Storage of Non-structural Carbohydrates in Sweet Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.]: Comparison of Sterile and Fertile Lines

The accumulation of soluble carbohydrates in vegetative parts of sweet sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.) represents an intermediate reserve pool for grain filling as well as an irreversible storage up to maturity. In order to study the effect of Sterility on soluble sugar accumulation in vegetative parts, two cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines of sweet sorghum were compared with their corresponding fertile mamtainers for non-structural carbohydrate concentrations in shoots. Plants were harvested at four different physiological stages. The lines showed significant differences in the yield of non-structural carbohydrates. At maturity, the yields of soluble carbohydrates from vegetative parts of the two sterile lines were 93 % and 43 % higher than the yield of the two corresponding fertile lines. At that stage, sucrose represented about 80 % of total soluble carbohydrates and the higher yield of soluble carbohydrates of sterile lines was mainly due to the higher yield of sucrose. This indicates that the yield of extractable carbohydrates, especially sucrose, in vegetative parts of sweet sorghum could be considerably improved by using sterile lines which are utilized in hybrid production.     

Characterization and PCR-based Typing of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria from Peppers and Tomatoes in Serbia

During the last two decades bacterial strains associated with necrotic leaf spots of pepper and tomato fruit spots were collected in Serbia. Twenty-eight strains isolated from pepper and six from tomato were characterized. A study of their physiological and pathological characteristics, and fatty acid composition analysis revealed that all of the strains belong to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. Being non-amylolytic and non-pectolytic, pathogenic on pepper but not on tomato, containing lower amounts of fatty acid 15 : 0 ante–iso, the pepper strains were designated as members of the A group of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria. However, the tomato strains hydrolyzed starch and pectate, caused compatible reactions on tomato but not on pepper, had higher percent of 15 : 0 ante–iso fatty acid, and were classified into B phenotypic group and identified as X. vesicatoria. PCR primers were developed which amplified conserved DNA regions related to the hrp genes of different strains of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria associated with pepper and tomato. Restriction analysis of the PCR product resulted in different patterns and enabled grouping of the strains into four groups. When xanthomonads isolated from pepper and tomato in Serbia were analyzed, they clustered into two groups corresponding to the grouping based on their physiological and pathological characteristics. According to the reaction of pepper and tomato differential varieties, the strains from pepper belong to races P7 and P8 and tomato strains belong to the race T2. All strains were sensitive to copper and streptomycin. Advantages and disadvantages of various bacterial spot management practices are discussed.     

糖分含量对番茄叶片Pst DC3000抗性的影响及其机理

研究糖代谢对番茄叶片细菌性叶斑病(Pst DC3000)抗性的影响及其可能的生理生化机制,为抗病番茄新品种的选育提供参考.以糖代谢特征不同的早上取样叶片(早8:00取样)和晚上取样叶片(晚6:00取样)为材料,测定离体接种后不同时期(0、24、48 h)上述两种叶片在Pst DC3000抗性、细菌密度、可溶性糖和淀粉含...     

猪Ghrelin基因的克隆及原核表达

从猪下丘脑、胃等组织中提取总RNA，根据已发表的猪的Ghrelin mRNA序列设计合成引物，通过RT-PCR进行cDNA扩增，获得了282bp的片段。将该片段克隆于pMD-18T载体后进行序列分析，确认PCR产物为Ghrelin cDNA。从阳性克隆中提取质粒，经NheⅠ和XhoⅠ双酶切，回收282bp的目的片段，定向克隆到pET-28a表达载体中，提取质粒并再次转化到BL21（DE3）中，成功地筛选出阳性克隆。经IPTG诱导阳性菌，通过SDS-PAGE检测出猪Ghrelin基因的表达．     

长白猪和梅山猪脂肪中脂肪沉积相关基因的表达差异

为了揭示瘦肉型的长白猪和脂肪型的梅山猪脂肪沉积相关基因的表达差异,采用qRT-PCR方法检测了两猪种背部皮下脂肪组织中硬脂酰辅酶A去饱和酶(SCD)、苹果酸酶(ME1)和解耦联蛋白3(UCP3)基因的表达量在30、60、90、120和150 d的变化。结果表明,两品种SCD的表达模式除90~120 d相反外,其他各日龄之间基本相同;ME1在30~120 d基本相同,而120~150 d呈现出相反的模式;UCP3除120~150 d相同外,其他各日龄之间呈现相反的模式。以上结果初步揭示了两猪种在生长发育过程中SCD、ME1和UCP3表达的发育性变化模式和品种差异,为深入研究脂肪合成代谢的调控机制提供了基础数据。     

质核互作型不育系阜CMS5A大豆的选育及应用

阐述了质核互作型不育系阜CMS5A大豆的选育经过,总结了其特征特性,并分析了其应用成效,以供参考。     

籼型耐高温三系不育系巨风2A的选育

以优质常规材料9526为母本,宜陵1B为父本杂交,优选后代与宜陵1A回交而育成的早熟中籼型三系不育系巨风2A,具有耐高温、高异交率、高配合力,所配杂交稻熟色好等优点,应用前景广泛。2014年8月通过了湖北省农作物品种审定委员会的现场鉴定,2015年通过了湖北省审定。     

甘蓝型油菜波里马细胞质雄性不育与隐性细胞核雄性不育的遗传比较

甘蓝型油菜波里马细胞质雄性不育与隐性细胞核雄性不育受２套完全不同的基因系统控制。所被研究的波里马细胞质雄性不育的保持系和恢复系均带有隐性细胞核雄性不育的２对主效恢复基因Ｍｓ１和Ｍｓ２。２个隐性细胞核雄性不育系均是波里马细胞质雄性不育的保持系，不带有主效恢复基因Ｒｆｃ，但带有一定数目的温度敏感基因Ｔｓ。Ｍｓ１或Ｍｓ２与Ｒｆｃ是独立遗传的     

红莲型CMS水稻线粒体K+ATP通道特性的初步研究

以水稻红莲型细胞质雄性不育(HL-CMS)不育系粤泰A(YTA)和保持系粤泰B(YTB)黄化苗线粒体为材料,研究了YTA和YTB离体线粒体KA TP通道对其诱导调节剂KCl、ATP、ADP和GTP等的响应特性。结果表明,KA TP通道诱导剂KCl,能明显诱导YTA和YTB线粒体膨胀,但YTA的膨胀程度较YTB的明显;KA TP通道的内源性抑制剂ATP对YTA和YTB线粒体膨胀起显著抑制作用;KA TP通道的内源性激动剂ADP和GTP引起的不育系YTA离体线粒体短暂收缩及之后的再膨胀程度均较YTB的明显;此外,比较YTA和YTB离体线粒体在Rh123一起孵育10 min后,KCl和解偶联剂FCCP处理引起的离体线粒体膜电位(Δψm)下降过程,发现前者的线粒体Δψm较后者的易于过早崩解。对水稻HL-CMS不育系YTA和可育的保持系YTB线粒体KA TP通道特性的比较研究表明,水稻HL-CMS不育系YTA线粒体KA TP通道对其诱导调节剂KCl、ATP、ADP和GTP等的响应较YTB的更敏感。     

Embryo-mediated genome editing for accelerated genetic improvement of livestock

Selecting beneficial DNA variants is the main goal of animal breeding. However, this process is inherently inefficient because each animal only carries a fraction of all desirable variants. Genome editing technology with its ability to directly introduce beneficial sequence variants offers new opportunities to modernize animal breeding by overcoming this biological limitation and accelerating genetic gains. To realize rapid genetic gain, precise edits need to be introduced into genomically-selected embryos, which minimizes the genetic lag. However, embryo-mediated precision editing by homology-directed repair (HDR) mechanisms is currently an inefficient process that often produces mosaic embryos and greatly limits the numbers of available edited embryos. This review provides a summary of genome editing in bovine embryos and proposes an embryo-mediated accelerated breeding scheme that overcomes the present efficiency limitations of HDR editing in bovine embryos. It integrates embryo-based genomic selection with precise multi-editing and uses embryonic cloning with elite edited blastomeres or embryonic pluripotent stem cells to resolve mosaicism, enable multiplex editing and multiply rare elite genotypes. Such a breeding strategy would enable a more targeted, accelerated approach for livestock improvement that allows stacking of beneficial variants, even including novel traits from outside the breeding population, in the most recent elite genetic background, essentially within a single generation.