Fine Mapping of qPAA8,a Gene Controlling Panicle Apical Development in Rice

• Published in: Journal of integrative plant biology Vol. 53; no. 9; pp. 710 - 718
• Main Authors: Cheng, Zhi-Jun, Mao, Bi-Gang, Gao, Su-Wei, Zhang, Ling, Wang, Jiu-Lin, Lei, Cai-Lin, Zhang, Xin, Wu, Fu-Qing, Guo, Xiu-Ping, Wan, Jianmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.09.2011; National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
• Subjects: climatic factors; Crosses, Genetic; genes; Genes, Plant; Genes, Plant - genetics; Genetic Linkage; genetics; growth & development; hydrogen peroxide; Hydrogen Peroxide - metabolism; Inflorescence; Inflorescence - genetics; Inflorescence - growth & development; inflorescences; metabolism; methods; Microsatellite Repeats; Microsatellite Repeats - genetics; Oryza; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - growth & development; Phenotype; phenotypic variation; Physical Chromosome Mapping; Physical Chromosome Mapping - methods; Plant Proteins; Plant Proteins - genetics; QTLs; quantitative trait loci; Quantitative Trait Loci - genetics; rice; 制水; 基因; 数量性状位点; 水稻育种; 稻穗; 精细定位; 表型变异
• ISSN: 1672-9072; 1744-7909; 1744-7909
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2011.01055.x

In rice,one detrimental factor influencing single panicle yield is the frequent occurrence of panicle apical abortion（PAA） under unfavorable climatic conditions.Until now,no detailed genetic information has been available to avoid PAA in rice breeding.Here,we show that the occurrence of PAA is associated with the accumulation of excess hydrogen peroxide.Quantitative trait loci（QTLs） mapping for PAA in an F2 population derived from the cross of L-05261（PAA line） × IRAT129（non-PAA variety） identified seven QTLs over a logarithm of the odd（LOD） threshold of 2.5,explaining approximately 50.1% of phenotypic variance for PAA in total.Five of the QTLs with an increased effect from L-05261,were designated as qPAA3-1,qPAA3-2,qPAA4,qPAA5 and qPAA8,and accounted for 6.8%,5.9%,4.2%,13.0% and 12.2% of phenotypic variance,respectively.We found that the PAA in the early heading plants was mainly controlled by qPAA8.Subsequently,using the sub-populations specific for qPAA8 based on markerassisted selection,we further narrowed qPAA8 to a 37.6-kb interval delimited by markers RM22475 and 8-In112.These results are beneficial for PAA gene clone.