Electrophoretic analyses of anther proteins from male-fertile and male-sterile sudangrass, sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper)

Alam, Sultanul and Sandal, P.C. (1969) Electrophoretic analyses of anther proteins from male-fertile and male-sterile sudangrass, sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper). Crop Science, 9 (2). pp. 157-159.

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Abstract

Proteins in anthers at the pre-pollen stage from two male-fertile and one male-sterile line of sudangrass, Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper) were compared by disc gel electrophoresis. Stained gels revealed: (1) eight bands in male-fertile in contrast to seven bands in malesterile anthers for peroxidase, (2) seven bands in malefertile in contrast to two bands in male-sterile anthers for cytochrome oxidase, (3) approximately 20 bands in malefertile in contrast to nine in male-sterile anthers for total proteins, and (4) eight bands in fertile and five bands in male-sterile anthers for basic protein. The consistently fewer number of biochemical components detected in male-sterile anthers indicated that heritable abnormal metabolic activity was associated with pollen abortion and subsequent male-sterility in sudangrass.

Item Type:	Article
Author Affiliation:	Postdoctoral Fellow and Professor of Agronomy, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58102
Subjects:	Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding
Divisions:	Sorghum
Depositing User:	Sandhya Gir
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2010 09:39
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2010 10:22
Official URL:	http://10.2135/cropsci1969.0011183X000900020013x
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/244

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