Boron absorption by crop plants as affected by other nutrients of the medium     

Hirofumi Tanaka 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(2):41-44

Numerous reports on boron nutrition of plants have been published since WARINGTON (15), using Vicia faba, first discovered in 1923 that boron is essential for the growth of higher plants. Inorganic (7, 9, 11) and organic (1) constituents of the growth medium and climatic conditions such as light intensity (13), photoperiod (5, 16), and drying and wetting of the soil (10) are some of the factors affecting boron uptake by plants.  相似文献   

Boron adsorption by excised sunflower root     

Hirofumi Tanaka 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(3):77-82

Boron, a vital plant nutrient, possesses certain characteristics similar to phosphate ion. For this reason, some researchers believe that its absorption by plants is similar to phosphate ion absorption.  相似文献   

Effect of salinity on growth,photosynthesis and mineral composition in leguminous plant Alhagi pseudoalhagi (Bieb.)     

Halil Kurban  Hirofumi Saneoka  Kunito Nehira  Rahmutulla Adilla  Gnanasiri S. Premachandra  Kounosuke Fujita 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(4):851-862

Leguminous plant Alhagi pseudoalhagi was subjected to 0 (control), 50, 100, and 200 mM NaCI treatments during a 30 d period to examine the mechanism of tolerance to salinity. Plant dry weight, net CO₂ assimilation rate, leaf stomatal conductance, intercellular CO₂ concentration, and solute concentration in leaves, stems, and roots were determined. Total plant weight in the 50 mM treatment was 170% of that of the control after 10 d of treatment. Total plant weight was lower in the 100 and 200 mM treatments than in the control. The leaf CO₂ assimilation rate was approximately 150% of that of the control in the 50 mM treatment, but was not affected significantly by 100 mM of NaCI, while it was reduced to about 60% of that the control in the 200 mM treatment. Similarly stomatal conductance was consistent with the CO₂ assimilation rate regardless of the treatments. Intercellular CO₂ concentration was lower in the NaCI-treated plants than in the control. Changes in CO₂ assimilation rate due to salinity stress could be mainly associated with stomatal conductance and the carboxylation activity. Although the leaf Na⁺ concentration increased to 900 mmol kg^-1 dry weight in the 200 mM treatment compared to 20 mmol kg^-1 in the control, the plants did not die and continued to grow at such a high leaf Na⁺ concentration. Uptake and transportation rates of Na+, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, and K⁺, and the accumulation of N were promoted by 50 mM NaCI. Na⁺ uptake rate continued to increase in response to external NaCI concentration. However, the uptake and transportation rates of Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, and K⁺ behaved differently under 100 and 200 mM salt stress. The results suggest that A. pseudoalhagi is markedly tolerant to salinity due mainly to its photosynthetic activity rather than to other physiological characteristics.  相似文献   

Comparison of water stress effects on growth,leaf water status,and nitrogen fixation activity in tropical pasture legumes siratro and desmodium with soybean     

Yoshiyuki Ohashi  Hirofumi Saneoka  Katsushi Matsumoto  Shoitsu Ogata  Gnanasiri S. Premachandra  Kounosuke Fujita 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(4):795-802

Siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum), desmodium (Desmodium intortum), and soybean (Glycine max) were grown in pots with or without irrigation for 20 d at the vegetative growth stage in order to examine the effects of water stress on the leaf water potential, stomatal conductance, biomass production, biological nitrogen fixation, and nitrogen accumulation. Whole plant weight decreased under water stress conditions and the decrease was less pronounced in siratro than in desmodium and soybean. Decrease in total leaf area was the largest and dry matter partition to stem and petioles was the highest in siratro. Decrease in leaf water potential was lower in desmodium and soybean than in siratro. Although water stress decreased biological nitrogen fixation in all the species, the decrease was relatively less pronounced in siratro than in desmodium and soybean. Whole plant nitrogen concentration was higher in siratro than in soybean and desmodium. The results indicated that siratro is more tolerant to water stress than soybean and desmodium. This could be partially attributed to the maintenance of a higher water potential and higher biological nitrogen fixation by siratro under water stress conditions.  相似文献   

Plant regeneration from hypocotyl and cotyledon explant of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)     

Reda E.A. Moghaieb  Hirofumi Saneoka  Kounosuke Fujita 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(3):639-646

Three tomato cultivars were used to examine the influence of the genetic background on the regeneration efficiency. White embryonic calli were formed within two weeks of culture. Shoots emerged either directly from the explant or indirectly from the embryonic callus. Multiple adventitious shoots were formed by clonal propagation of somatic embryos in the presence of 2 mg zeatin L^-1. The meristematic end of the hypocotyl of the cultivar Pontaroza showed a high regeneration frequency (70.2%) compared with the cotyledonary leaf explant (35.3%). The plants grown in the green house and the regenerants obtained showed a similar peroxidase banding pattern. The combined analysis of variance indicated that the difference in shoot induction between cultivars was highly significant. Shoot induction frequency was 57.2%, 43.5%, and 35.5% for the cultivars UC-97, Pontaroza, and Zuishi, respectively. The regeneration frequency was 50%, 28%, and 20% for the cultivars UC-97, Pontaroza, and Zuishi, respectively. The observed differences in shoot induction between cultivars were due to the genetic difference between them.  相似文献   

Effect of root exudates on growth of newly isolated nitrifying bacteria from barley rhizoplane     

Kazuo Satoh  Toshikazu Yanagida  Katsunori Isobe  Hirofumi Tomiyama  Reiji Takahashi  Hidetoshi Iwano 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(5):757-762

An ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, strain PJA1, and nitrite-oxidizing bacterium, strain PJN1, were newly isolated from the rhizoplane of barley. The cells of strain PJA1 were lobate, compartmentalized, and showed characteristics of the genus Nitrosolobus. The similarity of the 16S rRNA gene to Nitrosolobus multiformis ATCC25196 was 99.04%. The cells of strain PJN1 were rod-shaped. The similarity of the 16S rRNA gene to Nitrobacter agilis ATCC14123 was 98.57%. These newly isolated bacteria were identified as Nitrosolobus sp. PJA1 and Nitrobacter sp. PJN1, respectively. The exudates prepared from barley roots of both the pre-heading and post-heading stages promoted the growth of strain PJA1 (15–20% increase). The growth of the non-rhizoplane strains like Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC25978 was remarkably inhibited by the exudates. The growth of strain PJN1 was also remarkably promoted by the root exudates at the pre-heading stage (6 time increase), and by the root exudates at the post-heading stage (2.5 time increase). The root exudates did not effect the growth of Nitrobacter winogradskyi IFO14297, isolated from the non-rhizoplane.  相似文献   

Effects of feeding time,water temperature,feeding frequency and dietary composition on apparent nutrient digestibility in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and common carp Cyprinus carpio     

Yamamoto  Takeshi  Shima  Takao  Furuita  Hirofumi  Sugita  Tsuyoshi  Suzuki  Nobuhiro 《Fisheries Science》2007,73(1):161-170

A series of experiments was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding time (daytime vs nighttime feeding), dietary fat content (8 and 20%), feeding frequency (trout 1–3 times/day, carp 2–7 times/day), water temperature (trout 18 and 11°C, carp 25 and 17°C), on the apparent nutrient digestibility in rainbow trout and common carp. The feeding time had little effect on the macronutrient digestibility in both species. In trout, starch digestibility decreased with the decrease of water temperature and with increase of feeding frequency, but in carp, increase of the feeding frequency markedly decreased the macronutrient digestibility and phosphrrus absorption of the high fat diet. Fat digestibility of the beef tallow diet decreased relative to the pollock oil diet in carp, without affecting the phosphorus absorption. Inclusion of raw starch, the digestibility of which was lower than that of gelatinized starch, increased the phosphorus absorption in carp. These results suggest that reduction of water temperature and increase of feeding frequency notably decreased starch digestibility in trout while in carp, the effects of feeding frequency and water temperature on macronutrient digestibility and phosphorus absorption are notable for a high fat diet.  相似文献   

Supplemental effect of vitamin A in diet on the reproductive performance and egg quality of the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (T & S)     

Hirofumi Furuita  Hideki Tanaka  Takeshi Yamamoto  Nobuhiro Suzuki  & Toshio Takeuchi 《Aquaculture Research》2003,34(6):461-468

This study investigated supplemental effects of vitamin A in diet on reproduction of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (T & S). Broodstock were fed either a non‐supplemented diet (control diet; CD) or a vitamin A‐supplemented diet (supplemental diet; SD) 1 month before and during the spawning season. Both dietary groups began to spawn in mid‐January. At the beginning of spawning, no notable differences were found in spawning or egg quality between treatments. Egg production of the CD broodstock began to decrease from mid‐April and spawning stopped in late May, whereas the SD group continued to spawn until the end of June. Buoyant egg rate of the CD group was lower than that of the SD group throughout the spawning period. Hatching rate was not different between the CD and SD groups. The percentage of normal larvae in the CD group was significantly lower than in the SD group. It is concluded that a low vitamin A content in the diet has some negative effects on reproduction of flounder. The importance of supplementation of vitamin A in broodstock diet of the Japanese flounder is suggested.  相似文献   

Effect of water temperature and short-term fasting on macronutrient self-selection by common carp (Cyprinus carpio)     

Takeshi Yamamoto  Takao Shima  Hirofumi Furuita  Nobuhiro Suzuki 《Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》2003,220(1-4):655-666

The influence of water temperature (17 and 25 °C) and a period of fasting on the self-selection of macronutrients were examined in common carp held on a 12:12-h light/dark cycle. Eight replicate groups of juvenile carp (ca. 15 g body weight at 17 °C and 25 g at 25 °C) were fed with three test diets [high-protein (HP), high-fat (HF) and high-carbohydrate (HC) diets] by individual self-feeders for 3 weeks, followed by a 2-week period of fasting and then 3 weeks of refeeding. At 17 °C, the carp initially selected the HP and HF diets [HP/HF/HC (%)=38:40:22], whereas at 25 °C, the carp selected the HP diet over the others (55:21:24). After fasting, the carp tended to increase their demand for the HF diet at 17 °C and for the HC diet at 25 °C, but the overall self-selection of the test diets did not differ markedly from that prior to fasting. Carp held at 17 °C had higher relative whole body fat content and plasma triglyceride concentration; the latter decreased markedly during fasting. These results suggest that water temperature influences the macronutrient selection by carp: a relatively high demand for both protein and fat at 17 °C and for protein at 25 °C. Two weeks of fasting, however, did not markedly alter their macronutrient selection.  相似文献   

Fruits are more sensitive to salinity than leaves and stems in pepper plants (Capsicum annuum L.)     

Reona Azuma  Naoko Ito  Nobuhiro Nakayama  Ryuichi Suwa  Nguyen Tran Nguyen  Juan Á. Larrinaga-Mayoral  Muneraru Esaka  Hideyasu Fujiyama  Hirofumi Saneoka 《Scientia Horticulturae》2010

The effects of NaCl stress on plant growth, gas-exchange, activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), rate of lipid peroxidation, and accumulation of Na⁺ ion and sugar were investigated in leaves and fruits of pepper plants (Capsicum annuum L.). Especially, the gene expression of l-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase (GalLDH), which is the last enzyme of ascorbic acid (AsA) biosynthesis, and the relationships between AsA level and Na⁺ concentration in plant tissue were investigated with increasing salinity. Plants were treated with three treatments: the control (0 mM NaCl) and two salinity levels (50 and 100 mM NaCl) for 21 days under greenhouse conditions. Plant growth was markedly restricted due to the reduction of photosynthetic rate and the increase of Na⁺ accumulation in leaves with the increasing intensity of NaCl stress. Salinity had more effect on fruit growth comparing to leaf growth, suggesting that fruits could be more sensitive to salinity than leaves. In comparison with the control, salt stress significantly increased lipid peroxidation (as measured as malondialdehyde content) but decreased SOD activity in both fruits and leaves although the effect was larger in fruits; and the rate of the decrease in SOD activity was greater than that of the increase in lipid peroxidation. The AsA concentration transiently increased first 7 days but it slightly decreased from the initial level in the end of treatment day 21. The change in GalLDH gene expression was similar to AsA concentration. The accumulation of Na⁺, the reduction of AsA level at severe salinity stress were greater in fruits than in leaves; and AsA level had a negative relationship with Na⁺ concentration in both leaves and fruits. These results suggest that the difference in salt sensitivity between fruits and leaves in pepper plants can be related to the difference in inhibition of AsA synthesis, which in turn is probably due to the toxicity of extreme accumulation of Na⁺.  相似文献