Standard Giemsa C-banded karyotype of Russian wildrye (Psathyrostachys juncea) and its use in identification of a deletion-translocation heterozygote.

Ten accessions of Russian wildrye, Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski (2n = 2x = 14; NsNs), collected from different geographical regions were analyzed using the C-banding technique. C-banding pattern polymorphisms were observed at all levels, i.e., within homologous chromosome pairs of the same plant, among different individuals within accessions, between different accessions of the same geographic area, and among accessions of different origins. The seven homologous groups varied in the level of C-banding pattern polymorphism; chromosomes A, B, E, and F were more variable than chromosomes C, D, and G. The polymorphisms did not hamper chromosome identification in Ps. juncea, because each chromosome pair of the Ns genome had a different basic C-banding pattern and karyotypic character. A standard C-banded karyotype of Ps. juncea is proposed based on the overall karyotypes and C-bands in the 10 accessions. The C-bands on the Ns-genome chromosomes were designated according to the rules of nomenclature used in wheat. A deletion-translocation heterozygote of Russian wildrye was identified based on the karyotype and C-banding patterns established. The chromosome F pair consisted of a chromosome having the distal segment in the long arm deleted and a translocated chromosome having the distal segment of long arm replaced by the distal segment of the long arm of chromosome E. The chromosome E pair had a normal chromosome E and a translocated chromosome having the short arm and the proximal segment of the long arm of chromosome E and the distal segment of the long arm of chromosome F.     

A single chromosome addition from Thinopyrum elongatum confers a polycarpic, perennial habit to annual wheat

Annual wheat displays monocarpic senescence, but amphiploids between wheat and its wild perennial relatives in the genus Thinopyrum generally display a polycarpic, perennial growth habit. In order to determine the chromosomal basis of this phenomenon, life-history characteristics were examined using Chinese Spring wheat and a complete Thinopyrum elongatum (2n=2x=14) chromosome addition series in a Chinese Spring background. Both monosomic and disomic additions and substitutions of Th. elongatum chromosome 4E conferred a polycarpic life history to annual Chinese Spring wheat. Disomic addition lines were found to be perennial under field conditions. This is the first report of a single alien chromosome conferring a polycarpic growth habit to a monocarpic species. Chromosome 4E altered the timing of tiller initiation, such that two growth phases could be clearly identified, the first phase being indistinguishable from the growth of euploid Chinese Spring, followed by a second phase of tiller initiation after the sexual cycle of the first phase tillers was complete (post-sexual cycle regrowth).     

Molecular cytogenetic characterization of wheat--Thinopyrum elongatum addition, substitution and translocation lines with a novel source of resistance to wheat Fusarium Head Blight

Thinopyrum elongatum(2n = 2x = 14,EE),a wild relative of wheat,has been suggested as a potentially novel source of resistance to several major wheat diseases including Fusarium Head Blight(FHB).In this study,a series of wheat(cv.Chinese Spring,CS) substitution and ditelosomic lines,including Th.elongatum additions,were assessed for TypeⅡresistance to FHB.Results indicated that the lines containing chromosome 7E of Th.elongatum gave a high level of resistance to FHB,wherein the infection did not spread beyond the inoculated floret.Furthermore,it was determined that the novel resistance gene(s) of 7E was located on the short-arm(7ES) based on sharp difference in FHB resistance between the two 7E ditelosomic lines for each arm.On the other hand,Th.elongatum chromosomes 5E and 6E likely contain gene(s) for susceptibility to FHB because the disease spreads rapidly within the inoculated spikes of these lines. Genomic in situ hybridization(GISH) analysis revealed that the alien chromosomes in the addition and substitution lines were intact,and the lines did not contain discernible genomic aberrations.GISH and multicolor-GISH analyses were further performed on three translocation lines that also showed high levels of resistance to FHB.Lines TA3499 and TA3695 were shown to contain one pair of wheat-Th. elongatum translocated chromosomes involving fragments of 7D plus a segment of the 7E,while line TA3493 was found to contain one pair of wheat-Th.elongatum translocated chromosomes involving the D- and A-genome chromosomes of wheat.Thus,this study has established that the short-arm of chromosome 7E of Th.elongatum harbors gene(s) highly resistant to the spreading of FHB,and chromatin of 7E introgressed into wheat chromosomes largely retained the resistance,implicating the feasibility of using these lines as novel material for breeding FHB-resistant wheat cultivars.     

应用基因组原位杂交鉴定蓝粒小麦及其诱变后代

应用基因组原位杂交技术（GISH）对普通小麦（Triticum aestivumL.)和长穗偃麦草[Agropyron elongatum(Host)Beauv,2n=10x=70]杂交后选育出的蓝粒小麦蓝-58及其诱变后代的染色体组成进行了鉴定。结果表明,GISH可方便地检测到小麦遗传背景中的长穗偃麦草染色体或易位的片段。如前人报道,蓝-58（2n=42)是一个具有2条长穗偃麦草4E染色体的异代换系（4E/4D）。LW004可能是一个具有两对相互易位染色体的纯合系,其田间表现磷高效特性,LW43-3-4为41条染色体的蓝单体（40W 1’4E）,种子颜色为浅蓝色,通过此法还检测出一些染色体结构发生很大变异的材料如4E的单端体（40W 1‘4E),种子颜色为浅蓝色,通过此法还检测出一些染色结构发生很大变异的材料如4E的单端体（40W 1‘t4E)以及组型为39W 1‘4E 1‘t4E的个体,此项研究结果更为直观地表明控制蓝粒体状的基因的确在来自长穗偃麦草的染色体上。同时说明有效的突变方法与灵活方便的检测手段的有机结合在染色体工程材料的创制和染色体工程育种中起着至关重要的作用。     

VE161小麦外源染色体的传递特点

VE161小麦包括具有一对长穗偃麦草染色体的雄性不育代换系,可育附加系和杂育系,杂育系由其代换系×附加系产生,其外源染色体（E染色体）具有促进小麦部分同源染色体配对作用。本报道了VE161小麦本身含E染色体配子的传递率为VE161小麦与普通小麦杂交F2,BC1中分离出含E染色体植株的频率,发现VE161小麦本身含E染色体配子的传递率极高,而在F2和BC1代分离群体中保留或消除E染色体都较为容易,这一特点极利于E染色体促进部分同源染色体配对作用在创造易位系上的应用。     

Genetic variation for waterlogging tolerance in the Triticeae and the chromosomal location of genes conferring waterlogging tolerance in Thinopyrum elongatum.

A number of Triticeae species were tested for tiller production, shoot dry matter production, and root penetration in waterlogged soil, and Thinopyrum elongatum and Elytrigia repens were shown to have better tolerance than wheat using these criteria. Tests of a number of wheat-alien amphiploids showed that there was at least partial expression of this exotic genetic variation in a wheat genetic background. The presence of chromosomes 2E and 4E of Th. elongatum was associated with a positive effect on root growth in waterlogged conditions. The positive effect of the 4E chromosome addition was mimicked by tetrasomic lines carrying extra doses of wheat homoeologues 4B and 4D, and it was concluded that the beneficial effect contributed by the presence of 4E was probably due to an increased dosage of group 4 chromosomes. However, the positive effect of adding chromosome 2E to wheat could not be reproduced by added doses of chromosomes 2A, 2B, or 2D, suggesting that this alien chromosome carries gene(s) for tolerance not present on its wheat homoeologues. This gene(s) was further located to the long arm of chromosome 2E by testing ditelosomic addition lines.     

长穗偃麦草基因组中与耐低磷营养胁迫有关的基因的染色体定位

以中国春－长穗偃麦草二体异附加系和二体异代换系为材料，对其耐低磷营养胁迫特性进行鉴定和遗传分析，结果表明（１）长穗偃麦草的４Ｅ一＾ 色体携有耐低营养胁迫的基因，且其效应远远超过背景亲本中国春。     

长穗偃麦草酸性磷酸酶与碱性磷酸酶编码基因的染色体定位

以一套中国春-长穗偃麦草二体异附加系与二体异代换系为材料,用等电聚焦(IEF)研究长穗偃麦草基因组中酸性磷酸酶(AcPh)与碱性磷酸酶(APH)编码基因的染色体定位。结果表明,AcPh大多聚焦于pH5～7范围内,其编码基因位于3E染色体,而APH编码基因则位于4E染色体。由于5E染色体的附加,AcPh活性带强度显著减弱。     

EST-derived SSR markers from defined regions of the wheat genome to identify Lophopyrum elongatum specific loci.

Lophopyrum elongatum, a close relative of wheat, provides a source of novel genes for wheat improvement. Molecular markers were developed to monitor the introgression of L. elongatum chromosome segments into hexaploid wheat. Existing simple sequence repeats (SSRs) derived from genomic libraries were initially screened for detecting L. elongatum loci in wheat, but only 6 of the 163 markers tested were successful. To increase detection of L. elongatum specific loci, 165 SSRs were identified from wheat expressed sequence tags (ESTs), where their chromosomal positions in wheat were known from deletion bin mapping. Detailed sequence analysis identified 41 SSRs within this group as potentially superior in their ability to detect L. elongatum loci. BLASTN alignments were used to position primers within regions of the ESTs that have sequence conservation with at least 1 similar EST from another cereal species. The targeting of primers in this manner enabled 14 L. elongatum markers from 41 wheat ESTs to be identified, whereas only 2 from 124 primers designed in random positions flanking SSRs detected L. elongatum loci. Addition and ditelosomic lines were used to assign all 22 markers to specific chromosome locations in L. elongatum. Nine of these SSR markers were assigned to homoeologous chromosome locations based on their similar position in hexaploid wheat. The remaining markers mapped to other L. elongatum chromosomes indicating a degree of chromosome rearrangements, paralogous sequences and (or) sequence variation between the 2 species. The EST-SSR markers were also used to screen other wheatgrass species indicating further chromosome rearrangements and (or) sequence variation between wheatgrass genomes. This study details methodologies for the generation of SSRs for detecting L. elongatum loci.     

抗白粉病小偃麦异代换系的细胞学和RAPD鉴定

利用细胞学和RAPD方法,对从长穗偃麦草与普通小麦复合杂交后代中选育的抗白粉病小麦种质系山农87074－526和山农87074－551进行了鉴定。结果表明,两种质系的根尖细胞染色体数目均为2n=42,花粉母细胞减数分裂中期I（PMC MI）染色体构型为2n=21Ⅱ;二者杂交F1 PMC MI染色体构型亦为2n=21Ⅱ,两种质系分别与小麦中国春的杂种F1 PMC MI染色体构型均为2n=20Ⅱ 2I,说明两种质系为相同的双体异代系。在苗期和成株期两种质系对白粉病15号菌种均表现免疫,其白粉病抗性为显性,并且来自长穗偃麦草,抗白粉病基因位于它们所含的偃麦草染色体上。从80个随机引物中,筛选出2个引物OPE13和OPH15能在两种质系中稳定地扩增出长穗偃麦草亲本的特异DNA片段。     

一种小麦蓝粒标记单体代换系4E（3D）的创制

以中国春3D单体和小麦-长穗偃麦草4E二体异附加系为材料,通过杂交、回交结合染色体鉴定等方法,培育出了一种具有蓝粒标记的小麦4E(3D)单体代换系.该小麦4E(3D)单体代换系籽粒为浅蓝色,能够正常生长,自交结实率为36.1%,其自交后代可分离出深蓝籽粒小麦4E(3D)二体代换系、浅蓝籽粒小麦4E(3D)单体代换系和白粒小麦3D缺体.结果表明,长穗偃麦草4E染色体对小麦3D染色体缺失有一定的补偿功能,对以染色体定向代换方式快速创制蓝粒标记小麦单体系统具有一定的参考价值.     

小麦亲缘种属添加系耐低磷胁迫性状鉴定与基因染色体定位

采用苗期缺磷和全营养对照处理,以70个中国春—野生亲缘种属二体添加系及中国春为材料,根据苗期表观遗传性状、磷吸收率和利用率相对生物量对其进行耐低磷胁迫能力筛选鉴定和基因染色体定位。结果表明:大麦4H和长穗偃麦草7E染色体上携带有耐低磷胁迫的优异基因;长穗偃麦草6E、黑麦1R和6R、卵穗山羊草4Ug和6Mg、易变山羊草4Sv染色体携带促进小麦根系生长发育的基因;拟斯比尔托山羊草5S和簇毛麦4V染色体分别携带高磷吸收率和磷利用率的基因。通过染色体工程技术,可以将携带耐低磷胁迫基因的外源染色体片段导入普通小麦,为小麦耐低磷胁迫育种和了解植物耐低磷胁迫的分子机理奠定基础。     

长穗偃麦草4E染色体上的K／Na判别性状基因研究

在１５０ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＮａＣｌ胁迫下,长穗偃麦草（Ａｇｒｏｐｙｒｏｎｅｌｏｎｇａｔｕｍ,２ｎ＝７０）４Ｅ染色体代换普通小麦４Ｄ染色体后能显著降低胁迫下植株上部的Ｎａ离子含量而维持较高水平的Ｋ离子含量。     

VE161小麦的外源染色体鉴定

通过染色体原位杂交、ＲＦＬＰ分析和染色体重双端体分析,对在小麦遗传育种研究中具有重要理论和应用价值的ＶＥ１６１小麦不育异代换系及其附加系进行了染色体鉴定。结果表明,ＶＥ１６１小麦代换的或附加的外源染色体为来自长穗偃麦草的４Ｅ染色体,被代换的小麦染色体为４Ｂ。过去曾鉴定为７Ｂ,可能是由于ＶＥ１６１早代染色体易位较多所致。同时发现,ＶＥ１６１小麦在５Ｂ,７Ｂ和１Ｄ所在的３个部分同源群中仍有染色体相互易     

四倍体小麦背景中长穗偃麦草E染色体传递特征

通过细胞学方法和染色体特异分子标记鉴定六倍体小偃麦(AABBEE)与硬粒小麦(AABB)杂交的自交后代F₂和F₃植株,探讨长穗偃麦草染色体在硬粒小麦背景中世代间的传递特征,并筛选硬粒小麦-长穗偃麦草E染色体附加系。对218个F₂单株染色体数检测表明,2n=28植株占41.7%,2n=29植株占18.3%,其余40.0%植株的染色体数在2n=31~42范围内。分子标记鉴定表明,在F₂代2n=29单体附加植株中,不同的长穗偃麦草染色体传递率之间存在明显差异,1E传递率最高,3E和6E传递率最低。在F₂代2n=30单株中,1E、4E、7E和5E染色体相互组合产生的双单体多,6E参与组合较少,未检测到2E或3E与其他染色体的组合单株。在1E~7E单体附加株自交后代F₃中,E染色体传递率变化范围为9.1%~27.5%,1E传递率最高,6E传递率最低,与F₂的传递率一致。从F₃代中选育出1E~7E单体附加及少数二体附加,所有单体附加均可育。这些附加E染色体材料将对小麦代换系和易位系的创制提供有益的中间材料。     

RAPD and ISSR-assisted identification and development of three new SCAR markers specific for the Thinopyrum elongatum E (Poaceae) genome

Diploid Thinopyrum elongatum, a wild relative of wheat, contains many agronomically desirable traits and has potential for increasing genetic variability and introducing desirable characters in this crop. Few molecular markers are available for rapid screening of T. elongatum genome segments in the wheat genetic background. We used 36 RAPD primers and 33 ISSR primers to screen for polymorphisms in the common wheat variety Chinese Spring and in T. elongatum. Two RAPD markers and one ISSR marker, designated OPF03(1407), LW10(1487) and UBC841(701), were identified and were specific for the T. elongatum E genome. Three pairs of primers flanking these specific sequences were designed to produce SCAR markers. All three SCAR markers were T. elongatum E genome-specific. Two of these SCAR markers, SCAR(807) and SCAR(577), were present in all seven T. elongatum chromosomes, while SCAR(839) was specific for T. elongatum chromosomes 2E and 3E. These newly developed SCAR markers should be useful for detecting alien genome chromatin or chromosome segments in the genetic background of common wheat.     

Karyotype analysis in Brachiaria (Poaceae) species

This is the first karyotype characterization of Brachiaria species. Twelve accessions belonging to five species were analysed. The basic chromosome number was x = 9 and 7, the same reported for the tribe Paniceae. Variations in the chromosome number were observed in B. decumbens (2n = 18; 36) and B. humidicola (2n = 36; 42; 54). Chromosome numbers of 2n = 18 in B. ruziziensis and 2n = 36 in B. brizantha and B. jubata were recorded. Inter- and intraspecific karyotype differentiation of the accessions analysed was facilitated by variations in karyotypic symmetry. The karyotypes were generally considered symmetrical, with a tendency to asymmetry in the direction of the polyploids. It is suggested that addition, deletions and mainly polyploidy have been the most direct causes involved in the chromosome evolution of this genus.     

C-banding pattern and polymorphism of Aegilops caudata and chromosomal constitutions of the amphiploid T. aestivum — Ae. caudata and six derived chromosome addition lines

Summary C-banding patterns were analysed in 19 different accessions of Aegilops caudata (= Ae. markgrafii, = Triticum dichasians) (2n = 14, genomically CC) from Turkey, Greece and the USSR, and a generalized C-banded karyotype was established. Chromosome specific C-bands are present in all C-genome chromosomes, allowing the identification of each of the seven chromosome pairs. While only minor variations in the C-banding pattern was observed within the accessions, a large amount of polymorphic variation was found between different accessions. C-banding analysis was carried out to identify Ae. caudata chromosomes in the amphiploid Triticum aestivum cv Alcedo — Ae. caudata and in six derived chromosome addition lines. The results show that the amphiploid carries the complete Ae. Caudate chromosome complement and that the addition lines I, II, III, IV, V and VIII carry the Ae. caudata chromosome pairs B, C, D, F, E and G, respectively. One of the two SAT chromosome pairs (A) is missing from the set. C-banding patterns of the added Ae. caudata chromosomes are identical to those present in the ancestor species, indicating that these chromosomes are not structurally rearranged. The results are discussed with respect to the homoeologous relationships of the Ae. caudata chromosomes.     

VE161小麦促进部分同源染色体配对的遗传

ＶＥ１６１小麦包括具有一对长穗偃麦草染色体的雄性不育代换系、可育附加系和杂育系,杂育系由其代换系×附加系产生。ＶＥ１６１小麦在与其它小麦品系的杂交Ｆ１中,具有促进部分同源染色体配对的作用,但其本身部分同源配对频率较低。研究结果表明,ＶＥ１６１小麦本身部分同源染色体配对水平较低,是因其小麦染色体组中存在有一对纯合隐性上位基因,它能够抑制Ｅ染色体（Ｅｐｈ基因）,促进部分同源染色体配对作用的表达,而一般小麦品系中具有该基因的相对显性基因。同时,在促进小麦部分同源染色体配对作用上,Ｅ染色体（Ｅｐｈ基因）具有剂量效应