IN VITRO CULTURE OF FLORAL BUDS OF AQUILEGIA

Tepfer, S. S., R. I. Greyson, W. R. Craig, and J. L. Hindman. (U. Oregon, Eugene.) In vitro culture of floral buds of Aquilegia. Amer. Jour. Bot. 50(10): 1035–1045. Illus. 1963.—Floral buds at various stages of development, from early stages before sepal initiation to late stages with young carpel primordia present, were grown in culture on various agar media. A basic medium containing White's minerals, Nitsch's trace elements, coconut milk, sucrose, and assorted water-soluble vitamins was developed for growth of the buds. The addition of indoleacetic acid, gibberellic acid, and kinetin to the basic medium extended the developmental limits of buds at nearly all stages and decidedly improved the continued development of carpels. On this medium buds produce all of their organ primordia, growing from early stages to about the size of flowers at anthesis, but will not develop unless the sepals are removed. This inhibiting effect of sepals is not understood at this time. Stamen development is consistently poor beyond the point of differentiation of anther and filament, even with the addition of hormones. The development of buds in culture is illustrated and compared with development in intact plants. With further improvement of the medium, it is hoped that these buds may be used for experiments testing theories of floral morphogenesis.     

DEVELOPMENT OF EXCISED FLORAL BUDS OF AQUILEGIA: THE COCONUT-MILK PROBLEM

In an attempt to define a medium and to investigate the effects of glycine, floral buds of Aquilegia were grown in culture on coconut milk and defined media containing either White's minerals or a new mineral formula, with and without glycine. Development obtained on the best defined medium was 66 to 76% of that achieved on the equivalent coconut-milk medium. The inability of buds to achieve development equal to that on the coconut-milk medium may be partially explained by the existence of a barrier to carpel formation and development. The effect of glycine on floral buds grown on a defined medium was dependent not only upon the minerals used but also on the stage of development of the bud. With White's minerals, glycine inhibited the development of buds in early and intermediate stages but was slightly promotive with buds in later stages. With the new minerals, glycine was slightly promotive with early and intermediate stages of development but was inhibitory with later stages. Further work is necessary before development on a defined medium will equal or exceed development on the coconut-milk medium.     

THE EFFECTS OF AMINO ACIDS UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXCISED FLORAL BUDS OF AQUILEGIA

Young excised floral buds of Aquilegia were grown on a chemically defined medium containing various concentrations of single amino acids or mixtures of amino acids. γ-Amino butyric acid significantly promoted floral development through the initiation and differentiation of carpels. These floral organs were generally absent on the basal medium. Alanine, glutamic acid, and aspartic acid had no effect upon floral development. All other amino acids were either ineffective at lower concentrations and inhibitory at higher concentrations or were inhibitory at all concentrations. Casein hydrolysate and a mixture of amino acids found in coconut milk were ineffective. The addition of both γ-amino butyric acid and alanine to the basal medium promoted development approaching that achieved on the coconut-milk medium. However, further growth factors appear to be required before development on coconut-milk medium is equalled or exceeded.     

EFFECTS OF GROWTH SUBSTANCES ON EXCISED FLORAL BUDS OF AQUILEGIA

Buds at various stages of development were grown for 3 weeks on solid media containing coconut milk, minerals, vitamins, sucrose, and varying quantities of gibberellic acid, indoleacetic acid, and kinetin. The best average growth was obtained on media containing GA at 2.0 mg/liter, IAA at 1.0 mg/liter, and kinetin at 0.05 mg/liter. When results were compared for buds explanted at very young stages and at older stages, however, young buds attained better average growth on media with 0.5 mg/liter of IAA. Evidence is presented for interaction between IAA and kinetin. With buds explanted at young stages, as the kinetin concentration was increased, optimum growth occurred on media with increasing concentrations of IAA. With older buds, on the other hand, as the kinetin concentration was increased, optimum growth occurred on decreasing concentrations of IAA. Bud growth was compared on media with growth substances sterilized by autoclaving with growth on similar media with these substances filter-sterilized. Better growth occurred generally on the media with filter-sterilized ingredients. A long-range objective of this research is the development of a system that would make possible quantitative measurements of floral development in vitro.     

耧斗菜属花部形态发生

用扫描电镜观察了无距耧斗菜（Ａｑｕｉｌｅｇｉａ ｅｃａｌｃａｒａｔａ Ｍａｘｉｍ ．）和北美耧斗菜（Ａ． ｃａｅｒｕｌｅａＪａｍ ｅｓ．）雄蕊群和雌蕊群的发生过程,并在光学显微镜下检查了同一雄蕊群不同轮雄蕊小孢子发育的顺序． 发现耧斗菜属雄蕊群的发生是向心发生,而小孢子发育和花药成熟顺序是离心的． 说明该属雄蕊群离心发育是次生现象;它在不同类群中出现,可能具有平行演化的性质,其系统学价值尚需重新评价     

大岩桐花萼切块离体培养直接再生花芽的形态观察(简报)

前文发现在基本培养基上添加赤霉素和细胞分裂素能促进离体培养的大岩桐花蕾直接再生花芽[1],后又发现细胞分裂素能协同赤霉素促进离体培养大岩桐花萼切块高频率直接再生花芽[2,3],所得结果提示,这可能是一个研究赤霉素和细胞分裂素在花分化发育中作用的良好实验系统。为了完善这一实验系统,明确离体培养的大岩桐花萼切块培养物直接再生花芽的起源以及花分化的形态进程是十分必要的。为此我们对离体培养大岩桐花萼切块的形态变化在体视显微镜下进行了系统观察,并进行了石蜡切片及电镜扫描观察。进行大岩桐(Sinningia speciosa Hiern)花萼切…     

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF AQUILEGIA ELEGANTULA AND A. CAERULEA (RANUNCULACEAE) IN COLORADO

Aquilegia elegantula Greene and A. caerulea James occur in montane and subalpine habitats in the southern Rocky Mountains of western North America. The red and yellow flowers of A. elegantula are nodding, odorless, protogynous, and secrete a concentrated (44%) sucrose nectar in the floral spurs. Seed set in flowers under pollinator exclosures was 12% while seed set in open-pollinated flowers was 65%. The flowers of A. elegantula are pollinated primarily by the Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus [Swainson]) and by at least three species of pollen-foraging bumblebees, of which Bombus occidentalis Greene is the most common. The blue and white flowers of A. caerulea are erect, mildly fragrant, protandrous, and secrete a 26% sucrose nectar. Seed set in caged flowers in the field averaged 39%. in uncaged flowers 54%. The most important pollinators of A. caerulea are the crepuscular hawkmoth, Hyles (=Celerio) lineata (Fabricius) and ten species of pollen-foraging Bombus. The most abundant bumblebee species, B. occidentalis, is also a frequent nectar thief. Differences in pollination systems alone probably do not constitute an effective anti-hydridization mechanism between A. elegantula and A. caerulea, but do serve to reinforce differences in habitat and flowering time that distinguish the two species.     

石斛离体培养中ABA对诱导花芽形成的影响

由兰科植物铁皮石斛（Ｄｅｎｄｒｏｂｉｕｍ ｃａｎｄｉｄｕｍ Ｗａｌｌ．ｅｘ Ｌｉｎｄｌ．）种子诱导形成的愈伤组织,在光照下置于ＭＳ附加０．３ ｍ ｇ／ＬＮＡＡ 的培养基上繁殖,可以形成原球茎。将原球茎转入ＭＳ含２ ｍ ｇ／Ｌ ６－ＢＡ 和０．５ ｍ ｇ／ＬＮＡＡ 的培养基上,花芽形成频率为２７．０％ 。原球茎先在０．５ ｍ ｇ／ＬＡＢＡ的培养基上预培养１５ ｄ,再转入含２ ｍ ｇ／Ｌ６－ＢＡ 的ＭＳ培养基上培养,花芽形成频率明显提高,可达８４．４％ ,而且每株植株花的数目增加;但是在仅有ＡＢＡ 的ＭＳ培养基上培养的原球茎再生的植株未见花芽形成     

FLORAL DEVELOPMENT IN MYRISTICA (MYRISTICACEAE)

Myristica fragrans and M. malabarica are dioecious. Both staminate and pistillate plants produce axillary flowering structures. Each pistillate flower is solitary, borne terminally on a short, second-order shoot that bears a pair of ephemeral bracts. Each staminate inflorescence similarly produces a terminal flower and, usually, a third-order, racemose axis in the axil of each pair of bracts. Each flower on these indeterminate axes is in the axil of a bract. On the abaxial side immediately below the perianth, each flower has a bracteole, which is produced by the floral apex. Three tepal primordia are initiated on the margins of the floral apex in an acyclic pattern. Subsequent intercalary growth produces a perianth tube. Alternate with the tepals, three anther primordia arise on the margins of a broadened floral apex in an acyclic or helical pattern. Usually two more anther primordia arise adjacent to each of the first three primordia, producing a total of nine primordia. At this stage the floral apex begins to lose its meristematic appearance, but the residuum persists. Intercalary growth below the floral apex produces a columnar receptacle. The anther primordia remain adnate to the receptacle and grow longitudinally as the receptacle elongates. Each primordium develops into an anther with two pairs of septate, elongate microsporangia. In pistillate flowers, a carpel primordium encircles the floral apex eventually producing an ascidiate carpel with a cleft on the oblique apex and upper adaxial wall. The floral ontogeny supports the morphological interpretation of myristicaceous flowers as trimerous with either four-sporangiate anthers or monocarpellate pistils.     

FLORAL DEVELOPMENT IN GYMNOTHECA CHINENSIS (SAURURACEAE)

The development of the inflorescence and flowers are described for Gymnotheca chinensis Decaisne (Saururaceae), which is native only to southeast China. The inflorescence is a short terminal spike of about 50–70 flowers, each subtended by a small bract. There are no showy involucral bracts. The bracts are initiated before the flowers, in acropetal order. Flowers tend to be initiated in whorls of three which alternate with the previous whorl members. No perianth is present. The flower contains six stamens, and four carpels fused in an inferior ovary containing 40–60 ovules on four parietal placentae. Floral symmetry is dorsiventral from inception and throughout organ initiation. Floral organs are initiated in the following order: 1) median adaxial stamen, 2) a pair of lateral common primordia which bifurcate radially to produce two stamen primordia each, 3) median abaxial stamen, 4) a pair of lateral carpel primordia, 5) median adaxial carpel, 6) median abaxial carpel. This order of initiation differs from that of any other Saururaceae previously investigated. The inferior ovary results from intercalary growth below the level of stamen attachment; the style elongates by intercalary growth, and the four stigmas remain free. The floral structure of Gymnotheca is relatively advanced compared to Saururus, but its assemblage of specializations differs from that of either Anemopsis or Houttuynia, the other derived genera in the Saururaceae.     

赤霉素对大岩桐花蕾离体培养直接再生花芽的影响(简报)

植物经过一定时期的营养生长(或感受外界信号)后,就能产生成花刺激物。成花刺激物被运输到茎尖,诱导发生一系列的反应。随后其分生组织在一定时期内处于一个相对稳定的状态,即成花决定态。植物成花决定态建立的过程称为成花决定。对     

PATTERNS OF FLORAL DEVELOPMENT IN AGALINIS AND ALLIES (SCROPHULARIACEAE). II. FLORAL DEVELOPMENT OF AGALINIS DENSIFLORA

Initiation of floral primordia begins in Agalinis densiflora with production of two lateral adaxial calyx lobe primordia followed by a midadaxial primordium, and then primordia of two abaxial calyx lobes. Initiation of three abaxial corolla lobe primordia is succeeded by that of two stamen pairs and then by primordia of two adaxial corolla lobes. The primordium of the abaxial carpel appears before the adaxial one. Except for the calyx, initiation of primordia proceeds unidirectionally from the abaxial to the adaxial side of the floral apex. Zygomorphy in the calyx, corolla, and androecium is evident during initiation of primordia and is accentuated during organogenesis. The calyx undergoes comparatively rapid organogenesis, but the inner three floral series undergo a protracted period of organogenesis. The perianth series reach maturation prior to meiosis in the anthers. Maturation of the androecium and gynoecium are postmeiotic events.     

FLORAL DEVELOPMENT AND VASCULATURE IN HYDROCLEIS NYMPHOIDES (BUTOMACEAE)

The flower of Hydrocleis nymphoides consists of three sepals which arise in spiral succession, three simultaneously arising petals, numerous stamens and staminodia which arise in centrifugal order, and six carpels. A residual apex remains at maturity. The first-formed members of the androecium are stamens and the later-formed members are staminodia which develop below the stamens and which become outwardly displaced during expansion of the receptacle. The androecium is supplied by branching vascular trunk bundles. The carpels are completely open but the ventral margins are slightly conduplicately appressed basally. A single dorsal bundle provides the stigmatic area with vascular tissue, and a network of small placental bundles supplies the numerous laminar ovules. There are no clearly defined ventral bundles. It is suggested that Hydrocleis nymphoides is neither the most primitive nor the most advanced member of the family. A pattern of phylogenetic reduction in the androecium and receptacle is suggested for the entire family.     

INFLORESCENCE AND FLORAL DEVELOPMENT IN HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA (SAURURACEAE)

The inflorescence of Houttuynia cordata produces 45–70 sessile bracteate flowers in acropetal succession. The inflorescence apical meristem has a mantle-core configuration and produces “common” or uncommitted primordia, each of which bifurcates to form a floral apex above, a bract primordium below. This pattern of organogenesis is similar to that in another saururaceous plant, Saururus cernuus. Exceptions to this unusual development, however, occur in H. cordata at the beginning of inflorescence activity when four to eight petaloid bract primordia are initiated before the initiation of floral apices in their axils. “Common” primordia also are lacking toward the cessation of inflorescence apical activity in H. cordata when primordia become bracts which may precede the initiation of an axillary floral apex. Many of these last-formed bracts are sterile. The inflorescence terminates with maturation of the meristem as an apical residuum. No terminal flowers or terminal gynoecia were found, although subterminal gynoecia or flowers in subterminal position may overtop the actual apex and obscure it. Individual flowers have a tricarpellate syncarpous gynoecium and three stamens adnate to the carpels; petals and sepals are lacking. The order of succession of organs is: two lateral stamens, median stamen, two lateral carpels, median carpel. The three carpel primordia almost immediately are elevated as part of a gynoecial ring by zonal growth of the receptacle below the attachment of the carpels. The same growth elevates the stamen bases so that they appear adnate to the carpels. The trimerous condition in Houttuynia is the result of paired or solitary initiations rather than trimerous whorls. Symmetry is bilateral and zygomorphic rather than radial. No evidence of spiral arrangement in the flower was found.     

绵羊体外成熟卵母细胞的电激活及其在体外孤雌发育的研究

首先对绵羊卵母细胞收集及其体外成熟（ＩＶＭ）条件进行了摸索,然后对影响电刺激激活ＩＶＭ卵母细胞的因素进行了研究,观察激活后卵母细胞在体外的发育能力。结果表明,剥离法比注射器吸卵法所获得的卵母细胞成熟率高,激活更加正常。剥离法收集的卵母细胞体外成熟培养２７小时后,以含０．１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＣａＣｌ２、０．１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＭｇＳＯ４和１０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ组氨酸的０．２８ｍｏｌ／Ｌ肌醇（ｉｎｏｓｉｔｏｌ）作基