Strategies for detecting DNA hybridisation using surface plasmon fluorescence spectroscopy

Die Anregung und Emission von Fluorophoren nahe planaren Metalloberflächen und schiefen Gittern wurde mittels Oberflächenplasmonen Fluoreszenz Spektroskopie (SPFS) untersucht. Die Fluorophore konnten durch das evaneszente Plasmonenfeld angeregt und die einzelnen Abregungskanäle identifiziert werden.Die Sensorarchitektur für den Nachweis der Hybridisierung bestand aus auf einer Streptavidin-Matrix immobilisierten unmarkierten Sondensträngen. Cy5 markierte Zielsequenzen wurden aus der Lösung hybridisiert und die Adsorptionskinetiken konnten oberflächensensitiv detektiert werden.Ein neues Detektionsschema für unmarkierte Zielstränge wurde mittels fluoreszenzmarkirten Sondensträngen realisiert. Die Hybridisierung führte zu der Bildung von steifen helikalen Bereichen in der Probe und separierte den Farbstoff von der Metalloberfläche. Reduzierte Fluorezenzlöschung zeigte daher das Hybridisierungsereignis an.Die Verwendung eines potentiellen Förster-Paares zur Detektion von DNA Hybridisierung wurde untersucht. Donor und Akzeptor wurden an Ziel- und Sondenstrang immobilisiert und das Hybridisierungsereignis konnte anhand der Auslöschung der Donor-Fluorezenz nachgewiesen werden.Schließlich wurde der Einsatz von einzelstrangbindenden Proteinen (SSB) zur Steigerung der Sensitivität bezüglich Basenfehlpaarungen betrachtet. Verdrängungsreaktionen zwischen Proteinen und markierten Zielsträngen wurden anhand von SPS und Fluorezenzkinetiken studiert.

Satellite-Detected Fluorescence Reveals Global Physiology of Ocean Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton photosynthesis links global ocean biology and climate-driven fluctuations in the physical environment. These interactions are largely expressed through changes in phytoplankton physiology, but physiological status has proven extremely challenging to characterize globally. Phytoplankton fluorescence does provide a rich source of physiological information long exploited in laboratory and field studies, and is now observed from space. Here we evaluate the physiological underpinnings of global variations in satellite-based phytoplankton chlorophyll fluorescence. The three dominant factors influencing fluorescence distributions are chlorophyll concentration, pigment packaging effects on light absorption, and light-dependent energy-quenching processes. After accounting for these three factors, resultant global distributions of quenching-corrected fluorescence quantum yields reveal a striking consistency with anticipated patterns of iron availability. High fluorescence quantum yields are typically found in low iron waters, while low quantum yields dominate regions where other environmental factors are most limiting to phytoplankton growth. Specific properties of photosynthetic membranes are discussed that provide a mechanistic view linking iron stress to satellite-detected fluorescence. Our results present satellite-based fluorescence as a valuable tool for evaluating nutrient stress predictions in ocean ecosystem models and give the first synoptic observational evidence that iron plays an important role in seasonal phytoplankton dynamics of the Indian Ocean. Satellite fluorescence may also provide a path for monitoring climate-phytoplankton physiology interactions and improving descriptions of phytoplankton light use efficiencies in ocean productivity models.

Properties of seawater and particulate matter (fluorescence) from a WETLabs Eco-FL sensor mounted on the continuous surface water sampling system during the Tara Oceans expedition 2009-2013

The Tara Oceans Expedition (2009-2013) sampled the world oceans on board a 36 m long schooner, collecting environmental data and organisms from viruses to planktonic metazoans for later analyses using modern sequencing and state-of-the-art imaging technologies. Tara Oceans Data are particularly suited to study the genetic, morphological and functional diversity of plankton. The present data set provides continuous measurements made with a WETLabs Eco-FL sensor mounted on the flowthrough system between June 4th, 2011 and March 30th, 2012. Data was recorded approximately every 10s. Two issues affected the data: 1. Periods when the water 0.2µm filtered water were used as blanks and 2. Periods where fluorescence was affected by non-photochemical quenching (NPQ, chlorophyll fluorescence is reduced when cells are exposed to light, e.g. Falkowski and Raven, 1997). Median data and their standard deviation were binned to 5min bins with period of light/dark indicated by an added variable (so that NPQ affected data could be neglected if the user so chooses). Data was first calibrated using HPLC data collected on the Tara (there were 36 data within 30min of each other). Fewer were available when there was no evident NPQ and the resulting scale factor was 0.0106 mg Chl m-3/count. To increase the calibration match-ups we used the AC-S data which provided a robust estimate of Chlorophyll (e.g. Boss et al., 2013). Scale factor computed over a much larger range of values than HPLC was 0.0088 mg Chl m-3/count (compared to 0.0079 mg Chl m-3/count based on manufacturer). In the archived data the fluorometer data is merged with the TSG, raw data is provided as well as manufacturer calibration constants, blank computed from filtered measurements and chlorophyll calibrated using the AC-S. For a full description of the processing of the Eco-FL please see Taillandier, 2015.

Properties of seawater and particulate matter from a FRRF instrument, operating in a flow-through mode on the continuous surface water sampling system during the Tara Oceans expedition 2009-2013

The Tara Oceans Expedition (2009-2013) sampled the world oceans on board a 36 m long schooner, collecting environmental data and organisms from viruses to planktonic metazoans for later analyses using modern sequencing and state-of-the-art imaging technologies. Tara Oceans Data are particularly suited to study the genetic, morphological and functional diversity of plankton. The present data set provides continuous measurements made with a FRRF instrument, operating in a flow-through mode during the 2009-2012 part of the expedition. It operates by exciting chlorophyll fluorescence using a series of short flashes of controlled energy and time intervals (Kolber et al, 1998). The fluorescence transients produced by this excitation signal were analysed in real-time to provide estimates of abundance of photosynthetic pigments, the photosynthetic yields (Fv/Fm), the functional absorption cross section (a proxy for efficiency of photosynthetic energy acquisition), the kinetics of photosynthetic electron transport between Photosystem II and Photosystem I, and the size of the PQ pool. These parameters were measured at excitation wavelength of 445 nm, 470nm, 505 nm, and 535 nm, allowing to assess the presence and the photosynthetic performance of different phytoplankton taxa based on the spectral composition of their light harvesting pigments. The FRRF-derived photosynthetic characteristics were used to calculate the initial slope, the half saturation, and the maximum level of Photosynthesis vs Irradiance relationship. FRRF data were acquired continuously, at 1-minute time intervals.

Protection and storage of chlorophyll in overwintering evergreens

How evergreen species store and protect chlorophyll during exposure to high light in winter remains unexplained. This study reveals that the evergreen snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng.) stores and protects its chlorophylls by forming special complexes that are unique to the winter-acclimated state. Our in vivo spectral and kinetic characterizations reveal a prominent component of the chlorophyll fluorescence spectrum around 715 nm at 77 K. This band coincides structurally with a loss of chlorophyll and an increase in energy-dissipating carotenoids. Functionally, the band coincides with an increased capacity to dissipate excess light energy, absorbed by the chlorophylls, as heat without intrathylakoid acidification. The increased heat dissipation helps protect the chlorophylls from photo-oxidative bleaching and thereby facilitates rapid recovery of photosynthesis in spring.

Differential Control of Xanthophylls and Light-Induced Stress Proteins, as Opposed to Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b Proteins, during Photosynthetic Acclimation of Barley Leaves to Light Irradiance

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) plants were grown at different photon flux densities ranging from 100 to 1800 μmol m−2 s−1 in air and/or in atmospheres with reduced levels of O2 and CO2. Low O2 and CO2 partial pressures allowed plants to grow under high photosystem II (PSII) excitation pressure, estimated in vivo by chlorophyll fluorescence measurements, at moderate photon flux densities. The xanthophyll-cycle pigments, the early light-inducible proteins, and their mRNA accumulated with increasing PSII excitation pressure irrespective of the way high excitation pressure was obtained (high-light irradiance or decreased CO2 and O2 availability). These findings indicate that the reduction state of electron transport chain components could be involved in light sensing for the regulation of nuclear-encoded chloroplast gene expression. In contrast, no correlation was found between the reduction state of PSII and various indicators of the PSII light-harvesting system, such as the chlorophyll a-to-b ratio, the abundance of the major pigment-protein complex of PSII (LHCII), the mRNA level of LHCII, the light-saturation curve of O2 evolution, and the induced chlorophyll-fluorescence rise. We conclude that the chlorophyll antenna size of PSII is not governed by the redox state of PSII in higher plants and, consequently, regulation of early light-inducible protein synthesis is different from that of LHCII.

Avaliação do potencial da macrófita Pistia stratiotes na exposição de íon cromo (VI): biossorção e tolerância

The environmental pollution caused by industries has increased the concentration of pollutants in the environment, especially in water. Among the most diverse contaminants, there is the metals, who may or may not to be heavy/toxic, causing effluent of difficult treatment when in low concentrations. The search for alternative measures of wastewater effluent treatment has led to studies using phytoremediation technique through the various matrices (plant, fungi, bacteria) as means of polishing treatment to remove contaminants by means of biosorption/bioaccumulation. In order to use the phytoremediation technique for removing metals of the environmental, it have been performed bioassay with the macrophyte Pistia stratiotes. The bioassays were realized with healthy plants of P. stratiotes acclimatized in a greenhouse, at room temperature and lighting conditions during 28 days of cultivate. The cultivations were performed in glass vessels containing 1 L of the hydroponic solution with chromium (VI) in the potassium dichromate form with concentration range 0.10 to 4.90 mg L-1. The experiments were performed by Outlining Central Composite Rotational (OCCR), where the kinetics of bioaccumulation and chlorophyll a fluorescence were monitored in plants of P. stratiotes during cultivation. The collections of the samples and cultive solution were performed according to the OCCR. The chromium levels were measured in samples of P. stratiotes and the remaining solutions by the methodology of atomic absorption spectrometry by flame. The tolerance of P. stratiotes in relation to exposure to chromium (VI) was analyzed by parameters of physiological activity by means of chlorophyll a fluorescence, using the portable fluorometer PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation). The development of P. stratiots and their biomass were related to the time factor, while bioaccumulation capacities were strongly influenced by factors of time and chromium concentration (VI). The chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were affected by chromium and the exposure time at the bioassays. It was obtained an higher metal removal from the root in relation to the sheet, reaching a high rate of metal removal in solution. The experimental data removal kinetics were represented by kinetic models Irreversibly Langmuir, Reversible Langmuir, Pseudo-first Order and Pseudo-second Order, and the best fit for the culture solution was the Reversible Langmuir model with R² 0.993 and for the plant the best model was Pseudo-second order with R² 0.760.

Structural, physiological and molecular characterisation of the Australian native resurrection grass Tripogon loliiformis (F.Meull) C.E.Hubb during dehydration and rehydration

There is an urgent need to develop crops that can withstand future climates. Results from this thesis demonstrated that a native Australian resurrection grass exhibits structural, physiological and metabolic strategies to tolerate drying. These strategies may be utilized for the generation of stress tolerant crops.

Modelling boreal forest CO2 exchange and seasonality

Man-induced climate change has raised the need to predict the future climate and its feedback to vegetation. These are studied with global climate models; to ensure the reliability of these predictions, it is important to have a biosphere description that is based upon the latest scientific knowledge. This work concentrates on the modelling of the CO2 exchange of the boreal coniferous forest, studying also the factors controlling its growing season and how these can be used in modelling. In addition, the modelling of CO2 gas exchange at several scales was studied. A canopy-level CO2 gas exchange model was developed based on the biochemical photosynthesis model. This model was first parameterized using CO2 exchange data obtained by eddy covariance (EC) measurements from a Scots pine forest at Sodankylä. The results were compared with a semi-empirical model that was also parameterized using EC measurements. Both of the models gave satisfactory results. The biochemical canopy-level model was further parameterized at three other coniferous forest sites located in Finland and Sweden. At all the sites, the two most important biochemical model parameters showed seasonal behaviour, i.e., their temperature responses changed according to the season. Modelling results were improved when these changeover dates were related to temperature indices. During summer-time the values of the biochemical model parameters were similar at all the four sites. Different control factors for CO2 gas exchange were studied at the four coniferous forests, including how well these factors can be used to predict the initiation and cessation of the CO2 uptake. Temperature indices, atmospheric CO2 concentration, surface albedo and chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) were all found to be useful and have predictive power. In addition, a detailed simulation study of leaf stomata in order to separate physical and biochemical processes was performed. The simulation study brought to light the relative contribution and importance of the physical transport processes. The results of this work can be used in improving CO2 gas exchange models in boreal coniferous forests. The meteorological and biological variables that represent the seasonal cycle were studied, and a method for incorporating this cycle into a biochemical canopy-level model was introduced.

根瘤菌、铵态氮、光照强度对大豆固氮和光合作用影响的研究

生物固氮和植物光合作用作为全球生态系统的两个基本生物学过程, 在碳氮循环、自然生态系统的维持和演替，以及农业生产中起了重要作用。尽管过去关于共生固氮与光合作用的研究取得了巨大成就，但是，很少将两者直接联系起来。本研究通过比较低光效和高光效大豆接种高效固氮根瘤菌后固氮与光合作用的差异，比较接种根瘤菌和施用铵态氮肥对大豆光合生理的影响或光照强度对大豆光合固氮的影响，以及C4基因转化C3 豆科植物—苜蓿的研究，试图将两者偶联起来。研究获得以下结果： 1．用nifA和dct工程根瘤菌接种低光效和高光效大豆后，与出发菌株比，均提高了大豆的固氮和光合作用。两者相比，nifA工程菌对低光效大豆黑农37号发挥了比较好的作用，大豆的光合作用参数，固氮活性和植物株高、株重等产量参数比dct工程菌好;dct工程菌接种高光效大豆黑农40号后，尽管固氮酶活性与nifA工程菌相比没有明显差异，但是大豆光合作用和产量参数有了比较明显的提高。 2．光照培养条件下，对大豆进行了接种根瘤菌（108细菌/ mL）、低氮（5 mmol/L (NH4)2SO4）和高氮（30 mmol/L (NH4)2SO4）处理。测定的大豆生长状况和光合作用系列参数结果表明：低氮处理的最好，接种根瘤菌的次之，高氮处理的最差。由此说明单纯接种根瘤菌满足不了大豆发育过程中的氮营养要求，其光合作用和生长受到不利影响。但是，高氮处理也并没有提高大豆的光合作用，其生长发育甚至受到抑制。该结果为生产实践中合理施肥提供了光合生理方面的参考。 3．接根瘤菌和不接根瘤菌的大豆在正常光强（150μmol photons m-2s-1）下生长三周后进行遮光（15μmol photons m-2s-1，7天）和复光（正常光强，7天）处理，大豆的光合作用有下降和回复。测定的一系列光合参数、叶绿素荧光参数，以及植物的生长生理参数结果表明：接根瘤菌大豆与不接根瘤菌的大豆对遮光的响应有不同。正常光照下，接种根瘤菌能促进大豆生长与光合作用;遮光处理后，根瘤菌对大豆的促进作用不显著。 4．获得了不同苜蓿品种的愈伤组织及其诱导的再生植株。并作了用小米、甘蔗的PEPC基因转化苜蓿的研究。由于在实验过程中，考虑转基因植物的安全性，着重于用甘露糖筛选转化体系的研究工作，忽略了用抗生素筛选转化体。用PCR法从苜蓿中扩增出甘露糖异构酶基因（pmi），表明苜蓿体内含有自己的甘露糖异构酶基因，使得甘露糖筛选没有成功。

毛乌素沙地优势植物对全球气候变化的响应研究

毛乌素沙地是中国半干旱地区典型沙地，这里的干旱生态系统对全球的水热配合格局的变化具有很灵敏的响应。随着未来全球气候变化，如温度和降水量变化，将给这里的陆地生态系统分布格局和生产力以及水分平衡带来巨大影响。故本文人工控制157. 5mm、315. Omm、472. 5mm和630. Omm4种施水量水平以及25/20℃和28/23℃（白天／晚上）两种温度，来研究与模拟毛乌素沙地优势植物对水分和温度变化的响应。 以沙柳、杨柴和油蒿幼苗为研究对象，人工控制4种降水量水平来探讨它们的水分平衡对全球变化中降水量变化的响应。结果表明，随着施水量的增加，沙地贮水量及其它的变化量、湿度、蒸发量和蒸腾量均逐渐增大。并且157. 5mm和315. Omm施水量的植物沙地出现水分亏缺现象。相同施水量下，沙地蓄水量和湿度均杨柴沙地>沙柳沙地>油蒿沙地，而植物蒸腾量却油蒿>沙柳>杨柴。 以沙柳和油蒿幼苗为研究对象，人工控制4种降水量水平来探讨植物气体交换过程对全球变化中降水量变化的响应。结果表明，施水量的增加显著提高了两种植物的净光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度和光能利用效率，并且显著降低了叶片温度。同时，157. 5mm施水量造成沙柳和油蒿的净光合速率和蒸腾速率具有显著的“午睡”现象，而充足施水却有效的解除或缓解这种“午睡”现象。 以沙柳、杨柴、油蒿和柠条幼苗为研究对象，人工控制4种降水量水平来探讨植物叶绿素荧光对全球变化中降水量变化的响应。结果表明，不同施水量对这4种植物的初始荧光、最大荧光、可变荧光和PSII光化学效率均具有显著影响。157. 5mm施水量的沙柳、杨柴、油蒿和柠条以及630. Omm施水量的柠条出现明显的光抑制现象。 以沙柳、杨柴、油蒿和柠条幼苗为研究对象，人工控制4种降水量水平来探讨植物生长对全球变化中降水量变化的响应。结果表明，施水量的增加对沙柳、油蒿和杨柴枝叶形态和生物量等都具有显著正效应。而157. 5mm和630. Omrn的施水量对柠条生长具有负作用。另外，沙柳、杨柴和油蒿根冠生物量比随着施水量增加均逐渐减小，而不同施水量的油蒿根冠生物量比之间差异不显著。 以柠条、杨柴和油蒿幼苗为研究对象，人工控制两种温度水平来探讨植物形态、生物量和气候交换特征对增温的响应。结果表明，增温显著提高了柠条和杨柴株高、叶数、叶面积、生物量、净光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度，却显著降低了水分利用效率。增温对油蒿叶数、叶大小、叶面积、生物量、蒸腾速率和气孔导度没有显著影响，却显著提高了油蒿的树高和净光合速率。柠条、杨柴和油蒿之间的种间生长和生理特征均有显著差异。

Ⅰ濒危植物银杉幼树对生长光强的适应研究、Ⅱ滴灌棉田根区水分对棉花根系生长的调节研究

一． 濒危植物银杉幼树对生长光强的适应研究 银杉（Cathaya argyrophylla）是我国松科中的特有单种属植物，被认为处于濒危状态。在对银杉群落多年调查研究的基础上，针对银杉幼树生长过程对光强的需求特性，开展了银杉幼树对光的适应性研究。试验在人工培育的银杉苗圃地，采用遮荫的方法，设置不同的光环境处理（100%、45%和3%自然光强），利用气体交换技术和叶绿素荧光技术测定了3种光强下银杉叶片光合生理指标的变化，探讨了不同光环境下银杉幼树光合能力在不同季节的变化及对生长光强的响应等。结果表明，在夏季银杉生长旺盛时期，遮荫导致叶片最大光合速率（Pnmax）、羧化效率(CE)明显下降。不同叶龄叶片的下降幅度不同，在3%低光环境下，当年生叶片较1年生叶片降低幅度大。银杉幼树光补偿点(LCP)和光饱和点(L．SP)随生长光强的下降均有所降低，但低光强（3%自然光强）条件下，全晴天时实际的光辐射量高于当年生叶片光补偿点的累积时间约6h，而且距离光饱和的区域相差极大，造成全天碳同化量低，同化物累积少，严重影响了银杉幼树的正常生长：在不同处理中全光强条件下银杉幼树长势最好，45%光强条件下幼树生长减慢。冬季银杉最大光合速率（Pnmax）、羧化效率(CE)值均低于夏季，光补偿点(LCP)和光饱和点(L．SP)也较夏季降低。全光照条件下无论是当年生叶片和1年生叶片，在冬季均出现了轻微光抑制现象，适度遮荫有利于银杉抵御冬季光抑制。无论在遮荫或不遮荫条件下，冬季银杉叶片将所吸收的相对过多光能通过非辐射途经耗散出去，表现出一种光保护策略。 二．滴灌棉田根区水分对棉花根系生长的调节研究 为了探讨膜下滴灌棉花根区土壤水分对棉花根系生长的影响及地上部的关系，揭示膜下滴灌棉花节水高产的生理机理，本试验通过设置不同滴水量处理，控制根区水分供应，研究膜下滴灌棉花根区水分变化对根系生长的调节效应。结果表明，限量滴灌条件下0-40cm土层内相对田间持水率在每次滴水前下降到50%以下，难以满足棉花正常生长对水分的要求;常规滴灌在每次滴水前，根区水分保持在临界水平下限以上，可基本满足棉花根系正常生长的需要，而充分滴灌量处理根区水分偏多。水分对根系生物量的影响表现为，充分滴灌与常规滴灌处理根系生物量差异不显著，两者均显著高于限量滴灌处理。随滴水量的增加，土层中根系分布集中，土壤浅层根量所占比重增加;根系在水平方向上以棉株为中心10cm区域内根量约占总根量的80%以上。根区水分对棉株生理特性也具有一定的调节作用，常规滴灌量的根系活力在生育后期高于充分滴灌量和限量滴灌处理，且深层根系活力所占比例较高。根区水分能够调节棉花根系与地上部生长比例，限量滴灌条件下棉花受到严重的干旱胁迫，虽然根冠比升高，但根系及地上部生物量均明显降低;充分滴灌量条件下单位面积根系总量、总生物学产量在各生育时期均高于常规滴灌量和限量滴灌处理，有较高铃数，但营养器官生物量占总生物量的比例较常规滴灌量处理高，最终实收棉花产量较常规滴灌量处理的低;常规滴灌在各生育时期根冠比适宜，单位重量根系的生产力较高，棉花经济产量高和水分利用效率均较高，增产潜力大。

华山松（Pinus armandi）地理变异的生态生理学研究

华山松(Pinus armandi)是我国西部高海拔温凉山区的主要树种，自然分布大约在北纬23° 30'-36°30'，东经88°50'-113°30'之间，横跨13个省（区）包括两个季风区，六个气候带。由于水平空间区域广阔，分布区中间地带又为川藏高原的高山峡谷区，群体疏散，基因的迁移和交流困难，致使南北群体出现深刻的遗传分化，并在形态上、生理上充分表达出来。研究结果表明: 1)华山松树高生长出现明显的地理渐变模式，在同一适宜的立地条件下，15年生的南方群体的树高会超出北方种源的2-3倍。针叶长度也同样具有明显的南北差异，南方群体较长。 2)地理因子相关分析表明纬度因子是主导因子，根据种源的地理坐标，利用中科院植物所植被数量生态学开放室有关数据库和生态信息系统(EIS)进行有关气候数据统计分析表明大多数环境气候因子主要是由纬度决定的。在环境因子当中，年平均温度和极端最低气温，在华山松地理变异过程中起主要作用。利用聚类分析方法，可把华山松大致分为南北两个地理型，正好与气候因子聚类而成的两个环境类型相对应，反映着两个自然地理区的自然生态因子的综合区别。 3)利用已有的幼林生长数据和我们在华山松进入杆材期(15年生)的树高调查结果，作相关分析，发现二者相关关系显著。因此，利用早期树高作生长预测在林木选育上是可行的。 4)根据六个种源测定结果，发现南方温暖湿润气候条件下华山松种子较大，种壳较薄，而北方种源种子相对较小，种皮要厚一些。 5)虽然种群之间中性盐及碱性溶液提取的种子蛋白含量差异明显，但没有地理变异趋势。分析多肽组成，中性盐溶种子蛋白也没有地理特征。但碱性溶液提取的种子蛋白多肽组成却有明显地域性。其中36KD多肽仅出现在北方种群中，南方种群则没发现有同样多肽。 6)西藏种源表现出了一种独特的生物学特性，其种子较大有南方种源特征，但种皮厚又带有北方种源的特点，除此之外，它的碱性溶液提取的种子蛋白中含有36KD多肽，因此它可能是南北两个类群中的中间类型。 7)用活体针叶作测材料时，没能检测出光谱特性的地理变异。但改用分离的叶绿体作试验材料，发现南方种群的光能吸收4阶导数光谱在680nm处的峰值较大，670nm峰值较小，而北方种群中出现了670nm峰值较大的类群，推测北方种群反应中心活力有下降趋势。另外，低温荧光发射光谱及低温荧光激发光谱也有明显的地域分化，表明体内色素状态有一定的地理变异。 8)时绿素a荧光诱导动力学测定表明，南方种群可变荧光(Fv/Fo)与光能转换效率(Fv/Fm)较高，北方种群则相对要小一些，与四阶导数吸收光谱测定结果吻合．利用饱和脉冲重复激发技术，发现光化学荧光淬灭(Qp)和非光化学荧光淬灭(Qn)在北方种群中较大，南方种群较小，其中，Qn变化非常明显，而Qp变化较小． 综合研究结果，除树高生长．针叶和种子形态外，36KD碱溶性种子蛋白多肽680nm处4阶导数吸收光谱峰值大小，可变荧光强度(Fv/Fo)光能转换效率(Fv/Fm)以及非化学荧光淬灭系数都带有明显的地理特征，与华山松生长和适应能力紧密相关，可作为生理指标应用于生态地理型的区分或华山松的早期选择。

外源ABA对玉米幼苗光抑制的调节

玉米幼苗经外源脱落酸(ABA)处理后，其生长与光合作用，如株高、干物质积累、净光合速率(Pn)、光合作用的量子效率(фC02)和羧化效率(CE)，以及光系统II (PSII)实际光化学效率(фPSII)等受到抑制，且该抑制程度与处理ABA的浓度呈相关性。PSII最大光化学活性(Fv/Fm)变化表明，以10和25μmol L-I ABA处理玉米幼苗7天，可明显提高其抗光抑制能力，而50μmol L-1ABA处理的玉米幼苗在相同条件下的抗光抑制能力下降。进一步以25μmol L-lABA处理玉米幼苗来研究，结果表明ABA处理可减缓强光下玉米叶片Pn、CE、фPS II和叶片吸收光能光化学猝灭(qP)的下降，同时增强叶片吸收光能的非光化学猝灭(NPQ)。另外，叶绿素荧光非光化学猝灭的中间组分(qm)增强，光抑制后Fv/Fm的恢复能力提高，这表明ABA处理高提高了强光下玉米幼苗的光系统状态转换能力和Psn循环修复作用。除此之外，ABA处理后玉米幼苗的叶黄素循环类色素，如紫黄质(V)、环氧玉米黄质(A)和玉米黄质(Z)的含量增加，叶黄素循环库(V+A+Z)增大，说明依赖于叶黄素循环的热耗散在ABA处理玉米幼苗中得到加强。另外，ABA处理幼苗在强光下保持较高фPsII／Pn活性，以及叶片抗氧化酶活性提高，如超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(DHAR)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)，抗氧化物含量增加，如抗坏血酸(AsA)、脱氢抗坏血酸(DHAsA)、还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)和氧化型谷胱甘肽(GSSH)，这说明ABA诱导Mehler-peroxidase反应的增强在提高玉米幼苗抗光抑制能力中也发挥重要作用。 玉米叶片光系统I和光系统II在相同强度(300μmolm-2 S-l)的红光（655nm）和远红光（700-770 nm）共同照射下，光系统I(PSI)和光系统II(PSII)吸收光能基本平衡，叶片光合作用处于状态1，此时Psn保持较高的光适应下最大荧光( Fml)。关闭远红光，使叶片只处在红光照射下，则会引起光下PSII最大荧光( Frri2)的降低。关闭远红光约20nun后，光下下降的Psn最大荧光基本达到稳定，叶片光合作用处于状态2。这种在状态l向状态2的转换过程中所发生的PSII最大荧光下降不受DTT（叶黄素循环抑制剂）的影响，且整个过程中PsII最大光化学效率( Fv/Fm)保持不变，而光下PSII初始荧光(F0')在前20min内迅速降低。另外，在PSII吸收的红光照射下，玉米叶片吸收光向PSII分配的量(B)不断减少，与此同时，吸收光能向PSI分配的量(a)不断增多。ABA预处理玉米幼苗7天，可进一步加强红光下PSII最大荧光(Fm2)的降低，使荧光参数Fm1/Fm2—1增大，而使β／α-1降低。另外，ABA处理较对照幼苗在红光下呈现更高的荧光非光化学猝灭中间组分(qm)。在引入叶绿体蛋白激酶抑制剂NEM的情况下，ABA处理与对照玉米叶片在红光下所表现的qm差异则消失。从状态1向状态2的转换过程中，ABA处理引起玉米叶片77K低温荧光F684/F732的下降幅度显著加大。以上结果说明ABA处理可提高玉米幼苗光合作用的状态转换能力。 用的25μmol L-l ABA对玉米幼苗进行长时间（根系浇灌7天，LT）和短时间（实验前一天晚上叶面喷施1次，ST）处理，研究叶片C02同化、PsII化学活性，以及叶黄素循环的变化。结果表明在非光抑制状态下，LT与ST对玉米叶片光化学活性( Fv/Fm)及叶片羧化效率(CE)没有明显影响，但二者都引起叶片净光合速率(Pn)与气孔导度(Gs)下降。LT处理增大玉米叶片叶黄素循环库，而ST处理对该库大小没有影响。1500μmol m-2 s-1强光可明显引起玉米幼苗叶片Fv/Fm降低，但与对照幼苗相比，LT处理能显著减缓Fv/Fm降低。经60min强光照射后，ST与对照在Fv/Fm、фPS II、Pn和CE等参数上没有明显差异，但这些参数在LT处理的玉米幼苗中仍保持较高水平。LT处理幼苗叶黄素循环类色素含量及非光化学荧光猝灭(NPQ)都显著高于对照，膜脂过氧化产物MDA含量比对照低。而ST处理与对照在叶黄素循环类色素含量、NPQ和MDA含量等方面没有明显差异。以上结果说明ST处理对玉米幼苗光抑制没有明显影响，而LT处理可增强玉米幼苗抗光抑制能力，这可能与ABA处理使玉米幼苗在强光下维持较高的C02同化作用，以及其诱导叶片叶黄素循环增大有关。

盐适应植物光合作用耐热性研究

　　"盐渍土是一种分布广泛的土壤类型，盐渍土中生长的植物如何响应夏季较常出现的高温生长环境一直很少受到人们关注，我们以5种不同耐盐类型的植物为材料，研究其盐适应后光合作用的耐热性，并对耐热性原因做了进一步探讨，主要研究结果如下： 　　1． 用0、100、200、400 mM NaCl处理盐生植物碱蓬、滨藜、大莳萝蒿;用0、50、100、150 mM NaCl处理耐盐的甜土植物小麦和棉花。盐处理后碱蓬的整株干重变化不显著，而其他四种植物随着盐浓度的升高，整株干重逐渐减小，说明5种植物耐盐能力不同。盐处理对所有实验植物的光系统II最大光化学效率（Fv/Fm）、反应中心能量捕获效率（Fv′/Fm′）、实际量子产率（ΦPSII）、光化学猝灭系数（qP）等影响不显著;但对碳同化有明显影响。碱蓬盐处理后虽然气孔导度和胞间CO2浓度稍有下降，但CO2同化速率却高于对照;其他4种植物盐处理后CO2同化速率都明显降低，同时伴随着气孔导度和胞间CO2浓度的显著下降。以上结果表明盐适应植物的PSII并没有受到盐胁迫伤害，盐胁迫抑制这4种植物光合作用的一个重要原因可能是气孔限制。 　　2． 高温处理（36～48℃）结果显示，在42℃或45℃以上极端高温下，非盐处理植物的CO2同化速率下降至很低甚至为零，而盐适应植物仍保持一定强度的CO2同化能力。高温处理后盐适应植物的Fv/Fm、Fv′/Fm′、qP、ΦPSII下降幅度也都小于非盐处理植物。不同程度的盐胁迫都能诱导5种植物的光合作用对热胁迫产生抗性，说明植物在适应盐胁迫过程中都能启动一些耐逆机制，使得这5种植物的光合作用在获得耐盐性的同时也获得了对热胁迫的抗性。 　　3． 室温下（30℃）碱蓬盐处理后，过氧化氢酶、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶和谷胱甘肽还原酶活性等显著下降，超氧化物岐化酶活性变化不大，只有脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶活性显著增加;抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽含量也显著下降。42℃高温处理后，碱蓬叶片的抗氧化系统的酶活性和抗氧化小分子物质含量变化与室温时变化类似。而且盐处理碱蓬叶片的膜脂过氧化产物MDA含量无论在室温下还是42℃处理后都显著高于非盐处理。盐处理后，碱蓬的抗氧化能力没有提高，推测盐处理叶片抗氧化能力大小不是决定其光合作用耐热性主要因素。 　　4． 在菠菜PSII颗粒的保存液中加入不同浓度的甜菜碱、脯氨酸和蔗糖（0~800 mM），测定PSII最大光化学效率（Fv/Fm）结果表明，有机相容性溶质的积累能显著缓解盐（400 mM和800mM NaCl）、热(30℃和40℃)及盐热胁迫共同作用对菠菜PSII颗粒的伤害。而盐处理后碱蓬、滨藜和莳萝蒿叶片中脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量都显著升高，说明盐胁迫诱导的有机相容性溶质的积累可能在盐适应植物光合作用的耐热性中起重要作用。 　　5． 提取室温下（30℃）或42℃高温处理碱蓬叶片的叶绿体和类囊体膜，用30℃、35℃、40℃、45℃、50℃水浴进行热处理，结果显示：用室温下或42℃高温处理的碱蓬盐适应叶片提取的叶绿体和类囊体经45℃以上水浴温度处理后，其PSII最大光化学效率（Fv/Fm）和放氧活性都显著高于非盐处理碱蓬叶片的叶绿体和类囊体;用42℃高温处理碱蓬叶片提取的叶绿体和类囊体热稳定性显著高于室温下碱蓬的叶绿体和类囊体。表明盐胁迫和热胁迫类似，都能在类囊体水平上诱导某些保护物质，增加植物PSII的耐热性。 　　6． 分析类囊体膜膜脂组成，结果显示，盐处理后碱蓬的类囊体膜脂中的饱和脂肪酸含量减少，不饱和脂肪酸含量增加;MGDG和DGDG含量变化不明显，而PG含量显著下降;42℃高温处理后碱蓬的类囊体膜脂组成也有类似的变化规律。盐诱导的碱蓬类囊体膜脂成分的变化可能不影响盐适应植物光系统的耐热性。"