Pseudo-backcrossing design for rapidly pyramiding multiple traits into a preferential rice variety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pyramiding multiple genes into a desirable genetic background can take years to accomplish. In this paper, a pseudo-backcrossing scheme was designed to shorten the backcrossing cycle needed. PinK3, an aromatic and potentially high-yielding rice variety-although one that is intolerant to flash flooding (Sub) and susceptible to bacterial leaf blight (BB), leaf-neck blast (BL) and the brown planthopper (BPH)-was used as a genetic basis for significant improvements through gene pyramiding.

Results

Four resistance donors with five target genes (Sub1A-C, xa5, Xa21, TPS and SSIIa) and three QTLs (qBph3, qBL1 and qBL11) were backcrossed individually using markers into the pseudo-recurrent parent 'PinK3' via one cycle of backcrossing followed by two cycles of pseudo-backcr

SUBMITTER: Ruengphayak S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4384721 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature