小麦与珍珠粟远缘杂交的受精作用和胚胎发育

对波斯小麦、“中国春”小麦与珍珠粟远缘杂交的受精作用和胚胎发育进行了研究。珍珠粟花粉管能在小麦柱头上萌发,并且有多个花粉管进入花往及胚囊。波斯小麦已授粉的207个子房中,11．11％既形成胚又形成胚乳,7．25％只形成胚,而1．93％只形成胚乳,在这个杂交中受精率和成胚率分别为20．29％和18．36％。“中国春”小麦已授粉的167个子房中,相应的数字是299％、5．99％、0、8．98％和8．98％。杂交后形成的胚和胚乳核型极不稳定,来自珍珠粟的染色体很快被排除,最后产生的是单倍体的小麦胚。但因无胚乳或胚乳败育,幼胚缺乏营养供应而停止发育或夭亡。探讨了影响小麦×珍珠粟受精率的可能因素以及通过远缘杂交染色体排除法进行单倍体诱导和珍珠粟基因向小麦转移的可能性。     

小麦与珍珠栗远缘杂交的受精作用和胚胎发育

对波斯小麦、“中国春”小麦与珍珠栗远缘杂交的受精作用和胚胎发育进行了研究。珍珠栗花粉管能在小麦柱头上萌发,并且有多个花粉管进入花柱及胚囊。波斯小麦已授粉的２０７个子房中,１１．１１％既形成胚又形成胚乳,７．２５％中形成胚,而１．９３％只形成胚乳,在这个杂交中受精率和成胚率分别为２０．２９％和１８．３６％。“中国春”小麦已授粉的１６７个子房中,相应数字是２．９９％、５．９９％、０、８．９８％和８．９     

硬粒小麦与珍珠栗远缘杂交的受精作用和胚胎发育

对硬粒小麦(Triticum durum Desf.)和珍珠栗(Pennisetum glaucum syn.P. americanum)远缘杂交的受精作用和胚胎发育进行了研究。对授粉后的192个硬粒小麦子房进行制片观察,7.81％发生双受精,具胚和胚乳,但胚乳发育往往落后于胚的发育;3.13％只发生了单卵受精,只产生胚而无胚乳;1.04％发生了单极核受精,只产生胚乳而无胚。总受精率为11.98％,成胚率为10.94％。由于胚乳的缺乏或发育异常及败育,最终难以获得有生活力的种子。     

栽培大麦×普通小麦杂种发育的胚胎学观察

对大麦与小麦远缘杂交时雌雄性核的结合及杂种胚和胚乳的发育情况进行了观察。大、小麦杂交时,可发生双受精作用、单受精作用,或受精过程失败。单受精作用发生的时间参差不齐。大小麦杂种胚的发育进程最初与大麦自交时情况相似。以后胚发育缓慢,并长期停留在原胚阶段。在授粉后12—15天,原胚发育达到高峰。仅有个别杂种胚在授粉后第18、19天进入胚分化,且胚分化不完善。同时,在整个发育过程中,原胚不时出现解体退化现象。杂种胚乳的发育仅在最初阶段形成若干游离核,此后胚乳组织转向退化。在授粉10天以后的子房中,未检查到胚乳或胚乳解体后的残留物。     

小麦x长穗偃麦草的受精和早期胚胎发育

用石蜡切片法,对小麦(Triticum aestivum)和长穗偃麦草(Elytrigia elongata)杂交的受精和早期胚胎发育进行了观察。结果表明,长穗偃麦草花粉在小麦柱头上萌发良好,花粉管可顺利长人花柱和胚囊。 观察的170个小麦子房中,17.65％发生了双受精,产生了胚和胚乳;9.41％发生了单卵受精,只产生胚而无胚乳;4.71％。发生了单极核受精,只产生胚乳而无胚;总受精率为31.77％;成胚率为27.06％。由于胚乳的缺乏或发育异常及败育,最终难以获得有生活力的种子。为小麦与长穗偃麦草远缘杂交提供了细胞胚胎学证据。     

中国春ph2b突变体×华山新麦草F1自交和回交一代细胞遗传学研究

用中国春ph2b突变体(Triticumaestivum L.cv.Chinese Spring)与华山新麦草(Psathyrostachys huashani-caKeng)杂种F1的部分进行自交,而另一部分与3个不同的普通小麦品种以及中国春ph2b突变体进行回交,并对自交和回交一代的形态学和细胞学进行研究。结果表明:(1)含有AABBDDNs的自交F2的花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ平均单价体数都在7以上,说明来自华山新麦草的Ns基因组可引起普通小麦ABD基因组中某一个(几个)同源组发生不联会或联会消失;(2)在回交一代(F1×CS、F1×CSph2b)中,平均单价体数都在7以下,说明其中的ph2b基因起到了促进染色体配对的作用;而在回交一代(F1×J-11、F1×郑麦-9023)中,则表现正常,与理论一致;(3)在所有自交和回交一代中,减数分裂期间均出现染色体桥、落后染色体、三分孢子体、多分孢子体以及微核等各种染色体异常行为,说明Ns基因组引起了所得材料细胞学上的不稳定性。从总体上讲,回交比自交能更快地恢复ph2b基因促进部分同源染色体配对的作用,为染色体重组提供更多的机会,期望在后代中获得新种质。     

利用分子标记将2Ai-2染色体转移到小麦ph1b遗传背景的研究

小麦ph1b突变体可诱导部分同源染色体配对和交换,产生遗传上较为稳定、补偿性较好的重组体。将外源染色体引入ph1b的小麦遗传背景是产生目标染色体重组体的基础,但ph1b植株没有明显而稳定的表型性状,难以从表型上进行选择。本研究利用CSph1b缺失区中的分子标记Mads及外源染色体特异的分子标记P4和P68,对小麦-中间偃麦草2Ai-2(2B)异代换系N420与CSph1b的杂种F2群体及其衍生的F5株系进行ph1b-2Ai-2染色体综合体的选择,高效地获得了目标基因型。     

小麦×长穗偃麦草的受精和早期胚胎发育

用石蜡切片法,对小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍ）和长穗偃麦草（Ｅｌｙｔｒｉｇｉａｅｌｏｎｇａｔａ）杂交的受精和早期胚胎发育进行了观察。结果表明,长穗偃麦草花粉在小麦柱头上萌发良好,花粉管可顺利长入花柱和胚囊。观察的１７０个小麦子房中,１７６５％发生了双受精,产生了胚和胚乳;９４１％发生了单卵受精,只产生胚而无胚乳;４７１％发生了单极核受精,只产生胚乳而无胚;总受精率为３１７７％;成胚率为２７０６％。由于胚乳的缺乏或发育异常及败育,最终难以获得有生活力的种子。为小麦与长穗偃麦草远缘杂交提供了细胞胚胎学证据。     

小麦与赖草远缘杂交的受精和胚胎发育

对小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍ ａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍ Ｌ．）和赖草（Ｌｅｙｍ ｕｓｓｅｃａｌｉｎｕｓＴｚｒｅｌ．）杂交的受精和胚胎发育进行了观察．赖草花粉在小麦柱头上萌发良好,花粉管可顺利长入花柱和胚囊,在检查过的３１９个小麦子房中,６２个（１９．４４％ ）发生了双受精,产生了胚和胚乳,但胚乳的发育往往落后于胚的发育;４９个（１５．３６％ ）发生了单卵受精,只产生胚而无胚乳;７个（２．１９％ ）发生了单极核受精,只产生胚乳而无胚．小麦×赖草虽然总受精率可高达３６．９９％ ,然而由于胚乳的缺乏或发育不完全,致使最后结实率很低．从１５０朵授过赖草花粉的小麦颖花中,只得到１粒种子．表明利用胚培养技术对杂种胚进行早期离体培养,可望提高杂种植株的获得率     

中国春ph2b突变体×华山新麦草F1自交和回交一代细胞遗传学研究

用中国春ph2b突变体（Triticum aestivum L.cv.Chinese Spring）与华山新麦草（Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng）杂种F1的部分进行自交,而另一部分与3个不同的普通小麦品种以及中国春ph2b突变体进行回交,并对自交和回交一代的形态学和细胞学进行研究.结果表明：（1）含有AABBDDNs的自交F2的花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ平均单价体数都在7以上,说明来自华山新麦草的Ns基因组可引起普通小麦ABD基因组中某一个（几个）同源组发生不联会或联会消失;（2）在回交一代（F1×CS、F1×CSph2b）中,平均单价体数都在7以下,说明其中的ph2b基因起到了促进染色体配对的作用;而在回交一代（F1×J-11、F1×郑麦-9023）中,则表现正常,与理论一致;（3）在所有自交和回交一代中,减数分裂期间均出现染色体桥、落后染色体、三分孢子体、多分孢子体以及微核等各种染色体异常行为,说明Ns基因组引起了所得材料细胞学上的不稳定性.从总体上讲,回交比自交能更快地恢复ph2b基因促进部分同源染色体配对的作用,为染色体重组提供更多的机会,期望在后代中获得新种质.     

Fertilization and Embryo Development in Hybridization Between Wheat and Leymus

Observations were made of the fertilization and embryo development in intergeneric cross between Triticum aestivum L. cv. Chinese Spring and Leyrnus secalinus Tzrel. The pollen germination of Leymus secalinus appeared normal on the stigma of Triticum aestivum and the pollen tubes grew into the style and entered the embryo sacs. Double and simple fertilization were observed in the pollinated florets. Of the 319 ovaries examed 62 (19.44%) had double fertilization and had embryo and endosperm, but endosperm development was slower than that of the embryos, 49 (15.36%) had only embryo and 7 (2.19%) had only endosperm. The total percentage of fertilization was as high as 36.99%. However, only I seed was obtained from 150 wheat ftorets pollinated with Leymus secalinus. This was obviously due to the absence or poor development of the endosperm. It may be suggested that the potential of increasing the frequency of hybrid plant obtainment was great in the cross between wheat and leymus, if embryo culture technique is employed at the early stage of hybrid embryo development.     

Induction of Haploid Durum Wheat Plants Through Pollination of Maize Pollen

When tetraploid wheat (Triticum durum Desf. ) variety DR147 was crossed with maize (Zea mays L. ) variety suppersweet ss 7700, pollen readily germinated on the stigma and one or more pollen tubes reached the embryo sac in 83.4% of wheat florets. The frequency of fertilization and embryo formation was 44.5% and 42. 6% respectively. The hybrids were karyotypically unstable and the maize chromosomes were eliminated early in the development. Thus haploid wheat embryos were form. Although the double fertilization frequency of durum wheat X maize was high (32.7%) to form embryos and endosperms, yet the endosperms were highly abnormal. It was very difficult to produce viable mature seeds from the mother durum wheat plants. The survival of hybrid embryos produced by durum wheat X maize could be improved or prolonged by treatment with 100 ppm 2, 4-D (either by dipping inflorescences in solution or injecting 0.3 to 0.5 mL 2, 4-D solution into the uppermost internodes of the wheat stem). 9 to 13 days after pollination, caryopsis were excised from the pollinated spikes and surface sterilized for peeling of the embryos in different developing stages. The embryos were plated on MS solid medium containing 3% sucrose, 200 mg/L casein hydrolysate for embryo rescue. The experimental results revealed that the well developed embryos (larger than 0. 5 mm with scutellum structure) were easy to produce calli by callus induction or produce haploid wheat plants by embryo rescue, whereas the poorly developed embryos (globular, pear or torpedo-shaped embryos smaller than 0.3 mm) responsed very poorly. The germination frequencies of well and poorly developed embryos were 83.3 % and 12.5 %, respectively. Chromosome counts of root tip cells of the rescued plants proved their haploid nature (2n= 2x= 14).     

Effect of zearalenone treatment on the production of wheat haploids via the maize pollination system

The ability of zearalenone (ZEN) to stimulate the growth of haploid wheat embryos formed following the pollination of wheat spikes with maize pollen was tested. The maize pollination system was used as a model to compare the activity of ZEN with that of auxin analogues. Three solutions, each with a different concentration of ZEN (6.0, 3.0 or 1.5 microM), and a solution of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (control) were tested for their effect on ovary swelling, frequency of embryo formation and the ability to regenerate plants. In total, 3,105 florets of 282 spikes from five different cultivars of hexaploid winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) were pollinated with maize ( Zea mays L. cv. Gama) pollen and treated with the ZEN solutions. The highest concentration of ZEN (6.0 microM) was the most effective in inducing ovary swelling (84 swollen ovaries/100 pollinated florets) and increasing the frequency of embryo induction (18.9 embryos/100 pollinated florets), but these embryos were severely deformed. They had low capability to germinate in vitro, while callus was easily formed and indirect regeneration of plants was possible. The lowest ZEN concentration (1.5 micrroM) induced ovary swelling in 42.8/100 pollinated florets and embryo growth in 3.3 out of 100 pollinated florets. The embryos were regular in shape, and almost half of them germinated in vitro while callus induction from them failed. The concentration of 3 microM ZEN had an intermediate effect. The type of response of the various wheat genotypes was similar, while frequencies were different, with cv. Izolda being the most responsive. The results show that ZEN has some of the properties of an auxin analogue, while other effects of its action are unique. It can be used in the maize pollination system of doubled haploid production to replace auxin analogues when indirect regeneration of plants via callus tissue is planned.     

Production and morphology of the hybrids Aegilops kotschyi x Secale cereale and Ae. biuncialis x S. cereale

Hybrids between Aegilops kotschyi and Ae. biuncialis with Secale cereale were synthesized. Five Ae. kotschyi and four Ae. biuncialis accessions, as well as one inbred and four self-compatible forms of Secale cereale were used for crossing. The hybrids were produced directly from cultured embryos or through embryo callus culture. Sixty hybrids, 11 involving Ae. kotschyi and 49 Ae. biuncialis, had a stable somatic chromosome number 2n = 3x = 21. The plants showed good vegetative vigour and tillering capacity. Morphologically the hybrids were intermediate between their parents and completely sterile. In vitro propagation of Ae. kotschyi and Ae. biuncialis x S. cereale hybrids revealed that their capacity for callus production and plantlet regeneration - varies.     

Effect of Salicylhydroxamic Acid on Endosperm Strength and Embryo Growth of Lactuca sativa L. cv Waldmann''s Green Seeds

Salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM) stimulated germination of photosensitive lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv Waldmann's Green) seeds in darkness. To determine whether SHAM acts on the embryo or the endosperm, we investigated separately effects of SHAM on growth potential of isolated embryos as well as on endosperm strength. Embryo growth potential was quantified by incubating decoated embryos in various concentrations of osmoticum and measuring subsequent radicle elongation. Growth potential of embryos isolated from seeds pretreated with 4 millimolar SHAM was equal to that of untreated controls. Rupture strength of endosperm tissue excised from seeds pretreated with SHAM was 33% less than that of controls in the micropylar region. To determine if the embryo must be in contact with the endosperm for SHAM to weaken the endosperm, some endosperms were incubated with SHAM only after dissection from seeds. Rupture strength of SHAM-treated, isolated endosperms in the micropylar region was 25% less than that of untreated controls. There was no difference in rupture strength in the cotyledonary region of endosperm isolated from seeds treated with SHAM in buffer or buffer alone. SHAM therefore stimulates germination not by enhancing embryo growth potential, but by weakening the micropylar region of the endosperm enclosing the embryo.