河北省冬小麦品种SSR标记遗传多样性分析

利用79对多态性较高的SSR引物,对河北省1997-2007年间审定的冬小麦品种及国家小麦区试抗旱对照品种晋麦47和洛旱2号,共计87个冬小麦品种进行遗传多样性分析。79对SSR引物共检测出175个等位变异位点,每对引物可产生1~6条等位变异位点,平均2.215条。标记位点多态性信息含量(PIC)变幅为0.824~0.998,平均为0.941;有效等位基因数(Ne)变幅为1.644~20.333,平均4.708;香农指数(H’)变幅为0.148~1.102,平均为0.544,说明河北省冬小麦品种SSR遗传多样性较低。品种间遗传相似系数(GS)变幅为0.184~0.899,平均为0.418,其中河农826与石家庄8号间的遗传相似性最高,GS高达0.899,71-3与藁优9618间的遗传相似性最低,GS为0.184。不同育种单位培育的小麦品种平均遗传相似系数存在较大差异。UPGMA遗传相似性聚类表明,石家庄市小麦新品种新技术研究所培育的小麦品种与其他单位品种存在较大的遗传差异。     

一粒系小麦遗传多样性分析及抗病性鉴定

一粒小麦是普通小麦种质改良的重要资源。为了从一粒小麦中发掘有用基因,选取了100对位于普通小麦(Triticum aestivum,2n=6x=42,AABBDD)A染色体组上的SSR标记,对34份一粒小麦材料进行了遗传多样性分析,并对其进行了白粉病及叶锈病的抗病性鉴定。结果表明,有69对标记在34份一粒小麦上检测出多态性,这些多态性位点包括670个等位变异,每个位点上有3~19个变异,平均每个位点上的变异为10个,位点多态性信息量(PIC)变幅为0.167~0.936,平均为0.694。通过聚类分析,将这些材料分为3个类群。通过对这些材料进行抗病性分析,共鉴定出15份抗小麦白粉病材料,21份抗小麦叶锈病材料,12份兼具白粉病及叶锈病抗性材料。这些研究结果表明:一粒小麦材料中蕴含了丰富的遗传变异,抗病材料丰富,可以作为普通小麦遗传改良的重要基因资源。     

部分美国小麦种质资源醇溶蛋白遗传多样性分析及其亚基对品质性状的影响

为了解67份美国材料的遗传多样性及其醇溶蛋白亚基对品质性状的影响,利用酸性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(APAGE)技术进行醇溶蛋白谱带分析,测定了面团流变学特性及理化品质。结果表明,在67份美国材料中共分离出1332条谱带,49种不同迁移率类型的谱带,大部分谱带具有多态性。单个材料谱带总数变异幅度为13~28。谱带数在α、β、γ、ω4个区的分布存在较大差异。没有发现电泳谱带完全相同的材料。GS值变异范围0.54~0.90,平均值为0.731。在GS=0.607水平上,聚类分析将这67份材料分为6类。49条不同迁移率的谱带中有17条谱带与36项品质性状的相关性达到显著或极显著差异。6条谱带(迁移率为49.6、56.2、56.7、62.2、79.4、86.8)与湿面筋含量、蛋白质含量和沉淀值呈正相关,而迁移率为60.5的谱带与之呈负相关。11条谱带(迁移率为26.5、42.0、49.6、52.5、56.2、56.7、62.2、64.1、72.0、79.4、86.8)与面团稳定时间、面团形成时间、延伸面积等面团流变学特征呈正相关,而迁移率为34.4、47.5、49.0、60.5、69.4、85.4的6条谱带则与之呈负相关。说明供试材料间存在着丰富的遗传多样性以及与优质品质相关的谱带,为进一步利用这67份种质资源和优质小麦品种的选育提供了理论依据。     

Short-term effects of a winter wildfire on diversity and intensity of soil microbial function in the subalpine grassland of western Sichuan,China

为可持续管理川西亚高山草地生态系统, 全面地了解火后土壤微生物功能的多样性和强度的变化及其恢复状况, 基于2010年“12·5”冬草场的火烧事件, 以川西亚高山草地为研究对象, 对比了火烧和未火烧区域0-20 cm土层土壤中7种酶(β-葡糖苷酶、酸性磷酸酶、碱性磷酸酶、脲酶、蔗糖酶、蛋白酶和过氧化氢酶)的活性变化, 分析了土壤微生物功能多样性及其强度对火处理的响应。结果发现, 7种酶的潜在活性在0-5 cm土层中皆有所增加, 但对火处理、土层深度和两者交互作用的响应有所差异; 其中, 碱性磷酸酶在指示该区域火后微生物功能多样性和强度短期内的变化时具有较好的灵敏性和指示性。火在一定程度上促进了表土层微生物功能的发挥, 但是土壤微生物功能多样性及其强度对火和土层深度(0-20 cm)的响应并不显著。因此, 为能更好地揭示干扰行为对微生物生物多样性的影响机制, 未来应加强土壤微生物群落功能稳定性的研究。     

神舟十号飞船搭载对小麦品种济麦22的生物效应研究

探索空间环境对农作物生长的影响是充分发掘和利用航天育种技术优势的重要前提和基础。利用神舟十号飞船搭载小麦主推品种济麦22,对幼苗的生长势、苗高、鲜重和根长等主要指标进行对比分析,利用植物特异的叶绿素荧光技术研究上述指标变化的生理原因,并检测遗传物质的表观修饰状态。结果表明,飞船搭载小麦种子萌发的幼苗与地面对照相比鲜重降低,根长变短,根系数变少。叶绿素荧光参数测定发现,经过空间搭载的种子产生幼苗各种生长指标的差异是空间环境对植物产生的生理胁迫原因所致。经过空间飞行的种子萌发产生的幼苗,其基因组的甲基化修饰程度与对照相比发生了明显改变。     

Post‐heading heat stress and yield impact in winter wheat of China

Wheat is sensitive to high temperatures, but the spatial and temporal variability of high temperature and its impact on yield are often not known. An analysis of historical climate and yield data was undertaken to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of heat stress between heading and maturity and its impact on wheat grain yield in China. Several heat stress indices were developed to quantify heat intensity, frequency, and duration between heading and maturity based on measured maximum temperature records of the last 50 years from 166 stations in the main wheat‐growing region of China. Surprisingly, heat stress between heading and maturity was more severe in the generally cooler northern wheat‐growing regions than the generally warmer southern regions of China, because of the delayed time of heading with low temperatures during the earlier growing season and the exposure of the post‐heading phase into the warmer part of the year. Heat stress between heading and maturity has increased in the last decades in most of the main winter wheat production areas of China, but the rate was higher in the south than in the north. The correlation between measured grain yields and post‐heading heat stress and average temperature were statistically significant in the entire wheat‐producing region, and explained about 29% of the observed spatial and temporal yield variability. A heat stress index considering the duration and intensity of heat between heading and maturity was required to describe the correlation of heat stress and yield variability. Because heat stress is a major cause of yield loss and the number of heat events is projected to increase in the future, quantifying the future impact of heat stress on wheat production and developing appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies are critical for developing food security policies in China and elsewhere.     

Eukaryotic pathogens (Chytridiomycota and Oomycota) infecting marine microphytobenthic diatoms – a methodological comparison

Using sediment samples from the Solthörn tidal flat (southern North Sea, Germany), collected in bi‐weekly intervals from June to July 2012, a range of qualitative and quantitative screening methods for oomycete and chytrid pathogens infecting benthic diatoms were evaluated. Pre‐treatment of sediment samples using short ultrasound pulses and gradient centrifugation, in combination with CalcoFluor White, showed the best results in the visualization of both pathogen groups. The highest number of infected benthic diatoms was observed in mid July (5.8% of the total benthic diatom community). Most infections were caused by chytrids and, in a few cases, oomycetes (Lagenisma Drebes (host: Coscinodiscus radiatus Ehrenberg) and Ectrogella Zopf (hosts: Dimeregramma minor in Pritchard and Gyrosigma peisonis). Among the chytrids, sporangium morphology indicated the presence of five different morphotypes, infecting mainly epipelic taxa of the orders Naviculales (e.g., Navicula digitoradiata) and Achnanthales (e.g., Achnanthes brevipes Agardh). The presence of multiple pathogens in several epipelic diatom taxa suggests a significant role for fungal parasitism in affecting microphytobenthic diatom succession.     

Can plants serve as a vector for prions causing chronic wasting disease?

Prions, the causative agent of chronic wasting disease (CWD) enter the environment through shedding of bodily fluids and carcass decay, posing a disease risk as a result of their environmental persistence. Plants have the ability to take up large organic particles, including whole proteins, and microbes. This study used wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to investigate the uptake of infectious CWD prions into roots and their transport into aerial tissues. The roots of intact wheat plants were exposed to infectious prions (PrP^TSE) for 24 h in three replicate studies with PrP^TSE in protein extracts being detected by western blot, IDEXX and Bio-Rad diagnostic tests. Recombinant prion protein (PrP^C) bound to roots, but was not detected in the stem or leaves. Protease-digested CWD prions (PrP^TSE) in elk brain homogenate interacted with root tissue, but were not detected in the stem. This suggests wheat was unable to transport sufficient PrP^TSE from the roots to the stem to be detectable by the methods employed. Undigested PrP^TSE did not associate with roots. The present study suggests that if prions are transported from the roots to the stems it is at levels that are below those that are detectable by western blot, IDEXX or Bio-Rad diagnostic kits.