Morphology, inheritance and mapping of a compressed lamina mutant of carrot

A compressed lamina mutant at a locus named COLA was selected in an inbred population of the cultivated carrot Daucus carota sativus Hoffm. Whereas segregation analyses of F₂ progenies, as well as corresponding F₃ families, indicated a monogenic recessive inheritance, detailed morphological and histological analyses revealed pleiotropic effects of the COLA gene. The mutant plants exhibited a semi‐dwarf phenotype, shortened epidermal and leaf parenchyma cells and significantly reduced lamina dimensions. Furthermore, the mutant developed stipules and hypogynous flowers, contrary to the stipule‐less leaves and epigynous flowers of the wild type. Using bulked segregant analyses, thirty‐nine marker candidates were detected using 180 RAPD primer and 56 AFLP primer pairs. Twelve primers were linked to the COLA locus and mapped in a linkage group with a total length of 44.2 cM. Potential application of the compressed lamina mutant in carrot research is discussed.     

一个化学诱变的小麦斑点叶突变体的生理和遗传分析

通过EMS诱变普通小麦品系H261获得一个稳定遗传的斑点叶突变体LF2010。在自然条件下, 该突变体在三叶期叶片基部开始出现黄色斑点, 随后逐步扩散到全片叶、叶鞘、颖壳和麦芒。斑点部位不存在细胞死亡, 斑点性状的表达受光照和温度诱导, 突变体的色素含量、光合速率随着斑点的出现而显著下降。突变体的株高、有效穗数、单株产量、穗长、结实率和旗叶长等农艺性状显著下降, 但是千粒重和旗叶宽却与野生型无差异。将突变体与正常绿色品系杂交, 对其F₁、F₂和BC₁代的遗传分析表明, LF2010的突变性状由1对隐性核基因控制。     

Mapping of a gene for leaf scald resistance in barley line 'B87/14' and validation of microsatellite and RFLP markers for marker-assisted selection

Seedlings of the barley line ‘B87/14’ were resistant to 22 out of 23 Australian isolates of Rhynchosporium secalis, the causal agent of leaf scald.‘B87/14’‐based populations were developed to determine the location of the resistance locus. Scald resistance segregated as a single dominant trait in BC₁F₂ and BC₁F₃ populations. Bulked segregant analysis identified amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) with close linkage to the resistance locus. Fully mapped populations not segregating for scald resistance located these AFLP markers on chromosome 3H, possibly within the complex Rrs1 scald locus. Microsatellite and restriction fragment length polymorphism markers adjacent to the AFLP markers were identified and validated for their linkage to scald resistance in a second segregating population, with the closest marker 2.2 cM from the resistance locus. These markers can be used for selection of the Rrs.B87 scald‐resistance locus, and other genes at the chromosome 3H Rrs1 locus.     

水稻斑马叶突变体zebra1349的表型鉴定及基因精细定位

从恢复系育种材料[R128//(R318/R1025)F1]F6中获得一个新的斑马叶突变体zebra1349,突变体秧苗期如果不移栽,与野生型一样表现绿色,移栽后5 d新抽出的叶片包括叶鞘会呈现出与叶脉垂直的黄绿相间的条纹,移栽后30 d抽出的叶片又表现正常绿色,成熟期主要农艺性状与野生型无明显差异。与野生型相比,突变体六叶期斑马叶黄区部位的总叶绿素、叶绿素a、叶绿素b和类胡萝卜素的含量分别下降了55.86%、61.02%、39.34%和47.03%。透射电镜(TEM)观察表明,突变体斑马叶绿区部位叶绿体发育正常;黄区部位叶肉细胞中叶绿体结构异常,类囊体膜退化和分解严重,类囊体基粒片层数量明显减少,片层间距拉大,排列疏松。对zebra1349与正常叶色品种杂交F1、F2代的遗传分析表明该性状受1对隐性核基因调控。利用1192株zebra1349/02428 F2隐性定位群体,最终把ZEBRA1349基因定位在水稻第12染色体In Del标记indel39和indel44之间,其遗传距离分别为0.04 c M和0.17 c M,根据日本晴基因组序列推测,两标记之间的物理距离约为89 kb。本研究为ZEBRA1349基因的图位克隆和功能研究以及分子标记辅助育种奠定了基础。     

水稻淡黄叶矮化突变体yld的遗传分析及基因定位

水稻叶色突变体是研究植物光合作用、叶绿素代谢和叶绿体发育的重要材料。本研究从籼稻品种蜀恢527经EMS(甲基磺酸乙酯)诱变处理后代中筛选出一个淡黄叶矮化突变体Yellow leaf and dwarf(yld)。与野生型蜀恢527相比,该突变体全生育期都表现出淡黄叶矮化性状,其剑叶的淡黄色表型最为明显,倒二叶次之,倒三叶最弱,其中剑叶的叶绿素及类胡萝卜素含量降低最为明显;并且伴随着穗粒数、千粒重、结实率、株高等主要农艺性状的显著降低,但有效穗显著增多。透射电镜观察结果显示,与野生型相比,该突变体多数叶绿体结构基本完整,但基粒模糊,基质片层大量减少且排列疏松。遗传分析表明,该突变性状受一对隐性核基因控制。在yld突变体与粳稻武运粳7号杂交的F2群体中分离出323个突变单株,最终将YLD基因定位在第11染色体的L5和L7两标记之间,物理距离为115.7 kb。本研究为YLD基因的克隆和功能分析奠定了基础。     

Inheritance and genetic linkage analysis of a firm-ripening tomato mutant

The tomato cv. ‘Santa Clara’ is widely cultivated among tomato producers in most of the South‐east of Brazil. Recently, some plants of this cultivar were identified with morphological alterations in both vegetative and reproductive organs. These plants showed firm (firme) ripe fruits, slow and delayed ripening. They also had yellow leaves associated with precocious senescence and flowers with pale stigmas. The objective of this work was to determine the genetic model of inheritance for this mutation and to evaluate its effects on shelf life and loss of firmness in mature fruits, as well as analyse the occurrence of genetic relationships between this putative mutant and other pleiotropic mutants. Mutated plants were crossed with the non‐mutant cv. ‘Santa Clara’ and some previously described pleiotropic mutants. Seeds of F₁ and F₂ generations and backcrosses were obtained for the segregation analysis. Morphological characteristics modified by this mutation are governed by a recessive gene with pleiotropic effects. In addition, the test of allelism showed a lack of genetic complementation between the ‘firme’ mutant and lutescent‐2 mapped on chromosome 10. Fruits of the ‘firme’ mutant had a slower rate of softening compared with the cv. ‘Santa Clara’ and its hybrids. The fruit shelf life of the mutant ‘firme’ was significantly superior to the other genotypes. No maternal effect was detected in either qualitative or quantitative characteristics. Based on the data, the mutation ‘firme’ in the cv. ‘Santa Clara’ is located in the region containing the l‐2 locus, which promoted alterations in ripening and post‐harvest physiology of fruits. The mutation ‘firme’ may represent a new allele of the gene lutescent‐2 or a gene linked to physiological events of fruit ripening.     

A quinclorac sensitive lethality rice mutant: its discovery,genetics and potential application

In this study, we reported a quinclorac‐sensitive rice natural mutant M4017, derived from an indica restorer line 4017 of three‐line hybrid. The mutant could be killed at three‐leaf stage by quinclorac at 175 mg/l or higher, a dosage that is recommended for monocot herbs control. The mutant at flowering stages can also be effectively killed by quinclorac at 1.25–1.50 g/l or higher, which is safe for its F₁ hybrids and all other normal varieties. Genetic analysis, using the F₁, F₂ and BC₁ populations derived from this mutant and other often‐used varieties, revealed that quinclorac sensitivity/lethality was controlled by a single recessive gene, which was named quin1. This mutant has a potential application in false hybrid seed removal or mechanized production of hybrid seeds.     

Mapping of Re,a gene conferring the red leaf trait in ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala)

Variegated leaf colour is an important agronomic trait that affects the market value of ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala). The red leaf phenotype in kale is due to anthocyanin accumulation. To investigate the pattern of inheritance of this trait, we constructed an F₂ population by crossing ‘Y005‐15’, a double haploid with red leaves, with a white‐leaved double haploid, ‘Y011‐13‐38’, followed by self‐pollination. An F₂ population consisting of 4284 individuals was used to study the inheritance of this trait, which showed that the character was controlled by a dominate gene. All of the 1050 white leaf trait plants in the F₂ were used for mapping and developing markers linked to Re gene. Results showed that Re was mapped to a locus on linkage group C09 of Brassica oleracea, and the locus was mapped between six SSR markers (C9Z1, C9Z16‐1, C9Z90, C9Z94, C9Z96 and C9Z99), with a genetic distance of 6.7, 1.0, 0.3, 2.0, 2.1 and 0.4 cM from Re gene, respectively. These results may facilitate marker‐assisted selection of the red leaf trait in kale breeding as well as map‐based cloning of the red leaf trait gene.     

Examination and genetic analysis of a yellow-green leaf mutant a269 of sweetpotato

The genetic behaviour of a yellow-green leaf sweetpotato mutant, a269, was analysed to prepare for genetic mapping and cloning of this mutant and to elucidate the regulation of its molecular mechanisms. The phenotypic stability of the mutant was observed under natural conditions, and photosynthetic pigments in mature leaves were measured. GN1323 and a269 were crossed and backcrossed. Genetic behaviour was assessed using phenotypic expression and segregation in F₁, BC₁ and BC₂. The a269 leaves were yellow-green at all stages after germination. The thylakoid lamellae of a269 were disorganized, had incomplete grana and were fewer compared with GN1323. The direct and reciprocal F₁ populations had normal leaf colour, whereas the BC₂ populations had yellow-green leaves. Segregation of plants with normal- and yellow-green leaf colour in the four BC₁ populations satisfied the backcross segregation ratio of 11 : 1 for auto-allohexaploids. The a269 mutant is stable, and its trait is controlled by one recessive nuclear locus.     

Mapping of powdery mildew and leaf rust resistance genes on the wheat-rye translocated chromosome T1BL·1RS using molecular and biochemical markers

Powdery mildew and leaf rust resistance genes on the 1RS arm of the T1BL·1RS translocated chromosome were mapped in relation to the Sec‐1 locus and AFLP and restriction fragment length polymorphism markers, respectively, employing segregating F₃ populations. Integration of molecular markers indicated that Pm17 lies between the Lr26 and Sec‐1 loci, with both resistance genes allocated distally to the Sec‐1 locus in the satellite of the 1RS arm.     

一个水稻黄绿叶突变基因的定位和遗传研究

从粳稻品种日本晴经⁶⁰Co诱变的M₁材料中发现一个黄绿叶突变体, 其叶片从萌发到三叶前期表现白化, 三叶后期开始转为黄绿叶, 直到衰老。遗传分析表明, 该突变表型受一对隐性核基因控制, 将该黄绿叶突变体暂定名为ygl8951。与野生型相比, ygl8951的叶绿素含量与类胡萝卜素含量显著降低。电子显微镜观察表明ygl8951内叶绿体数量明显减少, 叶绿体内没有基粒类囊体, 只有类似间质类囊体结构。基因表达定量分析表明, 突变体中光系统I和光系统II基因表达水平明显下调, 核糖体结构基因和质体编码的RNA聚合酶亚基基因表达明显上调。利用ygl8951与籼稻品种黄华占杂交获得的F₂分离群体, 将该基因定位于水稻第6染色体上的In/Del标记607489与607611之间, 物理距离191 kb的范围内, 通过分析确认该基因为一个新的调控叶色的基因。     

Less Chlorophyll Does not Necessarily Restrain Light Capture Ability and Photosynthesis in a Chlorophyll‐Deficient Rice Mutant

A chlorophyll‐deficient rice mutant, yellow‐green leaf 1 (ygl1), with a photosynthetic rate similar to that of wild type (Oryza sativa L., cv. Zhenhui 249 China) is presented in this study. Forty percent of the chlorophyll in the mutant captured 70 % of the light in photosystem II (PSII) compared with wild type. The 30 % decreased light in the mutant was compensated for by a relatively higher quantum yield of PSII, which conferred a total electron transport rate (J_T) equal to that in wild type. More photons were absorbed by wild type and exhausted through thermal dissipation. Gene expression analysis of the thylakoid membrane showed that the chlorophyll deficiency in the mutant did not impair the electron transport chain. To determine why the photosynthetic rate was similar between the chlorophyll‐deficient mutant and wild type, the leaf nitrogen (N) and Rubisco contents, stomatal and mesophyll CO₂ conductance, and chloroplast development were investigated. Our results indicate that the chlorophyll deficiency in the mutant had no negative impact on the chloroplast development in terms of size and grana stacking; moreover, the chloroplastic CO₂ concentration and Rubisco content were comparable to those in wild type. We conclude that the light‐capturing ability of normal rice plants is not fully utilized and that absorbed light in the chlorophyll‐deficient mutant is more efficient in participating photosynthesis.     

Inheritance of cabbage head formation in crosses of cabbage × ornamental cabbage and cabbage × kale

We investigated the inheritance of head formation in Brassica oleracea by using two crosses, cabbage × ornamental cabbage and cabbage × kale. The degree of head formation (DHF) was classified into nine grades ranging from non‐heading to full heading. DHF in the two F₂ populations showed a continuous distribution. The variance of F₃ offspring selected for full heading or non‐heading was large. The DHF distributions in the F₃ offspring selected for moderate heading or randomly selected F₃ populations were similar to those of the respective F₂ populations, but had smaller average values and variance. However, the realized heritability in F₃ offspring was similar in full‐heading and non‐heading selections. Our findings suggest that head formation is a quantitative trait controlled additively with low dominance effects. In comparisons of leaf developmental patterns among the parents, only cabbage showed a change in leaf shape becoming wider because of the shorter petiole length with increasing leaf position. These findings suggest that cabbage acquired the developmental changes in leaves required to form a head during the process of domestication.     

Identification and fine mapping of a candidate gene for oil yellow leaf 2 conferring yellow leaf phenotype in maize

Leaf colour is an important agronomic trait for studying molecular mechanisms in chlorophyll biosynthesis and chloroplast development. Here, a novel mutant oil yellow leaf 2 (Oy2) with a typical yellow leaf phenotype at the seedling stage was identified from the mutant population derived from the maize inbred line RP125. Compared with wild type, Oy2 mutant displays decreased chlorophyll content, reduced photosynthetic capacity and impaired chloroplast structure, which is likely controlled by a single recessive gene. The Oy2 locus was then delimited into a 117 kb region on chromosome 5 harbouring four genes, amongst which the gene Zm00001d013013, encoding a magnesium chelatase subunit D, was identified as the only candidate gene associated with Oy2 mutant phenotype. Moreover, the expression levels of candidate gene Oy2 and genes associated with chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthesis were tested by RNA‐seq and qRT‐PCR, implying that the causal gene Oy2 playing a critical role in chlorophyll synthesis. Taken together, we propose that the causal gene Oy2 highly associated with the yellow leaf phenotype may be helpful in elucidating photosynthetic pigments biosynthesis and chloroplast development in maize.     

水稻新黄绿叶基因YGL9的分子定位

叶色突变体是研究高等植物光合作用、叶绿素代谢途径、叶绿体结构与功能分子机制的理想材料。本研究从EMS(ethyl methane sulfonate)处理的缙恢10号(Oryza sativa L.ssp.indica)诱变群体中发现了一个苗期呈现黄绿色、抽穗期渐变为淡绿色的叶色突变体,命名为yellow green leaf 9(ygl9)。与野生型相比,ygl9苗期和分蘖期光合色素极显著降低,抽穗期光合色素显著降低,气孔长度、气孔导度和蒸腾速率极显著增加,净光合速率无明显变化。透射电镜观察表明,ygl9的嗜锇小体增多、基粒模糊、基质片层减少且疏松,但叶绿体结构基本完整。遗传分析显示该突变性状受1对隐性核基因调控。利用西农1A/ygl9 F2群体中的759株隐性单株,最终将YGL9定位在第3染色体短臂SSR标记S03-1和In Del标记Ind03-19之间,遗传距离分别为0.13 c M和0.07 c M,物理距离为63 kb。本研究为YGL9基因的克隆和功能分析奠定了基础。     

水稻类病斑突变体spl31的遗传分析与基因定位

利用EMS诱变水稻籼型恢复系缙恢10号, 从其后代中鉴定出一个类病斑突变体spl31, 该突变体三叶期以前表型正常, 四叶期后叶片陆续出现黄色斑点, 随着植株的生长, 面积逐渐扩大成边缘黄褐色的病斑, 至成熟时病斑相互连接成片, 导致叶片坏死。透射电镜结果显示突变体细胞的叶绿体基粒片层堆叠不规则。组织化学分析显示突变体细胞被染成深蓝色, 呈离散状分布, 说明spl31病斑是自发形成的。光合数据显示spl31基因突变对病斑叶片正常部位细胞的光系统II影响较小。农艺性状分析发现突变体千粒重下降、结实率降低。遗传分析表明, spl31的突变性状由1对隐性核基因控制, 该基因被定位于水稻第12染色体着丝粒附近, 引物ID104和ID11之间, 物理距离为383 kb, 并与标记ID105共分离。     

Inheritance of the four-seeded-pod trait in a soybean mutant and marker-assisted selection for this trait

A high seeds‐per‐pod value is a crucial component of soybean seed yield, but reliable information is lacking on the inheritance and early selection for the four‐seeded pod (4SP) trait. The inheritance of 4SP was followed in crosses originating from an EMS‐derived mutant line (E182, 15% 4SP) with its parental cultivar, ‘Ludou No. 4’ (no 4SP), and the efficiencies of both a molecular and morphological marker selection were determined. The plants of two F₂ populations (with E182 as one of the parents) showed a segregation ratio of 3 : 1 (low to high SP values), indicating a single recessive locus; this mode of inheritance was confirmed by subsequent analysis of the F_{2 : 3} families. Among four microsatellite markers linked with the 4SP trait, Sat_107 was the closest to the 4SP locus (3.2 ± 1.11 cM). Both the molecular marker Sat_107 and the morphological marker, narrow leaflet (NL) associated with the 4SP locus were effective in selecting the 4SP trait, although with different efficiencies. The molecular marker was efficient in selecting soybean progenies from the cross in which one parent was the E182 mutant line because it was tightly linked to the mutated 4SP locus. In the other cross, with 4SP not derived from E182, the efficiency was reduced in comparison with the morphological marker.     

Lack of durability of resistance to cereal rusts in wheat when selection is for complete resistance

Twenty-one bread-wheat entries were selected after careful screening for complete or near-complete resistance to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis), stem rust (P. graminis), and leaf rust (P. recondita). In 1987, the 21 entries were intercrossed in a near-half diallel scheme. The resulting 190 F₂ populations were advanced to F₇ under selection for complete resistance to the three rusts and for good agronomic types. In 1992 the 21 parents and 140 selected F₇ lines were assessed for their resistance to the three rusts. Of the 21 parents, 12 showed a breakdown of yellow rust resistance, five a breakdown of stem rust resistance and two a breakdown of leaf rust resistance. In addition, several of the 140 selected F₇ lines, all still resistant in F₆, had become susceptible to one or more of the rusts. It appears that a progression towards more complex races, especially of yellow rust, is inevitable for the wheat-cereal rust patho-systems when the selection is for complete or near-complete resistance.     

Inheritance of petal colour and its independent segregation from seed colour in Brassica rapa

The inheritance of petal (flower) colour and seed colour in Brassica rapa was investigated using two creamy‐white flowered, yellow‐seeded yellow sarson (an ecotype from Indian subcontinent) lines, two yellow‐flowered, partially yellow‐seeded Canadian cultivars and one yellow‐flowered, brown‐seeded rapid cycling accession, and their F₁, F₂, F₃ and backcross populations. A joint segregation of these two characters was examined in the F₂ population. Petal colour was found to be under monogenic control, where the yellow petal colour gene is dominant over the creamy‐white petal colour gene. The seed colour was found to be under digenic control and the yellow seed colour (due to a transparent coat) genes of yellow sarson are recessive to the brown/partially yellow seed colour genes of the Canadian B. rapa cvs.‘Candle’ and ‘Tobin’. The genes governing the petal colour and seed colour are inherited independently. A distorted segregation for petal colour was found in the backcross populations of yellow sarson × F₁ crosses, but not in the reciprocal backcrosses, i.e. F₁× yellow sarson. The possible reason is discussed in the light of genetic diversity of the parental genotypes.     

陆地棉Li1纯合显性不致死重组体的遗传分析

极短纤维突变体Li₁自国外引入本实验室后,出现了纯合致死现象。而在杂交组合(Li₁×XZ142 FLM)的后代中意外发现了一些Li₁基因纯合的突变体株系,其自交后代均为极短纤维。这种Li₁基因显性纯合不致死突变体被命名为Li-R重组体。本实验利用Li-R重组体分别与TM-1、海7124及突变体Li₁新组配了3个F₂群体,对Li-R重组体进行遗传分析。组合Li-R×XZ142 FLM、Li-R×TM-1、Li-R×海7124及Li-R×Li₁的F₂后代的分离结果均表明, Li-R重组体的纯合显性不致死表型是由2对基因控制的,一个是显性基因Li₁,另一个是来自XZ142 FLM的隐性基因li_a。其中的li_a基因是本实验室新提出的一个基因。因而Li-R的基因型就是li_ali_aLi₁Li₁;并由此推断,Li₁纯合致死突变体的基因型是Li_aLi_aLi₁Li₁,XZ142 FLM的基因型为li_ali_ali₁li₁,1929年发现的Li₁显性杂合突变体的基因型为Li_aLi_aLi₁li₁。利用(Li-R×TM-1)F_2:3进一步分析Li-R中的新基因li_a的等位性,发现li_a与控制纤维起始发育的基因li₃、n₂均不等位。新基因li_a的提出,进一步丰富了纤维发育基因资源。