研究发现,植助水这些真菌都自然生长于沿海地区的菌孢植物(耐盐植物)和地热地区的植物(耐热植物)中。尽管他们用于实验的稻适稻米品种不能自然适应寒冷、但水稻自身的应气DNA并没有改变。” 这种策略的候变化原理是, 摘要:由美国地质勘探局牵头的植助水一项研究发现,盐度增加和气温升高等压力。菌孢利用这种名为“内生植物”的稻适微小真菌是减轻气候变化对自然农业生态系统中植物影响的现实策略之一。为世界人口提供近一半日常热量的应气稻米可以通过在其种子或秧苗中植入自然生长的微小真菌的孢子来适应气候变化和灾难性事件。这样的候变化策略是有必要的。鉴于到2050年发展中国家的植助水稻米产量预计将减少15%,盐度增加和干旱,菌孢真菌也许可以帮助植物适应由于气候变化可能导致未来日益严重的稻适干旱、稻米可以通过在其种子或秧苗中植入自然生长的应气微小真菌的孢子来适应气候变化和灾难性事件。他说:“相反,候变化我们正在重新创造自然界的普遍现象。而真菌从植物那里获得营养和缺乏竞争的环境。积极的互惠关系:植物从真菌那里获得耐压的能力, 罗德里格斯说:“这是一项激动人心的突破。美国地质勘探局的研究人员在两种稻米中植入真菌的孢子, 生物探索推荐英文论文摘要: Increased Fitness of Rice Plants to Abiotic Stress Via Habitat Adapted Symbiosis: A Strategy for Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change Abstract Climate change and catastrophic events have contributed to rice shortages in several regions due to decreased water availability and soil salinization. Although not adapted to salt or drought stress, two commercial rice varieties achieved tolerance to these stresses by colonizing them with Class 2 fungal endophytes isolated from plants growing across moisture and salinity gradients. Plant growth and development, water usage, ROS sensitivity and osmolytes were measured with and without stress under controlled conditions. The endophytes conferred salt, drought and cold tolerance to growth chamber and greenhouse grown plants. Endophytes reduced water consumption by 20–30% and increased growth rate, reproductive yield, and biomass of greenhouse grown plants. In the absence of stress, there was no apparent cost of the endophytes to plants, however, endophyte colonization decreased from 100% at planting to 65% compared to greenhouse plants grown under continual stress (maintained 100% colonization). These findings indicate that rice plants can exhibit enhanced stress tolerance via symbiosis with Class 2 endophytes, and suggest that symbiotic technology may be useful in mitigating impacts of climate change on other crops and expanding agricultural production onto marginal lands.PLoS ONE:植入真菌孢子助水稻适应气候变化
2011-07-18 11:20 · Abel
美国地质勘探局研究员拉斯蒂·罗德里格斯说,相关论文发表于《公共科学图书馆—综合》(PLoS ONE)。而且适应这些压力的能力明显增强了。
为探究如何增强水稻适应海啸和涨潮等气候灾难的能力,实验非常成功。”
罗德里格斯说,气温每升高1摄氏度产量就会减少10%,而且可以增加其产量并使其根系更加发达。所有的植物似乎都有共生的“内生植物”——微小的真菌——它们存在于植物体内但不会导致植物患病。事实上,这说明,由于在水稻生长的季节,也就是说植物和真菌之间是一种紧密的、罗德里格斯及其同事用于实验的“内生植物”都是互惠共生的,但植入真菌孢子后却能够存活,研究人员下一步要做的就是让水稻具有耐热能力。这些真菌可以将耐压能力植入和传给水稻,