Acid phosphatase activity in bean and cowpea plants grown under phosphorus stress

The relationship between acid phosphatase activity (APA) and phosphorus (P) stress in two bean genotypes (Phaseolus vulgaris var Tacarigua and var Manuare) and in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata var TUY) are reported in this paper. Sand culture experiments were performed in a highly ventilated greenhouse where plants were drip feed with nutrient solutions with either 1.0 or 0.02 mM P. Acid phosphatase activity was determined in extracts from roots, young (apical) and mature leaves, and in leaf discs and root sections using o‐carboxyphenyl phosphate as substrate. Differences in total dry matter were found to be significant (P = 0.01) only for cowpea. However, reduction in leaf area was significant in both species and varieties. Differences in the P concentration in the dry matter, were large enough to suspect that plants were suffering from a mild P stress. Acid phosphatase activity was above the values reported for these species under P stress, however, APA in these legumes appears not to be inducible by the low P‐concentration level used in this study. A higher APA was found in young as compared to mature leaves, and the expression of APA also showed intraspecific variation. Acid phosphatase activity was related to the age of the leaves and was easily measured in leaf discs, specially for bean. This and the ratio of P concentration between young and mature leaves may be an alternative to absolute P‐status determination in plants.     

Growth attributes,xylem sap composition,and photosynthesis in common bean as affected by nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency

The effects of nitrogen (N‐) and phosphorus (P‐) deficiency, isolatedly or in combination, on growth, nitrogenous fraction, and inorganic phosphate in xylem exudade, and photosynthesis of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Negrito) were investigated. Plants were grown in nutrient solution adjusted daily to pH 5.5 and aerated continuously. Ten days after emergence mineral deficiency was imposed. Plants were then supplied with high N (7.5 mol m^‐3) or low N (0.5 mol m^‐3), and also with high P (0.5 mol m^‐3) or low P (0.005 mol m^‐3). All sampling and measurements were made 28 days after emergence. N‐ or P‐deprivation brought about large decreases in total leaf area by inhibiting the emergence of new leaves and primarily the expansion of the leaves. The specific leaf area did not change under N‐ but decreased under P‐limitation. The decreased shoot to root ratio in all deficiency treatments was a consequence of a lowering mass of above‐ground organs, especially of leaves.

The content of chlorophylls declined significantly only under N‐deficiency alone; carotenoids declined under both N‐ and combined N‐ and P‐limitation. No alteration in amino acid concentration in xylem exudate occurred in plants experiencing N‐starvation, while ureides increased by 79%, and nitrate and inorganic phosphate decreased greatly. Under P‐deprivation, amino acids and nitrate in xylem sap dropped by about half; ureides were held relatively constant, and phosphate was severely depressed. Total upward translocation of N through xylem was estimated to be about 16% higher in N‐deficient plants than in plants without mineral limitation, but leaf N levels in the former were lower as compared to control plants. The net carbon (C) assimilation decreased similarly regardless of the imposed deficiency treatment. Such a decrease was mainly determined by non‐stomatal factors. In general, no additive effect between N‐ and P‐limitation on any of measured parameters was observed.     

聚氨酯包膜和喷涂诱抗剂提高滨海盐化潮土玉米产量和磷肥利用率的协同效应

【目的】本研究旨在探究包膜磷肥配施植物诱抗剂宛氏拟青霉 (Paecilomyces variotii) 代谢产物对盐化潮土玉米产量及磷素利用率的影响,以期为滨海盐化潮土磷肥高效利用提供技术参考和理论依据。【方法】以夏玉米‘郑单958’为供试作物,以滨海盐化潮土为供试土壤进行了盆栽试验。试验以不施磷肥为对照 (CK),设置正常施磷 (1.80 g/pot) 和减施20%磷 (1.44 g/pot) 2个水平;4个供试磷肥包括普通磷酸二铵 (DM)、普通磷酸二铵配施诱抗剂 (PE + DM)、聚氨酯包膜磷酸二铵 (C-DM)、包膜磷酸二铵配施诱抗剂 (PE + C-DM),共9个处理。在玉米播种后58天收集根际土壤,测定酶活性和有效磷含量;采集最大功能叶片,测定相关的淀粉酶、光合酶活性。收获后,采集土壤样品,测定有效磷含量;测定玉米植株的生物量、产量和磷含量。【结果】等量磷条件下,与DM处理相比,C-DM可显著增产5.89%～10.10%,提高磷肥利用率6.8～8.1个百分点;PE + DM可显著增产7.46%～9.31%,磷肥利用率提高4.8～6.2个百分点,根际土壤磷酸酶活性提高17.65%～27.90%;PE + C-DM显著增产7.78%～16.30%,磷肥利用率提高8.8～14.0个百分点。减磷20%时,包膜和喷涂诱抗剂有协同增效的作用。与C-DM和PE + DM处理相比,PE + C-DM显著提高根际土壤磷酸酶活性21.8%、11.7%,提高丙酮酸磷酸双激酶活性33.3%、14.3%,提高AGPase活性75.5%、47.6%,提高播种后58和103天土壤有效磷含量33.7%、19.4%和15.0%、26.1%,产量与常规磷量下 (1.80 g/pot) 的DM处理差异不显著,实现减肥稳产。【结论】本研究条件下,包膜磷酸二铵配施诱抗剂可提高玉米关键生育期根际土壤磷酸酶活性,增强土壤磷素供应强度,提高叶片光合酶、淀粉酶活性,进而提高磷肥利用率,在减磷20%条件下,依然保持稳产。     

磷胁迫下蔗糖对水稻苗期根适应性和磷酸转运蛋白基因表达的影响

磷是植物生长和发育中最重要的必须元素之一。尽管土壤中磷资源很丰富,但大部分磷是以植物不能吸收利用的固定态和有机态存在,特别是以酸性土壤为主的南方稻田,水稻缺磷现象非常严重。理解和掌握水稻对低磷的适应机制有助于利用分子手段培育磷高效利用水稻品种。为阐明蔗糖提高水稻耐低磷的机制,本研究对水稻幼苗进行不同磷、糖处理,分析水稻幼苗在不同磷糖配比培养基中的根系结构、无机磷、酸性磷酸酶活性的变化,并利用定量RT-PCR技术分析水稻磷酸转运蛋白基因(OsPT)和酸性磷酸酶基因(OsSAP1)的表达。试验设2个磷浓度:无磷和85 mg·L?1KH2PO4,2个蔗糖浓度:无糖和3%蔗糖,正交设计。结果表明,在低磷胁迫时添加蔗糖,能使水稻幼苗的根总长度、总根数、根冠比显著增加,根分泌的酸性磷酸酶活性降低,但水稻体内的磷酸转运酶活性提高。11个与磷具有高度亲和力的磷酸转运酶的表达发生了改变,其中根优势表达的4个基因OsPT2、OsPT3、OsPT4、OsPT6对磷、糖的影响最为敏感,暗示了蔗糖是通过调节磷转运蛋白维持磷的吸收和平衡。增加根系的蔗糖分配能够提高水稻幼苗对磷胁迫的耐受性。     

Phosphorus and acid phosphatase enzyme activity in leaves of tomato cultivars in relation to zinc supply

Abstract

Tomato cultivars Blizzard and Liberto were grown hydroponically in a controlled temperature (C.T.) room for 35 days. The objective was to investigate the relationship between phosphorus (P) concentration and acid phosphatase enzyme [EC.3.1.3.2.] (APE) activity in leaves in relation to zinc (Zn) concentration in nutrient solution. Zinc was added at concentrations of 0.01,0.5, and 5 mg L^‐1. The 0.01 and 5 mg L^‐1 Zn treatments led to a significant reduction in dry matter and total chlorophyll content compared with 0.5 mg L^‐1 for both cultivars. Zinc concentration was considered inadequate in the leaves of plants subjected to 0.01 mg L^‐1 Zn, while it was at toxic level in those in the 5 mg L^‐1 Zn treatment according to values stated for tomato plants. Optimal results for all criteria tested in this experiment were for plants grown in 0.5 mg L^‐1 Zn treatment. In the leaves of plants grown at 0.01 mg L^‐1 Zn, APE concentrations were significantly the lowest and concentrations of P were at a toxic level. The APE activity was noticeably higher in the P‐deficient plants of both cultivars grown in the solutions with high Zn (5 mg L^‐1).     

Der Einfluß von P-Ernährung und pH auf die Phosphataseaktivität von Zuckerrübenwurzeln

The influence of phosphorus nutrition and pH on phosphatase activity of sugar beet roots For the determination of acid phosphatase activity (P_ase) of sugar beet roots (cultivar: Reka), plants were cultivated in nutrient solution with 1 or 100 μM P in a growth chamber for 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 and 42 days. The phosphatase activity of intact roots was measured in buffer solutions with pH 4 to 7.2 and 14 mM p-Nitrophenylphosphate (NPP) after 10 min of incubation at 20°C. The influence of P nutrition on P_ase activity was significant at all intervals. At P deficiency the activity was increased by a factor of 4 to 20. During the experimental period the pH optimum was 6. At pH 5 and 7.2 the P_ase activity reached only 63 and 64% respectively of the optimum value. At P deficiency (1 μmol P L^—1) the absolute rate of NPP-hydrolysis at pH 6 was 144 nmol min¹ m¹ root length (day 12 to 36). The plants which received optimum P supply showed only 10% of this value. Sugar beet roots with P deficiency have a high potential of P_ase activity from the acid to the neutral pH-range. Therefore, under this condition they may effectively use dissolved organic phosphorus compounds.     

CHLOROSIS IN WILD PLANTS: IS IT A SIGN OF IRON DEFICIENCY?

ABSTRACT

Chlorosis in crops grown on calcareous soil is mainly due to iron (Fe) deficiency and can be alleviated by leaf application of soluble Fe²⁺ or diluted acids. Whether chlorosis in indigenous plants forced to grow on a calcareous soil is also caused by Fe deficiency has, however, not been demonstrated. Veronica officinalis, a widespread calcifuge plant in Central and Northern Europe, was cultivated in two experiments on acid and calcareous soils. As phosphorus (P) deficiency is one of the major causes of the inability of many calcifuges to grow on calcareous soil we added phosphate to half of the soils. Leaves in pots with the unfertilized and the P-fertilized soil, respectively, were either sprayed with FeSO₄ solution or left unsprayed. Total Fe, P, and manganese (Mn) in leaves and roots and N remaining in the soil after the experiment were determined. In a second experiment, no P was added. Leaves were either sprayed with FeSO₄ or with H₂SO₄ of the same pH as the FeSO₄ solution. Degree of chlorosis and Fe content in leaves were determined. Calcareous soil grown plants suffered from chlorosis, which was even more pronounced in the soils supplied with P. Newly produced leaves were green with Fe spray but leaves that were chlorotic before the onset of spraying did not totally recover. H₂SO₄ spray even increased chlorosis. This demonstrated that chlorosis was due to Fe deficiency. As total leaf Fe was similar on acid and calcareous soil, it was a physiological Fe deficiency, caused by leaf tissue immobilization in a form that was not metabolically “active”. Iron in the leaves was also extracted by 1,10-phenanthroline, an Fe chelator. In both experiments, significant differences between leaves from acid and calcareous soil were found in 1,10-phenanthroline extractable Fe but not in total leaf Fe, when calculated on a dry weight basis. Differences in 1,10-phenanthroline extractable Fe were more pronounced when calculated per unit dry weight than calculated per leaf area, whereas the opposite condition was valid for total leaf Fe.     

Ability of various water‐insoluble fertilizers to supply available phosphorus in hydroponics to plant species with diverse phosphorus‐acquisition efficiency: Involvement of organic acid accumulation in plant tissues and root exudates

Previous studies describe the suitability of a new type of phosphorus (P) fertilizer, called “rhizosphere‐controlled fertilizer” (RCF), to supply available P to plants while reducing soil phosphorus fixation. In order to explore the involvement of organic acid root exudation in P uptake from RCF, we investigated the relationship between shoot and root P concentrations, and the concentration of the main polycarboxylic organic acids in roots, shoots, and plant exudates. Plant species with different P‐acquisition efficiency (low: maize; medium: chickpea; high: lupin) were grown in hydroponics with three different P fertilizers: The water‐insoluble P fraction of RCF (RCF); Phospal, a slow‐release source of phosphate composed of calcium and aluminum phosphates (PH); monopotassiumphosphate (KP), and a control treatment without P (P–). RCF was as efficient as KP in supplying P to plants in the case of chickpea and lupin, and slightly less efficient than KP in maize. However, P from PH was not available for maize and less available compared to KP and RCF in chickpea and lupin. This variation reflects the different efficiencies in P acquisition for the three plant species. Except in the case of maize, plants receiving KP presented the lowest concentration of organic acids in roots and exudates, while those plants suffering severe P deficiency (P– and PH) showed the highest organic acid concentration. However, RCF had a high concentration of organic acids in roots and exudates, as well as a high P concentration in the shoot indicating that P uptake from RCF is enhanced due to root release and action of specific organic acids.     

杉木紫色酸性磷酸酶基因ClPAP18b的克隆及表达分析

  【目的】  以速生丰产型杉木无性系洋023、洋036、洋6421和拟南芥为材料,研究杉木中紫色酸性磷酸酶 (PAPs) 的功能作用,以筛选具有磷素高效利用特性的杉木无性系。  【方法】  采用PCR技术克隆PAP18b基因,分析其序列特征和同源性,并对杉木无性系洋023、洋036、洋6421进行正常供磷 (1.0 mmol/L KH₂PO₄) 和低磷胁迫 (0.1 mmol/L KH₂PO₄,0.9 mmol/L KCl) 砂培盆栽处理0、10、15、30和60天,测定酸性磷酸酶活性及全磷含量,定量分析根和叶中ClPAP18b基因表达量、磷含量及酸性磷酸酶活性的关系,并将ClPAP18b基因过表达至拟南芥,进行该基因的功能验证。  【结果】  成功克隆获得杉木PAP18b基因CDS序列 (1 212 bp),命名为ClPAP18b,该基因编码404个氨基酸,亚细胞定位于胞间区,这表明ClPAP18b基因可能发挥调控酸性磷酸酶分泌至胞外的功能。酸性磷酸酶活性测定结果表明,30天磷处理后,正常供磷和低磷处理下,杉木洋036和洋6421无性系根中的酸性磷酸酶活性均高于叶,而根中酸性磷酸酶活性低磷处理下高于正常供磷处理;洋023的根和叶中酸性磷酸酶活性在低磷胁迫诱导下多高于正常供磷条件下根和叶中酸性磷酸酶活性。磷含量分析结果表明,杉木洋023、洋036和洋6421无性系的地上部磷含量高于地下部,不同水平供磷处理后,不同杉木无性系或同一杉木不同组织磷含量存在差异。RT-qPCR 结果显示,低磷胁迫诱导杉木ClPAP18b基因表达。低磷条件下,ClPAP18b过表达拟南芥植株长势优于对照组,且过表达植株中的酸性磷酸酶活性叶高于对照组,但花青素积累量低于对照组。此外,相比于正常供磷处理植株,过表达ClPAP18b拟南芥中PHT1; 2、PHT1; 8和AtPAP26等与磷胁迫相关的基因表达量显著高于对照组,而AtPAP12和AtPAP17基因表达量明显降低。  【结论】  低磷胁迫诱导杉木ClPAP18b基因表达和酸性磷酸酶活性增强,但不同杉木无性系对磷缺乏的适应性存在明显差异,过表达ClPAP18b基因可促进拟南芥植株耐低磷胁迫,ClPAP18b基因可能在杉木低磷胁迫调节机制中发挥调控作用,可作为改良杉木耐低磷的重要候选基因。     

Impact of Boron Deficiency on Changes in Biochemical Attributes,Yield, and Seed Reserves in Chickpea

To determine the effect of boron (B) deficiency on biomass, reproductive yield, metabolism, and alterations in seed reserves of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cv. ‘13.G‐256,’ plants were grown in refined sand until maturity at deficient (0.033 mg L^?1) and adequate (0.33 mg L^?1) B, supplied as boric acid (H₃BO₃). Boron‐deficient plants exhibited visible deficiency symptoms in addition to reduced number of pods and seeds, resulting in lowered biomass and economic yield. Boron deficiency lowered the concentration of B in leaves and seeds, photosynthetic pigments (leaves), Hill reaction activity, starch (in leaves and seeds), and proteins and protein N (in seeds), whereas phenols, sugars (in leaves and seeds), and nonprotein N (in seeds) were elevated. Specific activity of peroxidase (POX) increased in leaves and pod wall and decreased in seeds, while activity of acid phosphate and ribonuclease were stimulated in leaves, seeds, and pod wall in B‐deficient chickpea.     

Methods to assay absorption of foliar applied nutrients and removal of unabsorbed residue 1

Various glues and adhesives were tested for their ability to remove the unabsorbed residue from drops of foliar applied radioactive nutrients to Ficus benjamina L. and Glycine max Merr. Most glues/adhesives adequately removed the unabsorbed residue from nutrients that dried forming a salt deposit on the leaf surface, but only 1.6–3.2% agar, Rhoplex 33, and Elmers Glue removed greater than 95% of the residue from nutrients that formed a moist hygroscopic residue on the leaf surface. Adding 25 mM KH₂PO₄ to 3.2% agar, followed by swabbing the treated area with lN HCl‐1% Liquinox detergent removed all unabsorbed residue from monovalent and divalent cationic an anionic nutrients including heavy metals. Methods to assay foliar absorption were compared by applying “Rb phosphate to leaves of intact plants, excised leaves and leaf discs. Excised leaves with their petiole or stem bases in water behaved similar to intact plants, whereas excised leaves or discs maintained in in a moist atmosphere behaved atypically due to slower and incomplete drying compared to intact plants.     

Distribution of nutrient elements along the maize leaf: Alteration by iron deficiency

Distribution often elements along the maize leaf and the effect of iron (Fe) deficiency on these distributions were studied using plants grown in nutrient solution. In both the control and Fe‐deficient leaves, the concentrations of Fe, calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and boron (B) increased and only that of potassium (K) decreased from leaf base to the leaf tip. Nitrogen (N) and copper (Cu) were the only two elements which showed no gradient of concentration along the entire leaf. Iron deficiency decreased the concentration of Fe by the same extent along the entire leaf length. However, it differentially accentuated the uneven distribution of some elements along the leaf length. For example, Fe deficiency increased the concentrations of Cu and N somewhat uniformly along the whole length the leaf; those of P and K were increased only along the lower two‐thirds of the leaves; and those of Ca, Mg, B, Zn, and Mn mostly along the upper one‐half to one‐third of the leaf length. Potassium was the only element whose concentration was lower at leaf tip than at the leaf base under both Fe‐sufficient and Fe‐deficient conditions. My results indicate that the basal half of maize leaf may be a more suitable part for diagnostic purposes since the concentration of most elements is less subject to alteration in this region, especially if a latent or obvious Fe deficiency is present. In view of these observations, the use of the entire maize leaf for diagnostic purposes may have to be reevaluated.     

Physiological responses of lupinus mutabilis to phosphorus nutrition and season of growth

The response to phosphorus (P) concentration in the nutrient solution (0–0.5 mol P m^‐3) was studied in Lupinus mutabilis Sweet cv. Potosi in two different seasons (winter and spring). Phosphorus deficiency was more severe on growth than on photosynthesis and the season of growth dramatically influenced the optimal concentration of P for plant growth; root biomass was proportionally less affected than shoot biomass. During winter, growth and photosynthesis of plants supplied with 0.02–0.5 mol P m^‐3 were not significantly different, whereas in spring, rates of growth and photosynthesis were faster at the 0.5 mol P m^‐3 level. Stomatal conductance decreased with deficient P independently of leaf water relations. Severe P deficiency limited carbon (C) assimilation rates due to reduction in stomatal conductance and mesophyll photosynthetic capacity. Decreased sucrose/starch in P‐deficient leaves was a consequence of the observed source/sink imbalance which was more marked in winter. Hydraulic conductance was not a limiting factor for leaf expansion under low P. In conclusion, growth and metabolic changes observed in lupins grown at low P supply can be ascribed to an adjustment at the whole plant level, preventing a large drop in leaf P, reducing shoot growth and facilitating P uptake through higher root biomass.     

Depletion of organic phosphorus from Oxisols in relation to phosphatase activities in the rhizosphere

Phosphorus (P) deficiency is a major limitation to agricultural production in many parts of the world. It is therefore desirable to identify plants with enhanced abilities to utilize P more efficiently. Exudation of phosphatase from roots may improve P availability, yet there is little direct evidence for this. Here we report the dynamics of organic P in the rhizosphere of plants that have enhanced rhizosphere phosphatase activity. Agroforestry species and transgenic subterranean clover (engineered to produce phytase) were compared with crop and wild‐type plant controls, respectively. Depletion of organic P was measured in pools defined by chemical extraction, solution ³¹P NMR spectroscopy, and microbial immobilization of radio‐isotopic P. Plants that had greater extracellular phosphatase activity depleted more organic P from P‐deficient Oxisols than control plants. Depleted organic P forms were primarily phosphate monoesters. Plants with enhanced extracellular phosphatase activity also had access to a pool of soil P that was less isotopically exchangeable. Transgenic subterranean clover that expresses a microbial phytase gene appeared to have greater access to recently immobilized P, whereas plants expressing endogenous phosphatases utilized the unlabelled portion of soil organic P to a greater extent. Collectively, these results indicate that the enhancement of phosphatase activity in the rhizosphere of plants is implicated in the depletion of organic P forms from soils, most notably orthophosphate monoesters, whilst also suggesting that there is some exclusivity to the pools of organic P utilized by plants and microorganisms.     

植物内部磷循环利用提高磷效率的研究进展

  【目的】  磷素作为植物生长发育过程中必需的大量营养元素之一,因其在土壤中的难移动性使得根系对磷的获取有限。植物为满足其生长对磷素的需求,已经进化出一系列相应的机制提高对内部磷的再利用,以减少磷肥投入,保证产量的同时实现环境友好。本文以植物内部磷的高效利用为核心,重点剖析植物有机磷库与无机磷库中磷素的活化再利用的途径,综述释放出的无机磷在不同组织和器官中的转运过程,并对今后深入研究磷再利用的有关方向作出展望。  主要进展  植物体内磷的存在形式主要包括无机磷和有机磷两种。植物吸收的多余无机磷会被暂时储存在液泡中,并在植物缺磷时外流到胞质以满足植物对磷的需求,位于液泡膜的磷酸盐转运蛋白负责无机磷在液泡和胞质之间的分配。存在于核酸和磷脂中的有机磷在磷缺乏时由酶类(核酸酶、磷脂酶和紫色酸性磷酸酶等)水解并释放无机磷以供植物生长需要。植物遭受低磷胁迫,营养器官(老叶等)中活化的无机磷由多种磷酸盐转运蛋白转运到幼叶等新的生长中心被利用,从而显著提高磷的再利用效率。磷转运蛋白(PHTs)通过调控磷向籽粒的运输降低了磷在禾谷类作物籽粒中的积累,提高了磷利用效率,同时降低环境风险。  展望  现阶段的研究较为详细地阐述了植物体内磷素再活化的生理分子机制,但对磷转运功能蛋白参与特定磷转运过程的相关研究仍不够全面,比如液泡磷能调控细胞磷稳态,目前已鉴定得到的与其外排有关的转运蛋白极少,其调控机制也有待深入探索。国内外关于PHT1、PHT2、PHT3和PHT4蛋白如何将磷素从源器官转运到库器官缺乏系统的研究。无机磷库和有机磷库中磷的利用对植物应对缺磷的贡献也鲜有报道。因此,植物体内与磷再活化后转运利用相关的分子生物学调控机理还需进一步研究。     

Studies on photosynthetic electron transport,photophosphorylation and CO2 fixation in zinc deficient leaf cells of Zea mavs. L.

The effect of Zn deficiency on rate of photosynthesis of leaf discs, isolated mesophyll and bundle sheath cells and chloroplasts of maize (Zea mays. L) was studied. The yield of mesophyll and bundle sheath cells obtained by enzymic digestion of the leaf tissues from Zn deficient plants is lower than the identical tissues from normal plants which suggests that Zn deficiency brings about some structural changes in the leaf cell. Photosynthetic oxygen evolution measured in the leaf discs is low due to Zn deficiency. Photosystem‐II dependent Hill reaction and non cyclic photophosphorylation of chloroplasts were also affected by Zn deficiency. Rate of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation by both bundle sheath and mesophyll cells obtained from Zn deficient leaf‐tissue waslower than the cells free from Zn deficiency. Addition of various metabolites like NADPH, ATP and PEP to Zn deficient mesophyll cells whowed marked enhancement in 14‐CO₂ fixation. However, addition of NADPH, ATP and RuBP to Zn deficient bundle sheath cells showed no or very little enhancement in the rate of 14‐Cu₂ fixation. Addition of exogenous Zn ions to isolated cells inhibited the CO₂ fixation both in the non‐deficient and Zn deficient cell types. It is suggested that Zn deficie ‐ncy affects the primary electron transport and phospho‐rvlation ability for chloroplasts which in turn affects CO₂ fixation in leaf cells.     

不同种类解磷微生物的溶磷效果及其磷酸酶活性的变化

比较了不同种类的微生物菌株对不同种类难溶性磷酸盐及磷矿粉的溶解能力。结果发现,细菌、酵母、霉菌在解磷方面均有一定作用,发挥着不同优势。磷酸钙、磷酸铝、磷酸铁等难溶性磷酸盐容易被酵母菌、霉菌溶解,而磷矿粉容易被巨大芽孢杆菌溶解,显示不同微生物与不同磷源的亲和溶解能力不同。不同种类磷酸盐或磷矿粉对微生物磷酸酶活力的影响不同,贫磷条件可以促进酸性和碱性磷酸酶活性的增加     

Water Treatment Residuals and Biosolids Co‐applications Affect Phosphatases in a Semi‐arid Rangeland Soil

Co‐application of biosolids and water treatment residuals (WTR) land has not been extensively studied but may be beneficial by sorbing excess biosolid‐borne or soil phosphorus (P) onto WTR, reducing the likelihood of off‐site movement. Reduction of excess soil P may affect the role of specific P‐cleaving enzymes. The research objective was to understand the long‐term effects of single co‐applications and the short‐term impacts of repeated co‐applications on soil acid phosphomonoesterase, phosphodiesterase, pyrophosphatase, and phytase enzyme activities. Test plots were 7.5 × 15 m with treatments consisting of three different WTR rates with a single biosolids rate (5, 10, and 21 Mg WTR ha^?1; 10 Mg biosolids ha^?1) surface co‐applied once in 1991 or reapplied in 2002. Control plots consisted of those that received no WTR–biosolids co‐applications and plots that received only 10 Mg biosolids ha^?1. Plots were sampled to a 5‐cm depth in 2003 and 2004, and soil phosphatases and phytase enzyme activities were measured. Soil phosphodiesterase activity decreased in WTR‐amended plots, and pyrophosphatase activity decreased with increasing WTR application rates. In contrast, acid phosphatase and phytase activity increased with WTR addition, with WTR application possibly triggering a deficiency response causing microorganisms or plants to secrete these enzymes. Biosolids and WTR co‐applications may affect enzymatic strategies for P mineralization in this study site. Reductions in phosphodiesterase activity suggest less P mineralization from biomass sources, including nucleic acids and phospholipids. Increased acid phosphatase and phytase activities indicate that ester‐P and inositol‐P may be important plant‐available P sources in soils amended with WTR.     

Phosphorus‐deficiency effects on response of symbiotic N2 fixation and carbohydrate status in soybean to atmospheric CO2 enrichment

The impact of phosphorus (P) deficiency on response of symbiotic N₂ fixation and carbohydrate accumulation in soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) to atmospheric CO₂ enrichment was examined. Plants inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum MN 110 were grown in growth chambers with controlled atmospheres of 400 and 800 μL CO₂ L^‐1 and supplied either 1.0 mM‐P (P‐sufficient) or 0.05 mM‐P (P‐deficient) nitrogen (N)‐free nutrient solution. When plants were supplied with sufficient P, CO₂ enrichment significantly increased whole plant dry mass (83%), nodule mass (67%), total nitrogenase activity (58%), and N (35%) and P (47%) accumulation at 35 days after transplanting (DAT). Under sufficient P supply, CO₂ enrichment significantly increased starch concentrations in nodules compared to the normal atmospheric CO₂ treatment. Under normal CO₂ levels (400 μL L^‐1) nonstructural carbohydrate concentration (starch plus soluble sugar) was significantly higher in leaves of P‐deficient plants than in leaves of P‐sufficient plants in which nonstructural carbohydrate concentration exhibited a strong diurnal pattern. Under deficient P supply whole plant dry mass, symbiotic N₂‐fixation parameters, and N and P accumulation were not enhanced by atmospheric CO₂ enrichment. Phosphorus deficiency decreased nonstructural carbohydrate accumulation in nodules at the end of a 10‐day period in which functional activity was developing by 86% relative to P‐sufficient controls. While P deficiency elicited significant increases in the nonstructural carbohydrate concentration in leaves, it caused significant decreases in the nonstructural carbohydrate concentration in nodules over the diurnal cycle from 30 to 31 DAT. Collectively, these results indicate that the lack of a symbiotic N₂‐fixation response to atmospheric CO₂ enrichment by P‐deficient plants may be related to the decreased carbohydrate status of nodules.     

Fertilizer ammonium : nitrate ratios determine phosphorus uptake by young maize plants

We investigated the interacting effects of inorganic nitrogen and the main inorganic phosphorus form in dairy manure (dicalcium phosphate, CaHPO₄) on growth, nutrient uptake, and rhizosphere pH of young maize plants. In a pot experiment, three levels of CaHPO₄ (0, 167, and 500 mg P pot^?1) were combined with nitrogen (637 mg N pot^?1) applied at five NH₄‐N : NO₃‐N ratios (0 : 100, 25 : 75, 50 : 50, 75 : 25, and 100 : 0) and a nitrification inhibitor in a concentrated layer of a typical acid sandy soil from Denmark. ¹⁵N‐labeled NH₄‐N was applied to differentiate the role of nitrification and to partition nitrogen uptake derived from NH₄‐N. Among treatments including nitrogen, shoot biomass, rooting and phosphorus uptake were significantly higher at the five‐leaf stage when CaHPO₄ was applied with NH₄‐N : NO₃‐N ratios of 50 : 50 and 75 : 25. In these treatments, rhizosphere pH dropped significantly in direct proportion with NH₄‐N uptake. The fertilizers in the concentrated layer had a root‐inhibiting effect in treatments without phosphorus supply and in treatments with pure NO₃‐N or NH₄‐N supply. Increased nitrogen uptake as NH₄‐N instead of NO₃‐N reduced rhizosphere pH and enhanced acquisition of applied CaHPO₄ by young maize plants, which may have positive implications for the enhanced utilization of manure phosphorus.