Mutation breeding of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ram. using in vivo and in vitro adventitious bud techniques

Summary During experiments, which are being carried out to study the factors which control the process of adventitious bud formation in vivo on detached leaves of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ram, adventitious shoots were produced from leaves, irradiated with 500 rad of X-rays. The most important but disadvantageous result was that the majority of the adventitious shoots proved to be of a chimeral nature and obviously developed from more than one cell.An in vitro adventitious bud technique was developed using different types of explants. Pedicel segments regenerated the highest number of adventitious shoots and, moreover, they developed faster as compared to explants of young flower heads or leaves. The mutants produced by irradiating the various explants were almost exclusively of a solid (non-chimeral) nature. In addition, histological observations suggest that single epidermal cells are involved in the initiation of the adventitious shoot apices.The optimum dose for mutant production is approximately 800 rad X-rays. Rather often, more than one phenotypically identical mutant was found, which was always derived from the same explant. They could for instance originate from a multi-apical meristem formed by a single mutated cell.     

大豆吡哆醇生物合成蛋白基因(PDX)的电子克隆和进化分析

电子克隆(In silicocloning)是随着基因组计划和EST计划实施而发展起来的利用生物信息学手段进行基因克隆的新方法。根据物种间同源基因相对保守的特点,以拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)吡哆醇生物合成蛋白cDNA序列为信息探针,对大豆(Glycine max)EST数据库进行同源搜索和序列拼接,获得了1 280 bp长的大豆吡哆醇生物合成蛋白的基因序列(GenBank登陆号为DQ139265)。经过RT-PCR扩增、基因组PCR扩增、分子克隆和序列分析验证,结果表明与电子克隆序列完全一致。该基因具有完整的开放阅读框架(ORF,20~955 bp),编码311个氨基酸。通过与水稻、日本百脉根、烟草、截形苜蓿等物种的吡哆醇生物合成蛋白序列比对,发现该基因具有高度的保守性。表明根据物种间同源基因序列,对跨物种间EST数据库进行同源检索、筛选、拼接,是克隆基因的有效途径。     

籼型杂交稻幼穗离体培养及再生植株诱导

籼型杂交稻组合“汕优23选”为新的具高培养力的材料,其幼穗愈伤组织诱导率约为80%,绿苗得率高达970.8%。幼穗离体培养选材以穗长2cm 以下(幼穗分化第3～4期)为宜。MN 和 N_6两种培养基适用于籼型杂交稻的幼穗离体培养,以 MN(诱导)→N_6(继代)→MN(分化)的培养基替换方式,对愈伤组织的继代培养和绿苗分化具有良好效果。采用KT 2mg/L+BA 1mg/L+IAA 0.5mg/L+NAA 0.5mg/L 的激素配比,有效地提高了绿苗分化率。通过幼穗离体培养,可迅速和大量地获得再生植株,这对开展水稻组培育种和体细胞遗传学研究具有一定意义。     

猪卵母细胞在不同条件下的体外成熟培养

研究了不同时间段添加外源激素及不同基础培养液和血清有无对猪卵母细胞体外成熟的影响。实验包括（1）猪卵母细胞以TCM199＋10％FBS＋10IU／mL pregnant more serum gonadotrophin（PMSG）＋10IU／mL human chorion gonadotrophin（hCG）＋2．5IU／mL follicle stimulate hormone（FSH）为成熟培养液体外培养44h，前22h在培养液中加激素，后22h不加激素及前22h不加激素，后22h添加激素和添加激素连续培养44h；（2）以实验（1）中激素添加的方案在体外添加激素连续培养44h，对不同基础培养液（TCM199粉剂、TCM199原液和改良TCM199（mM199））对猪卵母细胞体外成熟进行了研究；（3）以实验（2）中筛选出的mM199组为成熟培养液对比血清有无对猪卵母细胞体外成熟的影响。结果表明，实验（1）中3种激素添加不同时间段其成熟率分别为45．67％、45．29％和46．07％，对猪卵母细胞体外成熟无显著影响（P〉0．05）；实验（2）中，mM199组的成熟率（54．10％）高于TCM199粉剂组的成熟率（46．16％）及TCM199原液组的成熟率（47．14％），但差异不显著（P〉0．05）；实验（3）中无血清组的成熟率（67．10％）高于有血清清组的成熟率（52．22％），差异显著（P〈0．05）。由此表明，mM199＋10IU／mL PMSG＋10IU／mL hCG＋2．5IU／mL FSH是一种适合于猪卵母细胞体外成熟的培养液，体外成熟率达67．10％。     

Rice genetic diversity at farm and village levels and genetic structure of local varieties reveal need for in situ conservation

Rice genetic diversity partitioning between farms, varieties and, within-variety diversity, were analysed in two villages of Maritime Guinea with contrasted agroecological conditions. One thousand and two hundred individual plants belonging to 45 accessions collected in eight farms were genotyped using 10 SSR markers. The molecular variance was evenly shared between and within accessions, while the farm effect was almost nil. Local varieties had a multi-line genetic structure. The number of multilocus genotypes was proportional to the utilisation rate of the variety in the village. The F _ST values between different accessions of each variety were significant which indicated low genetic consistency in the variety names. This varietal structure could mainly be explained by the migration phenomenon and the high varietal turnover. Compared to allelic diversity, multilocus genotypic diversity seemed to be the most suitable indicator of the quantitative distribution of diversity at different management scales (accession, farm and village). The within- and between-farm F _ST values were in the same order of magnitude. The within-farm diversity was not farm-specific but quantitatively high, i.e. up to 50% of the total genotypic diversity of a given village. Given the relative importance of the within-variety diversity, the in situ approach stands out as the most effective solution. As farms do not host specific diversity the in situ approach could be implemented by working with a small number of farms.     

牛IVF性控切割胚胎和整胚的冷冻保存研究

本研究分3个实验对比了采用不同处理的常规冷冻和玻璃化冷冻保存358枚体外受精(IVF)性控切割囊胚和326枚整胚的保存效果。结果表明：(1)用于冷冻整胚的常规方法对冷冻性控切割胚胎同样有效；(2)利用含10％EG 10％FBS的DPBS冷冻牛IVF控切割胚胎或整胚的效果明显优于用含10％甘油 0.4%BSA或1．4mol／LEG 0．1％PVOH的DMPBS；(3)采用微玻管玻璃化冷冻保存牛IVF性控切割胚胎的效果显著优于常规冷冻法。     

成年鲁西牛肌内前脂肪细胞的分离培养

建立牛肌内前脂肪细胞体外培养方法，旨在更深入地研究组成肌肉内脂肪组织的肌内前脂肪细胞的增殖分化特性及其影响因素。选取来自成年育肥鲁西黄牛第6与第7肋骨间的肌肉内脂肪组织，利用Ⅰ型胶原酶消化法分离获得牛肌内前脂肪细胞。培养出的细胞成分均一，增殖旺盛，分化率高，经形态学动态变化观察、生长曲线、油红O脂肪染色提取法及对胰岛素和地塞米松反应的测定，证明是功能活跃的前脂肪细胞，并在体外重现了其增殖分化过程，同时经染色体核型分析证明体外培养的细胞倍性正常，可以用于后续研究。本试验成功分离得到了成年育肥牛肌内前脂肪细胞，这为下一步研究肌内脂肪的沉积机制，改善牛肉品质奠定了基础。     

利用改善液培养牛卵母细胞和早期胚胎的研究

在基础液 M199配制的培养液中,加入牛卵泡内的颗料细胞,置39℃、5%的 CO_2培养箱中培养72 h 后回收过滤液(简称改善液)。用这种不同浓度和保存时间的改善液,在体外成熟培养牛卵母细胞和胚胎时分别代替培养液和培养液加颗粒细胞制作的单层细胞培养体系。结果表明:(1)在基础液 M199中分别加入0%、25%、50%、75%、100%改善液和对照纽,其分裂率(78.7%～83.0%)组间均无差异(P>0.05);受精卵在体外培养至囊胚率,其中0%改善液组为30.4%,与对照组46.5%有显著差异(P<0.01);囊胚孵化率0%和25%改善液组分别为57.1%和57.9%,与对照组76.6%有显著差异(P<0.01)。(2)改善液保存时间为0 d,-4℃ 5～7 d,-20℃180 d 和对照组,分裂率(80.5%～86.3%)组间均无差异(P>0.05);受精卵在体外培养至囊胚率和囊胚孵化率,其中-20℃保存180 d 组分别为31.1%和54.5%,与对照组46.1%和72.0%有差异(P<0.05)。     

Selecting in situ conservation sites for grape genetic resources in the USA

Previously, there has not been any in situ conservation sites for crop germplasm within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). Using morphologic and molecular (SSR markers) techniques, we assessed the genetic variation present in populations of rock grape (Vitis rupestris Scheele), a native American grape species, throughout its range. We identified seven in situ conservation sites for rock grape using a strategy based on morphologic and molecular data, taxonomic information, population size and integrity, and landholder commitment. In collaboration with federal and state landholding agencies, we have established the first NPGS in situ conservation sites for American wild relatives of a crop.     

Evidence that straw does not increase the mobilization of N from decomposing salal (Gaultheria shallon Pursh.) leaf litter

We tested whether straw could induce higher N release from decomposing salal leaf litter, which ostensibly interferes with mineralization of N. We mixed forest floor material from two forest types with ¹⁵N-enriched salal leaf litter, and incubated the mixtures 3 years with and without straw amendments. The amounts of N, as well as the relative amounts of ¹⁵N, extracted in five fractions were, respectively, 29-93 and 25-82% lower in straw-amended forest floor. Results suggest that straw diverted microbial decomposition activity away from the more recalcitrant litter fractions. Previous reports of higher mineral-N availability in straw-amended forest floors are best explained by a fertilizer effect of straw as opposed to a ‘priming effect’.