水稻白条纹突变体6001剑叶光合功能衰老特性研究

利用生理生化方法和电镜观察,对衰老过程中白条纹突变体6001剑叶光合特性进行分析。检测结果表明,该突变体抽穗期和乳熟期的叶绿素含量分别比野生型6028低34.78%和3.00%,而完熟期高于野生型;突变体的净光合速率在抽穗期较低,但在衰老过程中,特别是衰老后期净光合速率的下降显著减缓;Ca2+-ATPase和Mg2+-ATPase酶的活性和光合磷酸化活性也表现出相同的变化趋势;在整个衰老过程中类囊体膜只有68kDa多肽组分发生了明显变化,68kDa多肽组分的含量变化可能是导致光合作用变化的原因之一;电镜观察结果表明,在衰老过程中突变体的叶绿体结构更为完整,叶绿体膜解体缓慢。突变体6001在衰老过程中光合性能衰老相对缓慢,表现出抗衰老特性。     

水稻淡黄叶突变体安农标810S的光合特性初探

对水稻淡黄叶自然突变体安农标810S及其野生型安农810S的光合特性进行了比较研究,结果表明,安农标810S在整个生长发育阶段总叶绿素含量均显著低于安农810S,但安农标810S与安农810S各自所配的杂交F1代叶绿素含量没有显著差异;安农标810S的叶绿素a/b比值明显大于安农810S;从净光合速率来看,无论是一天中的不同时间段,还是在不同发育时期,安农标810S均高于安农810S;安农标810S的繁殖产量高于安农810S。说明安农标810S既是叶色标记明显的突变材料,也是高光效的水稻变异材料,在杂交水稻种子纯度鉴定和高光效育种方面应用前景广阔。     

Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer Level on Chlorophyll Fluorescence Characteristics in Flag Leaf of Super Hybrid Rice at Late Growth Stage

To compare the effects of slow-release nitrogen fertilizer at six different levels on the flag leaf chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics of super hybrid rice,a field fertilization experiment was conducted with super hybrid rice Y Liangyou 1 as a test material.The photosynthetic electron transport rate (ETR),effective quantum yield (EQY),photochemical quenching coefficient (q P),and non-photochemical quenching coefficient (NPQ) of flag leaves were measured at the initial heading,full heading,10 d after full heading and 20 d after full heading stages.Results showed that the values of ETR,EQY and q P increased with rice development from initial heading to 20 d after full heading,whereas the NPQ decreased.During the measured stages,ETR,EQY and q P increased initially and then decreased as nitrogen application amount increased,but they peaked at different nitrogen fertilizer levels.The maximum ETR and EQY values appeared at the treatment of 135 kg/hm 2 N.In conclusion,the optimum nitrogen amount for chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics of super hybrid rice was 135 180 kg/hm 2.     

Identification and Fine Mapping of Heading Date Related Mutant Gene in Rice

A rice heading-date-related mutant was isolated from a 60 Co-γ-ray-induced mutation pool of Zhejing 22,a conventional japonica cultivar in Zhejiang Province,China.The mutant was characterized by a delayed heading date of almost 20 d longer than the wild type plant.Genetic analysis revealed that the mutation was controlled by a single nuclear-encoded recessive gene that was designed as HD(t)(heading date tentatively).To isolate the HD(t) gene,a map-based cloning approach was employed using 479 F 2 mutant individual plants derived from the cross between the hd(t) mutant(japonica) × Zhenshan 97(indica).Finally,the HD(t) gene was mapped to an approximate 53 kb region between the insertion and deletion(InDel) markers of 10-61W and 10-66W on chromosome 10.According to the genome sequence of Nipponbare,the target region contains 11 annotated genes.It is helpful for future cloning of HD(t) gene based on this fine mapping results.     

Physiological Characters and Gene Mapping of a Yellow Leaf and Early-senescence Mutant osyes1 in Rice

【Objective】Leaf is a main photosynthetic organ and its color mutants of rice are ideal materials for the study of photosynthesis, chlorophyll biosynthesis and metabolism, and chloroplast development in plants. 【Method】The mutant osyes1 (Oryza sativa yellow-leaf and early senescence 1) was obtained through 60Co γ-radiation treatment of indica cultivar Zixuan 1. The seedlings of osyes1 and its wild type were treated with exogenous H2O2. The SOD and CAT activities, ROS level, MDA content, soluble protein contents, chlorophyll contents, the net photosynthetic rate and chloroplast ultrastructure were analyzed for osyes1 and its wild type leaves at heading stage. The main agronomic traits of osyes1 and its wild type plants were analyzed under field conditions at maturation stage in Hangzhou. The recessive individuals in F2 population derived from osyes1/02428 were used to locate the gene by the map cloning method.【Results】The yellow-leaf and early-senescence symptoms started at 3- or 4-leaf stage, and gradually spread to all of the leaves after heading. Due to the early-senescence of the leaves of the mutant osyes1, its major agronomic traits including plant height, panicle length, grain number per panicle and the seed setting rate were markedly reduced. Moreover, the mutant osyes1 exhibited hyper-sensitivity to exogenous H2O2. The physiological analysis indicated that the contents of chlorophyll and the activities POD and CAT in the third-top leaf was significantly lower than those in the flag leaf and the second-top leaf in wild-type (WT) plants, but all of them in the mutant plants were significantly lower than those in its WT. Compared with the WT plants, the contents of MDA, H2O2 and O2− followed a steady increasing trend in the flag, second-top and third-top leaves of the mutant, while their soluble protein levels were progressively dropping. Genetic analysis confirmed that osyes1 was controlled by a single recessive nuclear gene, which was mapped to a region of 708 kb flanked by two SSR markers (RM21353 and RM21384) on the short arm of chromosome 7. 【Conclusion】In this work, the main agricultural traits were significantly reduced in osyes1 for the yellow leaf and early senescence. OsYES1 was located in a 708 kb range between RM21353 and RM21384 by map-based cloning strategy.     

水稻叶片自然衰老过程中Rubisco大亚基的含量变化

 以水稻低叶绿素b突变体及其野生型（镇恢249）为材料,研究了水稻第5叶叶片自然衰老过程中光合放氧、Rubisco大亚基含量变化以及对胰蛋白酶敏感性的变化,并通过喷施不同的抗氧化剂以及氧化剂研究其对Rubisco大亚基含量变化的影响。结果表明,叶片全展后随着衰老进程,突变体与野生型光合放氧速率、Rubisco大亚基相对含量呈下降趋势,抗氧化剂可以不同程度地缓解Rubisco大亚基含量的下降,而氧化剂则加速Rubisco大亚基含量的下降。低叶绿素b突变体的光合放氧速率高于野生型,Rubisco大亚基含量下降慢于野生型,并且衰老进程中突变体Rubisco大亚基对胰蛋白酶的敏感性低于野生型,推测活性氧是Rubisco降解的调节剂之一。     

水稻黄叶早衰突变体osyes1的生理特性和基因定位

【目的】叶片是水稻进行光合作用最重要的器官。叶色突变体是研究光合作用、叶绿素合成代谢和叶绿体发育的重要材料。【方法】利用⁶⁰Co辐射诱变中籼恢复系自选1号,获得黄叶早衰突变体osyes1。幼苗期对突变体和野生型进行外源H₂O₂处理。抽穗期对突变体和野生型叶片进行超氧化物歧化酶活性、过氧化氢酶活性、活性氧含量、丙二醛含量、可溶性蛋白含量、叶绿素含量、净光合速率测定以及透射电镜观察。成熟期考查突变体和野生型的主要农艺性状。以osyes1/02428的F₂群体中的隐性单株为作图群体,利用图位克隆方法定位OsYES1基因。【结果】osyes1的突变性状始于3~4叶期,水稻抽穗后,所有叶片均表现为黄叶衰老症状,致使突变体株高、穗长、每穗粒数及结实率极显著低于野生型对照。与野生型对照相比,突变体幼苗对外源H₂O₂更敏感。生理分析表明,孕穗期野生型倒3叶的叶绿素含量、过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性极显著低于倒2叶和剑叶,而突变体的含量则极显著低于野生型且依次极显著降低;与野生型相比,突变体剑叶、倒2叶和倒3叶的丙二醛、H₂O₂和O₂^-含量极显著增加,而可溶性蛋白含量则相反。遗传分析表明,osyes1受一对隐性核基因控制,利用图位克隆技术将OsYES1基因定位于第7染色体短臂的RM21353与RM21384之间,物理距离为708 kb。【结论】由于osyes1叶片过早黄化衰老导致与产量相关的重要农艺性状显著下降。OsYES1基因定位在第7染色体两个SSR标记(RM21353和RM21384)之间的708 kb的物理区间内。     

Leaf photosynthesis is enhanced in normal oil maize pollinated by high oil maize hybrids

The grain yield of normal oil maize (Zea mays L.) might increase when pollinated by high oil maize (HOM) hybrids because of heterosis. To testify that the grain yield increase might be a result of improved photosynthetic rate and related traits, the normal oil maize (NOM) hybrid, Nongda108, was cross-pollinated by three HOM hybrids, HOM202, HOM115 and HOM4515 (for short as ND108pHOM202, ND108pHOM115 and ND108pHOM4515). We found that the ND108pHOM202 and ND108pHOM115 exhibited higher net photosynthetic rate (P_n), accompanied by larger stomatal conductance (g_s) and transpiration rate (E). Moreover, delayed leaf senescence was observed in their leaves, including larger leaf area index (LAI) and higher Chl content and Chl a/b ratio. Apart from higher phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase) activity, the soluble proteins were also higher in the two cross-pollinations. The higher leaf photosynthesis could explain the grain increase in ND108pHOM202 and ND108pHOM115. However, ND108pHOM4515 exhibited a decreased photosynthetic characteristic and yield performance. Significantly positive relation between grain yield and biomass (r² = 0.96, P < 0.05), P_n and biomass (r² = 0.74, P < 0.05) also suggested that the yield increase in the two cross-pollination treatments was generally owing to the higher photosynthetic rate and related photosynthetic traits.     

Influence of different nitrogen forms application on rice photosynthesis: fluorescence with water-saving irrigation in black soil region of Songnen Plain,Northeast China

In order to study the response of the rice photosynthetic-fluorescence characteristics to the application of different nitrogen forms with water-saving irrigation, by using LI-6400XT-type photosynthetic apparatus and other equipment, the fluorescence parameters, stomatal resistance and photosynthetic-CO₂ response curves of rice were measured at the critical stages under water-saving irrigation methods. Results showed that the change trend of ETR and photochemical fluorescence quenching coefficient (Q_p) with different nitrogen forms were declining–rising–declining. Compared with CK (control treatment), ETR and Q_p with NO₃^? treatment were better than the others, which indicated that this treatment was most advantageous to increasing ETR. The electron flow from PSII oxidation-lateral to PSII was enhanced. The potential quantum efficiency (F_v/F_m) was the lowest at tillering stage and the highest at heading stage. Compared with CK, at heading stage, F_v/F_m with NO₃^?, NH₄⁺ NO₃^? and NH₄⁺ treatments was increased by 1.68, 0.61 and 1.81%, respectively, while NO₃^? and NH₄⁺ played a more important role in promoting the ability to capture light. The change trend of non-photochemical fluorescence quenching coefficient with different treatments was not obvious. During the growth period, the stomatal resistance (R_s) was changed dynamically, reaching the second peak at the jointing stage and the highest peak at the milk-ripe stage, and both were higher than CK. The R_s of different nitrogen forms was as NH ₄ ^+? >?NH₄⁺NO ₃ ^?? >?NO₃^?, which showed that with different nitrogen forms, R_s of NO₃^? treatment was low, stomatal opening was correspondingly greater than the other nitrogen forms, and under the same moisture conditions, this treatment of stomatal opening was more beneficial for gas exchange and external CO₂ flowing into the leaf cells, which could increase photosynthetic physiological response. By fitting the parameters of photosynthetic-CO₂ response curve, it was concluded that the photorespiration rate (R_P) was greater than CK, but it was different for three nitrogen treatments during different periods. Rice light saturation point and apparent carboxylation efficiency (α) of NO₃^? treatment during three growth periods were more uniform, indicating that this treatment had a higher utilization rate for low concentration of CO₂. Maximum photosynthetic rate (P_max) with NO₃^? and NH₄⁺ treatments of the three growth periods was 29.396–31.208 and 28.969–31.371, respectively. The CO₂ compensation point and curve angle (θ) had no stable trend during the whole growth period. Therefore, the nitrogen forms could influence the photosynthetic characteristics of the rice leaves, and the result can provide theoretical guidance and scientific basis for increasing the efficiency of nitrogen utilization.     

Response of the leaf photosynthetic rate to available nitrogen in erect panicle-type rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar,Shennong265

Increasing the yield of rice per unit area is important because of the demand from the growing human population in Asia. A group of varieties called erect panicle-type rice (EP) achieves very high yields under conditions of high nitrogen availability. Little is known, however, regarding the leaf photosynthetic capacity of EP, which may be one of the physiological causes of high yield. We analyzed the factors contributing to leaf photosynthetic rate (P_n) and leaf mesophyll anatomy of Nipponbare, Takanari, and Shennong265 (a EP type rice cultivar) varieties subjected to different nitrogen treatments. In the field experiment, P_n of Shennong265 was 33.8 μmol m^?2 s^?1 in the high-N treatment, and was higher than that of the other two cultivars because of its high leaf nitrogen content (LNC) and a large number of mesophyll cells between the small vascular bundles per unit length. In Takanari, the relatively high value of P_n (31.5 μmol m^?2 s^?1) was caused by the high stomatal conductance (g_s; .72 mol m^?2 s^?1) in the high-N treatment. In the pot experiment, the ratio of P_n/C_i to LNC, which may reflect mesophyll conductance (g_m), was 20–30% higher in Nipponbare than in Takanari or Shennong265 in the high N availability treatment. The photosynthetic performance of Shennong265 might be improved by introducing the greater ratio of P_n/C_i to LNC found in Nipponbare and greater stomatal conductance found in Takanari.     

弹性漆改善软木地板漆膜性能的研究

为了探明水稻营养生长阶段的衰老机制,鉴定了一个在抽穗期前多数叶片逐渐死亡的黄色水稻突变体。黄色衰老突变体表型特征为在分蘖期后,其绿色叶片基部随机出现斑点,并逐渐扩散至整个叶片。与之相反,野生型叶片在整个分蘖期均保持绿色。超微结构分析发现,水稻突变体叶片叶绿体类囊体膜和其他细胞器结构在不同衰老时期破裂,严重时导致细胞质皱缩。在叶片衰老过程中,突变体叶片光合活性、叶绿素含量和抗氧化酶活性发生不可逆转的下降。     

Canopy temperature on clear and cloudy days can be used to estimate varietal differences in stomatal conductance in rice

Leaf photosynthetic potential, a major determinant of yield potential in rice, is mostly explained by stomatal conductance (g_s) as well as leaf N content (Rubisco protein content). Therefore, the rapid and precise evaluation of g_s as well as leaf N content would be a valuable addition to rice breeding programs aimed at improved yield potential. We established a simple method based on infrared thermography to estimate varietal differences in g_s. Seven rice varieties were cultivated in two-row plots in 2007, and canopy temperatures in three varieties, including a control variety, Koshihikari, were simultaneously measured to determine canopy temperature difference (CTd) between Koshihikari and the other varieties on clear days. The varieties Takanari, Habataki, and TUAT1-5-6a displayed significantly (P < 0.05) lower leaf temperature and higher g_s and leaf photosynthetic rate (P_n) than Koshihikari. CTd was closely correlated with g_s and P_n. These results indicate that CTd may be useful as a relative index to estimate varietal differences in g_s. A significant CTd was still observed even under cloudy conditions in 2008. Takanari and TUAT1-5-6a had lower leaf temperature than Koshihikari on cloudy days as well as on clear days. Subsequent investigation of photosynthetic light response curves revealed that Takanari and TUAT1-5-6a had higher g_s and P_n than Koshihikari under lower irradiance. These results suggest that infrared thermography may be a simple method of evaluating varietal differences in g_s through CTd, and that it may be practicable even under cloudy conditions.     

Nucleotide polymorphisms in the waxy gene of NaN3-induced waxy rice mutants

Spontaneous and induced waxy phenotype, associated with endosperm containing little or no amylose, has been recognized in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Mutation of a dominant gene Wx into a recessive gene wx, which causes the inactivation or absence of granule bound starch synthase, is believed to be responsible for the change in endosperm starch leading to the waxy grain. In the present study, the nucleotide polymorphism in the Wx gene of rice genotype Tainung 67 (wild type) and its 35 NaN₃-induced wx mutants were examined. Iodine staining confirmed that all the mutants had waxy grain trait. The G-to-T single base substitution analysis indicated that the wild type genotype Tainung 67 and its waxy mutants carried Wx^b allele. Moreover, 23-bp duplication in exon 2 was detected in all the waxy mutants. Microsatellite polymorphism (CT)_n was also detectable on the Wx gene of the tested genotypes and mutants, with at least 5 classes of (CT)_n microsatellites identified at the Wx locus. Electrophoretic analyses also confirmed the observed nucleotide polymorphsim. Thus, nucleotide polymorphsim exist among NaN₃-induced waxy mutants in rice. However, only the 23-bp duplication in exon 2 may be used as a molecular marker to characterize waxy grain trait in rice genotypes.     

Genetic analyses of heading date of Japonica rice cultivars from Northeast China

Northeast regions of China (38–55°N latitude) play an important role in Japonica rice planting. Heading dates of 10 Japonica rice cultivars native to the Northeast of China were investigated and their sensitivities to photoperiod and temperature were analyzed. The results showed that these Japonica rice cultivars were insensitive to photoperiod but strongly sensitive to temperature, i.e. a high temperature can markedly shorten the heading date. Genetic analyses were conducted on these 10 cultivars using a set of heading date tester lines. All these Japonica cultivars carried a dominant early heading gene Ef-1, and most of these cultivars carried the photoperiod insensitivity allele e₁, and two types of alleles were presented at the Se-1 locus, including recessive photoperiod insensitivity gene Se-1^e and dominant strong photoperiod-sensitivity (PS) gene Se-1ⁿ. The PS of these cultivars carrying E₁ or Se-1ⁿ can be repressed or weakened by Ef-1 and the recessive allele hd2 they carried. These results provided a reasonable explanation to the adaptability of Japonica rice to the high latitude environment of the Northeast China, and could be useful for breeding new cultivars well adapted to the high latitude regions and expanding the rice cultivation range.     

小麦新品种烟农5158及其亲本旗叶生理特性研究

在盆栽条件下,以小麦新品种烟农5158及其亲本鲁麦14号、烟农15号和烟航选2号为材料,研究烟农5158旗叶生理特性与亲本之间的差异.结果表明,烟农5158及其亲本旗叶净光合速率均在开花期达到最大,之后逐渐下降,在生育后期差异显著,烟农5158旗叶净光合速率始终高于其亲本.与亲本相比,烟农5158旗叶中抗氧化酶SOD、POD和CAT活性在生育后期下降缓慢且维持较高水平;烟农5158及其亲本旗叶中的SOD、POD和APX活性均随生育进程推进呈先升高后降低的趋势;花后7～28 d,烟农5158旗叶中POD活性显著高于其亲本.烟农5158与其亲本相比具有较高的可溶性蛋白含量,生育后期具有较低的MDA含量.烟农5158在生育后期具有叶片衰老缓慢、净光合速率高、抗逆性强的特点,这可能与它开花后旗叶中抗氧化酶活性较高、可溶性蛋白含量较高和MDA含量较低有关.     

Characteristics of Gas Exchange and Chlorophyll Fluorescence during Senescence of Flag Leaf in Different Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars Grown under Nitrogen-Deficient Condition

Abstract

Effects of nitrogen (N) deficiency on photosynthetic gas exchange and photosystem II (PSII) photochemistry of flag leaves during grain-filling stage were investigated in six rice cultivars, Kasalath (a conventional indica), IR36 (an improved indica), Shirobeniya (a conventional japonica), Nipponbare (an improved japonica), Akenohoshi (an improved japonica-indica intermediate type) and BSI429 (an improved tropical japonica, a new plant type line) grown hydroponically in N-sufficient (NS) and N-deficient (ND) solution. From 3 to 24 days after heading (DAH), net photosynthetic rate (P_n), maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (PSII) (F_v/F_m), quantum yield of PSII electron transport ( Φ_psii), and contents of chlorophyll (Chl) and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) in the flag leaves decreased, particularly under the ND condition in all six cultivars. A substantial difference was observed among the ND plants for the sustainability index (SI, the ratio of the value at 24 DAH to that at 3 DAH) of P_n, F_v/F_m, Φ_psii, Chl content and Rubisco content; SIs of those parameters of Akenohoshi, BSI429, Nipponbare and Shirobeniya were higher than those of IR36 and Kasalath. The SI of P_n showed significant positive correlations with those of F_v/F_m, Φ_psii, and the contents of Chl and Rubisco under the ND condition. It was concluded that the sustainability of photosynthesis in the flag leaves was mainly due to those of PSII photochemistry and electron transport, which was associated with the maintenance of Chl and Rubisco under the ND condition.     

水稻剑叶衰老过程中内源IAA的轭合态变化及其氮素调控效应

目的 揭示水稻抽穗开花后剑叶衰老过程的内源自由态IAA和轭合态IAA含量的动态变化及其基因型间的差异,明确氮素营养供应对叶片衰老过程的延缓效应及其与两种化学态IAA含量之间的关系。方法 以剑叶早衰水稻突变体(psf)与其野生型(浙恢7954)为材料,比较了其在大田条件下剑叶衰老过程中的内源IAA含量、IAA类型和YUCCAs家族基因转录表达量差异,并利用水培种植试验设低氮(LN, 1.45 mmol/L)、正常氮(NN, 2.9 mmol/L)和高氮(HN, 5.8 mmol/L)3个氮浓度水平处理,对不同氮素水平下水稻叶片衰老相关指标与两类IAA含量间的关系进行了分析。结果 早衰突变体psf剑叶中的自由态IAA含量显著低于相同取样时期的野生对照,但前者剑叶中的轭合态IAA含量显著高于后者,且随叶片衰老进程呈较明显的上升趋势;在7个YUCCAs同工型基因中,YUCCA1、YUCCA2、YUCCA3、YUCCA4和YUCCA6)的转录表达量随叶片衰老而下降,但YUCCA7则随叶片衰老呈现出先上升后下降的变化趋势。相同灌浆时期相比,绝大多数YUCCAs在早衰突变体psf剑叶中的转录表达量要低于其野生型对照,说明IAA合成代谢较弱是psf剑叶叶绿素含量迅速下降和早衰症状加剧的重要原因之一。其中,YUCCA7转录表达量随叶片衰老而上升,可能对psf已衰老叶片中的IAA合成起重要调控作用;氮浓度对水稻叶片中的IAA含量及其自由态与共轭态的影响表现为,在叶片开始衰老的初期和前中期,低氮处理(LN)引起剑叶中的自由态IAA含量下降和轭合态IAA含量上升,而高氮处理(HN)可诱导叶片中的自由态IAA含量增加,并导致轭合态IAA含量明显降低,但对已严重衰老的叶片而言(psf在抽穗开花后28 d的剑叶),高氮处理下(HN)的自由态IAA和轭合态IAA含量均低于正常氮处理(NN)和低氮处理(LN)。结论 水稻叶片的衰老进程与其叶片器官中的IAA含量及其化学态之间存在较密切联系。其中,轭合态IAA含量在叶片衰老过程的大幅度提升,是早衰突变体psf 剑叶衰老进程加快的一个重要生理特征,而轭合态IAA含量的下降,可能是高氮处理对水稻叶片衰老进程起到延缓作用的一个重要生理调节因素。     

NRL3 Interacts with OsK4 to Regulate Heading Date in Rice

NRL3 is essential for the growth and development of rice leaves. In this study, we found that the loss function of NRL3 also delayed heading date under natural long daylight and short daylight conditions. The yeast two-hybrid and the bimolecular fluorescence complementation proved that NRL3 interacts with OsK4, a Snf1-related kinase. OsK4 localized to the nucleus and expressed in various rice tissues. The rhythmic expression pattern of OsK4 was similar to NRL3 under long daylight and short daylight conditions. Knock-out mutants of OsK4 exhibited early heading under long daylight conditions, indicating that it acts as a negative regulator of heading date in rice. Interestingly, the OsK4 mutant under the nrl3 mutant background rescued the late heading phenotype of nrl3 under long daylight conditions, suggesting that OsK4 functions downstream of NRL3. Moreover, both NRL3 and OsK4 controlled heading date through regulating the expression of Hd3a and RFT1 genes. These findings shed light on the heading date regulation in rice and provide a sound theoretical base to improve regional adaptability of rice.     

Analysis of yield attributes and crop physiological traits of Liangyoupeijiu,a hybrid rice recently bred in China

Crop physiological traits of Liangyoupeijiu, a “super” hybrid rice variety recently bred in China, were compared with those of Takanari and Nipponbare in 2003 and 2004 in Kyoto, Japan. Liangyoupeijiu showed a significantly higher grain yield than Nipponbare in both years, and achieved a grain yield of 11.8 t ha⁻¹ in 2004, which is the highest yield observed under environmental conditions in Kyoto. Liangyoupeijiu had longer growth duration and larger leaf area duration (LAD) before heading, causing larger biomass accumulation before heading than the other two varieties. Liangyoupeijiu had a large number of grains and translocated a large amount of carbohydrates from the vegetative organ to the panicle during the grain filling period. The three yield components measured were panicle weight at heading (P₀), the amount of carbohydrates translocated from the leaf and stem to the panicle during the grain filling period (ΔT), and the newly assimilated carbohydrates during grain filling (ΔW). It was found that the sum of P₀ and ΔT were strongly correlated with grain yield when all the data (n = 8) were combined (r = 0.876**). However, there was no significant difference in the radiation use efficiency (RUE) of the whole growth period between Liangyoupeijiu and Nipponbare for both years. Even though the growth duration was shorter, Takanari, an indica/japonica cross-bred variety, showed a similar yield to Liangyoupeijiu in both years. The mean RUE of the whole growth period was significantly higher in Takanari, 1.60 and 1.64 g MJ⁻¹ in 2003 and 2004, respectively, than in Liangyoupeijiu, which had a RUE of 1.46 and 1.52 g MJ⁻¹ in 2003 and 2004, respectively. The high grain yield of Takanari was mainly due to its high RUE compared with Liangyoupeijiu and its large P₀ and ΔT. Our result showed that the high grain yield of Liangyoupeijiu was due to its large biomass accumulation before heading, which resulted from its large LAD rather than its RUE.