一种新型无花瓣油菜突变不育系花器官的形态解剖研究

在自育的甘蓝型油菜(Brassica napus)无花瓣品系AP197中, 发现并育成由4对隐性核基因控制的无花瓣油菜突变不育系AMS971。AMS是一种雄蕊心皮化为不结实的假性雌蕊而引起的新的雄性不育类型, 不育性非常彻底, 其植株形态特征与AP197相同。比较花器官发现, AMS971除一个正常的雌蕊外,还有6个梭形的心皮化假性雌蕊。假心皮化雌蕊上部变成近似倒U形的柱头结构区, 下部是完全突变的半开裂心皮, 其上着生4~14个不等的裸露的幼小胚珠; 蜜腺比正常油菜小, 数目为0~4个, 这与AP197没有差异。AMS971的四轮花器官由于突变造成了大小和重量的重新分配。推断AMS为类似拟南芥属B功能缺失的突变体。     

一种新型无花瓣油菜突变不育系花器官的形态解剖研究

在自育的甘蓝型油菜(Brassica napus)无花瓣品系AP197中,发现并育成由4对隐性核基因控制的无花瓣油菜突变不育系AMS971.AMS是一种雄蕊心皮化为不结实的假性雌蕊而引起的新的雄性不育类型,不育性非常彻底,其植株形态特征与AP197相同.比较花器官发现,AMS971除一个正常的雌蕊外,还有6个梭形的心皮化假性雌蕊.假心皮化雌蕊上部变成近似倒U形的柱头结构区,下部是完全突变的半开裂心皮,其上着生4～14个不等的裸露的幼小胚珠;蜜腺比正常油菜小,数目为0～4个,这与AP197没有差异.AMS971的四轮花器官由于突变造成了大小和重量的重新分配.推断AMS为类似拟南芥属B功能缺失的突变体.     

无花瓣油菜雄蕊心皮化突变体细胞学观察及基因表达分析

油菜是我国重要的油料作物,油菜花器官具有典型的十字花科特点,无花瓣油菜在花期不存在花冠层,这种特点有助于提高油菜产量,预防茵核病的传播。雄蕊心皮化是指花器官的雄蕊结构被具有类似于雌蕊结构的器官代替,这不仅造成了花器官结构的变化也导致了雄性不育。本文通过对无花瓣油菜雄蕊心皮化突变不育分离群体中的雄性可育株和不育株的比较研究,发现心皮化现象是由遗传因素引起的。细胞学观察发现,雄蕊心皮化在花器官发育的早期就已经产生,心皮化的雄蕊中着生类似于胚珠的结构,其顶端细胞的形态和排列方式也与雌蕊柱头相似。花发育相关基因的表达分析表明,B组基因彳丹在不育株3轮花器中的表达都比可育株低,特别是在第二轮花器官中这种差异最为突出。而A组基因AP1在不育株第二轮花器官中的表达量较可育株高。c组基因AGL8、SHPI、SHP2、NAP在不育株心皮化的第二轮花器官中表达都较可育株中高。     

南天竹属的花部器官发生及其系统学意义

报道了南天竹（ＮａｎｄｉｎａｄｏｍｅｓｔｉｃａＴｈｕｎｂ．）（小檗科）的花部器官发生。发现该属植物萼片、花瓣和雄蕊的发生式样为三数轮生;雄蕊与花瓣是经它们所具有的共同原基进行侧向分裂而形成的;花瓣发育早期存在迟滞发育的阶段;心皮发生属于瓶状发生类型。讨论了花器官的三基数性质,小檗科花瓣的来源,雄蕊对瓣着生及单心皮雌蕊的形成等问题。对本属的花部个体发育性状同小檗科中已有报道的红毛七属（Ｃａｕｌｏｐｈｙｌｕｍ）、足叶草属（Ｐｏｄｏｐｈｙｌｕｍ）进行了比较,萼片多数轮列与心皮发生的多态现象是南天竹属的独特性状。     

商陆属2种植物花器官发生过程观察

该研究采用扫描电镜观察红蕊商陆(Phytolacca esculenta)和浙江商陆(Phytolacca zhejiangensis)的花器官发生过程,以明确商陆属植物花的基数,以及雄蕊和雌蕊是否具有叶性器官发生的特点,阐明商陆属植物花发生的模式。观察结果显示:(1)红蕊商陆和浙江商陆在花原基发生后,小苞片以2/5圆周相继发生,花被片的发生紧接小苞片的发生进行,花被与小苞片的发生均有顺时针和逆时针方向,且二者的发生方向始终一致。(2)花被发生结束后,雄蕊在花顶端分生组织的环状分生组织上发生,没有明显的发生顺序,近似同时发生;2轮雄蕊时内轮雄蕊先发生;外轮雄蕊有少数有时偶然与花被互生,但因外轮雄蕊数多于花被数,雄蕊与花被常不互生,也没有规律性。(3)红蕊商陆和浙江商陆的心皮都在雄蕊发生后,紧接着开始发生,且雌蕊与雄蕊(或内轮雄蕊)互生发生;心皮没有发生的先后次序,且每个心皮在基部连成一个整体形成雌蕊基部并发育成为子房。(4)红蕊商陆和浙江商陆的花基数为5,雄蕊和雌蕊的发生及数目不符合5基数的特点。研究认为,红蕊商陆和浙江商陆为5基数花,该研究结果不支持商陆属植物为3基数花的发生模式。     

香石竹雌蕊特征新发现

对于香石竹雌蕊心皮数目,不同植物志说法略有不同,目前尚无定论。本文对不同花色的香石竹雌蕊心皮数目及形态特征进行观察,发现香石竹的心皮数目随品种变化而异。在两种基本的花形态中,心皮数目存在不同的变异程度。文章讨论了其可能的形成机理,为进一步深入了解提供参考。     

臭椿花器官分化的初步研究

利用扫描电镜(SEM)和光镜(LM)对臭椿花序及花器官的分化和发育进行了初步研究,表明:1)臭椿花器官分化于当年的4月初,为圆锥花序;2)分化顺序为花萼原基、花冠原基、雄蕊原基和雌蕊原基。5个萼片原基的发生不同步,并且呈螺旋状发生;5个花瓣原基几乎同步发生且其生长要比雄蕊原基缓慢;雄蕊10枚,两轮排列,每轮5个原基的分化基本是同步的;雌蕊5,其分化速度较快;3)在两性花植株中,5个心皮顶端粘合形成柱头和花柱,而在雄株中,5个心皮退化,只有雄蕊原基分化出花药和花丝。本研究着重观察了臭椿中雄花及两性花发育的过程中两性花向单性花的转变。结果表明,臭椿两性花及单性花的形成在花器官的各原基上是一致的(尽管时间上有差异),雌雄蕊原基同时出现在每一个花器官分化过程中,但是,可育性结构部分的形成取决于其原基是否分化成所应有的结构:雄蕊原基分化形成花药与花丝,雌蕊原基分化形成花柱、柱头和子房。臭椿单性花的形成是由于两性花中雌蕊原基的退化所造成,其机理有待于进一步研究。     

重花瓣油菜的发现及其生产意义

在十字花科植物中,除了紫罗兰属（Matthiola）具有不育的重花瓣现象以外,其它各属植物均为十字对称四花瓣的能育单瓣花。十字花科植物花器官的这一重要特征,是该物种长期以来进化过程中所形成和固定下来的,具有稳定的遗传特性。以往,人们在自然界的突变体中,虽也发现了能稳定遗传的油菜（Brassi－cacampestris）无花瓣的类型,但据研究,此属于花瓣的退化现象。为什么在花器官中花瓣的数目有多有少？根据花是变态短枝的观点,花的各部分均具有一般叶片的性质,其中雄蕊和雌蕊都可发生变态形成花瓣。因此,从理论上讲,油菜的花部除具…     

不结球白菜雄蕊心皮化雄性不育系HGMSⅡ特性研究

对不结球白菜雄蕊心皮化雄性不育系HGMS和HGMSⅡ进行花器形态比较、同功酶分析及结实性研究.结果表明:HGMSⅡ较好地保留了HGMS花瓣萼片化、雄蕊心皮化鲜明特征,而且花瓣EST和POD同功酶酶带与萼片酶带基本相同,心皮化器官EST和POD同功酶酶带与雌蕊酶带相同.与完全雄蕊心皮化的HGMS相比,HGMSⅡ雄蕊心皮化突变主要发生在花药部位,导致花药丧失了产生花粉的能力,从而保留了HGMS不育性稳定、彻底的优良特性.与HGMS相比,HGMSⅡ开花习性明显改善,柱头表面花粉明显增多,雌蕊发育基本正常,单株平均籽粒产量达到8.96 g,较HGMS增加了7.17 g,增幅达401%,结实性得到了显著提高.     

月季花瓣数量遗传分析

以‘窄叶藤本月季花’(Rosa chinensis‘Zhaiye Tengben Yuejihua’)ב月月粉’(R.chinensis‘Old Blush’)杂交群体为材料,分析其花瓣数量的分离特点,对单瓣花与重瓣花的花芽分化过程进行观察,并对花瓣、雄蕊及瓣化雄蕊进行表皮细胞超微结构的观察。结果显示:杂交群体的花瓣数量分离明显,出现从5~54片的连续变异;花瓣数量、瓣化雄蕊数量、雌蕊数量的遗传模型为2MG-AD(2对加性-显性-上位性主基因控制),雄蕊数量的遗传模型为0MG(无主基因控制);月季重瓣花形成的原因为雄蕊瓣化,重瓣花形成的关键时期为雄蕊原基形成后期,可见到雄蕊瓣化为花瓣的现象;月季瓣化雄蕊的表皮细胞形态、褶皱程度介于单瓣花花瓣和重瓣花外轮花瓣之间。     

基于同质园栽培的21种淫羊藿属植物花部特征的分类学意义

以采自中国多地并同质园栽培于吉首大学种质资源圃的21种淫羊藿为研究材料,通过观测这些物种的花梗长、花直径、内萼片长宽、蜜距长、雌雄蕊长、花药长、花柱长、胚珠数、花粉大小及花粉量等16个花部特征数量性状和花序类型、有无蜜距、花瓣颜色、内萼片颜色、内萼片与花瓣相对长度及花粉颜色6个质量性状,并对其分类学意义进行探讨。结果表明,(1)21种淫羊藿内轮萼片花瓣状,4枚花瓣除无距淫羊藿外均特化成蜜距,但花部形态种间存在显著差异,尤其体现于花直径、内萼片长宽、蜜距长、雌蕊长、胚珠数、花粉量、花粉直径等特征。(2)主成分分析显示花直径、内萼片长、花药长、胚珠数和花粉直径等性状信息负荷量较大,在该属分类中起主要作用。(3)根据花部特征聚类分析,物种间区分良好,21物种可分为4支:第1支花小,花瓣短于内轮萼片,囊状距或兜状距;第2支花较大,花瓣远长于内轮萼片,长距状;第3支花小,花瓣没有特化形成蜜距;第4支花较小,花丝伸长明显,可达10 mm,花蜜距呈钻状。(4)依据所观察到的花部形态特征编写了淫羊藿属21种植物花部特征分种检索表。研究认为,基于同质园栽培下的淫羊藿属物种的花部特征具有分类学意义,可以为该属分类提供一定依据。     

Characterization of the Rice Floral Organ Number Mutant fon3

A spontaneous rice mutant named floral organ number 3 (fon3) had major mutations in floral organ numbers. Genetic analysis indicated thatfon3 acted as a single recessive gene. Microscopic observation showed that the number of floral organs infon3 increased centripetally. For example, the number of pistils was the more frequently increased than organs in the outer whorls. Homeotic conversion of lodicules and glumes into palea/lemma-like organs was observed in some flowers. Scanning electron microscopy observation showed that the size of flower meristems was maintained the same or similar until the lemma primordium started to differentiate, at which time the floral meristem became enlarged, suggesting abnormal development of the inner whorls of rice florets. The relationship offon3 with other similar rice mutants is discussed.     

Characterization of the Rice Floral Organ Number Mutant fon3

A spontaneous rice mutant named floral organ number 3 (fon3) had major mutations in floral organ numbers. Genetic analysis indicated that fort3 acted as a single recessive gene. Microscopic observation showed that the number of floral organs infon3 increased centripetally. For example, the number of pistils was the more frequently increased than organs in the outer whorls. Homeotic conversion of lodicules and glumes into palea/lemma-like organs was observed in some flowers. Scanning electron microscopy observation showed that the size of flower meristems was maintained the same or similar until the lemma primordium started to differentiate, at which time the floral meristem became enlarged, suggesting abnormal development of the inner whorls of rice florets. The relationship of fort3 with other similar rice mutants is discussed.     

A double-flowered variety of lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor fl. pl.) that has persisted in the wild for more than 160 years

Background and Aims

Homeotic transitions are usually dismissed by population geneticists as credible modes of evolution due to their assumed negative impact on fitness. However, several lines of evidence suggest that such changes in organ identity have played an important role during the origin and subsequent evolution of the angiosperm flower. Better understanding of the performance of wild populations of floral homeotic varieties should help to clarify the evolutionary potential of homeotic mutants. Wild populations of plants with changes in floral symmetry, or with reproductive organs replacing perianth organs or sepals replacing petals have already been documented. However, although double-flowered varieties are quite popular as ornamental and garden plants, they are rarely found in the wild and, if they are, usually occur only as rare mutant individuals, probably because of their low fitness relative to the wild-type. We therefore investigated a double-flowered variety of lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor flore pleno (fl. pl.), that is reported to have existed in the wild for at least 160 years. To assess the merits of this plant as a new model system for investigations on the evolutionary potential of double-flowered varieties we explored the morphological details and distribution of the mutant phenotype.

Methods

The floral morphology of the double-flowered variety and of a nearby population of wild-type plants was investigated by means of visual inspection and light microscopy of flowers, the latter involving dissected or sectioned floral organs.

Key Results

The double-flowered variety was found in several patches covering dozens of square metres in a forest within the city limits of Jena (Germany). It appears to produce fewer flowers than the wild-type, and its flowers are purple rather than blue. Most sepals in the first floral whorl resemble those in the wild-type, although occasionally one sepal is broadened and twisted. The structure of second-whorl petals is very similar to that of the wild-type, but their number per flower is more variable. The double-flowered character is due to partial or complete transformation of stamens in the third whorl into petaloid organs. Occasionally, ‘flowers within flowers’ also develop on elongated pedicels in the double-flowered variety.

Conclusions

The flowers of V. minor fl. pl. show meristic as well as homeotic changes, and occasionally other developmental abnormalities such as mis-shaped sepals or loss of floral determinacy. V. minor fl. pl. thus adds to a growing list of natural floral homeotic varieties that have established persistent populations in the wild. Our case study documents that even mutant varieties that have reproductive organs partially transformed into perianth organs can persist in the wild for centuries. This finding makes it at least conceivable that even double-flowered varieties have the potential to establish new evolutionary lineages, and hence may contribute to macroevolutionary transitions and cladogenesis.     

Volatile composition, emission pattern, and localization of floral scent emission in Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae)

We elucidated scent components, daily emission patterns, and the localization of floral scent release of Mirabilis jalapa. Volatiles emitted by the whole plant as well as by detached flowers were investigated using dynamic headspace analysis and gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry. Among several constituents including (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, β-myrcene, (Z)-ocimene, and benzyl benzoate, the monoterpene (E)-β-ocimene was the major fragrance component. Fragrance release occurred in a time-dependent manner. The emission of volatiles, including (E)-β-ocimene, showed an evening-specific maximum (1700-2000 pm). The emission of (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate reached its maximum 3 h later. Histological (neutral red staining) and morphological studies (electron and light microscopy) of the flower surface and tissues of M. jalapa revealed differences in surface structures and tissue characteristics. The flower could be divided into four main sections, including the tube, the transition zone between tube and limb, a star-shaped center of the limb, and petaloid lobes of the limb. These petaloid lobes are the site of (E)-β-ocimene release. Stomata and trichomes found on the abaxial flower surface were not directly involved in fragrance release. Clear indications of osmophores involved in scent release could not be found. Thus, the results indicate that floral volatiles probably are released by diffuse emission in M. jalapa.     

Elaboration of B gene function to include the identity of novel floral organs in the lower eudicot Aquilegia

The basal eudicot Aquilegia (columbine) has an unusual floral structure that includes two morphologically distinct whorls of petaloid organs and a clearly differentiated fifth organ type, the staminodium. In this study, we have sought to determine how Aquilegia homologs of the B class genes APETALA3 (AP3) and PISTILLATA (PI) contribute to these novel forms of organ identity. Detailed expression analyses of the three AP3 paralogs and one PI homolog in wild-type and floral homeotic mutant lines reveal complex patterns that suggest that canonical B class function has been elaborated in Aquilegia. Yeast two-hybrid studies demonstrate that the protein products of Aquilegia's AP3 and PI homologs can form heterodimers, much like what has been observed for their core eudicot homologs. Downregulation of AqvPI using virus-induced gene silencing indicates that in addition to petal and stamen identity, this locus is essential to staminodial identity but may not control the identity of the petaloid sepals. Our findings show that preexisting floral organ identity programs can be partitioned and modified to produce additional organ types. In addition, they indicate that some types of petaloid organs are not entirely dependent on AP3/PI homologs for their identity.     

兰花花发育的分子生物学研究进展

兰科植物是开花植物中最大的家族之一,其花高度进化,具有花瓣状的萼片,特化的唇瓣和雌雄蕊合生的蕊柱,是单子叶植物花发育生物学研究的理想材料。近年来有关兰花花发育基因调控的研究已取得了一些进展,本文从兰花开花转换和兰花花器官的形成两方面综述了近年来国内外关于兰花花发育分子机理方面的研究进展,主要介绍了文心兰、蝴蝶兰和石斛兰的花发育相关基因,并推测了兰花花被的进化发育过程,认为兰花的DEFICIENS(DEF)类基因在早期经过两轮复制,形成了四类DEF基因,从而促进了花萼与花瓣的分离、侧瓣与唇瓣的分离。该文最后对今后兰花花发育研究的发展方向进行了展望。     

The Anatomical Structures and Floral Development of Euryale ferox Salisb

The pedicel of E. ferox possesses closed, scattered vascular bundles and contains no cambium. Four main air canals are well developed. Mesophyll of sepal is differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma. Petal is simpler in structure than that of sepal with no palisade tissue differentiated. Stamens show a wide varity of shapes; those in the outer whorls are usually petaloid while the inner whorls are of the conventional type bearing four-loculate anthers. Ovary is inferior, multicarpellarv and syncarpous with laminar plancentae in each locule. The flower primordium grows out from the mixed bud. It is enveloped by an axillary scale. The preliminary indication of floral initiation is the periclinal divisions of the second layer of the shoot apex which is closer to the leaf base. By the time a flower primordium becomes 465μm high, the floral parts begin to arise in a continuous acropetal sequences, namely sepals, petals, stamens and carpels successively with initiation of their primordia by periclinal divisions of the second or third layer on the flank of the floral apex respectively. By the fact that the growth of the outer layered cells of the receptacle is faster than those of the inner ones, an epigynous flower and an inferior ovary is thus to be formed. The ventral margin of the carpel has become conduplicately appressed and fused in the lower portion, while the upper part has not been fused, an ovarian canal is appeared from top of the ovary. There is no differentiation of a style. A central receptacular core is found among the carpels. On the basis of anatomical and developmental studies of the floral organs, we suggest that Euryale ferox exhibits a number of most primitive features, such as petaloid stamens, carpel with ovarian canal, elongated receptacle, prominent residual floral apex and laminar placentation. The development of floral parts and characteristics of ovary indicate that genus Euryale is much more similar to Victoria, Nymphae and Nuphar than to Nelumbo and Brasenia.