Marker‐assisted introgression of bacterial blight and blast resistance into IR 58025B,an elite maintainer line of rice

IR 58025A is a very popular wild‐abortive cytoplasmic male sterile (WA‐CMS) line of rice and is extensively used for hybrid rice breeding. However, IR 58025A and many hybrids derived from it possess mild aroma (undesirable in some parts of India) and are highly susceptible to bacterial blight (BB) and blast diseases. To improve IR 58025A for BB and blast resistance, we have introgressed a major dominant gene conferring resistance against BB (i.e. Xa21) and blast (i.e. Pi54) into IR 58025B, the maintainer line of IR 58025A. An introgression line of Samba Mahsuri (i.e. SM2154) possessing Xa21 and Pi54 genes in homozygous condition and fine‐grain type was used as donor parent, and backcross breeding strategy was adopted for targeted introgression of the resistance genes. PCR‐based molecular markers tightly linked to Xa21 and Pi54 were used for selection of BB‐ and blast‐resistant lines, while closely linked markers were used for identification of backcross‐derived plants devoid of Rf4 and aroma. At BC₂F₅, four backcross‐derived lines possessing resistance against BB and blast, devoid of aroma, high yield, short plant stature, long‐slender grain type and with recurrent parent genome recovery ranging from 88.8% to 98.6% were selected and advanced for further evaluation. The improved versions of IR 58025B, viz. SB54‐11‐143‐9‐44‐5, SB54‐11‐143‐9‐44‐98, SB54‐11‐143‐9‐44‐111 and SB54‐11‐143‐9‐44‐171, behaved as perfect maintainers when test‐crossed with WA‐CMS lines. Agronomically superior lines of improved IR 58025B are being converted to CMS line through backcrossing for developing high‐yielding and biotic stress‐resistant rice hybrids.     

Influence of Male Sterile Cytoplasms on the Physico-Chemical Grain Quality Traits in Hybrid Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)

Summary Possible unfavourable influence of sterility inducing cytoplasm on physico-chemical grain quality traits in rice hybrids is one of the important concerns hindering the large-scale adoption of hybrid rice technology. Produce from 23 pairs of CMS line × restorer (AF₁) and maintainer line × restorer (BF₁) cross combinations carrying different cyto-sterile sources (WA, ARC, Mutagenized IR 62829B and Kalinga I) was compared for various grain and cooking quality traits. The milling recovery in rice hybrids was not influenced by the sterile cytoplasm. For kernel dimensions before and after cooking there were both favourable and unfavourable cytoplasmic effects, which varied in magnitude depending upon the sterile cytoplasm and parental combinations. Similar results were obtained for kernel elongation and gelatinization temperature. The most widely used WA cytoplasm had minimum instances of unfavourable influence. In general, the cytoplasmic influence was found to be highly cross-specific and depended on the nuclear background of CMS line and fertility restorer. Availability of alloplasmic CMS lines carrying different cyto-sterile sources in the same nuclear background would help in ascertaining the cytoplasmic influence in a more comprehensive manner.     

Chromosomal location of fertility restoring genes for ‘wild abortive’ cytoplasmic male sterility using primary trisomics in rice

Summary Identification and location of fertility restoring genes facilitates their deployment in a hybrid breeding program involving cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system. The study aimed to locate fertility restorer genes of CMSWA system on specific chromosomes of rice using primary trisomics of IR36 (restorer), CMS (IR58025A) and maintainer (IR58025B) lines. Primary trisomic series (Triplo 1 to 12) was crossed as maternal parent with the maintainer line IR58025B. The selected trisomic and disomic F₁ plants were testcrossed as male parents with the CMS line IR58025A. Plants in testcross families derived from disomic F₁ plants (Group I crosses) were all diploid; however, in the testcross families derived from trisomic F₁ plants (Group II crosses), some trisomic plants were observed. Diploid plants in all testcross families were analyzed for pollen fertility using 1% IKI stain. All testeross families from Group I crosses segregated in the ratio of 2 fertile: 1 partially fertile+partially sterile: 1 sterile plants indicating that fertility restoration was controlled by two independent dominant genes: one of the genes was stronger than the other. Testcross families from Group II crosses segregated in 2 fertile: 1 partially fertile+ partially sterile: 1 sterile plants in crosses involving Triplo 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12, but families involving triplo 7 and triplo 10 showed significantly higher X² values, indicating that the two fertility restorer genes were located on chromosome 7 and 10. Stronger restorer gene (Rf-WA-1) was located on chromosome 7 and weaker restorer gene (Rf-WA-2) was located on chromosome 10. These findings should facilitate tagging of these genes with molecular markers with the ultimate aim to practice marker-aided selection for fertility restoration ability.     

Identification of restorers and maintainers for developing basmati and non-basmati hybrids in rice, Oryza sativa

Twenty‐seven improved aromatic lines of germplasm and 18 non‐aromatic disease‐resistant genotypes of rice were test‐crossed with four cytoplasmic male‐sterile lines (IR 58025A, IR 62829A, PMS 3A and PMS 10A). Thirteen aromatic and 10 non‐aromatic genotypes were selected based on pollen fertility, and crosses were repeated to confirm sterility‐maintaining and fertility‐restoring ability. Genotypes were categorized as effective restorers (> 80% spikelet fertility), partial restorers (21‐79% spikelet fertility) and maintainers (< 1% spikelet fertility). The effective basmati restorers identified were Basmati 385, Chandan, P1031‐8‐5‐1, HKR 241‐IET‐12020, SAF Khalsa 7 and Karnal Local. The basmati maintainers identified were Basmati 370, Pusa basmati 1, P615‐K‐167‐13 and P1173‐4‐1. The frequency of restorers obtained was higher for the non‐aromatic than the aromatic basmati type. The performance of restorers varied with cytoplasmic male‐sterile (CMS) line, location and season of testing. The differential ability to restore fertility in the CMS lines that have the wild abortive (WA) cytosterile system could result from different nuclear backgrounds of the CMS lines. These restorers and maintainers possess acceptable grain dimensions, a desirable degree of aroma, volume expansion through linear kernel elongation and cooking quality characteristics of basmati rice. These genotypes will contribute to developing basmati hybrids and provide restorers and maintainers with acceptable key basmati quality characteristics.     

Random amplified polymorphic DNA analyses of cytoplasmic male sterile and male fertile Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.)

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used for the identification of two pigeonpea cytoplasmic genic male sterile (CMS) lines derived from crosses between the wild (Cajanus scarabaeoides & C. sericeus) and the cultivated species of Cajanus cajan. The male sterile (A) line and its maintainer (B) line could be easily differentiated with certain random primers. The two male sterile (288 A and 67 A)systems are based on C. scarabaeoidesand the other is based on C. sericeus could also be differentiated. Amplification product of 600bp amplified by primer OPC-11 was observed in both the cytoplasmic male sterile lines (288 A and 67A), which was absent in the maintainer lines (288 B and 67 B) and the putative R-line (TRR 5 and TRR 6). CMS lines, putative R lines, other cultivars and wild species under the study could be easily distinguished with the help of different primers. Dendrogram constructed based on the similarity index showed that considerable genetic variation exist sbetween CMS lines, two putative R line and wild species studied. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Identification of informative SSR markers capable of distinguishing hybrid rice parental lines and their utilization in seed purity assessment

With the objective of identifying SSR markers that can distinguish parental lines of rice hybrids, we characterized 10 each of cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) and restorer (R) lines along with 10 popular Indian rice varieties using a set of 48 hyperpolymorphic SSRs distributed uniformly across the rice genome. All the SSR markers were polymorphic, amplifying a total of 163 alleles, with an average of 3.36 ± 1.3 allelic variants per locus. Twenty-seven SSR markers showed amplification of an allele, which was very specific and unique to a particular parental line and not amplified in any other rice genotype tested. Through multiplex PCR, SSR marker combinations that were unique to a particular parental line or hybrid were also identified. With a set of 10 SSR markers, all the public bred Indian rice hybrids along with their parental lines could be clearly distinguished. To utilize these SSR markers effectively for detection of impurities in parental lines, a two dimensional bulked DNA sampling strategy involving a 20 × 20 grow-out matrix has been designed and used for detection of contaminants in a seed-lot of the popular CMS line IR58025A. We have also designed a multiplex PCR strategy involving single tube analysis using 2–3 markers for hybrid seed purity assessments and demonstrate its superiority over single marker analysis in accurate detection of impurities in hybrids. Implications of parental and hybrid specific SSR markers and strategies to utilize the informative SSR markers for detection of contaminants in a cost effective manner are discussed.     

Assessment of purity of rice CMS lines using cpDNA marker

AFLP technique was used to analyse the polymorphism between rice cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) line Jin2A and its maintainer Jin2B. A stable differential band was discovered, and sequence analysis showed that Jin2A contained a more tandem repeat of 6 base pairs (AGAAAA) than Jin2B. Further studies confirmed that the diversity came from cpDNA and occurred at three kinds of abortive cytoplasmic genotypes. Accordingly, specific primers were designed and utilized to assess the purity of rice CMS lines during multiplication with pollen fertility and seed setting rates of bagged panicles as control. The result indicated that this cpDNA locus could be utilized to precisely distinguish maintainer plants from rice CMS lines. PCR analysis was consistent with that from Grow-out test in CMS line seed purity assessment during multiplication, despite it was helpless in distinguishing F₁ hybrids from CMS lines due to similar cytoplasms. Because of fewer hybrid and more maintainer off-plants, this cpDNA locus was still appropriate for seed purity assessment of rice CMS line during multiplication. This is first report that a marker on cpDNA could be utilized to assess the genetic purity of rice CMS lines with three abortive cytoplasmic genotypes.     

甜椒胞质雄性不育恢复系SRAP及SCAR标记

以甜椒胞质雄性不育恢复系5-2R1和相应的保持系5-2为试材,利用SRAP分子标记技术筛选与甜椒恢复基因相关的分子标记。128对SRAP引物共扩增获得了3796条从100bp至800bp大小不同的条带,平均每对引物组合可扩增出30条清晰的条带,检测到4个多态性位点,其中恢复系材料仅有1个。对该特异片段进行回收、克隆和测序,结果表明该片段全长为259bp。经数据库比对分析表明,该片段与线粒体中的NADH脱氢酶第5亚基(GenBank:EF151914.1)具有81%的同源性;同时,该片段与辣椒BAC克隆PEPBAC 158K24(GenBank:FJ597540.1)的部分序列高度同源。根据序列特点设计特异SCAR引物,对恢复系和保持系进行扩增验证,仅在恢复系中扩增出目的条带,表明已成功地将此SRAP标记转化为简单、稳定的SCAR标记。我们推测本研究获得的SCAR标记可能与胞质雄性不育恢复性状连锁。     

大白菜细胞质雄性不育的分子鉴定及序列分析

为了获得3种大白菜细胞质雄性不育系Ogu CMS,Pol CMS,CMS96和保持系间的多态性以及定位大白菜CMS96不育系所属的不育类型,利用设计的atp6,orf222单一和混合引物PCR扩增3组11份同核异质大白菜细胞质雄性不育系和保持系mtDNA。结果表明,atp6引物在大白菜Ogu CMS不育系扩增的200 bp片段为其特异带;orf222引物仅在大白菜Pol CMS和CMS96不育系有扩增产物,但二者有3点完全不同:大白菜Pol CMS不育系扩增产物为675bp,CMS96不育系扩增产物为669 bp,二者相差6个核苷酸,后者定名为大白菜CMS96-orf222。大白菜CMS96-orf222与甘蓝型油菜Nap CMS的nad5c基因和Nap-orf222基因同源性均为99%,E值为0.0;大白菜Pol CMS的675 bp序列具有ORF224开放阅读框,没有保守结构域,而大白菜CMS96的669 bp序列具有ORF222开放阅读框和保守结构域YMF19。另外,atp6和orf222混合引物多重PCR扩增产物存在明显多态性:800 bp为大白菜保持系的差异带型;2 300 bp和1 500 bp为大白菜Pol CMS不育系特异带型;200 bp为大白菜Ogu CMS不育系特异带型;690 bp为大白菜CMS96不育系特异带型。该方法仅用一次PCR反应快速地将3种大白菜细胞质雄性不育系和保持系一次性全部区分开,为大白菜分子育种和常规育种更好地相结合提供了简单、快速、准确和重复性好的方法和手段。     

水稻体细胞无性系雄性不育突变

对5个类型的水稻不育系进行了幼穗培养, 在红源A、 包源A和W6154s中, 共获得了10例雄 性不育变异株, 水稻花粉败育可分为无花粉、 典败、 圆败和染败四种类型。 发现了不育 花粉败育类型之间可以相互转换现象。 对雄性不育变异株用一批现有CMS不育系的保持系和恢复系进行测交和回交, 有的变异株其 恢保关系发生了变化,     

线粒体DNA由来的RAPD标记能鉴别水稻雄性不育和可育细胞质

以野败型细胞质的水稻雄性不育系珍汕97A及其保持系珍汕97B的总DNA为模板,从100个引物中筛选到OPA12对珍汕97A能扩增出一条1600 bp的特异带.用OPA12扩增野败型细胞质的龙特浦A及其保持系龙特浦B、矮败型细胞质的协青早A及其保持系协青早B、恢复系明恢63、珍汕97A/明恢63的F1和F2个体的总DNA,不育系、F1和F2所有调查个体都有16     

水稻质核互作雄性不育系选育的反向杂交法研究

不同的部分保持系可能存在不同的微效恢复基因,通过有性杂交,产生基因重组,能够获得完全保持系类型,但只有在不育细胞质中才能观察得到微效恢复基因是否存在以及它们的作用大小.反向杂交法以不育细胞质为选择背景,在杂交后代植株中直接观察到微效恢复基因的表达,获得的完全不育株,在一定程度上排除微效恢复基因,不育株再通过高温处理转换为可育后自交,来自不育株的微效恢复基因可以进一步排除掉,从而产生出没有(或很少)微效恢复基因的"亲本",利用该"亲本"高温处理后仍可转换为可育的特性,作为父本进行杂交或回交育种,在其后代中获得没有微效恢复基因的完全保持系.该研究为Cp 26不育细胞质源创造出了完全保持系.如果在田间鉴定出优异的完全不育株,对其进行单倍体育种(诱导孤雌生殖或花培),选择到没有(或很少)微效恢复基因的纯合不育株.再对其进行花培,筛选可育的突变体;或者利用纯合不育株的原生质体与一个已破坏细胞核的可育系原生质体融合,都可能得到具有纯合不育株细胞核和可育细胞质的保持系,而能够完善和改进反向杂交法.反向杂交法不但能够为所谓不能保持的不育细胞质源创造出保持系,而且有利于加强新不育系选育的目标性和预见性,提高不育系配合力和培育不同类型优异不育系.     

大白菜细胞质雄性不育特异RAPD标记的筛选

根据近等基因系分析原理,以大白菜细胞质雄性不育系CMS-2及其保持系B-2为材料.对大白菜细胞质雄性不育基因及其保持基因进行RAPD标记研究。引物S391在不育系中有特异性扩增,得到一条约700bp的特异片断;引物S425在保持系中有特异性扩增,得到一条约600bp的特异片,分别命名为S391-700bp、S425-600bp。采用Blastn进行核苷酸同源序列比较,结果发现S391-700bp存在一个开放阅读框架,这一开放阅读框架与植物叶绿体丝氨酸乙酰基转移酶DNA部分片段有很高的同源性;S425-600bp是新发现的一段DNA序列。根据测序结果设计特异引物,结果表明本研究所获得的两个标记片断都能确定其特异性。     

杂交稻抗白叶枯病的遗传机制

8种不同胞质类型的不育系及其保持系与9个恢复系按P×Q交配设计分别配制不育系杂种和保持系杂种, 接种白叶枯病(Xoo)“强”致病力菌系ZHE-173和“弱”致病力菌系KS-6-6, 研究杂交稻抗白叶枯病的遗传机制。 结果表明： (1) 不育系或保持系、 恢复系以及不育系或保持系与恢复系间的互作对不育系杂种或保持系杂种抗性的影响均     

红麻GMS与CMS小孢子败育过程的细胞学及组织化学比较

以红麻细胞质雄性不育系(GMS)L23A、保持系L23B及从该保持系中发现的细胞核雄性不育系(CMS)L23BS为材料,采用石蜡显微制片技术,在光学显微镜下比较观察了三者花药发育过程中小孢子的发育过程及组织化学变化。结果表明,L23A的花药发育过程中,小孢子发育的不同阶段均出现败育现象,最早的败育表现为花粉母细胞在减数分裂之前的退化解体,最终形成空的花粉囊; 有的因花粉母细胞减数分裂过程异常而导致不能形成小孢子四分体;有的因小孢子在四分体中不能正常释放而败育,同时绒毡层细胞过度液泡化,并提早解体死亡; 花药发育早期含有少量蛋白质和淀粉,随着花药的发育逐渐变少。而L23BS小孢子败育的时期集中于四分体至单核花粉期间,表现为小孢子发育异常,有些小孢子不能从四分体里释放出来而影响其正常发育。在四分体以前与可育系类似,花药含丰富的蛋白质和淀粉。在败育的过程中,花药中的蛋白质和淀粉含量渐渐减少,但药隔组织中的在颗粒淀粉含量几乎不变。     

Identification and transfer of a new cytoplasmic male sterility source from Oryza perennis into indica rice (O. sativa)

Summary Most of the commercial hybrids of indica rice are based on wild abortive (WA) source of cytoplasmic-genetic male sterility (CMS). Such cytoplasmic uniformity may lead to genetic vulnerability to disease and insect pests. To overcome this problem, diversification of CMS sources is essential. Crosses of 46 accessions of O. perennis and two accessions of O. rufipogon as female parents were made with two restorers (IR54, IR64) of WA cytosterility. Sterile hybrids were backcrossed with the respective recurrent parents. Of all the backcross derivatives, one line having the cytoplasm of O. perennis Acc 104823 and the nuclear background of IR64 was found to be stable for male sterility. The newly developed CMS line has been designated as IR66707A. This line is completely sterile (0% seed set) under selfed conditions. Crosses of IR66707A with 10 restorers of WA cytoplasm showed almost complete (93–100%) pollen sterility, indicating that the male sterility source of IR66707A is different from WA sterility. Southern hybridization of IR66707A, O. perennis (cytoplasmic donor), IR66707B (maintainer) and V20A (WA cytoplasm) using mitochondrial DNA specific probes (5 endonucleases × 8 probes) showed identical banding patterns between IR66707A and O. perennis. However, in more than half of the combinations, different banding patterns were observed between IR66707A and IR66707B and between IR66707A and V20A. The results suggest that IR66707A has the same cytoplasm as the donor (O. perennis), and CMS may not be caused by any major rearrangement or modification of mtDNA. The new CMS source identified will be useful in cytoplasmic diversification in hybrid rice breeding.     

杂交水稻品种创新质量管理研究

通过开展杂交水稻品种创新质量管理研究,对杂交水稻种质资源鉴定与创新,不育系、恢复系和保持系的选育与技术控制进行了总结,规范了杂交水稻亲本及组合选育程序的工作流程,最终形成了杂交水稻品种创新质量管理体系。     

大白菜胞质雄性不育线粒体基因特异分子RAPD标记及克隆

用随机引物对大白菜细胞质雄性不育系及其保持系线粒体DNA的RAPD分析,在不育系与保持系的线粒体基因组间存在明显的差异,用引物S259在不育系中扩增并克隆得到特异片断(mt)S259~600bp,序列分析表明该片断与油菜线粒体基因NADH脱氢酶第四亚基序列有部分相似性,片段与雄性不育的关系还需进一步研究。     

Mapping of minor quantitative trait loci (QTLs) conferring fertility restoration of wild abortive cytoplasmic male sterility and QTLs conferring stigma exsertion in rice

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) hybrid rice has made a great contribution to the increase of rice yield globally. To facilitate the development of high‐quality pairs of the wild abortive (WA) male sterile and maintainer lines, the genetic basis of fertility restoration of WA‐CMS and stigma exsertion was investigated in this study using a testcross population with the WA‐CMS background. Seed‐setting rate and stigma exsertion rate were used as the indicators of the two traits, respectively. Results showed that four minor QTL regions from 9311 were responsible for the variation of seed‐setting rate, while a few minor QTLs and epistatic QTL pairs influenced stigma exsertion rate. These results would be of great use in the development of high‐quality pairs of WA male sterile and maintainer lines in rice.