Identification of Saltol QTL in the breeding rice samples

One of the main problems in most of the world rice-growing regions is soil salinity. Rice is considered a saline sensitive crop, especially at the early stages of development and in the period of maturity. In the Rostov region, rice is grown in the south-eastern parts, where there are currently difficulties with the operation of the existing reclamation facilities. The problem of saline soils for this region is especially urgent, since a significant part of the arable lands has alkali complexes. In order to return the saline lands into exploitation, it is necessary to develop salt tolerant varieties, which, under crop rotation and maintenance, can contribute to soil desalinization. Due to the difficulty of determining salt tolerance only by estimating the phenotype, it is necessary to use molecular markers associated with this trait. Thus, the purpose of the current work was to identify one of the main Saltol QTL in breeding rice samples of the eighth generation (F8) obtained from hybridizing the donor variety NSYC Rc106 with Russian varieties. For that purpose, there have been used such marker-assisted selection methods as DNA isolation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), electrophoresis on 2% agarose gels, gels’ coloring in ethidium bromide solution, photography in ultraviolet light and evaluation of the obtained electrophoregrams. As a result of the study of 398 breeding rice samples, there have been identified 67 samples with the functional allele of Saltol QTL (6865/3, 6874/2, Don 7343/4, Don 7343/5, Don 7343/6, Don 7343/7, Don 7343/8, Don 7343/9, Don 7343/10, Don 7337/1, Don 7337/3, Don 7337/4, Don 7337/5, Don 7337/6, Don 7337/7, Don 7337/8, etc.). There have been recommended to use these samples in the further breeding process in order to develop new salinity resistant rice varieties.

Alkali complexes of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit lung and oral cancers in vitro

Alkali metal complexes (Li, K, and Cs) displayed excellent activities against oral and lung cancer cells with the least toxicity toward normal cells.

Ylid-Komplexe von Alkali- und Erdalkalimetallen, VI [1] Neutrale und anionische Ferrocenylmethylide und Fluorenylide/Ylide Complexes of Alkali and Earth Alkaline Metals, VI [1] Neutral and Anionic Ferrocenylmethylides and Fluorenylides

Coordination properties of phosphorus ylides towards electropositive metals are greatly improved in systems, where the carbanionic charge can be delocalized into the aromatic rings of substituents, as illustrated in the title compounds. The ferrocenyl-substituted ylide 2, synthesized from bis(diphenylphosphino)methane and (ferrocenyl)trimethyl-ammonium iodide via the phosphonium salt intermediate 1, is thus easily converted into the alkali complexes 3 a, b on treatment with NaNH2 or KH in tetrahydrofuran, respectively. The intensely coloured products are soluble in a number of organic solvents. NMR spectra of these solutions provide evidence for an interaction between alkali cations and the ferrocenyl rings. - From (C6H5)2CH2P(C6H5)2 and ferrocenylmethyl chloride a di-quaternary salt 4 is obtained, which yields a double-ylide mixture 5 a, b on treatment with base. Hydrolysis of this product affords the ylidic phosphine oxide 6. - The reaction of the ylides 7 and 9 (described previously) with NaNH2, KH or barium metal (in liquid ammonia) leads to the (earth) alkali complexes 8a-c and 10a, b, respectively. With the exception of 8c, but similar to 3a, these materials contain tetrahydrofuran solvate molecules. The 23Na NMR spectrum of 8a and the pronounced quadrupole broadening of the P(III) signals by the alkali cations in the 31P NMR spectra of 8 a, b allow structural suggestions for the solution state as proposed in the formulae. Further treatment of 10b with KH yields a potassium complex 11, characterized, i.a., via a corresponding diquaternary salt 12.