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Multiple alleles at Early flowering 1 locus making variation in the basic vegetative growth period in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Authors:Hiroki Saito  Qingbo Yuan  Yutaka Okumoto  Kazuyuki Doi  Atsushi Yoshimura  Hiromo Inoue  Masayoshi Teraishi  Takuji Tsukiyama  Takatoshi Tanisaka
Affiliation:(1) Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan;(2) Graduate School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan;(3) Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenviromental Science, Kyusyu University, Higashi, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
Abstract: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.
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