The difference in accumulation of high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) in superior and inferior grains results in the non-uniformity of grain quality in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The HMW-GS ...The difference in accumulation of high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) in superior and inferior grains results in the non-uniformity of grain quality in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The HMW-GS accumulation and glutenin macropolymer (GMP) content were studied in superior and inferior grains during the grain filling period, using the sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Compared to inferior grains, HMW-GS was formed earlier and total accumulation amount was higher in superior grains. The total HMW-GS content was higher in superior grain than that in inferior grain except at maturity. For individual HMW-GS types, the accumulation and content of subunit 7 were the highest, followed by subunit 12, while that of subunit 8 were the lowest, followed by subunit 2 in superior grain. In contrary, the accumulation and content of subunit 7 at maturity were significantly higher than subunit 8, but they were similar between subunit 2 and subunit 12 in inferior grain. Moreover, the accumulation of subunit 7 and 12 in superior grain were significantly higher than that in inferior grain. However, compared to the inferior grain, the GMP accumulation was higher, while content was lower in superior grain at maturity.展开更多
Increased nighttime respiratory losses decrease the amount of photoassimilates available for plant growth and yield. We hypothesized that the increased respiratory carbon loss under high night temperatures(HNT) could ...Increased nighttime respiratory losses decrease the amount of photoassimilates available for plant growth and yield. We hypothesized that the increased respiratory carbon loss under high night temperatures(HNT) could be compensated for by increased photosynthesis during the day following HNT exposure. Two rice genotypes, Vandana(HNT-sensitive) and Nagina 22(HNT-tolerant), were exposed to HNT(4 ℃ above the control) from flowering to physiological maturity. They were assessed for alterations in the carbon balance of the source(flag leaf) and its subsequent impact on grain filling dynamics and the quality of spatially differentiated sinks(superior and inferior spikelets). Both genotypes exhibited significantly higher night respiration rates. However, only Nagina 22 compensated for the high respiration rates with an increased photosynthetic rate, resulting in a steady production of total dry matter under HNT. Nagina 22 also recorded a higher grain-filling rate, particularly at 5 and 10 d after flowering, with 1.5- and 4.0-fold increases in the translocation of ^(14)C sugars to the superior and inferior spikelets, respectively. The ratio of photosynthetic rate to respiratory rate on a leaf area basis was negatively correlated with spikelet sterility, resulting in a higher filled spikelet number and grain weight per plant, particularly for inferior grains in Nagina 22. Grain quality parameters such as head rice recovery, high-density grains, and gelatinization temperature were maintained in Nagina 22. An increase in the rheological properties of rice flour starch in Nagina 22 under HNT indicated the stability of starch and its ability to reorganize during the cooling process of product formation. Thus, our study showed that sink adjustments between superior and inferior spikelets favored the growth of inferior spikelets, which helped to offset the reduction in grain weight under HNT in the tolerant genotype Nagina 22.展开更多
Lysine content is a criterion of the nutritional quality of rice.Understanding the process of lysine biosynthesis in early-flowering superior grain(SG)and late-flowering inferior grain(IG)of rice would advance breedin...Lysine content is a criterion of the nutritional quality of rice.Understanding the process of lysine biosynthesis in early-flowering superior grain(SG)and late-flowering inferior grain(IG)of rice would advance breeding and cultivation to improve nutritional quality.However,little information is available on differences in lysine anabolism between SG and IG and the underlying mechanism,and whether and how irrigation regimes affect lysine anabolism in these grains.A japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field and two irrigation regimes,continuous flooding(CF)and wetting alternating with partial drying(WAPD),were imposed from heading to the mature stage.Lysine content and activities of key enzymes of lysine biosynthesis,and levels of brassinosteroids(BRs)were lower in the IG than in the SG at the early grainfilling stage but higher at middle and late grain-filling stages.WAPD increased activities of these key enzymes,BR levels,and contents of lysine and total amino acids in IG,but not SG relative to CF.Application of 2,4-epibrassinolide to rice panicles in CF during early grain filling reproduced the effects of WAPD,but neither treatment altered the activities of enzymes responsible for lysine catabolism in either SG or IG.WAPD and elevated BR levels during grain filling increased lysine biosynthesis in IG.Improvement in lysine biosynthesis in rice should focus on IG.展开更多
The changes in activities of key enzymes involved in sucrose-to-starch conversion and concentrations of hormones in superior and inferior spikelets of super rice were investigated and their association with grain fill...The changes in activities of key enzymes involved in sucrose-to-starch conversion and concentrations of hormones in superior and inferior spikelets of super rice were investigated and their association with grain filling was analyzed.Four super rice cultivars,Liangyoupeijiu,IIyou 084,Huaidao 9 and Wujing 15,and two high-yielding and elite check cultivars,Shanyou 63 and Yangfujing 8,were used.The activities of sucrose synthase (SuSase),adenosine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase),starch synthase (StSase) and starch branching enzyme (SBE),and the concentrations of zeatin + zeatin riboside (Z + ZR),indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and abscisic acid (ABA) in superior and inferior spikelets were determined during the grain filling period and their relationships with grain filling rate were analyzed.Maximum grain filling rate,the time reaching the maximum grain-filling rate,mean grain filling rate and brown rice weight for superior spikelets showed a slight difference between the super and check rice cultivars,but were significantly lower in the super rice than in the check rice for inferior spikelets.Changes of enzyme activities and hormone concentrations in grains exhibited single peak curves during the grain filling period.The peak values and the mean activities of SuSase,AGPase,StSase and SBE were lower in inferior spikelets than in superior ones,as well as the peak values and the mean concentrations of Z + ZR and IAA.However,the peak value and the mean concentration of ABA were significantly higher in inferior spikelets than in superior ones and greater in the super rice than in the check rice.The grain filling rate was positively and significantly correlated with the activities of SuSase,AGPase and StSase and the concentrations of Z + ZR and IAA.The results suggested that the low activities of SuSase,AGPase and StSase and the low concentrations of Z + ZR and IAA might be important physiological reasons for the slow grain filling rate and light grain weight of inferior spikelets in super rice.展开更多
Poor filling and low weight of inferior kernels limit the further improvement of wheat yield. Two cultivars, Shuangda 1 and Xinong 538, with different grain weights, were selected to investigate the physiological chan...Poor filling and low weight of inferior kernels limit the further improvement of wheat yield. Two cultivars, Shuangda 1 and Xinong 538, with different grain weights, were selected to investigate the physiological changes of inferior kernels by removal of superior kernels(RS) at the flowering stage. i TRAQ combined with physiological indexes was used to identify factors limiting the filling of inferior kernels.Removal of superior kernels significantly increased the mean filling rate of inferior kernels and thus increased their weight. A set of 6012 proteins in inferior wheat kernels were differentially expressed between the RS and control. These differentially expressed proteins were involved mainly in carbon metabolism and energy metabolism. The main reason for the promoting effect of RS on the filling of inferior kernels may be that RS downregulated proteins involved in glycolysis and pyruvate metabolism while upregulating proteins involved in carbon fixation and photosynthesis. Consequently, RS greatly increased the ATP content in inferior kernels, supplying energy for them to absorb photosynthetic assimilates. Removal of superior kernels increased the activities of sucrose synthase, soluble starch synthase,adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, and starch branching enzyme in inferior kernels and promoted starch accumulation in them. Thus, RS promoted the filling of inferior kernels and increased their weight. The promoting effect of RS on starch synthesis in inferior kernels was associated with their endogenous IAA and ABA levels.展开更多
Rice panicles are composed of many branches with two types of extreme grains,the superior and the inferior.Traditionally,it has been well accepted that earlier flowers result in superior grains and late flowers genera...Rice panicles are composed of many branches with two types of extreme grains,the superior and the inferior.Traditionally,it has been well accepted that earlier flowers result in superior grains and late flowers generate inferior grains.However,these correlations have never been strictly examined in practice.In order to determine the accurate relationship between superior and inferior grains and the flowering order,we localized all the seeds in a panicle in four distinct rice species and systematically documented the rice flowering order,flower locations and the final grain weight for their relationships.Our results demonstrated that the grain weight is more heavily determined by the position of the seeds than by the flowering order.Despite earlier flowering has a positive correlation with the grain weight in general,grains from flowers blooming on the second day after anthesis generally gained the highest weight.This suggests earlier flowers may not result in superior grains.Therefore,we concluded that superior and inferior grains,commonly determined by grain weight,are not fully correlated with the flowering order in rice.Following the order of the grain weight,the superior grains are generally localized at the middle parts of the primary branches,whereas inferior grains were mainly on the last two secondary branches of the lower half part of the panicle.In addition,the weight of inferior grains were affected by spikelet thinning and spraying with exogenous plant growth regulators,indicating that physiological incompetence might be the major reason for the occurrence of the inferior grains.展开更多
本试验于2019-2020年以汾酒粱1号为材料,在0、75、150、225、300和450 kg N hm^(-2)6个施氮水平下,于花后每隔7 d采集不同穗位籽粒分析其灌浆特性及淀粉形成过程,探究不同氮素用量对高粱籽粒灌浆及单粒淀粉累积的影响。结果表明,与不施...本试验于2019-2020年以汾酒粱1号为材料,在0、75、150、225、300和450 kg N hm^(-2)6个施氮水平下,于花后每隔7 d采集不同穗位籽粒分析其灌浆特性及淀粉形成过程,探究不同氮素用量对高粱籽粒灌浆及单粒淀粉累积的影响。结果表明,与不施氮相比施氮75 kg hm^(-2)显著提高了穗粒数和产量,但随施氮量的增加产量没有显著变化;氮素对优势粒(始花日开始2 d内开花的籽粒)和劣势粒(始花日开始5~6 d间开花的籽粒)的单粒重及单粒体积、灌浆特性和单粒淀粉累积的影响趋势基本一致,施氮条件下单粒重、单粒体积和灌浆速率随施氮量增加而增加,但不施氮处理的单粒重和单粒体积仍高于各施氮处理,且缺氮显著延长了灌浆活跃期。籽粒淀粉累积速率与参与籽粒淀粉合成的关键酶ADP-葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶(AGPase)和可溶性淀粉合酶(SSS)活性显著相关;过量施氮(450 kg N hm^(-2))灌浆前期籽粒中AGPase和SSS的活性最高,促进了灌浆前期籽粒淀粉累积;施氮75 kg hm^(-2)灌浆前期籽粒中AGPase和SSS的活性和淀粉累积速率次之;虽然缺氮降低了灌浆前期籽粒中AGPase和SSS的活性,但在灌浆后期维持较高活性而延长了灌浆活跃期,因而后期具有较高的单粒淀粉累积速率,提升了单粒淀粉累积量和单粒重。展开更多
基金This study is supported by the projects of Priority Academic Program Developmem (PAPD), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31171484, 31471445), the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scientists (31325020), Jiangsu Agriculture Science and Technology Innovation Fund (CX (14) 2002), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20090097110009), the National Non-profit Program by Ministry of Agriculture (200903003), and the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-03).
文摘The difference in accumulation of high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) in superior and inferior grains results in the non-uniformity of grain quality in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The HMW-GS accumulation and glutenin macropolymer (GMP) content were studied in superior and inferior grains during the grain filling period, using the sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Compared to inferior grains, HMW-GS was formed earlier and total accumulation amount was higher in superior grains. The total HMW-GS content was higher in superior grain than that in inferior grain except at maturity. For individual HMW-GS types, the accumulation and content of subunit 7 were the highest, followed by subunit 12, while that of subunit 8 were the lowest, followed by subunit 2 in superior grain. In contrary, the accumulation and content of subunit 7 at maturity were significantly higher than subunit 8, but they were similar between subunit 2 and subunit 12 in inferior grain. Moreover, the accumulation of subunit 7 and 12 in superior grain were significantly higher than that in inferior grain. However, compared to the inferior grain, the GMP accumulation was higher, while content was lower in superior grain at maturity.
基金the financial assistance provided by ICAR-IARI in the form of IARI Fellowship and Department of Science and Technology, Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research during the PhD programme。
文摘Increased nighttime respiratory losses decrease the amount of photoassimilates available for plant growth and yield. We hypothesized that the increased respiratory carbon loss under high night temperatures(HNT) could be compensated for by increased photosynthesis during the day following HNT exposure. Two rice genotypes, Vandana(HNT-sensitive) and Nagina 22(HNT-tolerant), were exposed to HNT(4 ℃ above the control) from flowering to physiological maturity. They were assessed for alterations in the carbon balance of the source(flag leaf) and its subsequent impact on grain filling dynamics and the quality of spatially differentiated sinks(superior and inferior spikelets). Both genotypes exhibited significantly higher night respiration rates. However, only Nagina 22 compensated for the high respiration rates with an increased photosynthetic rate, resulting in a steady production of total dry matter under HNT. Nagina 22 also recorded a higher grain-filling rate, particularly at 5 and 10 d after flowering, with 1.5- and 4.0-fold increases in the translocation of ^(14)C sugars to the superior and inferior spikelets, respectively. The ratio of photosynthetic rate to respiratory rate on a leaf area basis was negatively correlated with spikelet sterility, resulting in a higher filled spikelet number and grain weight per plant, particularly for inferior grains in Nagina 22. Grain quality parameters such as head rice recovery, high-density grains, and gelatinization temperature were maintained in Nagina 22. An increase in the rheological properties of rice flour starch in Nagina 22 under HNT indicated the stability of starch and its ability to reorganize during the cooling process of product formation. Thus, our study showed that sink adjustments between superior and inferior spikelets favored the growth of inferior spikelets, which helped to offset the reduction in grain weight under HNT in the tolerant genotype Nagina 22.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071943,32272198).
文摘Lysine content is a criterion of the nutritional quality of rice.Understanding the process of lysine biosynthesis in early-flowering superior grain(SG)and late-flowering inferior grain(IG)of rice would advance breeding and cultivation to improve nutritional quality.However,little information is available on differences in lysine anabolism between SG and IG and the underlying mechanism,and whether and how irrigation regimes affect lysine anabolism in these grains.A japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field and two irrigation regimes,continuous flooding(CF)and wetting alternating with partial drying(WAPD),were imposed from heading to the mature stage.Lysine content and activities of key enzymes of lysine biosynthesis,and levels of brassinosteroids(BRs)were lower in the IG than in the SG at the early grainfilling stage but higher at middle and late grain-filling stages.WAPD increased activities of these key enzymes,BR levels,and contents of lysine and total amino acids in IG,but not SG relative to CF.Application of 2,4-epibrassinolide to rice panicles in CF during early grain filling reproduced the effects of WAPD,but neither treatment altered the activities of enzymes responsible for lysine catabolism in either SG or IG.WAPD and elevated BR levels during grain filling increased lysine biosynthesis in IG.Improvement in lysine biosynthesis in rice should focus on IG.
基金supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC-IRRI Joint Research Project 31061140457)General Project (Grant Nos. 31071360 and 31271641)+2 种基金the National Basic Research Program (Grant No.2009CB118603)the National Key Technology Support Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011BAD16B14 and 2012BAD04B08)the Basic Scientific Research Special Operation Cost of the Central Research Institutions in 2011 (Grant No. 201103003)
文摘The changes in activities of key enzymes involved in sucrose-to-starch conversion and concentrations of hormones in superior and inferior spikelets of super rice were investigated and their association with grain filling was analyzed.Four super rice cultivars,Liangyoupeijiu,IIyou 084,Huaidao 9 and Wujing 15,and two high-yielding and elite check cultivars,Shanyou 63 and Yangfujing 8,were used.The activities of sucrose synthase (SuSase),adenosine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase),starch synthase (StSase) and starch branching enzyme (SBE),and the concentrations of zeatin + zeatin riboside (Z + ZR),indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and abscisic acid (ABA) in superior and inferior spikelets were determined during the grain filling period and their relationships with grain filling rate were analyzed.Maximum grain filling rate,the time reaching the maximum grain-filling rate,mean grain filling rate and brown rice weight for superior spikelets showed a slight difference between the super and check rice cultivars,but were significantly lower in the super rice than in the check rice for inferior spikelets.Changes of enzyme activities and hormone concentrations in grains exhibited single peak curves during the grain filling period.The peak values and the mean activities of SuSase,AGPase,StSase and SBE were lower in inferior spikelets than in superior ones,as well as the peak values and the mean concentrations of Z + ZR and IAA.However,the peak value and the mean concentration of ABA were significantly higher in inferior spikelets than in superior ones and greater in the super rice than in the check rice.The grain filling rate was positively and significantly correlated with the activities of SuSase,AGPase and StSase and the concentrations of Z + ZR and IAA.The results suggested that the low activities of SuSase,AGPase and StSase and the low concentrations of Z + ZR and IAA might be important physiological reasons for the slow grain filling rate and light grain weight of inferior spikelets in super rice.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31871567)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0300202-2)Tang Young Scholar (2017)。
文摘Poor filling and low weight of inferior kernels limit the further improvement of wheat yield. Two cultivars, Shuangda 1 and Xinong 538, with different grain weights, were selected to investigate the physiological changes of inferior kernels by removal of superior kernels(RS) at the flowering stage. i TRAQ combined with physiological indexes was used to identify factors limiting the filling of inferior kernels.Removal of superior kernels significantly increased the mean filling rate of inferior kernels and thus increased their weight. A set of 6012 proteins in inferior wheat kernels were differentially expressed between the RS and control. These differentially expressed proteins were involved mainly in carbon metabolism and energy metabolism. The main reason for the promoting effect of RS on the filling of inferior kernels may be that RS downregulated proteins involved in glycolysis and pyruvate metabolism while upregulating proteins involved in carbon fixation and photosynthesis. Consequently, RS greatly increased the ATP content in inferior kernels, supplying energy for them to absorb photosynthetic assimilates. Removal of superior kernels increased the activities of sucrose synthase, soluble starch synthase,adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, and starch branching enzyme in inferior kernels and promoted starch accumulation in them. Thus, RS promoted the filling of inferior kernels and increased their weight. The promoting effect of RS on starch synthesis in inferior kernels was associated with their endogenous IAA and ABA levels.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31271651)the projects from Rice Industrial Technology System in Henan Province,China(S2012-04-02)
文摘Rice panicles are composed of many branches with two types of extreme grains,the superior and the inferior.Traditionally,it has been well accepted that earlier flowers result in superior grains and late flowers generate inferior grains.However,these correlations have never been strictly examined in practice.In order to determine the accurate relationship between superior and inferior grains and the flowering order,we localized all the seeds in a panicle in four distinct rice species and systematically documented the rice flowering order,flower locations and the final grain weight for their relationships.Our results demonstrated that the grain weight is more heavily determined by the position of the seeds than by the flowering order.Despite earlier flowering has a positive correlation with the grain weight in general,grains from flowers blooming on the second day after anthesis generally gained the highest weight.This suggests earlier flowers may not result in superior grains.Therefore,we concluded that superior and inferior grains,commonly determined by grain weight,are not fully correlated with the flowering order in rice.Following the order of the grain weight,the superior grains are generally localized at the middle parts of the primary branches,whereas inferior grains were mainly on the last two secondary branches of the lower half part of the panicle.In addition,the weight of inferior grains were affected by spikelet thinning and spraying with exogenous plant growth regulators,indicating that physiological incompetence might be the major reason for the occurrence of the inferior grains.
文摘本试验于2019-2020年以汾酒粱1号为材料,在0、75、150、225、300和450 kg N hm^(-2)6个施氮水平下,于花后每隔7 d采集不同穗位籽粒分析其灌浆特性及淀粉形成过程,探究不同氮素用量对高粱籽粒灌浆及单粒淀粉累积的影响。结果表明,与不施氮相比施氮75 kg hm^(-2)显著提高了穗粒数和产量,但随施氮量的增加产量没有显著变化;氮素对优势粒(始花日开始2 d内开花的籽粒)和劣势粒(始花日开始5~6 d间开花的籽粒)的单粒重及单粒体积、灌浆特性和单粒淀粉累积的影响趋势基本一致,施氮条件下单粒重、单粒体积和灌浆速率随施氮量增加而增加,但不施氮处理的单粒重和单粒体积仍高于各施氮处理,且缺氮显著延长了灌浆活跃期。籽粒淀粉累积速率与参与籽粒淀粉合成的关键酶ADP-葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶(AGPase)和可溶性淀粉合酶(SSS)活性显著相关;过量施氮(450 kg N hm^(-2))灌浆前期籽粒中AGPase和SSS的活性最高,促进了灌浆前期籽粒淀粉累积;施氮75 kg hm^(-2)灌浆前期籽粒中AGPase和SSS的活性和淀粉累积速率次之;虽然缺氮降低了灌浆前期籽粒中AGPase和SSS的活性,但在灌浆后期维持较高活性而延长了灌浆活跃期,因而后期具有较高的单粒淀粉累积速率,提升了单粒淀粉累积量和单粒重。