epidermis are provided with rib-like thickenings. A comparison of grain-filling in C₃ and C₄ cereals suggests that rice has structural features allied to C₃ cereals, such as wheat, but with significant differences.     

灌浆期不同阶段遮光对小麦籽粒蛋白质组分含量和加工品质的影响

选用强筋小麦济麦20、中筋小麦泰山23和弱筋小麦宁麦9号3个小麦品种,设置了灌浆期不同阶段遮光处理:开花后不遮光(S0)、0～11 d遮光(S1)、12 ～23 d遮光(S2)、24～35 d遮光(S3),研究了其对不同小麦品种籽粒蛋白质组分含量和加工品质的影响.结果表明:3个小麦品种的籽粒清蛋白+球蛋白含量遮光处理间无显著差异;遮光均显著提高了济麦20和泰山23的高分子量谷蛋白亚基、低分子量谷蛋白亚基、谷蛋白、醇溶蛋白和总蛋白含量,其中灌浆中期遮光(S2)处理提高幅度高于其他处理;灌浆中期(S2)和后期(S3)遮光处理显著提高了宁麦9号各蛋白质组分含量.遮光显著降低了小麦籽粒产量,提高了籽粒面团形成时间、面团稳定时间和沉降值,其中灌浆中期遮光处理更为显著,表明籽粒品质的形成与灌浆中期的光照条件更为密切.总体上灌浆期遮光对3个小麦品种籽粒产量、蛋白质组分含量及加工品质指标的调节幅度为济麦20＞泰山23＞宁麦9号.     

Heat Stress in Wheat during Reproductive and Grain-Filling Phases

Ambient temperatures have increased since the beginning of the century and are predicted to continue rising under climate change. Such increases in temperature can cause heat stress: a severe threat to wheat production in many countries, particularly when it occurs during reproductive and grain-filling phases. Heat stress reduces plant photosynthetic capacity through metabolic limitations and oxidative damage to chloroplasts, with concomitant reductions in dry matter accumulation and grain yield. Genotypes expressing heat shock proteins are better able to withstand heat stress as they protect proteins from heat-induced damage. Heat tolerance can be improved by selecting and developing wheat genotypes with heat resistance. Wheat pre-breeding and breeding may be based on secondary traits like membrane stability, photosynthetic rate and grain weight under heat stress. Nonetheless, improvement in grain yield under heat stress implies selecting genotypes for grain size and rate of grain filling. Integrating physiological and biotechnological tools with conventional breeding techniques will help to develop wheat varieties with better grain yield under heat stress during reproductive and grain-filling phases. This review discusses the impact of heat stress during reproductive and grain-filling stages of wheat on grain yield and suggests strategies to improve heat stress tolerance in wheat.     

施氮对半湿润农田生态系统不同冬小麦品种灌浆期物质转移的影响

在年均降水量632 mm的黄土高原南部半湿润红油土上,以NR9405、9430、偃师9号、小偃6号、陕229、西农2208、矮丰3号和商188为供试材料,进行大田试验,研究在不施氮和施氮(90 kg.hm-2)条件下不同品种冬小麦灌浆特性及物质转移效率。结果表明,冬小麦干物质生产及物质转移效率共同受品种和氮肥的影响。开花期老叶、茎鞘和成熟期茎鞘、籽粒干重间存在显著差异。施氮对开花期、成熟期地上部各部位干重均有明显的促进作用。各部位干物质转移量、转移效率和转移量对籽粒的贡献率既与品种有关,也与施氮有关;氮肥的影响又因品种不同而异。干物质转移量、转移效率和转移干物质对籽粒的贡献率在8个供试品种中,最高的是NR9405,最低的是偃师9号,除NR9405和西农2208籽粒中50%以上干物质来自于开花前贮存光合产物的再转移外,其余6个品种籽粒中50%以上的干物质来自于开花后新合成的同化产物。干物质转移量对籽粒的贡献率以穗轴+颖壳部位最低,且多数处理为负值,以茎秆为最大,叶片居中。从总体看,干物质转移量、干物质转移率和干物质转移量对粒重的贡献率在不同品种之间的差异大于施氮处理间的差异,施氮后降低了干物质向籽粒中的转移。     

不同氮素水平下水稻生育后期叶片和籽粒的蛋白质组学

以超级杂交水稻“两优培九”为试验材料,运用蛋白质双向电泳技术研究了水稻生育后期不同氮素水平下（正常供氮水平的1/2,20 mg·L^-1;正常供氮水平,40 mg·L^-1;正常供氮水平的2倍,80 mg·L^-1）叶片和籽粒蛋白质组水平的变化,并鉴定分析了其差异蛋白质点（共鉴定出16个叶片蛋白质、9个弱势粒蛋白质、4个强势粒蛋白质）的生物功能.结果表明：生育后期氮素是通过影响与光合有关的酶的活化、CO₂的活化及光系统单位和电子传递链构成来影响和调节植物的光合作用;氮素可促进弱势粒中与能量合成和生长相关酶的表达;高氮水平不利于强势粒淀粉的合成,但充足的氮素对水稻物质累积及代谢具有重要作用.因此,在生育后期合理运用氮肥对提高水稻剑叶光合性能、增强源的功能、延缓功能性早衰及强化籽粒灌浆具有积极作用.     

水稻籽粒灌浆过程中超弱发光特性的研究

本实验对水稻籽粒灌浆过程中不同时期籽粒进行了超弱发光测定。实验结果表明：在整个灌浆过程中单粒发光量呈单峰曲线,在籽粒全部充实并且颜色由青转黄时,发光量最大;发光强度呈递减趋势;运用该技术有可能进行水稻不同品种间的比较和品种灌浆力强弱的筛选。     

灌浆期水稻受褐飞虱侵害后赤霉素含量的变化

应用酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)研究灌浆期水稻协优963、TN1受褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens(Stl)若虫侵害后根、叶片赤霉素(gibberellin,GA)含量的变化,以探讨褐飞虱若虫侵害后灌浆期水稻耐虫性与植物体内源激素的关系。结果表明:虫口密度40头/株和80头/株120头/株侵害灌浆期水稻协优963后3d根GA含量显著下降,40头/株和80头/株侵害后协优963后3d根冠(叶片)比显著下降;40头/株侵害协优963后6d根冠比显著下降。40头/株、80头/株和120头/株侵害灌浆期水稻TN1后3d根GA含量显著下降;80头/株和120头/株侵害TN1后6d根GA含量显著下降,120头/株侵害TN1后6d根冠比显著下降。表明灌浆期水稻协优963、TN1受褐飞虱若虫侵害后基本变化趋势为根GA含量、GA含量根冠比下降(3d、6d),叶片GA含量变化规律不明显;耐、感虫水稻品种变化一致,变化幅度无明显差异。     

芝麻灌浆特性与灌浆期籽粒中内源激素含量变化研究

在大田栽培条件下,对芝麻品种‘郑芝98N09’的灌浆特性及灌浆期籽粒中内源激素含量变化进行了研究,为芝麻高产优质高效栽培及品质育种提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)第9～17节位芝麻籽粒干物质率最高;下部(8节以下)蒴果在灌浆24d时的蒴果鲜重达最大值(1.596g/蒴),27d时籽粒鲜重达最大值(0.318g/蒴),灌浆最快的时期为灌浆15～33d,干物质积累量达籽粒干重的61.75%;中部(9～20节)蒴果在灌浆27d时的蒴果鲜重达最大值(1.622g/蒴),籽粒鲜重也同期达最大值(0.379g/蒴),灌浆最快的时期为灌浆21～36d,干物质积累量达籽粒干重的74.21%;上部(20节以上)蒴果籽粒干物质积累最快的时期为灌浆9～12d和24～27d两个阶段。(2)中部蒴果GA3含量大于下部和上部蒴果,而ABA和IAA的含量则小于下部和上部蒴果;除GA3/ZR比值外,中部蒴果的ABA/GA3、ABA/ZR、GA3/IAA和ZR/IAA比值都小于下部和上部蒴果。(3)较高的ZR含量和较低的ABA/ZR、ABA/GA3、IAA/GA3和IAA/ZR比值利于胚乳细胞分裂、蒴果发育、籽粒库容建成及籽粒干物质充实。(4)单一激素含量与不同部位蒴果单蒴粒重均达显著或极显著负相关关系,内源激素相互间的关系对下部蒴果粒重增加影响较小,适当提高IAA/ZR、ABA/GA3、IAA/GA3比值,能显著提高中部和上部蒴果的单蒴籽粒干重。