筛选转抗寒基因棉花的简便方法

该研究直接利用自然低温条件,在试验田对转抗寒基因的棉花植株的抗寒表现进行分级鉴定和筛选,再将抗寒能力强的植株进行标记基因表达和分子生物学检测,获得转抗寒基因的棉花植株。这种方法具有工作量小、实验群体小、费用低、结果准确可靠等优点。     

小黑杨花药培养植株转化胆碱氧化酶基因提高耐盐性

以小黑杨(Populus simonii ×P. nigra)花药培养植株无菌苗叶片为外植体, 通过根癌农杆菌(Agrob acteriumtumefaciens)介导法将胆碱氧化酶基因(codA)导入小黑杨中, 共获得4株转化株系, PCR扩增和Southern杂交检测结果全部 呈阳性, 表明codA基因已整合到小黑杨花药培养植株基因组中。荧光定量RT-PCR检测证明, codA基因在小黑杨花药培养植株中获得表达。耐盐实验结果显示, 各转基因株系在0.6%的NaCl浓度下能够生长, 而非转基因对照小黑杨受盐害严重, 说明codA基因的导入提高了转基因植株的耐盐性。     

小黑杨花药培养植株转化胆碱氧化酶基因提高耐盐性

以小黑杨（Populus simonii×p．nigra）花药培养植株无菌苗叶片为外植体,通过根癌农杆菌（Agrobacterium tumefaciens）介导法将胆碱氧化酶基因（codA）导入小黑杨中,共获得4株转化株系,PCR扩增和Southern杂交检测结果全部呈阳性,表明codA基因已整合到小黑杨花药培养植株基因组中。荧光定量RT-PCR检测证明,codA基因在小黑杨花药培养植株中获得表达。耐盐实验结果显示,各转基因株系在0．6％的NaCl浓度下能够生长,而非转基因对照小黑杨受盐害严重,说明codA基因的导入提高了转基因植株的耐盐性。     

农杆菌介导亚洲百合转化体系的建立及转GsZFP1基因研究

以亚洲百合‘耀眼’(Cedeazzle)无菌苗小鳞片为遗传转化受体,并利用农杆菌介导法将锌指转录因子基因GsZFP1转化‘耀眼’无菌苗小鳞片,初步建立亚洲百合‘耀眼’的遗传转化体系,通过筛选获得了50株疑似转化植株,通过用PCR方法对获得的50株疑似抗性植株进行检测,结果显示20株呈阳性,PCR阳性转化率为40%;将得到的阳性植株进行RT-PCR检测,获得12株RT-PCR阳性植株。结果表明,锌指转录因子基因GsZFP1在亚洲百合‘耀眼’中得到表达。     

植物花粉培养研究进展

花粉培养又称为游离小孢子培养,指将发育到一定阶段的花粉从花药中游离出来成为分散或游离状态,通过培养使花粉粒脱分化,进而发育成完整植株的过程。花粉培养的主要目的是获得单倍体植株,进而得到双单倍体(double haploid,DH)植株,最终获得纯合系物种。本文对花粉培养形成植株的物种信息进行了收集整理,概述了国内外花粉培养的一些最新研究进展,包括影响花粉培养形成胚的因素以及提高花粉胚产量的措施,并对花粉培养的前景进行了展望。     

植物花粉培养研究进展

花粉培养又称为游离小孢子培养,指将发育到一定阶段的花粉从花药中游离出来成为分散或游离状态,通过培养使花粉粒脱分化,进而发育成完整植株的过程。花粉培养的主要目的是获得单倍体植株,进而得到双单倍体(double haploid,DH)植株,最终获得纯合系物种。本文对花粉培养形成植株的物种信息进行了收集整理,概述了国内外花粉培养的一些最新研究进展,包括影响花粉培养形成胚的因素以及提高花粉胚产量的措施,并对花粉培养的前景进行了展望。     

禾谷类花器官机械游离小孢子培养研究

以大田及温室生长的植株为材料,成功地建立了直接从禾谷类花器官(大麦穗切段、水稻颖花、小麦小穗)机械游离小孢子的程序及培养系统。从供试的二个大麦材料上重复获得大量游离小孢子再生植株,从一个水稻广亲和品种上得到游离小孢子再生植株,以及从三个小麦品种(系)上获得小孢子形成的多细胞结构(MCS)和早期胚状体(ELS)。相对较长时间的低温预处理有利于提高ELS(大麦)及MCS(小麦)的得率,改善培养物的通气状况,以及提早再分化有利绿色植株再生。     

用基因枪法将抗除草剂基因导入小麦栽培品种的研究

利用基因枪法将抗除草剂bar基因导入西南地区的 3个小麦栽培品种 ,共获得 7个转基因植株 ,转化频率在 0 .45 %～ 1 .2 %之间 ,转化周期缩短至 3个月左右。对抗性植株进行PCR和PCR_Southern杂交检测 ,初步确定bar基因已导入小麦基因组。做转基因植株叶片对除草剂PPT的抗性试验 ,有 4株呈抗性 ,3株呈部分抗性 ,表明bar基因已在小麦植株中得到表达。     

不同萝卜品种游离小孢子的诱导及培养体系优化研究

以19个萝卜品种为试验材料,研究各种因素对萝卜游离小孢子培养的影响.结果表明:(1)13个品种可诱导出胚状体,诱导率达到68.4%,但不同品种间产胚量存在较大差异,其中路路通翠雪产胚量可达每蕾10个,而圆白萝卜的产胚量最小为每蕾0.125个,进一步培养有8个品种得到再生植株;(2)在NLN-13液体培养基中添加活性炭和6-BA对萝卜游离小孢子出胚有较好的促进作用,小孢子分离30d后将胚状体转移至固体MS培养基上,子叶型胚可获得大量的再生植株,而畸形胚状体转移后不能获得正常的再生植株.     

用基因枪法将抗除草剂基因导入小麦栽培品种的研究

利用基因枪法将抗除草剂bar基因导入西南地区的3个小麦栽培品种,共获得7个转基因植株,转化频率在0.45%～1.2%之间,转化周期缩短至3个月左右。对抗性植株进行PCR和PCR_Southern 杂交检测,初步确定bar基因已导入小麦基因组。做转基因植株叶片对除草剂PPT的抗性试验,有4株呈抗性,3株呈部分抗性,表明bar基因已在小麦植株中得到表达。     

Influence of fire and soil nutrients on native and non-native annuals at remnant vegetation edges in the Western Australian wheatbelt

Abstract. The effect of fire on annual plants was examined in two vegetation types at remnant vegetation edges in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Density and cover of non-native species were consistently greatest at the reserve edges, decreasing rapidly with increasing distance from reserve edge. Numbers of native species showed little effect of distance from reserve edge. Fire had no apparent effect on abundance of non-natives in Allocasuarina shrubland but abundance of native plants increased. Density of both non-native and native plants in Acacia acuminata-Eucalyptus loxophleba woodland decreased after fire. Fewer non-native species were found in the shrubland than in the woodland in both unburnt and burnt areas, this difference being smallest between burnt areas. Levels of soil phosphorus and nitrate were higher in burnt areas of both communities and ammonium also increased in the shrubland. Levels of soil phosphorus and nitrate were higher at the reserve edge in the unburnt shrubland, but not in the woodland. There was a strong correlation between soil phosphorus levels and abundance of non-native species in the unburnt shrubland, but not after fire or in the woodland. Removal of non-native plants in the burnt shrubland had a strong positive effect on total abundance of native plants, apparently due to increases in growth of smaller, suppressed native plants in response to decreased competition. Two native species showed increased seed production in plots where non-native plants had been removed. There was a general indication that, in the short term, fire does not necessarily increase invasion of these communities by non-native species and could, therefore be a useful management tool in remnant vegetation, providing other disturbances are minimised.     

Starch phosphorylation: a new front line in starch research

Starch is the primary energy reserve in higher plants and is, after cellulose, the second most abundant carbohydrate in the biosphere. It is also the most important energy source in the human diet and, being a biodegradable polymer with well-defined chemical properties, has an enormous potential as a versatile renewable resource. The only naturally occurring covalent modification of starch is phosphorylation. Starch phosphate esters were discovered a century ago but were long regarded as a curiosity, receiving little attention. Indeed, the mechanism for starch phosphorylation remained completely unknown until recently. The starch-phosphorylating enzyme is an alpha-glucan water dikinase. It is now known that starch phosphorylation plays a central role in starch metabolism.     

Effects of waterlogging on young wheat plants (Triticum aestivum L.) and on soil solutes at different soil temperatures

Summary We report a study of the mechanism by which the response of plants to waterlogging can be modified by soil temperature. Wheat was grown initially in well-aerated soil in a controlled environment room before the soil was flooded with aerated, deionized water. The soil temperature was maintained constant in the range 6–18°C while the air temperature was at 14°C. Waterlogging damage was greater in plants at the higher soil temperatures when the plants were compared at the same chronological age. However, when compared at the same growth stage, the response to soil temperature was little differenti.e. plants subjected to waterlogging for a long time at low soil temperatures exhibited a similar reduction in growth and other properties as those subjected briefly at higher temperatures. The concentration of dissolved oxygen in the soil solution declined rapidly at all temperatures, being almost zero after 36 h waterlogging. Temperature affected rates of change of the concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide, ethylene, nitrous oxide, nitrite, nitrate, calcium and potassium. The importance of soil-and plant-determined properties in the waterlogging response of plants at different temperatures are discussed.     

Abscisic Acid Mediates Wound Induction but Not Developmental-Specific Expression of the Proteinase Inhibitor II Gene Family

The expression of the potato and tomato proteinase inhibitor II (pin2) gene family is subject to both developmental and environmental control, being constitutively expressed in potato tubers while only being present in the foliage of the potato or tomato plants after mechanical damage. There is evidence that the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in this wound induction of pin2 gene expression. This paper describes experiments that demonstrate that ABA is able to induce the expression of the pin2 gene family, both locally and systemically, at physiological concentrations. The significance of the ABA involvement in the pin2 induction upon wounding has been further strengthened by analyzing the expression of a pin2 promoter-[beta]-glucuronidase gene fusion in transgenic ABA-deficient mutant potato plants. We have analyzed the developmental regulation of pin2 gene expression in wild-type and ABA-deficient potato and tomato plants. The pin2 mRNA level is identical in mutant and wild-type parental Solanum phureja tubers. In addition, evidence is presented for pin2 also being constitutively expressed at certain stages in the development of both tomato and potato flowers. Again, the ABA deficiency appears to have little influence in this tissue-specific expression in the mutants. These results suggest the action of separate pathways for the developmental and environmental regulation of pin2 gene expression.     

Structural determinants of increased susceptibility to dehydration‐induced cavitation in post‐fire resprouting chaparral shrubs

It is well established that transpiration and photosynthetic rates generally increase in resprouting shoots after fire in chaparral shrublands. By contrast, little is known about how plant hydraulic function varies during this same recovery period. We hypothesized that vascular traits, both functional and structural, would also shift in order to support this heightened level of gas exchange and growth. We examined stem xylem‐specific hydraulic conductivity (K_s) and resistance to cavitation (P₅₀) for eight chaparral shrub species as well as several potential xylem structural determinants of hydraulic function and compared established unburned plants and co‐occurring post‐fire resprouting plants. Unburned plants were generally more resistant to cavitation than resprouting plants, but the two groups did not differ in K_s. Resprouting plants had altered vessel structure compared with unburned plants, with resprouting plants having both wider diameter vessels and higher inter‐vessel pit density. For biomechanics, unburned plants had both stronger and denser stem xylem tissue than resprouting plants. Shifts in hydraulic structure and function resulted in resprouting plants being more vulnerable to dehydration. The interaction between time since disturbance (i.e. resprouting versus established stands) and drought may complicate attempts to predict mortality risk of resprouting plants.     

The effect of chelating agents on the absorption of radium by plants

Summary The absorption of radium from solution, by plants, has been compared with that of calcium, active strontium being used as a label for the calcium. It was found that radium was preferentially retained by the roots and discriminated against in passage to the shoots. However, the uptake and distribution of radium was influenced by ethylenediaminetetra acetic acid (EDTA) and citrate at the concentrations employed in water culture media to keep iron in solution. There was little discrimination against radium after plants had grown for a week in active nutrient solution when EDTA was present, but in the presence of citrate radium moved less rapidly by a factor of about 0.3. In the early stages of treatment, less than a day, the results with citrate were comparable with those of EDTA, whence it is inferred that the decrease in transfer to the shoots is dependent upon the relative rates at which the two complexes decompose.     

Relative growth rates and the grazing optimization hypothesis

Summary A mathematical analysis of the changes in plant relative growth rates necessary to increase aboveground production following grazing was conducted. The equation derived gives an isoline where production of a grazed and ungrazed plant will be the same. The equation has four variables (mean shoot relative growth rate, change in relative growth rate after grazing, grazing intensity, and recovery time) and may be analyzed graphically in a number of ways.Under certain conditions, small increases in shoot relative growth rate following grazing will lead to increased aboveground production. Under other conditions, very large increases in relative growth rate after grazing can occur without production being increased over that of ungrazed plants. Plants growing at nearly their maximum potential relative growth rate have little opportunity to respond positively to grazing and potentially can sustain less grazing than plants with growth rates far below maximum. Plants with high relative growth rates at the time of grazing require large increases in growth rate while slow growing plants require only small increases. High grazing intensities are least likely to increase production and high grazing frequencies require greater responses than infrequent grazing events.     

EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT TREATMENTS ON STEM-BREAK OF FLAX (CAUSED BY POLYSPORA LINI LAFF.)

Flax was grown in prepared composts containing different levels and ratios of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. When the cotyledons were inoculated with Polyspora lini Laff. the incidence of the seedling phase of the disease was not influenced by nutrient treatments, all plants being attacked. In such inoculated plants the lowest incidence of the stem-break phase of the disease occurred in composts deficient in phosphorus. Increasing doses of the phosphatic fertilizer were associated with increases in susceptibility to stem-break as well as in plant height and fibre yield. Small additions of the fertilizer produced little effect. In one experiment the incidence of stem-break was directly and very significantly correlated with the percentage of phosphorus in the plants when nitrogen and potassium were held constant. Significant correlations were not found to exist between the incidence of stem-break and the percentage of nitrogen or potassium in plants when the other two appropritate variables were held constant.