Abstract
Cold stress at the seedling stage is a major threat to rice production. Cold tolerance is controlled by complex genetic factors. We used an F7 recombinant inbred line (RIL) population of 123 individuals derived from a cross of the cold-tolerant japonica cultivar Jinbu and the cold-susceptible indica cultivar BR29 for QTL mapping. Phenotypic evaluation of the parents and RILs in an 18/8 °C (day/night) cold stress regime revealed continuous variation for cold tolerance. Six QTLs including two on chromosome 1 and one each on chromosomes 2, 4, 10, and 11 for seedling cold tolerance were identified with phenotypic variation (R 2) ranging from 6.1 to 16.5 %. The QTL combinations (qSCT1 and qSCT11) were detected in all stable cold-tolerant RIL groups, which explained the critical threshold of 27.1 % for the R 2 value determining cold tolerance at the seedling stage. Two QTLs (qSCT1 and qSCT11) on chromosomes 1 and 11, respectively, were fine mapped. The markers In1-c3, derived from the open reading frame (ORF) LOC_Os01g69910 encoding calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA), and In11-d1, derived from ORF LOC_Os11g37720 (Duf6 gene), co-segregated with seedling cold tolerance. The result may provide useful information on seedling cold tolerance mechanism and provide DNA markers for a marker-assisted breeding program to improve seedling cold tolerance in indica rice varieties.
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Abbreviations
- AFGP:
-
Antifreeze glycoprotein
- BAC:
-
Bacterial artificial chromosome
- CAMTA:
-
Calmodulin-binding transcription activator
- CBF:
-
C-repeat binding factor
- CBS:
-
Cystathionine β-synthase
- CDS:
-
Cold damage score
- CIM:
-
Composite interval mapping
- CT:
-
Cold treatment
- GST:
-
Glutathione S-transferase
- InDel:
-
Insertion–deletion polymorphisms
- LOD:
-
Logarithm of odds
- R 2 :
-
Phenotypic variance
- LTH:
-
Lijianxintuanheigu
- ORF:
-
Open reading frame
- QTL:
-
Quantitative trait loci
- RIL:
-
Recombinant inbred line
- RP:
-
Recovery period
- SPV:
-
Sum of phenotypic variation
- SSR:
-
Simple sequence repeat
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This research was supported in part by a grant to the Temperate Rice Research Consortium (TRRC) and Agenda Program (Code No. PJ0068272011) of the Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. We thank Dr. Benildo De Los Reyes, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA for a critical review and suggestions to improve the manuscript. We thank Bill Hardy, senior science editor of IRRI, for editing the manuscript.
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Kim, SM., Suh, JP., Lee, CK. et al. QTL mapping and development of candidate gene-derived DNA markers associated with seedling cold tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Mol Genet Genomics 289, 333–343 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-014-0813-9
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