小冰麦异附加系列Ⅰ天兰冰草染色体上的酯酶同工酶基因定位

分析了小冰麦异附加系列Ⅰ及其亲本的叶片醋酶(ESTL)、胚乳酯酶(ESTE)和胚芽鞘酯酶(ESTC)的酶谱表型。把冰草酯酶同工酶基因Este-Ag~i1 和Estc-Ag~i1定位到异附加系 TAI-12、基因 Estl-Ag~i3和Este-Ag~i4分别定位到TAI-14和TAI-15中的冰草染色体上。根据这些基因定位,结合某些植株形态学特征,推测TAI-12、TAI-14和TAI-15中的冰草染色体分别与小麦第3、7和6同祖群有一定部分同源关系。     

白车轴草（Trifolium repens）植株抗病性和生长与植物病史的关系

从白车轴草（Trifolium repens）自然种各中采集无白车轴草单孢锈菌病史的无性系（clones）17个,有白车轴草单孢锈菌病史的无性系14个,分别作为抗病型和感受型植物实验材料;采集白车轴草单孢锈菌（Uromyces trifolii-repentis）菌系（strains）10个,作为病菌实验材料,分别设置并进行了两个温室实验、一个田间盆栽实验和一个原生长地移栽实验,实验处理上分对照、单菌系接种和10个菌系接种等3种。实验结果表明,无论是用单菌系接种还是10个菌系接种,植株发病的概率和程度均与其抗病性有关,抗病型植株（无病史）发病的概率和程度显著低于感受型（有病史）植株,在相同处理的实验中（无论是田间实验还是温室实验）,无病史植株和有病史植株的生长无显著差异;不同处理田间实验植株的生长有显著差异,病情愈重,生长愈差,无病史植株的抗病性明显强于有病史植株,但是,原生长地的移栽实验结果表明,在无病原菌存在的情况下,有病史植株的（叶）生长显著好于无病史植株,可以认为,研究生物个体对环境因子反应性差异的实验应当在自然条件下和自然梯度范围内进行。     

小麦—中间偃麦草双体异附加系的选育及形态学和细胞学鉴定研究

应用在小麦品种烟农15与中间偃麦草杂交的五个世代群体中直接筛选2n=22Ⅱ植株的方法,获得11个双体异附加株,分别命名为DAL1、DAL2、……、DAL11。双体异附加株的细胞学稳定性较强,外源染色体传递频率高。形态学和细胞学鉴定结果表明：DAL1、3、5、6、8、9、10、11等8个异附加系中附加的可能是中间偃麦草第2部分同源群的染色体。 其中,DAL5、9、10、11是同一种异附加系,DAL6和DAL8为同一种异附加系,DAL3可能与之相同;DAL1与上述7个异附加系均不同。DAL2和DAL4可能分别附加了中间偃麦草第5部分同源群的1对染色体,但二者在形态上存在差异。DAL7可能附加了中间偃麦草第7部分同源群的1对染色体。旗叶卷曲是异附加系DAL、3、5、6、8、9、10、11共有的形态标记。11个异附加系可作为进一步研究和转移中间偃麦草有益基因的良好中间材料。     

Development and characterisation of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

Highly informative molecular markers, such as simple sequence repeats (SSRs), can greatly accelerate breeding programs. The aim of this study was to develop and characterise a comprehensive set of SSR markers for white clover (Trifolium repens L.), which can be used to tag genes and quantitative trait loci controlling traits of agronomic interest. Sequence analysis of 1123 clones from genomic libraries enriched for (CA) _n repeats yielded 793 clones containing SSR loci. The majority of SSRs consisted of perfect dinucleotide repeats, only 7% being trinucleotide repeats. After exclusion of redundant sequences and SSR loci with less than 25 bp of flanking sequence, 397 potentially useful SSRs remained. Primer pairs were designed for 117 SSR loci and PCR products in the expected size range were amplified from 101 loci. These markers were highly polymorphic, 88% detecting polymorphism across seven white clover genotypes with an average allele number of 4.8. Four primer pairs were tested in an F₂ population revealing Mendelian segregation. Successful cross-species amplification was achieved in at least one out of eight legume species for 46 of 54 primer pairs. The rate of successful amplification was significantly higher for Trifolium species when compared to species of other genera. The markers developed in this study not only provide valuable tools for molecular breeding of white clover but may also have applications in related taxa. Received: 3 April 2000 / Accepted: 12 May 2000     

A developmentally based categorization of branching in Trifolium repens L.: influence of nodal roots

This study describes the successive stages of development of branches from axillary buds in fully rooted plants of Trifolium repens grown in near optimal conditions, and the way in which this developmental pathway differs when nodal root formation is prevented as plants grow out from a rooted base. Cuttings of a single genotype were established in a glasshouse with nodal root systems on the two basal phytomers and grown on so that nodal rooting was either permitted (+R) or prevented (-R). In +R plants, axillary tissues could be assigned to one of four developmental categories: unemerged buds, emerged buds, unbranched lateral branches or secondarily branched lateral branches. In -R plants, branch development was retarded, with the retardation becoming increasingly pronounced as the number of -R phytomers on the primary stolon increased. Retarded elongation of the internodes of lateral shoots on -R plants resulted in the formation of a distinct fifth developmental category: short shoots (defined as branches with two or more leaves but with mean internode length equal to, or less than, 10% of that of the immediately proximal internode on the parent stolon) which had reduced phytomer appearance rates but retained the potential to develop into lateral branches. Transfer of +R plants to -R conditions, and vice versa, after 66 d demonstrated that subsequent branch development was wholly under the control of the youngest nodal root present, regardless of the age and number of root systems proximal to it.     

Studies on the feeding of Sitona lineatus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on white clover (Trifolium repens L.) seedlings

Measurements of feeding damage by sitona weevil (Sitona lineatus L.) adults on differing numbers of seedlings of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) at the first and fourth trifoliate leaf stage were made in the glasshouse at 20°C. S. lineatus consumed more of the trifoliate component of the seedling. Sitona adults caused significant yield reduction at all levels of plant population. Total clover consumption increased with increasing size of sitona population, but consumption per adult weevil was reduced.     

Involvement of a high irradiance response in photoinhibition of white clover seed germination at low water potential

Seeds of white clover ( Trifolium repens L., cv. Podkowa) were germinated at water potential ψ=−0.3 MPa in darkness, at 25°C. A short exposure to blue light (B) inhibited germination in a manner similar to that described earlier for red (R) and far‐red (FR) light (Niedźwiedź‐Siegień and Lewak 1989). No reversibility of B, R and FR effects was observed. Saturation irradiance and energy was the lowest for R and the highest for B. The reciprocity of irradiance versus time of exposure was observed only for non‐saturating irradiances of B, R and FR.     

The management of extracellular ice by petioles of frost-resistant herbaceous plants

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Some frost-tolerant herbaceous plants droop and wilt during frost events and recover turgor and posture on thawing. It has long been known that when plant tissues freeze, extracellular ice forms. Distributions of ice and water in frost-frozen and recovered petioles of Trifolium repens and Escholschzia californica were visualized. METHODS: Petioles of intact plants were cryo-fixed, planed to smooth transverse faces, and examined in a cryo-SEM. KEY RESULTS: With frost-freezing, parenchyma tissues shrank to approx. one-third of their natural volume with marked cytorrhysis of the cells, and massive blocks of extracellular icicles grew under the epidermis (poppy) or epidermis and subepidermis (clover), leaving these layers intact but widely separated from the parenchyma except at specially structured anchorages overlying vascular bundles. On thawing, the extracellular ice was reabsorbed by the expanding parenchyma, and surface tissues again contacted the internal tissues at weak junctions (termed faults). These movements of water into and from the fault zones occurred repeatedly at each frost/thaw event, and are interpreted to explain the turgor changes that led to wilting and recovery. Ice accumulations at tri-cellular junctions with intercellular spaces distended these spaces into large cylinders, especially large in clover. Xylem vessels of frozen petioles were nearly all free of gas; in thawed petioles up to 20 % of vessels were gas-filled. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of faults and anchorages may be expected to be widespread in frost-tolerant herbaceous plants, as a strategy accommodating extracellular ice deposits which prevent intracellular freezing and consequent membrane disruption, as well as preventing gross structural damage to the organs. The developmental processes that lead to this differentiation of separation of sheets of cells firmly cemented at determined regions at their edges, and their physiological consequences, will repay detailed investigation.