水曲柳大孢子发生及雌配子体发育的研究

水曲柳（ＦｒａｘｉｎｕｓｍａｎｄｓｈｕｉｃａＲｕｐｒ．）子房为二心皮;二室,中轴胎座,每室内具二个倒生胚珠,薄珠心,单珠被。单个孢原细胞分化于珠心顶端表皮之下,直接发育成为大孢子母细胞,大孢子四分体为直线形,通常为合点端第一大孢子具功能,胆囊发育为蓼型。     

用酶解方法观察卷丹的贝母型胚囊发育过程

酶法分离技术作为观察胚囊发育的一种简捷技术已经应用于不少植物。然而,百合科植物迄今未见类似报道。最近,作者以卷丹为实验材料观察了大孢子发生和雌配子体发育,表明这一技术对于具有贝母型四孢子胚囊发育特点的百合属植物是同样适用的。     

马哈利樱桃大孢子发生和雌配子体的发育

采用石蜡切片法对马哈利樱桃大孢子发生和雌配子体发育过程进行观察研究。结果表明:(1)马哈利樱桃雌配子体发育早期,在单室子房内可以看到2个倒生胚珠,但在后期其中一个退化,另一个发育为种子;其胚珠具双珠被,为厚珠心。(2)大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成直线型四分体,功能大孢子位于合点端;胚囊发育为蓼型,成熟胚囊为七细胞八核。(3)根据不同时间花的外部形态特征与内部解剖学对比的观察结果,在陕西关中地区,三月下旬是马哈利樱桃雌性生殖细胞分化和发育的重要时期,果园在此期间应加强肥水管理。     

刺五加大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育的观察

刺五加Eleutherococcus senticosus(Rupr．et Maxim．)Maxim．雄株的小孢子发生和雄配子体发育过 程正常,大孢子发生和雌配子体发育过程多不正常。雄花具5个花药,花药4室,药壁发育属双子叶型, 腺质绒毡层,绒毡层细胞多具2核。小孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成四面体形四分体,其胞质分裂为同时 型。成熟花粉为3细胞型。子房下位,5室;每室有上胚珠和下胚珠,上胚珠退化,下胚珠倒生、具单珠 被、厚珠心;大孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成线形或“T”形四分体,偶尔有2个并列或串联的四分体或在 四分体之上又出现孢原细胞。其功能大孢子位置不确定。雌配子体发育中异常现象较多。开花时,雌 配子体主要为反足细胞退化后的四细胞胚囊。刺五加雌株的小孢子母细胞不能进行减数分裂或减数分 裂不正常,不能形成四分体。开花时,药室空瘪,无花粉形成。其大孢子发生和雌配子体发育过程正常, 大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成线形或“T”形四分体,合点端大孢子为功能大孢子,胚囊发育属蓼型。开花 时,雌配子体主要为七细胞八核或七细胞七核胚囊,其卵器尚未发育成熟。刺五加两性株的小孢子发生 过程无异常,但雄配子体发育过程有部分异常;开花时,药室内有或多或少的空花粉,且花粉粒大小悬 殊,大的直径达35μm,小的仅15～18 μm。两性株的雌蕊发育大部分正常,也有一些异常胚囊形成。开 花时,雌配子体主要是七细胞八核胚囊、七细胞七核胚囊和反足细胞退化后的四细胞胚囊,其卵器也未发育成熟。     

凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育的研究

凹叶厚朴花药四囊型,腺质绒毡层有1-2层细胞,小孢子形成时胞质分裂方式为修饰性同时型,小孢子四分体排列方式为左右对称型．成熟花粉粒为二细胞型。四分体和小孢子在发生时有不规则变形。子房单心皮,心皮腹面壁上着生2个胚珠,胚珠倒生型,厚珠心,双珠被;孢原细胞一个,并且自表皮下第2层细胞处分化。胚囊发育为单孢蓼型。凹叶厚朴的胚胎学特征与木兰科其它植物的胚胎学特征基本相同,属于较原始的被子植物胚胎类型。在凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育过程中存在部分败育现象。本文初步探讨了凹叶厚朴濒危的生殖生物学原因。     

单穗升麻的柱头和雌配子体发育及胚胎发生

单穗升麻的雌蕊群由1～5枚离生心皮组成。子房单室,4～9枚倒生胚珠,双珠被,厚珠心;大孢子四分体呈线形或T形排列,合点端一个具功能。胚囊发育为蓼型。成熟胚囊中3个单核反足细胞,胞质浓密,在球形胚时期尚能观察到其退化痕迹。极核融合早,次生核位于合点端。胚胎发生为柳叶菜型;核型胚乳。雄蕊凋谢后1～2天花柱顶端腹缝线周围出现乳突细胞,雄蕊凋谢后3～5天延长成柱头毛。讨论了单穗升麻与南川升麻柱头可授期与花粉生活力的差异对传粉效果和结籽率的显著影响。     

蚬木的大孢子发生与胚囊发育兼论蚬木属的系统亲缘

蚬木Excentrodendron hsienmu雌雄花在发育早期均有小孢子和大孢子的早期发育, 难以区分。蚬木子房5室, 具中轴胎座, 每室2胚珠; 胚珠倒生, 厚珠心, 双珠被, 成熟胚囊内珠被3层细胞, 外珠被3-4层细胞, 内外珠被共同形成之字形珠孔; 单细胞孢原, 大孢子四分体主要为线形, 稀为T形, 通常合点端大孢子为功能大孢子, 胚囊为蓼型; 在大孢子发生和胚囊发育时期有退化现象, 成熟胚囊时期退化率和种子退化率分别达88%和91%。蚬木属Excentrodendron在内外珠被层数上与柄翅果属Burretiodendron明显不同, 也与翅子树属Pterospermum、非洲芙蓉族Dombeyeae不同。蚬木属与柄翅果属的分离一直没有得到广泛接受, 但胚胎学证据支持蚬木属的建立; 与广义锦葵科Malvaceae s.l.其他属胚胎学资料的比较表明, 蚬木属在广义锦葵科中较孤立。     

濒危植物红花木莲大孢子发生和雌配子体发育的研究

研究了濒危植物红花木莲（Manglietia insignisBl)的大孢子发生和雌配子体的发育,红花木莲每朵花心皮数为48-73枚,每心皮内胚珠数4-8颗不等,多数是6颗或8颗,胚朱倒生,双珠被,厚珠心,大孢子四分体线形排列,功能大孢子位于合点端,胚囊发育为蓼型。胚珠具珠孔塞,成熟胚囊的卵细胞败育率高达79.1%。这是造成栽培红花木莲结籽率低的主要原因,较低的结籽率影响了红花木莲迁地保护的有效性。     

凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育的研究

凹叶厚朴花药四囊型,腺质绒毡层有1-2层细胞,小孢子形成时胞质分裂方式为修饰性同时型．小孢子四分体排列方式为左右对称型,成熟花粉粒为二细胞型。四分体和小孢子在发生时有不规则变形。子房单心皮。心皮腹面壁上着生2个胚珠,胚珠倒生型,厚珠心,双珠被;抱原细胞一个,并且自表皮下第2层细胞处分化。胚囊发育为单孢蓼型。凹叶厚朴的胚胎学特征与木兰科其它植物的胚胎学特征基本相同,属于较原始的被子植物胚胎类型。在凹叶厚朴大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育过程中存在部分败育现象。本文初步探讨了凹叶厚朴濒危的生殖生物学原因。     

细胞壁代谢与琯溪蜜柚果实成熟过程汁胞粒化的关系

以易发生汁胞粒化的老龄树和不易发生汁胞粒化的适龄树的琯溪蜜柚（Citrus grandis（L．）Osbeck‘Guanximiyou’1果实为材料,研究了果实成熟过程中汁胞粒化发生与细胞壁代谢的关系。结果表明：老龄树果实的汁胞粒化指数随着果实成熟而上升。在汁胞粒化发生过程中,汁胞维持较低的细胞壁降解酶[果胶甲酯酶（PE）、多聚半乳糖醛酸酶（PG）、纤维素酶（Cx）]活性,保持较高的细胞壁物质（原果胶、纤维素、半纤维素）含量;尤其在汁胞粒化的起动阶段和加快阶段,纤维素、半纤维素含量极显著增加。相反,适龄树果实的汁胞粒化指数在果实成熟过程中变化不大,汁胞中细胞壁降解酶活性较高,促进原果胶、纤维素、半纤维素等细胞壁物质的降解,保持较低的细胞壁物质含量,使汁胞发育正常、柔软多汁。这说明PE、PG、Cx活性和原果胶、纤维素、半纤维素含量与錧溪蜜柚汁胞粒化密切相关。     

Somatic hybridization in Citrus: navel orange (C. sinensis Osb.) and grapefruit (C. paradisi Macf.)

Summary Protoplasts of navel orange, isolated from embryogenic nucellar cell suspension culture, were fused with protoplasts of grapefruit isolated from leaf tissue. The fusion products were cultured in the hormone-free medium containing 0.6 M sucrose. Under the culture conditions, somatic embryogenesis of navel orange protoplasts was suppressed, while cell division of grapefruit mesophyll protoplasts was not induced. Six embryoids were obtained and three lines regenerated to complete plants through embryogenesis. Two of the regenerated lines exhibited intermediate morphological characteristics of the parents in the leaf shape. Chromosome counts showed that these regenerated plants had expected 36 chromosomes (2n=2x=18 for each parent). The rDNA analysis using biotin-labeled rRNA probes confirmed the presence of genomes from both parents in these plants. This somatic hybridization system would be useful for the practical Citrus breeding.     

Survival of somatic embryos and recovery of plants of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.) after immersion in liquid nitrogen

Somatic embryos of Washington Navel sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.) derived from in vitro cultured ovules excised from immature fruits, were frozen to the temperature of liquid nitrogen. A method of slow cooling at a rate of 0.5°C min^-1 down to –42°C followed by storage in liquid nitrogen was used. Thawing was achieved by keeping the specimens at room temperature for 15 min. A small number of frozen embryos survived and developed into proliferating cultures that produced whole plants. The plants obtained from frozen cultures were transferred to soil and are growing successfully.     

Development and ultrastructure of the megagametophyte in Passiflora caerulea L. (Passifloraceae)

Megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis of Passiflora caerulea L. were studied using light and transmission electron microscopy. The archesporial tissue is generally formed by one cell. The megaspore mother cell gives rise to a linear tetrad of megaspores. The chalazal megaspore is the functional one, and originates a Polygonum -type female gametophyte. The antipodals are ephemeral. Abundant starch is found in the nucellar cells, specially the ones adjacent to the megagametophyte. The two synergids show ultrastructural differences, involving the filiform apparatus, the nucleolus and the endoplasmic reticulum; these differences suggest a functional differentiation, probably related to the reception of the pollen tube. This is the first report in angiosperms of substantial morphological differences between the two synergids.  © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 142 , 73–81.     

Somatic embryogenesis from cultured epicotyls and primary leaves of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]

Summary Regeneration of several varieties of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] by somatic embryogenesis from cultured epicotyls and primary leaves has been demonstrated. Somatic embryogenesis was induced from epicotyls and primary leaves when cotyledon halves with the intact zygotic embryo axes were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 10 mg 1⁻¹ (45.2 μM) 2,4-D. Stable, continuously proliferating globular embryo cultures (GEC) were established from small groups of somatic embryos on MS medium supplemented with 20 mg 1⁻¹ (90.5 μM) 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Rapid multiplication of shoot tips from germinating somatic embryos was achieved on Cheng’s basal medium (CBO) containing 2.5 mg 1⁻¹ (11.3 μM) 6-benzyladenine. Fertile plants were obtained from individual somatic embryos and in vitro propagated adventitious shoot bud cultures.     

Thidiazuron对苜蓿愈伤组织的乙烯生成及其体细胞胚胎发生的影响

苜蓿叶柄在Ｂ５Ｈ培养基上诱导并继代所形成的是无色、松软的胚性愈伤组织,内含许多有分生能力的细胞团。当Ｂ５Ｈ中的ＫＴ用ＴＤＺ替换时,愈伤组织变绿变硬,出现管状分子和芽原基的分化,其体胚发生能力丧失,而且其乙烯生成和ＰＡＬ活性升高。乙烯形成酶的抑制剂ＣｏＣｌ２可以抑制ＴＤＺ的上述作用,部分地恢复愈伤组织的体胚发生能力。ＴＤＺ对愈伤组织的这些作用可能与其促进乙烯生成有关。     

可育与雄性不育万寿菊雌雄配子体发育的比较研究

对可育系和雄性不育系万寿菊的大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育过程进行了系统地比较观察。结果表明：可育系和不育系万寿菊雌蕊的发育基本相同,二者的雌蕊为二心皮一室,每室1胚珠,单珠被,薄珠心,倒生型胚珠。大孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成线形排列的4个大孢子,合点端为功能大孢子。胚囊发育类型为蓼型。可育系小孢子母细胞经过减数分裂形成四面体形的四分体,成熟花粉是二细胞型,表面有刺。其花药为四室,药壁发育属双子叶型,腺质绒毡层。雄性不育系万寿菊特化小花在花芽分化时即没有产生雄蕊原基,因而不具雄蕊结构,为结构型雄性不育。     

Telomere Length Dynamics in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) as Observed at Different Developmental Stages

Abstract: In plants, the developmental dynamics of telomere length have only been studied in a few species to date. Contrasting results have been reported. To search for the pattern(s) operating in plants, a study of the telomere length was made in pearl millet. Telomere length in cells representing different developmental stages: a) embryo, b) leaves of 1-week-old seedlings, 1-month-old plants and boot leaf and c) germ cells (pollen) were compared. The presence of the consensus plant telomere repeat sequence (5'-TTTAGGG-3') in pearl millet telomeres was first ascertained; the sensitivity of the sequences hybridizing with (TTTAGGG)₄ oligonucleotide to time course Bal 31 exonuclease digestions were studied on dot blots and gel blots. The exonuclease digestion kinetics revealed the presence of the consensus telomere repeat sequence in pearl millet telomeres. The average telomere length (ATL) was measured from autoradiograms of Hae III digested DNA, hybridized with labelled (5'-TTTAGGG-3')₄ oligonucleotide using "UVI band" software. No significant difference in the average telomere length was observed between the embryo, leaves of 1-week-old seedlings, boot leaf and pollen. The ATL in leaves of 1-month-old plants was slightly higher. The results of the present investigation and analysis of the reports in the other plants suggest that there is an occasional increase in telomere length in some telomeres but no significant decrease due to loss during DNA replication.     

Factors affecting germination and conversion frequency of somatic embryos of Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]

The cause of poor and abnormal germination of tea somatic embryos was investigated with respect to (a) the different factors that affect reserve mobilisation viz. chilling, desiccation or GA₃ and (b) those that affect the maturation process and reserve accumulation viz. ABA.

Tea somatic embryos were sensitive to desiccation and their normal development or germination could not be evoked by external agents like chilling and GA₃. Supplementation with external sources of nutrient precursors and readily available forms of carbohydrates like sucrose or maltose together with trans-cinnamic acid improved the germination of the somatic embryos significantly.