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Boron toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.). I. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of tolerance to boron toxicity

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Boron toxicity tolerance of rice plants was studied. Modern japonica subspecies such as Koshihikari, Nipponbare, and Sasanishiki were tolerant, whereas indica subspecies such as Kasalath and IR36 were intolerant to excessive application of boron (B), even though their shoot B contents under B toxicity were not significantly different. Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of japonica Nekken-1 and indica IR36 were used for quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis to identify the gene responsible for B toxicity tolerance. A major QTL that could explain 45% of the phenotypic variation was detected in chromosome 4. The QTL was confirmed using a population derived from a recombinant inbred line which is heterogenic at the QTL region. The QTL was also confirmed in other chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs).

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This work was supported financially by a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (Green Technology Project IP-5003) and a Grant-in-Aid from JSPS to T. Matoh (No. 19380043).

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  1. Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    K. Ochiai, S. Uemura & T. Matoh

  2. Department of Biological Resources Management, School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, 522-8533, Japan

    A. Shimizu

  3. Laboratory of Breeding, Division of Applied Biologies, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Y. Okumoto

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Ochiai, K., Uemura, S., Shimizu, A. et al. Boron toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.). I. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of tolerance to boron toxicity. Theor Appl Genet 117, 125–133 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-008-0758-7

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