Genes/QTLs affecting flood tolerance in rice |
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Authors: | K Sripongpangkul G B T Posa D W Senadhira D Brar N Huang G S Khush Z K Li |
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Institution: | (1) Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry Division, International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 3127, Makati City 1271, Philippines Fax: (63-2) 891-1292 e-mail: z.li@cgiar.org, Present addresses: K. Sripongpankul, Prachinburi Rice Research Center, Bangsang, Prachinburi 25150, Thailand, N. Huang, Applied Phytologics Inc, 4110 N Freeway Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834, USA, TH |
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Abstract: | The adaptation of deepwater rice to flooding is attributed to two mechanisms, submergence tolerance and plant elongation.
Using a QTL mapping study with replicated phenotyping under two contrasting (water qualities) submergence treatments and AFLP
markers, we were able to identify several genes/QTLs that control plant elongation and submergence tolerance in a recombinant
inbred rice population. Our results indicate that segregation of rice plants in their responses to different flooding stress
conditions is largely due to the differential expression of a few key elongation and submergence tolerance genes. The most
important gene was QIne1 mapped near sd-1 on chromosome 1. The Jalmagna (the deepwater parent) allele at this locus had a very large effect on internal elongation
and contributed significantly to submergence tolerance under flooding. The second locus was a major gene, sub1(t), mapped to chromosome 9, which contributed to submergence tolerance only. The third one was a QTL, QIne4, mapped to chromosome 4. The IR74 (non-elongating parent) allele at this locus had a large effect for internal elongation.
An additional locus that interacted strongly with both QIne1 and QIne4 appeared near RG403 on chromosome 5, suggesting a complex epistatic relationship among the three loci. Several QTLs with
relatively small effects on plant elongation and submergence tolerance were also identified. The genetic aspects of these
flooding tolerance QTLs with respect to patterns of differential expression of elongation and submergence tolerance genes
under flooding are discussed.
Received: 13 December 1999 / Accepted: 14 March 2000<@head-com-p1a.lf>Communicated by G. Wenzel |
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Keywords: | Elongation ability Submergence tolerance Oryza sativa L Epistasis Abiotic stress Molecular markers Differential gene expression |
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