Production of n + 1 plants and tetrasomics by means of anther culture of trisomic plants in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Summary Eleven primary trisomics of rice, variety Nipponbare, were subjected to anther culture. The 12th trisomic did not produce normal anthers. A total of 3,734 plants were obtained, which were examined morphologically at the seedling stage in the greenhouse. A number of plants appeared in the progenies of ten trisomics which had unique morphological features. The frequency of these variant types differed among different progenies. Cytological observations revealed that 43 variant plants in the progenies of nine trisomics had 13 chromosomes (n + 1), and 56 were tetrasomics (2n = 26). The tetrasomic plants in the progeny of a trisomic were morphologically identical. Similarly, n + 1 plants in the progeny of a trisomic were also identical. Plants with 23, 25, 36, 39, and 73 chromosomes were also obtained. Results show that valuable aneuploids such as n + 1 and 2n + 2 can be obtained in the anther-culture-derived progenies of trisomics.     

Trisomics from triploid-diploid crosses in self-incompatible Lycopersicum peruvianum

Summary An attempt was carried out to produce trisomics of the wild tomato L. peruvianum, to define their essential features, and to detect relationships between trisomy and the expression of self-compatibility.Triploid-diploid crosses in L. peruvianum yielded nearly 40% aneuploids. Of these, 18% were single trisomics, and the rest had 2, 3 and 4 extra chromosomes. Almost all the trisomics occurred in crosses where the triploid was used as female parent. Vigour and fertility of trisomics were not much different from those of disomics, and morphologically they were very similar.The extra chromosome was identified in three self-compatible trisomic plants through somatic and pachytene chromosome morphology. One of these plants was trisomic for chromosome 1, while the other two were trisomic for chromosome 3. In these trisomics a positive correlation was found between chromosome length and trivalent formation, but no relationship between chromosome length and frequency of laggards was observed.A series of test-crosses revealed that the capacity of the trisomics to produce seed upon selfing always resulted from alterations of the incompatibility phenotype of the style and not from competitive interaction in the pollen. Progeny analyses showed that the self-compatibility features of the trisomics were not transmitted from one generation to the next. The implications of these findings are discussed.This work has been supported by a contract between the European Communities and the CNEN. This publication is contribution no. 1458 from the Biology Division of the European Communities and contribution no. 472 from the Divisione Applicazioni delle Radiazioni del CNEN.     

Cytological,morphological and molecular analyses of controlled progenies from meiotic mutants of alfalfa producing unreduced gametes

A program of sexual polyploidization was carried out in alfalfa using plants from wild diploid species that produced male or female unreduced gametes. Sixteen progenies from 2x-4x and 2x-2x crosses were examined with a combination of morphological, cytological and molecular analyses. The chromosome counts revealed diploid, tetraploid and aneuploid plants. Plants with B chromosomes were also detected. The leaf area of the plants was a useful characteristic for distinguishing tetraploid from diploid plants obtained by unilateral or bilateral sexual polyploidization. Leaf shape and leaf margin were not correlated with the ploidy levels. Plants with supernumerary chromosomes displayed obovate or elliptic leaves which differed markedly from the range of forms typical of diploid and tetraploid alfalfa plants. RAPD markers were investigated in all progeny plants to determine maternal and paternal amplification products. Three alfalfa-specific primers proved to be effective in revealing the hybrid origin of the plants. A combination of cytological, morphological and molecular analyses is essential for a detailed genetic characterization of progenies in programs of sexual polyploidization.     

Aneuploid and alloplasmic lines as tools for the study of nuclear and cytoplasmic control of culture ability and regeneration of scutellar calli from common wheat

Summary Twenty four B genome aneuploid lines (di-telosomics, nullisomic-tetrasomics and tetrasomics) of Triticum aestivum cv Chinese Spring were used in an analysis of the culture ability and regeneration capability of scutellar calli. Several correlations were found between the presence or absence of specific chromosomes and chromosomal arms of the B genome of common wheat and the growth and differentiation capabilities of these calli. The rate of callus growth decreased only when the long arm of chromosome 6B was not present. The absence of chromosomes 3B and 7B did not result in an apparent change in morphogenetic capability, while the absence of other B genome chromosomes was significantly correlated to changes in the frequency of calli that regenerated plants. The presence of the short arm of chromosome 1B was negatively correlated with regeneration, whereas its long arm is probably required to counteract this effect and to maintain the normal ratio of regeneration. The presence of the chromosomal arm 2BS seemed to be essential for differentiation to shoots. In the absence of the short arms of chromosomes 4B and 5B, the rate of regeneration was slightly reduced. In the absence of the long arm of chromosome 6B there was a marked reduction of the ability of scutellar calli to regenerate plants. The use of additional aneuploid lines belonging to homoeologous group 6 revealed that only calli derived from lines having chromosome 6D in their complement regenerated plants similarly to the euploid control. Culture ability and regeneration capability were also analysed with alloplasmic lines of T. aestivum cv Chris. The lines were derived from five species, representing plasma-types of different phylogenetic distances from plasma-type B of T. aestivum. The results showed that when the endogenous cytoplasm (B-type) was exchanged with T. timopheevii cytoplasm (G-type) there was a significant increase in the regeneration of shoots from the scutellar calli.     

Microspore Culture of Hybrids Between Brassica napus and B. campestris

Embryos and regenerated plants were produced by isolated microspore culture of inter-specific hybrids between Brassica napus and B. campestris. The NLN media with different sucrose concentrations and pH values were tested and a protocol for optimal microspore culture of B. carnpestris was identified. The reciprocal hybrids between UM921 (B. campestris) and 911186 (B. napus) had significant higher embryo yield than other cultured hybrids. Obvious improvement of embryo yield and quality was achieved when hybrid plants of reciprocal UM921 × 911186 were grown under 10 ℃/5 ℃ (day/night) condition. There was significant correlation between embryo yield and seeds per pod on hybrid plants but no correlation between pollen fertility and embryo yield was detected among cultured.hybrids. The majority of microspore-derived plants from the reciprocal B. napus × B. campestris hybrids are aneuploids and 22.8% of the plants observed originated from the microspores with parent′s chromosome numbers, almost all n = 19. The factors affecting the embryogenesis in microspore culture of interspecific hybrids and the possible applications of the technique are discussed.     

甘蓝型油菜和白菜型油菜种间杂种的小孢子培养

利用分离小孢子培养从甘蓝型油菜（Ｂｒａｓｓｉｃａ ｎａｐｕｓ）和白菜型油菜（Ｂ． ｃａｍ ｐｅｓｔｒｉｓ）种间杂种中获得了胚和再生植株。所用的培养程序是,将甘蓝型油菜和白菜型油菜杂种小孢子在蔗糖浓度为１７％ 、ＢＡ 为０．１ ｍ ｇ／Ｌ的液体ＮＬＮ 培养基中３２ ℃下暗培养４８ ｈ,再转入蔗糖浓度为１０％ 的ＮＬＮ 培养液中２５ ℃下暗培养３ 周。不同杂种间小孢子胚胎发生能力存在差异,其中ＵＭ９２１（白菜型油菜）×９１１１８６（甘蓝型油菜）正反交杂种的胚产量显著高于供试的其它组合。供体植株种植在１０ ℃／５ ℃（昼／夜）条件下能显著改善杂种小孢子胚产量和质量。杂种小孢子胚产量和杂种植株每荚种子数存在极显著正相关,但杂种植株的花粉育性和胚产量间相关不显著。大多数甘蓝型油菜和白菜型油菜杂种小孢子胚衍生植株为非整倍体,２２．８％ 的植株起源于具亲本染色体数的小孢子,几乎全部为ｎ＝ １９ 的类型。讨论了影响种间杂种小孢子胚胎发生的因素以及种间杂种小孢子培养技术的可能用途     

Isolating individual wheat (Triticum aestivum) chromosome arms by flow cytometric analysis of ditelosomic lines

 We are reporting the successful isolation of wheat chromosome arm 1DS by flow cytometry. A chromosome suspension was prepared for the 1DS ditelosomic line and the normal ‘Chinese Spring’ (CS) by chopping 2-day-old root tip meristems, synchronized by hydroxyurea, in HEPES-magnesium sulfate buffer containing propidium iodide. Chromosomes were analyzed and sorted with a FACS Vantage flow cytometer and cell sorter. An extra peak was observed in the flow karyotype of the ditelosomic line that was absent in ‘CS’. The estimated size of chromosomes from the extra peak matched with the expected size of chromosome 1DS. Chromosomes from the putative 1DS peak were analyzed by both fluorescent microscopy and N-banding analysis. A total of 571 chromosomes from two separate experiments were analyzed, and all were observed to be telosomics except for 2 which were broken. About 82% of these telosomics showed the diagnostic N-band of 1DS, the remaining were unbanded and are probably also 1DS. This strategy can also be used to sort other wheat arms. Received: 30 September 1998 / Accepted: 2 November 1998     

Cytogenetical analysis on aneuploids obtained from pollenclones of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Summary Rice aneuploids were obtained from 1,715 pollenclones with a mean frequency of 10.2% in anther culture (1983 to 1985). Among the aneuploids obtained, the frequency of primary trisomics ranged from 5.4% to 6,7%, tetrasomics from 1.1% to 1.7% monosomics from 0.9% to 1.3%, nullisomics from 0.5% to 1% and double trisomics from 0.5% to 0.7%. The chromosome complements of those aneuploids were identified by pachytene analysis on the absolute length of the extra chromosomes. Pollen clonal aneuploids showed a different range of variation in agronomic characters from dihaploids of the same origin but the phenotypic variations ressembled those found in aneuploids created by conventional breeding methods. The meiotic chromosome behavior of PMC revealed various chromosomal aberrations of aneuploids: loose pairing, trivalents, univalents, straggling chromosomes, bridges and laggards.     

中国籼稻品种非整倍体的研究——Ⅰ.植物形态学部分

利用长江流域早熟籼稻品种广陆矮四号通过秋水仙碱处理诱导同源四倍体,进而通过杂交获得三倍体。研究了由三倍体产生的各种非整倍体类型。培育出了一套籼稻品种广陆矮四号的初级三体。 除了三体_(11)和二倍体相似,其它11个初级三体都有明显不同的形态学特点,可依照这些特点互相区别。