Inheritance of internode and culm length in hexaploid Triticale

Summary A diallel cross of twelve cultivars of hexaploid Triticale was made in order to study genie action types for total culm length and for the length of its different segments. Culm length, and four partial lengths of the culm were studied in the F₁ and F₂ generations. The analysis was made according to the Griffing, Hayman and Jinks models. Heterosis in culm length is mainly due to its upper half. Spanish cultivars have, in general, positive GCA and transmit greater height in crosses, whereas the Mexican ones show a negative GCA effect and have a tendency to decrease in height when crossed. Additivity greatly influences the inheritance of culm length, this influence being lower at the first plant internodes. The environmental component has also a large influence in the phenotypic expression of Triticale height. Dominance is only partial for the five traits studied. The predominant kind of interaction seems to be of the duplicate type. All correlations between culm length and its components are high and positive, especially the genetic ones.     

Combining ability analysis of some quantitative characters in hexaploid Triticale

Summary Seven parental lines of hexaploid Triticale were selected to study the nature of inheritance of various agronomic characters. Combining ability analysis was carried out for eleven characters following Method 4, Model I of diallel cross analysis given by Griffing (1956).Both the general and specific combining ability variances were highly significant or significant for all the characters studied. However, the former were greater than the latter for each of the characters, except for spike length and number of days to maturity, indicating the predominance of additive gene action in the material studied.The corresponding general combining ability effects for grain yield and one or two of its components suggest the importance of the component method of selection in Triticale breeding. The important yield contributing characters were found to be productive tillers per plant, 1000 kernel weight, kernels per spike and kernels per spikelet.The possibility of capitalising both the additive and non-additive portions of genetic variability by practising selections successively on the basis of general and specific combining abilities is discussed.     

基于SSR标记的六倍体小黑麦遗传多样性分析

采用已筛选出的多态性较好的分布于六倍体小黑麦21对染色体上的100对SSR引物对从国际玉米小麦改良中心(CIMMYT)引进的339份六倍体小黑麦进行了遗传多样性分析。结果显示,100对引物共检测出323个等位变异,变幅是1~6个,平均等位变异丰富度为3.23;多态信息含量(PIC)的变幅为0~0.748,平均多态信息含量为0.465;平均遗传多样性指数(H')为0.1439,说明供试的339份六倍体小黑麦品种的SSR遗传多样性较为丰富。同时基于Nei's遗传距离对339份材料进行聚类分析,可以将供试材料分为6个类群。其中,第Ⅵ类群与其他类群的遗传距离较大、遗传差异较明显。研究结果为将六倍体小黑麦的优良基因应用于普通小麦的遗传改良提供了理论依据。     

Molecular cytogenetic analyses of hexaploid lines spontaneously appearing in octoploid Triticale

Genome characterization of 14 hexaploid lines that spontaneously appeared in octoploid Triticales was carried out by sequential genomic in situ hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization, high molecular weight glutenin subunits and SSR marker analyses. All of the lines showed a chromosome constitution of complete A and B genomes, and a composite genome consisting of the chromosomes of D and R genomes. The composite genome of the 11 lines consisted of chromosomes 1R, 2D, 3R, 4R, 5R, 6R and 7R, that of the two lines were 1D, 2D, 3R, 4R, 5R, 6R and 7R, and that of one line was 1R, 2D, 3R, 4R, 5R, 6D and 7R. The incompatibility of the D and R genomes in common wheat genetic background, preferential retention of chromosome 2D and importance of these lines for the development of hexaploid Triticale are discussed in this report.     

Longevity of cryogenically stored seeds

Though cryogenic storage is presumed to provide nearly infinite longevity to cells, the actual shelf life achieved under ultra-cold temperatures has not been addressed theoretically or empirically. Here, we report measurable changes in germination of dried seeds stored under liquid nitrogen conditions for >10 years. There was considerable variability in the extent of deterioration among species and accessions within a species. Aging time courses for lettuce seeds stored at temperatures between 50 and -196 degrees C were fit to a form of the Avrami equation to determine rate coefficients and predict half-life of accessions. A reduction in the temperature dependency on aging rate, determined as a break in the Arrhenius plot, occurred at about -15 degrees C, and this resulted in faster deterioration than anticipated from extrapolation of kinetics measured at higher temperatures. The break in Arrhenius behavior occurred at temperatures in between the glass transition temperature (28 degrees C) and the Kauzmann temperature (-42 degrees C) and also coincided with a major triacylglycerol phase change (-40 to -7 degrees C). In spite of the faster than anticipated deterioration, cryogenic storage clearly prolonged shelf life of lettuce seeds with half-lives projected as approximately 500 and approximately 3400 years for fresh lettuce seeds stored in the vapor and liquid phases of liquid nitrogen, respectively. The benefit of low temperature storage (-18 or -135 degrees C) on seed longevity was progressively lost if seeds were first stored at 5 degrees C. Collectively, these results demonstrate that lowering storage temperature progressively increases longevity of seeds. However, cryogenic temperatures were not sufficient to stop deterioration, especially if initial stages of aging were allowed to progress at higher storage temperatures. This work contributes to reliable assessments of the potential benefit and cost of different genebanking strategies.     

Diallel analysis of androgenetic plant production in hexaploid Triticale (X. triticosecale,Wittmack)

Summary Studies were made on the genetic determination of androgenetic plant yield and its two components: embryo production and green plant regeneration. This involved the analysis of a complete 7×7 diallel cross of 4 androgenetic lines and 3 lines obtained by pedigree selection, one of them having the Triticum timopheevi cytoplasm. The three traits analysed are both heritable and environmentally influenced (by season and culture medium composition). The analysis of embryo production shows a mainly nuclear inheritance, with predominantly additive gene action, but also a favourable effect of Triticum timopheevi cytoplasm. Green plant regeneration has a more complex genetic determination, with additive as well as non-additive gene action and cytoplasmic influences. Hybrids appear superior to inbred lines for embryogenesis and green plant yield, but not for green plant regeneration. Androgenetic lines used as parents did not show superiority over other parents either in their own value or in the transmission of androgenetic abilities. Genetic improvement seems to be possible by recombination in progenies of hybrids between lines having complementary abilities.     

The origin of certain nutritive substances in the eggs of hemiptera

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1) The end chambers of the ovarial lobes in coreid Hemiptera contribute to the nutritive materials which are stored in the growing egg.     

Moniliformin Accumulation in Kernels of Triticale Accessions Inoculated with Fusarium avenaceum, in Poland

Twelve Polish winter triticale cultivars and 14 doubled haploid lines (DH) (derived from the cv. Lasko × line SZD 366 hybrids) were inoculated with Fusarium avenaceum isolate ATCC 64451, mycotoxin moniliformin (MON) producer to evaluate their susceptibility to Fusarium head blight (FHB). Chemical analysis revealed MON accumulation in kernels of all inoculated cultivars in three consecutive years with the following averages and ranges: 1.50 mg/kg (0.47–2.67 mg/kg) in 1996, 2.63 mg/kg (0.11–8.14 mg/kg) in 1997 and 0.25 mg/kg (0.07–0.47 mg/kg) in 1998. Cultivar Malno kernels accumulated a low level of MON in all 3 years of the experiment. In most of the genotypes examined the reaction to the pathogen and MON content changed significantly from season to season. DH lines accumulated on average 2.62 and 0.85 mg/kg of MON in 1997 and 1998, respectively. Yield parameter reductions (1000 kernel weight, kernel number per head and kernel weight per head) were higher in 1997 than in 1998. The correlation coefficient for MON content/ Fusarium damaged kernels percentage was 0.539 in cultivars and 0.548 in the DH lines. This is the first report of FHB of a segregating population in triticale.     

Relations between Photosynthetic Pigment Accumulation and Microsporogenesis in Secale, Triticale, and Secalotriticum

The accumulation of photosynthetic pigments in underflag and flag leaves as well as the process of microsporogenesis in lines of tetraploid Secale, hexaploid Triticale, and hexaploid Secalotriticum were studied. Significant positive correlations were found between the amounts of chlorophyll a (Chl a), carotenoids (Car), Chl a/b ratio, and the normal proceeding of meiosis. High probability of paternal type of inheritance of specifities of meiosis of pollen mother cells and variation in photosynthetic pigments during plant transition from the stalk-shooting to heading stage were demonstrated.     

五种作物基因库种子繁殖更新技术研究

用大白菜、荞麦、多花菜豆、薏苡和芝麻等五种作物,每作物4个品种,各设25、50、100、150、200株不同群体的田间种植试验.采用纱网隔离,人工链式杂交,成对杂交,混合授粉,人工辅助授粉或虫媒(蜜蜂、苍蝇)等不同传粉方法.观察、记载主要农艺性状.室内考种并测定各繁种方法与原种繁殖前后10种同工酶,计算遗传多样性指数;比较不同种群及原种与不同繁种方法繁殖后代间的差异显著性(遗传相似性).提出这5种作物基因库种子最佳繁种措施大白菜种植50～100株,群体内进行人工链式杂交;荞麦在网罩内种50～100株,采用家蝇传粉;多花菜豆在全封闭网棚内种50株以上,放蜜蜂传粉;薏苡种50～150株群体,套袋人工混合授粉;芝麻采用非隔离区种植40～50株或利用温室隔离种植.     

天麻矿物质吸收及其营养机理探讨

探讨了天麻吸收矿物质过程和天麻的营养机理。研究蜜环菌在天麻的金属元素、非金属元素吸收中起的作用, 阐明天麻的有机营养吸收过程。提出了天麻吸收非金属元素的两个途径,分析了天麻吸收金属元素的“泵”的作用机理。指出了天麻蜜环菌之间的游离氨基酸特别是天冬氨酸和谷氨酸的交流是天麻和蜜环菌生长发育的关键。     

Retrieval of stored seeds by Marsh Tits Parus palustris in the field

The retrieval of stored food by Marsh Tits was documented using Hall-plate detectors to register visits to storage sites by marked individuals. In each experimental session a marked bird was allowed to store up to 50 radioactively labelled half-peanuts. By placing detectors next to each stored item that we located it was possible to show that birds attempt to retrieve about 25% of their stored food. Most of the retrieval is within one or two days (confirming Cowie et al. 1981) and the proportion of recorded retrieval attempts that are successful declines to zero after about three days. By this time storage sites have already been emptied by cache robbers. There may be a tendency for retrieval to occur in the afternoon.     

Significant contribution of boron stored in seeds to initial growth of rice seedlings

Rice plants are relatively insensitive to low boron environment. We examined the role of boron stored in seeds in growth of rice seedlings in regard to its insensitivity to low boron condition. In experiments using seeds without the removal of the endosperm, the effect of low boron treatments (0.18 and 0.03 μM B) was not evident on growth of seedlings until 5 weeks from germination. Analysis of boron distribution among different organs in rice grain demonstrated that the endosperm contained 92% of total boron in brown rice and husks contained twice as much boron as the brown rice. To examine the role of boron stored in the endosperm, endosperm were removed 5 days after de-husking and imbibition and the plants were subjected to boron treatments. The growth of the plants without endosperm was much reduced after 10 days under the 0.03 μM boron compared with the plants grown with the normal level (18 μM B). With the normal level of boron supply, the growth did not differ between the plants with and without endosperm, suggesting that growth difference between seedlings with and without endosperm under low B condition is not due to lack of starch or proteins, but due to lack of boron stored in seeds. Tracer experiments confirmed that a substantial amount of B was supplied from the seed to the seedling and that B limitation increased the B supply from seeds to seedlings, especially to roots. Our results established that boron stored in seeds, principally in the endosperm, contributes significantly to the growth of rice seedlings when external boron supply is limited.     

Differential leakage of intracellular substances from imbibing soybean seeds

Leakage of electrolytes, substances absorbing UV light, and enzymic activities from imbibing soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) seeds were compared to determine the extent that passive diffusion and cellular rupture contribute to each. Imbibing seeds with testae removed had average Arrhenius energies of activation (5 to 25°C) of 3.0 and 15.8 kilocalories per mole, respectively, for the leakage of electrolytes and embryo malate dehydrogenase activity. Leakage of embryo enzymes from imbibing seeds was dependent on loss of testa integrity and subsequent loss of cellular membrane integrity or inability to seal preexisting membrane discontinuities. These data suggest that electrolyte leakage from imbibing seeds is primarily by passive diffusion, whereas the diffusion of intracellular macromolecules is primarily dependent on physiological phenomena affecting membrane integrity. Kinetic data and examination of the composition of seed leachates indicated that the leakage of substances absorbing UV light during imbibition is due to both passive diffusion of low molecular weight solutes and macromolecules released from ruptured cells.     

Incidence of mites associated with stored seeds and food products in upper Egypt

A survey on mites associated with stored seeds, flour and foodstuffs in Fayoum Governorate, Upper Egypt, proved the occurrence of about 24 species. Of these, 15 species in 8 families belong to Prostigmata, 6 species in 3 families belong to Astigmata and 3 species in 2 families belong to Mesostigmata.Members of the families Cheyletidae and Acaridae were the most common mites, found in many samples. Those of Caligonellidae, Ascidae and Raphignathidae were fairly common, but occurred in fewer types of samples. No mites were found in samples of lupine and camomile.     

Fungi of certain stored vegetable seeds in relation to pre- and post-emergence effects

A number of fungi were found associated with stored cauliflower, common bean, and pea seeds, but onlyHelminthosporium sp. on cauliflower,Fusarium sp. on common bean, andAlternaria sp. on pea were proved pathogenic. Artificial inoculation tests withHelminthosporium sp.,Fusarium sp., andAlternaria sp. resulted in 30, 16.6, and 26.6 % pre-emergence injuries to cauliflower, common bean, and pea respectively. Also, these fungi were responsible for considerable post-emergence mortality of seedlings.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Anzahl von Pilzen sind mit dem Samen von Karfiol, Bohnen und Erbsen vergesellschaftet gefunden worden.Helminthosporium sp. nur an Karfiol,Fusarium sp. nur an Bohnen undAlternaria sp. nur an Erbsen haben sich als pathogen erwiesen. Küristliche Einimpfung mitHelminthosporium sp.,Fusarium sp., undAlternaria sp. gab positive Resultate in 30, 16.6, und 26.6 % bezw. in Karfiol, Bohnen und Erbsen. Diese Pilzen waren auch für das Absterben junger Pflanzen verantwortlich.

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Portion of a thesis submitted by the senior author to the Agra University, Agra, India, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M.Sc. (Ag.).