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Kenji Fujino Jianzhong Wu Hiroshi Sekiguchi Tomoko Ito Takeshi Izawa Takashi Matsumoto 《Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG》2010,284(2):137-146
Flowering time is a major determinant for the local adaptation of crops. Hd1 is a key flowering-time gene in rice and is orthologous to the Arabidopsis
CONSTANS gene. To elucidate the role of Hd1 in selection, we examined the Hd1 alleles of 60 landraces of Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) originating from all regions of Asia, which comprised three cultivar groups, indica, japonica, and aus. The identified alleles were classified into four allele groups. The functional Hd1 alleles in allele groups I and II corresponded to indica and japonica, respectively. Non-functional alleles in these groups were not clearly associated with cultivar groups or locations. Allele
groups III and IV corresponded to the aus cultivar group. The ancestry of each cultivar group was identified by the coalescent approach for Hd1 molecular evolution using the haplotype patterns of 14 regions over the 1.1 Mb chromosomal region surrounding Hd1 and the pSINE patterns of two loci, 1.4 and 4.4 Mb apart from Hd1. The haplotype patterns clearly revealed that Hd1 allele migration was caused by multiple and complex introgression events between cultivar groups. The Hd1 haplotypes among dozens of accessions of the wild species O. rufipogon were strongly divergent and only two of the haplotype clusters in O. rufipogon were closely related to those in cultivated rice. This strongly suggested that multiple introgression events have played
an important role in the shaping and diversification of adaptation in addition to primary selection steps at the beginning
of domestication. 相似文献
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Xiao‐Ming Zheng Li Feng Junrui Wang Weihua Qiao Lifang Zhang Yunlian Cheng Qingwen Yang 《植物学报(英文版)》2016,58(6):540-548
Due to the remarkable adaptability to various environments, rice varieties with diverse flowering times have been domesticated or improved from Oryza rufipogon. Detailed knowledge of the genetic factors controlling flowering time will facilitate understanding the adaptation mechanism in cultivated rice and enable breeders to design appropriate genotypes for distinct preferences. In this study, four genes (Hd1, DTH8, Ghd7 and OsPRR37) in a rice long‐day suppression pathway were collected and sequenced in 154, 74, 69 and 62 varieties of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) respectively. Under long‐day conditions, varieties with nonfunctional alleles flowered significantly earlier than those with functional alleles. However, the four genes have different genetic effects in the regulation of flowering time: Hd1 and OsPRR37 are major genes that generally regulate rice flowering time for all varieties, while DTH8 and Ghd7 only regulate regional rice varieties. Geographic analysis and network studies suggested that the nonfunctional alleles of these suppression loci with regional adaptability were derived recently and independently. Alleles with regional adaptability should be taken into consideration for genetic improvement. The rich genetic variations in these four genes, which adapt rice to different environments, provide the flexibility needed for breeding rice varieties with diverse flowering times. 相似文献
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Footprints of natural and artificial selection for photoperiod pathway genes in Oryza 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Huang CL Hung CY Chiang YC Hwang CC Hsu TW Huang CC Hung KH Tsai KC Wang KH Osada N Schaal BA Chiang TY 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2012,70(5):769-782
Asian rice, Oryza sativa, consists of two major subspecies, indica and japonica, which are physiologically differentiated and adapted to different latitudes. Genes for photoperiod sensitivity are likely targets of selection along latitude. We examined the footprints of natural and artificial selections for four major genes of the photoperiod pathway, namely PHYTOCHROME B (PhyB), HEADING DATE 1 (Hd1), HEADING DATE 3a (Hd3a), and EARLY HEADING DATE 1 (Ehd1), by investigation of the patterns of nucleotide polymorphisms in cultivated and wild rice. Geographical subdivision between tropical and subtropical O. rufipogon was found for all of the photoperiod genes in plants divided by the Tropic of Cancer (TOC). All of these genes, except for PhyB, were characterized by the existence of clades that split a long time ago and that corresponded to latitudinal subdivisions, and revealed a likely diversifying selection. Ssp. indica showed close affinity to tropical O. rufipogon for all genes, while ssp. japonica, which has a much wider range of distribution, displayed complex patterns of differentiation from O. rufipogon, which reflected various agricultural needs in relation to crop yield. In japonica, all genes, except Hd3a, were genetically differentiated at the TOC, while geographical subdivision occurred at 31°N in Hd3a, probably the result of varying photoperiods. Many other features of the photoperiod genes revealed domestication signatures, which included high linkage disequilibrium (LD) within genes, the occurrence of frequent and recurrent non‐functional Hd1 mutants in cultivated rice, crossovers between subtropical and tropical alleles of Hd1, and significant LD between Hd1 and Hd3a in japonica and indica. 相似文献
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Asian cultivated rice(Oryza sativa L.),an important cereal crop worldwide,was domesticated from its wild ancestor 8000 years ago.During its long-term cultivation and evolution under diverse agroecological conditions, Asian cultivated rice has differentiated into indica and japonica subspecies.An effective method is required to identify rice germplasm for its indica and japonica features,which is essential in rice genetic improvements.We developed a protocol that combined DNA extraction from a single rice seed and the insertion/deletion(InDel) molecular fingerprint to determine the indica and japonica features of rice germplasm.We analyzed a set of rice germplasm,including 166 Asian rice varieties,two African rice varieties,30 accessions of wild rice species,and 42 weedy rice accessions,using the single-seeded InDel fingerprints(SSIF).The results show that the SSIF method can efficiently determine the indica and japonica features of the rice germplasm.Further analyses revealed significant indica and japonica differentiation in most Asian rice varieties and weedy rice accessions.In contrast,African rice varieties and nearly all the wild rice accessions did not exhibit such differentiation.The pattern of cultivated and wild rice samples illustrated by the SSIF supports our previous hypothesis that indica and japonica differentiation occurred after rice domestication under different agroecological conditions.In addition,the divergent pattern of rice cultivars and weedy rice accessions suggests the possibility of an endoferal origin(from crop)of the weedy rice included in the present study. 相似文献
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Selvaraj Michael Gomez N. Manikanda Boopathi S. Satheesh Kumar T. Ramasubramanian Zhu Chengsong P. Jeyaprakash A. Senthil R. Chandra Babu 《Acta Physiologiae Plantarum》2010,32(2):355-364
Drought is a major limitation for rice production in rainfed ecosystems. Identifying quantitative trait loci (QTLs) linked
to drought resistance provides opportunity to breed high yielding rice varieties suitable for drought-prone areas. Although
considerable efforts were made in mapping QTLs associated with drought-resistance traits in rice, most of the studies involved
indica × japonica crosses and hence, the drought-resistance alleles were contributed mostly by japonica ecotypes. It is desirable to look for genetic variation within indica ecotypes adapted to target environment (TE) as the alleles from japonica ecotype may not be expressed under lowland conditions. A subset of 250 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of F8 generation derived from two indica rice lines (IR20 and Nootripathu) with contrasting drought-resistance traits were used to map the QTLs for morpho-physiological
and plant production traits under drought stress in the field in TE. A genetic linkage map was constructed using 101 polymorphic
PCR-based markers distributed over the 12 chromosomes covering a total length of 1,529 cM in 17 linkage groups with an average
distance of 15.1 cM. Composite interval mapping analysis identified 22 QTLs, which individually explained 4.8–32.2% of the
phenotypic variation. Consistent QTLs for drought-resistance traits were detected using locally adapted indica ecotypes, which may be useful for rainfed rice improvement. 相似文献
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Anuradha Singh Pradeep K. Singh Rakesh Singh Awadhesh Pandit Ajay K. Mahato Deepak K. Gupta Kuldeep Tyagi Ashok K. Singh Nagendra K. Singh Tilak R. Sharma 《Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement》2010,26(2):325-338
Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) is a key enzyme involved in the synthesis of glycinebetaine—a powerful osmoprotectant
against salt and drought stress in a large number of species. Rice is not known to accumulate glycinebetaine but it has two
functional genes coding for the BADH enzyme. A non-functional allele of the BADH2 gene located on chromosome 8 is a major factor associated with rice aroma. However, similar information is not available
regarding the BADH1 gene located on chromosome 4 despite the similar biochemical function of the two genes. Here we report on the discovery and
validation of SNPs in the BADH1 gene by re-sequencing of diverse rice varieties differing in aroma and salt tolerance. There were 17 SNPs in introns with
an average density of one per 171 bp, but only three SNPs in exons at a density of one per 505 bp. Each of the three exonic
SNPs led to changes in amino acids with functional significance. Multiplex SNP assays were used for genotyping of 127 diverse
rice varieties and landraces. In total 15 SNP haplotypes were identified but only four of these, corresponding to two protein
haplotypes, were common, representing more than 85% of the cultivars. Determination of population structure using 54 random
SNPs classified the varieties into two groups broadly corresponding to indica and japonica cultivar groups, aromatic varieties clustering with the japonica group. There was no association between salt tolerance and the common BADH1 haplotypes, but aromatic varieties showed specific
association with a BADH1 protein haplotype (PH2) having lysine144 to asparagine144 and lysine345 to glutamine345 substitutions. Protein modeling and ligand docking studies show that these two substitutions lead to reduction in the substrate
binding capacity of the BADH1 enzyme towards gamma-aminobutyraldehyde (GABald), which is a precursor of the major aroma compound
2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP). This association requires further validation in segregating populations for potential utilization
in the rice breeding programs. 相似文献
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Xiufeng Li Huazhao Liu Maoqing Wang Hualong Liu Xiaojie Tian Wenjia Zhou Tianxiao L Zhenyu Wang Chengcai Chu Jun Fang Qingyun Bu 《植物学报(英文版)》2015,57(8):698-707
Heading date is a key trait in rice domestication and adaption, and a number of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have been identified. The rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars in the Heilongjiang Province, t... 相似文献
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Sweeney MT Thomson MJ Cho YG Park YJ Williamson SH Bustamante CD McCouch SR 《PLoS genetics》2007,3(8):e133
Here we report that the change from the red seeds of wild rice to the white seeds of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) resulted from the strong selective sweep of a single mutation, a frame-shift deletion within the Rc gene that is found in 97.9% of white rice varieties today. A second mutation, also within Rc, is present in less than 3% of white accessions surveyed. Haplotype analysis revealed that the predominant mutation originated in the japonica subspecies and crossed both geographic and sterility barriers to move into the indica subspecies. A little less than one Mb of japonica DNA hitchhiked with the rc allele into most indica varieties, suggesting that other linked domestication alleles may have been transferred from japonica to indica along with white pericarp color. Our finding provides evidence of active cultural exchange among ancient farmers over the course of rice domestication coupled with very strong, positive selection for a single white allele in both subspecies of O. sativa. 相似文献
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Yangjun Zhang Lubin Tan Zuofeng Zhu Lixing Yuan Daoxin Xie Chuanqing Sun 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2015,81(3):367-376
Nitrogen (N), the most important mineral nutrient for plants, is critical to agricultural production systems. N deficiency severely affects rice growth and decreases rice yields. However, excessive use of N fertilizer has caused severe pollution to agricultural and ecological environments. The necessity of breeding of crops that require lower input of N fertilizer has been recognized. Here we identified a major quantitative trait locus on chromosome 12, Tolerance Of Nitrogen Deficiency 1 (TOND1), that confers tolerance to N deficiency in the indica cultivar Teqing. Sequence verification of 75 indica and 75 japonica cultivars from 18 countries and regions demonstrated that only 27.3% of cultivars (41 indica cultivars) contain TOND1, whereas 72.7% of cultivars, including the remaining 34 indica cultivars and all 75 japonica cultivars, do not harbor the TOND1 allele. Over‐expression of TOND1 increased the tolerance to N deficiency in the TOND1‐deficient rice cultivars. The identification of TOND1 provides a molecular basis for breeding rice varieties with improved grain yield despite decreased input of N fertilizers. 相似文献
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Zhenling Lv Wenjie Zhang Ying Wu Shuangzhan Huang Yunxiao Zhou Ai Zhang Xin Deng Chunming Xu Zhengyi Xu Lei Gong Bao Liu 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2019,97(3):571-586
Epigenetic mechanisms play a major role in heterosis, partly as a result of the remodeling of epigenetic modifications in F1 hybrids. Based on chromatin immunoprecipitation‐sequencing (ChIP‐Seq) analyses, we show that at the allele level extensive histone methylation remodeling occurred for a subset of genomic loci in reciprocal F1 hybrids of Oryza sativa (rice) cultivars Nipponbare and 93‐11, representing the two subspecies japonica and indica. Globally, the allele modification‐altered loci in leaf or root of the reciprocal F1 hybrids involved ?12–43% or more of the genomic regions carrying either of two typical histone methylation markers, H3K4me3 (>21 000 genomic regions) and H3K27me3 (>11 000 genomic regions). Nevertheless, at the total modification level, the majority (from ?43 to >90%) of the modification‐altered alleles lay within the range of parental additivity in the hybrids because of concerted alteration in opposite directions, consistent with an overall attenuation of allelic differences in the modifications. Importantly, of the genomic regions that did show non‐additivity in total modification level by either marker in the two tissues of hybrids, >80% manifested transgressivity, which involved genes enriched in specific functional categories. Extensive allele‐level alteration of H3K4me3 alone was positively correlated with genome‐wide changes in allele‐level gene expression, whereas at the total level, both H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 remodeling, although affecting just a small number of genes, contributes to the overall non‐additive gene expression to variable extents, depending on tissue/marker combinations. Our results emphasize the importance of allele‐level analysis in hybrids to assess the remodeling of epigenetic modifications and their relation to changes in gene expression. 相似文献
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Hiroki Saito Qingbo Yuan Yutaka Okumoto Kazuyuki Doi Atsushi Yoshimura Hiromo Inoue Masayoshi Teraishi Takuji Tsukiyama Takatoshi Tanisaka 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2009,119(2):315-323
A recently established rice breeding program in low latitudes aims to develop varieties with extremely long basic vegetative
growth (BVG) periods and weak photoperiod sensitivities. The Taiwanese japonica variety Taichung 65 (T65) harbors a recessive allele ef1 at the Ef1 (Early flowering 1) locus, thereby exhibiting an extremely long BVG period. The previous reported functional allele Ehd1 (Early heading date 1), located on chromosome 10, encodes a B-type response regulator, thereby shortening the BVG period, whereas its nonfunctional
allele ehd1 greatly prolongs the BVG period. A conventional analysis using F2 and F3 populations and a subsequent CAPS analysis based on the amino acid sequences of Ehd1 and ehd1 showed that Ef1 and Ehd1 were at the same locus. The CAPS analysis also indicated that the Taiwanese japonica varieties with extremely long BVG periods all harbor ef1, but that ef1 does not exist among indica and japonica varieties in the low latitudes. Since ef1 has not been found in any japonica varieties outside Taiwan, this allele might have originated in Taiwan. Sequence analysis revealed that the mutant allele
ef1-h, which prolongs the BVG period even more than ef1 does, harbors an mPing insertion in exon 2, which causes the complete loss of gene function. Our results indicate that both ef1 or ef1-h alleles can be used as new gene sources in developing rice varieties with extremely long BVG periods for low latitudes.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Population genomics identifies the origin and signatures of selection of Korean weedy rice 下载免费PDF全文
Weedy rice is the same biological species as cultivated rice (Oryza sativa); it is also a noxious weed infesting rice fields worldwide. Its formation and population‐selective or ‐adaptive signatures are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the phylogenetics, population structure and signatures of selection of Korean weedy rice by determining the whole genomes of 30 weedy rice, 30 landrace rice and ten wild rice samples. The phylogenetic tree and results of ancestry inference study clearly showed that the genetic distance of Korean weedy rice was far from the wild rice and near with cultivated rice. Furthermore, 537 genes showed evidence of recent positive or divergent selection, consistent with some adaptive traits. This study indicates that Korean weedy rice originated from hybridization of modern indica/indica or japonica/japonica rather than wild rice. Moreover, weedy rice is not only a notorious weed in rice fields, but also contains many untapped valuable traits or haplotypes that may be a useful genetic resource for improving cultivated rice. 相似文献
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Jain S Jain RK McCouch SR 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2004,109(5):965-977
Genetic relationships among Indian aromatic and quality rice (Oryza sativa) germplasm were assessed using 30 fluorescently labeled rice microsatellite markers. The 69 rice genotypes used in this study included 52 Basmati and other scented/quality rice varieties from different parts of India and 17 indica and japonica varieties that served as controls. A total of 235 alleles were detected at the 30 simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci, 62 (26.4%) of which were present only in Basmati and other scented/quality rice germplasm accessions. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 22, with an average of 7.8, polymorphism information content (PIC) values ranged from 0.2 to 0.9, with an average of 0.6, and the size range between the smallest and the largest allele for a given microsatellite locus varied between 3 bp and 68 bp. Of the 30 SSR markers, 20 could distinguish traditional Basmati rice varieties, and a single panel of eight markers could be used to differentiate the premium traditional Basmati, cross-bred Basmati, and non-Basmati rice varieties having different commercial value in the marketplace. When estimates of inferred ancestry or similarity coefficients were used to cluster varieties, the high-quality Indian aromatic and quality rice genotypes could be distinguished from both indica and japonica cultivars, and crossbred varieties could be distinguished from traditional Basmati rices. The results indicate that Indian aromatic and quality germplasm is genetically distinct from other groups within O. sativa and is the product of a long, independent pattern of evolution. The data also suggest that there is scope for exploiting the genetic diversity of aromatic/quality rice germplasm available in India for national Basmati rice breeding programs.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at . 相似文献
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S. Negrão M. M. Oliveira K. K. Jena D. Mackill 《Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement》2008,22(2):159-168
The cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) has two subspecies, indica and japonica. The japonica rice germplasm has a narrower genetic diversity compared to the indica subspecies. Rice breeders aim to develop new varieties with a higher yield potential, with enhanced resistances to biotic
and abiotic stresses, and improved adaptation to environmental changes. In order to face some of these challenges, japonica rice germplasm will have to be diversified and new breeding strategies developed. Indica rice improvement could also profit from more “genepool mingling” for which japonica rice could play an important role. Interesting traits such as low-temperature tolerance, and wider climate adaptation could
be introgressed into the indica subspecies. In the past decade, huge developments in rice genomics have expanded our available knowledge on this crop and
it is now time to use these technologies for improving and accelerating rice breeding research. With the full sequence of
the rice genome, breeders may take advantage of new genes. Also new genes may be discovered from the genepool of wild relatives,
or landraces of the genus Oryza, and incorporated into elite japonica cultivars in a kind of “gene revolution” program. Expectedly, new technologies that are currently being optimized, aiming
for novel gene discovery or for tracking the regions under selection, will be suggested as new breeding approaches. This paper
revisits breeding strategies successfully employed in indica rice, and discusses their application in japonica rice improvement (e.g. ideotype breeding, wide hybridization and hybrid performance). 相似文献
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Yamanaka S Nakamura I Watanabe KN Sato Y 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2004,108(7):1200-1204
Common non-waxy (Wx) rice cultivars contain two different alleles at the waxy locus, designated Wx
a and Wx
b, which encode different levels of granule-bound starch synthases and are hence involved in the control of endosperm amylose content. The Wx
a allele was predominant in non-waxy indica cultivars, whereas the Wx
b allele was common to the non-waxy japonica variety. Recently, some of the molecular mechanisms underlying the differentiation of Wx
a from Wx
b have been characterized. One structural difference between these two alleles was shown to be due to alternative splicing caused by a single-base substitution (AGGT to AGTT) at a donor site of the first intron within the Wx gene. In the case of waxy (wx) rice, it was not possible to distinguish whether the each wx allele was derived from Wx
a or Wx
b alleles by phenotypic analysis. However, we succeeded in developing a derived cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (dCAPS) marker for the detection of the one-base splicing mutation without the need for sequencing. A mismatch primer was used to generate a restriction site in the Wx
a allele (AGGT) but not in the Wx
b allele (AGTT). Three hundred fifty-three waxy rice strains that are widely found in Asia were then employed for analysis using this dCAPS marker. Our findings suggested that waxy rice strains have both Wx
a- and Wx
b-derived alleles, but that the Wx
b-derived allele was predominant, and its distribution was independent of indica-japonica differentiation. The wild relatives of cultivated rice all possessed the AGGT allele. It was concluded that the waxy mutations, and the corresponding rice cultivation, originated from japonica during the evolution and domestication process of rice and was preferentially selected by most Asian peoples.Communicated by J. Heslop-Harrison 相似文献
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H. X. Lin T. Yamamoto T. Sasaki M. Yano 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2000,101(7):1021-1028
To characterize quantitative trait loci (QTLs), we used marker-assisted selection (MAS) to develop three nearly isogenic lines
(NILs) differing only for the presence of a single, specific QTL (QTL-NILs) –Hd1, Hd2, and Hd3 – for heading date in rice. The three lines contained the chromosomal region of the target QTL from donor variety Kasalath(indica) in the genetic background of var. Nipponbare (japonica). To analyze epistatic interactions in pairs of these QTLs, we also used MAS to develop four combined QTL-NILs with 2 of
the 3 QTLs or with all 3. Different daylength treatment testing of the QTL-NILs revealed that the three QTLs control photoperiod
sensitivity. Genetic analysis of F2 populations derived from crosses between the three QTL-NILs with a single QTL using molecular markers revealed the existence
of epistatic interactions between Hd1 and Hd2, and Hd2 and Hd3. These interactions were also confirmed by the analysis of combined QTL-NILs under different daylength conditions. The existence
of an epistatic interaction between Hd1 and Hd3 was also clarified. Based on these results, we suggest that the Kasalath allele of Hd3 does not affect photoperiod sensitivity by itself but that it is involved in enhancement of the expression of the Nipponbare
alleles of Hd1 and Hd2.
Received: 22 October 1999 / Accepted: 21 March 2000 相似文献
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Yiwang Zhu Yarong Lin Songbiao Chen Huaqing Liu Zaijie Chen Meiying Fan Taijiao Hu Fating Mei Jianmin Chen Liang Chen Feng Wang 《Plant biotechnology journal》2019,17(11):2096-2105
Red rice contains high levels of proanthocyanidins and anthocyanins, which have been recognized as health‐promoting nutrients. The red coloration of rice grains is controlled by two complementary genes, Rc and Rd. The RcRd genotype produces red pericarp in wild species Oryza rufipogon, whereas most cultivated rice varieties produce white grains resulted from a 14‐bp frame‐shift deletion in the seventh exon of the Rc gene. In the present study, we developed a CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated method to functionally restore the recessive rc allele through reverting the 14‐bp frame‐shift deletion to in‐frame mutations in which the deletions were in multiples of three bases, and successfully converted three elite white pericarp rice varieties into red ones. Rice seeds from T1 in‐frame Rc lines were measured for proanthocyanidins and anthocyanidins, and high accumulation levels of proanthocyanidins and anthocyanidins were observed in red grains from the mutants. Moreover, there was no significant difference between wild‐type and in‐frame Rc mutants in major agronomic traits, indicating that restoration of Rc function had no negative effect on important agronomic traits in rice. Given that most white pericarp rice varieties are resulted from the 14‐bp deletion in Rc, it is conceivable that our method could be applied to most white pericarp rice varieties and would greatly accelerate the breeding of new red rice varieties with elite agronomic traits. In addition, our study demonstrates an effective approach to restore recessive frame‐shift alleles for crop improvement. 相似文献
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Nan Guo Jinqi Hu Ming Yan Hongye Qu Le Luo Mechthild Tegeder Guohua Xu 《The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology》2020,103(1):395-411
In agricultural soils, amino acids can represent vital nitrogen (N) sources for crop growth and yield. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying amino acid uptake and allocation are poorly understood in crop plants. This study shows that rice (Oryza sativa L.) roots can acquire aspartate at soil concentration, and that japonica subspecies take up this acidic amino acid 1.5‐fold more efficiently than indica subspecies. Genetic association analyses with 68 representative japonica or indica germplasms identified rice Lysine‐Histidine‐type Transporter 1 (OsLHT1) as a candidate gene associated with the aspartate uptake trait. When expressed in yeast, OsLHT1 supported cell growth on a broad spectrum of amino acids, and effectively transported aspartate, asparagine and glutamate. OsLHT1 is localized throughout the rice root, including root hairs, epidermis, cortex and stele, and to the leaf vasculature. Knockout of OsLHT1 in japonica resulted in reduced root uptake of amino acids. Furthermore, in 15N‐amino acid‐fed mutants versus wild‐type, a higher percentage of 15N remained in roots instead of being allocated to the shoot. 15N‐ammonium uptake and subsequently the delivery of root‐synthesized amino acids to Oslht1 shoots were also significantly decreased, which was accompanied by reduced shoot growth. These results together provide evidence that OsLHT1 functions in both root uptake and root to shoot allocation of a broad spectrum of amino acids in rice. 相似文献