Characterization of a New qLTG3-1 Allele for Low-temperature Germinability in Rice from the Wild Species Oryza rufipogon.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is generally sensitive to low temperatures, and in production systems that use direct-seeding, low-temperature germinability (LTG) is a desired trait. Previously, the QTLs, qLTG1 and qLTG3, that control LTG, were mapped using the BC4F8 population, which is a cross of Korean elite cultivar Hwaseong and O. rufipogon (IRGC 105491). We have characterized and analyzed the interaction between the two QTLs, by crossing TR20 that has O. rufipogon alleles at qLTG1 and qLTG3 in a Hwaseong background, with Hwaseong, to develop an F2 population. RESULTS:The F2 plants with both qLTG1 and qLTG3 alleles from O. rufipogon showed higher LTG scores, than the plants with only qLTG1 or qLTG3. No significant interaction between the qLTG1 and qLTG3 was observed, indicating that

SUBMITTER: Shim KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7002630 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature