Identification of AFLP fragments linked to one recessive genic male sterility (RGMS) in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) and conversion to SCAR markers for marker-aided selection

117AB is a recessive genic male sterility (RGMS) line in which the sterility is controlled by a duplicate recessive gene named ms, located at two separate loci. In the RGMS line, the genotype of the sterile plant (117A) is msmsmsms, and that of the fertile plant (117B) is Msmsmsms. The present study was aimed to identify DNA markers linked to the ms locus by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). From the survey of 512 AFLP primer combinations, 6 AFLP fragments (y1, k1, k2, k3, k4, k5) were identified as being tightly linked to the Ms locus. The genetic distances between the markers and the Ms locus were all less than 8 cM, among which two fragments, designated as k2 and k3, co-segregated with the target gene in the tested population. Fragment k2 was successfully converted into a sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker. The markers detected could be valuable in marker-assisted breeding of RGMS in Brassica napus.     

Molecular mapping of a dominant genic male sterility gene Ms in rapeseed (Brassica napus)

Rs1046AB is a genic male sterile two‐type line in rapeseed that has great potential for hybrid seed production. The sterility of this line is conditioned by the interaction of two genes, i.e. the dominant genic male sterility gene (Ms) and the suppressor gene (Rf). The present study was undertaken to identify DNA markers for the Ms locus in a BC₁ population developed from a cross between a male‐sterile plant in Rs1046AB and the fertile canola‐type cultivar ‘Samourai’. Bulked segregant analysis was performed using the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) methodology. From the survey of 480 AFLP primer combinations, five AFLP markers (P10M13₃₅₀, P13M8₄₀₀, P6M6₄₁₀, E7M1₂₃₀ and E3M15₁₀₀) tightly linked to the target gene were identified. Two of them, E3M15₁₀₀ and P6M6₄₁₀, located the closest, at either side of Ms at a distance of 3.7 and 5.9 cM, respectively. The Ms locus was subsequently mapped on linkage group LG10 in the map developed in this laboratory, adding two additional markers weakly linked to it. This suite of markers will be valuable in designing a marker‐assisted genic male sterility three‐line breeding programme.     

甘蓝型油菜辐照新不育系Mx1与Mx2及其保持系线粒体DNA的RAPD分析

Mx1和Mx2是通过辐射甘蓝型油菜瑞典品种得到的细胞质雄性不育系。采用RAPD技术对Mx1和Mx2及其保持系陕2B的线粒体DNA(mtDNA)进行了比较研究。共使用了210个随机引物,其中有163个引物在两系之间都得到了扩增产物,15个引物扩增结果在两系之间表现出了遗传多态性。Mx1和Mx2间也存在着明显的差异。     

一对等位基因互作控制的核雄性不育性

通过遗传工程能够产生由两个基因共同作用而形成的雄性不育。一个可以是能够导致雄性不育的基因,另一个可以是该雄性不育基因的活化基因,它们共同存在的时候表现雄性不育。利用位点特异性重组和转基因技术能够将这两个基因安排在植物同源染色体的相同位置上表达,成为等位基因,而获得分别只具有其中一个基因的两转基因系。它们之间杂交,F1中两个基因同时存在,F1产生雄性不育而成为不育系。常规品系与此F1不育系杂交,在杂种植株中,这两个基因不能同时存在,所有植株育性恢复。利用光温敏核不育性,化学杀雄和人工去雄可解决此不育系繁殖问题。该雄性不育性利用方式优越,育种简便易行,能够满足对最佳组合选育的要求,且能够定向培育目标杂交组合。     

棉花雄性不育研究和应用进展

综述了棉花雄性不育类型、不育机理和雄性不育系杂种优势利用状况,着重讨论了棉花雄性不育的细胞学、生理生化和分子生物学研究进展。并对本领域研究和应用中存在的问题及发展前景提出了看法。     

Discovery of new male-sterile cytoplasm sources and development of a new cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterile line NJCMS3A in soybean

Most of the cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterile (CMS) lines of soybean were developed only from a limited cytoplasm sources and performed not as good as required in hybrid seed production, therefore, to explore new male-sterile cytoplasm sources should be one of the effective ways to improve the pollination and hybridization for a better pod-set in utilization of heterosis of soybeans. In the present study, total 80 crosses between 70 cultivated and annual wild soybean accessions and three maintainers (N2899, N21249, and N23998) of NJCMS1A were made for detecting potential new sources with male-sterile cytoplasm. The results showed that in addition to the crosses with N8855.1 (the cytoplasm donor parent of NJCMS1A) and its derived line NG99-893 as cytoplasm parent, there appeared three crosses, including N21566 × N21249 and N23168 × N21249, with male-sterile plants in their progenies. According to the male fertility performance of backcrosses and reciprocal crosses with the tester N21249, the landrace N21566 and annual wild soybean accession N23168 were further confirmed to have male-sterile cytoplasm. Accordingly, it was understood that the source with male-sterile cytoplasm in soybean gene pool might be not occasional. The results also showed that the genetic system of male sterility of the newly found cytoplasm source N21566 was different from the old cytoplasm source N8855.1, while N23168 was to be further studied. Based on the above results, the derived male-sterile plants from [(N21566 × N21249) F₁ × N21249] BC₁F₁ were back-crossed with the recurrent parent N21249 for five successive times, and a new CMS line and its maintainer line, designated as NJCMS3A and NJCMS3B, respectively, were obtained. NJCMS3A had normal female fertility and stable male sterility. Its microspore abortion was mainly at middle uninucleate stage, earlier than that of NJCMS1A and NJCMS2A. The male fertility of F₁s between NJCMS3A and 20 pollen parents showed that 7 accessions could restore its male fertility and other 13 could maintain its male sterility. The male sterility of NJCMS3A and its restoration were controlled by one pair of gametophyte male-sterile gene according to male fertility segregation of crosses between NJCMS3A and three restorers. The nuclear gene(s) of male sterility in NJCMS3A appeared different from the previously reported CMS lines, NJCMS1A and NJCMS2A. The development of NJCMS3A demonstrated the feasibility to discover new CMS system through choosing maintainers with suitable nuclear background.     

Development of Elongated Uppermost Intemode CMS Lines for Hybrid Rice Breeding in India

Development of cytoplasmic male sterile （CMS） lines with elongated uppermost internode （EUI） trait provides a genetic option to eliminate the use of GA3 in hybrid rice. During the past two decades, extensive work has been carried out on the subject that resulted in identification of several mutants with EUI trait for use in developing cytoplasmic/thermo-sensitive genic male-sterile lines with complete panicle exsertion （Okuno and Kawai, 1978; Rutger and Carnahan, 1981; Shen et al., 1987; Yang et al., 2000; 2002; Gangashetti et al., 2004）. Two recessive genes （eui-1 and eui-2） mapped on chromosome 5 and 10 respectively have so far been reported to control the internode elongation in rice （Librojo and Khush, 1986; Yang et al., 2001; Ma et al., 2004）. Considerable progress has been made in China in exploiting ＇eur gene for development of hybrid rice parental lines （Yang et al., 2000; 2002; Zhang et al., 2002）.     

小麦质核互作型雄性不育系线粒体DNA变异性的RAPD分析(英文)

在杂交小麦选育中,为了更好地利用细胞质雄性不育性,研究与不断挖掘新的不育细胞质类型及其对应育性恢复基因以改良现有不育资源至关重要.基于这一目的,本文对具有山羊草属细胞质的四类不育系线粒体DNA(mtDNA)进行了RAPD分析,分别比较了具有同一细胞质背景的山羊草、雄性不育系,以及该类不育系与恢复系组配的可育杂种F1的mtDNA的变异性.结果显示,供试山羊草与其对应细胞质雄性不育系在mtDNA上存在明显多态性,表明不育系在质核互作的影响下很可能已导致mtDNA发生变异:而不育系与对应的可育杂种F1在mtDNA上也存在多态性,同样表明育性恢复核基因对不育系进行育性恢复的过程中亦可能引起mtDNA发生相应变异;mtDNA变异很可能涉及到不育系育性本质的改变.     

高产优质甘蓝型核不育杂交种双油杂1号的选育

双油杂1号是河南省农业科学院经济作物研究所选育的高产优质半冬性隐性核不育甘蓝型油菜两系杂交种。该品种农艺性状优良、抗寒、抗倒伏、较耐菌核病、抗病毒病。在2年河南省油菜区域试验中平均单产2731.2kg/hm2,比对照杂98009增产8.58%。在河南省油菜生产试验中,双油杂1号平均单产2489.1kg/hm2,比对照杂交种杂98009增产3.93％。品质优良,芥酸含量0.1％,硫甙含量18.85μmol/g饼,含油量40.96％,品质符合国家标准。     

Modified complementation test of male sterility mutants in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.): preliminary study to convert male sterility system from GMS to CMS

The male sterility system in hybrid seed production can eliminate the cost of emasculation and ensure seed hybridity through avoidance of self pollination. GMS and CMS are two types of male sterility system that currently employed in pepper breeding. Conversion from GMS to CMS will increase the male sterility proportion of female parent from 50 to 100%. In this study, segregation analysis of four male sterile mutants consisting of one CMS mutant (CA1) and three GMS mutants (GA1, GA3 and GA4) showed that each had single recessive gene inheritance. A modified complementation test was performed by replacing male sterile mutants with their maintainer line as male parent. The nuclear restorer gene for CMS was independent of all nuclear restorer genes for GMS and all nuclear restorer genes for GMS were independent each other. Further observation on CMS and GMS male sterility loci revealed that GA1 and GA3 had mutated in both nuclear restorer genes for CMS and GMS, while CA1 and GA4 each carried mutation in single male sterility system of nuclear restorer gene for CMS and GMS, respectively. Conversion from GMS to CMS in the case of lines carried mutations in both sterility systems required only S-type cytoplasm donor, while lines carried mutation in single nuclear restorer gene for GMS required not only S-type cytoplasm but also rf allele donors. The important finding is the broader function of maintainer line in certain male sterility system that can be used as a maintainer or restorer line for other male sterility systems. We also confirmed that line CC1 is the general restorer for both CMS and GMS systems.