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Li Q, Zhu P, Yu X, Xu J, Liu G. Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Rice Tolerance to Salt and Drought Stress: Advances and Future Directions. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:9404. [PMID: 39273349 PMCID: PMC11394906 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25179404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2024] [Revised: 08/23/2024] [Accepted: 08/28/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
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Rice, a globally important food crop, faces significant challenges due to salt and drought stress. These abiotic stresses severely impact rice growth and yield, manifesting as reduced plant height, decreased tillering, reduced biomass, and poor leaf development. Recent advances in molecular biology and genomics have uncovered key physiological and molecular mechanisms that rice employs to cope with these stresses, including osmotic regulation, ion balance, antioxidant responses, signal transduction, and gene expression regulation. Transcription factors such as DREB, NAC, and bZIP, as well as plant hormones like ABA and GA, have been identified as crucial regulators. Utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 technology for gene editing holds promise for significantly enhancing rice stress tolerance. Future research should integrate multi-omics approaches and smart agriculture technologies to develop rice varieties with enhanced stress resistance, ensuring food security and sustainable agriculture in the face of global environmental changes.
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- Qingyang Li
- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China
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- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China
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- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China
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Sravanraju N, Beulah P, Jaldhani V, Nagaraju P, HariPrasad AS, Brajendra P, Sunitha N, Sundaram RM, Senguttuvel P. Genetic enhancement of reproductive stage drought tolerance in RPHR-1005R and derivative rice hybrids through marker-assisted backcross breeding in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:426. [PMID: 38498081 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09351-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Drought stress is considered as one of the major production constraints in rice. RPHR-1005R is a restorer line (R-Line) with a popular, medium-slender grain type, and is the male parent of the popular Indian rice hybrid, DRR-H3. However, both the hybrid and its restorer are highly vulnerable to the drought stress, which limits the adoption of the hybrid. Therefore, the selection of the restorer line RPHR-1005R has been made with the objective of enhancing drought tolerance. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, we have introgressed a major QTL for grain yield under drought (qDTY 1.1) from Nagina22 through a marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB) strategy. PCR based SSR markers linked to grain yield under drought (qDTY1.1 - RM431, RM11943), fertility restorer genes (Rf3-DRRM-Rf3-10, Rf4-RM6100) and wide compatibility (S5n allele) were deployed for foreground selection. At BC2F1, a single plant (RPHR6339-4-16-14) with target QTL in heterozygous condition and with the highest recurrent parent genome recovery (85.41%) and phenotypically like RPHR-1005R was identified and selfed to generate BC2F2. Fifty-eight homozygous lines were advanced to BC2F4 and six promising restorer lines and a hybrid combination (APMS6A/RPHR6339-4-16-14-3) were identified. CONCLUSIONS In summary, the six improved restorer lines could be employed for developing heterotic hybrids possessing reproductive stage drought tolerance. The hybrid combination (APMS6A/RPHR6339-4-16-14-3) was estimated to ensure stable yields in drought-prone irrigated lowlands as well as in directly seeded aerobic and upland areas of India.
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- N Sravanraju
- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India
- Biotechnology Department, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU-H), Hyderabad, 500085, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Biotechnology Department, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU-H), Hyderabad, 500085, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India.
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 500030, India.
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Yi Y, Hassan MA, Cheng X, Li Y, Liu H, Fang W, Zhu Q, Wang S. QTL mapping and analysis for drought tolerance in rice by genome-wide association study. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1223782. [PMID: 37560028 PMCID: PMC10408195 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1223782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Rice drought resistance is a complicated quantitative feature involving a range of biological and agronomic variables, but little is known about the underlying genetics and regulatory mechanisms that regulate drought tolerance. This study used 120 recombinant inbred lines (RILs), derived from a cross between drought tolerant Lvhan 1 and susceptible Aixian 1. The RILs were subjected to drought stress at the first ear stage, and phenotypic data of 16 agronomic and physiological traits under varying conditions were investigated. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) on the drought resistance index of traits was carried out. A total of 9 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with drought-related traits were identified on chromosomes 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, which includes QTLs for plant height (PH) qPH10.1, effective panicles number (EPN) qEPN6.1, panicle length (PL) qPL9.1, thousand-grain weight (TGW) qTGW2.1, qTGW6.1, qTGW8.1, leaf length (LL) qLL7.1, leaf width (LW) qLW7.1, and leaf area (LA) qLA7.1. The fraction of phenotypic variation explained by individual QTL varied from 10.6% to 13.9%. Except for days to flowering (DTF), the mean values of all traits under normal water management conditions were considerably higher than those under drought conditions. Except for the DTF, the drought resistance index of all rice traits was less than 1, indicating that drought treatment reduced the EPN, FGPP, SSR, PH, and LA, which affected the growth and development of rice. The drought resistance index of DTF was 1.02, indicating that drought prolonged the heading time of rice and diminish the yield parameters. Along with identifying QTLs, the results also predicted ten candidate genes, which are directly or indirectly involved in various metabolic functioning related to drought stress. The identification of these genomic sites or QTLs that effectively respond to water scarcity will aid in the quest of understanding the drought tolerance mechanisms. This study will facilitate the marker-assisted rice breeding and handy in the breeding of drought-tolerant rice varieties.
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- Yueming Yi
- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding in Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding in Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding in Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding in Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding in Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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Hassan MA, Dahu N, Hongning T, Qian Z, Yueming Y, Yiru L, Shimei W. Drought stress in rice: morpho-physiological and molecular responses and marker-assisted breeding. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1215371. [PMID: 37534289 PMCID: PMC10391551 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1215371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) is an essential constituent of the global food chain. Drought stress significantly diminished its productivity and threatened global food security. This review concisely discussed how drought stress negatively influenced the rice's optimal growth cycle and altered its morpho-physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses. To withstand adverse drought conditions, plants activate their inherent drought resistance mechanism (escape, avoidance, tolerance, and recovery). Drought acclimation response is characterized by many notable responses, including redox homeostasis, osmotic modifications, balanced water relations, and restored metabolic activity. Drought tolerance is a complicated phenomenon, and conventional breeding strategies have only shown limited success. The application of molecular markers is a pragmatic technique to accelerate the ongoing breeding process, known as marker-assisted breeding. This review study compiled information about quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and genes associated with agronomic yield-related traits (grain size, grain yield, harvest index, etc.) under drought stress. It emphasized the significance of modern breeding techniques and marker-assisted selection (MAS) tools for introgressing the known QTLs/genes into elite rice lines to develop drought-tolerant rice varieties. Hence, this study will provide a solid foundation for understanding the complex phenomenon of drought stress and its utilization in future crop development programs. Though modern genetic markers are expensive, future crop development programs combined with conventional and MAS tools will help the breeders produce high-yielding and drought-tolerant rice varieties.
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- Muhammad A. Hassan
- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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Waheed R, Deeba F, Zulfiqar F, Moosa A, Nafees M, Altaf MA, Arif M, Siddique KHM. Physiology and growth of newly bred Basmati rice lines in response to vegetative-stage drought stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1172255. [PMID: 37229136 PMCID: PMC10203457 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1172255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Basmati rice is inherently sensitive to various environmental stresses. Abrupt changes in climatic patterns and freshwater scarcity are escalating the issues associated with premium-quality rice production. However, few screening studies have selected Basmati rice genotypes suitable for drought-prone areas. This study investigated 19 physio-morphological and growth responses of 15 Super Basmati (SB) introgressed recombinants (SBIRs) and their parents (SB and IR554190-04) under drought stress to elucidate drought-tolerance traits and identify promising lines. After two weeks of drought stress, several physiological and growth performance traits significantly varied between the SBIRs (p ≤ 0.05) and were less affected in the SBIRs and the donor (SB and IR554190-04) than SB. The total drought response indices (TDRI) identified three superior lines (SBIR-153-146-13, SBIR-127-105-12, SBIR-62-79-8) and three on par with the donor and drought-tolerant check (SBIR-17-21-3, SBIR-31-43-4, SBIR-103-98-10) in adapting to drought conditions. Another three lines (SBIR-48-56-5, SBIR-52-60-6, SBIR-58-60-7) had moderate drought tolerance, while six lines (SBIR-7-18-1, SBIR-16-21-2, SBIR-76-83-9, SBIR-118-104-11, SBIR-170-258-14, SBIR-175-369-15) had low drought tolerance. Furthermore, the tolerant lines exhibited mechanisms associated with improved shoot biomass maintenance under drought by adjusting resource allocation to roots and shoots. Hence, the identified tolerant lines could be used as potential donors in drought-tolerant rice breeding programs, administered for subsequent varietal development, and studied to identify the genes underlying drought tolerance. Moreover, this study improved our understanding of the physiological basis of drought tolerance in SBIRs.
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- Raheela Waheed
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Bhandari U, Gajurel A, Khadka B, Thapa I, Chand I, Bhatta D, Poudel A, Pandey M, Shrestha S, Shrestha J. Morpho-physiological and biochemical response of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) to drought stress: A review. Heliyon 2023; 9:e13744. [PMID: 36879962 PMCID: PMC9984794 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Global food shortages are caused mainly by drought, the primary driver of yield loss in agriculture worldwide. Drought stress negatively impacts the physiological and morphological characteristics of rice (Oryza sativa L.), limiting the plant productivity and hence the economy of global rice production. Physiological changes due to drought stress in rice include constrained cell division and elongation, stomatal closure, loss of turgor adjustment, reduced photosynthesis, and lower yields. Morphological changes include inhibition of seed germination, reduced tillers, early maturity, and reduced biomass. In addition, drought stress leads to a metabolic alteration by increasing the buildup of reactive oxygen species, reactive stress metabolites, antioxidative enzymes, and abscisic acid. Rice tends to combat drought through three major phenomena; tolerance, avoidance, and escape. Several mitigation techniques are introduced and adapted to combat drought stress which includes choosing drought-tolerant cultivars, planting early types, maintaining adequate moisture levels, conventional breeding, molecular maintenance, and creating variants with high-yielding characteristics. This review attempts to evaluate the various morpho-physiological responses of the rice plant to drought, along with drought stress reduction techniques.
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- Utsav Bhandari
- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Lamjung Campus, Sundarbazar, Lamjung, Nepal
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- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Lamjung Campus, Sundarbazar, Lamjung, Nepal
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- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Lamjung Campus, Sundarbazar, Lamjung, Nepal
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- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Lamjung Campus, Sundarbazar, Lamjung, Nepal
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- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Lamjung Campus, Sundarbazar, Lamjung, Nepal
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center, Tennessee State University, 472 Cadillac Lane, McMinnville, TN, 37110, USA
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- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Paklihawa Campus, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Nepal
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- Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
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- Nepal Agricultural Research Council, National Plant Breeding and Genetics Research Centre, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
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Flooding tolerance in Rice: adaptive mechanism and marker-assisted selection breeding approaches. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:2795-2812. [PMID: 36592290 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07853-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Natural and man-made ecosystems worldwide are subjected to flooding, which is a form of environmental stress. Genetic variability in the plant response to flooding involves variations in metabolism, architecture, and elongation development that are related with a low oxygen escape strategy and an opposing quiescence scheme that enables prolonged submergence endurance. Flooding is typically associated with a decrease in O2 in the cells, which is especially severe when photosynthesis is absent or limited, leading to significant annual yield losses globally. Over the past two decades, considerable advancements have been made in understanding of mechanisms of rice adaptation and tolerance to flooding/submergence. The mapping and identification of Sub1 QTL have led to the development of marker-assisted selection (MAS) breeding approach to improve flooding-tolerant rice varieties in submergence-prone ecosystems. The Sub1 incorporated in rice varieties showed tolerance during flash flood, but not during stagnant conditions. Hence, gene pyramiding techniques can be applied to combine/stack multiple resistant genes for developing flood-resilient rice varieties for different types of flooding stresses. This review contains an update on the latest advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms, metabolic adaptions, and genetic factors governing rice flooding tolerance. A better understanding of molecular genetics and adaptation mechanisms that enhance flood-tolerant varieties under different flooding regimes was also discussed.
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Tong Z, Xu M, Zhang Q, Lin F, Fang D, Chen X, Zhu T, Liu Y, Xu H, Xiao B. Construction of a high-density genetic map and dissection of genetic architecture of six agronomic traits in tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1126529. [PMID: 36875609 PMCID: PMC9975568 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1126529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is an economic crop and a model organism for studies on plant biology and genetics. A population of 271 recombinant inbred lines (RIL) derived from K326 and Y3, two elite flue-cured tobacco parents, has been constructed to investigate the genetic basis of agronomic traits in tobacco. Six agronomic traits including natural plant height (nPH), natural leaf number (nLN), stem girth (SG), inter-node length (IL), length of the largest leaf (LL) and width of the largest leaf (LW) were measured in seven environments, spanning the period between 2018 and 2021. We firstly developed an integrated SNP-indel-SSR linkage map with 43,301 SNPs, 2,086 indels and 937 SSRs, which contained 7,107 bin markers mapped on 24 LGs and covered 3334.88 cM with an average genetic distance of 0.469cM. Based on this high-density genetic map, a total of 70 novel QTLs were detected for six agronomic traits by a full QTL model using the software QTLNetwork, of which 32 QTLs showed significant additive effects, 18 QTLs showed significant additive-by-environment interaction effects, 17 pairs showed significant additive-by-additive epistatic effects and 13 pairs showed significant epistasis-by-environment interaction effects. In addition to additive effect as a major contributor to genetic variation, both epistasis effects and genotype-by-environment interaction effects played an important role in explaining phenotypic variation for each trait. In particular, qnLN6-1 was detected with considerably large main effect and high heritability ( h a 2 =34.80%). Finally, four genes including Nt16g00284.1, Nt16g00767.1, Nt16g00853.1, Nt16g00877.1 were predicted as pleiotropic candidate genes for five traits.
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- Zhijun Tong
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Raj SRG, Nadarajah K. QTL and Candidate Genes: Techniques and Advancement in Abiotic Stress Resistance Breeding of Major Cereals. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:6. [PMID: 36613450 PMCID: PMC9820233 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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At least 75% of the world's grain production comes from the three most important cereal crops: rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and maize (Zea mays). However, abiotic stressors such as heavy metal toxicity, salinity, low temperatures, and drought are all significant hazards to the growth and development of these grains. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) discovery and mapping have enhanced agricultural production and output by enabling plant breeders to better comprehend abiotic stress tolerance processes in cereals. Molecular markers and stable QTL are important for molecular breeding and candidate gene discovery, which may be utilized in transgenic or molecular introgression. Researchers can now study synteny between rice, maize, and wheat to gain a better understanding of the relationships between the QTL or genes that are important for a particular stress adaptation and phenotypic improvement in these cereals from analyzing reports on QTL and candidate genes. An overview of constitutive QTL, adaptive QTL, and significant stable multi-environment and multi-trait QTL is provided in this article as a solid framework for use and knowledge in genetic enhancement. Several QTL, such as DRO1 and Saltol, and other significant success cases are discussed in this review. We have highlighted techniques and advancements for abiotic stress tolerance breeding programs in cereals, the challenges encountered in introgressing beneficial QTL using traditional breeding techniques such as mutation breeding and marker-assisted selection (MAS), and the in roads made by new breeding methods such as genome-wide association studies (GWASs), the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 system, and meta-QTL (MQTL) analysis. A combination of these conventional and modern breeding approaches can be used to apply the QTL and candidate gene information in genetic improvement of cereals against abiotic stresses.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
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Singh UM, Dixit S, Alam S, Yadav S, Prasanth VV, Singh AK, Venkateshwarlu C, Abbai R, Vipparla AK, Badri J, Ram T, Prasad MS, Laha GS, Singh VK, Kumar A. Marker-assisted forward breeding to develop a drought-, bacterial-leaf-blight-, and blast-resistant rice cultivar. THE PLANT GENOME 2022; 15:e20170. [PMID: 34845865 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Among the different challenges related to rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation, drought, bacterial leaf blight (BLB), and blast are the key stresses that significantly affect grain yield (GY) in rice. To ameliorate this issue, marker-assisted forward breeding (MAFB) coupled with a simultaneous crossing approach was used to combine three drought tolerant quantitative trait loci (QTL)-qDTY1.1 , qDTY3.1 , and qDTY12.1 -four BLB genes-Xa4, xa5, xa13, and Xa21-and one blast-resistance gene, Pi9, in the elite rice cultivar Lalat. The introgression lines (ILs) developed in the current study were phenotypically screened for drought, BLB, and blast resistance at the F7 -F8 generation. Under the reproductive stage (RS) drought stress, the yield advantage of ILs, with major-effect QTL (qDTY) over elite parent Lalat, ranges from 9 to 124% in DS2019 and from 7 to 175% in WS2019. The selected ILs were highly resistant to BLB, with lesion lengths ranging from 1.3 to 3.0 cm and blast scores ranging from 1 to 3. ILs that were tolerant to RS drought, resistant to BLB, and blast disease and had similar or higher yields than Lalat were analyzed for grain quality. Six ILs were found to have similar grain quality characteristics to Lalat including hulling, milling, head rice recovery (HRR), chalkiness, alkali spreading value (ASV), and amylose content (AC). This study showed that MAFB, together with simultaneous crossing, would be an effective strategy to rapidly combine multiple stresses in rice. The ILs developed in this study could help to ensure yield sustainability in rainfed environments or be used as genetic material in future breeding programs.
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- Uma Maheshwar Singh
- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, India
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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Ma H, Li P, Liu X, Li C, Zhang S, Wang X, Tao X. Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:11. [PMID: 34979944 PMCID: PMC8722152 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03392-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Compared with other abiotic stresses, drought stress causes serious crop yield reductions. Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA), as an environmentally friendly biomacromolecule, plays an important role in plant growth and regulation. RESULTS In this project, the effect of exogenous application of γ-PGA on drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays. L) and its mechanism were studied. Drought dramatically inhibited the growth and development of maize, but the exogenous application of γ-PGA significantly increased the dry weight of maize, the contents of ABA, soluble sugar, proline, and chlorophyll, and the photosynthetic rate under severe drought stress. RNA-seq data showed that γ-PGA may enhance drought resistance in maize by affecting the expression of ABA biosynthesis, signal transduction, and photosynthesis-related genes and other stress-responsive genes, which was also confirmed by RT-PCR and promoter motif analysis. In addition, diversity and structure analysis of the rhizosphere soil bacterial community demonstrated that γ-PGA enriched plant growth promoting bacteria such as Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Alphaproteobacteria and Deltaproteobacteria. Moreover, γ-PGA significantly improved root development, urease activity and the ABA contents of maize rhizospheric soil under drought stress. This study emphasized the possibility of using γ-PGA to improve crop drought resistance and the soil environment under drought conditions and revealed its preliminary mechanism. CONCLUSIONS Exogenous application of poly-γ-glutamic acid could significantly enhance the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis, and root development and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community.
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- Haizhen Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
- School of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Heredia MC, Kant J, Prodhan MA, Dixit S, Wissuwa M. Breeding rice for a changing climate by improving adaptations to water saving technologies. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:17-33. [PMID: 34218290 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03899-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Climate change is expected to increasingly affect rice production through rising temperatures and decreasing water availability. Unlike other crops, rice is a main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions due to methane emissions from flooded paddy fields. Climate change can therefore be addressed in two ways in rice: through making the crop more climate resilient and through changes in management practices that reduce methane emissions and thereby slow global warming. In this review, we focus on two water saving technologies that reduce the periods lowland rice will be grown under fully flooded conditions, thereby improving water use efficiency and reducing methane emissions. Rice breeding over the past decades has mostly focused on developing high-yielding varieties adapted to continuously flooded conditions where seedlings were raised in a nursery and transplanted into a puddled flooded soil. Shifting cultivation to direct-seeded rice or to introducing non-flooded periods as in alternate wetting and drying gives rise to new challenges which need to be addressed in rice breeding. New adaptive traits such as rapid uniform germination even under anaerobic conditions, seedling vigor, weed competitiveness, root plasticity, and moderate drought tolerance need to be bred into the current elite germplasm and to what extent this is being addressed through trait discovery, marker-assisted selection and population improvement are reviewed.
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, The Philippines
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan.
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Submergence Gene Sub1A Transfer into Drought-Tolerant japonica Rice DT3 Using Marker-Assisted Selection. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222413365. [PMID: 34948165 PMCID: PMC8705020 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Flash flooding is a major environmental stressor affecting rice production worldwide. DT3 is a drought-tolerant, recurrent parent with a good yield, edible quality, and agronomic traits akin to those of an elite Taiwanese variety, Taiken9 (TK9). Progenies carrying Sub1A can enhance submergence stress tolerance and can be selected using the marker-assisted backcross (MAB) breeding method. For foreground selection, Sub1A and SubAB1 were utilized as markers on the BC2F1, BC3F1, and BC3F2 generations to select the submergence-tolerant gene, Sub1A. Background selection was performed in the Sub1A-BC3F2 genotypes, and the percentages of recurrent parent recovery within individuals ranged from 84.7–99.55%. BC3F3 genotypes (N = 100) were evaluated for agronomic traits, yield, and eating quality. Four of the eleven BC3F4 lines showed good yield, yield component, grain, and eating quality. Four BC3F4 lines, SU39, SU40, SU89, and SU92, exhibited desirable agronomic traits, including grain quality and palatability, consistent with those of DT3. These genotypes displayed a high survival rate between 92 and 96%, much better compared with DT3 with 64%, and demonstrated better drought tolerance compared to IR64 and IR96321-345-240. This study provides an efficient and precise MAB strategy for developing climate-resilient rice varieties with good grain quality for flood-prone regions.
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Janaki Ramayya P, Vinukonda VP, Singh UM, Alam S, Venkateshwarlu C, Vipparla AK, Dixit S, Yadav S, Abbai R, Badri J, T. R, Phani Padmakumari A, Singh VK, Kumar A. Marker-assisted forward and backcross breeding for improvement of elite Indian rice variety Naveen for multiple biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256721. [PMID: 34473798 PMCID: PMC8412243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The elite Indian rice variety, Naveen is highly susceptible to major biotic and abiotic stresses such as blast, bacterial blight (BB), gall midge (GM) and drought which limit its productivity in rainfed areas. In the present study, a combined approach of marker-assisted forward (MAFB) and back cross (MABC) breeding was followed to introgress three major genes, viz., Pi9 for blast, Xa21 for bacterial blight (BB), and Gm8 for gall midge (GM) and three major QTLs, viz., qDTY1.1, qDTY2.2 and qDTY4.1 conferring increased yield under drought in the background of Naveen. At each stage of advancement, gene-based/linked markers were used for the foreground selection of biotic and abiotic stress tolerant genes/QTLs. Intensive phenotype-based selections were performed in the field for identification of lines with high level of resistance against blast, BB, GM and drought tolerance without yield penalty under non-stress situation. A set of 8 MAFB lines and 12 MABC lines with 3 to 6 genes/QTLs and possessing resistance/tolerance against biotic stresses and reproductive stage drought stress with better yield performance compared to Naveen were developed. Lines developed through combined MAFB and MABC performed better than lines developed only through MAFB. This study exemplifies the utility of the combined approach of marker-assisted forward and backcrosses breeding for targeted improvement of multiple biotic and abiotic stress resistance in the background of popular mega varieties.
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South-Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South-Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South-Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South-Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South-Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South-Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South-Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, India
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Varshney RK, Barmukh R, Roorkiwal M, Qi Y, Kholova J, Tuberosa R, Reynolds MP, Tardieu F, Siddique KHM. Breeding custom-designed crops for improved drought adaptation. ADVANCED GENETICS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2021; 2:e202100017. [PMID: 36620433 PMCID: PMC9744523 DOI: 10.1002/ggn2.202100017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The current pace of crop improvement is inadequate to feed the burgeoning human population by 2050. Higher, more stable, and sustainable crop production is required against a backdrop of drought stress, which causes significant losses in crop yields. Tailoring crops for drought adaptation may hold the key to address these challenges and provide resilient production systems for future harvests. Understanding the genetic and molecular landscape of the functionality of alleles associated with adaptive traits will make designer crop breeding the prospective approach for crop improvement. Here, we highlight the potential of genomics technologies combined with crop physiology for high-throughput identification of the genetic architecture of key drought-adaptive traits and explore innovative genomic breeding strategies for designing future crops.
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- Rajeev K. Varshney
- Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Systems BiologyInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)HyderabadIndia
- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food InnovationMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Systems BiologyInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)HyderabadIndia
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- Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Systems BiologyInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)HyderabadIndia
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMarylandUSA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology ResearchUniversity of MarylandRockvilleMarylandUSA
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- Crop Physiology and ModellingInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)HyderabadIndia
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- Department of Agricultural and Food SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Université de Montpellier, INRAE, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress, EnvironnementauxMontpellierFrance
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- The UWA Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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Identification of Markers for Root Traits Related to Drought Tolerance Using Traditional Rice Germplasm. Mol Biotechnol 2021; 63:1280-1292. [PMID: 34398447 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-021-00380-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Drought is one of the important constraints affecting rice productivity worldwide. The vigorous shoot and deep root system help to improve drought resistance. In present era, genome-wide association study (GWAS) is the preferred method for mapping of QTLs for complex traits such as root and drought tolerance traits. In the present study, 114 rice genotypes were evaluated for various root and shoot traits under water stress conditions. All genotypes showed a significant amount of variation for various root and shoot traits. Correlation analysis revealed that high dry shoot weight and fresh shoot weight is associated with root length, root volume, fresh root weight and dry root weight. A total of 11 significant marker-trait associations were detected for various root, shoot and drought tolerance traits with the coefficient of determination (R2) ranging from 18.99 to 53.41%. Marker RM252 and RM212 showed association with three root traits which suggests their scope for improvement of root system. In the present study, a novel QTL was detected for root length associated with RM127, explaining 19.30% of variation. The marker alleles with increasing phenotypic effects for root and drought-tolerant traits can be exploited for improvement of root and drought tolerance traits using marker-assisted selection.
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Sandhu N, Yadav S, Catolos M, Cruz MTS, Kumar A. Developing Climate-Resilient, Direct-Seeded, Adapted Multiple-Stress-Tolerant Rice Applying Genomics-Assisted Breeding. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:637488. [PMID: 33936127 PMCID: PMC8082028 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.637488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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There is an urgent need to breed dry direct-seeded adapted rice varieties in order to address the emerging scenario of water-labor shortage. The aim of this study was to develop high-yielding, direct-seeded adapted varieties utilizing biparental to multiparental crosses involving as many as six different parents in conventional breeding programs and 12 parents in genomics-assisted breeding programs. The rigorous single plant selections were followed from the F2 generation onwards utilizing phenotypic selection and quantitative trait locus (QTL)/gene-based/linked markers for tracking the presence of desirable alleles of targeted QTL/genes. In conventional breeding, multiparent lines had significantly higher yields (2,072-6,569 kg ha-1) than the biparental lines (1,493-6,326 kg ha-1). GAB lines derived from multiparent crosses had significantly higher (3,293-6,719 kg ha-1) yields than the multiparent lines from conventional breeding (2,072-6,569 kg ha-1). Eleven promising lines from genomics-assisted breeding carrying 7-11 QTL/genes and eight lines from conventional breeding with grain-yield improvement from 727 to 1,705 kg ha-1 and 68 to 902 kg ha-1, respectively, over the best check were selected. The developed lines may be released as varieties/parental lines to develop better rice varieties for direct-seeded situations or as novel breeding material to study genetic interactions.
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- Nitika Sandhu
- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
- International Rice Research Institute South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, India
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Panda D, Barik J, Sarkar RK. Recent Advances of Genetic Resources, Genes and Genetic Approaches for Flooding Tolerance in Rice. Curr Genomics 2021; 22:41-58. [PMID: 34045923 PMCID: PMC8142345 DOI: 10.2174/1389202922666210114104140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Flooding is one of the most hazardous natural disasters and a major stress constraint to rice production throughout the world, which results in huge economic losses. The frequency and duration of flooding is predicted to increase in near future as a result of global climate change. Breeding of flooding tolerance in rice is a challenging task because of the complexity of the component traits, screening technique, environmental factors and genetic interactions. A great progress has been made during last two decades to find out the flooding tolerance mechanism in rice. An important breakthrough in submergence research was achieved by the identification of major quantitative trait locus (QTL) SUB1 in rice chromosomes that acts as the primary contributor for tolerance. This enabled the use of marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) to transfer SUB1 QTL into popular varieties which showed yield advantages in flood prone areas. However, SUB1 varieties are not always tolerant to stagnant flooding and flooding during germination stage. So, gene pyramiding approach can be used by combining several important traits to develop new breeding rice lines that confer tolerances to different types of flooding. This review highlights the important germplasm/genetic resources of rice to different types of flooding stress. A brief discussion on the genes and genetic mechanism in rice exhibited to different types of flooding tolerance was discussed for the development of flood tolerant rice variety. Further research on developing multiple stresses tolerant rice can be achieved by combining SUB1 with other tolerance traits/genes for wider adaptation in the rain-fed rice ecosystems.
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- Debabrata Panda
- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Koraput-764 020, Odisha, India
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- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Koraput-764 020, Odisha, India
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- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-753 006, Odisha, India
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Mohd Ikmal A, Noraziyah AAS, Wickneswari R, Amira I, Puteri Dinie Ellina Z. Interéaction of submergence tolerance and drought yield QTLs ( Sub1 and qDTYs) enhances morpho‐physiological traits and survival of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) under submergence. ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY 2021; 178:355-366. [DOI: 10.1111/aab.12664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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AbstractClimate change has caused increasing incidences of the extreme flooding around the world, which has impacted rice production, especially in rainfed ecosystems. Breeding for submergence tolerant rice varieties has been conducted to mitigate the adverse effects and help farmers to reduce yield loss. The present study was carried out to introgress the submergence tolerance QTL (Sub1) from IR64‐Sub1 into drought‐tolerant lines; UKM5 and UKM91 possessing the drought yield quantitative trait loci (qDTYs), viz. qDTY12.1 and qDTY3.1, and to evaluate the effects of the combination of these QTLs in improving the morpho‐physiological traits and survival under submergence. UKM5 and UKM91 were selected as the recipient of the Sub1 locus because of the intermediate submergence tolerance they possessed even though they only have qDTY/s. Therefore, the introgression of Sub1 into these lines was hypothesised to enhance survival. Submergence stress was given for 14 days to BC1F4 lines from the two breeding populations. Lines with better survival than the tolerant check, IR64‐Sub1 were selected and evaluated under 18 days of submergence stress. Generally, lines with Sub1 and qDTYs from UKM5*/IR64‐Sub1 and UKM91*/IR64‐Sub1 populations had higher survival rate (SR) of 90–100%, lower shoot elongation percentage (EP) and a smaller percentage of chlorophyll content change (CCC) than IR64‐Sub1. The selected lines also showed a low percentage of non‐structural carbohydrate change (NSCC) which related to the ability to recover after submergence. In both populations, the interaction of qDTY3.1 with Sub1 proved to give the best improvement on EP and CCC. This experiment provides novel findings; that is, the combinations of Sub1 + qDTY12.1 + qDTY3.1 showed high survival rate in the population of UKM5*/IR64‐Sub1, while qDTY3.1 improved SR of the lines from UKM91*/IR64‐Sub1 population to 100%. These results proved that the action of Sub1, qDTY/s and their interaction differ in contrasting population or background. The QTL combinations showed a consistent effect in both submergence experiments and proved the effectiveness of Sub1 and qDTYs combinations in enhancing the morpho‐physiological traits and survival.
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- Asmuni Mohd Ikmal
- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Malaysia
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Yadav S, Sandhu N, Dixit S, Singh VK, Catolos M, Mazumder RR, Rahman MA, Kumar A. Genomics-assisted breeding for successful development of multiple-stress-tolerant, climate-smart rice for southern and southeastern Asia. THE PLANT GENOME 2021; 14:e20074. [PMID: 33438317 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in rainfed marginal environments is prone to multiple abiotic and biotic stresses, which can occur in combination in a single cropping season and adversely affect rice growth and yield. The present study was undertaken to develop high-yielding, climate-resilient rice that can provide tolerance to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. An assembled first-crossing scheme was employed to transfer 15 quantitative trait loci (QTL) and genes-qDTY1.1 , qDTY2.1 , qDTY3.1 , qDTY12.1 (drought), Sub1 (submergence), Gm4 (gall midge), Pi9, Pita2 (blast), Bph3, Bph17 (brown plant hoppers), Xa4, xa5, xa13, Xa21, and Xa23 (bacterial leaf blight)-from eight different parents using genomics-assisted breeding. A funnel mating design was employed to assemble all the targeted QTL and genes into a high-yielding breeding line IR 91648-B-1-B-3-1. Gene-based linked markers were used in each generation from intercrossing to the F6 generation for tracking the presence of desirable alleles of targeted QTL and genes. Single-plant selections were performed from F2 onwards to select desirable recombinants possessing alleles of interest with suitable phenotypes. Phenotyping of 95 homozygous F6 lines carrying six to 10 QTL and genes was performed for nonstress, reproductive-stage (RS) drought, blast, bacterial leaf blight (BLB), gall midge (GM), and for grain quality parameters such as chalkiness, amylose content (AC), gelatinization temperature (GT), and head rice recovery (HRR). Finally, 56 F7 homozygous lines were found promising for multiple-location evaluation for grain yield (GY) and other traits. These multiple-stress-tolerant lines with the desired grain quality profiling can be targeted for varietal release in southern and southeastern Asia through national release systems.
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- Shailesh Yadav
- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221106, India
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OsBRKq1, Related Grain Size Mapping, and Identification of Grain Shape Based on QTL Mapping in Rice. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052289. [PMID: 33669006 PMCID: PMC7956666 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The world population is growing rapidly, and food shortage remains a critical issue. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping is a statistical analytical method that uses both phenotypic and genotypic data. The purpose of QTL mapping is to determine the exact gene location for various complex traits. Increasing grain weight is a way to increase yield in rice. Genes related to grain size were mapped using the Samgang/Nagdong double haploid (SNDH) populations. Grain sizes were diversely distributed in SNDH 113 populations, and OsBRKq1 was detected on chromosome 1 in an analysis of QTL mapping that used 1000 grain weight, grain length, and grain width. OsBRKq1 exhibited high sequence similarity with the brassinosteroid leucine-rich repeat-receptor kinases of Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays. It was also predicted to have a similar function because of its high homology. OsBRKq1 interacts with various grain-size control genes. Among the SNDH populations, the analysis of the relative expression level during the panicle formation stage of OsBRKq1 in panicles of SNDH117, which has the largest grain size, and SNDH6, which has the smallest grain size, the relative expression level was significantly increased in SNDH117 panicles. SNDH populations have been advancing generations for 10 years; various genetic traits have been fixed and are currently being used as bridging parents. Therefore, the stable expression level of OsBRKq1 was confirmed via QTL mapping. In the future, OsBRKq1 can be effectively used to increase the yield of rice and solve food problems by increasing the size of seeds.
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Incorporating Drought and Submergence Tolerance QTL in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.)-The Effects under Reproductive Stage Drought and Vegetative Stage Submergence Stresses. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10020225. [PMID: 33498963 PMCID: PMC7912027 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Drought and submergence have been the major constraint in rice production. The present study was conducted to develop high-yielding rice lines with tolerance to drought and submergence by introgressing Sub1 into a rice line with drought yield QTL (qDTY; QTL = quantitative trait loci) viz. qDTY3.1 and qDTY12.1 using marker-assisted breeding. We report here the effect of different combinations of Sub1 and qDTY on morpho-physiological, agronomical traits and yield under reproductive stage drought stress (RS) and non-stress (NS) conditions. Lines with outstanding performance in RS and NS trials were also evaluated in vegetative stage submergence stress (VS) trial to assess the tolerance level. The QTL class analysis revealed Sub1 + qDTY3.1 as the best QTL combination affecting the measured traits in RS trial followed by Sub1 + qDTY12.1. The effects of single Sub1, qDTY3.1 and qDTY12.1 were not as superior as when the QTLs are combined, suggesting the positive interaction of Sub1 and qDTY. Best performing lines selected from the RS and NS trials recorded yield advantage up to 4453.69 kg ha−1 and 6954 kg ha−1 over the parents, respectively. The lines were also found having great tolerance to submergence ranging from 80% to 100%, contributed by a lower percentage of shoot elongation and reduction of chlorophyll content after 14 days of VS. These lines could provide yield sustainability to farmers in regions impacted with drought and submergence while serving as important genetic materials for future breeding programs.
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Kumar A, Sandhu N, Venkateshwarlu C, Priyadarshi R, Yadav S, Majumder RR, Singh VK. Development of introgression lines in high yielding, semi-dwarf genetic backgrounds to enable improvement of modern rice varieties for tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses free from undesirable linkage drag. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13073. [PMID: 32753648 PMCID: PMC7403580 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70132-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Occurrence of multiple abiotic stresses in a single crop season has become more frequent than before. Most of the traditional donors possessing tolerance to abiotic stresses are tall, low-yielding with poor grain quality. To facilitate efficient use of complex polygenic traits in rice molecular breeding research, we undertook development of introgression lines in background of high-yielding, semi-dwarf varieties with good grain quality. The study reports the development and evaluations of over 25,000 introgression lines in eleven elite rice genetic backgrounds for improvement of yield under multiple abiotic-stresses such as drought, flood, high/low temperature. The developed introgression lines within each genetic background are near isogenic/recombinant inbred lines to their recipient recurrent parent with 50 to 98% background recovery and additionally carry QTLs/genes for abiotic stresses. The multiple-stress tolerant pyramided breeding lines combining high yield under normal situation and good yield under moderate to severe reproductive-stage drought, semi-dwarf plant type with good grain quality traits have been developed. The introgression lines in dwarf backgrounds open new opportunity to improve other varieties without any linkage drag as well as facilitate cloning of QTLs, identification and functional characterization of candidate genes, mechanisms associated with targeted QTLs and the genetic networks underlying complex polygenic traits.
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- Arvind Kumar
- International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines. .,IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines.,Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India.,International Rice Research Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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Muthu V, Abbai R, Nallathambi J, Rahman H, Ramasamy S, Kambale R, Thulasinathan T, Ayyenar B, Muthurajan R. Pyramiding QTLs controlling tolerance against drought, salinity, and submergence in rice through marker assisted breeding. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227421. [PMID: 31910435 PMCID: PMC6946594 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Increases in rice productivity are significantly hampered because of the increase in the occurrence of abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, and submergence. Developing a rice variety with inherent tolerance against these major abiotic stresses will help achieve a sustained increase in rice production under unfavorable conditions. The present study was conducted to develop abiotic stress-tolerant rice genotypes in the genetic background of the popular rice variety Improved White Ponni (IWP) by introgressing major effect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) conferring tolerance against drought (qDTY1.1, qDTY2.1), salinity (Saltol), and submergence (Sub1) through a marker assisted backcross breeding approach. Genotyping of early generation backcrossed inbred lines (BILs) resulted in the identification of three progenies, 3-11-9-2, 3-11-11-1, and 3-11-11-2, possessing all four target QTLs and maximum recovery of the recurrent parent genome (88.46%). BILs exhibited consistent agronomic and grain quality characters compared to those of IWP and enhanced performance against dehydration, salinity, and submergence stress compared with the recurrent parent IWP. BILs exhibited enhanced tolerance against salinity during germination and increased shoot length, root length, and vigor index compared to those of IWP. All three BILs exhibited reduced symptoms of injury because of salinity (NaCl) and dehydration (PEG) than did IWP. At 12 days of submergence stress, BILs exhibited enhanced survival and greater recovery, whereas IWP failed completely. BILs were found to exhibit on par grain and cooking quality characteristics with their parents. Results of this study clearly demonstrated the effects of the target QTLs in reducing damage caused by drought, salinity, and submergence and lead to the development of a triple stress tolerant version of IWP.
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- Valarmathi Muthu
- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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Genotyping-by-sequencing based QTL mapping for rice grain yield under reproductive stage drought stress tolerance. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14326. [PMID: 31586108 PMCID: PMC6778106 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50880-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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QTLs for rice grain yield under reproductive stage drought stress (qDTY) identified earlier with low density markers have shown linkage drag and need to be fine mapped before their utilization in breeding programs. In this study, genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) based high-density linkage map of rice was developed using two BC1F3 mapping populations namely Swarna*2/Dular (3929 SNPs covering 1454.68 cM) and IR11N121*2/Aus196 (1191 SNPs covering 1399.68 cM) with average marker density of 0.37 cM to 1.18 cM respectively. In total, six qDTY QTLs including three consistent effect QTLs were identified in Swarna*2/Dular while eight qDTY QTLs including two consistent effect QTLs were identified in IR11N121*2/Aus 196 mapping population. Comparative analysis revealed four stable and novel QTLs (qDTY2.4, qDTY3.3, qDTY6.3, and qDTY11.2) which explained 8.62 to 14.92% PVE. However, one of the identified stable grain yield QTL qDTY1.1 in both the populations was located nearly at the same physical position of an earlier mapped major qDTY QTL. Further, the effect of the identified qDTY1.1 was validated in a subset of lines derived from five mapping populations confirming robustness of qDTY1.1 across various genetic backgrounds/seasons. The study successfully identified stable grain yield QTLs free from undesirable linkages of tall plant height/early maturity utilizing high density linkage maps.
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QTLian breeding for climate resilience in cereals: progress and prospects. Funct Integr Genomics 2019; 19:685-701. [PMID: 31093800 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-019-00684-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The ever-rising population of the twenty-first century together with the prevailing challenges, such as deteriorating quality of arable land and water, has placed a big challenge for plant breeders to satisfy human needs for food under erratic weather patterns. Rice, wheat, and maize are the major staple crops consumed globally. Drought, waterlogging, heat, salinity, and mineral toxicity are the key abiotic stresses drastically affecting crop yield. Conventional plant breeding approaches towards abiotic stress tolerance have gained success to limited extent, due to the complex (multigenic) nature of these stresses. Progress in breeding climate-resilient crop plants has gained momentum in the last decade, due to improved understanding of the physiochemical and molecular basis of various stresses. A good number of genes have been characterized for adaptation to various stresses. In the era of novel molecular markers, mapping of QTLs has emerged as viable solution for breeding crops tolerant to abiotic stresses. Therefore, molecular breeding-based development and deployment of high-yielding climate-resilient crop cultivars together with climate-smart agricultural practices can pave the path to enhanced crop yields for smallholder farmers in areas vulnerable to the climate change. Advances in fine mapping and expression studies integrated with cheaper prices offer new avenues for the plant breeders engaged in climate-resilient plant breeding, and thereby, hope persists to ensure food security in the era of climate change.
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Bhandari A, Bartholomé J, Cao-Hamadoun TV, Kumari N, Frouin J, Kumar A, Ahmadi N. Selection of trait-specific markers and multi-environment models improve genomic predictive ability in rice. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0208871. [PMID: 31059529 PMCID: PMC6502484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Developing high yielding rice varieties that are tolerant to drought stress is crucial for the sustainable livelihood of rice farmers in rainfed rice cropping ecosystems. Genomic selection (GS) promises to be an effective breeding option for these complex traits. We evaluated the effectiveness of two rather new options in the implementation of GS: trait and environment-specific marker selection and the use of multi-environment prediction models. A reference population of 280 rainfed lowland accessions endowed with 215k SNP markers data was phenotyped under a favorable and two managed drought environments. Trait-specific SNP subsets (28k) were selected for each trait under each environment, using results of GWAS performed with the complete genotype dataset. Performances of single-environment and multi-environment genomic prediction models were compared using kernel regression based methods (GBLUP and RKHS) under two cross validation scenarios: availability (CV2) or not (CV1) of phenotypic data for the validation set, in one of the environments. Trait-specific marker selection strategy achieved predictive ability (PA) of genomic prediction up to 22% higher than markers selected on the bases of neutral linkage disequilibrium (LD). Tolerance to drought stress was up to 32% better predicted by multi-environment models (especially RKHS based models) under CV2 strategy. Under the less favorable CV1 strategy, the multi-environment models achieved similar PA than the single-environment predictions. We also showed that reasonable PA could be obtained with as few as 3,000 SNP markers, even in a population of low LD extent, provided marker selection is based on pairwise LD. The implications of these findings for breeding for drought tolerance are discussed. The most resource sparing option would be accurate phenotyping of the reference population in a favorable environment and under a managed drought, while the candidate population would be phenotyped only under one of those environments.
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- Aditi Bhandari
- International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
- Banasthali University, Banasthali Vidyapith, India
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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Yadav S, Sandhu N, Majumder RR, Dixit S, Kumar S, Singh SP, Mandal NP, Das SP, Yadaw RB, Singh VK, Sinha P, Varshney RK, Kumar A. Epistatic interactions of major effect drought QTLs with genetic background loci determine grain yield of rice under drought stress. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2616. [PMID: 30796339 PMCID: PMC6385343 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39084-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Epistatic interactions of QTLs with the genetic background and QTL-QTL interaction plays an important role in the phenotypic performance of introgression lines developed through genomic-assisted breeding (GAB). In this context, NIL pairs developed with various drought QTL (qDTY) combinations in the genetic background of IR64, TDK1-Sub1 and Savitri backgrounds were utilized to study the interactions. Multi-season phenotyping of NIL pairs harboring similar qDTY combinations provided contrasting performance for grain yield under drought (RS) (classified as high and low yielding NILs) but nearly similar performance under non-stress(NS) conditions. Genome wide genotyping data revealed a total of 16, 5 and 6 digenic interactions were detected under RS conditions in low yielding NILs of IR64, TDK1-Sub1 and Savitri respectively while no significant interaction was found in high yielding NILs under RS and NS conditions in any of the genetic backgrounds used in this study. It is evident from this study that existence of epistatic interactions between QTLs with genetic background, QTL-QTL interaction and interactions among background markers loci itself on different chromosomes influences the expression of a complex trait such as grain yield under drought. The generated information will be useful in all the GAB program of across the crops for precise breeding.
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- Shailesh Yadav
- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar, India
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- Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar, India
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- Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research station, National Rice Research Institute, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India
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- ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, Lembucherra, Tripura, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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Sandhu N, Dixit S, Swamy BPM, Raman A, Kumar S, Singh SP, Yadaw RB, Singh ON, Reddy JN, Anandan A, Yadav S, Venkataeshwarllu C, Henry A, Verulkar S, Mandal NP, Ram T, Badri J, Vikram P, Kumar A. Marker Assisted Breeding to Develop Multiple Stress Tolerant Varieties for Flood and Drought Prone Areas. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 12:8. [PMID: 30778782 PMCID: PMC6379507 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-019-0269-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Climate extremes such as drought and flood have become major constraints to the sustainable rice crop productivity in rainfed environments. Availability of suitable climate-resilient varieties could help farmers to reduce the grain yield losses resulting from the climatic extremities. The present study was undertaken with an aim to develop high-yielding drought and submergence tolerant rice varieties using marker assisted introgression of qDTY1.1, qDTY2.1, qDTY3.1 and Sub1. Performance of near isogenic lines (NILs) developed in the background of Swarna was evaluated across 60 multi-locations trials (MLTs). The selected promising lines from MLTs were nominated and evaluated in national trials across 18 locations in India and 6 locations in Nepal. RESULTS Grain yield advantage of the NILs with qDTY1.1 + qDTY2.1 + qDTY3.1 + Sub1 and qDTY2.1 + qDTY3.1 + Sub1 ranged from 76 to 2479 kg ha- 1 and 396 to 2376 kg ha- 1 under non-stress (NS) respectively and 292 to 1118 kg ha- 1 and 284 to 2086 kg ha- 1 under reproductive drought stress (RS), respectively. The NIL, IR96322-34-223-B-1-1-1-1 having qDTY1.1 + qDTY2.1 + qDTY3.1 + Sub1 has been released as variety CR dhan 801 in India. IR 96321-1447-651-B-1-1-2 having qDTY1.1 + qDTY3.1 + Sub 1 and IR 94391-131-358-19-B-1-1-1 having qDTY3.1 + Sub1 have been released as varieties Bahuguni dhan-1' and 'Bahuguni dhan-2' respectively in Nepal. Background recovery of 94%, 93% and 98% was observed for IR 96322-34-223-B-1-1-1-1, IR 96321-1447-651-B-1-1-2 and IR 94391-131-358-19-B-1-1-1 respectively on 6 K SNP Infinium chip. CONCLUSION The drought and submergence tolerant rice varieties with pyramided multiple QTLs can ensure 0.2 to 1.7 t ha- 1 under reproductive stage drought stress and 0.1 to 1.0 t ha- 1 under submergence conditions with no yield penalty under non-stress to farmers irrespective of occurrence of drought and/or flood in the same or different seasons.
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- Nitika Sandhu
- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar India
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- Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar India
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- National Rice Research Program Hardinath, Dhanusha, Nepal
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- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha India
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- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha India
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- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha India
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh India
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- Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research station, National Rice Research Institute, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Raza A, Razzaq A, Mehmood SS, Zou X, Zhang X, Lv Y, Xu J. Impact of Climate Change on Crops Adaptation and Strategies to Tackle Its Outcome: A Review. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 8:E34. [PMID: 30704089 PMCID: PMC6409995 DOI: 10.3390/plants8020034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 391] [Impact Index Per Article: 78.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Agriculture and climate change are internally correlated with each other in various aspects, as climate change is the main cause of biotic and abiotic stresses, which have adverse effects on the agriculture of a region. The land and its agriculture are being affected by climate changes in different ways, e.g., variations in annual rainfall, average temperature, heat waves, modifications in weeds, pests or microbes, global change of atmospheric CO₂ or ozone level, and fluctuations in sea level. The threat of varying global climate has greatly driven the attention of scientists, as these variations are imparting negative impact on global crop production and compromising food security worldwide. According to some predicted reports, agriculture is considered the most endangered activity adversely affected by climate changes. To date, food security and ecosystem resilience are the most concerning subjects worldwide. Climate-smart agriculture is the only way to lower the negative impact of climate variations on crop adaptation, before it might affect global crop production drastically. In this review paper, we summarize the causes of climate change, stresses produced due to climate change, impacts on crops, modern breeding technologies, and biotechnological strategies to cope with climate change, in order to develop climate resilient crops. Revolutions in genetic engineering techniques can also aid in overcoming food security issues against extreme environmental conditions, by producing transgenic plants.
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- Ali Raza
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan 430062, China.
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Genetic analysis of yield and agronomic traits under reproductive-stage drought stress in rice using a high-resolution linkage map. Gene 2018; 669:69-76. [PMID: 29802991 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.05.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Drought stress at the reproductive stage of rice crop leads to a huge loss in grain yield. Identification and introgression of large effect drought tolerant QTLs are necessary to develop drought-tolerant rice varieties. Compared to the high-density linkage maps, widely spaced markers lead to the identification of QTLs with large confidence intervals which are difficult to incorporate in a breeding program. A previously generated genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) based linkage map consisting of 4748 SNP markers was used to map QTLs in Cocodrie × N-22 recombinant inbred line (RIL) population. Twenty-one QTLs were discovered for days to flowering (DTF), plant height (PH), leaf rolling score (LRS), plant dry matter content (DM), spikelet fertility (SF), grain yield (GY), yield index (YI), and harvest index (HI) under drought stress. A major QTL qPH1.38 was identified in a narrow confidence interval on chromosome 1. The QTLs, qDTF3.01 and qPH1.38, overlapped with the previously identified QTL qDTY1.1 and Hd9, respectively. Another large-effect QTL qLRS1.37 was identified close to the sd1 locus on chromosome 1. A grain yield QTL qGY1.42 located on chromosome 1 contained only 4 candidate genes. There was no overlapping of QTLs for the root traits and the yield attributes. The important candidate genes present within the large effect QTL regions are MYB transcription factors, no apical meristem protein (NAC), potassium channel protein, nuclear matrix protein1, and chlorophyll A-B binding protein. The large effect QTLs (qDTF3.01, qPH1.38, and qLRS1.37) and a novel grain yield QTL qGYS1.42 can be used to incorporate in elite breeding lines to develop drought-tolerant rice varieties.
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Mohd Ikmal A, Nurasyikin Z, Kumar A, Noraziyah AAS. Evaluation of morpho-physiological traits of MRQ74 pyramided lines with drought yield QTLs. EUPHYTICA 2018; 214:98. [DOI: 10.1007/s10681-018-2178-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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