染色体组分割的甘蓝型油菜单倍体的形成途径

在３６０株甘蓝型油菜与诸葛菜的属间远缘杂种自交后代中,发现了３株单倍体植株。通过对杂种的细胞学表明,染色体组分割和核融合是单倍体的形成机制。通过人工加倍,获得了纯合二倍体植株。对纯合二倍体研究表明：纯合二倍体具有高度遗传稳定性,具有与花粉植株的纯合二倍体的同样的育种意义。     

人工诱发油菜孤雌生殖单倍体的研究

我们在甘蓝型油菜育种工作中试用了人工诱发孤雌生殖的方法。试验结果表明,油菜种间远缘授粉可以诱发孤雌单倍体。油菜的孤雌单倍体一般形似母本,但体形较小、叶片和花朵也较小、雄蕊能育性低、早期花朵多数败育、叶片表皮的气孔较小、气孔保卫细胞里的叶绿粒较少、体细胞的染色体数为19。为了早期鉴定出油菜孤雌单倍体,我们使用了子叶叶形、幼叶刺毛、幼苗色泽等性状作为早期标记性状。对于早期鉴定出来的油菜孤雌单倍体,我们通过早期培育和人工辅助自交等方法,促使其二倍化,提高其结实性,获得了若干纯合自交系种子。在计数染色体数目方面,我们使用了适于在油菜田间取材的简易制片方法。人工诱发孤雌单倍体的育种方法,比较适合在农村开展群众性的科学试验。     

甘兰型油菜雄性不育系与菜心种间试管受精的研究

由试管受精技术克服了甘兰型油菜雄性不育系与菜心种间杂交不亲和的障碍,获得了试管受精的5颗种子及3株幼苗。试管受精所得幼苗为双单倍体。研究了一些影响试管受精的因素。首次研究并应用了高效低毒的消毒剂过氧乙酸。在辅助实验中还获得芥兰的品种内试管受精的种子及幼苗。     

未传粉烟草子房离体培养胚状体的发育

关于离体培养未传粉子房获得的单倍体植 株,是从胚珠中的哪一部分长出来的,以及通过 什么样的发育过程而长成单倍体植株的,迄今 在国内外尚未见报道。我们在烟草和小麦方面 培养未传粉的子房获得了单倍体植株,并有重 复试验的结果。     

酿酒酵母单倍体菌株分离筛选及其产腺苷甲硫氨酸的初步研究

获得产腺苷甲硫氨酸的二倍体酿酒酵母CGMCC 2842遗传育种单倍体亲本。采用不同产孢培养基考察了酿酒酵母的产孢率,并对酿酒酵母CGMCC 2842进行了生孢培养分离子囊孢子得到单倍体菌株,确定单倍体配型,测定不同单倍体菌株腺苷甲硫氨酸含量。从分离的七株单倍体菌株(6株a型和1株α型)中筛选出一株产腺苷甲硫氨酸较高的a配型的单倍体菌株,经250 m L摇瓶发酵48 h后产腺苷甲硫氨酸1.10 g/L。筛选得到了一株产腺苷甲硫氨酸较高a型的单倍体菌株,为菌株的进一步遗传育种改良和腺苷甲硫氨酸微生物发酵法规模化生产奠定了基础。     

油菜叶片和花序轴培养中的器官发生和再生植株的初步研究

关于油菜的幼茎、子叶、苔段、花序轴、花器各器官和单倍体叶片的再生植株以及叶肉原生质体培养成株的研究已有报告,但由二倍体油菜叶片切块诱导成完整植株的报道尚未见到。本研究的目的之一是为探讨油菜叶片再生植株的应用,如不育系材料的繁殖和种质保存,有经济价值的突变体的筛选,二是为进行体细胞杂交研究摸索必要的培养条件。     

油菜双单倍体诱导育种技术研究进展

油菜是食用油、优质饲料蛋白的重要来源,杂种优势利用是油菜培育优势性状最重要的手段,且提高亲本的选育效率对优质品种的培育具有积极的推动作用。现有油菜育种技术存在效率低、周期长、盲目性大、应用范围有限等诸多问题,不适于油菜产业快速发展的需求。双单倍体诱导育种技术是近年来新兴的一种快速选育油菜新品种的技术方法。该技术以操作简便、应用范围广、效率高等优势被广泛应用于油菜新品种的选育过程中。从油菜双单倍体诱导技术创新研究的发现、作用表现、诱导机制、作用价值等方面系统地综述了油菜双单倍体诱导技术的研究进展,展望了油菜双单倍体诱导技术的应用前景,以期为未来油菜双单倍体诱导技术以及其他作物诱导系的研究和利用提供参考。     

花药培养对籼稻两用核不育系培矮64S的提纯与改良

以籼稻两用雄性核不育系（简称两用系）培矮６４Ｓ为供体,通过花药培养,获得了２６个愈伤系共１９６９株花粉植株。根据花粉一代（Ｈ１）的倍性和育性,可把它们分为三种类型,即ａ）单倍体：有１个愈伤系４１株全为单倍体植株;ｂ）不分离型：有１９个愈伤系的群体育性不分离,全部植株均在不育期表现败育,其它性状有差异但不显著;ｃ）分离型：其余６个愈伤系表现分离,其中３个各有２－７株单倍体植株出现,并且这些愈伤系中均     

啤酒酵母工业菌株单倍体的诱导、分离和鉴定

【目的】探索适宜的方法进行啤酒酵母工业菌株单倍体的诱导、分离和鉴定,为啤酒酵母改良和遗传学研究提供便利。【方法】首先,选择产孢效果最好的培养基进行产孢诱导,诱导产生的孢子在YPD培养基上形成菌落后,用流式细胞技术检测其DNA含量,进而判断其倍性;单倍体菌株的交配型通过MAT-PCR和杂交实验确定。【结果】啤酒酵母工业菌G-03通过产孢诱导和孢子分离、富集后得到26株菌,最终通过流式细胞技术确定了其中4株为单倍体,MATa和MATα型各2株。通过扫描电镜法观察4株单倍体菌株及出发菌G-03的细胞形态,发现单倍体菌株的形态和出发菌有较大区别,单倍体菌株长期培养没有假丝生长的现象发生。【结论】啤酒酵母工业菌单倍体育种较为困难,严格的单倍体筛选、鉴定尤其具有挑战性。     

油菜Bna miR1140基因的分离与转化及其过表达分析

为了探究油菜miR1140基因的功能,该研究利用PCR技术从油菜栽培种westar中克隆了miR1140前体基因,并与pPZP212载体连接,构建了miR1140前体基因的过表达载体,通过农杆菌介导法将其转化到甘蓝型油菜westar品种中。(1)PCR鉴定表明,共获得14株过表达Bna-miR1140基因油菜阳性株。(2)表型观察显示,阳性株的叶片形态、花器结构没有变异,株高、主花序长度、主花序结角数和千粒重均与对照相当,但其中有5株过表达Bna-miR1140基因油菜阳性株(T0代)出现双主序株型,且分枝部位较对照低,分枝数较对照明显增多,使全株有效角果数增多,单株生产力较对照提高26%,而其他9株阳性株均与野生型油菜表型一致。(3)T1代田间表型分析表明,5株过表达35S∷Bna-miR1140(T0代)的T1代转化株系全生育期较对照极显著延长9~14d,且5株T0代中有4株的株型变异符合3∶1的遗传分离规律。研究推测,油菜Bna-miR1140基因可能参与了调控油菜的分枝发育。     

Production of haploid and doubled haploid plants of melon (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Cucumis melo</Emphasis> L.) for use in breeding for multiple virus resistance

We have developed improved procedures for recovery of haploid and doubled haploid (DH) melon plants, using hybrids derived from crosses of lines with multiple virus resistance. Seeds formed after pollination with irradiated pollen were cultured in liquid medium for 10 days before excision of the embryos for further culture. This made it easier to identify the seeds containing parthenogenetic embryos, thereby reducing the effort required and increasing the percentage of plants recovered. The plants obtained (approximately 175) were transferred to a greenhouse for evaluation. Three fertile lines were identified, and selfed seeds were obtained for evaluating virus resistance. Flow cytometry of leaf tissues showed that two of these lines were spontaneous DH and the third was a mixoploid containing haploid and diploid cells. The other plants remained sterile through the flowering stage. Flow cytometry of 20 sterile plants showed that all were haploid. Attempts to induce chromosome doubling by applying colchicine to greenhouse-grown plants were unsuccessful. Shoot tips from the haploid plants were used to establish new in vitro cultures. In vitro treatment of 167 micropropagated haploid shoots with colchicine produced 10 diploid plants as well as 100 mixoploid plants. Pollen from male flowers that formed in vitro on the colchicine-treated plants was examined. High percentages of viable pollen that stained with acetocarmine were found not only in the diploids but also in >60% of the plants scored as mixoploid or haploid by flow cytometry. Efficient recovery of DH from hybrid melon lines carrying combinations of important horticultural traits will be a valuable tool for melon breeders.     

Detection of chromosomal rearrangements derived from homologous recombination in four mapping populations of Brassica napus L

Genetic maps of Brassica napus were constructed from four segregating populations of doubled haploid lines. Each mapping population had the same male parent and used the same set of RFLP probes, facilitating the construction of a consensus map. Chromosomal rearrangements were identified in each population by molecular marker analysis and were classified as de novo homologous nonreciprocal transpositions (HNRTs), preexisting HNRTs, and homologous reciprocal transpositions (HRTs). Ninety-nine de novo HNRTs were identified by the presence of a few lines having duplication of a chromosomal region and loss of the corresponding homologous region. These de novo HNRTs were more prevalent in one population that had a resynthesized B. napus as a parent. Preexisting HNRTs were identified by fragment duplication or fragment loss in many DH lines due to the segregation of HNRTs preexisting in one of the parents. Nine preexisting HNRTs were identified in the three populations involving natural B. napus parents, which likely originated from previous homologous exchanges. The male parent had a previously described HRT between N7 and N16, which segregated in each population. These data suggest that chromosomal rearrangements caused by homologous recombination are widespread in B. napus. The effects of these rearrangements on allelic and phenotypic diversity are discussed.     

Excessive homozygosity in doubled haploids — advantages and disadvantages for plant breeding and fundamental research

The utility of haploids and DH lines for breeding programmes and basic research is discussed here. High effectiveness of haploid induction from random responding gametes and from valuable donor plants is not sufficient to ensure success in breeding. DH lines often appeared inferior to conventionally obtained inbred lines. One of the causes may be a very high level of homozygosity, in this paper referred to as excessive homozygosity. Besides, colchicine treatment as well as gametoclonal and somaclonal variation could have a negative effect on the agronomic performance of DH plants. Lack of natural selection in the first stages of haploid development is another important factor, negatively influencing haploid utility. On the other hand, there is a wide range of possibilities of using haploids as model plants for basic research. Among different applications, including mapping, genetic analysis, mutations, transformation, somatic hybridisation, biochemical and physiological studies, artificial seed production and germplasm storage, the first seems to be explored most effectively and give promising results.     

Should maize doubled haploids be induced among F<Subscript>1</Subscript> or F<Subscript>2</Subscript> plants?

Maize (Zea mays L.) doubled haploid lines are typically produced from F₁ plants. Studies have suggested that the low frequency of recombinants in doubled haploids may reduce the response to selection. My objective was to determine if, for sustaining long-term response, doubled haploids should be induced in F₁ or F₂ plants during maize inbred development. In simulation experiments, I examined the response to multiple cycles of testcross selection among doubled haploid lines derived from F₁ plants (denoted by DH), doubled haploid lines derived from F₂ plants (DH_F2), and recombinant inbred (RI) lines derived by single-seed descent. For a trait controlled by 100 or more quantitative trait loci (QTL), the cumulative responses to selection were up to 4–6% larger among DH_F2 lines than among DH lines. The cumulative responses were up to 5–8% larger among RI lines than among DH lines. The QTL become unlinked as the number of QTL in a finite genome decreases, and the responses among RI, DH, and DH_F2 lines were equal or nearly equal when only 20 QTL controlled the trait. Metabolic-flux epistasis reduced the differences in the response among RI, DH, and DH_F2 lines. Overall, the results indicated that doubled haploids should be induced from F₂ plants rather than from F₁ plants. If year-round nurseries are used and new F₁ crosses for inbred development are initially created on a speculative basis, the development of doubled haploids from F₂ rather than F₁ plants should not cause a delay in inbred development.     

The agronomic performance of anther culture derived plants of barley produced via pollen embryogenesis

Anther culture was used to generate microspore-derived doubled haploid (DH) plants from four spring barley crosses. The culture medium used contained maltose as the sole carbohydrate source and the mode of plantlet regeneration was mainly via pollen embryogenesis. Both haploid and spontaneously doubled regenerants were produced and the doubled haploids were compared to recom-binant inbred lines generated by several rounds of selfing (single seed descent). Parental, DH and single seed descent (SSD) lines were grown in randomised, replicated field trials and the samples were scored for a range of agronomic traits. The mean performance and phenotypic distribution of the DH and SSD samples were similar and there was little evidence to support the conclusion that anther culture derived lines exhibit a reduction in vigour. Where significant differences were detected between groups these were mainly confined to crosses which were segregating for the denso dwarfing gene. The differential transmission of particular regions of the barley genome may therefore influence and confound the expression of agronomic traits in DH populations. This is the first report of the agronomic performance of anther culture lines produced via pollen embryogenesis and the results are discussed in relation to the exploitation of anther culture technology in barley breeding.     

Molecular mapping of resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Australian cultivars of Brassica napus.

Doubled haploid (DH) lines together with a cotyledon bioassay were employed for the molecular analysis of resistance to the blackleg fungus Leptosphaeria maculans in the Australian Brassica napus cultivars Shiralee and Maluka. We used bulked segregant analysis to identify 13 RAPD and two RFLP markers linked to the resistance phenotype and mapped these markers in the segregating DH population. Our data suggest the presence of a single major locus controlling resistance in the cultivar Shiralee, confirming our previous results obtained from Mendelian genetic analyses. In addition, preliminary mapping data for the cultivar Maluka also support a single locus model for resistance and indicate that the resistance genes from 'Shiralee' and 'Maluka' are either linked or possibly identical. The molecular markers identified in this study should be a useful tool for breeding blackleg resistant varieties using marker-assisted selection, and are the essential first step towards the map-based cloning of this resistance gene.     

Photosynthetic apparatus activity in relation to high and low contents of cell wall-bound phenolics in triticale under drought stress

Cell wall-bound phenolics (CWP) play an important role in the mechanisms of plant acclimation to soil drought. The study involved CWP analyses in 50 strains and 50 doubled haploid (DH) lines of winter triticale exposed to drought at their vegetative and generative stages. CWP in the plants experiencing drought at the generative stage positively correlated with their leaf water contents. The strains and DH lines characterized by high content of CWP showed higher leaf water content and higher activity of photosynthetic apparatus when exposed to drought at the generative stage compared to the strains and DH lines with the low CWP content. Furthermore, when drought subsided at the generative stage, the strains and DH lines richer in CWP demonstrated higher regeneration potential and their grain yield loss was smaller.     

Expression of resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Brassica napus double haploid lines in France and Australia is influenced by location

Blackleg, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, is a major disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus), worldwide, including Australia and France. The aims of these studies were first, to determine if higher levels of resistance to L. maculans could be generated in double haploid (DH) lines derived from spring‐type B. napus cv. Grouse, which has a good level of field resistance to blackleg; and second, to determine whether the resistance to blackleg disease of individual DH lines responds differentially to different L. maculans field populations within and between the two countries. DH lines were extracted from cv. Grouse and tested in field experiments carried out in both France and Australia against natural L. maculans populations. Extracting and screening DH lines were an effective means to select individual lines with greatly improved expression of resistance to blackleg crown canker disease in comparison with the original parental population. However, relative disease resistance rankings for DH lines were not always consistent between sites. The higher level of resistance in France was shown to be because of a high expression level of quantitative resistance in the French growing conditions. Big differences were observed for some DH lines between the 2004 and the 2005 field sites in Australia where the L. maculans populations differed by their virulence on single dominant gene‐based resistant lines derived from Brassica rapa ssp. sylvestris. This differential behaviour could not be clearly explained by the specific resistance genes until now identified in these DH lines. This investigation highlights the potential to derive DH lines with superior levels of resistance to L. maculans compared with parental populations. However, in locations with particularly high pathogen diversity, such as in southern Australia, multiyear and multisite evaluations should be performed to screen for the most efficient material in different situations.     

Comparison of bread wheat lines selected by doubled haploid, single-seed descent and pedigree selection methods

 Yield performance of each group of ten spring bread wheat lines selected by doubled haploid (DH), single-seed descent (SSD) and pedigree selection (PS) methods from three F₁ crosses was compared with the aim of evaluating the DH method in breeding programs. Populations of 65–97 DH lines and 110 SSD lines per cross were used for selection. PS lines were developed by repeated selections from 1500 F₂ plants. Yield evaluation was performed at the F₆ generation of SSD and PS lines along with DH lines in a 2-year field experiment. It took only 2 years from the planting of wheat materials for DH production to the planting of selected DH lines for yield evaluation. There was no significant difference in grain yield between DH lines and PS lines selected from an F₁ cross whose parental varieties were closely related in their pedigrees. In two crosses with low coefficients of parentage and a large variation in their progenies, grain yield of selected DH lines was significantly lower than those of selected SSD and PS lines. These results confirm that the DH method can save time in obtaining recombinant inbred lines ready for yield evaluation. However, a larger DH population is required to achieve the same level of genetic advance with the PS method in crosses containing greater genetic variation. Received: 23 December 1997 / Accepted: 12 March 1998