Combined effect of light and temperature on triacylglycerol accumulation in Dicranum elongatum

In the subarctic moss Dicranum elongatum Schleich & Schwaegr., the level of total lipids and triacylglycerols (TAG) was high in late winter and spring and low in autumn and winter. Four-week exposure of field material to continuous light (135μmol m⁻²s⁻¹) at 1°C resulted in a considerable increase in the amount of TAG in the autumn material acclimated to low temperatures and rhythmic light in the field. In contrast, the same treatment did not cause any increase in TAG in the spring material, acclimated to low temperatures and continuous light in the field. Results from experiments, in which moss cultivated for 4 months at 9°C on 12-h photoperiods (135μmol m⁻²s⁻¹) was kept for 3 weeks at low temperatures (9°C and −3°C) either in continuous light (135 or 70 μmol m⁻²s⁻¹) or with 12-h photoperiods (135 μmol m⁻²s⁻¹), indicated that the TAG level was higher at higher light intensity. At 9°C it was also higher in continuous light of both intensities than in rhythmic light. These results strongly suggest that decreasing irradiance and decreasing daylength limits the accumulation of TAG in D. elongatum during autumn in the subarctic.     

小麦与彭梯卡偃麦草杂种及其衍生后代的细胞遗传学研究──Ⅱ．来自小麦和彭梯卡（长穗）偃麦草及中间偃麦草杂种后代11个八倍体小偃麦的比较研究

利用染色体配对分析和酯酶及种子醇溶蛋白电泳分析研究了我国育成的１１个八倍体小偃麦,结果表明：（ａ）来源于小麦和中间偃麦草杂交后代的６个部分双二倍体中,中１和中２的偃麦草染色体组不同于中３、中４、中５和小偃７８８２９的偃麦草染色体组;（ｂ）来源于小麦和长穗偃麦草杂交后代的５个部分双二倍体中,小偃７８４的偃麦草染色体组不同于小偃６９３和小偃７６３１中的偃麦草染色体组,表明在长穗偃麦草中有两个互不相同又不同于小麦的染色体组Ｅ和Ｆ,而小偃７４３０和小偃６８中的偃麦草染色体组很可能是Ｅ和Ｆ染色体组的重组体;（ｃ）小偃７８４中的长穗偃麦草染色体组和中５及小偃７８８２９中的中间偃麦草染色体组基本相同,而中２的中间偃麦草染色体组不同于小偃６９３和小偃７６３１中的长穗偃麦草染色体组Ｆ,这意味着在长穗偃麦草和中间偃麦草中可能只有一个共同的染色体组Ｅ。部分双二倍体中酯酶及醇溶蛋白偃麦草染色体特征带的存在和发现,为这些染色体或其片段导入小麦后的鉴定提供了方便。     

硬粒小麦 长穗偃麦草2E和4E附加系及E染色体传递

为探讨长穗偃麦草E染色体在硬粒小麦背景中的传递特点,利用染色体特异分子标记、基因组原位杂交(GISH)、非变性荧光原位杂交(ND FISH)等方法,对小偃麦8801(AABBEE)与硬粒小麦(AABB)杂交后代中选育的株系Du_No.2和Du_No.4进行了分析。结果表明：(1)分子标记检测株系Du_No.2及Du_No.4分别能扩增出长穗偃麦草2E、4E染色体特异条带。(2)GISH和ND FISH分析显示,株系Du_No.2和Du_No.4分别附加了1条2E和4E染色体,表明株系Du_No.2 和Du_No.4分别为硬粒小麦 长穗偃麦草2E和4E单体附加系。(3)2个株系的减数分裂过程观察发现,后期Ⅰ、Ⅱ和末期Ⅱ都有E染色体分离异常现象,且株系Du_No.2和 Du_No.4的异常率分别为22.24%和36.18%。(4)2个株系分别与硬粒小麦进行正反杂交的后代PCR分析表明, 2E和4E染色体经雄配子的传递率分别为4.41%和2.17%,而通过雌配子的传递率都为零,表明2E和4E染色体在硬粒小麦背景中能通过雄配子传递,但不通过雌配子的传递。该研究为创建全套硬粒小麦 长穗偃麦草双体附加系及代换系提供基础。     

Intermediate fertile Triticum aestivum （＋）Agropyron elongatum somatic hybrids are generated by low doses of UV irradiation

We report the production and characterization of somatic hybrids between Triticum aestivum L. and Agropyron elongatum (Host) Nevishi (the synonym is Thinopyrum ponticum). Asymmetric protoplast fusion was performed between Agropyron elongatum protoplasts irradiated with a low UV dose and protoplasts of wheat taken from nonregenerable suspension cultures. More than 40 green plantlets were obtained from 15 regenerated clones and one of them produced seeds. The phenotypes of the hybrid plants and seeds were intermediate between wheat and Agropyron elongatum. All of the regenerated calli and plants were verified as intergeneric hybrids on the basis of morphological observation and analysis of isozyme, cytological, 5SrDNA spacer sequences and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). RFLP analysis of the mitochondrial genome revealed evidence of random segregation and recombination of mtDNA.     

Transfer of small chromosome fragments of<Emphasis Type="Italic">Agropyron elongatum</Emphasis> to wheat chromosome via asymmetric somatic hybridization

The chromosome constitution of hybrids and chromatin patterns of Agropyron elongatum (Host)Neviski in F₅ somatic hybrid lines -1–3 and I-1-9 between Triticum aestivum L. and A. elongatum were analyzed. Based on the statistic data of pollen mother cells, F₅ I-1-9 and-1-3 had 20–21 bivalents with a frequency of 84.66% and 85.28%, of which, 89.83% and 89.57% were ring bivalents. The result indicated that both hybrid lines were basically stable in the chromosome constitution and behavior. RAPD analysis showed that the two hybrids contained biparental and integrated DNA. GISH (Genome in situ hybridization) revealed that in the form of small chromosome segments, A. elongatum chromatin was scattered on 4–6 wheat chromosomes near by the region of centromere and telomere in the two hybrid lines. SSR analysis indicated that A. elongatum DNA segments were distributed on the 2A, 5B, 6B and 2D wheat chromosomes in the hybrids, which was in accordance with the GISH results that small-segments intercalated poly-site.     

Physical localization of the 18S-5.8S-26S rDNA and sequence analysis of ITS regions in Thinopyrum ponticum (Poaceae: Triticeae): implications for concerted evolution

Fluorescence in situ hybridization was used in Thinopyrum ponticum, a decaploid species, and its related diploid species, to investigate the distribution of the 18S-5.8S-26S rDNA. The distribution of rDNA was similar in all three diploid species (Th. bessarabicum, Th. elongatum and Pseudoroegneria stipifolia). Two pairs of loci were observed in each somatic cell at metaphase and interphase. One pair was located near the terminal end and the other in the interstitial regions of the short arms of one pair of chromosomes. However, all of the major loci in Th. ponticum were located on the terminal end of the short arms of chromosomes, and one chromosome had only one major locus. The maximum number of major loci detected on metaphase spreads was 20, which was the sum of that of its progenitors. The interstitial loci that exist in the possible diploid genome donor species were probably 'lost' during the evolutionary process of the decaploid species. A number of minor loci were also detected on whole regions of two pairs of homologous chromosomes. These results suggested that the position of rDNA loci in the Triticeae might be changeable rather than fixed. Positional changes of 18S-5.8S-26S rDNA loci between Th. ponticum and its candidate genome donors indicate that it is almost impossible to find a genome in the polyploid species that is completely identical to that of its diploid donors. The possible evolutionary significance of the distribution of the rDNA is also discussed. Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of nuclear DNA in Th. ponticum were investigated by PCR amplification and sequencing. The sequence data from five positive clones selected at random, together with restriction site analysis, indicated that the ITS repeated units are nearly homogeneous in this autoallodecapolypoid species. Combined with in situ hybridization results, the data led to the conclusion that the ITS region has experienced interlocus as well as intralocus concerted evolution. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the sequences from Th. ponticum have concerted to the E genome repeat type.     

The contribution of distant hybridization with decaploid Agropyron elongatum to wheat improvement in China

Wheat is a staple food crop in the world as well as in China. Because of the progress of wheat breeding and other agricultural sci-technologies, the wheat grain yield per unit area has increased more than five folds from 1952 to 2006 in China. The first part of this article briefly reviews the history of wheat breeding in China. Second, the establishment of "Triticum aestivum-Agropyron" distant hybridization system and its contribution to wheat production and breeding in China are summarized. Finally, the future challenges of wheat breeding are discussed, which include how to increase the utilization efficiencies of water, soil nutrient and light energy through breeding.As an example, our research progress on how to increase light use efficiency in wheat through breeding is introduced and discussed.     

高冰草中一种新型高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基编码序列的研究

高冰草(Agropyron elongatun)是普通小麦(Triticum aestivum)的近缘禾草,SDS-PAGE显示其所编码的麦谷蛋白亚基的类型较普通小麦更加丰富,是普通小麦品质改良的重要亲本之一。利用基因组PCR的方法从高冰草中克隆到一个新的高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基(HMW-GS)基因(AgeloG2)全编码序列,同源性分析表明：与普通小麦的1Dy12基因比较在少数位点发生了碱基替换和一处6碱基序列的缺失,同源性为99％;与普通小麦的1Dy10基因比较,该基因亦只有少数碱基的替换和两处18碱基序列的增加及一处6碱基序列的缺失,同源性为98％。从推导的编码序列分析,AgeloG2编码y型HMW—GS。综上分析,AgeloG2是一个新的高分子量麦谷蛋白y-型亚基基因。聚类分析结果显示,无论在基因序列还是推导的氨基酸序列上,小麦1Dy亚基与AgeloG2的同源性都高于与粗山羊来源的y型亚基的同源性。     

盐胁迫下小麦体细胞杂种与亲本小麦幼苗的生长量和Na+、K+含量比较

对小麦体细胞杂种F6株系Ⅰ-1-3和其亲本小麦济南177的幼苗在不同NaC1浓度处理6d时的生长量和Na^ 、K^ 含量进行了比较。结果表明：盐胁迫下杂种的生长量明显高于亲本小麦。随着盐浓度的增加,杂种和亲本的叶、茎和根中Na^ 含量均增加,但杂种叶与茎的Na^ 含量显著低于亲本,而根的却高于亲本,这可能提示杂种根部液泡较亲本有较强的储Na^ 功能。受盐胁迫的杂种叶与茎中K^ 含量显著高于亲本,K^ ／Na^ 比值高。杂种的Na^ 净积累速率也高于亲本。可见杂种比亲本小麦有更强的耐盐性。