栽培甜菜花粉发育过程的超微结构

利用透射电镜技术对栽培甜菜（Beta vuigaris）花粉发育过程进行了超微结构观察。结果表明,在小孢子母细胞减数分裂期间,细胞内发生了“细胞质改组”,主要表现在核糖体减少,质体和线粒体结构发生了规律性变化。末期1不形成细胞板,而是在2个子核间形成“细胞器带”。“细胞器带”的存在起到类似细胞板的作用,暂时将细胞质分隔成两部分。四分体呈四面体型,被胼胝质壁包围。小孢子外壁的沉积始于四分体晚期,至小孢子晚期外壁已基本发育完全。单核小孢子时期,细胞核大,细胞器丰富。二细胞花粉发育主要表现在生殖细胞壁的变化上,生殖细胞壁上不具有胞间连丝。成熟花粉为三细胞型,含有1个营养细胞和2个精细胞。精细胞具有短尾突,无壁,为裸细胞,每个精细胞通过2层质膜与营养细胞的细胞质分开。生殖细胞与精细胞里缺乏质体。     

桔梗小孢子发生和雄配子体发育过程超微结构变化

对桔梗小孢子发生和雄配子体发育过程超微结构的观察表明,减数分裂过程中发生第一次细胞质改组,表现为：粗线期／双线期,核糖体数量消减,质体和线粒体结构简化;末期Ｉ,核糖体数量恢复,四分体时期,质体和线粒体获得正常结构。单核靠边期到二细胞花粉时期,发生第二次细胞质改组,表现同第一次细胞入组相。两次核糖体消减过程,均涉及到粗面内质网的。在和分前和有丝分裂前期存在核周腔膨大形成核液泡现象。结果表明,核糖体数     

甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14花粉发生与发育的超微结构研究

运用透射电子显微镜技术,对甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14的小孢子发生、雄配子体发育以及相应的花药壁发育过程进行超微结构的观察研究,以阐明甜菜无融合生殖单体附加系M14花粉发生与发育超微结构特点以及花粉败育的时期和败育的细胞学特征.结果显示:(1)小孢子母细胞减数分裂正常,分裂期间细胞质具有明显的"细胞质改组"现象,主要表现在核糖体减少,质体、线粒体的结构发生规律性的变化,有利于孢子体向配子体的转变.M14减数分裂的胞质分裂为同时型,前期Ⅱ和中期Ⅱ形成"细胞器带";正常发育的花粉,小孢子分裂形成营养细胞和生殖细胞;生殖细胞脱离花粉壁,生殖细胞游离于营养细胞的细胞质中,最初具细胞壁,而后消失,且生殖细胞壁成分与花粉内壁成分相似.(2)三细胞型的成熟花粉含有一个营养细胞和两个具有尾突的精子;每个精子通过两层质膜与营养细胞隔开,含有一个大的精核,长尾突内含少量的细胞质以及纤丝状结构.(3)生殖细胞和精子中缺乏质体.(4)花粉的败育起始于小孢子,大部分受阻于单核-二细胞花粉期,其败育特征为花粉内液泡吞噬作用导致细胞器解体,绒毡层细胞过早解体或肥大生长致使营养供应受阻,可能是导致单核-二细胞花粉败育的主要细胞学原因.研究表明,白花甜菜第九号染色体的附加可能是导致M14大量花粉败育的遗传学因素.     

白刺小孢子和雄配子体发育的超微结构研究

对白刺小孢子和雄配子体发育的各个阶段进行了超微结构研究,结果表明在造孢细胞时期,药室内壁细胞形成“分隔细胞”;绒毛毡层细胞为分泌型,但后期完全解体而形成大量的原生质团;造孢细胞质浓,细胞器丰富;母细胞显示休眠细胞的特征;上孢子具有很厚的外壁内层;花药表皮具很厚的角质层等特征可能是旱生环境的适应。     

牡丹小孢子发生与雄配子体发育的超微结构研究

牡丹（Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.）花粉母细胞在减数分裂前期Ⅰ出现核液泡,其具有消化和转移细胞核中降解产物的功能。细胞发生了规律性的变化：前期Ⅰ,核糖体数量减少,质体、线粒体结构简化;末期Ⅰ和前期Ⅱ,出现细胞器带,四分体时期,细胞器分散开,结构较清晰,核糖体密度最大。小孢子时期,各结构简化,数量减少,至成熟二胞花粉时,细胞器丰富,结构恢复清晰。牡丹生殖细胞初期具壁,游离在营养细胞质内后壁消失,始终不含质体。花粉成熟时,生殖细胞和营养构成“雄性生殖单位“（MGU）。     

栽培甜菜大孢子发生的超微结构

栽培甜菜（Beta vulgaris）的大孢子发生为蓼型。减数分裂时,大孢子母细胞核中出现核液泡,形成联会复合体,细胞壁上有胼胝质加厚,并存在细胞质改组现象。大孢子母细胞减数第1次分裂形成二分体,2个细胞均被较厚的胼胝质壁包裹。合点端的二分体细胞中细胞器丰富,线粒体和质体的形态正常,表明完成了再分化。在大多数情况下,珠孔端的二分体细胞在减数第2次分裂前（或分裂的过程中）退化,合点端的细胞分裂产生大小不等的2个细胞,形成三分体。三分体合点端的大孢子体积较大,发育成单倍体的功能大孢子。     

栽培甜菜大孢子发生的超微结构

栽培甜菜(Beta vulgaris)的大孢子发生为蓼型。减数分裂时, 大孢子母细胞核中出现核液泡, 形成联会复合体, 细胞壁上有胼胝质加厚, 并存在细胞质改组现象。大孢子母细胞减数第1次分裂形成二分体, 2个细胞均被较厚的胼胝质壁包裹。合点端的二分体细胞中细胞器丰富, 线粒体和质体的形态正常, 表明完成了再分化。在大多数情况下, 珠孔端的二分体细胞在减数第2次分裂前(或分裂的过程中)退化, 合点端的细胞分裂产生大小不等的2个细胞, 形成三分体。三分体合点端的大孢子体积较大, 发育成单倍体的功能大孢子。     

Cucumis属双二倍体种小孢子发生和雄配子体发育的细胞学研究

采用染色体制片技术对Cucumis属双二倍体种(Cucumis hytivus Chen et Kirkbride)小孢子发生和雄配子体发育进行了细胞学研究。结果显示：在小孢子发生过程中,约31％的花粉母细胞在减数分裂中期Ⅰ具有正常的19Ⅲ,约69％的花粉母细胞染色体构型复杂,平均构型0．41Ⅰ 14．69Ⅲ 0．06Ⅲ 0．93Ⅳ 0．62Ⅵ 0．07Ⅷ;在四分体时期,形成约8．78％的四分孢子,其余为各种异常的多分孢子;在雄配子体发育过程中,约10％的小孢子可进行有丝分裂,最终发育为正常的两细胞、三孔花粉,其余90％的小孢子最终成为败育花粉。此外,还观察到了减数分裂后期Ⅱ的染色体组分离和新种花粉形态的变异等特殊现象。     

芍药雄配子体发育的超微结构研究

用透射电镜对芍药（Paeonia lactiflora Pall)雄配子体发育进行了研究。结果表明,芍药的小孢子母细胞在减数分裂末期Ⅰ时不形成细胞板,在减数分裂前期Ⅱ形成细胞器带,胞质分裂为同时型,生殖细胞刚形成时有呈PAS正反应的拱形壁,当生殖细胞还未完全脱离花粉内壁时,质膜间的壁物质消失,营养细胞中的脂体沿双质膜规律分布形成一单行的脂体带,在二胞花粉晚期,脂体带包围生殖细胞,形成脂体冠,花粉成熟时,包围生殖细胞的脂体消失,生殖细胞与营养核贴近,构成雄性生殖单位,成熟花粉为二细胞型。     

黄顶菊小孢子发生与雄配子体发育的研究

利用常规石蜡切片技术,观察了黄顶菊小孢子发生及雄配子体发育过程.结果表明:(1)花药具4个花粉囊,花药肇发育为基本型,由4层细胞构成一表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层,绒毡层属于变形型,其细胞为双核;(2)从孢原细胞出现到二细胞花粉粒形成,同一花药四个花粉囊的发育不同步;(3)孢原细胞为单孢原起源;小孢子母细胞减数分裂为连续型,形成的四分体为四而体型排列;(4)成熟花粉粒为二细胞型,三个萌发孔,花粉外壁具有明显的刺,偶尔观察到巨大花粉;(5)小孢子母细胞时期,花药壁中层毗邻绒毡层的一面产生外绒毡层膜,包被绒毡层和小孢子母细胞.     

Immunodetection of pectin and arabinogalactan protein epitopes during pollen exine formation of Beta vulgaris L.

Summary. We present the results of ultrastructural and immunocytochemical studies of sugar beet microsporocytes during the developmental phase that begins with the first meiotic metaphase and ends with the formation of young tetrads. The most prominent feature noted during this period of microsporogenesis was the presence of numerous cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum which frequently lie perpendicular to the surface of the plasma membrane and eventually fuse to it. Microscopic observations have been combined with the detection of several carbohydrate epitopes representing pectins and arabinogalactan proteins in the primexine and incipient exine. Pectin domains that possess both low and highly methylesterified epitopes, as well as pectin side chains enriched in (1→4)-β-D-galactose residues, are deposited in this young microspore wall. The epitopes of arabinogalactan protein that bind to JIM13, JIM8, and LM2 antibodies are localised within the callose wall surrounding posttelophase tetrads. The possibility of endoplasmic-reticulum involvement in the synthesis, transport, or metabolism of several microspore wall compounds is discussed. Correspondence and reprints: Institute of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization, Powstańców Wielkopolskich 10, 85-090 Bydgoszcz, Poland.     

Origin of gynogenetic embryos of Beta vulgaris L.

Haploid plants of Beta vulgaris were obtained by gynogenesis from ovules isolated from male-fertile and annual and biennial male-sterile plants. We show that on a N6 basal medium, supplemented with 2.85 M IAA and 0.94 M Kinetin or 0.88 M BAP, haploids originate directly through embryogenesis. In order to determine the optimal developmental stage of the ovule of Beta vulgaris for gynogenesis, we carried out a histological study of whole ovules from open male-sterile flowers (collected 1 to 5 days after flowering) and unopened male-fertile flowers (collected 1 to 3 days before anthesis). In all cases, the gametophyte appeared completely differentiated. These results suggest that maturity of the gametophyte is reached a few days before anthesis and therefore ovules from unopened flowers are already suitable for plating. A developmental study of the haploid cells of the sugarbeet embryo sac during the first week of in vitro culture showed that the viable gynogenetic embryo originated only from the egg cell.     

Structure of the mitochondrial genome of Beta vulgaris L.

Summary The structure of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA) from sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) has been studied by biochemical methods and electron microscopy. It was found to be complex multipartite consisting of two main classes of molecules: high molecules weight (HMW) mtDNA and low molecular weight (LMW) mtDNA. The HMW mtDNA consists of rosette-like structures and globules resembling chromomeres (150–200nm). A typical rosette has a protein core and radially stemming closed DNA loops (from 0.6-1.5 m). The number of loops in a rosette varies from 16–30. The bulk of HMW mtDNAs are represented by interconnected rosettes (total contour length about 130–160 m, 403–496 kbp). Such large circular DNAs may be evidence of the master chromosome arrangement of the sugarbeet genome. Globules and rosettes are interconnected by thick and thin DNA fibrils, along which nucleosome- and nucleomere-like structures are distributed. The LWM mtDNA is composed of two groups of supercoiled circular molecules, 0,2–1.5 m and 0.02–0.05 m in size. Electrophoretic analysis demonstrated that LWM mtDNA is represented by minicircle plasmid-like DNA molecules of 1.3, 1.4 and 1.6 kbp.     

Tonoplast of Beta vulgaris L. contains detergent-resistant membrane microdomains

The experiments conducted on tonoplast of Beta vulgaris L. roots were performed to identify detergent-resistant lipid–protein microdomains (DRMs, interpreted as lipid rafts).The presence of DRMs can be found when dynamic clustering of sphingolipids, sterols, saturated fatty acids is registered, and the insolubility of these microdomains in nonionic detergents at low temperatures is proven. The elucidation of tonoplast microdomains has been based on results obtained with the aid of high-speed centrifuging in the sucrose gradient. The experiments have shown that tonoplast microdomains are rich in sphingolipids, free sterols and saturated fatty acids (such a lipid content is also typical of lipid–protein microdomains of other membranes), while only few phospholipids are present in tonoplast microdomains. The presence of microdomains has been confirmed by fluorescence and confocal microscopy using filipin and Laurdan as fluorescent probes. The experiments with Laurdan have shown that tonoplast microdomains are characterized by a high order compared to characteristics of the rest of the tonoplast. Thus, the presence of detergent-resistant lipid–protein microdomains in the tonoplast has been demonstrated.     

Abundance and length polymorphism of microsatellite repeats in Beta vulgaris L.

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are known to exhibit high degrees of variability even among closely related individuals. Their usage as nuclear genetic markers requires their conversion into sequence-tagged sites (STSs). In this paper we present the development of simple sequences as STSs for Beta vulgaris. This species comprises wild, cultivated, and weedy forms; the latter are thought to originate from accidental hybridisation between the other two. Two partial genomic libraries were screened with simple sequence motifs (AT, CA, CT, ATT, GTG, and CA, CT, respectively). Clones of 22 CA, nine CT, eight ATT, and one GTG sequence were obtained. AT micro satellites were present in compound motifs, not recognised by the probe. Sequence comparisons revealed that 20 CA clones containing short motifs (<16 bp) were variants of a previously described approximately 320-bp satellite DNA (Schmidt et al. 1991), and hence did not correspond to unique loci. Polymorphism of one (ATT)₁₅ and three (CT)_n, with n=15, 17 and 26, was detected by PCR on a sample of 64 plants from the different forms of B. vulgaris. 13 (ATT), 13 (CT), nine (CT) alleles and one (CT) allele were detected. One of the ATT alleles was much larger than the others (>800 bp). Genetic variability was high among wild beets, lower among cultivated beets, and intermediate among weed beets. One allele of each locus was found at high frequencies in cultivated beets and, to a lower extent, in weed beets. The combination of three polymorphic loci allowed the individual identification of 17/17 wild and 15/15 weed beets, and 21/32, mostly homozygous, cultivated beets.     

Low level of gene flow from cultivated beets (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris) into Danish populations of sea beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. maritima (L.) Arcangeli)

Gene flow from sugar beets to sea beets occurs in the seed propagation areas in southern Europe. Some seed propagation also takes place in Denmark, but here the crop-wild gene flow has not been investigated. Hence, we studied gene flow to sea beet populations from sugar beet lines used in Danish seed propagation areas. A set of 12 Danish, two Swedish, one French, one Italian, one Dutch, and one Irish populations of sea beets, and four lines of sugar beet were analysed. To evaluate the genetic variation and gene flow, eight microsatellite loci were screened. This analysis revealed hybridization with cultivated beet in one of the sea beet populations from the centre of the Danish seed propagation area. Triploid hybrids found in this population were verified with flow cytometry. Possible hybrids or introgressed plants were also found in the French and Italian populations. However, individual assignment test using a Bayesian method provided 100% assignment success of diploid individuals into their correct subspecies of origin, and a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MC MC) approach revealed clear distinction of individuals into groups according to their subspecies of origin, with a zero level of genetic admixture among subspecies. This underlines that introgression beyond the first hybridization is not extensive. The overall pattern of genetic distance and structure showed that Danish and Swedish sea beet populations were closely related to each other, and they are both more closely related to the population from Ireland than to the populations from France, the Netherlands, and Italy.