Discovery of highly apomictic and highly amphimictic dihaploids in Allium tuberosum |
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Authors: | A Kojima Y Nagato |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Upland Crop Genetic Resources, Kyushu National Agricultural Experiment Station, Miyazaki 880, Japan, JP;(2) Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai 981, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | To discover highly apomictic and amphimictic Allium tuberosum diploids, we evaluated the degree of apomixis in three dihaploids (2n=16, 2x), KaD2, TeD1 and GMD1, derived from highly apomictic
tetraploids. The degree of apomixis, calculated as the percentage of diploid seedlings in the progeny obtained after cross-pollination
with tetraploid cultivars, was 96% in KaD2, 7% in TeD1 and 39% in GMD1. In addition to this general index of apomictic nature,
two analytical indices were evaluated in KaD2 and TeD1. The degree of diplospory, calculated as the percentage of endoreduplicated
embryo-sac mother cells, was 96% in KaD2 and 2% in TeD1. The degree of parthenogenesis, calculated as the percentage of ovules
with the egg cell developing parthenogenetically, was 98% in KaD2 and 10% in TeD1. Among angiosperms with gametophytic apomixis,
KaD2 is the first diploid apomict whose reproductive mode has been fully described by these three quantitative indices of
apomictic nature. And TeD1 is the first highly amphimictic plant found in the A. tuberosum complex. Although TeD1 is poorly fertile, the present results encourage further screening trials for highly fertile, highly
amphimictic dihaploids, which may be effective counterparts to KaD2 in diploid-level cross experiments to genetically analyze
apomixis in A. tuberosum.
Received: 4 December 1995 / Revision accepted: 8 May 1996 |
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Keywords: | Dihaploid Apomixis Diplospory Parthenogenesis Allium tuberosum |
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