Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.1.8
V. Volodymyrets, L. Oytsius, Serhiy Hutsman, L. Savchuk
This study aimed to analyse biological pollution of the native flora of Volyn’ Polissya in Ukraine by alien plant species. According to the research results, 364 alien plants belonging to 228 genera and 68 families were identified in the spontaneous flora of Volyn’ Polissya. The spectrum of the most species-rich families of the alien fraction of the region’s flora includes Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Poaceae, Rosaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Solanaceae, Caryophyllaceae. As a result of the phytopollution, at least 16 families were included in the region’s flora. Four species currently in a stage of expansion were identified (Reynoutria japonica, Impatiens parviflora, Echinocystis lobata, Bidens frondosa). By origin, the species of the alien fraction of the region’s flora are dominated by the immigrants from the Mediterranean, Iranian-Turan and Atlantic-North American floristic regions. Over the past 30–50 years, at least 80 new species of alien plants have been introduced into the territory of Volyn’ Polissya. Over the past 5–7 years, the speed of the spread and naturalisation rate of species such as Quercus rubra, Asclepias syriaca, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Prunus cerasifera, Hippophae rhamnoides, Oenothera biennis has increased. These species intensively invade the native plant communities. Phytopollution of Volyn’ Polissya is promoted by the migration of alien species from agricultural lands and escaping from cultivation. This process is also facilitated by urbanisation and the development of transport infrastructure.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.2.5
B. Dinler, Hatice Cetinkaya, I. Sergiev, Elena Shopova, D. Todorova
Paclobutrazol (PBZ) is a member of the triazole family of plant growth regulators and is known to protect crops from environmental stresses such as salinity and drought. It plays a role in maintaining water balance, photosynthesis capacity and enhancing antioxidant enzyme activities. Despite the well-documented effects of PBZ on antioxidant defence in soybean plants, the changes in non-enzymatic antioxidants and endogenous polyamines in the PBZ-treated plants grown under salinity stress are still not studied. Herewith, the study aimed to clarify the effects of PBZ on these molecules. For this purpose, the combined effect of salt (250 mM NaCl) and three different concentrations of PBZ (5, 10 and 20 ppm) on soybean (Glycine max L.) plants were studied. Proline, hydroxyl radical (OH.) scavenging capacity, non-enzymatic antioxidants (anthocyanin, flavonoid, phenolic and free thiol-containing compounds) and polyamines spermine, spermidine, and putrescine were investigated in the treated plants. We found that the PBZ (10 ppm) treatment was the most effective concentration to counteract oxidative stress due to NaCl in soybean seedlings. It significantly increased hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, proline, total phenolics, flavonoids, and conjugated polyamine content compared to those found in salt-treated plants only. For the first time, our study showed that PBZ could induce the non-enzymatic antioxidant defence in soybean plants grown under salt stress conditions.
多效唑(Paclobutrazol, PBZ)是植物生长调节剂三唑家族的一员,已知可保护作物免受环境胁迫,如盐度和干旱。它具有维持水分平衡、光合能力和增强抗氧化酶活性的作用。尽管PBZ对大豆植株抗氧化防御的作用已有充分的文献记载,但在盐度胁迫下,PBZ处理的大豆植株中非酶促抗氧化剂和内源多胺的变化仍未得到研究。因此,本研究旨在阐明PBZ对这些分子的影响。为此,研究了盐(250 mM NaCl)和3种不同浓度的PBZ(5、10和20 ppm)对大豆(Glycine max L.)植株的联合效应。研究了脯氨酸、羟自由基(OH)清除能力、非酶抗氧化剂(花青素、类黄酮、酚类和含游离硫醇的化合物)和多胺(精胺、亚精胺和腐胺)。结果表明,PBZ (10 ppm)处理对大豆幼苗NaCl氧化胁迫最有效。与仅盐处理过的植物相比,它显著提高了羟基自由基清除活性、脯氨酸、总酚类物质、类黄酮和共轭多胺含量。本研究首次发现,PBZ可诱导盐胁迫下大豆植株的非酶促抗氧化防御。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.1.4
P. V. D. van den Boom
One hundred seventy-seven species of lichens and lichenicolous fungi are recorded for the island Santa Maria (Azores Archipelago, Portugal). Eighteen species are new for the archipelago. A list of all pertinent specimens with their locality and substrate is presented. Six rare species are illustrated.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.1.1
Z. Gudžinskas, Mindaugas Rasimavičius
Rosa rugosa is among the most invasive species in Europe, and it is considered a severe threat to the diversity and stability of coastal habitats. In Lithuania, it is a widespread invasive species occurring in coastal and inland areas. This research aimed to estimate the variation in R. rugosa hip and sepal parameters within and among sites from coastal and inland areas, and investigate the effects of environmental factors on the hip and sepal sizes. Field studies were performed at four coastal and three inland sites in 2008, and the studies were repeated in 2016. We collected 100 mature hips at each site and measured the hip width, hip length and sepal length. We analysed variation in hip and sepal parameters between the study years, and the effect of meteorological factors and agrochemical properties of the soil on hip and sepal sizes. This study revealed significant variation in R. rugosa hip width, hip length and sepal length among the studied sites. The largest hips and sepals were found in the coastal habitat at the Smeltė site, whereas the smallest hips and sepals were recorded in inland habitat at the Staviškės site, where R. rugosa occurred in woodland. The comparison of hip and sepal sizes at the same sites during two study years revealed irregular variation. Mean hip width and mean length of sepals in 2008 were significantly more prominent than in 2016, whereas no significant differences in hip length were found between the study years. The content of phosphorus in the soil negatively correlated, whereas the content of carbonates positively correlated with the sepal length. A strong negative relationship was found between the sunshine duration and hip length and width ratio. However, the revealed relationships of the hip and sepal parameters with the environmental factors could be a coincidence or a result of the cumulative effect of the multiple factors’ interaction and should be investigated separately.
Rosa rugosa是欧洲最具入侵性的物种之一,它被认为是对沿海栖息地多样性和稳定性的严重威胁。在立陶宛,它是一种广泛存在于沿海和内陆地区的入侵物种。本研究旨在分析沿海和内陆地区柽柳茎叶和萼片参数的变化,探讨环境因子对柽柳茎叶和萼片大小的影响。2008年在四个沿海和三个内陆地点进行了实地研究,并于2016年重复了这些研究。我们在每个部位采集了100个成熟髋关节,并测量了髋关节宽度、髋关节长度和萼片长度。我们分析了研究年份间稻穗和稻穗萼片参数的变化,以及气象因素和土壤农化性质对稻穗和稻穗大小的影响。研究结果表明,不同研究地点的野田鼠臀宽、臀长和萼片长度存在显著差异。最大的果部和萼片出现在沿海地区的smeltnik遗址,而最小的果部和萼片出现在内陆地区的Staviškės遗址,那里的rugosa生长在林地中。在两个研究期间,对同一部位的髋部和隔膜大小的比较显示出不规则的变化。2008年的平均臀宽和平均萼片长度明显比2016年更突出,而研究年份之间的臀长没有显著差异。土壤中磷含量与萼片长度呈负相关,碳酸盐含量与萼片长度呈正相关。日照时数与臀长宽比呈显著负相关。然而,所揭示的髋关节和隔膜参数与环境因素的关系可能是巧合,也可能是多种因素相互作用的累积效应,应单独研究。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.1.9
Blagoy A. Uzunov, K. Stefanova, M. Radkova, J. Descy, G. Gärtner, Maya P. Stoyneva-Gärtner
The summer phytoplankton structure of ten Bulgarian waterbodies was studied by HPLC analysis of marker pigments, light microscopy (LM) and PCR amplification of mcyB and mcyE gene sequences. The aim was to detect biodiversity and spread of toxigenic strains of potential microcystin producers and the important bloom-forming genus Microcystis in particular. The screening was done in three waterbodies, where Microcystis had already been found (Lakes Ezerets and Durankulak and Reservoir Koprinka), three waterbodies from which it had not been reported (Reservoirs Shilkovtsi, Zhrebchevo, Suedinenie) and four reservoirs that were sampled for the first time (Malka Smolnitsa, Plachidol 2, Preselka, Duvanli). LM and HPLC data similarly showed that cyanoprokaryotes contributed significantly to the total phytoplankton composition (29%) and biomass (15–87%) in nine sampled waterbodies. Microcystis aeruginosa, M. natans, M. smithii, M. wesenbergii, Microcystis spp., M. cf. comperei and M. pseudofilamentosa, were identified using LM (the last two tropical species were found for the first time in the country). Despite the low contribution of Microcystis to the phytoplankton diversity (1–4 taxa per sample) and to the total phytoplankton biomass (< 0.01–0.5%), 57 toxigenic strains of this genus were revealed by PCR, most of which demonstrated high similarity with NCBI M. aeruginosa and M. wesenbergii strains.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.1.7
A. Özdemir
In the present study, we showed that the microscopic structures of some plant crystals have the geometric model and mathematical formulas. Plant crystals are the storage of many mineral acid salts in many plants, such as chloride, phosphate, carbonate, silicate anhydrides and sulfates, formed due to metabolism. The crystals formed take different shapes. The shaping of plant crystals is not a simple structure. They are created in specific shapes and sizes by this biomineralisation process. Seventy-five per cent of flowering plants make one or more kinds of crystals. One of these is called a raphide crystal. Our study determined that the microscopic structures of some raphide crystals show the elongated triangular bipyramid that is a mathematics definition. In geometry, the elongated triangular bipyramid is one of the Johnson solids (J14), convex polyhedra, whose faces are regular polygons. At the same time, it was determined that the crystals show a minimal surface feature. The feature takes an essential place in geometry. The minimal surface feature provides the advantages of resistance and minimal space occupation to the crystals
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.1.6
D. K. Srivastava, Pekhna Bansal, Pradeep K. Singh, Manjit Inder Singh Saggoo
Molecular features of nrDNA-ITS sequences in medicinal plant Isodon rugosus were assessed with universal ITS-1 and ITS-2 primers. ITS sequences of 46 Isodon species were defined for their respective ITS-1, 5.8S and ITS-2 regions through in-silico datamining and analysis. Only in 32 species, sequence of all the three defined regions was complete, while in the rest of 14 species was partial. Isodon rugosus revealed five genic regions, namely, 18S rRNA gene (partial sequence, > 1…..38), ITS-1 (complete sequence, > 39…..236), 5.8S rRNA gene (complete sequence, > 237…..400), ITS-2 (complete sequence, > 401…..607) and large subunit 26S rRNA gene (partial sequence, > 608…..672). The sequence regions were recorded with variable sites (VS), singleton (ST) and species-specific parsimonious-informative (PI) sites. The information was also collected in a phylogenetic tree obtained using the maximum likelihood (ML) method.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.2.1
Z. Sinkevičienė, Z. Gudžinskas
The current inventory was mainly based on revising herbarium specimens collected since the 19th century and confirmed twenty-one Characeae species in Lithuania. They are representatives of five genera: Chara (12 species), Nitella (5), Tolypella (2), Lychnothamnus and Nitellopsis (by one species each). Thirteen species mentioned in references or labels of herbarium specimens were not confirmed. The occurrence of the Characeae species was recorded in 251 map grid cells (42% of the total number 593). Herbarium specimens were collected from 693 water bodies, mainly lakes. Chara globularis was the most common species, recorded in 150 map grid cells and more than 250 water bodies. Ten species (C. aspera, C. contraria, C. filiformis, C. subspinosa, C. tomentosa, C. virgata, C. vulgaris, Nitella mucronata, N. flexilis, Nitellopsis obtusa) were recorded in the interval from 100 to 50 grid cells and also belong to the group of common species. Chara papillosa and C. strigosa were recorded less than in 50 grid cells and should be considered quite common. Eight species (C. baltica, C. canescens, Lychnothamnus barbatus, Nitella confervacea, N. gracilis, N. syncarpa, Tolypella nidifica, T. prolifera) were recorded in ten or fewer grid cells and belong to the group of rare or very rare species. The occurrence of species that have not been confirmed by the herbarium specimens was discussed.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.35513/botlit.2021.2.4
I. Moskova, K. Kocheva
Cytokinins are known to enhance stress tolerance in plants. The present study aimed to assess the possible protective effect of exogenous phenylurea-type cytokinin (4PU-30) on alleviating salt (NaCl) stress. Young pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants were sprayed with cytokinin 4PU-30 and were subsequently subjected to NaCl treatment. The effect of 4PU-30 on cell membrane stability was assessed based on electrolyte leakage from leaves of control and NaCl stressed plants. A previously established model system employing the kinetics of ion leakage served to evaluate the effect of the 4PU-30 application on plants response to salinity. Salt treatment caused a moderate decrease in leaf water content. Accumulation of proline, malondialdehyde (MDA), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the leaves of NaCl treated plants indicated the development of oxidative stress, which was significantly alleviated by pretreatment with phenylurea-type cytokinin 4PU-30. Foliar application of 4PU-30 reduced the damaging effect of NaCl, as evidenced by decreased electrolyte leakage. Distinct roles of cell walls and plasmalemma in the processes of ion efflux due to salt stress are discussed.
{"title":"Phenylurea-type Cytokinin ameliorates the performance of young pea plants under salt stress","authors":"I. Moskova, K. Kocheva","doi":"10.35513/botlit.2021.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35513/botlit.2021.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"Cytokinins are known to enhance stress tolerance in plants. The present study aimed to assess the possible protective effect of exogenous phenylurea-type cytokinin (4PU-30) on alleviating salt (NaCl) stress. Young pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants were sprayed with cytokinin 4PU-30 and were subsequently subjected to NaCl treatment. The effect of 4PU-30 on cell membrane stability was assessed based on electrolyte leakage from leaves of control and NaCl stressed plants. A previously established model system employing the kinetics of ion leakage served to evaluate the effect of the 4PU-30 application on plants response to salinity. Salt treatment caused a moderate decrease in leaf water content. Accumulation of proline, malondialdehyde (MDA), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the leaves of NaCl treated plants indicated the development of oxidative stress, which was significantly alleviated by pretreatment with phenylurea-type cytokinin 4PU-30. Foliar application of 4PU-30 reduced the damaging effect of NaCl, as evidenced by decreased electrolyte leakage. Distinct roles of cell walls and plasmalemma in the processes of ion efflux due to salt stress are discussed.","PeriodicalId":55127,"journal":{"name":"GAYANA BOTANICA","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81467739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}