Genetische Untersuchungen zur Resistenz der Gerste gegen Gelbrost (Puccinia striiformis West.)

Zusammenfassung Fünf Sommergersten, die gegen Rasse 24 von Puccinia striiformis resistent sind, wurden in fast allen möglichen Kombinationen miteinander und mit drei anfälligen Formen gekreuzt. Die F ₂-Generationen, in zwei Fällen auch die F ₃, wurden im Gewächshaus mit Rasse 24 infiziert. Zusätzlich konnten F ₂-Generationen einiger Kreuzungen auch auf dem Feld mit Rasse 24 geprüft werden. Eine sichere Klassifikation und damit die eindeutige Analyse der Ergebnisse war nur im Gewächshaus möglich. Die Feldversuche stützen zwar diese Ergebnisse, hätten aber allein keine sicheren Schlüsse erlaubt.Die Resistenz aller fünf untersuchten Gersten ist monogen rezessiv bedingt. Drei von ihnen sind bezüglich des Resistenzgens allel: Bigo — yr, Ab. 14 — yr, BBA 2890 — yr. In Abed Binder 12 liegt yr2 vor, in I 5 yr3. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf Unabhängigkeit der drei Gene, enge Kopplung kann ausgeschlossen werden.

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Genetic studies on the resistance of barley to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis West.)

Summary Five spring barley varieties resistant to race 24 of Puccinia striiformis were crossed with each other and with three susceptible varieties (Table 1) in almost all possible combinations. The F ₂ generations and in two cases also the F ₃, were inoculated in the greenhouse with race 24. F ₂ generations of some of the crosses were, in addition, tested with race 24 in the field. Dependable classification of resistance and, consequently, unambiguous interpretation of results was possible only for the experiments carried out in the greenhouse. Although the field tests confirmed these results, they would not have been conclusive by themselves.The resistance of all of the five varieties studied is due to single recessive genes (Table 2). Three of the varieties have alleles at the same locus, the other two varieties have other resistance genes (Tables 3 and 4): Bigo — yr, Ab. 14 — yr, BBA 2890 — yr; Abed Binder 12 — yr2; I 5 — yr3. The results suggest that the three genes are inherited independently, close linkage can be excluded.

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Scanning electron microscopy of the cuticular armature of the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1836 from cats in Laos

The body surface of an immature female Gnathostoma spinigerum found for the first time in the definitive host (Felis catus f. domestica) in Laos was studied using a scanning electron microscope. All types of cuticular spines, which are one of the most important features for species identification of gnathostomid nematodes, together with their spatial arrangement, are described and figured.     

Genetic analysis of two tomato mutants affected in the regulation of iron metabolism

Iron is one of the most important micronutrients for plants. Like other organisms, plants have developed active mechanisms for the acquisition of sufficient iron from the soil. Nevertheless, very little is known about the genetic mechanisms that control the active uptake. In tomato, two spontaneously derived mutants are available, which are defective in key steps that control this process. The recessive mutationchloronerva (chln) affects a gene which controls the synthesis of the non-protein amino acid nicotianamine (NA), a key component in the iron physiology of plants. The root system of the recessive mutantfer is unable to induce any of the characteristic responses to iron deficiency and iron uptake is thus completely blocked. We present a characterization of the double mutant, showing that thefer gene is epistatic over thechln gene and thus very likely to be one of the major genetic elements controlling iron physiology in tomato. In order to gain access to these two genes at the molecular level, both mutants were precisely mapped onto the high density RFLP map of tomato. Thechln gene is located on chromosome 1 and thefer gene is on chromosome 6 of tomato. Using this high-resolution map, a chromosome walk has been started to isolate thefer gene by map-based cloning. The isolation of thefer gene will provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of iron uptake control in plants.