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Approaches to breeding for salinity tolerance - a case study on Porteresia coarctata 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
R LATHA C SRINIVAS RAO H M SR SUBRAMANIAM P EGANATHAN M S SWAMINATHAN 《The Annals of applied biology》2004,144(2):177-184
Cereals are the world's major source of food for human nutrition. Among these, rice (Oryza sativa) is the most prominent and represents the staple diet for more than two-fifths (2.4 billion) of the world's population, making it the most important food crop of the developing world (Anon., 2000a). Rice production in vast stretches of coastal areas is hampered due to high soil salinity. This is because rice is a glycophyte and it does not grow well under saline conditions. In order to increase rice production in these areas there is a need to develop rice varieties suited to saline environments. Research has shown that Porteresia coarctata, a highly salt tolerant wild relative of rice growing in estuarine soils, is an important material for transferring salt tolerant characteristics to rice. It is quite possible that Porteresia may be used as a parent for evolving better and truly salt resistant varieties. The inadequate results and the difficulties associated with conventional breeding techniques necessitate the use of the tools of crop biotechnology in unravelling some of the characteristics of Porteresia that have been highlighted in this report. In view of the limited resources available for increasing salinity tolerance to the breeders to wild rice germplasm, Porteresia is undoubtedly one of the key source species for elevating salinity tolerance in cultivated rice. 相似文献
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JG Hansen W Gao J Dupuis GT O’Connor W Tang M Kowgier A Sood SA Gharib LJ Palmer M Fornage SR Heckbert BM Psaty SL Booth SUNLIGHT Consortium Patricia A Cassano 《Respiratory research》2015,16(1)
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Vitamin D is associated with lung function in cross-sectional studies, and vitamin D inadequacy is hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Further data are needed to clarify the relation between vitamin D status, genetic variation in vitamin D metabolic genes, and cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in lung function in healthy adults.Methods
We estimated the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and cross-sectional forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) in Framingham Heart Study (FHS) Offspring and Third Generation participants and the association between serum 25(OH)D and longitudinal change in FEV1 in Third Generation participants using linear mixed-effects models. Using a gene-based approach, we investigated the association between 241 SNPs in 6 select vitamin D metabolic genes in relation to longitudinal change in FEV1 in Offspring participants and pursued replication of these findings in a meta-analyzed set of 4 independent cohorts.Results
We found a positive cross-sectional association between 25(OH)D and FEV1 in FHS Offspring and Third Generation participants (P = 0.004). There was little or no association between 25(OH)D and longitudinal change in FEV1 in Third Generation participants (P = 0.97). In Offspring participants, the CYP2R1 gene, hypothesized to influence usual serum 25(OH)D status, was associated with longitudinal change in FEV1 (gene-based P < 0.05). The most significantly associated SNP from CYP2R1 had a consistent direction of association with FEV1 in the meta-analyzed set of replication cohorts, but the association did not reach statistical significance thresholds (P = 0.09).Conclusions
Serum 25(OH)D status was associated with cross-sectional FEV1, but not longitudinal change in FEV1. The inconsistent associations may be driven by differences in the groups studied. CYP2R1 demonstrated a gene-based association with longitudinal change in FEV1 and is a promising candidate gene for further studies.Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12931-015-0238-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献5.
Chattopadhyay D Dungdung SR Das K Saha S Mandal AB Majumder GC 《Indian journal of experimental biology》2005,43(11):1104-1109
The role of methanolic extract and n-butanol fraction of A. macrophylla leaves was investigated on the forward motility of goat spermatozoa. The methanol extract (600 micro/g/ml) and one n-butanol fraction (Fraction A; 100 microg/ml) showed marked inhibition of sperm forward motility, tested by microscopic and spectrophotometric methods. Approximately, 50-60% of the spermatozoa lost their motility when treated with 600 microg/ml of methanol extract or 100 microg/ml of Fraction A. The Fraction A at 400 microg/ml concentration showed complete inhibition of sperm forward motility at 0 min. The inhibitory activity increased with the increasing concentrations of the fraction. The motility inhibitory activity of the Fraction A was stable to heat treatment at 100 degrees C for 2 min. The compound showed high inhibitory effect in the pH range 6.7-7.6. Fraction A also showed high efficacy for inhibiting human sperm motility, assessed by the microscopic method. The phytochemical analysis of methanolic extract of A. macrophylla leaves revealed the presence of sterols, triterpene, flavonoid, alkaloid, tannin and reducing sugar, while the Fraction A contains beta-sitosterol, a common phytosterol. The results demonstrate that Fraction A (beta-sitosterol) is a potent inhibitor of sperm motility and thus it has the potential to serve as a vaginal contraceptive. 相似文献
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David C Zappulla Arindel SR Maharaj Jessica J Connelly Rebecca A Jockusch Rolf Sternglanz 《BMC molecular biology》2006,7(1):40-12
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By screening a plasmid library for proteins that could cause silencing when targeted to the HMR locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we previously reported the identification of Rtt107/Esc4 based on its ability to establish silent chromatin. In this study we aimed to determine the mechanism of Rtt107/Esc4 targeted silencing and also learn more about its biological functions. 相似文献7.
Sengupta T Ghoshal S Dungdung SR Majumder GC Sen PC 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》2008,311(1-2):93-103
Recently a low-molecular-mass protein purified from goat testes cytosol has been reported from our laboratory which is found
to stimulate Mg2+-independent Ca2+-ATPase without any significant effect on Mg2+-dependent Ca2+-ATPase. In the present study, detailed structural and functional characterization, as well as the physiological significance
of the protein has been described. The stimulatory effect is found to be inhibited by known inhibitors of P-type ATPases,
vanadate and lanthanum chloride. Monitoring of the phosphoenzyme intermediate by autoradiography has shown that the stimulation
of the ATPase is due to the enhancement in the rate of dephosphorylation of the overall reaction step. Along with the stimulation
of the enzyme activity, the protein is found to enhance the calcium uptake. Amino acid analysis data show that the stimulator
contains about 26% non-polar amino acid facilitating easy penetration to the hydrophobic core of the membrane bound ATPase.
Circular dichroism analysis of the protein suggested the presence of all secondary structural elements. The Western-blotting
experiment shows its expression level is the highest in goat testes. Peptide fragments obtained in MALDI-MS analysis when
subjected to MSDB database search by MASCOT search engine reveals that the proteins of close similarity with the protein under
study are actin related protein 2/3 complex subunit, peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase and gastrin releasing peptide precursor.
Besides, the protein under study is also shown to decrease the forward motility of goat sperm without having any significant
effect on the total motility indicating its possible role in fertility regulation. 相似文献
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Alternaria alternata is a common fungal parasite on fruits and other plants and produces a number of mycotoxins, including alternariol (3,7,9-trihydroxy-1-methyl-6H-dibenzo [b,d]pyran-6-one), alternariol monomethyl ether (3,7-dihydroxy-9-methoxy-1-methyl-6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-6-one), and the mutagen altertoxin I {[1S-(1α,12aβ,12bα)] 1,2,11,12,12a, 12b-hexahydro-1,4,9,12a-tetrahydroxy-3,10-perylenedione}.
Alternariol and alternariol monomethyl ether have previously been detected in some samples of fruit beverages. Stability studies
of these toxins as well as altertoxin I added to fruit juices and wine (10–100 ng/mL) were carried out. To include altertoxin
I in the analysis, cleanup with a polymer-based Varian Abselut solid phase extraction column was used, as recoveries from
C-18 columns were low. The stabilities of alternariol and alternariol monomethyl ether in a low acid apple juice containing
no declared vitamin C were compared with those in the same juice containing added vitamin C (60 mg/175 ml); there were no
apparent losses at room temperature over 20 days or at 80°C after 20 min. in either juice. Altertoxin I was moderately stable
in pH 3 buffer (75% remaining after a two week period). Furthermore, altertoxin I was stable or moderately stable in three
brands of apple juice tested over 1–27 day periods and in a sample of red grape juice over 7 days. It is concluded that altertoxin
I is sufficiently stable to be found in fruit juices and should be included in methods for alternariol and alternariol monomethyl
ether. 相似文献
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Abstract: The dynamics of newly established elk (Cervus elaphus) populations can provide insights about maximum sustainable rates of reproduction, survival, and increase. However, data used to estimate rates of increase typically have been limited to counts and rarely have included complementary estimates of vital rates. Complexities of population dynamics cannot be understood without considering population processes as well as population states. We estimated pregnancy rates, survival rates, age ratios, and sex ratios for reintroduced elk at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA; combined vital rates in a population projection model; and compared model projections with observed elk numbers and population ratios. Pregnancy rates in January (early in the second trimester of pregnancy) averaged 54.1% (SE = 5.4%) for subadults and 91.0% (SE = 1.7%) for adults, and 91.6% of pregnancies resulted in recruitment at 8 months. Annual survival rates of adult females averaged 0.96 (95% CI = 0.94-0.98) with hunting included and 0.99 (95% CI = 0.97-0.99) with hunting excluded from calculations. Our fitted model explained 99.8% of past variation in population estimates and represents a useful new tool for short-term management planning. Although we found no evidence of temporal variation in vital rates, variation in population composition caused substantial variation in projected rates of increase (Λ = 1.20-1.36). Restoring documented hunter harvests and removals of elk by the National Park Service led to a potential rate of Λ = 1.26. Greater rates of increase substantiated elsewhere were within the expected range of chance variation, given our model and estimates of vital rates. Rates of increase realized by small elk populations are too variable to support inferences about habitat quality or density dependence. 相似文献