Gibberellins 3, 4 and 7 were isolated from "Shasta" Strawberry (Fragaria X ananassa Duch.) leaves and identified by gas and thin layer chromatography. In young expanding leaves GA3 occurred at 5 times the concentration of either GA4 or GA7. CCC (2-chloroethyl-trimethylammonium chloride), SADH (Succinamic acid-2,2-dimethyl hydrazide), ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid), and UBI-P293 (2,3-dihydro-5-6-diphenyl-1,4-oxathiin) were applied to established plantings of three June-bearing strawberry (Fragaria X ananassa Ouch.) cultivars: 11 Shasta, 11 "Fresno" and "Tioga." Treatments were applied on alternate days for three weeks following anthesis of the king blossom. Levels of GA3 and GA4 were reduced by all treatments, but GA7 occurred at such low concentrations that treatment effects could not be measured statistically. Three weeks' exposure to short-daylengths (8 hours of light and 16 hours of darkness) resulted in no change in GA3 or GA7, but GA4 concentrations were significantly reduced . Leaf tissue was analyzed t o e valuate treatment effects on chlorophyll content; no significant changes were observed. No secondary flowering as a result of photoperiod , post-harvest defoliation or growth retardant treatments was observed.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第18323号 / 農博第2048号 / 新制||農||1021(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H26||N4830(農学部図書室) / 31181 / 京都大学大学院農学研究科農学専攻 / (主査)教授 奥本 裕, 教授 白岩 立彦, 教授 冨永 達 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

京都大学 / 新制・論文博士 / 博士(農学) / 乙第13519号 / 論農博第2907号 / 新制||農||1096(附属図書館) / 学位論文||R4||N5419(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科農学専攻 / (主査)教授 中﨑 鉄也, 教授 那須田 周平, 教授 吉田 健太郎 / 学位規則第4条第2項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

M. S.

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京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第24653号 / 農博第2536号 / 新制||農||1097(附属図書館) / 学位論文||R5||N5434(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科農学専攻 / (主査)教授 土井 元章, 教授 田尾 龍太郎, 教授 那須田 周平 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a candidate bioenergy crop. Somatic embryogenic (SE) calli are used for genetic transformation in switchgrass. A superior switchgrass line, HR8, was developed using recurrent tissue culture selection from cv. Alamo. HR8 SE calli were genetically transformable using Agrobacterium at an efficiency of ~12%. We used HR8 somatic embryogenic calli for genetic improvement of switchgrass. The lignin content of feedstock has been proposed as one key trait impacting biofuel production. 4-Coumarate: Coenzyme A ligase (4CL) is one of the key enzymes involved in the monolignol biosynthetic pathway. Two homologous 4CL genes, Pv4CL1 and Pv4CL2, were identified in switchgrass. Gene expression patterns and enzymatic activity assays suggested that Pv4CL1 is involved in monolignol biosynthesis. Stable transgenic plants were obtained with Pv4CL1 down-regulated. RNA interference of Pv4CL1 reduced extractable 4CL activity by 80%, leading to a reduction in lignin content with decreased guaiacyl unit composition. The transgenic plants had uncompromised biomass yield. After dilute acid pretreatment, the low lignin transgenic biomass had significantly increased cellulose hydrolysis (saccharification) efficiency for biofuel production. Erect leaf is a desirable trait to adjust the overall plant architecture to perceive more solar energy and thereby to increase the plant biomass production in a field population. We overexpressed an Arabidopsis NAC transcriptional factor gene, LONG VEGETATIVE PHASE ONE (AtLOV1), in switchgrass. Surprisingly, AtLOV1 induced smaller leaf angle by changing morphologies of epidermal cells in the leaf collar region, affecting lignin content and monolignol composition, and also causing delayed flowering time in switchgrass. Global gene-expression analysis of AtLOV1 transgenic plants demonstrated an array of genes has altered expressions. Potential downstream genes involved in the pleiotropic phenotypic traits of the transgenic plants are discussed. / Ph. D.

Acidic precipitation reportedly enhances disease severity of dogwood anthracnose (DA) caused by Discula destructiva, on Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood. Seedlings were subjected to acidic fog episodes at pHs 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, and 5.5, using a simulated acidic rain solution. Leaf discs from these and non-treated plants were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Damage was noted at all pH levels. Discula destructiva conidia may germinate at trichome bases where damage may cause the leaching of nutrients. Also, the difference in stomatal damage may account, in part, for differences in disease susceptibility. Cardinal growth temperatures and response to thermal stress regimes were determined for isolates of Discula destructiva. This information may lead to an understanding of possible climatic barriers, and the thermal treatment of plant material. / Master of Science

The objectives of this research were to examine factors influencing de novo flowering of Nicotiana on 2-3 x 10mm explants consisting of epidermal and 3-6 layers of subjacent cells (thin cell layers, TCLs) and to compare de novo to in vivo flowers. TCLs from short-day and long-day tobacco plants were compared with TCLs from day-neutral species to examine in vitro floral photoinduction and graft transmissibility of floral promoters and inhibitors. TCLs from photoperiodic species of tobacco did not form flowers de novo , whereas TCLs from day-neutral plants did flower. When TCLs were removed from photoperiodic plants and grafted in vitro to TCLs from day-neutral plants, there was no indication that a floral-promoter or inhibitor was transported through the non-vascular graft union. In vitro photoinduction of TCLs removed from photoperiodic plants was not possible under conditions conducive to in vitro flowering of TCLs from day-neutral species. TCLs taken from intraspecific F₁ and F₂ hybrids between short-day and day-neutral cultivars of N. tabacum were examined to assess the importance of genotype and photoperiod to de novo flowering. Flowering of the F₂ population occurred over a 9 week period under naturally decreasing photoperiod. Photoperiodic response and in vitro flowering were correlated in the F₂ population with fewer flowers produced per TCL with increasing short-day reaction. F₂ segregates whose TCLs did not yield de novo flowers were found among both day-neutral and short-day phenotypes. When de nova flowers were compared to in vivo flowers of diploid (2n=4x=48) N. tabacum 'Samsun' and haploid (2n=2x=24) plants derived from 'Samsun' anther culture, major morphological differences were found. Flower and anther sizes were reduced in de novo flowers and the numbers of anthers and pistils produced per flower were variable. TCLs from haploid plants produced more flowers in a shorter period of time than TCLs from diploid plants. Anthers cultured from de novo haploid plants were embryogenetic resulting in mixoploid plants; anthers from in vivo haploid flowers were not embryogenetic. Anthers from in vivo diploid plants were five times more embryogenetic than anthers from either de novo haploid or diploid flowers. Meiotic analysis revealed similar abnormalities from both in vivo and de novo microsporogenesis of haploids. / Ph. D.

A laranjeira ,,x11\" é um mutante espontâneo de laranja doce, com seedlings florescendo a partir do primeiro ou segundo ano de cultivo e plantas adultas podendo florescer em várias épocas num mesmo ano. Estas características tornam este mutante um excelente material para estudos de genômica funcional relacionado ao florescimento e a frutificação. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram caracterizar o florescimento da laranjeira ,,x11\" em quatro épocas do ano e acompanhar o desenvolvimento do meristema apical em gemas axilares de plantas adultas, em relação às plantas de ,,Valência\". Também foi avaliado o perfil de expressão dos genes envolvidos na indução e no florescimento em plantas adultas e juvenis das duas laranjeiras. Plantas adultas de ,,x11\" enxertadas em ,,Cravo\" e ,,Swingle\" foram podadas no outono, inverno, primavera e verão e, em seguida, realizou-se a caracterização do florescimento em ramos novos e a determinação da viabilidade e germinação in vitro de grãos de pólen. O acompanhamento morfo-anatômico do meristema apical foi realizado em quatro estádios das brotações axilares das duas laranjeiras após a poda de outono. A expressão dos genes integradores das vias de indução (FT, SOC1 e LFY), genes repressores (FLC, SVP e TFL1) e os genes de identidade do meristema floral (AP1, BAM e WUS) foram analisados por RT-PCR em três estádios de desenvolvimento das brotações de plantas adultas e juvenis. A caracterização fenotípica do florescimento em ,,x11\" demonstrou que as podas de primavera e de outono induziram a formação de ramos com flores terminais, sendo que no outono ocorreu a formação de ramos vegetativos. A poda de inverno resultou em ramos multiflorais e a poda de verão flores abortadas. O número de dias até a formação de botões florais variou entre 5 e 20 dias após a poda, com ramos medindo entre 18 a 24 cm e número médio de folhas variando entre 9 e 12. A viabilidade e germinação in vitro de grãos de pólen foram maiores após a poda de inverno. Pelas análises morfo-anatômicas foi possível observar a diferenciação de botão floral em laranjeira ,,x11\" quando as brotações apresentavam 13 mm de comprimento. A análise de transcritos das plantas adultas de ,,x11\" no estádio 1 indicou maiores níveis de expressão nos genes FT e TFL1 enquanto os genes BAM e LFY foram reprimidos em relação às plantas de ,,Valência\". No estádio 2, os genes FT, LFY e BAM apresentaram um maior número de transcritos, porém o gene TFL1 teve um baixo número de transcritos quando comparado com plantas de ,,Valência\". No estádio 3, uma elevada expressão relativa foi observada no gene LFY nas plantas adultas de ,,x11\" em relação à ,,Valência\". As plantas juvenis de ,,x11\" nos três estádios não apresentaram grandes alterações de expressão dos nove genes em relação às plantas juvenis de ,,Valência\". A exceção foi para o gene BAM, que apresentou maiores expressões nos estádios 1 e 3, mas no estádio 2, sofreu repressão em relação a \"Valência\". Palavras-chave: Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Florescimento precoce. Indução. Diferenciação floral. Genes do florescimento / The ,,x11\" plant is a spontaneous mutant of sweet orange, with seedlings flowering from the first or second year of the growing and adult plants can flower several times a year. These features make this mutant into an excellent material for functional genomics studies related to flowering and fruiting. The present work aimed to characterize the flowering of ,,x11\" sweet orange in four seasons and to follow the development of the apical meristem in axillary buds of adult plants, compared to ,,Valencia\" sweet orange. In addition, the expression profile of genes involved in the induction and flowering was evaluated in adult and juvenile plants of the both sweet oranges. Adult plants of ,,x11\" grafted on \'Rangpur\' and \'Swingle\' were pruned in fall, winter, spring and summer, and then, the characterization of the flowering in new branches and the viability and in vitro germination of pollen grains were evaluated. The following morpho-anatomical apical meristem was carried out in four stages of the axillary sprouts in both sweet oranges after fall pruning. Gene expression of floral pathway integrators (FT, SOC1, and LFY), repressor genes (FLC, TFL1 and SVP) and the genes of floral meristem identity (AP1, BAM and WUS) were analyzed by RT-PCR in three stages development of sprouting from juvenile and adult plants. Phenotypic characterization of flowering in ,,x11\" showed that the spring and fall pruning induced the formation of terminal branches with flowers, and the fall pruning also presented vegetative branches. The winter pruning resulted in multifloral branches and the summer pruning produced aborted flowers. The number of days up to the arising of flower buds ranged between 5 and 20 days after pruning, with branches measuring between 18 and 24 cm and number of leaves between 9 and 12. The viability and in vitro germination of pollen grains were higher after winter pruning. It was observed the differentiation of floral bud in ,,x11\" sweet orange by the morpho-anatomical analysis when the sprouting was 13 mm in length. The analysis of transcripts of the ,,x11\" adult plants in stage 1 showed higher levels of expression in FT and TFL1 genes while the BAM and LFY genes were repressed in relation to ,,Valencia\" plants. In stage 2, FT, LFY and BAM genes had a larger number of transcripts, but the TFL1 gene had a low number of transcripts compared with ,,Valencia\" plants. In stage 3, high expression was observed in LFY gene in ,,x11\" adult plants relation to the ,,Valencia\". Juvenile plants of ,,x11\"in the three stages showed no significant changes of expression of nine genes in relation to juvenile plants of ,,Valencia\". The exception was the BAM gene, which showed higher expression in stages 1 and 3, but in stage 2, had a repression when compared to ,,Valencia\"