Detection of quantitative resistance loci associated with resistance to rice false smut (Ustilaginoidea virens) using introgression lines |
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Authors: | Y‐L Zhou X‐W Xie F Zhang S Wang X‐Z Liu L‐H Zhu J‐L Xu Y‐M Gao Z‐K Li |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, , Beijing, 100081 China;2. Shenzhen Institute of Breeding and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, , Shenzhen, 518108 China;3. Institute of Plant Protection, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Science, , Shenyang, 110161 China |
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Abstract: | False smut, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, is a rice disease of increasing importance worldwide, with no source of high‐level resistance in the existing rice germplasm. To facilitate breeding varieties with good levels of field resistance to false smut, quantitative resistance loci (QRL) were identified using 213 introgression lines (ILs) from a cross between Teqing (recipient) and Lemont (donor) evaluated using natural infection at two hotspots of false smut in northeast China. Ten QRL affecting percentages of diseased hills, diseased panicles and diseased spikelets were detected and mapped to rice chromosomes 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12. The Lemont alleles at all QRL increased false smut resistance. Four QRL (qFSR‐6‐7, qFSR‐10‐5, qFSR‐10‐2 and qFSR‐11‐2) had relatively larger and consistent effects across the two testing sites. Promising resistant ILs were identified, most of which had multiple QRL, suggesting that pyramiding multiple QRL by marker‐assisted selection would be an effective strategy for improving rice resistance to false smut. The identified QRL and their linked DNA markers will facilitate this breeding effort in the future. |
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Keywords: | false smut rice
Oryza sativa
quantitative resistance loci
Ustilaginoidea virens
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