水稻突变体M-20的耐盐生理特性

不同盐（NaCl）浓度的水培条件下,水稻耐盐突变体M－20幼苗生长及生存能力优于其原始品系77－170,膜透性测定表明盐胁迫对M－20质膜的损伤较小;同时,外界盐浓度小于100mmol／L时,M－20幼苗根、地上部的钠离子含量低于其原始品系。土培幼苗浇灌盐水（10mmol／L）时,M－20成熟及生长叶片的内源ABA水平增加时期晚于原始品系,增幅也小;而游离脯氨酸的增加时期虽晚,但增幅远高于原始品系。     

受稻瘟病原真菌侵染的水稻早期表达基因的cDNA克隆

以亲和性与非亲和性两个稻瘟病原真菌小种（Ｍａｇｎａｐｏｒｔｈｅ ｇｒｉｓｅａ（Ｈｅｂｅｒｔ）Ｂａｒｒ）感染同一水稻品种（Ｏｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａ Ｌ．ｃｖ．Ｓｈｅｎｘｉａｎｇｇｅｎｇ Ｎｏ．４）的植株产生明显不同的致病和抗病反应,由此建立了有效的感染系统。应用差异显示技术获得两个在侵染早期具有诱导表达特征的ｃＤＮＡ克隆,其中一个同时在致病和抗病反应中进行早期诱导表达,但在抗病反应中的诱导相对早于其在     

Physiological and genetic mapping study of tolerance to root-knot nematode in rice

The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola is an obligate biotrophic parasite and a major pest of rice (Oryza sativa) for which resistant varieties are not currently available. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for partial resistance to M. graminicola were identified using a mapping population based on two rice varieties, Bala x Azucena. Experiments were carried out to investigate the interactions between M. graminicola and these two varieties in terms of nematode establishment, reproduction and effect on rice yield. Nematode establishment was also assessed in the mapping population. Meloidogyne graminicola consistently caused more galling and had higher reproductive success in Azucena than in Bala. M. graminicola did not significantly reduce yield in Bala, but caused a yield reduction of almost half in Azucena, suggesting that the partial resistance to nematode establishment was related to nematode tolerance. A total of six significant or putative QTLs for nematode tolerance were detected. For two of the QTLs detected, Azucena was the donor of the tolerance alleles, suggesting it may be possible to breed plants with greater tolerance than Bala.     

应用分子标记研究氮素胁迫条件下水稻叶片叶绿素含量差异的遗传背景

在氮素限制供应条件下,灿稻品种ＩＲ４２与广亲合粳稻品种Ｐａｌａｗａｎ剑叶及下位叶的平均叶绿素含量差异显著,叶绿素含量在Ｐａｌａｗａｎ／ＩＲ４２杂交Ｆ２代中呈正态分布,１０４个分布与１２条染色体的ＲＦＬＰ标记基因型之间表型平均值方差分析与区间作图分析结果表明,分别位于染色体２,４,７上的３个ＱＴＬ位于ＲＺ５８／ＲＧ１０２,ＲＧ１４３／ＲＧ３２９和ＲＧ６３４／ＲＧ６５０之间。与ＲＧ１４３及ＲＧ１０２连     

QTLs and Candidate Genes for Rice Root Growth Under Flooding and Upland Conditions

To investigate the genetic factors underlying constitutive and adaptive root growth under different water-supply conditions, a double haploid (DH) population, derived from a cross between lowland rice variety IR64 and upland rice variety Azucena, with 284 molecular markers was used in cylindrical pot experiments. Several QTLs for seminal root length (SRL), adventitious root number (ARN) and total root dry weight (RW) respectively, under both flooding and upland conditions were detected. Two identical QTLs for SRL and RW were found under flooding and upland conditions. The relative parameters defined as the ratio of parameters under the two water-supply conditions were also used for QTL analysis. A comparative analysis among different genetic populations was performed for the QTLs for root traits and several consistent QTLs for root traits across genetic backgrounds were detected. Candidate genes for cell expansion and elongation were used for comparative mapping with the detected QTLs. Four cell wall-related expressed sequence tags (ESTs) for OsEXP2, OsEXP4, EXT and Xet were mapped on the intervals carrying the QTLs for root traits.     

植物耐盐的生理机制及基因工程新进展

在各种环境胁迫中,盐胁迫是造成作物减产的严重环境因素之一。主要从耐盐的生理机制和一些下游调节过程入手,包括:离子区隔化、渗透调节、激素调节、去毒化作用、光合途径的改变等,讨论了植物耐盐工程的新进展;同时还讨论了分子水平育种的影响因子。     

植物盐胁迫应答的分子机制

植物对盐胁迫的耐受反应是个复杂的过程,在分子水平上它包括对外界盐信号的感应和传递,特异转基录因子的激活和下游控制生理生化应答的效应基因的表达。在生化应答中,本着重讨论负责维持和重建离子平衡的膜转运蛋白、渗调剂的生物合成和功能及水分控制。这些生理生化应答最终使得液泡中离子浓度升高和渗调剂在胞质中积累,近年来,通过对各种盐生植物或盐敏感突变株的研究,阐明了许多盐应答的离子转运途径、水通道和特种特异的渗调剂代谢途径,克隆了其相关基因并能在转基因淡水植物中产生耐盐表型,另一方面,在拟南芥突变体及利用酵母盐敏感突变株功能互补筛选得到一些编码信号传递蛋白的基因,这些都有助于阐明植物盐胁迫应答的分子机制。     

水稻花药对高温胁迫的生理响应

为了探明水稻花药在高温胁迫下的生理反应及适应机理,以耐热水稻品系996和热敏感水稻品系4628为材料,在人工气候室进行高温（9：00-17：00,37℃;17：00-9：00,30℃）和适温处理（9：00-17：00,30℃;17：00～9：00,25℃）,研究高温胁迫对水稻花药可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白质、热稳定蛋白、维生素C含量、膜透性及内源激素含量等生理特性的影响。结果表明,高温使水稻花药中可溶性糖含量、可溶性蛋白质含量和维生素C含量下降,热稳定蛋白含量上升;热敏感品系4628花药中丙二醛含量和相对电导率在高温胁迫下增幅大于耐热品系996;高温胁迫下,水稻花药中GA3和IAA含量降低,ABA含量上升,耐热品系996花药中GA3、IAA含量降低幅度小于热敏感品系4628,ABA含量增加幅度小于热敏感品系4628。     

罗布麻对不同浓度盐胁迫的生理响应

利用网室盆栽实验,研究不同浓度的NaCl（100-400mmol·L^-1）胁迫对罗布麻（Apocynum venetum）生长及生理特性的影响。结果表明,100mmol·L^-1NaCl处理显著降低了罗布麻植株的鲜重,但对其干重影响不大;随着盐浓度继续增加,罗布麻鲜重和干重显著下降。在盐胁迫下,罗布麻叶片内的丙二醛含量、电解质渗漏率、根部和地上部Na^＋的含量明显增加,K^＋的含量随着盐离子浓度的增加而降低。盐胁迫显著降低了地上部Ca^2＋的含量,而对根部Ca^2＋的含量没有影响。植株K^＋/Na^＋和Ca^2＋/Na^＋比值随着盐胁迫强度的增加而降低。盐胁迫显著促进了罗布麻根部对K^＋和Ca^2＋的选择性吸收及对K^＋的选择性运输。当NaCl浓度小于或等于200mmol·L^-1时,随着盐离子浓度的增加,罗布麻叶片内的脯氨酸和可溶性糖积累显著增加,而当NaCl浓度大于200mmol·L^-1时,这2种有机溶质含量显著下降。总体上,罗布麻通过积累无机离子、合成有机溶质及维持较高的K^＋、Ca^2＋选择性吸收和运输来适应一定浓度（≤200mmol·L^-1NaCl）的盐胁迫。     

稻米品质形成的生理基础研究进展

综述了水稻(Oryza sativa L)米质形成的生理基础的研究进展,主要包括稻米品质形成期的源库特征、淀粉合成的关键酶以及淀粉粒的形态、结构及其糊化特性等几个内容,从植物生理学角度来揭示稻米品质形成的规律有着重要的理论意义.     

Molecular Genetics of Submergence Tolerance in Rice: QTL Analysis of Key Traits

Flash flooding of young rice plants is a common problem forrice farmers in south and south-east Asia. It severely reducesgrain yield and increases the unpredictability of cropping.The inheritance and expression of traits associated with submergencestress tolerance at the seedling stage are physiologically andgenetically complex. We exploited naturally occurring differencesbetween certain rice lines in their tolerance to submergenceand used quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping to improve understandingof the genetic and physiological basis of submergence tolerance.Three rice populations, each derived from a single cross betweentwo cultivars differing in their response to submergence, wereused to identify QTL associated with plant survival and variouslinked traits. These included total shoot elongation under water,the extent of stimulation of shoot elongation caused by submergence,a visual submergence tolerance score, and leaf senescence underdifferent field conditions, locations and years. Several majorQTL determining plant survival, plant height, stimulation ofshoot elongation, visual tolerance score and leaf senescenceeach mapped to the same locus on chromosome 9. These QTL weredetected consistently in experiments across all years and inthe genetic backgrounds of all three mapping populations. SecondaryQTL influencing tolerance were also identified and located onchromosomes 1, 2, 5, 7, 10 and 11. These QTL were specific toparticular traits, environments, or genetic backgrounds. Allidentified QTL contributed to increased submergence tolerancethrough their effects on decreased underwater shoot elongationor increased maintenance of chlorophyll levels, or on both.These findings establish the foundations of a marker-assistedscheme for introducing submergence tolerance into agriculturallydesirable cultivars of rice.     

Effects of Exogenous Proline and Glycinebetaine on the Salt Tolerance of Rice Cultivars

Glutathione reductase was purified from iron-grown Thiobacillus ferrooxidas AP19-3 to an electrophoretically homogeneous state. The enzyme had an apparent molecular weight of 100,000 and was composed of two identical subunits of molecular weight (M_rs, 52,000) as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A purified enzyme reduced one mole of the oxidized form of glutathione (GSSG) with one mole of NADPH to produce two moles of the reduced form of glutathione (GSH) and one mole of NADP⁺. The glutathione reductase was most active at pH 6.5 and 40°C, and had an isoelectric point at 5.1. The Michaelis constants of glutathione reductase for GSSG, NADPH, and NADH were 300, 26, and 125 μM, respectively.     

Recent Advances in Genetics of Salt Tolerance in Tomato

Salinity is an important environmental constraint to crop productivity in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Most crop plants, including tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., are sensitive to salinity throughout the ontogeny of the plant. Despite considerable research on salinity in plants, there are only a few instances where salt-tolerant cultivars have been developed. This is due in part to the complexity of the trait. A plant's response to salt stress is modulated by many physiological and agronomical characteristics, which may be controlled by the actions of several to many genes whose expressions are influenced by various environmental factors. In addition, salinity tolerance is a developmentally regulated, stage-specific phenomenon; tolerance at one stage of plant development is often not correlated with tolerance at other stages. Specific ontogenic stages should be evaluated separately for the assessment of tolerance and the identification, characterization, and utilization of useful genetic components. In tomato, genetic resources for salt tolerance have been identified largely within the related wild species, and considerable efforts have been made to characterize the genetic controls of tolerance at various developmental stages. For example, the inheritance of several tolerance-related traits has been determined and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with tolerance at individual developmental stages have been identified and characterized. It has been determined that at each stage salt tolerance is largely controlled by a few QTLs with major effects and several QTLs with smaller effects. Different QTLs have been identified at different developmental stages, suggesting the absence of genetic relationships among stages in tolerance to salinity. Furthermore, it has been determined that in addition to QTLs which are population specific, several QTLs for salt tolerance are conserved across populations and species. Research is currently underway to develop tomatoes with improved salt tolerance throughout the ontogeny of the plant by pyramiding QTLs through marker-assisted selection (MAS). Transgenic approaches also have been employed to gain a better understanding of the genetics of salt tolerance and to develop tomatoes with improved tolerance. For example, transgenic tomatoes with overexpression of a single-gene-controlled vacuolar Na⁺/H⁺ antiport protein, transferred from Arabidopsis thaliana, have exhibited a high level of salt tolerance under greenhouse conditions. Although transgenic plants are yet to be examined for field salt tolerance and salt-tolerant tomatoes are yet to be developed by MAS, the recent genetic advances suggest a good prospect for developing commercial cultivars of tomato with enhanced salt tolerance in near future.     

Molecular evolution of shattering loci in U.S. weedy rice

Cultivated rice fields worldwide are plagued with weedy rice, a conspecific weed of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). The persistence of weedy rice has been attributed, in part, to its ability to shatter (disperse) seed prior to crop harvesting. In the United States, separately evolved weedy rice groups have been shown to share genomic identity with exotic domesticated cultivars. Here, we investigate the shattering phenotype in a collection of U.S. weedy rice accessions, as well as wild and cultivated relatives. We find that all U.S. weedy rice groups shatter seeds easily, despite multiple origins, and in contrast to a decrease in shattering ability seen in cultivated groups. We assessed allelic identity and diversity at the major shattering locus, sh4, in weedy rice; we find that all cultivated and weedy rice, regardless of population, share similar haplotypes at sh4, and all contain a single derived mutation associated with decreased seed shattering. Our data constitute the strongest evidence to date of an evolution of weeds from domesticated backgrounds. The combination of a shared cultivar sh4 allele and a highly shattering phenotype, suggests that U.S. weedy rice have re‐acquired the shattering trait after divergence from their progenitors through alternative genetic mechanisms.     

Molecular Genetic Analysis of QTLs for Ferulic Acid Content in Dried Straw of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Phenolic acids are secondary metabolic organic compounds produced by plants and often are mentioned as allelochemicals. This study was conducted to determine the genetic basis controlling the ferulic acid content of rice straw in a recombinant inbred (RI) population derived from a cross between a japonica variety, Asominori, with a higher content of ferulic acid, and an indica variety, IR24, with a lower content, using 289 RFLP markers. Continuous distributions and transgressive segregations of ferulic acid content were observed in the RI population, which showed that ferulic acid content in rice straw was quantitatively inherited. Single marker analysis and composite interval mapping identified three quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for ferulic acid content with LOD values of 2.03 (chromosome 3), 3.16 (chromosome 6), and 3.06 (chromosome 7); all three had increased additive effects (13.5, 18.3, and 18.1 g g ^–1) from the Asominori parent and accounted for 5.5, 16.9, and 12.8% of total phenotypic variation, respectively. This is the first report on the identification of QTLs associated with ferulic acid and their chromosomal localization on the molecular map of rice. The tightly linked molecular markers that flank the QTLs might be useful in breeding and selection of varieties with higher phenolic acid content.     

罗布红麻胚性愈伤组织诱导及其对盐胁迫的生理反应

目的:探寻获得罗布红麻胚性愈伤组织的最佳培养基和条件,并探讨该愈伤组织对盐胁迫的生理反应.方法:设计不同激素配比和浓度培养基,诱导并挑选、扩增胚性愈伤组织.对罗布红麻胚性愈伤组织进行不同浓度的盐胁迫(0、50、70、100和200numl/L),研究其在不同时期不同浓度盐胁迫下的脯氨酸含量、丙二醛含量、超氧化化物歧化酶(SOD)的活性变化、及超氧化物歧化酶同工酶和过氧化物同工酶的谱带变化.结果:获得了大量罗布红麻胚性愈伤组织及其盐胁迫下的生理生化数据和图谱.结论:罗布红麻胚性愈伤组织的产生主要依赖0.5mg/L2,4-D的作用,此外,转瓶过程中细心观察,不断挑选也很重要.不同浓度的盐胁迫不同时问,从MDA和脯氨酸含量变化上看,经50～70mmol/L.盐胁迫3～5d,罗布红麻胚性愈伤组织进入最敏感期,之后它对盐胁迫有个快速适应过程;根据SOD酶活性变化,盐胁迫第7d时,经70mmoL/L以上的NaCl处理组SOD酶活均保持在一个较高的水平,说明此时SOD酶正在发挥重要作用;从SOD同工酶谱看,Rf值为0.46的酶带是盐胁迫组特有的,说明它与盐胁迫密切相关;从POD同工酶谱看,Rf值为0.01的条带为J0、J2、J5组特有,带很窄但色较深,此酶带所代表的酶对盐的敏感性存在特殊性.