丛枝菌根影响纳米ZnO对玉米的生物效应

人工纳米颗粒(engineered nanoparticles,ENPs)能被植物吸收、积累,随食物链进入人体而引起健康风险.丛枝菌根(arbuscular mycorrhizal,AM)真菌可与陆地生态系统中绝大多数高等植物互惠共生,可能影响ENPs的生物效应.在温室土壤盆栽条件下研究了施加不同水平纳米ZnO(0、500、1000、2000、3000 mg·kg-1)和接种AM真菌Acaulospora mellea对玉米生长和营养状况的影响.结果表明,随土壤中纳米ZnO施加水平的增加,菌根侵染率和玉米生物量均呈降低趋势,根系总长、总表面积及总体积降低,植株体内Zn含量和吸收量逐渐增加,地上部分P、N、K、Fe、Cu吸收量逐渐降低.与对照相比,接种AM真菌均促进玉米的生长,改善P、N、K营养,根系总长、总表面积及总体积增加,并在施加纳米ZnO时增加Zn在玉米根系中的分配比例.本结果首次表明,土壤中纳米ZnO对丛枝菌根具有一定毒性,而接种AM真菌能够减轻其毒性,对宿主植物起到保护作用.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Influences the Biological Effects of Nano-ZnO on Maize

Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) can be taken up and accumulated in plants, then enter human bodies via food chain, and thus cause potential health risk. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form mutualistic symbioses with the majority of higher plants in terrestrial ecosystems, and potentially influence the biological effects of ENPs. The present greenhouse pot culture experiment studied the effects of inoculation with or without arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Acaulospora mellea on growth and nutritional status of maize under different nano-ZnO levels (0, 500, 1000, 2000 and 3000 mg·kg^-1) artificially added into soil. Results showed that with the increasing nano-ZnO levels in soil, mycorrhizal colonization rate and biomass of maize plants showed a decreasing trend, total root length, total surface area and total volume reduced, while Zn concentration and uptake in plants gradually increased, and P, N, K, Fe, and Cu uptake in shoots all decreased. Compared with the controls, arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation improved the growth and P, N and K nutrition of maize, enhanced total root length, total surface area and total volume, and increased Zn allocation to roots when nano-ZnO was added. Our results firstly show that nano-ZnO in soil induces toxicity to arbuscular mycorrhizae, while arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation can alleviate its toxicity and play a protective role in plants.