Preventing chimerism in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Summary A fast neutron irradiation experiment using two different dose rates has been performed on the potato variety Desiree in order to obtain chimera-free mutants. Both tubers and tuber parts (cross sections) were de-eyed at different moments before and after irradiation. Adventitious sprouts successively developing on the callus in the holes of excised eyes were separated from the treated tubers and planted individually. So called grouped sprouts were separated. Results indicated that (practically) chimera-free mutants can be obtained by de-eying tuber parts shortly before irradiation, by applying relatively high dose-rates and by taking adventitious sprouts which develop not earlier than three months after irradiation.Separation of the grouped sprouts demonstrated that each part originated from a single original cell.This article is dedicated to Dr F. P. Ferwerda who till September 1969 was in charge of potato mutation research at our Institute.     

Genomic prediction for yields,processing and nutritional quality traits in cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Current potato breeding approaches are hampered by several factors including costly seed tubers, tetrasomic inheritance and inbreeding depression. Genomic selection (GS) demonstrated interesting results regardless of the ploidy level, and can be harnessed to circumvent these problems. In this work, three GS models were evaluated using 50,107 informative SilicoDArT markers and 11 traits in two values for cultivation and use (VCU) potato trials. Two key breeding problems modelled included predicting the performance of (i) new and unphenotyped clones (cross‐validation) and (ii) a VCU using another as training set (TS). GS models performed comparably. Cross‐validation accuracy was high for D35, D45, DMW and BVAL, in ascending order. Prediction accuracies of the VCUs were highly correlated, but the best prediction was obtained for the smaller VCU using the bigger as TS. Cross‐validation and VCU prediction accuracies were higher when bigger TSs were used. The findings herein indicate that GS can be attractively integrated in potato breeding, particularly in early clonal generations to predict and select for traits with low heritability which would otherwise require more testing years, environments and resources.     

Genetic analyses for bioactive potential in tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

A total of four traits related to bioactive potential of the tetraploid potato were studied in a North Carolina II cross‐experiment. The objectives of this study were to estimate genetic parameters for target bioactive compounds in a tetraploid potato population, to determine phenotypic and genotypic correlations and to calculate combining ability effects of cultivars and breeding lines included in the crossing scheme. Total monomeric anthocyanins, phenolics, carotenoids and hydrophilic antioxidant capacity were measured by spectrophotometric methods. The sources of variation female (GCA_f), male (GCA_m) and their interaction (SCA) were significant for bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity. Narrow‐sense heritability estimates (h²) were moderate for all the traits (0.413–0.657). Both phenotypic and genotypic correlations were highly significant for phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity. As regards combining ability, positive and negative GCA and also SCA effects have been identified for bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity. These results indicate that hybrid breeding lines can be obtained by choosing parents with significant GCA, whose bioactive potential can also be further enhanced if the crosses have a significant SCA.     

Association mapping of leaf traits in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is an important leafy vegetable crop grown worldwide. Leaf traits, surface texture (smooth, savoy or semi‐savoy), petiole colour (different shades of green vs. purple) and edge shape (serrate vs. entire), are important commercial traits of spinach. Association mapping for the three traits was conducted on 323 USDA spinach germplasm accessions, originally collected from 33 countries and representing the entire USDA spinach germplasm collection. The majority of accessions were from Europe (36.3%), Asia (25.3%) and North America (15.8%). The majority of the spinach accessions (82.0%) were smooth (unwrinkled types), whereas the savoy and semi‐savoy types (wrinkled types) accounted for 18.0%. The collection contained 74.9% green petiole types, while the purple petioles consisted of 25.1%. The collection consisted of 27.2% serrated leaf types and 72.8% entire leaf edge types. Genotyping‐by‐sequencing (GBS) was used for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery, and SNPs were used as genotypic data to conduct genetic diversity and association mapping of the three leaf traits. Five genetic subpopulations and principal components (PCs) were postulated by structure 2 and JMP Genomics 7 for this association panel. Five, seven and 14 SNPs were identified to be associated with surface texture, edge shape and petiole colour, respectively. This study provides us an approach to identify SNP markers through association analysis in spinach and thus leads to select these three leaf traits through marker‐assisted selection in spinach breeding programme.     

Evaluation of seedling selection for salinity tolerance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Summary Salt-tolerance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) was selected on the basis of germination and survival of seed sown in trays of perlite suspended in either 75 or 150 mM NaCl. Salinity reduced the germination of seed. Genetic differences in salt-tolerance were apparent with salt reducing germination more in seed collected from cv. Cara than in that collected from cv. Maris Piper. Progeny from the seedling selection were then grown to maturity to produce tubers.The relative tolerance of the parental cultivars and of unselected and selected progeny to long-term exposure to salinity was examined in a pot experiment in which plants were irrigated with either fresh water or 50 mM NaCl solution from one week after plant emergence. In this experiment, salinity significantly reduced leaf conductance, total dry matter production and partitioning of assimilate to tubers. Salinity reduced dry matter production and assimilate partitioning to tubers to a greater extent in Cara than in M. Piper. Progeny selected for short-term salt-tolerance did not exhibit greater long-term salt-tolerance than unselected progeny, and both were more sensitive than M. Piper.These results demonstrate genetic variation in salt-tolerance in potato. However, although there was a correlation between the performance of the parent to long-term salinity and survival of progeny in the seedling selection, there was no correlation between short- and long-term salt-tolerance. This suggests that characters underlying short-term tolerance may contribute to long-term tolerance but do not of themselves confer long-term tolerance. Future progress in selecting for improved salt-tolerance depends on understanding the effects of salinity on the physiological processes underlying growth and carbon partitioning.     

用全基因组关联分析解析籼稻垩白的遗传基础

利用272份全球籼稻微核心种质的重测序SNP基因型,对海南三亚、广东深圳、浙江杭州和湖北荆州4个地点收集到的垩白粒率和垩白度性状采用TASSEL软件进行全基因组关联分析,解析籼稻垩白的遗传基础和挖掘影响垩白粒率和垩白度的优异等位基因。结果表明,依据SNP数据,可将籼稻微核心种质分成3个亚群。4个地点分别检测到42个和44个与垩白粒率和垩白度显著关联的位点,位于全部12条染色体上。2个性状分别有21个和19个位点在2个以上环境下同时被检测到,这些位点中有12个位点同时影响垩白粒率和垩白度,11个位点附近都有已克隆的水稻品质相关基因。其中,第5染色体3.3~5.3 Mb区间在4个地点都被检测到与垩白粒率显著关联,以杭州点对垩白粒率的贡献最大,优异等位基因载体品种为IRGC121689;第12染色体的17.5~18.0 Mb区间在三亚和杭州都被检测到与垩白度显著关联,以三亚点的垩白度贡献最大,优异等位基因载体品种为IRGC122285。这些位点和品种资源可作水稻外观品质分子改良的重要基因和品种资源。     

马铃薯(Solanum tuberosum L.)干旱胁迫生理特性及耐旱性分析

干旱是一个世界性问题,也是造成中国作物产量低的重要原因.为探究干旱胁迫对马铃薯生理的影响和鉴定耐旱材料,本研究以'青薯9号'和'陇薯5号'两基因型马铃薯组培苗为试材,用0％、10％、20％、30％和40％浓度(m/V)的PEG-6000胁迫96 h模拟干旱筛选适宜的胁迫浓度,在含有适宜胁迫浓度的培养液中培养0、20、2...     

Integration of transgenes into sexual polyploidization schemes for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Most potato transgenic research has focused on development of resistance to pathogens and modification of potato physiology. Many transgenes, particularly those conferring pathogen resistance, could substantially lower potato production costs in developing countries. However, transgenes have not been reported in sexually propagated 4x-2x potato hybrids commonly grown in developing countries. Two transgenes,the Bacillus thuringiensis cry3Aa endotoxin protein gene and the PVY°coat protein gene, were engineered intodiploid and tetraploid potato using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Cry3Aa was produced at high levels in several lines while the PVY° coat protein was not expressed. Diplandroid and tetraploid genotypes were crossed to produce transgenic 4x-2x hybrids. Genetic transformation had no discernable effect on fertility ofthe primary transformants, germination of4x-2x seed derived from the transformants and agronomic performance(tuber set, average tuber weight and total tuber yield) of the 4x-2xhybrids. The transgenic 4x-2xhybrids produced non-viable pollen and could only be crossed as female parents. Results suggest that transgenes, such ascry3Aa, could be expressed in 4x-2x hybrids to lower costs of production with no significant effect on plant phenotype. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Association mapping for seed cotton yield,yield components and fibre quality traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes

Association mapping has revolutionized human genetics and is increasingly used in plant genetics. It is an efficient way of determining the genetic basis of complex traits. In cotton so far numerous association mapping studies are available as compared to many other important crops. In our study, mapping was performed using cotton 63K infinium beadchip with 201 germplasm lines. Through fast STRUCTURE analysis, lines were grouped into 12 subgroups and revealed genome sharing among the groups. The critical value (R²) was set to 0.243 as threshold to claim LD between two loci. About 3.13% marker pairs recorded significantly high LD (R² = 1), and 8.19% of marker pairs were in the range of 0.3 to 0.99 R². In MLM, 349 significant marker–trait associations were detected as against 642 in GLM because of effectiveness in eliminating false associations in MLM. A total of 68 markers explained >10% phenotypic variation for yield and fibre quality traits. Phenotypic variation explained by markers was smaller, suggesting that they might be associated with minor QTLs.     

转基因纯合四倍体马铃薯多酚氧化酶活性及同工酶谱的变异

选择14个已插入反义PPO基因的纯合四倍体马铃薯“GD-9-qc”系列,进行叶片、微型薯PPO活性检测和同工酶分析,结果表明,不同品系间的叶片、微型薯PPO活性存在极显著差异,其中2个品系的叶片及8个品系的微型薯PPO活性明显低于对照;供试转基因品系间的叶片PPO同工酶谱带的颜色深浅表现差异,所示结果与PPO活性检测基本一致;     

Induction of fertile flowers in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by silver thiosulphate anionic complex

Summary The effect of gibberellic acid containing mixtures, silver thiosulphate and extended photoperiod on flowering induction in 16 non-flowering potato genotypes and on flowering enhancement in 14 normally potato flowering genotypes was studied in sub-tropical plains of India during short-day autumn crop season of 2000–2001 and 2001–2002. Extended photoperiod alone was not successful in induction of flowering. Silver thiosulphate in combination with extended photoperiod effectively induced flowering in 16 potato genotypes studied for flowering induction. Induced flowers of some genotypes were male fertile. Normal berry setting was observed on induced flowers and seeds obtained from such berries germinated normally. Gibberellic acid containing treatments were not very effective in flower induction as they induced some flowering only in few genotypes. In the normally flowering genotypes silver thiosulphate enhanced maximum flowering and duration of flowering to a great extent.     

马铃薯HD-Zip I家族ATHB12基因的克隆及功能鉴定

HD-Zip I是一类植物特异转录因子, 在植物应对外界逆境胁迫过程中有重要的调控作用。本研究从马铃薯栽培品种甘农薯2号中克隆了HD-Zip I转录因子ATHB12基因, 其开放阅读框为759 bp, 编码252个氨基酸残基。该基因位于马铃薯1号染色体, 其启动子区含有ABRE、LTRECOREATCOR15和WBOXATNPR1等多种响应非生物胁迫(ABA、低温、脱水及高盐)的顺式作用元件。ATHB12基因在马铃薯根、茎和叶中均有表达, 其根中表达量最高。qRT-PCR分析证实该基因的表达受聚乙二醇(PEG)、NaCl和ABA诱导, 受低温抑制。构建了由组成型表达启动子CaMV 35S驱动的ATHB12基因的过表达载体, 通过农杆菌介导法转化马铃薯获得了转基因植株。干旱处理后, 转基因植株叶片中丙二醛含量显著低于非转基因植株(P<0.05), 而脯氨酸含量显著高于非转基因植株(P<0.05); 转基因植株根鲜重和干重均高于非转基因植株; 说明马铃薯ATHB12基因可能参与了逆境胁迫的响应。     

Identification of epistatic interaction affecting glycoalkaloid content in tubers of tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Glycoalkaloids are secondary metabolites characterised by an undesirable taste, and known to be toxic when consumed in large quantities. Their content in potato tubers should therefore be selected against and DNA markers can significantly facilitate such a process. This study was designed to describe the genetic control of the total content of glycoalkaloids (TGA) in the potato tuber and to enhance the development of DNA markers. A segregating population was constructed from tetraploid potatoclones, which were characterised by divergent TGA-content. The population had a high-TGA parent, LT7, and a low-TGA parent, NT8. We used 342 Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) single primers or two such primer combinations and 36 Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence (CAPS)primer pairs, digested with various restriction enzymes, to amplify random PCR products. Parental clones of both populations were used to identify polymorphic PCR products for further linkage analyses with TGA-content. In these analyses, one single ISSR marker was found to be significantly associated with TGA-content. A multiple regression analysis was also carried out using a ‘stepwise’ procedure. In this regression analysis TGA-content was the dependent variable whereas the polymorphic PCR products and all possible two-way interactions among them were the independent variables. The resulting best model consisted of an interaction between two loci in addition to a single locus effect. This interaction suggests that the expression of TGA-content is partially modulated by two interacting loci. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Divergent strategies displayed by potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars to cope with soil drought

The physiological responses of potato (Solanum tuberosum L) cultivars to soil drought at the tuberization phase and their impact on agronomically important traits were investigated in potted plants under semi‐controlled conditions. Genotype‐dependent responses of potato to water deficiency were evaluated on two pairs (tolerant/sensitive) of Polish cultivars. Each pair of cultivars had a similar genetic background but was extremely different in terms of drought tolerance evaluated on the basis of loss of tuber yield under field conditions. The results clearly indicate different mechanisms of tolerance to water deficiency and the ability to recover from soil drought in two tolerant but genetically unrelated cultivars. When subjected to soil drought, the cultivar Gwiazda had low rates of transpiration and photosynthesis and low levels of stomatal conductance due to hypersensitivity to ABA, but its maximal photochemistry efficiency and PSII performance index were unchanged. Another strategy was displayed by the dehydration‐avoidant cultivar Tajfun, which kept the stomata partially open. Thus, the plants were able to retain a relatively high rate of photosynthesis over transpiration. The parameters measured for cultivar Tajfun for photosynthesis and transpiration were the same after plant rewatering, similar to the control plants. This was not the case for the cultivar Gwiazda. The ability of plants to regenerate after soil drought relief appears to be a good indicator of potato susceptibility to soil drought and allows the yield of potato tubers to be predicted. The physiological traits identified in closely related potato cultivars but differed in their drought tolerance seem to be useful for genetic engineering and breeding programmes.     

云南省马铃薯品种的配合力分析及亲本选配

本研究选用Mira等lO个当地马铃薯品种,通过不完全双列杂交遗传设计配制成22个杂交组合,对杂交组合后代群体在无性一代的晚疫病抗性、生长势等7个植株性状以及块茎产量、淀粉含量等8个块茎性状的群体遗传效应和配合力效应进行了分析。其中,对马铃薯的块茎肉色、开花性、株形分离、株高分离、茎色分离和花色分离的配合力研究是首次报道。通过对当地四类主要的马铃薯品种的遗传分析,结果表明:(1)晚疫病抗性和单个块茎重的父本效应分别达65.2％、56.7%,群体遗传主要受父本效应影响;淀粉含量的遗传主要受母本效应和亲本间非加性效应的影响,其遗传效应分别达40.5%、44.9％;株形分离、株高分离、开花性、茎色分离、皮色、结薯数和块茎产量等7个性状的非加性效应在66.8％-93.0％之间,群体遗传主要受亲本间遗传差异的影响;植株生长势、花色分离、薯形、肉色和块茎外观等5个性状的加性和非加性效应同等重要。(2)HZ23、HZ88、K6、N7是4个综合性状优良的亲本,ZHXW、XWYY是2个紫色肉质的特色亲本;Mira×K6、Hui-2×K6、HZ23×K6、Hui-2×N7、HZ88×N7等5个组合是综合性状评价较好的杂交组合;HZ23×N7是一个优良杂交实生籽组合;HZ88×ZHXW、HZ23×ZHXW是综合性状优良的特色杂交组合,可从中筛选出紫色或红色肉质的优良     

植物数量性状关联分析研究进展

关联分析是新近开始在植物数量性状研究和植物育种中应用的一种分析方法。它以连锁不平衡为基础鉴定某一群体内性状与遗传标记或候选基因间的关系。本文在介绍连锁不平衡的定义和度量方法的基础上,综述了连锁不平衡和关联分析在植物方面的研究进展,并讨论了交配体系、重组、遗传漂变等对连锁不平衡程度的影响,以及连锁不平衡程度、群体结构对关联分析的影响,最后讨论了关联分析在植物数量性状和分子育种研究中可能的应用。     

Somaclonal variation for resistance to Verticillium dahliae in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plants regenerated from callus

Summary Plant tissue culture is recognized as an important tool to generate useful genetic variability for crop improvement. Regenerated plants from callus induced from stem explants of Solanum tuberosum cv Désirée were assessed by in vitro selection, for resistance to Verticillium dahliae. This fungus is the causal agent of Verticillium wilt, a serious vascular wilt disease both in crops and wild species.The rate of in vitro multiplication by single node cuttings was used as a parameter of screening in two selection cycles with different concentrations of V. dahliae filtrate. One resistant clone was selected and then evaluated by inoculation in the growth chamber. Induced damage, and morphological traits (dry weight, leaf area and tuber production) were estimated. The selected clone was comparable to the resistant control, cv Kondor.The results suggest that genetic variation induced in tissue culture cound be utilized to generate disease resistance.     

Impact of nitrogen supply on leaf water relations and physiological traits in a set of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars under drought stress

Improved adaptation of potato to limited water availability is needed for stable yields under drought. The maintenance of the cell water status and protection of cellular components against dehydration are important for drought tolerance, and the N status of plants affects the regulation of various respective metabolic processes. A 2‐year pot trial with 17 potato cultivars was conducted under a rain‐out shelter including two water regimes and two N‐levels to investigate genotypic differences concerning osmotic adjustment (OA) and relevant biochemical traits in relation to nitrogen (N) supply. Drought stress resulted in a rapid decrease in the leaf osmotic potential. The N, protein and proline contents increased under drought, while the N protein/N_Kjeldahl ratio decreased. Initially, total soluble sugars increased at both N‐levels but dropped back to the control level at high N‐availability under prolonged drought while remaining high in N‐deficient plants. Results indicate that potatoes have only a limited capacity of active OA and that increasing sugar and proline concentrations are rather associated with the protection of cellular components. High N supply promoted the N protein/N_Kjeldahl ratio at short‐term drought and enhanced proline accumulation. Significant genotypic differences were observed for all investigated traits.     

植物性状-标记关联分析研究进展

要对植物改良和复杂性状进行解析,首先需要对种质多样性及其性状遗传基础进行了解.随着基因组学的发展和生物统计软件的完善,特别是分子标记技术在植物遗传育种领域的广泛应用,以连锁不平衡(LD)为基础的关联分析方法的出现为植物数量性状遗传的研究提供了新途径,也为植物的分子设计育种提供了新的思路.本文在介绍关联分析方法的基础上,综述了关联分析在植物方面的研究进展,并讨论了关联分析在植物中应用的前景.