矮秆小粒水稻潇湘矮的形态学与分子遗传学分析

【目的】研究揭示潇湘矮矮秆小粒的遗传机制,为潇湘矮的育种利用提供理论基础。【方法】利用水稻育种过程中自然突变而得到的稳定遗传的矮秆小粒水稻材料潇湘矮,对其进行农艺性状考查、赤霉素(GA_3)和油菜素内酯(BR)敏感性分析、遗传学分析,并利用潇湘矮与其近等基因系NIL(NIP)衍生的F_2群体对控制矮秆小粒的基因xxa进行图位克隆,最终利用转基因互补试验验证候选基因。【结果】潇湘矮除表现为矮秆小粒外,其穗长变短,穗型紧凑,千粒重极显著下降。不同浓度梯度的赤霉素(GA_3)和油菜素内酯(BR)处理,发现潇湘矮对GA_3部分敏感,而对BR不敏感。遗传分析发现其符合孟德尔3∶1分离规律。图位克隆将xxa基因定位于第5染色体In Del标记F81和F82之间约70 kb区间的物理距离内。该区间包含8个开放阅读框(ORF)。其中,第5个ORF(LOC_Os05g26890)被注释为水稻株高基因D1。序列分析发现,潇湘矮的D1基因在第5和12外显子分别有1个碱基的无义替换和3个碱基的缺失,其中第12外显子3个碱基的缺失导致1个赖氨酸的缺失。转基因互补显示D1可以恢复潇湘矮的表型。【结论】潇湘矮控制株高的途径可能与GA_3代谢有关;潇湘矮矮秆小粒表型符合单隐性核基因控制的遗传规律;潇湘矮矮秆小粒性状是由D1基因突变所致。     

两个双矮地方种质中新矮生基因的遗传和等位性分析

对黔农和特矮两个双矮地方种质株高性状的遗传分析结果表明,黔农和特矮的矮生性均由2对隐性矮生基因控制,其中各有1对矮生基因与sd-1等位,另1对与sd-1不等位。黔农中两对矮生基因降低株高的效应不同,与sd-1不等位的矮生基因控制的株高比sd-1略矮;而特矮的两对矮生基因具有相同的降低株高效应。将分别来自黔农和特矮的携带新半矮生基因的材料命名为“新黔矮”和“新特矮”,各携带新的半矮生基因sd-q(t)和sd-e(t);其中新黔矮携带sd-q(t)与sd-g(t)等6个矮秆半矮秆基因均不等位。新黔矮在每穗粒数、结实率和千粒重等农艺性状上表现较好,有希望应用在育种和生产上替代sd-1。     

春小麦新种质陇矮l号矮秆性状的遗传研究

为了深入了解春小麦新创种质陇矮1号的矮秆性遗传规律，2000～2001年对“陇矮1号”的矮秆遗传特性进行了较为系统的研究。从“陇矮1号”分别与三个高秆亲本“老芒麦”、“和尚头”和“高原602”的杂种F1代株高表现可知，其F1代株高介于高亲值与中亲值之间，且D为负值，说明“陇矮1号”的矮秆特性受隐性矮秆基因控制。“陇矮1号”与“老芒麦”、“和尚头”和“高原602”的F2代株高分离表明，“陇矮1号”的矮秆特性受2对或2对以上隐性基因控制。此外，超亲分离表明“陇矮1号”的矮秆特性还受到一些微效基因的影响。对各组合回交世代BCl和BC2株高分离结果进行x^2测验，BCl的矮秆株数与半矮秆株数之比为3：1，而BC2的半矮秆株数与高秆株数之比为1：3。因此，推断“陇矮1号”的矮秆特性受2对主效隐性矮秆基因控制。     

一个新的水稻小粒矮秆突变基因的遗传鉴定

水稻品系162d是一个新发现的水稻小粒矮秆突变体。通过对221个SSR标记位点的多态性分析证明162d是由蜀恢162突变产生的,162d和蜀恢162是一对近等基因系。对F1和F2代的遗传分析表明162d的矮生性由一对隐性基因控制。该基因的表型特点是株高为正常高度的1/4左右,籽粒为正常大小的1/4左右,结实很差,叶短而宽。该基因对赤霉素GA[sub]3[/sub]敏感,不位于d1基因所在的水稻第5染色体着丝点附近区域。因此,认为162d突变基因是一个新的水稻小粒矮秆基因。     

粳型水稻显性半矮秆突变体的发现与初步研究

 在中粳杂交组合“M9056 × R8018选”的F6 选种圃中，发现半矮秆突变单株。以纯合半矮秆单株为父、母本， 与稳定野生型高秆单株进行正、反杂交。种植 P1 、P2 、F1、F2 世代群体。结果表明F1 植株与半矮秆亲本基本相同， 仍然表现半矮秆。 说明该半矮秆突变材料的矮生性表达为显性， 无细胞质效应。F2 群体植株株高性状发生分离，其分离比符合一对等位基因的遗传模式，说明该半矮秆材料的矮生性表达受一对核基因控制。     

新的玉米显性矮秆基因的发现及初步分析

玉米杂交种CL1077中的矮秆突变体52333与5个高秆自交系进行杂交,对P1、P2、F1、F2、BC1和BC2群体株高变异进行分析。结果表明,正反交杂种F1均表现为矮秆,没有显著差异;F2代矮株与高株的分离比为3∶1,杂种F1与高株自交系回交后代的分离比为1∶1,与矮秆突变体回交的后代全为矮株,证明该矮秆材料的矮秆性状受一对显性矮秆基因控制,且不受细胞质的影响。对纯合矮秆植株及杂种F1芽期和苗期进行赤霉素处理,结果表明,此矮秆基因对赤霉素敏感,表明与以前报道的所有矮秆基因不同,此矮秆基因可能是一新的矮秆基因,并将此矮秆基因初步定名为D(t)。     

显性矮秆基因Rht10亚染色体水平导入“中国春”的研究

以4D染色体上携有Ms2-Rht10连锁基因的“矮败”小麦为模拟育种目的基因Rht10的供体,以“中国春”为受体,通过中国春与矮败小麦的杂交、回交,利用同源染色体片段间“交换”的功能,解除Rht10与Ms2（太谷核不育基因）的连锁,将Rht10与其所在的一个染色体片段导入中国春4D染色体相应的部位。测得Rht10与Ms2连锁解除时的交换值为0.12%,验证了Rht10与Ms2属密连锁的基因。Rht10导入中国春后,最初获得的是株高为72cm左右的半矮秆可育的“初级目标植株”,以其自交及中国春回交的后代所得的分离比例证实了Rht10通过交换在初级目标植株中处于杂合状态。初级目标植株自交分离出了Rht10纯合、株高为29.3cm左右（与“矮变1号”株高相当）的模拟育种的“目标植株”。Rht10导入中国春后所得的初级目标植株结实率较中国春原种显著降低,而目标植株则是雄性不育的,这表明Rht10在中国春核遗传背景条件下对普通小麦的育性有明显的负面效应。由于Ms2Rht10连锁中的Rht10基因可以在亚染色体水平上被操作,因此可以利用Ms2所标记的普通小麦染色体作为目的基因载体进行小麦属内染色体工程育种。     

空间诱变水稻矮秆突变体CHA-1对赤霉素的反应及其遗传分析

应用不同浓度的赤霉素（GA[sub]3[/sub]）溶液在苗期处理CHA-1特华占原种、日本晴、矮脚南特等4个材料,研究它们对GA[sub]3[/sub]反应的敏感性。结果表明,经空间诱变的矮秆突变体在苗期对GA[sub]3[/sub]的反应敏感,但与已知带[i]sd-1[/i]基因的籼、粳稻代表品种矮脚南特、日本晴敏感性有差异。进一步的遗传分析表明,控制CHA-1的一对隐性矮秆基因与[i]sd-1[/i]基因不等位。     

我国46个小麦品种的矮秆基因分析

本文利用矮变１号研究了赤霉酸不敏感性与矮秆基因的关系，证实了赤霉酸不敏感基因与矮秆基因为同一基因或紧密连锁。利用这一特征，通过矮秆基因等位性测验法和矮秆品种赤霉酸反应鉴定与系谱分析相结合，分析了我国４６个矮秆小麦品种所携带的赤霉酸不敏感品种基因，Ｒｈｔ１基因型有１１个，占２４％，Ｒｈｔ２基因型有３２个，占６９％，Ｒｈｔｌ＋Ｒｈｔ２基因型有３个占７％，我国生产上种植的矮秆品种不含Ｒｈｔｌ＋Ｒｈｔ２基     

从水稻花培纯系中发现矮秆突变体单209矮

1978年从纯系(花培4代)单209群体中发现一矮秆植株。鉴于变异是遗传的並且其株型、叶型、穗型、生育期均和原品种相仿,故将该突变体称为“单209矮”。通过鉴定,证实此突变体确实出于花培纯系单209,研究了矮生性的遗传及基因突变对抗病性的影响。研究表明,单209矮聚合了1个隐性矮秆基因和2个显性抗病（稻瘟病和白叶枯病）基因。     

Comparative Assessment of the Efficacy of Various Nitrogen Fertilizers

Summary

The efficiency of N fertilizers is usually poor; often less than 50% of the applied N is taken up by the crop. This review focuses on various N fertilizers with respect to the significance of different N loss pathways, namely (i) ammonia volatilization, (ii) dinitrogen and nitrogen oxide emissions, and (iii) nitrate leaching. Further, the significance of biological N immobilization, ammonium fixation and, finally, the impact of nitrate vs. ammonium uptake on crop yield are also discussed. The reviewed literature shows that N fertilizers may differ markedly in their susceptibility to losses. There is, however, considerable scope to improve N efficiency of each N source by proper N management practices.     

Novel food and non-food uses for sorghum and millets

Sorghum and millets have considerable potential in foods and beverages. As they are gluten-free they are suitable for coeliacs. Sorghum is also a potentially important source of nutraceuticals such antioxidant phenolics and cholesterol-lowering waxes. Cakes, cookies, pasta, a parboiled rice-like product and snack foods have been successfully produced from sorghum and, in some cases, millets. Wheat-free sorghum or millet bread remains the main challenge. Additives such as native and pre-gelatinised starches, hydrocolloids, fat, egg and rye pentosans improve bread quality. However, specific volumes are lower than those for wheat bread or gluten-free breads based on pure starches, and in many cases, breads tend to stale faster. Lager and stout beers with sorghum are brewed commercially. Sorghum's high-starch gelatinisation temperature and low beta-amylase activity remain problems with regard to complete substitution of barley malt with sorghum malt . The role of the sorghum endosperm matrix protein and cell wall components in limiting extract is a research focus. Brewing with millets is still at an experimental stage. Sorghum could be important for bioethanol and other bio-industrial products. Bioethanol research has focused on improving the economics of the process through cultivar selection, method development for low-quality grain and pre-processing to recover valuable by-products. Potential by-products such as the kafirin prolamin proteins and the pericarp wax have potential as bioplastic films and coatings for foods, primarily due to their hydrophobicity.     

Evolutionary aspects of the trade-off between seed size and number in crops

Whereas the concept that availability of resources drives seed production is sound in principle, it is incomplete as there are many solutions to the allocation of resources that derive from the trade-off between number and size. This paper examines evolutionary aspects of this trade-off in annual grain crops. The analysis is centred on the working hypotheses that, for a given species and environment, allocation of resources to reproduction involves (H1) high plasticity in seed number, which allows for variable resource availability, and (H2) a relatively narrow range of seed size that results from evolutionary and agronomic selection. Comparisons between crops and fish are used to highlight common evolutionary elements in taxa where parents provide little or no care to their offspring, with the consequence that both number and early survival of offspring, hence fitness of parents, are partially related to embryo size and reserves.

The plasticity of seed number in relation to availability of resources is analysed against the established relationship between offspring number and parent growth rate during critical stages. The notion that seed size is under stabilising selection is analysed against three conditions: (1) mean seed size is conservative for a given species and environment, (2) seed size affects fitness, and (3) seed size is heritable. Databases from published papers were compiled to analyse the relative variability of seed size and number, and the heritability of seed size. Evidence for and against the link between seed size and parental fitness is revised using the Smith–Fretwell model as framework (Am. Nat., 108, 499–506).

The proposal of high plasticity of seed number and narrow variability of seed size resulting from stabilising natural selection is generally consistent with evolutionary and genetic considerations. Agronomic selection may have reinforced natural selection leading to relatively narrow seed size in species such as wheat and soybean, where cultivated types retained high plasticity for seed number. In contrast, selection for one or few inflorescences in crops like sunflower and maize may have morphologically reduced seed number plasticity and increased variability of seed size and its responsiveness to resource availability in relation to their wild ancestors.     

Citrus Flavonoids in Fruit and Traditional Chinese Medicinal Food Ingredients in China

Flavonoids-enriched tissues of citrus such as peel, immature fruit and flower are consumed as culinary seasonings, tea ingredients in China for centuries. This HPLC quantitative study on the five citrus flavonoids, naringin, hesperidin, neohesperidin, sinensetin and nobiletin on a wide range of Chinese citrus fruits and several Traditional Chinese Medicinal food ingredients in East China, revealed a great diversity in flavonoid composition. Huyou peel (C. paradisi cv. Changshanhuyou) was found to be the best naringin (3.25%) and neohesperidin (2.76%) source; C. aurantium, a major ingredient of several citrus-related TCM, is also a suitable source of naringin and neohesperidin, and a good juice source for flavanone glycosides; the peel of Wenzhoumiju (C. unshiu) is one of the richest local species in hesperidin (up to 6.25%); Zaoju (C. subcompressa) has the highest content of nobiletin (0.59%), a polymethoxylated flavone. LC-ES-MS analysis of Zanthoxylum genus for flavonoids revealed for the first time the presence of significant amounts (0.74%) of hesperidin in the root of Liangmianzhen (Z. nitidum (Roxb.) DC), a relative of Sichuan pepper, which is a spice widely used in China.     

Effect of a continuous hot water treatment of potato tubers on seed-borne fungal pathogens

Summary The viability of five pathogens was decreased by treatment with hot water when tested in vitro.Polyscytalum pustulans was most sensitive andRhizoctonia solani least sensitive. Potato tubers were exposed to 55°C for 5 min in a commercial continuous hot water treatment plant using naturally contaminated seed tubers and tubers which had been inoculated by dipping in comminuted cultures. The frequency of eyes colonised byP. pustulans, Helminthosporium solani, andR. solani was reduced to virtually zero and the effect persisted on tubers subsequently stored at 4°C and at 15°C for up to 16 wk. Results withColletotrichum coccodes were inconclusive. Treatment suppressedPenicillium spp. which, however, rapidly recolonised the eyes during storage, leading to higher contamination levels in the treated than in the untreated tubers. With tubers inoculated withPhoma foveata, good control was achieved when the incubation period before treatment was 10 d but not when the period was 42 d.     

Role of Benzoxazinones in Cereals

Summary

Heterocyclic 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones and related benzox-azolinones are important natural products of the cereal crops maize, wheat and rye. Much research has focused on the role of these compounds as defensive agents against plant diseases and pests. Studies of a wide variety of biological effects on herbivores and nematodes, plant pathogenic fungi and bacteria are reviewed in this article. Phytotoxic activity of the compounds is also considered with respect to allelopathic interaction with higher plants. Recent investigations of molecular aspects of interactions of cyclic hydroxamic acids and related benzoxazo-linones with acceptor organisms have demonstrated different effective detoxification strategies and tolerance mechanisms. This research has greatly advanced our knowledge about the multiple roles that these allelochemicals play in ecological systems.     

Potential of dry fractionation of wheat bran for the development of food ingredients,part I: Influence of ultra-fine grinding

Wheat bran is an undervalued by-product of white flour and has great nutritional potential due to its high content in fibres and bioactive compounds. Micronized bran could be used as a food ingredient to improve the nutritional potential of cereal products, or be used as a starting material for other processes (bioactive compound extraction or bran fractionation). The aim of this work was to find a way to efficiently decrease the particle size of bran. The influence of the grinding temperature (ambient or cryogenic grinding) on the granulometric distribution of particles, their composition, and their microstructure was studied, at lab-scale and pilot-scale. It showed that the intrinsic characteristics of bran (glass transition within intermediate layers at −46 °C) had more influence on its grinding behaviour than the type of grinding device used: the particles size distributions obtained after grinding at lab-scale and pilot-scale were very similar. At both scales, the granulometric curves were narrow for cryogenic grinding, while for ambient grinding they were spread over the whole particle size range. Ultrafine particles were obtained in both ambient and cryogenic conditions. Negative temperatures, by increasing the material’s brittleness, favoured a fast fragmentation of bran: one step of cryogenic grinding allowed a median particle size of nearly 50 μm to be reached, whereas three successive steps of ambient grinding were needed for the same result. On the other hand, ambient temperature favoured the dissociation of the different constituent layers of wheat bran, and produced less composite particles than cryogenic grinding.     

Multiple use of plants: Studies on selenium incorporation in some agricultural species for the production of organic selenium compounds

The technique of spraying plants with inorganic forms of selenium can be employed for phytochemical production of organic selenium compounds. Fractionation of the plant material makes it possible to produce a highly concentrated and well defined selenium supplement with potential use in animal and human nutrition. The fractionation also gives opportunities to combine production of organic selenium compounds with other products, for example plant fibres. Multiple use of plants can contribute to a more efficient utilization of land area (in comparison to monocultures solely adapted to food production). It also gives the opportunity to develop systems suitable for long term fixation of carbon, as long as the plant material is not reoxidised to carbon dioxide. Plant fibres could provide raw material for the production of paper or building materials in combination with the production of organic selenium compounds preferentially accumulated in another fraction of the processed plant.     

Biological factors influencing the transmission of potato leafroll virus by different aphid species

Summary Macrosiphum euphorbiae, collected in the field from potato plants infected with potato leafroll virus (PLRV), transmitted the virus to fewer potato plants in a field trial than did laboratory-rearedMyzus persicae. In the laboratory,M. persicae was the only efficient vector of PLRV fromPhysalis floridana seedlings, potato sprouts or excised leaves toP. floridana. Two clones ofM. euphorbiae and one clone ofAulacorthum solani transmitted PLRV from infected potato plants toNicotiana clevelandii as effeciently asM. persicae but a clone ofAphis gossypii was an inefficient PLRV vector. An isolate of PLRV, whichM. persicae transmitted inefficiently from potato toN. clevelandii, was also transmitted inefficiently byM. euphorbiae andA. solani.