Leaf Construction Cost and Related Ecophysiological Parameters of Rice Crop and Its Important Weeds

To understand the reason for the success of weeds,we investigated the energetic cost of leaf construction,and certain ecophysiological traits of rice and its dominant weeds.On physiological basis among all weeds,Caesulia axillaris Roxburgh was found to be the most serious,followed by Echinochloa cruss-galli L.Beauv and Echinochloa colonum L.Link,while Fimbristylis miliaceae L.Vahl and Cyperus iria L.were moderate weeds of the rice fields.C.axillaris had the lowest leaf construction cost (LCC) both on a mass basis (1.15 g/g) and on a unit area basis (22.93 g/m2).Comparatively higher specific leaf area,photosynthetic rate,photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency,leaf area ratio and leaf area index provided C.axillaris with further competitive advantage.Low LCC suggests that weeds utilize carbon resource more efficiently than the crop and potentially spend the saved energy on other competitive strategies viz.seed production,biomass production and high relative growth rate,which results in low crop yield and increase in weed seed bank.     

Effect of Toxins Isolated from Exserohilum monoceras （Drechsler） Leonard and Suggs on Echinochloa crus-galli （L.） Beauv.

Exserohilum monoceras （Drechsler） Leonard and Suggs is a potential biocontrol agent for the control of Echinochloa species. This fungus causes leaf blight in Echinochloa species, but does not damage rice. Phytotoxicity of the fungal fermented broth was evaluated through the bioassay and the active ingredients were preliminarily isolated by using silica gel column chromatography （CC） in this study. The most active fraction 5-Ⅲ was obtained and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. The results show that 5-Ⅲ consisted of many compounds, in which 36 compounds accounted for 94.24% of total peak area. Di-n-butyl phthalate （DBP） displayed the highest activity accounted for 9.24% of the total peak area, suggesting that DBP may be one of the main active compounds produced by E. monoceras.     

Predicting weed emergence in maize crops under two contrasting climatic conditions

Predictive empirical models of the timing of emergence were developed for ten major weed species in maize crops. Monitoring of seedling emergence was performed over two years in two maize fields located in Central Spain and Tagus Valley in Portugal. Thermal time was used as the independent variable for predicting cumulative emergence. Different non-linear growth curves were fitted to the data sets of cumulative percent emergence for the different species, sites and years using genetic algorithms. Based on their emergence patterns, weed species were arranged into three groups. Species with early-season emergence ( Abutilon theophrasti , Xanthium strumarium , Datura stramonium , Datura ferox , Sorghum halepense , Digitaria sanguinalis and Echinochloa crus-galli ) reached 70% emergence with less than 700 growing day degrees (GDD). Species with whole-season emergence ( Cyperus rotundus and Solanum nigrum ) started early their emergence processes but the emergence continued throughout the maize life-cycle; they required up to 1300 GDD to reach 70% emergence. The only species with late-season emergence was Sonchus oleraceus ; it required more than 1300 GDD to reach 70% emergence. The results obtained in our experiments have shown a good synchrony between the predictions obtained in different years in the same site. However, no single model was able to predict the timing of emergence in two sites with different environmental conditions, challenging the hypothesis that a single general model, based on temperature only, can be used to predict weed emergence in different geographical locations.     

银胶菊叶对苘麻和稗的化感作用

通过室内培养皿法,研究了银胶菊叶片水浸提液及其乙酸乙酯相、正丁醇相、剩余水相不同极性组分对苘麻和稗种子萌发、幼苗生长及生理生化机制的影响.结果表明,在62.5 g·L-1水浸提液处理下,苘麻和稗发芽率比对照分别降低86.7%和66.6%,对苘麻和稗幼苗根长的抑制率分别为96.4%和87.5%,大于对芽长、鲜重的抑制率,乙酸乙酯相和正丁醇相抑制苘麻和稗种子萌发的作用较强,剩余水相抑制苘麻幼苗生长的作用最强,乙酸乙酯相抑制稗幼苗生长的作用最强;在2 g·L-1浓度处理下,乙酸乙酯相生物活性最高,完全抑制苘麻和稗种子萌发,对苘麻和稗根长、芽长、鲜重抑制率分别为82.6%、90.2%、78.2%和78.8%、86.8%、69.1%;乙酸乙酯相降低了受体的根系活力,提高了其超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶活性和丙二醛含量.     

银胶菊花对苘麻和稗的化感作用

通过室内培养皿法,研究了银胶菊花水浸提液及其乙酸乙酯相、正丁醇相、剩余水相不同极性组分对苘麻和稗种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响。定性测定结果表明,在50 g/L浓度处理下,水浸提液完全抑制苘麻和稗种子萌发,对苘麻和稗根长、芽长、鲜重抑制率分别为82.6%、89.1%、84.3%和91.7%、55.8%、39.1%;正丁醇相抑制苘麻种子萌发和幼苗生长最强,乙酸乙酯相抑制稗种子萌发和幼苗生长最强。定量测定结果表明,在1 g/L浓度处理下,乙酸乙酯相生物活性最高,苘麻和稗种子萌发率分别为13.3%和33.3%,对苘麻和稗根长、芽长、鲜重的抑制率分别为63.1%、80.0%、58.3%和51.3%、26.7%、23.3%。     

Chloroplast DNA markers for Echinochloa taxa

The genus Echinochloa (Poaceae) includes numerous problematic weeds over a wide range of ecoregions in the world. To date, molecular markers for species identification and assessing phylogenetic relationship are still limited in the genus Echinochloa. In this study, we developed seven chloroplast molecular markers based on divergent chloroplast regions of E. crus‐galli and E. oryzicola. Furthermore, Marker #1 (psbA) was examined in more than 200 Echinochloa accessions and a phylogenetic tree grouped these Echinochloa accessions into four clades. Additionally, two different E. crus‐galli varieties (E. crus‐galli var. crus‐galli, E. crus‐galli var. praticola) and E. colona were successfully distinguished by this marker. The developed molecular markers contribute to better identification of Echinochloa taxa.     

抗性稗草1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸氧化酶基因的克隆与表达分析

【目的】克隆稗草（Echinochloa crus-galli）乙烯生物合成途径关键酶1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸氧化酶基因（EcACO）,对其进行表达分析和酶活性测定,以探究稗草抗二氯喹啉酸的机理。【方法】根据转录组测序所得EcACO部分序列设计引物,分别从二氯喹啉酸的抗性和敏感型稗草中克隆EcACO的全长序列,用DNAman以及GeneDOC等软件进行序列分析。用qRT-PCR方法分析抗性和敏感性稗草间的EcACO表达水平差异。最后分别将抗性和敏感性稗草EcACO的开放阅读框（ORF）序列连接至原核表达载体pMAL-c5x中,并转化至大肠杆菌菌株BL21,经终浓度为0.4 mmol·L^-1的IPTG于18℃诱导16 h后,检测EcACO蛋白的表达情况。采用MBP吸附柱分离纯化EcACO蛋白后,通过测定乙烯释放量,测定抗性和敏感稗草EcACO蛋白间的活性差异。【结果】克隆得到抗性稗草和敏感稗草EcACO,其编码区序列长度为936 bp,预测蛋白含311个氨基酸残基,蛋白分子量大小和理论等电点分别为35 kD和5.4。序列比对表明,抗性稗草EcACO氨基酸序列与粟（Setaria italica）、玉米（Zea mays）、高粱（Sorghum bicolor）同源性分别为93%、92%和91%;与敏感性稗草EcACO相比,抗性稗草EcACO的氨基酸序列存在5个突变位点,其中有3个突变位点位于保守功能域上。qPCR分析显示,EcACO在抗性和敏感性稗草中并无明显的表达水平差异。原核蛋白表达和酶活性测定结果表明,敏感型稗草MBP::EcACO融合蛋白单位时间内产生的乙烯释放量是抗性稗草MBP::EcACO融合蛋白的2.15倍,因而该基因可能解释了稗草的抗药性机理。【结论】从抗二氯喹啉酸的稗草中克隆了EcACO,发现了与抗性相关的5个氨基酸突变位点,其中的3个位点突变位于保守结构域,这可能是引起乙烯释放速率降低以及稗草产生二氯喹啉酸抗性的原因。     

Dormancy release and germination of Echinochloa crus-galli grains in relation to galactomannan-hydrolysing enzyme activity

Echinochloa crus-galli, one of the world's most serious weeds, influences seriously the yield and quality of cereal crop plant.It is well known that E.crus-galli grain is dormant, but its dormant type, as well as its dormancy release and germination in relation to galactomannan-hydrolysing enzyme activity were poorly understood.The cooperation of endo-β-mannanase(EC 3.2.1.78), β-mannosidase(EC 3.2.1.25) and α-galactosidase(EC 3.2.1.22) can hydrolyze the cell walls rich in mannan-based polymers.In the present paper, the mature grains are used as experimental materials, we investigated the water uptake of grains, the effect of removing partial endosperm, after-ripening, stratification and phytohormone on grain germination, and the change in endo-β-mannanase, β-mannosidase and α-galactosidase activities of grains during after-ripening and germination.The results showed that the freshly-collected grains were water-permeable and had only phase I and II of water uptake, while the grains after-ripened for 150 d had an obvious phase III of water uptake.In alternating photoperiod, the germination of grains freshly-collected was zero at 10–35°C, and that of half grains was 11% at 20°C only.The grain germination was notably promoted by after-ripening and stratification, but not by gibberellic acid and 6-benzyladenine at 0.0001–1 mmol L–1.β-Mannosidase activity increased during 0 to 300 d of after-ripening and then decreased.The activity of endo-β-mannanase and α-galactosidase of grains decreased with after-ripening.During grain germination, endo-β-mannanase and β-mannosidase activities obviously increased, while α-galactosidase activity decreased.Our data showed that E.crus-galli grain was a deep physiological dormant, the dormancy release by after-ripening was related to an increasing β-mannosidase activity, and its germination was closely associated with an increasing endo-β-mannanase and β-mannosidase activity; which have provided new knowledge to decrease the harm of E.crus-galli on production of cereal crop plant.     

狭卵链格孢菌毒素细交链孢菌酮酸诱导稗草叶片氧化胁迫和抗氧化酶变化的研究

[目的]确定细交链孢菌酮酸（tenuazonic acid,TeA）对稗草的毒害作用是否与其诱导氧化胁迫及抗氧化酶活性变化有关。[方法]通过离体试验研究了TeA处理稗草叶片丙二醛和过氧化氢含量及抗氧化酶活性的变化。[结果]稗草叶片经500μmol/LTeA处理后,叶片中丙二醛和过氧化氢含量分别较对照增加了247.86%和67.00%,表明TeA处理诱导了稗草叶片中活性氧暴发,并导致丙二醛和过氧化氢的大量积累。TeA引起超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、谷胱甘肽还原酶（GR）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性显著升高,其中在500μmol/LTeA处理下,稗草叶片SOD、GR和CAT活性均较对照增加1倍以上。[结论]TeA诱导活性氧的产生引起稗草叶片氧化胁迫,同时诱导叶片抗氧化酶活性升高。