Effect of water deficiency on relationships between metabolism,physiology,biomass,and yield of upland cotton(Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Drought is a common abiotic stress that considerably limits crop production. The objective of this study is to explore the influence of water deficiency on the yield, physiologic and metabolomic attributes in upland cotton cultivars(Gossypium hirsutum L). Cotton cultivars, 'Ishonch' and 'Tashkent-6' were selected to study the relationships among their physiologic, metabolomic and yield attributes during water deficiency. Deficit irrigation was designed by modifying the traditional watering protocol to reduce water use. Results indicate that cotton cultivars respond differently to water deficit stress. Water deficit significantly influenced plant height, the number of internodes, and sympodial branches in both cultivars. However, yield components such as the number of bolls, boll seed, lint mass, and individual plant yield were significantly reduced only in 'Tashkent-6'. The leaf area decreased and the specific leaf weight increased in 'Ishonch' under deficit irrigation conditions. However, 'Tashkent-6' demonstrated significant water loss compared to 'Ishonch', and both cultivars showed reduced transpiration rates. Untargeted metabolite profiles of leaves showed clear separation in 'Ishonch', but not in 'Tashkent-6' under deficit irrigation compared to full irrigation. The individual metabolites such as proline and galactinol showed strong association with yield under water deficit stress. Moreover, this study indicates that leaf area and transpiration intensity influence yield during water deficiency. In summary, the correlation among morpho-physiologic, metabolic, and yield components significantly varied between the two cultivars under water deficiency. The flowering stage was sensitive to water stress for both cultivars. The direct relationship between physiology, metabolism, and yield may be a useful selection criterion for determining candidate parents for cotton drought tolerance breeding.     

Functional genomics of microspore embryogenesis

Isolated plant microspores, when stressed and cultured in vitro, can be diverted from their normal gametophytic pathway towards sporophytic development, with the formation of haploid embryos and ultimately doubled-haploid plants. This process is called androgenesis or microspore embryogenesis, and is widely used in plant breeding programmes to generate homozygous lines for breeding purposes. Protocols for the induction of microspore embryogenesis and the subsequent regeneration of doubled haploid (DH) plants have been successfully developed for more than 200 species. These practical advances stand in stark contrast to our knowledge of the underlying molecular genetic mechanism controlling this process. The majority of information regarding the genetic and molecular control of the developmental switch from gametophytic to sporophytic development has been garnered from four intensely studied (crop) plants comprising two dicotyledonous species, rapeseed (Brassica napus) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), and two monocotyledonous species, wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare). In these species the efficiency of microspore embryogenesis is very high and reproducible, making them suitable models for molecular studies. In the past, molecular studies on microspore embryogenesis have focussed mainly on the identification of genes that are differentially expressed during this developmental transition and/or early in embryo development, and have identified a number of genes whose expression marks or predicts the developmental fate of stressed microspores. More recently, functional genomics approaches have been used to obtain a broad overview of the molecular processes that take place during the establishment of microspore embryogenesis. In this review we summarise accumulated molecular data obtained in rapeseed, tobacco, wheat and barley on embryogenic induction of microspores and define common aspects involved in the androgenic switch.     

18份国外棉花种质黄萎病抗性鉴定与筛选

【目的】鉴定与筛选18份国外棉花种质黄萎病抗性、农艺性状,为丰富新疆棉花资源库提供黄萎病抗性资源。【方法】2018、2019年调查棉花农艺性状、黄萎病发病,检测吐絮期测产、取样考种、纤维品质。对主要农艺性状进行方差、各指标相关性、病情指数聚类分析。【结果】18份国外种质均为中早熟性类型;均为中等株高;果枝始节差异不显著,黄萎病高抗株系占5.55%,抗病占27.77%,耐病占44.44%,感病占22.22%;病情指数除了与有效果枝、马克隆值呈正相关,与其余指标呈负相关。病情指数聚类为抗、耐、感病三类,其中,4号为高抗材料。【结论】抗病材料6份分别为2、4、6、9、11、16号,耐病材料8份分别为1、3、5、7、8、12、14、15号,感病材料4份分别为10、13、17、18号;籽棉产量较高材料5份分别为3、4、9、11、15号,纤维品质较优材料3份分别为1、9、11号;筛选出2份抗病高产优质种质资源为9号和11号。     

陆地棉种质黄萎病抗性生理鉴定分析

【目的】研究陆地棉种质黄萎病抗性及生理鉴定,为棉花黄萎病抗性品种选育提供数据支持。【方法】以10份国外棉花种质(Gossypium hirsutum)为材料对室内盆栽棉花接种大丽轮枝菌(Verticillium dahliae Kleb),菌液浓度为10⁷ CFU/mL,接菌14 d后,观察并记录表型发病情况;采用荧光定量PCR检测叶片的菌含量;测定棉花叶片的木质素、过氧化氢(H₂O₂)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、丙二醛(MDA)和脯氨酸(PRO)等生理生化指标,结合相关性、主成分、隶属函数和聚类分析等方法,综合评价棉花的5个生理指标抗性。【结果】03804、A-6、04841和05189发病较轻;03804和A-6病菌DNA含量最少;在病菌侵染过程中,这些品种对PAL、PRO、木质素等的依赖程度不同,呈现出品种间差异;当棉花受到V.dahliae侵染后,MDA与H₂O₂呈极显著正相关,与PAL和PRO呈极显著负相关;五项抗病指标通过简化得到2个主成分,贡献率分别为64.951...     

新疆查干郭勒乡杀虫油剂和伊维菌素联合应用防控家畜蜱虫试验

为探索有效的杀灭蜱方法,减少蜱虫危害,选择新疆阿勒泰地区青河县查干郭勒乡蜱虫流行较严重的一家农户,开展了杀虫油剂和伊维菌素联合应用防控家畜蜱虫试验。试验分为杀虫油剂组、伊维菌素注射液组、杀虫油剂和伊维菌素注射液联合使用组和不用药的对照组。每组有50只不同年龄的牛、羊、马等家畜,其饲养管理、放牧条件、圈室条件都基本相同。杀虫油剂组、伊维菌素注射液组间隔1个月,同法同量进行2次用药;杀虫油剂和伊维菌素注射液联合使用组先使用杀虫油剂,1个月后注射伊维菌素注射液。用药后观察无蜱的维持时间和第1次用药90 d后仍发现蜱的试验动物数量,计算不同试验组的杀虫效果。结果显示,杀虫油剂组、伊维菌素注射液组、杀虫油剂和伊维菌素注射液联合使用组用药后的无蜱维持时间分别为70、60、90 d,预防效率分别为90%、86%、100%。结果表明,杀虫油剂和伊维菌素注射液联合使用,可起到最佳的蜱虫预防效果。     

Water saving and economic impacts of land leveling: the case study of cotton production in Tajikistan

Water conservation is essential to prevent salinity and land degradation in Central Asia. Therefore, field-testing and evaluation of water conservation methods, i.e. laser land leveling in new farming systems of Central Asia is important task. This in mind the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and its regional partner on IWRM FV (IWRM FV project – Integrated Water Resources Management in Ferghana Valley project is funded by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and conducted jointly with IWMI and Scientific Information Center of Interstate Coordination Water Commission (SIC ICWC) in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia) project SIC ICWC have conducted 3 year study of impacts of the Laser leveled land leveling on water use, productivity and crop yields in northern Tajikistan. The major research question was laser land leveling an effective water saving tool in the new context of land use and ownership on smaller private plots. Can farmers afford the costs of laser land leveling and how economically viable is it? These research questions were studied in 5 ha laser leveled and neighboring non-leveled (control) fields for 2004–2006. The results showed that laser land leveling can reduce the water application rate in 2004 by 593 M³/ha, in 2005 by 1509 M³/ha and in 2006 by 333 M³/ha in comparison with the unleveled field, located in the similar agro-ecological conditions. The deep percolation was 8% lower and run off 24% less than in non-leveled field. The average annual net income from the laser field was 22% higher than that from the control field. The gross margin from the laser-leveled field were 16. 88 and 171% higher compared to that from the control field for 2004, 2005 and 2006, and on average was 92% higher. In spite of these positive results, there are hindrances on wide application of laser land leveling in Tajikistan. These are absence of initial capital of farmers and scattered land location.     

Diversity of Dagestan barleys for the duration of the period between shooting and earing stages and alleles in the <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ppd-H1</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ppd-H2</Emphasis> loci

The duration of the shooting–earing period of 265 barley samples from Dagestan was studied. During the 3 years of study at the Dagestan Experimental Station of VIR (Derbent), fast-ripening samples k-15008 and k-15013 were identified. Evaluation of spring forms in the northwestern region of the country made it possible to identify sample k-15027, which had a high rate of development over 2 years. It was found that Dagestan barleys are strongly influenced by growing conditions; that is, they have a high rate of response. Vernalization temperatures, short photoperiod, and high temperatures during the growing season contribute to fast barley ripening. Using molecular markers, the allelic diversity of genes Ppd-H1 and Ppd-H2, which are involved in the control of the duration of the shooting–earing period, was investigated. Most samples of local forms of barley carry dominant allele Ppd-H2, which causes early earing under short photoperiod. Translocation of the studied barley group to unusual conditions of northwest Russia leads to significant delay in plant development.     

接种不同致病力黄萎病菌的F1代棉花的基因型抗性研究

 在乌兹别克斯坦,棉黄萎病对棉花造成严重损失。为了选育能抗强致病力菌系的棉花品种,需确定棉花对不同地域的强致病力菌系的基因型抗性和F₁代的抗性遗传度。研究发现,品种Omad和品系L-44,L-408,L-155,L-1708对所选菌系的抗性最好。当受到侵染时,它们表现出超敏感性,但不表现黄萎病症状。F₁代的黄萎病抗性为超显性和显性遗传,且与鉴定方法无关。同时,存在中间性遗传。遗传优势度取决于其亲本的配合力、F₁代受侵染时的基因反应型和不同地域菌系的致病力。其中,Omad,С-5621,L-44,L-1708的表型抗性高;在F₁代中,组合L-155×С-5621和L1708×С-5621的表型抗性较高,在50％～80％。黄萎病抗性遗传控制的特点是趋向于最好或最差亲本的负或正的超显性、显性遗传以及中间型遗传。对所选菌系,杂交组合L-155×С-5621 和 L-155×L-44的综合抗性最好。     

Genotypic Resistance of F1 Cotton Hybrids by Inoculation with Different Virulent Isolates of the Fungus Verticillium Dahliae Klebahn

The plant pathogen Verticilliurn dahliae causes severe cotton losses in Uzbekistan.To create cotton varieties that are resistant to the more virulent races of V.dahliae we wanted to determine genotypic resistance of varieties and lines of cotton to more virulent isolates of different geographic populations of the fungus V.dahliae isolated from different cotton varieties in Uzbekistan and determine the inheritance of wilt resistance with hybrids of the first generation to various isolates of V.dahliae.