Difference in system of current photosynthesized carbon distribution to carbon and nitrogen compounds between rice and soybean

¹⁴CO₂ was assimilated during 10 min in leaf of rice and soybean under 21 kPa O2 (21% O₂ treatment) and 2 kPa O₂ (2% O₂ treatment) at the vegetative growth stage and flowering stage. The ¹⁴C distribution ratio to respired CO₂ and crude chemical components (sugars, polysaccharides, amino acids, organic acids, and proteins) was determined. In this paper, since emphasis was placed on the ¹⁴C distribution mechanism to carbon compounds and nitrogen compounds, the terms carbon metabolism pool (C-pool) composed of sugars and polysaccharides, and nitrogen metabolism pool (N-pool) composed of organic acids, amino acids and proteins were used. The results obtained were as follows.

¹⁴C distribution ratio to N-pool at 0 min after ¹⁴C assimilation was higher in soybean than in rice regardless of the treatments and stages, and that at 30 min after ¹⁴C assimilation under light condition markedly decreased both in rice and soybean. Therefore, especially in soybean, a large amount of photosynthesized ¹⁴C was once distributed to the N-pool, then ¹⁴C compounds in the N-pool were reconstructed into the C-pool. During this reconstruction process, ¹⁴C compounds in the N-pool were actively respired.

¹⁴C distribution to N-pool at 0 min after ¹⁴C assimilation changed slightly or did not change by the N treatment. ¹⁴C distribution to N-pool in the - N treatment of soybean (13–29 mg N g^-1 content in leaves) was higher than that in the + N treatment of rice (31–48 mg N g^-1 content in leaves). Photosynthesized carbon distribution to N-pool in rice decreased with growth, while it remained constant in soybean. Accordingly, in soybean, photosynthesized carbon was predominantly distributed to the N-pool through photorespiration and/or Calvin cycle (supplying triose-P), which was less affected by nitrogen nutrient and aging. Thus, the mechanism of photosynthesized carbon distribution to carbon and nitrogen compounds was basically regulated by inherited characters of each plant more than by the nitrogen status of leaves.

By the 2% O₂ treatment, ¹⁴C distribution to N-pool decreased in both crops regardless of N treatment, indicating that photorespiration plays an important role in the supply of the preliminarily photosynthesized carbon compounds to N-pool. In the 2% O₂ treatment, ¹⁴C distribution to N-pool was higher in soybean than in rice, indicating that triose-P transported from chloroplast was preferentially distributed to N-pool in the case of soybean.     

High night temperature stimulates photosynthesis,biomass production and growth during the vegetative stage of rice plants

Abstract

The effects of night temperature on biomass accumulation and plant morphology were examined in rice (Oryza sativa L.) during vegetative growth. Plants were grown under three different night temperatures (17, 22 and 27°C) for 63 days. The day temperature was maintained at 27°C in all treatments. The final biomass of the plants was greatest in the plants grown at the highest night temperature. Total leaf area and tiller number were also the greatest in this treatment. Growth analysis indicated that the relative growth rate in the 27°C night-temperature treatment was maximal between days 21–42 and this was caused by increases in leaf area ratio, leaf weight ratio and specific leaf area. Plant total nitrogen contents did not differ among treatments. However, nitrogen allocation to the leaf blades was highest and the accumulation of sucrose and starch in the leaf blades and sheaths was the lowest in the 27°C night-temperature treatment by day 42. Despite this, dark respiration was also highest, and both the gross and net rates of CO₂ uptake at the level of the whole plant at day 63 were the highest in the 27°C night-temperature treatment. Thus, high night temperature strongly stimulated the growth of leaf blades during the early stage of rice plant growth, leading to increased biomass during the vegetative stage of the rice plants. As the CO₂ uptake rate per total leaf area was higher, photosynthesis at the level of the whole plant was also stimulated by a high night temperature.     

Glucose metabolism in detached leaves of tomato plants grown with ammonium and nitrate as nitrogen sources

The metabolism of exogenous glucose-¹⁴C in the light and the dark was studied in the detached leaves of tomato plants grown with ammonium nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen. In the light, ¹⁴CO₂, release and incorporation of glucose into insoluble materials were hardly affected at all by the nitrogen sources. Among the soluble labelled amino acids, serine had the greatest amount of label in the ammonium-plants while aspartate had the greatest amount in the nitrate-plants. This aspartate was synthesized from C₃-compounds by carboxylation. During dark-light transition, the change in the composition of soluble amino acids was more rapid in the ammonium-plants than in the nitrate-plants. In the dark, ¹⁴CO₂-release, which was ten times as much as in the light, was larger in the ammonium-plants than in the nitrate-plants; but the synthesis of high molecular compounds from glucose in the ammonium-plants was about half that in the nitrate-plants. So, it is considered that respiration operates sufficiently in the ammonium-plants. The effects of DCMU and a 100% O₂ atmosphere on glucose metabolism in both groups of plants were studied and the respiration of leaves in the light was discussed.     

Leaf litter C and N cycling from a deciduous permanent crop

Our understanding of leaf litter carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling and its effects on N management of deciduous permanent crops is limited. In a 30-day laboratory incubation, we compared soil respiration and changes in mineral N [ammonium (NH₄⁺-N) + nitrate (NO₃^–-N)], microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN), total organic carbon (TOC) and total non-extractable organic nitrogen (TON) between a control soil at ¹⁵N natural abundance (δ¹⁵N = 1.08‰) without leaf litter and a treatment with the same soil, but with almond (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb) leaf litter that was also enriched in ¹⁵N (δ¹⁵N = 213‰). Furthermore, a two-end member isotope mixing model was used to identify the source of N in mineral N, MBN and TON pools as either soil or leaf litter. Over 30 d, control and treatment TOC pools decreased while the TON pool increased for the treatment and decreased for the control. Greater soil respiration and significantly lower (p < 0.05) mineral N from 3 to 15 d and significantly greater MBN from 10 to 30 d were observed for the treatment compared to the control. After 30 d, soil-sourced mineral N was significantly greater for the treatment compared to the control. Combined mineral N and MBN pools derived from leaf litter followed a positive linear trend (R² = 0.75) at a rate of 1.39 μg N g^?1 soil day^?1. These results suggest early-stage decomposition of leaf litter leads to N immobilization followed by greater N mineralization during later stages of decomposition. Direct observations of leaf litter C and N cycling assists with quantifying soil N retention and availability in orchard N budgets.     

High night temperature stimulates photosynthesis, biomass production and growth during the vegetative stage of rice plants

The effects of night temperature on biomass accumulation and plant morphology were examined in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) during vegetative growth. Plants were grown under three different night temperatures (17, 22 and 27°C) for 63 days. The day temperature was maintained at 27°C in all treatments. The final biomass of the plants was greatest in the plants grown at the highest night temperature. Total leaf area and tiller number were also the greatest in this treatment. Growth analysis indicated that the relative growth rate in the 27°C night-temperature treatment was maximal between days 21–42 and this was caused by increases in leaf area ratio, leaf weight ratio and specific leaf area. Plant total nitrogen contents did not differ among treatments. However, nitrogen allocation to the leaf blades was highest and the accumulation of sucrose and starch in the leaf blades and sheaths was the lowest in the 27°C night-temperature treatment by day 42. Despite this, dark respiration was also highest, and both the gross and net rates of CO₂ uptake at the level of the whole plant at day 63 were the highest in the 27°C night-temperature treatment. Thus, high night temperature strongly stimulated the growth of leaf blades during the early stage of rice plant growth, leading to increased biomass during the vegetative stage of the rice plants. As the CO₂ uptake rate per total leaf area was higher, photosynthesis at the level of the whole plant was also stimulated by a high night temperature.     

稻麦轮作系统中大气CO2浓度升高对冬小麦生长季土壤呼吸的影响

Studies on the effect of elevated CO2 on C dynamics in cultivated croplands are critical to a better understanding of the C cycling in response to climate change in agroecosystems. To evaluate the effects of elevated CO2 and different N fertilizer application levels on soil respiration, winter wheat （Triticum aestivum L. cv. Yangmai 14） plants were exposed to either ambient CO2 or elevated CO2 （ambient [CO2] ＋ 200 μmol mol-1）, under N fertilizer application levels of 112.5 and 225 kg N ha-1 （as low N and normal N subtreatments, respectively）, for two growing seasons （2006-2007 and 2007-2008） in a rice-winter wheat rotation system typical in China. A split-plot design was adopted. A root exclusion method was used to partition soil respiration （RS） into heterotrophic respiration （RH） and autotrophic respiration （RA）. Atmospheric CO2 enrichment increased seasonal cumulative RS by 11.8% at low N and 5.6% at normal N when averaged over two growing seasons. Elevated CO2 significantly enhanced （P 〈 0.05） RS （12.7%）, mainly due to the increase in RH （caused by decomposition of larger amounts of rice residue under elevated CO2） during a relative dry season in 2007-2008. Higher N supply also enhanced RS under ambient and elevated CO2. In the 2007-2008 season, normal N treatment had a significant positive effect （P 〈 0.01） on seasonal cumulative RS relative to low N treatment when averaged across CO2 levels （16.3%）. A significant increase in RA was mainly responsible for the enhanced RS under higher N supply. The correlation （r2） between RH and soil temperature was stronger （P 〈 0.001） than that between RS and soil temperature when averaged across all treatments in both seasons. Seasonal patterns of RA may be more closely related to the plant phenology than soil temperature. The Q10 （the multiplier to the respiration rate for a 10 ℃ increase in soil temperature） values of RS and RH were not affected by elevated CO2 or higher N supply. These results mainly suggested that the increase in RS at elevated CO2 depended on the input of rice residue, and the increase in RS at higher N supply was due to stimulated root growth and concomitant increase in RA during the wheat growing portion of a rice-winter wheat rotation system.     

Comparison of Upper Leaf and Lower Leaf of Rice Plants in Response to Supplemental Nitrogen Levels

Abstract

A field study was conducted to study effects of four nitrogen (N) supplemental levels on biomass, protein‐N, non‐protein‐N, and starch of an upper and a lower leaf in rice (Oryza sativa L.). The ranges of leaf protein‐N, non‐protein‐N, total N, and starch concentrations were from 1.18% to 3.66%, from 0.13% to 0.67%, from 1.32% to 4.14%, and from 38.4 mg g^?1 to 108.6 mg g^?1, respectively. The upper leaf appeared to be more sensitive than the lower leaf in response to N levels on biomass, but larger differences of protein‐N, total N, and starch contents were observed among nitrogen level treatments in the lower leaf than in the upper leaf. Protein‐N may be the best indicative of N status in rice. The lower leaf had a considerably higher ratio of protein‐N to non‐protein‐N at panicle formation and heading growth stage. The lower leaf had higher starch contents, which decreased with increasing N level. The response differences between the upper leaf and the lower leaf with relation to light conditions, developmental extent and leaf function were discussed. The results suggested that the lower leaf could be more suitable as a test sample for N status diagnosis by leaf chemical analysis, especially during the reproductive growth stage.     

Amino acid metabolism in plant leaf

¹⁴C-labelled sodium bicarbonate and ¹⁵N-labelled ammonium sulfate were simultaneously vacuum-infiltrated into detached sunflower leaves, and the incorporation of ¹⁴C and ¹⁵N into free amino acids was chased during 60-min period in the light and in the dark.

In the light, the ue specific activity of aspartic acid, alanine, serine and glycine rapidly increased for 5 min and thereafter decreased. On the other hand, that of gultamic acid continued to increase slowly during the entire 60-min period. In the dark, aspartic acid most actively incorporated ¹⁴C. The difference of changes in ¹⁴C specific activity between glutamic acid and other amino acids was also observed in the dark as in the light. These results suggest that the carbon skeleton of glutamic acid is synthesized from aspartic acid, alanine, serine and glycine.

¹⁵N content of glutamine was the highest of all amino acids investigated in the light, and it was followed by glutamic acid. alanine, aspartic acid, serine and glycine, in this order. In the dark, ¹⁵N content of glutamic acid fell remarkably and was lower than that of alanine up to 5 min. From these ¹⁵N tracer experiments, it is suggested that the incorporation of ammonium into glutamic acid is strictly dependent on light and that alanine incorporates ammonium by the direct amination besides the transamination from glutamic acid.     

施氮水平对超高产杂交稻氮平衡指数及产量的影响

采用两个超高产籼粳杂交水稻甬优12、冬制14为材料,以常规粳稻秀水134为对照,设置田间小区试验,比较研究超高产杂交稻甬优12、冬制14氮平衡指数(NBI)及产量对不同施氮量(0、200、300、400 kg/hm2)的响应,评估超高产杂交水稻叶片NBI与叶片氮含量、地上部氮素累积、产量之间的关系。结果表明,在相同施氮量下,超高产杂交稻甬优12、冬制14的产量高于对照品种秀水134,产量优势主要体现在穗大粒多,在施氮量300 kg/hm2时产量最高,分别为13.48 t/hm2和11.51 t/hm2,而常规粳稻在施氮量200 kg/hm2时产量最高,为9.49 t/hm2。氮肥的施用提高了了甬优12、冬制14的叶绿素指数、NBI,降低了类黄酮指数,施肥量越高NBI提高的幅度越小。在齐穗期,超高产杂交稻的NBI显著高于对照品种。在水稻分蘖期和拔节期,甬优12、冬制14的NBI与叶片氮含量、地上部氮素累积、产量显著正相关,NBI可以用于超高产杂交水稻快速氮素营养诊断和产量预测。     

Root and Microbial Contributions to Soil Respiration during a Soybean Growing Season

Soil respiration is an important process for carbon geochemical cycling. Based on our five long‐term fertilizer experiments, soil respiration was measured using pot experiments with or without planting soybean. Soil respiration rates and soybean root biomass were determined at different observation times. Soil respiration rates due to soil microbial activity could be estimated by extrapolating a newly derived regressive equation at zero root biomass. Soil microbial respiration rates in the control were also observed directly, ranging from 16.0 to 42.7 mg carbon (C) m^?2 h^?1. Average soil microbial respiration rates from the regression analyses and direct observations were 32.9 and 27.8 mg C m^?2 h^?1, respectively. The average proportions of soil respiration rates due to the soybean growth were 63.0% using the regressive equation and 69.8% from direct observation. Therefore, the application of these two methods could provide new insight for separating plant root respiration from soil microbial respiration, which is important for estimating their individual contributions to atmospheric carbon dioxide.     

Effect of nitrogen fertilization and irrigation on soil microbial activities and population dynamics — a field study

In a field experiment, net nitrogen (N) mineralization and immobilization were studied in relation to: 1) population dynamics and activities of N-metabolizing soil microbial communities, 2) changes in substrate-induced respiration (SIR) and 3) potential urease acitvity. Nitrogen fertilization (80 kg NO₃-N ha^-1) without irrigation induced additional N mineralization up to 280 kg N ha^-1. Net N-mineralization was weakly correlated to cell numbers of ammonifying and NH₄⁺-oxidizing microorganisms. Potential urease activity, respiration activity, and substrate-induced respiration activity were not correlated with the amount of mineralized nitrogen. Irrigation significantly increased potential urease activity of the soil microflora. Substrate induced respiration activity and basal respiration activity of the soil microflora were highest in the unfertilized and non irrigated treatment. But greatest differences were detected between the two sampling dates. NO₂^--oxidizing and ammonifying microbial populations increased, while populations of NH₄⁺-oxidizing and denitrifying microorganisms decreased with time. The results of this study demonstrate the interaction of nitrogen fertilizer application and irrigation on population dynamics of N-transforming soil microorganisms and microbial activities under field conditions. Detailed microbiological investigations of this type improve our understanding of nitrogen transformations in soil and suggest possible reasons of nitrogen losses, so that N fertilizer can be used more effectively and N losses be reduced.     

Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil respiration components and their temperature sensitivities in a semiarid grassland

Nitrogen (N) deposition to semiarid ecosystems is increasing globally, yet few studies have investigated the ecological consequences of N enrichment in these ecosystems. Furthermore, soil CO₂ flux – including plant root and microbial respiration – is a key feedback to ecosystem carbon (C) cycling that links ecosystem processes to climate, yet few studies have investigated the effects of N enrichment on belowground processes in water-limited ecosystems. In this study, we conducted two-level N addition experiments to investigate the effects of N enrichment on microbial and root respiration in a grassland ecosystem on the Loess Plateau in northwestern China. Two years of high N additions (9.2 g N m⁻² y⁻¹) significantly increased soil CO₂ flux, including both microbial and root respiration, particularly during the warm growing season. Low N additions (2.3 g N m⁻² y⁻¹) increased microbial respiration during the growing season only, but had no significant effects on root respiration. The annual temperature coefficients (Q₁₀) of soil respiration and microbial respiration ranged from 1.86 to 3.00 and 1.86 to 2.72 respectively, and there was a significant decrease in Q₁₀ between the control and the N treatments during the non-growing season but no difference was found during the growing season. Following nitrogen additions, elevated rates of root respiration were significantly and positively related to root N concentrations and biomass, while elevated rates of microbial respiration were related to soil microbial biomass C (SMBC). The microbial respiration tended to respond more sensitively to N addition, while the root respiration did not have similar response. The different mechanisms of N addition impacts on soil respiration and its components and their sensitivity to temperature identified in this study may facilitate the simulation and prediction of C cycling and storage in semiarid grasslands under future scenarios of global change.     

Responses of Root Growth and Nitrogen Transfer Metabolism to Uniconazole,a Growth Retardant,during the Seedling Stage of Soybean under Relay Strip Intercropping System

Relay strip intercropping of soybean has been widely developed in the southwest of China to secure China's soybean production. However, due to the shading from maize, soybean plants are thin and have a poor root system. Uniconazole is a plant-growth retardant that could enhance root vigor; increase root length, root volume, and root dry weight; and affect nitrogen (N) metabolism. To understand the effects of uniconazole on the root growth and N-transfer metabolism of soybean seedlings under relay strip intercropping, the changes in some morphological characteristics of root, dry-matter weight, root vigor, nitrate (NO₃ ^?)-N, ammonium (NH₄ ⁺)-N, and amino acid of xylem sap after seed treatment with uniconazole powder (0, 2, 4, and 8 mg kg^?1 seed) were investigated. Main root length, total lateral root lengths, first lateral root numbers, root nodule numbers, root vigor together with bleeding sap, bleeding sap–top ratio, root dry weight, and root/shoot ratio were increased, indicating uniconazole improved soybean root system in relay strip intercropping. Uniconazole powder treatment could increase NO₃ ^?-N, NH₄ ⁺-N, and total amino acid of xylem sap, to increase the potential of leaf and root N reduction and assimilation, and increase of leaf and root N contents. Thus, results suggested that uniconazole treatment can improve root growth and N transfer mechanism of soybean to support its further growth.     

遮荫对水稻冠层叶片SPAD值及光合、 形态特性参数的影响

SPAD（soil-plant analysis and development）计是一种快速、 方便、 非破坏性的诊断植物叶片相对叶绿素或氮含量的仪器,与传统的氮营养诊断方法相比,此仪器节省时间、 劳力和资源。本试验通过未遮荫和遮荫的方法观察水稻冠层叶片SPAD值、 叶绿素含量、 叶绿素荧光、 光合参数、 叶片厚度和比叶重（叶片干重除以叶片的面积）等生理形态指标的变化,建立SPAD值与光系统II（PSII）最大量子产量（Fv/Fm）之间的回归关系。结果表明,遮荫条件下,甬优9号(YY9)和丙9363(B9363)冠层叶片变薄、 SPAD值、 叶绿素a/b、 比叶重、 电子传递速率（ETR）降低,但快速光曲线的初始斜率无明显变化; 同时, 遮荫导致了叶片的呼吸速率、 最大净光合(Pmax)、 量子效率、 光补偿点和饱和点降低,表明水稻叶片为适应弱光环境, 降低光合能力、 减少呼吸消耗, 以增加对有限光能的利用。不同光照条件下,水稻冠层叶片SPAD值与PSII的Fv/Fm的回归方程呈指数式关系（YY9 R2=0.896; B9363 R2=0.833）, 表明SPAD计可以快速、 无损、 有效地评估水稻冠层叶片的光合作用进程,当SPAD值小于35时,其光合过程可能处于受损状态。     

Nitrogen fertilization inhibits soil microbial respiration regardless of the form of nitrogen applied

We tested how amendments of different forms of nitrogen (N) affect microbial respiration rates by adding six different forms of N (NH₄NO₃, (NH₂)₂CO (urea), KNO₃, NH₄Cl, (NH₄)₂SO₄, Ca(NO₃)₂) to three distinct soils. All inorganic N forms led to a net reduction in microbial respiration, and the magnitude of the observed response (up to 60 % reduction) was consistent across all soils and negatively correlated with N concentration. Urea also reduced respiration rates in nearly all cases, but the effect was attenuated by the associated input of labile organic carbon. We observed decreases in respiration regardless of soil type, the specific N counter ion, N added as NH₄⁺ or NO₃⁻, or the effects of N form on soil pH, suggesting that decreases in respiration rates were mainly a direct result of the increase in soil N availability, rather than indirect effects caused by the form of N added.     

控释氮肥全量基施对宁夏引黄灌区水稻氮素利用效率和淋失的影响

利用田间小区试验研究了控释氮肥全量基施对宁夏水稻产量、氮素利用效率和淋洗损失的影响,为控释氮肥全量基施技术在宁夏引黄灌区应用提供技术依据。以"宁粳50号"水稻品种为研究对象,以不施氮肥(CK)为对照,参考农民常规施肥(FP)施氮量,设置了4个控释氮肥减量施用处理:控释氮肥135 kg/hm~2(C-135)、控释氮肥180 kg/hm~2(C-180)、控释氮肥225 kghm~2(C-225)和控释氮肥270 kg/hm~2(C-270)。对水稻产量、氮素吸收和利用效率、水稻生育期不同深度淋溶水浓度和淋失量进行测定和分析。结果表明:C-180处理和C-225处理在氮肥用量分别降低了25%和40%的条件下,水稻籽粒产量没有降低,原因在于提高了水稻的有效穗数和穗粒数。与FP比较,控释氮肥施氮量控制在270 kg/hm~2以下时,控释氮肥全量施用各处理氮肥利用率显著提高,C-135、C-180、C-225处理氮肥利用率分别比FP处理提高了10.22,11.10,12.75个百分点。控释氮肥各处理水稻生育期内田面水和不同土体深度淋溶水中的TN浓度均低于FP处理,且延迟了田面水中TN浓度峰值出现的时间,减少了因稻田排水和径流导致的氮素损失。FP处理全生育期氮素淋洗损失总量为24.57 kg/hm~2,控释氮肥各处理素淋洗损失总量在11.54～17.35 kg/hm~2,其中C-180,C-225处理总氮淋失量分别比常规施肥降低了46.17%和49.40%。综合考虑水稻产量和氮素损失因素,宁夏水稻控释氮肥全量基施适宜施氮量在180～225 kg/hm~2。     

Provision of carbon skeletons for amide synthesis in non-nodulated soybean and pea roots in response to the source of nitrogen supply

Abstract

Soluble amino acids in roots and primary amino acids, which were involved in primary ammonium assimilation, in the metabolites of ¹⁴C-glucose fed to roots for 3 h in the dark were analyzed in the roots of non-nodulated soybean and pea plants grown in ammonium, nitrate or nitrogen-free media for 1 day. Compared with the effect of nitrate, ammonium supply strongly affected the content and synthesis of the amino acids in the roots. In both soybean and pea roots, the supply of ammonium increased considerably the concentrations of the primary amino acids, and asparagine was the most predominant amide, followed by glutamine. In nitrate-supplied soybean roots, the concentrations of asparagine, aspartate and alanine increased, but the concentration of glutamine was low. In the roots of pea plants grown in nitrate media, asparagine was the predominant amino acid, although the composition of the primary amino acids was little affected by nitrate supply. The proportion of amino acids synthesized from ¹⁴C-glucose increased and asparagine rather than glutamine was predominantly synthesized in ammonium-supplied soybean and pea roots, whereas in nitrate-supplied roots asparagine was more actively synthesized than glutamine, although asparagine was not predominant. The ratio of C4 (asparagine + aspartate) to C5 (glutamine + glutamate) amino acids was twofold higher in ammonium-supplied and nitrate-supplied soybean roots than in roots receiving no nitrogen. In contrast, in pea roots, the C4/C5 ratio was twofold higher only in ammonium nutrition. The results obtained suggest that the roots of leguminous plants might possess an indigenous ability to provide a carbon skeleton for preferential synthesis of asparagine rather than glutamine with a high intensity of ammonium supply.     

Comparative studies on the photosynthesis of higher plants

1) CO₂ compensation points of the plants tested correlate well with the leaf anatomy. Low CO₂ compensation plants had well-developed VBS containing large and specialized chloroplasts but no plant with a high CO₂ compensation point possessed chloroplasts in the VBS.

2) CO₂ Compensation Points Closely Correlated With The Major Carboxylation Pathway In Photosynthesis. Low Compensation Plants Fixed CO₂ Via The C-4 Pathway (C-4 Plants) While High Compensation Plants Carried Out CO₂ Fixation By The Calvin Cycle (C-3 Plants).

3) Close correlations could be established for the CO₂ compensation point, the major carboxylation pathway, and glycolate oxidase activity. Glycolate oxidase activity was much higher in C-3 plants than in C-4 plants. On the other hand, dark respiration in C-4 plants was higher than that in C-3 plants.

4) TCA cycle activity in detached leaves was not inhibited to any large extent by illumination.

In C-3 plants, the release of ¹⁴CO₂ from alanine-1-¹⁴C increased with an increase in the ambient O₂ concentration; whereas, radioactivity in the sugar fraction was quite small at all O₂ concentrations. In C-4 plants the release of ¹⁴CO₂ was little affected by the ambient O₂ concentration while sugar formation was stimulated at high O₂ concentrations. This indicates that in C-3 plants CO₂ fixation is blocked at a high O₂ concentration, therefore, internal ¹⁴CO₂ is released from the leaf without being refixed, but in C-4 plants internal ¹⁴CO₂ can be efficiently refixed and metabolized to sugar by a combination of active PEP carboxylase and the ‘Kranz type’ of leaf anatomy.     

淹水条件下硝态氮和铵态氮配施对水稻生长与土壤养分影响

为系统研究硝态氮、铵态氮及二者不同配施比例对土壤养分供应与水稻生长情况的影响，通过田间小区试验，在相同施氮量条件下，研究了单施硝态氮(N)，单施铵态氮(A)，硝态氮、铵态氮按1:3(N1A3)、2:2(N2A2)、3:1(N3A1)比例配施对水稻产量、田间养分和氮素利用率的影响，并与农民习惯性施肥方式(U)作比较。研究结果表明：整个生育期内铵态氮对水稻的生长都起着主要作用，铵态氮通过提高水稻氮素利用率和促进水稻有效分蘖的方式提高了水稻产量。随着铵态氮的配施比例由25% 提高到75%，水稻的产量提高了35.18%、氮素利用率提高了46.67%，每公顷产生的经济收益增加了6 820.15元。A处理土壤中硝态氮、铵态氮和碱解氮的含量较N处理显著增加36.41%、30.30% 和8.42%，水稻产量提高了60.11%，氮素利用率提高了171.31%，有效穗数增加了52.31%，相较农民习惯性施肥，单施铵态氮处理每公顷还能增收522.91元。在0 ~ 180 kg/hm²的施氮量范围内，水稻产量(y)与铵态氮施用量(x₂)呈显著正相关，二者之间关系为y = 18.044x₂ + 4943.4(R² = 0.975 3)。     

Metabolic and anabolic responses of arable and forest soils to nutrient addition§

The increase in microbial C content, cumulative respiration and changes in ”︁available” C were determined after adding glucose (2 mg glucose-C (g soil)^—1, ”︁C”), glucose + nitrogen (”︁C+N”) or glucose + nitrogen + phosphorus (”︁C+N+P”) to four soils. In two sandy soils, one agricultural and the other from a beech forest in Germany, available C was still present approximately 7 days after C addition. The supplement N and N+P decreased the content of available C and stimulated respiration rate and microbial growth. In two loamy forest soils from Italy, which had a high native content of microbial C, available C was present in the beech soil but not in a silver fir soil treated with C+N. In the Italian beech and fir soil, microbial growth was highest with C+N+P and C+N addition respectively. Available C remaining in the soil was related to some extent to the native microbial C content. However, microbial growth and respiration response varied between soil and treatment. The respiratory coefficient, that is the ratio of assimilated to respired C, varied between 0.0 and 1.45 μg C_mic (μg CO₂-C)^—1 and was generally higher when a large amount of native biomass was present. The eco-physiological strategy of the soil microbiota in using C seemed to shift according to the biomass content, the added concentration and composition of available substrates, and emergent system properties.