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QTLs influencing panicle size detected in two reciprocal introgressive line (IL) populations in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

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Two sets of reciprocal introgression line (IL) populations, i.e., ILs with Lemont as recurrent parent (IL_LT) and ILs with Teqing as recurrent parent (IL_TQ), were developed and evaluated for traits representing panicle size, including primary branch number (PBN), secondary branch number (SBN), and spikelet number per panicle (SNP). Together with the regression to recurrent parent by advanced backcross, transgressive segregations were observed for all traits. Correlation and regression analysis showed that SBN had much higher contribution to SNP than PBN. It was confirmed by the QTL analysis that many common loci were detected between SBN and SNP, in comparison with single common locus between PBN and SNP. One and three main effect QTLs (M-QTLs) were detected for PBN in IL_LT and IL_TQ, respectively. Six M-QTLs per trait per populations were associated with SBN and SNP. Less number and lower contribution of epistasis were detected in IL populations in comparison with mapping result from F 2 or RI population. There were only four QTLs in fourteen loci (near 30%) commonly detected in both reciprocal IL populations implying the large impact of genetic background on QTLs expression.

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Acknowledgement

We are very grateful to the comments and suggestions on the earlier versions of the manuscript from Dr. T. Sasaki and two anonymous reviewers. We thank Drs. K. F. Manly and J. Zhu for providing us the software packages Map Manager QTX 18 and QTLMapper 1.0, respectively. This study was jointly supported by grants from Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (948 plan, 948-2001-101), Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (863 plan, 2003AA207010) and Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission (02ZC14082, 03DJ14014, 05DJ14008).

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  1. Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, 2901 Beidi Road, 201106, Shanghai, China

    H. W. Mei, X. Q. Yu & L. J. Luo

  2. Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 South Zhongguancun St., 100081, Beijing, China

    J. L. Xu & Z. K. Li

  3. China National Rice Research Institute, 359 Tiyuchang Road, 310006, Hangzhou, China

    L. B. Guo, Y. P. Wang & C. S. Ying

  4. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Division, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines

    Z. K. Li

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Mei, H.W., Xu, J.L., Li, Z.K. et al. QTLs influencing panicle size detected in two reciprocal introgressive line (IL) populations in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theor Appl Genet 112, 648–656 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-005-0167-0

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