澳大利亚引进甘蔗花穗在中国育种潜力评价

为深入了解澳大利亚引进甘蔗杂交花穗在中国培育优良甘蔗新品种的潜力,以12个引进花穗和15个中国花穗为材料,采用家系评价法对有性杂交后代蔗茎产量、糖产量、株高、茎径、有效茎数和锤度6个重要性状的方差、遗传力、父母本一般配合力及组合特殊配合力进行研究。分析结果表明:(1)参试组合内中国杂交组合间多数性状差异不显著,且遗传力低;澳大利亚杂交组合间多数性状差异均较显著,且遗传力高;(2)澳大利亚杂交组合新植蔗与宿根蔗的糖产量、蔗茎产量、株高、有效茎数和锤度这5个性状父母本一般配合力及组合特殊配合力高于中国组合,但茎径配合力低于中国组合,12个组合中新植蔗有9个组合宿根蔗有10个组合的茎径特殊配合力为负值,多数属于细茎;(3)澳大利亚杂交组合后代材料产量及糖分较高,但茎径较细,不适合中国目前的种植制度,不能作为生产品种使用;(4)通过引进国外杂交组合花穗在国内培育出优良后代作亲本使用,为国内亲本融入新的优异血缘,有利于培育突破性甘蔗新品种。     

云南甘蔗细茎野生种82-114测交后代主要性状遗传分析

利用云南甘蔗细茎野生种82-114(简称:云割82-114)为父本,与甘蔗栽培原种、生产品种和含野生血缘F1等3类亲本进行测交.对后代锤度、茎径、株高、有效茎、蔗产量等5个主要数量性状进行方差、遗传力和配合力分析,结果表明:①组合后代锤度、茎径、株高、有效茎4个性状差异极显著;②组合后代锤度、茎径、株高、有效茎的遗传力表现较突出,均超89.0%;③3类组合中,栽培原种×云割82.114后代有效茎配合力表现明显的正效应,生产品种×云割82-114后代锤度、茎径、株高、蔗产量配合力有比较明显的正效应,舍野生血缘F1×云割82-114后代锤度、茎径、株高、有效茎、蔗产量等5个指标的配合力效应取向不明显.     

甘蔗近缘种滇蔗茅(Erianthus rockii)表型性状遗传多样性研究

为有效评价和利用蔗茅种质资源,挖掘其优良性状,以滇、黔、川考察收集的29份蔗茅为材料,选取5个数量性状为指标,对其多样性指数、变异系数、数量性状之间的相关性、数量性状与经纬度、海拔的相关性进行研究。分析结果表明：(1)共采集到25份高海拔种质资源,其中海拔超过2800米有4份,进一步丰富了甘蔗野生种质资源库;(2)蔗茅种质资源数量性状的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数均较高,株高多样性指数最高(1.441),锤度多样性指数最低(1.291);数量性状遗传变异较丰富,各性状变异系数范围为21%～38%,变异系数最大的为株高(38%),最小的为叶长(21%);(3)蔗茅种质资源性状差异显著,叶长、叶宽、株高、茎径存在较大相关性,而与锤度不相关;叶宽与经度呈正相关,与纬度、海拔呈负相关。(4)聚类分析结果表明,蔗茅种质资源可分为四大类群,其中Ⅱ类群(EF-27)具有良好的数量性状和锤度品质潜力,可推荐作为甘蔗育种杂交利用首选材料。     

甘蔗近缘种蔗茅Erianthus fulvus考察收集与表型性状初步研究

为有效评价和利用蔗茅种质资源,挖掘其优良性状,以滇、黔、川考察收集的29份蔗茅为材料,选取5个数量性状为指标,对其多样性指数、变异系数、数量性状之间的相关性,数量性状与经纬度、海拔的相关性进行研究。分析结果表明:(1)共采集到25份高海拔种质资源,其中海拔超过2800m的有4份,进一步丰富了甘蔗野生种质资源库;(2)蔗茅种质资源数量性状的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数均较高,其中株高的最高为1.441,锤度的最低为1.291;数量性状遗传变异较丰富,各性状变异系数范围为21%~38%,变异系数最大的为株高(38%),最小的为叶长(21%);(3)蔗茅种质资源性状差异显著,叶长、叶宽、株高、茎径存在较大相关性,而与锤度不相关;叶宽与经度呈正相关,与纬度、海拔呈负相关。(4)聚类分析结果表明,蔗茅种质资源可分为4大类群,其中第Ⅱ类群(EF-27)具有良好的数量性状和锤度品质潜力,可推荐作为甘蔗育种杂交利用首选材料。     

甘蔗主要病害抗病遗传育种研究进展

甘蔗生产长期受到病害的严重影响,这些病害不仅降低蔗茎产量和糖分,还影响宿根性,甚至造成品种种性退化,而抗病品种的选育是保证甘蔗生产的有效途径。概述了甘蔗花叶病、黑穗病、宿根矮化病和梢腐病4种主要甘蔗病害在病原物检测、种质筛选和基因工程技术等抗病育种工作方面的研究进展。     

九个甘蔗新品种在桂林地区的适应性观察和评价

为探讨甘蔗新品种在桂林地区的适应性表现,该研究以ROC22为对照,采用大区互比法,对国家甘蔗产业技术体系的9个甘蔗品种进行1年新植2年宿根的区域试验,观察记录出苗率、分蘖率、株高、产量和糖分等14个性状表现,并利用DTOPSIS法进行综合评价。结果表明:桂糖29号、桂糖31号、云蔗03-194、粤糖60号、福农38号和粤糖55号的综合性状表现优于对照ROC22,其中桂糖29号宿根性好、蔗茎产量和产糖量较高,但病虫害有不同程度的发生,田间栽培需加强病虫害防控;桂糖31号有效茎多、蔗糖分高,建议加强肥水管理,提高产量;云蔗03-194出苗率较高,出苗整齐,有效茎数较多,宿根性好,但枯心苗和黑穗病发病程度较其他品种严重,建议加强苗期病虫管理,保障成茎率;粤糖60号蔗糖产量较高、抗倒伏能力强,但新植出苗率较低,建议加大下种量;福农38号蔗糖分较高、抗病性较好,是优异的抗病材料;粤糖55号宿根性较好。上述筛选出的6个甘蔗品种宿根性好、抗逆性强、高产高糖,适宜在桂林地区进行扩大种植,用于指导当地的甘蔗示范推广。     

滇蔗茅杂交F_1双抗SCSMV和SrMV鉴定与评价

以我国蔗区甘蔗花叶病的2种主要病原甘蔗条纹花叶病毒分离物(SCSMV-JP1,Gen Bank登录号JF488064)和高粱花叶病毒分离物(Sr MV-HH,Gen Bank登录号DQ530434)为接种毒源,采用人工切茎接种和RT-PCR检测相结合的方法,于2015-2016年2次对由热带种路打士与滇蔗茅云滇95-19杂交获得的41份滇蔗茅杂交F_1及亲本进行了双抗SCSMV和Sr MV鉴定与评价。结果表明,41份滇蔗茅杂交F_1及亲本中,对SCSMV表现1级高抗到3级中抗的有23份,占53.49%,4级感病到5级高感的有20份,占46.51%;对Sr MV表现1级高抗到3级中抗的有31份,占72.09%,4级感病到5级高感的有12份,占27.91%。综合分析结果显示,10份滇蔗茅杂交F_1对SCSMV和Sr MV均表现1~2级抗病,占23.26%,其中云09-604、云09-607、云09-619、云09-633、云09-656、云滇95-19等6份滇蔗茅杂交F_1对2种病毒均表现为1级高抗,占13.95%。研究结果明确了41份滇蔗茅杂交F_1及亲本对甘蔗花叶病2种主要致病病原的抗性,筛选出10份双抗SCSMV和Sr MV的滇蔗茅杂交F_1,为深入开展抗甘蔗花叶病育种提供了优良抗源种质和参考依据。     

不同基因型甘蔗种质资源的表型遗传多样性

为探明甘蔗原种和地方种的遗传多样性和亲缘关系,以期筛选出优良甘蔗种质和优良杂交亲本.该研究对18份甘蔗原种和地方种的14个数量性状进行了表型遗传多样性分析.结果表明：通过14个数量性状的变异系数(coefficient of variance,CV)和性状之间的相关分析,18份甘蔗原种和地方种的数量性状遗传变异主要来自甘蔗蔗糖分、单茎重、叶宽、茎径和纤维分;对14个数量性状进行主成分分析提取获得了4个主成分因子,分别命名为“品质因子”、“生长因子”、“成熟度因子”和“光合因子”,主成分因子累积贡献率达83．482％;进一步通过对主成分因子开展综合评价分析,获得数量性状综合表型高于平均水平的10份材料,依次为 Sampana→甜圪塔→合庆草甘蔗→桂林竹蔗→坦桑尼亚→芒戈→古芝蔗→大岛再来→托江红→春尼;聚类分析基于不同的遗传距离可将18份种质聚为5个类别,潜在的优良杂交组合是 Sampana 和甜圪塔或 Sampana 和合庆草甘蔗,表明在甘蔗遗传育种亲本选择上既要考虑各性状主要因子的互补,又要保持一定的遗传距离.该研究认为,在甘蔗育种工作中,利用因子分析法进行表型遗传多样性分析,将更加有助于亲本和杂交组合的选择.     

甘蔗近缘种滇蔗茅(Erianthus rockii)表型性状遗传多样性研究

选用6个数量性状和23个质量性状对滇蔗茅野生资源的表型变异、多样性及聚类关系进行分析。结果表明,数量性状变异系数在12.72%~22.38%之间,最大的是田间锤度,为22.38%,其次是茎径,为22.27%,最小的是叶长,为12.72%;质量性状的曝光后节间颜色多样性丰富,茎形、芽形、生长裂缝、节间形状、花序形状等5个性状均表现一致;聚类分析表明51份滇蔗茅无性系材料可分为4大类群和5个亚类群。遗传多样性和聚类分析为资源杂交利用和优异基因挖掘提供参考。     

甘蔗优良品种材料抗高粱花叶病毒鉴定与评价

采用生长期人工切茎接种和RT-PCR检测相结合方法,于2011—2012年2次对国家甘蔗体系近年选育的49份优良新品种(系)和19份云蔗系列优良中间材料进行由高粱花叶病毒(SrMV-HH,GenBank登录号DQ530434)引起的甘蔗花叶病的抗性鉴定与评价。结果表明,49份优良新品种(系)中,1级高抗到3级中抗的有29份,占59.18%。其中粤甘40号、粤甘42号、粤糖55号、云蔗03-194、云蔗99-596、云瑞06-189、桂糖30号、德蔗03-83、闽糖01-77等9份材料表现1级高抗,占18.37%;福农0335、柳城05-129、粤糖96-86、云蔗01-1413、云蔗03-258、云蔗06-80、桂糖02-351等7份材料表现2级抗病,占14.29%。19份云蔗系列优良中间材料中,1级高抗到3级中抗的有13份,占68.42%。其中云蔗04-622、云蔗05-197、云蔗06-267、云蔗05-194、云蔗06-160、云蔗07-2384、云瑞05-704等7份材料表现1级高抗,占36.84%;云蔗06-362表现2级抗病,占5.26%。研究结果为深入开展甘蔗抗花叶病育种,选育和推广优良抗病品种,有效防控甘蔗花叶病提供了科学依据和优良抗源材料。     

Different combinations of morpho‐physiological traits are responsible for tolerance to drought in wild tomatoes Solanum chilense and Solanum peruvianum

Herbaceous species can modify leaf structure during the growing season in response to drought stress and water loss. Evolution can select combinations of traits in plants for efficient water use in restricted environments. We investigated plant traits that mediate adaptation and acclimation to water stress in two herbaceous drought‐tolerant species. Anatomical, morphological and physiological traits related to stems and leaves were examined under optimal watering (OW) and a long period of restricted watering (RW) in 11 accessions from three Solanaceae species (Solanum chilense, S. peruvianum and S. lycopersicum). The relationships between these traits were tested using linear regression and PCA. There were significant differences in anatomical traits between the species under both OW and RW, where leaf area correlated with stem diameter. Proline and total carbohydrates accumulated highly in S. chilense and S. peruvianum, respectively, and these osmolytes were strongly correlated with increased osmotic potential. Stomatal density varied between species but not between acclimation treatments, while stomatal rate was significantly higher in wild tomatoes. There was a strong positive relationship between stem growth rate and a group of traits together expressed as total stomatal number. Total stomata is described by integration of leaf area, stomatal density, height and internode length. It is proposed that constitutive adaptations and modifications through acclimation that mediate RW play an important role in tolerance to drought stress in herbaceous plants. The capacity for growth under drought stress was not associated with any single combination of traits in wild tomatoes, since the two species differed in relative levels of expression of various phenotypic traits.     

蜂桶寨自然保护区小熊猫觅食特征和营养对策

2002 年4 ～11 月,在蜂桶寨自然保护区对小熊猫的觅食特征和营养对策进行了研究,并采用Vanderloeg 和Scavia 选择指数Ei衡量小熊猫对竹笋和竹茎年龄的选择程度。结果表明,小熊猫食物由竹叶(70.5% )、竹笋(22.1% )、野果(7.2% )以及毛(0.2% )等组成。小熊猫几乎全以冷箭竹为食,未发现采食短锥玉山竹。春季食物主要由竹叶和竹笋组成,夏秋季主要由竹叶和果实组成,而冬季以竹叶为主。小熊猫对竹笋、竹叶的觅食具有很强的选择性。基径在3 mm 以上被采食竹笋,E_i的值为0.071 9 ～0. 094 4,竹高在10 ～70 cm 未被采食竹笋, E_i 的值为0.149 6 ～0.1989。对不同年龄竹茎和竹叶的选择在各个月份间存在变化,4 ～6 月一年生、二年生和多年生竹竹叶E_i分别为0. 036 2 、0.224 8 和0.487 6, 7 ～8 月三者E_i分别为0.0071、0.0027 和0. 0098,9～11 月特别喜食当年生老笋上的竹叶(E_i =0.552 1)。此外,小熊猫在6 ～ 8 月还特别喜食已展开(53.4% )和未展开的卷曲嫩叶(36.3% ),不喜食较老的竹叶(10.3% )。小熊猫的食性及其对食物的选择体现了在长期进化过程中觅食对策的优化,可最大化觅食过程中的物质或能量摄入。     

Development of a loop‐mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Sporisorium scitamineum in sugarcane

Smut disease caused by Sporisorium scitamineum is one of the most destructive sugarcane diseases worldwide. The pathogen spreads primarily through infected sugarcane setts, and hence, the use of disease‐free planting materials is essential for preventing disease development in the field. In this study, a species‐specific loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed for rapid and accurate detection of S. scitamineum. Based on the differences in internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of S. scitamineum, a set of four species‐specific primers, F3, B3, FIP and BIP, were designed by using a panel of fungal and bacterial species as controls. After optimization of the reaction conditions, the detection limit of LAMP assay was about 2 fg of the S. scitamineum genomic DNA in 25 µL reaction solution, 100‐fold lower than that of conventional polymerase chain reaction. The assay showed high specificity to discriminate all S. scitamineum isolates from nine other fungal and bacterial pathogens. The LAMP assay also detected smut infection from young sugarcane leaves with no visible smut‐disease symptoms. The findings from this study provide a simple, highly sensitive, rapid and reliable technique for early detection of S. scitamineum, which may be useful for sugarcane quarantine and production of smut‐free seedcanes. This is the first report of LAMP‐based assay for the detection of S. scitamineum in sugarcane.     

Function of the web box as an anti-predator barrier in the spider mite,<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Schizotetranychus recki</Emphasis>

Spider mites inhabiting Sasa bamboo show considerable variation in traits believed to be the result of coevolution between predator and prey. In Schizotetranychus recki Ehara inhabiting the hairy leaves of a dwarf bamboo, Sasa senanensis, all quiescent stages, including eggs, appear within web boxes in the leaf hairs of their host plant, and this habit is thought to be a trait involved in predator avoidance. To test this hypothesis, the survival rates of S. recki eggs inside a web box and those freed of a web box were assessed in relation to six predator species that co-occur with the spider mite in the field. The results clearly show that the webbing behavior (web box) of S. recki has a function in avoiding five predator species. However, one predator species, Agistemus summersi Ehara, preyed more on eggs protected by a web box. This suggests that this predator species has a special trait to overcome the nest barriers.     

Changes in photosynthesis, antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation in soybean seedlings exposed to UV-B radiation and/or Cd

Aims

With a high growth rate and biomass production, bamboos are frequently used for industrial applications and recently have proven to be useful for wastewater treatment. Bamboos are considered as Si accumulators and there is increasing evidence that silicon may alleviate abiotic stresses such as metal toxicity. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of metal concentrations and possible correlations with Si concentrations in plants.

Methods

This study presents, for the first time, reference values for silicon (Si), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) concentrations in stems and leaves of various bamboo species grown under the natural pedo-climatic conditions of the island of Réunion (Indian Ocean).

Results

A broad range of silicon concentrations, from 0 (inferior to detection limit) to 183 mg g^?1 dry matter (DM), were found in stems and leaves. Mean leaf Cu and Zn concentrations were low, i.e. 5.1 mg kg^?1 DM and 15.7 mg kg^?1 DM, respectively. Silicon, Cu and Zn concentrations increased over the following gradient: stem base?<?stem tip?<?leaves. Significant differences in Si, Cu and Zn contents (except Zn in the stem) were noted between bamboo species, particularly between monopodial and sympodial bamboo species, which differ in their rhizome morphology. Sympodial bamboos accumulated more Si and Cu than monopodial bamboos, in both stems and leaves, whereas sympodial bamboos accumulated less Zn in leaves than monopodial bamboos.

Conclusions

The findings of this study suggest that a genotypic character may be responsible for Si, Cu and Zn accumulation in bamboo.     

Genetic variation of ecophysiological traits in two gynodioecious species of Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae)

Evolution of dimorphic breeding systems may involve changes in ecophysiological traits as well as floral morphology because of greater resource demands on females. Differences between related species suggest that ecophysiological traits should be heritable, and species with higher female frequencies should show greater sexual differentiation. We used modified partial diallel crossing designs to estimate narrow-sense heritabilities and genetic correlations of sex-specific ecophysiological and morphological traits in closely related gynodioecious Schiedea salicaria (13% females) and Schiedea adamantis (39% females). In S. salicaria, hermaphrodites and females differed in photosynthetic rate and specific leaf area (SLA). Narrow-sense heritabilities were significant for stomatal conductance, SLA and inflorescence number in hermaphrodites, and for SLA and inflorescence number in females. Schiedea adamantis had no sexual dimorphism in measured traits; stomatal conductance, stem number and inflorescence number were heritable in females, and stem number was heritable in hermaphrodites. In both species, significant genetic correlations of traits between sexes were rare, indicating that traits can evolve independently in response to sex-differential selection. Significant genetic correlations were detected between certain traits within sexes of both species. Low heritability of some ecophysiological traits may reflect low additive genetic variability or high phenotypic plasticity in these traits.     

Stem and leaf hydraulics of congeneric tree species from adjacent tropical savanna and forest ecosystems

Leaf and stem functional traits related to plant water relations were studied for six congeneric species pairs, each composed of one tree species typical of savanna habitats and another typical of adjacent forest habitats, to determine whether there were intrinsic differences in plant hydraulics between these two functional types. Only individuals growing in savanna habitats were studied. Most stem traits, including wood density, the xylem water potential at 50% loss of hydraulic conductivity, sapwood area specific conductivity, and leaf area specific conductivity did not differ significantly between savanna and forest species. However, maximum leaf hydraulic conductance (K _leaf) and leaf capacitance tended to be higher in savanna species. Predawn leaf water potential and leaf mass per area were also higher in savanna species in all congeneric pairs. Hydraulic vulnerability curves of stems and leaves indicated that leaves were more vulnerable to drought-induced cavitation than terminal branches regardless of genus. The midday K _leaf values estimated from leaf vulnerability curves were very low implying that daily embolism repair may occur in leaves. An electric circuit analog model predicted that, compared to forest species, savanna species took longer for their leaf water potentials to drop from predawn values to values corresponding to 50% loss of K _leaf or to the turgor loss points, suggesting that savanna species were more buffered from changes in leaf water potential. The results of this study suggest that the relative success of savanna over forest species in savanna is related in part to their ability to cope with drought, which is determined more by leaf than by stem hydraulic traits. Variation among genera accounted for a large proportion of the total variance in most traits, which indicates that, despite different selective pressures in savanna and forest habitats, phylogeny has a stronger effect than habitat in determining most hydraulic traits.     

Life‐history strategy defends against disease and may select against physiological resistance

Host ecological traits may limit exposure to infectious disease, thereby generating the wide variation in disease incidence observed between host populations or species. The exclusion of disease by ecological traits may then allow selection to act against physiological defenses when they are costly to maintain in the absence of disease. This study investigates ecological resistance in the Silene-Microbotryum pathosystem. An estimated 80% of perennial Silene species host the anther-smut disease while no annuals harbor the disease in nature. Artificial inoculations of annual and perennial Silene plants, obtained from both natural and horticultural populations, demonstrate that the absence of disease in annuals is not explained by elevated physiological resistance. The annual habit is thus a powerful form of ecological defense against anther smut. Moreover, the higher susceptibility of annual species to anther smut relative to perennials supports the hypothesis of a loss of costly physiological resistance under ecological protection. The observation in annuals that physiological susceptibility is correlated with lower rates of flowering (i.e., lower fitness) suggests that variation in physiological resistance is costly in the absence of disease, even in a naїve Silene species. The absence of disease in natural populations of annuals combined with their high physiological susceptibility attest to the strength of host ecology in shaping the distribution of disease and to the dynamic nature of disease resistance.     

Ambulatory migration in mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae) to new leaves of moso bamboo shoots

The migratory behaviour of two tetranychid pest species, Aponychus corpuzae and Schizotetranychus nanjingensis, and one phytoseiid, Typhlodromus bambusae, was studied in several monocultural bamboo forests in Fujian Province, China. The aim of the study was to assess how the ambulatory immigration of tetranychid and phytoseiid mites from the ground to new leaves is affected by a sticky barrier around the stem, by the age of bamboo shoots or by shoot density. The results show that while the sticky barrier is particularly effective at disrupting the ambulatory immigration from the ground to new leaves of S. nanjinigensis to 1-year-old shoots and of A. corpuzae to 3-year-old shoots, it has no significant effect on the immigration of the phytoseiid mite.