植物细胞质雄性不育基因的鉴定及育性调控机理

细胞质雄性不育（cytoplasmic male sterility,CMS）是作物杂交种生产的主要授粉控制系统,研究细胞质雄性不育分子基础及调控机理对利用杂种优势提高作物产量具有重要的指导意义。本文从植物的线粒体基因与细胞质雄性不育的关系着手,列举了植物CMS基因的鉴定情况,重点介绍了研究较多的矮牵牛、玉米、水稻和油菜细胞质雄性不育基因的鉴定进展及其对不育性状的调控。同时根据恢复基因与不育基因的相互作用情况阐述了育性恢复的可能机理,并对植物CMS分子机理的研究前景进行了展望。     

Male sterility in soybean: Occurrence,molecular basis and utilization

In plants, male sterility (MS) is a specific breeding target trait. With the advancements in agriculture, utilization of heterosis breeding in hybrid production through MS lines has become the main breeding tool of various cross‐pollinated and even self‐pollinated crops. Soybean is an essential source of oil and protein; however, the low yield is a major factor limiting its development. Soybean MS mainly comprises cytoplasmic‐nuclear MS and nuclear/genic MS (NMS/GMS), which can effectively utilize heterosis to improve soybean yield. This review outlines the recent research progress on the development of new genetically MS lines, exploring the underlying molecular mechanism of MS, identification and cloning of MS and fertility restoration genes, and the application of MS lines. We further discussed and prospected the future developmental scenario direction of the soybean MS, based on the previous studies of other crops sterility system. Moreover, this review also provides comprehensive information for better application of MS to soybean breeding programme.     

Cytoplasmic male sterility in Brassicaceae crops

Brassicaceae crops display strong hybrid vigor, and have long been subject to F₁ hybrid breeding. Because the most reliable system of F₁ seed production is based on cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), various types of CMS have been developed and adopted in practice to breed Brassicaceae oil seed and vegetable crops. CMS is a maternally inherited trait encoded in the mitochondrial genome, and the male sterile phenotype arises as a result of interaction of a mitochondrial CMS gene and a nuclear fertility restoring (Rf) gene. Therefore, CMS has been intensively investigated for gaining basic insights into molecular aspects of nuclear-mitochondrial genome interactions and for practical applications in plant breeding. Several CMS genes have been identified by molecular genetic studies, including Ogura CMS from Japanese radish, which is the most extensively studied and most widely used. In this review, we discuss Ogura CMS, and other CMS systems, and the causal mitochondrial genes for CMS. Studies on nuclear Rf genes and the cytoplasmic effects of alien cytoplasm on general crop performance are also reviewed. Finally, some of the unresolved questions about CMS are highlighted.     

Interspecific amphiploid‐derived alloplasmic male sterility with defective anthers,narrow disc florets and small ray flowers in sunflower

The cytoplasmic male‐sterility (CMS)/fertility‐restoration system is important for hybrid sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed production. The objective of this study was to characterize two novel alloplasmic CMSs, designated CMS GRO1 and CMS MAX3, with defective anthers, narrow disc florets with no swollen corolla, and short, narrow ray flowers derived from two tetraploid amphiploids (AMPs). Among 26 tested lines, only AMP Helianthus cusickii/P 21 and HA 410 failed to restore male‐fertility. Segregation of CMS, male‐fertile plants and plants with reduced male‐fertility was observed both in the testcross progeny of a six line half‐diallel cross of F₁s with CMS MAX3 and in an F₂ population of CMS GRO1 × RHA 274. Male‐fertility restoration was controlled by at least two dominant genes. Detailed analysis of the mitochondrial genes may provide insight into the differences between these CMSs and other CMS lines. The new CMSs will facilitate the studies of the incompatibility between cytoplasmic and nuclear genes, especially for the alloplasmic CMS involving perennial species, and also provide unique ornamental flower types and CMS sources for hybrid sunflower breeding.     

Cytological observation of anther structure and genetic investigation of a new type of cytoplasmic male sterile 0A193‐CMS in Brassica rapa L.

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), a maternally transmitted failure in pollen formation, is an effective pollination control system in hybrid rapeseed (Brassica napus) breeding. However, CMS is not widely used in the related oilseed species Brassica rapa. In the past years, several male sterile plants have been isolated from the B. rapa landrace ‘0A193’, collected in Shaanxi, China, in 2011. It is noteworthy that the fertility expression of 0A193‐CMS was affected by temperature. In contrast to pol CMS, fertility tests with 18 B. rapa and 9 B. napus accessions suggest that a different system of maintaining and restoring is responsible for the observed phenotype. Further on, genetic investigation evidenced that fertility of 0A193‐CMS is controlled by both cytoplasmic and one pair of nuclear recessive genes. Interestingly, plants of the 0A193‐CMS type possess a highly specific fragment of the mitochondrial gene orf222, a crucial regulator of male sterility in nap CMS. Our study broadens the CMS resources in B. rapa and provides a highly applicable alternative to pol CMS and ogu CMS for hybrid breeding production.     

Identification of ‘Sib’ plants in hybrid cauliflowers using microsatellite markers

Hybrid cauliflowers have been developed to exploit heterosis and to improve uniformity of production. Two breeding systems are commonly employed, self-incompatibility (SI) and cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS). Sibs, assumed to be self-inbred, often contaminate hybrid seed lots in the SI system and whilst self-inbreeding is not possible in the CMS system, plants that look like sibs occur. The objective of this study was to develop microsatellite markers for male and female cauliflower parent lines of both SI and CMS systems and to use them to screen sibs and aberrant plants in F₁ hybrids. Fifty six pairs of microsatellite primers were screened and 8 primer pairs produced co-dominant markers in parent plants and two pairs of markers were chosen for purity testing of F₁ hybrid seeds. Controlled pollinations were conducted in the glasshouse to produce hybrid and selfed-seeds. These seeds were grown in a field trial to identify morphologically normal and sib plants and to assess the reliability of microsatellite markers in detecting sib plants. Microsatellite analysis of morphological sib plants from the SI system revealed that these were not always self-inbred, in contrast, most self-inbred plants showed normal growth. Similarly, all morphological sibs from the CMS system showed hybrid bands. This suggests that morphological sibs were not always due to selfing but possibly to an interaction between genetic and environmental factors and this requires further investigation.     

水稻细胞质雄性不育及其育性恢复基因的研究进展

细胞质雄性不育（cytoplasmic male sterility,CMS）及育性恢复（restorer of fertility,Rf）是作物杂种优势利用的有效途径之一,由线粒体不育基因和核恢复基因互作产生。本文综述了水稻CMS和Rf基因的来源及其分子遗传机理,并展望了水稻CMS和Rf系统在水稻育种方面的应用。     

体细胞杂交在油菜细胞质雄性不育创建和改良中的应用

油菜细胞质雄性不育作为生产油菜杂交种的主要授粉控制系统得到广泛利用，但由于油菜种内自然发生的有利用价值的雄性不育细胞质类型不多，所以种属间转移现有不育细胞质及发掘新型不育细胞质意义重大。体细胞杂交不仅避开了有性杂交亲和障碍的限制，还可实现两个杂交亲本细胞质基因组的重组，是一种快速有效、应用广泛的转移和诱导雄性不育细胞质的手段。本文综述了利用原生质体杂交技术在油菜种内、种间和属间转移雄性不育细胞质以及通过细胞质基因组重组改良和创建新型雄性不育细胞质的研究进展，并讨论了利用体细胞杂交方法创建新型雄性不育细胞质的应用前景。     

江苏“三系”杂交粳稻育种现状及改良对策

江苏是“三系”杂交粳稻育种研究较早的省份，“九五”以来，取得长足进步，冲破了多年徘徊不前的局面，亲本创新力度加大，稻米品质明显提高。但可供大面积生产推广的强优势组合偏少，产量和品质竞争优势不突出。文章中从育种的技术角度提出了品质改良、高异交结实特性不育系转育、偏粳型特异亲和性恢复系选育及塑造充分体现籽粒优势的F1理想株型等育种思路。     

油菜胞质不育类型相关基因研究进展

细胞质雄性不育在油菜杂种优势利用中具有重要作用,研究细胞质雄性不育的不育机理对有效利用杂种优势,实现三系配套及创造强优势组合具有重要意义。介绍Ogu CMS,Pol CMS,Nap CMS等目前国际上主要的甘蓝型油菜细胞质雄性不育类型,综述了线粒体基因组上与CMS性状相关基因的位点或片段的最新研究进展,并讨论当今学术界有关CMS产生机理的主要论点。     

Molecular characterization of fertile and sterile cytoplasms in Beta spp.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from sugar beet carrying fertile (F) and male sterile (CMS) cytoplasms, and from male sterile accession of Beta maritima collected in Brittany (France) were characterized and compared by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and Southern hybridization with coxII. The F and CMS cytoplasms could be clearly distinguished from each other by RFLP when XhoI, EcoRI and BamHI endonucleases were used. Southern hybridization with the coxII gene provided further evidence that mitochondrial genome organization differs between fertile and sterile plants. All cytoplasmic male sterile lines from different breeding stations showed the same restriction and hybridization patterns, which confirms the uniformity of mitochondrial genomes within the materials used for hybrid seed production in several European countries. No visible differences were found between the maintainer lines studied. However, comparisons of XhoI restriction profiles of mtDNA from maintainer lines and from fertile monogerm populations revealed slight differences, which were reflected by the appearance of a unique 0.9 kb fragment in the latter. Analysis of mtDNA from male sterile plants of the wild beet B. maritima showed different restriction and hybridization patterns in comparison with normal and sterile sugar beet cytoplasms. This shows the unique nature of cytoplasmic male sterility in this species.     

Fixation of hybrid vigor in rice: opportunities and challenges

Rice, one of most important crops, is emerging not only as a model plant for molecular biological studies in cereal crops, but also as a model system for hybrid breeding methodologies, which include three-line system, two-line system and one-line system, corresponding to inter-varietal heterosis, inter-subspecific heterosis and heterosis of distant hybridization based on enhancing heterosis level, respectively. The developmental goal and direction of rice breeding are to simplify procedure of hybrid breeding and to enhance heterosis level. One-line breeding is not only to use distance cross for enhancing heterosis but also to lock hybrid vigor and to produce permanent hybrid. Rice of early generation stability, sporophytic apomictic rice or gametophytic apomictic rice might be used as a genetic tool for one-line breeding, and also represent three main methods and three development stages in one-line breeding.     

Development of a cytoplasmic male‐sterile line NJCMS4A for hybrid soybean production

Cytoplasmic male‐sterile (CMS) lines are being used to produce hybrid seeds. Thus far, four CMS sources in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] have been reported in China. However, they are not sufficient or efficient in meeting the requirements of commercial soybean hybrid seed production. In this study, 33 varieties were tested for CMS using 45 crosses among 37 landraces and 17 annual wild soybean accessions (Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc.). The cross of N23661 × N23658 showed partial to complete male sterility in backcross generations, while the corresponding reciprocal cross showed normal male fertility. Thus, the cytoplasm of N23661 is male‐sterile, the continuously backcrossed line is a male‐sterile line (designated NJCMS4A), and N23658 is its maintainer (designated NJCM4B). The male fertility of NJCMS4A was restored by another accession, Nansheng9403. Accordingly, NJCMS4A along with its maintainer and restorer composes a complete set of three lines for producing hybrid soybean. Using mitochondrial markers and sequence analyses, NJCMS4A is a CMS line with its cytoplasm not identical to the four previously reported CMS sources in soybean.     

The use of genetic,manual and chemical methods to control pollination in vegetable hybrid seed production: a review

Production of hybrid varieties of vegetable crops is currently a desired breeding goal, due to their remarkable agronomic performance and to the possibility of intellectual property protection. However, efficient hybrid production requires a careful pollination control to guarantee the hybrid nature of F₁ seed. Several technologies ranging from manual emasculation to genetic transformation are used to inhibit pollen production in mother plants. In this review, we examine the principles underlying strategies like genetically determined systems (genic male sterility, cytoplasmic–genic male sterility, self‐incompatibility) and other methods (manual emasculation, chemical‐hybridizing agents) in different species, considering the benefits and drawbacks of their adoption. Finally, we present the current state of the art for vegetable hybrid seed production.     

Alteration in important quality traits and antioxidant activities in Brassica oleracea with Ogura cybrid cytoplasm

In vegetable brassicas, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system is the most preferred mechanism for hybrid seed production and Ogura cybrid cytoplasm is the only source used widely. Effects of the alien cybrid cytoplasm on important quality traits need to be understood for their effective use in breeding programme. In analysing 38 Ogura cybrid cytoplasm‐based cauliflower CMS lines, it was revealed that introgression of Ogura cytoplasm resulted in significant alteration in important quality traits. Cupric reducing antioxidant activity and ferric reducing ability of plasma values were increased up to 5–10 times in different genotypes. Among 38 analysed CMS lines, concentration of plant pigments such as anthocyanin, total chlorophylls and ascorbic acid was reduced in 21, 17 and 32 genotypes, respectively. However, the concentration of total carotenoids and β‐carotene was elevated in most of the CMS lines and total carotenoid was increased up to 20 times in the CMS line, Ogu13‐85‐2A. The results indicate the role of nuclear–cytoplasmic interaction and mitochondrial genome in determining concentration of different quality traits.     

The wi gene causes genic male sterility in Allium choenoprasum

Segregation studies following the transfer of the gene wi to different cytoplasm types, which have been distinguished by means of restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses using mitochondrial gene probes, revealed the formation of the wi‐sterility in each of the four cytoplasms examined. The male sterility is therefore only caused by the nuclear wi gene, i.e. an additional factor of a specific cytoplasm can be excluded. Hence, the wi‐sterility proved to be a genic male sterility (GMS) and not a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS). The expression of the wi‐sterility appears to be stable, since it is not affected by high temperatures or tetracycline. Accordingly, a temporary pollen production, which would allow self‐fertilization for the maintenance of sterile lines, cannot be induced by controlling these environmental factors. In terms of hybrid breeding, this GMS therefore has no advantage over the previously described CMS system.     

Isolation and Characterization of the Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Associated Gene of Cotton (Gossypium harknessii)

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited trait that results in the failure to produce functional pollen.It was identified in many plants,and it is widely used to exploit heterosis.Now,there are some genes associated with the CMS phenomena that have been identified in the mitochondrial genome.For example,specific genes implicated in CMS have been reported in maize,petunia,bean,Brassica,radish,sunflower,rice,carrot,sorghum,pepper,and many others.     

Heterosis and genetic analysis of iron concentration in grains and leaves of maize

Iron (Fe) is a major micronutrient affecting animal and plant health. Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important crop for both food and fodders. The concentration of Fe in grains and vegetative organs, therefore, may exert a direct or indirect influence on human nutrition. Improving Fe nutrition by breeding is a promising way, but little is known about the genetics and heterosis of Fe nutrition in maize. In the present study, nine inbred lines were used to analyse the heterosis, combining ability and genetic ability of Fe concentration in grain and in the leaves supporting the cobs (ear‐leaf) of maize by a diallel mating design. It was showed that heterosis of Fe concentration in grains was very low, indicating that traditional hybrid breeding may not be efficient for improving this trait. Iron concentration of the ear‐leaf was controlled by additive gene effects and heterosis was high, indicating that hybrid breeding can be used to improve Fe nutrition of the vegetative organs of maize.     

节水抗旱杂交稻的选育和应用前景

节水抗旱杂交稻的选育和应用有利于整合水稻的节水抗旱性、杂种优势和其他优良特性，提高干旱和节水栽培条件下水稻的产量和经济效益。通过测配筛选大量的抗旱稻资源，获得一个对野败不育系具有一定保持能力国外引进品种EAIC139-55-1-23，经系统选育获得一个稳定的选系进而转育成优质节水抗旱稻胞质雄性不育系——沪旱1A。组织国内相关单位在不同生态区以沪旱1A为母本，与当地优良水稻恢复系配制组合，获得具有良好地域适应性的节水抗旱杂交稻新组合，同时通过杂交育种和标记辅助选择等技术手段进一步改良现有不育系异交结实率和恢复系的耐旱性、品质、抗病虫等特性。育成旱优2号、旱优3号等杂交旱稻组合在大量节约水资源的栽培条件下表现较强的增产潜力，预示广阔的应用前景。     

向日葵细胞质雄性不育性的机制与利用

向日葵杂种生产采用三系配套系统完成。因此,向日葵细胞质雄性不育性的研究备受关注。其中研究较为清楚的是PET1细胞质,其不育机理是线粒体DNA重组形成嵌合基因,编码新的多肽,导致小孢子的败育。然而,这些基因如何影响小孢子发育的生理机制仍不清楚,有待进一步深入研究。丰富多样的向日葵CMS会大大降低因遗传单一性给大规模生产带来的风险;未发现恢复系的CMS可以用于无花粉观赏向日葵杂交种的生产。