Yield, yield components and plant architecture in the F3 generation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) derived from a cross between the determinate cultivar ‘Prelude’ and an indeterminate landrace

Growth trials were conducted outdoors in the UK to determine the yield, yield components and plant architectural differences between determinate and indeterminate Phaseolus vulgaris bean plants. F3 lines derived from crosses between ‘Prelude’, a determinate cultivar and ‘V8’, an indeterminate landrace, were grown together with the parents and ‘Carioca’, an indeterminate landrace from Brazil. Data were recorded on flowering date, number of nodes on main stem at flowering, plant height at maturity, number of pods/plant, number of seeds/pod, number of seeds/plant, 100-seed weight, seed mass/plant, percentages of diseased and healthy seeds/plant. Determinate F3 lines had significantly lower (P < 0.05) seed mass/plant, fewer pods/plant, fewer seeds/pod, fewer seeds/plant, lower harvest index, shorter stems, earlier date of flowering, fewer nodes at flowering and fewer healthy seeds/plant than indeterminate F3 lines. However, determinate genotypes had significantly larger (P < 0.05) pods to accommodate their larger seeds compared with indeterminate lines. A similar situation was found when the yield and yield components of ‘V8’, ‘Prelude’ and ‘Carioca’ were evaluated; the highest seed mass/plant was given by ‘V8’ and the lowest by ‘Prelude’. Furthermore, some indeterminate genotypes with Type IV growth habit yielded significantly higher (P < 0.05) than the high-yielding parent, ‘V8’, indicating a positive influence on seed yield by crossing different genotypes.     

普通菜豆品种苗期抗旱性鉴定

以不同来源的普通菜豆品种为材料,采用盆栽法,设正常供水和反复干旱2种处理,测定11项生理指标,采用灰色关联度理论进行苗期抗旱性指标筛选,通过加权抗旱指数(weighted drought-resistance index,WDI值)和抗旱度量值D(drought resistance comprehensive evaluation values,D值)对供试材料进行抗旱性综合评价并通过聚类分析划分抗旱等级。结果表明,不同指标与综合抗旱指数的关联度大小依次为叶片相对含水量(0.7726)、PSII最大量子产量(0.7607)、叶绿素含量(0.7435)、反复干旱存活率(0.7341)、生物量(0.7329)、茎叶干重(0.7314)、根干重(0.7192)、气孔导度(0.7159)、根冠比(0.7092)、株高(0.7086)、叶面积(0.6910)。基于加权抗旱指数和抗旱度量值D的评价结果存在一定差异,但不同材料的抗旱性排序大体一致。根据抗旱度量值D将供试材料分为高抗、中抗、敏感和高敏感4个级别,各占总数的10%、6%、58%和26%。综上所述,叶片相对含水量、PSII最大量子产量和叶绿素含量等10项指标可用于普通菜豆苗期抗旱性综合评价;加权抗旱指数与抗旱度量值D两种综合指标相结合能够提高鉴定结果的可靠性;50个参试普通菜豆品种中,白金德利豆、跃进豆、兔子腿、圆白菜豆和260205抗旱性强。     

Glu-B1位点亚基色谱鉴定及7OE对面团强度的影响

准准确鉴定高分子量谷蛋白亚基（HMW-GS）及探讨其对面团特性的影响是小麦品质研究的重要内容。用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（SDS-PAGE）和反相高效液相色谱（RP-HPLC）对62份品种（系）的HMW-GS组成进行鉴定。结果表明，结合SDS-PAGE和RP-HPLC两种方法可以对Glu-B1位点，尤其是Glu-B1（7+8）进行有效鉴定。选用13份姊妹系为材料，使用RP-HPLC和凝胶色谱（SE-HPLC）方法，研究了Glu-B1al（7^OE+8*）以及贮藏蛋白组分含量对面团强度的影响。结果表明，Glu-B1al（7^OE+8*）可显著提高HWM-GS总量和面团强度，7OE可作为优质亚基用于强筋小麦育种。相关性分析表明，谷蛋白总量、HWM-GS、LMW-GS以及x-HMW含量与最大抗阻力呈1%显著正相关，相关系数分别为0.76、0.76、0.77和0.72。SDS-不溶性谷蛋白大聚体（UPP）占谷蛋白聚合体总量的百分比与揉面仪峰值时间、粉质仪形成时间和稳定时间以及最大抗阻呈1%或0.1%显著正相关，相关系数分别为0.77、0.90、0.89和0.87。醇溶蛋白与谷蛋白含量的比值与揉面仪峰值时间呈1%显著负相关，相关系数为－0.69；与粉质仪稳定时间和最大抗阻呈5%显著负相关，相关系数分别为－0.58和－0.64。HPLC可有效分离和量化HWM-GS，并作为小麦品质育种有效的辅助手段。     

海南岛野生猪笼草资源调查及其营养成分分析

以野外考察和实验室分析为基础，通过对海南岛野生猪笼草资源进行了实地调查得到了大量可靠的第一手资料，基本弄清楚了猪笼草的生物学特性、生长习性、在海南岛的分布地点、土壤类型、伴生植物等基本情况；又通过对生长地的土壤养分和植物体养分含量、笼内消化液养分含量等进行比较分析，初步了解猪笼草对养分的需求状况，为进一步解决引种栽培问题的研究提供重要的科学依据。     

两种施肥环境下冬小麦京411及其衍生系产量和生理性状的遗传分析

明确高产广适性与肥料高效利用相关性状的遗传特性对培育优良新品种具有重要意义。本研究以京411及其衍生后代共15个品种(系)为材料,在4个正常施肥和1个常年不施肥环境下研究品种(系)的产量构成因素和生理性状,结合90K SNP芯片,解析骨干亲本携带的产量和生理性状等位基因信息,探讨优异基因对高产品种的贡献。结果表明,正常施肥环境下,京411衍生后代的产量和收获指数均随世代增加呈逐渐上升趋势,其中收获指数增加较为显著(P0.05)。冠层温度对籽粒产量有重要贡献(P0.05),而叶面积指数和光合速率对收获指数有显著贡献(P0.05)。两种施肥条件下中麦175具有较高且稳定的产量和生物学产量,主要与其较高的肥料吸收效率有关。控制产量和生理性状的遗传区段主要分布在A和B基因组上,2B、3A和5A染色体分别携带控制穗粒数、叶面积指数和光合速率的位点。京411携带31个对产量和生理性状为正向效应的等位基因,衍生品种CA0958和中麦175携带的正向效应区段最多,分别占正向效应位点总数的53.85%和51.35%。中麦175的高产潜力和广适应性可能与其携带较多有利等位基因有关。     

不同时期三个小麦主栽品种叶片光合作用的研究

不同时期三个小麦主栽品种不同层次叶片的最大光合速率均出现在盛花期以前。在灌浆期间,当前高产良种鲁麦14的光合速率下降速度较慢,比早期品种碧蚂1号和济南2号有一个较长的高光合持续期,这种差异在下部叶片表现得更为明显一些,尤其是倒3叶。从不同叶位叶片看,挑旗期参试品种均以倒2叶光合速率最高;盛花期以后,旗叶则逐渐占明显的优势。本文用叶片光合速率与叶面积的乘积,即全叶同化速率为指标,可较全面地反映不同品种叶片同化能力的大小。鲁麦14在灌装期间全叶同化速率占一定优势。叶片比叶重是鉴定筛选高光合速率个体的简单可靠的间接指标。叶片气孔阻力对光合速率有一定负效应,而叶片蒸腾对光合速率则有一定正效应。盛花期以前,叶片光合主要受气孔因素制约,而在生育后期,非气孔因素亦有很重要的作用。对小麦高产育种,尤其是光合特性的改良问题进行了讨论。     

Phenotypic recurrent selection in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) based on performance of S2 progenies

Summary The effect of a recurrent selection procedure for improving seed yield per plant was evaluated in common bean. Progress was registered after three cycles of recurrent selection with S2 progeny evaluation performed on the grain yield/plant. Gain from selection was estimated by field testing 45 random S2 lines from each of the C0, C1 and C2 populations. Response to selection for seed yield/plant was 6 g from C0 to C1 and 4.4 g from C1 to C2. The seed yield improvement was due principally to an increase in pods/plant; little contribution was provided by the 1000-seed weight and seeds/pod traits. Broad-sense heritability and genotypic variance for grain yield remained high in all cycles which suggests further gain from additional selection cycles. Grain yield/plant is significantly correlated to pods/plant and seeds/pod traits in all cycles, indicating that plants with favourable combinations of these traits could be identified. The proposed recurrent selection procedure appears to be effective in improving the population and extracting superior genotypes for varietal development.     

Pyramiding genes for resistance to bean common mosaic virus

Summary Gene pyramiding in Phaseolus vulgaris is being utilized to develop more effective resistance to the temperature-insensitive-necrosis-inducing (TINI) strains of Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV) present in the USA. Our data indicate that contrary to previous work, the bc-3 gene is effective against these strains in the absence of the strain unspecific bc-u gene in genotypes possessing the I gene. The epistatic bc-3 gene interferes with traditional efforts to pyramid the other recessive resistance genes by masking their activity. Indirect selection based on markers linked to the other recessive resistance genes would likewise be ineffective without the ability to also select for the bc-u gene which is required for expression of the bc-2 ² gene in germplasm carrying the I gene. Because the most resistant genotype (I, bc-u, bc-I ², bc-2², bc-3) can only be introduced into a wide range of germplasm through the use of molecular markers linked to the different resistance genes, the search for a marker linked to the strain unspecific bc-u gene should also be given priority.     

中国普通小麦生态区划及生态分类Ⅰ中国普通小麦生态区划

提出了由小麦气候生态区、地理生态区、栽培生态区及品种区域四级所构建的小麦生态区划体系。将中国普通小麦划分为５大气候生态区和２０个地理生态区，即：Ⅰ北方温带春麦气候生态区，包括东北、华北和西北３个春麦地理生态区；Ⅱ黄淮海暖温带冬麦气候生态区，包括海河流域、黄土高原、胶东沿海、华北平原、黄河中游丘陵川地和淮北平原６个冬麦地理生态区；Ⅲ南方亚热带（热带）秋（冬）播春麦气候生态区，包括长江中下游平原、秦巴山地、南方山地、四川盆地、云南高原、川贵高原６个秋播春麦地理生态区和华南冬播春麦地理生态区；Ⅳ新疆内陆冬春麦气候生态区，包括北疆春冬麦和南疆冬春麦两个地理生态区；Ⅴ青藏高原春冬麦气候生态区，包括青海春麦和西藏冬春麦两个地理生态区。     

Floating platforms increase reproductive success of common loons

Many southern populations of the common loon (Gavia immer) face threats from lead and methylmercury contamination, lake acidification, shoreline development and human recreation. It is now clear that the task of conserving loon populations will depend upon mitigating these varied threats. In a controlled experiment, we examined the efficacy of using floating nest platforms to increase reproductive success of loons and thus help sustain local populations. Platforms were attractive nesting sites both on lakes that had consistently hatched chicks from natural sites and on lakes where chick production had been sporadic. When compared to natural nest sites, platforms increased hatching success by 69% and fledging success by 32%, apparently through reduction in mammalian egg predation. A well-managed effort to introduce nesting platforms might be a viable strategy to help sustain threatened populations.