全球花生品种多样，花生的特性和营养决定了产品品质。然而，全球花生籽仁的关键品质指标的比较分析和统计学分析相对薄弱，阻碍了全球花生品质评价和花生产业发展。本研究以主要花生生产国的10个不同花生品种为研究对象，对花生籽仁的表观形态、微观结构、单细胞结构、工程特性和质构特性以及主要营养成分含量进行对比分析。花生籽仁的表面和截面微观结构均呈致密的“块状”形貌，细胞结构明显。细胞内脂滴呈球形，均匀分布在细胞内。10个花生品种籽仁的单细胞结构表现出不同的形态和尺寸，并发现这与质构和工程特性相关。此外，花生籽仁的质量损失随温度变化呈5个不同的阶段，分别为水分流失、挥发性损失、蛋白质变性和各种生物大分子的降解等的过程。不同花生品种间脂肪、蛋白质、蔗糖含量以及质构、堆积密度、真实密度、孔隙率、几何平均直径、圆度和球形度均存在差异。本研究建立了主要花生加工国家常见花生品种的微观结构、工程性能和营养成分之间的关联和相关性。研究结果为全球花生品质评价和花生产业提供了有价值数据和见解。

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    Tassel branch number (TBN) is the principal component of maize tassel inflorescence architecture and is a typical quantitative trait controlled by multiple genes. The main objective of this research was to detect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for TBN. The maize inbred line SICAU1212 was used as the common parent to develop BC₁S₁ and recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations with inbred lines 3237 and B73, respectively. The two related populations consisted of 123 and 238 lines, respectively. Each population was grown and phenotyped for TBN in two environments. Eleven QTLs were detected in the BC₁S₁ population, located on chromosomes 2, 3, 5, and 7, accounted for 4.45–26.58% of the phenotypic variation. Two QTLs (qB11Jtbn2-1, qB12Ctbn2-1, qBJtbn2-1; q11JBtbn5-1, qB12Ctbn5-1, qBJtbn5-1) that accounted for more than 10% of the phenotypic variation were identified. Three QTLs located on chromosomes 2, 3 and 5, exhibited stable expression in the two environments. Ten QTLs were detected in the RIL population, located on chromosomes 2, 3, 5, 8, and 10, accounted for 2.69–13.58% of the TBN variation. One QTL (qR14Dtbn2-2) explained >10% of the phenotypic variation. One common QTL (qB12Ctbn2-2, qR14Dtbn2-2, qRJtbn2-2) was detected between the two related populations. Three pairs of epistatic effects were identified between two loci with or without additive effects and accounted for 1.19–4.26% of the phenotypic variance. These results demonstrated that TBN variation was mainly caused by major effects, minor effects and slightly modified by epistatic effects. Thus, identification of QTL for TBN may help elucidate the genetic basis of TBN and also facilitate map-based cloning and marker-assisted selection (MAS) in maize breeding programs.

Male sterility induced by a chemical hybridization agent (CHA) is an important tool for utilizing crop heterosis. Leaves, especially the flag leaves, as CHA initial recipients play a decisive role in inducing male sterility. To investigate effects of different treatment times of CHA-SQ-1 used, morphological, biochemical and physiological responses of wheat flag leaves were detected in this study. CHA induced programmed cell death (PCD) as shown in terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labelling (TUNEL) and DNA laddering analysis. In the early phase, CHA-SQ-1 triggered organelle changes and PCD in wheat leaves accompanied by excess production of reactive oxygen species (O2 -. and H2O2) and down-regulation of the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and guaiacol peroxidase (POD). Meanwhile, leaf cell DNAs showed ladder-like patterns on agarose gel, indicating that CHA-SQ-1 led to the activation of the responsible endonuclease. The oxidative stress assays showed that lipid peroxidation was strongly activated and photosynthesis was obviously inhibited in SQ-1-induced leaves. However, CHA contents in wheat leaves gradually reduced along with the time CHA-SQ-1 applied. Young flags returned to an oxidative/antioxidative balance and ultimately developed into mature green leaves. These results provide explanation of the relations between PCD and anther abortion and practical application of CHA for hybrid breeding.

An experiment was conducted in a singly factorial design to study the effect of glycyl-glutamine dipeptide on enzymeactivity, cell proliferation and apoptosis of jejunal tissues from weaned piglets at different glycyl-glutamine concentrationlevels of 2, 4, 10, 20, and 30 mmol L-1, respectively. The glutaminase activity, diamine oxidase (DAO) activity, cellpeoliferation, apoptosis, and perotein metabolism were measured by the tissue culture method in vitro using jejunaltissues. The immunohistochemical method was used to study the cell proliferation and apoptosis of jejunal tissues. Theresults showed that compared to the blank control, the percentage and MOD value of BrdU-positicve cells incubated withglycyl-glutamine dipeptide solution were significantly (P<0.05) increased. Accordingly, the percentage and MOD valueof caspase-3-positive cells from tissue incubated with glycyl-glutamine dipeptide were notably lower (P<0.05) than thatfrom the control treatment. The glycyl-glutamine dipeptide increased the glutaminase activity, DAO activity and proteincontent of jejunal tissues, as the dipeptide concentration was on the rise (P<0.05). These results indicated that glycylglutaminedipeptide affected the jejunum development and adaptation of weaned piglets, and the function might befulfilled by enhancing the glutamine-related enzyme activity, thereby increasing the consumption of glutamine, and thenimproving the jejunal cell proliferation and suppressing cell apoptosis. The effects of glycyl-glutamine dipeptide relied ina dose-dependent manner, and the maximum effect was achieved at 20-30 mmol L-1 glycyl-glutamine dipeptide.