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Mapping QTLs for Heat Tolerance During Grain Filling in Rice
ZHU Chang-Lan ,XIAO Ying-hui ,WANG Chun-ming ,JIANG Ling ,ZHAI Hu-qu ,WAN Jian-min
2005, 19(2):
117-121 .
A mapping population of 98 backcross inbred lines (BILs) derived from a backcross of Nipponbare/ Kasalath ∥Nipponbare, was treated with high and optimum temperature during grain filling, respectively. The grain weight heat sensitivity index [GWHSI= (grain weight under optimum temperature-grain weight under high temperature)/grain weight under optimum temperature×100] was used to evaluate the tolerance of rice to heat stress. A total of three QTLs conferring heat tolerance during grain filling were detected on chromosomes 1, 4 and 7, with LOD scores 8.16, 11.08 and 12.86, and explained 8.94%, 17.25% and 13.50% of the phenotypic variance, respectively. Of these, the QTL located in the C1100-R1783 region on chromosome 4 showed no QTL×environment interactions and epistatic effects, suggesting it could stably express in different environments and genetic background, and would be valuable in rice breeding for heat tolerance. The Kasalath allele of this QTL reduced 3.31% of the grain weight loss under heat stress. The other two QTLs, with additive effects 2.38% and 2.92%, were located in the regions of R1613-C970 on chromosome 1 and C1226-R1440 on chromosome 7, respectively. The tolerance alleles of both these QTLs were from Nipponbare. Both of these QTLs had significant environmental interactions, and the QTL on chromosome 7 was involved in epistatic interaction. Eight pairs of epistatic effect QTLs were detected on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12, respectively.
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