Evaluation of Agronomic Traits in Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines of KDML105 Containing Drought Tolerance QTL under Drought Stress

Drought is a major abiotic constraint to rice production in rainfed lowland and insufficiently irrigated areas.The improvement of drought tolerant varieties is one of the strategies to reduce the negative effects of drought.Quantitative trait loci(QTLs) for primary and secondary traits related to drought tolerance(DT) on chromosomes 1,3,4,8 and 9 that determined from double haploid lines derived from a cross between CT9993 and IR62266 were introgressed and dissected into small pieces in the genetic background of Khao Dawk Mali 105(KDML105) to develop chromosome segment substitution line(CSSL) population.The CSSLs were evaluated at the reproductive stage for their agronomic performance and yield components under drought stress,and results were compared with irrigated condition.The flowering of CSSL lines was 6 to 7 d earlier than KDML105.The mean values of grain yields in the CSSLs were higher than KDML105 under drought and irrigated conditions.At irrigated condition,the grain yields of introgression lines carrying DT-QTLs from chromosomes 4 and 8 were higher than that of KDML105,whereas other traits showed little difference with KDML105.Analysis indicated that grain yield has positive correlation with plant height,tiller and panicle number per plant,and total grain weight per plant under drought stress while negatively correlated with days to flowering.As mentioned above,CSSLs showing good adaptation under drought stress can be used as genetic materials to improve drought tolerance in Thai rainfed lowland rice breeding program,and as materials to dissect genes underlying drought tolerance.     

Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Focus on Mechanisms and Approaches

Flooding is one of the most hazardous natural disasters and a major stress constraint to rice production throughout the world,which results in huge economic loss.Approximately one-fourth of the global rice crops(approximately 40 million hectares)are grown in rainfed lowland plots that are prone to seasonal flooding.A great progress has been made during last two decades in our understanding of the mechanisms involved in adaptation and tolerance to flooding/submergence in rice.In this review,we summarized the physiological and molecular mechanisms that contribute to tolerance of flooding/submergence in rice.We also covered various features of flooding stress with special reference to rice plants,viz.different types of flooding stress,environmental characterisation of flood water,impact of flooding stress on rice plant and their morphological,physiological and metabolic responses under flooding.A brief discussion on the tolerance mechanism in rice exhibited to different types of flooding will be focused for the future crop improvement programme for development of flooding tolerant rice variety.     

Evaluating smallholder farmers’ demand for rice variety attributes in Nepal

Despite the release of many modern varieties of rice (Oryza sativa), farmers in Nepal have been cultivating relatively few rice varieties. The objective of this study is to estimate farmers’ demand for rice variety attributes and to identify the factors that influence their decision regarding varietal choice. Yield increase is considered jointly with other attributes, such as cooking and eating quality, drought tolerance, and maturity period. Choice experiments were conducted and results showed that there was significant demand from farming households for yield increase, improvement in cooking and eating quality, tolerant to drought, and short maturing varieties. The choice data were analyzed using a multinomial and random parameter logit model. From a policy perspective, results showed that for broader adoption of crop varieties, variety development programs should give priority to aforementioned attributes rather than solely on increased crop productivity.     

栽培稻抗旱性研究的现状与策略

 水资源短缺正成为制约我国农业发展的重要因素。培育抗旱的栽培稻品种并实现水稻旱作，不但可在很大程度上节约水资源，而且有利于增产稳产，节约能源和减少环境污染。抗旱性包括逃旱性、避旱性、耐旱性和复原抗旱性。形态生理学的研究揭示出大量的与栽培稻抗旱性有关的形态特征和生理特性，如根系和叶片性状、生育期、渗透调节、脱落酸含量与栽培稻抗旱性密切相关，且已利用分子标记对上述性状进行了基因定位（QTL）研究。旱稻品种改良也已取得重大进展。在进行抗旱品种改良的基础上，通过引进相应的栽培技术，节水种植，实现水稻旱作，并达到稳产与增产的目的，是抗旱性研究的战略目标。在增产、稳产和优质的前提下，以培育耐旱性极强的水稻（或旱稻）为中心，建立有代表性的抗旱性研究基地, 进一步加强稻属抗旱基因资源的发掘和创新、抗旱生理学和遗传学的研究、利用现代生物技术实现不同物种间抗旱基因的转移、建立节水种植栽培技术新体系是目前抗旱性研究的主要内容。     

Drought Resistance Improvement in Rice: An Integrated Genetic and Resource Management Strategy

Abstract

Drought is the major constraint to rice production in rainfed areas across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In the context of current and predicted water scarcity, increasing irrigation is generally not a viable option for alleviating drought problems in rainfed rice-growing systems. It is therefore critical that genetic management strategies for drought focus on maximum extraction of available soil moisture and its efficient use in crop establishment and growth to maximize biomass and yield. Extensive genetic variation for drought resistance exists in rice germplasm. However, the current challenge is to decipher the complexities of drought resistance in rice and exploit all available genetic resources to produce rice varieties combining drought adaptation with high yield potential, quality, and resistance to biotic stresses. The strategy described here aims at developing a pipeline for elite breeding lines and hybrids that can be integrated with efficient management practices and delivered to rice farmers. This involves the development of high-throughput, high-precision phenotyping systems to allow genes for yield components under stress to be efficiently mapped and their effects assessed on a range of drought-related traits, and then moving the most promising genes into widely grown rice mega-varieties, while scaling up gene detection and delivery for use in marker-aided breeding.     

Saline-Alkali Tolerance in Rice: Physiological Response,Molecular Mechanism,and QTL Identification and Application to Breeding

Salinity-alkalinity is incipient abiotic stress that impairs plant growth and development. Rice (Oryza sativa) is a major food crop greatly affected by soil salinity and alkalinity, requiring tolerant varieties in the saline-alkali prone areas. Understanding the molecular and physiological mechanisms of saline-alkali tolerance paves the base for improving saline-alkali tolerance in rice and leads to progress in breeding. This review illustrated the physiological consequences, and molecular mechanisms especially signaling and function of regulating genes for saline-alkali tolerance in rice plants. We also discussed QTLs regarding saline-alkali tolerance accordingly and ways of deployment for improvement. More efforts are needed to identify and utilize the identified QTLs for saline-alkali tolerance in rice.     

Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Horticultural and Ornamental Plants

Abstract

Drought is one of the major factors limiting plant growth and productivity. Plant adaptation to drought is dependent on molecular networks for drought perception, signal transduction, expression of a subset of genes and production of metabolites that protect and maintain the structure of cellular components. In general, the drought response pathways can be classified into two categories: one is dependent on the stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA) and the other is ABA-independent. Many genes in these pathways have been identified, thereby providing guidance in choosing genes for engineering of drought tolerance. The review highlights the genes that mediate drought response and tolerance, and discusses lessons learned from engineering for drought tolerance in model plants, such as Arabidopsis, rice and tobacco. Because success of drought tolerance engineering is dependent on not only protein coding regions but also appropriate promoters, this article also reviews the promoters that are crucial for successful engineering of stress tolerance.     

Antioxidant Protection Mechanisms Reveal Significant Response in Drought-Induced Oxidative Stress in Some Traditional Rice of Assam,India

Drought tolerance levels and antioxidant protection mechanisms were evaluated for 21 traditional rice varieties of Assam, India, along with Sahbhagi Dhan (drought tolerant) and IR64 (drought sensitive) as controls. Drought was imposed in hydroponic culture with polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG6000) that was initially standardized with different concentrations. All the rice varieties showed apparent decreases in growth characteristics under drought stress (initially at 15% for 7 d followed by 20% PEG6000 for 7 d in Yoshida medium). On the basis of standard evaluation score (SES), eight rice varieties showed high drought tolerance which were carried forward for further biochemical analyses. Based on different morpho- physiological parameters, SN03 (Bora), SN04 (Prosad Bhog), SN05 (Kola Joha), SN06 (Helash Bora), SN08 (Salihoi Bao), SN12 (Kola Amona), SN20 (Ronga Bora) and SN21 (Sok-Bonglong) were identified as promising drought tolerant varieties. The non-enzymatic antioxidants activities viz., glutathione, ascorbate and enzymatic antioxidant activities such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), glutathione reductase (GR) in shoots and roots of all the selected varieties revealed significant level of protection mechanisms as compared with controls. Enhancement in activities of the overall antioxidant enzymes including SOD, GPX, CAT, GR and APX under drought stress reflects their role in the adaptation process under water stress.     

高温和干旱对水稻的影响及其机制的研究进展

高温和干旱是影响水稻生长、发育、产量和品质的两个最重要的环境因子,全面理解高温和干旱胁迫对评价气候变化对水稻生产的影响至关重要。概述了高温、干旱及其复合胁迫对水稻生长发育、产量形成和稻米品质的影响;从光合作用、抗氧化系统、内源激素、蔗糖-淀粉代谢途径关键酶活性、分子机制等方面阐述其生理机制;提出减轻水稻高温干旱胁迫的调控措施;对未来深入开展水稻高温干旱逆境的研究提出建议。     

马铃薯资源抗旱性鉴定和筛选

干旱是马铃薯生产的重要限制因子之一.本研究利用42个马铃薯材料(品种),采用正常浇水和干旱胁迫两种理,对供试材料进行了抗旱能力评价.结果表明:虎头和高原7号等四倍体品种以及CE 66和HS 66等二倍体材料抗旱能力较强,其中高原7号和虎头等品种在干旱胁迫下表现出了较高产量,适宜应用于抗旱育种.干旱胁迫下,植株株高普遍降...     

东乡野生稻重要耐逆性状及其分子机制研究进展

东乡野生稻是全球分布最北的普通野生稻,具有丰富的抗逆性状,其育种利用价值高。本文综述了近年来东乡野生稻在耐冷、耐旱及抗虫等重要耐逆性状及其分子机制研究方面取得的进展,以期为水稻耐逆性的进一步研究提供依据。     

Screening for Osmotic Stress Responses in Rice Varieties under Drought Condition

Drought is the major abiotic stress factor that limits rice production worldwide.To evaluate the osmotic stress responses in rice varieties under drought condition,a total of 42 high-yielding rice varieties were collected from various research stations of Kerala Agricultural University in India.The experimental setup comprises of initial hydroponic treatments at different osmotic potentials,artificially induced by desired strengths of polyethylene glycol(PEG6000),and followed by the pot planted experiments in the rain-out-zone.The activities of antioxidant enzymes,relative water content,cell membrane stability,photosynthetic pigments,proline content,along with plant growth parameters of the varieties under drought condition were evaluated.Moreover,the standard scores of these rice varieties were assessed under stress and recovery conditions based on the scoring scale of the Standard Evaluation System for rice.Among the 42 rice varieties,we identified 2 rice varieties,Swarnaprabha and Kattamodan,with less leaf rolling,better drought recovery ability as well as relative water content,increased membrane stability index,osmolyte accumulation,and antioxidant enzyme activities pointed towards their degree of tolerance to drought stress.The positive adaptive responses of these rice varieties towards drought stress can be used in the genetic improvement of rice drought resistance breeding program.     

水稻抗旱研究进展与展望

水稻是我国主要粮食作物之一,整个生长阶段对水分的需求远远大于其它作物。然而随着极端气候以及水资源短缺的影响,干旱已经成为造成农作物产量损失最大的非生物胁迫。全面详细地了解水稻抗旱研究相关内容,有助于抗旱水稻品种的培育。本综述从水稻抗旱筛选方法、筛选指标、干旱胁迫条件下产量及其产量相关性状QTL发掘以及抗旱基因的克隆和应用进行论述,并对水稻抗旱品种的培育进行展望。      

花生抗旱性研究进展

花生是我国重要的油料和经济作物。随着全球气候变暖的加剧,水资源短缺的形势更加严峻,干旱已成为影响花生生产的主要环境因子。解析花生抗旱分子调控机制,培育抗旱花生品种对减轻干旱灾害及其造成的损失具有重要的意义。本文通过综述国内外在花生抗旱性研究方面取得的主要进展,表明花生的抗旱性鉴定方法主要有聚乙二醇模拟干旱、盆栽试验和旱棚鉴定池;发芽指数、幼苗鲜/干质量、相对植株鲜质量/干质量、饱果率、百仁重、出仁率等可以作为花生抗旱性的评价指标;编码转录因子、胚胎发育晚期丰富蛋白、热激蛋白、脂肪酸延长酶、组蛋白去乙酰化酶等的基因参与调控了花生抗旱及防御反应。今后要继续加强抗旱种质资源的收集与创制、抗旱花生品种的筛选与培育及配套农艺措施的研发,同时着重围绕花生抗旱基因克隆及调控网络解析开展工作,结合常规育种技术和现代生物技术改良花生的抗旱性。     

Toward Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Responses in Rice

Plants have evolved delicate mechanisms to cope with environmental stress. Following exposure to environmental stimuli, extracellular signals are perceived and transmitted through signal transduction cascades. Upon receipt and transmission of the signals, a number of stress-related genes are induced, leading to stress adaptation in plant cells. Rice, which is a critical food grain for a large portion of the world’s population, is frequently impacted by several abiotic stressors, the most important of which are drought, salinity, and cold. Exposure to environmental conditions outside of acceptable tolerance ranges can negatively affect rice growth and production. In this paper, a review of rice responses to abiotic stress is presented, with particular attention to the genes and pathways related to environmental stress tolerance. It is apparent that, while progress has been made in identifying genes involved in stress adaptation, many questions remain. Understanding the mechanisms of stress response in rice is important for all research designed to develop new rice varieties with improved tolerance.     

Survival and recovery of tall fescue genotypes: association with root characteristics and drought tolerance

Identification and selection of plant genotypes with survival, recovery and sustainable performance during drought periods is one of the main objectives of plant improvement for arid and semi‐arid regions. This study aimed to evaluate root traits and recovery of tall fescue genotypes after a period of drought stress. A total of twenty four tall fescue genotypes were selected from a wide polycross population and assessed for field drought tolerance based on stress tolerance index (STI) and recovery during 2010–2013. The genotypes were classified as tolerant, moderately tolerant and susceptible based on STI. Then, in 2014, genotypes were assessed in a pot experiment for root characteristics under two levels of moisture environments (control and intense drought stress). In both moisture environments, root length (RL), root area (RA), root volume (RV) and root weight (RW) were negatively correlated with days to recovery (DR). Genotypes that recovered from drought had greater RL, RA, RV and RW than the genotypes unable to recover. Principle component analysis (PCA) was performed to identify genotypes with superior root characteristics, stress tolerance and recovery potential that can be used for future breeding programmes. Results indicated that selection based on combining STI, recovery and extensive root system might improve drought tolerance of tall fescue.     

红麻种质资源耐旱性的初步鉴定研究

为鉴定和筛选红麻耐旱种质资源,本研究选用10份红麻野生种和41份红麻栽培品种为材料,51个红麻种质资源进行盆栽和干旱胁迫试验鉴定,根据干旱后叶子的萎蔫程度进行鉴定、比较,获得了51个红麻种质资源的耐旱性评价。已鉴定和筛选出的7个耐旱性较强和8个耐旱性较弱的红麻种质材料,结果对红麻种质资源的评价和进行红麻耐旱性的分子基础研究有一定指导意义。     

Seed Priming with Beta-Amino Butyric Acid Improves Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice Seedlings

We studied the influence of seed priming with beta-amino butyric acid(BABA) on the growth, physiological and biochemical parameters of seedlings with varied abiotic stress tolerance, which were raised and grown under unstressed and stressed(NaCl/PEG-6000) conditions. Under stressed conditions, the growth of rice seedlings was less when compared to control plants. After BABA priming, the seedling growth increased both under unstressed and stressed conditions as compared to the respective controls. BABA priming of rice seeds caused increase in the photosynthetic pigment content of the leaves, modified the chlorophyll a fluorescence related parameters and also enhanced the photosystem activities of seedlings when compared to their respective non-primed controls. BABA priming also caused increased mitochondrial activities of the rice seedlings. Moreover, BABA priming significantly reduced malondialdehyde content in the seedlings and also resulted in accumulation of proline especially in the NaCl tolerant variety Vyttila 6. BABA seed priming also enhanced the activity of nitrate reductase enzyme and activities of antioxidant enzymes like guaiacol peroxidase and superoxide dismutase. The presence of BABA was detected by high performance thin layer chromatography analysis in the rice seeds whereas in the seedlings it was not detected. Thus, it can be inferred that the seed priming effect of BABA mainly occurred within the seeds, which was further carried to the seedlings. It is concluded that BABA priming of seeds improved the drought and salinity stress tolerance of all the three rice varieties and it was significantly evident in the drought tolerant variety Vaisakh and NaCl tolerant variety Vyttila 6, when compared to the stress sensitive variety Neeraja.