白色种皮花生皮色及农艺性状遗传的研究

为育成白色种皮的高产花生品种,了解白色种皮的遗传规律,用自育的白皮1号品种与在福建省生产上推广的红皮良种粤油116、汕油对和泉花10号进行杂交,杂种F1植株的种皮全为红色．F2红皮植株与白皮植株的分离比例符合15:1的分离规律,红皮F2代的F3代株系中,有4/15株系符合红：白为3:1的分离比例。由此推断白皮性状是两对隐性基因控制,白皮性状与产量性状没有连锁。主要农艺性状的遗传力顺序为：单株结果数＞单株饱果重和生物产量＞单株饱果数。经F3代、F4和F5代的株系鉴定,选出稳定、综合性状优良的重组类型;再经过产量鉴定和多点比较试验,选出了丰产性较好的二个品种参加福建省花生新品种区域试验．     

A COMPARISON OF THE GROWTHS OF WILD AND OF CULTIVATED OATS IN MANGANESE-DEFICIENT SOILS

Two species of wild oats, Avena fatua and A. ludoviciana , and two varieties of cultivated oats for comparison, were grown to maturity in pots of manganese-deficient soil with and without added manganese.
A. ludoviciana showed different leaf symptoms of manganese deficiency from A. fatua and the cultivated varieties. In other respects wild and cultivated oats were similar in their responses to the level of manganese supply, though differences were observed in the severity of the effects. These are summarized in Table 6. The relative susceptibility to manganese deficiency of the wild and cultivated oats differed according to the effect considered. The total dry weight at harvest is an integration of all the preceding effects on growth and is therefore presumably the best single criterion for determining susceptibility to manganese deficiency. On the basis of per cent loss of total dry weight at harvest due to lack of manganese, A. fatua is judged less susceptible and A. ludoviciana more susceptible than the two cultivated varieties and no distinction can be made between the latter.
The most interesting differences between wild and cultivated oats in response to the level of manganese supply occurred in seed production. Manganese-deficient wild oats showed a smaller reduction in the number of seeds formed but a greater reduction in the size and manganese content of individual seeds than the cultivated varieties.
Manganese deficiency lowered the percentage of viable seeds and the percentage of dormant seeds produced by both A. fatua and A. ludoviciana.     

THE LINE-PATTERN VIRUS DISEASE OF PLUMS

The disease, now usually called line-pattern of plum, has been described under many names in most countries where plums are grown extensively.
Naturally infected trees show widely differing Symptoms; this has two causes: (1) different varieties react differently to the same isolate of the virus, and (2) different isolates cause different symptoms in the same variety. Because the virus occurs in strains with different pathogenicities, the choice of indicator varieties is important when selecting virus-free material by transmission tests. Peach seedlings and the mazzard clone, F 12/1, were the most sensitive types found.
The line-pattern virus does not become fully systemic in some varieties of plum. In this and other respects, it resembles the viruses that cause apple mosaic; three isolates obtained from plum and two from apple produced similar Symptoms in peach and apple. It is therefore suggested that plum line-pattern and apple mosaic viruses are caused by strains of one virus.     

大豆粒形性状的遗传效应分析

采用双子叶植物种子数量性状的遗传模型,分析了大豆品种双列杂交F1和F2种子的粒重、粒宽、粒厚和粒长／粒宽、粒长／粒厚、粒宽／粒厚粒形性状的遗传效应。结果表明：7种粒形性状同时受制于种子直接遗传效应,而且还不同程度的受制于母体和细胞质效应。其中,百粒重、粒长、粒长／粒宽、粒长／粒厚和粒宽／粒厚的遗传以细胞质效应为主;粒宽和粒厚以母体遗传效应为主。粒重、粒长和粒长／粒宽、粒宽／粒厚的种子直接遗传率和细胞质遗传率均属中等,对其4个性状选择可以在较高世代单株和单粒选择均有效果。粒宽和粒厚母体遗传率数值较大,对其性状应以母体单株为单位早代选择,以增加粒宽和粒厚。P2和P7可作为增加百粒重、粒长／粒宽、粒长／粒厚和粒宽／粒厚的理想亲本;P1、P4和P6分别是提高粒长、粒厚和粒宽的理想亲本。     

Assessment of gene flow from glyphosate-resistant transgenic soybean to conventional soybean in China

Glyphosate-resistant (GR) transgenic soybean has never been cultivated commercially in China. It is essential to develop the separation measures required to prevent out-crossing between GR and conventional soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) by characterizing the transgene flow before GR soybean is released. In this study, the transgene flow from a GR transgenic soybean AG5601 to conventional soybeans was characterized. First, natural out-crossing rate was evaluated using 36 conventional soybean varieties interplanted with GR soybean AG5601 transformed with a cp4 EPSPS gene conferring the resistance to herbicide glyphosate in the field in 2007 and 2008 in China. Second, drift distance of cp4 EPSPS gene from GR soybean AG5601 to soybean cv. Zhonghuang13 was evaluated using the progenies harvested from eight directions at different distance. Third, the relationship of gene flow of GR soybean AG5601 with flowering synchronization days or insect pollinators of each variety was analyzed using regression analysis. Thirty-two of 36 tested conventional soybean varieties had surviving progenies after two times of sprays of glyphosate, and 49 of 41,679 progenies were verified to be glyphosate-tolerant heterozygous offspring. The out-crossing rates in positive varieties (having surviving offspring after two times of sprays of glyphosate) ranged from 0.039 to 0.934 %. The farthest distance (drift distance) between soybean AG5601 and cv. Zhonghuang13 at which out-pollinating was still able to be observed was 15 m, with an out-crossing rate of 0.012 %. Regression analysis showed that there was a positive relationship between cross-pollination frequency and flowering synchronization days or pollinator insects. Therefore, when GR soybean is released to the field, it should be critically separated with the conventional soybean in space and cultivation time with efficient insect control during flowering.     

Black scurf and stem canker of potato (Corticium Solani Bourd. & Galz.)

Black scurf and stem canker of the potato was investigated in field trials on infected soil at Warburton, Cheshire, to study the effect of planting clean and contaminated seed, and the relation between the dates of planting and lifting and the contamination of the crop tubers.
Black scurf was prevalent on crops grown from clean seed but was more severe on crops raised from contaminated seed. Under conditions favourable for the disease the yields from clean and contaminated seed were satisfactory and were not significantly different. Young shoots of plants from contaminated seed were severely attacked and tuber formation was checked; these results were not obtained on clean seed plots.
More black scurf occurred on late-dug crops; on early-dug plots the disease, although almost absent in 1941, was prevalent in 1942. Late planting failed to reduce appreciably the amount of black scurf.
Variety trials included Arran Banner, Kerr's Pink (two vigorous varieties), King Edward and Majestic (two less vigorous varieties). All were heavily infected and each recovered well from an attack on the young shoots.
Inoculation of the seed at planting time did not affect the results; in all trials, misses and wilted shoots caused by Corticium were rare and there was no relation between the yield and the amount of black scurf on the crop tubers.
The results indicate that the disease causes little, if any, loss under farm conditions.     

核桃实生苗叶性状与抗寒性关系

 抗寒育种是核桃品种选育中的一个重要问题。本文对引自意大利罗马果树研究所的15个核桃品种中的29个品系的研究显示：品种间的单叶重差异较大,最重者是Franquette和Serrento。对叶片细胞结构紧密度(CTR)观察表明：品种间存在极显著差异。最高者为Corne品种的三个品系,它们的CTR>50％;Franquette则居中(CTR=40％~50％);Franquette则居中(CTR=40％~50％);而Teharma为最低(CTR<40％)。叶片细胞膜透性(CMP)观察表明：抗寒性较强的品种中,CMP值差别较小;反之,则较大。数年的观察发现：细胞膜透性与品种抗寒性呈显著正相关,而细胞结构紧密度则与品种抗寒性呈显著负相关。这两项指标可以作为核桃品种抗寒性鉴定的预选指标。     

Seed Storage Protein Profiles of Seven Indian Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Varieties

Seed storage protein profiles, Including triticin, gliadin and glutenin, of seven Indian wheat varieties were Investigated using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel eletrophoresis (50S-PAGE). A strategy was developed for half-seed analysis of the three seed storage protein classes. The results are presented In the form of a key for Identification of these varieties based on their seed protein composition. A minimum of 10 seeds of each variety were analysed to check for possible intravarietal heterogeneity, and all the varieties except HUW-12 were homogeneous. The HUW-12 was a mixture of two ‘biotypes’ with respect to the low molecular weight (LMW) glutenin subunits coded by the Glu-A3 locus. The varieties were also analysed for the presence of rye chromatin using a rye-specific repetitive DNA probe (pAW-161), and two of the recently released varieties HUW-206 and HUW-318 were found to possess rye chromatin. Based on the DNA dot-blot results, presence of rye secalins and the absence of chromosome 1 B-speclflc gliadlns It was concluded that these two varieties possess 1BL-1RS wheat-rye translocation. Both of these varieties also have high molecular weight (HMW) glutenin subunits 5 + 10 which may be necessary for compensating the loss of dough strength associated with the wheat-rye translocations.     

A comparative study of onion varieties in relation to bolting and yield when grown from sets

Two trials are described, each of twenty-five varieties tested during two seasons and the intervening winter storage period. Sets were produced from seed in the-first season and planted to produce mature bulbs in the second. In the second seasons of both trials, the effects of time of planting of sets were also investigated as part of a factorial experiment. In the later trial the effects of set size were also tested. Data are presented of varietal differences in bolting, yield, earliness and of behaviour of the sets in storage. The effects of set size and of late planting on these characteristics are also recorded. Some practical recommendations are made: thus, among those tested, varieties were found which bolted little and gave high yields when grown from sets, but it is emphasized that names of varieties as listed in seedmen's catalogues may not be reliable. Efforts are being made to maintain and improve by selection the most satisfactory of these strains. Late planting of sets is not recommended, for, although bolting was effectively controlled by this means, the yields were much reduced. Plants grown from large sets tended to bolt more than those from small, as has been shown by earlier workers; while on the contrary the yields from large and small sets were on the average alike. Comparing different varieties, the highest gross yields of all were produced from the large sets of non-bolting varieties; but for highest yields of bulbs free from flower stalks small sets should be used and this is advisable for all varieties. During storage the large sets lost less percentage weight than the small but they sprouted much more, and this is considered the more serious defect. The storage data demonstrate an additional disadvantage of late planting, for this involves longer storage and both sprouting and weight losses increase rapidly during late spring.     

Black scurf and stem canker of potato (Corticium Solani Bourd. & Galz.): Further field studies on the use of clean and contaminated seed potatoes and on the contamination of crop tubers

Black scurf and stem canker of the potato were investigated in field trials in contaminated soil at Warburton, Cheshire, to determine the effect of planting clean and contaminated seed (vars. Arran Banner and Majestic) on crop yield and on the contamination of the crop tubers.
Black-scurf contamination was prevalent on crops grown from clean seed and was not significantly different from that occurring on plots planted with contaminated seed. It was severe on early-dug tubers, but was more severe on late-dug tubers. Produce grown with and without stable manure was heavily contaminated.
Contaminated seed caused a check to tuber formation and an appreciable increase in stem canker and in the number of primary shoots killed. Nevertheless, the yields from the manured, contaminated seed plots were satisfactory and were not lower than those from the clean-seed plots. There was no relation between the yield and the amount of black scurf on the produce.
The results of a trial made in a field which had been in grass for at least 43 years, suggested that the soil contained little, if any, Corticium Solani. Heavy contamination occurred on tubers grown under relatively dry soil conditions.
In all the trials misses and wilted shoots caused by Corticium were rare and there was no premature yellowing or death of the haulms on the clean or contaminated seed plots.
The evidence obtained in the four seasons from 1941 to 1944 indicates that in this country satisfactory yields of early maincrop and maincrop varieties may be obtained despite the prevalence of C. Solani in the soil and on the seed, provided the soil and cultural conditions are reasonably good.     

THE REACTION OF VIRUS-INFECTED POTATO PLANTS TO PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS

The growth of Phytophthora infestans was retarded on leaves of potato plants that had been artificially inoculated with virus X or with virus Y.
Using different virus strains and potato varieties, the effect of virus infection on blight development was found to be greater, the more severe the systemic virus symptoms exhibited on the infected leaves before P. infestans inoculation.
The development of the fungus was never increased by virus infection.
The reduced blight development on virus-infected leaves is partially caused by an increase of resistance to infection. It is also suggested that virus infection alters the nutritional status of leaves to one less favourable for the development of P. infestans.     

Dependence of out-crossing indices on genotypic features in common wheat

The out-crossing indices (out-crossing rate, rate of plants on which out-crossing had occurred, and out-crossing intensity) in F₂ plants of soft winter wheat derived from the reciprocal crossing B-16 × Odesskaya Krasnokolosaya are analyzed using storage proteins as genetic markers. The out-crossing index is substantially dependent on the growing conditions. The out-crossing rate in a reciprocal population amounted to 0.35% (Odessa, 2000) and 5.11% (Kiev, 2004). The greatest out-crossing indices are observed in homozygotes for the presence of the rye 1BL/1RS translocation. The value of the out-crossing index in heterozygotes for the presence of this translocation is intermediate. Differences in the out-crossing index between plant populations derived from direct and reciprocal crossings are found. The multidirectionality of these differences with respect to out-crossing rate and the percentage of plants with out-crossing, on the one hand, and the out-crossing intensity, on the other hand, is noted.     

Heritable Variation in a Polypeptide Subunit of the Major Storage Protein of the Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L

Electrophoretic analysis of the major seed protein, G1 globulin, from four strains of Phaseolus vulgaris L. revealed a three-banded pattern for two strains having a high methionine content (BBL 240 and PI 302,542). The other two strains (PI 207,227 and PI 229,815) known to have a lower seed methionine content, had a two-banded subunit pattern for the G1 globulin. Analytical ultracentrifugation confirmed that globulin from the two-banded strains underwent pH-dependent reversible dissociation similar to that previously found for a three-banded cultivar; additionally, the protomer molecular weight showed that three subunits of about 50,000 molecular weight each were present in the G1 globulin of the two-banded strain. Gel patterns of G1 globulin from the two strains used as parents, BBL 240 and PI 229,815, showed differences in the largest subunit, which appeared as either a 53,000 molecular weight polypeptide known to be present in the three-banded strain, or as a shorter polypeptide having a molecular weight close to 47,000. Analysis of G1 protein from portions of single hybrid seeds showed a banding pattern intermediate between the two- and three-banded types. The subunit pattern from all seeds with intermediate-banded parents segregated in a manner consistent with that expected for control of the polypeptide by a single Mendelian gene. The remaining portions of the seeds were grown to confirm that they represented true crosses. The procedures used are essentially nondestructive, and can be used as a basis for selecting seeds having different protein characters.     

THE INCIDENCE OF CERTAIN SEED-BORNE DISEASES IN COMMERCIAL SEED SAMPLES: I. LOOSE SMUT OF BARLEY, USTILAGO NUDA (JENS.) ROSTR.

A simple whole-embryo test for detecting the presence of loose smut, Ustilago nuda , in barley grains has been developed and is described. Embryos from 1000 grains can be examined within 24 hr. and the actual working time per sample is just over 1 hr.
The results of embryo tests showed a high positive correlation with the incidence of the disease in field plots, ( r = 0.83).
Commercial samples of seed barley, submitted in 1954-57 to the Official Seed Testing Station, have been examined by this embryo test for the presence of loose smut. The varieties received could be clearly divided into two groups: the Scandinavian-bred varieties, e.g. Carlsberg and Herta, having 84% of the samples infected, with the level of infection up to 19%; and the English-bred varieties, e.g. Proctor and Plumage-Archer, where only 9.5% of the samples were infected, with the level of infection rarely more than 0.5%. In spite of differences in weather conditions during the period when infection occurred seasonal variations in the incidence of loose smut were not obvious from the results in the 3 years.     

THE VALUE OF GLASSHOUSE TESTS WITH SEEDLINGS IN SELECTING PLANTS TOLERANT TO BEET YELLOWS VIRUS

Commercial strains of sugar beet, and breeders' lines of Beta vulgaris and B. vulgaris subsp. maritima , were exposed to infection with SBY and SBYN strains of beet yellows virus, using varying numbers of Myzus persicae as vectors, so as to cause a wide range of symptoms. The severity of the symptoms was assessed by scoring for superficial veinal necrosis ('etch'). All varieties of sugar beet tested were susceptible to infection, but the severity of the symptoms varied, particularly between the cultivated and wild beet types.
The scores for severity of symptoms made in the glasshouse were positively correlated with similar scores made in a field experiment using two cultivated and two wild beet types. The symptom scores were also positively correlated with losses in root and sugar yields caused by the virus.     

宁夏枸杞繁育系统初步研究

运用TTC法、联苯胺—过氧化氢法、P/O比、OCI和套袋实验,对宁夏枸杞种内各参试材料花粉活力、柱头可授性及繁育系统进行了研究。结果表明:宁夏枸杞花粉数量/胚珠比大于4 000,杂交指数介于3～4,结合人工授粉和套袋实验结果可以确定在参试的13个品种(系)中麻叶系材料(宁杞1号、2号、大麻叶、小麻叶)表现为部分自交亲和;而其它材料(白花、白条、宁杞3号、尖头圆果、圆头圆果、蒙杞1号、扁果、0701、0616)表现为自交不亲和,同株异花、异株异花几乎不坐果,自然条件下只有通过与其他材料混植的途经来实现结实。由于自交亲和水平极低,宁夏枸杞的繁育系统应属于专性异交(除麻叶系材料)。     

Equal Expression of the Maternal and Paternal Alleles for the Polypeptide Subunits of the Major Storage Protein of the Bean Phaseolus vulgaris L

Discontinuous sodium dodecyl sulfate slab gel electrophoresis of G1 globulin from several strains of Phaseolus vulgaris L. seed permitted clear resolution of the constituent polypeptides. Three strains (Tendergreen, Canadian Wonder, and BBL 240) had subunits of molecular weight 53,000, 47,000 and 43,000 while two strains (Seafarer and PI 229,815) had 50,500, 47,000 and 43,000 molecular weight subunits. F₁ seed from the cross BBL 240 × PI 229,815 showed four polypeptides on dissociation of the G1 protein; however, the amount of each of the 53,000 and 50,500 subunits was half that of the 47,000 subunit. This is interpreted as evidence that both the maternal and paternal loci for these polypeptides are transcribed and translated with similar efficiency. All of the polypeptides were found to have associated sugar residues.     

FIELD EXPERIMENTS ON POTATO SKIN-SPOT DISEASE CAUSED BY OOSPORA PUSTULANS OWEN & WAKEF

In experiments on skin-spot disease of potatoes, caused by Oospora pustulans Owen & Wakef., Kerr's Pink proved the most susceptible of twenty-four commercial varieties; Arran Banner, Majestic and King Edward were highly susceptible; Home Guard and Golden Wonder were highly resistant.
Thymol and tetrachlornitrobenzene, applied as dusts to pits of potatoes at lifting, did not give satisfactory control of the disease. The efficacy of an organo-mercury dip treatment at lifting time was confirmed.
The incidence of the disease was considerably decreased by storing tubers in boxes instead of in pits, by digging the crop about a month before normal harvest, or by cutting the haulms at this time and digging at the normal time.
Ware tubers showed a significantly higher infection than seed tubers of the same crop, indicating that susceptibility of tubers increases towards maturity.
The difference in eye infection between varieties may not be related to that of general superficial infection. It is suggested that, in future, the assessment of varietal susceptibility should be based upon the degree of eye infection, which is in practice the measure of the economic importance of the disease. Tubers having pustules at or near all the eyes gave markedly reduced sprout emergence and plant stand.     

Buddleja davidii and Buddleja yunnanensis: Exploring features associated with commonness and rarity in Buddleja

Buddleja davidii is a widespread shrub in Asia while B. yunnanensis is a narrowly endemic species limited to Yunnan Province, China. To explore whether floral volatiles, morphological characters of flower and seed and breeding system are correlated with their distributions, we measured length and width of corolla, trichome density at corolla throat, level of stigma/anthers relationship, seed size and weight. The results indicated that these characteristics were significantly different between the two species (P < 0.01). Bagging experiments revealed that B. davidii is a self-incompatible plant while B. yunnanensis is self-compatible. Thick trichome density at the corolla throat may reduce out-crossing in B. yunnanensis. Autogamy plays an important role in fruit production of this species while B. davidii requires pollinators for fruiting. Scents were collected using dynamic headspace adsorption method and identified with coupled gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. In total, 27 floral scent compounds were identified. The volatile composition in the two species was very different. We attempted to determine if these features, associated with commonness and with rarity found in these two taxa, could also help to explain the distribution pattern of other species of the genus Buddleja.     

Gene differences in heading date,height, seed weight and seed yield between two pure line varieties of Triticum aestivum L.

Summary Reciprocal sets of homozygous inbred backcross lines were developed by crossing two pure line varieties (Baart 46 and Ramona) of Triticum aestivum L., followed by two backcrosses to each of the two parent varieties, and six to eight generations of selfing. Data on each inbred backcross line was obtained from twelve plots (from replications in three years). Five genes were responsible for over 95% of the genetic variation for heading date. These genes had pleiotropic effects on plant height that were proportional to their effects on heading date. Two additional genes had detectable effects on plant height. The genes with a measurable effect on height accounted for 90% of the genetic variation in the Baart 46 genetic background. One gene affected seed weight. In the Ramona background, this gene accounted for 80% of the genetic variation in seed weight and 16% of the genetic variation in seed yield. Two genes, responsible for the earliest and latest heading date classes, had large pleiotropic effects on seed yield. They accounted for 60% of the genetic variation in yield. One gene, with no effect on heading date, caused a detectable reduction in yield of 23% in the Baart 46 inbred backcross lines. This gene had no apparent effect in the Ramona genetic background. Quantitative trait genes are sparsely distributed in the genome: fewer than one in four chromosome arms carries a gene with a detectable effect. Gene effects on quantitative traits are not small and similar. The distribution of 22 gene effects for heading date and height is slightly skewed to the right: as the magnitude of effect increases, the frequency of genes having the effect decreases.