Molecular mechanism of the S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility in fruit trees of Rosaceae

Self-incompatibility (SI) is a major obstacle for stable fruit production in fruit trees of Rosaceae. SI of Rosaceae is controlled by the S locus on which at least two genes, pistil S and pollen S, are located. The product of the pistil S gene is a polymorphic and extracellular ribonuclease, called S-RNase, while that of the pollen S gene is a protein containing the F-box motif, SFB (S haplotype-specific F-box protein)/SFBB (S locus F-box brothers). Recent studies suggested that SI of Rosaceae includes two different systems, i.e., Prunus of tribe Amygdaleae exhibits a self-recognition system in which its SFB recognizes self-S-RNase, while tribe Pyreae (Pyrus and Malus) shows a non-self-recognition system in which many SFBB proteins are involved in SI, each recognizing subset of non-self-S-RNases. Further biochemical and biological characterization of the S locus genes, as well as other genes required for SI not located at the S locus, will help our understanding of the molecular mechanisms, origin, and evolution of SI of Rosaceae, and may provide the basis for breeding of self-compatible fruit tree cultivars.     

灌溉方式对地表蒸发和梨果实发育的影响

为了解决地面灌溉中灌溉水利用效率低、果实品质差的问题,于2013年在河北工程大学永年校区以5年生田间梨树为试材,研究不同地面灌溉方式对土壤水分含量、地表蒸发量、梨产量与品质的影响。4种地面灌溉方式包括沟灌、畦灌、覆草畦灌和覆草非灌溉。测定不同处理的土壤含水量、地表蒸发量和果实品质。结果表明,不同灌溉方式的土壤含水量差异显著,覆草畦灌和沟灌显著高于畦灌和覆草非灌溉处理。覆草畦灌和沟灌较畦灌可显著减少地表的蒸发量,覆草非灌溉、覆草畦灌、沟灌和畦灌3—8月的累积地表蒸发量分别是77.92、114.64、163.1、203.73 mm。沟灌的灌溉水利用效率为1.99 kg/m3,显著大于覆草畦灌和畦灌,分别提高了1.45、1.06 kg/m3。沟灌显著提高了果实的单果重、可溶性固形物含量、总糖含量和维生素C含量。综上,沟灌既能减少地表蒸发又能提高果实产量和品质,是当前较好的地面灌溉方式。     

Postharvest quality of peeled prickly pear fruit treated with acetic acid and chitosan

White (Opuntia albicarpa) and red (Opuntia ficus-indica) prickly pears were peeled and submerged in chitosan solutions containing different concentrations of acetic acid (1.0 or 2.5%) to obtain ready-to-eat prickly pear products. Some physicochemical (pH, total soluble solids, color, weight loss, and firmness), antioxidant (phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity), microbiological (aerobic mesophile bacteria and yeasts plus molds), and sensory (color, firmness, aroma, flavor, and overall acceptance) characteristics were assessed during 16 d of storage at 4 ± 1 °C and 85 ± 5% of relative humidity. Chitosan coating containing 1.0% of acetic acid delayed weight loss, maintained firmness and color of white prickly pear during the storage time. Most of the sensory values for white prickly pear coated with chitosan containing 1.0 and 2.5% of acetic acid were higher than those obtained for uncoated fruit. Red prickly pear coated with chitosan with 2.5% acetic acid did not maintain its sensory quality throughout 16 d of storage. Chitosan coating with 1 and 2.5% acetic acid did not affect phenolics content and antioxidant activity in white prickly pears; however, an increase of these compounds was observed in red prickly pears. Microbe populations were unchanged in white prickly pears (<10 CFU g⁻¹) and slightly increased in red prickly pears (10–500 CFU g⁻¹) coated with chitosan during the entire storage time.     

Methods for evaluating fruit characters and incorporation in a final index in the Norwegian pear breeding programme

Summary In the Norwegian pear breeding programme selection is based on evaluation of 20 fruit samples together with field observations of precocity, productivity and resistance to biotic and abiotic factors. Fruit weight is recorded in grams, and then transformed to a scale of 20 gram classes. Appearance, shelf life and flavour are recorded on a 0 to 9 scale, and observations of shelf life and flavour are made at 4 defined intervals following ripening at 20 °C. The final index is made by summarizing the scores of fruit size and appearance, mean score of internal breakdown, mean score of flavour, maximum score of flavour and scores of precocity, productivity and resistance. All parameters, except mean flavour, are given a weighting of one, mean fruit flavour is given a weighting of 2. Data for 160 seedlings evaluated in 1992 is presented.     

河北省注册梨园主要害虫种类及发生规律研究

摘要：利用黑光灯、性诱剂诱集及田间调查的方法对河北省两个注册梨园主要害虫及其消长规律进行了调查研究。结果如下,两个注册梨园共计采集到主要害虫25种,隶属4目15科。对5种主要害虫成虫消长规律的研究表明,桃小食心虫 Carposina niponensis Walsingham全年消长呈现两个明显的高峰,表现出2代类型区的特征。梨小食心虫Grapholitha molesta (Busck) 消长全年呈现四个明显的高峰;铜绿丽金龟 Anomala corpulenta Motschulsky和暗黑鳃金龟 Holotrichia parallela Motschulsky一年一代,成虫发生期分别集中在6月下旬至7月下旬和7月上旬到8月中旬;茶翅蝽Halyomorpha picus Fabricius危害盛期发生在6月下旬至8月中旬。     

Identification of QTLs controlling harvest time and fruit skin color in Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai)

Using an F₁ population from a cross between Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) cultivars ‘Akiakari’ and ‘Taihaku’, we performed quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of seven fruit traits (harvest time, fruit skin color, flesh firmness, fruit weight, acid content, total soluble solids content, and preharvest fruit drop). The constructed simple sequence repeat-based genetic linkage map of ‘Akiakari’ consisted of 208 loci and spanned 799 cM; that of ‘Taihaku’ consisted of 275 loci and spanned 1039 cM. Out of significant QTLs, two QTLs for harvest time, one for fruit skin color, and one for flesh firmness were stably detected in two successive years. The QTLs for harvest time were located at the bottom of linkage group (LG) Tai3 (nearest marker: BGA35) and at the top of LG Tai15 (nearest markers: PPACS2 and MEST050), in good accordance with results of genome-wide association study. The PPACS2 gene, a member of the ACC synthase gene family, may control harvest time, preharvest fruit drop, and fruit storage potential. One major QTL associated with fruit skin color was identified at the top of LG 8. QTLs identified in this study would be useful for marker-assisted selection in Japanese pear breeding programs.     

A comparison of apple and pear seedlings with reference to the juvenile period. II. Mode of inheritance

Summary Analysis of two incomplete half-diallel schemes of crosses, involving 22 apple and 33 pear progenies with 2500 and 5400 seedlings respectively, showed a highly significant GCA and an insignificant SCA variance for the juvenile period (J.P.). This indicates that the inheritance of the J.P. is of an additive nature, a mode of inheritance which is a function of the inheritance of a complex of factors governing growth. The mean J.P. of apple progenies varied between 3.4 and 5.0 years, that of pear progenies between 4.7 and 7.0 years. The implications for breeding are discussed.Also presented at the Juvenility Symposium held at West-Berlin, November 1976.     

Genetic resources in apple,pear and vineyard peach populations in former Yugoslavia

Summary During the period 1988–90, several germplasm collecting trips were made to all republics of former Yugoslavia. A total of 56 old apple cultivars, many of which are represented in up to 5 types, 38 old pear cultivars and 367 genotypes of vineyard peaches were collected. The availability of so much genetic and genotypic wealth made it possible to start apple disease resistance breeding and peach cultivar and rootstock breeding programmes.     

Pollen and pollination experiments. III. The viability of apple and pear pollen as affected by irradiation and storage

Summary Apple and pear pollen was irradiated with doses of 0, 50, 100, 250 and 500 krad (gamma rays) and stored at 4°C and 0–10% r.h. From the in-vitro germination percentages an average LD 50 dose of about 220 krad was estimated. For both irradiated and untreated pollen a close and corresponding lineair relationship existed between germination percentage and pollen tube growth.Irradiated pollen was much more sensitive to dry storage conditions than untreated pollen, resulting in less germination and more bursting. Apparently, irradiation caused the pollen cell membrane to lose its flexibility faster than normal. Rehydration of dry-stored, irradiated pollen in water-saturated air restored germination percentages up to their initial levels. The importance of this procedure in germination trials is stressed.     

The performance of double or mixed pollinations with compatible and self-incompatible or incongruous pollen of pear and apple

Summary Six pear and five apple trials were carried out to ascertain the outcome of combinations of compatible pollen (C) with self (S) or incongruous pollen (I) as to the pollination index (PI=seeds/pollinated flower). The PI of the mixture C+I (1:5) was consistently depressed as compared to that of the control C. The results of the double pollinations S/C and I/C were affected by the temperature at pollination; their PI's at <15°C were twice as high as those at >15°C, being well above and below the PI of C in the former and latter case respectively. The opposite was true for the C/S combination, the PI of which increased with the pollination temperature; the PI of C/I did not differ much from the PI of C, irrespective of temperature. The conclusion was reached that the interaction previously and presently found between compatible and self-incompatible pollen also exists to a fair extent between compatible and incongruous pollen. However, in pear neither the mentor nor the pioneer pollen technique proved to aid its hybridization with apple, the formation of self seed was not observed either. In apple the production of apple × pear hybrids was likewise doubtful, but the double pollinations S/C and C/S formed 4–10% self seed.     

棉花功能基因组研究进展

棉花是重要的经济作物。近年来棉花功能基因组研究发展迅速,高通量测序技术应用于棉花研究,二倍体和四倍体棉花基因组测序陆续完成,棉花全基因组重测序及关联分析相继涌现,大量的棉花功能基因被分离鉴定。本文回顾了棉花功能基因组研究的历程,重点介绍了棉花基因组测序和棉花栽培品种全基因组关联分析相关研究成果,并总结了棉花纤维和腺体发育中的关键功能基因及棉花抗旱、抗盐碱等功能基因研究进展,为全面了解棉花重要农艺性状形成的遗传基础和棉花遗传改良提供理论参考。     

A comparison of apple and pear seedlings with reference to the juvenile period I. Seedling growth and yield

Summary Several thousand apple and pear seedlings of many progenies were studied in connection with their juvenile period (J.P.). The initially significant inverse relation between the vigour (stem diameter) and the J.P. of the seedlings became insignificant as the trees grew older, due to a retardation of growth occurring when the seedlings become generative. This relation can be used effectively in pre-selecting for vigour in the nursery. Cumulative yields were higher when the J.P. was shorter, but there was no evident link between the J.P. and annual yield in full bearing, that is to say, precocity and preductivity are not directly connected. Better growing conditions and pre-selection have shortened the mean progeny J.P. of either crop by three years since the 1950's. Generally, the pear seedlings appear to grow faster, to become generative slower and to yield lower than comparable apple seedlings. The mean J.P. of apple and pear progenies averaged 4.2 and 6.0 years respectively. The difference between apple and pear may be attributable to a greater selection pressure on both precocity and productivity with apple than with pear.This possibly also led to a smaller tree in the productive phase on the assumption that tree size at first flowering-small at a short, large at a long J.P.-expresses reproductive efficiency and as such is reflected in the size of the adult tree.Also presented at the Juvenility Symposium held at West-Berlin, November 1976.     

The interaction between compatible and self-incompatible pollen of apple and pear as influcenced by their ratio in the pollen cloud

Summary The production of self-seed was investigated in apple and pear with the aid of viable and compatible mentor/ pioneer pollen in relation to the proportion of self-imcompatible pollen present in the pollen cloud.Treatments consisted of mixtures of compatible and self-incompatible pollen at ratios of 1:1, 1:2 and 1:9 applied once or twice or followed by self-pollination. Selfing only, whether once or twice, produced virtually no fruits or seeds, while mixed pollinations did. Generally, fruit set tended to decrease and the self-seed to increase with increasing amounts of self pollen in the pollinations.The pioncer-pollen method (compatible in advance of self pollen) appeared more effective than the mentor pollen method (compatible and self pollen mixed). The use of viable instead of dead mentor/pioneer pollen causes competition for the ovules with the self pollen, but has the advantage that, in addition to some self-seed, other seeds are formed which, e.g. in apple, are necessary to keep the fruits on the tree until harvest.Fruit set was moderately reduced at ratios of compatible pollen to self pollen not exceeding 1:9 with pear and 1:5 with apple which constitute maximal ratios in practice as regards pollinator trees: trees of the main cultivar. In fruit orchards and probably in nature with other species, the interaction between compatible and self pollen may result in more self-seed, and so suggests that inbreeding played a greater part in the evolution of self-incompatible species, than the meager results of articial self-pollination imply.     

鲜博士保鲜剂在苹果和梨果实贮藏保鲜中的应用

鲜博士保鲜剂是以1-甲基环丙烯(1-MCP)为主要成分的乙烯作用抑制剂,是一种安全、高效、使用方便的新型果蔬保鲜剂。本文阐述了影响鲜博士保鲜剂应用效果的主要因素,详细介绍了其在不同品种的苹果和梨果实采后贮藏保鲜中的应用技术与使用方法,为在实际生产中的应用提供参考依据。     

毒死蜱在苹果果实、叶片及果园土壤中的残留分析研究

通过降解动态试验和最终残留量试验,研究了毒死蜱在苹果果实、叶片及树下土壤中的残留降解规律。结果表明,毒死蜱在苹果不同部位中的残留主要集中在果皮部分;在推荐浓度和使用次数下,毒死蜱在果实中的半衰期为24.50d,最低检测限量为0.012 mg/kg;毒死蜱在果实、叶片和土壤中的残留量与试药量和次数有关;毒死蜱的残留量与时间有函数关系,随着时间的增加,残留量逐渐减少,整个消解过程呈负指数函数变化;毒死蜱降解速率：叶片>果实>土壤,最终残留量：果实>土壤>叶片。     

自交亲和与自交不亲和日本梨中S4基因的研究进展

综述了近20年日本梨中与自交亲和和自交不亲和有关的S4基因的研究进展。这些结果包括：“二十世纪”(基因型为S2S4)为自交不亲和品种,其突变品种“奥嗄二十世纪”(基因型 为S2S4SM,SM=stylar part mutant;花柱部分突变)为自交亲和型。“奥嗄二十世纪”自交亲和的原因有三点：(1)S4SM基因被删除或者是低水平表达。(2)S4SM基因仅在柱头表达。(3)S4SM基因表达较迟。这主要是由于“二十世纪”S基因座上的S4等位基因发生了高度突变成为S4SM基因或者S4等位基因被删除,导致其基因产物花柱中的S4-RNase受到高度抑制或缺乏的缘故。S4基因由997bp组成,其中85~768bp为684bp的阅读框,925~931bp和943~950bp为多聚腺苷酸信号。S4基因的表达产物为S4蛋白,S4蛋白由228个氨基酸残基组成,其中N端的27个氨基酸残基为信号肽,成熟的S4蛋白由201个氨基酸残基组成。S4蛋白的生理功能是抑制花粉的萌发和花粉管的伸长。     

Mapping genes for double podding and other morphological traits in chickpea

Seed traits are important considerations for improving yield and product quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The purpose of this study was to construct an intraspecific genetic linkage map and determine map positions of genes that confer double podding and seed traits using a population of 76 F₁₀ derived recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from the cross of ‘ICCV-2’ (large seeds and single pods) × ‘JG-62’ (small seeds and double podded). We used 55 sequence-tagged microsatellite sites (STMS), 20 random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs), 3inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and 2 phenotypic markers to develop a genetic map that comprised 14 linkage groups covering297.5 cM. The gene for double podding (s) was mapped to linkage group 6 and linked to Tr44 and Tr35 at a distance of7.8 cM and 11.5 cM, respectively. The major gene for pigmentation, C, was mapped to linkage group 8 and was loosely linked to Tr33 at a distance of 13.5 cM. Four QTLs for 100 seed weight (located on LG4 and LG9), seed number plant^-1 (LG4), days to 50% flower (LG3) were identified. This intraspecific map of cultivated chickpea is the first that includes genes for important morphological traits. Synteny relationships among STMS markers appeared to be conserved on six linkage groups when our map was compared to the interspecific map presented by Winter et al. (2000). This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

氮磷钾配施对苦瓜产量和品质的影响

采用田间试验的方法研究了氮磷钾配施对苦瓜产量和品质的影响。结果表明,氮肥、磷肥和钾肥以及适宜配合施用可显著提高苦瓜的产量。氮肥可提高苦瓜粗蛋白和氨基酸的含量,降低苦瓜维生素C和糖分含量,磷肥可提高粗蛋白和糖分含量,钾肥可以提高苦瓜维生素C、糖分和氨基酸含量,减缓施氮不合理带来的负面影响。充足的钾素供应和适宜的氮磷钾配比是保证苦瓜产量和品质的关键。