水稻穗型与抗倒伏性关系的初步分析

理论分析和物理模拟测定的结果表明,穗型通过使茎秆弯曲的力矩-弯矩和重心高度影响抗倒伏性:弯矩增大和重心升高,抗倒伏性降低;反之,则抗倒伏性升高.弯矩随颈穗弯曲度变化的幅度明显大于重心,因此,弯曲穗型弯矩增加的幅度大而重心降低的幅度小,对抗倒伏性的影响明显大于直立穗型,这可能是北方粳稻直立穗型品种一般抗倒伏性较强的力学基础.     

Activation tagging of Arabidopsis POLYGALACTURONASE INVOLVED IN EXPANSION2 promotes hypocotyl elongation,leaf expansion,stem lignification,mechanical stiffening,and lodging

Pectin is the most abundant component of primary cell walls in eudicot plants. The modification and degradation of pectin affects multiple processes during plant development, including cell expansion, organ initiation, and cell separation. However, the extent to which pectin degradation by polygalacturonases affects stem development and secondary wall formation remains unclear. Using an activation tag screen, we identified a transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana line with longer etiolated hypocotyls, which overexpresses a gene encoding a polygalacturonase. We designated this gene as POLYGALACTURONASE INVOLVED IN EXPANSION2 (PGX2), and the corresponding activation tagged line as PGX2^AT. PGX2 is widely expressed in young seedlings and in roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and siliques of adult plants. PGX2‐GFP localizes to the cell wall, and PGX2^AT plants show higher total polygalacturonase activity and smaller pectin molecular masses than wild‐type controls, supporting a function for this protein in apoplastic pectin degradation. A heterologously expressed, truncated version of PGX2 also displays polygalacturonase activity in vitro. Like previously identified PGX1^AT plants, PGX2^AT plants have longer hypocotyls and larger rosette leaves, but they also uniquely display early flowering, earlier stem lignification, and lodging stems with enhanced mechanical stiffness that is possibly due to decreased stem thickness. Together, these results indicate that PGX2 both functions in cell expansion and influences secondary wall formation, providing a possible link between these two developmental processes.     

Food and bioenergy: reviewing the potential of dual‐purpose wheat crops

Within the bioenergy debate, the ‘food vs. fuel’ controversy quickly replaced enthusiasm for biofuels derived from first‐generation feedstocks. Second‐generation biofuels offer an opportunity to produce fuels from dedicated energy crops, waste materials or coproducts such as cereal straw. Wheat represents one of the most widely grown arable crops around the world, with wheat straw, a potential source of biofuel feedstock. Wheat straw currently has limited economic value; hence, wheat cultivars have been bred for increased grain yield; however, with the development of second‐generation biofuel production, utilization of straw biomass provides the potential for ‘food and fuel’. Reviewing the evidence for the development of dual‐purpose wheat cultivars optimized for food grain and straw biomass production, we present a holistic assessment of a potential ideotype for a dual‐purpose cultivar (DPC). An ideal DPC would be characterized by high grain and straw yields, high straw digestibility (i.e. biofuel yield potential) and good lodging resistance. Considerable variation in these traits exists among current wheat cultivars, facilitating the selection of improved individual traits; however, increasing straw yield and digestibility could potentially have negative trade‐off impacts on grain yield and lodging resistance, reducing the feasibility of a single ideotype. Adoption of alternative management practices could potentially increase straw yield and digestibility, albeit these practices are also associated with potential trade‐offs among cultivar traits. Benefits from using DPCs include reduced logistics costs along the biofuel feedstock supply chain, but practical barriers to differential pricing for straw digestibility traits are likely to reduce the financial incentive to farmers for growing higher ‘biofuel‐quality’ straw cultivars. Further research is required to explore the relationships among the ideotype traits to quantify potential DPC benefits; this will help to determine whether stakeholders along the bioenergy feedstock supply chain will invest in the development of DPCs that provide food and fuel potential.     

Brittle stalk 2 encodes a putative glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein that affects mechanical strength of maize tissues by altering the composition and structure of secondary cell walls

A spontaneous maize mutant, brittle stalk-2 (bk2-ref), exhibits dramatically reduced tissue mechanical strength. Reduction in mechanical strength in the stalk tissue was highly correlated with a reduction in the amount of cellulose and an uneven deposition of secondary cell wall material in the subepidermal and perivascular sclerenchyma fibers. Cell wall accounted for two-thirds of the observed reduction in dry matter content per unit length of the mutant stalk in comparison to the wildtype stalk. Although the cell wall composition was significantly altered in the mutant in comparison to the wildtype stalks, no compensation by lignin and cell wall matrix for reduced cellulose amount was observed. We demonstrate that Bk2 encodes a Cobra-like protein that is homologous to the rice Bc1 protein. In the bk2-ref gene, a 1 kb transposon-like element is inserted in the beginning of the second exon, disrupting the open reading frame. The Bk2 gene was expressed in the stalk, husk, root, and leaf tissues, but not in the embryo, endosperm, pollen, silk, or other tissues with comparatively few or no secondary cell wall containing cells. The highest expression was in the isolated vascular bundles. In agreement with its role in secondary wall formation, the expression pattern of the Bk2 gene was very similar to that of the ZmCesA10, ZmCesA11, and ZmCesA12 genes, which are known to be involved in secondary wall formation. We have isolated an independent Mutator-tagged allele of bk2, referred to as bk2-Mu7, the phenotype of which is similar to that of the spontaneous mutant. Our results demonstrate that mutations in the Bk2 gene affect stalk strength in maize by interfering with the deposition of cellulose in the secondary cell wall in fiber cells.     

小麦种质抗倒性的评价和抗倒性状的相关与通径分析

对９６份小麦种质资源的抗倒性进行了鉴定评价,筛选出高抗型材料９份,其中４份是丰源,表明抗倒性能够与丰产性状很好地协调结合。对抗倒性状的相关分析表明,在株高相差较大的情况下,株高和重心高度对抗倒性十分重要。但在对株高相差不大的情况下,茎秆的机械强度是主要决定因素,对于株高较高的材料,重心高度对抗倒性有较大影响;对于较矮的材料,基部第一节间长度则较为重要。通径分析结果进一步表明,茎秆机械强度对抗倒性的     

（强）热带风暴条件下农田林网对防止水稻倒伏及减产的效应

对江苏沿海地区（强）热带风暴条件下农田林网防止水稻倒伏和减产效应的研究表明,有林网农田的水稻倒伏率为１６．２８％,无林网农田为４９．７３％;水稻在灌浆结实期倒伏以后,千粒重减少１３．２４％,产量减少１４．３２％,有林网农田的水稻倒伏减产率为无林网农田的１／３．主林带林木保存率大于９０％的林网抗倒度最大,水稻倒伏减产率最小．     

中国小麦主推品种和育成品系的抗倒伏性评价

倒伏是影响小麦产量的主要因素之一,选育抗倒伏性强的品种是育种研究的重点目标。本研究以528份我国主推的小麦品种和育成品系为材料,对影响小麦倒伏的主要性状进行测定,利用无偏线性估计值进行遗传变异分析、相关分析、主成分分析、线性回归分析和聚类分析,综合评价不同小麦品种的抗倒伏性。研究表明,6个抗倒伏性状在品种间都存在着广泛的遗传变异。基部节间长度、株高与抗推力呈极显著负相关,基部节间直径与抗推力呈极显著正相关,节间长度与节间直径相关性不显著。主成分分析表明,所有性状的信息可以用3个主成分代表,其累计贡献率达83.837%。回归分析结果表明,第1节间直径、第1节间长度、第2节间直径、第2节间长度和株高等5个性状均对抗推力有显著影响。依据抗推力将528份材料聚类为4类,其中第Ⅰ类群有66份小麦品种(系),其抗倒伏能力最强。研究结果为小麦抗倒伏品种利用、抗倒伏育种亲本的筛选以及育种后代品系的选育评价提供理论依据和技术支撑。     

A study of the tensile force required to pull wheat roots from soil

Experiments were carried out to determine the tensile properties of mature wheat roots and the force necessary to pull roots from undisturbed soils at a range of moisture contents using an Instron materials testing rig. Roots decreased in cross sectional area from 1.5 to 0.1 mm²and in tensile strength from 7.0 to 2.3 Newtons (N) along the first 12 cm of their length. Breaking strain was constant along the root but the breaking stress increased. Increased seeding rate decreased root diameter and tensile strength but plant growth regulators and fertiliser nitrogen level did not affect the tensile properties. Roots were pulled from mesh tubes of soil (25 mm ± 75 mm) into which they had grown. The peak loads for sandy clay loam and sandy loam soils were 4.8 and 3.9 N respectively and increasing the soil moisture from 17% to 26% reduced the peak load from 5.2 N to 3.5 N. With the drier soil the inner stele pulled free leaving the outer periderm in the soil in a higher proportion of the roots indicating a stronger root/soil bond than in the wetter soil. The load us displacement relationship when pulling roots from soil resembled that for a fibre reinforced composite material. The presence of branch roots resulted in an uneven trace in which there were a number of sub-peaks as branch roots gave way. It is suggested that soil wetting could contribute to lodging of wheat by reducing the resistance of roots to slippage and breaking.     

适合大垄窄行密植栽培的大豆新品系筛选

大垄窄行密植栽培是指以垄作为基础,将原两垄合成一垄,垄上种植6行的窄行密植栽培方法.选用适宜品种是大豆大垄窄行密植栽培的核心技术.本试验的目的就是要筛选出适合大垄窄行密植栽培的大豆新品系.通过本试验我们认为,大垄窄行密植宜选择半矮秆抗倒伏品种,最适合的品系是绥98-6027和绥98-6007,建议示范利用.