Development of a core set of KASP markers for assaying genetic diversity in Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis Makino

Single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are rapid, economical and reliable genotyping tools. Non‐heading Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis Makino) is now an economically important vegetable crop worldwide. In this study, 1,167 SNPs were evaluated for 7polymorphism among 70 representative non‐heading Chinese cabbage inbred lines using a Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) genotyping assay. On the basis of identified polymorphisms and the results of a principal component analysis, we selected 50 core SNPs that were balanced sufficiently to provide adequate information for genetic identification. The core SNPs were used for construction of a neighbour‐joining dendrogram that separated the 70 inbred lines into four main groups and several subgroups corresponding to Caixin, Heiyebaicai, Huangxinwu, Naibaicai, Taitsai, Pak‐choi, and Wutatsai. This categorization was superior to that achieved using a dataset of 479 polymorphic SNPs. To confirm the utility of the core SNP markers in genetic identification, we tested their stability and resolution using 162 commercial hybrid cultivars. The SNPs, which represent a cost‐effective, accurate marker set for germplasm analysis and cultivar identification, are suitable for molecular marker‐assisted breeding in non‐heading Chinese cabbage.     

Association of TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 promoter polymorphisms in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their household contacts of younger age group

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of cytokine genes have been found to be involved in the clinical outcome of Tuberculosis. The present study was aimed to identify the high risk genotypes in Tuberculosis patients and their household contacts. A total of 490 subjects were studied which includes 150 active pulmonary tuberculosis patients (APTB), 190 household contacts (HHC) and 150 healthy controls (HC). The SNPs of TNF-α (-308A/G), IL-10(-1082G/A) and IL-6(-174G/C) were performed by ARMs PCR. The IL-10 GA genotype showed significant association in APTB and HHC and was 2.3 times higher risk in APTB and 3.7 times in HHC compared to HCs. The A allele was found to be significantly associated with the risk of disease. The CC genotype of IL-6 was found to be significantly associated in APTB and an insignificant positive association in HHCs. The multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) analysis indicated that the genotypes of IL-6 were showing high risk with GA genotype of IL-10. In conclusion the gene interaction may be useful for identification of genotypes as biomarkers to distinguish high risk individuals.     

中国家蚕微粒子虫及其近缘种的考察

 本文描述了我国寄生于家蚕及二点螟的微粒子虫光学显微镜和电子显微镜形态及其对多种昆虫的致病性。后者极似家蚕微粒子虫，但在超微构造和致病性上有明显区别，定为新种。     

新型的人工饲料防腐剂ADA

将新型防腐剂——ＡＤＡ添入家蚕人工饲料中，对在高温多湿养蚕环境下，易引起人工饲料霉变的酵母菌群、格兰氏阴性菌群和霉菌群有明显的抑制作用，可延长人工饲料的存放和使用时间，而不影响其适口性、颜色、香味与成份，防腐效果明显优于苯甲酸、山梨酸、脱氢乙酸、丙酸等．实验证明：人工饲料中添加０．２％的ＡＤＡ能使人工饲料在高温多湿的养蚕环境下保持一个月不发霉变质，并对蚕体的生长发育无不良影响     

BmNPV半胱氨酸蛋白酶基因的核苷酸序列研究

对家蚕核型多角体病毒苏州株（BmNPVsu）光胱氨酸蛋白酶基因（CP）的序列分析表明,该基因读码框为972个核苷酸,编码323个氨基酸。同源性分析表明,BmNPVsu的CP与首蓿银纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒（AcNPV）、美国白蛾核型多角体病毒（HcNPV）、云杉卷叶蛾核型多角体病毒（CfNPV）、黄杉毒蛾核型多角体病毒（OpNPV）、舞毒蛾核型多角体病毒（Ld-NPV）在DNA水平上的同源性分别为96.5％、76.2％、74.9％、72.7％、62.9％;在氨基酸水平上的同源性分别为96.9％、77.1％、79.3％、77.1％、65.6％。BmNPV CP的氨基酸序列与不同来源的木瓜蛋白酶超家族的CP也具有较高的同源性,特别与 Trpanosoma brucei的CP具有较高的一致性,达32％。在组织蛋白酶B、H、L、S以及木瓜蛋白酶的36个保守氨基酸残基中有31种出现在BmNPVsu的CP中,BmNPVsu CP同其它杆状病毒CP一样,可看作木瓜蛋白酶超家族成员。     

桑蚕卵中酯酶A_4的研究

取产后两天内25℃保存的桑蚕卵为材料,精制酯酶A_4。将滞育卵中精制的酶液置5℃下冷藏,冷藏初期酶活性极低,大致在12～13日达最大值。以后迅速降低,体外保存的温度条件与酯酶A_4活性有关,较高的保存温度能促使酶活性峰提早出现:而低温保护能延缓酶的活化进程。酯酶A_4精制过程中,通过Sephadex G-25凝胶过滤,将大部分物质分段与酶分离排除,在5℃条件下,酶活性峰出现以前的任何时候加入排除分段物质,都可以停止酶的活性化,只有当重新除去所加的排除分段物质时,酶的活性化进程才得以继续。     

回交改良家蚕性连锁平衡致死系的研究

将家蚕性连锁平衡致死系与优良常规品种杂交后 ,F1代自交 ,再与平衡致死系回交 ,然后利用标记基因选择 ,可以把常规品种的血缘导入平衡致死系 ,改良其经济性状。本文对这一方法进行了研究 ,并证明了这种方法的实用价值     

家蚕病原性微孢子虫孢子表面蛋白的选择性分离与总蛋白比较分析

选择性分离了Ｎｏｓｅｍａｂｏｍｂｙｃｉｓ孢子表面蛋白和总蛋白，采用ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ检测发现，孢子表面蛋白由分子量不同的３种亚基（３２０００、２６０００、２４５００Ｄａ）组成，其总蛋白至少包括２５个条带。同时将从养蚕生产中收集到的两种微粒子ＭＡ－１和ＭＤ－１以及从野外昆虫收集到的微孢子虫Ｐｈａ－Ｍ和Ｈａ－Ｍ与Ｎ．ｂｏｍｂｙｃｉｓ进行了比较，发现不同微孢子虫间蛋白组成有差异。     

不同蚕品种的饲料效率初探

本文调查分析了近二、三十年来,我国春用蚕品种和夏秋用蚕品种主要经济性状的变迁情况。结果表明,目前推广的蚕品种与五十、六十年代推广的品种相比较,茧层量、茧层率,茧丝量、茧丝长等主要经济指标都有了显著的提高,尤其是茧层量、茧层率的增长更为突出.但5龄经过和食下量也相应地增加,蚕的消化率以及饲料效率几乎没有提高。从而认为,在今后蚕品种改良过程中,应重视提高饲料效率的研究,并通过桑品种改良、饲育技术等途径,提高饲料效率,提高养蚕的经济效益。     

家蚕现行品种孤雌生殖的研究

运用温汤处理方法对 16个现行家蚕品种进行了孤雌生殖研究 ,调查了不同品种的孤雌生殖发生率 ,提出了适合现行蚕品种的诱导条件及使处女蛾自然产下较多的未受精卵再进行诱导的方法 ,并且初步选育了几个孤雌生殖系。