Effect of QTLs controlling grain yield under drought stress in the genetic background of ADT45 rice variety

Priyadarshini, S. K.; Raveendran, M.; Manonmani, S.; Robin, S.

doi:10.5958/0975-6906.2014.00856.6

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“…Through MABB (marker-assisted backcross breeding) of the drought QTLs, many rice varieties have been developed to be drought-tolerant [15][16][17][18][19][20]. For lowland rice, a suitable drought-tolerant variety should be high-yielding, medium-to-long duration for high tillering, and should be a dwarf plant to minimize the lodging [21].…”

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Genetic Improvement of Drought Tolerance in a Mega-Rice Variety Improved White Ponni through Marker-Assisted Backcross Breeding

Seeli,

Manoharan,

Ayyenar

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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In the ever-changing climatic conditions, it has become important to enhance rice productivity to ensure global food security. Drought is one of the major limiting factors in rice pro- duction. Drought during the reproductive stage results in maximum or complete yield loss. Efforts have been taken to develop drought-tolerant rice lines by introgressing three major drought-effect QTLs, viz. qDTY1.1, qDTY2.1, and qDTY3.1, from Apo into a susceptible popular rice variety, Improved White Ponni (IWP). Backcross inbred lines of IWP × Apo were developed through the marker-assisted backcross breeding approach. Foreground analysis using linked markers resulted in the identification of 17 progenies carrying two or more QTLs, and the recurrent parent genome recoveries of these lines were >95.6% using 72 genome-wide SSR markers distributed throughout all chromosomes. Upon phenotypic evaluation of 17 IWP BILs, the water limited condition resulted in the identification of improved lines by recording the yield and the yield-related parameters. The promising performance of IWP BILs in terms of spikelet fertility (63.3%) and grain yield per plant (>10 g) under drought stress indicated the positive effects of introgressed qDTYs, while IWP recorded complete yield loss (94.2%). Out of the cultivars considered, the best-performing lines which truly exhibited drought tolerance, with more increased yield than the recurrent parent under water-limited conditions, and the effects of these QTLs and their interactions were examined in this research work.

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