Skip to main content

Assessment of reproductive stage drought tolerance using stress indices in improved restorer lines of KMR-3R in rice

Cereal Research Communications (2022)Cite this article

Abstract

Drought stress during the reproductive stage is an evident limitation of rice grain yield. The present study aimed to assess the reproductive stage drought tolerance of eight promising backcross inbred lines (BILs) with complete fertility restoration in the genetic background of KMR-3R. Various stress indices based on grain yield under Non-stress (NS) and drought-stress (DS) conditions were used to assess BILs drought tolerance potential. Based on correlation analysis, the best indices for determining drought-tolerant genotypes were K2STI, YI, HM, SNPI, GMP, and DTI. By ensuring stable performance, the indices K2STI and YI were crucial criteria in identifying DS genotypes. The stress-tolerant and susceptible genotypes were best differentiated under DS using the susceptible indices TOL and ATI, which had considerably low values. The IL-1, IL-2, and IL-7 (RP6340-NRR-5, RP6340-NRR-11, and RP 6340-NPVR-25) were identified as promising drought-tolerant genotypes based on lower grain yield reduction under DS. The improved restorers with drought tolerance performed well under DS in terms of agronomy, and it may be exploited in hybridization programs to develop elite drought-tolerant rice hybrids for unfavorable ecologies.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

References

  • Abbasian A, Mohaddesi A, Aminpanah H, Ghasemi SMS, Javadi M, Ebrahimian M (2014) Evaluation of rice cultivars in different irrigation treatments based on sensitive and tolerance indices. Agri Forest 60(2):251–259

    Google Scholar 

  • Acuna TB, Lafitte HR, Wade LJ (2008) Genotype x environment interactions for grain yield of upland rice backcross lines in diverse hydrological environments. Field Crops Res 108(2):117–125

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Anantha MS, Patel D, Quintana M, Swain P, Dwivedi JL, Torres RO, Verulkar SB, Variar M, Mandal NP, Kumar A et al (2016) Trait combinations that improve rice yield under drought: Sahbhagi Dhan and new drought-tolerant varieties in South Asia. Crop Sci 56:408–421

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Aryal JP, Sapkota TB, Rahut DB, Marenya P, Stirling CM (2021) Climate risks and adaptation strategies of farmers in East Africa and South Asia. Sci Rep 11(1):1–14

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ashfaq M, Saleem Haider M, Ali A, Ali M, Hanif S, Mubashar U (2014) Screening of diverse germplasms for genetic studies of drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Caryologia 67(4):296–304

  • Basavaraj PS, Gireesh C, Bharamappanavara M, Manoj CA, Anantha MS (2021) Stress tolerance indices for the identification of low phosphorus tolerant introgression lines derived from Oryza rufipogon Griff. Plant Genet Resour 19(4):328–338

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bernier J, Kumar A, Venuprasad R, Spaner D, Atlin G (2007) A large-effect QTL for grain yield under reproductive stage drought stress in upland rice. Crop Sci 47:507–518

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bidinger FR, Mahalakshmi V, Rao GDP (1978) Assessment of drought resistance in millet Factors effecting yields under stress. Aust J Agric Res 38:37–48

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blum A (1988) Plant’s breeding for Stress environments. CRC Press, Florida, p 212

    Google Scholar 

  • Blum A (2006) Drought adaptation in cereal crops: a prologue. In: Ribaut JM (ed) Drought adaptation in cereals. Haworth Food Products Press, New York, pp 301–333

    Google Scholar 

  • Bouslama M, Schapaugh WT (1984) Stress tolerance in soybean Part 1. Evaluation of three screening techniques for heat and drought tolerance. Crop Sci 24:933–937

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Choukan R, Taherkhani T, Ghannadha MR, Khodarahmi M (2006) Evaluation of drought tolerance in grain maize inbred lines using drought tolerance indices. Iranian J Agric Sci 8(1):79–89

    Google Scholar 

  • Clarke JM, De Pauw RM, Townley-Smith TM (1992) Evaluation of methods for quantification of drought tolerance in wheat. Crop Sci 32:728–732

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farshadfar E, Javadinia J (2011) Evaluation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes for drought tolerance. Seed Plant Improv J 27:517–537

    Google Scholar 

  • Farshadfar E, Sutka J (2002) Screening drought tolerance criteria in maize. Acta Agron Hung 50(4):411–416

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farshadfar E, Farshadfar M, Sutka J (2001) Combining ability analysis of drought tolerance in wheat over different water regimes. Acta Agron Hung 48(4):353–361

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farshadfar E, Farshadfar M, Dabiri S (2012a) Comparison between effective selection criteria of drought tolerance in bread wheat landraces. Iran Ann Biol Res 3(7):3381–3389

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Farshadfar E, Pour SMM, Pour AAR (2012b) Repeatability of drought tolerance indices in bread wheat genotypes. Int J Agric Crop Sci 4(13):891–903

    Google Scholar 

  • Fernandez GCJ (1992) Effective selection criteria for assessing stress tolerance. In: Proceedings of the internatioanl symposium on adaptation of vegetables and other food crops in temperature and water stress tolerance. Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre Taiwan, pp 257–270

  • Fischer KS, Wood G (1981) Breeding and selection for drought tolerance in tropical maize. In: Proceedings of the symposium on principles and methods in crop improvement for drought resistance with emphasis on rice IRRI Philippines

  • Fischer RA, Maurer R (1978) Drought resistance in spring wheat cultivars. I Grain yield response. Aust J Agri Res 29:897–912

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Garrity DP, Toole JC (1994) Screening rice for drought resistance at the reproductive phase. Field Crop Res 39:99–110

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gavuzzi P, Rizza F, Palumbo M, Campaline RG, Ricciardi GL, Borghi B (1997) Evaluation of field and laboratory predictors of drought and heat tolerance in winter cereals. Can J Plant Sci 77:523–531

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gholipouri A, Sedghi M, Sharifi RS, Nazari NM (2009) Evaluation of drought tolerance indices and their relationship with grain yield in wheat cultivars. Recent Res Sci Technol 1(4):195–198

    Google Scholar 

  • Golabadi MA, Arzani SA, Maibody M (2006) Assessment of drought tolerance in segregating populations in durum wheat. Afr J Agric Res 1(5):62–171

    Google Scholar 

  • Grayson M (2013) Agriculture and drought. Nature 501:S1 Gupta AK, Kaur N (2005) Sugar signalling and gene expression in relation to carbohydrate metabolism under abiotic stresses in plants. J Biol Sci 30:761–776

    Google Scholar 

  • Grondin A, Dixi S, Torres R et al (2018) Physiological mechanisms contributing to the QTL qDTY3.2 effects on improved performance of rice Moroberekan x Swarna BC2F3:4 lines under drought. Rice 11:43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-018-0234-1

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Hafiz AA, Rashida P, Muhammad ZM, Muhammad A, Zahid MS et al (2020) Assessment of grain yield indices in response to drought stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Saudi J Biol Sci 27:1818–1823

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hossain ABS, Sears AG, Cox TS, Paulsen GM (1990) Desiccation tolerance and its relationship to assimilate partitioning in winter wheat. Crop Sci 30:622–627

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hussain T, Anothai J, Nualsri C, Soonsuwon W (2018) Application of CSM-CERES-Rice in scheduling irrigation and simulating effect of drought stress on upland rice yield. Indian J Agric Res 52:140–145

    Google Scholar 

  • Hussain T, Hussain N, Ahmed M, Nualsri C, Duangpan S (2021) Responses of lowland rice genotypes under terminal water stress and identification of drought tolerance to stabilize rice productivity in Southern Thailand. Plants 10:2565. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122565

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Ilker E, Tatar O, Aykut-Tonk F, Tosun M, Turk J (2011) Determination of tolerance level of some wheat genotypes to post-anthesis drought. Turk J Field Crops 6(1):59–63

    Google Scholar 

  • Ji K, Wang Y, Sun W, Lou Q, Mei H, Shen S, Chen H (2012) Drought-responsive mechanisms in rice genotypes with contrasting drought tolerance during reproductive stage. J Plant Physiol 169:336–344

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kadam NN, Struik PC, Rebolledo MC, Yin X, Jagadish SK (2018) Genome-wide association reveals novel genomic loci controlling rice grain yield and its component traits under water-deficit stress during the reproductive stage. J Exp Bot 69(16):4017–4032

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Kale RR, Anila M, Mahadeva Swamy HK, Bhadana VP, Durga Rani CV, Senguttuvel P, Sundaram RM (2021) Morphological and molecular screening of rice germplasm lines for low soil P tolerance. J Plant Biochem Biotechnol 30(2):275–286

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Khalili M, Naghavi MR, Pour Aboughadareh AR, Talebzadeh SJ (2012) Evaluating of drought stress tolerance based on selection indices in spring canola cultivars (Brassica napus L.). J Agri Sci 4(11):78–85

    Google Scholar 

  • Khan FU, Mohammad F (2016) Application of stress selection indices for assessment of nitrogen tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). J Anim Plant Sci 26(1):201–210

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Krishnamurthy SL, Gautam RK, Sharma PC, Sharma DK (2016) Effect of different salt stresses on agro-morphological traits and utilisation of salt stress indices for reproductive stage salt tolerance in rice. Field Crop Res 190:26–33

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar A, Bernier J, Verulkar S, Lafitte HR, Atlin GN (2008) Breeding for drought tolerance: direct selection for yield, response to selection and use of drought-tolerant donors in upland and lowland-adapted populations. Field Crops Res 107:221–231

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar A, Verulkar S, Dixit S, Chauhan B, Bernier J, Venuprasad R et al (2009) Yield and yield-attributing traits of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under lowland drought and suitability of early vigor as a selection criterion. Field Crops Res 114(1):99–107

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar A, Dixit S, Ram T, Yadaw RB, Mishra KK, Mandal NP (2014) Breeding high-yielding drought-tolerant rice: genetic variations and conventional and molecular approaches. J Exp Bot 65(21):6265–6278

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar A, Raman A, Yadav S, Verulkar SB, Mandal NP, Singh ON, Swain P, Ram T, Badri J, Dwivedi JL, Das SP (2021) Genetic gain for rice yield in rainfed environments in India. Field Crop Res 260:107977

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lan J (1998) Comparison of evaluating methods for agronomic drought resistance in crops. Acta Agric Boreali-Occident Sin 7:85–87

    Google Scholar 

  • Li Y, Luo A, Wang W, Yang C, Yang X (2005) An approach to the screening index for low phosphorus tolerant rice genotype. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao (chin J Appl Ecol) 16:119–124

    Google Scholar 

  • Melandri G, AbdElgawad H, Riewe D, Hageman JA, Asard H, Beemster GT, Bouwmeester H (2020) Biomarkers for grain yield stability in rice under drought stress. J Exp Bot 71(2):669–683

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mitra J (2001) Genetics and genetic improvement of drought resistance in crop plants. Curr Sci 80:758–763

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mollasadeghi V, Imani AA, Shahryari R, Khayatnezhad M (2011) Classifying bread wheat genotypes by multivariable statistical analysis to achieve high yield under after anthesis drought. Middle East J Sci Res 7(2):217–220

    Google Scholar 

  • Moosavi SS, Yazdi Samadi B, Naghavi MR, Zali AA, Dashtid H, Pourshahbazi A (2008) Introduction of new indices to identify relative drought tolerance and resistance in wheat genotypes. Desert 12:165–178

    Google Scholar 

  • Mostajeran A, Rahimi-Eichi V (2009) Effects of drought stress on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars and accumulation of proline and soluble sugars in sheath and blades of their different ages leaves. Agric Environ Sci 5(2):264–272

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Naghavi MR, Pouraboughadareh A, Khalili M (2013) Evaluation of drought tolerance indices for screening some of corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars under environmental conditions. Not Sci Biol 5(3):388–393

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • O'Toole JC (1982) Adaptation of rice to drought-prone environments. In: International Rice Research Institute (ed) Drought resistance in crops with emphasis on rice. IRRI Los Banos pp 195–213

  • Pandey S, Bhandari H (2008) Drought: economics costs and research implications. In: Serraj R, Bennett J, Hardy B (eds) Drought frontiers in rice: crop improvement for increased rainfed production. World Scientific Publishing and International Rice Research Institute Singapore, pp 3–17

    Google Scholar 

  • Pandey S, Bhandari H, Sharan R, Naik D, Taunk SK, Sastri ASRAS (2005) Economic costs of drought and rainfed rice farmers coping mechanisms in eastern India. Final report. IRRI Los Baños Philippines

  • Poudel PB, Poudel MK, Puri RR (2021) Evaluation of heat stress tolerance in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes using stress tolerance indices in western region of Nepal. J Agri Food Res. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2021.100179

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • R Core Team (2019) R: a language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. https://www.R-project.org/

  • Ramirez P, Kelly JD (1998) Traits related to drought resistance in common bean. Euphytica 99:127–136

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Raorane ML, Pabuayon IM, Miro B, Kalladan R, Reza-Hajirezai M, Oane RH et al (2015) Variation in primary metabolites in parental and near-isogenic lines of the QTL qDTY 12.1: altered roots and flag leaves but similar spikelets of rice under drought. Molec Breed 35(6):1–25

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rosielle AA, Hamblin J (1981) Theoretical aspects of selection for yield in stress and non-stress environment. Crop Sci 21:943–946

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schneider KA, Rosales-Serna R, Ibarra-Perez F, Cazares-Enriquez B, Acosta-Gallegos JA, Ramirez-Vallejo P, Kelly JD (1997) Improving common bean performance under drought stress. Crop Sci 37(1):43–50

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • SES, IRRI (2013) Standard evaluation system for rice. International Rice Research Institute, Manila

  • Shahryari R, Gurbanov E, Gadimov A, Hassanpanah D (2008) Tolerance of 42 bread wheat genotypes to drought stress after anthesis. Pak J Biol Sci 11(10):1330–1335

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Singh S, Sengar RS, Kulshreshtha N, Datta D, Tomar RS, Rao VP et al (2015) Assessment of multiple tolerance indices for salinity stress in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). J Agri Sci 7(3):49

    Google Scholar 

  • Sokoto MB (2014) Response of rice varieties to water stress in Sokoto, Sudan Savannah Nigeria. J Biosci Medic 2(01):68

    Google Scholar 

  • Swain P, Raman A, Singh SP, Kumar A (2017) Breeding drought tolerant rice for shallow rainfed ecosystem of eastern India. Field Crop Res 209:168–178

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Swamy HK, Anila M, Kale RR, Bhadana VP, Anantha MS, Brajendra P, Sundaram RM (2019) Phenotypic and molecular characterization of rice germplasm lines and identification of novel source for low soil phosphorus tolerance in rice. Euphytica 215(7):1–15

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Toorchi M, Naderi R, Kanbar A, Shakiba MR (2012) Response of spring canola cultivars to sodium chloride stress. Ann Biol Res 2(5):312–322

    Google Scholar 

  • Torres RO, Henry A (2018) Yield stability of selected rice breeding lines and donors across conditions of mild to moderately severe drought stress. Field Crops Res 220:37–45

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Torres RO, McNally KL, Cruz CV, Serraj R, Henry A (2013) Screening of rice genebank germplasm for yield and selection of new drought tolerance donors. Field Crops Res 147:12–22

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Venuprasad R, Bool ME, Dalid CO, Bernier J, Kumar A, Atlin GN (2009) Genetic loci responding to two cycles of divergent selection for grain yield under drought stress in a rice breeding population. Euphytica 167:261–269

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Verulkar SB, Mandal NP, Dwivedi JL, Singh BN, Sinha PK, Mahato RN et al (2010) Breeding resilient and productive genotypes adapted to the drought-prone rainfed ecosystem of India. Field Crops Res 117(2–3):197–208

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vikram P, Swamy BPM, Dixit S, Ahmed HU, Sta Cruz MT, Singh AK, Kumar A (2011) qDTY(1.1), a major QTL for rice grain yield under reproductive–stage drought stress with a consistent effect in multiple elite genetic backgrounds. BMC Genet 12:89

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Wassmann R, Jagadish S, Sumfleth K, Pathak H, Howell G, Ismail A et al (2009) Regional vulnerability of climate change impacts on Asian rice production and scope for adaptation. Adv Agron 102:91–133

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zain NAM, Ismail MR, Puteh A, Mahmood M, Islam MR (2014) Impact of cyclic water stress on growth, physiological responses and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in tropical environment. Ciência Rural 44:2136–2141

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang J, Zhang S, Cheng M, Jiang H, Zhang X, Peng C, Lu X, Zhang M, Jin J (2018) Effect of drought on agronomic traits of rice and wheat: a meta-analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 15(5):839

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

Authors are grateful to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), and Govt. of India for their financial support and facilities for research.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India

    P. Nagaraju, P. Beulah, V. Jaldhani, Y. Manasa, R. M. Sundaram, A. S. Hariprasad, K. Sruthi, M. Sheshu Madhav, Suneetha Kota, M. B. Kalyani, R. Mahender Kumar, B. Sreedevi & P. Senguttuvel

  2. Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India

    N. Madhusudan

  3. Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

    H. Surekha Rani, Smita C. Pawar & A. Roja Rani

Authors
  1. P. Nagaraju
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. Beulah
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. Jaldhani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Y. Manasa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. N. Madhusudan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. R. M. Sundaram
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. A. S. Hariprasad
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. K. Sruthi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. M. Sheshu Madhav
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Suneetha Kota
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. M. B. Kalyani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. R. Mahender Kumar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. B. Sreedevi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  14. H. Surekha Rani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  15. Smita C. Pawar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  16. A. Roja Rani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  17. P. Senguttuvel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to P. Senguttuvel.

Additional information

Communicated by Ágnes Gallé.

Supplementary Information

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

Supplementary file1 (DOCX 15 kb)

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Nagaraju, P., Beulah, P., Jaldhani, V. et al. Assessment of reproductive stage drought tolerance using stress indices in improved restorer lines of KMR-3R in rice. CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-022-00334-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-022-00334-6

Keywords

  • Rice
  • Drought tolerance
  • Restorer
  • Stress indices