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Improvement of lodging resistance with QTLs for stem diameter in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

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Varietal differences among ten rice cultivars showed that stem diameter is a key factor in lodging resistance (measured in terms of pushing resistance). Two near-isogenic lines (NILs) were selected from a series of chromosome segment substitution lines developed between cultivars Nipponbar and Kasalath, one containing a single stem diameter QTL (sdm8; NIL114), and another with four stem diameter QTLs (sdm1, sdm7, sdm8, sdm12; NIL28). Compared with the Nipponbare control, stem diameters were larger in NIL114 and NIL28 by about 7 and 39%, respectively. Pushing resistance in NIL28 was significantly greater than in Nipponbare, but NIL114 was similar to Nipponbare. The two NILs had greater weight of lower stem and culm wall thickness than Nipponbare. NIL28 had higher plant height, which is a negative effect on lodging resistance, than Nipponbare. The non-structural carbohydrate contents of NIL stems were higher than that of Nipponbare, whereas the silicon contents were lower in the NILs, and cellulose contents were lower only in NIL28. The basal internodes of the two NILs were significantly stiffer than those of Nipponbare. These results suggest that increasing stem diameter in rice breeding programs would improve lodging resistance, although the combination of multiple QTLs would be necessary to produce thicker stems with higher pushing resistance, whereas the higher plant height could also result from the combination of multiple QTLs.

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This work was supported by the Program for the Promotion of Basic Research Activities for Innovative Biosciences (PROBRAIN) and Research Fellowships from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists. We thank Dr. Masahiro Yano, NIAS, for kindly providing near-isogenic lines, and Tomoe Yanai, Mieko Kuroishi, and Eiko Iimura, NIAS, for their help with carbohydrate measurements.

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    Takayuki Kashiwagi, Naoki Hirotsu & Ken Ishimaru

  2. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan

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Kashiwagi, T., Togawa, E., Hirotsu, N. et al. Improvement of lodging resistance with QTLs for stem diameter in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Theor Appl Genet 117, 749–757 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-008-0816-1

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