Effect of Drechslera (Helminthosporium) sacchari Toxin upon the Permeability of Sugarcane Leaf and Callus Tissues

Sugarcane leaves and calli from highly susceptible and resistant varieties to eyespot disease were used to evaluate the Drechslera sacchari toxin effect at different concentrations and incubation times by measuring electrolyte leakage. This expression of disease resistance was observed not only in the leaf but also in the callus. Furthermore, the growth of resistant calli MS medium supplemented with DS toxin, was higher when compared to the susceptible ones. The possibility of obtaining resistant somaclones is confirmed.     

A root-injection method to assess verticillium wilt resistance of peppermint ( Mentha × piperita L.) and its use in identifying resistant somaclones of cv. Black Mitcham

Three studies were initially conducted using five mint cultivars with known disease reactions to verticillium wilt to determine if inoculation method, root-dip as compared to root-injection, had an affect on the plant growth and disease reaction. The planting media did not affect the development of wilt symptoms in susceptible varieties, however, the soil/peat based medium resulted in higher shoot fresh weight at harvest than the perlite/vermiculite medium. Black Mitcham had the highest susceptible disease rating and greatest reduction in fresh shoot weight from inoculation with Verticillium dahliae at two inoculum concentrations, 104 or 106 microconidia/ml. Native spearmint was resistant and Mentha crispa was moderately resistant, whereas, Murray Mitcham peppermint and Scotch spearmint were moderately susceptible to verticillium wilt with a corresponding lower fresh shoot weight. Scotch spearmint was less susceptible at the low inoculum concentration than at a higher level of microconidia, indicating a low level of disease resistance. Overall, the two inoculation methods resulted in similar cultivar responses to verticillium wilt, although the root-injection method was more applicable for large plant populations. Thus, the root-injection method of inoculation was utilized to screen 743 Black Mitcham derived somaclones for wilt resistance, of which nine somaclones were found resistant in repeated inoculation tests. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

In vitro induction and characterization of somaclonal variation for red rot and other agronomic traits in sugarcane

In the present investigation, optimal media compositions for enhancing the callus induction and subsequent plant regeneration were worked out in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. complex). The field grown somaclones were characterized for yield and quality contributing traits in comparison to donor variety CoJ 88. The MS + 2,4-D (4.0 mg/l) + kin (0.5 mg/l) + sucrose (30 g/l) was found to be the best for the callus induction among the nine media compositions used. The highest shoot regeneration was 34.65% on MS + BAP (0.5 mg/l) followed by 31.07% on MS + IAA (2.0 mg/l) + kin (0.5 mg/l) and the least 11.80% on MS + BAP (2.0 mg/l). The shoot elongation was optimum on MS + IBA (5.0 mg/l). The rooting was carried on MS + NAA (3.0 mg/l) + IBA (2.0 mg/l) + sucrose (70 g/l). The somaclones, on field evaluation, exhibited huge variability for characters viz., tiller number at 120 days of field transfer, number of millable canes, cane height, number of nodes and internodal length at time of harvest and also for HR Brix at 240 and 300 days after field transfer. In R₀ generation, the variations induced for the characters such as stalk height after 120 days, HR Brix after 240 and 300 days of field transfer were negatively skewed with most of somaclones having values higher than the population mean values thereby offering adequate scope for improvement cane and quality. Elite somaclones marked for each trait were reported. Out of 228 somaclones inoculated with Cf 08 pathotype of red rot in R₁, three were resistant, four were moderately resistant and 221 somaclones showed variable degree of susceptibility, whereas, to Cf 03 pathotype, fourteen were resistant, nineteen were moderately resistant and 195 showed variable degree of susceptibility. Three somaclones exhibited moderate resistance (MR) to both the pathotypes, whereas, donor variety CoJ 88 showed susceptible reaction. These somaclones will further enhance the germplasm for sugarcane breeding.     

小麦纹枯病抗性鉴定技术及抗性资源筛选

摘要：纹枯病在长江流域及黄淮麦区的普遍严重发生,已成为影响小麦高产、稳产的重要限制因素,培育、推广抗纹枯病品种的前提是小麦抗病资源的鉴定和筛选。本研究探讨了麦粒嵌入法和牙签嵌入法两种接种方法对小麦纹枯病的诱发效果,并用麦粒嵌入法分析了黄淮麦区及长江中下游麦区的小麦主栽品种、重要亲本及国外引进材料的纹枯病抗性,结果表明：带菌麦粒接种法具有更高的纹枯病接种强度,可获得更好的发病效果;所有检测品种间抗性差异明显,但高抗纹枯病的材料仅发现3份,分别为苏3/扬5、X9610和郑3666,中抗以上材料102份,占总检测材料的23.23%。     

小麦-偃麦草杂种后代及小麦种质资源对纹枯病的抗性

为鉴定小麦-偃麦草杂种后代以及我国小麦品种和育种中间品系对纹枯病的抗性,并且解析偃麦草染色体与纹枯病抗性的关系,在徐州和南京两个试点,采用田间病圃法对321份普通小麦品种或品系和56份小麦-偃麦草杂种后代材料进行了纹枯病抗性鉴定。在徐州试点没有发现高抗纹枯病的种质,但是有52份材料表现中抗反应型,包括34份普通小麦材料,其中萧农8506-1、小偃81、冀植4001、农大195、徐州8913和京东3066A-3的相对抗病指数高于0.7。在南京试点,全部普通小麦材料都不抗纹枯病,只有5份小麦-偃麦草种质表现中抗反应型。部分小麦-偃麦草种质的病情指数不但显著低于感病对照品种苏麦3号和扬麦158,而且还低于抗病对照品种安农8455和宁麦9号,如小麦-中间偃麦草4Ai#2或4Ai#2S附加系、代换系和易位系材料TA3513、TA3516、TA3517和TA3519及小麦-长穗偃麦草第4部分同源群染色体代换系SS767,说明中间偃麦草4Ai#2染色体和长穗偃麦草4J染色体可能与纹枯病病情指数降低有关。基因组原位杂交分析结果表明,4Ai#2染色体属中间偃麦草的J^s基因组,而长穗偃麦草与纹枯病抗性相关的第4部分同源群染色体属J基因组。虽然纹枯病与眼斑病的发病部位和症状非常相似,但抗眼斑病基因Pch1 (Madsen)和Pch2 (Cappelle-Desprez)对纹枯病无效。     

RFLP analysis of Hypericum perforatum L. somaclones and their progenies

Three adjacent EcoRI fragments of the rDNA unit from Lycopersicon esculentum, eleven anonymous genomic and two anonymous cDNA clones from Brassica napus and three restriction endonucleases: BamHI, EcoRI and EcoRV were used for RFLP analysis of the genome of Hypericum perforatum L. A polymorphic band identified with EcoRI and two rDNA probes in five somaclones originated from the same genotype was detected in all progenies of two somaclones indicating the inheritance of the molecular changes. rDNA unit heterogeneity represented by two types of RFLP pattern revealed among somaclones and seed-derived control plants using EcoRV and two rDNA probes may indicate an alloploid origin of Hypericum perforatum. The occurrence of the identical RFLP patterns in some R₀ somaclones and seed-derived plants and their progenies may be related to the apomictic mode of reproduction which is assumed to be prevalent in Hypericum perforatum. The differences in RFLP patterns of progenies when compared with the maternal plants (1 out of 10 progenies of one control plant and 1 out of 8 progenies of one somaclone) may indicate that some progenies have originated through sexual recombination. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

小麦纹枯病抗源的遗传多样性及抗性基因位点SSR标记分析

为揭示小麦纹枯病抗源的遗传多样性,发掘优异的抗性种质,利用沟带接种法对前期筛选出的88份抗性种质进行了3年田间抗性鉴定,鉴定出抗或中抗纹枯病的小麦种质32份。利用分布于全基因组的SSR标记对这些抗源进行了遗传多样性分析,59个SSR标记共检测到308个等位变异,每个标记可以检测到2~13个等位基因,平均5.2个;多态性信息含量(PIC)的变异范围为0.12~0.89,平均为0.61,表明材料的遗传丰富度较高。根据聚类分析和主成分(PCA)分析,32份小麦纹枯病抗源按照遗传相似系数可划分为2个组群,国外引进品种和国内改良品种聚为一类,国内农家品种聚为一类,并且与地理分布特征相符。利用与纹枯病抗性QTL紧密连锁的14个SSR标记对32份抗源进行基因型分析,发现与抗性QTL连锁的2BS上的Xwmc154和7DS上的Xbarc126普遍存在,可用于分子标记辅助选择。在武农148、陕983、陕农78、Coker 983、H-Line、Mason和Compair中仅检测到一个已报道的抗病QTL,而在Tyalt中没有检测到已知抗病QTL,这些材料有可能携带新的纹枯病抗性基因/QTL,可以在育种中加以利用。     

Evaluation of R1 Alfalfa Somaclones for Herbage Yield and Morphological Characteristics

Tissue culture protocols were used to generate somaclonal variation in two synthetic populations of alfalfa. In both cases the somaclone populations give yields of dry matter about 29 % lower than the synthetic populations from which they were derived. Plant height and, for one population (LE-1), stem length, number of node per stem and internode length was also lower for the somaclones than for the original populations. The implications for plant breeding programs are considered and two hypotheses (one genetic and the other physiological), to account for the changes are presented.     

Somaclonal variation in cell suspension culture-derived regenerants of Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats var. motia

Plants regenerated from cell suspension cultures of palmarosa grass, Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats, were analysed for somaclonal variation in five clonal generations. A wide range of variation in important quantitative traits, e.g. plant yield, height, tiller number, oil content and qualitative changes in essential oil constituents—geraniol, geranyl acetate, geranyl formate and linalool—were observed among the 120 somaclones screened. Eight somaclones were selected on the basis of high herb and oil yield over the donor line and high geraniol content in the oil. Based on performance in the field trials, three superior lines were selected, and maintained for five clonal generations. The superior lines exhibited a reasonable degree of stability in the traits selected.     

以标记辅助选择改良江苏主栽粳稻品种“淮稻5号”黑条矮缩病抗性

水稻黑条矮缩病是由灰飞虱传播的一种病毒病,最近在江苏、浙江等省暴发给水稻生产造成严重威胁。本研究在前期对水稻黑条矮缩病抗性基因初步定位的基础上,针对第6染色体短臂上紧密连锁的两个抗性QTL,以抗性亲本“明恢63”为供体,感病亲本“淮稻5号”为轮回亲本,通过标记辅助选择,构建了携带目标抗性QTL的系列近等基因系。自然接种和人工接种鉴定表明新培育的近等基因系其发病率较对照轮回亲本下降25%左右,抗性得到显著改良。农艺性状调查结果显示大多数近等基因系其生育期、株高及产量构成性状等与轮回亲本相似,表明目标区段存在较少的累赘连锁。此外,对有关如何实现目标QTL的精细定位,以及利用标记辅助选择聚合多个抗性QTL培育抗病品种的策略也进行了探讨。     

Transfer of disease resistance within the genus Brassica through asymmetric somatic hybridization

Summary Asymmetric somatic hybrid plants between Brassica napus L. (oilseed rape genome AACC) and a transgenic line of Brassica nigra L. Koch (black mustard genome BB) were tested for their resistance against rapeseed pathogens Phoma lingam (black leg disease) and Plasmodiophora brassicae (club root disease). The transgenic B. nigra line used (hygromycin-resistant, donor) is highly resistant to both fungi, whereas B. napus (recipient) is highly susceptible. The asymmetric somatic hybrids were produced using the donor-recipient fusion method (with X-irradiation of donor protoplasts) reported by Zelcer et al. (1978) for the production of cybrids. Using hygromycin-B for selection, a total of 332 hybrid calli were obtained. Regenerants, resistant or susceptible to both diseases, were selected. Many hybrids expressed resistance to only one pathogen. Dot blot experiments showed that the asymmetric hybrid plants contained varying amounts of the donor genomic DNA. Furthermore, a correlation was detected between the radiation dose and the degree of donor DNA elimination.     

小麦幼胚无性系麦谷蛋白亚基变异研究

对通过辐射诱获得的323个无性系进行了SDS－PAGE电泳分析，结果表明，小麦储藏蛋白变异几率随愈伤辐射剂量的增强而增加，但是随辐射剂量的增加，愈伤存活率，绿苗再生率了随这剧烈降低。同时分析了麦谷蛋白变异类型及其与植株形态变异的关系，提出了小麦幼胚愈伤组织辐射诱变的适宜剂量。     

Past,present and future opportunities in breeding for disease resistance,with examples from wheat

Summary This introductory chapter contains some general comments about plant breeding and breeding for disease resistance. The use of disease resistant crop plants is an environmentally favourable method of controlling disease but the process of breeding for disease resistance is subject to several constraints. Among them is the variability of pathogens in relation to host resistance. Some parts of this variation can be resolved into gene-for-gene interactions, but the boundaries within which such interactions can be detected are not sharp. The discussion of this variation is illustrated by reference to some important diseases of wheat, especially yellow rust, septoria and eyespot. The objective of obtaining durable resistance is discussed and some contributions of new genetical and molecular techniques to breeding for resistance are considered. It is suggested that new technology will enhance breeding for disease resistance but that established techniques of plant breeding will remain relevant and important.     

水稻对白叶枯病的成株抗性

有些水稻品种对白叶枯病(Xanthomonas campestris pv.oryzae)的侵染表现出成株期抗性,其植株在苗期感病,随着植株成长由感病转为抗病。13个有成株抗性的品种中,有些能抗供试的4个菲律宾小种,而另一些只对1或2个小种有成株抗性。菌系与品种间互作较强,表明有些水稻品种对白叶枯病的成株抗性似乎属“小种专化”。抗性转变的情况多种多样,有些品种从苗期到孕穗期逐渐由感病转为抗病,另一些品种从感病转向抗病的界限非常明显。不同品种对同一菌系的转抗叶位不同,同一品种对不同菌株的转抗叶位也不一样。具有 Xa-6基因的品种的成株抗性仍表现稳定。高温对感病品种和成株抗性品种在转抗以前的感病阶段的病情发展有促进作用。具有 xa-5基因的 IR1545-339在高温下仍然有其鉴别抗性反应,对其有致病力的小种4的病情类似TNI。     

Genetic diversity in apricot cultivars based on AFLP markers

A set of cultivars used as genitors in apricot breeding programs aimed at introducing sharka resistance were examined by AFLP molecular marker analysis. The markers obtained indicated that apricot cultivars resistant to sharka were related to the European cultivars, but they potentially share a common ancestor donor of sharka outside of the European group. Segregation of AFLP and RAPD markers has been tested in two progenies of two crosses, one between a resistant and a susceptible cultivar and one between two susceptible accessions. The heterozygozity of families obtained from crosses between resistant and susceptible cultivars is similar to those obtained from other self-incompatible Prunus species. On the other hand, heterozygosity of a progeny obtained from a cross between European susceptible cultivars was very low. The usefulness of the information provided by AFLPs for apricot breeding programs is discussed. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Natural occurrence of autopolyploidy within the allotetraploid-cultivated peanut

The cultivated peanut is classified as an allotetraploid species. During the past several years, abnormal plants with coarse stems, thick leaves and an occasional single seed per pod have been found within different cultivars and advanced breeding lines. The spontaneous natural occurrence of these plants has been very rare, and frequently they do not produce any pods or seed. However, over a 3‐year period (2001–2003), four individual plant selections with one mature seed per plant were found and saved. In 2003, another similar plant was also found that had the same plant characteristics, except for a single branch that had normal leaves with typical two‐seeded pods. A greenhouse study was conducted during the winter of 2003–2004. The four coarse stem individual plant selections from the previous years were planted along with the check cultivar ‘Georgia Green’ and the sectorial plant found in 2003. S₁ seed from both the one‐seeded pods as well as normal two‐seeded pods were planted from the sectorial plant. Relative DNA content was measured by flow cytometry on all plants. Results from the test showed that the coarse stem, thick leaf plants with poor fruit set were autooctoploids and had about twice the DNA content when compared with the normal sectorial branch and the allotetraploid peanut cultigen.     

Introducing host‐plant resistance to anthracnose in Kyrgyz common bean through inoculation‐based and marker‐aided selection

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is one of the most important legume crops for human consumption. However, its grain yield can be reduced by up to 90% by the seedborne disease, anthracnose. Fungicide treatment is costly and time‐consuming. The introduction of host plant resistance against this disease appears, therefore, to be crucial for enhancing the productivity of this crop in Kyrgyzstan. The use of DNA‐based markers in backcrossing programmes may help speed up the breeding for resistance. In this study, we used a combination of inoculation tests and a DNA marker (SCAreoli marker) to track the transfer of host‐plant resistance (Co‐2 gene) from two donor cultivars, ‘Vaillant’ and ‘Flagrano’, to susceptible Kyrgyz cultivars ‘Ryabaya’, ‘Kytayanka’ and ‘Lopatka’, which are widely grown in the country. The segregating offspring were evaluated to test the reliability of the SCAreoli marker as selection aid for host‐plant resistance to anthracnose. Our study showed that a co‐dominant DNA marker can successfully be used in backcross breeding to distinguish segregating material in different market classes of common bean.     

Comparison of the isozyme variation in tall fescue parents and their somaclones

Summary This study was conducted using the isozymes ACP-1, ADH-1, GOT-2, GOT-3, MDH, 6-PGD-1 and PGI-2 to: a) compare isozyme banding patterns of tall fescue somaclones with parents and b) correlate tissue culture-induced chromosome abnormalities with variant banding patterns. The 174 somaclones were grouped into seven categories based on their meiotic analyses and time of regeneration from culture. Differences in isozyme frequency between categories compared by chi-square tests were greatest for MDH, 6-PGD-1 and PGI-2, and least for ACP-1. The most significant differences in frequency were found between somaclones and parents. In comparisons of somaclone categories, the most different isozyme distributions were between the early vs. late regenerated somaclones. No significant differences in isozyme frequencies were found between all 42-chromosome somaclones vs. aneuploid somaclones and the three somaclone groups (42-normal, 42-abnormal, aneuploid) compared to each other. This study suggests that culture-induced isozyme variation alters the distribution of the isozyme phenotypes, but is not directly correlated with chromosome abnormalities.     

Effects of growth regulators on callus cell growth,plant regeneration,and somaclonal variation of smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.)

Summary Immature inflorescences of smooth bromegrass were cultured on MS agar media supplemented with varying combinations of 2,4-D and kinetin. Callus was initiated from segments of young inflorescences on each medium. All of the calli were subcultured monthly for 5–6 times and transferred onto hormone-free MS medium for plant regeneration. Addition of kinetin to the basal medium stimulated shoot initiation in the callus cultures. Plantlets were regenerated only from calli grown on media containing 2 and 6 mg I^-1 2,4-D with a supplement of 0.2 mg I^-1 kinetin. No albino plantlets were produced. Morphological characteristics and dry matter yield of ten somaclones and the parental plant (SBG7) were studied in the greenhouse in a randomized complete block experiment with five replications. There was significant variation (P>0.01) among genotypes for all morphological characteristics studied. Although all somaclone heights and leaf widths were lower than those of the parental plant, the somaclone F9A, F10A, and F10B had larger tiller numbers, and leaf/stem ratio by dry weight than the parental plant. Only somaclone F9B gave higher specific leaf area and leaf area ratio than the parental plant. Almost all somaclones had the same leaf length, total dry weight, and specific leaf weight as the parental plant. The variation found in somaclones should permit selection for desirable agronomic traits.     

叶霉菌粗毒素对番茄幼苗防御酶及活性氧的诱导

以番茄不同抗性品种的幼苗为材料,采用浸渍法研究了低浓度的叶霉菌粗毒素对番茄叶片防御酶(SOD 、POD 、PAL)活性及活性氧(O_2~-和H_2O_2)的诱导作用,为探讨病菌毒素诱导植物抗病性的生理生化机制提供科学依据.结果表明,番茄经叶霉菌粗毒素诱导后,抗、感品种叶片的SOD活性下降,但抗病品种的下降比率小,且比感病品种具有较高的酶活性;抗、感品种的POD活性变化趋势均为先上升后下降,二者间的酶活性变化差异不大; 抗、感品种PAL活性均升高,但抗病品种增加更快,且增加比率高于感病品种;抗、感品种的O_2~-产率和H_2O_2含量的变化呈增加趋势,抗病品种的增加比率均高于感病品种,且增加峰值出现早.说明叶霉菌粗毒素诱导的番茄体内防御酶和活性氧变化与番茄抗叶霉病有着密切的关系.