酸性土壤中决明属牧草高效根瘤菌的分离及筛选

为提高豆科决明属（Chamaecrista spp.）牧草的结瘤能力和固氮效率，促进决明属牧草在酸性土壤中的应用及推广，本研究以圆叶决明（Chamaecrista rotundifolia）和羽叶决明（Chamaecrasta nictitans）为试验材料，通过分离、纯化、nodA基因鉴定等方法，从酸性土壤里决明属牧草的根瘤中分离到10株候选根瘤菌株系。16S rDNA测序及系统发育树分析表明，这10株根瘤菌均属于慢生型根瘤菌。回接试验表明，上述10株根瘤菌均能与圆叶决明共生，形成根瘤。与不接种的对照相比，其固氮酶活性为0.08~4.65 μmol·g^-1·h^-1，植株干重、SPAD值和氮含量分别提高了99.17%~372.14%，399.27%~789.05%，235.00%~1043.33%。其中，4株根瘤菌TXR2，TXN1，WYSR1，JYN6对圆叶决明氮营养贡献最大，并且TXN1与宿主共生形成的根瘤数目最多，而JYN6的固氮酶活性最高。说明本研究分离鉴定到4株决明高效根瘤菌，具有较好的应用前景。     

Competitive ability of selected Cyclopia Vent. rhizobia under glasshouse and field conditions

This study tested the competitive ability of three locally isolated Cyclopia rhizobia and strain PPRICI3, the strain currently recommended for the cultivation of Cyclopia, a tea-producing legume. Under sterile glasshouse conditions, the three locally isolated strains were equally competitive with strain PPRICI3. In field soils, the inoculant strains were largely outcompeted by native rhizobia present in the soil, although nodule occupancy was higher in nodules growing close to the root crown (the original inoculation area). In glasshouse experiments using field soil, the test strains again performed poorly, gaining less than 6% nodule occupancy in the one soil type. The presence of Cyclopia-compatible rhizobia in field soils, together with the poor competitive ability of inoculant strains, resulted in inoculation having no effect on Cyclopia yield, nodule number or nodule mass. The native rhizobial population did not only effectively nodulate uninoculated control plants, they also out-competed introduced strains for nodule occupancy in inoculated plants. Nonetheless, the Cyclopia produced high crop yields, possibly due to an adequate supply of soil N.     

A survey of symbiotic nitrogen fixation by white clover grown on metal contaminated soils

There is conflicting evidence about toxic effects of heavy metals in soil on symbiotic nitrogen fixation. This study was set-up to assess the general occurrence of such effects. Soils with metal concentration gradients were sampled from six established field trials, where sewage sludge or metal salts have been applied, or from a transect in a sludge treated soil. Additional contaminated soils were sampled near metal smelters, in floodplains, in sludge amended arable land and in a metalliferous area. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation was measured with ¹⁵N isotope dilution in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) grown in potted soil that was not re-inoculated, and using ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) as reference crop. The fraction nitrogen in clover derived from fixation (N_dff) varied from 0 to 88% depending on soil. Pronounced metal toxicity on N_dff was only confirmed in a sludge treated soil where nitrogen fixation was halved from the control value at soil total metal concentration of 737 mg Zn kg⁻¹, 428 mg Cu kg⁻¹ and 10 mg Cd kg⁻¹. The N_dff was significantly reduced by increasing metal concentration in soils from two other sites where N_dff was low throughout and where these effects might be attributed to confounding factors. No significant effects of metals on N_dff were identified in all other gradients even up to elevated total metal concentration (e.g. 55 mg Cd kg⁻¹). The variation of N_dff among all soils (n=48), is mainly explained by the number of rhizobia in the soil (log MPN, log (cells g⁻¹ soil)), whereas correlations with total or soil solution metal concentrations were weak (R²<0.25). The is significantly affected by the presence or absence of the host plant at the sampling site. No effects of metals were identified at even at total Zn concentrations of about 2000 mg Zn kg⁻¹, whereas metal toxicity could be identified at lower most probable number (MPN) values. This survey shows that the metal toxicity on symbiotic nitrogen fixation cannot be generalized and that survival of a healthy population of the microsymbiont is probably the critical factor.     

Accumulation of specific flavonoids in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) as a function of the early tripartite symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Kirchner) Jordan

This study is the first report assessing the effect of soil inoculation on the signalling interaction of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and soybean plants throughout the early stages of colonisation that lead to the tripartite symbiosis. In a study using soil disturbance to produce contrasting indigenous AMF treatments, the flavonoids daidzein, genistein and coumestrol were identified as possible signals for regulating the establishment of the tripartite symbiosis. However, it was unclear whether soil disturbance induced changes in flavonoid root accumulation other than through changing the potential for AMF colonization. In this study, soil treatments comprising all possible combinations of AMF and B. japonicum were established to test whether (1) modifications in root flavonoid accumulation depend on the potential for AMF colonization, and (2) synthesis and accumulation of flavonoids in the roots change over time as a function of the early plant-microbial interactions that lead to the tripartite symbiosis. The study was comprised of two phases. First, maize was grown over 3-week periods to promote the development of the AM fungus Glomus clarum. Second, the interaction between soybean, G. clarum and B. japonicum was evaluated at 6, 10, 14 and 40 days after plant emergence. Root colonization by G. clarum had a positive effect on nodulation 14 days after emergence, producing, 30% more nodules which were 40% heavier than those on roots solely inoculated with B. japonicum. The tripartite symbiosis resulted in 23% more N₂ being fixed than did the simpler symbiosis between soybean and B. japonicum. The presence of both symbionts changed accumulation of flavonoids in roots. Daidzein and coumestrol increased with plant growth. However, development of the tripartite symbiosis caused a decrease in coumestrol; accumulation of daidzein, the most abundant flavonoid, was reduced in the presence of AMF.     

不同相思树种根瘤菌理化特征研究

通过牛肉膏蛋白胨试验、柠檬酸盐利用试验、碳源利用试验、3-酮基乳糖试验、B.T. B反应试验及明胶水解试验等角度分析漳州中西国有林场6种相思树种根瘤茵生理及生化特征.研究结果表明:从生理特征上看.在牛肉膏蛋白胨试验中所有供试菌株都生长不良;所有供试菌株都能利用柠檬酸盐;灰木相思的碳源利用能力最强,而厚荚相思与马占相思碳源利用能力比较弱;马占相思及灰木相思可较充分利用木糖,卷荚相思、纹荚相思、薄荚相思可较充分利用半乳糖;从生化特性上看,除马占相思根瘤茵在YMA培养基上产碱外,其余相思树种菌株均产酸;卷荚相思及纹荚相思根瘤茵能产生蛋白分解酶,而其余相思树种根瘤茵则不能产生蛋白分解酶.     

接种根瘤菌和遮光对大豆固氮和光合作用的影响

【目的】研究光合和氮素互作对大豆生长和光合作用的影响。【方法】以大豆黑农37为供试材料，采用接种根瘤菌和遮光相结合的手段，测定了接根瘤菌大豆在非遮光、遮光和复光条件下的生长及光合指标。【结果】非遮光条件下，接种根瘤菌显著提高了大豆的生物量、叶绿素含量和光合能力；遮光条件下，根瘤菌发挥不出其优越性，受气孔导度和非气孔因素的影响，接菌大豆的光合速率比不接菌的对照低；恢复光照后，接种根瘤菌大豆的光合作用恢复程度也不如不接菌对照。【结论】大豆与根瘤菌的共生固氮需要在合适光照条件下才能发挥其促进生长和促进光合作用的正效应。     

省葛藤属根瘤菌的遗传多样性研究

用AFLP、REP-PCR、23SrDNAPCR-RFLP等方法对分离自四川的23株葛藤属的根瘤菌的遗传特性进行了研究。结果表明,供试的葛藤根瘤菌遗传特性存在明显差异。AFLP分析结果显示,23个菌株分为7个AFLP遗传群;在BOXAIR-PCR分析中,23株根瘤菌则被分为5个遗传群;对23SrDNAPCR-RFLP分析表明,葛藤根瘤菌分属于中慢生根瘤菌属(Mesorhizobium)、慢生根瘤菌属(Bradyrhizobium)2个属,聚类分析结果将其划分为5个遗传群。分离自四川省的葛藤根瘤菌存在较大的遗传多样性。     

AM菌根真菌和根瘤菌对四季豆生长影响的效应初报

为充分利用菌根菌的解磷作用与根瘤菌的固氮作用,减少化肥的施用,尝试给豆科植物接种AM菌剂和根瘤菌剂。通过室内和田间试验,结果表明,接种AM菌剂和接种根瘤菌剂可提高四季豆结瘤率和结瘤量(接种47d后结瘤量增多了67%)、增加根重和根径、促进四季豆生长、增加单果重及荚果大小,接种根瘤菌可增加根部土壤全氮含量和速效磷的含量,增加四季豆经济产量,最多达30%。     

Effect of root temperature on nodule development of bean, lentil and pea

The rhizobia-legume symbiosis is the main source of fixed nitrogen for many agricultural systems. However, it is inhibited by low soil temperature. To date, research on nodulation has involved either qualitative or destructive analyses. The use of computer-based image analysis potentially allows nodules to be followed during the course of development. Seedlings of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and pea (Pisum sativum L.) were transplanted into plastic growth pouches suspended in water baths maintained at 10, 15, 20 or 25 °C. Two days after transplanting, all plants were inoculated with appropriate rhizobial strains. Seven days after inoculation, plant roots were scanned; this was repeated weekly for 7 weeks. Data on nodule length were collected through image analysis. Nodule length was correlated with nodule size and development. There were increases in the precision of estimates of environmental effects through observation of individual nodule development, as opposed to averages for populations of nodules. The effects of root temperature on nodulation and nodule development were observed both in the delayed onset of nodulation and in reduced subsequent nodule growth rate, resulting in effects on final nodule size.     

Elevation of atmospheric CO2 and N-nutritional status modify nodulation, nodule-carbon supply, and root exudation of Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Increased root exudation and a related stimulation of rhizosphere-microbial growth have been hypothesised as possible explanations for a lower nitrogen- (N-) nutritional status of plants grown under elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentrations, due to enhanced plant-microbial N competition in the rhizosphere. Leguminous plants may be able to counterbalance the enhanced N requirement by increased symbiotic N₂ fixation. Only limited information is available about the factors determining the stimulation of symbiotic N₂ fixation in response to elevated CO₂.In this study, short-term effects of elevated CO₂ on quality and quantity of root exudation, and on carbon supply to the nodules were assessed in Phaseolus vulgaris, grown in soil culture with limited (30 mg N kg⁻¹ soil) and sufficient N supply (200 mg N kg⁻¹ soil), at ambient (400 μmol mol⁻¹) and elevated (800 μmol mol⁻¹) atmospheric CO₂ concentrations.Elevated CO₂ reduced N tissue concentrations in both N treatments, accelerated the expression of N deficiency symptoms in the N-limited variant, but did not affect plant biomass production. ¹⁴CO₂ pulse-chase labelling revealed no indication for a general increase in root exudation with subsequent stimulation of rhizosphere microbial growth, resulting in increased N-competition in the rhizosphere at elevated CO₂. However, a CO₂-induced stimulation in root exudation of sugars and malate as a chemo-attractant for rhizobia was detected in 0.5-1.5 cm apical root zones as potential infection sites. Particularly in nodules, elevated CO₂ increased the accumulation of malate as a major carbon source for the microsymbiont and of malonate with essential functions for nodule development. Nodule number, biomass and the proportion of leghaemoglobin-producing nodules were also enhanced. The release of nod-gene-inducing flavonoids (genistein, daidzein and coumestrol) was stimulated under elevated CO₂, independent of the N supply, and was already detectable at early stages of seedling development at 6 days after sowing.