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Heading date gene, dth3 controlled late flowering in O. Glaberrima Steud. by down-regulating Ehd1

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Heading date in rice is an important agronomic trait controlled by several genes. In this study, flowering time of variety Dianjingyou 1 (DJY1) was earlier than a near-isogenic line (named NIL) carried chromosome segment from African rice on chromosome 3S, when grown in both long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) conditions. By analyzing a large F2 population from NIL × DJY1, the locus DTH3 (QTL for days to heading on chromosome 3) controlling early heading date in DJY1 was fine mapped to a 64-kb segment which contained only one annotated gene, a MIKC-type MADS-box protein. We detected a 6-bp deletion and a single base substitution in the C-domain by sequencing DTH3 in DJY1 compared with dth3 in NIL, and overexpression of DTH3 caused early flowering in callus. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed that the transcript level of dth3 in NIL was lower than that DTH3 in DJY1 in both LD and SD conditions. The Early heading date 1 (Ehd1) which promotes the RFT1, was up-regulated by DTH3 in both LD and SD conditions. Based on Indel and dCAPs marker analysis, the dth3 allele was only present in African rice accessions. A phylogenetic analysis based on microsatellite genotyping suggested that African rice had a close genetic relationship to O. rufipogon and O. latifolia, and was similar to japonica cultivars. DTH3 affected flowering time and had no significant effect on the main agronomic traits.

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Abbreviations

DJY1:

Dianjingyou 1

Ehd1 :

Early heading date 1

LD:

Long-day

MAS:

Marker-assisted selection

NILs:

Near-isogenic lines

SD:

Short-day

SSR:

Simple sequence repeat

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Acknowledgments

We thank Professor Tao Dayun, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, for kindly providing us with the Dianjingyou 1 (DJY1) and near-isogenic line (NIL). This research is supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30871497), National Transform Science and Technology Program (2008ZX08001-06), Jiangsu Science and Technology Development Program (BE2009301-3), Doctor Foundation of Education Development of China (20090097110011), the earmarked fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System and Jiangsu PAPD Program.

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    X. F. Bian, X. Liu, Z. G. Zhao, L. Jiang, H. Gao, Y. H. Zhang, M. Zheng, L. M. Chen, S. J. Liu & J. M. Wan

  2. Institute of Crop Science, The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Zhongguancun South Street 12, Beijing, 100081, China

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Bian, X.F., Liu, X., Zhao, Z.G. et al. Heading date gene, dth3 controlled late flowering in O. Glaberrima Steud. by down-regulating Ehd1 . Plant Cell Rep 30, 2243–2254 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-011-1129-4

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