Genetic diversity of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) genotypes revealed by RAPD markers and agronomic traits

Bitter gourd or bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) is considered as minor cucurbitaceous vegetable in spite of having considerable nutritional and medicinal properties. Although some reports on genetic diversity based on morphological characterization are available, no work has been conducted to estimate genetic diversity using molecular markers in this crop. In the present study, 38 genotypes of M. charantia including few commercially cultivars collected from different parts of India based on agro-ecological zones were analysed for diversity study both at morphological and molecular levels. Genomic DNA was extracted from young healthy leaves following the procedure of Doyle and Doyle [Doyle, J.J., Doyle, J.L., 1990. A rapid DNA isolation procedure from small quantity of fresh leaf material. Phytochem. Bull. 119, 11–15]. Pair-wise comparison of genotypes was calculated as per the procedure of Jaccard [Jaccard, P., 1908. Nouvelles recherches sur la distribution florale. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 44, 223–270]. Dendrogram was constructed using the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic averages (UPGMA) and the computation for multivariate analysis was done using the computer programme NTSYS-pc Version 2.0 [Rohlf, F.J., 1998. NTSYS-pc Numerical Taxonomy and Multivariate Analysis System, Version 2.01. Exeter Software, Setauket, NY, USA]. Diversity based on yield related traits and molecular analysis was not in consonance with ecological distribution. Among 116 random decamer primers screened 29 were polymorphic and informative enough to analyse these genotypes. A total of 208 markers generated of which 76 (36.50%) were polymorphic and the number of bands per primer was 7.17 out of them 2.62 were polymorphic. Pair-wise genetic distance (GD) based on molecular analysis ranged from 0.07 to 0.50 suggesting a wide genetic base for the genotypes. The clustering pattern based on yield related traits and molecular variation was different.     

Molecular systematics in Chrysanthemum × grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura

An attempt was made to understand the molecular systematics and genetic differences between 10 original chrysanthemum cultivars and 11 mutants. The similarity among the cultivars and mutants varied from 0.17 to 0.90 using RAPD analyses, a simple but efficient method to distinguish cultivars and to assess parentage. Two distinct groups were found. Two cultivars were present as a separate group showing differences from all other cultivars. Mutants with different flower colour could be identified at the molecular level using RAPD technique holding promise to identify unique genes as SCAR markers. A high genetic distance among the different chrysanthemums showed that there exists a possibility of introgressing new and novel genes from the chrysanthemum gene pool.     

燕山板栗种质资源遗传多样性的RAPD分析

为研究燕山板栗的遗传多样性,采用随机扩增多态DNA(randomamplifiedpolymorphicDNA,RAPD)技术对36份燕山板栗种质进行了分析。分析了燕山板栗的遗传丰富度,并对包括36个燕山板栗品种和8份外来板栗品种在内的44份板栗种质进行聚类分析。结果表明,RAPD能有效地区分品种间的差异,用16个随机引物经PCR扩增共得到132个片段,其中有83个多态性片段,占62.9%;不同遗传位点之间遗传多样度最大可达0.444,最小值为0.096,平均多样度为0.187;UPGMA法聚类,将44份板栗种质聚成4个大的类群,36份燕山板栗可分为3个大的类群,外来种质聚为一类。燕山板栗明显不同于外来品种。在RAPD图谱中,找到了19个品种(类型)的特异性标记和标记组合,可作为品种(类型)分子鉴别的依据。     

15份葡萄种质亲缘关系的ISSR分析

利用ISSR标记对15份葡萄材料进行了基因组多态性分析,从60条引物中筛选出15条用于葡萄的ISSR扩增。共扩增出105条带,其中多态性条带91条,多态性百分率为86.7%。根据ISSR扩增结果,利用NTSYSpc2.10e软件进行Jaccard相似性系数分析,15份葡萄材料的遗传相似系数为0.27～0.75,平均遗传相似系数为0.471。通过UPGMA进行聚类分析,探索亲缘关系。在遗传相似系数0.39处,15份葡萄材料可分为2大类群。第1类包含7份山葡萄资源、2个山欧杂交品种,第2类包含3个欧亚种品种、2个欧美杂种品种和1个美洲杂种品种。由此可见,山葡萄与欧亚种、美洲杂种葡萄的亲缘关系较远,欧亚种与美洲杂种之间亲缘关系较近。     

赞皇大枣的群体遗传多样性评价

为了探明三倍体赞皇大枣的遗传基础,利用22个多态性引物对赞皇县及周边县区的50个赞皇大枣类型、26个酸枣类型、8个枣品种等3个群体进行了RAPD扩增,共扩增285个位点。遗传多样性分析表明:赞皇大枣群体的多态性位点百分率为58％,小于枣品种群体(66％)和酸枣群体(89％);赞皇大枣群体共扩增出205种带型,而酸枣群体扩增出416种带型;赞皇大枣群体内平均遗传距离为0．087,小于枣品种群体(0．181)和酸枣群体(0．254)。说明:赞皇大枣的遗传多样性小于枣品种群体,酸枣群体有较丰富的遗传背景。     

大青叶樱桃根际微生物种群结构及其变化动态

利用选择性培养基,对2年生大青叶樱桃(Cerasus pseudocerasus)根际微生物进行了分离、鉴定和分类,分析了不同物候期根际微生物种群结构的变化。结果表明,从大青叶樱桃根际分离纯化获得的细菌分别属于15个属,以芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)为主;放线菌属于链霉菌属的6个类群,以白色类群(Albosporus)、黄色类群(Flavus)为主;真菌以镰刀菌(Fusarium)和木霉属(Trichoderma)为主。不同生育期根际微生物种群结构不同,落叶期根际细菌种群结构最丰富,萌芽期最少。     

根癌农杆菌介导Cry1Ac基因转化‘雪青’梨获得转基因植株

 以‘雪青’梨叶片愈伤组织为外植体, 经根癌农杆菌介导将CaMV35S启动子调控下的Cry1Ac基因导入‘雪青’梨。698块愈伤组织和231个Kan^r芽与携带表达载体质粒pBX203的根癌农杆菌菌株LBA4404共培养3 d后, 转入含50 mg·L^-1 Kan的筛选培养基培养30 d, 15 d转接1次。结果表明,在MS + 5 mg·L ^-1 6-BA + 0.1 mg·L^-1 IAA筛选培养基中, Kan^r芽率为34.24% , 在1/2MS + 2 mg·L^-1 IBA+ 0.5 mg·L^-1 6-BA + 500 mg·L^-1AC筛选培养基中, 15.58% Kan^r芽生根。共获得再生植株32株, 经PCR和Southern-blot分析证明, 其中4株的基因组已成功导入和整合Cry1Ac基因。     

不同基因型的青菜、白菜耐镉性差异研究

通过溶液培养,对重金属镉(Cd)处理下不同品种的青菜和白菜地上部可食部分的生物量以及对镉的吸收和积累特点进行了比较研究.结果表明:在50μmol/L的Cd处理下,青菜和白菜的生长均受到不同程度的抑制作用,其地上部的生物量均显著低于对照,青菜对Cd具有较强的敏感性,其相对生物量均下降到对照的50%以下,白菜对Cd的耐性高于青菜;镉处理下,不同品种的青菜和白菜对镉的吸收积累具有显著性差异,青菜单位重量的Cd含量明显高于白菜;对青菜和白菜进行了镉耐性和敏感性品种筛选,为无公害蔬菜的种植及镉污染土壤的植物修复提供理论参考.     

甜瓜可溶性固形物含量的遗传表现与基因效应分析

通过半轮配双列杂交,分析了甜瓜可溶性固形物含量的遗传特性。研究结果表明,遗传方差组成中,基因的加性效应和显性效应都是显著的,但加性效应占相对主要优势,狭义遗传力(h2N)值为65%。基因的分布是不均衡的,控制该性状的基因W为显性基因,但表现为不完全显性,可溶性固形物含量选择的较好世代在F4代。     

朝鲜鹌鹑遗传多样性微卫星标记分析

选用鹌鹑上的12个微卫星位点,对随机选取朝鲜鹌鹑的40个个体进行多态性检测,共检测到55个等位基因,每个座位平均等位基因数为4.583个。该群体平均多态信息含量和平均杂合度分别为0.6945和0.7111,表明朝鲜鹌鹑属多态性较丰富的群体。