In vitro regulation of morphogenesis in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Callusing, caulogenesis, in vitro flowering and somatic embryogenesis were induced from the base of leaflets derived from mature embryos of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) by altering the hormonal composition of the Murashige and Skoog's (MS) basal medium. A combination of 4 mg/l alpha napththaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 5 mg/l 6-benylaminopurine (BAP) was optimum for inducing caulogenic buds. The caulogenic buds proliferated in medium with 3 mg/l BAP. Differentiation of these buds to shoots was achieved in MS basal medium with 0.5 mg/l each of BAP and kinetin (KN). Shoot buds and flower buds were produced when caulogenic buds were cultured on medium containing 1 mg/l BAP and 1 mg/l KN, prior to elongation. Clonally propagated plantlets derived from axillary buds elongated, formed roots and were grown to maturity in soil. Embryogenic mass formation was induced from the leaf base in the presence of 20 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Somatic embryos developed upon reducing 2,4-D to 3 mg/l.     

Localization of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) root lectin (PRA II) on root surface and its biological significance

The glucose-specific peanut root lectin, PRA II, is localized on the surface of 7-day-old peanut seedling root and in root cortical parenchymatous cells. The lectin is eluted from intact roots upon washing with buffer containing glucose. Rabbit erythrocytes bind to the root surface and the cortical cells; the binding is inhibited by antibodies raised against PRA II, peanut-specificRhizobium cells and by glucose. Lipopolysaccharides isolated from host-specificRhizobium strain inhibit the haemagglutinating activity of PRA II and are precipitated by the lectin. Our results suggest that PRA II might be involved in recognition ofRhizobium by peanut roots.     

不同生育时期断根对花生光合特性及产量的影响

在田间试验条件下,以青花5号花生品种为材料,研究了不同生育时期断根对花生功能叶片光合特性及产量的影响。结果表明:适期断根(花后20d)可促进花生叶片生长,显著提高叶面积指数,且维持较高的叶面积指数和叶绿素含量的时间较长;植株功能叶片的净光合速率、气孔导度和蒸腾速率较高,胞间CO2浓度较低,光合效率显著提高;可增加花生结果数量和果重,提高单株生产力,显著提高荚果产量和经济系数。过早断根(花后5d至10d)叶面积增长慢、峰值低、后期下降快,叶绿素含量低;功能叶片净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率峰值低且峰值过后下降速度快,而胞间CO2浓度一直维持在较高水平;断根时间越早,产量越低。过晚(花后25d)断根不利于叶面积指数的发展和较高叶绿素含量的维持,基本不影响花生叶片各光合性能指标,对产量影响较少。研究认为,开花后20d断根可作为花生栽培中的一项技术措施。     

花生铝响应类受体蛋白激酶AhPRK4的原核表达分析

花粉类受体蛋白激酶(pollen receptor-like protein kinase,PRK)是一类富含LRR结构域的类受体蛋白激酶,不仅在花粉发育和植物受精中发挥作用,也在胁迫响应中发挥作用。基于对前期花生根尖铝胁迫转录组数据的分析,我们发现了在转录水平响应铝胁迫的花粉类受体蛋白激酶基因AhPRK4,为探究AhPRK4在花生铝胁迫中的功能,该文进一步分析了铝胁迫处理下AhPRK4在花生耐铝品种‘99-1507''和铝敏感品种‘中花2号''(‘ZH2'')根尖中的转录变化,通过序列分析、进化树构建等分析了AhPRK4蛋白的结构特点和亲缘关系,克隆了AhPRK4的胞内域序列(AhPRK4-CD),并通过原核表达和体外磷酸化体系分析了AhPRK4-CD的自磷酸化活性。结果表明:(1)不同铝处理时间及不同铝浓度处理后,AhPRK4的转录水平上调,显著响应铝处理,是铝诱导基因;(2)AhPRK4含有673个氨基酸,属于LRR-III蛋白激酶家族成员,具跨膜域和信号肽,且预测具有磷酸化活性位点;(3)体外诱导表达出约71 kD的可溶性蛋白(GST-AhPRK4-CD),经凝胶亲和层析纯化,得到基于蛋白印迹实验(Western Blot)验证正确的重组蛋白,重组蛋白可发生磷酸化修饰,但无明显的自磷酸化现象。综上认为,AhPRK4是一个铝胁迫应答基因,参与花生铝胁迫早期应答机制,且能发生磷酸化修饰。     

花生茎叶酚性成分研究

运用大孔树脂对花生茎叶提取液进行富集,不同浓度乙醇洗脱,硅胶、RP-18、Sephadex LH-20等多种材料进一步分离纯化,研究花生茎叶化学成分,并通过理化方法和光谱分析对化合物进行结构鉴定。结果表明:从花生茎叶大孔树脂10%乙醇洗脱部位中分离并鉴定了10个化合物,分别为邻苯二甲酸二异丁酯(1)、水杨酸(2)、儿茶酚(3)、对羟基苯甲酸(4)、(反)-3,4-二羟基苯丙烯酸(5)、对羟基苯酚(6)、邻苯二甲酸二丁酯(7)、3,4-二羟基苯乙醇(8)、对羟基苯乙醇(9)、3,4-二羟基苯甲酸(10)。除化合物1、2和4外,其余均为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

Effects of sulphur dioxide fumigation on groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea L.)

Plants of Arachis hypogaea L. were exposed to fumigation concentrations of SO₂ ranging from 0.06 to 1.00 ppm for four hours daily for six weeks. Necrotic lesions and reduced net primary productivity were noted at SO₂ concentration of 0.25 ppm and above. At concentrations below 0.25 ppm, the SO₂ appeared to have a slight beneficial effect on plant productivity. In fumigated plants the acumulation of sulphur increased while that of nitrogen and phosphorus decreased with increasing concentrations of SO₂.     

Genetic diversity within and among the wild populations of Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng., as revealed by ISSR analysis

Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng., commonly known as curry leaf plant, is found in the different hilly regions of India. In the present study, fifty-nine accessions representing eight wild populations of M. koenigii were analyzed using thirteen ISSR primers. A total of 152 bands were amplified, out of which, 136 were polymorphic corresponding to 89.47% polymorphism across the accessions. The pairwise population genetic distances were calculated for all the populations that varied from 0.05 to 0.13 between the populations of M. koenigii. AMOVA and Nei’s genetic diversity analysis revealed higher genetic variations within populations than among the populations. The clustering of populations in the dendrogram was not in congruence with geographical affiliations. The results indicate that the ISSR method is sufficiently informative and powerful to estimate the genetic diversity in M. koenigii populations. As M. koenigii is an important wild plant genetic resource, therefore, information on genetic variability might be a potential source as breeding material for development of commercially valuable traits in M. koenigii plants.     

钙对花生幼苗生长、活性氧积累和光抑制程度的影响

为探讨钙元素对花生幼苗生长的影响,以花育22为试材,用改良的Hoagland溶液进行培养,培养液钙离子(Ca2+)浓度分别为0、6和12 mmol/L(依次简称为CK、C6和C12),研究了不同Ca2+浓度培养下花生幼苗生长以及根系和叶片活性氧(ROS)的积累情况。结果表明,Ca2+显著提高花生植株的株高和鲜重,并降低根冠比,而且正常培养条件下,Ca2+显著提高根系活力、降低叶片和根系的ROS积累,而且C12幼苗的生理状态要好于C6。花生幼苗功能叶在高温(42℃)强光(1200μmol m-2s-1)胁迫处理下,与CK植株相比,C6和C12叶片的过氧化氢(H2O2)和超氧阴离子(O-2)的积累水平低、其叶片PSⅡ最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)高、光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)的关闭程度低,而且C12幼苗的活性氧积累和光抑制程度都明显低于C6,表明高温强光胁迫下,Ca2+有利于减轻花生幼苗叶片的光抑制和ROS积累。C6和C12叶片的部分ROS清除酶活性以及有关渗透调节物质的含量明显高于CK,丙二醛(MDA)的含量明显低于CK,表明胁迫条件下Ca2+通过提高ROS清除酶活性和渗透调节物质含量降低ROS的积累和危害,保护花生类囊体膜从而保证花生正常生长。     

花生二酰基甘油酰基转移酶基因克隆与功能研究

利用RT-PCR方法,从花生品种‘鲁花14’未成熟种子中克隆了二酰基甘油酰基转移酶(Diacylglycerolacyltransferase,DGAT)基因AhDGAT3A和AhDGAT3B的cDNA,序列分析显示,两者在编码区核苷酸序列有96%相似性,氨基酸序列有94%相似,并对其中的AhDGAT3A进一步研究。(1)半定量RT-PCR分析显示,AhDGAT3A在花生根、茎、叶、花和种子中均有表达,且花中表达量最高,茎中表达量非常低;在花生果针入土60d时种子中的表达量较其它发育时期有所提高。(2)利用染色体步移技术克隆了AhDGAT3A5′上游1 588bp调控区,在线软件分析发现该调控区除包括启动子核心元件外,还包含多个调控花粉中表达的顺式元件、光信号调控元件和胁迫相关元件等。(3)在烟草中过量表达AhDGAT3A基因,转基因烟草种子粗脂肪和主要脂肪酸含量较对照均有所下降,推测这一结果可能由转基因共抑制作用导致。     

福建省花生地方品种营养特性分析

为挖掘并精准利用福建地方特色花生(Arachis hypogaea)资源,以‘赖坊’、‘衙口小琉球’、‘朱口小籽’、‘文亨红衣’、‘洋后’等5种地理标志花生为研究对象,描述生物学性状,比较分析其营养(脂肪酸、矿质元素、维生素E、甾醇和白藜芦醇等)差异。结果表明,供试花生外形特征和种皮颜色有明显的差异,主茎高或侧枝长与单株生产力均呈负相关;部分品种间的蛋白质、脂肪、可溶性糖、膳食纤维、脂肪酸、矿质元素和天然功能性成分含量差异显著(P<0.05),其中‘衙口小琉球’的蛋白质含量最高,‘朱口小籽’的脂肪、油亚比、维生素E、白藜芦醇含量最高,‘文亨红衣’的铁、植物甾醇含量最高。供试的5个花生品种均达到食用花生1级、油用花生3级标准,且地方特征明显,更适合直接食用。     

广东花生主要品种对黑腐病菌的抗性水平鉴定

【背景】寄生帚梗柱孢霉是花生黑腐病的病原菌,被我国列为重要的进境植物检疫性有害生物。该病菌2009年已入侵我国广东,造成花生植株基部腐烂而死亡,严重威胁花生生产安全。筛选与种植抗病品种是防控该病害的重要措施。【方法】收集广东推广种植的15个主要花生品种,通过人工接种方法,鉴定这些品种对花生黑腐病菌的抗性水平。【结果】15个供试花生品种中,湛红2号、湛油62等2个品种表现为抗病;湛油75、湛油82、粤油390、粤油410、仲恺花44、仲恺花99、汕油诱1号等7个品种表现为中抗;花育33号、汕油523、汕油辐1号、粤油18、湛油53等5个品种表现为感病;仲恺花332表现为高感。【结论与意义】目前广东生产上推广种植的花生品种多数对黑腐病菌表现为抗病或中抗水平,部分品种表现为感病或高感。该结果可为我省花生品种的推广与布局提供依据。     

Genetic patterns of domestication in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) and wild Cajanus relatives

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is an annual or short-lived perennial food legume of acute regional importance, providing significant protein to the human diet in less developed regions of Asia and Africa. Due to its narrow genetic base, pigeonpea improvement is increasingly reliant on introgression of valuable traits from wild forms, a practice that would benefit from knowledge of its domestication history and relationships to wild species. Here we use 752 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) derived from 670 low copy orthologous genes to clarify the evolutionary history of pigeonpea (79 accessions) and its wild relatives (31 accessions). We identified three well-supported lineages that are geographically clustered and congruent with previous nuclear and plastid sequence-based phylogenies. Among all species analyzed Cajanus cajanifolius is the most probable progenitor of cultivated pigeonpea. Multiple lines of evidence suggest recent gene flow between cultivated and non-cultivated forms, as well as historical gene flow between diverged but sympatric species. Evidence supports that primary domestication occurred in India, with a second and more recent nested population bottleneck focused in tropical regions that is the likely consequence of pigeonpea breeding. We find abundant allelic variation and genetic diversity among the wild relatives, with the exception of wild species from Australia for which we report a third bottleneck unrelated to domestication within India. Domesticated C. cajan possess 75% less allelic diversity than the progenitor clade of wild Indian species, indicating a severe "domestication bottleneck" during pigeonpea domestication.     

花生类受体蛋白激酶基因AhBAK1的克隆及原核表达

BAK1是富含亮氨酸重复序列型类受体蛋白激酶,参与调控植物先天免疫反应过程中的程序性细胞死亡过程。实验室已有的花生铝胁迫转录组数据揭示AhBAK1为铝胁迫响应基因。为研究其在花生抗铝机制中的作用,该文分析了铝胁迫下AhBAK1在花生耐铝品种‘99-1507’和铝敏感品种‘中花2号’(‘ZH2’)根尖中的转录变化,采用RT-PCR技术进行扩增AhBAK1的完整CDS序列,并对序列特征进行了分析。结果表明:AhBAK1显著响应铝处理,且在‘99-1507’中有着更强的诱导表达; AhBAK1包括625个氨基酸残基,属富亮氨酸重复区类受体激酶,具跨膜域和蛋白激酶催化结构域,不存在信号肽,预测定位于细胞质膜;我们进一步构建了含有AhBAK1激酶域的pGEX-6p-1-AhBAK1-CD重组质粒,体外诱导表达出约70kD可溶性蛋白,经凝胶亲和层析纯化,最终得到基于蛋白印迹实验(Western Blot)验证正确的重组蛋白。为进一步研究AhBAK1的生物学功能和生化功能奠定了基础。     

Genetic fingerprinting of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] and its wild relatives using RAPD markers

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used for the identification of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] cultivars and their related wild species. The use of single primers of arbitrary nucleotide sequence resulted in the selective amplification of DNA fragments that were unique to individual accessions. The level of polymorphism among the wild species was extremely high, while little polymorphism was detected within Cajanus cajan accessions. All of the cultivars and wild species under study could be easily distinguished with the help of different primers, thereby indicating the immense potential of RAPD in the genetic fingerprinting of pigeonpea. On the basis of our data the genetic relationship between pigeonpea cultivars and its wild species could be established.NCL Communication No. 6062     

Genetic diversity of the black mangrove (Avicennia germinans L.) in Colombia

This study analyzed the genetic diversity and patterns of genetic structure in Colombian populations of Avicennia germinans L. using microsatellite loci. A lower genetic diversity was found on both the Caribbean (Ho = 0.439) and the Pacific coasts (Ho = 0.277) than reported for the same species in other locations of Central American Pacific, suggesting the deterioration of genetic diversity. All the populations showed high inbreeding coefficients (0.131–0.462) indicating heterozygotes deficience. The genetic structure between the Colombian coasts separated by Central American Isthmus was high (F_RT = 0.39) and the analyses of the genetic patterns of A. germinans revealed a clear differentiation of populations and no-recent gene flow evidence between coasts. Genetic structure was found within each coast (F_ST = 0.10 for the Caribbean coast and F_ST = 0.22 for the Pacific coast). The genetic patterns along the two coasts appear to reflect a forcing by local geomorphology and marine currents. Both coasts constitute a different Evolutionary Significant Unit, so we suggest for future transplantations plans that propagules or saplings of the populations of the Caribbean coast should not be mixed with those of the Pacific Colombian coast. Besides, we suggest that reforestation efforts should carefully distinguish propagules sources within each coast.     

Genetic diversity of wild Cymbidium goeringii (Orchidaceae) populations from Hubei based on Inter-simple sequence repeats analysis

Cymbidium goeringii is a diploid and nonrewarding, bumblebee-pollinated species, which is distributed in China, Japan and Korea Peninsula. This species is now highly endangered due to the mass collection and forest clearance in China. In the present study, we investigated the distribution of genetic variation within and between eleven populations of Cymbidium goeringii in central China by using Inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers. Eleven primers produced a total of 127 clear and reproducible bands of which 112 were polymorphic. High genetic diversity was detected in Cymbidium goeringii for both population level (P = 63.1%; He = 0.194 5) and species level (P = 88.2%; He = 0.262 8). A higher level of genetic differentiation was detected among populations (G _ST = 0.244 0, F _ST = 0.220 7) with Nei’s G _ST analysis and analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA), and no correlation was found between geographical and genetic distance. Genetic drift rather than gene flow played an important role in forming the present population structure of Cymbidium goeringii. Limited gene flow among populations and gene drift increase the extinction risk of local populations. Some conservation concerns are therefore discussed together with possible strategies for implementing in situ and ex situ conservation. __________ Translated from Biodiversity Science, 2006, 14(3): 250–257 [译自: 生物多样性] Equally contributed authors     

不同地域野生欧李及其近缘植物亲缘关系的RAPD分析

利用RAPD分子标记技术对21个不同地域欧李及其近缘种属植物(桃、杏、李、樱桃)进行了遗传亲缘关系及分类研究。结果表明,用于不同地域野生欧李分析的25条引物中,共扩增出441个清晰可用的DNA片段,其中多态性位点366个,多态性比为82.99%。在遗传相似系数为0.71时,可将中国野生欧李资源划分为3个大的区域,分别为东北分布群、华北华东分布群与中西部分布群。用于欧李及其近缘种属植物分析的20条引物中,共扩出多态性带683条,多态性比率为98.99%。聚类分析表明,在遗传相似系数为0.61时,欧李与其近缘种属植物分为3大类;欧李与麦李的亲缘关系最近,与桃亲缘关系最远。     

Genetic variation of trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] and its wild relatives

Variation in the trypsin inhibitors (TIs) and the chymotrypsin inhibitors (CIs) among 69 pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] strains from a wide geographical distribution and among 17 accessions representing seven wild Cajanus species was studied by electrophoretic banding pattern comparisons and by spectrophotometric activity assays. The TI and CI electrophoretic migration patterns among the pigeonpea strains were highly uniform but varied in the inhibitor band intensities. The migration patterns of the inhibitors in the wild Cajanus species were highly species specific. The mean TI activity of pigeonpea strains (2279 units) was significantly higher than that of the wild Cajanus species (1407 units). However, the mean CI activity in the pigeonpea strains (62 units) was much lower than that in the wild species (162 units). Kenya 2 and ICP 9151 were the lowest and the highest, respectively, in both the TI and CI activities among all the pigeonpea strains used in this study. A highly-significant positive correlation was observed between the TI and CI activities. The Bowman-Birk type inhibitors with both TI and CI activities were identified in all the pigeonpea strains and also in the accessions of all the wild species except C. volubilis (Blanco) Blanco. The C. volubilis accession ICPW 169 was found to be null for both CI bands and CI activity. Environment, strain, and environment x strain interaction showed highly-significant effects on both the TI and CI activities. Growing the pigeonpea strains at a different environment from their area of adaptation increased TI and CI activities and also altered the maturity period.     

壳寡糖对旱薄地花生叶片衰老及产量和品质的影响

在旱薄地条件下,以小花生品种‘花育20号’(HY20)和大花生品种‘花育22号’(HY22)为实验材料,研究叶面喷施不同浓度壳寡糖[0mg·kg-1(T0)、50mg·kg-1(T1)、100mg·kg-1(T2)、200mg·kg-1(T3)]对叶片衰老、荚果产量和籽仁品质的影响。结果表明:(1)壳寡糖处理均显著提高了旱薄地花生饱果期叶片叶绿素含量和保护酶(SOD、POD、CAT)活性,降低了MDA含量,并显著提高了2个品种的单株结果数、饱果率和荚果产量。(2)壳寡糖处理降低了HY20的籽仁蛋白质含量却提高了其脂肪含量,但提高了HY22的籽仁蛋白质和脂肪含量,且T1处理对HY20的油酸/亚油酸(O/L)比值提高幅度较大,而T2处理对HY22的O/L值提高幅度较大。研究认为,在生产实际中用50mg·kg-1壳寡糖叶面喷施品种‘花育20号’(HY20)、用100mg·kg-1壳寡糖叶面喷施品种‘花育22号’(HY22)时,2个品种的籽仁产量、蛋白质和脂肪产量均最高,可达到花生生产的高产优质高效。