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Zhou Q, Cheng X, Kong B, Zhao Y, Li Z, Sang Y, Wu J, Zhang P. Heat shock-induced failure of meiosis I to meiosis II transition leads to 2n pollen formation in a woody plant. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:2110-2127. [PMID: 35567496 PMCID: PMC9342974 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The formation of diploid gametes through chromosome doubling is a major mechanism of polyploidization, diversification, and speciation in plants. Unfavorable climate conditions can induce or stimulate the production of diploid gametes during meiosis. Here, we demonstrated that heat shock stress (38°C for 3 or 6 h) induced 2n pollen formation, and we generated 42 triploids derived from heat shock-induced 2n pollen of Populus canescens. Meiotic analysis of treated pollen mother cells revealed that induced 2n pollen originated from the complete loss of meiosis II (MII). Among the 42 triploids, 38 triploids derived from second division restitution (SDR)-type 2n pollen and 4 triploids derived from first division restitution-type 2n pollen were verified using simple sequence repeats (SSR) molecular markers. Twenty-two differentially expressed genes related to the cell cycle were identified and characterized by expression profile analysis. Among them was POPTR_0002s08020g (PtCYCA1;2), which encodes a type A Cyclin CYCA1;2 that is required for the meiosis I (MI) to MII transition. After male flower buds were exposed to heat shock, a significant reduction was detected in PtCYCA1;2 expression. We inferred that the failure of MI-to-MII transitions might be associated with downregulated expression of PtCYCA1;2, leading to the formation of SDR-type 2n pollen. Our findings provide insights into mechanisms of heat shock-induced 2n pollen formation in a woody plant and verify that sensitivity to environmental stress has evolutionary importance in terms of polyploidization.
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- Qing Zhou
- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing, China
- Key laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing, China
- Key laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing, China
- Key laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing, China
- Key laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing, China
- Key laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing, China
- Key laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing, China
- Key laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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Xie L, Ke LZ, Lu XQ, Chen J, Zhang ZS. Exploiting Unreduced Gametes for Improving Ornamental Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:883470. [PMID: 35734261 PMCID: PMC9207335 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.883470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The formation of gametes with somatic chromosome number or unreduced gametes (2n gametes) is an important process involved in the origin of polyploid plants in nature. Unreduced gametes are the result of meiotic mutations occurring during micro- and mega-sporogenesis. 2n gametes have been identified or artificially induced in a large number of plant species. Breeding of plants through 2n gametes can be advantageous because it combines genetic effects of polyploidy with meiotic recombination and sexual hybridization to produce tremendous genetic variation and heterosis. 2n gametes also occur in ornamental plants, but the potential of using 2n gametes in ornamental plant breeding has not been extensively exploited. Ornamental plants are primarily produced for their esthetic appearance and novelty, not for food and yield, and they can be readily propagated through vegetative means. Triploids, tetraploids, and plants with even higher ploidy levels produced through 2n gametes can be propagated through tissue culture to fix their phenotypes, thus leading to the development of new cultivars. In this review article, we intend to discuss the mechanisms underlying the formation of 2n gametes, techniques for 2n gamete identification, methods for enhancing 2n gamete formation, and the current status in the use of 2n gametes for development of novel ornamental plants. We believe that polyploidy breeding through 2n gametes represents a viable way of developing new cultivars, new species, and even new genera of ornamental plants.
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- Li Xie
- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Environmental Horticulture Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Apopka, FL, United States
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- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Gao SM, Yang MH, Zhang F, Fan LJ, Zhou Y. The strong competitive role of 2n pollen in several polyploidy hybridizations in Rosa hybrida. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:127. [PMID: 30947683 PMCID: PMC6449914 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1696-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND 2n pollen play a strong competitive role in hybridization and breeding of multiploids in Rosa hybrida. The ploidy inheritable characteristic of 'Orange Fire' × 'Old Blush' were analyzed. RESULT The results of the cytological observations indicated that 2n pollen developed from the defeated cytoplasmic division or nuclear division in the meiosis metaphase II of PMC (pollen mother cell) in 'Old Blush'. The natural generation rate of the 2n pollen in 'Old Blush' (2x) was about 1.39 in percentage of all male gametes, whereas the tetraploids in the F1 offspring possessed a high rate, i.e., 44.00%. The temporal and spatial characteristics of 'Old Blush' pollen germination on the stigma and growth in pistil of 'Orange Fire' and 'DEE' were observed, and the results suggested that the germination rate of 2n pollen on the stigma was not superior to that of 1n pollen, but that the proportion of 2n pollen increased to 30.90 and 37.20%, respectively, while it traversed the stigma and entered into style. The callose plug in the 2n pollen tube was significantly thinner than that of 1n pollen tube. And each trait involved in our experiment probably is very important for F1 morphological phenotypes. CONCLUSION We conclude that 2n pollen are involved in hybridization and have a competitive advantage while it traversed the stigma and entered into style. The callose plug in the 2n pollen tube was may have strongly influenced the competitive process in R. hybrida.
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- Shu-min Gao
- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083 China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Greening Plants Breeding, Beijing Institute of Landscape Architecture, No.7 Huajiadi, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083 China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Greening Plants Breeding, Beijing Institute of Landscape Architecture, No.7 Huajiadi, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083 China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Greening Plants Breeding, Beijing Institute of Landscape Architecture, No.7 Huajiadi, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083 China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Greening Plants Breeding, Beijing Institute of Landscape Architecture, No.7 Huajiadi, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102 China
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Martin C, Viruel MA, Lora J, Hormaza JI. Polyploidy in Fruit Tree Crops of the Genus Annona (Annonaceae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:99. [PMID: 30804968 PMCID: PMC6378316 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Genome duplication or polyploidy is one of the main factors of speciation in plants. It is especially frequent in hybrids and very valuable in many crops. The genus Annona belongs to the Annonaceae, a family that includes several fruit tree crops, such as cherimoya (Annona cherimola), sugar apple (Annona squamosa), their hybrid atemoya (A. cherimola × A. squamosa) or pawpaw (Asimina triloba). In this work, genome content was evaluated in several Annona species, A. triloba and atemoya. Surprisingly, while the hybrid atemoya has been reported as diploid, flow cytometry analysis of a progeny obtained from an interspecific cross between A. cherimola and A. squamosa showed an unusual ploidy variability that was also confirmed karyotype analysis. While the progeny from intraspecific crosses of A. cherimola showed polyploid genotypes that ranged from 2.5 to 33%, the hybrid atemoyas from the interspecific cross showed 35% of triploids from a total of 186 genotypes analyzed. With the aim of understanding the possible implications of the production of non-reduced gametes, pollen performance, pollen size and frequency distribution of pollen grains was quantified in the progeny of this cross and the parents. A large polymorphism in pollen grain size was found within the interspecific progeny with higher production of unreduced pollen in triploids (38%) than in diploids (29%). Moreover, using PCR amplification of selected microsatellite loci, while 13.7% of the pollen grains from the diploids showed two alleles, 41.28% of the grains from the triploids amplified two alleles and 5.63% showed up to three alleles. This suggests that the larger pollen grains could correspond to diploid and, in a lower frequency, to triploid pollen. Pollen performance was also affected with lower pollen germination in the hybrid triploids than in both diploid parents. The results confirm a higher percentage of polyploids in the interspecific cross, affecting pollen grain size and pollen performance. The occurrence of unreduced gametes in A. cherimola, A. squamosa and their interspecific progeny that may result in abnormalities of ploidy such as the triploids and tetraploids observed in this study, opens an interesting opportunity to study polyploidy in Annonaceae.
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Málaga, Spain
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Kaur D, Singhal VK. Meiotic abnormalities affect genetic constitution and pollen viability in dicots from Indian cold deserts. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:10. [PMID: 30616590 PMCID: PMC6323802 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1596-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Meiotic abnormalities lead to morphological and genetic variations which caused not only to evolution but also intraspecific reproductive barriers. During present study of detailed meiotic course in dicotyledonous plants sampled from Indian cold deserts, various meiotic abnormalities have been detected. For this, the plant materials fixed in Carnoy's fixative and studied detailed meiotic course by standard squash method in 1% acetocarmine. RESULTS Meiotic abnormalities have been presently detected in 71 species which include multiple associations in diploids (Achillea millefolium L.), multivalents and univalents in polyploids (4 species), cytomixis (40 species), chromosome stickiness (20 species), nonsynchronous disjunction of bivalents (32 species), interbivalent connections (15 species), synaptic mutants (2 species), syncyte meiocytes (2 species), abnormal spindles (7 species), and fusion of pollen grains (1 species), laggards and chromatin bridges, hypo-, hyperploid PMCs, monads, dyads, triads, tetrads with micronuclei and polyads. CONCLUSIONS Consequently, variable sized apparently fertile pollen grains and considerable amount of sterile pollen grains are resulted as end products which lead to different genetic constitution (aneuploids and polyploids) and curtailed sexual reproductive success in these species.
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- Dalvir Kaur
- Department of Botany, Patel Memorial National College, Rajpura affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India
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- Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India
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Khan NA, Singhal VK, Kumar P, Gupta RC. Male Meiotic and Morphometric Analysis in the 2 x and 4 x Cytotypes in Arabis recta Vill. (Brassicaceae) from Cold Desert Regions of North-West Himalayas. CYTOLOGIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.83.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, Punjabi University
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Singhal VK, Tantray YR, Kaur M, Rana PK, Gupta RC. Intraspecific Euploidy (2<i>x</i>, 4<i>x</i>) in <i>Primula denticulata</i> Sm. from North West Himalayas in India. CYTOLOGIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.83.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Singhal VK, Tantray YR, Kaur D, Gupta RC. First Report of Intraspecific Polyploidy (2<i>x</i>, 4<i>x</i>) in <i>Physochlaina praealta</i> (Decne.) Miers. (Family: Solanaceae). CYTOLOGIA 2017. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.82.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kuligowska K, Lütken H, Müller R. Towards development of new ornamental plants: status and progress in wide hybridization. PLANTA 2016; 244:1-17. [PMID: 26969022 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2493-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The present review provides insights into the key findings of the hybridization process, crucial factors affecting the adaptation of new technologies within wide hybridization of ornamental plants and presents perspectives of further development of this strategy. Wide hybridization is one of the oldest breeding techniques that contributed enormously to the development of modern plant cultivars. Within ornamental breeding, it represents the main source of genetic variation. During the long history of wide hybridization, a number of methods were implemented allowing the evolution from a conventional breeding tool into a modern methodology. Nowadays, the research on model plants and crop species increases our understanding of reproductive isolation among distant species and partly explains the background of the traditional approaches previously used for overcoming hybridization barriers. Characterization of parental plants and hybrids is performed using molecular and cytological techniques that strongly facilitate breeding processes. Molecular markers and sequencing technologies are used for the assessment of genetic relationships among plants, as the genetic distance is typically depicted as one of the most important factors influencing cross-compatibility in hybridization processes. Furthermore, molecular marker systems are frequently applied for verification of hybrid state of the progeny. The flow cytometry and genomic in situ hybridization are used in the assessment of hybridization partners and characterization of hybrid progeny in relation to genome stabilization as well as genome recombination and introgression. In the future, new research and technologies are likely to provide more detailed information about genes and pathways responsible for interspecific reproductive isolation. Ultimately, this knowledge will enable development of strategies for obtaining compatible lines for hybrid production. Recent development in sequencing technologies and availability of sequence data will also facilitate creation of new molecular markers that will advance marker-assisted selection in hybridization process.
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- Katarzyna Kuligowska
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630, Tåstrup, Denmark.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630, Tåstrup, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630, Tåstrup, Denmark
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Singhal VK, Khan NA, Gupta RC. Syncyte and ‘2 n’ Pollen Grain Formation in Heracleum pinnatum: A Possible Mechanism for the Origin of Intraspecific Polyploids. CYTOLOGIA 2016. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.81.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhou X, Mo X, Gui M, Wu X, Jiang Y, Ma L, Shi Z, Luo Y, Tang W. Cytological, molecular mechanisms and temperature stress regulating production of diploid male gametes in Dianthus caryophyllus L. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2015; 97:255-63. [PMID: 26492133 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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In plant evolution, because of its key role in sexual polyploidization or whole genome duplication events, diploid gamete formation is considered as an important component in diversification and speciation. Environmental stress often triggers unreduced gamete production. However, the molecular, cellular mechanisms and adverse temperature regulating diplogamete production in carnation remain poorly understood. Here, we investigate the cytological basis for 2n male gamete formation and describe the isolation and characterization of the first gene, DcPS1 (Dianthus Caryophyllus Parallel Spindle 1). In addition, we analyze influence of temperature stress on diploid gamete formation and transcript levels of DcPS1. Cytological evidence indicated that 2n male gamete formation is attributable to abnormal spindle orientation at male meiosis II. DcPS1 protein is conserved throughout the plant kingdom and carries domains suggestive of a regulatory function. DcPS1 expression analysis show DcPS1 gene probably have a role in 2n pollen formation. Unreduced pollen formation in various cultivation was sensitive to high or low temperature which was probably regulated by the level of DcPS1 transcripts. In a broader perspective, these findings can have potential applications in fundamental polyploidization research and plant breeding programs.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosomes, Plant/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- Dianthus/cytology
- Dianthus/genetics
- Diploidy
- Flowers/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Germ Cells, Plant/cytology
- Germ Cells, Plant/metabolism
- Organ Specificity/genetics
- Phylogeny
- Pollen/cytology
- Pollen/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Stress, Physiological/genetics
- Temperature
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- Xuhong Zhou
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming 650500, China; Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming 650500, China; Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming 650205, China; National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Kunming 650205, China
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- Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming 650205, China; National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Kunming 650205, China
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- Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming 650205, China; National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Kunming 650205, China
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- Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming 650205, China; National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Kunming 650205, China
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- Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming 650205, China; National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Kunming 650205, China
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- Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming 650205, China; National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Kunming 650205, China
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- Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming 650205, China; National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Kunming 650205, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming 650500, China; Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming 650500, China; Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming 650500, China.
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Younis A, Hwang YJ, Lim KB. Exploitation of induced 2n-gametes for plant breeding. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:215-23. [PMID: 24311154 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1534-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Unreduced gamete formation derived via abnormal meiotic cell division is an important approach to polyploidy breeding. This process is considered the main driving force in spontaneous polyploids formation in nature, but the potential application of these gametes to plant breeding has not been fully exploited. An effective mechanism for their artificial induction is needed to attain greater genetic variation and enable efficient use of unreduced gametes in breeding programs. Different approaches have been employed for 2n-pollen production including interspecific hybridization, manipulation of environmental factors and treatment with nitrous oxide, trifluralin, colchicine, oryzalin and other chemicals. These chemicals can act as a stimulus to produce viable 2n pollen; however, their exact mode of action, optimum concentration and developmental stages are still not known. Identification of efficient methods of inducing 2n-gamete formation will help increase pollen germination of sterile interspecific hybrids for inter-genomic recombination and introgression breeding to develop new polyploid cultivars and increase heterozygosity among plant populations. Additionally, the application of genomic tools and identification and isolation of genes and mechanisms involved in the induction of 2n-gamete will enable increased exploitation in different plant species, which will open new avenues for plant breeding.
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- Adnan Younis
- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Korea,
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Wen J, Zhu L, Qi L, Ke H, Yi B, Shen J, Tu J, Ma C, Fu T. Characterization of interploid hybrids from crosses between Brassica juncea and B. oleracea and the production of yellow-seeded B. napus. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2012; 125:19-32. [PMID: 22350176 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1813-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Yellow-seeded Brassica napus was for the first time developed from interspecific crosses using yellow-seeded B. juncea (AABB), yellow-seeded B. oleracea (CC), and black-seeded artificial B. napus (AACC). Three different mating approaches were undertaken to eliminate B-genome chromosomes after trigenomic hexaploids (AABBCC) were generated. Hybrids (AABCC, ABCC) from crosses AABBCC × AACC, AABBCC × CC and ABCC × AACC were advanced by continuous selfing in approach 1, 2 and 3, respectively. To provide more insight into Brassica genome evolution and the cytological basis for B. napus resynthesis in each approach, B-genome chromosome pairing and segregation were intensively analyzed in AABCC and ABCC plants using genomic in situ hybridization methods. The frequencies at which B-genome chromosomes underwent autosyndesis and allosyndesis were generally higher in ABCC than in AABCC plants. The difference was statistically significant for allosyndesis but not autosyndesis. Abnormal distributions of B-genome chromosomes were encountered at anaphase I, including chromosome lagging and precocious sister centromere separation of univalents. These abnormalities were observed at a significantly higher frequency in AABCC than in ABCC plants, which resulted in more rapid B-genome chromosome elimination in the AABCC derivatives. Yellow or yellow-brown seeds were obtained in all approaches, although true-breeding yellow-seeded B. napus was developed only in approaches 2 and 3. The efficiency of the B. napus construction approaches was in the order 1 > 3 > 2 whereas this order was 3 > 2 > 1 with respect to the construction of yellow-seeded B. napus. The results are discussed in relation to Brassica genome evolution and the development and utilization of the yellow-seeded B. napus obtained here.
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- Jing Wen
- National Key Lab of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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Kumar P, Singhal VK. Erratic male meiosis resulting in 2n pollen grain formation in a 4x cytotype (2n = 28) of Ranunculus laetus Wall. ex Royle. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:691545. [PMID: 22629184 PMCID: PMC3353565 DOI: 10.1100/2012/691545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Two accessions were studied for male meiosis in Ranunculus laetus from the cold regions of Northwest Himalayas. One accession showed the presence of 14 bivalents at diakinesis and regular segregation of bivalents at anaphase I which lead to normal tetrad formation with four n microspores and consequently n pollen grains and 100% pollen fertility. Second accession from the same locality revealed the erratic meiosis characterized by the presence of all the 28 chromosomes as univalents in meiocytes at metaphase I. Univalent chromosomes failed to segregate during anaphases and produced restitution nuclei at meiosis I and II. These restitution nuclei resulted into dyads and triads which subsequently produced two types of apparently fertile pollen grains. On the basis of size, the two types of pollen grains were categorized as n (normal reduced) and 2n (unreduced, 1.5-times larger than the n pollen grains). The estimated frequency of 2n pollen grains from dyads and triads (61.59%) was almost the same as that of the observed one (59.90%), which indicated that 2n pollen grains in R. laetus were the result of dyads and triads. The present paper herein may provide an insight into the mechanisms of the formation of various intraspecific polyploids through sexual polyploidization in R. laetus.
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