Biofortification is a cost-effective method for increasing the availability of micronutrients. Rice breeding for high levels of micronutrients is one of the best approaches to solve the problem of malnutrition. In this study, we developed a doubled haploid (DH) population derived from a cross between the rice cultivars 93-11 and Milyang 352 and evaluated QTLs for grain micronutrients and grain shape. Two co-localized QTLs,
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The yield related traits are controlled by multiple quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and influenced by environmental change in rice. We analyzed QTLs for 15 yield related traits using two backcross populations, derived from crosses between IR64 as recurrent parent and Koshihikari as donor parent, through two years. A total of 67 backcross inbred lines (BILs) and 40 chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) were genotyped using 183 SNP markers using a high-throughput genotyping system. Some genomic gaps between markers were identified in two populations. For fifteen traits in this study, 36 major QTLs (mQTLs) for 12 traits and 16 digenic epistatic QTLs (EpQTLs) for culm length were detected in BILs. On the other hand, 17 mQTLs were detected for nine traits in CSSLs. Among them, six mQTLs for grain yield traits were collocated on chromosome 10 in both years. For spikelet fertility, six putative QTLs were detected under high temperature conditions in 2018. The QTLs identified in this study could be used for the development of rice varieties conferring inter-subspecific combinations of yield-related traits.
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Spotted leaf mutants which produce necrotic lesions spontaneously are important sources to study programmed cell death in plant defense responses. A novel white-spotted leaf (
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Supplying sufficient rice to growing populations is a global challenge. Hybrid
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Grain size and panicle architecture are important traits determining yield. Here we report a new allele of
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Rice varieties developed through the inter-specific crosses between Asian (
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Thirty-six okra germplasms were grown and evaluated for yield and yield related traits at the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Vellayani, Trivandrum, Kerala. The germplasms studied possessed sufficient variability for all the traits. High genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) and phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) were noticed for almost all characters and narrow difference between GCV and PCV suggest that environmental influence is minimal for the traits studied. High estimates of heritability coupled with high to moderate genetic advance as percent over mean was recorded for all the characters considered. Yield had positive and significant association with number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, fruit girth and number of primary branches indicating that selection based on these characters may improve yield. Principal component analysis indicated that first three principal components contributed for sixty percent total variation among ten characters describing accessions. The cluster analysis revealed that hybridization of cluster I with cluster IV would be beneficial to develop promising varieties under diverse climatic conditions in India.
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We identified a
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This study examined the genetic variation of cyanidin 3-glucoside (C3G) contents in blackish-purple rice. F2 populations were established from crosses between blackish purple rice and normal white rice. The blackish rice cultivars used were Jilinheimi, Heidao38, LK1A-2-12-1-1, Heugjinju, and No2, and the common white rice cultivars used were Hwachung super giant embryo and Heugbal. The purple pericarp color is known to be controlled by a set of dominant alleles,
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Hybrid sterility is the major obstacle that can act as a barrier to genetic recombination and limits favorable gene transfer during inter-subspecific crosses in rice. However, hybrid sterility can be overcome by utilization of wide-compatible varieties (WCV). In the present study, two F2 populations generated from crosses between a wide-compatibility line (HWC-line) and two Korean varieties, Dasan and Hwacheong were evaluated for eight agronomic traits. A total of 157 molecular markers consisted of 116 STS, 40 SSR and 1 FNP were used to create genetic linkage maps spanning all 12 chromosomes. Twenty-one main-effect QTLs (M-QTLs) were identified in HWC-line/Dasan (HD) population. These loci are populated with two QTLs for culm length, one for spikelet per panicle, one for spikelet fertility, four for grain length, five for grain width, five for grain shape, and three for 100 grain-weight. In HWC-line/Hwacheong (HH) population, 17 QTLs were detected including two QTLs for culm length, one for panicle length, one for spikelet fertility, five for grain length, three for grain width, three for grain shape, and two for 100-grain weight. Of the total 34 QTLs found in the two F2 populations, 9 QTLs associated with culm length, grain length, grain width and grain shape were newly identified in this study. These QTLs will be useful for further understanding the genetic basis of agronomic traits and for developing markers for selection in rice breeding. In addition, HWC-line could be used as a bridge for inter-subspecies crosses overcoming hybrid sterility.
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Rice hulls remain closed throughout the ripening period to maintain internal humidity of the grains. An Open-hull sterile mutant was induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) treatment on Sinsunchalbyeo rice, a
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