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American Journal of Botany, Vol 84, 781, Copyright © 1997 by Botanical Society of America, Inc.

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Genetic and cytological analyses of a partial-female-sterile mutant (PS-1) in soybean (Glycine max; Leguminosae)

TNS Pereira, NR Lersten and RG Palmer

Soybean partial-female-sterile mutant 1 (PS-1) was recovered from a gene-tagging study. The objectives were to study the inheritance, linkage, allelism, and certain aspects of the reproductive biology of the PS-1 mutant. For inheritance and linkage tests, PS-1 was crossed to flower color mutant Harosoy-w4 and to chlorophyll-deficient mutant CD-1, also recovered from the gene-tagging study. For allelism tests, reciprocal crosses were made with PS-1 and three other partial-sterile mutants (PS-2, PS-3, and PS-4) recovered from the same gene-tagging study. The PS-1 mutant is inherited in a 3:1 ratio and is a single recessive gene. Linkage results indicated that the gene for partial sterility in PS-1 is not linked either to the w4 locus or to the CD-1 locus. Allelism tests showed that the gene in PS-1 is nonallelic to the gene in PS-2, PS-3, and PS-4. Investigations of developing and mature pollen indicated no differences in morphology, stainability, or fluorescence between normal and partial-sterile genotypes. The PS-1 mutant is completely male fertile. Confocal scanning laser microscopy was used to determine that early embryo abortion in PS-1 is due indirectly to abnormal migration of the fused polar nucleus, which prevented it from being fertilized. Subsequent absence of endosperm development leads directly to abortion of the proembryo.


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