Characterization of cytoplasmic male sterility in Petunia hybrida. I. Localization,composition and activity of esterases

Summary Anthers of male fertile, cytosterile and restored male fertile clones of Petunia hybrida were compared for esterase activity and composition in subsequent stages of microsporogenesis. Three methods were applied (i) ultra-thin layer isoelectric focussing on polyacryl amide gels, (ii) quantitative spectrophotometrical assay, (iii) histochemical determination of total esterase activity associated to the azo-coupling method (Pearse, 1972).In male fertile and restorer idiotypes the isozyme patterns were quite similar. Both the number and intensity of bands increased gradually till the tetrad stage. In contrast, esterase activity in cytosterile anthers remained at a low level and hardy any new bands showed up in later stages. This unvariable, low activity level in cytosterile anthers was also found in the spectrophotometric assay. Histochemical determinations revealed that in male fertile anthers esterase activity is concentrated in the outer tapetal layer at late prophase and that it accumulates there till the early microspore stage. In male sterile anthers esterase accumulation in the tapetal cells stops at the moment that tapetal breakdown becomes visible. This suggests that differences in esterase activity and composition are an effect rather than a cause of the failing pollen formation.     

玉米CMS-S小孢子败育过程中的细胞程序性死亡

以玉米（Zea mays L.）S型细胞质雄性不育系(CMS-S)的一对近等基因系S-Mo17^Rf3Rf3 和S-Mo17^rf3rf3为材料，采用TdT介导的dUTP DNA末端标记（TUNEL）、细胞色素C免疫原位杂交和DNA寡聚核小体片段电泳等方法，分别在细胞学水平和DNA水平上研究了玉米CMS-S小孢子败育的细胞程序性死亡（PCD）过程。结果表明，在花粉母细胞减数分裂后的四分体解离时期，不育花药的绒粘层细胞较可育花药提前裂解；在不育系S-Mo17^rf3rf3花药和花粉S-rf3中均明显出现PCD过程的DNA片段化以及线粒体细胞色素C外渗的现象，证明了玉米CMS-S的花粉败育与花药绒粘层细胞的提前凋亡和小孢子细胞的程序性死亡有关。     

小麦雄性不育系和保持系花药ATP酶细胞色素氧化酶细胞化学定位

本文运用电子显微镜细胞化学标记技术,对K型雄性不育系和其保持系小麦花药各个组织中的细胞色素氧化酶和ATP酶活性进行了定位,相对定量研究。结果表明,药壁四层组织和药隔细胞中两种酶的活性分布在花粉粒败育前,不育系与其保持系之间几乎没有差别,均在细胞核、核仁、质膜与胞间连丝中有ATP酶的活性,线粒体内嵴上有细胞     

A comparative study on anther development in male-fertile and male-sterile plants of Pelargonium crispumL'Her. ex Ait.

Summary Anther development of male-fertile and male-sterile plants in Pelargonium crispum was anatomically examined. Three cultivars, i.e., Lemon crispum, Crispum minor and Prince Rupert, were used. Lemon crispum and Crispum minor are male-fertile, whereas Prince Rupert is male-sterile. The tapetum in every cultivar examined behaved like an amoeba. The tapetal cells of the anther form plasmodial masses. Then, the plasmodial masses fuse producing a periplasmodium. The periplasmodium degenerates and finally disappears. There are no differences in tapetal behaviour between fertile and sterile anthers. In the sterile anthers the endothecium and lip cells do not develop sufficiently. Young microspores show normal growth at early stages. After the completion of their cell wall formation, however, the microspores in the sterile anthers lose their cytoplasm and become empty. On the other hand, the microspores in the fertile anthers increase the volume of their cytoplasm and become fertile pollen grains.     

玉米雄性不育细胞质细胞色素氧化酶活性及ATP含量的研究

研究了玉米ＭＯ１７背景三种雄性不育细胞质（Ｔ．Ｃ．Ｓ）及正常细胞质（Ｎ）系小孢子发育过程中花药组织细胞色素氧化酶活性,ＡＴＰ含量及其变化。发现各不育胞质细胞素氧化酶活性及ＡＴＰ含量的下降。讨论了玉米雄性不育细胞质的能量亏损现象。     

湖北光周期敏感核不育水稻农垦58s花药中的某些生化代谢特点

湖北光周期敏感核不育水稻农垦58s单核早期的不育花药的线粒体呼吸速率和LOX活性分别较可育株低11.9％和5％,而单核晚期相应较可育株低18.4％和17.3％。花药发育从单核期至三核期,可育花药的AsA和GSH含量增高,而不育花药仅分别相当于可育株的35—55％和22—32％,并有脂质氢氧化物积累。随着花药发育,可育花药的AsA-POD,GR和6-GPDH活性逐有增高,至三核期达到最高。而不育花药,随花粉败育,在单核早期至三核期,AsA-POD,GR和6-GPDH活性逐渐降低,至三核期,其活性分别为可育株的26％,22％和19％,不育花药的ME和MDH活性亦较可育株低。IDH活性在单核晚期为可育株的47—80％。细胞还原势低是不育花药特征之一。低的还原势可能导致活性氧代谢失调和花药不育。     

Genetic studies on the interspecific cytoplasm substitution lines of japonica varieties of Oryza sativa L. and O. glaberrima Steud.

Summary Interspecific cytoplasm substitution lines of Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima, i.e. (sativa)-glaberrima and (glaberrima)-sativa, have been bred by means of successive backcrosses, using three japonica varieties of sativa and two glaberrima strains.In all the six substitution lines with the cytoplasm of the glaberrima strains, the fertility increased with succeeding backcrosses, and eventually completely fertile plants whith the characteristics of the parental japonica variety appeared. This indicates that the glaberrima cytoplasm exerted no effect on the genome manifestation of these japonica varieties. Of the five substitution lines with the cytoplasm of each of the japonica varieties, four lines produced male sterile (M.S.) plants only in the backcross generations. In the remaining substitution line with the cytoplasm of the japonica variety Akebono, there was simultaneous segregation for male sterile (M.S.) and pollen fertile plants bearing indehiscent anthers (ID.M.F.) in the backcross generations. In the compulsively selfed progeny of ID.M.F. plants, pollen fertile plants with dehiscent anthers (D.M.F.) occurred with M.S- and ID.M.F. plants. Morphologically, these three types were supposed to have the same genetic background as the glaberrima parent. It was established that D.M.F.-and ID.M.F. plants were homozygous and heterozygous for a dominant nuclear gene restoring pollen fertility, respectively, and the M.S. plants and the two glaberrima strains used in this study carried a recessive gene for pollen sterility in homozygous condition. The restorer gene was assumed to derive from the japonica variety Akebono. The expression of the restorer gene was of the sporophytic type. The pollen sterility of the substitution lines that possessed the cytoplasm of the japonica varieties was of cytoplasmon-genic nature.     

Identification and inheritance of male sterility in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Summary Some plants without pods but with gynophores were observed in two F₄ progenies of two crosses of goundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). The flowers on these plants had translucent white anthers with no or a few sterile pollen grains. Three such plants in the succeeding generation were hand pollinated with pollen from a short-duration Indian cv. JL 24. The resulting F₁ hybrid plants (male sterile x JL 24) were normal. Chi-square tests for segregation for male fertile and male sterile plants in F₂ and F₃ generations indicated that the male sterility in these crosses of groundnut is governed by two recessive genes. We designate these genes as ms₁ and ms₂ with ms₁ms₁ms₂ms₂ being a male sterile genotype.Submitted as ICRISAT J. A. No. 1812.     

棉花细胞质雄性不育花药的淀粉酶与碳水化合物

棉花细胞质雄性不育花药中淀粉酶同工酶的缺失及其酶活性的降低影响花药中淀粉的水解。不育花药花丝输导组织较差或退化,花粉母细胞对可溶性糖需求的降低使花药中缺乏淀粉的积累。不育花药中缺乏淀粉的积累和淀粉酶同工酶的缺失与花粉母细胞的死亡有关。     

Cytoplasmic male sterility in quinoa

Summary The quinoa cultivar Apelawa carries both normal and male sterile cytoplasms. Plants with male sterile cytoplasm produce flowers characterized by the complete absence of anthers and prominent exsertion of stigmas. Intraspecific crosses between male sterile quinoa plants and normal male fertile pollen donors consistently produced male sterile offspring under greenhouse conditions. Interspecific hybridization between male sterile quinoa plants and the related weed species Chenopodium berlandieri resulted in offspring with partial restoration of male fertility. The male sterile cytoplasm found in Apelawa has potential for use in the production of quinoa hybrids, although a more complete restorer system than that identified in C. berlandieri would be desirable.     

Cytogenetic evidence for the origin of teosinte (Zea mays ssp. Mexicana)

Summary Cytogenetic evidence has shown that teosinte (Zea mays ssp. mexicana (Schrad.) Iltes) and maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) are conspecific. They hybridize readily and their offspring are generally fertile. Teosinte could not have originated as a byproduct of maize-Tripsacum hybridization. Such introgression gave rise to plants that are phenotypically maize or Tripsacum, depending on which parent was used as a pollen donor. Compartive morphological and genetical studies indicated that it is more probable that maize originated from a teosinte-like ancestor under domestication, than that a maize-like plant gave rise to teosinte through a series of mutations.Reseach supported financially by the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, and Grants GB-40136-X and BM573-01034 A02 from the National Science Foundation.     

温敏核不育小麦可育和不育花药的细胞化学观察

温敏核不育小麦BNS可育花药发育中,脂类物质一直很少。在小孢子分裂前,花药中的淀粉粒也不多。小孢子分裂形成二胞花粉后,伴随着营养细胞中大液泡的消失和细胞质内含物的增加,细胞质中出现淀粉粒并持续增加。即将开花的成熟花粉中积累大量淀粉粒,是其营养物质积累特征。不育花药在小孢子分裂以前与可育花药相似,小孢子未显示结构差异。小孢子分裂形成二胞花粉后,不育花粉营养细胞中的大液泡不消失,细胞质内含物也不持续增加,淀粉粒的积累终止,最终导致其没有内含物的积累。这种淀粉代谢的异常与花粉败育有关。     

Relationship Between Phytohormones and Male Sterility in Thermo-Photo-Sensitive Genic Male Sterile (TGMS) Wheat

Summary Fertility alternation normally occurs in a novel type of thermo-photo-sensitive genic male sterile (TGMS) wheat whose recessive genes in the nucleus are expressed as virtually complete sterility under lower temperature and shorter daylight conditions, but as normal fertility under higher temperature and longer daylight conditions during the developmental period from meiosis of pollen mother cells (PMCs) to the early mononucleate stage of microsporogenesis. In order to provide more information about the mechanism(s) of fertility alternation in TGMS wheat, the relationship between fertility alternation and levels of phytohormones was analyzed by endogenous hormone quantification and exogenous hormone treatments in the present research. Sown at an earlier date with a relatively low temperature and short daylight, TGMS wheat was male sterile phenotypically. Pollen abortion mainly occurred at the mononucleate to bi-nucleate stages of microsporogenesis and pollen abortion was mainly of the spherical type. Levels of endogenous indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellic acid (GA₃) in the anthers were at lower levels, and zeatin riboside (ZR) was higher. Sown at a later date, when the temperature during the critical period for fertility alternation was relatively high and the daylight was long, TGMS wheat was almost as fertile as the normal genotype and the contents of endogenous IAA, ABA and GA₃ in anthers were at higher levels, and the content of ZR was at a lower level. At the critical period for fertility alternation, treatments with exogenous IAA, ABA, GA₃ or aminoethoxy vinylglycine (AVG), an inhibitor of ethylene biosynthesis, decreased the frequency of sterile pollen grains and increased the frequency of self-pollinated fertile florets. Treatment with exogenous 2-chloroethyl phosphonic acid (CEPA), a releaser of ethylene, increased the frequency of sterile pollen grains and decreased the frequency of self-pollinated fertile florets. It was thus suggested that the fertility alternation of TGMS wheat was closely related to levels of phytohormones in the anthers, and changes of endogenous hormone levels were among the important factors responsible for the fertility alternation of TGMS wheat.     

棉花细胞质雄性不育花药败育过程中内源激素的变化

利用酶联免疫检测（ELISA）技术,研究了棉花细胞质雄性不育系、保持系、恢复系和杂种一代花药在造孢细胞增殖期、花粉母细胞减数分裂期、四分体至小孢子释放期、花粉发育期和花粉成熟期内源吲哚乙酸（IAA）、赤霉素（GA₃）、玉米素核苷（ZR）和脱落酸（ABA）含量的动态变化。结果表明,在保持系、恢复系和杂种一代可育花药间内源激素含量差异不明显,但在可育与不育花药间差异显著。在IAA、GA₃和ZR含量上,不育花药低于可育花药,但在ABA含量上,不育花药高于可育花药,这种差异在花粉母细胞减数分裂时期达最大值。根据内源激素的功能推测,不育花药IAA含量过低使花药淀粉积累受阻,GA₃含量不足影响花粉母细胞和绒毡层细胞的膨大,过低的ZR含量使花粉母细胞不能分裂形成四分体,过高的ABA含量促进花粉母细胞退化和死亡。     

A new source of cytoplasmic male sterility in sunflower

Summary Interspecific substitutions of the nucleus of Helianthus annuus (2n=34) cv. Saturn into the cytoplasm of H. petiolaris (2n=34) by successive backcrossing, resulted in progenies with indehiscent anthers containing white, rather than normal yellow, pollen. Further backcrossing by cv. Saturn failed to restore pollen shed, suggesting that the male sterility was cytoplasmic. In vivo germination tests of pollen from 23 such plants from eight BC₅ lines, indicated complete pollen sterility for 14 plants, but normal seed set, suggesting that female fertility was not affected. Meiosis in all plants examined was normal.Crosses between seven sources of pollen-fertility restorer, one collection of wild H. annuus, and an existing source of cytoplasmic male sterility, resulted in a high frequency of plants with normal pollen shed in all F₁ progenies. However, no normal pollen shed was evident in F₁ progenies for similar crosses between BC₅ male-steriles and three of the seven restorer sources, nor for the single wild H. annuus evaluated. The foregoing suggests that the backcross substitution lines are a new source of cytoplasmic male sterility. The inheritance of restoration of pollen shed was complex and not fully elucidated. Some data suggested that two independent, complementary, dominant genes were required, but others indicated two to three independent, dominant genes.     

Cytochemical investigation of long-term stored maize pollen

Summary Maize pollen quality was investigated after long-term storage both in a refrigerator and in liquid nitrogen by a combination of viability tests and cytochemical methods. Determination of the activities of a number of enzymes involved in important metabolic pathways was carried out. Quinone formation was also studied, as some products of secondary metabolism affect pollen grain viability. One year of pollen storage in liquid nitrogen had little effect on the activities of oxidoreductases and hydrolases and had no significant effect on pollen grain viability evaluated by acetocarmine, neutral red and acridine organe. Only the FCR test showed slightly decreased viability. After one and two years of storage in a refrigerator, pollen grain viability, tested using acetocarmine, neutral red and acridine orange, did not change substantially. Simultaneously the FCR test showed a considerable decrease in pollen grain viability. Long-term storage in a refrigerator resulted in the loss of cytochrome oxidase activity and rise of alcohol dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, peroxidase and polyphenoloxidase activities as well as of quinone formation.Abbreviations ADH Alcohol dehydrogenase - DOPA L-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine - FCR Fluorochromatic reaction - FDA Fluorescein diacetate - GDH Glutamate dehydrogenase - IDH Isocitrate dehydrogenase - LDH Lactate dehydrogenase - NADI reaction with -NAphthol and DImethyl-p-phenylenediamine hydrochloride - 6-PGDH 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase     

Comparison of fertility between the F1, F2 and anther derived lines in the crosses of indica/japonica and japonica/indica in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Summary Response of anthers in in vitro culture was examined in the indica-japonica hybrids of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Significant genotypic differences were observed for callus induction and regeneration among the different interracial hybrids of indica-japonica races. Induction frequency of haploids ranged from 57.7 to 72.9 per cent and doubled haploid androgenic lines ranged from 27.1 to 42.3 per cent in the anther culture of the different hybrids. The indica-japonica hybrids recorded partial pollen grain and spikelet fertility in F1 (29.9 to 41.5% and 19.4 to 48.7% respectively) as well as in F2 (42.7 to 50.6% and 37.1 to 54.4% respectively). In contrast, the androgenic doubled haploid lines recorded significant increase and the pollen grain and spikelet fertility was 76.3 and 78.6 per cent respecitively. The results suggested that the sterility barriers for realising genetic recombinants and fixation of fertile homozygous lines in indica-japonica hybridization programme could be overcome through F1 anther culture technique.Abbreviations BAP Benzyl Amino Purine - 2,4-D 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid - MS Murashige & Skoog medium - IAA Indole Acetic Acid     

Pollen production in soybeans with respect to genotype,environment, and stamen position

Summary Our objective was to determine the average numbers of pollen grains from fertile plants (Ms ₁) and the average numbers of coenocytic microspores from genetic male sterile plants (ms ₁ ms ₁) in soybeans, Glycine max L. Merr. Comparisons were made between the average numbers of pollen grains and the average numbers of coenocytic microspores with respect to environment where plants were grown and to stamen position in the flower. Five male sterile lines were used. They included the North Carolina ms ₁ mutant, the cultivar Hark with the ms ₁ gene, and mutants identified as the Urbana, Tonica, and Ames male steriles. Three environments used were the Agronomy Farm, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; the Agronomy and Agricultural Engineering Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; and the Agronomy Greenhouse, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.Pollen production from fertile plants varied from 374 to 760 pollen grains per anther among genetic lines and environments. This variation may be an important consideration in selecting a male parent to use as a pollinator for hybrid seed production.Among fertile plants, the average numbers of pollen grains per anther of the separate stamen and and of the lower whorl of stamens were significantly different only in greenhouse-grown plants. Among male sterile plants, the average numbers of coenocytic microspores per anther of the separate stamen and of the lower whorl of stamens were significantly different in three genotype x environment combinations. These three exceptions did not conform to any genetic or environmental pattern. Deviations from the expected ratio of 4 pollen grains from fertile plants: 1 coenocytic microspore from sterile plants were attributed to initial differences in the average number of microspore mother cells between the two genotypes.Joint contribution: Agricultural Research Service, USDA, North Central Region, and Journal Paper No. J-8910 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa 50011; Project 2107.     

芝麻核雄性不育系ms86-1小孢子败育过程的超微结构

运用透射电子显微镜对芝麻核雄性不育系ms86-1的可育和不育花药进行了超微结构的比较观察。根据小孢子的细胞学形态特征,将芝麻花粉发育过程划分为小孢子母细胞形成期、减数分裂期、四分体期、单核小孢子早期、单核小孢子中期、单核小孢子晚期、花粉成熟期7个时期。对比观察表明芝麻核雄性不育的败育迹象起始于小孢子母细胞形成期,并伴随着进一步发育,败育现象逐渐明显,小孢子母细胞形成期小孢子母细胞壁形状不规则;减数分裂期小孢子母细胞壁严重扭曲变形,质膜外缺少早期外壁成分--原基粒棒;四分体期胼胝质壁外沉积物异常,呈绒毛状;四分体解体后形成畸形小孢子,孢子外壁不健全,绒毡层异常肥厚、降解延迟,释放极少量的畸形乌氏体;随后小孢子愈发皱缩,胞质凝集,内含物减少并逐渐凝聚成一团电子致密物质,最终走向完全败育。本研究揭示了不育小孢子的败育过程和败育特征,为深入研究芝麻核雄性不育败育机理奠定了基础。     

Anther and pollen grain culture of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Summary Factors favouring callus proliferation and subsequent regeneration of plants from pollen grains of rice anthers (Oryza sativa L., cvx. Bahia, Girona, Balilla × Sollana and Sequial) were determined. Cultivar differences in response were found, such as a high rate of haploid plant regeneration.In addition, isolated pollen grain culture was used to induce tissue proliferation outside the anther walls. The frequency of callus formation from isolated pollen grains was very low. It was necessary to preculture the anthers before pollen grain separation, in order to accomplish a successful development later. Root differentiation was observed in some of the obtained callus.