Identification of superior parents and crosses in potato breeding programmes

 The effectiveness of parent per se performance and their self values in the selection of superior parents and crosses in potato breeding programmes was studied by evaluating progenies of 72 crosses from 18×4 (female×male) matings, parents and their selfs for ten agronomically important characters for three successive generations. Simple correlation coefficients were computed between parent per se performance versus general combining ability effects, female per se performance versus progeny means of females, female self values versus progeny means of females, mid-parent values versus progeny means of crosses and mid-self values versus progeny means of crosses. The magnitude of the significant correlation coefficients showed that progeny means of crosses could be moderately predicted by the mid-self values for plant vigour and general impression in clonal generations. Similarly, the progeny means of females in clonal generations could be predicted by their per se performance for general impression. Female self values in the second clonal generation were moderately associated with progeny means of females in that generation for general impression and plant vigour. Parent per se performance and mid-parent values were, in general, ineffective in predicting the general combining ability and the progeny means of the crosses, respectively. The poor predictive powers of parent per se performance and mid-parent values are discussed in relation to the relative importance of specific and general combining ability effects. Received: 23 April 1997 / Accepted: 6 August 1997     

大豆不同亲本类型F2主要性状遗传参数分析

对大豆3个不同亲本类型的杂交组合F2群体主要性状遗传变异系数、遗传力和遗传进度进行了估算分析,结果表明这些遗传参数因性状或亲本类型的不同而有明显差异.含有野生亲缘关系的组合,类型间、性状间F2遗传力有较大差异,性状变异幅度增大,相对遗传进度也较大,从而有较广泛的选择基础.     

Additive main effect and multiplicative interaction model for a diallel-cross analysis

Diallel mating designs have proved informative in determining the inheritance of quantitative traits of interest to plant breeders. Apart from the well-established analyses of a complete diallel, the two-way factorial data structure of this design lends itself to analysis by the additive-main-effects-and-multiplicative-interaction (AMMI) model. This research article describes the joint application of the AMMI model and Griffing’s method 1, model I, to gain insight into the breeding value of inbred lines in a self-pollinated crop such as disomic, hexaploid bread wheat. Data from a multi-environment trial of a complete diallel cross between eight lines adapted to the East African highlands were analyzed to provide an example of this joint analysis. This combined approach identified not only the direction of a cross, i.e. which parent should be male or female, but also which crosses produce offspring showing F₁ heterosis. Received: 10 June 2000 / Accepted: 31 July 2000     

基于人工巢试验分析黄腹角雉巢卵捕食者

2007年至今,我国在陕西宁陕、铜川和千阳,以及河南董寨和浙江德清初步建立了朱鹮(Nipponia nippon)野化放归种群。鸟类的繁殖行为是其生活史策略的重要组成部分,可以反映动物个体的营养状态、所处栖息地的质量,以及对栖息地的适应等。本文报道浙江德清朱鹮野化放归种群的繁殖行为,旨在了解其在我国南方的适应情况,为最终建立中国朱鹮南方种群提供科学支撑。本研究于2018年4和5月及2020年3至5月对浙江德清野化放归朱鹮的3个繁殖巢进行实时监测,记录孵卵期和育雏期繁殖行为,总记录时长为134 d,有效数据时长为2 958 h。利用线性混合模型探究朱鹮衔巢材频率、孵卵期以及育雏期行为的影响因子,采用Spearman相关分析检验朱鹮翻卵频率与孵卵进程的关系,建立Logistic回归模型探究朱鹮亲鸟暖雏时长随雏鸟日龄的变化情况,并利用one-way ANOVA分析德清朱鹮与陕西洋县野生种群和其他野化放归种群的换巢频率差异。结果表明,德清朱鹮平均窝卵数3.7 ± 0.3,孵化成功率90.9%,雏鸟出飞率100.0%;繁殖的不同时期、营巢条件和亲鸟性别均显著影响朱鹮的衔巢材频率;朱鹮的翻卵频率随孵卵进程显著下降;亲鸟的暖雏时长在雏鸟11日龄时下降率最大;育雏的不同时期对朱鹮的暖雏时长、换巢频率以及喂雏频率有极显著的影响;环境温度较高可能是导致德清朱鹮比洋县野生种群提前产卵的原因之一;较高的平均窝卵数与出飞成功率表明,朱鹮对我国南方的栖息地较为适应。鉴于本研究发现利用人工巢筐营巢的亲鸟花费更多时间补充巢材,表明人工巢筐的结构和大小有必要优化,建议在今后设计时加大筐壁仰角并减小深度、扩大外径,使人工巢筐更接近于自然巢的盘状结构,同时,应将巢筐底部设计成多孔透气、利于排水的结构,以适应我国长江中下游地区湿热多雨的气候。     

散养塞加羚羊两个主要繁殖时段的昼间时间分配

对散养在30hm^2场地内的塞加羚羊（Saiga tatarica）一个敏殖群体在2000年12月（酱期及其前、后）和2001年5-7月（哺乳期）的昼间时间分配做了观察研究。数据用个体扫描-瞬时取样法收集。结果表明：①雌性塞加羚羊在交配期结束后,躺卧时间减少,进食时间增加;从前期到后期,站立时间连续递减;母羊分娩后2周内离群单独活动,往返于觅食地和幼仔隐藏地之间;第3周起,母仔合群。②雄性在交配期的移动多于交配前,交配后躺卧时间增加。③塞加羚羊时间分配的性别差异始于交配期;这时,雄性个体忙于追逐圈赶雌性,导致移动时间增加,躺卧减少;交配期后,雌性觅食时间突增,而雄性不变;雌性进入哺乳期后,各月觅食时间均多于雄性。以上时间分配的性别差异反映了它们的繁殖投资差异。上述结果暗示,对此类散养动物,应在其能量需求高峰期增加投食量,以提高繁殖成功率。     

香菇亲本菌株及其杂交后代的RAPD分析

运用随机扩增多态性DNA（RandomamplifiedpolymorphicDNA,RAPD）技术对源于两个香菇（Lentinulaedodes）双核菌株的孢子单核体、原生质体单核体及其杂交后代进行了基因组DNA多态性分析。用9个随机引物共扩增出116条DNA片段,其中82．5％具有多态性。综合分析9个随机引物的扩增谱带,可将所有供试亲本单核体清楚地分开,且早核体聚类分析的结果与其来源及遗传背景相吻合。此外,用两个双核亲本菌株的各4个不同交配型的孢子单核体两两支配所得的所有杂交组合,也均可与双核亲本菌株明确地区分开来。因此,在杂交育种中,RAPD分析可为亲本的选配及杂种的鉴定提供可靠依据。     

水杉是北美红杉的一个亲本吗？

本文根据有关细胞学和形态学资料.不同意Schlarbaum等以红杉没有水杉的具长着丝点区域的标记染色体来否定水杉(属)是红杉的亲本,同时认为,他们提出某种杉木属植物为红杉提供了染色体组而是它的亲本的意见难以成立,从而支持Stebbins的假设,水杉(属)可能是北美红杉的一个亲本。而且,它或许还是一个父本。     

广东省主要母质发育水稻土对磷的吸附特性

对广东省5种不同母质上发育的水稻土进行了P素等温吸附试验.结果表明,供试土壤的等温吸附数据与Langmuir、Freundlich和Temkin 3个方程都能很好地拟合,但以Langmuir方程拟合程度最好(相关系数从0.995^**到0.999^**).利用Langmuir方程计算的P最大吸附量(Xm)和吸附强度因子(K)的乘积(KXm:P吸附特性值)可以作为水稻土吸附P素的综合指标,KXm的大小可以表明水稻土施P次序.试验结果还表明供试水稻土对P素吸附存在两种不同的吸附区.     

The Cold Tolerance of Indica Type Rice in Relation to Its Parents

To understand the inheritance of cold tolerant characteristics of rice (Oryza sativa L. ), the authors investigated the cold tolerance of hybrid progenies in relation to their parental lines which were "Qinghua 6—a cold sensitive cultivar and "Guishan’aixuan 3”— a cold tolerant cultivar. The hybrid progenies were the cross and the reciprocal cross of these two cultivars. Results showed that after 1℃ dark or light (250 μmol · m-2 · s-1) treatment, the survival rate of seedlings was higher in "Guishan’aixuan 3” than that in "Qinghua 6”. That of the hybrid "Qinghua 6” ( ♂ )× "Guishan’aixuan 3” (♀) was higher than that . in hybrid "Guishan’aixuan 3” ( ♂ ) × "Qinghua 6” (♀). Detached flag leaves at heading stage when treated in light and chilling condition for 12, 24, 36 h, there was also less decrease of photosynthesis in "Guishan’aixuan 3” and "Qinghua 6” ( ♂ ) × "Guishan’aixuan 3” (♀) than in “Qinghua 6” and “Guishan’aixuan 3” ( ♂ ) × “Qinghua 6” ( ♀ ). After being treated for 12 h, respiratory rate rose in the former but not the latter. Changes of fluorescence parameters, rise of Fo and decline of Fm and Fv, were caused by 1 ℃ and light (250 μmol·m-2·s-1) treatment. The decrease of Fv/Fo and Fv/Fm were more apparent in the former than in the latter after light and chilling treatment for 24 h, with a much faster recovery under normal temperature in the former than in the latter. Effect of the natural low temperature (cold, dew and wind) on the chlorophyll fluorescence of rice was similar to that of artificial treatment. It was suggested that cold tolerance of rice progenies seemed to be from maternal inheritance.     

Why are there no proven therapies for genetic mitochondrial diseases?

Although mitochondrial disease research in general is robust, adequate treatment of these life-threatening conditions has lagged, partly because of a persistence of clinical anecdotes as substitutes for scientifically and ethically rigorous clinical trials. Here I summarize the key lessons learned from some of the “first generation” of randomized controlled trials for genetic mitochondrial diseases and suggest how future trials may benefit from both past experience and exciting new resources available for patient-oriented research and training in this field.