Association analysis for detecting significant single nucleotide polymorphisms for phosphorus-deficiency tolerance at the seedling stage in soybean [Glycine max (L) Merr.]

Tolerance to low-phosphorus soil is a desirable trait in soybean cultivars. Previous quantitative trait locus (QTL) studies for phosphorus-deficiency tolerance were mainly derived from bi-parental segregating populations and few reports from natural population. The objective of this study was to detect QTLs that regulate phosphorus-deficiency tolerance in soybean using association mapping approach. Phosphorus-deficiency tolerance was evaluated according to five traits (plant shoot height, shoot dry weight, phosphorus concentration, phosphorus acquisition efficiency and use efficiency) comprising a conditional phenotype at the seedling stage. Association mapping of the conditional phenotype detected 19 SNPs including 13 SNPs that were significantly associated with the five traits across two years. A novel cluster of SNPs, including three SNPs that consistently showed significant effects over two years, that associated with more than one trait was detected on chromosome 3. All favorable alleles, which were determined based on the mean of conditional phenotypic values of each trait over the two years, could be pyramided into one cultivar through parental cross combination. The best three cross combinations were predicted with the aim of simultaneously improving phosphorus acquisition efficiency and use efficiency. These results will provide a thorough understanding of the genetic basis of phosphorus deficiency tolerance in soybean.     

缺磷胁迫对长豇豆幼苗脱落酸含量的影响

研究耐缺磷程度不同的长豇豆品种在缺磷胁迫下脱落酸(ABA)含量的变化。结果表明缺磷胁迫下长豇豆幼苗根系ABA含量都增高,缺磷前期下降后升至1个高峰后再降低,高峰出现的迟早与品种耐缺磷性有密切关系,不耐缺磷的二芦白比耐缺磷的芦花白出现早,平均升幅香港青二芦白芦花白。缺磷胁迫下长豇豆幼苗老茎叶和最嫩完全展开叶ABA含量升高,平均升幅香港青二芦白芦花白,但缺磷后期ABA含量二芦白香港青芦花白;缺磷胁迫下幼苗嫩茎叶ABA含量各品种都升高,升幅芦花白二芦白香港青。缺磷胁迫下长豇豆幼苗茎叶ABA含量的增加可能促进磷和水分的运输、减轻膜质过氧化,是对缺磷胁迫的适应机制之一。     

Purification and characterization of phytase induced in tomato roots under phosphorus-deficient conditions

Phytase (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase; EC 3.1.3.8) was purified from roots of tomato plants grown under phosphorus-deficient conditions using five purification schemes. The phytase was successfully separated from the major acid phosphatase to an electrophoretic homogeneity. The native molecular weight of this enzyme was estimated to be about 164 kD by Bio-Gel P-200 gel filtration. The molecular weight of the subunit on SDS-PAGE was approximately 82 kD, indicating that the native form of the enzyme was a homodimer. The isoelectric point of tomato phytase was about 5.5. The enzyme exhibited a high affinity for phytic acid (K _m = 38 μM), and was strongly inhibited by phosphate, molybdate and fluoride. Among other characteristics of tomato phytase, the pH and temperature optima were 4.3 and 45°C, respectively. Tomato phytase contained a fairly high concentration of aspartic, glutamic acid and glycine residues.