Low-temperature germinability (LTG) is an important trait for rice direct seeding at temperate and high-altitude region. Previously, five QTLs (quantitative trait loci) for LTG were detected using an interspecific cross population between the Korea japonica cultivar Hwaseong and Oryza rufipogon (IRGSP#105491). O. rufipogon alleles at all loci increased the germination rate at the 13°C condition. In this study, we tried to confirm and fine-map qLTG1 located on the short arm of chromosome 1. To map the qLTG1, two introgression lines, TR5 and TR20 were crossed to Hwaseong to develop F_2:3 populations. QTL analysis confirmed the existence of the qLTG1 and it explained 55.5% and 29.9% of phenotypic variation in two populations, respectively. Substitution mapping using informative recombinant lines indicated that qLTG1 was located in 167-kb region between two SSR markers RM10310 and RM10326. This segment harbored 18 genes with nine of them were annotated with specific gene function. In addition, the O. rufipogon introgression in this region was associated with an increase in spikelets per panicle in the Hwaseong background. The results strongly indicate that the O. rufipogon alleles will be a valuable source of genes in improving japonica rice for low-temperature germinability and yield. To our knowledge, this is the first report to fine-map qLTG1 associated with LTG in rice considering that no QTL for LTG has not been reported near this QTL region from other biparental populations.

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