光照对棉花胚珠纤维离体发育的影响

分析了光照和黑暗条件下，对培养棉花胚珠纤维离体发育的影响。表明在其它条件相同时，纤维离体发育在基因型之间有很大的差异，光照对纤维的发育起了明显的抑制作用。无论受精胚珠还是未受精胚珠，在光照条件下其胚珠成活率、纤维诱导率、纤维生长量、胚珠鲜重均低于在黑暗条件。尤其是未受精胚珠，在光照条件下珂３１２ 与ＴＭ－ １虽能诱导产生纤维，但纤维诱导率很低，仅有８．１９％ 和４．９６％ ，纤维生长量为０．１６３７和０．１１３２，而浙５０６、罗甸铁子和徐州１４２无絮突变体均不能产生纤维。本试验表明：只有在黑暗条件下才适合纤维离体发育。     

青白杨派间杂交的胚珠培养研究

对由8个白杨派基因型和5个青杨派基因型所组成的13个青白杨派间杂交组合进行胚珠培养试验研究。结果表明:三交要明显好于单交;培养基对胚珠培养影响不大,较合适的培养基为1/2MS+6-BA 1.0 mg.L-1+NAA 1.0 mg.L-1;基因型TB03做母本培养效果优于TB04;随着授粉时间延长,胚珠萌发率也越高。     

小桐子繁育系统与传粉生态学研究

在野外定位观测小桐子花朵的功能形态特征、开花动态、传粉方式,用杂交指数(OCI)、花粉/胚珠比(P/O)、去雄、套袋、人工授粉等方法分别测定小桐子的繁育系统.结果显示:(1)小桐子是单性花,雌雄同株同序.雄花单花期2 d,雌花单花期5～8 d,雌花直径略大于雄花.(2)雄花开花后9 h内花粉活力较高,24 h后花粉活力明显降低,48 h后花粉基本散失活力;雌花柱头可授性在开花后4 d内最强,5～8 d可授性开始降低,第9天基本失去可授性.(3)传粉方式以虫媒传粉为主,为虫媒植物.(4)繁育系统检测结果为部分自交亲和异交,需要传粉者活动才能完成授粉过程.     

卷丹百合远缘杂交及杂种后代的鉴定

为培育抗性强、观赏性优良的卷丹百合新种质,采用液体培养基悬滴法测定3个观赏百合品种‘Black stone’‘Tresor’‘Sorbonne’ 的花粉生活力;用蕾期授粉、正常授粉、延迟授粉、切割柱头授粉方式分别与母本卷丹百合进行杂交,对获得的杂交后代进行胚珠培养及增殖扩繁,采用SSR分子标记的方法鉴定杂种的真实性。结果表明：‘Sorbonne’的花粉萌发率总体高于‘Black stone’和‘Tresor’;蕾期授粉的结实率最高,为14.44%;卷丹בBlack stone’ 组合获得蒴果数量最多,共得到了17个蒴果;对杂交蒴果进行胚珠培养,得到9株F1代杂种苗;筛选杂种苗增殖扩繁的较适培养基为MS+30 g/L蔗糖+0. 1 mg/L NAA+1 mg/L 6–BA+8 g/L琼脂;鳞茎膨大生根较适培养基为MS+80 g/L蔗糖+0.1 mg/L NAA+ 0. 05 mg/L 6–BA+0.75 g/L活性炭+6.5 g/L琼脂,最适培养环境为黑暗培养;通过4对引物鉴定证实卷丹בTresor’的2个杂种株系为真实杂种。     

Introgression of genes into cultivated Brassica napus through resynthesis of B. napus via ovule culture and the accompanying change in fatty acid composition

Fifteen lines of Brassica napus were resynthesized via ovule culture through 24 interspecific crosses between four Brassica oleracea and three Brassica campestris accessions. The degree of success in the interspecific crosses was significantly influenced by maternal genotypes. The interspecific hybrid production rate (HPR) varied with combinations from 0 to 76.9%, with a mean HPR of 24.7% for the crosses with B. campestris as the female parent and 6.9% for the crosses with B. oleracea as female parent. Twenty‐four crosses between seven natural and six resynthesized B. napus gave, on average, 10.3 seeds per pod, and ranged from 1.2 to 22.0 seeds per pod, depending on genotypes of both parents. Resynthesized lines of B. napus showed high erucic acid content and variable content of linolenic acid, ranging from 3.4% to 9.9%. The fatty acid composition in hybrid seeds between natural and resynthesized B. napus was dominated by the embryo genotypes; an additive mode was shown for erucic acid and positive over‐dominance for linolenic acid content.     

Production of Haploid Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) by Culturing Unpollinated Ovules

The culture of unpollinated ovules is shown to be a suitable system for the production of haploid sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). The yield of haploids depended upon the genotype and varied between 0 and 13 % with a mean of 1.0 %. Haploid plants could be produced from approximately 50 % of all genotypes examined. The majority of the haploids isolated (about 90%) maintained the haploid genome level during the in vitro culture and propagation; 10% of the haploid clones showed a spontaneous doubling to the diploid genome level.     

Pistillate-parental differences and the ability to produce interspecific hybrids between Lycopersicon esculentum and 'peruvianum-complex' species (L. peruvianum and L. chilense)

To overcome the cross-breeding barriers between the cultivated tomato Lycopersicon esculentum and the ‘peruvianum-complex’, hybrid production ability (HPA) and pistillate-parental differences were investigated. As a criterion of HPA, the number of germinated ovules per fruit (GPF) was used. GPF was expressed as GPF = OPF × GPO, where OPF is the number of ovules per fruit, and GPO is the proportion of germinated ovules to total ovules obtained. The interspecific crossing between nine varieties and three ‘peruvianum-complex’ accessions revealed that the cultivars ‘Sekaiichi’,‘Ponde Rooza’ and ‘Early Pink’ showed quite high and stable GPF over the years, but the cv.‘Best of All’ produced no hybrids. Variance analysis for GPF, OPF and GPO, and their correlation with seven sexual organ morphological traits and three fruit morphological traits were performed. These results indicated that choosing both the pistillate parents with wider reproductive organs for high OPF and appropriate environmental conditions for high GPO might be significant for enhancing GPF in interspecific crossing.     

Interspecific hybrids of Cyclamen persicum and C. graecum

Summary Interspecific crosses were made to introduce the disease resistance of Cyclamen graecum into C. persicum cultivars and the abortive hybrid embryos were rescued by ovule culture. Diploid and tetraploid cultivars of C. persicum (CPD, 2n=2x=48; CPT, 2n=4x=96) were the pistillate parents and wild form of C. graecum (CG, 2n=84) were the staminate parents. After pollination, crossed ovaries were periodically collected and examined using paraffin sections. Histological observations suggested that both hybrid ovules of CPD × CG and CPT × CG should be transferred to the culture medium 35 days after pollination. Based upon this observation, crossed ovaries were collected 35 days after pollination, then ovules with placenta were explanted on culture medium and cultured in the dark at 25°C. Plantlets were induced from ovules cultured in MS medium containing 3% sucrose and 10% coconut milk. The hybrids (2n=66) derived from CPD × CG failed to yield viable seeds by self-pollination, although they showed some pollen fertility. In contrast, the hybrids (2n=90) derived from CPT × CG showed high pollen fertility and yielded viable seeds by self-pollination. Furthermore, they were resistant to disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cyclaminis, Erwinia herbicola pv. cyclamenae and Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis.Abbreviations CPD C. persicum diploid - CPT C. persicum tetraploid - CG C. graecum     

Interspecific hybridization between Cicer arietinum and C. pinnatifidum

An interspecific hybrid between Cicer arietinum cv. GL 769 and a wild species C. pinnatifidum was obtained after emasculation, pollination and application of growth regulators. Ovules were cultured and embryos were later dissected to obtain hybrid plants. These plants were albinos and morphologically resembled C. pinnatifidum. Shrivelled seeds were also obtained in 2% of the crosses, which on germination gave rise to albino plants. These plants did not survive beyond 20 days. The hybrid nature of these plants was confirmed by esterase isozyme studies. Hybrid shoots obtained from germinating embryos were cultured on modified ML-6 medium with BAP 2 mg/1, IAA 0.5 mg/1, where they turned green after 3–4 weeks. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies on leaf sections from green hybrid shoots showed an improvement in the chloroplast structure, with better organized grana.     

Doubled Haploids of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) 1. Observations of Fertility

Ovule and pollen fertility have been studied in doubled haploids of cocoa derived from spontaneous haploids, doubled by colchicine treatment. The two measures of fertility were very variable; occasionally, the levels were as high as those of the parent plant, but most were lower. The low fertility was not improved either by changing pollinators or after grafting. Pollen fertility also varied seasonally more in doubled haploids than in their parents. The lack of differentiation of embryo sacs seemed to be the cause of low values of ovule fertility. Both of these unfavourable characteristics were not observed in the progeny of doubled haploids, The low fertility is described in terms of homozygote depression, forced, on normally allogamous plants, its consequences for the use of doubled haploids in the production of hybrid seeds are discussed.