我国薯类基础研究的动态与展望北大核心CSCD

中国是世界上薯类生产大国,马铃薯、甘薯和木薯等在农业产业发展中发挥着重要作用。薯类主粮化已成为保障我国粮食安全的新措施,但其基础研究相对于"大作物"如水稻、玉米等还存在较大距离。开展三大薯类(木薯、甘薯和马铃薯)种质创新和新品种培育对推动薯类产业化意义重大,其中分子育种是其遗传改良的生长点和动力。从深化利用种质资源和基于基因组信息的基因挖掘,以及薯类共性和个性生物学问题的联合攻关等重要方面进行综述,阐明了薯类研究现状和趋势,旨为促进薯类分子育种技术的提升提供参考。     

我国薯类基础研究的动态与展望

中国是世界上薯类生产大国,马铃薯、甘薯和木薯等在农业产业发展中发挥着重要作用。薯类主粮化已成为保障我国粮食安全的新措施,但其基础研究相对于"大作物"如水稻、玉米等还存在较大距离。开展三大薯类(木薯、甘薯和马铃薯)种质创新和新品种培育对推动薯类产业化意义重大,其中分子育种是其遗传改良的生长点和动力。从深化利用种质资源和基于基因组信息的基因挖掘,以及薯类共性和个性生物学问题的联合攻关等重要方面进行综述,阐明了薯类研究现状和趋势,旨为促进薯类分子育种技术的提升提供参考。     

木薯储藏根采后生理性变质研究进展

木薯(Manihot esculenta Crantz)是热带、亚热带地区重要的粮食作物和能源作物.木薯产量很高,储藏根富含淀粉,但收获后采后生理性变质严重,严重影响了木薯的开发和利用.结合近期研究工作,综述了木薯储藏根采后生理性变质的研究进展,包括采后生理性变质的检测标准、生化基础、抗采后生理性变质的杂交育种、以活性氧自由基为主要研究对象的功能基因组学与基因工程、应用前景及存在的问题,以期为木薯储藏根采后生理性变质的遗传改良提供参考.     

木薯的再生体系和基因转化方法

木薯是一种很有发展潜力的非常古老的作物,但是木薯的育种工作却处于非常年轻的阶段.随着生命科学技术的发展,木薯育种工作也得到了进一步提高,由传统育种向现代育种转变,从各个方面对木薯品种进行分子改良.本文对近几十年来木薯生物技术研究取得的进展进行了系统的回顾和分析.木薯分子改良包括两个方面:木薯遗传转化体系和基因转化方法的发生、发展.目前研究所用的木薯再生系统途径,主要包括器官发生途径、体细胞胚胎发生途径:常用且有成功先例的木薯基因转化方法,包括农杆菌介导法和基因枪法.最后对前人研究的成果和存在的问题进行了讨论,并展望了以后的发展方向.     

植物分子育种技术在改良木薯种质方面的应用

木薯是热带、亚热带地区的重要粮食作物和经济作物。培育出生产性状更加优良的木薯品种,是推进木薯产业更快更好发展的重要基础。分子育种技术在培育优良木薯品种方面具有传统育种技术不可比拟的优势。该文介绍了近年来在提高植物抗寒性与病虫害抗性、降低氰苷含量、提高淀粉含量及组成、改变储存物种类、防止木薯收获后变质等方面的研究进展,以便在这些研究进展的基础上,利用植物分子育种技术加快获得具有抗逆能力提高、品质改良、产量增加、耐储藏等优良特性的木薯新品种。     

硝酸根调控植物开花和产量分子机制的研究进展

选育早熟高产的新品种是作物遗传育种研究的重要方向。氮素是植物生长发育不可或缺的大量元素,也是调控植物开花时间和种子产量最为重要的营养元素。硝酸根(NO3-)是植物获取氮素的主要来源。其作为营养物质和信号分子,通过转运、代谢和信号转导等多种方式参与调控植物开花和产量。对模式植物拟南芥、水稻和其他主要农作物中硝酸根调控植物早熟高产的分子机制进行了较为全面的概括和阐述,以期为合理利用氮肥、提高氮素利用效率和培育早熟高产作物新品种提供理论参考。     

作物柱头外露性状研究进展

柱头外露作为一个能提高作物杂交制种产量的重要性状,被广泛应用于杂种优势利用育种中。柱头外露性状多数是数量性状,遗传规律因作物种类和基因型的不同表现出多样性,是近年来作物领域的研究热点。深入解析作物柱头外露的遗传控制机制和调控机理,对于提高作物杂种优势利用效率具有重要意义。本文从柱头外露性状的经典遗传学解析、相关基因的克隆与分析、育种利用及研究存在的问题与展望等几个方面,综述了作物柱头外露性状的研究进展。     

水产动物重要经济性状相关功能基因的研究进展

随着基因组学技术的快速发展,已经在水产动物中鉴定出了大量的功能基因,并通过建立基因多态性与重要经济性状之间的关联,挖掘出了与经济性状连锁的优势等位基因和基因型。对基因资源的研究不仅有助于理解经济性状的分子调控机制,而且将为分子辅助育种提供理论指导和技术支持。综述了近年来水产动物重要经济性状相关基因的研究进展,以期为解析功能基因的分子调控机制和分子辅助育种提供基础理据和参考资料。     

能源木薯高淀粉抗逆分子育种研究进展与展望

木薯(Manihot esculenta Crantz)是全球重要的粮食作物,也是我国非粮生物质能源发展的主要原材料。长期以来,传统杂交育种是木薯新品种培育的主要手段。随着全球生态的变化和木薯产业发展的推进,需要加速培育抗逆能力强、高淀粉的木薯新品种,因此,利用基因工程针对特定性状开展品种创新表现出巨大的潜力。随着组学技术的发展,在木薯基础研究领域,特别是针对储藏根发育、淀粉富集、逆境响应与调控等方面的研究逐步深入。强化木薯基础理论研究和发展应用技术,对推动能源木薯的产业化发展具有重要意义。     

十字花科蔬菜抽薹开花性状的调控机理和分子育种研究进展

十字花科植物抽薹开花是植株由营养生长向生殖生长转变的关键时期,其相关性状涉及作物繁殖和产品器官形成,它们大都是由多基因控制的数量性状,并受到环境信号和内源因素多路径的调控。本文从十字花科蔬菜作物抽薹开花性状的分子标记和分子调控机理两方面进行综述,并就研究中存在的问题和发展方向进行了探讨,以期为全面阐明十字花科蔬菜抽薹开花机制提供综合信息和新线索,为蔬菜作物抽薹开花遗传改良和高产优质栽培提供理论依据。     

The Cassava Source–Sink project: opportunities and challenges for crop improvement by metabolic engineering

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the important staple foods in Sub‐Saharan Africa. It produces starchy storage roots that provide food and income for several hundred million people, mainly in tropical agriculture zones. Increasing cassava storage root and starch yield is one of the major breeding targets with respect to securing the future food supply for the growing population of Sub‐Saharan Africa. The Cassava Source–Sink (CASS) project aims to increase cassava storage root and starch yield by strategically integrating approaches from different disciplines. We present our perspective and progress on cassava as an applied research organism and provide insight into the CASS strategy, which can serve as a blueprint for the improvement of other root and tuber crops. Extensive profiling of different field‐grown cassava genotypes generates information for leaf, phloem, and root metabolic and physiological processes that are relevant for biotechnological improvements. A multi‐national pipeline for genetic engineering of cassava plants covers all steps from gene discovery, cloning, transformation, molecular and biochemical characterization, confined field trials, and phenotyping of the seasonal dynamics of shoot traits under field conditions. Together, the CASS project generates comprehensive data to facilitate conventional breeding strategies for high‐yielding cassava genotypes. It also builds the foundation for genome‐scale metabolic modelling aiming to predict targets and bottlenecks in metabolic pathways. This information is used to engineer cassava genotypes with improved source–sink relations and increased yield potential.     

Field testing and exploitation of genetically modified cassava with low-amylose or amylose-free starch in Indonesia

The development and testing in the field of genetically modified -so called- orphan crops like cassava in tropical countries is still in its infancy, despite the fact that cassava is not only used for food and feed but is also an important industrial crop. As traditional breeding of cassava is difficult (allodiploid, vegetatively propagated, outbreeding species) it is an ideal crop for improvement through genetic modification. We here report on the results of production and field testing of genetically modified low-amylose transformants of commercial cassava variety Adira4 in Indonesia. Twenty four transformants were produced and selected in the Netherlands based on phenotypic and molecular analyses. Nodal cuttings of these plants were sent to Indonesia where they were grown under biosafety conditions. After two screenhouse tests 15 transformants remained for a field trial. The tuberous root yield of 10 transformants was not significantly different from the control. Starch from transformants in which amylose was very low or absent showed all physical and rheological properties as expected from amylose-free cassava starch. The improved functionality of the starch was shown for an adipate acetate starch which was made into a tomato sauce. This is the first account of a field trial with transgenic cassava which shows that by using genetic modification it is possible to obtain low-amylose cassava plants with commercial potential with good root yield and starch quality.     

IGT基因家族调控作物株型研究进展

紧凑株型与深根系结构是现代作物实现机械化种植和密植高产的理想株型形态,也是改良农作物遗传性状的目标之一。IGT基因家族参与作物株型的调节,主要由DRO1（DEEPER ROOTING 1）、TAC1（TILLER ANGLE CONTROL 1）和LA1（LAZY 1）三个亚族组成,通过植物激素和相关蛋白的调控参与作物形态构建。以单子叶作物水稻、玉米以及双子叶模式植物拟南芥和作物油菜为代表,综述了IGT基因家族成员在调控单双子叶作物形态中的进展,特别是在分枝（蘖）角度和侧根向重力性中的相关机制及异同,以期为深入研究作物形态构建的调控机制和培育高产、耐密植以及适应机械化收获理想株型作物提供理论参考。     

Cassava about‐FACE: Greater than expected yield stimulation of cassava (Manihot esculenta) by future CO2 levels

Globally, cassava is the second most important root crop after potatoes and the fifth most important crop overall in terms of human caloric intake. In addition to its growing global importance for feed, fuel, and starch, cassava has long been vital to food security in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Climate change is expected to have its most severe impact on crops in food insecure regions, yet little is known about how cassava productivity will respond to climate change. The most important driver of climate change is globally increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration ([CO₂]). However, the potential for cassava to enhance food security in an elevated [CO₂] world is uncertain as greenhouse and open top chamber (OTC) study reports are ambiguous. Studies have yielded misleading results in the past regarding the effect of elevated [CO₂] on crop productivity, particularly in cases where pots restricted sink growth. To resolve these conflicting results, we compare the response of cassava to growth at ambient (ca. 385 ppm) and elevated [CO₂] (585 ppm) under field conditions and fully open air [CO₂] elevation. After three and half months of growth at elevated [CO₂], above ground biomass was 30% greater and cassava root tuber dry mass increased over 100% (fresh weight increased 89%). High photosynthetic rates and photosynthetic stimulation by elevated [CO₂], larger canopies, and a large sink capacity all contributed to cassava's growth and yield stimulation. Cassava exhibited photosynthetic acclimation via decreased Rubisco capacity early in the season prior to root tuber initiation when sink capacity was smaller. Importantly, and in contrast to a greenhouse study, we found no evidence of increased leaf N or total cyanide concentration in elevated [CO₂]. All of our results are consistent with theoretical expectations; however, the magnitude of the yield increase reported here surpasses all other C₃ crops and thus exceeds expectations.     

Cassava postharvest physiological deterioration: a complex phenomenon involving calcium signaling,reactive oxygen species and programmed cell death

Postharvest physiological deterioration (PPD) of cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots is a complex physiological and biochemical process which involve many regulatory networks linked with specific proteins modulation and signaling transduction pathways. However, it is poorly understood regarding biological regulation, and the interactions among protein groups and signals to determine PPD syndrome in cassava storage roots. This review sheds some light on the possible molecular mechanisms involved in reactive oxygen species (ROS), calcium signaling transduction, and programmed cell death (PCD) in cassava PPD syndrome. A model for predicting crosstalk among calcium signaling, ROS and PCD is suggested to fine-tune PPD syndrome. This would clues to cassava molecular breeding to alleviate the PPD effects on the shelf-life.     

生物育种新技术作物的安全管理

生物育种新技术（new breeding techniques,NBTs）是指基于分子生物学工具进行作物分子育种的一类新技术,可以短期内使作物产生新的有利性状,促进作物新品种的开发,如基因编辑技术、RNA干扰（RNA interference,RNAi）技术、同源转基因技术等。这些新技术目前正在全球农业育种中广泛应用,并且已有部分作物新品种获准商业化生产。然而,针对生物育种新技术产生的作物新品种的安全性和安全管理政策,全球尚未达成统一共识,对其安全监管的思考也不尽相同,限制了这些作物新品种的研发和商业化应用进程。综述了现阶段全球主要发达国家对于生物育种新技术作物的安全性和监管方面实施的管理政策和法规,以期对我国生物育种新技术作物的安全性管理政策的制定提供一定的借鉴。     

Identification,validation and high-throughput genotyping of transcribed gene SNPs in cassava

The availability of genomic resources can facilitate progress in plant breeding through the application of advanced molecular technologies for crop improvement. This is particularly important in the case of less researched crops such as cassava, a staple and food security crop for more than 800 million people. Here, expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated from five drought stressed and well-watered cassava varieties. Two cDNA libraries were developed: one from root tissue (CASR), the other from leaf, stem and stem meristem tissue (CASL). Sequencing generated 706 contigs and 3,430 singletons. These sequences were combined with those from two other EST sequencing initiatives and filtered based on the sequence quality. Quality sequences were aligned using CAP3 and embedded in a Windows browser called HarvEST:Cassava which is made available. HarvEST:Cassava consists of a Unigene set of 22,903 quality sequences. A total of 2,954 putative SNPs were identified. Of these 1,536 SNPs from 1,170 contigs and 53 cassava genotypes were selected for SNP validation using Illumina’s GoldenGate assay. As a result 1,190 SNPs were validated technically and biologically. The location of validated SNPs on scaffolds of the cassava genome sequence (v.4.1) is provided. A diversity assessment of 53 cassava varieties reveals some sub-structure based on the geographical origin, greater diversity in the Americas as opposed to Africa, and similar levels of diversity in West Africa and southern, eastern and central Africa. The resources presented allow for improved genetic dissection of economically important traits and the application of modern genomics-based approaches to cassava breeding and conservation.     

Cassava biology and physiology

Cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a perennial shrub of the New World, currently is the sixth world food crop for more than 500 million people in tropical and sub-tropical Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is cultivated mainly by resource-limited small farmers for its starchy roots, which are used as human food either fresh when low in cyanogens or in many processed forms and products, mostly starch, flour, and for animal feed. Because of its inherent tolerance to stressful environments, where other food crops would fail, it is often considered a food-security source against famine, requiring minimal care. Under optimal environmental conditions, it compares favorably in production of energy with most other major staple food crops due to its high yield potential. Recent research at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Colombia has demonstrated the ability of cassava to assimilate carbon at very high rates under high levels of humidity, temperature and solar radiation, which correlates with productivity across all environments whether dry or humid. When grown on very poor soils under prolonged drought for more than 6 months, the crop reduce both its leaf canopy and transpiration water loss, but its attached leaves remain photosynthetically active, though at greatly reduced rates. The main physiological mechanism underlying such a remarkable tolerance to drought was rapid stomatal closure under both atmospheric and edaphic water stress, protecting the leaf against dehydration while the plant depletes available soil water slowly during long dry periods. This drought tolerance mechanism leads to high crop water use efficiency values. Although the cassava fine root system is sparse, compared to other crops, it can penetrate below 2 m soil, thus enabling the crop to exploit deep water if available. Leaves of cassava and wildManihotpossess elevated activities of the C₄ enzyme PEP carboxylase but lack the leaf Kranz anatomy typical of C₄ species, pointing to the need for further research on cultivated and wild Manihot to further improve its photosynthetic potential and yield, particularly under stressful environments. Moreover, a wide range in values of K _m (CO₂) for the C₃ photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco was found among cassava cultivars indicating the possibility of selection for higher affinity to CO₂, and consequently higher leaf photosynthesis. Several plant traits that may be of value in crop breeding and improvement have been identified, such as an extensive fine root system, long leaf life, strong root sink and high leaf photosynthesis. Selection of parental materials for tolerance to drought and infertile soils under representative field conditions have resulted in developing improved cultivars that have high yields in favorable environments while producing reasonable and stable yields under stress.