Variation in Doubled Haploid Plants of Wheat Obtained through Wheat (Triticum aestivum) × Maize (Zea mays) Crosses

Variation was investigated in 110 doubled haploid (DH) lines of wheat derived from wheat × maize crosses. Field observation revealed visible variations in 15 DH2 lines such as extreme dwarfism, low seed fertility, alteration of spike type and stripes. Six agronomic traits, i.e., heading date, spike number/ plant, culm length, spike length, seed fertility and grain weight were statistically analyzed in the DH2 and DH3 generations. Out of the 88 DH2 lines/DH3 groups, 26 %/64 % showed significant differences from the parental variety in the means of one or more traits. Ranges of the DH3 lines were larger than those of the DH2 lines, except for spike number/plant. Furthermore, analyses of variance within and between DH lines showed the presence of heterogeneity/heterozygosity in the DH2 lines/plants. These results indicated the occurrence of gametoclonal variation in the DH lines. It is considered that most of the variations detected were due to the colchicine treatment rather than to the 2,4-D treatment or in vitro culture.     

利用芥蓝×青花菜DH群体构建AFLP连锁图谱

 利用青花菜(Brassica oleracea var. italica) 与芥蓝(Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) 杂交后代双单倍体(DH) 群体为材料, 通过AFLP技术构建了一个甘蓝类作物较高密度的遗传连锁图谱。该图谱包括9个主要连锁群及2个小连锁群, 总图距801.5 cM, 含337个AFLP标记, 标记间平均距离为3.6 cM,为甘蓝类作物基因定位、比较基因组学及重要经济性状QTL分析提供了一个框架图谱。     

利用大白菜DH群体构建AFLP遗传连锁图谱

 以大白菜‘汴早- 26’和‘光90E16’的F₁ 代进行游离小孢子培养所获得的含有59个株系的DH群体为试材, 利用AFLP技术通过63对引物筛选共获得346个AFLP多态性标记, 运用JoinMap 3.0软件构建大白菜遗传连锁图谱。该图谱主要包括10个连锁群, 总图距为708 cM, 平均图距为2.0 cM。     

Improved Cold and Drought Tolerance of Doubled Haploid Maize Plants Selected for Resistance to Prooxidant tert‐Butyl Hydroperoxide

To improve the abiotic stress tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.), doubled haploid (DH) plants were produced by in vitro selection of microspores exposed to tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (t‐BuOOH) as a powerful prooxidant This study investigated the tolerance of the progenies of t‐BuOOH‐selected DH lines to oxidative stress, cold and drought in controlled environment pot experiments by analyses of photosynthetic electron transport and CO₂ assimilation processes, chlorophyll bleaching and lipid peroxidation of leaves. Our results demonstrated that the t‐BuOOH‐selected DH plants exhibited enhanced tolerance not only to oxidative stress‐induced by t‐BuOOH but also to cold and drought stresses. In addition, they showed elevated activities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, glutathione reductase and glutathione S‐transferase when compared with the DH lines derived from microspores that were not exposed to t‐BuOOH and to the original hybrid plants. The results suggest that the simultaneous up‐regulation of several antioxidant enzymes may contribute to the oxidative and cold stress tolerance of the t‐BuOOH‐selected DH lines, and that the in vitro microspore selection represents a potential way to improve abiotic stress tolerance in maize.     

春白萝卜新品种雪单3 号的选育

雪单3 号是利用双单倍体育种技术选育的春白萝卜新品种。母本ED0108A 是以梅花春萝卜× 白玉春萝卜进行花药培
养获得的DH 系为轮回父本，与不育系进行多次回交，转育成的雄性不育系。父本ED3128 是由迟花春萝卜× 天鸿春萝卜进行
花药培养获得的DH 系。该品种生育期60 d（天），植株开展度45 cm，裂叶，小叶11 对，叶片数20，叶簇平展，叶色深绿；
肉质根长圆柱形，白皮白肉，根长36 cm，横径7.1 cm，单根质量1.1 kg，高抗黑腐病、芜菁花叶病毒病、黄瓜花叶病毒病和花
椰菜花叶病毒病，抗霜霉病，群体整齐度高。每667 m² 产量4 000～5 000 kg。适宜在湖北、湖南、河南、山东等地区早春栽培。     

Retrospect on in vitro androgenesis of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

Development of sorghum hybrids can immensely benefit from an enhanced anther culture protocol since the resultant doubled haploids would accelerate, as in other major cereal crops, the attainment of homozygosity and fixation of alleles. Production of the hybrids that have got high yielding, stress tolerance and other traits of industrial significance in a shorter time as compared to the current trend can hence be realized. This review presents the advances that have been made in the development of such a protocol, with closer attention to androgenic induction components of pre-treatment, culture media composition and conditions as well as ploidy determination and eventual chromosome doubling. From the findings of this review, it is clear that further work is desired to ensure a protocol, that to a large degree, breaks the genotype dependency trend that has been widely cited to impede the usability of the tested protocols.     

白羊草光合特性及非结构性碳水化合物含量对 CO2 浓度倍增和干旱胁迫的响应

【目的】 探明 CO₂ 浓度倍增对干旱胁迫下白羊草光合特性及非结构性碳水化合物含量的影响,为未来大气 CO₂ 浓度升高以及干旱、半干旱地区水分亏缺等逆境下白羊草的生长提供理论依据和技术参数。 【方法】 盆栽试验采用裂区设计,研究了黄土丘陵区典型草本植物白羊草光合特性和非结构性碳水化合物 (NSC) 及其组分 (可溶性糖和淀粉) 的含量对不同 CO₂ 浓度 (400 μmol/mol 和 800 μmol/mol) 和不同水分处理 [35%～40% FC (重度干旱胁迫)、55%～60% FC (轻度干旱胁迫) 和 75%～80% FC (对照)] 的响应。 【结果】 CO₂ 浓度倍增和干旱胁迫对白羊草光合–光响应曲线参数和 NSC 及其组分含量有显著影响,但 2 个因素之间没有显著的交互作用。CO₂ 浓度倍增显著提高了白羊草叶片最大净光合速率 (P_max )、表观量子效率 (AQY)、光饱和点 (LSP) 和光补偿点 (LCP)(P < 0.01),而干旱胁迫则显著降低了P_max 、AQY 和LSP (P < 0.01)。CO₂ 浓度倍增和干旱胁迫均提高了白羊草地上部分可溶性糖含量。在正常 CO₂ 浓度条件下,与对照相比,轻度干旱胁迫和重度干旱胁迫均显著降低了白羊草地上部分和根系部分淀粉含量。CO₂ 浓度倍增使对照、轻度干旱胁迫和重度干旱胁迫处理下白羊草地上部分淀粉含量分别提高了 17.4%、44.2% 和 18.7%,根系部分淀粉含量分别提高了 17.3%、88.4% 和 54.4%。轻度和重度干旱胁迫均显著降低了正常 CO₂ 浓度条件下白羊草根系部分 NSC 含量。CO₂ 浓度倍增显著提高了对照处理和轻度干旱胁迫处理下白羊草地上部分以及轻度干旱胁迫处理和重度干旱胁迫处理下白羊草根系部分 NSC 含量。在正常 CO₂ 浓度下,轻度和重度干旱胁迫导致白羊草地上部分和根系部分可溶性糖含量与总 NSC 含量比值的显著提高。在倍增 CO₂ 浓度下,重度干旱胁迫显著提高了白羊草地上部分可溶性糖含量与总 NSC 含量的比值,而对照处理和轻度干旱胁迫处理无显著差异。 【结论】 干旱胁迫促进了白羊草体内淀粉向可溶性糖的转化,导致可溶性糖含量的升高和淀粉含量的降低。CO₂ 浓度倍增促进了白羊草地上部分和根系部分淀粉和 NSC 含量的积累,为干旱胁迫下白羊草生理代谢活动所需可溶性糖提供了来源。CO₂ 浓度升高能够缓解干旱胁迫造成的不利影响,提高了白羊草的抗旱性。      

提高小麦X玉米杂交产生单倍体胚的频率

Laurie和Bennett（1986）用普通小麦与玉米杂交，并进行幼胚培养，获得了小麦单倍体植株。但要真正用于育种实践，必须首先获得较高并且相对稳定的得胚率。目前报道的单倍体胚诱导频率差异较大，最高的已达48．6％，最低的不足10％（顾坚等，2005）。本实验通过在2，4-D中加入不同体积浓度的二甲基亚砜，研究其对得胚率的影响。     

The effect of colchicine on triticale anther-derived plants: Microspore pre-treatment and haploid-plant treatment using a hydroponic recovery system

In cereals, chromosome doubling of microspore-derived haploid plants is a critical step in producing doubled haploid plants. This investigation was undertaken to study the effect of incorporation of colchicine in the induction medium for anther culture, and the effect of colchicine on anther culture-derived plants of triticale grown under controlled greenhouse conditions. In the latter case, chromosome doubling of adult sterile plants derived from anther culture of fourteen triticale populations was attempted, where androgenetic plants with non-dehiscent anthers were cloned and subjected to the colchicine treatment, and then grown with the aid of hydroponics. The hydroponic system provided optimal conditions for recovery of the affected haploids from the toxic effects of colchicine treatment and all colchicine-treated plants survived. A topcross-F₁ (TC₁F₁) population with timopheevii cytoplasm produced the highest percentage of plants with seed-set either due to chromosome doubling by colchicine (98%) or spontaneous doubling of chromosome number (15%). Colchicine-treated anthers performed inferior than control in both induction and regeneration phases. One of the key observation of this study was the reversal from reproductive stage back to the vegetative stage which in turn enabled further cloning of haploid plants under hydroponic conditions once they were identified as sterile. The one hundred percent survival rate of in vitro-derived plants, 100% survival rate of colchicine treated haploid plants and the high chromosome doubling success rate (X = 82.3) observed in this study imply that a temperature-controlled greenhouse with an hydroponic system provides an efficient environment for inducing chromosome doubling of haploid plants in cereals. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

水稻剑叶性状的遗传分析和基因定位

本研究以水稻籼粳杂交(窄叶青8号×京系17)F1经花药培养, 产生的双单倍体(DH)群体和应用该群体已构建的分子图谱为基础。 采用QTL区间作图法对5个剑叶性状进行定位分析, 结果表明, 在DH群体中, 剑叶长、 宽、 长宽比和叶面积呈连续分布, 受微效多基因控制, 并且各性状均存在一定数量的超亲遗传类型。 4个性状共检测出13