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Zhou 8425B is a widely used dwarf large panicle and disease-resistant and stress-resistant Wheat Founder Parent in the wheat production areas of the Yellow-Huaihe-Haihe Rivers regions. The analysis of stripe rust resistance of derived varieties and the genetic transmission information of stripe rust resistance gene carried by Zhou 8425B is of great value for wheat new variety breeding. In this study, we used a highly toxic race of stripe rust, Tiaozhong 34 (CYR34), to identify the resistance of 222 collected Zhou 8425B derived varieties to stripe rust at seedling stage. The hybrid strain mainly CYR34 was used to identify the resistance to stripe rust at adult stage of the derived varieties. Subsequently, molecular markers closely linked to the stripe rust resistance genes (YrZH84, YrZH84.2, Yr30, YrZH22, and Yr9 carried by Zhou 8425B) were used for genotype detection of the derived varieties. The results showed that Zhou 8425B was highly resistant to stripe rust stripe rust at seedling stage and adult stage to the current virulent dominant race CYR34. Among the 222 derivative varieties of Zhou 8425B, 14 of them, including Changmai 9, Jiyanmai 10, Bainong 4199, Saidemai 7, and Zhengmai 103, etc., showed stable disease resistance in two years, accounting for 6.3%; 52 derivative varieties, include Zhoumai 11, Zhoumai 22, Zhoumai 26, Zhoumai 36, Lantian 36, Cunmai 16 and Zhengpinmai 8, etc., had stable disease resistance during the whole growth period, accounting for 23.4%. Many derivative varieties of Zhou 8425B were mainly derived from six offspring, including Zhoumai 11, Zhoumai 12, Zhoumai 13, Zhoumai 15, Zhoumai 16, and Zhoumai 17. In the first generation, Zhoumai 16 and Zhoumai 13 directly derived more varieties because of their good agronomic characters, while Zhoumai 15 and Zhoumai 17 derived fewer varieties. Zhoumai 12 and Zhoumai 13 bred the second generation, Zhoumai 22, and then derived 45 sub-generations, and Zhoumai 11 bred Aikang 58, and then derived 54 sub-generations. The excellent stripe rust resistance gene of Zhou 8425B was continuously separated and polymerized in the process of genetic breeding. The frequencies of YrZH84, YrZH84.2, YrZH22, Yr30, and Yr9 in the derived offspring were 34.7%, 14.9%, 41.9%, 66.2%, and 67.1%, respectively. Among the derivative varieties carrying only one disease resistance gene, the average severity of YrZH84 was the lowest (14.4%). Among the derived varieties that aggregate two disease resistance genes, the average severity of carrying YrZH84+YrZH22 was the lowest (20.0%); among the derived varieties that aggregate three disease resistance genes, the average severity of carrying YrZH84+YrZH22+Yr9 was the lowest (17.2%). Among the derived varieties that aggregate four disease resistance genes, the average severity of carrying YrZH84+YrZH22+Yr30+Yr9 was 16.9%, and the average severity of carrying YrZH84.2+YrZH22+Yr30+Yr9 was 38.4%. At seedling stage, derived varieties that carried the YrZH84 resistance gene or a combination of genes containing YrZH84 during the entire growth period had better disease resistance. These results provide the information of stripe rust gene for the continuous improvement and utilization of the Founder Parent Zhou 8425B in China, identify the new derived germplasm with high resistance and high yield to the highly virulent physiological race CYR34, which providing a reference for the genetic breeding of wheat resistance to stripe rust in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two novel coordination compounds, [Sr(atzp)2(H2O)2]·CH3OH (1) and [Sr(dtzpha)(H2O)3]·4H2O (2) [Hatzp=5-aminotetrazole-1-propionic acid, H2dtzpha=1,3-di(tetrazol-5-yl)benzene-N2,N2′-diacetic acid)], have been generated by using 5-aminotetrazole-1-propionic acid and 1,3-di(tetrazol-5-yl)benzene-N2,N2′-diacetic acid to react with strontium salts, respectively. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that carboxylic groups of two ligands show the same coordination mode (the μ1,1,3-COO coordination mode), compound 1 displays a 1D structure while compound 2 shows a 2D structure, which implies the influence of the number of the carboxylic acid groups. Luminescence properties of 1 and 2 were investigated at room temperature in the solid state.

The Co(II) atom in bis(5-aminotetrazole-1-acetato)tetraaquacobalt(II), [Co(C3H4N5O2)2(H2O)4], (I), is octahedrally coordinated by six O atoms from two 5-aminotetrazole-1-acetate (atza) ligands and four water molecules. The molecule has a crystallographic centre of symmetry located at the Co(II) atom. The molecules of (I) are interlinked by hydrogen-bond interactions, forming a two-dimensional supramolecular network structure in the ac plane. The Cd(II) atom in catena-poly[[cadmium(II)]-bis(mu-5-aminotetrazole-1-acetato], [Cd(C3H4N5O2)2]n, (II), lies on a twofold axis and is coordinated by two N atoms and four O atoms from four atza ligands to form a distorted octahedral coordination environment. The Cd(II) centres are connected through tridentate atza bridging ligands to form a two-dimensional layered structure extending along the ab plane, which is further linked into a three-dimensional structure through hydrogen-bond interactions.

The Cd atom in bis[bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane]bis(isothiocyanato)cadmium(II), [Cd(NCS)2(C11H16N4)2], is octahedrally coordinated by four N atoms from two bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methane (dmpzm) ligands and two isothiocyanate ligands. The molecule has a crystallographic center of symmetry located at the Cd atom. There are two intramolecular C-H...N interactions, each of which is formed between the methylene group of a dmpzm ligand and the N atom of an isothiocyanate ligand. On the other hand, in catena-poly[[di-mu-dicyanamidato-bis{[bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane]cadmium(II)}]-di-mu-dicyanamidato], [Cd2(C2N3)4(C11H16N4)2]n, each Cd atom is octahedrally coordinated by two N atoms from one dmpzm ligand and four N atoms from four bridging dicyanamide (dca) anions. Two Cd atoms are bridged by a pair of dca anions, forming a dimeric [Cd2(mu-dca)2(dmpzm)2] unit. Another two pairs of dca anions further link this unit with neighboring units to form a brick-wall layer parallel to (100). A C-H...N interaction between the methylene group of one dmpzm ligand in one layer and a coordinating N atom of a dca ligand in an adjacent layer completes a three-dimensional network.