Cytological and Genetical Studies on Male Sterility in <i>Cryptomeria japonica</i> D. Don

Saito, Maki; Taira, Hideaki; Furuta, Yoshihiko

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“…Cryptomeria japonica D.Don 2 5 Cryj 1 Yasueda et al, 1983Cryj 2 Sakaguchi et al, 199019641964199816.2 199919921993 et al, 2002Chen et al, 2006Frankel et al, 1969 Allium schoenoprasum …”

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Mechanisms of Male Sterility in Four Cryptomeria japonica Individuals with Obvious Visible Abnormality at the Tetrad Stage.

Miura¹,

Nameta²,

Yamamoto³

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J. Jpn. For. Soc.

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“…Cryptomeria japonica D.Don 2 5 Cryj 1 Yasueda et al, 1983Cryj 2 Sakaguchi et al, 199019641964199816.2 199919921993 et al, 2002Chen et al, 2006Frankel et al, 1969 Allium schoenoprasum …”

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Mechanisms of Male Sterility in Four Cryptomeria japonica Individuals with Obvious Visible Abnormality at the Tetrad Stage.

Miura¹,

Nameta²,

Yamamoto³

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“…Male sterility has been reported in several conifer species, including Picea abies (Andersson 1947), Pinus monticola (Wilson et al 2003), and C. japonica (Saito et al 1998). Saito et al (1998) indicated that male sterility occurred because of microspore collapse, presumably caused by microspore abortion, after separation of the microspores from the tetrad in sterile C. japonica.…”

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“…Saito et al (1998) indicated that male sterility occurred because of microspore collapse, presumably caused by microspore abortion, after separation of the microspores from the tetrad in sterile C. japonica. However, our results differ, indicating instead that male Fig.…”

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“…Propagation and afforestation of male-sterile trees is expected to reduce the amount of pollen released in the future. In 1992, a male-sterile C. japonica tree was discovered for the first time in Toyama, Japan; in which microspores enlarged, fused, and ultimately collapsed (Saito et al 1998). This male sterility was controlled by a pair of recessive nuclear genes (Taira et al 1999).…”

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A histological comparison of the development of pollen and female gametophytes in fertile and sterile Cryptomeria japonica

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To determine a possible mechanism causing male and female sterility in Cryptomeria japonica male and female cones were collected from a C. japonica, tree, ShinDai2, that lacks pollen release and fertile seeds and specimens were processed to examine the development of pollen and female gametophytes using light microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy. Pre-meiotic development proceeded normally, but the formation of aberrant meiotic products was observed in cones of both sexes. In sterile microsporangia, heterogeneous microspore populations ranging from monads to polyads gave rise to mature pollen grains of non-uniform size. These pollen grains were covered with an amorphous layer and adhered to each other. In addition, they remained in the microsporangia and were not released even after the onset of pollen dissemination from fertile trees. In the ovules of sterile female cones, megaspores with abnormal shapes, numbers, and sizes formed, and the development of female gametophytes was arrested at the free nuclear or archegonium formation stages. These gametophytes collapsed, and no fertile embryo was generated. Results indicate that meiotic defects are important in the sterility mechanism.

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“…Taira et al (1993) found a completely male-sterile sugi tree which was 23 years old in 2003. It has also been reported that there was no difference between male-sterile trees and normal trees in size and shape of the male flower (Saito et al 1998). We determined that male sterility is controlled by a recessive allele at a single gene locus and is expressed only in homozygotes (Taira et al 1999).…”

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Study of sugi (Cryptomeria japonicaD. Don) with male-sterility gene using CAPS markers

Saito

Taira

Tsumura

2005

Journal of Forest Research

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The frequency of open-pollinated male-sterile seedlings from a male-sterile mother tree in Cryptomeria japonica D. Don was determined in 765 open-pollinated seedlings. Pollen was not formed by 29 out of the 765 seedlings. To find pollen donor candidates for 29 male-sterile seedlings, a male-sterile tree was crossed with five individuals in the neighborhood of the mother tree. Analysis of microspores in male flowers of F 1 seedlings revealed that one of the five individuals had a heterozygous male-sterility gene. Paternity tests were conducted on the 29 male-sterile seedlings using eight kinds of CAPS markers in C. japonica. The pollen parents of 29 male-sterile seedlings were not only a tree in the neighborhood of the mother tree, but also other trees. Since it was found that the pollen parents of four of the male-sterile seedlings were not in the study plot, it was inferred that C. japonica trees that possess the male-sterility gene grow in other places and may be widely distributed.

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Cytological and Genetical Studies on Male Sterility in Cryptomeria japonica D. Don

Cited by 27 publications

References 10 publications

Mechanisms of Male Sterility in Four Cryptomeria japonica Individuals with Obvious Visible Abnormality at the Tetrad Stage.

Mechanisms of Male Sterility in Four Cryptomeria japonica Individuals with Obvious Visible Abnormality at the Tetrad Stage.

A histological comparison of the development of pollen and female gametophytes in fertile and sterile Cryptomeria japonica

Study of sugi (Cryptomeria japonicaD. Don) with male-sterility gene using CAPS markers

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