CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY IN Brasska oleracea INDUCED BY B. napus CYTOPLASM — FEMALE FERTILITY AND RESTORATION OF MALE FERTILITY

1987 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 891-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. CHIANG ◽  
R. CRETE

The 37-chromosome F1 hybrids obtained from the cross between rutabaga (B. napus L. ssp. rapifera (Metzg.) Sinsk) and cabbage (B. oleracea L. ssp. capitata L.) were backcrossed four times using 2x-cabbages as the male recurrent parent. Female fertility improved rapidly in BC2 progenies whereas male sterility persisted in the B. oleracea type backcross progenies carrying the cytoplasm of B. napus. Male fertility was restored fully when the c genome was reintroduced to the cytoplasm of B. oleracea.Key words: Brassica oleracea, Brassica napus, cabbage, cytoplasmic male sterility

Genome ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pellan-Delourme ◽  
M. Renard

The study of Brassica napus L. plants carrying restorer genes introgressed from radish (Raphanus sativus L.) showed that these genes ensured restoration of male fertility in rapeseed for all the male sterility-inducing cytoplasm studied, i.e., "Ogura"-type cytoplasm and that of four cybrids obtained by protoplast fusion. Plants with high levels of restored male fertility were obtained. However, the introduction of restorer genes was accompanied by a large decrease in seed set. Observations of embryo sacs inside the ovules and correlation between number of seeds per pod and percentage of octonucleate embryo sacs indicated that low seed set could be attributed to a high rate of embryo sac abortion, mainly at the uninucleate stage. Introduction of too much radish genetic information was assumed to be the cause of this low female fertility. Female fertility must be improved before the restored material can be used for F1 hybrid rapeseed production.Key words: Brassica napus, Raphanus sativus, cytoplasmic male sterility, restorer, cybrid, female fertility, embryo sac.


2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengjie Wan ◽  
Yuanbao Tan ◽  
Minhui Shi ◽  
Yuejin Xu ◽  
Nader Aryamanesh ◽  
...  

Interspecific F1 hybrids were obtained from a cross between a male sterile Brassica napus (2n = 4x = 38, AA (20) and CC (18) genomes) and an inbreeding line B. rapa (Purple Cai-Tai inbred line 9418, 2n = 2x = 20, AA (20) genome) to introgress male sterility from a tetraploid into a diploid through backcrossing. The morphological characteristics of F1 plants were more like the female parent B. napus and segregated considerably in BC1 when backcrossed to the recurrent parent Purple Cai-Tai. The progeny became stable and more similar to Purple Cai-Tai by BC4. Most C genome chromosomes were found to be eliminated, based on cytogenetic analysis. The majority of chromosomes were eliminated at very early backcross stages, with only 20–26 chromosomes in BC1 plants, and some chromosomes were eliminated gradually with increased backcross generations. The BC4 plants were generally stable with exactly 20 chromosomes. Analysis by AFLP indicated that 49.5–68.7% of the total bands eliminated from F1 to BC4 were female parent specific, and ~12% of B. napus bands were retained with increased backcrossing. The genetic materials controlling sterility from the female parent B. napus were introgressed successfully into the BC4 plants even though most B. napus chromosomes/genetic materials were eliminated during the backcross process.


1991 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Burns ◽  
R. Scarth ◽  
P. B. E. McVetty

The effect of high temperature treatment on the expression of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) was studied using inbred lines of four summer rape (Brassica napus L.) cultivars. The nuclear genotypes of inbred lines from each of the cultivars Karat, Lergo, Marnoo and Regent were evaluated for their ability to maintain pollen sterility in the pol cytoplasm. Seven days' exposure to day/night temperatures of 30/24 °C in a controlled environment led to increased pollen production in all of the F1 populations (F1's) in the study. Maximum reversion to male fertility occurred 6–13 d after removal from the high temperature treatment. There was a significant linear relationship between daily mean temperatures in the field and mean male sterility index (MSI). In Lergo, Marnoo and Regent F1's, the effect of high temperatures on male sterility expression in terms of days to maximum pollen production in the field was accurately predicted by the values obtained in the controlled environment study. For the Karat F1's, the maximum response in the field occurred later than in the controlled environment. Variation in the stability of male sterility was evident in the F1's, indicating the presence of different maintainer genes among the inbred lines of each cultivar. The absence of environment-by-line interactions in the F1's of three cultivars indicated a high degree of stability for this trait. Selection for maintenance of high levels of male sterility may therefore be possible. Key words: Brassica napus, male fertility reversion


Botany ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (11) ◽  
pp. 847-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin R. Montgomery ◽  
Maia F. Bailey ◽  
Gregory G. Brown ◽  
Lynda F. Delph

Gynodioecy frequently results from the interplay of mitochondrial cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and nuclear fertility-restoration genes. Models suggest that maintaining cytonuclear gynodioecy requires that restorer genes incur a cost to fitness because otherwise they would increase toward fixation. Direct tests of costs of restorer alleles require knowledge of the underlying genetics of sex determination. We use a well characterized CMS system in Brassica napus L. to measure aspects of fitness in four lineages that vary in whether they carry the pol CMS gene or male-fertile cytoplasm (cam), and whether they carry the Rfp restorer of pol or Rfn restorer of the nap CMS gene. As expected, plants with pol CMS and only the Rfn restorer experienced reduced flower size, stamen length, and pollen counts. Plants with pol and the Rfp restorer showed incomplete restoration with shorter stamens than both lines with cam cytoplasm and reduced pollen counts compared with plants with cam cytoplasm and the Rfp restorer. Among plants with cam cytoplasm, pollen counts were higher for those with the Rfp than Rfn restorer, indicating a greater cost of restoration associated with Rfn. These results demonstrate that costs of restoration differ for the Rfn and Rfp alleles in B. napus.


2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Riungu ◽  
P. B. E. McVetty

The inheritance of Diplotaxis muralis (L) DC. mur cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) system maintenance and restoration in summer rape (Brassica napus L.) was studied by crossing eight summer rape cultivars of diverse origin to a winter habit mur CMS A-line. The F1 progenies from all eight crosses were male fertile and were selfed to produce the F2 generation. The F2 generation was grown in the field and data on segregation for male fertility and sterility were recorded and analyzed. The F2 segregation data showed that mur CMS restoration in summer rape is controlled by dominant alleles at one to three restorer genes. The number of genes for the restoration of male fertility in mur CMS varied both among and, occasionally, within cultivars. Maintainer lines for mur CMS must carry recessive alleles in homozygous condition at all three restorer genes. The ready availability of summer rape restorers suggests that the mur CMS system has good potential for hybrid cultivar development and hybrid seed production in summer rape; however, maintainers in summer rape must first be discovered or developed. Key words: Cytoplasmic male sterility, canola, Brassica napus, male sterility


Genetics ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 147 (3) ◽  
pp. 1317-1328
Author(s):  
Anita A de Haan ◽  
Hans P Koelewijn ◽  
Maria P J Hundscheid ◽  
Jos M M Van Damme

Male fertility in Plantago lanceolata is controlled by the interaction of cytoplasmic and nuclear genes. Different cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) types can be either male sterile or hermaphrodite, depending on the presence of nuclear restorer alleles. In three CMS types of P. lanceolata (CMSI, CMSIIa, and CMSIIb) the number of loci involved in male fertility restoration was determined. In each CMS type, male fertility was restored by multiple genes with either dominant or recessive action and capable either of restoring male fertility independently or in interaction with each other (epistasis). Restorer allele frequencies for CMSI, CMSIIa and CMSIIb were determined by crossing hermaphrodites with “standard” male steriles. Segregation of male steriles vs. non-male steriles was used to estimate overall restorer allele frequency. The frequency of restorer alleles was different for the CMS types: restorer alleles for CMSI were less frequent than for CMSIIa and CMSIIb. On the basis of the frequencies of male steriles and the CMS types an “expected” restorer allele frequency could be calculated. The correlation between estimated and expected restorer allele frequency was significant.


Weed Science ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Zemetra ◽  
J. Hansen ◽  
C. A. Mallory-Smith

Jointed goatgrass is a major weed in the wheat-producing areas of the western U.S. It shares the D genome with wheat, and interspecific hybrids between the two species occur in the field. The objective of this research was to determine if wheat X jointed goatgrass hybrids could serve to transfer genes from wheat to jointed goatgrass. A backcrossing program was initiated in the greenhouse between wheat X jointed goatgrass hybrids and either jointed goatgrass or wheat to determine the potential for seed set and the restoration of self-fertility. Seed was set by backcrossing with either species as the recurrent parent. Female fertility increased from 2% in the hybrid to 37% in the BC2 plants with jointed goatgrass as the recurrent parent. Partial self-fertility was restored in the second backcross (BC2) generation using jointed goatgrass as the recurrent parent. This indicates that genes could be transferred between wheat and jointed goatgrass after only two backcrosses. The number of bivalents observed in the plants during meiosis appeared to be key to increasing female fertility and self-fertility. Based on the results of this study, it is possible for genes to move from wheat to jointed goatgrass. Any release of a herbicide-resistant wheat should be accompanied by a management plan that would minimize the potential for gene movement between these species.


BMC Genomics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi-Fei Sang ◽  
De-Sheng Mei ◽  
Jia Liu ◽  
Qamar U. Zaman ◽  
Hai-Yan Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Nsa cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a novel alloplasmic male sterility system derived from somatic hybridization between Brassica napus and Sinapis arvensis. Identification of the CMS-associated gene is a prerequisite for a better understanding of the origin and molecular mechanism of this CMS. With the development of genome sequencing technology, organelle genomes of Nsa CMS line and its maintainer line were sequenced by pyro-sequencing technology, and comparative analysis of the organelle genomes was carried out to characterize the organelle genome composition of Nsa CMS as well as to identify the candidate Nsa CMS-associated genes. Results Nsa CMS mitochondrial genome showed a higher collinearity with that of S. arvensis than B. napus, indicating that Nsa CMS mitochondrial genome was mainly derived from S. arvensis. However, mitochondrial genome recombination of parental lines was clearly detected. In contrast, the chloroplast genome of Nsa CMS was highly collinear with its B. napus parent, without any evidence of recombination of the two parental chloroplast genomes or integration from S. arvensis. There were 16 open reading frames (ORFs) specifically existed in Nsa CMS mitochondrial genome, which could not be identified in the maintainer line. Among them, three ORFs (orf224, orf309, orf346) possessing chimeric and transmembrane structure are most likely to be the candidate CMS genes. Sequences of all three candidate CMS genes in Nsa CMS line were found to be 100% identical with those from S. arvensis mitochondrial genome. Phylogenetic and homologous analysis showed that all the mitochondrial genes were highly conserved during evolution. Conclusions Nsa CMS contains a recombined mitochondrial genome of its two parental species with the majority form S. arvensis. Three candidate Nsa CMS genes were identified and proven to be derived from S. arvensis other than recombination of its two parental species. Further functional study of the candidate genes will help to identify the gene responsible for the CMS and the underlying molecular mechanism.


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