ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2020, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (S1): 72-77. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20191704

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Karyotype Analysis of C.quinoa Varieties with Different Seed Color

QUAN Youjuan1,2, LIU Bo1,2, YUAN Feimin3, LI Xiang1,2, CHEN Zhiguo1   

  1. 1. Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateaubiota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding in Qinghai Provinces, Xining 810008, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling 712100, China
  • Received:2020-09-01 Published:2020-12-28

Abstract: In order to determine the chromosome number and karyotype characteristics of the main Chenopodium varieties in Qinghai Province,three quinoa varieties with different seed colors Qaidam black-1(abbreviated as black quinoa),Qaidam white-1(abbreviated as white quinoa)and Qaidam red-1(abbreviated as red quinoa)were used as materials,and their root tips were sliced by using squashing method.Karyotype analysis was carried out through the steps of ice-water mixture pretreatment,Carnot fixed solution,45% acetic acid hydrolysis,flame drying and pressing,microscopic examination,DAPI staining,fluorescence microscope photography etc.The results showed that:The chromosome numbers of the three color varieties were all 4n=36,and no aneuploid or polyploid phenomenon was found.The karyotype formula and the relative length composition of chromosome of black quinoa were 4n=36=32m(4AST)+ 4sm,4n=36=2L+18M2+12M1+ 4S;the karyotype formula and the relative length of chromosome of white quinoa were 4n=36=34m(4SAT)+ 2sm,4n=36=2L+20M2+14M1;the karyotype formula and the relative length of chromosome of red quinoa were 4n=36=34m(4SAT)+2sm,4n=36=6L+8M2+14M1+8S.All varieties belong to 2B type and the asymmetry index were 58.20%,58.22% and 58.72%,respectively,indicating that these varieties were more evolved.All the three varieties have two pairs of satellite,but there were differences in loction,which may be related to the heterologous origin of quinoa,self-pollination and other factors.This study can provide cytological basis for cross breeding,ploidy breeding,germplasm resource identification and gene mapping of C.quinoa.

Key words: Chenopodium quinoa Willd., Chromosome, Karyotypic analysis, Seed color

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QUAN Youjuan, LIU Bo, YUAN Feimin, LI Xiang, CHEN Zhiguo. Karyotype Analysis of C.quinoa Varieties with Different Seed Color[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2020, 35(S1): 72-77. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20191704.

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