长江中游浮萍种质资源鉴定及遗传多样性分析

浮萍为浮萍科水生植物,具有生长繁殖快、氮磷吸收能力强及高含蛋白质和淀粉的特性,在饲料和能源方面具有较大的开发潜力。目前尚未有系统研究我国长江中游地区浮萍种质资源的报道。本研究从我国长江中游地区3个省42个具有代表性的自然水体中共收集到浮萍种质112份。经形态学并结合分子生物学鉴定,它们分属4个属6个种,其中青萍属(Lemna L.)含3个种54份种质;多根紫萍属(Spirodela Schleid.)、少根紫萍属(Landoltia LesCrawford)、芜萍属(Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid.)均只有1个种,种质数量分别为33份、19份和6份。遗传多样性分析表明Atp F-Atp H间隔序列和rp S16内含子序列的单倍型数量分别为11和18,单倍型多样性分别为0.748和0.892,群体突变率分别为0.03013和0.03507,平均每Kb核苷酸差异数为31.386和61.263,核苷酸多样性分别为0.04713和0.06623。本研究为我国长江中游浮萍的资源化利用奠定了基础。     

菊科药用植物遗传多样性及亲缘关系的ISSR分析北大核心CSCD

本研究采用ISSR分子标记对菊科各属种质进行遗传多样性和亲缘关系进行分析,为种质资源的有效保存及分子鉴定奠定基础。采用ISSR-PCR扩增国家中药种质资源库保存的菊科40个属的40份药用植物,琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测PCR产物,NTSYS-pc2. 1软件对电泳结果进行多态性分析,UPGMA构建遗传树。此次实验筛选出8条引物,40份材料扩增出68个位点,多态性位点为68个,多态性位点百分率为100%,遗传相似性系数范围在0. 71～0. 91。UPGMA聚类分析结果表明在相似性系数为0. 75时可将这40种菊科药用植物分为7类。结果表明目前搜集的40个属材料遗传多样性较为丰富,选择的8个ISSR引物可进一步用于后续种质资源的分子鉴定。     

三年桐EST-SSR标记的开发与种质遗传多样性分析

以三年桐品种对年桐发育中的种子为材料,构建c DNA文库,获得3202个原始EST序列,经过去除冗余和低质量序列后,获得1047条非冗余单一序列,利用MISA软件从其中的173个非冗余EST序列中搜索得到212个SSR位点。其中,二核苷酸重复类型为主导(68.39%),其次是三核苷酸重复类型(25.94%),其优势基元为AG/CT(43.87%)、AT/AT(19.34%)和AGC/GCT(5.66%)。针对可设计引物的68个序列进行EST-SSR引物设计,结合PCR扩增和数据分析,鉴定出14对多态性标记,用该14对引物对169份三年桐种质资源进行遗传多样性检测,共得到41个等位基因(Na),平均每对引物扩增出2.93个等位基因,期望杂合度(He)变幅为0.08~0.63,平均值为0.33,多态性信息含量(PIC)变幅为0.08~0.56,平均值为0.3,表明14对EST-SSR标记多态性较高,能较好地反映三年桐种质的遗传多样性。三年桐种质资源按群体进行非加权配对算术平均法(UPGMA)聚类分析,群体间的相似度变幅为0.9604~0.9986,遗传距离变幅为0.0022~0.0404,表明三年桐群体间的遗传多样性相对较低,亲缘关系较近。对169份三年桐种质资源个体进行聚类分析,结果显示不同地理种源的遗传关系缺乏明显的地理结构。     

越橘属植物EST-SSR分子标记开发及遗传多样性分析

以84份越橘种质为材料,从NCBI公共数据库下载22 402条越橘属(Vaccinium)EST序列,通过CAP3组装软件将EST序列拼接成11 541条unigene序列,其中2 076条unigene序列含有2 679个SSR位点。二核苷酸和三核苷酸重复是主要的SSR类型,约占SSR总数的96.01%。利用Primer Premier 5.0软件设计81对引物,其中55对引物在供试越橘种质中扩增出理想的PCR产物,55对引物均有多态性。聚类分析结果显示,在遗传相似系数为0.70时,可以将供试越橘种质分成两大类。越橘EST-SSR标记可以用于种质鉴定与遗传多样性分析。     

基于珙桐SNP位点的dCAPS标记开发

本研究收集了珙桐、喜树等19份植物材料,运用分子生物学和生物信息学手段比对分析了rpoB,rpoC,matK等8个基因碱基序列上的单核苷酸多态性(SNP)位点,在atpF-atpH基因上找到了合适的SNP位点并设计了dCAPS引物,经PCR扩增和酶切验证后,将SNP转化为衍生型酶切扩增多态性序列(dCAPS)标记,可促进SNP标记在珙桐的遗传图谱构建、基因定位、种质资源鉴定、遗传多样性研究等领域的应用。     

中国小麦遗传资源农艺性状鉴定、编目和繁种入库概况

经农艺性状鉴定、编目和繁种入库,明确了目前我国小麦遗传资源共45519份,包括15个属,231个种,其中小麦属24个种,共43014份;小麦野生近缘植物14个属,207个种,2505份。现有41400余份入国家种质库保存。同时,鉴定出具有优良性状的种质3000多份,并总结出较完善的繁种技术措施。从而显示出我国小麦遗传资源丰富的多样性,并且得到保护,这无疑为我国乃至世界小麦生产和育种的持续发展贮备了物质基础。     

基于RSAP标记的大花三色堇遗传多样性分析

采用限制性位点扩增多态性(RSAP)标记技术,对来源于国内外不同地区的41份大花三色堇种质资源遗传多样性进行分析,并用Bayesian法和UPGMA法分别对其进行遗传结构和亲缘关系分析。结果表明:筛选的26对RSAP引物组合共扩增出588条带,其中多态性条带567个,多态性比率为97.03%,平均每对引物扩增出22.62个位点和21.81个多态性位点,18对引物组合的鉴别能力达到100%,说明RSAP在大花三色堇遗传多样性分析中有较好的适用性和较高的分析效力。41份大花三色堇种质Nei’s遗传多样性指数和Shannon信息指数均值分别为0.248 9、0.395 1,高于自花授粉植物烟草,与异花授粉植物玫瑰相近,表明大花三色堇遗传多样性较为丰富。遗传结构分析将41份大花三色堇种质分为6个组群,组群的划分与种质的地理来源存在较高相关性。基于Nei’s遗传相似系数,41份大花三色堇种质分为3大类,其中第3大类又可细分为4个亚类,来源于相同或相近地域的种质大多聚在一起,表明大花三色堇的种质交流存在地域限制。按地理来源划分的种质群亲缘关系分析显示,中国种质群与荷兰种质群相距最近,与德国种质群最远,提示应加强对德国种质的引进;按花色划分的6个群体Shannon信息指数为0.199 4~0.364 9,其中白色种质群最高,黑色种质群最低,说明白色花遗传多样性基础较广,而黑色花遗传多样性较低。     

一株海洋藻类的分子鉴定及分类

海洋藻类种类繁多,由于形态的易变性和生活史的复杂性,传统的形态分类往往十分困难.分子标记技术的发展,使DNA分子成为区分物种的有效手段,成功地解决了许多疑难藻种的分类鉴定问题.本研究测定和比较了一株海洋藻类ST3的18srDNA基因部分核苷酸序列,序列长度为1733bp,通过与GenBank中序列数据进行比较分析,对其进行了分子鉴定和分类.研究结果表明藻株ST3属于硅藻门海链藻目,与骨条藻属的亲缘关系较海链藻属为近,但与骨条藻属遗传距离远大于骨条藻属种间差异,说明ST3可能是硅藻门海链藻目新的藻属.18srDNA可用于海洋藻类分子分类与鉴定.     

菊科药用植物遗传多样性及亲缘关系的ISSR分析

本研究采用ISSR分子标记对菊科各属种质进行遗传多样性和亲缘关系进行分析,为种质资源的有效保存及分子鉴定奠定基础。采用ISSR-PCR扩增国家中药种质资源库保存的菊科40个属的40份药用植物,琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测PCR产物,NTSYS-pc2. 1软件对电泳结果进行多态性分析,UPGMA构建遗传树。此次实验筛选出8条引物,40份材料扩增出68个位点,多态性位点为68个,多态性位点百分率为100%,遗传相似性系数范围在0. 71～0. 91。UPGMA聚类分析结果表明在相似性系数为0. 75时可将这40种菊科药用植物分为7类。结果表明目前搜集的40个属材料遗传多样性较为丰富,选择的8个ISSR引物可进一步用于后续种质资源的分子鉴定。     

基于叶绿体基因多样性的中国水稻起源进化研究

针对目前亚洲栽培稻起源地和进化途径学说众多、分歧巨大的现状,本研究选择原产中国的98份亚洲栽培稻和125份普通野生稻为材料,对叶绿体中atpA序列、rps16内含子序列、trnP-rpl33间隔区、trnG-trnfM序列、trnT-trnL间隔区序列的五段高突变序列进行测序,利用生物信息学方法进行比对分析,绘制Network网络图,构建系统发育树。结果表明,普通野生稻的Indel和SNP数目均比亚洲栽培稻多,序列多样性丰富;基于单倍型的Network网络图和系统发育树可将所有参试材料归为3个类群,类群I主要为粳稻与普通野生稻,类群II主要为籼稻,类群III主要为普通野生稻,而类群II和类群III亲缘关系较近,提示粳、籼两个亚种可能由偏粳、偏籼的普通野生稻分别进化而来,支持二次起源学说;所有与亚洲栽培稻亲缘关系较近的普通野生稻均来源于华南地区,支持华南地区为我国亚洲栽培稻起源中心的论点。     

Analysis of chloroplast <Emphasis Type="Italic">rpS16</Emphasis> intron sequences in Lemnaceae

Chloroplast rpS16 gene intron sequences were determined and characterized for twenty-five Lemnaceae accessions representing nine duckweed species. For each Lemnaceae species nucleotide substitutions and for Lemna minor, Lemna aequinoctialis, Wolffia arrhiza different indels were detected. Most of indels were found for Wolffia arrhiza and Lemna aequinoctialis. The analyses of intraspecific polymorphism resulted in identification of several gaplotypes in Lemna gibba and Lemna trisulca. Lemnaceae phylogenetic relationship based on rpS16 intron variability data has revealed significant differences between Lemna aequinoctialis and other Lemna species. Genetic distance values corroborated competence of Landoltia punctata separations from Spirodela into an independent generic taxon. The acceptability of rpS16 intron sequences for phylogenetic studies in Lemnaceae was shown.     

pH及无机氮化合物对细脉浮萍生长的影响

研究以细脉浮萍 ( Lemna aequinoctialis)为研究对象 ,在完全培养液的基础上模拟生活污水的氨氮、硝酸氮浓度和 p H范围 ,研究了培养条件对其生长的影响。结果表明 ,这个浮萍种对 p H耐受的低限在 4～ 5之间 ,最适 p H范围为 5～ 6。非离子态的氨会对其生长产生抑制作用 ,在氨氮为唯一氮源的条件下 ,非离子态氨的浓度大于 0 .1 mg/L时会对此种的生长产生明显的抑制作用 ,接近 2 mg/L时 ,基本上致死。在研究的氨氮和硝酸氮浓度范围内 ( <40 mg N /L) ,铵根离子和硝酸根离子浓度增加可促进细脉浮萍的生长。氨氮中生长的植株过氧化物酶活性高于硝酸氮中的活性。     

Analysis of nucleotide sequences polymorphism of chloroplast trnL-trnF spacer of tRNA genes in giant duckweed Spirodela polyrrhiza (L.) Schleiden

Chloroplast DNA trnL-trnF spacer sequences of tRNA genes of 14 specimens of the fam. Lemnaceae have been characterized. Nucleotide polymorphism analysis of the spacer trnL-trnF of geographically isolated and morphologically differing accessions of S. polyrrhiza that is the most widespread species of Spirodela genus showed the low level of intraspecific variability. Five trnL-trnF haplotypes of S. polyrrhiza are identified. Both mono-, and polynucleotide repeats, and also extensive indels, specific to representatives Spirodela polyrrhiza, Landoltia punctata and Lemna sp. are revealed. Competency of Landoltia genus allocation as separate entity was confirmed.     

RAPD analysis of genome polymorphism in the family Lemnaceae

The multilocus RAPD analysis of intergeneric, inter- and intraspecific nuclear genome polymorphism was used for the first time to assess intergeneric, interspecific, and intraspecific polymorphism in Lemnaceae growing on the territory of Russia. The origin of the chosen accessions overlapped with the natural range of duckweeds in Russia. Seventy-five Lemnaceae accessions representing eight species (L. minor, L. gibba, L. turionifera, L. japonica. L. trisulca, L. aequinoctialis, S. polyrhiza, and L. punctata) from three genera (Lemna, Spirodela, and Landoltia), were analyzed. The highest variability levels were revealed in L. minor accessions (0.03-0.20). Species L. trisulca and S. polyrhiza were characterized by values of genetic distance 0.01-0.18 and 0.03-0.16, respectively. The lowest polymorphism levels were detected for L. turionifera (0.01-0.11). The dendrogram based on RAPD data showed that L. aequinoctialis was the most genetically distant species of the genus Lemna. Accessions of species L. turionifera and L. japonica, as well as L. minor and L. gibba, did not form separate species-specific subclusters; rather, they fell into clusters with L. japonica/L. turionifera and L. minor/L. gibba. Accessions of the genera Spirodela and Landoltia formed two separate clusters combined into one group.     

Cadmium Removal by Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza

The present study investigates the ability of two genus of duckweed (Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza) to phytoremediate cadmium from aqueous solution. Duckweed was exposed to six different cadmium concentrations, such as, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 mg/L and the experiment was continued for 22 days. Water samples were collected periodically for estimation of residual cadmium content in aqueous solution. At the end of treatment period plant samples were collected and accumulated cadmium content was measured. Cadmium toxicity was observed through relative growth factor and changes in chlorophyll content. Experimental results showed that Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza were capable of removing 42–78% and 52–75% cadmium from media depending upon initial cadmium concentrations. Cadmium was removed following pseudo second order kinetic model. Maximum cadmium accumulation in Lemna minor was 4734.56 mg/kg at 2 mg/L initial cadmium concentration and 7711.00 mg/kg in Spirodela polyrhiza at 3 mg/L initial cadmium concentration at the end of treatment period. Conversely in both cases maximum bio-concentration factor obtained at lowest initial cadmium concentrations, i.e., 0.5 mg/L, were 3295.61 and 4752.00 for Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza respectively. The present study revealed that both Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza was potential cadmium accumulator.     

The effect of pH on the population growth of three species of duckweed: Spirodela oligorrhiza, Lemna minor and Wolffia arrhiza

Three species of duckweed, Spirodela oligorrhiza, Lemna minor and Wolffia arrhiza were grown under aseptic conditions on both buffered and unbuffered solutions of Jacob's media. Media with manually regulated pH levels were also used. Growth on unbuffered media is initially rapid but eventually inhibited, probably by increased pH levels. On buffered media growth is poor and effects of buffers cannot be separated out. These media give inadequate pictures of the species’ responses to changes in pH. Growth is most successful on media with regulated pH where sustained logarithmic population increases were achieved. Spirodela and Lemna rates are symmetrical about an almost neutral, optimal pH, declining fairly rapidly away from the optimum. Wolffia has an optimum at pH 5 and growth declined with increasing pH. All three species have optima at, or below, the neutral point. The range of tolerance of duckweeds is broader than has previously been suspected. Estimated lower limits, optimum and upper limits for each species are: Wolffia, pH 4·5–0·10, Lemna pH 4–6·2–10, Spirodela pH 3·7–0·10. Growth rate along a pH gradient is best described by means of polynomial equations: second-degree equations are sufficient for Spirodela and Lemna but a fifth-degree equation is required for Wolffia. Rates of population growth are similar for all species. In decreasing order they are: Wolffia, Lemna, Spirodela. However, in biomass units Lemna grew more than six and Spirodela seventeen times faster than Wolffia.     

Preference,performance, and impact of the water-lily aphid on multiple species of duckweed

1. The role of herbivores in driving the structure of freshwater macrophyte communities remains poorly understood in comparison with terrestrial ecosystems. For instance, although duckweed (subfamily Lemnoideae) are globally distributed, can be locally highly abundant and ecologically dominant, and are of growing economic importance, their interactions with herbivores remain understudied.
2. To address how herbivores may impact duckweed species composition, we here experimentally quantify the preference and performance of a common duckweed herbivore, the water-lily aphid (Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae) on four widespread duckweed species.
3. Our two-way choice experiments reveal that aphids display a preference for Spirodela polyrhiza > Landoltia punctata = Lemna minor > > Wolffia brasiliensis. These results are rarely influenced by natal host species.
4. By evaluating the growth of aphid populations on each duckweed species, we find that preference may be adaptive in certain ecological conditions.
5. Quantifying the population growth rate of duckweed growing in the presence and absence of aphids revealed differential tolerance of herbivory across duckweed species.
6. This study shows that aphids, through preferential feeding and significant differential effects on duckweed growth, can have a significant impact on duckweed population dynamics and potentially community composition.

     

Performance of the duckweed species Lemna gibba on municipal wastewater for effluent renovation and protein production

An outdoor experiment was conducted in miniponds to evaluate the performance of Lemna gibba, a duckweed species, as a domestic wastewater stripper. Duckweed is one of the floating plants with a high capability of ammonia uptake and assimilation rate into valuable protein. The results indicate that under adequate operational conditions, depending mainly on the organic loading, the effluent quality meets irrigation reuse criteria and protein yield of the duckweed may reach 12 ton/ha per year, far above other conventional field crops.     

Survey of duckweed diversity in Lake Chao and total fatty acid,triacylglycerol, profiles of representative strains

Lemnaceae (duckweeds) are widely distributed aquatic flowering plants. Their high growth rate, starch content and suitability for bioremediation make them potential feedstock for biofuels. However, few natural duckweed resources have been investigated in China, and there is no information about total fatty acid (TFA) and triacylglycerol (TAG) composition of duckweeds from China. Here, the genetic diversity of a natural duckweed population collected from Lake Chao, China, was investigated using multilocus sequence typing (MLST). The 54 strains were categorised into four species in four genera, representing 12 distinct sequence types. Strains representing Lemna aequinoctialis and Spirodela polyrhiza were predominant. Interestingly, a surprisingly high degree of genetic diversification within L. aequinoctialis was observed. The four duckweed species revealed a uniform fatty acid composition, with three fatty acids, palmitic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid, accounting for more than 80% of the TFA. The TFA in biomass varied among species, ranging from 1.05% (of dry weight, DW) for L. punctata and S. polyrhiza to 1.62% for Wolffia globosa. The four duckweed species contained similar TAG contents, 0.02% mg·DW^?1. The fatty acid profiles of TAG were different from those of TFA, and also varied among the four species. The survey investigated the genetic diversity of duckweeds from Lake Chao, and provides an initial insight into TFA and TAG of four duckweed species, indicating that intraspecific and interspecific variations exist in the content and composition of both TFA and TAG in comparison with other studies.     

Large‐scale screening and characterisation of Lemna aequinoctialis and Spirodela polyrhiza strains for starch production

• Duckweed is considered a promising feedstock for bioethanol production due to its high biomass and starch production. Selection of duckweed strains with high starch accumulation is essential for application of duckweeds to bioethanol production. Geographic differentiation had a large influence on genetic diversity of duckweeds.
• Biomass production, starch content and starch amount in geographically isolated strains of 20 Lemna aequinoctialis and Spirodela polyrhiza were calculated to evaluate their potential for bioethanol production. The influence of different collection time, culture medium and NaCl concentration on starch accumulation of the best strains were analysed.
• The results showed that biomass production, starch content and starch production of duckweeds demonstrated clonal dependency. The best strain was L. aequinoctialis 6000, with biomass production of 15.38 ± 1.47 g m^?2, starch content of 28.68 ± 1.10% and starch production of 4.39 ± 0.25 g m^?2. Furthermore, starch content of L. aequinoctialis 6000 was highest after 8 h of light, tap water was the best medium for starch induction, and NaCl did not induce starch accumulation.
• This study suggests duckweed biomass production and starch production demonstrate clonal dependency, indicating that extensive clonal comparisons will be required to identify the most suitable isolates for duckweed selective breeding for bioethanol.