中国马尾杉属拟石杉组(新组)的分类研究及马尾杉属的属下分类

1964年J．Holub建立马尾杉属Phlegmariurus(Herter)Holub之后,植物学界有各种不同的反映。 本文在研究中国种类基础上将这个属看作不同于石杉属Huperzia Bernh．的独立的属,其特殊性尤表现 在附生习性和热带分布两方面。本文将该属中国种类划分为三个组,列出其分组检索表。对其中新组 拟石杉组Sect. Huperzioides(sect. nov．)作了分类学研究,共记载了该组植物13种,内含4个新组合： Ph．petiolatus(Clarke)H．S．Kung et L. B．Zhang,Ph．cryptomerianus (Maxim．)Ching,Ph．ovatifolius (Ching)W. M. Chu, Ph. nylamensis (Ching et S. K. Wu)H. S. Kung et L. B. Zhang; 7个新异名: Hu- perzia formoana Holub [ = Ph. taiwanensis Ching], H. austrosinica Ching [ ＝ Ph. petiolatus ], Lycopodi- um minchegense Ching [ = Ph. mincheensis Ching ], Ph. mincheensis var. angustifolius C. Y. Ma [ ＝ Ph. mincheensis ], Ph. longyangensis C. Y. Ma [ = Ph. fordii ], Ph. nanus C. Y. Ma [ = Ph. fordii ], Ph. yangdongensis Ching et C. F. Zhang [ = Ph. fordii ]; 以及1个中国分布新记录种: Ph. hamiltonii。     

江西5种毛莨属植物核型研究

本文报道了江西毛茛属5个种的染色体数目及核型,其中猫爪草Ranuncunlus ternatus Thunb．(2n=4x=32;2n=2x=16=8m+2sm+6st),肉根毛茛R．Polii Franch．(2n=2x=16=8m+2sm+6st)和杨子毛茛R. sieboldii Miq.(2n=8x-1=63=15m+18sm+22st+8t)的染色体核型为首次报道。我们认为：(1)R. ternatus Thunb．和R. polii Franch．的核型十分相似,显示出有较近的关系。(2)毛茛属Ranunculus L. 中存在较多的多倍体复合体。(3)根据王文采(1980)系统划分的美丽毛莨组(Sect．Auricomus)植物的核型属2A型;石龙芮组(Sect．Hecatonia)植物的核型属2B型;毛茛组(Sect．Ranunculus)植物核型为3A或3B型。三个组在核型上的关系和形态上的关系相似。     

中国薯蓣属植物地下茎淀粉粒形态特征及其分类学意义

对中国薯蓣属（Dioscorea L．）40个种类地下茎的淀粉粒形态进行了显微观察。结果表明,中国薯蓣属植物地下茎淀粉粒主要有单粒和复粒2种形态。单粒淀粉粒以类圆形为主,脐点多为点状。复粒淀粉粒可分为2类：A型由2～3个淀粉小粒构成,以卵圆形和三角形为主,脐点点状且大多不明显,少数种类层纹清晰;B型由10个以上的淀粉小粒构成,以圆形为主,脐点不明显,无层纹。根状茎组（Sect．Stenophora Uline）、基生翅组（Sect．Opsophyton Uline）和周生翅组（Sect．Enantiophyllum Uline）均为单粒淀粉粒;顶生翅组（Sect．Shannicorea Prain et Burkill）为复粒淀粉粒A型;丁字型毛组（Sect．Combilium Pra Jnet Burkill）和白薯莨组（Sect．Lasiophyton Uline）为复粒淀粉粒B型;复叶组[Sect．Botryosicyos（Hochst．）Uline]兼有单粒和复粒淀粉粒。淀粉粒形态特征支持白薯蓣（D．hispida Dennst．）由复叶组分出单列成组及毛芋头薯蓣（D．kamoonensis Kunth）和高山薯蓣（D．delavayi Franch．）互为独立种的分类学处理。     

二倍体石蒜在安徽发现

本文以根尖细胞为材料,观察了石蒜Lycoris radiata(L′Her．)Herb．三个不同居群植物的染色体数目和核型,发现石蒜为一复合体,包括两种不同类型：(1)三倍体类型,主要包括一群以鳞茎无性繁殖的园艺栽培植株,其染色体数目和核型为2n＝33=33t(st),属“4A”核型,且极其稳定。(2)二倍体类型,主要包括一群野生植株,变异较大,我们发现有下列几种情况：一是芜湖产石蒜(L．radiata)的野生材料,其染色体数目和核型为2n=21+1B=1m+12st+8t+1B,属“3A”核型,在石蒜种内迄今未见有类似报道;另一是黄山产野生材料,观察到两个细胞型,绝大多数细胞为2n=22＝12st+1Ot,极个别细胞出现2n＝22+1B=6st+14t+2T+1B的情况,均属“4A”核型。芜湖和黄山野生材料的染色体数目和核型均为首次报道。石蒜(L．radiata)的二倍体类群也是首次在安徽发现。     

中国紫堇属伞花紫堇组的初步研究

伞花紫堇组（Sect. Denecinctae Fendde ex C．Y．Wu et T.Y．Shu）是集中分布在我国云南，四川和西藏接壤地区的特有高山类群，其独特的形态特征在紫堇属中有别于其他各组，是十分自然的一类。1928年Fedde建立本组（Fedde，Repert．25：221，1928），后来他又将它降为亚组（Subsect．Benecinctae Fedde） 置于真紫堇组（Sect．Eucorydalis Prantl）之下（Fedde in Engler et Prantl，Naturl Pflanzenfam．17b：134，1936），鉴于Fedde在建立本组时缺乏拉丁描述，以及近年来的一些新发现已为Fedde原有记载所不能包括，所以作者除恢复 Fedde首次建立的组的等级外还作了拉丁的补充描述。     

中国苹果属植物染色体研究

本文报道了中国苹果属Malus Mill．21种36类型的核型和6个多倍体类型的减数分裂联会构 型。 (木+多)(木+衣)海棠组Sect．Docyniopsis和花楸苹果组Sect．Sorbomalus中的滇池海棠系Ser． Yunnanenses 属2A型,陇东海棠系Ser．Kansuenses中的变叶海棠M．toringoides和花叶海棠M． transitoria属2A、2B则,三叶海棠系Ser．Sieboldianae属2B型,苹果组Sect．Malus中的苹果系 Ser．Pumilae和山荆子系Ser．Baccatae除小金海棠M．xiaojinensis 2B型外,均属3B型。减数分 裂观察结果有同源四倍体,节段异源三倍体和异源三倍体类型。本文还讨论了种类间在核型上的差异、栽培种的起源,核型的演化趋势以及无融合生殖类型的分类学处理。     

中国马尾杉属(石松科)的分类修订

马尾杉属植物因含治疗阿尔茨海默症的特效药成分石杉碱甲而具有重要的经济价值和保护价值，全属为国家重点保护植物。该文基于形态学、生态学和地理学等证据，对中国分布的马尾杉属植物进行了分类修订，承认我国有马尾杉属植物21种，将该属植物划分为4个单系的组，即金丝条马尾杉组(Sect.Fargesiani X. C. Zhang&R. H. Jiang, sect. nov.)、喜马拉雅马尾杉组(Sect.Hamiltoniani C. Y. Yang, emend. X. C. Zhang&R. H. Jiang)、马尾杉组(Sect.Phlegmariurus)和粗糙马尾杉组[Sect.Squarrosurus(Herter) X. C. Zhang&R. H. Jiang, comb.&stat. nov.],并将Huperzia medogensis、Phlegmariurus austrosinicus、P.changii、P.nylamensis、P.cancellatus var.minor、P.qiongzhongensis和P.shangsiens...     

浙江产7种菝葜的染色体研究

本文报道浙江产菝葜属smilax 7个种的染色体数目和核型。S．nipponica有两种核型,2n＝26和2n=32,均为3B型,但后一种细胞型的雄株的第一对染色体大小不等,可能为性染色体;S.riparia 2n=30,属3B型;S．siebodii n＝16;S. china有两个染色体数目,2n＝96 和n＝15;S. davidiana 2n=32,属3B型,对减数分裂MI的观察发现n＝16;S．glabra 2n=32,亦属3B型：S. nervo-marginata var．liukiuensis 2n=32,属3C型。讨论了种间在核型上的差异、属的基数、核型演化趋势和性染色体等问题。     

荩草属的新分类等级

本文报导荩草属Arthraxon Beauv.中4新组,4新种,2新变种,即小叶荩草组Sect.Microarthraxon S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin,三蕊荩草组Sect.Triandroarthraxon S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin,无篦齿组Sect.Monostrichi S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin,篦齿组Sect.Tristrichi S.L.Chenet Y.X.Jin,多脉荩草A.multinervus S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin,茅坪荩草A.maopingensis S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin,贵州荩草A.guizhouensisS.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin,西南荩草A.xinanensis S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin,疏序荩草A.xinanensis var.laxiflorus S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin及光轴荩草A.lanceolatus var.glabrous S.L.Chen et Y.X.Jin.     

葱属粗根组5种材料的核型研究

本文分析了葱属Allium粗根组Sect．Bromatorrhiza Ekberg五群材料的核型。多星韭Allium wallichii Kunth有两个类型：第一类型是二倍体,染色体组公式为AA,核型公式为K(2n)=2X=14=2m(SAT)+2m+10sm,属2A型;第二类型是同源四倍体,染色体组公式为AAAA, 核型公式为K(2n)＝4X＝28＝2m(SAT)+6m十20sm,属2A型。宽叶韭Allium hookeri Thwaites有三个类型： 第一类型是双基数同源异源三倍体,染色体组公式为AAB1,核型公式为 K(2n)＝2X+ x'＝22＝(12sm+2t)十(1m十45m+1st+2t), 属3A型; 第二类型也是双基数同源异源三倍体,能配对的两个染色体组染色体大小和形态与第一类型大体相似,不能配对的一个染色体组染色体大小和形态与第一类型有明显区别,其中至少有两条染色体发生了罗伯逊易位,出现一条很大的染色体和一条很小的染色体,染色体组公式为AAB2,核型公式为K(2n)=2x+x'＝22=(12sm+2t)+ (3m+1sm十2st+2t),属3A型;第三类型相当于第一类型染色体的自然加倍,是双基数同源异源六倍体,染色体组公式为AAAAB1B1,核型公式为K(2n)=4X十2x'＝44＝(24sm+4t)十(2m+ 8sm十2st+4t),属3A型。     

甘薯属植物过氧化物酶同工酶分析

采用垂直平板聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳技术,对23份甘薯属不同倍性材料进行过氧化物酶同工酶酶谱分析。初步结果表明,过氧化物酶同工酶酶带数目与材料倍性无明显相关性;二倍体或四倍体野生种的种间酶谱差异显著;六倍体野生种不同株系间以及六倍体栽培种甘薯的不同品种间酶谱差异较小;但栽培种甘薯与六倍体野生种I.trifida(6x)、四倍体野生种I.littoralis(4x)以及二倍体野生种I.trifida(2x)的酶谱有4条明显共同标记带,表明其间有一定亲缘关系。     

Dryland Wheat Domestication Changed the Development of Aboveground Architecture for a Well-Structured Canopy

We examined three different-ploidy wheat species to elucidate the development of aboveground architecture and its domesticated mechanism under environment-controlled field conditions. Architecture parameters including leaf, stem, spike and canopy morphology were measured together with biomass allocation, leaf net photosynthetic rate and instantaneous water use efficiency (WUE_i). Canopy biomass density was decreased from diploid to tetraploid wheat, but increased to maximum in hexaploid wheat. Population yield in hexaploid wheat was higher than in diploid wheat, but the population fitness and individual competition ability was higher in diploid wheats. Plant architecture was modified from a compact type in diploid wheats to an incompact type in tetraploid wheats, and then to a more compact type of hexaploid wheats. Biomass accumulation, population yield, harvest index and the seed to leaf ratio increased from diploid to tetraploid and hexaploid, associated with heavier specific internode weight and greater canopy biomass density in hexaploid and tetraploid than in diploid wheat. Leaf photosynthetic rate and WUE_i were decreased from diploid to tetraploid and increased from tetraploid to hexaploid due to more compact leaf type in hexaploid and diploid than in tetraploid. Grain yield formation and WUE_i were closely associated with spatial stance of leaves and stems. We conclude that the ideotype of dryland wheats could be based on spatial reconstruction of leaf type and further exertion of leaf photosynthetic rate.     

Genetic analysis of photosynthetic variation in hexaploid and tetraploid wheat and their interspecific hybrids

Intra- and inter-specific variation in CO₂ assimilation rate (A) in Triticum spp. is well documented for reproductive growth stages. Research was conducted to characterize early vegetative photosynthetic variation in a diverse set of cultivated hexaploid wheat (T. aestivum L.) germplasm and in wild tetraploid (T. dicoccoides Korn) and hexaploid x tetraploid populations. Choice of hexaploid genotypes was based on maximum genetic distance between cultivars within the HRW and SRW wheat classes of the USA. The tetraploid material was produced by hybridizing two accessions of T. dicoccoides previously shown to differ widely in A and A/Chl but with similar leaf morphology. Genetic variability in the HRW and SRW gene pools was attributed to more recently developed descendent lines and unrelated lines rather than parental lines. Phenotypic distributions for A, stomatal conductance (gs), and internal CO₂ concentration (Ci) in the F₂ tetraploid population were continuous and showed transgressive segregation, reflecting quantitative inheritance with intermediate heritability. Variability in A was not associated with chlorophyll content or CO₂ supply to the mesophyll measured as Ci. Genetic variability in A was also observed in the interspecific backcross population, 2*TAM W-101/PI 428109, thereby providing a germplasm pool to select for high A while restoring the D genome of hexaploid wheat. These results suggest that genetic improvement of vegetative assimilation rate is feasible in hexaploid wheat via homologous transfer from an alien source.Abbreviations HRW hard red winter - LA leaf area - r_G genotypic correlation - r_P phenotypic correlation - SRW soft red winter     

Differences in Zinc Efficiency among and within Diploid, Tetraploid and Hexaploid Wheats

Greenhouse experiments were carried out with six diploid, ninetetraploid and seven hexaploid wheats, including wild and primitivegenotypes, to study the influence of varied zinc (Zn) supplyon the severity of Zn deficiency symptoms, shoot dry matterproduction and shoot Zn concentrations. In addition to wildand primitive genotypes, one modern tetraploid cultivar withhigh sensitivity to Zn deficiency and two modern hexaploid cultivars,one highly sensitive to and one resistant to Zn deficiency,were included for comparison. Plants were grown for 44 d ina severely Zn-deficient calcareous soil, with (+Zn; 5 mg Znkg^-1soil) and without (-Zn) Zn fertilization. Visible Zn deficiencysymptoms, including whitish-brown necrotic patches on leaf blades,appeared very rapidly and severely in all tetraploid wheat genotypes.Compared with tetraploid wheats, diploid and hexaploid wheatswere less sensitive to Zn deficiency. With additional Zn, shootdry matter production was higher in tetraploid than diploidand hexaploid wheats. However, under Zn-deficient conditionstetraploid wheats had the lowest shoot dry matter production,indicating the very high sensitivity of tetraploid wheats toZn deficiency. Consequently, Zn efficiency expressed as theratio of shoot dry matter produced under Zn deficiency to Znfertilization, was much lower in tetraploid wheats than in diploidand hexaploid wheats. On average, Zn efficiency ratios were36% for tetraploid, 60% for diploid and 64% for hexaploid wheats.Differences in Zn efficiency among and within diploid, tetraploidand hexaploid wheats were positively related to the amount ofZn per shoot of the genotypes, but not to the amount of Zn perunit dry weight of shoots or seeds used in the experiments.The seeds of the accessions of tetraploid wild wheats containedup to 120 mg Zn kg^-1, but the resulting plants showed very highsensitivity to Zn deficiency. By contrast, hexaploid wheatsand primitive diploid wheats with much lower Zn concentrationsin seeds had higher Zn efficiencies. It is suggested that notonly enhanced Zn uptake capacity but also enhanced internalZn utilization capacity of genotypes play important roles indifferential expression of Zn efficiency. The results of thisstudy also suggest the importance of the A and D genomes asthe possible source of genes determining Zn efficiency in wheat.Copyright 1999 Annals of Botany Company Seeds, Triticum aestivum, Triticum monococcum, Triticum turgidum, zinc concentrations, zinc deficiency, zinc efficiency.     

Regain of sex determination system and sexual reproduction ability in a synthetic octoploid male fish

Polyploids in vertebrates are generally associated with unisexual reproduction, but the direct consequences of polyploidy on sex determination system and reproduction mode remain unknown. Here, we synthesized a group of artificial octoploids between unisexual gynogenetic hexaploid Carassius gibelio and sexual tetraploid Carassius auratus. The synthetic octoploids were revealed to have more than 200 chromosomes, in which 50 chromosomes including the X/Y sex determination system were identified to transfer from sexual tetraploid C. auratus into the unisexual gynogenetic hexaploid C. gibelio. Significantly, a few synthetic octoploid males were found to be fertile, and one octoploid male was confirmed to regain sexual reproduction ability,which exhibits characteristics that are the same to sexual reproduction tetraploid males, such as 1:1 sex ratio occurrence, meiosis completion and euploid sperm formation in spermatogenesis, as well as normal embryo development and gene expression pattern during embryogenesis. Therefore, the current finding provides a unique case to explore the effect of sex determination system incorporation on reproduction mode transition from unisexual gynogenesis to sexual reproduction along with genome synthesis of recurrent polyploidy in vertebrates.     

PCR primed with minisatellite core sequences yields DNA fingerprinting probes in wheat

 Four minisatellite core sequences were used as primers in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, known as the directed amplification of minisatellite-region DNA (DAMD), to detect polymorphisms in three pairs of hexaploid/tetraploid wheat cultivars. In each pair, the tetraploid cultivar (genomic formula AABB) was extracted from its corresponding hexaploid (genomic formula AABBDD) parent. Reproducible profiles of the amplified products revealed characteristic bands that were present only in the hexaploid wheats but not in their extracted tetraploids. Some polymorphisms were observed among the hexaploid cultivars. Twenty-three DAMD-PCR amplified fragments were isolated and screened as molecular probes on the genomic DNA of wild wheat species, hexaploid wheat and triticale cultivars. Subsequently, 8 of the fragments were cloned and sequenced. The DAMD-PCR clones revealed various degrees of polymorphism among different wild and cultivated wheats. Two clones yielded individual-specific DNA fingerprinting patterns which could be used for species differentiation and cultivar identification. The results demonstrated the use of DAMD-PCR as a tool for the isolation of informative molecular probes for DNA fingerprinting in wheat cultivars and species. Received: 13 May 1996/Accepted: 11 October 1996     

Independent evolution of functional Pm3 resistance genes in wild tetraploid wheat and domesticated bread wheat

The Pm3 alleles of cultivated bread wheat confer gene for gene resistance to the powdery mildew fungus. They represent a particular case of plant disease resistance gene evolution, because of their recent origin and possible evolution after the formation of hexaploid wheat. The Pm3 locus is conserved in tetraploid wheat, thereby allowing the comparative evolutionary study of the same resistance locus in a domesticated species and in one of its wild ancestors. We have identified 61 Pm3 allelic sequences from wild and domesticated tetraploid wheat subspecies. The Pm3 sequences corresponded to 24 different haplotypes. They showed low sequence diversity, differing by only a few polymorphic sequence blocks that were further reshuffled between alleles by gene conversion and recombination. Polymorphic sequence blocks are different from the blocks found in functional Pm3 alleles of hexaploid wheat, indicating an independent evolution of the Pm3 loci in the two species. A new functional gene was identified in a wild wheat accession from Syria. This gene, Pm3k , conferred intermediate race-specific resistance to powdery mildew, and consists of a mosaic of gene segments derived from non-functional alleles. This demonstrates that Pm3 -based resistance is not very frequent in wild tetraploid wheat, and that the evolution of functional resistance genes occurred independently in wild tetraploid and bread wheat. The Pm3 sequence variability and geographic distribution indicated that diversity was higher in wild emmer wheat from the Levant area, compared with the accessions from Turkey. Further screens for Pm3 functional genes in wild wheat should therefore focus on accessions from the Levant region.     

Chromosome number and nuclear DNA content of plants regenerated from salt adapted plant cells

Plants regenerated from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Wisconsin 38) cells that were adapted to 428 mM NaCl were found to have hexaploid or near-hexaploid chromosome numbers compared to the normal tetraploid, 2N(2C)=4X=48 chromosome numbers of plants regenerated from unadapted cells. Even though cells with chromosome numbers other than hexaploid were found in the cell population only hexaploid plants were regenerated. The hexaploid condition may impart some karyotypic stability that allows more efficient morphogenic activity. The hexaploid condition could not be correlated with several phenotypic alterations associated with plants regenerated from adapted cells, including male sterility and increased salt tolerance.     

Intergenomic translocations of polyploid oats (genus Avena) revealed by genomic in situ hybridization

Wild and cultivated hexaploid oats share the same genomes (AACCDD) and display a considerable level of interspecific variation in both plant and chromosome morphology. The GISH was utilized to detect the interspecific genomic compositions in four hexaploid and two tetraploid oats using total genomic DNA of Avena eriantha (a C-genome diploid) as probe. Intergenomic translocations between A/D and C-genome chromosomes were frequently observed in hexaploid and tetraploid species. In the hexaploid, two pairs of A/D genome segments on C-genome chromosome (A/D-C) translocation and four to six pairs of C-genome segments on A/D genome chromosome (C-A/D) translocation were clearly identified whilst the number of A/D-C translocations was constant among species. In the tetraploid A. maroccana (AACC), a pair of A-C and four pairs of C-A translocations were observed. Moreover, the A/D translocation segments on chromosome 5C was detected only in A. byzantina and A. maroccana, whilst A/D-C translocations were observed on the 1C and 7C of A. sativa, A. fatua and A. sterilis. A. byzantina did however also carry the 1C rearrangement. This result shows that A. byzantina has retained a similar genomic constitution to the tetraploid ancestor of hexaploid oats, A. maroccana. Three pairs of A-C translocations were detected only in A. murphyi (AACC), and two pairs of those were the 1C and 7C as well as the three hexaploid species except A. byzantina.     

中华猕猴桃和美味猕猴桃的倍性变异及地理分布研究

根据已有的猕猴桃自然地理分布资料,通过对中华猕猴桃（Actinidia chinensis）和美味猕猴桃（A．deliciosa）野外分布居群的详细调查,利用流式细胞技术对我国西部高原台地向中东部丘陵平原过渡地带6个纯中华猕猴桃、1个纯美味猕猴桃和5个中华／美味猕猴桃同域分布居群共276个个体的倍性进行了检测。结果表明：（1）中华猕猴桃存在二倍体和四倍体,美味猕猴桃存在四倍体、五倍体和六倍体;（2）中华猕猴桃和美昧猕猴桃在经度和纬度的分布上存在显著差异（P〈0．05）,中华猕猴桃在经度上偏东分布而美味猕猴桃偏西,纬度分布上中华猕猴桃偏南而美味猕猴桃偏北;而且不同倍性小种在经、纬度分布上呈现显著差异（P〈0．05）,二倍体、四倍体、六倍体的分布在经度上依次从东到西、纬度上从南到北;（3）中华猕猴桃和美味猕猴桃不同倍性小种的海拔分布存在显著性差异（P〈0．05）,二倍体小种分布海拔最低,四倍体小种次之,六倍体小种海拔分布最高,但通过LSD分析四倍体个体和六倍体个体在海拔分布上不存在显著差异（P〉0．05）。通过对中华／美味猕猴桃这两种具有重要经济价值的果树的倍性变异及地理分布的探讨,提出了猕猴桃倍性小种分布的上述规律并给猕猴桃种质资源收集、评价、创新和可持续利用方面提供了初步的研究基础,尤其是为我国猕猴桃新品种选育提供了基础数据和科学依据。