Genetic diversity of American wild rice species

Studies on genetic diversity and genetic structure of natural populations are important in order to define strategies for in situ and ex situ conservation actions and for plant pre-breeding programs. Aiming to assess the genetic diversity and genetic structure of three wild American Oryza species with isozyme markers, 14 populations of the diploid O. glumaepatula (AglAgl), 11 populations of the tetraploid O. grandiglumis (CCDD) and five populations of the also tetraploid O. latifolia (CCDD) were studied. They were all originated from Rio Paraguay hydrographic basin and the Amazon. Four enzymes were used and they gave 40 polymorphic bands. The most polymorphic species was O. glumaepatula, followed by O. latifolia and O. grandiglumis. A cluster analysis with the Jaccard similarity coefficient separated the diploid from the two tetraploid species, and also the two tetraploid species. This separation was also evident on a scatter plot from a principal component analysis, suggesting that they should be treated as two separate species, although further studies are necessary to provide support for this affirmative. The AMOVA analyses showed a high intrapopulational variability for O. latifolia (67.6%) and O. grandiglumis (52.2%), when compared to their interpopulational variability (32.4% and 47.8%, respectively), which suggests the hypothesis of a higher degree of outcrossing events within these species. When studying the correlation between the Jaccard dissimilarity coefficient and geographic distances, a spatial genetic structure was observed for O. glumaepatula only. These results are important for defining strategies of both in situ and ex situ conservation.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq

Growth and development of Eucalyptus grandis progeny shoots in vitro

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o crescimento e desenvolvimento de brotações de progênies de Eucalyptus grandis in vitro. Brotações oriundas de explantes de hipocótilos distais de 10 progênies foram utilizadas no meio de cultura JADS (CORREIA et al., 1995). Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, com 10 tratamentos (10 progênies). No meio de cultura suplementado com 0,5 mg L-1 de BAP e 0,1 mg L-1 de AIA, efetuaram-se 3 subcultivos e aos 63 dias foram avaliadas as massas fresca e seca. O meio de cultura com 0,1 mgL-1 de BAP foi utilizado no alongamento das brotações e em brotações individualizadas. No alongamento de brotações, procederam-se 3 subcultivos, e aos 63 dias foram avaliadas as massas fresca e seca e número de brotações. No alongamento de brotações individualizadas, aos 21 dias foram avaliadas a altura e a ocorrência de raízes. Existiram respostas diferenciadas das progênies; algumas progênies mostraram maior produção de massa fresca e seca e outras se destacaram no alongamento e enraizamento in vitro.The aim of this work was to evaluate the growth and development of eucalyptus grandis progeny shoots in vitro. Shoots from distal hypocotyl explants of 10 progenies were cultivated in the JADS (CORREIA et al., 1995) tissue culture medium. The culture medium was suplemented with 0,5 mg L-1 de BAP e 0,1 mg L-1 de IAA. Three subcultures where made and at 63rd day of culture, the fresh and oven dry weight and number of shoots were evaluated. At the elongation phase, using the culture medium suplemented with 0,1 mg L-1 de BAP, three subcultures were made and at the 63rd day of culture, fresh and oven dry weight, shoot height and rooting percentage were evaluated. There were differentiated progeny responses. Some showed higher fresh and oven dry weight production and others showed higher elongation rates and rooting percentage