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.     

尖孢镰孢(Fusarium oxysporum)硝酸盐营养突变株及其营养体亲和性

从荸荠、棉花、西瓜、黄瓜、胡瓜、大豆、花生等12种寄主作物上获得尖孢镰孢(F—usarium oxysporum)菌株20个,已知15个菌株分属于6个专化型。所有20个菌株在含有氯酸盐的培养基上产生抗氯酸盐的突变体,其突变体在以硝酸盐作为氮源的培养基上表现为无气生菌丝生长,即不能利用硝酸盐的突变株(nit),共获得nit突变株181个。同一专化型的nit突变株之间在以硝酸盐为氮源的培养基上配对时,在菌丝接触处可产生互补作用,即营养体亲和性,表现为旺盛气生菌丝生长。不同专化型的nit突变株之间则不能互补产生异核体而表现为非亲和性仍为突变型生长。每个菌株均获得能产生互补作用的nit突变株。根据营养体亲和性反应,20个菌株归入13个营养体亲和群(VCG),并显示出VCGs与菌株专化型之间的相关性。nit突变株在一般条件下是稳定的,而且某些nit株的亲和能力特强。     

尖孢镰孢(Fusarium oxysporum)硝酸盐营养突变株及其营养体亲和性

 从荸荠、棉花、西瓜、黄瓜、胡瓜、大豆、花生等12种寄主作物上获得尖孢镰孢(F-usarium oxysporum)菌株20个,已知15个菌株分属于6个专化型。所有20个菌株在含有氯酸盐的培养基上产生抗氯酸盐的突变体,其突变体在以硝酸盐作为氮源的培养基上表现为无气生菌丝生长,即不能利用硝酸盐的突变株(nit),共获得nit突变株181个。同一专化型的nit突变株之间在以硝酸盐为氮源的培养基上配对时,在菌丝接触处可产生互补作用,即营养体亲和性,表现为旺盛气生菌丝生长。不同专化型的nit突变株之间则不能互补产生异核体而表现为非亲和性仍为突变型生长。每个菌株均获得能产生互补作用的nit突变株。根据营养体亲和性反应,20个菌株归入13个营养体亲和群(VCG),并显示出VCGs与菌株专化型之间的相关性。nit突变株在一般条件下是稳定的,而且某些nit株的亲和能力特强。