长日光周期对水稻幼穗发育的影响及其对光敏核不育水稻育性转换的作用研究

光敏核不育水稻晚粳农垦58S具有长日照下不育、短日照下可育的特点，是目前二系法杂交水稻应用的基础。对于其长日光周期引起雄性败育的特性已得到很多实验的支持，但这种光周期反应特性是光敏不育材料所特有，还是在水稻穗发育中普遍存在，目前尚不清楚。对这一问题的认识涉及到对光敏不育性本质的了解及对这一性状的有效利用，本文对此进行了系统的研究分析。 本研究以24种水稻品种包括光敏核不育系及常规水稻品种为材料，在控制光周期下进行。即利用16h长日照处理(LD)和l0h短日照处理(SD)及其不同组合，以抽穗期、叶龄、抽穗叶片总数、花粉育性、结实率、穗长、穗粒密度为指标，结合光敏不育系幼穗发育的形态解剖学特征，探讨了在整个水稻发育中包括叶片生长、幼穗分化以及穗发育等过程中，不同材料的光周期反应特征，尤其是二次枝梗期后的穗发育过程中的光周期反应特征。此外还分析了温度与光周期反应的关系及温度在光敏不育现象中的作用，并研究了代谢抑制剂对光敏不育特征的影响。 研究表明，光周期对水稻的出叶速度基本没有影响，但对水稻的抽穗叶龄有影响，长日照使抽穗叶龄增加而延迟其穗分化及抽穗。光周期还对幼穗分化后的穗发育过程有抑制延迟，作用，影响大小因品种而异，以对早稻、籼稻的影响最弱，对晚稻、粳稻的影响最强，与其穗分化中的感光性有明显的相关性。 除对抽穗期有影响外，穗发育阶段的长日光周期还影响着穗发育的其它性状，如使穗长增加，芒较长、稳粒密度降低，花粉育性降低，结实率下降。此外植株发育的其它性状也可受到影响，如剑叶发育不良表现为叶片缺少仅有叶鞘、倒二叶生长旺盛、植株较高等。同时几组不同组合的光周期处理结果均表明，长日光周期对水稻穗发育的影响主要发生在穗发育的前5-10天即颖花原基分化期、雌雄蕊原基分化期至花粉母细胞形成期。这些结果表明水稻的光周期反应不仅表现在茎端从营养生长向生殖生长的转换上（幼穗分化），而且还表现在幼穗分化完成后的穗发育过程中。长日光周期对晚稻穗发育均有抑制效应，且日长对稳发育的影响时期与光敏核不育水稻的‘育性转换敏感期’完全一致。因此在农垦58S中引起‘光敏不育’的原因很可能不是一种特殊的光周期反应，而是该材料雄性器官发生过程不能对长日光周期做出适当的反应。 对24种不同品种水稻的光周期反应表明，不同材料光周期反应特性不同。光敏不育系农垦58S与农垦58在对长日照的反应上也有较大不同，表现为前者在短日照下穗分化较快，在自然日照下抽穗较早。这表明除了育性不同外，农垦58S与农垦58在光周期反应特征上也有所不同，然而我们认为这种不同不是农垦58S表现光敏不育的主要原因。因为本研究中还发现，光敏不育系农垦58S与其可育回复突变体农垦58S(r)在抽穗期等光周期反应特征上相当一致，但在育性反应上却有较大不同，长日照下农垦58S(r)表现为雄性可育，而农垦58S表现为雄性败育。根据上述几方面的比较，我们认为光敏不育的机制很可能在于农垦58S突变体其雄性器官发育对环境不利信号的反应能力的变弱所致。 在本研究中发现，温度对水稻穗发育的影响表现在两个方面：一方面是通过影响光周期反应强弱而起作用，如高温可加强短日照下的穗分化和发育过程，高温亦可加强长日照对穗分化发育的抑制作用;另一方面是直接对器官发生过程产生影响，如在对短日照下光敏不育系和常规稻不同温度条件下处理时的结实率比较分析发现，常规稻的结实率与其抽穗扬花期的平均温度显著负相关，而光敏核不育水稻的结实率虽与抽穗扬花期的温度有一定相关性，但更与穗发育期的平均温度呈显著负相关，二者在受温度影响的作用时期上有显著差异，因此温度也可直接对雄性器官发育起作用。区分温度对光敏不育的两方面影响，同时考虑到光敏不育机制更有可能在于光敏不育系农垦58S雄性器官发育对环境信号反应能力的变弱的假设。我们就可以较好地理解农垦58S‘光敏不育’性状经杂交转育到对光周期弱感的籼稻中所出现的‘温敏不育性’。 核酸代谢抑制剂5-FU，2-TU对SD下的幼穗分化有较强抑制作用，使幼穗分化被迟滞，而2-BrDU和蛋白质合成抑制剂CHX、CL对其影响较小。抑制剂处理也不能诱导LD下的穗分化。 短日照下，5-FU可对穗发育有强烈抑制作用，可使常规品种农垦58及光敏不育系农垦58S穗畸形，颖花减少并发育不良，穗长缩短，枝梗减少，花粉败育甚至无花粉，结实率显著降低，其有效作用时期为穗发育的二次枝梗分化期至雌雄蕊原基分化期，与长日照诱导农垦58S败育的作用时期也完全吻合，5-FU对SD下穗发育的影响还可被核酸抑制剂的恢复剂乳清酸所部分恢复。其它代谢抑制剂如2-TU、CHX、CL等也可使农垦58S育性明显降饭，而所有这些抑制剂对常规可育的农垦58及农垦58S(r)的育性影响较小，表明它们与光敏不育系对抑制信号的反应能力有显著不同。 长日照下5-FU对LD下的农垦58S的幼穗发育也有很强的抑制作用，使稳长缩短，颖数减少，但它还可使部分LD下处理植株抽穗期较LD对照明显提前，并可使农垦58S育性部分恢复而有结实，说明5-FU还可对LD的抑制作用有抑制，通过对LD抑制作用的抑制使LD下的育性转换有部分恢复。其它代谢抑制剂在穗发育前期处理LD下农垦58S叶片均可看到植株在抽穗期较LD下提前5—8天的同时，其花粉育性有不同程度的提高，在高温长日下甚至有一定程度的结实率，表明各种抑制剂均可对穗发育中的光周期作用产生影响。 总之，本研究结果表明，短日植物水稻的光周期反应不仅存在于幼穗分化上，还存在于幼穗发育和花器官发生等发育过程中。幼穗发育的光周期效应表现为抽穗期、穗长、穗粒密度、结实率等多方面的变化，作用时期以穗发育早期的花器官发生阶段影响最大。作用强弱因品种不同而异，以粳稻和晚稻中作用较强。光敏不育突变的更主要变化可能在于农垦58S的雄性器官分化发育时对环境不利信号的反应能力变弱，导致其正常发育受阻，育性不能正常表达。温度在水稻穗发育上既可通过影响光周期反应而起作用，还可直接对穗器官发育产生影响而对育性表达起作用。此外我们还发现农垦58S与农垦58不仅在雄性育性上有显著不同，而且其光周期反应特性也有较大的差异。抑制剂处理结果也支持光敏不育系农垦58S的雄性器官发生过程较农垦58更易受抑制剂影响而育性降低，而抑制剂对长日光周期抑制作用的部分解除，可以使其育性有一定程度的恢复，也表明光周期对雄性育性的影响最为显著。这些结果可以帮助我们更加全面地认识光敏不育水稻的基本特性，从而为进一步开展光敏不育的转育及应用研究提供可靠的科学依据。

Growth, recruitment, and abundance of juvenile striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) in South Carolina estuaries

Growth, recruitment, and abundance of young-of-the-year (YOY) striped mullet (Mugil cephalus L.) in estuarine habitats in South Carolina from 1998 to 2000 were examined and compared to historical data (1986–91) of growth, recruitment, and abundance. Daily growth increments from the sagittal otoliths of juvenile striped mullet were validated by using fish immersed in oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OTC) for five hours from the Charleston Harbor Estuary system. The distribution of back-calculated birthdates indicated that striped mullet spawn from October to late April and estuarine recruitment occurs from January through May. Juveniles were more abundant in mesohaline and polyhaline salinity regimes but were found throughout the estuary. Juvenile growth after recruitment into the estuary can be described by the relationship Total length (mm) = 0.341 (Age)1.04 (r2=0.741, P=0.001). Growth of juveniles according to the analysis of size-frequency data from historical surveys (1986 to 1991) in the same estuaries gave the relationship Total length (mm) = 8.77 (month)1.12 (r2=0.950, P=0.001). The similarity in the growth curves for both groups of fish suggests that juvenile striped mullet in South Carolina have consistent annual growth during the first year of life.

TECHNIQUES FOR PRODUCING DEFECT-FREE SOI BY DUAL ELECTRON BEAM HEATING OF DEPOSITED POLYSILICON.

Advances in the dual electron-beam recrystallization technique arising from the fast scanning of a line beam parallel to the edges of narrow seeding windows are described. The resultant recrystallized layers are essentially defect-free, have good surface flatness, and cover large areas.

Reduction of porosity in RE1Ba2Cu3Oy pseudo crystals

The distribution of porosity in Y1Ba2Cu3Oy (Y-123) pseudo-crystals prepared by hot seeded melt growth of precursor pellet samples pre-sintered at elevated temperatures in air or vacuum has been investigated. The results demonstrate that the porosity within the Y-123 pseudo-crystal matrix could be reduced dramatically by pre-sintering in vacuum, compared with that for precursor pellets processed in air.

Fabrication of large grain Nd-Ba-Cu-O by seeded melt growth

Large, single grain Nd-Ba-Cu-O (NdBCO) composite samples of NdBa2Cu3O7-δ (Nd-123) containing 15 and 20 mol. % non-superconducting Nd4Ba2Cu2O10 (Nd-422) phase inclusions have been fabricated successfully by a variety of techniques based on top-seeded melt growth under reduced oxygen partial pressure. Specifically, individual grains up to 2cm in diameter have been grown using (100) oriented MgO seeding, self (NdBCO) seeding at elevated temperature and self-seeding of Ag and Au doped precursor pellets. The latter exhibit a reduced peritectic decomposition temperature compared with the undoped compound. These techniques, which vary in degree of difficulty and hence reliability, yield grains with a range of microstructural homogeneity. This paper describes the general aspects of large NdBCO grain fabrication and presents the results of the different fabrication techniques.

Melanoma cell growth inhibition by beta gamma-CAT, which is a novel non-lens betagamma-crystallin and trefoil factor complex from frog Bombina maxima skin

In vertebrates, non-lens beta gamma-crystallins are widely expressed in various tissues but their functions are unknown. The molecular mechanisms of trefoil factors, initiators of mucosal healing and being greatly involved in tumorigenesis, have remained

Hafnia nanoparticles - a model system for graphene growth on a dielectric

We study graphene growth on hafnia (HfO2) nanoparticles by chemical vapour deposition using optical microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. We find that monoclinic HfO2 nanoparticles neither reduce to a metal nor form a carbide while nucleating nanometer domain-sized few layer graphene. Hence we regard this as an interesting non-metallic catalyst model system with the potential to explore graphene growth directly on a (high-k) dielectric. HfO2 nanoparticles coated with few layer graphene by atmospheric pressure CVD with methane and hydrogen at 950 °C. (© 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) Graphene growth on hafnia (HfO2) nanoparticles by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is studied. It is found that monoclinic HfO2 nanoparticles neither reduce to a metal nor form a carbide while nucleating nanometer domain-sized few layer graphene. Hence the authors of this Letter regard this as an interesting non-metallic catalyst model system with the potential to explore graphene growth directly on a (high-k) dielectric. © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.