Root-shoot interaction as a limiting factor of biomass productivity in new tropical rice lines     

Hiroaki Samejima  Motohiko Kondo  Osamu Ito  Takuhito Nozoe  Takuro Shinano  Mitsuru Osaki 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(4):545-554

The objective of the present study was to identify the limiting factors in biomass productivity of new tropical rice lines (panicle weight type) by analyzing the relationship between root and shoot activity. Five field experiments using three new lines, IR65598-112-2, IR65600-42-5-2, and IR68544-29-2-1-3-1-2, and one of the highest-yielding indica rice varieties (panicle number type), IR72, were conducted at the International Rice Research Institute from 1997 to 2002. Specific absorption rate of N (SARN , mg N g^-1 root dry weight d^-1), specific stem sap exudation rate (sap exudation rate, g exudate g^-1 root dry weight 12 h^-1) and specific root respiratory rate (root respiratory rate, μmol O₂ g^-1 root dry weight h^-1) were determined as indices of root activity. Relative growth rate (RGR, mg g^-1 d^-1) was used as an index of shoot activity. Compared with IR72, the new lines showed lower RGR and SAR_N values during the early growth stages. In contrast, during the late growth stages, these activities were higher in the new lines than in IR72. The SAR_B and sap exudation rate showed a linear correlation with RGR at successive growth stages, regardless of the genotypes and growth conditions. These findings indicated that active root-shoot interaction was maintained throughout the growth period in high-yielding tropical rice, including the new lines and IR72. Therefore, it was considered that SAR_N and the sap exudation rate are useful indices of root activity regulating RGR in the new lines. However, the root respiratory rate could not be used for selection, because the relationship between RGR and the root respiratory rate changed with the growth conditions. Our findings support the hypothesis that root and shoot activities during maturation are important factors affecting the productivity of the new lines, which have not yet been able to attain the targeted yield.  相似文献   

Varietal difference in radiocesium uptake and transfer from radiocesium deposited soils in the genus Amaranthus     

Takuro Shinano  Toshihiro Watanabe  Qingnan Chu  Mitsuru Osaki  Daisuke Kobayashi  Toshiyasu Okouchi 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(6):809-817

Abstract

Within Amaranthaceae, 33 different varieties, including local varieties from Japan, were grown in 2012 in a field in the town of Iino in the Fukushima prefecture, which is located approximately 51 km north of Tokyo Electric Power Company, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). The contamination level of the soil was 2770 ± 140 Bq kg^?1 dry weight (¹³⁴Cesium (Cs) + ¹³⁷Cs, average ± SE), and the field was also cultivated in 2011. There was a significant varietal difference in the dry weight production, radiocesium accumulation and transfer factor (TF) of radiocesium from the soil to the plant. The ratio of the lowest TF to the highest TF was approximately 3. Because the ratio of ¹³⁷Cs to ¹³³Cs was significantly positive, radiocesium seems to be absorbed in a manner similar to that of ¹³³Cs. It is suggested that the varietal difference in the behavior of radiocesium uptake mainly depends on its genetic background rather than on environmental factors.  相似文献   

Changes in radiocesium concentration in a blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum Aiton) orchard resulting from radioactive fallout     

Shinnosuke Kusaba  Kaori Matsuoka  Kazuhiro Abe  Hiroyuki Ajito  Mitsuru Abe  Nobuharu Kihou 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(1):169-173

We investigated changes in the radiocesium concentration in a blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum Aiton) orchard in Fukushima prefecture to clarify the radiocesium contamination for 3 years after the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident occurred in mid-March 2011. In the aboveground part of blueberry bushes, the concentrations of radiocesium in branches that were directly affected by radioactive fallout were the highest among the samples investigated, and the concentrations in fruits were the lowest. The concentration of radiocesium decreased exponentially in the fruits and leaves over 3 years. The radiocesium concentrations in soils were higher in the surface layer. The amount of radiocesium in organic matter on the soil surface under the canopy greatly decreased from 2011 to 2012. The transfer factor of the radiocesium from soil to blueberry fruits decreased annually. These results suggest that radiocesium adhered directly to the aboveground organs of blueberry bushes in March 2011, and it is possible that the accumulation of radiocesium in fruits is mainly due to radiocesium transfer from the branches and trunk to fruits for several years after the nuclear power plant accident.  相似文献   

Internal Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation to Aluminum Toxicity and Phosphorus Starvation in Three Tropical Forages     

Toshihiro Watanabe  Mitsuru Osaki  Hiromi Yano  Idupulapati M. Rao 《Journal of plant nutrition》2013,36(7):1243-1255

Many tropical forage grasses and legumes grow well in acid soils, adapting to excess aluminum (Al) and phosphorus (P) starvation stresses by using mechanisms that are still unclear. To determine these mechanisms, responses to Al toxicity and P starvation in three tropical forages were studied: two grasses, Brachiaria hybrid cv. ‘Mulato’ (B. ruziziensis clone 44-06 × B. brizantha cv. ‘Marandú’) and Andropogon gayanus, and one legume, Arachis pintoi. The tropical grasses tolerated high levels of Al toxicity and P starvation, with the Brachiaria hybrid maintaining very low levels of Al concentration in shoots. ²⁷Al Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR) analysis revealed that, in the Brachiaria hybrid, Al makes complexes with some ligands such as organic-acid anions in the root symplast. The forages probably adapted to P starvation through high P-use efficiency. These experiments provide the first direct evidence we know of that organic acid anions within root tissue help detoxify Al in non-accumulator species such as the Brachiaria hybrid.  相似文献   

Mechanisms of Aluminum Tolerance in Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase Transgenic Rice     

Hasna Hena Begum  Mitsuru Osaki  Toshihiro Watanabe  Takuro Shinano 《Journal of plant nutrition》2013,36(1):84-96

Transgenic rice, in which C4-phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is overexpressed, was grown in hydroponic culture to evaluate its tolerance for high aluminum (Al) content in relation to organic acid synthesis and exudation into the rhizosphere. With regard to root growth in short-term experiments, PEPC-transgenic rice was more tolerant of Al than the wild type. At increased Al levels in the root medium, root tips of the transgenic rice accumulated less Al than those of the wild type. Aluminum-induced oxalate exudation from roots occurred at increased rates in the transgenic line. Overexpression of C4-PEPC drastically increased PEPC activity in leaves of the transgenic rice, causing higher organic acid concentrations in leaves and roots. The increased organic acid concentrations seemed to cause higher exudation rates of oxalate from roots, leading to a detoxification of Al in the root apoplast and rhizosphere.  相似文献   

Water penetration into rice grains during soaking observed by gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：3  

Akemi K. Horigane  Hitoshi Takahashi  Sachio Maruyama  Ken&#x;ichi Ohtsubo  Mitsuru Yoshida 《Journal of Cereal Science》2006,44(3):307-316

The water penetration into a rice grain during soaking was monitored by three-dimensional gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging, which has the advantage of a short measurement time and a sufficient sensitivity for low-moisture samples. The water penetration route was compared between the milled and brown rice grains of two japonica cultivars. In normal milled rice grains of Koshihikari, water first penetrated the ventral side surface and the embryo attachment site of the endosperm, then migrated along the central line and transverse cracks, and finally diffused to all parts of the endosperm. In milled rice grains of Yamadanishiki with a white core, water quickly infiltrated into the cracks or chalky parts on the dorsiventral line and then diffused to the lateral side. In brown rice grains of both cultivars water penetrated extremely slowly and did not infiltrate directly into transverse cracks or the white core due to inhibition by the pericarp and seed coat. The central part of every grain allowed more water to penetrate. The route, pattern and speed of water penetration were determined by the morphological structure, crack formation and hardness distribution associated with the packing of the starch granules in the grain.  相似文献   

Effect of boiled barley-rice-feeding in hypercholesterolemic and normolipemic subjects     

Sachie Ikegami  Masako Tomita  Setsuko Honda  Momoko Yamaguchi  Reiko Mizukawa  Yoko Suzuki  Keiko Ishii  Saeko Ohsawa  Nanako Kiyooka  Mitsuru Higuchi  Shuhei Kobayashi 《Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)》1996,49(4):317-328

Barley contains approximately 10% dietary fiber and is easily cooked with rice, the dominant cereal in Japan, to increase the intake of dietary fiber. This research involved three experiments to examine the influence of barley on blood lipids in human subjects. All subjects received a boiled barley-rice (50/50 w/w mix) supplement two times per day in place of rice for 2 or 4 weeks. In the normolipemic subjects, serum lipids were unaffected by the ingestion of barley for 4 weeks. In twenty hypercholesterolemic men aged 41 ± 5 years, the ingestion of barley was associated with a significant fall in serum total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, phospholipids and LDL and VLDL-lipoproteins. In seven mildly hypercholesterolemic women aged 56±7 years, a significant improvement of serum lipid profiles was observed. The present study suggests the possibility that the ingestion of barley-rice could lower serum lipids in hypercholesterolemic subjects.  相似文献   

R5期遮荫对大豆植株体内源激素和酶活性的影响   总被引：6，自引：2，他引：6  

张秋英  刘晓冰  金剑  王光华  杨恕平  大崎满 《大豆科学》2000,19(4):362-366

在Ｒ５期利用人为每天遮荫８小时,连续遮荫１０天,研究了遮荫对生殖生长期大豆叶片蔗糖合成酶（ＳＳ）,蔗糖磷酸合成酶（ＳＰＳ）,谷氨酸合成酶（ＧＳ）活性及叶片和子粒中的四种内源激素含量的影响,结果表明：遮荫明显增加叶片的三种酶活性,提高子粒中ｉＰＡ,ＧＡ和ＡＢＡ的含量,改变叶片中ＧＡ,ｉＰＡ和ＩＡＡ的积累方式。认为酶活性及内源激素的变化是大豆忍耐遮荫不良环境积极生理反应,有助于减少产量和品质损失。  相似文献   

Texture measurement of cabbages using an acoustical vibration method   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Mitsuru Taniwaki  Naoki Sakurai 《Postharvest Biology and Technology》2008,50(2-3):176-181

Textures of six cabbage cultivars were quantified using an acoustical vibration technique. A sample of four outer leaves of a cabbage was penetrated using a probe. The acoustical vibration signals were measured during penetration using a piezoelectric sensor. A new texture index (TI), the “energy density”, was introduced, which was determined by the integration of squared amplitudes of texture signals multiplied by a factor of a frequency band. This TI enabled evaluation of acoustical signals in the high-frequency region (>1000 Hz) more sensitively than the previously used index (“amplitude density”), which was determined by the integration of texture signal amplitudes. Significant differences in TI among the cultivars were obtained by using ANOVA, especially between a spring and a winter cabbage. We also examined cabbages that had been stored under 4 °C for 10 or 19 d. Most TI readings increased after the storage. These results provide useful information related to the shelf-life of cabbages.  相似文献   

Some characteristics of the humus in soil types (part 3) composition groups of humus     

Mitsuru Harada 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(1):73-79

In most literature on soil, the term humus has been used as synonymous with soil organic matter, on the other hand, it has been applied to a portion of soil organic matter that has decomposed and has lost the structure of the original matter, from which it has derived. Scheffer and Schachtschabel ¹⁾ defined the humus not synonymously with soil organic matter, but, in a broad sense, as all the dead organic substances which are accumulated on the soil surface as well as in the soil layer, and undergo continually decomposition, alteration, and synthetic reactions. According to them, the composition groups of humus are divided into non-humic and humic, and the latter group is sub-divided into (1) fulvic acid and humo-lignin acid, (2) humic acid, (3) humin, and (4) humus coal. Some natures of these composition groups of humus are shown in Table 1.  相似文献