Relative rate of development of aneuploid and euploid microspores in a tertiary trisomic of rye, Secale cereale L.

1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Janse

Meiotic configurations were studied in pollen mother cells of a tertiary trisomic of rye. Chains of five and chains of three, in alternate orientation, were the most frequent configurations. Assuming loss of univalents in anaphase I or single chromatids in anaphase II, a total of 58.1% of the viable gametes resulting after meiosis were expected to contain the normal haploid complement, whereas 41.9% were expected to have the translocated chromosome in addition. The percentages of uninucleate and binucleate microspores in anthers containing dividing microspores provided a time scale for the development of euploid and aneuploid spores during first pollen mitosis. Microspores containing the extra translocated chromosome tended to divide at a later stage than euploid microspores. The slower development was also illustrated by the course of the mitotic index of both types. It was found that 58.1% of all microspores passing through pollen mitosis contained seven chromosomes and 41.9% contained eight chromosomes, which means that up to the end of first pollen mitosis aneuploid spores were not lost significantly more than euploid spores. It is likely that the delay in development already starts immediately after meiosis.Key words: rye, tertiary trisomic, euploid microspores, aneuploid microspores, rate of development.

1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 759-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Rueda ◽  
A. M. Vázquez

Anthers of rye excised at premeiotic interphase were cultured in vitro on a basic medium and on a series of auxin- and cytokinin-containing media to ascertain the effect of these plant hormones upon the start of meiosis. Only in the hormone-containing media was it possible to find anthers in which pollen mother cells had started the meiotic division. The different hormones and concentrations tested exhibited a differential capacity to induce the start of meiosis, the percentages of anthers with pollen mother cells in meiosis varying from 0% in one medium to more than 60% in two other media. In some media, pollen mother cells were able to complete the whole meiotic division, while in others they were arrested at different stages of meiosis.Key words: Secale cereale, meiosis induction, anther culture, plant hormones.


Genome ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Niwa ◽  
S. Sakamoto

Cultivated rye (Secale cereale) and its weedy relative (S. segetale) carry B chromosomes. The B chromosomes are known to be morphologically alike at somatic metaphase and they are of the standard type in natural populations. To clarify the cytogenetic relationship between the standard B chromosomes of S. cereale and those of S. segetale, we made four crosses between Afghan S. segetale with two standard B chromosomes as a pistillate parent and Turkish, Iranian, Korean, and Japanese S. cereale, all with two standard B chromosomes as pollen parents. We observed the pairing of B chromosomes at diakinesis in pollen mother cells in all F1 hybrids with four standard B chromosomes, two from each of the pistillate and the pollen parents. The degree of pairing of B chromosomes in all F1 hybrids with four standard B chromosomes was similar to or somewhat lower than, that in parental strains with four standard B chromosomes. These results showed that the standard B chromosomes in S. segetale from Afghanistan are homologous with those in S. cereale from Turkey, Iran, Korea, and Japan. We therefore propose monophyletic origin of the standard B chromosomes in S. segetale and S. cereale.Key words: Secale, B chromosomes, origin, cultivated rye, weedy rye.


1971 ◽  
Vol 178 (1052) ◽  
pp. 259-275 ◽  

The duration of meiosis and its stages at 20 °C has been determined in wheat ( Triticum aestivum 2 n = 6 x = 42), in rye ( Secale cereale 2 n = 14) and in Triticale (2 n = 8 x = 56) by sampling methods and by timing the intervals between the pre-meiotic DNA synthesis and meiotic stages following the incorporation of tritiated thymidine. The results from all the methods used were in general agreement. Meiosis takes about 24 h in wheat, 21 h in Triticale and about 51 h in rye. The lengths of the meiotic stages relative to that of the division correspond reasonably well in the three forms studied but zygotene and pachytene were much longer in rye than in wheat and Triticale .


Genome ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Lein ◽  
T. Lelley

Six genetically different inbred genotypes of spring-type rye Secale cereale with differences in the average number and in the positional distribution of chiasmata were used in this study. The line with the lowest chiasma frequency was chosen as the female parent and crossed with the other five lines. Parental, F1, and F2 data were collected on chiasma number and on chiasma distribution between and within bivalents. Evidence for a polygenic control of both phenomena was found. Chiasma distribution between bivalents within pollen mother cells obviously follows a binomial distribution. This is effected by a mechanism that prevents the formation of a second chiasma on a chromosome arm as long as chromosome arms without chiasma remain; i.e., with 14 chiasmata seven ring bivalents will generally be formed. This mechanism causes a very strong negative correlation between frequency and between-cell variance of chiasmata. The number of chiasmata is independent of their position within the bivalents. A very close correlation between the number of pollen mother cells without univalents and the number of fertile pollen grains was found. Key words: inbred rye, genetic control, chiasma frequency, chiasma distribution, heterosis.


2001 ◽  
Vol 114 (10) ◽  
pp. 1875-1882 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.I. Mikhailova ◽  
S.P. Sosnikhina ◽  
G.A. Kirillova ◽  
O.A. Tikholiz ◽  
V.G. Smirnov ◽  
...  

The nuclear dispositions of subtelomeric and pericentromeric domains in pollen mother cells (PMCs) were tracked during meiosis in wildtype and two asynaptic mutants of rye (Secale cereale L.) by means of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Homozygotes for sy1 and sy9 non-allelic mutations form axial elements during leptotene of male meiosis, but fail to form synaptonemal complexes. Consequently, recombination is severely impaired, and high univalency is observed at metaphase I. Simultaneous FISH with pSc200 subtelomeric tandem repeat and CCS1 centromeric sequence revealed that at pre-meiotic interphase the two domains are in a bipolar Rabl orientation in both the PMCs and tapetal cells. At the onset of meiotic prophase, the subtelomeric regions in PMCs of wildtype and sy9 cluster into a typical bouquet conformation. The timing of this event in rye is comparable with that in wheat, and is earlier than that observed in other organisms, such as maize, yeast and mammals. This arrangement is retained until later in leptotene and zygotene when the pericentromeric domains disperse and the subtelomeric clusters fragment. The mutant phenotype of sy9 manifests itself during leptotene to zygotene, when the pericentromeric regions become distinctly more distended than in wildtype, and largely fail to pair during zygotene. This indicates that difference in the nature or timing of chromosome condensation in this region is the cause or consequence of asynapsis. By contrast, sy1 fails to form comparable aggregates of subtelomeric regions at leptotene in only half of the nuclei studied. Instead, two to five aggregates are formed that fail to disperse at later stages of meiotic prophase. In addition, the pericentromeric regions disperse prematurely at leptotene and do not associate in pairs at any subsequent stage. It is supposed that the sy1 mutation could disrupt the nuclear disposition of centromeres and telomeres at the end of pre-meiotic interphase, which could cause, or contribute to, its asynaptic phenotype.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (S1) ◽  
pp. S273-S283
Author(s):  
Z. Mami-Soualem ◽  
N. Brixi ◽  
C. Beghdad ◽  
M. Belarbi

Le changement des habitudes alimentaires au cours de ces dernières années a abouti à l’apparition des maladies dites de civilisation, parmi elles le diabète sucré. Des approches diétothérapeutiques privilégient la consommation des produits céréaliers sous la forme la plus complète possible. Ce travail a pour but de tester l’efficacité des régimes expérimentaux préparés à base des grains complets des deux céréales, le sorgho (Sorghum bicolor L.) et le seigle (Secale cereale L.), sur la correction de l’hyperglycémie et des marqueurs du stress oxydant associés au diabète chez le rat mâle Wistar. Les résultats montrent que les rats diabétiques, soumis au régime seigle pendant quatre semaines, présentent une diminution significative de la glycémie qui atteint les 53,95 % à la fin de l’expérimentation, ce qui fait que leur taux en glycémie se rapproche de celui des normoglycémiques. Le sorgho blanc présente, d’une part, une diminution significative de la peroxydation lipidique intracellulaire et, d’autre part, une augmentation de l’activité de la glutathion peroxydase, la glutathion réductase ainsi que la vitamine C. Ces approches méthodologiques peuvent, en améliorant la connaissance de l’importance des céréales (fibres alimentaires solubles et des polyphénols) dans l’évolution du diabète, aboutir à des recommandations et à une éducation nutritionnelle du diabétique.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Domański ◽  
Olga Marchut-Mikołajczyk ◽  
Weronika Cieciura-Włoch ◽  
Piotr Patelski ◽  
Urszula Dziekońska-Kubczak ◽  
...  

The study describes sulfuric acid pretreatment of straw from Secale cereale L. (rye straw) to evaluate the effect of acid concentration and treatment time on the efficiency of biofuel production. The highest ethanol yield occurred after the enzyme treatment at a dose of 15 filter paper unit (FPU) per gram of rye straw (subjected to chemical hydrolysis with 2% sulfuric acid (SA) at 121 °C for 1 h) during 120 h. Anaerobic digestion of rye straw treated with 10% SA at 121 °C during 1 h allowed to obtain 347.42 L methane/kg volatile solids (VS). Most hydrogen was released during dark fermentation of rye straw after pretreatment of 2% SA, 121 °C, 1 h and 1% SA, 121 °C, 2 h—131.99 and 134.71 L hydrogen/kg VS, respectively. If the rye straw produced in the European Union were processed into methane, hydrogen, ethanol, the annual electricity production in 2018 could reach 9.87 TWh (terawatt-hours), 1.16 TWh, and 0.60 TWh, respectively.


Caryologia ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
You-Fu Pan ◽  
Guang-Qin Guo ◽  
Guo-Chang Zheng

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