茄子种质资源的耐冷性鉴定

采用低温胁迫下幼苗叶片冷害指数、种子活力指数、叶片电导百分率为指标,对34份不同类型的茄子种质资源进行耐冷性鉴定。结果表明,活力指数与冷害指数、电导百分率均呈极显著负相关,电导百分率与冷害指数呈极显著正相关。通过耐冷隶属函数值和聚类分析,初步筛选出11份耐冷性较强的材料。     

水稻种质资源芽期耐冷性的鉴定与评价

对新收集的879份水稻种质资源进行了水稻芽期耐冷性的鉴定与评价,从中筛选出芽期耐冷性极强的水稻种质资源39份,均为贵州地方粳稻品种.供试粳稻品种61.23%具有强芽期耐冷性(3级),而籼稻品种只有13.77%具有强芽期耐冷性(3级 ),粳稻品种的芽期耐冷性显著强于籼稻品种.无论籼稻,还是粳稻,贵州地方稻种的芽期耐冷性显著强于来自其他地区的品种,从贵州地方稻种中挖掘极强耐冷种质资源的潜力较大 .     

水稻耐冷性鉴定评价方法

水稻耐冷性是我国东北和西南高海拔地区、日本、韩国和朝鲜等国水稻育种的重要研究目标,至今许多学者对水稻耐冷性进行了广泛的研究,并且目前所采用的耐冷性鉴定评价方法已基本成熟,但国内还没有对其进行技术规范化.本文汇总了国内外至今所采用的水稻耐冷性鉴定方法和耐冷指标及分级标准等,将为水稻耐冷性种质资源鉴定和育种以及我国水稻耐冷性鉴定评价技术规范的制定提供参考依据.     

粳稻芽期耐冷性鉴定方法研究

利用22个粳稻品种,在不同低温胁迫、不同处理天数下进行水稻芽期耐冷性鉴定,并提出了适合于粳稻芽期耐冷性的鉴定方法.研究结果表明,在低温胁迫和不同天数的处理中,以2℃/6d低温胁迫下的22个粳稻品种死苗率的方差和变异范围表现为最大,并且死苗率的分布比较合理,据此认为该低温胁迫对于粳稻芽期耐冷性鉴定是比较合适的胁迫条件.在2℃/6d低温胁迫下,靖粳7号、辐优1号、合系15、沈农15、东农422、滇系1号等品种芽期耐冷性属3级,为强耐冷性品种;云南省粳稻品种的芽期耐冷性普遍好于东北三省的粳稻品种.     

人工环境鉴定小豆芽苗期耐冷性研究

对来自中国北京187份、天津33份、河北25份、山西16份、山东6份、河南1份、安徽1份、江苏22份、四川2份、陕西3份、辽宁18份、吉林33份、黑龙江5份,日本31份和韩国1份共384份小豆种质资源进行发芽期耐冷性鉴定,并以31份资源和18个品种为试验材料,进行三叶期耐冷性鉴定研究。结果表明：筛选出发芽期耐冷性较好（ 耐冷指数＞0.80）的资源31份;在三叶期低温8～5℃胁迫7d,资源G-I-34、JN95-0和E0064等表现出较强的耐冷性。采用三叶期低温8～5℃胁迫7d,只统计生长正常苗的方法进行小豆苗期耐冷性鉴定评价是可行的;小豆发芽期与三叶期耐冷性存在差异;苗期持续耐冷性存在差异。     

植物耐冷性基因工程

温度决定物种的分布,同时还影响作物的产量和品质。植物耐冷的机制涉及到许多方面,包括膜脂组成的变化、可混溶溶质的积累、抗氧化酶活性的提高、低温相关基因的诱导表达等。由于植物的耐冷性状由多基因控制,采用传统的育种方法往往难以取得理想的结果,而植物基因工程技术的发展及应用则提供了另外可能的途径,可以通过转移耐冷性状形成的关键基因从而对植物进行改良。本文从膜脂组成、可混溶溶质、抗冻蛋白、抗氧化酶和诱导植物低温相关基因的转录因子等方面对植物耐冷性的基因工程研究进行了综述,以期为植物育种者和从事冷胁迫机制研究的工作者提供参考。     

棉花在广西南宁的越冬耐冷性鉴定和遗传分析

在广西南宁对不同种质来源的棉花材料及其杂交后代进行越冬耐冷性鉴定,为多年生棉花耐冷育种提供基础材料。在开展最佳处理时间和处理温度筛选的基础上,采用5个耐冷生理生化指标(相对电导率、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、丙二醛和脯氨酸)和露地越冬指标综合鉴定63份材料的越冬耐冷性,并运用系统聚类的方法将其聚为4大类,即耐冷型23份、中度耐冷型19份、中度冷敏型9份和冷敏型12份,分别占供试材料的36.51%、30.16%、14.29%和19.05%。所有耐冷型材料均和多年生海岛棉种质有关,说明多年生海岛棉在越冬耐冷性育种上具有很高的利用价值。供试棉花材料越冬性的细胞质效应不显著,杂交后代的越冬性有向亲本的平均类型回归的趋势。     

黄瓜的冷害及耐冷性

随着蔬菜反季节栽培面积的不断扩大,如何提高黄瓜(Cucumis sativus L.)耐冷性已成为选育新品种的研究重点.系统地综述近几年黄瓜耐冷性的鉴定、获得途径、冷害机理以及遗传和分子遗传学等方面的研究,以促进对黄瓜冷害机制的研究,加速耐冷品种的培育.耐冷性鉴定时要从耐冷指数、低温发芽能力、MDA(丙二醛)含量和电解质渗漏率等几个方面综合鉴定.耐冷性的获得途径主要有冷驯化、激素处理、热激处理和培育耐低温品种,最重要的途径是耐冷品种选育.黄瓜冷害机理包括细胞膜的流动性降低及透性增加,光合作用被抑制,根系吸收减弱,可溶性糖含量减少,淀粉粒积累增加,微管的稳定性受到破坏等.黄瓜低温发芽能力由非加性基因决定,而幼苗时期主要由加性基因控制.黄瓜耐冷的分子遗传学研究进展缓慢,目前已克隆出在低温锻炼中特异表达的功能未知的基因CCRl8.今后还应研究黄瓜低温胁迫时的信号转导系统,以进一步揭示黄瓜的冷害机理;利用野生资源的抗逆性状,拓宽栽培黄瓜的遗传基础,选育适于保护地栽培的耐低温品种.     

黄瓜的冷害及耐冷性

随着蔬菜反季节栽培面积的不断扩大,如何提高黄瓜(Cucumis sativus L.)耐冷性已成为选育新品种的研究重点。系统地综述近几年黄瓜耐冷性的鉴定、获得途径、冷害机理以及遗传和分子遗传学等方面的研究,以促进对黄瓜冷害机制的研究, 加速耐冷品种的培育。耐冷性鉴定时要从耐冷指数、低温发芽能力、MDA (丙二醛)含量和电解质渗漏率等几个方面综合鉴定。耐冷性的获得途径主要有冷驯化、激素处理、热激处理和培育耐低温品种,最重要的途径是耐冷品种选育。黄瓜冷害机理包括细胞膜的流动性降低及透性增加,光合作用被抑制,根系吸收减弱,可溶性糖含量减少,淀粉粒积累增加,微管的稳定性受到破坏等。黄瓜低温发芽能力由非加性基因决定,而幼苗时期主要由加性基因控制。黄瓜 耐冷的分子遗传学研究进展缓慢,目前已克隆出在低温锻炼中特异表达的功能未知的基因CCR18。今后还应研究黄瓜低温胁迫时的信号转导系统,以进一步揭示黄瓜的冷害机理;利用野生资源的抗逆性状,拓宽栽培黄瓜的遗传基础,选育适于保护地栽培的耐低温品种。     

玉米耐冷性的数值分类研究

1928年,Sellschop和Salman研究了起源于热带的若干农作物的耐冷性反应,将其分为抗冷类型、中间类型和敏感类型。玉米是喜温作物,玉米种植受温度制约。随玉米耐冷性研究不断深入,运用多因子试验综合评估玉米耐冷性,为选育耐冷玉米品种提供依据。我们研究了8个玉米自交系的52个耐冷特征,结果表明,玉米自交系可分为耐冷性强、中等和弱三种类型。     

Efficient shoot organogenesis of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) induced by thidiazuron

Morphogenesis from several explant types excised from in-vitro-grown plantlets of a Brazilian eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) variety (F-100) was evaluated in response to thidiazuron (TDZ). Leaves and cotyledons were found to be the most responsive explants. Optimal shoot bud induction rates (75–100 buds/explant) were achieved in the presence of 0.2 μm TDZ. Organogenic calli were transferred to growth regulator free MS medium before shoot excision. Rooting was induced on half-strength MS medium supplemented with 0.6 μm IAA. Received: 1 March 1997 / Revision received: 29 October 1997 / Accepted: 15 November 1997     

Genetic studies on eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

Summary The genetics of quantitative characters, namely, fruit shape, fruit weight, period from seeding to flowering, bunchiness and hairiness have been studied withGriffing's method of the constant parent regression analysis. There are arithmetically cumulative action with negative dominance in respect to genes for shape, and the genes for the period from seeding to flowering. The degree of dominance of genes for shape is very slight. The degree of dominance is highly variable in the genes for the length of the period between seeding and flowering, in some crosses even overdominance may be observed. In the case of the genes for weight a more adequate model of gene actions is logarithmic. The genes for bunchiness show no dominance so far as the present experiment is concerned, and the genes for hairiness show negative dominance.Contributions from the National Institute of Genetics, Japan, No. 44.     

Segregation distortion and linkage analysis in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

An anther-derived doubled haploid (DH) population and an F2 mapping population were developed from an intraspecific hybrid between the eggplant breeding lines 305E40 and 67/3. The former incorporates an introgressed segment from Solanum aethiopicum Gilo Group carrying the gene Rfo-sa1, which confers resistance to Fusarium oxysporum; the latter is a selection from an intraspecific cross involving two conventional eggplant varieties and lacks Rfo-sa1. Initially, 28 AFLP primer combinations (PCs) were applied to a sample of 93 F2 individuals and 93 DH individuals, from which 170 polymorphic AFLP fragments were identified. In the DH population, the segregation of 117 of these AFLPs as well as markers closely linked to Rfo-sa1 was substantially distorted, while in the F2 population, segregation distortion was restricted to just 10 markers, and thus the latter was chosen for map development. A set of 141 F2 individuals was genotyped with 73 AFLP PCs (generating 406 informative markers), 32 SSRs, 4 tomato RFLPs, and 3 CAPS markers linked to Rfo-sa1. This resulted in the assignment of 348 markers to 12 major linkage groups. The framework map covered 718.7?cM, comprising 238 markers (212 AFLPs, 22 SSRs, 1 RFLP, and the Rfo-sa1 CAPS). Marker order and inter-marker distances in this eggplant map were largely consistent with those reported in a recently published SSR-based map. From an eggplant breeding perspective, DH populations produced by anther culture appear to be subject to massive segregation distortion and thus may not be very efficient in capturing the full range of genetic variation present in the parental lines.     

Application of chlorophyll fluorescence to screen eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) cultivars for salt tolerance

The objective of this study was to investigate the relative salt tolerance of four eggplant cultivars (Solanum melongena L.) by studying chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence parameters during the vegetative growth stage under increasing salinity levels. The plants were grown in pots filled with peat under controlled conditions and were subjected to the salt stress ranging from 0 (control), 20, 40, 80, and 160 mM NaCl for 25 days. The results showed that the increasing NaCl concentration affected hardly the maximum quantum yield of photosystem (PS) II. The quantum yield of PSII (Φ_PSII) decreased significantly in ‘Adriatica’ and ‘Black Beauty’ under the salt stress. The photochemical quenching decreased in ‘Black Beauty’ and nonphotochemical quenching increased in ‘Adriatica’ under the salt stress. The Chl fluorescence parameters did not change significantly under the salt stress in ‘Bonica’ and ‘Galine’, revealing their tolerance to salinity. After 25 days of the salt stress, the plant growth was reduced in all cultivars, however, this decline was more pronounced in ‘Adriatica’ and ‘Black Beauty’. Additionally, a significant correlation between the biomass and Φ_PSII was observed in ‘Adriatica’ and ‘Black Beauty’. Our results suggest that Φ_PSII can be used as a diagnostic tool to identify salt-tolerant egg-plant cultivars.     

Abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) by introduction of bacterial mannitol phosphodehydrogenase gene

In the present work, the bacterial mannitol-1-phosphodehydrogenase(mtlD) gene was introduced into eggplant(Solanummelongena L.) by Agrobacteriumtumefaciens-mediated transformation. Several transformants weregenerated and the transgene integration was confirmed by PCR, dot blot andSouthern blot analysis. Transgenic lines of T₀ and T₁generations were examined for tolerance to NaCl-induced salt stress,polyethylene glycol-mediated drought and chilling stress under bothinvitro and in vivo growth conditions. Aconsiderable proportions of transgenic seeds germinated and seedlings grew wellon 200 mM salt-amended MS basal medium, whereas seeds ofuntransformed control plants failed to germinate. Further, leaf explants fromthe transgenics could grow and showed signs of shoot regeneration onsalt-amended MS regeneration medium, whereas wild type did not respond, and infact the explants showed necrosis and loss of chlorophyll after about one week.The transgenic leaves could also withstand desiccation, and transgenics couldgrow well under chilling stress, and hydroponic conditions with salt stress ascompared to wild type plants. Thus, the transgenic lines were found to betolerant against osmotic stress induced by salt, drought and chilling stress.The morphology of the transgenic plants was normal as controls, but thechlorophyll content was higher in some of the lines. These observations suggestthat mtlD gene can impart abiotic stress tolerance ineggplant.     

The inheritance of chilling tolerance in tomato (Lycopersicon spp.)

During the past 25 years, chilling tolerance of the cultivated (chilling-sensitive) tomato Lycopersicon esculentum and its wild, chilling-tolerant relatives L. peruvianum and L. hirsutum (and, less intensively studied, L. chilense) has been the object of several investigations. The final aim of these studies can be seen in the increase in chilling tolerance of the cultivated genotypes. In this review, we will focus on low-temperature effects on photosynthesis and the inheritance of these traits to the offspring of various breeding attempts. While crossing L. peruvianum (male symbol) to L. esculentum (female symbol) so far has brought the most detailed insight with respect to physiological questions, for practical purposes, e.g., the readily cross ability, crossing programmes with L. hirsutum as pollen donor at present seem to be a promising way to achieve higher chilling-tolerant genotypes of the cultivated tomato. This perspective is due to the progress that has been made with respect to the genetic basis of chilling tolerance of Lycopersicon spp. over the past five years.     

Transformation of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) using a binary Agrobacterium tumefaciens vector

Summary Kanamycin resistant plants of Solarium melongena L. (eggplant) cv. Picentia were obtained following the cocultivation of leaf explants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. A disarmed binary vector system containing the neomycin phosphotransferase (NPTII) gene as the selectable marker and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) as a reporter gene was utilized. In vitro grown plants were used as sources of explants to produce transgenic plants on selective medium containing 100 mg/l kanamycin. The transformation and expression of the foreign genes was confirmed by DNA hybridizations, leaf disc assays, and by measuring NPTII and CAT enzyme activities. This technique is simple, rapid, efficient, and transgenic eggplants of this commercial cultivar have been transferred to soil where they have flowered and set seed.Abbreviations CAT chloramphenicol acetyltransferase - MS Murashige and Skoog - NPTII neomycin phosphotransferase - NOS nopaline synthase - ZEA zeatin     

Production and characterization of fertile somatic hybrids of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) with Solanum aethiopicum L.

Summary In order to produce fertile somatic hybrids, mesophyll protoplasts from eggplant were electrofused with those from one of its close related species, Solanum aethiopicum L. Aculeatum group. On the basis of differences in the cultural behavior of the parental and hybrid protoplasts, 35 somatic hybrid plants were recovered from 85 selected calli. When taken to maturity either in the greenhouse or in the field, the hybrid plants were vigorous, all rapidly overtopping parental individuals. The putative hybrids were intermediate with respect to morphological traits, and all of their organs were larger, particularly the leaves and stems. DNA analysis of the hybrids using flow cytometry in combination with cytological analysis showed that 32 were tetraploids, 1 hexaploid and 2 mixoploids. The hybrid nature of the 35 selected plants was confirmed by a comparison of the isoenzyme patterns of isocitrate dehydrogenase (Idh), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-Pgd) and phosphoglucomutase (Pgm). Chloroplast DNA (ctDNA) restriction analysis using Bam HI revealed that among the 27 hybrid plants analyzed, 10 had S. aethiopicum patterns and the 17 remaining hybrids exhibited bands identical with those of eggplant without any changes. All of the somatic hybrid plants flowered. Both parental plants had 94% stainable pollen, while the hybrids varied widely in pollen viability ranging from 30% to 85%. The somatic hybrids showed high significant variation in fruit production. Nevertheless, there was a tendency for low fertility to be associated often with S. aethiopicum chloroplast type and/or with an abnormal ploidy level, while good fertility was mostly associated with the tetraploid level and eggplant chloroplasts. Interestingly, 2 tetraploid somatic hybrid clones were among the most productive, yielding up to 9 kg/plant. As far as the fertility of the F₁ sexual counterpart was concerned, only 2 fruits of 50 g were obtained. Hybrid fertility in relation to phylogenetic affinities of the fusion partners is discussed.