Observations on the in vitro Production of Vernalized Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

Rooted shoots of sugar beet were vernalized in vitro for three months and then transplanted into the field without acclimatization. All surviving plants bolted two months later.     

Genetic Control of Five Isozyme Systems in Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

Genetic markers are most useful in plant breeding but so far only a few morphological and isozyme markers are known in Beta vulgaris. In this paper, the isozyme systems aconitase (AGO), NADH-:dihydrolipoamiddehydrogenase (DIA), esterase (EST), fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FDP), and hexokinase (HK) were genetically analysed. Isoelectric focussing (IEF), vertical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and starch gel electrophoresis (SGE) were used to separate the isozymes. A total of eight loci could be identified. The allelic forms of Aco-1, Dia-1, Est-1, Est-5 and Hk-1 are active monomers. The gene products of Est-3 and Fdp-2 are active as dimers. Est-2 also showed allelic forms without activity; null-alleles.     

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.     

Nematode Resistance Derived from Wild Beet and its Meiotic Stability in Sugar Beet

Three different karyotypes of sugar beet with resistance against the beet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii) have been investigated. These comprised monosomic addition lines (2n = 19) with one complete chromosome from B. patellarris or B. procumbens, one line with a chromosomal fragment added to the normal sugar beet chromosome complement (2n =18 + fragment) and one diploid line (2n = 18). The fragment originated from a B. procumbens chromosome since during meiosis it formed a univalem. It carries the gene for nematode resistance. Meiotic disturbances like univalems. laggards, anaphase I bridges, fragments and micronuclei were observed in all resistant genotypes. These may result in an exclusion of the chromosome fragment carrying the resistance from the rest of the genome. In the diploid resistant line, a chromosome with a translocation could be distinguished from the other B. vulgaris chromosomes. Meiotic irregularities also appeared in diploid resistant types and are one main reason for low transmission of the resistance. Tin-relationship between meiotic stability and the transmission rate of the resistance gene is discussed.     

Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Markers in Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.): Mapping the Genes for Nematode Resistance and Hypocotyl Colour

The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was adapted for segregation analysis in sugar beet. 83 I_O/I individuals were scored with a set of 20 arbitrary decamer primers. 4 preliminary linkage groups could be established, enclosing 9 RAPD markers, 2 isozyme loci, a gene for the hypocotyl colour and a gene for resistance to the root knot nematode (Heterodera schachtii Schm.).     

甜菜源库关系的研究

为阐明源、库的关系对甜菜产量形成的影响。运用比较生理学的方法,研究了不同特性甜菜品种群体源、库的形成及其相互关系以及源、库发展在产量形成中的作用。结果表明,甜菜群体LAI和LAD可作为衡量源大小及能力的重要指标。光合源的同化能力直接影响着块根库容的大小,后期较大的光合源会抑制块根库的扩大,影响甜菜产量的形成。揭示了丰产、高糖甜菜品种的源库关系,LAI峰值出现在块根及糖分增长期,最大LAI应在4.3以上,达到峰值后要有20 d左右的相对稳定持续期,糖分积累后期LAI应保持在2.4左右。群体LAD应在块根及糖分增长期达到19.3 m2.d以上,后期呈缓慢下降变化。以上结果可为指导甜菜生产实践提高产量提供理论依据。     

Determination of the Ploidy Level of Pure and Mixed Plant Populations of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) by Flow Cytometry

To improve estimates of the true ploidy level of pure diploid triploid, and tetraploid sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) plants, and of populations of mixed ploidy, the effect of leaf age/size was evaluated on ploidy determination by flow cytometry. There were significant differences between old and young leaves, with young leaves giving the best estimate of the true ploidy level of the plants. The old leaves seemed to express a high degree of endopolyploidy.     

栽培甜菜雌配子体发育中的超微结构

应用透射电镜技术研究栽培甜菜(Beta vulgaris L.)雌配子体发育过程的超微结构特征, 丰富被子植物生殖生物学方面的资料, 并为甜菜相关研究提供借鉴。观察结果表明,栽培甜菜雌配子体发育类型为蓼型。功能大孢子时期核糖体密集, 线粒体和质体分裂以增加数目;单核胚囊时期, 细胞体积增大, 小液泡融合为2个大液泡,分别位于珠孔端和合点端,细胞核增大, 核仁显著, 至发育后期核膜呈微裂齿状,细胞器数量不断增加,珠孔端形成明显的壁内突;二核胚囊时期, 胚囊迅速扩张, 形成中央大液泡, 胞质中细胞器增多;四核胚囊时期除细胞器的数量继续增加外,质体中开始出现淀粉粒;八核胚囊时期相当短暂, 很快细胞化,初期的七细胞八核胚囊中各细胞均以初生壁相隔, 壁上存在胞间连丝, 沿细胞壁分布着众多伸展状粗面内质网和活跃分泌小泡的高尔基体;细胞化后期, 卵、助细胞出现极性分化, 胞质中的众多小泡与细胞膜融合, 参与细胞壁及丝状器的建成;中央细胞在珠孔端与胚囊壁相邻的部位形成壁内突。栽培甜菜雌配子体发育进程中胚囊体积不断增大,细胞器种类与数量呈增加趋势,表明各时期代谢较活跃。在功能大孢子及单核胚囊早期是通过合点端的胞间连丝与珠心细胞以共质体形式相通;在单核胚囊发育后期至细胞化胚囊,是通过珠孔端所形成的壁内突来扩展质膜表面积, 以加强非共质体之间物质的运输。     

Nematode Resistance and Meiotic Abnormality in Diploid Sugar Beet Selected from Interspecific Beta vulgaris×B. procumbens Hybrids*

Two nematode-resistant trisomic lines which were derived from interspecific Beta, vulgaris × B. procumbens hybrids were intercrossed or backcrossed with susceptible diploid sugar beer and their progenies were screened for nematode resistance. The transmission rate of resistance varied from 1.5 % to 47.6 % with an average of 20.4 % in the progenies of individual insomics derived from the two trisomic lines. Eleven resistant diploads were selected with a frequency of 0.2 %. These resistant diploids were classified into two groups, i.e., one group showed relatively high transmission rates of resistance with an average of 25.4 % and the other extremely low with an average of 1.2 % in their backcrossed and s el fed progenies., Meiotic chromosome behavior in a resistant diploid group with high transmission rates was considerably normal as compared to that in a resistant diploid group with low transmission rates. Chromatid bridges and acertric fragments were detected in 93 % of resistant diploids and in 46 % of susceptible diploids. Two different sized fragments occurred in resistant diploids, while only a smaller fragment was present in susceptible diploids. A frequency of sporocytes with bridges-fragments was 17.4% at anaphase I and 13.9 % at anaphase II in resistant diploids, while in susceptible diploids a frequency was 2.9 % and 5.3 % at the respective stages. These results suggest that at least two paracentric inversions are present in resistant diploids, one of which is linked to nernatode resistance and may be responsible for the low transmission rate of resistance.     

不同温度对甜菜种子吸胀过程中线粒体CCO和MDH活性的影响

吸胀温度显著地影响甜菜种子的萌发速率。吸胀温度为３０℃和２０℃时,５０％萌发所需要的时间分别为３６ｈ和５６ｈ;在７℃中吸胀１２０ｈ,仍未见萌发。在种子吸胀过程中,粗线粒体蛋白的含量,细胞色素Ｃ氧化酶和苹果酸脱氢酶的活性增加,且它们在３０℃和２０℃中的活性较高,在７℃下较低。     

An Extended Linkage Map of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Including Nine Putative Lethal Genes and the Restorer Gene X

An extended genetic map of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is presented encompassing 177 segregating markers (2 morphological traits, 7 isozymes, and 168 RFLP markers) on 9 linkage groups. The linkage map comprises 1057.3 cM equivalent to an average genetic spacing of 6.0 cM/marker. The length of individual linkage groups varies between 80.7 (group VIII) and 167.4 cM (group VIII). The number of markers per linkage group ranges between 13 and 24. No indication of duplicate regions was found, confirming the true diploid nature of B. vulgaris. Twenty-six markers (15 %) deviated significantly (a = 0.01) from the expected segregation ratio. This distorted segregation was probably caused by linkage with lethal genes. Four such genes (designated Let Ib, Let 5b, Let 6b, Let 8) could be located at discrete positions due to their absolute linkage to skewed RFLP markers. The restorer gene X has been located terminally on linkage group ÜI, 9.6 cM distant from RFLP marker pKP1238.     

栽培甜菜雌配子体发育中的超微结构

应用透射电镜技术研究栽培甜菜(Beta vulgaris L.)雌配子体发育过程的超微结构特征, 丰富被子植物生殖生物学方面的资料, 并为甜菜相关研究提供借鉴。观察结果表明,栽培甜菜雌配子体发育类型为蓼型。功能大孢子时期核糖体密集, 线粒体和质体分裂以增加数目;单核胚囊时期, 细胞体积增大, 小液泡融合为2个大液泡,分别位于珠孔端和合点端,细胞核增大, 核仁显著, 至发育后期核膜呈微裂齿状,细胞器数量不断增加,珠孔端形成明显的壁内突;二核胚囊时期, 胚囊迅速扩张, 形成中央大液泡, 胞质中细胞器增多;四核胚囊时期除细胞器的数量继续增加外,质体中开始出现淀粉粒;八核胚囊时期相当短暂, 很快细胞化,初期的七细胞八核胚囊中各细胞均以初生壁相隔, 壁上存在胞间连丝, 沿细胞壁分布着众多伸展状粗面内质网和活跃分泌小泡的高尔基体;细胞化后期, 卵、助细胞出现极性分化, 胞质中的众多小泡与细胞膜融合, 参与细胞壁及丝状器的建成;中央细胞在珠孔端与胚囊壁相邻的部位形成壁内突。栽培甜菜雌配子体发育进程中胚囊体积不断增大,细胞器种类与数量呈增加趋势,表明各时期代谢较活跃。在功能大孢子及单核胚囊早期是通过合点端的胞间连丝与珠心细胞以共质体形式相通;在单核胚囊发育后期至细胞化胚囊,是通过珠孔端所形成的壁内突来扩展质膜表面积, 以加强非共质体之间物质的运输。     

基于ISSR和AFLP标记开发甜菜 SSR 引物的研究

本研究以ISSR-PCR和AFLP标记原理为基础,介绍一种新的分离甜菜基因组微卫星引物的方法。首先对甜菜基因组DNA进行酶切并连接已知序列的接头,构建基因组DNA酶切文库,同时用一个或两个ISSR引物,扩增文库中两端含微卫星序列片段并进行克隆测序,根据测序结果设计微卫星序列间的IP1引物和IP1与微卫星序列间IP2 引物;再根据侧翼序列克隆原理,采用巢式PCR进行基因组步移,扩增IP2引物下游序列,根据巢式PCR产物测序结果,设计微卫星序列另一侧的引物IP3 ,IP2和IP3即为SSR标记引物,对获得的SSR引物进行PCR验证,结果表明SSR引物产率为16%,本研究获得的SSR引物具有较高的多态性,对于后续的遗传多样性检测和遗传连锁图构建具有重要意义。     

Combining different linkage maps in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) to make one map

Several genetic maps for sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), from different German research groups, have been published and it is now possible to consider combining them with the aid of the common markers. The computer program JOINMAP (versions 1.3 and 2.0) was used for pair-wise combination of three populations. Several problems arose: the genetic background of the populations, different population structures (F₂ versus F₁× F₁), different number of polymorphic loci for common probes in the populations to be combined, different estimates of the recombination rates between the same markers and differences between the Join Map versions. The maps from two F₂ populations could be integrated into a single map, but it was more appropriate to construct separate maps for the F₂ populations and the F₁× F₁ population using common markers as reference points only.     

A marker-assisted analysis of bolting tendency in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

Bolting tendency in sugar beet varies among breeding lines and cultivars. Four crosses were made between breeding lines susceptible and resistant to bolting in order to study the genetic basis of bolting tendency. Bolting percentage in F₂, after 8 weeks of low temperature treatment, varied among the crosses, suggesting a complicated genetic control of bolting tendency. Different segregation ratios were observed, in particular, between families derived from the bolting F₁ plants and those from their non-bolting siblings, the former families showing a significantly higher bolting percentage than the latter. A marker-assisted analysis with seven isozyme loci, Ak1, Gdh2, Idh1, Lap, Mdh1, Pgi2 and Pgm1, revealed that a locus with marked effect on bolting tendency was located near Idh1. Because of a close linkage of Idh1 with B for annuality, the gene tagged by Idh1 appeared to be equivalent or similar to B′ for easy bolting allelic to B as reported by Owen et al. (1940). The results obtained suggest that the B locus may not only have an important role in determining growth habits but also control various degrees of bolting tendency in individual sugar beet plants. A linked pair, Ak1-Lap, and Pgi2 also were found to affect bolting tendency, although their effects varied depending on the crosses and families tested. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Breeding for resistance to rhizomania in sugar-beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

In breeding for resistance to rhizomania, breeding material was routinely examined for resistance to the rhizomania virus over several years. This study was performed in order to investigate the value of virological examination of sugarbeet breeding material in breeding for resistance to the rhizomania virus. Tests were conducted with varieties susceptible or partially resistant to rhizomania, as well as with several new and more-resistant hybrids. A test on young plants showed that all genotypes contained beet necrotic yellow-vein virus (BNYVV), but that the virus content differed widely. Plants of two commercially used partially resistant varieties had, on average, only half the virus content of susceptible varieties in their roots, and plants of eight new hybrids still in the process of registration contained less than one third of that amount. There was a significant negative correlation between the quantity of BNYVV in young plant roots and final yield under disease conditions in the field. Opportunities for further improvement in the level of the resistance to BNYVV in sugarbeet by means of conventional breeding programmes are discussed.     

A gene complex for annual habit in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

Annual habit in sugar beet has been shown to be controlled by a dominant gene, B, which induces bolting under long days without the cold requirement usually essential for biennial cultivars. The induction of bolting by B, however, is often influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. We studied the genetic basis for bolting suppression, caused by delayed planting, in lines derived from a cross between annual and biennial lines. The F₂ progeny of a late-bolting F₁ plant yielded an unexpected segregation ratio of annuality from monogenic inheritance when planted in late May, there being an excess of non-bolting biennials, although the expected segregation was observed in the late April sowing. Bolting suppression was caused by restricted daylengths due to delayed planting because the segregation was normal under artificially induced long days. The analysis with Idh1, an isozyme marker proximal to B, demonstrated that heterozygous B plants were more susceptible to bolting suppression due to delayed planting than homozygous B plants. The results suggest that bolting suppression was controlled by a number of genes responsible for long daylength requirement, one of which was closely linked to B and formed a gene complex for annuality. The annual habit was controlled singly by B under long days but modified by the genes for long daylength requirement under restricted daylengths. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Selection of Diploid Nematode-Resistant Sugar Beet from Monosomic Addition Lines

Monosomic sugar beet/wild beet addition lines (2n = 19) with full resistance against the beet cyst nematode have been characterized in different ways. Within the B. procumbens and B. webbiana addition lines three groups could be classified according to their isozymes pattern, growth habit, transmission rate, and resistance level. It is assumed that B. procumbens and B. webbiana each possess three different chromosomes which carry genes for nematode resistance. In the offspring of the addition lines diploid translocation types appear at very low frequencies, Isozyme pattern or growth type of the resistant plants were used for selecting diploid types in the offspring of monosomic addition lines. Effective selection could be made in progenies of susceptible sugar beets pollinated by addition lines because the pollen transmission of the alien chromosome is very low. Using these methods 7 nematode-resistant sugar beet lines could be selected. The transmission rates of the resistance gene ranged from 70.6% to 100%. Threw heterozygous progenies showed a 1:1 segregation indicating monogenic dominant inheritance of resistance. The level of resistance was as high as in the addition lines.     

Combined linkage maps and QTLs in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) from different populations

The construction of genetic maps is an expensive and time-consuming process. The breeder is therefore interested in using maps developed from other mapping populations but this is only possible if the genetic structure is similar for the chromosomal regions of interest. In this paper, maps of three populations of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) with common polymorphic marker loci are compared. Maps were constructed with MAPMAKER 3.0 and JOINMAP 2.0. Both mapping programs gave, in general, the same order for common markers. However, the number of common markers was too low to construct a combined map for all chromosomes. For one population, in contrast to the other two, the map constructed with MAPMAKER 3.0 was much longer than that constructed with JOINMAP 2.0. For two of these populations yield traits were also available from different environments. For quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis of the yield data, the packages MAPMAKER/QTL 1.1 and PLABQTL were used. No QTL common for the two populations could be detected. The program and the version used strongly influenced the estimated positions of QTLs. There was also a strong interaction with environments.     

The efficiency of between and within full-sib family selection in a recurrent selection programme in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

The efficiency of between and within family selection in a full-sib family recurrent selection programme was investigated using data from three cycles of recurrent selection. Correlations between mid-parent values and offspring were high for sugar content and juice purity characters, but low for root weight and sugar yield. This suggests that single root selection within full-sib families is effective in the improvement of sugar content and juice purity, but ineffective for root weight and sugar yield. Root weight and sugar yield will respond better to between full-sib family selection. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.